I moved out of my parents and into my own home about a year ago and needed to get my own laundry machines. I did my research and ended up with this model (though the other variants were on my radar as well).
As background, my parents bought decent quality but more modest budget type machines, so I’ve never used anything fancy or high tech. I’ll start off with the cons as there are less and then go to the pros.
Cons: Still vibrates a good amount during spin cycle. I think this is just a thing that every machine, no matter how good, will face. However, I’m not sure if it’s because my parent’s place had a laundry shed outside the house that I rarely noticed or because the laundry room’s floor in my condo is just more noticeable, but you can feel the vibrations.
It would be cool if they had more dampeners or something to make it more “silent”, but it isn’t overly bad or anything I can’t tolerate, just a wishlist item. This model’s door cannot be mounted to the other side.
Strangely enough, the dryer set can, so I moved that, but because of the configuration of my laundry room, it would’ve been nice to be able to swap the door the other way so that it’s easier transferring washed laundry into the dryer.
Pros This thing has a lot of options. Like so many things I’m not used to. Delayed washing, prewashing, extra rinse cycles (I think it goes up to 4 times! Who needs that many rinses?) It’s very convenient as I can delay my wash so it finishes when I get home and then I can toss it into the dryer and for dirtier laundry, I can add a prewash or extra rinses to sanitize it thoroughly.
Clothes come out feeling very clean. It’s HE rated and I feel it does a great job in washing my laundry. The available options of cold to cool to room temp to warm to hot water, different levels of soiled cleaning, different spin cycles, and options for other additives, makes this very nice.
So far all my clothes have been coming out clean and the dampness after the spin cycle is about average or more dry compared to other machines. The set is an energy saving and high efficiency which gives you rebate money, at least from the CA programs.
I haven’t used it, but you can connect this to your wifi and I assume have some monitoring/control options through your phone? I’m tech savvy, but I feel this is a little extra and haven’t played with it yet.
I’m already happy with the available out of the box options Steam function (for cold wash only though). I don’t know if I can program this to do for other temps as well, but it’s interesting and though I’ve tried it, I couldn’t really see any differences, then again, I don’t get my laundry very dirty nor do I smell.
Clean look – Loving the simple but clean white with black trim. It does hide dust, so remember to wipe it every now and then. Easy installation – I had a very upsetting time with the delivery guys and ended up moving my units into my home on my own and having to install it on my own even though I requested white glove service.
Luckily, the manual is clear and the setup is a breeze, just a pain to do on your own because, well it’s a heavy laundry machine that you have to move around. But once it’s put into its spot, the remaining setup is easy and clear.
Good build quality – It’s been almost a year since I bought this and it’s still looking new and no issues have come up. I imagine I’ll be good for at least another 5 years, considering how I take care of it.
Honestly, I would say 10 years, but I don’t want to overshoot. Overall, it’s a great product. The price is at a higher premium but for good reasons, and with newer generations coming out and seasonal sales, if you can get it at a discount, it is extremely worth it.
I would also recommend pairing it with a matching dryer. I can’t remember if I got the exact matching one or one that is a generation newer, but it still looks nice and visually matches.