New Delhi, June 30 -- Cleaning clothes should be simple. You plug in the washing machine, you put the detergent and clothes in, you select the cycle and that's it - the clothes come out clean at the end of the laundry cycle. But stubborn stains from curry spills, mud, grease and sweat, rarely make things as easy, which mean you inevitably find yourself pre-soaking clothes, scrubbing collars by hand, or running multiple wash cycles just to get acceptable results. But here's the good news. You no longer need to scrub and soak clothes to get the spotless clean.

Top-tier washing machines come with a host of features that are designed to remove toughest stains without damaging the fabric. From intelligent steam cycles that loosen deeply embed...