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GE Profile king-size washer is a roomy machine that kicks stains

GE Profile washer is a nice-looking machine that offers king-size capacity and high-end heating features for controlling bacteria and eliminating clothing stains.

Kim Girard
Kim Girard has written about business and technology for more than a decade, as an editor at CNET News.com, senior writer at Business 2.0 magazine and online writer at Red Herring. As a freelancer, she's written for publications including Fast Company, CIO and Berkeley's Haas School of Business. She also assisted Business Week's Peter Burrows with his 2003 book Backfire, which covered the travails of controversial Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina. An avid cook, she's blogged about the joy of cheap wine and thinks about food most days in ways some find obsessive.
Kim Girard
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This top-loadingGE Profile washer is a nice-looking machine that offers king-size capacity and high-end heating features for controlling bacteria and eliminating clothing stains.

This model# WPGT9360EPL, with a 4 cubic foot tub capacity for 24 bath towels or 50 T-shirts, is Energy Star-qualified, making it a good option for the long-term budget-minded, despite the steep initial investment.

This GE profile is quite roomy and fights stains. GE

The washer's features include a HydroView glass lid for viewing clothes in the cleaning process without stopping the cycle and an LCD touch screen to control the cycle. The touch screen features an English/Spanish option. A HydroHeater bumps up the water temperature to kill bacteria and fight tough stains. Normal and heavy-duty cycles are standard on this model, with special cycles including handwash and express wash.

Physically, this machine is 27 inches wide and just slightly more than 43 inches tall.

Inside the machine you'll find a stainless steel basket and a direct-drive motor. The spin speed adapts to the size/weight of your laundry load. When cleaning, this machine uses a HydroWash system that doesn't agitate or tumble the clothes, making it gentler on fabrics.

It comes with a one-year limited warranty.

Sears.com reviewers gave this model 4.1 out of 5 possible stars. "This is the best washing machine I have ever used!" one customer raved. "Before I was doing three loads of laundry a day, now I am down to one." Others complained of repair problems, wrinkled clothes, and the fact that the machine doesn't properly clean large items such as king-size bedding.

This model, which can be paired with the GE Profile gas or electric dryer, comes in dark platinum and retails at $1,299.