Recent content by criswan

Snobby Unfortunately Speed Queen thinks their product is better than it really is. Our experience with SQ is well documented here and tbh I knew as soon as you said that you were waiting to see if they would replace it, the answer would be no. They wouldn't replace our unit which was less...

Well it looks like Persil Pro Clean 2 in 1 just won the CR laundry detergents testing... And go... :-)

OK thanks for the clarification. I just knew when I looked through the guide there were multiple mentions of Siemens Corp. A replacement part was once shipped from a Siemens warehouse as well. Makes sense now.

We had a set of Bosch in our rental a few years ago and just from the Euro front loaders aspect the EL's seem to be better built and more solid than the Bosch. I think the Bosch were rebranded Siemens. I tried to find other compacts locally to compare but the only thing I found was an LG and a...

Well we are soon to be owners of these baby behemoths. If any of you read my other threads, we recently purchased and replaced a set of the new electronic Speed Queens with the Kenmore Bravos XL clones. The Kenmores are great and we relegated our Maxima XLs to the basement. Our newest issue...

If this were a Speed Queen they would just tell you "it'll work itself out." Lol. I would be curious to see the outcome from this mishap. Seems to me that with all the plastic gears etc. in direct drive machines this could happen in almost any modern machine.

Sudslock Most newer HE machines have a suds sensor that will do one of two things if it senses that suds are out of control in the machine. Our Bosch HE washer would continually drain and then add water to dilute the suds until the sensor allowed it to continue the wash. Our Maytag FL and...

Persil Pro Clean Experiences To preface, I am a big believer in powders. We use almost no liquid detergent in our house except for Method which is used on the dogs' toys since it rinses clean and if there is residue left, it won't be toxic if they chew a bear, etc. I bought each variety of...

Congratulations on the new machine. We are loving our new Kenmore's! The one thing you will find with an HE Top Loader vs a FL is you can use pods(if they are your thing) with less danger of them getting caught in clothes and not dissolving. I had a stash of pods I had bought when they were...

Washers Malcolm, I am not sure which washers were the missing culprits but they were not easily accessible without a tear down hence the retrofit kit that they sent the techs out with. I don't know much about the mechanics of the SQ but they kept saying he last ones they had this issue with...

Differences Malcolm, I have been assessing this all weekend. It looks to me that the 29132 has the SteamTreat(may just be the same cycle renamed), Deep Fill(on all cycles as opposed to a specific cycle), and possibly some different spray technology from the Maytag, certainly different than...

Thanks For The Compliments We went on a search for the new Maytag Bravos 855 but it was nowwhere to be found. Lowes, Home Depot, no one had it. Special orders were quoting June 1 for a delivery. The 8500 was in stock but I just didn't care for the short back and the Kenmore had the spray...

Malcolm. It is the glass touch sensitive panel. It is highly responsive and even responds with a "doink" if you try to select an option that isn't usable with your cycle. The Kenmore machine seems to be a direct clone of the new Maytag Bravos XL MVWB855. The only differences seem to be that...

Sorry for the typos... I was typing it on the way to work... Lol

So some of you have been following our Speed Queen saga in another post, but that's a horse if a different color... We recently purchased the Kenmore 29132 HE Top Load Washer and matching gas dryer to replace the SQs. Our criteria was 1. Decent capacity. 2. Excellent cleaning ability. 3...