When I buy appliances I rarely take out the extra cost 10 year extended warranty but on washing machines and dryers I always do. These two appliances get used 5 days a week in my house and I always take advantage of the extended warranty. My Wife would throw me in the washing machine if I fit! She is a laundry fanatic! Sometimes I'll meet the crew for lunch, take off the shirt I wore for two hours and when I go to put it on for dinner it's already in the laundry room. She is with laundry the way I am in my Shop.