Looking for a new washer.

Ryland · 12-09-09, 11:29 PM

My room mate and I are looking in to buying a new washer, we've never owned one, the last time I lived with one it was an old wringer washer.
I was thinking about a Staber because people with off grid houses seem to like them, altho they are looking like they might be a bit dated and altho they used to be rated well they don't even look like they meet energy star standards any more.
So far our top pick is a Speed Queen, partly because they are made in Wisconsin but also because their home unit has the same guts as their commercial unit and the one laundromat owner we talked to said they have the fewest service calls on speed queen, they are also listed at 184kwh per year (counting hot water use), a high spin speed to spin the water out of the cloths.
I'm open to other models I'm also looking for comparison charts of energy use.

12-09-09, 11:29 PM	#1
Ryland Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Wisconsin. Posts: 913 Thanks: 127 Thanked 82 Times in 71 Posts	Looking for a new washer. My room mate and I are looking in to buying a new washer, we've never owned one, the last time I lived with one it was an old wringer washer. I was thinking about a Staber because people with off grid houses seem to like them, altho they are looking like they might be a bit dated and altho they used to be rated well they don't even look like they meet energy star standards any more. So far our top pick is a Speed Queen, partly because they are made in Wisconsin but also because their home unit has the same guts as their commercial unit and the one laundromat owner we talked to said they have the fewest service calls on speed queen, they are also listed at 184kwh per year (counting hot water use), a high spin speed to spin the water out of the cloths. I'm open to other models I'm also looking for comparison charts of energy use.