Top 10 best Top Load Washer 2022 According to experts

The media could not be loaded.  We did a lot of research ahead of time and settled on this washing machine because of the quietness, features, and excellent ratings. However, it had problems almost from the beginning, leaking blue fluid from the top of the drum and then screaming like a banshee during the rinse cycle. Within three months we were already having to submit a warranty claim to LG. Sadly, instead of standing by their product and putting the customer first by replacing the obviously flawed unit, they chose to send us through an arduous repair process. The repair service, A&E Factory Service, was selected by LG. After the first repair attempt, the machine was left more broken than when we started and now leaked water in the floor. This started a month long ordeal where neither A&E nor LG would do anything for us. A&E wanted to wait on another part to come in (which was unrelated to what they’d broken) and LG kept telling us to talk to A&E. All the while it was leaking water due to the botched repair job. We sat through hours of on hold time on the phone and had multiple representatives from both companies make us promises that they didn’t follow through on. Eventually we made it through to a level of LG support that was actually helpful and they submitted a request for alternative resolution (to issue a refund). A week later we were notified that the internal team had reviewed it and was guaranteeing to issue a refund to us. It’s now been three weeks and there is no check in sight. We are back to waiting on hold and having LG not respond to us. Buying an LG washer has resulted in three months of headache, having to use laundromats during a pandemic, and over $700 wasted.LG doesn’t care to make a quality product. LG certainly doesn’t care about their customers. I doubt I’ll ever buy a product of any type from them again.

This machine is AWESOME!! I can’t tell you enough about having the ability to fill the tub the whole way full of water. It could be my imagination, but I don’t think so, that the clothes are much cleaner. This machine has a huge tub and full agitator. There are multiple menu selections available to mix and match the cycle to your custom need. From watching the agitator move the clothes through the wash cycle, I have no doubt the clothes are much cleaner, like deep cleaned. I bought it online from Amazon, it was shipped to my home and even delivered a day ahead of time! My daughter and myself got the washer inside using a dolly. Once she left I finished the hookup to the waters for drainage system. It works perfectly. I had a bigger machine that broke down twice in 5 years, this time they couldn’t even get the parts to repair it. Repairman said if the could get the parts it would be $500 to repair it. Well they couldn’t get the parts. So much for such a high priced item. Never again will I pay that kind of money when I can get a machine I am much more satisfied with, and was less expensive—more in my price range now I’m retired. Thank you Amazon and AMTrucking for your great work.

Lost time do to convulesence and shipping for house setup from delivery of Oct 1. 2021. Setup machine up on Nov 14, 2021. Could not see under front panel shippers drop off. After looking for the feet on front to adjusting height and balance. A pucker edge showed up close look at bottom front right edge. The reason for the tilting rocking during shippers bring in was. The front of machine was dropped from movers dolly to a height of 45 degrees from two wheels. Bending front feet and front lower panel. The bottom panel pushed up into machine about an inch or so. This was the rocking when brought in. She works fine. Conveinance of working do all as well as the washer matching units though.

UPDATE 25 OCTOBER 2022: This washer died a few days ago. Repairman just told us it will cost more than washer is worth to fix it so we should buy a new washer. This is the most short lived washer we’ve ever had! Absolute garbage. It worked ok until its’ sudden unexpected death. Kenmore’s usual1 year warranty DOES NOT APPLY TO APPLIANCES SOLD BY AMAZON! This has been a VERY EXPENSIVE NIGHTMARE THAT WE CAN’T AFFORD! I can’t recommend this worthless garbage to anyone under any condition. This product should not be sold to the public at any price! I will no longer buy any large appliances from Amazon after this experience.7 years ago (May 27, 2015) we purchased a HE Maytag Bravos EX washing machine. It died at the end of April 2022 so we got this Kenmore yesterday (May 3, 2022) to replace it. As such my review will compare this new machine to the old HE machine rather than the old style non-HE washing machines we had before it.This Kenmore balances loads the same way the Maytag machine did so no learning curve there this time! With our first HE we did have to learn how to best balance the loads. I always make certain I can see the center of the tub when loaded and except for the largest loads this seems to work 9/10 times.This machine is slower to lock the lid than the old machine was but that’s a plus in my book as it gives me a few seconds longer to toss in that item that I realize at the last moment, I forgot to add.This machine takes less time with the same loads as my old machine but that might be because I haven’t quite figured out how to set it to the same settings as the old one. My clothes came out clean and fresh however so perhaps I won’t try to find the old settings quite so much!The water levels seem to be fine compared to the old machine and this machine even allows for using more water during use via the fill level settings which is nice.The end of load chime is very soft but perhaps this is something I’ll find a way to increase the volume on.Compared to the old machine, the controls are more involved and detailed (the old one had a knob to turn to what we wanted) but the settings are not impossible to figure out. This one allows a presoak which the old one did not so that’s a plus. I have allergies so per my allergy doctor’s direction I wash my bedding in hot water once a month, every month. (Sheets get washed weekly in hot) The presoak means I can now use the Lysol Laundry Sanitizer in the machine rather than in my laundry tub which will keep my unfinished basement floor a bit dryer as I won’t have to transfer wet stuff to the laundry tub.The included discharge hose leaked like CRAZY so I have already abandoned it but I have not had good luck with the hard plastic discharge hoses ever so I wasn’t all that surprised by that. I got a length of 1 ID silicone tubing (Amazon!) and two stainless steel band clamps to connect the water outlet on the machine (which does not protrude very far from the back so connecting the band clamp was more difficult than it needed to be) and then to the inlet barb on my anti siphon stand tube (again unfinished basement so my waste water discharges into a two inch PVC stand pipe buried in the floor). This unusual method doesn’t leak and the water pressure seems to open the somewhat soft silicone tubing without issue so I’m happy with that solution. At this point my new Kenmore washing machine is less than 24 hours old and currently working on the 4th load of accumulated laundry but so far it’s working great.The Kenmore machine included a small sample of a Tide large load pod, and some Downy Unstoppables that I will not be using as I only buy unscented dye free products when it comes to soaps and laundry detergents. The old machine came with a packet of washing machine cleaner that stunk up our entire house for more than a week but I was rather surprised to see that the Kenmore didn’t include a sample of some sort of washing machine cleaner. (We did find a less scented option to wash the machine with.) Our old almost 7 year old machine didn’t stink or have slime build up near the soap dispenser drawer like my parents machine did but we were good about using the washing machine cleaner cycle whenever the indicator light came on. I don’t know if the Kenmore machine has an indicator light or not but the first thing I did with it was a washing machine cleaning cycle. With the old machine cleaning it every two weeks was far closer to accurate than monthly.Based on soap build up around the drawer area in the old machine we quickly removed it and just dumped soap into the main tub. With this new machine I’m doing the same so far but with the presoak feature I’ll likely use the drawer for the soaps when I need to presoak and remove it for a total cleaning (of the drawer unit) after the load is done. With the old machine we also learned to wipe down/dry any wet surfaces inside the machine if we were not going to be putting another load in immediately to keep it fresh. We also left the lid open whenever it was not in active use. (We also ran a dehumidifier near it which reduced the amount that the old machine rusted in our damp basement so we’re doing that for this one too.)Also when the Maytag died I first tried to repair it myself based on the error codes. (it ended up being the main board) I noticed that even when there was no water left in it I could still hear sloshing when the machine was moved around. When I gave up on it I completely disassembled it to get it out of my basement and the tub still sloshed despite being completely upside down. When the Kenmore arrived I could hear sloshing before water was ever added to it and before it was even out of the box. This seems to be how HE machines are designed and shouldn’t be thought of negatively but I found it interesting.I’ll update this if anything changes or in a month or two to confirm that it stayed in great working order.

Unlike my old washer, this one has a glass lid, so that you can see what is going on. So I watched it do a normal load. Not a big load, perhaps on the small side. Water came in for the wash cycle. The water did not cover the clothes. OK, maybe the agitation will get it all. Nope. I watched until the wash cycle ended. There was one shirt which had a sleeve that never did get wet! There is a “Deep Fill” option. It does not work on the normal cycle! On cycles where it does work, it is a really deep fill (lots of water). It needs a medium fill option that works with the normal cycle.

The machine is quite and has a small footprint while having a nice large capacity. Overall very satisfied. Reason for only 4 stars is the control interface is a bit confusing and defaults to a very unusual (and not eco-friendly) wash configuration. It always defaults to “Heavy Duty”, Warm/Hot water, High Water and Heavy soil. Even changing main selector to “Normal” (from Heavy Duty) results in Warm Water, High Water and Extra Heavy Soil. You can adjust all the settings each time you run but that is very annoying when you have teenager running it who simply accept the default, dump in detergent and press start. There is no way to change the default setting. It offers a “auto water” level, “Normal Soil” and “Eco-Warm” setting but you have to select it each time. It is worth the money, around $700 most places (much nicer than most others I compared it to that run $1100+) but this one simple thing just seems really odd choice for the manufacturer.

If I could give this product as zero I would. It has a control board issue after just two years. So now we have to purchasing new one. So if you want a product that only lasts a couple of years by GE if not I recommend staying away from it.

Easy to use. Wish it came with hoses to connect to the faucet.

This machine works better than my expensive Samsung washer ever did.

The delivery was flawless and delivery guy was super nice and friendly. The washer is working great!

The only 2 cycles worth using are Bulky/Bedding and Heavy Duty because those are the only ones you can use Deep Fill on. All the other cycles use Auto Fill which gives you VERY LITTLE water levels! So little that your clothes aren’t even covered. So I do EVERYTHING on Heavy Duty because I do full laundry loads and need a FULL water level. Also, LET THE WASHER FILL FIRST before loading any clothes because it begins agitating as it’s filling, causing the clothes to agitate when there’s barely enough water. Otherwise, I really like it. It’s large, nice tub, and it’s quieter than my old GE. I haven’t had any problems with washing delicates on Heavy Duty.

I truly don’t see any difference, between this product and less expensive product.

Hooks up easily to kitchen sink. Machine is surprisingly quiet. There is a quick wash setting that uses a set amount of water, but for other modes, you will need to select water fill level. The machine will stop filling on its own, unlike similar style washing machines. Previously was using a camper washer with a separate spin and wash basin. This combines both steps into one. There is a spin cycle to get out excess water if you want to line dry instead of using a dryer. Very little detergent is needed for results. Purchased a dolly for transporting throughout my apartment. Just make sure on first use that the drain hose is very secure as mine popped off the first time and there was quite the flood in the kitchen. For first use, I recommend being present to ensure secure attachments. Since that one incident, I have had no issues.The machine is very quiet and the spin cycles produce a light vibration, but nothing compared to the spinning of my previous machine. I use mine several times a week and have not noticed an increase in electric bill. Highly recommend this product. The price may seem high, but the efficiency and convenience is well worth it.

It seems really solid and quite. It works well and was very competitively priced.