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There is no correlation between the amount of agitation vs. the amount the tub indexes. It's designed to index. The planetary gear torque converter allows the motor to push against the basket rather than the entire tub, which prevents the outer tub from twisting back and forth by the force and...

My grandmother now has this machine actually, and she really likes it. To use her words, "the clothes feel squeaky clean and crisp, not slicky like they did in my old washer where I had to rinse everything twice". She brags about it everytime we get on the phone, about how she likes the lights...

I'm guessing it just plugs into the existing 240V outlet one would normally use for their traditional dryer? It's an interesting move at least. I can see this being a nice setup for someone like my friend Lisa who is single and fairly minimal as far as belongings, by choice, and she's also...

It seems this is just another one of the washplate style machines used in other countries that essentially just stirs the water in each direction, rather than moving the clothes in a uniform fashion the way US Whirlpool machines like mine do, and like the one in the video linked below. Whirlpool...

This is getting beyond ridiculous. Chetlaham, how many HE top-loaders have you owned and used for an extended period of time? My machine washes loads twice what the 3.6 cuft tub of the Whirlpool DirectDrives did, proven by actually loading the DD properly to the lip of the tub, then transferring...

Definitely, especially for people like us!! Also, I just noticed this in the "related" section...you can buy spare machine parts through Walmart now?!?! I'm a bit shocked, especially for the parts available being for older machines...

Noo no, haha. It's my mother-in-law's. I still have the WP WDT920. Unfortunately I didn't have the GoPro when I had the Maytag MDB4709. I used an old phone sealed in a FoodSaver bag one time but didn't get great video. The Maytag is now installed at my father-in-law's house that they're trying...

I've never agreed with CR's ratings on noise. The MDB4709 I had when we moved into the house a few years ago was rated poorly for noise, but it wasn't loud by any means. You could hear that it was on if standing in the kitchen but with our open floor plan we could watch TV or movies and not even...

I have to endorse the Maytag as well. If my in-laws have the MDB4949, who have terrible loading habits, who refuse to use anything but cheap store brand liquid gel detergent, and who refuse to use the separator slots in the silverware basket where everything is just thrown in business side down...

I have the same exact washer in storage waiting for the day I have a larger laundry room that can have multiple machines in service. It's just a couple of years older with a different control panel and the water level selections. I absolutely love that machine and it is a fantastic performer and...

I'm not entirely familiar with the subject specifically, but I believe Whirlpool's water filtration for refrigerators and standalone is now under the "EveryDrop" name. It's still Whirlpool, but they may finally be going through the transition period and could explain why they've disappeared from...

I'm so jealous of you right now!!!! That's the exact same KitchenAid we had when I was growing up, from 1990 to about 2002. EXCELLENT machine, and in my opinion one of the best top-load agitator washers in existence to this day. I'd give just about anything to find one in great condition. It's...

At least as far as I can tell. I only noticed the Original variety available within the past few weeks. Before now, the normal Tide Pods (excluding the Febreze 4-in-1 variety) came in Ocean Mist and Spring Meadow, both of which in my opinion were a bit much. I decided to give them a try after...

I surely hope not. It's just a larger version of the machine we had in our apartment for the month we were in Australia. Awful wash system. If you want to drag on washplate style top-loaders, THIS is kind to throw it at.

They need to place an asterisk foot note about that capacity, if they haven't already. 4.7 may be technically the largest capacity top load washer with an "agitator", but it's most certainly not the largest capacity in general. Correction*** I completely missed where they did indeed back...

Not to say it can't happen, of course. Machines can be unpredictable by all means. The rotor-position sensor should detect a severely off balance load, but it can start banging the cabinet before it makes the decision to stop and proceed with filling and agitating to redistribute. But that video...

These machines are actually hard to off-balance. When I had the 4800 in use, I even tried a few times to move towels to one side, and because of the balance rings it of course would gyrate more but was still able to spin at max speed with only slight and reasonable vibration to the cabinet. The...

I love how they never made an attempt to show the "action" with the lid open. Something about that video seemed a bit exaggerated and unrealistic. I need to see under the hood of it doing this before I believe it. There's just physically no way. Even if one of the suspension rods were broken...

It -can- detect off balance loads during the spin, because it will sense that the motor is unable to accelerate in the usual time it takes to reach speed. However, I'm not understanding how the comforter could be so severely off balance if loaded properly. Comforters/quilts are usually so large...