I agree re the HE front loading washers are cr@p. They’re overpriced and the wash cycles take FOREVER. I’ve noticed front loaders are being phased out, newest models are now top loaders. YAY.
Side loaders are hugely more efficient in industrial laundries. The fall of the clothes into the liquid provides agitation of the clothes at no cost because gravity provides the force.
However consumer washers are too small for that effect to work! Falling six inches just doesn’t make it.
Amazing how stupid engineers can be if management pays them enough.
...and then there's the issue when the door seal wears out. There's no way to stop all that water from ending up on the floor.
Not one of my proudest verbal moments.