Personally I wouldn’t buy anything Samsung. The six appliance repair places around me refuse to work on them since it can take awile for parts to come just to repair. Four of them quit servicing Samsung two years ago when the average repair time was 6 weeks. For myself I wouldn’t choose any appliance that took that long if I needed repairs.

I did look into Bloomberg sets as an alternative for expensive Meile and found nothing but good reviews about them. Asked a few repair places about them and said they were easy to work on and easy to get parts for if we needed repairs. When my older Meile sets bite the dust we will replace with Bloomberg.

Currently have two washer and dryers in our laundry room. Just replaced a 15 year old Electrolux set with Maytag 5500 series. I needed a compact set for the second and ventless so that’s why we have Meile. Good luck!

Yes, I had seen the mixed reviews of the Samsung, and we've also run into problems getting current LG/Samsung appliances (that came with our current house) serviced, which is what gave me pause. It sounds like the Blomberg may be a good fit for our needs. We'll have the Maytag (one washer, one electric dryer, one gas dryer) for our main laundry room, as well.

I really do love my new Maytag :) pretty shocked too but in a good way. Got a washer and dryer for under 600 at a sears closing.

Best thing to do is call a few local to you repair places and ask questions about machines your thinking of to see if they can service them. Was shocked about Samsung and how nobody would work on them. Someone would have to travel two hours each way to do so and wasn’t worth that charge in itself.

Another machine to look at would be the compact Electrolux machines. Not ventless dryer but may work for you.

We have two sets of Blomberg's WM77120 & coordinating vented dryer in rental apartments, and they have worked great so far. (One set is 3 years old, one is newly installed in the second unit.) I used to live in one of the units and used the first set for a year and really enjoyed them. What's nice is these are relatively simple/easy to use - perfect for guests - while also having the ability to customize the different programs w/ extra rinse, soak, temp adjustment, spin adjustment, etc. (I don't have any experience w/ Samsungs, so can't comment on that.)

Alternative: Laundry Centers

• Whirlpool WET4024HW: AC HD
• GE GUD24ESSMWW: AC HD

We chose the Maytag for our main laundry primarily because of the fresh hold feature. We’re terrible about forgetting about clothes in the washer.

I thought about the Electrolux compact pair for the laundry room, but it seems silly to go with a ventless dryer when we can easily vent. My understanding is that ventless takes longer and heats up the room?

Ohhhh I have the fresh hold but haven’t used it yet. What does it do? I’m sure I could look it up but since you use that feature seems easier to ask :) I thought the Electrolux wasn’t a ventless?? The ventless machines can take longer. Miele seems to be a bit better for dry times but the price you pay for just one machine you could get a new set with some other brands just as good. Personally I would skip a ventless. My current Miele is an older vented machine.

The fresh hold is where it will tumble periodically for 12 hours after it finishes. We actually don’t have ours yet, but my cousin just got the same ones and uses and loves that feature.

Miele would be too expensive for a secondary set, I think. Blomberg sounds like a great fit.

I *just* used the fresh hold feature. Where the heck has this been all my life. So glad we got a deal on these machines. They are really great. If you don’t yet I bought a five year warranty directly from Maytag for under 200 for the washer and dryer. Covered for six years now. They also allow you to make three montly payments on that as well.

Bloomberg seems to be a great machine. I don’t want my miele set to break but when it does it’s what we’re going to get next.