Agiate while filling
People need to realize that manufactures will do what ever they can to quietly compel users to swallow front load washers. The agitators in these newer HE washer as designed around low water levels and will actually clean worse with full tub of water despite the gimmick glued to the top if that impeller, but still can't outdo a traditional top load high or low. They agitate while filling so clothes will have the same level of wear as when used high or low. In short of these machines we will soon have consumer reports (and the like) articles reading like this:
"It has always been of great debate among precious Americans whether you can get that same level of laundry-day clean with less water. Critics argue new proven high efficiency earth saving bunny loving machines ruin clothes and have fewer cleaning abilities while they stubbornly cling to old, loud, noisy, grandma era machines which take away yearly supplies of clean, safe drinking water from 1 billion people all over the globe. Proponents who have made the switch claim their new humanity saving machines not only clean better, but keep clothes like new load after load after load. Some users actually report that their machines make new clothes while other find piles of cash in them every morning.
Well, at consumer reports we actually put all these claims to the test hoping to settle this age old debate thats perpetuated by infamous bigots living in the 50s. Our world renowned PhD level Scientists and Engineers made a monumental discovery. GE, Hotpoint, Maytag, Whirlpool, Roper, Aamana, Kenmore and many other highly respected companies actually offer a "deep water" wash feature across multiple models and line ups to help calm the irrational, delusional beliefs held by energy star hating extremists. When deep water wash is selected (we know folks, its stings just to read it) these machine will physically morph, reverting to a different set of factory installed programs which change the anatomical structure of the machine (and universe) into an autonomous binary secondary set of dormant traits becoming active during the stimulus expression process of trans human interface mobility. To break down this language only understood by our research panel (sorry you haven't been blessed with our superior cognitive abilities), these machines can turn from a normal high efficiency top load to an identical 70s top load- mass global droughts included- with the simple push of a button.
36 models were tested with identical fabrics cut into identical sizes with
identical soils. 9 base fabric types were used: cotton, rayon, polyester, nylon, wool, spandex, hemp, cashmere and silk, all of which were further dived up into make types, ie cotton denim and loose cotton. Soils were placed into 45 individual pair types sorted by color, chemical makeup, hardness, water solubility and the like. This lead to well over 50,000 variant combination of soil, fabric and weaving type.
Of these 50,000 variants, each was multiplied twice, then twice again and then again by 36 to cover each model. It is important to note that testing was done by cycle recommended for said fabric and washed in 6 pound dry loads.
After each fabric was washed leaving only half behind, all were then examined via a battery of tests for soil retention. Over 5000 ratting points scales were used to determine which machine scored best in clean ability in impeller wash vs deep water wash.
The second set of fabric were run continuously, 24 hours a day, for 2 months to determine accumulated wear. Each swatch was then examined for overall wearing, pitting, milling, tearing, linting and so forth on a 150 point-scale check list.
After over 500,000 accumulated data score points, the results were tallied up. Surprisingly to some, and as we expected, the impeller low water wash cleaned 25 to 60% better, and did best with grass, ketchup and other organic stains. Dirt was close, with only grease removal being similar to the deep fill option. One theory being that more water actually dilutes detergent, reducing its organic stain fighting power. Pet hair was only slightly better in the deep wash- but- we are aware that most users prefer machine dry over line dry so this issue may not be of issue.
Final results: impeller wins hands down.
Clothing durability. This is was surprise for us. Out of all the results, 93% were equal in wear, 4% less for deep water and 3% more for impeller. The slight increase in impeller may actually have been from washing swatches on casuals instead of delicate, however this small deviation is not one where the clean-ability, let along probability likens favor for a deep water wash.
In short, traditional deep fill washers and options actually clean worse, if not far worse; while only giving the same wear and tear as high efficiency machines. A total opposite of what the developmentally repressed crowd has been screaming. So, everyone with an ounce of common sense can happily switch that knob to HE, while others can junk their stone age arsenal buying a real washer giving real results without mass genociding the environment.
And we know our readers are smart and thus wonder, 'hey, why did you waste all that water for those deep fills?' Well, not to worry, we aren't sick like the energy hog lovers. 80% of the water was recycled by a system devolved by our NASA and CERN engineers working side by side to make sure no water went down the drain wasted. The other 20% came from rain water collected in our weather to water recovery system.
Bob Smith,
PhD and noble prize winner in everything"
Yet come reality do the same with a real agitator top load and the results will be polar opposites. The power of propaganda and deceptive manufacturing.
Its was meant for laughs and giggles. Things are exaggerated greatly. 
