Product review (5 stars): runs very quiet
our old 1980's washer stopped spinning a few weeks ago and didn't seem worth it to repair or replace with another old used washing machine.  besides our dryer never really worked well either, so we purchased this set kinda on a whim.  Have to admit never gave never gave much thought to a washing machine and dryer before but we immediatly noticed a difference and now love it.

My wife and I didn't do a whole lot of research before making a choice.  I just went to home depot because they offered a year no payments no intrest.  I kinda had it in the back of mind for the past year or so that if we did replace our washer and dryer it would be with the red models. I think that is wirlpool but when we seen the floor models  they were impressive but on closer look, the front panal was jammed packed with buttons to features I knew we had no use for and we were really going to end up paying an extra six hundred bucks for the color so we balked on that idea.

I think LG has 3 similar models we picked this one middle of the 3.  It seemed to be about the right size.  The button layout was useful and simple a little more than we wanted to spend, fourteen hundred for the set but we'll recoup most if not all of the cost in energy and water savings over time.

-Runs very quiet.  Uses what they call direct drive.  I believe the drum operates off of magnets not belts.
-Weighs the amount of clothing to be washed and determines how much water to use.
 We were told our old machine uses 40gallons per load.  This uses between 9 and 17 gallons depending on load size.
-We liked that the front panal had hi-tech display and lights, but not difficult to use or figure out.

only problem is if you have small childern I knew this would be an issue and it was on the first day.  our two year old daughter thought it was fun to play inside the dryer drum, have to admit it was cute.  So well just have to watch for that in the future.  five stars