Product review (5 stars): Works Really Well at cleaning Clothes.
This is an old-school washing machine.  Water be damned, this thing cleans clothes like it is supposed to.  My gym clothes smell better than they did in years with the old front loader.  It has a REAL agitator, and can be more aggressive on fabric.  My wife noted that the lint screen in the dryer is way more full after one load.

We are on well water, so the water usage did not factor in for me.  I love the fact that you put dirty clothes in and they come out really clean, that is the best part.  My white collars are white again, and my car-working jeans look like I haven't used them to work on the car yet.