I just spent a week helping my daughter with my grand baby after she had to have dental surgery. She has one of those crazy washing machines. I truly wanted to shoot it for all the reasons you stated. The worst is how long it takes to do a load, craziness. I despise those washing machines and vow I will never own one myself. I would rather go back to a wringer washer than use the idiotic new ones.
GE
GTWWN2800D0WW
Top loading/manual/white
Cons:
Has a magnetic latch (not a lock). I need to keep watch at the beginning of my processing and stop the cycle, remove the item and sometimes repair, so I need an open lid. The latch is screw-set, so we undid it from the underside of the lid and used Gorilla tape over the magnetic receptacle on the washer. Works well. It will loosen and need to be re-positioned/re-taped occasionally, but it’s not a big deal.
Pre-set 10-second super agitation at the end of each cycle, including rinse, which is pre-set to be low water level. You need to watch it, stop the washer and redistribute the load.
Wimpy extraction, but, being manual, you can just do a 2nd extraction.
Will ONLY rinse on cold. You need to reset to a wash cycle to *rinse* hot or warm, then manually advance to Drain & Spin.
Has doglegs on the agitator. My husband added braces each side of the dogleg vanes at the base of the agitator and pop-riveted them. The agitator is not removable without a special tool. We were going to order the tool, but he was able to work inside the washer drum with the agitator in place. The pop rivets can have sharp edges, so I smeared each side of each one w/JB Weld Kwik Set. Every once in a while, the JB Weld pops off and I can reapply w/a skewer.
Not perfect, but for my needs, it comes as close as I can find.