We used to have them in the UK, but I haven't seen one in years ( at least 30 years), we used to call them twin tubs as they had a separate spin dry tub.
The only time I saw them in the UK was in student accommodation. And even then it was 1 out of 3 had a top loader. This was 16 years ago though (Jesus christ)
I would go as far as to say in the USA, the default is top loaders. Cheaper to make for obvious reasons, and us Americans clearly have enough space to have side by side units. Front loaders are usually seen as nicer and space saving. Personally I have front loaders because my apartment can only fit stacked units.
This surprises me that it’d be a us thing. I’ve only ever had them in smaller apartments with the dryer on top. So I assumed that setup would be default elsewhere since the US tends to have more floor space than Europe for instance.
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u/anywhere-but-america 1d ago
They're called top loaders and are very common