I have a Kenmore Elite HE washer and I'm pretty happy with it. I did have to get used to using a lot less detergent and I'm not a fan of how long the cycles take to finish, but it does get my clothes clean. With mine, the secret is to load it as it tells you to in the manual. If I do that everything is fine.
I'm old enough to remember the last time they pushed front loaders and how unhappy a lot of women were with them. There was a reason that not many of them were sold for many years.