[John Rogers]

Well our Whirlpool lasted 15 years or so and considering we did on average a load of clothes every day.....I figure that's not bad. The inlet hose from the water valve to the tub broke finally which is easy to fix but when I moved it, the bottom fell apart! So I did some searching around and we decided on another Whirlpool. I talked to the "appliance expert" at Lowes and he said the new ones with no agitator are cheaper, use less water, hold more clothes AND get rebates from our utility and water companies! So I looked at prices there and a couple other places and then it hit me.....hey I am retired Navy so I will try the base.

They had a 4.5 cubic foot model, normally $999 and on sale for $799 and then the tag on the front of one said an additional 20% off!! And on top of that, I had none of that CA sales tax which is 8% or something so that was an additional $51 saved! Wow, the only issue was would it fit in the back of my Chevy HHR and it did. My daughter, her boy friend and I moved it into the laundry area and hooked it up with new hoses and away we went. Really quiet and it was strange watching it work with very little water but the clothes came out clean. The rebates are $50 from SDG&E (electricity) and $85 from the water company! so the actual price was $505 after all was said and done for a $999 washing machine!

My wife is on 5 feet tall and we found out she can not reach the bottom of the drum without a stool so we'll have to figure something out there!