New LG Washing Machine WFT 9101

My house washing machine finally broke down after 7 years. The problem is most likely caused by faulty drain pump and eventually caused the circuit board to fail totally. As the repair cost will be most likely more than 300 (for circuit board, drain pump and labour), it is probably better to get a new washing machine and so the search began.

First thing to decide is whether to go for front load or top load washing machine. After some research, we decided to go for top load. Mainly because:

• It is cheaper (although there are some 500-600 range washing machine but not sure about the quality)
• Washing time is faster
• No potential leaking problem (heard some cases where leaking happen on front load washing door, probably due to bad seal)
• Need to maintain it deligently. (clean the door, maybe this can help to prevent bad seal)
• Cannot stop the wash and put in more clothes
• Have to squad or bent (my gf reason)

We initially limit our choice to 7kg - 8kg capacity and set the budget to be around 400. But as always, after looking at washing machines from different brands, we tend to let loose this limit and always ask ourselves why not pay few dollars more for bigger capacity. And in the end we chose LG washing machine, a 9kg washing machine. We went to expo to checkout Courts expo sales and actually looking at the display set offer. Unfortunately, display set on offer from LG is not the model we want and we almost switched our decision to Samsung 8kg washing machine which is 350 for display set but stop it when we heard that we need to top up 50 more for delivery.

We went to Gain City at Changi City Point to continue our search. This time, we are offered with the discounted price of 429 for the LG machine. After comparing the price survey we did previously (call to MegaDiscount, Lion City, GAB, Harvey Norman), 429 is actually not a bad price and since we don't want to wait anymore, we placed the order on the spot.

So is the new washing machine good? So far, we like it. It has bigger capacity, clothes are not tangle together after wash and is quieter. As for durability, only time will tell but at least the washing machine got 2 years warranty, which is quiet standard and also better compare to other brands like Panasonic which only offer 1 year warranty.

 LG WFT 9101

 9kg!

 The drum is bigger, there 2 filters (the blue colour)

Washing machine in action, it will weight your clothes first, then decide the water level and then start washing

2 ticks for water efficiency. After talking to many sales, the conclusion i get is those washing machines with higher number of ticks usually have eco mode option. So if you are not using eco mode, those washing machines might not save as much as you think.

One problem with this washing machine is this is the non-pumped version, so the drain pipe should place as illustrated in the picture above. So for my case, i cannot put my drain pipe directly to the existing pipe as it will exceed the height limit and now have to just put my drain pipe to the toilet when in use and put it back when not in use.