New Speed Queen 7009 Front-Load Washer & Companion Dryer

[logixx]

Water Recirculation in 1969



Edit: and even 1958


[this post was last edited: 10/13/2023-16:17]

 

[helicaldrive]

Improvements

Saw a YT video of a new SQ FL.

Wow! The balancing routine has been greatly shortened with the end result as good or better. And it spins much longer and faster in between rinses.

Cool!

If there were a way I could download those changes onto the computer in mine, I would do it in a flash.

 

[appnut]

Yeah, I never liked the former interim pulsed spin routine they used to have. Another detractor for me. My Fridgemore did that routine and thought it was pathetic.

 

[lavamat_jon]

Congratulations Eugene!

I hope it gives you many years of enjoyment and service - and look forward to hearing more reports .

Jon

 

[frigilux]

A quick update: The issue with the dryer turned out to be--as several of you mentioned--a blocked dryer vent in the wall. The SQ dealer replaced the black screen at the back of the drum with an unpainted galvanized one, but all the weird symptoms--a less than normal amount of lint in the tray; cabinet feeling hotter than it should during operation; lint deposited on the load; ineffective cooldown period at end of cycle--disappeared instantly when the landlord cleaned out the vent run that dumps out the south wall of the apt building.

Absolutely love the washer! No problems with out of balance loads despite all the less-than-capacity loads I tend to wash. The pedestals actually seem to help prevent walking, etc.

 

[mark_wpduet]

blocked dryer vents ... UGH.

In a perfect world all dryers in existence would vent straight out next to an outside wall.

Those videos above... The recirculation reminds me of the LG turbo wash... It's looks like they tumble faster than modern FL washers too..

I remember years ago someone on here (I think his name is Malcolm) bought a TOL SQ pair in stainless steel. He posted videos. I too remember not being blown away by those pulse short spins between rinses... But they were REALLY nice machines otherwise.

 

[mark_wpduet]

Someone posted a site that has every single Sears Catalog page. I looked up that Lady Kenmore in the video above. In 1969 Spring/Summer Catalog that washer/dryer Combo was $469.95. Do you know how much that would be today?? $3,941. My God..

https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1969-Sears-Spring-Summer-Catalog/0817

 

[frigilux]

Mark- SQ has tweaked the spins after the wash and first rinse. They spin fairly slowly, then gradually ramp up to a pretty fast spin--650 or higher, I'd say. I remember that the older versions' pulse spins were not very impressive. At any rate, the machine does a good job of spinning the water out of the clothes, now. The final spin behaves the same way, but winds up at 1200 rpm for the Normal, Heavy Duty, Whites and Quick cycles.

I've also abandoned pods altogether. Too much suds in the very soft water. I took two big containers of the 10X pods and a full jug of Persil to the local food shelf.

I use liquid Tide Ultra Stain Release, powdered Tide Ultra Oxi, powdered Amway SA8 (usually in conjunction with their color-safe powdered bleach) and tiny doses of Perwoll For Blacks for loads of black clothes. I'm a part time musician and wear all black quite often.

 

[combo52]

New Speed Queen front load, washer and dryer pair

Yay Eugene glad they got that figured out with the dryer vent, kind of surprised the installers didn’t discover that anytime I install a dryer or even work on one I always make sure the vent is moving good amount of air otherwise problems arise quickly, and people are not satisfied to say the least.

Monday this week I was working in a multi million dollar house in the dryer vent was completely clogged. It ran nearly 70 feet when they could’ve just gone through the front wall of the house but I guess somebody didn’t like the look of having a dryer vent on the front of this mansion ,

Told the property manager that either need to cut vent through the front of the wall or buy a nearly $2000 whirlpool full-size heat pump ventless dryer.

Whenever a customer asked me what the best new automatic washer is without reservation we recommend to Speed Queen front load washer, yes, there are machines with more bells and whistles and I love gadgets, etc. but if you’re looking for a machine that works really well and is unlikely to have problems and is repairable if you do, there’s nothing like a Speed Queen front load washer. It’s like the old days of Hobart built KitchenAid dishwashers. There was never an equal to those machines.

John

 

[panasonicvac]

Glad to hear that the dryer got situated, and also glad to hear that you're enjoying the washer so far! I might look into this set now that they're selling them in black, I never liked the looks of the white color. However if I get the home that I was looking into recently, I won't be buying the set. Unfortunately that home is required to have a top loader because there's a water pressure tank right in front of the washer, I'd only have access onto the top. And there's no room to put in a stackable set either.