2018 Maytag vs. SQ

[daveamkrayoguy]

F#%^* Yo' Simple @$$...!

Competition between those two... And the Speed Queen looks prettier and more housebroken...

I often feel sorry for Rocky's opponents....

-- Dave

 

[wft2800]

LeeLee, what you need is a good front-loader, preferably with an on-board heater. Normally I'd recommend Miele, but their honeycomb drum means grit/sand extraction isn't too great, but it's much gentler on delicate fabrics than a normal drum. I'd look for a front-loading machine - possibly secondhand - with normal large holes, and lots of 'em. A commercial Speed Queen FL with a heater might be a good option, but the domestic ones (all now discontinued apart from the washer & dryer stack unit) all lack heaters, so as hot as you'll get is what's in your hot water line, and the machine has no way of keeping the water at that temp - which, in winter when it's started cold, is going to be a pain.

 

[twintubdexter]

In response to reply #53 by Infusor...

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">Not only rude, but often filled with dirty low-life words and comments...a sure sign of a single-digit IQ. They don't belong here.</span>

 

[eurekastar]

I own the pair

The washer cleans exceptionally well. Time will tell on durability. The Maytags replaced a GE pair that's less than one year old. The GE washer has some major design flaws. I'm very happy with the Maytag pair so far!

 

[wft2800]

Joe (twintubdexter), you'd probably be horrified by my language in real life too... I just tend not to employ it here out of respect for our hosts and 99% of my fellow members!

 

[twintubdexter]

Richard, not offended at all...

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">Not really horrified at all. I have a friend who lives in Scotland who has very colorful language. Fortunately (for me) his Scottish Brogue is so heavy (and very cool) I can't understand most of what he says. My next-door neighbor, a graduate of Holy Cross College in Boston who hangs with very influential people, talks like a longshoreman.  If I wanted to get horrified at something I'd complain that's it's currently 112 outside at 5:00 PM. Blah!</span>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[wft2800]

Fair enough!

112f is 44c - who the heck thought it was a good idea to create human habitation somewhere that hot?!

 

[infusor]

Well.... i put my money where my mouth is. I will keep the LG front loader, i'm undecided about the speed queen, seems to do an ok job, not as bad as people say, however it is very sensitive on overloading, if you go past the top row of holes forget it, the maytag might handel overloading better but as one member said their mother always said (if you need a corkscrew on your agitator its overloaded) i had a white towel that had cheddar powder from popcorn that didnt come out so i ran it through the lg with the same tide stain realease and oxiclean and the lg did not remove it eather, the dirt on the bottom of my socks the speed queen does as good as my LG, the speed queen really shines with towels, it really moves them around alot as long as its not overloaded, it fits alot actually. Im ok with it. As good as maytag in wash performance? No, but i bet it lasts longer. The speed queen does way better than my aunts kenmore/cabrio though, so i'd say its on par with the compitition not leading like it used to be.

 

[john76]

Nice review, the SQ is on my list to replace my 15 year old Maytag. It fits into my required space and I like that you can control the water level. Should wash fine for my needs.

 

[infusor]

Thanks john, i will be doing more testing loads to see how it performs.

 

[wft2800]

John, what Maytag have you got?

 

[john76]

Maytag LAT2200

 

[johnb300m]

Infusor

Thanks! Bravo for biting the bullet and ACTUALLY finding out how the new TR machines perform, for yourself.
IMO, it seems like your experiences match up pretty well with Consumer Reports' results....the ones you oh so bashed to bits not too long ago.

 

[infusor]

Not really, it actually does pretty good if it is loaded correctly, i walk around my house with my socks on so i have alot of ground in dirt and it does a good job at removing the dirt, also had an old washcloth that had been use to clean grease and dirt up from a spot on my floor and it came clean, i was very surprised actually. I do like the machine. Im getting used to it, you just can't cram it full like the old model or my lg, but if you load it correctly, clothes actually spin around pretty good, the water surges around the pretty good,

 

[infusor]

Oh i fprgot to mention to 3verybody, the dealer i got my tr5 from said that speed queen WILL be selling front loaders again next year, he said the the government ordered all of their inventory for the military and navy, so the quota at alliance was already met for the whole year so they decided there was no need for the residential sales for this year, but the front loaders are indeed coming back next year.

 

[DADoES]

 
<blockquote>Infusor:  ... so the quota at alliance was already met for the whole year so they decided there was no need for the residential sales for this year ...</blockquote> SQ company mindset apparently is more about themselves and less about the customer-base.

 

[infusor]

that's exactly what i was thinking too. You would think they would want to make even more money by selling to residential customers too. Maybe they got maxed out on their production schedule and couldn't handle it. Seems weird to me.

 

[historyman]

Eurekastar

Eurekastar:

What model do you have?

 

[eurekastar]

@ historyman

The washer is Maytag MVWP575GW
The dryer is Maytag MEDP575GW

 

[spinmon]

Seems clothes get clean by detergents and action that causes the clothes to be rubbed against themselves and others over and over.(woo-hoo!)

The old Queen did this action well. The new Queen sloshes. No real rubbing. No real turnover. No tolerance for slight overloading. No ability to CLEAN A LARGE LOAD OF DIRTY CLOTHES IN LESS THAN 35 MINUTES like the old Queen always did.

Tolerate/praise/hope for the slosher Queen all you want. IT DON'T CLEAN and sure don't have speed.