Advice for choosing a new washing machine

I asked the identical question here some years ago. There may be helpful information there.

FTR, I was disillusioned by the early failure of my LG front loader and ended up getting a Maytag high-efficiency top loader. That particular model is no longer made but there’s apparently a new model, though I don’t know anything about it. What I can say, however, is that after six years I’m still very pleased with it. Unlike some other high-efficiency top loaders, it has a full agitator which helps to really get stuff clean. My preferred detergent for it is Tide Oxy HE.

I’ve soured on LG after the expensive front-loader failed just after five years (the main bearing went). I still have the dryer that I bought with it, and that still more or less works although the heat sensor is unreliable – it occasionally continues to run long after everything is bone-dry. I’m just not fond of LG at all. But I love my Maytag washer.