This machine replaced a 17 year old, no frills machine that was down to one working cycle and I wish I could have that old machine back.  This machine caught my eye because of the good reviews and it's high capacity.  I wash a lot of blankets and figured this would be a great machine to do so, but it has proven otherwise.  Old machine could handle a set of sheets and two thin blankets in one load.  This one, not so much.  It does a very poor job at balancing the load and the spin cycle is ineffective as a result.  I had to take the entire load out, which was sopping wet, and run the blankets through the drain/spin cycle individually to get it to work right.  I wouldn't recommend this machine for this reason.