I panicked when I learned appliances were hard to come by as my washer was 20+ years old. So I rushed to the store, asked what washers they currently had in stock. Well, they had 3 models A huge one, an even bigger one, and one with a very tiny agitator basket. So I got the huge one which does not have an agitator. It does have a lot of "cycles" to chose from and you can also program a custom cycle. Took me a while to figure it out but I can do two queen sized quilts in it, no problem an I can let the machine decide how much water or I can choose "full fill for both the wash and the rinse if I want to as well as how hard it spins, how hot the water is. So far I am liking it although I can hardly reach the lone sock at the bottom of the basket. I wanted a top loader so if need, I could soak things.