On 2010-09-20, Nancy Young wrote:

Then I read that the wash cycle on those front loaders takes
90 minutes.

Nonsense. We have Maytag front loaders in our lodge laundromat. The
do a full cycle in 28 mins. OTOH, it's true that once you close that
front door and start the cycle, that's it. It doesn't unlock till
it's done.

nb