LG WX3-1208W
8 kg front loader, priced from $699 at the retailers tracked (checked 28 Oct 2026). 4.5 stars, 225 kWh a year (about $72 at 32¢/kWh), 600 mm wide by 475 mm deep.
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Prices, key specs and fit
Prices
| The Good Guys | $699 | Check price |
| Bing Lee | $699$799 | Check price |
| LG (direct) | $799 | Check price |
| Appliances Online | $871$959 | Check price |
Prices checked 28 Oct 2026. Retailers may change prices during the day.
Key specs
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Load type
- Front
- Width
- 600 mm
- Depth
- 475 mm
- Height
- 850 mm
- Weight
- 59 kg
- Labelled cycle
- 6 h 10 m
- Water inlets
- Hot and Cold
- Water stars (WELS)
- 4
- Energy stars
- 4.5
- Energy a year
- 225 kWh
- Cost a year at 32¢/kWh
- $72
- Cost per wash
- about 20c
- Manufacturer's warranty
- 2 Years
- Made in
- China
- Registration no.
- ACW1769
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 600 mm wide, 475 mm deep and 850 mm high in the Australian Government's energy-rating database. 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 WX3-1208W before relying on its figures.
Price history
Checked daily since 8 Sept 2026. Lowest recorded: $598 (The Good Guys, 17 Oct); highest: $959 (Appliances Online, 10 Sept).
Appliances Online · Bing Lee · The Good Guys · LG (direct)
One line per retailer, stepped where the daily check recorded a change. Prices exclude delivery and promotions.
How it compares
- Best price $699 against a median of $1,149 for similar machines with current prices.
- 475 mm deep; 2 of the 79 with a listed size sit shallower.
- 225 kWh a year against a median of 245 across the 111 other front loaders within a kilo of its size; 36 of them use less.
- Labelled cycle 6 h 10 m; the median for similar machines is 4 h 49 m.
Listed at #3 on The shallowest washing machines in Australia; #10 on The cheapest washing machines in Australia.
Front loaders by price and capacity
Of the 67 front loaders with a current price, 2 cost less than the LG WX3-1208W and hold at least as much.
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Compare it
Similar models: Bosch WAN28288AU · Fisher & Paykel WH8060J5 · Westinghouse WWF8024M5WAS · Whirlpool FDLR80210 · Haier HWF75KW1 · Haier HWF85KW1. More in LG washing machines, Front load washing machines and Washing machines under 600 mm deep.
Figures trace to this machine's entry (ACW1769) 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.