regarding the LG washers, I was going through the warranty booklet and apparently the warranty will expire as soon as you are claiming for it once. I can't remember the exact statement used in the booklet, but its to the same tune and effect.

Does anyone know how reliable Daewoo is? I had my eyes on one of the model, which has a declining angle front load drum.

shortlisted a few topload (toshiba) and frontload (LG, Samsung) and end up getting topload (12kg) from Happy. Been using topload Toshiba for more than 15 years and still working fine, so stick to the same brand...