Originally Posted by RoadWarriorFromLP

One basic reason that front loaders are more prone to vibration issues is that they spin at a higher RPM.

If this fact induces trauma amongst some of you, then you might require some repairs of a psychological nature. Otherwise, it might help to install the machine on a platform that will supplement the shock absorbers that are included with the machine, and to otherwise make sure that the machine is set up properly.

Originally Posted by petitefrancaise

I've got a big "smart" samsung toploader. No agitator in the middle and after 18 months of using this I won't go back to using a front loader until all the kids have left home. I can get 3 loads of washing done and dried easily in a day, so I'm not having to put a load in every single day and I don't usually have to do more than maybe another load that week.

Clothes don't seem to be damaged, or maybe that's because the kids will wreck them before any washer can! Washes just as well as my AEG did in Europe but takes a fraction of the time.

The toploaders are cheaper to buy than the frontloaders and they do use more water but for me...4 washes a week in a huge toploader is probably less water than a frontloader used more frequently.

Originally Posted by Nutek

We are using these currently. No complaints.

Shop LG 4.3-cu ft High-Efficiency Front-Load Washer (White) ENERGY STAR at Lowes.com


Shop LG 7.4-cu ft Electric Dryer (White) at Lowes.com

Originally Posted by Mrs Danvers

Thanks


Do you have to mess about with stain removers for grass or erm, biological stains?

Originally Posted by Mrs Danvers

Thanks


Do you have to mess about with stain removers for grass or erm, biological stains?

Originally Posted by hungryhorace

Does your washing machine offer any stain removal as part of the wash? Mine does; from blood, oil, sweat, etc, it has a pretty sizeable list. The key is the cold pre-wash. I don't usually bother to use a stain remover as the appropriate stain removal cycle clears it.

Originally Posted by Mrs Danvers

ahem. I said the washer was from 1978.

Here is a picture of my control panel. This thread really wasn't a piss take. I really do need a new washing machine.

Originally Posted by RoadWarriorFromLP

You could donate it to a history museum.

Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad

Or to a modern day washing machine manufacturer so they can reverse engineer it to discover how they used to build things to last more than half a dogs watch. .....

Originally Posted by hungryhorace

?!?!? My washing machine is almost silent -

Originally Posted by hungryhorace

top of the line front loaders are whisper silent.

Originally Posted by Mrs Danvers

ahem. I said the washer was from 1978.

Originally Posted by RoadWarriorFromLP

You could donate it to a history museum.

Originally Posted by Pulaski

Why would they want to manufacture machines that last 35+ years when they can charge more for machines that only last one third as long, and therefore sell three times as many machines?

Originally Posted by hungryhorace

You should be a comedian MMcD. I could stand at the back and throw stuff at you

Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad

True - the manufacturers are the only consistent winners in our modern throw away society....