Product review (2 stars): I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THIS MACHINE
I have only owned this machine for about a week now but it is amazing!!! Yes, the washing times are longer than a normal washer but the spin cycle is so damn fast it only takes about 15 minutes to dry even my heavy clothes. You can't imagine how fast this thing spins until you see it in action - 1,400 RPMs!!! It also uses very, very little water which is kind of alarming at first and you have to use "high efficiency" detergent. I love my machine so far and I have not had any balance problems. I bought it at the Sears outlet store and saved a ton of money over brand new so I was also able to afford a 3-year warranty and it was still cheaper than new. I washed two king-sized blankets at the same time and there was no problem. If you use the heavy soil mode, yes, the wash cycle can be two hours or more but if you use the "Normal" mode, it is 59 minutes. It is also crazy quiet, you can barely hear it and even when the spin cycle is going like crazy, you can put your hand on the machine and just barely feel any movement. So far I love, love, love this machine!

UPDATE ON 9/4/13. I am no longer thrilled with this machine. As you might have read, front-load washers start to stink after a while and they make your clothes smell like rotten sewer water. This is not a problem with the whites as you can use bleach but on colored loads, they can start to smell really bad after a while. You can buy those washing machine cleaner tabs which I think are just concentrated bleach tabs and they are expensive too. My old machine was not as big but I never had a problem with smelly clothes. Would I buy this machine again? NO. I wish I would have known the problems with the smell build-up. Also, the front glass of the machine has so much buildup on it, you can hardly see through it anymore. Furthermore, if you have dogs/cats, the drainage holes in the front of the tub get clogged up with hair so bad that they won't drain. I am constantly digging my fingers in the holes to try to unplug them which is totally nasty and a very bad design flaw. Otherwise, if you don't clean them out, you will get about two inches of water and hair and gunk sitting in the front part of the machine and that also gets very smelly and yucky too. I can't imagine Maytag would not have tested this in a lab but maybe they did not think of using these machines on pet hair. I would imagine that at least 2/3 of the country has a cat or dog so this machine is really not good in that capacity. I am actually wanting to sell it and buy a large capacity top-loader. I just don't like this design and all of the flaws - my old top-loader though not as big did not have any problems and did not make your clothes stink nor did it ever clog up with hair and not drain. All-in-all, very, very disappointed with this machine and Maytag in general. Sigh.