Commented: ideal tl wmI agree, What you're describing is a basic, bottom of the line Top Loader. There's a lot more stuff you could ask of an Ideal Top Loader:
1) What about capacity? Basic washers usually don't have much...
Commented: Fl w/heater vs TLI could be wrong, but I think that the energy usage calculations done for both front loaders and top loaders include the energy required to heat the water, regardless of whether this hot water was hea...