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Hands down winner: a Whirlpool Cabrio AGI. We bought one from Sears last year, and returned it by the end of the first week.

It was a true design disaster: virtually impossible to get hot (or even reasonably warm) water into it, it had absolutely no stain removing capability, and it left our clothes filthy and stiff with unrinsed detergent.

The silver lining on this story is, our experience with the Cabrio was so bad, it made us realize the only decent option for top-loaders today is Speed Queen, and we finally made the decision to spend the money to get one.
 
I have a few!!

Candy Domino washer dryer, took 3 hours to dry a load of towels.

Indesit washer dryer circa 1995, had 3 new dryer units in one year.

BOL Bosch circa 1995, new door release after two weeks, new pcb after one month, new motor after 3 months.

Hotpoint washer dryer 1400 circa 2006. Dreadfully noisy, pcb burned out within 2 years.

My Mum does say I am cursed with appliances as they never last long......maybe it's true.

Sorry for not providing model numbers......have a rubbish memory.
 
GE Top Loaders (after the filter flow's)
Horrible machines
I don't like my HE2T washer, but the more i think about it, the washer has been moved a bunch.. So who knows.. It doesnt balance well, takes for ever and makes lots of noise
Any washer with the dreadful Norage Design By Maytag... Really what where they thinking? Lowes sold crap tons of these and bit by bit you find them dead

Now if it was most boring....
 
Our top-loading washer/dryer.

Not a bad washing machine, but the dryer part is ridiculous. First of all, one can only load about five lbs. of laundry in it for the drying cycle. Then, there is no fan to blow the hot air through the laundry! What it does is turning on the heater underneath the drum and baking the laundry dry. And since there's no fan, it also lacks a "real" cooling phase - it just turns the heater off 20 minutes before shutting off. The result is a still super hot drum one can basically only open using oven gloves. And not to forget the water consumption for the condensation drying: about 16 gal. for a two-hour drying cycle (no sensor-dry).

Good thing we have a stand-alone washer and dryer as our daily drivers!

 
Believe it or not........

I know I will catch a lot of flack for this,but I think a maytag is as poor a cleaning washer as ever was ,I am using a 806 now,I was using a 72 Norge that I wish I still had,my other half,who rarely ever complains said the Norge was destroying his clothes, so I swapped it for a 806...I know they last forever ,The reason being they dont wash fast enough to wear out. Of course about anything now is sorry,But if you dont mind noise,an old Norge is hard to beat,that maytag will make its exit as soon as I get a replacement..probably a Kenmore If I could get my Norge back....I would
 
For a short time, I lived in an apartment that had a 1959 Speed Queen set. The washer had an anemic spin, worse than a WP/KM BD which meant a load of towels would take hours to dry. Wash and spin were both activated via solenoids that were so loud, they'd put a Norge spin brake to shame. The wash action was drama free, and couldn't even roll over partial loads with a full fill. It was the worst washer I've ever experienced.
 
We had a Maytag with the brown control panel, the ones right after they discontinued the center dial machines. We bought it in 1984. We got rid of it in 1992. It was way too boring of a machine, and even lightly loaded it didn't have the turnover of a Jet Action Frigidaire, which is what we wanted in the first place.
 
Rob, that’s the Crumble Dryer, as you have so eloquently put it, isn’t it? ;)

For me, the worst washing machine we’ve had is the Bosch WFF… something or other from 1999. Mum hated it. It was slow, boring, very inflexible in terms of options, would not rinse properly and would leave undissolved powder and conditioner on the clothes (despite doing five rinses), had an easily defeated door seal – the dog leaning on it would cause water to dribble out from the door – and it was… oh… such a waste of money. It was reduced from about £500, but I wish I’d gone for a Hotpoint or suchlike.

The next worse machine was the Hotpoint/Indesit washer dryer we had in 2006. It lasted two months before the power module failed with a crackle and a fizz.

That was replaced with our Miele Premier 520, which has… um… had two service calls on it already. One was for a noisy valve (the one that switches between the compartments) and then a new computer two weeks ago, which caused the machine to abort during a final spin! LOL :) The machine was seemingly working fine, but we called Miele out anyway. They said the machine was not responding to diagnostics, so they replaced the computer.

It’s a very good machine, though, despite these two hiccups. :) Having said that, even our Miele tumble dryer had to have a new computer and major parts fitted, costing over £400 last year! LOL :)

All repairs were done under warranty, thankfully. :)
 
from a service point of view

Most people here in the US, are not to happy with the "T" line of GE washers. This was the line that suceeded the FF. Also had more than my share of Frigidaire TL's after GM and until about the early 2000's. While i will admit either machine was not the most relaible and the Frigidaire got alot of smacks for "wash abaility", most of them would at least out live the waranty period. There is/was 1 washer that from a service stand point was WORSE than either the GE of Frigidaire. It was any Searcy built/Amana/Maytag washer made after maytag bought amana. The failure rate within the first 3mos was near 100%. Not just minor failures, but major seal leaks that would often take out the motor, pump, and belt, along with the tub seal.
 
The G.E. H.E. Frontloader washers..Mom bought one and the clothes would be damp it seemed during wash.It wouldnt clean even on the longest cycle.Most Frontloaders I have seen you could see some water in it when it stopped and reversed but not this one.Mom took it back and got a G.E. Harmony and its a great washer you can fill it all the way ours is not like that new one with the Plastic infusor that is junk.Ours is Steel and made by L.G. I think, cause the wash system is identical to the L.G. Toploaders from there A.U. Website.The motors are the same everything else is also.The best thing is even though its a H.E. they give you control over anything and it's fun to watch with that glass lid.
 
Well out of the 18 washers that I have owned some of them were not good for one reason or another.When growing up the one that was the worst was a Hotpoint that cleaned the self cleaning filter on the clothes.In my house the worst was a Maytag it did not clean and cost a lot.I liked most of my direct drive kenmores even though the were not easy on the clothes but the Sears repairman tore each one of them up.Now I got the bright Idea to get a h.e. washer they have to be the worst 1st the calypso it shreaded every towel in the house then got a frigidare/kenmore front load it washed and rinsed well but was flimsy so I sent it back then got the kenmore ht3 it took so long to do a wash that I got so behind with laundry that it was a joke and it leaked the whole time that I had it and it stunk so did the clothes that came out of it so I replaced it with the kenmore oasis it is ok so far but i know that it will not last.If I can get out of this mess then I am going to get a Speed Queen.I wish that I had kept my filter flo or got a belt drive kenmore.
 
The worst machines

My present Zannusi Nexus fl881 800 spin 7 rinses, no pre spin between, final spin only at the end of cycle. no slow ramping, spin just kaboom str8 in, this can knock the load to a very unstable and dangerous spin, and has been known to jump forward about 6 inches. I am glad to say my new front loader arrives nesxt friday.

Servis 111 top loader great washing and spin action loved it, but it was a made monday morning machine. 3 spin motors 4, washer motors that had to replaced after about 3 months normal useage. Countless leaks on the spin drier section, The maintainance guy became great friends with me.

Hoover matic deluxe, hated the wash action my 1st partners white shirts on hot wash would always be knotted. The water guage for the autorinse action would sometimes fail and the kitchen would flood.
 
The worst machines

My present Zannusi Nexus fl881 800 spin 7 rinses, no pre spin between, final spin only at the end of cycle. no slow ramping, spin just kaboom str8 in, this can knock the load to a very unstable and dangerous spin, and has been known to jump forward about 6 inches. I am glad to say my new front loader arrives nesxt friday.

Servis 111 top loader great washing and spin action loved it, but it was a made monday morning machine. 3 spin motors 4, washer motors that had to replaced after about 3 months normal useage. Countless leaks on the spin drier section, The maintainance guy became great friends with me.

Hoover matic deluxe, hated the wash action my 1st partners white shirts on hot wash would always be knotted. The water guage for the autorinse action would sometimes fail and the kitchen would flood.
 
The Maytag Neptune FL

Aside from the fact there is no window (and this does NOT make it a "worst washer"), I think it's the worst because (and I could be wrong here) I believe, while it does a great job washing, it marked the BEGINNING of the END for Maytag.
 
GE HE TL ...

...with washplate in the bottom. It barely got the clothes wet. Before I got my Maytag I had to wash everything twice. I'll admit it DID spin very well, noticeably better than the Maytag. Once I got the Maytag I'd wash in that then throw the load into the GE for rinse & spin before putting it all into the dryer.

The second good ting about it is that it brought me here :-)

Jim
 
GE commercial hydrowave worst ever!

I'm in my dorm laundry room right now. Let me tell you! The GE commercial hydrowaves are the worst! It cannot wash properly! It cannot rinse properly! I heard one upstairs which was so loud you can hear it from the first floor! What a piece of crap! I should've kept my filter-flo! Oh! The matching commercial dryers do not dry clothes!
 
I would have to say SpeedQueen, before I had my own washing machine, I had to use the local laundromat, they were only stocked with a few Speedqueens, the wash was a dismal failure I must say.

First off the clothes can't certainly be cleaned within 10 minutes, that was how long the actual wash cycle takes, as it only ever so slightly shake the clothes, then drain, spin, takes in more water (a lot I might add) and then shakes the clothes around for five minutes, drain then spin at, oh well about 600 rpm and bam your clothes are supposed to be clean. What bulcrap!! The detergent was still visible on darker clothes.

So that was my experience with the Queens, I suppose they get preprogrammed for commercial use but still, it did not blow my hair back.

Anyways that is my opinion.

Regards
 

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