My wife and I recently had to replace our Fisher Paykel washer and dryer units. Wife got them barely used from a friend of a friend for cheap, two years ago.
In that time, they've been nothing but trouble. Too much high tech, whiz-bang gadgetry, and micro computer controls. Even the mechanical parts were 21st century 'advanced' design and engineering crapola.
After about the fourth home repair, the bearings in the dryer barrel gave out, and the washer developed an annoying habit of jumping the tub off the three suspension supports.
Wifey couldn't take it anymore, so we went down to Home Depot and got a new Maytag set. They also have all the 21st century bells and whistles, but so far so good, and at least it's a trusted American brand.
Windy, speaking of Maytag washers, and purely mechanical ones, my aunt and uncle bought a Maytag washer after he came home from WW II. It was the old fashioned type with the rollers that squeezed the water out of the clothes so they could be hung up to dry.
Well, that washer lasted about 40 years until about 1986 and it was just worn out and not worth looking for parts. She insisted on another one and my uncle found one. It outlasted her. No bells and whistles on that thing. Lol