I had a Norge that was pretty much the same design, obviously the same machine with different names. It was one of the best machines we ever had, only wish I still had it, left it when I moved. My Whirlpool made Kenmore Elite top loader eats clothes, UNLIKE the Norge, which had a great wash action to circulate clothes, but was not rough on the clothes. Had I known how bad the Kenmore was on clothes, I would have kept my Norge, especially now that we cannot get a machine like this anymore. It is a shame the design was done away with. My Norge gave great service, washing for a family of 5, every day loads, for years. My mom's machine lasted over 20 years and was still going strong when she gave it away 2 years ago when moving. This was before Maytag fooled around with the design and seemed to ruin it.