Product review (3 stars): exellent washer but....
We have this washer now for 4 weeks and we are totally happy with it. It washes our cloth better than the  Fisher Paykel we had for 10 years.  It does not spin as fast, so the drying takes longer; that is easily offset by the simplicity and solid construction of the machine. My reason to give it 3 stars is that it came with a very stubborn grime coating in the drum. This is NOT shipping dust, as the manufacturer puts it, it is a nasty, solid coating left from manufacturing that should have been removed before shipping.  It took me 1/2 an hour of hard scrubbing with paint thinner and Scotts pads to remove it. It's a deep reach into the drum; some older people would have a hard time cleaning it. This is also not an isolated occurrence with just my machine, other reviewers have mentioned it too. I would definitely choose this machine again and recommend it over any other washer but I want the manufacturer to know that he needs to ship a clean machine.