The machine doesn't look too bad, but there are a number of points that really put me off it:

• The bezel around the door (esp. bottom) is ridiculous - such a large amount of metal would look disastrous in any laundry, I think
• The control panel is too cluttered. The one thing that I really hate about British washers (or some Euro models) is a front panel full of numbers and letters trying to tell you all the different cycles. How about a control knob OR a scrollable menu on the screen (Because it is big enough)
• Who could put a poor teddy in a machine that uses so little water?! Excuse me while I send them a nasty letter

All else aside, its a pretty smart looking machine. I like the large display and the stainless (or stainless plastic) buttons with all the symbols to choose options. Perhaps it is one of those things that taste as good as they smell (Wash as well as they look, would be correct in this situation)

I'm going to ride right off the rails here (So avoid this post if you don't like rambles) and "take the bait."

Firstly, I am entitled to my own opinions. I'm the sort of person who is quite OCD about the way things are done, so my attitude (as I've said on here before) is "My way, or the highway." If I come across as perhaps a bit pushy, then so be it. But I don't recall any occasion on here where I've told someone else they can stick their opinions. My style of writing and speaking has been accepted on here for the past year - so I'm certainly not going to change my language for the sake of one person. 

Secondly, if my opinions seem "Rub in ya face," then I suggest you read some other threads. I'm not the only one with such "extreme" points of view, and I'm certainly not naming others with them. I suggest you hunt around for some of these posts, because they are there. Using the word hate may not be appropriate in such a context, but we are all entitled to a mistake here or there. I know that others have used the word on some occasion, and whether or not you use more polite terms, people still end up thinking you "hate" this, that or the other, so I don't always articulate if I feel strongly about something. Plain and simple. 

Thirdly, I encourage you to (and others) to message me or contact Robert if they have trouble with the way that I am "speaking" on here. I don't appreciate people voicing those sorts of opinions to a group and your concerns are better addressed privately to myself (or Robert). 

Was needing to get that off my chest