Clothes Washer Purchase - Page 2

AKgirl2 · ‎05-24-2016

Love Sears Kenmore and have for 30+ years...owned two and had one minor repair that was fixed by husband. Recommend a top loader, w/agitator, and super size capacity...stay away from touch button selection and go for tried and true manual selection, aka knobs!

Junker2327 · ‎03-11-2010

SPEED QUEEN all the way! Cant recomend this enought.

Beckyblu

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

I want all the bells and whistles and use all the different settings: delicates, casual wrinkle free; sheets and towels, etc. all the time. My next set will have the steam settings.

Nuttmeg · ‎03-09-2010

I would check Consumer Reports online for washers rating. You may want to buy a washer with a porcelain vs a Painted steel finish. If you are buying a front loader, you may want to buy a pedestal base.

Most stores do a price match. Please bring a printed copy of the item with price when shopping.

deedledeedeedle · ‎05-27-2014

Speed Queen is about as old school you can get, and in washers this is good news! When the time comes to replace mine I plan to go the Speed Queen route.

Simple is better, IMO. I don't need the bells and whistles.

dee

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

I could not find a speed queen when I was looking . I was certain of one thing - I wanted a basic machine without electronics and that was what I bought - a Hotpoint. It is all good except the low water levels and I don't think you can avoid them. I really loved my old washer and don't like the new one nearly as much but that is life, I will get over it.

It seems all appliances have gotten so expensive and yet are poorer and poorer in quality. I bought the most basic machine they had and paid $500, but they had machines at Lowes for over $2000.

kelsey17 · ‎04-10-2012

@AKgirl2 wrote:
Love Sears Kenmore and have for 30+ years...owned two and had one minor repair that was fixed by husband. Recommend a top loader, w/agitator, and super size capacity...stay away from touch button selection and go for tried and true manual selection, aka knobs!

I had Sears Kenmore for years.....but switched to another branch 3 years ago......should have gone the Sears Route again..............seemed like a much stronger and reliable brand.......bought a Maytag Bravos.. x large capacity (which i had with Sears and it handled everything)...........this Maytag when i wash a double (not

a heavyweight spread) bedspread it goes to UL (unbalanced load)...and i always have to reset it....it jerks around although it is balanced......next time back to Sears

and i had to get used to the noises the newer Maytag made..............................

violann · ‎03-10-2010

@hoosieroriginal wrote:
Avoid a agitatorless top loading washer - I have friends that have them and they hate them.

Absolutely takes ALL KINDS of consumers to do the laundry!

I have a new-ish one, and it's by far the best, and EASIEST washing machine we've ever owned.

Ours is a Kenmore HIGH EFFICIENCY TOP LOADER.

I had some reservations when we needed to purchase it, and DH talked me into giving it a try, and am I glad I did!

I like every single thing about it.

Although it is TRUE that nothing is quite as reliable as what we loved years ago, (planned obsolescence), I feel as confident with Sears appliances as I do with anything available elsewhere, and service is STILL easier to arrange than purchases from stores without an appliance selling history, at least where I live.

Buying a good appliance is always a guessing game for us because we always try to wring every drop of juice from what we own before replacng it.