Product review (5 stars): The SPEED QUEEN love affair!
Hi Everyone,
  My family and I recently purchased a Speed Queen Top Loader AWNE92SP113TW01 and it has drastically changed our lives for the better!

We previously owned a High Efficiency LG top loader and at that the time we were researching washers...this LG was highly recommended with raving reviews including an editors choice award at Consumer Reports and various positive reviews around the internet. Needless to say, we were hopeful and all considering...it performed satisfactory for a few months. We even got an extended warranty just in case. Unfortunately, we soon headed down a path of endless frustration (including the dreaded UNBALANCED error). I could easily sit here and recount our horror stories with this washer, but I would only be repeating similar stories mentioned by others....so let's get to the good part!

Speed Queen! Allow me to first and foremost point out the most significant advantage (In my mind) of a Speed Queen washer. It is the MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. Not an extended warranty from a 3rd party! These 3rd party service providers are in business because they profit more from obtaining extended warranty contracts than paying in services rendered. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with this but there is a HUGE difference between an Extended Warranty from a 3rd party provider and a REAL MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY where the company who actually makes the product is putting their money where their mouth is and truly guaranteeing quality and reliability.

Just the other day, I walked in Home Depot and Loews and I looked closely at every single warranty for every washer on the floor...from the cheapest to the most expensive. Everyone one of those washer had a manufacturers warranty that was no longer than 1 YEAR!!!! Sure, the top end washer had a big sticker on it that said 10 YEAR WARRANTY but then in fine print I discovered that the 10 years was for the motor only which they don't even make! At best, the manufacturers warranties are 1 year parts and labor. So you're telling me, that if I spend $1500 on a washer and use it exactly as direct by the operators manual and maintain it in pristine condition, the manufacturer can only promise that it will work for ONE YEAR???? I find this absurd.

Enter - Speed Queen.  Let me get to the point here.... When I found out that the MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY for a Speed Queen washer was 5 YEARS including ALL PARTS and IN-HOUSE LABOR, 15 years on the motor and transmission, and LIFETIME guarantee on the wash bucket (UNDER COMMERCIAL USE CONDITIONS! that's more than 10,000 wash cycles)........I WAS SOLD.  Not to mention, that it actually works incredibly well! Clothes are clean and cycles are FAST (just under 28 minutes). It is built like a tank, probably weighs more than double your average washer, and will remind you of the appliances of days gone by! You know that old saying, "They don't make them like they use to!" In this case THEY DO!!!! Its called a Speed Queen and they are made right here the USA! It's a real American home grown company.  Now, they're not cheap but they're certainly not the most expensive either. I paid $875 for the latest Top Loader (see above model #) - so not bad. PLEASE don't be discouraged by the tub size at 3.3 cubic feet. Our LG was 5.0 and to be honest we don't miss it and we have a big family! We have 4 boys and the in-laws under one roof...so that's 8 of us and the Speed Queen out performs all of our previous washers by LEAPS and BOUNDS in every category!!!

It may be hard to believe, but I am not an employee of Speed Queen, nor do sell them or get a single penny for what I'm saying here today. I'm just a Dad who was at the end of my rope with my family's disenchantment with the modern day he washers, but those days are thankfully now behind us!

The SPEED QUEEN love affair.......you just have to own one to understand!