No Consumer Speed Queen Front Loaders in 2018??

[jcturbot]

Was out and about today and stopped by a Speed Queen dealer to have a look at what was available.

He was on the phone with someone higher up and they were saying Speed Queen is discontinuing their front loaders to the consumer market and only making them for the commercial market. Top loaders will continue as usual.

So...any truth to this? Probably BS but I figured I'd ask.

Jeff

 

[whirlykenmore78]

News to me:

I can't see why they would do that. Especially when they have the best FL machine on the market.
WK78

 

[launderess]

Whoever gave that information was not well informed.

SQ *is* bringing out a 2018 model year line of domestic front loaders. Production has been delayed until January of new year due to issues in complying with (yet more) federal rules regarding water efficiency.

According to my sources this will mean the redesigned washers will have totally new model numbers. That could be why *your* source is getting things confused. Looking at the current model numbers may not show anything after end of this year...

 

[jcturbot]

Launderess,
I'm sure you are right, there was probably a misunderstanding between the dealer and his informant.

Any ideas what changes the new SQ FL's will have? Heater? Larger capacity? More programs?

Jeff

 

[launderess]

All one found out was as stated

Thanks to yet more interference by federal government SQ needed in 2018 to produce front loaders that met with tighter energy/water usage. Thus new models will be coming in new year. Besides that cannot say.

 

[washman]

When was the last time anyone recalls when the goobermint got involved with something and it actually worked out?

 

[johnrk]

Every Day

you drive on the highways. Every day that your police department works. And so on.

Unpatriotic people living in this country disgust me.

 

[repair-man]

So now it's unpatriotic to desire less government intrusion in a country founded because it fought (and won) independence from a overbearing government ? I don't think anyone is arguing for NO government. Just LESS control over our everyday lives.

And I am certain that Speed Queen will not discontinue the residential front load line. That just wouldn't make sense at any level. Mine (at 2.5 years old) are not holding up very well in a commercial environment but in a household they should last at least twice as long as any other brand. And they do wash very well. All front loads do.

 

[johnrk]

No, Repair-man

You must not have read the thread that prompted my response:

"When was the last time anyone recalls when the "goobermint" (sic) got involved with something and it actually worked out?"

Our government is us; it was Bonzo Reagan who started the idiot's concept that our method of democracy is somehow 'us and them'. It was crap then designed to attract and satisfy pinheads and rednecks, and the orange turd in the WH is using it the same way. And, like Bonzo, he's wasting our money like a drunken sailor while saying so.

Our governmental bodies are full of good, honest, hardworking people, and I won't see others slamming them without saying something. If people don't like what we're doing, then they can get their asses off their couches and vote.

 

[repair-man]

Not looking for a big debate on government/politics. This isn't the place anyway. I just don't want somebody that knows next to nothing about laundry making decisions on what I can and cannot do with my washing machines. (Or other things in my personal life) The water temperature and amount of water I use poses no imminent danger to the general public. In time the public will increasingly favor the products that cost less to operate and produce better results. I love watching a good old top load washer as much as anyone. But after I experienced the water savings and better results from a front load I just couldn't look back. And I believe that at times government interference causes the inverse results of the stated purpose. And sometimes it DOES bring about needed change. Is it possible that if higher efficiency machines were more softly introduced to the public many more people would be receptive to them ? Instead almost immediately people ended up with washers that used so little water and not very hot water that they got smelly, not clean and often prematurely worn out clothes. All with much longer cycle times. Now most manufactures (not Speed Queen) are playing catch up trying to convince customers to "look at us" we use lots of water , etc.

 

[johnrk]

I Agree,

I'm not interesting in any political debate at all. However, particularly as we live in a time in our national history where ugliness and intolerance are the rule more than the exception, I won't sit still on this or any other forum while asinine slurs are directed toward our public institutions.

I'm old enough to remember the pissing and moaning in the mid 70's when airbags first came out in cars. As a car-buying public we were still fighting having to wear seatbelts! Just like the stupid argument about whether motorcycle helmets should be compulsory, people delighted in concentrating only on their own situations and their own desires. I spent decades dealing with veggies who refused to wear helmets while riding, and then when their brains were turned to so much ground meat in an accident, then we, the public, were obligated to pay for the rest of their useless lives.

How many of you out there would like to dump your airbags now, given the choice? Or your seat belts?

We're in an orgy of selfishness in this country, where everyone is so busy concentrating on what they want as individuals that what is good for all is derided a la "goobermint". Well, celebrate then, folks, 'cause the orange turd just took 2 million of our common park lands away to give to corporate oil and mining companies.

I wish I'd live to see the spirit of being in a common drive in the US for a better world again, but I'm not optimistic. And so much for this soapbox... I know it's a waste of breath on this website.

 

[rp2813]

John, unfortunately it's a waste of breath everywhere you encounter those who don't give a rat's ass about the greater good.  That's why I don't bother with visiting the DL forum anymore.

 

I do agree though, that FL machines are superior to TL types in cleaning ability, but I also agree that a "hot" water selection should deliver exactly that, and not some sort of programmed "I know better" dumbed down version that's barely more than warm. 

 

I am caregiver for my spouse, who is incontinent.  My 2008 Frigidaire Affinity FL won't provide water as hot as I feel is required for processing certain items that must be washed on a daily basis, so I end up adding hot water from the tap.  Not ideal, but there's no alternative other than the heated "sanitize" cycle, which is overkill and ties up the machine for more than two hours.

 

[mark_wpduet]

Correct me if I'm wrong

It's my understanding that SQ can make the normal cycle to comply with government water standards.....while freely letting the other cycles do what they want, as long as the normal "most used cycle" complies with government regulation?

 

[jcturbot]

What I thought was strange was that that the dealer stated Top loaders will continue as usual even though I'm sure those model #s have changed as well.

We all know from the Lorainfurniture post that there is a new model SQ Top loader coming.

Jeff

 

[washman]

Wow. I must have fallen asleep and woke up in North Korea.  I didn't realize it was unpatriotic to question our all knowing goobermint.

 

What I find disgusting are those who tend to lean to the left who knee jerk criticize anyone who happens to have a different point of view.

 

[norgeway]

Just do like I do

REFUSE to buy or use anything new!

 

[washman]

for Norgeway

Is Keatons still going?  Have you been there recently?

 

[ea56]

Ben,

“What I find disgusting are those who tend to lean to the left who knee jerk criticize anyone who happens to have a different point of view.”

With all due respect it’s a two way street with these kind of comments.

I seem to recall that you have more than once criticized members who have viewpoints that differ from your anti government ideas. I myself have been the recipient of some of your remarks. So, next time you think about making a derogatory remark about someone elses more liberal point of view, stop and think about how it felt for your viewpoint to be criticized.

There can always be a way to get your point a cross with out making a personal attack.

And for the record I happen to agree with you about some things. I just don’t see the EPA as the enemy. We should all be allowed to use hot water if we want to, without it being dumbed down and have our machines fill without flow restrictors. And I do believe that some of the new requirements for less water have maybe gone a little overboard. But that being said, many of our states do have a critical shortage of potable water. So even if Pennsylvania has an abundance of water, thats not the case for everyone. If the government is making changes to allow for future shortages, its in the best interest of us all.
Eddie
[this post was last edited: 12/7/2017-14:13]

 

[infusor]

If it wasn't for the government we'd still have pipes wrapped in asbestos.