Who makes the best electric clothes dryer?

Who makes the best electric clothes dryer?

Our Samsung just failed after exactly four years. Need to choose a replacement and hope to do a little better with the next one. 

My whirlpool is still running 12 or 14 years down the road.

Speed Queen commercial-grade, or their higher end homeowners units. 

I'm shopping Speed Queen now for a washer. Less electronic BS to fail. As a plus, you should be able to get parts for it if anything fails. 

0) 20+ year old Maytag.  Replace a $25 part every 2 or 3 years, run till the sun cools.

1) Speed Queen.  We have one of their washing machines and it's built like stuff used to be built before "China" became the default location for manufacturing durable consumer goods. 

Speed Queen's parent company is located in Ripon, Wisconsin. We drove past the huge manufacturing facility the other day. Hopefully the speed queens are still made there...

We have a Speed Queen dryer.  Only about 3-4 years old.  Not one single issue.  Our is a gas unit, but it does have the bells and whistles on the control panel.  Highly recommended.

Wherever you can find the simplest, 2 knobs and a button dryer. No circuit boards, no problems. 

I'd be torn between searching for the holy grail of dryers and buying whatever Costco has in stock for cheap. 

Edit:  My Maytag Bravos has been going for over 10 years now.  I did put a new heating element in it last year. 

In reply to Toyman01 (Moderately Supportive Dude) :

Before you buy Speed Queen washer, read what this guy has in his blog and watch his detailed videos.  In 2018 I was trying to buy a Speed Queen washer.  This guy informed me that the SQs had changed (cheapened) and I went with his recommended Maytag Commercial (we've been happy.)  He now says that SQ has seen the light and gone back (un-cheapened) but that the SQ price is inflated.  

Learn in this article that much of SQs washing machine changes were due to Dept of Energy requirements and conformity to stardardized review test (which are not that "real-world".)  The article mentiones the returned SQ now has a setting for EcoNormal (which meets the Dept requirements) but also a Normal setting that does not.  Our Maytag Commercial has similar.  The setting for Normal is not the primary setting, rather the setting labeled Mixed in the dead-center, upright-knob setting (trying to indicate that it is the setting you really want.)  

I took a minute and tried to find this guys recommendation on dryer and he seems to not test them much but likes LG

How dead is your Samsung?  Mine dies about once every six months but the most expensive repair so far has been a $20 heating element.   Call me if you want help walking through it, I'm turning pro at the damned repairs. 8five9-6ninenine-eight343.

KyAllroad (Jeremy) (Forum Supporter) said:

How dead is your Samsung?  Mine dies about once every six months but the most expensive repair so far has been a $20 heating element.   Call me if you want help walking through it, I'm turning pro at the damned repairs. 8five9-6ninenine-eight343.

Agreed.  Sites like Repairclinic.com make fixing them pretty easy.  Although I have heard that parts for the Korean makes are often hard to come by.

I have a GE spacemaker dryer which is still going strong. 

It was old when we bought the house 9 years ago.

In reply to 1988RedT2 :

Everything for mine has been available on Amazon and delivered in a day or two.  It's like magic.

LG has been very good for us so far, 13 years in.

Rats ... hope tgat didn’t just jinx me.

We bought Whirlpool a few years back because they are (supposedly) the only ones with US based tech support if you care about that.

1988RedT2 said:

KyAllroad (Jeremy) (Forum Supporter) said:

How dead is your Samsung?  Mine dies about once every six months but the most expensive repair so far has been a $20 heating element.   Call me if you want help walking through it, I'm turning pro at the damned repairs. 8five9-6ninenine-eight343.

Agreed.  Sites like Repairclinic.com make fixing them pretty easy.  Although I have heard that parts for the Korean makes are often hard to come by.

They are. I pitched a Samsung dishwasher after waiting 8 months for a sensor. That will be the last Samsung appliance I buy.

You guys aren't giving me the warm and fuzzies about the Samsung washer and dryer in the dog room..........turn 3 years old in a month.

solfly said:

We bought Whirlpool a few years back because they are (supposedly) the only ones with US based tech support if you care about that.

Same parent company as Maytag, I believe.  I think Roper is their lower-end line. 

Agreed about parts being cheap and easy to get....however don't forget your friendly bricks-and-mortar parts jobber.  I've had times when I've called them up and been able to get the parts that day and get the dryer or whatever back online same-day.  It will cost a few bucks more, but it helps the local economy and lets you move on to another project instead of having to wait a day or two and revisiting it. 

z31maniac said:

You guys aren't giving me the warm and fuzzies about the Samsung washer and dryer in the dog room..........turn 3 years old in a month.

It'll be fine until it breaks.

John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) said:

In reply to Toyman01 (Moderately Supportive Dude) :

Before you buy Speed Queen washer, read what this guy has in his blog and watch his detailed videos.  In 2018 I was trying to buy a Speed Queen washer.  This guy informed me that the SQs had changed (cheapened) and I went with his recommended Maytag Commercial (we've been happy.)  He now says that SQ has seen the light and gone back (un-cheapened) but that the SQ price is inflated.  

Learn in this article that much of SQs washing machine changes were due to Dept of Energy requirements and conformity to stardardized review test (which are not that "real-world".)  The article mentiones the returned SQ now has a setting for EcoNormal (which meets the Dept requirements) but also a Normal setting that does not.  Our Maytag Commercial has similar.  The setting for Normal is not the primary setting, rather the setting labeled Mixed in the dead-center, upright-knob setting (trying to indicate that it is the setting you really want.)  

I took a minute and tried to find this guys recommendation on dryer and he seems to not test them much but likes LG

I followed this advice recently and got an LG (gas) dryer. According to the blogger/YT guy LG licensed the design of some older reliable dryer. Should be reliable with easy to acquire and replace parts.

volvoclearinghouse (Forum Supporter) said:

solfly said:

We bought Whirlpool a few years back because they are (supposedly) the only ones with US based tech support if you care about that.

Same parent company as Maytag, I believe.  I think Roper is their lower-end line. 

Agreed about parts being cheap and easy to get....however don't forget your friendly bricks-and-mortar parts jobber.  I've had times when I've called them up and been able to get the parts that day and get the dryer or whatever back online same-day.  It will cost a few bucks more, but it helps the local economy and lets you move on to another project instead of having to wait a day or two and revisiting it. 

Only local one closed a couple years back.

When the wife and I moved to Tampa we got a cheap-ass Whirlpool from a rent-to-buy place that was selling off old inventory.  $75 for the pair.  It has lived with us for a decade and only needed one repair that came in at $15

It's funny, you guys buy dryers like Frenchy buys cars. 

I suggest fixing the one you have. 

We have a GE dryer that is between 10 and 15 years old and still going strong.  I've put a belt on it and replaced the felt around the drum when it started to squeak but that's it.  

We had a Samsung washer for a few years and will never buy another Samsung appliance.  It was fine until it developed a shake that couldn't be fixed.