My top-load Kenmore washer has about a 2.8 cu ft capacity (3.0 cu ft minus the space taken up by the agitator) and can wash about 10-12 pounds of laundry at one time. Most front-loaders advertise 3.5-4.2 cu ft capacity but don't say much about how many POUNDS of laundry can be washed at one time (and from what I've been reading, that seems to be a truer measure of a washer's capacity than cubic feet).What is your opinion/experience in terms of switching from a quot;large-capacitytop-loader to a front-loader? Do you think that if I switched, I'd be able to get a lot more laundry done at one time?
It depends on the machine. Some do, some might not, depending on the capacity of you top-loader. However, you can put allot more laundry in the same amount of space in a well-made front-loader. They are made to be completely filled with laundry (not packed tight, but filled)Because the drum rotates on it's side, you rarely have that unbalancing effect that you get with a top-loader. Top loaders also do more laundry for less money for the following reasons: 1.. You generally use 1/2 the detergent 2. You use a fraction of the water (for a family of 4 - saves the enough water in a year to fill an in-ground swimming pool) 3. The clothes are spun allot faster, so they go into the dryer with less moisture in them Hope that helps
The capacity may be bigger and so is the price tag.What you are saving in water over time you are spending up front for the machine.The soap is more expensive,and the machines tend to break down more often. If you are thinking of buying one do your homework!
i have had a the front loader (Maytag Neptune) for approximately 8 years and that i love it for all of those motives: a million. larger skill--no agitator to take up load area; 2. more desirable effective cleansing (in spite of previous solutions--my husband is a chippie, and this gadget receives his clothing very sparkling); 3. Water conservation; 4. cleansing soap conservation (this gadget needs in undemanding words about a million/4 of the detergent a the front loader needs); 5. Spinning--this gadget receives more desirable water out of the garments, so they require a lot less time interior the dryer--it really is yet another ability saver. sure, the front loader spins like a monster, so placed it on a sturdy floor floor. The seal has never lengthy previous undesirable, nor has it developed mould (and no, i do not shop it open). The strains do no longer clog, and so on. I rather have 2 teenage boys, so i have been doing a range of of laundry in the time of my 8 years, and that i think the front loader has been a good fee and time saver.
Even if you use the same amount of clothes they will get cleaner in a front loader because they will be agitated more fully than with the top loader. We just got a new washer/dryer front loading combo by LG. It is a charm! Our old Whirlpool top loader used to take a lot of clothes but much of the time the clothes would just swish back and forth until they got sucked down to the bottom of the vane where the real washing takes place in top loaders. The clothes would not spend much time down there at the bottom, and much of the soap residue would stay in the clothes. Additionally, you would have to use two or three times as much detergent as we do now with the front loaders. All that soap money would go down the drain. Our washes now come out sparkling clean and much dryer due to the operation of the HE (High Efficiency) washer. And we can load the machine up as much as we did with our old top loader with no ill effect because the tumbler agitates in both directions. Get a new one. It's worth it!
Front loaders tend to get a little more, the big difference is the amount of water used per lb of clothing - my front loader - maytag Epic z can wash 9 - 10lbs according to the manual. (it can also wash a queen-size comforter, which my top loader couldn't). However it only uses half the water (15 gal vs 33 gal) - and the amount of electricity used to heat that water is less, obviously. One other thing - beacause of the orientation, front loaders can spin 2 x faster than top loaders, meaning you use your dryer less too!
