Way OT: Washer recommendations needed

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Originally Posted by jadmt

when we built our house and were picking out appliances I remember asking the appliance salesman who made the best washers and he said without a doubt SpeedQueen...He said the nothing compared to them but they did not sell well because they were too basic. He said people want a bunch of features that they actually never end up using and all have mother boards that fail within 3-5 years at best. I tried to get my wife to go with SpeedQueen but nope had to have all those silly features....

Yup. They call them washing MACHINES for a reason.