Product review (5 stars): A  Washer That Actually Cleans Clothes
We have owned a Speed Queen washer for 2 1/2 years now and we love it because it cleans clothes quickly.  We can easily do eight or nine loads of laundry (washed AND dried) in a single day.  Try that with the so-called high efficiency machines.  NOW it isn't perfect - it's a traditional top loader with traditional issues.  It uses a lot of water.  It's a bit noisier.  It may not hold that california king size comforter.  Its agitator can damage clothes (especially if you overfill it with stuff and/or don't add enough water.)  It may not spin clothes as dry as a front loader (although mine seems to do a good enough job.)  Now what it DOES is clean your clothes.  And depending on load size (a setting which you NOT a computer determines) it does it in about 20 minutes (unless you use the second rinse option which is seldom needed.)  That's why we love our Speed Queen.