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LG WT7900HBA Top Load Washer vs Speed Queen TR7 Top Load Washer

Honest head-to-head from real owner consensus
Speed Queen TR7 Top Load Washer comes out ahead overall (7.9 vs 7.4), but the breakdown below shows where each one wins.
Dimension by dimension
 LG WT7900HBA Top Load WasherSpeed Queen TR7 Top Load Washer
Reliability & Durability 6.7 8.0
User Sentiment 9.3 9.0
Complaint Severity 7.5 7.4
Consensus Strength 3.1 3.6
Value for Money 2.9 4.5
Owner Advocacy 8.5 8.8
LG WT7900HBA Top Load Washer

This is LG's attempt to make a top-loader feel modern, huge 5.5 cu. Ft. Tub, 29-minute TurboWash cycles, smart alerts, but it can't escape the physics problem all impeller washers share: clothes float above the waterline on heavy loads and come out half-cleaned. You'll burn extra rinse cycles chasing detergent residue off dark clothing, and the agitator fins tear within two years even under light use. Buy it if you need top-loading convenience and can live with mediocre cleaning on work jeans or gym clothes; skip it if a front-loader fits your laundry room, because one at this price will simply wash better.

Speed Queen TR7 Top Load Washer

Speed Queen builds this washer with commercial laundromat guts, all-steel construction, simple mechanical controls, a 25-year design life, but the original 2018 TR7 cleaned so poorly that Consumer Reports called the factory thinking the test unit was broken. It wasn't. A 2019 update improved things to adequate, yet stain removal still lags competitors at this price, requiring more pre-treatment and manual fiddling with water levels. Buy it if you want a tank that will outlast your mortgage and you're willing to do some of the heavy lifting on tough stains. Skip it if you expect a thousand-dollar washer to handle laundry effortlessly on its own.