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Tiggersmom 03-22-2018 10:25 AM

We just bought new washer and dryer. DH insisted on gas which they don't carry in the store....so we waited a few extra days to get it shipped in. Electric cost more to operate. Seller said more people prefer electric. And we did pay a bit more for the gas unit.

romanojg 03-24-2018 07:56 AM

I love heating and cooking with gas. That being said, I always use an electric dryer. I buy on a size bigger than my washer so that it does dry faster. When I bought my new one a few years ago it was the first time that my clothes gets dry before the washer is done.

Endora 03-24-2018 07:59 AM

Love my electric. Wouldn't give it up for anything.

romanojg 03-24-2018 08:09 AM

I love heating and cooking with gas. That being said, I always use an electric dryer. I buy on a size bigger than my washer so that it does dry faster. When I bought my new one a few years ago it was the first time that my clothes gets dry before the washer is done.

Endora 03-24-2018 08:11 AM


Originally Posted by Mimiqwerty (Post 8025647)
I’ve only used electric, but I remember my MIL (who only used gas) saying that my clothes smelled fresher than hers and that her gas dryer turned her whites slightly yellow over time. My DH won’t have a gas dryer—says he spent too much time as a teen repairing or replacing parts on his mom's gas dryer. Our first electric dryer, an inexpensive Kenmore, lasted for the life of three washers, but I washed cloth diapers and often used the solar dryer (clothes lines).

Yep, it was cloth diapers in our house, too, and having an outdoor clothesline was a must for me, because of the cloth diapers.

Peckish 03-26-2018 09:01 PM


Originally Posted by Stitchnripper (Post 8025131)
Got a large capacity top loader with agitator. It is a HE but has a feature that lets me fill to the top. Two years in and so far pleased with it

What kind of machine is this??? Sounds like the holy grail!!

cashs_mom 03-27-2018 05:19 AM

I've always had gas dryers so really have no experience of electric dryers. Gas is so much cheaper here.

leonf 03-28-2018 09:30 AM

A clothesline dropped my on my back one time. I forgot to duck when I was biking to school. Owwww.


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