F&P washers & Dryers are highly regarded. Check out some of the many posts on this website concerning F&P washers & Dryers, and I think you'll get a good feel for their level of acceptance.

I just bought a pair of F&P, the WL37T26D washer and the DE62T27D dryer. I had my eye on the WL26CW2 that you got, but no one in my area had that specific model. Again, in my area that model sells for $899. So you got the dryer (which I don't know the price of), delivery and installation for less than $401. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me!
Good luck with them. Mainly be sure to read the owners manuals and use them accordingly and you should have no troubles at all. I'm including the F&P laundry web site link.
kcred

Here is a link that might be useful: F&P laundry web site

YOU will love them.

We got a F-P washer a little over a year ago. I think its the model GWL15 (anyway, its their least expensive washer). They're selling for less than $500 in our area, I saw them for $450 the other day.

Its a great washer. If fairly water efficient, but not quite as efficient as a front-loader (horizontal axis) washer. It is very efficient electrically though, and really extracts a lot of water in the spin cycle, so less drying time is needed. Best of all, it does an excellent job of washing. I really believe that the Ecowash cycle is a superior way to do laundry (this is where a small amount of water with a higher concentration of soap is run through the cloths for a period of time before the standard wash starts).

We have the GWL11. Great washer, much better than the workhorse Kenmore heavy-duty it replaced.

I'm not sure, but isn't the DE09 the GE-rebadged washer F&P sells? I think it's fine, but nothing fancy - which is a GOOD thing in appliances, mind you.

I have the WL26CW2 and absolutely love it. The quality of the machine is excellent, with no fit or finish issues. Just read the manual, and don't try and out smart the machine, it does an excellent job by it self. Add your clothes and just select the appropriate cycle, add detergent and press start. I have been using Charlie's Soap, and love it. Before I used All Small & Mighty HE, and that seemed to work fine too.

You made a good choice, relax and enjoy.

I just got rid of my F&P...it has been a problem from day 1! It never made a hot wash and the hot wash bypass didn't work, had it rebuilt 3 times...suffered with it for 6 1/2 years. Just got a lovely conventional Whirlpool and I finally get a hot wash. Doesn't spin as fast as the F&P but the water's hot;0)

I got the set delivered on Sat (4/12) and started the process of doing about a months worth of dirty laundry. Also with the new set started off with Charlie's Detergent (which so far seems like great stuff). Everything seems to have gotten extremely clean, and very soft already (I was expecting a cpl more washes with the charlie's before that happened).

However, I have run into a possible problem and I'm looking for suggestions. The washer is tangling/twisting things together. Only one load was so tight that it was hard to pull things out of the washer (had to just grab bunches out together and then work untangling them before putting them in the dryer). However, every load was wrinkled horribly (even after maticulously untangling/untwisting everything before throwing them in the dryer). I think for the first time in at least two years I had to iron everything in just about every load.

Hi Flak ~

I got my machine about 3 1/2 years ago and this is what I have learned. In my old machine I used to kind of lay the clothes/items evenly around the agitator and I continued doing that with this machine. That is what I have always done.

It works so much better if you just let them drop without trying to place them around the agitator. Yes, I now plop the clothing and towels, sheets and more even if I think it is too heavy on one side. This machine is "smart" and one of the things it does is account for anything being more heavy on one side. It senses that and what water level you need.

Now, if I overload with towels (I have been known to do that because I have five kids, a dog, two cats and a hubby) they will be laced against the machine but I think that is more due to the spin cycle speed. You might want to check your manual and learn how you can control so much with the F&P.

Please let me know if this helps. You may want to reduce the spin speed for clothing and sheets and thinner items.

Robyn

Spin speed has nothing to do with tangling. When spinning, the clothes don't move in relation to each other, they're simply compressed against the basket. I have an F&P agitator-type machine (model IWL12), and always spin my sheets at the highest speed (1000 RPM).

Slower spin can have an effect on reducing wrinkling, however. The standard cycle spins at 1000 RPM, so manually select a slower spin for wrinkle-sensitive items ... or use the Easy Iron cycle which is preset for 300 RPM spin and also uses the higher-fill "traditional" wash action. All the many options are there for a reason, to get better performance on specific kinds of loads.

Loading methods are key to minimizing tangling. As Robyn outlines, do not pile clothes atop the 'agitator' or wrap them around it. Drop each item in as a bundle, spaced evenly around the basket, with smaller items as fillers between larger items. Pick up a fitted sheet, loosely gathered, and drop it in toward one side. Place a flat sheet at the other side, and fill the spaces between with pillow slips. And wash sheets as a separate load using the Sheets-specific cycle.

For jeans, place three to four pairs around the basket, then another layer atop that, for six to eight pairs total. Maybe nine up to nine pairs (three layers of three) depending on how that works for you.

Dadoes ~

Thanks for correcting what I meant to say. I thought I was saying that the wrinking could be coming from the high spin speed and, thus, should ease up on the laundry items if you reduce the speed.

I, almost always, use the high spin speed for towels and heavy duty clothing items. That is when I notice the towels plastered against the side of the drum. Because the washer does such a good job of removing water/moisture they feel much drier and I do "pry" or "peel" them (for lack of a better word) from the sides of the drum.

I don't have any problem removing them or finding them tangled after being in the dryer.

Robyn