Customer Reviews for Whirlpool - Cabrio 7.4 Cu. Ft. 8-Cycle Gas Dryer - Chrome Shadow
Customer Rating
5
Great Dryer
on August 21, 2014
Posted by: Anonymous
from New Jersey, United States
My husband and I bought this dryer about three months ago and we love it! It does a great job drying our clothes and fits perfectly in our laundry room.
We bought this Cabrio gas dryer to replace a 26 year old dryer, and look forward to a similarly long life with this one. The controls are a nice mix of electronic and mechanical. They are easy to use and understand, and the display clearly indicates which features you have chosen. The clothes are accurately dried. I like the little display window which estimates the time remaining. This was one of the few models which had a hamper style door, which works very well in our space. I also like the light in the drum when the door is opened. This model is a good value for the price. While other models seemed to have fancier (and more complicated) controls, I can't imagine that they do a better job than this one does at producing dry, unwrinkled clothes. I also like the styling.
We needed a larger dryer after replacing our washer with a HE model (of a different brand). We chose this model based on the price (sale at the time) and the fact that our 20-year-old dryer was a Whirlpool, too. The twenty-year-old dryer was still working but just smaller. The thing we like the most about this dryer is the door opens up in such a way that it makes dropping clothes in easier, since it acts as a temporary "shelf" before scooping clothes into the dryer. We have to remind our young kids (5,7, and 7) to not sit on the door like a chair, but they enjoy being able to watch the clothes spin and to clean out the lint trap that is located near the door.We only wish the top was flat, rather than curved. It looks good, but it's not practical if you like to place things on your dryer. It forces my wife to have a "clean surface" on the dryer since everything will slide off. Not sure what the designers were thinking, but it does make the unit look modern, I suppose.We spent a bit of time balancing the dryer, but that's because I haven't done it before. Make sure to have a level to help if you're balancing it on your own.
I love the timer display and the drum light. The door is taking a little getting use to but it's great for small loads that you can fold as you take it out of the dryer