OT except that I do prewash fabric...

My faithful washer's tub is losing its enameling beyond the ability to be touched up. My beloved work-horse dryer is making noises like the Russian army descending on the house with full artillery. I fear neither is long for this world, and to be fair, both are 19. Can someone recommend a good, sturdy, large capacity set? Don't need bells and whistles, just the ability to hork a bunch of pounds of stuff in at once and have it come out clean and dry.

Thanks, Monique in TX

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I highly recommend a front loader washer. They use a LOT less water and d etergent and you can stuff them very full including a king sized quilt. M ine is a basic Kenmore/Sears front loader and I'm very happy with it- my fi rst one lasted 16 years of hard use and four moves. I replaced it rather than repair as a personal choice.

Dryers are dryers are dryers- they really don't have many options that matt er other than a hot and a medium setting- altho a salesperson will try to c onvince you all those other settings (that boost the price tag) are a can't

-live-without. I'd look for the energy use label and buy the one that's t he cheapest to operate.

My personal preference is an electric dryer- when I taught quilting I insi sted my students prewash and EVERY student with a gas dryer had fabric that smelled 'gassy'. I never missed guessing who had used gas energy even wh en the student had used scented fabric softener. Ugh.

Just my two cents worth. ;-)

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That is interesting about the fabric Leslie. I could be wrong but isn't nat gas more efficient than electric. Is propane used in dryers in some places? That would smell more.

I hate my Bosch washer and dryer. There is no support here even though the folks at Lowes said there was when they sold it to me. Dad is right, "I've been lied to before". Anyway the repair guy messed up the front after I was told he had never worked on a bosch but knew what he was doing. Used the Whirlpool duet at ddil's last month and it was very nice. Dryers do last forever. Clothes lines do too! Good luck shopping and report back on you choice. Taria

I highly recommend a front loader washer. They use a LOT less water and detergent and you can stuff them very full including a king sized quilt. Mine is a basic Kenmore/Sears front loader and I'm very happy with it- my first one lasted 16 years of hard use and four moves. I replaced it rather than repair as a personal choice.

Dryers are dryers are dryers- they really don't have many options that matter other than a hot and a medium setting- altho a salesperson will try to convince you all those other settings (that boost the price tag) are a can't-live-without. I'd look for the energy use label and buy the one that's the cheapest to operate.

My personal preference is an electric dryer- when I taught quilting I insisted my students prewash and EVERY student with a gas dryer had fabric that smelled 'gassy'. I never missed guessing who had used gas energy even when the student had used scented fabric softener. Ugh.

Just my two cents worth. ;-)

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Taria

Howdy! The current washer here is a Kenmore Oasis HE: I love it! It's a top loader. There's no spindle to wind up fabric, no flippers on the bottom of a spindle to shred pillows and sheets. Pillows, quilts, sheets and LARGE hanks of fabric go in easily, slosh away with ease, then spin to a fine finish. Clean. Efficient. Not too pricey. Quality machine. And there's a lite cycle that's just perfect for pre-washing new fabric.

Good luck!

Ragmop/Sandy - good to see you again, Monique!

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Howdy! p.s. I keep forgetting to call the spindle an "agitator." For me, the agitator is the machine that doesn't work. R/S

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Taria, I really don't know if gas is more efficient or not. Natural gas is n't available everywhere and not at all outside city limits where you have to buy propane to have gas appliances. Here in MO. propane gas prices are outrageous and in the winter the price can triple over off-season prices! No matter how 'efficient' propane is to use it's ridiculous to purchase- wh ich would make the cost offset *any* efficiency ratings.

I just cannot tolerate the nasty odor of any fabric dried in any gas dryer. Just my opinion/problem. ;-)

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We are city folk here with piped natural gas but lots of folks in the area are on all electric or propane. One of the quilt gals had a propane bill over $800 last year for one month! The natural gas here is lots cheaper to run than the electric stuff but our electric is higher than a lot of other areas.

I can smell a very small leak that the gas co. sniffer couldn?t easily sniff in our garage but I never noticed a gas dryer smell. I do enjoy the fresh line dried smell though. Yep, sometimes being sensitive to odors is not so great. Take a big old golden girl that got into the compost heap! Yikes is she a stinker. Taria

Taria, I really don't know if gas is more efficient or not. Natural gas isn't available everywhere and not at all outside city limits where you have to buy propane to have gas appliances. Here in MO. propane gas prices are outrageous and in the winter the price can triple over off-season prices! No matter how 'efficient' propane is to use it's ridiculous to purchase- which would make the cost offset *any* efficiency ratings.

I just cannot tolerate the nasty odor of any fabric dried in any gas dryer. Just my opinion/problem. ;-)

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My largest heating bill with propane was $843 for one month in my former bi g, old house, so I can sympathize with your friend. (I sure appreciate th e reasonable heating costs in this little house!) Just today, I finished m aking 'quilts' to cover every window using that great insulated, black-out drapery lining you told me about plus a layer of Warm & White and then a co tton fabric on top. That will help keep my heating bills even lower.

I have a real anger at the propane industry for the way they hike their pri ces as soon as cold weather hits. People with propane furnaces have no cho ice if they can't afford an alternative to their propane heating- like repl acing their entire heating system to another power source or going solar or wood-burning heat, etc. grrrrr!!!

Okay. Off my soapbox....

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

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