After having front load washer and dryer door years, the front load aspect of bending over became painful. Add to that I'm vertically challenged and finding a large capacity top loading washer that I don't have to crawl into is hard to find. This one is the closest we found, love exterior color! All the bells and whistles we still have to figure out, but this is a great larger capacity washer and we're glad we purchased it! We appreciate the soft closer lid too.