Product review (2 stars): Water Beast!
My (Front Load) Whirlpool Duett broke down after 8 good years of great service. I was told it would be too costly to repair and that all front loaders stink. So in good faith I started to look at the alternative...a top loader! I did my research online, looked at different machines in the store and came up with a favs list of the things my 'new baby' had to have. I decided on this LG. I read alot of the reviews, too! Once it was delivered, I read the manual, loaded it just like they say in the book (because ppl online kept complaining about the wastefullness of water to balance the load and how long it would take to wash one load due to that fact), then I started washing different types of loads..big and bulky, sanitary, heavy duty and of course the normal. People were right, it is very deep. I am not a short person, just average 5'7, but I really had to stretch to pick up the stuff from the bottom of the drum. I stood there and watched this thing do its job... making a long story short, I don't like to use the word hate, so I will say I VERY MUCH DISLIKE this machine! While in sanitary, my clothes just floated in water while the tub was sloooowly going around and around and around. That went on for quiet a while until I got borred and walked away, came back to watch it float some more and left again lol
Then I washed my sons cheap, very thin and lite nylon/polyester full size summer comforter, fitted queen sheet and 2 std sized pillow cases. This water wasting beast required THE WHOLE TUB being filled with water. I mean come on now...5.2 cu. Ft of water for just a small little maybe half size load? I am sure my Utility Co would love me for using all this water, but my pockets aren't that deep! The manual says it weighs the load in the beginning? Well I guess the scale was incorrect in my case!? The rest of the other loads I washed came up short too. Most of my clothes were barely moved during the cycles. Coming from a front loader, I am used to see my clothes being tumbled around, all equally being swooshed and turned in the water. If I wanted my clothes washed gently and barely wet, I would have used the delicate cycle. So neatless to say this machine has its water usage all mixed up and I am exchanging it today for another front loader. So happy about my 30 day exchange policy!
When the sales man that sold me this machine saw me and I told him how much I 'disliked' the LG, he told me "Once a front loader, always a front loader" I just wish he would have told me that before, not after the fact!