OT Speed Queen

Fudd · Mar 27, 2017

I can't find it but didn't someone on here recommend Speed Queen washers? I guess it's time for a new one.TIA

Aaron SEIA · Mar 27, 2017

They are the clothes machines of choice on every ag web forum I read.
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CKain(MI) · Mar 27, 2017

I will 2nd that statement !

fixerupper · Mar 27, 2017

I will 3rd it.

psimmer · Mar 27, 2017

in-too-deep · Mar 27, 2017

5th. Some models have NO computers. Simple and well made in Wisconsin. We have a set. I have a good feeling they will be fixable in 20 years and they didn't cost more than the fancy ones.

Batel · Mar 27, 2017

People I've talked to say it's the only one left that will make it more than 10 years. Bought one last year. Seems like a solid unit. Might not appeal to some since it lacks the Star Trek looking control panel

Mark-Mi · Mar 27, 2017

6th Our set just hums along. Got the old style dials here.

johnlobb · Mar 27, 2017

"The Appliance Doctor" recommends only a top loader Speed Queen with manual controls as the only washer that will last more than just a few years. They're not cheap, but they do last...

notjustair · Mar 27, 2017

My wife wanted a fancy dryer. I bought her a Maytag with all of the doodads. After four service calls in a year it busted again. I was done. I bought her a nice Speed Queen. It's been running flawlessly for a couple of years. She loves it. She says she won't have anything but a Speed Queen washer when our old one dies.

s,mac · Mar 27, 2017

We bought a Speed Queen washer this winter seems like a very good machine. We had a front loader what a piece of junk. Steve

bradley martin · Mar 28, 2017

We have had ours about 5 years now. No problems and does what we need it do. Who needs the choice of 12 different wash cycles and 23 different dry cycles??

rrc300 u · Mar 28, 2017

I bought one used about 5 years ago. Manual control and a big stainless wash rub in it. Clothes come clean every time. I would buy another in a heartbeat. What I can't figure out is why someone sold it lol.

Rex Simpkins · Mar 28, 2017

Just bought one last week AWN-432-S its a top loader that is a commercial model that used in hotels and such, its unbelievable how much cleaner the cloths and towels are. I think the two big "secrets" to this washer is that it still uses an agitator in the middle and is not a water save. Who in there right mind thought up the idea of trying to save water and still get cloths rinsed out properly. But best of all the lid does not lock down. Plus this thing spins fast but does not jump around like the last 2 or 3 pieces of junk I have bought.

The guy that sold it to me said he had sold 150 or more since he got the contract to sell them and gave me a few people to call I did and they all said the same thing "its great just like washers used to be 40 years ago"

JOCCO · Mar 28, 2017

Go to a good appliance store that does service not box store!!! The old speed queen manual controls (no electronic) top load was used in laundry mats for years and will last the same. Price $600-750 and THEY BE MADE IN USA!!!

GreenAcre · Mar 28, 2017

We went through three washers that always had something going wrong with them, always stayed frustrated with the laundry. Three years ago got a speed queen and won't go back. Local hardware store had them, no computer, 25 year warranty. Asked him how often he got called to service one, said it hadn't happened yet... It does a good job on a lower quicker setting. If I had room we'd have two dryers to keep up with it.

macec3(TX) · Mar 28, 2017

I recommended a Speed Queen washer to someone on here. It was a while back and I don't remember who I recommended it to.
We had a Whirlpool Cabrio. Washer was junk. We were talking to an appliance repair man about it. He said "buy a Speed Queen, all you need to do is wash clothes".
The Speed Queen is a basic well made washer and we have had no problems. Been using it for about 5 or 6 years.

BarnyardEngineering · Mar 28, 2017

Anybody ever get the repair guy out to give you a quote on "fixing" any of these old appliances lately?

What you end up with is a 10 year old washing machine that something else will fail on within the next 6 months, and a repair bill that's about $100 less than a new machine!

It does not make fiscal sense to repair. Two repair calls and you're already well beyond the cost of a brand new machine.

Crazy Horse · Mar 28, 2017

There was a time when a Maytag was actually a Maytag and their claims of the Maytag repairman not doing much work was spot on. Now it's someone else's washing machine with the Maytag name on it. Same as Kitchenaide and a lot of other great brands from back in the day that seldom needed repair. And of course, all the electronic gadgetry is just a repair asking to happen.

showcrop · Mar 28, 2017

When I used to supply to institutional laundries a lot of them had a domestic machine along with the commercial washers. Speed Queens were popular and appeared to hold up well. If you are on your own septic or have to pay for water, be aware that front loaders use 1/3 the amount of water, and agitate far better than top loaders. This is why there is no such thing as a top loader commercial or industrial washer. Our first one lasted us only some eight years but the second is well over twenty now

tracto-man · Mar 28, 2017

Speed queem toploaders are the best we've heard of and used. Had a front loader once, I forgot which brand. It broke within 2 years, and another speed Queen came in.

Tom Bowman · Mar 28, 2017

Just got one of the top-loading/mechanical timer Speed Queen washers a few weeks ago - really like it. (Made the decision largely based on the recommendations from the YT site, and the reviews on the Speed Queen website.)

Got it through my local, small-town appliance guy. It took a few weeks for him to get it, but he liked the looks of it so much that he said he was going to order a few more, to keep on hand, as it's what a lot of folks are looking for these days. (Maybe I should get a commission? :wink: )

IlliniJohn · Mar 28, 2017

We also took the advice of fellow YT'ers and bought Speed Queen approximately 6 months ago: no computer, enough cycles & water temps, and fills the tub with water for a good, clean wash & rinse.
Also bought Speed Queen Natural Gas Dryer - it is also doing great (e.g., it works easy for me, and Wife also loves it!!!)
$1700+ in Pekin, Illinois

Best Wishes!

RGMartin · Mar 28, 2017

Picked up a new one today, the "82" model with the electronic control. The 2 year old Maytag was causing serious marital strife. Mama wasn't happy.

5 year bumper to bumper warranty on the electronic control model($870), 3 on mechanical control($800).

wisbaker · Mar 28, 2017

Maypool? Whirltag? Maytag management made some bad decisions that ended the company. It was a 1-2 punch the new Neptune front loaders they came out with were trouble some and had a wax motor tat had a pretty high failure rate that would then trash a circuit board. When they were running they tended to hold some water in the tub and would get a musty smell that was;t very appealing to the average house wife. The second punch was they bought Amana Appliance with a lot of debt and didn't do the best job of integrating Amana appliances into there line up, often tagging lower quality Amana designs as Maytag further diminishing their reputation. Whirlpool ended up buying/absorbing Maytag, but in doing so got rid of most of the Maytag engineering staff and have made Maytag washers a Whirlpool washer with a Maytag name and I think they have kept the Whirlpool name as the premium product and are using Maytag as a lower priced product. One of the Air Force detachments I was stationed at had all Whirlpool Laundry equipment, they got the living snot worked out of them and don't remember to many problems in the year I was stationed there, but I still have problems with a company not smart enough to get the heck out of Michigan and some of the management decisions they have made over the years kind of make me wonder. Once our Whirltag washer and dryer die we'll probably head the Speed Queen route.

Bret4207 · Mar 29, 2017

My wife bought one of those no-agitator hunks of junk a year or so back. It simply sucks as far as I'm concerned. When it dies, and I imagine that will be in 2-3 years the way we do so much laundry, I'm going to try to get her to go for a Speed Queen with mechanical controls, a lid that doesn't lock down and a real agitator.

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