Product review (5 stars): Just what I was looking for - old fashioned washing machine
This is a great old-fashioned style washing machine. I had gotten a GE HE toploader first but the low water, long cycles, and spaceship sounds just weren't a good fit for our laundry style.

So we sold that one shortly after purchasing it and got this one.  Very very happy now.

Just make sure that when installing the Speed Queen, a jug of water is poured into the tub before turning on the machine for the first time. This is stated in the installation instructions, but a lot of 'installers' don't even peek at the manuals. (The water primes the pump, or prevents it from overheating).

Now our wash seems cleaner that it did after an HE toploader wash, I have more control over the water depth & temps, the wash is done sooner, and the sounds are more familiar.

If this doesn't break in the next 10 years, the extra money spent on it will be less than what we've spent on service calls for our previous Kenmore in 5 years.  Hoping that these have a long lifespan like the old fashioned machines used to have.

The only thing that is a bit confusing is the meaning of the cycles and the fabric selector, and what speeds you are getting as a result.  I did some research to figure out what it all meant, and will try to post the info to the images section of this listing.