Product review (5 stars): Worth the price, workhorse, clothes are clean, smell good, and
It took me months of contemplation and review reading before I finally took the plunge and bought this machine.  This was a huge investment for me, I would normally buy a used machine, but what I want is nearly extinct.  Except for Speed Queen.  I want a machine that gets the clothes really clean THE FIRST TIME.  I have four sons, and two daughters and a ton of really dirty clothes.  My boys work on cars, landscaping, construction, etc.  My girls wash almost daily.  My kids who don't live at home come home to wash.  I needed a machine that holds a lot in one load, is easy to use, and allows me to leave the lid open after it fills and let the clothes soak, then close the lid and wash....sometimes several hours later (the clothes can be that dirty).  My new Speed Queen does that.  I can hold the control and fill the water up to any height!  Whatever I choose or need.  I can press extra rinse and it rinses the clothes again.  Or, not.  I love this machine.  The clothes are clean, they smell good, no one complains, I don't have wasted water from my kids re- running the machine again and again.  And last, this machine is reparable.  I can buy parts and replace them.  I may have paid a lot (for my own budget) up front, but most likely, I won't be buying another washing machine for the rest of my life.

One less thing to worry about.