It was a much needed upgrade but I had not expected this much more capacity! The wash tub is large and can easily fit extra large loads of laundry. It also looks stylish, the tinted glasstop gives it a nice clean look. The functions and settings are pretty standard and the machine is pretty quite while washing with no loud vibrations.  I use the normal and bedding preset wash cycle most often with great results. 

One drawback is that the machine locks as soon as you start the cycle, so have to pause to add laundry and cannot use the water to rinse anything off inside the tub. Which was something I could do in my old washer.  However, all the new  features including glass top and larger tub is worth it. 

Overall a great buy. I have had it for 3 weeks so far, hoping for many more years of clean laundry.