Gas dryer or electric? Best place to buy appliances? (Mart: movers, house)

[ma23peas]

I've usually bought Whirlpool..but am open to Maytag, not really impressed with LG or Samsung...we have option of using gas dryer, should we do that here since Electric bills seem to offer lower rates at times? Any tips would be appreciated! Any places locally to avoid buying or recommendations to buy from a certain vendor?

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by ma23peas

I've usually bought Whirlpool..but am open to Maytag, not really impressed with LG or Samsung...we have option of using gas dryer, should we do that here since Electric bills seem to offer lower rates at times? Any tips would be appreciated! Any places locally to avoid buying or recommendations to buy from a certain vendor?

Definitely gas.

If you buy from Costco, you essentially have the best warranty ever.

[ma23peas]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

Definitely gas.

If you buy from Costco, you essentially have the best warranty ever.

They seemed like much more washer/dryer than we would use...only one pair option available at Costco near us...wonder if I should shop online for more styles? I just want to wash clothes, not plan a trip to outer space...these new fangled ones seem to have way too many options...we've been a clean v. dirty family, not a separate compartment for 'gentle' and steam options...Our last were the Whirlpool Cabrio...liked them but because coins found their way into the motors, I had to replace two motors (easy, but time consuming)...with most our kids in college, I hope the coin issue is past.

[Svensk08]

Definitely a gas dryer!

A longtime appliance repairman here currently advises his clients to buy major appliances with as few fancy "extras" as possible. The reason: they use computerized controls which tend to fail long before the mechanical parts do. Plus, the circuits are difficult to troubleshoot and can be very expensive to replace.

You might want to check some of the "scratch and dent" outlets in our area -- there's one for GE only but the Sears Outlet stores carry many major brands. The merchandise may (or may not) have small blemishes but all are factory warranted.

Some Best Buy stores, Home Depot and Lowe's all carry major appliances and have frequent sales. They also do special orders.

[haudi]

As a former all Whirlpool house for washer and dryer, I would strongly advise to do your research. The old appliances from about a decade ago were great but the modern current lines are not what they used to be. Talking to a couple of repairman and doing my own research, LG and Kenmore Elite (LG) washer and dryers are the top rated units by a fairly large margin. We just replaced a 12 year old Whirlpool front loader that was starting to act up with a Kenmore Elite and couldn't be happier. The old Whirlpool dryer is 12 years old and kicking. One common thing we were told by just about everyone was to avoid Samsung. Besides a couple of design choices that make you go huh, they were low on the customer satisfaction ratings. We bought the 5 year Sears warranty while it was half off so we're covered with piece of mind. These things aren't cheap!

[ma23peas]

Well, I was on a limited time frame with moving in on Wednesday...found a Whirlpool combo for under 1k that left off all the steam options..I figured if I get 10 years out of them, I'll be happy and by then there will be more energy efficient options anyway...now the issue is I got such a great deal (no taxes, no delivery fee, $250 less than Sears/Home Depot/Lowes).the kicker, I get to install them I've done electric several times...but not gas...so I'm off to look up videos on youtube...I do know to turn off the breaker and the gas...so I'm halfway there, right? I checked all the reviews and these were the highest rated with over 1k reviews for each...excited and hoping the movers won't mind me borrowing their wheelie to move them into the laundry room

[Svensk08]

Originally Posted by ma23peas

Well, I was on a limited time frame with moving in on Wednesday...found a Whirlpool combo for under 1k that left off all the steam options..I figured if I get 10 years out of them, I'll be happy and by then there will be more energy efficient options anyway...now the issue is I got such a great deal (no taxes, no delivery fee, $250 less than Sears/Home Depot/Lowes).the kicker, I get to install them I've done electric several times...but not gas...so I'm off to look up videos on youtube...I do know to turn off the breaker and the gas...so I'm halfway there, right? I checked all the reviews and these were the highest rated with over 1k reviews for each...excited and hoping the movers won't mind me borrowing their wheelie to move them into the laundry room

You'll probably have to buy installation kits for both the washer and the dryer so the connections are up to code. Just don't use a flexible foil dryer exhaust tube. Good luck!

[astrohip]

I'm a little late for you, but in the interests of people reading this thread in the future...

ALWAYS use a gas dryer if you have that option. Even at today's historically low electric prices, gas dryers cost about 1/3 as much to run as an electric dryer. And in pricey times, that can be as much as 1/10 the cost of electric.

Gas dryers typically cost $40-$100 more than electric. The payback is a year or two, max. Go with natural gas.

[ma23peas]

I was happy to go with gas, we've never had that option....it will be so nice to have a low utility bill!

[Seymour_Butts]

I have gotten all of my appliances at Acceptance Appliance.

They sell only GE products and they are supposedly 'scratch and dent' but I have never found a defect in anything I have bought there (Fridge x 2, washer & (gas) dryer).

The prices seemed to be decent there but not a total steal... really the best deals on appliances are buying them used.