Description
What the WKGX201HBA is and where it fits
This is the gas version of LG’s WashTower: one factory built cabinet, 27 inches wide, containing a 4.5 cubic foot washer and a 7.4 cubic foot gas dryer, with the control panel mounted between the two machines rather than above the dryer. Black steel with tempered glass doors and chrome accents. The format exists to free floor space and to put the dryer controls at a height a person can read, and the gas variant exists for homes that already have a gas line in the laundry space, where gas drying is usually cheaper per load than electric. LG describes the tower as leaving room for a sink, a table or storage in the space a side by side pair would have taken.
Living with it day to day
The 4.5 to 7.4 cubic foot pairing is the correct ratio for a washer and dryer working together: a dryer needs roughly half again the washer’s volume so laundry can tumble, which means a full wash load goes straight across without being split. Six wash cycles and five drying cycles are listed, which is a short list, and LG’s position is that the AI sensing makes a long list unnecessary because the machine reads fabric texture and load size and sets the wash motion and drying temperature itself.
TurboSteam is included alongside the Allergiene wash cycle, which LG states removes up to 95 percent of common allergens including dust, pet dander and pollen, citing AAFA certification. The TurboWash cycle time claim carries its own conditions: LG cites independent testing comparing the WKEX200 and WKGX201 against the WM3900 in the normal cycle with the TurboWash option on a 10 pound load, dated June 2020. LG publishes no decibel rating. The included four tray dispenser handles prewash, main wash with a liquid detergent cup, bleach and fabric softener separately. The electric equivalents are the LG WKEX200HBA in black steel and the LG WKEX200HWA in white.
Controls and connected features
ThinQ provides the connected layer, with ThinQ Care sending alerts about usage, maintenance and early diagnosis to a phone, and Smart Learner adapting to the household’s habits over time. Smart Pairing, which on a separate washer and dryer requires two matched appliances, is built in here by construction, because the washer and dryer are one machine and already coordinate. That is the quiet advantage of the tower format.
Washing and drying are executed by the machine’s own control board and complete with no network at all, so losing ThinQ costs remote start, notifications and diagnostics rather than function. One oddity in the specification data is worth naming: the controller type field reads Remote, which does not describe a machine with a physical control panel and is another example of the attribute data in this listing being unreliable. A tower also concentrates risk: a control panel failure takes both the washer and the dryer out of service at once.
Running cost and upkeep
This section needs care, because the listing contradicts itself on the most important point. The product title describes a gas single unit WashTower. The specification data records the fuel type as electric. Those cannot both be true, and the difference decides what connections the laundry space needs: a gas machine requires a gas supply with a shutoff valve plus an ordinary electrical connection for motors and controls, while an electric machine requires a dedicated high amperage circuit and no gas at all. The wattage field records 1,200 watts, which is consistent with a gas machine, since a gas dryer’s heat comes from a burner rather than an element and 1,200 watts is about right for motors and controls. That points to gas being correct, but it is an inference and not a statement, and nothing should be connected until LG’s own model documentation confirms it.
Gas connection work is for a qualified installer rather than a homeowner, both for safety and because it is commonly a code requirement. The listing does not state the gas inlet specification, does not say whether the machine ships configured for natural gas or propane, and does not give a vent duct diameter or maximum run. A side venting kit is included among the components, which is genuinely useful because it allows the exhaust to leave through the side of the cabinet where a rear duct will not fit, but it does not remove the need for a route to outside. Energy Star is listed as a specification met, with no annual energy figure published. Upkeep is both routines together: tub clean cycle, washer door left ajar, gasket wiped, dryer lint filter emptied every load, and the vent duct cleared periodically as a fire safety task. One further data fault: the installation type field reads Built-In for a freestanding appliance. Other gas dryers, including the LG DLG3401W and the LG DLG6101W, sit across the dryers section.
Highlights
- One shared control panel between the machines rather than dryer controls above head height.
- Gas drying, which is usually cheaper per load where a gas line already exists.
- A side venting kit and leveling legs are included, not sold separately.
- Four tray dispenser covering prewash, main wash, bleach and fabric softener.
- AAFA certified Allergiene steam cycle with a stated 95 percent allergen reduction.
- Smart Pairing between washer and dryer is built in rather than requiring a matched pair.
Things To Consider
- The fuel type field reads electric while the product title says gas, and that has to be resolved before installation.
- No gas inlet specification and no statement of natural gas or propane configuration.
- No vent duct diameter or maximum run is published.
- The controller type field reads Remote, and the installation type field reads Built-In.
- Six wash and five drying cycles is a short list for buyers who want manual control.
- A shared panel means one failure takes both machines out of service.
Who it is not for
Any home without an existing gas line in the laundry space should buy the electric version, because running a new gas line costs more than the difference between the two machines. Interior closets with no route to an exterior wall cannot take a vented dryer whatever the fuel. Households that want to replace one machine at a time should buy a separate pair. And anyone planning to connect this themselves should not, because gas work is for a qualified installer and this listing does not even establish with certainty which fuel the machine uses.
