Product review (1 stars): Dryer, I mean, Buyer Beware!
When we first purchased this dryer, we fell in love with the fact that it was a top loader. And honestly, I STILL love that feature.

BUT...it often stops heating, so after running a load for over an hour, I open the lid to find cold, damp clothes. (So much for energy-efficient!) Getting this thing serviced is another expensive nightmare. Only select shops are "qualified" to work on these machines, and any replacement parts often have to be ordered...from Australia.

After the third or fourth service call, the service tech finally showed me the "unauthorized" reset button so that I could stop forking over $$$ per call to reset the dryer. You have to open the lid, pop the two screw caps off the edges, take out the 2 screws that hold the front panel on, remove the front panel, then poke a pen or something in a small hole at the bottom to depress the red reset button. Naturally, consumers are not supposed to be removing the front panel of the machine, but then, dryers aren't supposed to be rolling my wet clothes around without heat, so I figure we're even.

Even if you lose your mind and overlook the heating problem, this dryer became super NOISEY after only a couple of years. Not just a little rumbling every so often. Oh, no! We're talking freight train derailing, what the heck is that noise?, is that an earthquake?, I'm 2 rooms away and can't hear the TV, LOUD!

This is apparently not an isolated case, either. This last time the dryer quit heating and the secret unauthorized reset button trick didn't work, I did a quick search on my local craigslist. Guess what? There were 2 other postings offering F&P dryers that don't heat.