I replaced my 7 year old basic whirlpool with another when the bearings died on it and it started sounding like a jet taking off. The first 3 years were in a laundry room with a super uneven and bouncy floor so the machine was always bouncing around no matter what I did to help it.
So I figured this was a pretty good lifespan and bought another identical looking washer! That one lasted a whole year and a half before the same exact symptoms! The repair dude was telling me they started using really crappy bearings and this happened to a lot of his customers.
So this time I bought a fancy GE front loader. It's smooth as heck and has a soap dispenser, which has EASILY paid for itself in soap savings alone. The clothes come out clean. The blue rubber antibacterial gasket gets gross but isn't that hard to keep clean. Unfortunately, the soap dispenser drawer loves collecting mold like a bored 12 year old likes collecting pokemon. Cleaning that isn't for the weak of stomach!
Finally earlier this year, my whirlpool dryer died. I had been hoping to get the matching GE dryer, so I did - and I ordered a set of drawer stands so that it would be easier to load clothing.
Fast forward a week, I open the drawers and realize the washer's drawer has an inch of water splashing around inside. That's odd! I figured maybe when they laid the machine down to install the drawer, that somehow caused it to spill out? So I cleaned it up.
A week later, water again. Yep. Washer is now like 2.5 years old and it leaks. TBH It probably leaked since day 1. Cleaning the filter seemed to help a little? Meh. I'm disappointed in the washer lol
It still works FINE. Just leaks. X_X
Next time I'm buying a speed queen!
