Re: Top Loader
the difference is the footprint, and also if for any reason it stops mid cycle you can remove your clothes and empty the machine without flooding the place.
i don’t have room for a front loader and prefer to load/unload standing rather than kneeling on the floor.
I understand that maytag have been taken over by whirlpool. and they seem to be concentrating on commercial machines rather than domestic.
the whirlpool AWE6761 seems like a possibility