Nowadays people ask for recommendations.
Sometimes it's hard to answer the question unless we know what the user really wants. You want alot of features? You want energy saving? You want intelligent control for improved cleaning? You want front load? You want dryer features too?
If your answer is yes to any of the above, the reliability will drop for each "yes".
As more features mean more parts to fail and reduced durability.
The most durable washing machine brand in the market is speed queen. Top load with the simplest turn knobs.
One reason why they last so well is because of the solid construction inside. It's full of metal that can withstand much more wear and with very electronics to fail. So were Japanese brands in the past.
The sad thing is honest companies selling reliable products are dying as they can't define reliability in their brochure to sell to customers. And they have very few things to fail and less repair jobs or could make people buy again. They are also priced higher due to amount of solid material they use.
