I have noticed that the clothes do seem kinda warm at the end of the final spin cycle. I thought that maybe our water was still warm enough, or after a hot wash, that there was still residual heat in the outer drum to warm the water up some. This will be my first winter with the washer and if it does heat the water/clothes in the final spin, I am going to love that since our cold water is kinda brutal cold on the hands. I know the SQ washer's cold rinse in the winter is brutally cold and taking the clothes out was quite painful to my hands, like stinging cold. I won't miss that!