I have had the Bosch Nexxt 500plus washer for about 10 weeks now and I am very happy with it. It replaced a noisy Hotpoint top-loader that never really did a good job at cleaning but used huge amounts of water and energy.

This washer has many cycles and extra options to get many different temperatures, spin speeds and tumbling action. It has an internal heater that can heat the incoming water up to 170 degrees (xxtra sanitary cycle). This cycle can be used to sanitize white or light colored towels and sheets, rags and other things like that.

The heater also gives you the option to do a so-called...