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Do they still have a 35 year warranty?Speed Queen.
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Do they still have a 35 year warranty?Speed Queen.
Mine went 25 years and then blew a pump seal. Ordered a new pump, and was in business an hour later.I have them where I work and the first repair bill came in on two out of three washers and one out of three dryers at just under of $700 bucks a month ago - since 2014.
Not bad heh
You can’t get more American than buying Speed Queen.My retired appliance repair man friend recommends against Samsung, Bosch, and to a lesser extent LG. Hard to get parts for and difficult to fix. Our Kenmore died last week and I happened to luck into a Whirlpool at Home Depot for 50% off. It was a bought, never used return item and they just wanted to get rid of it.
Anyway, my friend recommends sticking with an "American" brand such as Whirlpool, Kenmore, Maytag, GE, etc... The reason is that parts are easy to find and relatively cheap and just about anyone can repair them. There are three companies that manufacture all of the "American" made brands and there is a wide amount of parts interchange and some of those parts go back 20 or more years.
I think Lowes has the Kenmore brand these days. Lowes was also selling Midea, which is a Chinese made Samsung brand. Total junk, which is why if you go into a Lowes appliance outlet store you'll see a lot of them brand new in the box. Run away.
The only thing I would buy from Lowe’s is the Maytag commercial, that’s only if you can’t find a SQ TC5 anywhere. The Maytag commercial is a bit robust than the rest of their line but still has some plastic parts.My retired appliance repair man friend recommends against Samsung, Bosch, and to a lesser extent LG. Hard to get parts for and difficult to fix. Our Kenmore died last week and I happened to luck into a Whirlpool at Home Depot for 50% off. It was a bought, never used return item and they just wanted to get rid of it.
Anyway, my friend recommends sticking with an "American" brand such as Whirlpool, Kenmore, Maytag, GE, etc... The reason is that parts are easy to find and relatively cheap and just about anyone can repair them. There are three companies that manufacture all of the "American" made brands and there is a wide amount of parts interchange and some of those parts go back 20 or more years.
I think Lowes has the Kenmore brand these days. Lowes was also selling Midea, which is a Chinese made Samsung brand. Total junk, which is why if you go into a Lowes appliance outlet store you'll see a lot of them brand new in the box. Run away.
GE hasn't been American for a long time. They sold to the Chinese with rights to use the GE branding.My retired appliance repair man friend recommends against Samsung, Bosch, and to a lesser extent LG. Hard to get parts for and difficult to fix. Our Kenmore died last week and I happened to luck into a Whirlpool at Home Depot for 50% off. It was a bought, never used return item and they just wanted to get rid of it.
Anyway, my friend recommends sticking with an "American" brand such as Whirlpool, Kenmore, Maytag, GE, etc... The reason is that parts are easy to find and relatively cheap and just about anyone can repair them. There are three companies that manufacture all of the "American" made brands and there is a wide amount of parts interchange and some of those parts go back 20 or more years.
I think Lowes has the Kenmore brand these days. Lowes was also selling Midea, which is a Chinese made Samsung brand. Total junk, which is why if you go into a Lowes appliance outlet store you'll see a lot of them brand new in the box. Run away.
GE hasn't been American for a long time. They sold to the Chinese with rights to use the GE branding.
Meet Haier.GE hasn't been American for a long time. They sold to the Chinese with rights to use the GE branding.
ExactlyMeet Haier.
We have a cheep LG washer and dryer we got back in mid 2000s as well. Gotta be 15 years old at least.....have never had to repair them still going fine.We've always had LG's. 10 year warranty, metal gear drive....Last set lasted us from ohhhh 2003 - 2021, and thats a family of 5 with three boys, always washing camping gear, hunting gear...we worked that damn thing. Washer went kaput but dryer was still going strong, but gave it away when we got a new matching LG set
We’ve retired 19 year old Maytag and bought an Electrolux a moth ago.
I’m still worried
Does it fill to the top? I have been looking but most have some auto fill crap that barely covers the clothes with waterWe're not looking for a 20 year machine. Our original plan was to buy a scratch and dent and leave it behind if our moving plan comes together. The only reason we bought the Whirlpool was because HD had it 50% off. Plus my wife signed up for a HD credit card that she'll never use, so we got another $50.00 off. $400.00 plus tax for a brand new Whirlpool.
We might actually move this one with us, it's so nice