>These residential fl washers need over an hour to get clothes washed, because of low water usage. Mine takes 45 minutes My Speed Queen can wash 2 full loads in the time it takes most fl washers to complete one cycle. Personally, I care more about efficiency, performance, and gentleness than cycle time, and I'm sure many other people agree with me on that. My front loader takes 45 minutes for a normal soiled cotton load. That's about 1.5 Speed Queen TL loads, not 2. Heavily soiled loads take longer, but they would take longer than 30 in the SQ as well (including soak time) if you want it to do as well as an FL. >No error codes, balancing to spin,mould, or washer clean cycles My FL doesn't give me error codes, grow mold, or make me run clean cycles either. It does balance before spinning, which adds a little bit of time to the cycle, but I'm more than willing to wait those few minutes so that I can wash with 15 gallons of water instead of 50 and get all the other benefits of an FL. >Bendix came out with the first fully automatic washer in the late 30s. A fl washer at that. The USA has always had front loaders,nothing new. We invented them. Why this over hyped craze within the last 20 years or so for shiny plastic planned obsolescence? I don't know what your point is here, but it seems you're trying to say modern FL's are "shiny plastic planned obsolescence". Speed Queen makes an excellent front loader. You wouldn't call that "shiny plastic planned obsolescence" would you?

Actually both are pretty poor. Agree that in both the garage is way too small. First the Clay: I just noticed that to get to the laundry room you need to climb up or down stairs on the landing to get into the room. And you open the laundry room door if you're inside and step down? VERY UNSAFE! Oh and it gets worse! To get to the master bathroom, you have to walk up two steps??? I'd hate to be trying that one in the middle of the night when I'm half asleep. Hate the two story family room for all the reasons stated already. Hate that the toilet is on the same wall as bedroom 4. Also hate that the closet takes up an outside wall so no chance for windows and cross ventilation on two walls. And not a single linen closet?? In the whole downstairs there is a total of 1 closet. Where do you store anything? The Paxton: Since you say you don't use a dining room, what will you use it for since you already have a rec room and a family room? At least there's a single closet downstairs besides the coat closet and the pantry. Still not much storage though. Again hate the open to below for all the reasons stated. This at least is not a hazard with the stairs coming out of rooms. Double doors into the bedroom? Where will you put light fixtures? Good luck walking around the tub to get to the toilet in the middle of the night if you're like me and hate turning on the light. That bathroom is very poorly designed. The master shower looks small. How can you have a sitting area if that's the space you need to walk past to get into the bathroom? The shower looks very small considering all the wasted space in the bathroom. Again, no linen closet for the other bathroom or for bedding? Personally, if it were me, I'd keep looking. That's a lot of space but most of it is not good usage.

I saw the newest Wolf induction cooktop and I was impressed with its versatility. Specifically, I am speaking of model CI365T/S. I really like the burner layout with the four burners that can be bridged on one side and a larger oval burner on the other side. It offers what seems to be the most flexible layout. There are other induction cooktops with "flexible" zones but they are in a layout that is less versatile, most commonly with a large round hob in the center and the flexible zones on either side. My building does not have gas so when I upgrade, I will be looking at induction. As of now, I think the Wolf is my favorite but I am a year or two out and something new may change my thinking.

My F&P was purchased about 7 years ago from Lowes. Due to short lived appliance experience, I bought the extended warranty. Lowes contracts with locals. They sent someone out. No parts could be acquired for the hinges. It was plastic stuff, sort of boomerang shaped that was above or below the the actual hinges - I think functioning somewhat like a washer. Found pieces on the floor. Lowes refunded me the price of the fridge on a gift card - crazy. Of course I kept the fridge and hated it less due to my refund. I haven't been a fan of any appliance except for my Bosch dishwasher. Three bad, not cheap, wall ovens, short lived Whirlpool dishwasher. It's just crazy that they are engineered so poorly and that a brand can't rise above so that others will strive to be better to be competitive. Planned obsolescence, and no real consumer protection for this junk in the US i.e. warranty. They can all stink and we buy them because there aren't any that are great, even much of the high end stuff has problems. I'm between homes and have been considering the Frigidaire all fridge and freezer for the next place. (Miele wall oven, Bluestar rangetop, Bosch dishwasher)