Very pleased, no real complaints. We hadn't been using the last one long enough before it konked out so can't do a comparison of electric and water use.
I did lots of research and chose this machine because it's one of the few front loaders that has both short cycles and the capacity to do a cold wash; I am very happy with both these features and think I made a good choice; Short wash on 0 degrees makes for a 34 minute cycle!
A bit of water residue in the rubber after washes, which I think is pretty much common to all front loaders and if you don't keep it wiped out it can get that mould sludge; I don't understand why this hasn't been fixed by now on front loaders generally.