Product review (4 stars): Queen of My Kitchen
After a power surge zapped my Maytag Atlantis, I spent three years purchasing new washers to replace it.  All of them were hopeless in their performance.  I wanted to wash my clothes, not baptize them.  Then a Speed Queen top loader came into my life and my world changed.

Back to Basics!  Back to the old school when washers were washers and laundry was laundry, and the idea was to get the clothes clean.  This machine is a steady workhorse for the family, not a prancing pony.  The automatic balancing system works great!  It has not gone out of balance since we bought it.  It is quiet (Motor Hush Pack sound insulation), sounds exactly like a washing machine.  It is plain, choosing not to make public appearances on showroom floors.  The Queen only comes in plain white enamel.

This top load washer fully submerges the clothes in water and has a center agitator with small slender fins. The cycles of most new machines take longer...the Speed Queen only takes about 30 minutes and gets the clothes cleaner.  Seams are not ripped out.  Delicates and knits come through undamaged.  Clothes do not come out twisted and crinkled.  This product was made in the U.S.A. the right way.

Nice extra features on the Speed Queen AWN432:
-Add an extra rinse to any cycle with one switch.
-Add more water by holding down the Reset knob.

Features that are missing and better without:

NO temperature sensor- Hot is truly hot, and warm is warm. No choice on the rinse which is always cold.  There is only one center spout pouring into the stainless steel tub. (The Maytag Atlantis poured boiling hot water on the clothes from the hot spout, then cold water from the cold spout and called it the "warm" setting).

NO load level sensor- Choose from among 9 different water levels on a dial.  You can add more water to each level by holding down the Reset knob.  Just be careful not to overflow the tub.

NO annoying beeps at the end of the cycle- This is an advantage because we can now tell when the Whirlpool dryer is finished.  When we had a Whirlpool dryer and a Kenmore Oasis washer,  we couldn't tell which one was sounding off.  Once, to our utter confusion, it was the Breville toaster oven.  Who beeped?  The less beeping, the better.

NO lid lock.  You can add clothes any time.  The movement stops when the lid is up.

NO blinky lights.  It is a WASHER, not a Christmas tree.

Downside:

-Delicate cycle ends in a soak rather than spinning the water out of the tub. I have to advance the dial to drain the water out.

-Rotary control dial for the cycles has a small indicator arrow.  A visual aid such as a red contrasting color would have helped.

This washer is an excellent choice for Maytag customers, especially those with small laundry closets requiring a top loader because of limited space.  The remarkable simplicity of the Speed Queen will probably help it survive the next major storm.  Just to be sure though, I bought a washing machine surge protector.