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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 ...

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— Products are chosen independently by our editors. Purchases made through our links may earn us a commission. Top-loading washing machines have been, and remain, more popular in the U.S. than ...

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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 ...

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