The young couple in the apartment behind me replaced a small tub, low end Maytag Dependable Care washer and a BOL Kenmore dryer—both were in rough shape—with this Whirlpool front-load pair about 3 months ago. Model 6620, I believe. Theirs aren’t on pedestals. The pair is touted as being ‘Closet Depth’, and fit well in our tight laundry space. The doors don’t hit the machines opposite them when fully open, but they come damn close.
Washer: I like the control layout; it has a nice array of cycles/options and real, not “with Oxi” sanitizing. The plastic glass in the door looks cheap and the suspension squeaks if the load isn’t well balanced during pre-spin balancing. Squeaking tends to go away once the spin is ramped up to speed. They are thrilled with it—their first front-loader.
He works at a local farm equipment manufacturer and she at a nursing home, so they change clothes frequently, especially during this pandemic. They’re washing everything except dark colors on Sanitize and using Tide Ultra Stain Release. Frankly, I’m washing everything but blacks in 150-degree water these days, as well. My clothes have been washed many times, so there’s no threat of colors running. But, I digress.
He actually does most of their laundry and is impressed with stain removal and how much water is extracted compared to the Maytag. He also likes the auto-dosing bulk detergent dispensing.
We’ll see how it does in the reliability department. I certainly don’t miss the top-loading lint filter on their old dryer, which always left lint dust on both our dryers (they’re right next to each other).[this post was last edited: 5/5/2020-22:00]
