Recommend Your Washing Machine...

We have a Samsung WD8704EJA , it's a washer/dryer in one , front loader.

It's awesome , has really good energy/water ratings and has saved us money from day 1.

Only bad thing is being a front loader once it's going you can't open the door

ETA its a 7.5 kg

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We have a simpson and it is fantastic

ooh...good recommendations thanks folks. Feel free to keep the suggestions coming!! :-)

Any thoughts on Front loader vs top loader?

We have a Bosch front loader, absolutely love love love it!! It has every setting under the sun (stained, wool, delicate, mixed, silk, 15 minute cycle etc etc) and it is so economical!! I hope it lasts forever!!!

I would recommend my Bosch front loader even to my worst enemy - it is just too good not to tell people about

Fits an incredible amount of washing in a load, I was worried about that going from a top to a front loader but its amazing how much room that darned agitator takes up So gentle on clothing and has brilliant energy rating because it heats its own water as required.

Has a decent economy cycle of 15mins (for very lightly soiled items) and does a great job of a full cycle in less than 50mins.

Can't compare it to other front loaders because this is the first we have had, but I will never, ever go back to a top loader

Have fun shopping!


PS - our machine is either a 6.5kg or a 7kg model (can't remember). It does every function noted in above posts, although like the first response you can't open the door once a cycle has begun - if you're desperate, you have to stop the function and drain it before turning it off for a couple of minutes to reset the door lock and then start all over again once you've done what you needed to do It has never really affected me though.

The height of the chamber has never bothered me either, and I get regular sciatic pain. If you had significant back issues, you would be best to buy (or make) a plinth for it to sit up on - it wouldn't take much.

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We bought a 7kg Panasonic Front Loader about two weeks ago and I LOVE it. (sorry I don't know the model #)
The energy & water ratings are really good.
It has a tilted drum so you don't have to climb in the thing to check you've got everything out
Also it says you can add washing at any stage of the wash (so far I've only added stuff about 5 mins in and haven't had a flood )
I would never ever ever go back to a top loader.
It has heaps of different setting but is so easy to use that DP can drive it

Front loader all the way, baby. Except like others said its a pain when you find one rouge sock and can't just stick it in.

i have a fisher & Paykel aquasmart brought 2yrs ago (top of the line one with the LCD screen)

LOVE it!!!

Has cycles for everything (whites, colours, delicates, wool, tea towels, sleeping bags, denim, mud, blood, grass stain, sheets, blankets, throws, a cleaning cycle and plenty more but i cant remember them right now)

Its economical as it runs similar to a front loader but its not.
Always gets the washing nice and clean too, I've got no complaints

My in-laws have a bosch front loader, and the love it, but when we were living with them I loathed the thing. took forever to wash and that was on the quick cycle, would put hubbys socks, grubby but not extremely dirty, in and they would come out looking the same as when they went in only wet.

Also the rubber seal on the door would collect hair, lint, and water and stunk so bad.

that put me off front loaders for life

I hae the panasonic front loader too and I'[d go to war for it, I LOVE it!!!! Total front loader convert here!
And, the not being able to open it thing? not a bother. Really.
I just LOVE it. Worth the money. Well made and panasonic is a great brand, service men love them if they ever have any issues with them, whichis hardly ever they are easy to fix/great to deal with.