If your clothes aren't worn to do dirty, greasy work, just normal wearing, then the fast agitation and lots of water isn't needed. I love my swish top loader. My clothes aren't agitated to death making them look old fast. It has a super water level setting that fills the tub over the clothes level, I can open the lid after starting and it has a hand wash cycle which is the best ever for washing fabric. No threads and no raveling. It's a GE Profile about three years old. I got the dryer to match and it works like dryer should. I have no preference in dryers. I just buy a new dryer when I get a new washer so they match.