We have an 8.5 kilo samsung and like it. Just make sure that you get one with a quick wash cycle. Our last Samsung had a 30 min one, this ones short cycle is 45 mins...

I haven't weighed our machine, but I had to get a mate over to help me get it out of the ute.

It TAKES 8.5 kilos you thick male!

So I can wash my boots in it then?

Ours have never lasted more than 5. My OH keeps overloading them . Thinking of ordering a 8kg front loader.

We have a Bosch - it's ok but not as impressive as my computerised Hotpoint I had back home.

Bought one two weeks ago as we left ours in the UK for tenants. I went for the cheapest as to be honest, I have not seriously ever noticed that much difference between one front loader and the next.

We got a Samsung WF875LSW for about $700. It works fine.

That's it then. Might as well go home!

Perhaps not for you, but I used my dryer all the time when I was in Perth. It was pouring with rain for days on end! What a stupid thing to say - some people like to use a dryer all the time for some items - pegging out three kids worth of socks and underwear on a line is a waste of time I can do without.

We're leaving our m/machine behind but thinking of getting a new one and a new fridge freezer to ship with us. I reckon we can save several hundred dollars doing it that way - provided there's space for them in the container.

Not a bad idea. I thought the $700 we paid was ok but that was the cheapest we saw. My machine at home is a Smeg combined washer dryer and it cost about £700. The only washer dryer I saw out here was $3,500!

Alright missus, keep your hair on, it's just home appliances we're discussing.

Using a tumble dryer when it's hot and dry outside is a total waste of energy: making a hot space (dryer) inside a cool space (house with AC) inside a hot space (outside).

Horses for courses, eh. I have never owned a dryer nor has my wife. We just don't like the idea. It's not just the energy consumption - I don't like force-drying clothing or putting them in machine after machine.

The LG washer/dryers are pretty good, no changing machines, you can do a wash cycle, wash/dry cycle, dry only, or steam your clothes to get any creases and smells out. The drying cycle is condenser type so you don't have to have an outlet to let steam out of your laundry, all the water is just sucked out and the clothing and out the water outlet hose. I don't dry everything in the dryer, but most things I do.

Sure - I realise that many are washer-dryers.

I think I did have one in London actually - but never used it.