The Most Efficient Clothes Washers
Ranked by listed annual energy use, lowest first, and grouped by kind — within a category the smallest models always win outright, which tells a family-fridge shopper nothing.
Front-load washer
The 10 lowest of 248 certified.
| Cost a year in the U.S. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisense | WF5S2845BB | 2.8 cu ft | $7 | 39 |
| Hisense | WF5S2845BT | 2.8 cu ft | $7 | 39 |
| Hisense | WF5S2845BW | 2.8 cu ft | $7 | 39 |
| Premium Levella | PWMF280HB | 2.8 cu ft | $7 | 39 |
| Premium Levella | PWMF280HT | 2.8 cu ft | $7 | 39 |
| Premium Levella | PWMF280HW | 2.8 cu ft | $7 | 39 |
| Premium Levella | PWMF286HS | 2.8 cu ft | $7 | 39 |
| Premium Levella | PWMF287HB | 2.8 cu ft | $7 | 39 |
| Electrolux | ELFW7337 | 4.4 cu ft | $9 | 50 |
| Electrolux | ELTE7300 | 4.4 cu ft | $9 | 50 |
10 models · cost a year at the U.S. average residential rate of 18.0¢ per kWh
Top-load washer
The 10 lowest of 107 certified.
| Cost a year in the U.S. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed Queen | LWN6ZR116T | 3.2 cu ft | $11 | 60 |
| Speed Queen | LWN6ZR119T | 3.2 cu ft | $11 | 60 |
| LG | WT7250C | 5 cu ft | $20 | 110 |
| LG | WT7300C | 5 cu ft | $20 | 110 |
| LG | WT8200C | 5 cu ft | $22 | 120 |
| LG | WT8205C | 4.8 cu ft | $22 | 120 |
| LG | WT8300C | 5 cu ft | $22 | 120 |
| LG | WT8400C | 5.5 cu ft | $22 | 120 |
| LG | WT8480C | 5.5 cu ft | $22 | 120 |
| LG | WT8600C | 5.5 cu ft | $22 | 120 |
10 models · cost a year at the U.S. average residential rate of 18.0¢ per kWh