Will The TR Series Ever Go Away? Please?

[petek]

It took a while for me to get my partner to stop stuffing full the washer a few years ago. He'd have it so full there was hardly any space left for any water and boy when it went into the dryer did it stink our house up some good, like a dirty locker room stink . To be honest I hadn't really been paying attention to what he was doing and it was the stink that got me up out of the chair to see where it was emanating from

Things are much better now but I do occaionally go check

 

[gelaundry4ever]

reason for giant tubs

And this is the reason why today's machines have such big tubs in my opinion. Most people just want to stuff everything in without sorting anything.

 

[Chetlaham]

Capacity sells.

 

I've been in stores where people have chosen DDs over DC because the DD tub held more.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

encouragement of stuffing

In my opinion, this is encouragement for just plain stuffing everything into a single load. How will you get clean clothes this way?

 

[Chetlaham]

People can and do stuff smaller tubs. Nothing will stop a person from stuffing a tub of any size.

 

[adam-aussie-vac]

Then it really makes me wonder if people actually can buy

A machine that they can stuff and it’s designed to be stuffed so it can be washed properly? I mean that’s an idea but I’m not exactly sure if that will alleviate the thing of stuffing or make it worse

 

[waterdrama]

My New TR7......and I don't mean Triumph!!!

I just bought a TR7 to replace a 2008 Maytag Performa. I love the auto-fill feature, as well as the effective spin-dry. I wasn't impressed with many of the top-loaders that have impellers or useless agitators. I know we are using less water per load and the clothes aren't spending as much time in the dryer. Everything has come out clean and there is much less lint on the dryer screen. Two large, dirty rugs washed out beautifully. The cycles are not as fast, and the agitation is not as aggressive as the Classic-Clean series, but for our laundry needs, it fits perfectly. I do hear a lot of water sloshing around in that tub......If only I could watch it.

 

[cfz2882]

good to hear someone is getting good results

That mid-1970s era British car was much-maligned as well

 

[john76]

You can certainly blame the US federal government regulators for the current state we’re in with our washing machines. I think it will soon get worse with the newest green energy legislation.

Glad I have my TR5 as it washes everything I’ve thrown at it just fine. It also fits in the same space as my old Maytag transmission washer, it’s much quieter, has auto-fill and short cycle times and no lid lock until agitation begins. I’m pretty sure it will see me out.

 

[john76]

You can see why the Speed Queen was probably the only top load washing machine that would fit into this room.

 

[panasonicvac]

I just had a service technician come fix our LG washer today. We were talking about the TR series and I didn't know this but he actually said that Speed Queen got fined for marketing the machines when they first came out as also being used for commercial applicants.

 

[combo52]

Reply number 70, Speed Queen got fined?

Hi Alex, I really doubt that Speed Queen got fined for anything who would have find them and on what basis?

You should see if you can find out some details about that. I doubt there’s any truth in that at all.

John.

 

[qsd-dan]

Not sure why Speed Queen doesn't program 180 degree agitation on the TR series that matches the TC. Problem solved and no transmission to fail.

 

[ryner1988]

Reply #72

Dan, I totally agree with you and have wondered about this often. Surely the lack of a transmission doesn't mean SQ can't unbolt the agitator from the tub, create a true dual-action system, and have a 360-degree stroke like that found on the agitator VMW machines. I honestly liked the wash action on my VMW Whirlpool but the noise was horrible and it wasn't reliable. I'd actually buy one of the TR machines if it had that wash action. That as well as being transmissionless and virtually silent would make it a great machine for many people including myself. SQ definitely missed an opportunity there.

 

[maytag85]

Sounds like a crazy idea, but I wish they’d add a selector switch or a selectable program to choose the degree of agitation suited for the load you are washing. Shorter and faster strokes of agitation for aggressive wash action or long and slow agitation strokes for lightly soiled items or delicates. Definitely would add flexibility to the machine since you would literally be able to literally select the degree of the agitation arc.

 

[john76]

The TR series does have a different wash action for each cycle, heavy duty being the most aggressive.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

tr

The tr series will be pushed even more this year. You can count on it. STUPID!

 

[gelaundry4ever]

2024

Here we are in 2024 and it will get worse, especially now that cold water washing is being forced upon us even more. It doesn't matter who's in office.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

normal eco

I will never use normal eco, period. I just want clean clothes. Experience taught me that anything high efficiency is a farce. FAIL!!!!

 

[Chetlaham]

Americans are to blame. If you want high efficiency get a front loader to heat the water from cold with detergent formulated to work in stages. Anything else is playing pretend. There is no other way to do it. Either replicate the EU system or stick with a full tub of hot/warm water and a central agitator.  Either works, anything in between won't. Evidence based reasoning needs to come to fruition.