We usually need to add 2 large buckets of water to our GE “water efficient” washer at the beginning of the wash cycle. Otherwise the top portion of the clothes remain dry and thus unwashed.
We bought a Speed Queen Commercial Classic (the laundromat kind)last weekendfor the simple fact that apparently the commercial ones are still exempt from the stupid enviro rules.
And it has an deep fill setting and no lid lock so you can add the sock you dropped in the hallway after you turned it on.