I did not want to give up my twenty-years-old Mayteg washer and drier but my husband was worried about these old gas appliances catching fire or dropping water all over our basement, so he bought the LG washer and drier.  At first I was upset, but then I realized that they were easy to use, had large capacity, and they looked great.  Also the drier had a problem, and the LG company sent someone to fix it right away and it is now just wonderful.