Product review (5 stars): A Great Machine
I like things that last and this machine looks to be one of them. A few weeks ago our 16 year old Maytag began leaking water, it had served us well and it was time for a new one. I knew that Speed Queen's were built to last as my folks have a 30 year old Speed Queen Dryer. However I went to Lowe's to look at a new Maytag. What I found was the new Maytag's are now built by Whirlpool and the quality has gone south. Controls are all microprocessor/electronic just waiting for a surge to blow them out. While looking I met a woman who had the same model Maytag I was considering, earlier that day she went to use it and it filled with water and died. That did it, I returned home and ordered the AWN542. It took about a week to arrive and was delivered by a freight carrier/tractor trailer. My wife is very happy with it and the way it performs. Hopefully it will out live us as I hate hauling these machines up & down our cellar stairs. So if you want junk buy a machine at a big box store, if you want quality buy a Speed Queen and it's American Made!