Product review (4 stars): pretty good
I have had this unit for 2 years now. It replaced the ubiquitous Electrolux/Frigidaire/Kenmore basic washer which didn't hold up well and had to be replaced at 9 years.

I like the electronic controls. The end-of-cycle bell could be louder (whereas my old E/F/K was so loud I would go to another room and close the door to avoid being near it when it went off). It washes well. Plenty of settings to chose from. I L-O-V-E the very high speed spin; the clothes come out almost dry. It takes about 1 hour for a permanent-press (almost all I ever use) wash cycle, but then it only takes 15 minutes in the dryer (which costs a --LOT-- more per minute to run so a huge net energy savings) to finish the load, so its all good.

I like that it has a sump drain/cleanout panel in the front in order to remove wayward pocket stuff. I dissolved 2 pennies and a nickle for 2 years in the pump of my E/F/K unit because you had to take it apart to get stuff out of the pump once it got in there.

I like the direct drive motor, which (should) last a long time and need little maintenance compared to a traditional "motor off to one side and power transferred by a belt" construction. It is pretty quiet even in high speed mode.

If I have one complaint, it would be that this unit can never make up its mind when enough water is let in. Instead of just opening the water intake valve and letting it run until enough water triggers a "shutoff switch" [like every other washer I have ever seen], this unit makes a meal out of it. Open Close. Open Close. Open Close. Open Close. Oooooooooopen Close. Open Close. Open Close. Open Close. Enough already! Heaven help you if you try to take a shower at the same time! It probably takes 5-7 minutes to get the water in, and considering frontloaders don't use anywhere near as much water as toploaders that is inexplicable to me. [stipulated that if you have a full load it is reasonable to have to add water 1 or 2 times early in the wash as the clothes soak it up - but this is probably 30 cycles or more!] Plus I am afraid it will wear out too quickly (or worse yet burst the inlet lines and soak my basement) with that perpetual banging open and closed on the water valve.

People [primarily those who've never actually used one] complain about it being "hard to empty" a frontloader but I find it easier to roll wet clothes out of the front of a frontloader than to have to reach way down inside a toploader and have to lift wet clothes out from around that big Maypole thingy in the middle. Additionally, I have a small stool that I sit on when loading/unloading the unit. Plus its fun to watch a frontloader run; try and get entertainment out of a toploader!