Product review (3 stars): Not what I expected
I went back and forth between 2 & 3 stars, decided on 3 because it hasn't broken yet.  This is an ok washer but all front loaders are just the result of govt mandated and control  (like low flush toilets!) to "save the environment" and fool you into thinking you are getting something better with a lot of bells and whistles and you are saving the world.  Not so.  Its made in China - how much fuel did it take to send the raw material there and then the finished product back?  How much more fuel running your dryer longer because this one doesn't spin things as dry (unless you separate clothes into several more different loads (than you would with an agitator washer) according to weight of material - it doesn't work right and doesn't spin heavy clothes dry enough.)  So, I do more loads because I have to separate things I never did with the agitator washer.  I thought a front loader was the way to go when my 20 year old agitator washer finally gave up the ghost.  I really don't care that it "saves water" because it doesn't get my clothes quite as clean. Clothes swish around in less dirty water than they did before, and less rinse water and that is supposed to make them cleaner?  Not only that, but the cycles are pretty much controlled for you so you can't do what you want.  If you want delicate, you can't have a high spin.  If you want perma press, you can't have hot water. (and the water isn't that hot anyway).  If you have heavy dirt - the cycle is 1 1/2 hours.  If you want to use the special "self clean" of the washer - its 4 hours!  I'm stuck with it, have to make the best of it until it croaks but it means more loads of wash for me.  Make sure you buy the added warranty because it is all computer controlled and you know eventually it is going to fail.