I love my front loader. My clothes are cleaner, and it holds as much as my old top loader. The top loader was 8kg and this is 7.5 but I don't notice the difference. The jet taking off is gentler on the ears than my old clunker and I can do hotter washes. I do use the longest cycle for nappies, which is 3 hours and 15 minutes but I usually try to do that when I am going to be out for most of it, or I set the timer to do a delayed start so that it finishes when I am going to get home.

I wash everything in it, except our huge blanket that fills the bath tub when I am washing it. I wash pillows and everything in it. I can fit pillows and a doona in 1 load, but that blanket is the only thing I can't get through the door.