Posted: 6/22/2026 5:08:46 PM EDT
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My GE front loader control board just bit the dust. I was happy with it for years. I am not replacing the control board. What's the best thing going now. What to stay away from? I do favor Bosch, but last time i shopped they had nothing I wanted. I do want a front loader. |
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Originally Posted By Global_Cooling: SpeedQueen master race. Pick which ever model you want. They will all outlast big box store garbage. SpeedQueen makes a front loader. This. But buy the top loader. No water staying in the tub. |
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| Have had a Whirlpool Duet front loader for the past 10 years. Just replaced the drain pump and it’s running great again. When we eventually replace it, we’ll probably go with either Whirlpool or Maytag. Probably another front loader |
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We do a lot of laundry and we've had a wide variety of units including years we lived in apartments. You either go cheap and buy something super basic that is going to need work or go high end and get something basic but isn't built with totally crap components. When you break down what a washing machine does and how clothes get clean it's really simple. It's detergent/water movement over soiled clothing. Detergent is an aid to the wash process not the wash process. You need a combination of movement, water, and detergent. There are a lot of tests out there and the basics still hold true. High agitation levels with a lot of water and the right amount of good detergent are what "cleans" fabric. When you look at that combo front loaders look good but they don't really get nearly the combination of the three that a good top loader does because of gravity. A front loader is way less efficient in all 3 categories than a top loader. Where top loaders with agitators don't do well is very bulky or sensitive (weak) fabric. I destroyed a down comfortable in a top load agitator and we had feathers everywhere but it was a poor choice on my part to try to wash that comforter in that machine. It got wound up up and a couple of baffles ripped which sent feathers everywhere. Top loaders obviously also suffer when you put in a bunch of "eco" features like limited agitation time or limited water fill. We still a cheap chincy top load agitator but the only way to get the water level up is on the bulky deep water settings. If you do a normal cycle on normal fill it won't even submerge half the load. The actual way this works (mostly) now is they make a handful of components so a $1000 washing machine could be mostly the same as one that costs $500-600 but people think the machine is high end because of the cost. All they did is put the same internal components into different body and put a control board on it that has 20 different drying modes rather than 3-4. That said I bought the cheap Whirlpool set and it still sucked. The belts and motor pulleys are total chincy ass junk. When I started figuring it out the same belt, motor, and pulley were the same part numbers on Whirlpool high end machines. IMO they intentionally engineer in weak points into these machines that require service. So the 3 levels are cheap ass stuff you will likely have to replace or replace parts on, Maytag commercial, and Speed Queen which are right about 500/1000/1500 per side. Don't mess with anything else. No wifi features. No 30 different dryer or wash modes. Don't think you have to replace them as a set. If one is working fine let it go. You might get lucky and get a $500 unit that lasts 10 years without any show stopping issues. Our dryer became the problem child and we replaced it with a Speed Queen. We still have the cheap washer although it whines and makes noises. When it fails it will be replaced by a Speed Queen. I can tell you just with the dryer change it's nice being able to hit start and know everything will come out dry. If you put a monster load in there it may need two cycles. Two cycles were normal with the cheap Whirlpool dryer. At the very worst with a "normal" load everything will be dry with the DC5 but a towel might by very slightly damp. Nothing that won't dry in a little bit on it's own. * One last thing that rarely gets mentioned is CS. Speed Queen does not sell through big box stores. I called up a local dealer for the DC5 and it was refreshing at how easy and good the interaction went. I did a web form submission over a weekend when they were closed and had an email response less than 30 minutes after they opened on a Monday morning which asked when a good time to call was. I responded right away and got a call in less than 2 minutes. Talked on the phone for less than 5 minutes with a very friendly lady. They included the steam hookup on the dryer for free because I already had a working washer and only needed a Y and one hose. Didn't need a new electric cord because the old one was still working and looked fine. Took away the old POS Whirlpool for free. DC5 was dropped off the next morning. Driver called ahead on the dot, was friendly, not a scumbag, and made it super easy. No upsell or "mandatory" BS like hookups or cords you already have. The only new thing I got was a new exhaust hose to the wall outlet that I got off Amazon. I prefer supply houses to make money off the part not upselling you on 5 different install parts and extended warranties and service calls in a year. |
| I bought a SQ commercial washer. I ran it hard for 26 years. Never put a dime into it. I am 6 foot and 290 lbs. Work construction as an Electrician. Washed a lot of dirty work clothes. Finally, the belt went. When I looked at it the transmission was leaking bad. Now married we bought another SQ. |
| Seems to me, a front loader would clear better because it tumbles the cloths. We have a front load Whirlpool gotta be 20 years old. I haven't fixed anything on it. I'm thinking commercial rated fron loader when this on goes |
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