Top load, front load?

[EternalFantasies]

You think, but you don't know for certain, right?

When you call a tech for machine problems, first question is: front or top loader? You say: top, he replies: ok, keep talking.

Top loaders seems to last decades, while fronters 6-7 yrs.

It gives me an idea which may have difficulties first.

 

[WoundedKnee]

Which brands don't have Trump tariffs now?

Dr. Nye has Trump on the brain; cannot stand to see a non-political thread, so he tries to politicize it. He has no manners or sense of decency.

 

[William_James]

Dr. Nye has Trump on the brain; cannot stand to see a non-political thread, so he tries to politicize it. He has no manners or sense of decency.

How many times have you called a woman a cunt, cunt?

 

[WoundedKnee]

When you call a tech for machine problems, first question is: front or top loader? You say: top, he replies: ok, keep talking.

I've never called a "tech." I've called a plumber back in the dark ages, but now it is better to use the Internet to order parts and get detailed instructions on how to do your own repair.

 

[jaF0]

I also want basic machines. No brains. Easier and less costly to repair or replace when necessary.

 

[phrodeau]

How many times have you called a woman a cunt, cunt?

He sure sounds like a foreign-goods-buying anti-American to me.

 

[Hypoxia]

Grandma had an open top-loader next to the laundry sinks in the garage, one of those elevated round tubs with an electric agitator. The hand-cranked wringer sat atop the machine. The drier was the clothesline out back. Grandma (or one of we kids) was the dishwasher at the kitchen sink, so I guess that's a top-loader too.

Now, don't wash things. It gets dirty? Throw it out. Grab something new. Amazon loves you!

 

[Dinosaur1]

Best ever washer/dryer set ever was a Sears Kenmore set from early 70s. Never thought that Kenmore set would die.
Mom got them at a Sears scratch and dent sale, avocado green, when I was about 7. Those things ran daily it seemed though the 80s, but continued service through late 90s. Seemed like most everyone else in the family came over to wash their clothes. My brother and I got a house together and mom gave the set to us back in '95. The washer motor was replaced when it burned out and the new motor lasted only a year before it too burned out after limited usage. We tossed it to scrap. The dryer was eventually sold around 2005. We (brother and I) had a whirlpool set that we let go with the house we had together. I had an 'Admiral' combo I bought new as it was being pushed out of stock - no problems, but gave them to a cousin. He's married now and still uses that set. The set I have now is Whirlpool I've had about 5 years, I think they're 7 years old and the washer is starting to have balancing problems in spin cycle.
Just about anything made today is cheap shit when compared to their forerunners.

 

[Dinosaur1]

Grandma had an open top-loader next to the laundry sinks in the garage, one of those elevated round tubs with an electric agitator. The hand-cranked wringer sat atop the machine. The drier was the clothesline out back. Grandma (or one of we kids) was the dishwasher at the kitchen sink, so I guess that's a top-loader too.

Now, don't wash things. It gets dirty? Throw it out. Grab something new. Amazon loves you!

Sounds like my grandma's old house. Fun times. She had a hand-cranked wringer atop the the tub that agitated. But could only use it outside, it had wheels. I think we filled it with a water hose and it drained through a separate hose in spin cycle. I hated that fucking thing, but sometimes I miss it.

 

[silver gurl]

When we had a repair man at the house, he said front loaders keep him in business.
So top loader it is.

 

[chillywilly2]

When you call a tech for machine problems, first question is: front or top loader? You say: top, he replies: ok, keep talking.

Top loaders seems to last decades, while fronters 6-7 yrs.

It gives me an idea which may have difficulties first.

We have a front loader...LG, about 7 yrs old now.
Bearing is going bad on spin cycle...just screams.
Called for service. There isn't much around here and they won't call back.
We tried everything for 3 months.
She finally says, just let it go.
When it finally blows up I will get a new top loader.
Been screaming for almost a year now...when that fucker goes its gonna be epic

 

[RobDownSouth]

Which brands don't have Trump tariffs now?

Whirlpool.

Whirlpool gamed the tariff laws and got Trump to impose a 20% tariff.
They couldn't keep up with LG and Samsung in the free market so they got gummint price protection for their faltering product lines.

LINK

WoundedKnee and Query (pronounced "Quarry") will be by shortly to explain that this is actually the Invisible Hand o'the Market at work.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Whirlpool.

Whirlpool gamed the tariff laws and got Trump to impose a 20% tariff.
They couldn't keep up with LG and Samsung in the free market so they got gummint price protection for their faltering product lines.

LINK

What's wrong with a little sensible regulation and taxation??

WoundedKnee and Query (pronounced "Quarry") will be by shortly to explain that this is actually the Invisible Hand o'the Market at work.

WK maybe just to watch the leftist lose their shit, but I'd doubt Q would do little more than laugh at the lefties who are trying to sell the idea that those sensible regulations are necessary to keep the market from crashing and anyone saying otherwise needs to GTFO and go to Somalia!!

 

[BotanyBoy]

Top load all day...LG all the way.

I can even watch my clothes get clean because see through top.

 

[colddiesel]

Front loaders do not tangle clothes. You can use the top to store your toolbox. Slightly underload and they don't break down. Repairs of all washers are easy.

I have had 3 frontloaders since arriving in Australia (1 Hoover + 2 Whirlpools) since arriving in Oz 42 years ago. All were used probably 4/5 times a week.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Front loaders do not tangle clothes.

Neither do top loaders if you get a good one.

 

[warrior queen]

Front loader. Mine is a bosch 7kg.
Main reason for purchase is water saving - a full load uses less than 50 litres, where an equivalent top loader uses more than double that amount.
Also, I love that it has a gazillion different cycles!
Lots of people say over time they make your clothes smell, but that is an easy fix..... leave the door and powder drawer open after your load is finished so all the water can evaporate. Or, if you're me, you can simply have a cloth on hand to wipe out any remaining water from the seal and drawer

 

[WoundedKnee]

Yes, that is another great point, they are very green compared to a top loader. Mine is going on ten years old.

 

[EternalFantasies]

When we had a repair man at the house, he said front loaders keep him in business.
So top loader it is.

If you and BB are saying the same thing, then the matter is settled.

Top load all day...LG all the way.

I can even watch my clothes get clean because see through top.

Which is the one i've set my intentions on today, graphite too.

 

[EternalFantasies]

Yes, that is another great point, they are very green compared to a top loader. Mine is going on ten years old.

Some online reviews agree with you.

One funny one is this, coz it agrees with you, and says front load for other reasons like they clean better etc. then.... you read people's comments.

I trust the people. Almost 90% disagreed with the review

I gonna paste one here:

I own two laundromats. I have many commercial front load washers and they get lots of use, and my customers like them. But this is where any similarity between home HE front loaders and traditional, commercial front load washers part company. In my washers you can see a water level in the window. Clothes are passed through wash water and 3 rinses. A successful rinse is what really matters. Having said this, I own a Kenmore HE machine. I discovered it's purpose is not to wash clothes but to carry out an almost neurotic, miserly use of water. Which is why the cycles are so long. The idea is that very little water worked in the tub with the clothes will somehow, over 24 hours of agitation will clean clothes..It does not. That is why the mold problem, that is why clothes get gray. A washing machine without an effective amount of water is not a washing machine. My commercial washers get through an entire cycle, depending upon their size, between 25 and 40 minutes. You see, with a proper water level, sufficient rinses, clothes don't need to spend over an hour being tossed back and forth in a nearly dry drum to get clean. Don't waste your money on an HE front loader, if any washer is pre set to use so little water, your wasting your money and your time, and your clothes are NOT getting clean.

 

[phrodeau]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehl0ZE4iF-4

 

[sharingfantasies]

I bought a top loader. It is hard on my back to pull wet clothes out of a front-loader. What I don't like is the time required to wash a simple load of clothes. I don't remember the brand, but to wash a simple load of clothes in cold water takes about 90 minutes. I don't push on any extra buttons: just normal, large, cold (tap water) and let it run. My previous washer did the same thing in 40 minutes. Supposedly, this washer saves electricity, but I don't see how if it runs twice as long. Thankfully, I don't have a family. I have no idea how people get their laundry done when it takes so long for ONE load.

 

[phrodeau]

I bought a top loader. It is hard on my back to pull wet clothes out of a front-loader. What I don't like is the time required to wash a simple load of clothes. I don't remember the brand, but to wash a simple load of clothes in cold water takes about 90 minutes. I don't push on any extra buttons: just normal, large, cold (tap water) and let it run. My previous washer did the same thing in 40 minutes. Supposedly, this washer saves electricity, but I don't see how if it runs twice as long. Thankfully, I don't have a family. I have no idea how people get their laundry done when it takes so long for ONE load.

That is unusual. Are your water lines clogged, or is one of the valves partway shut?

 

[sharingfantasies]

That is unusual. Are your water lines clogged, or is one of the valves partway shut?

The water runs fine. It is just the length of the cycle. I have heard from some friends that got new washers that they have the same problem with extremely long times.

 

[doowdniw]

Kenmore front loader. Because it it makes it considerably harder to use a top loader with the dryer stacked on top of it.