Kinda random, but do you have a Maytag Neptune washer/dryer?

[newmainer]

We are thinking about getting one for our new house. but dh read lots of negative reviews online. People complained about mildew and having to scrub the rubber ring with a toothbrush and running bleach through once a month. Is this your experience?

Or, do you have a front loading systed you really like? Do tell!

[MamaMonica]

I wouldn't buy a Neptune. It's not highly rated and I've heard really bad things about them. They were the first front loader.

Consumer Reports has a rating system where you can check them out. You have to pay for the info., but it's worth it since it's a big expense and you want to get a good one.

We just bought a Kenmore Elite- it's the top of the line Kenmore and still was less than the Neptune with a better warrantee. Consumer Reports rated it highly. So far we love it. It also has a child lock out button for the controls.

So far it gets diapers and clothes really clean with hardly any water/detergent.

[village idiot]

I just wanted to say that I think most public libraries have Consumer Reports. At least ours does and I live in a little rinky dink town. We can't check them out though. Have to browse through it while at the library.

[tnrsmom]

Moving this to Natural Home.

[MaShroom]

nooooo, don't do it!!! imo, they are AWFUL. and that's me being nice about it.

my mil bought one and we lived with them for about 9 mos so i had to use the thing. urgh. first, it doesn't get things clean. second, it takes foooorrrreeevvveeerrr to go through a cycle. i would put laundry in and 9 days later i would still be waiting for it to be done. and the load size? this thing was not meant for cloth diapers at all. i couldn't do more than one day's worth at a time. you can see how this would be a real problem for a family of 5. yeah, it uses less water but at the expense of some very important factors. not to mention, i hate to think what a repair would cost on one after the warranty is up.

otoh, i just bought a kenmore 80 series heavy duty super capacity plus washer and i it. it is quick, it gets stuff clean and you can fit a ton of stuff into it. i think it was around $300 to $400, we got it on sale at sears. i figure if you're going to fork over a huge amount of money (or throw yourself into debt like we do:LOL ) you deserve a good product. good luck washer shopping.

[MamaMonica]

mamathistle, we had our Kenmore heavy duty large capacity top loader for 16 years! It didn't have probelms until the last year. I did do many loads of diapers in it, too- it was a very durable machine.

That's part of the reason we went with another Kenmore (that and the Consumer Reports rating) when we went to a FL- we also have a 16-year-old dryer (Kenmore) that's going strong.

[MaShroom]

yeah, they're durable all right. now if i could just find someone else to do my laundry in my durable washer.:LOL