You're welcome, hope you can fit a 2940 in your kitchen. I have been delighted with the cleaning ability of my 2140. I can wash king sized comforters in it. Its 3.5 cu ft capacity is about the largest available on a 27 x 27 inch footprint.
The machines with larger capacities, 3.8 cu ft and up, achieve the extra space by being deeper and taller. The 40 inch tall machines (e.g. Duets) *can* be stacked, but the controls at the top of the dryer will be 6'8" high. I am 5'10" and could reach the controls, but a shorter person would have trouble. I think this is the reason one rarely sees the larger machines in a stacked configuration.
IF you were to buy a dryer to stack on top of the washer, Frigidaire dryers can be vented rear or on either side, allowing you to place the stack nearly flush to the wall.
CR chose the 2940 as one of its three best buys, because of cleaning ability close to that of machines costing twice as much.
Auto Temp Control is a nice feature that I didn't know about when I went shopping. Had I known what it was, and had I known how useful Variable Delay Timing can be, I would have sprung the extra money for a 2940 instead of a 2140. My cold water line comes up icy cold in winter, too cold to effectively wash in most detergents, and Auto Temp Control would mix in some warm water to keep the temp about 60-65F. As a result, in winter I pretty much have to use the Warm setting and I use Cold only when the cold water line warms up in spring.
Based on the depiction of the control panel (see link), it appears that Cold and Warm settings are regulated by Auto Temp Control, while Hot setting fills at the temperature your hot water line. That means if you have to do a load at a really high temp, and if you have control of the water heater setting (maybe not, in an apartment), you can crank up the temp on the water heater for that particular load and Auto Temp will not override it. Some of the Gallery models (7000-8000 series) have a Cold manual setting and a Cold Auto Temp setting, for those who want to wash at cold water line temperature without Auto Temp "interfering". However, these machines are more costly and are deeper due to the thick rim of the door.
