Product review (1 stars): horrible horrible machine
As others have noted, this machine has major and basic design flaws. It made an enormous amount of racket from the time I bought it, however I was going through a divorce and didn't address the issue until it stopped working completely 6 months after purchase. I took 2 personal days off from work waiting for workmen to come and repair it. I was told the inside was  "all bent up" and it looked like the machine had been dropped. I received an entire " new inside" to the machine, some 500 dollars worth of parts. Does it work? It still makes a lot of racket and although it looks like large capacity, as others have noted the machine does not fill up with water, apparently you are not supposed to put clothes above the  agitator which is about 5 inches tall. I filed a complaint with my State Consumer Board and Home Depot and I got an extended warranty on this machine, which is a piece of junk. I have seldom been so unhappy with any purchase.