Maytag MVWX655DW Bravos 4.3 Cu. Ft. White Top Load Washer

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW HIGH-EFFICIENCYThis is not like top-load washers of the past. This is a high-efficiency washer, a completely different beast. Yes, it uses less water. Yes, the water line will not go above all your items (usually). But don’t dismiss it yet!HOW IT WORKSThis is interesting. Instead of the spiral agitators of the past, these washers have a washplate on the bottom that rotates back and forth. Whereas agitators of the past would push the laundry items “down” in…

What a terrible machine. We just threw out a two-year old example of the Maytag Bravos XL toploader. It has been running exactly as designed, and that’s the problem. Poor design. Inadequate water levels failed to completely wet the laundry, let alone provide enough liquid to float away the dirt. Multiple washings of the same load helped a little, but what’s the point of “economy” water-saving by then? Net loss.The lack of a central agitator allowed a correctly proportioned load to become off…