Best washers and dryers

[qsd-dan]

"The GE “agitator” washers are total garbage as well. Watch this review about how it tangles the clothes into knots, every cycle, no matter how it’s loaded."

That's the GE washer I saw at the curb 2 nights ago. Not the least bit interested in saving, fixing, or even dissecting it. JUNK, crush it!

 

[maytag85]

Whirlpool is only the best when one is opinionated or biased towards a particular company and or product.

Whirlpool is clearly ran by con artists, not by people who care anymore.

 

[qsd-dan]

"Whirlpool is clearly ran by con artists, not by people who care anymore."

Honestly, that's all appliance manufactures these days.

 

[maytag85]

To add insult to injury, the people who buy them don’t really care either. Then precede to complain on why they don’t build anything with quality anymore, just repeats itself over and over again.

 

[Chetlaham]

If the market share went to 98% Speed Queen, then the competitors might care.

 

[agiflow]

That is what I'm saying. The only top load washers I would buy from Whirlpool today are their commercial models.From what I saw on LOWES site the 4816 is a top seller.

Why does Whirlpool only make one model now with a true dual action agitator( other than the Maytag commercial) and porcelain tub and why is it exclusive to Lowe's ?

I can't really knock GE because I own a GE portable dishwasher that is made in China. I was going to get a Whirlpool portable but seeing the GE was about $300 cheaper and with a stainless steel interior the choice was obvious.

I wasn't sure if it was actually made there when I bought it, but I pretty much had a feeling it was when I didn't see a lower kick plate on it and knowing Haier owns GE.

It performs rather decently but those racks could be better. I seriously doubt it will last the 30 of years my WP portable did.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

Speed Queen

If Speed Queen made all appliances just like their washers and dryers, we wouldn't be having this problem.

 

[maytag85]

Whirlpool reliability be like:

 

[agiflow]

I would like to hear from the people who have bought Whirlpool products within the last year or two and haven't had any problems. My recent purchases are holding up pretty well.

 

[Chetlaham]

Whirlpool's expanded commercial lineup is largely due to Speed Queen. Critical parts like the motor, belt and pulleys are said to be beefed up. 

 

[agiflow]

The cabinets are also sturdier.

 

[maytaga806]

Pat I’ll show you a recent video from this channel I tune into every now and again on YouTube she bought a whole whirlpool appliance set in the last year or two and has nothing but issues with each one of them but the experience will be hit or miss for everyone some may last longer without issues some may not, but the top load washers that aren’t the VMW series are inarguably junk that alot of consumers that have bought them are fed up with and end up trashing them all the time rather before or after issues begin arising and usually learn their lesson the first time. Now that’s not to say everyone will have issues like in the video with a new WP it’s just to say it can happen early on it’s life and the quality overall is not what it used to be years and years ago but that kinda goes without saying really but from an educated standpoint their new washers are not worth any money.

and also John you have absolutely no clue what I’m certified in and what I’ve been trained on and what I do I don’t come here to brag about myself and what I know like you do to be condescending and rude as well as demeaning to others here so you should take a few notes and also you should not imply that people are fat either cause your big mad over a YouTube video they created that you don’t agree with, Ben could be a member here for all you know and that would be really disrespectful to another member and that isn’t very upstanding of you to make a gross comment like that about somebody just because you disagree with them it isn’t very mature for someone your age, that was really inappropriate in your first response.

 

[maytag85]

Reply #30

Don’t know if you saw, but sent you a email awhile back.

 

[qsd-dan]

"Pat I’ll show you a recent video from this channel I tune into every now and again on YouTube she bought a whole whirlpool appliance set in the last year or two and has nothing but issues with each one of them."

I've seen the same exact playout on YouTube with Garbage Engineering, Samsuck, Luxury Garbage, and others. Refrigerators and washers are currently the worst offenders.

Whirlpool certainly isn't alone.

We're in very dark times for appliances. Hopefully rock bottom will soon occur and things will get better but I'm not holding my breath nor getting rid of the vintage goodies.

 

[Chetlaham]

Reply 30

I sympathize with her pain! She reminds me of the early 2000s when all our brand new GE appliances were dropping like flies and GE cares could just not even pretend care. That experience and GE's lack of responsibility left my very jaded when it comes to appliances. On the flip side it opened my eyes and taught me to never take anything for granted. 

 

 

Today I know that was the beginning of the end. I do agree we have reached very dark times especially when the magnum opus of excellence has declined to the point there it talk of a buy-out. 

 

 

 

[agiflow]

Reply #32

Yes, there is a lot of Whirlpool bashing going on and much of it rightly deserved. The whole fiasco with the "aqualift" self cleaning thing.... Yet they are still making ovens with that feature.

I've always been a fan of the company but I don't turn a blind eye to the crap that's going on with them a lot lately.

People also seem to forget about LG and Samsung with their refrigeration and how many problems they were having with them.

I do like the newer Samsung slid-in ranges.... They are very sharp looking and they feel pretty substantial.

I don't think I would go with one though.

The thing with GE, even though they are or still make appliances in appliance Park. We all know who owns that company now.

Though I do have a china-made GE dishwasher that works well.

I still would rather my money ww t to an American manufacturer that is still based here.

Unfortunately,the choices are very slim. A country the size of the USA and we only have one U.S.based company left that makes a full line of appliances.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

to agiflow

I don't understand why their own dishwasher line doesn't use the spinning filter that Maytag and Kitchenaid use. To me, it would make more sense if they did. It's similar to what Whirlpool did with the Maytag line in 2009 when they used that mechanism, and pretty much all of their line was based off of the point voyager design.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

chetlaham and qsddan

I agree with you. I refuse to take anything for granted. This is why I feel like I have to run these machines empty and test them to see how high they fill so that I'm not taken by surprise.

 

[maytaga806]

Sean you might want to resend it cause I deleted thousands of emails recently, and I updated my email address here as well to my new one.

 

[appnut]

Is there even an American manufacturer for electric cooktops or ranges/stoves?