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Speed Queen can't combine heavy duty with normal, and they have to combine eco and normal. The reason is that energy efficiency is tested on the "normal" cycle, so the "normal" cycle has to be the "eco" cycle in order to pass overbearing restrictions. They could drop the term "eco" and just...

GEs answer to Maytag pet care Maybe GE will ship their washers with a pet brush that owners can use for a minute everyday to remove loose fur before it gets on clothes. Usually enjoyable for the pet too, and more bonding time with their owners. And maybe they'll add one of those felt or...

Commercial filter I doubt they'll put the filter in the commercial washer. I think the commercial and pet hair washers are targeted towards different niches, and I'm not convinced it's much more than just another marketing gimmick. I also don't think the other manufacturers are going to rush...

Then again, considering Speed Queen came up with the TR series in order to supposedly meet some kind of regulations, who knows what they might do?

Speed Queen TL HE If Speed Queen is forced to make their top loaders HE, then I think it will be time for Speed Queen to drop TLs altogether and focus on the front loads. I'm not sure they'd lose too much as I think the TLs are mainly bought by homeowners, who last I heard were only a small...

Also, leave the lid open between uses, should help dry it out and mitigate the smell.

As with any TL, don't wrap clothes around the agitator when loading. Other than that, I don't know if Neptunes are known for twisting clothes any more than other TLs for some reason?

Laundromat vs Home I'm also guessing laundromat machines get abused more than home machines, so maybe we could stretch the 5 to 10 years in my last example to 10 to 20. So a failure or two out of how ever many machines a laundromat has in 10 to 20 years for a residential machine would seem to...

"A "year or two" in a laundromat is a lifetime f ...the average home user." Also by the law of odds, if you own as many washing machines as a laundromat, there's a much greater chance that something will go wrong in five or ten years (using Henrik's approximation of one load to five). I'm not...

Laundry appliance warranties in the late 70s Thanks John, So MT/WP had more warranty issues during their one, or two at the most, year warranty period in the 70/80s compared to Speed Queen's 3, 5, 7, or whatever warranty period today? That makes SQ even more impressive than I thought (or the...

Warranty Failure Rate John L. said "We Know that the failure rate in warranty of Speed Queen laundry appliances is probably 1/2 to 1/3 of what it was on Maytag and whirlpool‘s back in the 70s and 80s". How long were the warranties on Maytags and Whirlpools in the 70s and 80s? Did they have...

"It wasn’t something a boy should be interested in" A washing machine is, after all, a machine. Chainsaws, trucks, laundry equipment, they all have motors and they're all interesting and satisfying to use and work on. After a hard, long, hot day cutting wood and hauling it on my truck...

Nobody said you were wrong, except where you claimed a post had been deleted. It's still very clear to me that the OP places reliability and longevity above features and efficiency, exactly as he stated. That's perfectly reasonable to me.

Hi Greg, What post has been deleted? I've also noticed the OP hasn't yet replied with any updates, I hope it works out for him. I think it's clear from his post that he is focused on durability and longevity. Actually that's what he said. It comes above features and efficiency for him. I...

@luxflairguy "I'm confused! Your aren't interest in efficiency? WHY? Washing ability and efficiency go hand in hand! Front loaders do all this!" Greenliness is Next to Cleanliness It's a fact of physics!

It is helpful to know which brands and models people are having good luck with. It's also a little disappointing to me when it's considered commendable for a machine to give just a few years of trouble free use. But I guess it's all relative now. My Maytag Bravos lasted almost 8 months doing a...

There are always hidden costs to everything. For example for wind and solar; panels, batteries, etc. have to be produced, resources have to be mined, etc. All these things; batteries, windmills, etc, also have a limited lifespan, requiring disposal. Even if some can be recycled, recycling...

2.9 cu. ft. (82L) (Click on any of the "Additional Resources" on the link above for the specs.) I would guess it cleans about as well as any top loader with a standard (not dual action) agitator, but I don't know of anyone with actual experience with it, or its Haier sibling if there is one.

Haier is making "commercial" washers for Laundrylux? How do you know that? I can't find anything about it offhand, but then I can find very little on that particular washer.

Nice to see Home Depot offer a more quality built product, hopefully at least. At least for their front loads they boast of a 15,000+ cycle life compared to 10,400 that Speed Queen boasts. I don't know how much those numbers really mean as it's the companies themselves setting them based on...