Wow- amazing feedback! Quite a range of opinons too.
I think I will stay away from the TL no-agitators. In my research, those seems to be largely disliked.
Frigidaire and kenmores (by whirlpool) TL seems to come up consistantly. You think if I got one of those and only washed 1-2 mats at a...
Our 7 year old $700 Maytag started leaking water from the bottom. The repairman said the transmission is gone and took everything with it- $700 to fix, so its totaled.
I was going to go with another top loader with just few features ($500 model range) since I dont consider myself a laundry...