Dem big Lemmy bucks.

I just picture the episode of SouthPark where the boys try to get the internet money for what what in the butt. But internet is all crossed out and replaced with Lemmy.

Don't get them mixed up.

I do my laundry in the communal basement laundry room which has 3 washers. I despise the front loader that keeps getting stuck, so I use the top loaders, but I like watching other people's laundry slosh around. So I love the idea of a see-through top loader.

I know. makes me so jelly.

Shiny.

Don't you mean "feel so d*** cool" 😮😒

til. I had no idea there was a convertable option. im actually going to tell my wife about this just after typing back because I think she is going to be as jazzed as I am.

Not sure about them but I've an anecdote:

A few years back they had a batch of bad boards for washers across all their brands. Any of the cheaper/lower end models with the simple dial and five (or six?) green LED lights to indicate the current cycle. Specifically it was a bad pressure sensor for detecting fill level. It'd fail and then the washer would run the pump non-stop trying to expel water that wasn't there. Some folks ended up with burnt out pumps on top of the bad board as a result.

Our Amana failed in under a year. Whirlpool eventually put out a service bulletin about it and replacement boards would be provided free if a tech found them to be needed. The boards were backordered unobtanium and cost nearly the price of the washer so that DIY route was closed. It also meant techs probably wouldn't have new boards on their vans, so two service calls guaranteed. If I recall, the TSB didn't waive call-out/labor so once again we'd be looking at over half the cost of the machine even without paying for the board. I was livid.

Eventually I found a few YouTube repair videos, almost all of which pointed to someone who'd made a side gig out of the fiasco by hocking new sensors for $25 a pop. Guess they were the quickest and became the de facto source. So I ordered one, some wick and wire, and picked up my iron for the first time in years. It was ugly but the washer has been working ever since, no thanks to Whirlpool.

E. Keep the door open on front loaders so it doesn't seal the moisture in and allow mould to grow.

Yah, I'm going to dispute C. I had toploaders all my life and then got a front. Now I can get sleeping bags and comforters in it whereas the top loader would just tear them up if I dared to put them in.

And honestly, the rest of your issues haven't seemed to have cropped up in the ten years I've had my front loader. But you may be right statistically. And if you leave the door open between loads, front loaders smell fine.

Most of these are complete fabrications.

A. They all have very similar failure rates (about 1/3 will have problems within 5 years). They are expected to be in use around 5-7 years by the manufacturers.
B. At best this comparison could be made to the extremely cheap top load washers, as they have less features and therefore less to break. They also have smaller capacity drums so they have room for larger motors and transmissions, but that only works out for you if you don't need the capacity. If you would be filling up a front loader once a week, you are doing 3-4 loads in the small top loader per week, so even if the machine's simplicity makes it last for three times as many loads, you are still breaking down in about the same amount of time passing. C. This is completely backwards. Capacity may look similar based on advertised cubic feet capacity, but front load will still edge out top load even in this figure. When you take it a step further and realize that you can use much more of the listed capacity in a front loader (or dig deep enough to find the capacity listed by weight instead of volume), front loaders take a big win. Basically every single full size front load washer you can buy right now will wash a king size comforter, and only about 25% of top load washers will.
D. Maybe an argument could be made that you are more likely to be able to do the work yourself on a top loader, but if you are paying a repair guy to do the work you are likely spending very similar money to repair modern washers regardless of type.
E. The smell has nothing to do with how much water drains out and how much doesn't. They all will still have some water in them at the end of a cycle (not that you can see). The biggest factor in the smell is actually using too much soap and fabric softener, and not cleaning the machine basically ever. Historically, top loaders used a lot more water so these problems were not as noticeable, but as the HE mandate has significantly reduced water usage even for top loaders, people are starting to run into smell problems in poorly maintained top loaders now too. If you leave a front loader's door cracked after a cycle so it can dry (because it has a water tight seal, this is needed for direct comparison to a top loader), and compare it to a top loader after similar use they will smell the same.

Wait what makes front loaders so popular then?

That’s why you get a washtower. Machines are comfortable height, pull put shelves for your laundry basket and lots of extra storage space

Yes. The drum has 4 rods with springs built in around it so a slightly imballanced load spins they catch and correct the weight. On my model you just compressed the spring and popped the rod into place. But the springs would occationally explode, or the rod would bend. If you notice the drum leaning one way or making funny noises, that's likely the problem.

The tough part on mine was figuring out how to open the top. It hinged up like a trash can, but you had to muscle it a bit and it was new and I didn't want to break it, so it took longer to open than it should have the first time.

There's a ton of youtube videos walking you through it step by step.

My whirlpool series 80 has 20 years and still cleans clothes just fine. The drain pump has been replaced twice (year five and year 15 maybe?) and the teeth in the agitator around year 19. May you get as many years out of yours as I have out of mine, and then some.

That height difference is adorable!