After reading many negative reviews after purchasing and befor 1st use I wasn't sure what I had gotten myself into. All I can say to the people who think this noise or vibrates all over the place is, you obviously have done something wrong. My machine is virtually silent and it's in my European laundry in the lounger room of my 1 bedroom apartment. Even when going to sleep. Secondly, this is so much better than using an old dryer. No lint in the room after drying, and again near silent during the drying cycle. The wash/dry cycle is perfect for doing loads after 11pm when power is cheaper. Just turn on and wake up to clean dry clothes. If you nead something done faster just use the 30 Min wash only function, when completed push the dry button and start. Easy, read the manual for the first use.

I cut my finger deeply whilst cleaning the rubber seal from lint etc. Up the top, if you put your fingers behind rubber seal (as per cleaning with a cloth) your fingers will meet a serrated edge just like a knife blade! I wont add photos as a bit gruesome but I got myself a nasty deep bleeding cut on my finger. Im now sure what role that part plays in the machine but I think it shouldn't be accessible to anyone, especially those with children. Perhaps LG could take this as a suggestion for improvement/redesign of the product?

Worked well initially, although started to fall apart after 2 years and 4 months. Yes, that's right, just 4 months after the warranty ran out. Same happened with our LG TV and DVD players. I will be steering away from LG in the future.