I've had this a couple weeks so I can't speak for its longevity or reliability but it is an improvement from my last front loader. It is very quiet, seems very well balanced even with a big heavy load and things usually seem pretty clean. It seems to wet the clothes very efficient by spraying from several spots while the laundry rotates and my last washer trickled it all in in one spot so things took a very long time to get wet. It has a lot of different cycles which seems helpful.