Product review (5 stars): Don't spend another day without this amazing washer!
I did purchase this product locally, but wanted to share my experience. I had a surprisingly good long (for a front loader) life with my LG frontloader. It never had to be serviced. But, always leaked, guessing that was due to the fact the dryer was stacked on it as it ceased when the dryer was removed a few weeks prior to my new Speed Queen. My laundry was never clean. And the funky smell that was a constant battle. Some materials were more prone to the horrible odor and I ended up having no choice but to throw them out. I tried everything. Nothing worked on getting rid of the odor on the laundry...even drying outdoors.

I always kept the front loader's door and detergent door open when not in use. I didn't let laundry sit in the machine for long periods of time. I drained it and cleaned out the filter regularly.  I used HE detergent, stopped using fabric softner, made sure I was not using too much detergent. Ran weekly tub clean cycles-with bleach, with washing machine cleaning products, with various suggestions found on forums. Each load of laundry  would typically run for 3 hours. Washer was not overly filled and not dealing with very dirty items, either. And then would discover some items or entire loads would need to be soaked in the laundry sink and re washed. The cloth napkins that were loaded when folded in quarters, would come out of the 3 hour wash folded in half...didn't even get unfolded with the wash cycle...that doesn't even make sense to me...this is not energy efficient.

I did a lot of research, bough a Speed Queen and am so happy! I am not even a person who likes to do laundry and the first few weeks I was going out of my way to find items to wash. My clothes now look and smell clean! My laundry loads are now taking about 33 min and not hours. You get to adjust the soil level and water level...not the machine. The load timer on machine has been spot on-that was a nice surprise. I now am not needing to do weekly tub cleansing cycles. I have been able to get the funky smell out of my clothes ( using the same detergent I had been using). I can use fabric softner! I can use Oxyclean! I can soak laundry right in the washing machine! No problem washing a king sized quilt or wool blanket. The Speed Queen is an absolute joy to use!

I have read a few comments about lint build up, noise, wet laundry and the alarm at the end of the cycle. I have not noticed any excessive lint on the laundry. But, I had gotten lackadaisical about not separating lint shedding items from lint collecting items from using my front loader. And when I didn't separate items in the Speed Queen, I did notice some lint-but that was my fault. There is a manual and after following their directions, no repeat issue. Noise level, it is louder compared to my other machine, it is not excessively loud in my opinion. I used the delay start to wash before the alarm went off in the morning and no one was disturbed by the maching running.  But it actually cleans my laundry so I am not going to complain about it not being whisper quiet. I was expecting the laundry to come out damper from this top loading machine compared to my old front loader...but nope. The laundry is actually dryer from the Speed Queen. The alarm...it has adjustable  volume levels. It is not going to play a tune, it is short and sweet. I just set a timer on my phone as I have found the time on the display to be accurate.

This maching is solid. It is all business. It does what I need it to do-cleans laundry, and does a fantastic job. I only regret not purchasing it sooner.