I have a Neptune gas dryer, this will be year #5, no complaints yet, NG is cheaper compared to electricity. Though you may want to do a comparison in your market. There are online calculators that you enter your cost for a therm of NG and what you pay for a KW of electricity and will tell you if one if cheaper than the other.
Another advantage of gas over electric dryers is the over-drying issue. Electric dryers can over dry the clothes making the fabric brittle resulting in a shorter life span for the clothes. Since water is a by-product of gas combustion there is a finite limit as to how “dry” your clothes with be.
Yo rednesss—Top load washer is good. The truth is there aren’t that many choices out there. There are only a handful of actual manufacturers left. I’m not familiar with the “high end” washer/dryer market. But, as my fairly expensive toaster has proven, additional money spent did not translate to a better toaster. Gonna buy a cheapie at WalMart.
I like GE products in general, but my wife is very happy with our Whirlpool washer and Dryer. A word of advice: Buy from a local store—not Home Depot, Lowes or some other mega-outfit. The local people tend to be alot more responsive when you need them. They are fairly competitive, but even if you pay a few dollars more the peace of mind is worth it. My son had a lot ot trouble with a washer and dryer he bought at Lowes. The main problem was the lack of knowledge of the salespeople.