Well, my washer and dryer are nearly 10 years old - but i HATE my dryer - because it has a stupid 'anti-wrinkile' feature - regardless of the setting ( including towels? ) it comes back to life every 10 minutes and tosses the clothes around for a few cycles and then beeps loudly. I can turn off the beep, but not the tossing - and I can hear it turn itself on throughout the house ( plus it's a waste of energy ). I just keep waiting for it to break - my husband says I should just get rid of it I hate it so much. It's a kenmore. So just watch out for that awful "feature"! And it's not once or twice - this can go on for hours - so I can't turn on the dryer and leave the house. I'm sure my neighbor hates it as well.
My washer has been good - it's a front loader and I've been pretty happy with it - it's a Kenmore. Has a very gentle 'ultra handwash' option -- I rarely wash anything by hand anymore.