A thought: anybody who has an appliance twenty years old or older bought them back before companies started cheaping out on the manufacturing process. My MIL had a Westinghouse front load washer and dryer bought in the '60s that was still running when she sold her house in the '90s. Our 1997 set was still running in 2007, and may still be running today; they stayed with the house. We've had three refrigerators in less time than we had our first refrigerator in 1971, which also never broke the whole time we had it, which was up until we left it in in the garage for the new owners in 1997. (Although by that time the interior plastic was fatiquing.)
So I think it would be fallacy to base a brand on someone having had one for 20 years. They just don't make 'em like they used to. I'm willing to give Speed Queen a try because people who have bought them recently seem to like them from a performance standpoint. From that standpoint, I sure don't like my Sears Elite agitator-less top-load washer. I'm all for conservation, but they just don't use. enough. water.
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