I’m moving on from a Maytag that is troublesome and have my eye on a SQ TR7.

I read great reviews and then read nightmare reviews. Our local appliance shop swears by SQ.

So…what’s your SQ experience? Are the negative reviews outliers or are there legitimate problems with SQ?

Thanks!

After 11-12 years my basic GE Top loader washer died. The motor needs a start capacitor most likely, but the transmission/tub bearing makes noise, and it's leaking slightly out the bottom of the tub, so it was time for a replacement.

Went to the local appliance store, after calling a few in the area and ended up buying a SpeedQueen TR7. It was $100 more then the TC5 and it came with a 7 year warranty instead of 5 year, and more importantly in stock. It wasn't cheap by any means. We wanted the TR series after reading reviews of it being kinder on thin, synthetic clothes which we wear quite a few of. The salesman said the electronics actually have fewer warranty claims then the old mechanical switches of the TC series due to where they put them, a little hard to believe but plausible.

In the days since the purchase before delivery here I have read a little more, the Consumer reports updated review of the TR7 isn't great. It does have better than expected reliability which is what we wanted I suppose, but cleaning performance isn't great. We know to not use eco mode, which is fine. I guess the other thing that bothers me is the "small" tub at 3.2ft. We just got married and thats the size of our old machine which is fine for two, but my concern is if we have a kid or two will we regret buying a smaller machine for the long haul? Or do you just get over it and do more loads?