Product review (5 stars): After years of dealing with electronic HE smelly junk, finally a real washer!!!
I had a Whirlpool Cabrio for six years or so, and what a piece of junk it was. The electronics were always flaking out, the washer took forever to do a cycle, and the clothes often had a faintly foul smell after washing - that's HE for you.  When it finally, thankfully died, I researched a machine that had NO ELECTRONIC board to break, no sensors, just simple mechanical controls and a good build quality.  I was lucky to get directed to this Speed Queen. It is exactly what I wanted.

It is amazing that it finishes a cycle in 1/2 to 1/3 the time of the cabrio, that even if the load never unbalanced (rare) took at least an hour to wash a load, and often much longer.  How are those washers supposed to be energy efficient when they take 2-3 times longer to wash a load. This washer does it so quickly it's amazing, and even more the clothes are clean and SMELL clean.  No more stinky HE washer smell.

It has a great warranty, seems solid as a tank, and is commercial grade.  I'm hoping it is the last washer I buy.

And American Made too.

Thank you Speed Queen for giving us a choice to purchase something other than cheap Chinese junk that will break in a year or three, with no sensors and electronics to go wrong.  I am loving this machine.

The only think I noticed was that it doesn't seem to spin the clothes as dry as the cabrio, but I don't care.  I'll trade an extra five minutes in the dryer compared to 2 or 3 times as long in the wash cycle.