A fully automatic washing is most desireable, for the convenience it offers.Just load the machine and press the button;wait for some time or hours till your time permits you to spread the clothes for some airing. Importantly, you have to decide as to how you wold like to wash your dirty linen.
Having written this a few years ago when joining the mouthshut.com bandwagon, I feel like expanding the above statement with personal experience over the years.
If given the authority , I would certainly make it mandatory the use of fully automatic washing machines in every homes who would like to have one. Yes , you easily share duties with your wife ; if allergic to soaps/detergents you are safe: space saving, cost-effective, and easily installed with a proper planning; Electric and water consumption are managable; and finally to be used as a gadget vulnerable to your whims and fancies.
So any day I would recommend a fully automatic machines especially to the young new-weds and nuclear families, to begin a hassle free life of spotless linen. ............Dr P.S.Bhatnagar