I've been quite satisfied so far with the performance of my new WD 320 8kg washing machine. It has a good choice of programs and I like being able to twig the program to suit my load eg shorten the wash, increase the water or add a prewash. It is very quiet and like other users I think it should have a beeper option for when the cycle is complete because you just don't hear it finish. My laundry all comes out clean and fresh and probably less crushed then my previous machine. It doesn't have a delayed start and when my children were younger i wouldn't have bought it for this reason as I needed to be able to have loads washed and ready to hang out when i got up in the morning or I wouldn't have been able to get it all done. This option is not so important now that they have grown up.