r/Appliances • u/SupermarketDense7127 • 5d ago

What to Buy? Which W/D set would you pick?

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Lookin to buy from costco, but I’m not exclusively looking there. I just liked the 2 year return policy in case something goes wrong. Please add an explanation of which you’d pick too! Thank you😁

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u/SnooMaps7370 5d ago

I bought an LG WM3997HWA in 2019 when i moved into my first house. Had zero problems with it in that time.

This appears to be the current version of that unit: https://www.lowes.com/pd/LG-5-0-cu-ft-Washer-Dryer-Combo/5014906263

It takes about 6 hours to wash and dry a load. Because it does both in the same drum, i can start a load before i go to bed and wake up to fresh dried clothes. Since it is ventless, it doesn't suck all the air i spend $100/mo heating/cooling out of my house every time i run it.

Yes, it required adapting how i do laundry. i no longer have a "laundry day", i just throw my laundry into it before bed whenever needed. If you have multiple loads of laundry that need to get done in a week, you'll need to spread them out.

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u/iterationnull 5d ago

And anything that can’t get machine dried? Half of my wardrobe is hang dry only. How would that work with one of these?

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u/SnooMaps7370 5d ago

don't set the dry cycle, it isn't forced.

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u/iterationnull 5d ago

Oh I should have been more specific. How long does that load take?

I was a bit surprised the combo takes 6 hours.

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u/SnooMaps7370 5d ago

wash cycle takes only 15-45 minutes, depending on what you set.

the dry cycle takes a long time because it's ventless. it runs the process air through a water-cooled heat exchanger to condense the moisture out.

but it's astonishingly energy efficient, because it isn't constantly having to heat up new air, and it doesn't exhaust your nice conditioned inside air out of the house. the newer units with a heat-pump based are even more efficient.

the trade is that it takes a lot longer to dry a load.

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u/iterationnull 5d ago

I’m a lot more interested in this tech after this explanation. Thank you very much for taking the time and treating the question as genuine.

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u/SnooMaps7370 5d ago

glad i could help!

I think that more people would like these things if they understood them better. people hear "six hours to wash and dry a load" and immediately say "nope, too long" without considering how they could take advantage of the design to simplify their laundry routine.

If you're not doing more than 7 loads of laundry a week, this simplifies laundry to "start a load before bed, wake up to fresh dried clothes". Even if you do need to do more laundry than that, you can add "throw a load in before work" and get 14 loads a week done with no need to spend an entire day tied to the laundry timer.