Reviewed.com slams SQ dryer...
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I remember seeing a comment that said the pouring of softener in the soap area was for 'artistic license' in the photographs. But they did not run it that way.
I mean....I'm not excusing them....it's misleading, but that's their defense.
I mean....I'm not excusing them....it's misleading, but that's their defense.
My hunch with the detergent/softener confusion is that the people that do the reviews and the people that shoot the video are likely different groups. Clearly anyone that is attempting to review the machine wouldn't confuse this, but someone that just needs the "shot" to complete the video may not pay attention.
Besides it isn't like reviewed.com has said anything drastically out of the realm of that we all know to be true. People that have personal bias towards anything will always be offended when a review doesn't agree, even if the review is basically correct.
Besides it isn't like reviewed.com has said anything drastically out of the realm of that we all know to be true. People that have personal bias towards anything will always be offended when a review doesn't agree, even if the review is basically correct.
I've used a couple of SQ dryers while on vacation and I just thought they got way too hot. I keep my gas GE on low heat most of the time (unless Tony gets hold of it and changes it) because it is plenty hot on low.
brucelucenta
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There just isn't any better dryer than a good ole Whirlpool made one with the lint filter on top of the machine. I now have an LG made dryer that does a good job, but it tends to roll sheets and larger items into a ball. It has the lint trap at the opening of the door, which is how dryers other than Whirlpool made ones are. I just know that for the money you spend on a dryer, the most inexpensive Whirlpool made one is as good or better than anything out there because of the design and the fact that they are 29" wide too. The drum is wider and clothes can tumble better. They have fewer air blockage problems or lint build up also. They have always had a good design and have stuck with it.
Thermostatic dryness control, slow stroke long arc agitators, no sudslock control regime in their FLs, sturdy construction and so on.
Let`s face it, apart from the new electronic control panels the whole brand Speed Queen just screams 1950s technology.
And that is for the good and the bad!
I find them adorable for their very succesful attempt to celebrate technology from the past, but also have somewhat lowered expectations whenever using a Speed Queen.
Let`s face it, apart from the new electronic control panels the whole brand Speed Queen just screams 1950s technology.
And that is for the good and the bad!
I find them adorable for their very succesful attempt to celebrate technology from the past, but also have somewhat lowered expectations whenever using a Speed Queen.
Speed Queen Dryers
Work just fine, after selling a few hundred and working on a few hundred more I have yet to have a single complaint from the owners of them about performance. We are also selling a lot of the new SQ stack laundry and the only comments I get is how much better they work than their older machines.
A good example was a customer on Capital Hill a few months ago that still had a 1975 MT HOH gas dryer that the motor sized in. I suggested a new SQ gas dryer to which they agreed. About a month after we installed the new dryer we got both a call and a letter about how wonderful the new dryer was, they could not believe how fast it dried and how cool and wrinkle free the clothing comes out.
The current SQs are not 50s technology in any sense of the word except maybe for the fact they can actually be repaired easily when needed and that they could actually last 50 years.
For folks here that like to get different washers and dryers every few years go for the glitzy new stuff, but we have very few customers that ever want to buy another new washer or dryer again if they don't have to.
John L.
Work just fine, after selling a few hundred and working on a few hundred more I have yet to have a single complaint from the owners of them about performance. We are also selling a lot of the new SQ stack laundry and the only comments I get is how much better they work than their older machines.
A good example was a customer on Capital Hill a few months ago that still had a 1975 MT HOH gas dryer that the motor sized in. I suggested a new SQ gas dryer to which they agreed. About a month after we installed the new dryer we got both a call and a letter about how wonderful the new dryer was, they could not believe how fast it dried and how cool and wrinkle free the clothing comes out.
The current SQs are not 50s technology in any sense of the word except maybe for the fact they can actually be repaired easily when needed and that they could actually last 50 years.
For folks here that like to get different washers and dryers every few years go for the glitzy new stuff, but we have very few customers that ever want to buy another new washer or dryer again if they don't have to.
John L.
1950s
I disagree, in the 1950 washers had many problems and never lasted as long as a Speed Queen would.
I disagree, in the 1950 washers had many problems and never lasted as long as a Speed Queen would.
mrb627
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SQ FL
The SQ FL machines do indeed have suds detection and control logic. It can add 2 additional rinses, making the total 7 for any cycle.
Malcolm
The SQ FL machines do indeed have suds detection and control logic. It can add 2 additional rinses, making the total 7 for any cycle.
Malcolm
stricklybojack
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Reviewed's comments (and mine) are based on a, "for what you pay" consideration.
It certainly does the fumdamental job for us, and combo52 nailed my own feeling after i installed the machines, "phew, ready to not go through all that again for DECADES..." something which you are going to have to pay extra for from any company, for any product, which can give one such a feeling of confidence. The question is, in regards to the SQ dryer, do the money numbers vs total ownership experience hold up? It is a fair question and not a slam dunk...for me at least.
My mother being old school wanted a new matched pair...i might have opted for a different dryer. Even the salesman didn't try to defend the dryer by suggesting a Whirl-tag (like Reviewed.com does) when i questioned him about it. But then a now discontiued SQ model was found in the warehouse and sold to me at a sizable discount so we were happy...and still are.
My wife has figured out the exact timer setting that works for her. I may go that route too as the automatic setting is not able to dial in (we have and wanted one with knobs, not the touchscreen version) enough retained moisture for me, at least on the normal heat setting. Before doing that i will experiment with the cooler heat selection options, (delicate and PP to be specific) as recomended in earlier posts.
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Reviewed's comments (and mine) are based on a, "for what you pay" consideration.
It certainly does the fumdamental job for us, and combo52 nailed my own feeling after i installed the machines, "phew, ready to not go through all that again for DECADES..." something which you are going to have to pay extra for from any company, for any product, which can give one such a feeling of confidence. The question is, in regards to the SQ dryer, do the money numbers vs total ownership experience hold up? It is a fair question and not a slam dunk...for me at least.
My mother being old school wanted a new matched pair...i might have opted for a different dryer. Even the salesman didn't try to defend the dryer by suggesting a Whirl-tag (like Reviewed.com does) when i questioned him about it. But then a now discontiued SQ model was found in the warehouse and sold to me at a sizable discount so we were happy...and still are.
My wife has figured out the exact timer setting that works for her. I may go that route too as the automatic setting is not able to dial in (we have and wanted one with knobs, not the touchscreen version) enough retained moisture for me, at least on the normal heat setting. Before doing that i will experiment with the cooler heat selection options, (delicate and PP to be specific) as recomended in earlier posts.
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