Product review (5 stars): I am so tired of idiots giving bad reviews when they did not read the manual
I am so tired of idiots giving bad reviews when they did not read the manual.  You CAN add clothes during the wash cycle or any cycle, you just push the start button quickly, wait a couple seconds for the lock to unlock then low and behold you can open the top!!  When you close it make sure you push the start button quickly again to start where it left off not from the beginning. You can do this throughout the whole wash time, imagine that!  Yes, it empties after ten minutes of the top being open, what did you want to do ,load it then take a walk before you decide to finish the process, good grief.  I love mine because I know how to use it.  I have no problems, washes great....PEOPLE, read your manual before you gripe about something!