Product review (2 stars): Consumer Reports third lowest rated washer
I bought this washer on sale at Lowes, when the washer I planned to buy required an extra $250 pedestal to be functional.  I did not read the CR review until afterward.

If I had read the review prior to purchase, I would not have bought this washer.  It is CR's third lowest rated top loading washer, scoring only 32 points, compared to a high of 75 points.  Its lowest rated area is the most important-washing efficiency. It was one of only four washers awarded a "fair" rating for washing efficiency-no washers rated "poor". (In most other areas it rated very well.)

I went back in before delivery to swap it out.  The salesperson convinced me to try it for thirty days, telling me that no matter what CR said, it would get my clothes clean, and I would love it.  I don't love it.  Consumer Reports was right.

I wanted to like this washer.  It is nice looking.  The controls are easy to work, and I thought there would be less chance of a problem with a knob rather than the soft push areas that work the controls on most new washers. It is great for water and energy efficiency.

It just does not get the clothes clean.  I am washing small loads of my 86 year old mother's soiled pajamas that I really need to get thoroughly clean.  I run a soak cycle, which takes about 30 minutes, with detergent, Febreeze, and Clorox.  The soak cycle does not include a rinse or spin, so I run that, which takes an additional 15 minutes or so.  Then I wash them in one of the regular cycles, including an extra rinse, with detergent, Febreeze, and Tide laundry boosters.

In total, it takes about two hours to wash a load of clothes.  You'd think with all that, that they would be clean and fresh smelling.  But they aren't.  This washer leaves stains that my old agitator style washer got out, and they occasionally still have an unpleasant odor.

I should have trusted Consumer Reports.  Lowes is swapping it out for a Maytag that CR rates higher.

If you have lightly soiled clothes, and are sure to follow the directions closely-it works differently than agitator style washers-it may work fine for you.  It was not satisfactory for my needs.