Best Washer & Dryer ?

[Seangie]

Don't do combo. Just don't. I haven't met a soul who likes it. We have whirlpool stacking 24" 110v set


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Scott -  we love our combo unit.  We have had it to 30 months now.  Other than having to replace a 30$ part its been fantastic.

Its an splendide 2000s model.  Washes and then dries.  Must be Vented!  Don't get one that is not vented.

We love ours.  With 6 kids we do a load a day.  Start it in the morning and hand out the clothes in the afternoon.  One load a day and no more having to swap clothes from the washer to dryer ...just turn it on and you are done.  It takes about 2 hours from start to finish.

-Sean

[Scott & Heather]

Ok. So I met a soul who loves their combo. I concede. We love our stacking whirlpool set. No issues in 5 years of fulltiming and now that we have a 5 month old, we do a lot of laundry. It does take up twice the room as a combo of course, but stacking them takes up height vertical space versus the more valuable horizontal space (in my opinion) so it works for us. We have a 9" roof raise so that makes a difference. The shanks family has really fine tuned the art of 6 people and a cat living in a 40' bus full time so I respect their input on anything space/interior layout related.


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[TomC]

I debated back and forth whether to go with a stack or Splendide vented combo. I am going with the Splendide vented combo because the stack takes space. With the combo, I still have a cabinet above the combo I can use. Besides, it's just the wife and I, and probably won't use the W/D but a couple times a week. Good Luck, TomC

[jmblake]

I know this is a old thread but I have a question for you guys using the stacked W&D, Are you using 220 volt dryers? Propane? The problem I see are the small apt sized ones only come in 220 volt and not gas and not 110 volt, I don't have room for a normal house sized W&D, and most places we go 220 would be ok but not some of the older parks. Just wondering what you guys are using. Jason

[Scott & Heather]

Jason, we are using a the smallest front load washer and dryer set LG makes. The dryer is gas and I paid a pro appliance guy to convert the jet over to propane. It was an involved process I'm really glad I didn't attempt myself. The whole dryer came apart. Anyway, we love this set. Using a house sized gas stove/oven and the gas dryer we only go through a 20lb cylinder every 4 months or so. I love our washer too. Uses quite a small amount of electricity with its inverter technology. Super quiet set. Again, we are full timers so we've figured out what works and doesn't in terms of daily heavy usage versus just camping occasional usage. I wouldn't recommend this set in anything less than a 102" wide coach though.


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[jmblake]

Scott, I wish I had room for them, The one I found that will fit is a whirlpool https://www.lowes.com/pd/Whirlpool-2-cu-ft-Stackable-Front-Load-Washer-White/50434752 but the matching dryer is 220 volt. I wish it came in gas or 110 volt. I quess the 220 isn't a deal breaker just have to be more picky were we hook to the poll lol.
Jason

[luvrbus]

After months of looking at compact washers and dryers it got down to the Miele for us,then after much research my wife decided to go with the Splendide 2000XC vented with heated drying for space saving lol she had other things in mind.

I got lucky because the Miele set was expensive about 3k+ for the set and found a brand new never used Splindide 2000XC take out from a RV delivered with everything for 400 bucks   it seems to work good testing it and I can run it from the inverter      

[jmblake]

The splindide would be the way to go, but it doesn't sound like they dry very well I would think the vented ones would be best. If I could find a deal like that I would defiantly give one a try.

[luvrbus]

The newer  Slindides have a heating element the old ones used moisture of all things to dry clothes with and sucked but Sonja has always like a Splindide she had one for the past 20 years I don't know which is best lol I don't do the laundry I screwed that up 40 years ago 

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

I am also in the market for a new W/D combo unit.  The stack-able just takes up too much room for me and I like being able to put my dirty clothes in the Combo unit before I leave for work and remove them when I return home.  I too had the Splendide 2000XC in my MCI but there was no W/D in the Eagle I just bought.  It does have a dish washer though and perhaps I can use that to wash clothes.  

I did some measuring and the Splendide 2000XC will be a tight squeeze into the cabinet I want to put it in (if it will even fit) so I am looking for a smaller unit basically the height of the Splendide is a bit too tall.   If anyone knows of a company that manufactures a slightly smaller unit, I would be glad to hear about it.  

There are three drawbacks to the Splendide 200XC, one is that the door latch is poorly engineered and tends to break quite easily and you can't just order a new 25 cent latch, you have to order an entire door for about $150 which is absurd.  I have bought three of them (so far). The second drawback is that the lint tends to clog up the lint output vent tube and it is about a two hour job to clean it out because the access to remove the rear exhaust hose is difficult to access.  The third drawback is that they once came with a starting timer so you could have it start 3 hours before you arrived home so the clothes wouldn't wrinkle as bad, but the later models removed that great feature.

I really liked the Splendide Combo unit and still may be able to fit one in my new bus, but I need to take another measurement to be sure. But if slightly smaller unit is available, I would probably go for that and spend an average of 4 days per week doing a load of laundry rather than the 3 days I used to be able to do it in.  It takes about 3 hours to do a load of laundry so you can't do very many loads in a day.  That is with a vented unit, the unvented one takes a bit longer.

If you are traveling with more than two people, you may want to consider a stack-able unit as you can do laundry in half of the time.

[jmblake]

I don't do the laundry either but I want to keep her happy so I don't have to start I have some time to think this through I'm not going to start this project for a while so maybe a good deal on one will come buy.

[thomasinnv]

I am going with the stackable set myself. The dryer is 120v at 12 amps. Ariston made by splendide.

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[jmblake]

Thanks Derrick, That's exactly what I'm looking for I could find the washers just not a 120 volt dryer. Now to find a good deal on one. Thanks again Jason

[luvrbus]

Jason, we saw those in Phoenix at RV & Auto Parts for $775.00 a set 602-635-1566

[jmblake]

That would be a good deal, I just did a quick qoogle search and lazydays had just the washer for that price plus $150.00 shipping.