Product review (5 stars): Beats out the eco-friendly machines hands down.  Far, far superior.
I can't tell you how much I love this machine.  With the onslaught of "eco friendly" washing machines producing units that barely provide enough water to clean clothes, I'm so glad that Speed Queen makes this older, traditional unit.  We have had TERRIBLE experiences with the newer machines that have no agitators and use very little water.  My clothes were never as clean, and the whites?  What whites?? The were all turning dingy!  I put a tshirt on the top of a small load of laundry and put a black pen dot on the sleeve.  I then sat and watched the entire laundry cycle.  That tshirt NEVER MOVED!  By the end of the washing cycle, it had only JUST gotten wet, but never moved at all and the black dot remained.  This was with a $700 eco friendly machine.  What a piece of garbage.

We tried two different eco friendly machines that were recommended at both Lowes and Home Depot.  Awful.  Finally, an honest employee admitted that the newer machines that had no agitators received many complaints.  He himself would never buy them, and instead, recommended either a front loader or the Speed Queen (has an agitator, has water level control, and is a commercial unit).  It was more expensive, but boy it was amazing.  Back to having clean clothes again.  I would never, ever purchase a non-agitator machine again.  This machine is amazing and well worth every penny.