Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. A washing machine, especially a basic agitator top-loader, isn't the type of product you'd expect to have a cult following.

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— Products are chosen independently by our editors. Purchases made through our links may earn us a commission. Top-loading washing machines have been, and remain, more popular in the U.S. than ...