Melissa wrote:
We are considering also replacing the washer and dryer. I remember
hearing a couple of years ago commercials that hyped dryers that dry
as fast as the washer can wash. Salesman said those would be the
front load washers and dryers, as they get more water out of the
loads. Is this the case? Seems odd to hype the dryers drying as
fast as the wash when it's the washer accomplishing the deed? We
need super capacity 27" or less in depth. Checked consumerreports.com
but didn't really find anything that referred to drying speed. The
pair we have now are fine, but a load takes at least 1.5 hours to
dry, often much longer. Given our 6 person family, we generate a lot
of laundry, and it takes forever it seems to get through with the
slow dry time. Ours are super capacity units, the dryer is 5.7 cu
ft, the washer
3.2 cu ft, both GE, 3.5 yrs old.

1.5 HOURS! Isn't that about twice as long as normal?

You may need an additional dryer.