To KenmoreBD
To Andrew,
As much as I hate to preach, there is a company which builds them like they used to.. That's Speed Queen. (Or Huebsch if you're in Canada.) They offer a warranty which is 3x longer than any other manufacturer on the market. That really says something when a company stands behind their product.
Actually, funny thing.. We had our company xmas party tonight and I found myself recommending Speed Queen / Huebsch to three different people because the topic of large appliance reliability came up in discussion.
I was watching a video of a Whirlpool Cabrio washing clothes and the way how the clothes were scraping up against the washplate nearly sickened me. (As much as that can sicken a person.) .. There was nearly no turnover at all. The amount of water it was using seemed to make it nearly pointless.
Sorry Autowasherfreak, but I prefer to see clothes either tumbling freely in a front loader or turning over, covered in water in a top loader.
Now, getting my preaching out of the way, I honestly believe that if you have to follow specific loading instructions in order to get your clothes clean, there's something wrong. Better yet, if you fold a shirt, put it in and it's still folded when you take it out at the end of the cycle, there's something very wrong!
I think this youtube video speaks for itself:
