[cmrdporcupine]

I too am very annoyed by the "save water" trend in appliances that then produce inferior results. Yes, I know there are parts of the world where this is a concern, but I'm in the great lakes region on a well that produces 20GPM of water and I do not have this concern. Water for me is copious and basically free and when I'm done with it it goes into my septic to reabsorb into the water table.

We switched from a front loading washer back to a top-loading one hoping we'd get results similar to the top-loading washers from our youth. But nope. Funky smells, poor distribution of detergent, clothes that don't fully clean.

[User23]

You want a Speed Queen. It’s the closest you can get to an older washer.

[jihadjihad]

> We switched from a front loading washer back to a top-loading one hoping we'd get results similar to the top-loading washers from our youth. But nope.

As sibling comment says, get yourself a Speed Queen, made with commercial parts and still washes the good old fashioned way [0].

0: https://speedqueen.com/speed-queen-difference/#classic-clean

[cmrdporcupine]

Doesn't look available in Canada, and I wouldn't buy from an American company now anyways.