So I’m clueless about laundry, and this machine is simple. However, I really love to read the instruction manual and the manual doesn’t say much. I bought the TC 5 after reading reviews here and wanting a simple machine that cleans well and lasts forever.

After looking online for basic advice, I figured I’d come here. Sounds silly, but I really don’t know what all the cycle options are. I’m also reading things that make me think my water bill is going to be sky high. I doubt it, though, as my old washer was an old Roper that filled the drum to the top every time and did a bad job cleaning.

Any links to a thorough video or directions on the specifics of operation would be nice. Also, it seems that the green agenda has taken over Google search and a lot of the reviews I read say this thing is bad for the the earth and my water bill. By BS meter goes off when I hear that, and I don’t mind taking shorter showers and I don’t water my lawn, haha.

Sorry if this is a dumb or repeat question, but I’ve checked all around and didn’t find what I really was looking for. Any help appreciated.

Pulled the trigger on a TR5 and we are ready to install it.

However, we made this decision based largely on the decades-long reputation of Speed Queens.

It seems there are many who love their speed queens that were manufactured, say, 5 plus years ago. But since we are purchasing a Speed Queen manufactured very recently, I'm wondering how common it is to have people are actually happy with these recently manufactured machines.

This would be my first Speed Queen. I will stay with top loader with agitator. I’ve narrowed my selection to TR7, TR5 and TC5. I like TC5 because of no lid lock, but has no water selector level... If you have some time to share comments, opinions, I would appreciate that. Thank you.