Review of Speed Queen AWN412

[xraytech]

In order to compensate for the coolness of the warm water mix in my Speed Queen I just fill the tub 1/3 with hot water then switch to warm the remainder of the fill, We get very hot water in the washer, as there is only about 3 feet of pipes from water heater to washer, and I have the temp set on 140 degrees

 

What really pisses me off is the requirement of only being able to rinse in cold water, I prefer warm rinses

 

[yogitunes]

you could drill the hole a little larger, but to just fine tune it at this point, I would try first by adjusting the cold faucet a little....because your temps are gonna change thru out the year.....I a getting too much HOT right now, because of the water heater set temp, so I have to cut back the HOT valve

Sam, you could have two choices, intall a "Y" and set the Temps manually, or just reset the machine to WASH, once filled with warm, turn dial around to rinse and let it finish, either way, its gonna take some monitoring.....

a few of my machines have a WARM rinse option, but usually only if I select a HOT wash......the Neptunes are the only ones that have the WARM/WARM option...

 

[mercman]

Water Temp

Just took the water temp it was 81 degrees, "not bad". I find this to be acceptable for a mild warm all purpose wash conditions. We can live without the warm rinse I guess. At least the Federal Government wants me to live without the option for the rinse cycle. "Whats next"

 

[yogitunes]

You know, as scary as it may seem, that may be the next course, Wash and Spin, thats it.....but at that point, I could live with it, a bit of a pain, but consider it a Semi-Automatic......set the machine to Wash and Spin, and then reset to Rinse and Spin all over......

WE always find a way around it.....and will!.....lol

 

[mikeske]

1st time post for me. My wife and I just got a AWN412, My wife loves her new Speed Queen. We had a Samsung made Maytag Neptune, the last edition before Maytag was sold to Whirlpool, we had bought the extended 5 year warranty for the Maytag and ended up using it a lot.

There is no comparsion on the Maytag to Speed Queen, The Speed Queen wins hands down in our home, My wife likes the fact that the Speed Queen has all the settings that she wants and uses most frequently, there is also no lid lock, computer and the the fact that she decides how the wash is to be done instead of some computer deciding for her.

The difference in how cloths are washed in the Speed Queen makes it the best machine for us. Our cloths are already coming out a lot softer and feel better with the SQ. The Maytag the cloths came out stiff and rough.

The only issue my wife has withe the new washer is she wanted a 2nd rinse option but we did not go the next level up in SQ for 2nd rinse and once she washed 2 loads in the machine she said the 2nd rinse is not needed as the cloths came out soap free.

We did keep the matching Maytag dryer as it has never had a issue in all the time we have had it except the silly controls on the near side, reach for something in the cabinet above it and if the machine is off we just turned it on. ONe thing is sure if I have one issue with the dryer I will replace it also with a new Speed Queen dryer.

 

[danmantn]

Speed Queen dryers are awesome as well! Congrats on your new Speed Queen!

 

[mikeske]

My wife decided to really test her Speed Queen, She loaded 5 pair of my work pants (insulated jeans) 5 insulated jean shirts and 2 pair of regular blue jeans and 7 pocket tie shirts. They all came out clean. My wife was really happy has the old Maytag would never handle this load as everything would get wet and not clean and she would end up having to break up the load into 2 loads.

The SQ has really saved her a hour and half on just this load. Every load on the Maytag would take about a hour and 20 minutes and the load on the SQ was just under 40 minutes.

I did talk to my wife if she wanted a new dryer and she stated as long as the Maytag works and gets the cloths dry she is fine. She just could not see replacing the dryer as it works fine and nobody but her and I go into the laundry room, she simply can not see not getting the most out of the old dryer. She does not care if they do not match.

 

[nmassman44]

Mikeske, it sounds like you had the same Maytag set I had. The washer bearings went on mine plus it was recalled for a fire hazard. Your wife may want to rethink her stance on the dryer since it will give up the ghost a year from now...mine did just that. The SQ dryer will dry much faster than the Samsung Maytag and it's better built.

 

[mikeske]

My wife is a Filipina and she has this thing that she will use something up and get every penny of use out of something before she will replace it. Our old Maytag/Samsung washer she was purely POed by the machine and kept using it until the 4th control panel in it finally fried itself, the problem was the washer would go through its cycle and when it got to one minute it would jump back to 8 minutes and then do a continuous loop between 1 minute to 8 minute until you shut it off. The prior replaced control panels all were replaced under the extended warranty all did the same thing, along with the rear bearing, 2 door boots and alot of service calls. Once the warranty expired I agreed to replace the entire machine.

The dryer we have has absolutely no problems and has been the most trouble free dryer we have ever had and that includes our prior Maytag dryer that lasted 26 years but I had to numeroous repairs on it through the years. The biggest was the blower that was made out of plastic and it would strip at the flange that attached to the motor.

Since this Maytag/Samsung dryer is doing a good job she will keep using it until it has the fatal event, I do suspect it will be the rear bearing as it does make a a high pitch noise I can hear but my wife has not heard yet. I have talked to her and I have let her know the instant the dryer breaks that I will not put a red cent into and I will replace it with a new Speed Queen dryer. she has agreed but the Maytag has to break first.

 

[nmassman44]

Well my Maytag Samsung dryer motor went out exactly a year after we got rid of the washer. My washer did that same thing adding time in a loop and balancing issues OMG I wanted to kill it. Then the bearings were going and I would get te dreaded T1 code.
The dryer in my opinion wasn't efficient and would only check the load twice for dryness. At least mine did that. I have been reading about the drum seams letting go too...but if she wants to run t in the ground then do it, but when it dies it goes out in a very big way.

 

[danmantn]

You will love the dryer. It's a quiet warrior; understated, but I really appreciate the simplicity of mine. I recommend the TOL, of course.