I bought my machine which is a top load on 3/31/15. I love it because it for one thing it is much like the Maytag I had for 16 years. I looked at them at the dealer and then went home and researched for a month. If the name Speed Queen was anywhere on the net, I think I found it. I watched nearly every Speed Queen video on You Tube. I think I made a good decision for myself. BTW, I did consider front load of other brands but just couldn't convince myself to buy one. But if the dealer had had a SQ front load, I probably would have purchased it.

MizLizzie - are you saying it is a 2015? Wow! That sounds good. I would love to see a pic if you could post one.

Kinda hard to get a shot in the tiny room! Here is the bottom washer. I cannot tell you how much space this freed up for me.

A different shot. And DO notice my fabulous cat litter curtain covering my cat poop pull out. LOL.

Geeezzzz...every one has such nice laundry rooms.

Very pretty set up miz Lizzie ! Is that mrs Meyers basil soap I see in your laundry sink? I love that soap!

Thank you! georgect, this is the first nice laundry I've had, and I wanted it desperately. Rather than move, we have decided to slowly turn our modest home into our dream house (to the extent we can given the footprint) and retire in place. Before the refurb, it was just a big closet under the dormer with a w/d shoved against the taller but narrow wall. It was a mess all the time, with no sink and no place to fold other than atop the appliances, and a bad vent run. I find it such a pleasure to work in now, and our four cats have some privacy for their business.

Oh, my. You all have done a wonderful job! You are making me jealous. And btw, I have always had cats in the past. We love them.

Beautiful Laundry Room ! I love the colors. Just so clean and fresh. Congrats !

My cousin has had her Speed Queen TL for about 2 years now and absolutely loves it. If you want a good old fashion washer that's built like a tank and uses a full tub of water you can't go wrong with a Speed Queen TL.

@MizLizzie....where are the dryer controls/knobs/buttons? This is a SQ dryer as well?

Your laundry room is AWESOME!!!!

A-ha.....Unitized stacked!! W & D share a spilt/control screen. NICE!!

I bought my Speed Queen top load manual control washer, and the dryer, in April 2013. They're great. No problems.

Thanks, larsi. High praise coming from you. It is a small room, but we also squeezed in a pull out ironing drawer, a 36" lazy susan base cab, and drying hooks and a drying rack behind the door. LOL. I love planning and working with small spaces. There is an old thread somewhere that shows the rear access panel to the unit which we open via a closet that backs onto the laundry. The SQ stack weighs in excess of 800 pounds, so if a supply line ruptures, you will have to throw your home's main plumbing shutoff if you can't access the rear. We also have a secondary lint filter in the access panel, plus a Fantech booster fan in the attic to help the dryer speed. I hope the SQ will last as long as I do . . . because hauling that puppy back down the stairs is gonna be ugly.

Mine is about one year old. I like it, don't love it. The cycles are very short (sometimes I wonder if the powdered detergent had time to dissolve). The delicate cycle barely agitates and spends most of the cycle "soaking". My biggest complaint is that it does not fill to the top of the drum on the highest setting.

What I do like:

I do like that I can lift the lid mid-cycle (although it does stop agitating, my old Maytag did not). I do like that it is not as slow as the new washers are now-a-days. It is simple to use and could train my teen to do her own laundry.

stir_fryi Which machine do you have?

432

In general, I bought this machine because it is most like Maytag that I had for the previous 11 years.

Just bought my front loader today. It's washing the second load. I'm excited!

Have the mid top loader model.432 and the TOL dryer model since march 2013 and they are rugged workhorses.

STir-fryi, have you considered shutting your machine off mid way thru the wash cycle for a little soak, it works wonders and is a much more gentle way of extending the wash time without over washing the clothes