- Samsung 7.5 cu. ft. Smart ELECTRIC Dryer with Steam Sanitize+ [costco.com] (DVE45B6300D) $379.97
expiredaquiva1 posted Jan 24, 2025 01:41 AM
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expiredaquiva1 posted Jan 24, 2025 01:41 AM
Costco Members: Samsung 4.5 cu. ft. Large Capacity Smart Front Load Washer
& More + Free S/H (Select Delivery Areas)$380
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My mother would load laundry to the max. You're supposed to load it as light as possible every wash so that the fittings holding the drum don't wear out and eventually fail. But many people stuff bricks inside the washing machine.
HE washing machines are also very efficient with water and detergent but my mother would overfill the laundry detergent slots filled with detergent.
Then you're supposed to clean out the filters occasionally but many don't and it gets clogged at times.
Not saying these Korean brands are amazing but they're obviously good enough that most people don't have issues. They're just more prone to breaking due to user error.
Speedqueens are probably your best bet if you want longevity.
Stumbled upon a Youtube video of a guy who repairs appliances and most of his videos are just user error symptoms. "My dryer won't heat." Yeah, cause your vents are clogged up with lint and dust and you didn't clean the filter.
"My refrigerator broke." Yeah, cause you're supposed to clean the back of your fridge compartment with a vacuum every year or so to help the condenser work more efficiently.
In short, with proper maintenance and usage, these appliances should mostly work without failure. If you do receive a faulty one, most appliances are cheap enough these days that for a few hundred dollars, you could just replace it for a different brand. I do think with government-mandated efficiency standards, many of these parts have cheapened out to meet these efficiency standards. The old machines our parents bought were very expensive and more durable but very inefficient so you're paying boatloads of $ in energy.
Now I'm tempted to get the matching dryer since that's a good price, but I don't technically need it.
Pretty much the only stuff I'll get from them are phones and SSDs
Refrigerators/washing machines are usually where people have issues with brands.
Dryers are pretty easy and self-explanatory technology so the failure rates aren't as high regardless of the brands.
I find that Samsung/LG offer more 'tech' features so when one thing breaks, it's pretty much a host of problems from there.
What I replaced in my last Samsung. Wheels and a heating element. The washer before that was a whirlpool and that thing ate the rubber seals so much so they replaced the set. I still had issues and when it was no longer under warranty I added a big 1 inch in diameter spring to stabilize the drum this worked for years until the spring broke.
my point is I don't expect any appliance to last.
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The gas dryer had a couple minor issues in the first couple of years, igniter went bad and the (high heat snap switch?) also needed to be replaced. Those were both somewhat cheap and easy fixes, inconvenient, but not back breaking.
The washer however, was the real fun one. In the first 3 yrs, I replaced 2 Ripped door boots, a faulty door lock, a bad water pump. But year 4, brought the absolute cherry on top of it all, a cracked tub support spider,. The bad spider also ruined the bearings and tub rollers. Non of the washer repairs were fun or easy, but the cracked tub spider replacement essentially required a complete tear down and reassembly of the washer, not to mention about $150 of aftermarket parts, or $500 worth of Samsung parts.
The only reason I performed the repair and didn't just scrap the unit, was because the wife wouldn't have been able to match the existing dryer with a new washing machine, (especially considering I would never willingly buy another Samsung appliance again).
For whatever reason, Samsung chose to mount a beautiful stainless steel drum that will probably last 50yrs , to a pot metal, cast aluminum or zinc support spider that spins at very high speed. That garbage cast spider would probably be great if you have 0ph water and never use any detergents, but if you don't have perfect water and you actually use laundry detergents, the galvanic reaction between the cast spider and the stainless drum will start to break it down and eventually crumble and crack, like mine did after 4yrs. If you pay somebody to do it, I can almost guarantee you'll be better off just buying a new washer, as it's a very time consuming and costly repair.
Just a fair warning. Stay far, far, away from Samsung washers.
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