Recent content by ilovelaundry

Thanks, Pdub. It arrives on Friday. The toughest part about most things is making a decision. Thanks all for offering your wisdom and helping me think it out. K

Wow. Thank you all so very much for your communal intelligence and wisdom and especially for your commiseration. I would love the SpeedQueen but can't make the numbers work for us right now. If the Elux carries on for five years then we'll have spent $995. ($775 for the new MT and delivery 6...

You're right, the store does not really want to do the repair. They said it would likely happen again, sooner than later. Apparently the design is a set up for problems.

Oops I forgot to mention, Sales Guy said the Whirlpools have the same bearing set up as the Maytag, thus prone to the same problem.

Good insights. Thank you. I'm thinking I would love a SpeedQueen if indeed the front loader would have the performance and longevity. I know store has them. I recall when looking 6 months ago there was one of smaller capacity ( about 1 sf less than the MT and Elux) and it was nearly double...

It's true. Bright lights and gadgets are seductive. Good to be a cynic when it comes to marketing machination. I just want a solid machine that will wash our clothes without damaging them, be easy on the environment and last a good long while. Maytag Number 1 lasted 12 years and I really...

Thank your for your thoughts. We have the Maytag 4000 series Model: MHWE 450 W02 Sounds impressive, huh? Repair Guy said they could repair it but it would be very costly, and likely to happen again. So the store elected to just replace with same or another of same value at no extra cost to...

Hello, Long time lurker. ( Love laundry :) First time poster. Dilemma: We bought a new Maytag front loader 6 months ago to replace our old Maytag. When it recently began making a sound durning the spin cycle, I called our appliance store who sent out the repair person. After listening to...