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Here in Sing we have an LG Frontloader 9kg and it's great. I do have an LG Frontloader 7kg one at home in Perth too. Frontloaders are generally gentler on clothes, and use less water I think. No you can't stop it half way and chuck in anything you forgot, but you learn not to forget! I love mine and I'll always have a front loader. I wash Max's nappies in it on the 'baby care' setting, and for everything else I do 'quick wash' which is a 30 min cycle. I always wash in cold water too, but that's just me!

If you do get a front loader though just remember that once you've got a load out, keep the door open (and the powder tray) to make sure that it doesn't get mouldy. I also turn the power switch off at the wall and the water tap off so no babies of mine could climb in and turn it on (what an awful story!)