If you had to replace your washer and dryer what brand would you look at?

I have a Speed Queen and won’t ever buy anything else.

I would go on sites like Sears and Home Depot and read reviews. I’d look at the price point you want to spend, and then see what are most popular machines for that price range, and read the reviews. I’d also google the brand and model you’re looking at and read what you can find on it.

Whenever I buy anything I do a lot of research on it (big purchases, I mean).

I just bought a washing machine this past spring. The problem now with all new washing machines is that they’re HE – High Efficiency. They use very little water. The old machines, you could set the water level for your load size: Small, Medium, Large, XLarge. Now, you don’t set the water level, the machine does it (by weight, I guess). The clothes come out barely damp and they’re really wrung out a lot, because the machine spins the crap out of them. I have a problem with streaks of detergent on my dark clothes. I have somewhat solved that by trying to use minimum amounts of detergent. I have it set to double rinse and “deep wash” but still, black jeans may get some detergent streaks. If I have something that I really want to be washed well, that I feel needs a lot of water, I bring it to a laundromat. For example, a comforter. Thankfully, I don’t wash those very often, so I’ve been to the laundromat maybe twice since buying the new machine.

It almost makes me wish I bought a used machine, the old kind where you can set the water level, but it’s too late now. Reviews for HE machines all seem to complain about the water level and how the clothes don’t seem clean.

The machine I bought was about 450 and I chose it because of reviews, price and because of the relatively simple dials and buttons. I didn’t want anything too complex.

I’m hoping that in the future, manufacturers will take all the negative reviews into consideration when they look at how to make the machines more to the liking of the consume, with the issues that HE machines all seem to have. This is an example of how new regulations (for machines to be HE) have maybe been helpful to the environment but not necessarily to the consumer.

I have excellent luck with Whirlpool and Maytag.

I loved my old Kenmore ones I had. No computers or lights. Easy to get parts and repair.

For the last year we have had LG TROMM ones that have been solid. Haven’t had any problems with the seal on the washer giving out.

LG or Bosch. You are in the middle all sorts of Black Friday deals and a quick peak seems Home Depot is pushing some pretty good deals. We also need new appliances and will be looking hard at capacity and front load models. I have Maytag right now and based on our dryer I will not be buying Maytag again. Replaced doors seals twice in 8 years.

I have a Bosch dishwasher and love it to death. Quiet as a whisper.

Miele, Siemens, and Bosch. They will outlive you.

Meh, I don’t really have a preference as long as it’s a front loader.

Y Bosch dishwasher crapped out on me after only about 4 years. I would not get any Bosch appliance again.

Whatever is the cheapest.

Whirlpool/Maytag. My last whirlpool washer was from 1992 and it died a year ago. I replaced it with another whirlpool washer/dryer set and have not had any problems. Reviews on some of the other major brands scared me away from them.
The best bang for the buck right now are top loading “he” washers. Front loaders are more expensive and are prone to many issues. They don’t offer any advantages over top loading other than ergonomics either.

Often, with front loaders people complain that there’s mold and a smell from bacteria.

@janbb You are scaring me! Mine is 4.5 years old! lol!

Washer & dryer?
I’d look up the scullery maid agency.

My Samsung is 12 year old, the washer usually has the door open and detergent drawer is also open when not in use. Once a year I put Soda Crystals in an empty drum and run it through a cycle. I wipe down the gasket and glass with a clean towel once a month or more..

My neighbor had a Kenmore washer/dryer set that crapped out after five years and a Whirlpool dryer replacement that also lasted exactly five years. That seems to be common—appliances that start to fail after around five years of regular usage. Sad, but planned obsolescence seems to be a reality.

We have a Miele set that’s been reliable for at least ten years now. Also have SpeedQueen at the vacation home, but those get so little use in comparison that it’s hard to gauge their reliability, but I know that SpeedQueen claims to last 25 years. We shall see. :)

I’ r had the same washer and dryer for over 30 years. They make cranky noises but still work. Not sure what brand and I’m not at home.

KENMORE. Or so my appliance salesman says. I bought a new GE washer because I thought it would last for the rest of my life. It didn’t.
MAYTAG is supposed to be good. My grandmother had a wringer type that was about 50 years old. Looked and ran great. The wringer stripped the gears out once but it only cost $7.25 to fix. The wrong grease had been used (instead of gear oil) and it set up like Jell-o.

Sears is nomore so Kenmore is no more in my understanding.

Sears and Kenmore are still around. Sears isn’t doing great and many stores have closed, but they’re around for now.

^^ Oh. I know my local closed; i thought they all had.

I bought my Kenmore machine this past spring 2019.

I live about ten minutes away from a huge mall in CT and the Sears there was greatly reduced in size. When you buy appliances from Sears, they aren’t actually shipped from the store. They’re shipped from some other facility that has the trucks and the dispatching.

What ever deal I could find on FB Buy/Sell/Trade place.

When I was in the market for a new washer, in the 80s, I went to Sears. The selling point for getting a Whirlpool (if I remember correctly) was the salesman pointing out that Whirlpool was what the laundry mats used.

Laudromats are usually outfitted with Speed Queen or Maytag. The Speed Queen machines have very few plastic pieces and the tubs are stainless steel. They have a crazy long warranty and still wash a load in 30 minutes. I wouldn’t take a front loader for free….even a Speed Queen. I think these are the best machines built today. They aren’t cheap.

Thanks @Sagacious. It was something like that. It was some time early in our marriage, 1981 or 82, and I was going to the laundry mat once a week, and he was right. So I went with that brand. I don’t even remember what happened to it. I know it made to move with us in 1995 and I got that heavy assed thing down basement steps, on a dolly, by myself
It may have made it clear until 2009 or so when Rick and I won a stack set at auction for $150.