The Most Reliable Front and Top Load Washers for 2023 

I got a five year extended warranty on an Electrolux washer and dryer. After four years they just gave up on the dryer and gave me a check for $900 to buy a new one.

I have a strong impression that washing machines are designed today to fail costumers within 4 or 5 years ( while the manufacturer warranty promise 10 ) . Stores do not allow to buy more than 5 years warranty ( is it a planned scheme?) . Anyway, we work hard for our dollar and can’t get a vacation because of this

Steve, well said. I always point my customers towards LG, as they have been a reliability leader for years now. Thanks for the hard work.

Thank you. My top load Maytag, purchased in 1985 continues to run flawlessly. Only one service call since 1985. I'm blessed.

As someone who worked for whirlpool and also worked with Maytag washers when we partnered with them I’d like to tell everyone to stay clear from them both! My own boss told me to buy LG and would refuse the discounts from the company and would rather pay out of his own pocket and get something that would actually be worth the money

Thanks for the advice

I was satisfied with my top loader Maytag for 40 yrs. We were a family of 5. It needed one repair hubbie easily made. I regret leaving it at the house when I sold my last house.

Thank you

Very useful information. Do you have reliability statistics over the last 5 or 10 years, not just the initial year of service?

Nice video and help others poeple

I like the convenience of top load. In the past twelve years I have had Maytag, GE, Whirlpool, and LG. Each failed iwithin weeks of the warranty giving out. I now have had a Speed Queen TC5000. Better cleaning performance and better reliability.

Does higher percentage means higher reliability? Or higher repairs/service calls?

Hi, I am confused between Samsung and LG front-load washers in terms of reliability. Any advice?

Why did Speed Queen front load not make it in your ratings? I need to buy a washer soon and was leaning that way. I'm replacing a 10-12 year old LG (2 person household) that had motherboard issues right after warranty expiration (which cost a lot to fix & took ages to get the part). The problems I'm experiencing now lead me to believe that's what's going bad again. That makes me wary of LG. Thanks!

I’ll never buy a GE anything ever again. I still have ptsd from the failure in which the top load clothes washer hot water didn’t stop filling and flooded the whole front of my house. I’m glad I had a policy of not leaving the house with either the washer or dryer running. Every appliance in this townhouse was a GE profile. And we are replacing them all. Throwing them in the landfill. Never again. Never again. (It is a model that allows to preset the fill level, NOT an auto fill. The fewer sensors, the better. But when it refuses to work at all, this is total disaster).

Not sure why you're pushing LG. Just saw a guy have to replace the spider arm and bearings on his LG front load machine, and he said it was only about 8 years old. We have an Electrolux front load machine that we purchased in January 2014, and it just died on us today (didn't quite make it to the 10 year mark). The drum doesn't spin freely and there was a lot of smoke in our laundry room, so most likely the spindle wore into the bearing seal. Moreover, our Electrolux washer was used constantly. Also, why would we want a washing machine with Microban or Triclosan? Last I checked, these are hormone disruptors.

Speed Queen is best if you want an extremely reliable, old school top loader, like the standard washers in a laundromat... As for front loaders, besides Wascomat or Miele, I have absolutely no idea... Maytag used to be good, but not after Whirlpool bought them out, and Samsung is probably the worst because their temperamental computer systems tend to fail prematurely, and putting in a new computer will usually cost you more than the machine is worth!

speedqueen has been proven to be the most reliable hence used in laundromats

Your sample set is too low for a accurate statistics. Your math will be skewed by a low number of purchases of one brand from your store. Example: If you sold only 3 speed queen washers (which are expensive) and 1 had a problem then your reliability would be 66.7%. Which is statistically wrong. However, if you sold 10,000 Maytags and and 3,333 were problematic then you could statistically justify a 66.7% reliability rating for Maytag.

Any info on all in one washer/dryers?

30 years using front load. Never smell anything. No mold whatsoever. 1/2 second door cleaning after each use pays off apparently.

Hi, I’d like to contact Steve about an appliance idea. How can I contact him?

I do not understand at all why in some countries a type of top-loading washing machine with a drum rotating around a vertical axis is still sold and manufactured. It is an outdated design, it washes worse, it uses much more water, it is too big. In my country (and in Europe in general) only type of top-loading washing machine with a drum rotating around a horizontal axis is sold. They are smaller even than the slim front-loading washing machines, and just as economical :)

True or False front load shouldn't be used on a second floor?

Bought a Samsung gas dryer a few months ago from Samsung. The dam thing did not have a interior light 🤔

Modern machines are junk "digital Inverter" "Digital Motor" as if that's meant to impress ? Here in Europe our 3 year old Samsung washer is a write off, the main board is fried, previous to that, our Bosch, also lasted 3 years due to the drum leaking and frying the main board. The Samsung has menus and touch sensitive "buttons" junk, who wants to go through menus ? All this digital electronics mean more profit for the companies, the digital boards are made on assembly lines far faster than the old mechanical timers could. The old mechanical timer was far superior, it controlled everything including the motor, the motor needed no electronics, it had 2 sets of windings for the spin and wash and the timer just switched over to each set it needed, that's it, simple and effective and it worked. Washing machines don't need 300+ sensors, fancy displays and menus, all junk we don't need and more to go wrong, give me an old mechanical timer machine any day to this modern digital junk, and what's more is that all this modern junk plays havoc with AM radio..... Next think you know gone are all the buttons and knobs replaced by a touch screen which will have internet connectivity and you'll have to watch adds before you can start a wash !!! Even in my car it's got a touch screen and very few buttons, no knob or button for the radio, it's got tonnes of menus though, ridiculous and very distracting when driving. What's worse, environmental laws are going to get stricter with washing machines and white goods in general meaning more electronics for more control and more to go wrong. Anyway, I decided to buy as cheap a washing machine I could find with no screens and menus, but it's still got the digital motor and inverter rubbish but it's got real knobs and buttons and it's very simple to operate. I'm not ever spending over 400 Euro's on a washing machine ever again, they can advertise all the digital crap they want, I would buy into it.

What about Electrolux?

All I can say is to stay away from any high efficiency (he) washers. Clothes come out dry and still dirty.. Not very efficient if you have to wash three or more times and clothes still comes out dingy. Every setting I tried made no difference, only some more wet than others. The actual washing motion is weak even with an agitator. I just returned a Maytag with extra power button and made no difference. HE just simply aren't worth it, nothing better than a good old traditional washer. Even my old Kenmore washer which had a broken agitator was still leaving my clothes super clean comparing to these HEs. I'm even considering going to look for an old traditional Kenmore at a used appliance store. These HEs should be taken off the market.

I'm searching for info in order to replace my horrible, HORRIBLE Maytag top load HE washer with agitator 1. It doesn't clean! 2. The water level is so bare minimum it is unable to properly remove dirt, lint, pet hair, ANYTHING!!! 3. It stops mid cycle at almost every usage flashing error code L4. 4. Often when the cycle finishes the clothes are drippy wet. 5. When I remove clothes at the end of a cycle they are in the exact same position as when I placed them. WITHOUT water volume clothes can't properly agitate and get clean. 6. When the washer is off it continues to drip into the tub of the washer. Ya...great water saving feature, Maytag! So!!! As I watch this 2023 vidro on 2023 washers you have a clip of aa washer that is FULL of WATER agitating clothes. So??? Can I buy a washer that actually fills with water???? If so, what brand? PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU.

Why did you have 39000 service calls???

SPEED QUEEN...ALL OTHERS ARE JUNK WITH A SHORT LIFE

Whatever you do, do not buy the Samsung front loader washer machine. The counterbalance screws come apart overtime and throws the rotational balance off the washer machine. You will end up with a concrete powdery substance all over your floor when it breaks apart. One of the first signs is a loud tumble sounds. Do not buy “Samsung washing machines “ 😤💰

most reliable appliance you can buy unless you buy Samsung

Top load washers are better, because water is actually used. And gravity evenly distributes the water to all parts of the machine. Front load washers are stupid. I used one today, and waited and waited to see some water, but never saw it; and there was very low suds. However, somehow my clothes came out damp, but didn't even smell clean. The force of gravity causes what little water there is to go down. These machines are just plain weird. Everything is getting so weird in society.