This big-drum electric dryer handles king-size bedding and delivers genuinely useful steam dewrinkle cycles, plus AI moisture sensing that actually stops when clothes are dry instead of guessing. LG dryers split into two camps: units that run quietly for a decade and units that lose their control boards to moisture intrusion or burn through thermostats within three years, leaving you waiting weeks for warranty parts while laundry piles up. Buy it if you're religious about cleaning the multiple lint traps and can handle a potential mid-life repair; skip it if you need appliances that forgive neglect or can't afford downtime when the heating element quits.
This is the dryer equivalent of a cast-iron skillet: proven 1970s engineering that Whirlpool still builds because it works and people can fix it themselves when it doesn't. The control board can fail and leave the drum spinning until you physically open the door, and gas valve coils sometimes quit mid-cycle, letting raw gas smell seep out until you swap the part, both fixes are cheap and YouTube-able, but neither should happen on a machine this simple. Buy it if you value a 15-year lifespan and $20 repair bills over moisture sensors and app notifications; skip it if a dryer that occasionally needs a screwdriver sounds like more involvement than you signed up for.