Product review (4 stars): Awesome washer...the dryer rocks too
With limited available space for machines, my options were narrowed down between this set and one of those attached, stacked 'laundry center' units.  Both take up the same amount of space...several inches less than traditional sets.

This combo cost me about $220 more than the stacked laundry center and I'd pay that again in a skinny minute.  The washer gets my clothes very clean and does so with a slew of handy features that I actually use.

Front loaders take longer than top loading machines in general...in some cases significanty so...the power wash cycle (which I have yet to use) takes 3 hours...yep, 3 hours.

The whites cycle (use it all the time) requires two hours.  If you use high efficiency powder you can take advantage of the delayed start option.  I set the washer to kick off two hours before I get home from work, and add the fresh spin option in case I'm running late - this feature throws the clothes around intermittently for up to 6 hours aerating them to keep mildew from forming.

It should be said that the normal wash is just under an hour.  Not bad I'd say.  If I have any complaint at all, it's the sound dampening on the washer...it's lacking.  Wash cycles are nice and quiet.  The spin cycle on the other hand can be deafening.  This washer has a max extract feature, which is marketing speak for its top speed spin level....it's blisteringly fast and wrings your clothes to a very satisfying level that results in much abbreviated drying time.  The gotcha is that while it's doing this, you and your pets will want to hide under the bed.  You do have the option to not end your rinse cycles with the steriod spin.  Also, the set is positioned in a nook towards the back of my house but this area is only sheilded by a short retainer wall to the side of the machines, no doors, and not in a separate laundry room...so your experience may be different.

All said and done, both the washer and dryer are superb performers.