The Glade 4.0

Anyone have any good recommendations? Doesn't need to be super fancy. The set we have is dying but they were free and have lived a good life. I went to the local appliance/hardware store and was utterly confused by them. The only thing I've read is that front load washes have more problems?

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Hokanu
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I loved my front loader washer and dryer. It was big enough for comforters and did a great job! I got the pair from my parents and the washer just broke, it was 5 years old. Not the most long lived. Fixing it would have been too expensive. They are very expensive too, about 2k for pair, but I would get another pair when I have a house again...just not the whirlpool duet.

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I've got a front loader, haven't had any problems with it. Whirlpool Duet, I think it's the "sport", have both the washer and dryer.

I know there have been some front loaders with major issues in the past, especially with mildew. We usually leave ours slightly ajar after use, wipe off any standing water on the front seal, that sort of thing. We also run a cleaning tablet through every now and then.

The house I rented before I got married had a front loading washer and it was amazing...loved it. Can't remember what kind it was though, sorry.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

When my 20 year old Kenmores finally bit the dust in 2008, I went back to Sears and bought the Kenmore HE2t (front loader) washer and Kenmore HE2 Dryer set. Quiet, powerful, immediately realized how poor a job the 20 year old set was doing as the new HE2 set did so much better.

I also went for the optional storage drawers underneath the set which ran me another $500 ($250 each) but made it so I don't have to lean over to load and unload the machines. It was money well invested and gives someplace to put stuff I rarely use.

No problems, very quiet, work very well.

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"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Just remember that the more features a unit has, the more there is to break, and that the newer and fancier features tend to be more expensive to fix. Mildew can happen with ftontloaders, but you can avoid it by doing stuff like damaged does.

That said, although I have a very nice high quality toploader that came with my house, I still want a nice high-efficiency front loader someday.

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Best advice for a front loader, leave the door open a bit for a few days after doing laundry (I confessed to doing mine pretty much all at once every other weekend - yes, I have enough clothes to last that long.)

He also recommended running the sanitary load available on my machine about once a quarter. I remember to, sometimes.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones