BrerBear
The stuff that’s being sold now is very poor design/quality/cheap.
Our repair guy said the exact same thing. It’s undoubtedly, sadly, true, but the washer we bought (today, online, coming Wed) cost exactly what the repair guy said the repair would probably cost. Either our old one repaired or this new one are likely to break much sooner than 20+ years, but I think it’s a tossup which would break first. But the new one has the advantage of holding more, which usually isn’t an issue, but for big things like a comforter would be nice. Well, we’ll see.
(Don’t know why anyone would use other than a gas dryer, unless gas not available at their location???)
Exactly that. The house we had when we bought the dryer didn’t have gas. This one does, so if/when the dryer ever breaks, we’ll be moving to gas, of course.
To me, a washer is a washer is a washer. But my wife feels the front loader has been a lot gentler on the clothes. Who knows?