I have Maytag front loaders and I will never get front loaders again. No way to soak clothes, can’t throw in a dropped sock once it is started, hard to keep clean and mold free. When my son and my DIL needed new I told them not to buy front loaders. They have the Maytag top loaders now and love them. All are sports nuts with lots of dirty, sweaty clothes. They work like a charm. There is no middle post and the capacity is huge.