Frightening isn't it. What is the reason for the Cabrio being sold? How does it compare to retail?

Hi Squirrel, the wife has hip problems and they redid their laundry room with front loaders on pedestals. The reveiws aren't exciting me but with all the computer options today in washers no one seems happy with that. The washing machine alone new retails for $1000.00. I am all for recycling machines it seems so many people are upgrading to front loaders, but I don't want someone else's problem either!

Just don't by a GE top load washer. They have the highest repair rate. I don't know all the models anymore so I don't even know what a cabrio is. I have a front loader washer by LG branded as Kenmore after my 4 year old GE bit the dust.

I'm dreading the day our 15 year old dryer dies. Maybe time to go look at the scratch and dent before it does and to read up some on options.

We bought new over a year ago and I absolutely love our Fisher Paykel. I didn't want a front load washer and the FP is also very efficient while being a top loader. Love them both and would buy FP again in an instant.

tina

My girlfriend has FP and she loves her set too.

I have a Cabrio washer with a Duet dryer.. love the washer but don't care for the dryer.

With the short lifespan of most W&D today I would never buy used, unless they were practically giving it away.

I don't care for front loaders either. I had one briefly, but exchanged it for another top loader. I had to use my last W&D in an outdoor environment (porch of the backyard shed) while we built an addition, that included a laundry room. When construction was finished I gave the old set away and bought a pretty basic Maytag top loader and dryer. I've been using them for the past 18 months and my only real complaint I guess could be the washer's noise level. But that's easy to rectify by closing the laundry room door. Consumer Reports rates the washer a best buy. At $500 I'd have to agree.

The Cabrio is a top loader.
It has a glass top so that you can see the laundry being washed. It uses hardly any water

Roselvr thanks this model does not have the glass top, and I knew"green" was coming as far as water usage, but just about every darn machine out there has electronics now, how did we survive all these years on the simple basic versions. I would enjoy a larger machine and the dryer (cabrio) is big 7.0 cubic so I am tempted. Lowes quoted me about $1400.00 for a new pair and that was with 20% off. CL is great but it doesn't give you a lot of time to ponder, and if the machines are decent with a transferrable warranty it would be a good buy, it can't hurt to look at them would it?

Natal I hear you, and that's my fear, a decent basic machine is $500.00 but this set includes the new dryer which tech's say usually don't break down that easy.

No advise here but I will warn you the laundry forum can get kinda of scary. Some people are really, really into laundry.

My daughter has that model and would NEVER buy another. There are so many problems with them. She gets constant error messages and takes forever to get a load of clothes washed because you have to go and reset it to get it to complete a cycle. Whirlpool is aware of the problems, but does not seem to now how, or is unwilling to fix it. I would guess that whoever is selling this machine has a similar problem. It works, it just does not work the way it's supposed to work.

never_ending, Do you know the model number?
Mine was bought at Sears last year, early June. I just looked, my model number is WTW6700TU1 color silver. I'm unsure of transferring the warranty but did not renew mine yet even though it expired. Both Sears and Whirlpool sent me renewals, Sears was more expensive then Whirlpool.

With my Duet dryer, and I'm adding this since you are in the market for a W/D - I always use the normal setting. There have been times where I've used highest heat and had problems. I need to call them, but haven't.. I had the GE guy here for my fridge (piece of junk builder model) he said that a problem like that is usually due to the vent being blocked. My hubby couldn't deal with it due to shoulder surgery, but has since tried to clean it but does not see a blockage.

Anyway, when I use high heat, it will dry for 30 minutes, then the dryer will start beeping. I go up and the digital time (for how long the load will take) will go to an hour and 30 minutes. Normally a load takes 40 minutes on medium heat or 55 on high (auto cycles). I guess I should renew warranty on it and call them out. I kick myself for not getting the matching Cabrio dryer. I think the reason I went with the Duet was because of the reviews plus it had the pedestal.

Camp56, funny, I have no issues with my Cabrio washer. Do you know what her model number is?

roselvr, I don't remember the exact model number. It's less than two years old. When we were looking up information to try to get her's fixed, we found pages and pages of people complaining about similar problems with the error codes and trying to get parts to fix this machine. I do hope you continue to have good luck with yours.

Roselvr, I believe the model was the 6400 series. I think I have talked myself out of them, the reveiws I found on the 6400 series were not that good but the 6700 series seems well recieved, I believe they tried to work out the kinks. It did seem like a fab deal but after all the research I've done and the "enlightenment" of this new laundry generation I think I am going to push it until my machines actually die, giving me some time to research what direction I will go. It seems these new High Efficiency machine have a learning curve. It's a good thing I have an old washboard in the laundry room, I may need it! Thanks guys!