For me a washing machine without a wool setting and where I cannot control the spin cycle is an instant no. On the other hand I have no use for time dial, as I would expect the washing machine to work that out for me. Which is the problem manufacturers have, your must have feature is useless to me and my must have feature is useless to you. So either they have to make two different models of washers or they have to try to combine all the features into one machine.