What is the best washer you have had?

[washerman250]

I do not know where I would start with mine there is a lot of machines that have served me well since I was very little.
Here is what I think

Washing results : my Bosch

Rinsing: hotpoint aqualtis AQGD169S

Overall quality the Bosch

 

[maylingsmom]

Speed Queen

 

[gusherb]

Our Speed Queen clone Raytheon Amana and now our new SQ.

 

[whirlykenmore78]

Hands down:

The 1996 WP DD machine Katie and I had at our old house. I've never seen ANY TL that could clean and rinse that well.
WK78

 

[gletts]

Zanussi WJD1665w washer dryer for me. Great at washing, rinsing and drying and had the famous spin rinses. And was quiet too.

 

[askolover]

My Asko, 18 years and counting! Excellent washing and rinsing, no fancy electronics!

 

[Chetlaham]

Best old Washer has been a Maytag center dial with an helical transmission.

Best new Washer for me is Speed Queen.

Belt Driven Whirlpools and uni-matics follow close behind.

 

[haxisfan]

Hoover Nextra hands down...

Although I retired my Hoover Nextra just a few weeks ago... it's been the best washer I've used in my life thanks to its savoir-faire in all possible laundry situations, its reliability and long lasting despite the exasperate use over the last 11 years (in fact it's still entirely original and doesn't know the meaning of the word engineer). I carried out all possible and impossible tests on it... by creating extreme conditions by overloading, underloading, awkward loads, using detergent hyper-doses (I even used high sudsing twin-tub detergent in it and it managed to clear it all up with no mess and no fuss, yet delivering fab washing and rinsing results), and it he always came up smelling of roses!

I'm OK with newer Hoovers but I'm not as impressed. I tried a few other front load washers, old and new, at home and elsewhere, and I found they aren't nearly as able as the the Hoover Nextra that seem to have a tendency of to tick all boxes everytime... first time

 

[mjg0619]

Best performing washer I've used would hands down be a classic belt drive Maytag top loader.

Though, our early 2000s direct drive Whirlpool has been an admirable performer with absolutely no problems and service calls. (No problems except how damn easy it is to throw the thing off balance with a load the Maytag can handle without batting an eye!)

 

[pro104]

1987 Maytag a712

 

[electron1100]

Hoover

Hoover Keymatics 3203, 3062, 3243 and my present 34 year old Hoover A3190 Electron 1100 none of the modern machines I have owned can better any of them for wash/rinse performance reliability, build quality and over all "feel good factor"

 

[laundromat]

1963 Lady Kenmore gas washer dryer combination. Lasted us almost thirty years. One repair and it was an overhaul.

 

[llmaytag]

1994 Maytag Dependable Care Plus

My 1994 Maytag Dependable Care Plus was my best and favorite! I loved the white porcelain tub, it worked very well, quiet, and I liked the orbital transmission. I also thought the console was very attractive. I had to move temporarily and everything was put into storage, and when the washer returned, there was a big gash and dent in the front panel which made me suspect that it might have been dropped. Perhaps if not for that, it would be running today.

 

[washerdude]

My new front loader

The WFW72HEDW, since we bought it, its gotten everything clean that we threw at it even our king size comforter. Cleaning is a day and night difference when compared to our old inglis direct drive which we had before our new front loader. Don't get me wrong, while we had the inglis, I thought it was the best cleaner and front loaders were nothing. After it died 14 years later, we moved on to a front loader to give it a try. Now, I want no other washer then a front loader only. Towels come out whiter WITHOUT bleach and the smell of the fabric softener stays as well. When this washer goes, i'll be sure to buy another front loader.

 

[revvinkevin]

Washerdude...

 

 

What BRAND is the WFW72HEDW??

 

Thanks!

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[norgeway]

85 Kenmore

Belt drive, it just keeps on going!

 

[washerdude]

The brand for the wfw72hedw is Whirlpool. We stuck to it consdering our old washer was also made by Whirlpool and we have more experience with that brand than other ones.

 

[miele4life]

that's an easy 1, my lovely Miele that's nearly a decade old.

 

[servischris]

Best modern washer...

...has to be my Bosch washer dryer. Can't fault it, if I need something quick like it's doing now then I know it'll have stuff washed and dried within an hour!

 

[gredmondson]

Miele W1203, about seven years old now, and the repairman has never been called. On the sanitize cycle, T shirts that had arm pit stains eventually came completely clean with Persil Universal powder.

Relatives give me stained cotton garments to run through this machine, and it almost always removes the stain. Whenever I put on a white Costco Kirkland T shirt, I am impressed with the whiteness!

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

My mom's 1992 Almond Maytag "Everything Machine", short of it being Standard Capacity vs. a Full-Sized 20#...!

 

Four Temperatures, (a Warm Wash/Warm Rinse was all it lacked) Infinite Water Level, Bleach/Fab. Softener Dispensers, and even a Timed Soak...

 

Only needed the inherent lack of Instructions under the lid... Died after a basement flood caused it to blow fuses--though I know it could have been fixed or saved...!

 

 

 

-- dave

 

[enigma-2]

Maytag. Bought in 1977 and traded for a new Speed Queen two weeks ago. Lasted 38 years. Still working, abet a bit noisy.

The Speed Queen is an excellent washer and we are expecting at least 35+ years from it. (Unfortunately, we are not expecting 35+ years for ourselves, so it will be interesting to see who finally ends up with it).

 

[mamapinky]

Back in 1980 a friend gave me her Westinghouse front loader, its been so long now that all I remember was it was a Westinghouse and was a fl..I don't even know how old it was when she gave it to me but I loved that machine, about a year later we were moving and since no rain in the forecast hubs loaded it on the truck the night before, when we woke next morning it was gone, apparently someone seen it in the truck parked in the driveway and helped themselves. No one seen or heard anything. And it was a nice quiet neighborhood. I cried for a long time after that loss lol. But after using my new Speed Queen the past 4 days I have to say Speed Queen, everyday it just seems to get better lol.

 

[ea56]

The best washer that I ever owned was also a Westinghouse FL, actually a White-Westinghouse. We purchased it new with the matching gas dryer in Aug. 1987 from Tee-Vax in Santa Rosa, Calif. for $995.00. They were almond, the popular color at the time. We had them stacked in a closet. The washer had a weigh to save door. That washer took on any load that I gave it and never skipped a beat. The same kingsize down comforter that we still have use to be washed regularlly in this FL and it always came out beautifully. We used this washer and dryer for 7 years with zero problems and sold them with the home and the new owners also got several more years of trouble free service from them. At the time CR gave them low review scores and I know many on this site don't think highly of the White-Westinghouse machines, but I sure loved that washer and I hated to leave it behind when we sold the house.

 

[wayupnorth]

I will agree with Dennis, my 32 year old Maytag has had one repair and is just as good as new. If it HAD to be replaced, it would also be a Speed Queen top loader.

 

[aquacycle]

My current Miele W562

 

[georgect]

Electrolux WaveTouch

The 70 series.

Pretty cool washer. Just over 50 loads done and very happy.

 

[oldskool]

A Tie

Can't decide on one?

1-18 - Thumper - because it handles large loads; rinses well; superior cleaning/rinsing

Speed Queen - new topload - quality construction; reminds me of the early Maytags

Maytag 806 - Center Dial - albeit less capacity, rugged durability, the sound is music to my ears - even the "scratch" with each movement of the timer - soothing

Love all 3 - always have at least 2 connected for Daily drivers.

 

[alr2903]

Best washing ability:  Norgesque,  Magic Chef, best cleaning washer I ever owned.

Best I have now.   Maytag  LA  series, with "load sensor".

Awful  I have now:  WP made Admiral  that washes well enough but provides only a few inches of rinse water.  I have learned to live with it by running PP a second time.

 

[whirlcool]

The one we have now, a Electronic Whirlpool TL DD set (LA9800TX1) It's had two sets of agitator dogs and a spin clutch in 23 years of operation. The dryer hasn't had anything done to it except for periodic cleanings. Still has the original belt and drum light from 23 years ago.