Well, the washer broke

[conuly]

And it is at least two decades past the warranty. Any recommendations for a new one?

Comments

[sixbeforelunch]

No recs, but I can anti-rec Whirlpool. That's what our washer is, and it's constantly breaking in one way or another.

[greghousesgf]

I used to work in an appliance store and I can tell you Whirlpool makes good stoves but lousy washing machines.

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

I only knew Whirlpool as dishwashers.

Oddly, my range is a Maytag; I associate that brand with washing machines.

[conuly]

Nope, the spin cycle has 100% stopped spinning. This may be fixable, but you'd probably have to be a professional and it's an old enough machine that I'm sure it's more cost-effective to replace it.

[villeinage]

Not necessarily. Mine did that, and it turned out there were a bunch of coins caught in the filter thing under the drum. Once we rather laboriously cleaned it out, it was good to go.

We needed a YouTube video and a wrench to fix it.

[conuly]

Hm. Well, I've got nothing to lose!

[jhetley]

We've had good service from our low-end Maytag, decades worth. I am told they don't make them like that anymore.

[conuly]

I am told they don't make them like that anymore.

Yes, that's on purpose.

[gingicat]

Ours is Frigidaire, I think, and it does the job pretty well. I don't know yet if it will last for decades, since it's younger than the teenager.

[wendelah1]

I have a Speed Queen, a commercial machine. Mine has never needed a thing but they're supposedly easy to repair. They're good for people with really filthy clothes, which I definitely had when I was working. I've read the new ones aren't as durable.

Consumer Reports likes LG top loaders.

[readerjane]

Do they still make top-loading washers with the central column that the clothes all spin around? I wish I had one like that. My current machine has no column, and I'm constantly having to re-arrange clothes that have got twisted together and thrown the machine off balance. I can sort of finesse it by layering the towels in a ring, then dropping the clothes in the center, but sometimes even finesse isn't enough.

[adafrog]

Wow, that was a long life.

[silveradept]

I had a very good run with a Fisher and Paykel top-loader. It was a horizontal drum, rather than a vertical one, but it did well.

[applenym]

We bought an Electrolux front-loader (600 series) about a year ago and I really love it. I bought it because the salesperson in our local shop recommended it, and we've always had good experiences with this shop. I think he said that Electrolux is more popular in Europe, but they're starting to catch hold in the U.S. now, too? I do think it gets clothes cleaner than our old washer, even though that one was also a front-loader. Plus I wanted something that would be able to fit my son's enormous heavy comforter, and it does that.

[captainsblog]

Not Samsung or LG. They're so tied up with DRM on their repairs that our regulars are not allowed to touch them.

[bibliofile]

Around here, the Habitat ReStores sell only newer appliances, and they're all thoroughly tested. Some are scratch-and-dents from local factories. It's an option, at least.

Best of luck!