Product review (5 stars): High efficiency machines are for the birds.
This washer is awesome!  It gets our clothes clean (we have 3 kids, one of them is a baby) and does loads quickly.  We have had the machine for almost 2 years and not a single problem.  It replaced a Maytag Bravos "high efficiency" machine which was a total piece of junk.  I will admit, though, the Maytag uses a lot less water, in fact, it is currently using no water because it is disconnected and sitting in our garage because the $900 machine was so useless; our clothes came out dirty and with spots.  The Speed Queen is a great machine and a great value.  I would definitely buy it again!