Most of the people live in the household which own at least one washing machine and usually also a drying machine. We can not imagne life without washer because our lifestyle is too dynamic and busy to do our laundary by hand.
Washing machine spends lots of water and energy and it can be a really big expense at the end of the month. The power and water prices are rising and we have to be extra careful while choosing a new washing machine. We might be tempted by low prices of product mostly produced in third world but we have to be careful with that products.
They often need too much power and water for operating and they become very expensive over time. It is better to buy energy and water efficient front load washer which can wash more clothes in one run because of bigger drum.