I’m used to the top loader & prefer it. The front loader you need to have all the clothes in before you start it up. I tend to find I can add more clothes while it’s filling so it’s not feasible in the front.
Ya ok, I spend hours sitting by my washer watching my socks go round and round.🦶
I do have a top loader now, the last pair of front loads only lasted a few years, and for 3K I was not doing it again.
I have only ever used a front loader washer but I have seen top loader washers and I do think that a top loader washer would be better for me. I still keep going back to a front loader though just because top loaders a lot of the time are more expensive than front loaders I have noticed.