The 2-load washers are designed for small loads of laundry. They are best used if one wants to separate whites and colors. Wash whites on hot and colors on cold to keep them from running. If an article is foreign made colors may run so wash with like colors. Why are front load washers better than toploaders? The toploader agitator just swishes clothes back and forth but the front loader tumbles the clothes over and over thoroughly soaking them with soap and cleaning them better. The spin cycle up to 1000 rpm gets a lot more water out of the clothes than an agitator spinning in a top loader.