Bought this machine after a flooding issue with my 13 Year old appliance.   I am extremely pleased. It is a front loader. The gasket is much improved. THE DOOR IS weighted in such a way as to leave  for drying inside of machine after use.  All the features of machine are first rate I like the steam feature as well as turbo wash.  I have not yet set up ThinQ  use.so cannot comnent. This does not work on 5ghz Wi Fi Overall excellent product.