We used to have an LG washing machine > 2 decades ago

It was a top loader.

Very good - never broke down in the 11 years that we used it. The only reason we bought a replacement is because we need a bigger capacity.

But please don't buy Toshitba. We bought one to replace the LG. Bigger 12kg capacity. Direct drive somemore. Every 1 or 2 years something would go wrong with this machine necessitating the technician to come and repair.

The final breakdown was when the control board went kaput. No replacement part available. So we dumped it.

Replaced it with a CCP Hisense front loader. 10.5 kg. Cheap cheap. Most of the "kids" had grown up and there's less people living full time in the house. This CCP machine very rock steady no vibrations. Wash very the clean also