I can't imagine it's much worse. What I think I really need is to find a regular old low-efficiency set. It's not like I do so much laundry that the power or water usage is really an issue.

Actually, I was going to ask if anyone had experience with the 2-in-1 type - where you wash and dry in the same unit.

We looked into them a few years ago, but they generally didn't have good reviews.

How do we feel about these boots?

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I like them, Dana

Brenda, the all-in-one washer/dryer are popular on boats. From everyone I know that has one, they are not on. They take for.ever (in excess of 3 hours) to do one load and often they don't get the clothes dry. On boats they have a tendancy to overflow too which is extra bad. My one friend hates hers so much she uses the laundromat or she borrows ours - thankfully we have a full size washer and dryer on the boat and since we don't live aboard any more it's easier for her to schlep her laundry down the dock!

Dana, I like those boots

They take for.ever (in excess of 3 hours) to do one load and often they don't get the clothes dry.

See, but this is my situation now. And with half the space. They're expensive enough that I won't jump from this pan into that fire, but damn.

What kind of high efficiency W/D do you have now, Brenda?

The drawback that she hates the most is the inability to wash one load while the other dries. So it takes her all weekend just to get a week's worth of laundry done.

It's a Maytag something or other. Part of the frustration is that nowhere does it tell you (in the manual, or in a gazillion places online) how long things *should* take. Because it's all woo-woo-sensors! and shit. So all I know is that even the anticipated time that shows up when you put something in seems obscenely long (33 minutes quickwash, 50 something for regular, 126 for dry cycle) but then in practice the time just keeps recalibrating.

I wonder if there are high efficiency washers and dryers that work. I would think there would be.