Product review (4 stars): this product does help
After reading Consumer Reports negative summary of vibration pads for dampening the vibration of front load washers, I held off purchasing this until I noticed some slight indentations in the vinyl floor of my laundry room. I had considered getting the $200 steel vibration damping platform that Consumer Reports did say worked, but when I measured how much space I had, I realized I could not fit that device in the little space I had between my dryer and my sink. So I decided to give this a try. It took one of us to lift the machine and the other to place the pads (it took a couple of tries since we had to use a broom handle), but once in place I was very surprised to notice that the degree of vibration transmitted to the floor had gone down noticeably. The laundry machine itself does NOT shake any less, but at least these pads achieved the purpose of reducing the shaking to the house, as well as now protecting the vinyl floor. Overall, not too bad a product.