Maytag - 5.2 Cu. Ft. 11-Cycle Top-Loading Washer - Metallic Slate

After much research i settled on this machine and so glad I did! What a difference from my 10 yr old HE washer to this one! had a chance to use most cycles and I like using deep fill on just about everything I wash! deep fill option is available on all cycles except normal cycle for some reason. maybe they purposely didn't put deep fill on normal since its probably most used cycle to conserve water/energy, i don't know. anyway, for my normal i use the colors cycle and then modify temp, soil level (wash time), spin, deep fill. i like that it remembers settings from previous wash and displays remaining cycle time. lid locks when you press start and unlocks when you press pause. great if you have small children or have to add something to wash load. when doing a small load i let machine auto-sense water level. it chose low level which seemed ok for the few items but that low water level left a little oxi residue on clothes so i had to rewash. i washed another small load using deep fill and i got much more water. enough to completely cover clothes this time and no oxi residue left on clothes. i use detergent as directed or less per load and my clothes come out clean! With my old machine I was adding more detergent and running extra rinse cycle. this washer has very big and deep drum so clothes can swish around freely. plenty of room for large loads and bedding. clothes loaded loosely allows them to move around freely and in this large drum it cleans well.i was able to wash all our large towels and wash cloths in one load that would normally take me two loads! it also handled my queen and king comforters no problem. yay! no more trips to laundromat! quiet washer compared to my old noisy vibrating washer. I only really hear it when its draining. otherwise pretty quiet even on spin. control panel is straightforward and simple to use. some ppl complain not enough water, but I don't have that issue. for an HE washer i get more than enough water using deep fill option for any size load. agitator is definitely better than the impeller i had in my old HE washer. only negative i found is the bleach dispenser is right up front and does not flush with water so its easy for clothes to tough that dispenser when loading if not wiped out. also there is no pre-soak or soaking option which is odd, but there is a soak using powerwash or deep wash option. One workaround I found is you can press pause during wash to soak for any length of time and hit start when ready again, but DO NOT OPEN LID while paused bc machine will drain after 10 min. I paused it for about 15 min with lid closed and it did not drain and then restarted with no problem to complete cycle. my pics show the difference in amount of water levels using auto-sense and using deep fill. the deep fill load completely covered with water and washer still adding more water! Overall really great HE washer that gets my clothes clean!

Had a Maytag for 16 yrs that finally gave up the ghost. Needing a large capacity machine, I picked this one because it has an agitator. In my line of work, clothing gets dirty. My first wash, water level stayed WELL BELOW the level of clothing. No way that was going to have enough water moving around folded/compressed clothing to remove dirt, so I paused the wash and selected "deep fill". Over an hour later and I have clothes with dirt clinging to fabric. I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER BY SOAKING CLOTHES IN SOAPY WATER IN MY BATHTUB AND AGITATING WITH A BROOM! Electronic gadgetry, no matter how fancy, is not what cleans clothes. You need soap to release soil from fabric and agitation to to allow the dirt to go into the water. This machine doesn't do either. On top of that, the sensor is fickle- I had to set and reset selections until the sensor mechanism decided to evaluate the load and start the cycle. In the end, it takes longer and several runs to get clothes cleaned: where are the savings? I am using more water over 2-3 cycles I need to clean clothes and more electricity as well. Looking at a model without the shiny buttons (i.e. mechanical dials for selectors) even if it is a smaller capacity

Maytag isn't one of my favorite brands, but we were assured that this brand is one of the top great ones to buy. The design of the washer is great. Loved the colors chosen and the settings looked simple enough. It is a water saver washer, so it took us a bit to figure out how to have the washer put more water without us having to pour in more water. It is possible. However, our big issue was that it wasn't washing our clothes correctly. My sisters and I literally stood in front of the washer and with a light was watching the clothes being washed through its whole cycle (under normal). As the agitator was moving to I guess wash the clothes, the clothes wouldn't move from its spot. The only thing that moved was the agitator (really slowly might I add) and the barrel (it would do one whole spin when the agitator would turn left and then right). It was a brand new washer and we literally were thinking that it might be broken. We didn't want to take any chances and just returned it. The washer could've been better...

I was so scarred by a smelly front loader that we had to go back to top. That and the current front loaders out there are too big for our space. I am loving the capacity! We combine what would have been several loads into one big load now. I could wash a king quilt coverlet AND the sheets all at once. We are about a month into ownership and have had the chance to check out the settings. The more spin/extract you desire the wrinklier your clothes will be. I love the rapid cycle for washing our familiy’s Swim gear quickly after the pool. I also really like choosing a temp in between warm and cold. It’s quieter than our old Kenmore front loader but still makes enough noise that we want to keep the laundry room door closed when watching TV around the corner. Clothes seem clean with no soap residue. I have been erring on the side of caution and using smaller amounts of liquid HE detergent and so far so good. After every load I keep thinking, “I sure do love this machine!”

Have owned this machine for 9 months now. This machine is horrible at washing clothes...and that is it's only job. Athletic clothes still stink after washed on the "power clean" cycle. Clothes constantly come out with residue on them. I assume it is detergent or lint. We don't use too much detergent. Tried using tide pods to make sure we didn't use too much, still had the same results. Not having the center agitator makes this unit under perform. Have contacted Maytag for advice and tried different cycles, but this washer just under performs. Wish I would have returned it.

When we moved into our new house we had a "top of the line" LG washer and dryer. The washer smelled terrible and we couldn't get the smell out! The unit was only a year or two old and is squealed and jumped all over the place when it ran... This washer does none of that! In comparison this washer is quiet. Our laundry room is off the kitchen and with the door open we can carry on a conversation over the washer volume. I do wish that new washers could use more water, however this one does well. There is a deep fill setting that adds more water to the cycle that helps. The drum is large enough to fit very large loads, however I like to keep them medium to small. I have overfilled the load one time with towels, jeans, and blankets just for kicks and some of the towels came out feeling a little dingy.

Best looking washer ever. Functions better than any I've ever used. Has every option. Yes, the HE washers don't seem to put enough water in for some people... but no, I've never had any soap on my clothes and they've never not come clean. My old washer was commercial and required stain sprays to get the same things clean that this washer gets clean automatically. I only use 1 pod, toss it in the washer, load the clothes, close the lid and then choose my settings and everything is clean and smells fresh. The washer makes a few noises while it weighs and measures or balances the load, but it is very quiet running after that. HUUUUUGE capacity. Even king size bedding fits easily. I ran the affresh through after 1 month even though there was no hint of mold or any smells.

I bought this Washer a month and a half ago and love this washer! It can wash a King comforter and sheets in one load and they come out clean. I've read other reviews before I purchased so I knew that it takes longer to wash then older washers, but that doesn't bother me. If you are short you will need a step stool or tongs to get to the bottom of it. The tub is really deep, but that's to be expected because of it's large capacity. I was really worried about it, but it ended up not being an issue. I'm 5'5 and reaching the bottom is a long stretch, but doable. So far I am happy with this purchase.