I almost cried when my 25+ year old washer quit last year. I knew I would have to buy a washer not designed to clean clothes, but instead to save water and energy. Sure enough, it doesn't clean the clothes anything like the old one. I have to be careful to scrub any spot before washing. Of course, I can't open the lid to actually see what's happening during the wash because of the safety lid. I can tell by the sound that it doesn't agitate like the old one, and like one of the reviewers said, it pauses several times during the wash when it just sits and soaks. That, of course, increases the time for a load with no increased cleaning.