I don't do the wash.  I just repair and maintain everything else in the house.  The wife says she likes the washer, even though it doesn't have an agitator.  She says the clothes get clean.  We got the 4.5 Cubic inch
even though there's just two of us.  But she does a lot of small rugs and big towels, and I wear a lot of Levis.
Heavy stuff.  So far, so good.