We moved into our house about a year ago, and the Roper top loading clothes washer came with the house.  I would guess that the former owner had bought it within the last few years.  It was in good shape and everything was in working order. You can choose small, medium or friggin' 'uge loads (aka Super), and it has a variety of wash types including permanent press and normal.  For each wash type you can choose short wash, normal or heavy load.  There is no "gentle" cycle, so I took a guess and have been using the quick wash cycle on normal for my sweaters and such.  Next time I would choose a washer with a gentle cycle. It seems to dump the water, rinse, spin and clean everything well.  There are some situations where I have found clothes wetter than I would have liked, but perhaps the load was too heavy for the washer.  I've never used the softener and cannot comment on that.  Overall this is a decent washer so far.

suerocks

Plymouth Meeting, PA

  Hi ladies and gents, I am here once again to review another product., the Roper ras8445kq top loading washing machine. This is not a top of the line, famous brand, washing machine. This is one of the cheaper brands and you know what they say about cheaper brands is that usually when you pay less you may be getting a good deal but you may be sacrificing quality. Unfortunately, I found this to be true with this Roper, top loading, washing machine. My husband bought it at lowes and brought it home in his truck, he went through all of the trouble of lugging it into the trailer and hooking it up. It did work for the first load of clothes and then we were in the middle of washing the second load when we went out to see a movie. When we came back home we had found that the water did not drain out. We tried everything we could to get it to drain and nothing worked. We ended up taking it back and getting a refund. We were both disappointed with this item. It could have been a fluke but there's a good chance it was just defectice.  

rollbackyogamama

Pittsburgh, PA