I’m with you - I don’t get the fetish around here. Sure they’ll last forever but you’ll use way more water and power and need to replace your clothing more often. Give me a high quality modern front loader from a manufacturer like Miele any day.

This is a Reddit thing not an American thing. Front loaders are pretty much the standard in America too but Reddit fetishizes Speed Queen despite them being inefficient, loud and rough on clothes. I think they make the wrong compromises and I’m not a fan. Give this American a Miele over a Speed Queen any day.