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Old 12-21-2022, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Bethmarieb View Post
Speed queen at Ken and Karys on 441. Just know that speed queen doesn't discount.
Speed Queen is made in America. The company is in Ripon, WI. Speed Queen has been in buisness for more than a century and is a division of a company that makes commerical laundry equipment.

I have had mine since 2015 and when we sold our northern house this year and bought another one in the same area, I had the Speed Queen set moved. Very few bells and whistles on the ones I have. They are workhorses. The washer is a top-loader, and although that is not the in thing right now, I like it. It is just a regular top-loader, not the kind with the tub so deep that you feel like you're going to fall in when trying to get the clothes out.

I think Speed Queen is usually sold in Mom & Pop appliance stores, not in big box stores.

I am convinced that a lot of appliance brands now have built-in obsolescence. But Speed Queen seems tougher than the rest.

OP, you might want to take a look at speedqueen.com and see what you think.

Boomer of the Tide

Last edited by Boomer; 12-21-2022 at 10:08 AM.