We have the ventless combo and it cleans extremely well. We too have found that keeping the loads small works best. We are able to wash a queen fitted and top sheet along with pillow cases fine. A couple pair of heavy jeans works very well as they hold a lot of water. We do a small load everyday (actually when we go to bed, it kind of rocks you to sleep
) maybe two if we have the grandkids. It is very nice, put in dirty clothes, about two hours later, take out dry clean clothes. Debbie will never go back to a laundromat. Actually, "It's so easy a caveman can do it.", so, I do most of the laundy when RVing.