Product review (3 stars): Does not have an independent spin cycle which is more horrible than you can imagine.
The one and only thing you need to know is that this washer does NOT have an independent spin cycle. I paid an obscene amount of money for a washer that cannot just spin out stuff that doesn't get spun due to imbalanced load or being left in the rain or whatever. Its completely unacceptable and if I won the lottery I'd immediately replace this machine.

Also, if it breaks, its expensive to fix. The rubber gasket got caught up on something somehow and tore. It was $200 to replace. I've also had a lot of problems since moving into a home in which the washer has to be set up in the middle of the house. It shakes the house no matter what I do. I can make it better, but I can't fix it and have had items break and other things in the home shift positions. It was no problem when I had it on concrete in my other home, but I have to readjust it about once a month now.

Otherwise its great, but I would buy a different model with a spin cycle if I had it to do over again.