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The best washer and dryer deals for 4th of July 2024
Our in-house tech experts have yet to see an appliance that’ll automatically fold your clothes, but we have seem some huge tech advancements in washers and dryers, making them more energy efficient and easier to use than ever before. Even better: So many washer and dryer brands, including Samsung and LG, are offering discounts on some of the best washers and dryers of 2024. Now the perfect time to update your laundry appliances with new models that offer all the hottest tech and features.
Some retailers are even offering appliance bundle deals, where you can get an even better price on a washer and dryer if you buy both appliances together, or also snag a new refrigerator or new electric range at the same time.
Save big on washer and dryer sets from Samsung
What’s so great about this Samsung laundry bundle? You get a 5.5 cu. ft. washer with a super speed wash mode that can complete a full load of laundry in just 28 minutes. You can pre-load the washer with up to 12 loads worth of detergent in advance, and the appliance with dispense just the right amount for each wash. In all, the washer offers 20 cycle options and the ability to select and monitor them remotely via the Samsung’s SmartThings app.
The dryer has a 7.4 cu. ft. capacity and Samsung’s Sanitize+ feature, designed to eliminate 99.9% of germs and bacteria. The Sensor Dry feature automatically adjusts time and temperature to protect clothing from heat damage.
This smart top combo (available in a black finish) is on sale for a whopping $900 off, which brings the price of the two laundry appliances down to $2,057.
Or you can finance the set for $171.45 per month for 12 months, interest free.
LG is offering up to 30% off on select washers and dryers
Ideal for apartments and other small spaces, this single-unit LG WashTower includes both a 4.5 cu. ft. washer and a 7.4 cu. ft. electric dryer. And just because it’s small doesn’t mean it’s not smart; built-in sensors can detect fabric texture and load size, then customize the cycle accordingly.
(You can also find a nice selection of individual washers and dryers on sale right now at LG‘s website.)
Get this compact LG WashTower while it’s on sale for $1,599. That’s $800 off, and you may qualify for an additional rebate up to $50 on top of that. If you bundle two or more appliances with your purchase (the LG WashTower counts as one appliance), you’ll save even more — up to an additional $500.
And the deal gets even better: LG is including an extra year of its ThinQ limited warranty coverage for free (a $185 value).
Save up to $900 on select washer and dryer sets at Best Buy
Right now, Best Buy has a hefty selection of major appliances on sale, including top-rated washer and dryer sets.
This 4.7-star-rated LG set includes a 4.5 cu. ft., high-efficiency, front load washer with steam and a 7.4 cu. ft. smart electric dryer with steam. It comes in black or white steel.
The washer features LG’s TurboWash 360-degree technology, with five water jets that spray clothes from different angles; the speed wash setting can complete a load in just 15 minutes.
The dryer has a turbo steam setting that removes wrinkles from clothes in 10 minutes. Both feature tempered glass doors and are Wi-Fi enabled — the machines can be controlled via the ThinQ mobile app.
You can get this washer and dryer package at Best Buy’s 4th of July sale for just $1,500, a savings of $900.
Save hundreds on a top-load washer from Wayfair
The GE Profile 5.4 cubic feet high-efficiency smart top load washer, available in sapphire blue and diamond gray, offers advanced features for intuitive laundry care.
Its adaptive SmartDispense adjusts the amount dispensed using the SmartHQ app, while the smart wash and rinse sensors optimize wash and rinse times. Microban antimicrobial technology helps prevent the growth of odor-causing bacteria within the machine.
Right now, you can get this washer for 35% off its list price of $1,299, bringing the price down to $848.
Larger capacity options from GE and other popular brands are also on sale. Tap the button below to discover more deals from Wayfair.
Save up to $1,000 on select washer and dryer sets at Home Depot
We love this 5.0 cu. ft. mega capacity LG smart front load electric all-in-one washer and dryer combo. As its name suggests, it’s one appliance that serves as both a washer and dryer. With it, you can wash and dry a full laundry load in less than two hours and not have to move your clothing between two separate appliances.
This unit has a full-color LCD digital dial control, uses inverter pump technology, offers a ventless design and takes advantage of AI technology. The washer features LG’s 360-degree turbo wash tech and automatic detergent and fabric softener dispenser feature. And like so many of LG’s latest washers and dryers, this one can be controlled and monitored using the company’s ThinQ mobile app.
The Home Depot currently has this washer/dryer combo unit is on sale for $1,000 off, which brings the price down to $1,999. You may qualify for rebates, too, depending on where you live.
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Cargo ship launched to space station with supplies, science gear and holiday treats for crew
SpaceX launched an unpiloted Dragon cargo ship Monday evening, an election eve flight to deliver three tons of crew supplies, science gear and other equipment to the International Space Station, including an unusual wooden satellite, a solar wind monitor and holiday fare for the lab’s crew.
The Dragon’s Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from historic launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 9:29 p.m. EST, lighting up the night sky for miles around as it climbed away atop 1.7 million pounds of thrust.
After boosting the rocket out of the dense lower atmosphere, the first stage, making its fifth flight, peeled away, reversed course and headed back to an on-target landing at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station while the second stage continued the climb to space.
The landing marked SpaceX’s 57th successful booster recovery at the Florida Space Force station and its 363rd overall, including California flights and droneship landings.
Just under 10 minutes after liftoff, the vacuum-optimized engine powering the Falcon 9’s second stage shut down and one minute later, the Dragon was released to fly on its own. If all goes well, it will catch up with the space station Tuesday morning and move in for docking at the lab’s forward port at 10:15 a.m.
One of the first items on the agenda is a test Friday to determine the Cargo Dragon’s ability to boost the space station’s orbit slightly using its aft-facing thrusters. The ISS is routinely re-boosted by Russian Progress freighters and Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ships, but Friday’s test will be a first for SpaceX.
The California rocket builder is under contract to NASA to build a powerful space tug of sorts that can be used to safely drive the ISS back into the atmosphere when the lab complex is retired in the 2030 timeframe. The vehicle is needed to make sure the station breaks up over a stretch of ocean well away from populated areas and shipping lanes.
During the test Friday, the Cargo Dragon’s aft thrusters will fire for about 12 minutes.
“The data that we’re going to collect from this reboost and attitude control demonstration will be very helpful, informing SpaceX analyses on how the system performs,” said Jared Metter, SpaceX director of flight reliability. “This data is going to lead to future capabilities, namely the US de-orbit vehicle.”
Reboost aside, the Cargo Dragon is loaded with slightly more than 6,000 pounds of equipment and supplies, including 2,022 pounds of science gear, 2,119 pounds of crew clothing, food and other supplies, 377 pounds of spacewalk equipment, 525 pounds of space station hardware and 44 pounds of computer equipment.
One of the more unusual payloads: Lignosat, a small wooden satellite using a framework of magnolia panels built by researchers at Kyoto University in Japan and the Tokyo-based logging company Sumitomo.
“While some of you might think that wood in space seems a little counterintuitive, researchers hope that this investigation demonstrates that a wooden satellite can be more sustainable and less polluting for the environment than conventional satellites,” said Meghan Everett, the ISS deputy project scientist.
“The main objective here is to determine whether wood can be used in space, and to do this, researchers will measure the temperature and strain of the wooden structure and see how it might change in the vacuum environment of space with atomic oxygen and radiation conditions as well.”
As with all station-bound Dragon cargo ships, the crew supplies include fresh food and special treats for holiday meals.
Bill Spetch, ISS operations and integration manager, said the “food kit” includes “citrus, apples, sweet onions, blueberries, radishes, etc,” along with lobster, crab and quail for holiday meals. A variety of cheeses is on board as well as fresh coffee and personal items requested by each crew member.
Mounted in the Dragon’s unpressurized trunk section is the Coronal Diagnostic Experiment, or CODEX, an instrument that will be mounted outside the space station to learn more about how charged particles in the solar wind are heated to millions of degrees and accelerated to enormous velocities, affecting Earth’s space environment and the rest of the solar system.
Inside the station, the astronauts will have a variety of new experiments and instruments to operate and monitor, including one called ARTEMOSS that will examine how Antarctic moss tolerates the space radiation and microgravity environment to learn more about how plants might be used in future life support systems.
The European Space Agency is sending up a space exposure experiment to learn more about how high-tech materials respond to prolonged exposure to the weightless environment and another experiment to study how organic samples degrade when exposed to unfiltered ultraviolet light from the sun.
And in an experiment that could be particularly useful to future astronauts, a small device known as Nanolab Astrobeat, provided by the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology, will test cold welding technology that could prove useful for repairing leaks or other damage from inside a spacecraft.
The Cargo Dragon is expected to remain docked at the space station for about a month before it returns to Earth with station components needing refurbishment, trash and other no-longer-needed items.