Product review (1 stars): Don't believe the hype
This has been one of the worst washing machine experiences we ever had. We just replaced a 16 year old Whirlpool heavy duty washing machine with agitator with this Speed Queen model. We did our research, and didn't mind paying extra if we were getting a great machine. Well, we got a dud.

The machine is small - very small. it is much tinier than our old Whirlpool. After purchasing, we were told by Speed Queen that the machine could not handle anything king size - no mattress pad, no comforter, nothing larger than queen. We weren't thrilled at having to go to the laundromat to wash our king sized items, but we thought we could work around it if the machine was everything it was said to be. It was not.

The first load took 30 minutes to wash and 2 hours to dry. The clothes came out soaking wet. We read the manual, wondering if we were having trouble getting used to a new machine, but we were following instructions to a T. We called the store owner from whom we purchased this (we did not buy from Amazon) and he even called Speed Queen himself. We were told that we were UNDER loading the machine, and followed their loading instructions, but clothes still came out soaking wet. The shop owner himself came out and  washed a load of clothing, and agreed that the laundry came out far too damp. He then manually put it on a second spin cycle, and even with that, the load came out soaking wet. He removed the machine today, but did charge us a 10% restocking fee since we didn't replace it with another one from his shop.  We then went out and bought a GE with an agitator that is larger capacity.

We will never purchase another Speed Queen product again.