Washers and Dryers

[The Ponzzz]

All you home owners out there (or renters who have landlords that allow adding of said appliances), anyone have the LG series of washers and dryers? If you've ever thought about buying them, I will say, do it. They might be a bit pricey at $1400 a piece (lots of savings at Home Depot though), but they are pretty much guarenteed to save you on your water bill and your energy bill (gas if you have to go gas as well). Awesome things!

[Parkbandit]

We have the stackable LG Tromm washer/dryer. We're saving about 20% on our water bill.. because we can do most of our laundry in one load instead of 2.. and it uses so much less water per load than our smaller washer previously. Electricity wise, the dryer has to use less.. just because we can dry a load in 45 minutes instead of 90 in our old one.

Only thing the wife bitches about is the smell in the washer... smells musty if you leave the door shut. Pretty easy to just leave it open though and that fixes the problem.

[Sean of the Thread]

Only thing the wife bitches about is the smell in the washer... smells musty if you leave the door shut. Pretty easy to just leave it open though and that fixes the problem.

We don't have the new fancy LGs but ours are located in the garage which is open to the humidity and extreme heat obviously and it doesn't matter if we open the lid or not. If we forget a load of laundry in the wash for more than an hour or two it will smell musty.

So I waste a lot of water running the wash again.

[The Ponzzz]

My only con to the LG front loaders are the need for the HE detergents. Little pricey, but nothing bank breaking.

These are the ones we got.

http://us.lge.com/products/model/detail/home%20appliances_laundry_washers_WM0742HGA.jhtml

Pretty cool reading through the manual about them. They use their own energy when they spin, so it drains nothing from the power source. And yea, dryer is done in 20-35 minutes for a medium sized load.

[Sylvan Dreams]

I have the Kenmore He3T's. They're a few years old, but they are awesome.

[Bobmuhthol]

The Samsung Ag+ washers use fucking silver ions to clean your shit. Fuck.

[B2]

You can save a lot of energy by washing your dryer lint trays. I mean like, with soap. The fabric softner sheets leave a film on them if you don't...water will actually pool on a dirty one when you turn the faucet on it.

It takes way longer to dry when your lint trap isn't actually letting anything through.

[kookiegod]

Yah, the LG steamwashers just rule.

I got the rockin' crimson one and dryer, and have loved em since,


~Paul

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

The only stuff I've used my dryer for is for jeans. Otherwise I just hand wash + line dry and that's been the most energy efficient. Only occasionally do I use the washer + dryer.

I would say it's because I'm trying to be eco-friendly but frankly, it's just because in the hot weather right now it's cheaper. I bought some racks so I'll be able to dry clothes instead when it gets wet and wintery out.

[War Angel]

Only thing the wife bitches about is the smell in the washer... smells musty if you leave the door shut. Pretty easy to just leave it open though and that fixes the problem.

I just recently read that putting 1 cup of vinegar in the washer, and having it run 1 cycle (without the clothes) will eliminate the musty smell. Havent tried it yet, but, you never know.

Oh, and we have the Maytag stackable front loading washer and dryer. I love them 100%

[The Ponzzz]

I heard some of the Maytags have a 25 gallon rinse cycle. That's crazy! You generally don't want to go over 16 gallons.

[Augie]

I have given up on saving on laundry now that we have a baby lol. I swear I do wash about 10x as much now and it's only been 2 weeks with her!