If they want people to go green and be more ecological, perhaps they should come down on the price and not make everything cost so much initially simply because it's quot;greenquot;
Forgive me for sounding ignorant, but what does how you load the machine have to do with being green? We've always had top loaders, maybe cuz they were cheaper, lmaoo... I still live at home with my dad, btw... Anyway, could someone educate me on the difference between the 2 and why front load is greener than top load??
I have no real positive answer for you, so this is just a guess. But I can tell you that the front loader that I have has computer chips within it that determine how much water to use to be efficient, thus saves on the use of water (which is less than a top loader to begin with). The normal front loader uses less water to begin with than a top loader. But the newer more efficient ones with the computer chips would seem to be more expensive to make no matter if they were front or top loading. Again, just a somewhat educated thought.
Emily, front loading washers use less energy, and that's what we tend to call 'being green'. They cycle for a long time, don't have an agitator, and use less water. Per the question, the only thing I can imagine is that front-loaders are relatively new technology, and hence are new on the 'product life cycle' (if you'll excuse the marketing gibberish), making them more expensive than established technology. If we halted production of top-loaders, the price of front-loaders would go down. I don't see why that shouldn't be done.
The main reason is simply that the top loading washing machine has been around for quite awhile free enterprise as a system dictates that competition between producers WILL drive the price of a product down. So for decades every manufacturer has looked at every way to produce each part on the traditional washing machine in the most profitable way (So the washing machine will cost them less to make so they can outsell their competion and make a profit) When front loaders came out they were a small niche, much like any other product if there is less demand, if the manufacturer has to revamp their production process, or if there is not a well established parts chain the cost soars. As laws and consumers both start dictating that washers will have to use less water and energy more front loaders will be made and because of this the price will eventually come down.
The top loaders are cheaper and less complex to produce, most use simple mechanical controls as well, the tooling to produce top loaders has long been paid off as well. Front loaders tend to have electronic controls which drive up price and since they are new(er) to the consumer market, companies have invest in new machines/molds/etc. to produce them, which also makes them more expensive.
