LG WTL9-12B
12 kg top loader, priced from $1,499 at the retailers tracked (checked 28 Oct 2026). 4.5 stars, 352 kWh a year (about $113 at 32¢/kWh), 690 mm wide by 730 mm deep.
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Prices, key specs and fit
Prices
| LG (direct) | $1,499 | Check price |
Prices checked 28 Oct 2026. Retailers may change prices during the day.
Key specs
- Capacity
- 12 kg
- Load type
- Top
- Width
- 690 mm
- Depth
- 730 mm
- Height
- 1070 mm
- Weight
- 59 kg
- Spin speed
- 900 rpm
- Labelled cycle
- 3 h 34 m
- Water, test cycle
- 119 L/wash
- Water inlets
- Hot and Cold
- Energy stars
- 4.5
- Energy a year
- 352 kWh
- Cost a year at 32¢/kWh
- $113
- Cost per wash
- about 31c
- Manufacturer's warranty
- 2 Years
- Made in
- Thailand
- Registration no.
- ACW1345
Size, weight, spin, noise, water, series and warranty figures, where the registry is silent, come from retailer listings and manufacturers' own product pages, checked 28 Oct 2026.
Depth is the cabinet figure and leaves out hose and tap clearance behind the machine.
Will it fit
The cabinet measures 690 mm wide, 730 mm deep and 1070 mm high, from the register and retailer spec sheets. Enter the space it has to go in.
Not included. These are cabinet figures. Manufacturers state a ventilation clearance per model in the installation instructions; a figure typed into the Clearance box applies to both sides, the back and the top. No clearance figure for this model is held here, so the answer above allows none until one is entered.
Manuals and guides
These links go to LG's own site. One guide often covers several models, so check the model number on the document reads WTL9-12B before relying on its figures.
Price history
Checked daily since 8 Sept 2026; the price held at $1,499 at LG (direct) throughout.
One line per retailer, stepped where the daily check recorded a change. Prices exclude delivery and promotions.
How it compares
- 352 kWh a year against a median of 365 across the 8 other top loaders within a kilo of its size; 3 of them use less.
- Labelled cycle 3 h 34 m; the median for similar machines is 3 h 31 m.
Top loaders by price and capacity
Of the 33 top loaders with a current price, 4 cost less than the LG WTL9-12B and hold at least as much.
this modelother top loadersmedian price
Show as a table
| Model | Capacity | Price |
|---|---|---|
 Haier HWT60AA1 | 6 kg | $499 |
 LG WTG6520 | 6.5 kg | $599 |
 Whirlpool WB70803 | 7 kg | $649 |
 Haier HWT75AA1 | 7.5 kg | $542 |
 LG WTG7520 | 7.5 kg | $799 |
 Haier HWT08AN1 | 8 kg | $749 |
 LG WTX3-08W | 8 kg | $799 |
 Westinghouse WWT8084J7WA | 8 kg | $942 |
 Whirlpool WB90805 | 8.5 kg | $749 |
 LG WTG8521 | 8.5 kg | $899 |
 LG WTL1-85W | 8.5 kg | $899 |
 Haier HWT09AN1 | 9 kg | $815 |
 Samsung WA90CG6745BW | 9 kg | $824 |
 Westinghouse WWT9084C7WA | 9 kg | $835 |
 Westinghouse WWT9084C7SA | 9 kg | $849 |
 Whirlpool VWED9002IG | 9 kg | $900 |
 LG WTL3-09G | 9 kg | $999 |
 LG WTX3-09G | 9 kg | $999 |
 Haier HWT10ANB1 | 10 kg | $856 |
 Haier HWT10AD1 | 10 kg | $895 |
 Whirlpool WB10037 | 10 kg | $899 |
 Westinghouse WWT1084C7WA | 10 kg | $1,115 |
 LG WTG1034WF | 10 kg | $1,249 |
 Whirlpool VWED1102IG | 11 kg | $1,099 |
 Haier HWT12AD1 | 12 kg | $983 |
 Samsung WA12A8376GW | 12 kg | $1,029 |
 Whirlpool VWED1202IG | 12 kg | $1,299 |
 LG WTL9-12B | 12 kg | $1,499 |
 LG WTG1234WF | 12 kg | $1,599 |
 LG WTX9-14W | 14 kg | $1,199 |
 LG WTL9-14W | 14 kg | $1,499 |
 LG WTG1434BHF | 14 kg | $1,599 |
 Whirlpool VWHD1502IG | 15 kg | $1,599 |
Compare it
Similar models: Haier HWT12AD1 · Samsung WA12A8376GW · Whirlpool VWED1202IG · Whirlpool VWED1102IG · LG WTG1234WF · LG WTX5-12G. More in LG washing machines, Top load washing machines and 12 kg washing machines.
Figures trace to this machine's entry (ACW1345) in the Australian Government's energy-rating database, and to retailer checks on the dates shown. Energy and cycle figures are from the government's labelled test program, which assumes one warm wash a day; household bills vary with use and tariff.