Best brands for washing machines?

[Teaching3bears]

I am looking for a top loader without an agitator.  Mine lasted less than 4 years.  I usually get Maytag but they only have a few in the stores.  What other brand is good?

[Jean in Newcastle]

Lol. Speed Queen!  (But don’t tell Spy Car). 

[Carol in Cal.]

Definitely Speed Queen, the only one built to last anymore.  Mine has an agitator but is far more gentle than my 2013 agitator free piece of junk Maytag was.

Edited August 12, 2021 by Carol in Cal.

[Teaching3bears]

Any others?  Is GE good?

Edited August 12, 2021 by Teaching3bears

[Indigo Blue]

No brand is reliable anymore, except for a very few. One is Speed Queen. Some brands make a commercial version, but I have no knowledge about them or any other potentially more reliable ones.

 

[Scarlett]

3 hours ago, Teaching3bears said:

Any others?  Is GE good?

I have a Whirlpool Cabrio.  I paid like $800 for it....within 3 years I had to spend $300 for repairs.  I hate it.  I am getting a new Speed Queen delivered next Wednesday.

[Scarlett]

Here is the very long thread when  asked for recommendations  a few weeks back.   

 

[Teaching3bears]

2 hours ago, Scarlett said:

Here is the very long thread when  asked for recommendations  a few weeks back.   

 

Thanks! Reading this, I don’t know if Speed Queen is for me.  My Maytag gets stuff really clean. I put a lot on gentle.  I need a bigger capacity than Speed Queen and no agitator.  I just don’t want it to break down.  I’m still debating whether to just get mine fixed.  The fixing is just very expensive.

[mmasc]

I can tell you what NOT to buy in this category—Samsung. My SIL bought a ‘nice’ one, top loader/no agitator, and it broke within the month. Couldn’t get repairmen to fix it after three visits. Ended up just buying something else. 😞
 

eta: this was just about 2 months ago, so very recent!

Edited August 13, 2021 by mmasc
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[mjbucks1]

Speed Queen!!

 

[Mom_to3]

We have a Speed Queen, too...

[Kassia]

Another Speed Queen lover (thanks to the hive!).

 

 

[Forget-Me-Not]

2 hours ago, Teaching3bears said:

Thanks! Reading this, I don’t know if Speed Queen is for me.  My Maytag gets stuff really clean. I put a lot on gentle.  I need a bigger capacity than Speed Queen and no agitator.  I just don’t want it to break down.  I’m still debating whether to just get mine fixed.  The fixing is just very expensive.

I wash things on gentle/hand wash in my SQ all the time. The capacity is a bit small, but it will knock a load out in 20-25 minutes. And it gets things very clean.