I have owned this horizontal washer for over a year, have seen zero savings in energy. I am on a well, so I do not know if water use is down.
The Staber washing machine has already broken once, and I had to replace a circuit board myself. Have also had to tighten the drive belt several times. Sound like fun? Owning a Staber washer has been a lesson in reality.
The Staber company tells you from the outset that their washer is meant to be repaired by the owner, so take that as an honest warning. Be prepared to actually DO repairs. Repairs are not as easy as you may think.
Whites soon went dingy. Towels smell. Stains still stains. After experimenting, it does use less soap, but only a small amount less, maybe 4 heaping tablespoons.
It is not quiet. My wife and I joke about the "Millenium Falcon" starting up in the laundry closet every time it spin dries. It would be quiet if you were already deaf.
Can be filled with the same amount of clothes as a large capacity washer, but putting in too much limits its amount of tumbling... the mechanism that cleans the clothes.
Staber bungles deliveries, be aware of that too.
Recommendation: Go buy one of the other options in energy efficient washers. The main money-hog in your laundry is the dryer anyway, and paired energystar units probably cost less (although I have not looked into that).
Spend $15 on a clothes line, use it for the summer, and you have "paid" for a Staber in the same way that Staber "pays" for itself as explained on its site.
A $1300 plus shipping for a clothes washer? I would not buy one knowing what I know now.
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