Product review (5 stars): Huge and beautiful washing machine washes quickly and efficiently
I purchased this washing machine locally about one month ago.  While my family is small (just my husband and myself as well as my toddler grandson part time), I needed a washing machine that could wash my king size quilt collection adequately and quickly.  My prior Whirlpool was a nightmare - it could never find its balance and took hours to complete the smallest loads.  After three years of struggling with it and having repairmen tell me it was not something that could be fixed, we bought this new machine for our Christmas gift to ourselves.  We bought the white set as it was less expensive but must admit the gray set is stunning.  If it would have gone well with our house, we probably would have spent the extra to get the beautiful look.

I got the unit for a little less than the advertised price and had the company install it.  I was concerned that it might make my laundry room a little tight but in the end, it gave us more space across the room.  The machine is wider and taller than a standard machine.  Also, the opening is lower to the ground.  I purposefully did not get the pedestal as I have had problems with them in the past.  I was glad I did not as it would have made the height uncomfortably tall for me (I am 5' 6") as I would be reaching up to put the detergent in. You need to be sure that the opening to your laundry area is at least 31 inches. Our laundry door had to come off as the opening was only 30 inches unless we removed the door. It took only a couple of minutes to remove it and then reinstall it.

I have been able to wash larger loads - including my very largest and heaviest king size quilts with no issue at all.  There are so many options that I have not been able to use them all but I can say that my laundry day went from a nightmare of at least one full day a week to less than a day every other week.  I'm thrilled to get my time (and sanity) back.

As with my two prior front load machines, I keep the door of the unit open after wash day until the machine is completely dry.  I've never had a mold issue using this routine.