Product review (1 stars): Design Flaw of basic product
This product was supposed to take advantage of using less water and at the same time be a top-loading washer. Front loading washers use gravity to assist in washing and circulating the water through the clothing. The engineers of this product "hoped" that their use of a small center "agitator" would "swish" the soapy water through the clothing, and also allow the clothes basket to "wobble" thereby assisting in water movement.

Nice try.

It didn't work. No even close. The water is engineered not to even cover the clothes. The clothing sits in a basket of barely moving water, and only the bottom of the clothing gets wet. They tried to mask this defect by an extreme spin cycle, which squeezed every last bit of water out of the clothing. Most of the very long process is spinning.

It is true that the clothing comes out very well spun, but still dirty. According to Whirlpool, you are not supposed to wash sheets at the same time as other clothing. That is correct. If you try, the sheets gather up the clothing into a snug cocoon, and the agitator  batters the cocoon on the side of the agitator for 50 minutes. When it starts to spin, as you guessed, it is an unbalanced load, and must be dissected apart.

If you try to wash a comforter or blanket, they will sit, not even covered with water, almost unmoving in the tub. You might just as well put your laundry into a large tub in the back yard and just let it sit. Oh yes, and don't cover it with water, either. On the plus side, it uses very little water. But it doesn't wash your clothes either.

Obviously I don't like this machine. I kept it a week and paid a restocking fee of 90 dollars (gladly) to get rid of it. I am still buying a Whirlpool front loader. I guess I am crazy, but it is labeled a "Maytag."

I guess you could say that this was a disaster. I wish I had read more reviews before I bought it. Don't buy this machine, unless you just want to soak your unmoving clothes in a tub of water that doesn't even cover a half of it. If it were possible to not give this even one star, I would do it.

Garbage.