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Home clothes washer testimony's?
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oliverclaude
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I hear Euro top-loaders are cheaper.
Only if your patient nature can wash down top loading times...
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I'm pretty sure I've settled on Maytag, probably getting the MVWB865GW.
https://www.shermansinc.com/products/Maytag/may/mvwb865gw.html
and the dryer:
https://www.shermansinc.com/products/Maytag/may/medb835dw.html
...yes, and then some. We've ran many cleaning cycles through it, the unit discharge water still smells like straight up sewer gas.
I know this is all super exciting shit...but you gotta wash your clothes...
I did research Speed Queen...it seems that their older units are tanks and will damn near last a lifetime. Sadly, their 2018 units seem like real garbage. They rate horribly and even the SQ faithful don't like them.
My wife isn't an appliance gal, I need to deal with all of that. We did get a new mower this year, nice and simple. I got a Troy Built push mower with a Honda engine. The overpriced, over complicated, problem prone John Deere we had before that was a never ending pile of repairs, I wanted something more simplistic.
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Gross, I never knew that was a problem. I've got some not-quite-bottom of the line top loader and I marvel how after 5 years the inside is still shiny like new, despite me not really doing anything special other than running an empty wash cycle to rinse it out once in a while.
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I love my Speed Queen washer and dryer, but they're probably 4 or 5 years old at this point. I'm not familiar with the current models, but that's a shame if they've gone downhill so quickly.
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With our unit, it's the rubber gasket that is between the wash tub and the frame, it's really deep and holds a on of residual mess. The other issue is that the water drains down, through a small pump, and up to the top of the frame before exiting. This leaves water in the pump and discharge tube at all times, there's literally no way to drain or clean any of it. after 1000's of washes, it just gets disgusting.
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So you stack a dryer on top of the top loader and lift the dryer when you want to load the top loader?
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Lachlan, you lost on a walkabout? Use the google machine.
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How do you not understand this?
Why you explain this, mate? We should never explain anything to each other. Never.
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Well, he's an Aussie. Just trying to help him attain a basic level of real life education. Most other members I would've pointed to the GOOGLE. FUNCTION.
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How do you not understand this?
You forget he's from Australia.
Edit: Missed the last post. MM beat me to it.
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We got a nice Samsung one, probably 5+years now and still working great.
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My wife insisted on a top loader. For what it's worth.
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That's what I have the one with a big tub, could it find the model number at Lowes site, but I bought it there.
One last thing, these things are slower overall than in the past.
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I just got brand new Kenmore Elite front loading washer and dryer. Love them.
The problem causing that was people not letting air circulate to properly dry that shit. I've have 2 front loaders, both never had the problem of mildew or smells. I just leave the door open for a few. It's in my laundry room, so even if I leave it opened for days, IDGAF. My older one still runs like a champ, gave that one to my MIL when we moved. The washer I have now has a magnet that keeps the door open enough to get air circulating through the drum. No mold or stinky smells for a year. Besides, there is a product you can use every 6 months to clean washers, or you can use straight bleach.
The biggest drawback to front loaders is that they're heavy as shit. If I move again, I'm either having pro movers move my washer and dryer or just letting the new home owner keep them.
To each their own, though.
The problem causing that was people not letting air circulate to properly dry that shit. I've have 2 front loaders, both never had the problem of mildew or smells. I just leave the door open for a few. It's in my laundry room, so even if I leave it opened for days, IDGAF. My older one still runs like a champ, gave that one to my MIL when we moved. The washer I have now has a magnet that keeps the door open enough to get air circulating through the drum. No mold or stinky smells for a year. Besides, there is a product you can use every 6 months to clean washers, or you can use straight bleach.
The biggest drawback to front loaders is that they're heavy as shit. If I move again, I'm either having pro movers move my washer and dryer or just letting the new home owner keep them.
To each their own, though.