Product review (2 stars): This washer worked like a champ for five years
This washer worked like a champ for five years.  Then a bearing went bad, with a repair cost >$600.  My trusted appliance repairman advised me to just get a new one.  The first question he asked me when he saw I had a Samsung was, "How old is this machine?"  I thought it was four years old and when he figured out the problem, he said, "this is happening early on a Samsung.  I see this issue all the time on Samsungs when they are five years old."  A few minutes later I found my receipt, and noticed it was 5 years and 4 months old. :/  He advised me to get an LG.  He sees fewer major repairs on LGs than any other brand.