Before there were BIG Appliance stores, a friend of mine, had a family owned appliance store, that was large at the time. When we needed a washing machine, he recommended a Amanda unit. He said that it was commercial quality, and that everything could be accessed from the front.
My wife ran the snot out of it. Clothes and towels could only be used once before washing. Six of us showered every day, some times some showered twice. My wife used 2 towels, one for her body, one for her hair, she had beautiful long hair to her waist.
One day, a belt or pulley went bad, and I couldn't get to it for a couple of days. Her parents came down and took her to our friend's place and bought her a new identical machine. They used my credit card.
So, in two days we had two working machines.
For years we ran two machines. One for really nasty dirty, greasy mechanic's work clothes, and anything that you wouldn't want touching your skin, such as throw rugs. Although they were perhaps 60% more expensive than cheaper units, when they died, they didn't owe me a penny. I think it was their gear box that failed on them when they finally gave up the ghost, but I can't swear to it. One died and then about a month later the other died.
I don't know which ones, but I believe that many different brands are made by the same parent company, and their parts are interchangeable.
After reading good things about LG brand we bought two. A front loader (a mistake) and a top loader. We used the large top loaded for about 10 years. It died during Covid lockdown, and I was NOT going to have a stranger walk through my house to look at it. We switched to using the front loader. It has a smaller tub, and you have to leave the door open when not in use, or it develops mold.
When we moved, I just pushed the top loader out to the curb. A neighbor, who does customer service to LG said it was the command module, and that pushing it to the curb was the right thing to do. Those modules are expensive, but they are easy to swap out. A friend had a LG gas dryer. It's command module sometimes opened the gas valve without powering the igniter! A new module was unobtainable, and off to the curb it went.
Knowing you, I am confident that you'll do an appropriate amount of research, and choose a good replacement.
Please let us know what you choose. :thumbsup:
