Product review (3 stars): This is number two
I owned a maytag washer for 18 years till lighting hit the house killing all our appliances.  Enter fisher paykel eco-smart.  It was trouble from day one, the pump went out under waranty, and then things went through the holes in the washer and stopped it up several times.  Seven years later it started flipping the breaker between the wash cycle and rinse. We went to Sears with me saying never again will I buy another Fisher Paykel product.  My mother-in-law also purchased one before us and her quit about 5 years later. AS I walked through the door there was another Fisher Paykel aqua-smart washer on clearance for 350.00.  I walked right by it and went straight to the others.  They were all double and triple in price.  SO, yes I had to eat my words, I couldn't walk past a deal like that.  I decided that if it breaks in seven years again, it would be about right for what I paid for it. If I have good luck with it, then it will be a great deal.  Time will tell. It is doing a great job right now.  we are outside people and our clothes get really dirty. It is cleaning them well, in fact better then the first one.