Product review (5 stars): my kind of washer with my kind of results
I bought this HE washer because it did not have that big agitator in the middle.  I was curious if it would clean well or not.  I loaded the washer after putting the detergent in.  You have to load this washer leaving a whole in the middle (like a donut).  I took a pair of shorts outside and rubbed them in the dirt. I would then dust them off. I did this until the dirt would not dust off and I had two spots the size of softballs on them.  Ture ground in dirt.  I put the shorts on the top of the load.  When I opened the lid after the washer had finished the shorts were somewhere in the middle of the load and clean.  My kind of results.