I think you made a good choice so good luck with your new washer! Let us know how you like it after you've used it a while.

You don't say whether your FP washer is a TL or FL. In my opinion and experience, having to buy ANY washer & dryer these days is a dilemma in itself. If you buy some Top Loaders you can have some control over the water level; otherwise, forget that with any and all Front Loaders. My Speed Queen FL (cost $1800) is built like a tank and works like a charm except for the water level (13.4 gal split between washing and rinsing!???). San Diego Steve will tell you that is plenty and he has even posted that he sold that model and bought the newer one which uses even less total water per wash cycle (11.xx gal I think). He and I are in complete disagreement on how 4 gal of water can rinse a set of King size sheets that remain in a wad. So FL vs TL is the first hurdle. I'm not sure how much water a SQ TL uses, but that would be my first question. My FL spins like crazy. I would have bought an FP but they are not sold anywhere in the Dallas, TX area. Maytag used to make a Centennial model which my daughter in law has and it has a deep rinse which fills the tub, but might no longer be made. Sorry not to have any more helpful information. The Chinese factor would scare me off as well with the FP. Good luck and please post your final decision with the outcome. It will be up to date and may help others.

I have a 2016 SQ top load washer. It's the same in every way as the 2017. I had to buy a dryer at the time of my washer purchase. I passed on the SQ dryer as it seemed overpriced for a dryer for my needs where I am going to use ON and OFF; not any speciality cycles. Going off the dimensions of the SQ TL washer when I was dryer shopping, I found TWO dryers that would fit nicely with my washer. Most are too big and will not match up size-wise. I had to go down to a 6.something cu ft dryer. Hotpoint, (made by GE and a budget brand) and Whirlpool made the dryers that would match according to size. While I was not off put by having a different brand washer and dryer, I did want them to look and feel like they did belong together according to height and depth. I choose the Hotpoint since I figured they were both going to be disposable dryers--Hotpoint was less expensive at the time. I have a nice even working surface with the washer and dryer for folding laundry and putting stuff on top when I am moving things around organizing which I appreciate.

TR3, TR5 and TR7 models have a different type of motor and no mechanical transmission/gears so they operate quieter. They have no spin brake (takes a while for the drum to coast to a stop if the lid is opened during spin) which is why the lid is required to lock (for safety). The TC5 model, which apparently is your new unit, has an old-style motor (noisier) and transmission (noisier) to drive the agitator, and a spin brake which stops the drum quickly if the lid is opened so it doesn't need to lock.