Bravo Bravos!

In my last post about the new range for the kitchen, I mentioned that I was replacing a couple of appliances.  Well, here is the other one:

This is the Maytag Bravos MVWB800VU high-efficiency top-loading washing machine.

For several reasons, a front loader (which is obviously all the rage these days) would not work in our laundry room.   However, I still wanted the water- and energy-savings available from a high-efficiency washer.  Like many families with young kids and both parents working, we do a lot of laundry - mostly on the weekend.  It was a toss-up between this model, and a Fisher & Paykel ‘Aquasmart’.  It came down to price and service availability.  I was able to purchase the Maytag at a pretty significant discount thanks to a friends work-related discount program.  I had heard that there were some quality issues with Maytag after they became part of the Whirlpool family of companies a few years ago, but I am hoping those issues have been addressed.  To be safe, I am going to spend $115 on a 3-year extended service plan once the included 1-year warranty expires.

Check back in a couple of weeks for my review of this appliance, after we receive the machine and we get some experience with it.