We have front load and not again. Taking clothes out of the washer, everything falls on the floor....

That is my biggest complaint

The wife has a whirlpool cabrio set (top load washer) that's big enought to wash a king size comforter...that was her requirement when she purchased them. They are about 10 years old and have been good...drier had a board replaced a few years back (it was relatively cheap, less than $200)...otherwise, they've been trouble free. She'd buy them again.

Back that far ago there was seal issues with the front loaders so she opted to stay away from them.

I think ours has 27 feet before it exits the roof. I have access to the pipe from inside the walk-in attic. I think I’ll put an elbow in there with a cap so I can better service it. I have a 30 foot kit to clean the exhaust vent, but it gets hung up around 24 feet.

just got my first front load about 2 years ago, i hate it. the damn thing will start to stink something horrible and you have to purchase washing machine cleaning tablets, you run it through a cycle and all is good, you have to do that regularly. the front seal molds up even though i leave the door open when not in use. and i just cant seem to get my clothes fresh smelling either, yes it cleans them awsome but i just dont get that fresh detergent smell and as soon as say a towel gets wet when you dry off its stinks immediately and the wife buys every laundry booster and dryer sheet and my stuff still doesnt smell fresh. its like it rinses to good.

My washer is the Cabrio and it has been a good one. Went with a less expensive Whirlpool dryer. Both have been good units.

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Although it is front loading, I have no idea as to what brand of washer and dryer we have.

Samsung front loader an elect dryer, going on 11 years now (fingers crossed). I stacked ours a few years ago to make room for an upright freezer. I still prefer the old top loaders.

I prefer the top loaders also, but my wife wants to redesign our laundry room.

Biggest problem with the front loader that I had was that it wouldn't wash very big loads. I learned to despise it. I was actually happy when it quit working. I replaced it with a Speed Queen which will wash more than my dryer will handle.

In the 22 years we've been out here in the Pineywoods we've gone through 5 washers and 3 driers. Started out with a matched set of Maytags. Growing up in a family of 6 we had the same Maytag set for 25 years so that was a natural. Washer started having issues in the 2nd year ... tub bearing. I nursed it with lubing about a year then went and bought a 2nd hand one for $50 (same exact model). It trashed, same thing within a year. bought a Kenmore replacement. Family grew and it was small. Control board went out at about 5 years later so I sold the dryer and trashed the washer and went and bought a matching set of Whirlpool Cabrios. They lasted about 5 years (dryer lost drum bearing and washer had control board replaced once under warranty and once on extended warranty). I had bought a Maytag drier when the Cabrio went out and have had it for about 6 years without issue. When I replaced the washer I went with a huge tub , agitator free Samsung. Had it for about 5 years now and am happy.

Conclusion ... it's a krap shoot and they're all throwaways. I followed online reviews pretty closely on these last two.

1 for the washer, top loading only. (or you will get leaks, bacteria and mold in the front loader seal)
2 and with a central agitator, never without. (or you will get cloths that are less clean and the spin cycle will go off balance often, you lose a little space but it's worth it, buy the biggest you can find)

Speed Queen old school pair. No electronics, stainless tubs, water level choice, agitator, ten year bumper to bumper warranty. Bought from a dealer that’s been there for 100+ years. They’ll probably outlive me.

These are their ‘Classic’ pair, plain washer and dryer, but they are the most expensive pair and the only washer that still has a transmission and an agitator.

We have two sets of washer and drier. In the main house we have the stackable front loaders. They’ve lasted 11 years, so no complaints other than the mold and small load issues. In the barn we have the set that the wife’s mother owned. They are the old version, with top loading washer. We’ve had them for 11 years and who knows how long the MiL had them before that.

When the front loaders in the house die, they WILL be replaced with top loaders (says the wife).

OP, If you get stackable you may or may not care which way the dryer door swings. If you get top loaders make sure which way the dryer door swings. We bought new top loaders last year. I knew the dryer door swung the wrong way when I took it out of the box. The washer is on the right. The dryer is on the left, with the door swinging back toward the washer. I thought it could be reversed, and would do it later. It can't be reversed. I'm stuck with this big PIA.

The only reasons dryer doors are occasionally reversible is because some southpaw built a house backwards or more likely, to prevent mindless builders from being publicly flogged...

Go for it! I’ve been a proud member of the front load tribe for over 15 years. Along the journey I’ve come to the realization that owning an energy efficient, near waterless, save the planet front load washer is like owning a classic or exotic sports car, you have the joy of getting to wipe it down by hand every time you take it for a spin… If you don’t the mold that hides on all sides of the rubber seal just might kill you…

Besides the Ferrari like service schedule it goes without saying that front load ownership gives you the added moral advantage over any member in the top load camp. If public shaming strangers is your thing, you’ll be happy to know that it’s super easy to identify any member of the top load tribe in public. Top-loaders are the ones with clean, soft, fresh smelling clothes while those of us in the front load tribe most often have stiff itchy clothes that sud up and make cute bubbles when caught in rain showers.


All kidding aside, regardless of which brand you get, get the one with the best components with the least electronics as possible. Most of us grew up with appliances that lasted decades because they didn’t fail when there was a lightning strike in the same zip code. When it comes to an IoT appliance, do your future self a favor and just say no…

We just got the same classic set back in December. 10 year warranty and we love them.

This ^^^