Product review (5 stars): vast improvement
A vast improvement over my 22-yr.old top loader; clothes come out cleaner, less damaged, and judging from slipperiness and detergent perfume smell, the rinse works much better, and the spin gets clothes dryer.

I don't buy the sales pitch that steam injected into the wash somehow gets clothes cleaner or the one about 5 different ways to tumble clothes in a rotating drum. Save your money, like I did, with this model instead of wasting it on worthless bells and whistles.

I bought the liquid HE detergent recommended, but I wanted to use up my big box of powdered detergent--no problem; the manual says to take out the small dish from the detergent dispenser box and dump the powder where it was and it works fine. I use about half the detergent over the old top loader because this machine uses less than half the water and I haven't had any problems with foaming.

[Product details: Item Weight: 148 pounds, Shipping Weight: 247 pounds] is definitely screwed up; this baby must weigh close to 300 lbs and I'm glad the store wouldn't accept my offer of self-delivery/installment for 100 bucks off.

This machine is very quiet except when water is rushing down the drain hose. The controls are easy to use with a countdown timer to let you know when it'll finish. I didn't bother with the expensive pedestal thinking I could build one but after using the washer a few weeks, I'm fine without it.

(didn't qualify for Pennsylvania's $75 rebate for ultra efficient washers--June-2010)