My Whirlpool 92 series is my fancy washer-dryer set. Hands down the best washer I've ever used or owned, and the best front loader I've ever witnessed in action, after having been around enough other brands at family or friends' houses sounding like freight trains in the spin cycles, and those have been what you'd consider "fancy" as well.
This set will be 7 years old in September and I haven't had a single hiccup from either. The washer has everything I could want, capacitive touch controls, LED interior light that is manually activated and stays on indefinitely if I desire, front and rear ball balancing rings, heating element, four-shock suspension, direct-drive BPM motor, built in fan that runs with int. tumbling for 12 hours after every cycle, so I've never dealt with a bit of mold or odor, and if a load is put in the dryer a few hours later, they've already air dried a bit. The only thing I've never really used or cared about is the bulk liquid dispenser, because I'd just rather decide on dosage myself and use whatever form of detergent I want.
It's also incredibly well built. Everything about it is solid and tight. The drawer doesn't wiggle around or feel flimsy, it smoothly slides in and out on its track and has a nice thunk when it locks in. The door also feels solid and satisfying to open and close. The cabinet doesn't rattle or creak or buzz. It's hands down the quietest and smoothest washer I've ever heard or witnessed spinning as well. It's been incredibly rare to have a load spin that actually sounded a bit off-balance, but It's always been good at cancelling and redistributing, and even so, the cabinet doesn't move or shake at all. Even the tones and signals are gorgeous on these machines. Whirlpool's sound effects almost sound orchestral, with piano notes and a touch of reverb, and I don't know why they didn't give the Maytag side the same treatment. There are some newer WP-made Kenmore VMAX top loads I've heard in video clips that have a more "spacey" sound to their tones, but not as pleasing to the ear as Whirlpool's.
My only beef with this machine is the dispensing setup from the drawers. They intended strongly for liquid detergent to be the only thing used to complement the Load&Go system. Yes, you *can* put powder in the chamber cutout if you take out the cartridge and don't put the single dose liquid cup in, but because the dispenser pipes down directly into the drum at the opening in the door boot, that barely dissolved powder sliding down with the water hits the tumbling dry clothes and splatters all over the glass, where it stays speckled and undissolved. My solution: a mesh bra garment bag. Works perfectly. I do the same for pods or scent beads if ever I use them, just put them into a small garment bag and toss in, so they never get bounced into the boot and get stuck.
I took the washer apart at the five year mark for a deep cleaning, but found not much at all to do, because it was practically spotless. Only a little grime build up around the creases of anything that sealed, like the drain cleanout plug or the vent tube on the back and top. But this thing keeps beautifully clean with common sense laundry habits, and obviously leaving the door open and removing the dispenser tray to air out on the counter when not in use. And of course, cleaning and rinsing has always been fantastic. The only stain type I've ever had an issue with is built-up deodorant in armpits, but I've never met a machine or a detergent that handled that well. It's partially my fault too, because I often neglect to spray some pretreater on shirts that need it and let them air dry to be sure they're ok.
And then the dryer, well, it does a fantastic job and is also very tightly manufactured. It has a stainless drum, quad baffles, steam nozzle, as well as the controls of the washer. But it's also Whirlpool's 27 inch front mounted filter design, just with a front-load cabinet around it. There's not much more to say because the 27 in dryers have always been fantastic, and in my opinion is still hands down the best dryer you can buy on the market. I've taken this one apart twice now for deep cleaning, and found the typical dusting of lint in the normal areas, but nothing alarming, and nothing around the element intake. It's quiet and dries every load perfectly every time with no fuss, except the occasional set of sheets being rolled into a burrito, as they tend to do.
If I had to do anything over, I'd buy these machines again 100 times, but I'd get them in white. Dark colored appliances just look dated and depressing to me these days, and a classic bright white in this set would pop in my current laundry room. Plus, with all the variants in dark grey between brands, and even between WP's models over the years, it would be impossible to match the color perfectly should I need to replace one or the other. So I've vowed that I'll never have another laundry machine in any color but timeless pure white.
