[RFI] Maytag - Need quick answers - How can I tell the good ones

[Jim Miller KG0KP]

OK, My Maytag 9 years old just died and I am supposed to GO BUY A NEW ONE NOW.  It was OK but by the posts here won't buy another as they appear to have changed something.  

HOW do I tell which ones to avoid?  What do I look for?  Digital panels?  Bragging about variable speed (ie. chopping DC to control speed?)? 

THANKS es 73, de Jim KG0KP