Inglis is manuf'd by Whirlpool. Their mechanical design has been proven on the market for the past 25 years. Traditional 2.5 to 3.2 cu. ft. agitator-topload machines -- Whirlpool, Kenmore, KitchenAid, Roper, Estate, Inglis -- and now Maytag, Admiral, and Amana -- are all of the same mechanical design.

Frigidaire is manuf'd by White Consolidated Industries / Electrolux. They've been iffy in the past. Can't say about the current design.

Inglis has manufactured appliances for a long time and Whirlpool bought out Inglis. They, at least were, manufactured in Canads. They may, by now be the same basic machines as the Whirlpool cheaper units, Roper, etc, and I don't know, could even be produced other than Canada, but were a little different than the Whirlpool/Roper at least as of a few years ago.

FWIW, my cousin bought an Inglis washer/dryer set for $400 and has been more than satisfied. He was looking at the Maytag SAV series that a salesman was pushing and I advised him to run, not walk away from that Maytag set. Did a little research and didn't find a lot of info at the time, but it was pretty much all very favorable. And I'm seeing more and more good about them since.

I would suggest spending a few extra dollars and get the larger capacity dryer though. I almost bought the Inglis dryer when I needed a dryer. But when I went to buy it, they had a floor model Whirlpool on clearance so I bought the Whirlpool Gold for only a few dollars more than the Inglis and was very impressed with the solidness of it over the Inglis. Not saying the Inglis wouldn't have done the job, but the Whirlpool was also much larger capacity which I felt was worth the extra $40 by itself.

If given my choice between just two, Frigidaire and Inglis, I'd go for the Inglis. Although Frigidaire has some good points, my personal, humble, uneducated opinion is that the Whirlpool laundry line is superior. One caveat though, I wouldn't set expectations for these to be a 20-30 year service life though. Even the more expensive machines, with the exception possibly of Miele and Asko will be touted for that lifespan. If it lasts that long for you, great. But for about $400, fer cryin out loud you could replace it every 4-5 years and be money ahead! Solid, basic, simple machines.

I didnÂt know that an Inglis front loader even existed. I just looked up the model number you posted; it seems to be new. It looks the same as an Amana front loader that is now on the market, which looks the same as a previous Maytag model. Whirlpool ownership notwithstanding, I think these are all Samsung machines. Anybody else know for sure?

FWIW, I had the Best Buy version of the 2140, which had a different model number but was essentially the same machine. I didnÂt like it because of its reluctance to spin and replaced it with a plain old Whirlpool top loader. Other people do seem to like that machine, though.