I am pleasantly surprised by the functionality of this washer. I was always against front load washers because of my own experience as well as others but this one changed me. I only have one complaint: Bleach and I understand why. I bought a front load to save on water since we have a cistern to supply our home and no other means. Since this washer uses so little water during the wash cycle, we cannot manage to use bleach without getting bleach spots on items we are washing.