Product review (5 stars): "The Best Or Nothing" - This Is The Mercedes Of Washers
This is a fantastic washer and all the 1 star reviews seem to come from buyers who did not bother to read the product dimensions (yet spent $2,000 and blame the Beetle they bought for not being able to carry the same amount of luggage like their previous truck managed). Their reviews shouldn't rate this product but their own poor buying decision "process". Embarrassing.
These machines are great when you are in an appartment, want to fit them into your kitchen or simply if you are a single person household.
Or whenever you value quality (as in getting the most gentle yet most perfect cleaning job for your expensive clothes) over quantity (washing 15 pairs of jeans at once won't work here). They use less water, spin the laundry almost closet-dry, are super quite and your fancy clothes last longer.
If you're like me, the stuff you wash in one load sometimes exceeds the value of the washer which puts the high price tag into perspective (and here you get quality and not just a label)....
Think about buying it wisely for another reason: you will have this machine for 20, 30 or even 40 years. My mom has a Miele vacuum that she bought in 1970. I will inherit it. They still make the bags.
If you get one, go European all the way: use it with Persil Megaperls! And like Europeans, get two boxes: One for whites (you can get the cheaper Persil ProClean sold here) and for colors spend a bit more for the Original German stuff https://www.amazon.com/Persil-Megaperls-Color-3-256-Loads/dp/B00HWNH1E6/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1483125213&sr=8-1&keywords=persil+color+megaperls
as it is formulated without color-fading brighteners like most US stuff is. A little goes a long way. Stay away from Tide unless you want black shirts to turn gray after 5 washes.