10-10-2007, 06:39 AM
The reason I like a frontloader is that my clothes last longer, much longer, not being rung around a center post, which pulls on the fabric fibers and the seams.
I spend more money on clothes than on washers, for sure.
I also own a lot of black clothes and everything I own is cotton, rayon, or silk, so while it's better not to dry black, drying on ultra-low preserves the colors and the size.
For years I've been drying all my shrinkables on hangers, which can take two days on this side. Now I have the LG with the ultra-low heat option I am recklessly drying my most delicate stuff.
The Neptune has a low heat and an air fluff, but the low is still hot enough to cause shrinkage, and the air fluff doesn't dry the clothes all the way. This LG is the best, but I feel like I inherited the Mercedes of washer/dryers and am just grateful they were included.
I too have discovered that the LPG conversion of dryers doesn't always go smoothly. I spent $100 trying to convert my old natural gas Maytag that I brought with me, to no avail, and much lost time. I then bought a Kenmore which converted for the then $50 price (which is now $100 or close to).
This house has no gas and I don't really want to muck with adding plumbing, so I'm running electric. I use my dryer a lot and with the LG the bill is not bad. My last house, with the Neptune electric, the dryer really cost us, but we had a vacation rental and thus did way more laundry than normal.
I spend more money on clothes than on washers, for sure.
I also own a lot of black clothes and everything I own is cotton, rayon, or silk, so while it's better not to dry black, drying on ultra-low preserves the colors and the size.
For years I've been drying all my shrinkables on hangers, which can take two days on this side. Now I have the LG with the ultra-low heat option I am recklessly drying my most delicate stuff.
The Neptune has a low heat and an air fluff, but the low is still hot enough to cause shrinkage, and the air fluff doesn't dry the clothes all the way. This LG is the best, but I feel like I inherited the Mercedes of washer/dryers and am just grateful they were included.
I too have discovered that the LPG conversion of dryers doesn't always go smoothly. I spent $100 trying to convert my old natural gas Maytag that I brought with me, to no avail, and much lost time. I then bought a Kenmore which converted for the then $50 price (which is now $100 or close to).
This house has no gas and I don't really want to muck with adding plumbing, so I'm running electric. I use my dryer a lot and with the LG the bill is not bad. My last house, with the Neptune electric, the dryer really cost us, but we had a vacation rental and thus did way more laundry than normal.