Product review (1 stars): Expensive PIECE OF JUNK!
Do not buy this expensive piece of junk!  After owing several Kenmores and/or cheap washers (that lasted), I decided to splurge on a steam washer with all the "bells and whistles" when we renovated our house.  I had problems with this after only 4 months of use (major leaking) but at least that was under warranty.  As soon as the one year warranty was over, the machine completely died - the circuit board failed.  The repair guy said this was far to early for such a thing to happen but the Whirlpool rep I spoke with disagreed and said something like "hey - things break."  Because a new circuit board alone is around $400, I will be junking this machine and buying a reliable Kenmore.  No more Whirlpool's for me!