I also found Yale Appliance’s reliability discussions on various appliance categories to be helpful (although they seem to like LG in both categories of washers):
Eh, they only look at the first year of service, and honestly, that’s not particularly interesting. I’m more interested in what happens after 5 years, since that’s about half the expected life of the average consumer-grade washing machine.
I honestly don’t have a problem with LG, the only issues I’ve had are with the circuit board, and it’s been two separate issues (the first seemed like a short, the second was a sticking relay) spaced about 5 years apart (I’ve owned it almost 10 years now). So the rest of the components seem fine (pump, motors, screen, etc). And honestly, the current failure I have is inconsistent, so it’ll probably last a few months before I absolutely need to fix or replace it. I like this YouTuber’s reviews, and his recommendations are:
top load with agitator - SpeedQueen - they’re pricey, but they usually get 20 years in a commercial setting
top load w/ impeller - LG - should last 7-10 years, do a good job on saving water and electricity
front-load - SpeedQueen (but they’re really pricey) or LG (7-10 years; maybe more)
But apparently, he says anything other than Samsung.
I also found Yale Appliance’s reliability discussions on various appliance categories to be helpful (although they seem to like LG in both categories of washers):
https://blog.yaleappliance.com/most-reliable-front-load-washers
https://blog.yaleappliance.com/most-reliable-top-load-washers
Eh, they only look at the first year of service, and honestly, that’s not particularly interesting. I’m more interested in what happens after 5 years, since that’s about half the expected life of the average consumer-grade washing machine.
I honestly don’t have a problem with LG, the only issues I’ve had are with the circuit board, and it’s been two separate issues (the first seemed like a short, the second was a sticking relay) spaced about 5 years apart (I’ve owned it almost 10 years now). So the rest of the components seem fine (pump, motors, screen, etc). And honestly, the current failure I have is inconsistent, so it’ll probably last a few months before I absolutely need to fix or replace it. I like this YouTuber’s reviews, and his recommendations are:
But apparently, he says anything other than Samsung.