washer/dryer
What is the best brand of stackable washer/dryer to use in a 34 ft. 5th wheel?? Do they wash & dry well?? Only the 2 of us!!
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- we've found that with separate washers and dryers its best not to go with "RV" units .... the reason being they are difficult to find places that can/will work on them .... when our OEM washer and dryer died, we went to Lowe's for replacements .... if needed, we can get them serviced most anywhere
Jim - Love our Kenmore stackable washer/dryer. Would hate to be without it. The washer is doing a load right now.
- This gets discussed a lot. You might want to do a search. In fact there is an ongoing discussion about the pros and cons of an onboard w/d on one of the forums right now (don't recall which one).
I have the Splendide stackables. Being a single, this might be overkill because I could probably get along just fine with the single combo unit. But for 2 people I would definitely recommend getting the stackable separates just because of the smaller capacity.
I agree with everything Jtrac says. My dirty laundry is 2 ft away from the w/d and the closet is about the same distance so it only takes a minute to load the washer or put away clean laundry. The dryer takes about an hour to dry a load(120 volt,) but it doesn't matter because I'm not around waiting for it to get done.
I have a 35 ft rig. They do wash and dry very well, just like your home w/d, just smaller loads.
Tim - We've been using a 24" Kenmore for 16 years in a 38' HH. We did replace about two years ago when a sale appeared. Installer had no problem working on RV.
Jim - Most higher end motorhomes use Splendide Ariston. I'm not sure that makes them any better though. I also see some with Whirlpool. We have a Splendide combo and it works very well at both cleaning and drying. You just have to remember they are smaller than your home washer and dryer and the dryer works on 120v. Everything takes longer and the loads are smaller. As long as you do not expect them to work like the set at home you will be fine. My wife washes a load almost every day while we are traveling. She just sets it and goes about doing whatever. She does not allow it to control our schedule.
