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Speed Queen TC5
E4 · Level 2 · A quiet chip Dependable doofus

Speed Queen TC5

Speed Queen TC5 top-load washer with a transmission and agitator.

$1,581Buy on Amazon
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

Built in Wisconsin with commercial-laundry parts and a long warranty. The dials talk to a simple control board, and the board talks to nobody.

Repairable
Opens with common tools, spare parts are available, and replacement parts work without the maker unlocking them.

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Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the smart one it replaces.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisSpeed Queen TC5
What it replacesSmart oneLG WM4200HWA front-loader
2
Power cut
FALSE
FALSE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
TRUE
#DEPENDS
4
The company switches off its servers
TRUE
#DEPENDS
5
Someone tries to hack it
TRUE
FALSE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
TRUE
FALSE
7
Twenty years from now
TRUE
#DEPENDS
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
5 of 65/6
0 of 60/6and three maybes

The smart one is the LG WM4200HWA front-loader.

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Dials, a steel tub and a control board that never phones home.

Speed Queen TC5

$1,581
Repairable
Speed Queen TC5$1,581
Buy on Amazon