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Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. A washing machine, especially a basic agitator top-loader, isn't the type of product you'd expect to have a cult following.

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Top-loading washing machines have been, and remain, more popular in the U.S. than front-loaders for many years. We’ve tested and reviewed many of the best top-loaders you can buy. In this match-up, we ...

In the market for a new washing machine? Before just running off to a big box store to check out the deals on the newest slice-and-dice, feature-packed washers, get a load of what Consumer Reports and ...

Speed Queen’s classic design top-load washer is scheduled to return this month to dealers across the nation. “Adding the TC5 to our product line-up gives consumers a greater variety of top load models ...

When Consumer Reports tested the Speed Queen TR7 agitator top-loader in 2018, it performed so poorly at cleaning that our test engineers called the company to determine if the machine we had purchased ...

Editors' note (August 14, 2019): This review reflects the results of the 2018 TR7 washing machine. Speed Queen claims it has updated subsequent TR7 models. Speed Queen's washing machine disappoints at ...