Yes, It is a cute machine,BUT there just has to be some part that is of poor quality. The door is plastic, inner is glass, outer window looks to be plastic. The fill valve assembly, poor quality, but I have to say it actually does a decent job washing and drying, granted you don't overload it, and leave enough room in the machine so you can see the back. I've done 3 loads now and it does take 3-5 hours to wash and dry each load, but it works pretty well. The machine is pretty quiet. The other thing is that is uses next to no water. I'm not used to seeing the clothes just wet and tumbling. With that being said, how much soap should I really use if the machine uses hardly no water? I want to try to keep the spider in the best condition possible.
Regarding the motor:
It is either Brush only, or Induction/Brush. The machine has 600/1200 RPM spin speed, so it does need a brush component to spin that fast. The motor is not Inverter Duty, because the control board doe not look like it can support the IGBT's required for the modified sine wave. The machine does have spin bursts, but it also has a few speeds that are slightly faster than the tumble speed. I have not taken the motor out and examined it yet, and I have not taken a close look at the control board either. Oh, and there is a small capacitor that is connected to some of the wires that go to the motor. There are relays that click every time the motor changes direction though. I'm still thinking the motor is Induction/Brush.