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Appliances - Throw Away
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:41 am
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:41 am
Appliances have truly become just another money grabbing throw away item. The electric cook top just crapped out again.
In 25 years of living in the same house:
- On 3rd refrigerator (I've repaired this one twice, circuit board, capacitors..
- On 2nd microwave (doesn't get a lot of use).
- On 3rd dishwasher (repaired it once already, circuit board)
- On 3rd electric cook top
- On 3rd double wall oven, (wife blew up a glass dish inside number 2)
- On 5th washing machine (Repaired this one a month ago, its two years
old, because some idiot engineer thought it would be a good idea to use
plastic gears on the agitating mechanism and they stripped out).
- On 3rd clothes dryer (which I have replaced the thermostat limiting
gizmo twice already)
- Just installed the 6th sump pump two weeks ago.
Whirlpool, Frigidaire, GE, Samsung, Kitchen Aide you all suck.
Electronic circuit boards are the devil in appliances. End of rant.
In 25 years of living in the same house:
- On 3rd refrigerator (I've repaired this one twice, circuit board, capacitors..
- On 2nd microwave (doesn't get a lot of use).
- On 3rd dishwasher (repaired it once already, circuit board)
- On 3rd electric cook top
- On 3rd double wall oven, (wife blew up a glass dish inside number 2)
- On 5th washing machine (Repaired this one a month ago, its two years
old, because some idiot engineer thought it would be a good idea to use
plastic gears on the agitating mechanism and they stripped out).
- On 3rd clothes dryer (which I have replaced the thermostat limiting
gizmo twice already)
- Just installed the 6th sump pump two weeks ago.
Whirlpool, Frigidaire, GE, Samsung, Kitchen Aide you all suck.
Electronic circuit boards are the devil in appliances. End of rant.
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Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:44 am to AlumneyeJ93
Speed Queen. Washer and dryer.
Commercial grade, 10 year warranty.
More $$$, but seems to be worth it so far...
Commercial grade, 10 year warranty.
More $$$, but seems to be worth it so far...
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:44 am to AlumneyeJ93
Never heard of a little something called "planned obsolescence?
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:44 am to AlumneyeJ93
I'm not as bad as you, but we replaced all of our appliances minus the oven when we bought this house 10 years ago. We've already replaced our dryer, washing machine, dishwasher & fridge again.
This post was edited on 4/9/24 at 11:45 am
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:45 am to AlumneyeJ93
If you are going to buy a washer, Speed Queen. That’s it, end of story.
Never buy appliances from a TV manufacturing company, Samsung and LG, those are junk.
Do your homework.
Never buy appliances from a TV manufacturing company, Samsung and LG, those are junk.
Do your homework.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:46 am to AlumneyeJ93
Wtf are you doing to these things? Do you beat them?
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:47 am to AlumneyeJ93
i've never had an issue with KitchenAid appliances. Or LG washer and dryer. I know the LG and Samsung kitchen appliances are garbage 
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:49 am to AlumneyeJ93
I remeber my grandparents having this mustard yellow fridge, with art deco curves, on the back porch. And a blocky avocado green one in the back shed where my grandfather would keep worms and bait and beer and the like.
Those things were probably from the 60-70s and ran until the house burned down.
And I'm pretty sure the yellow one, the older one, ran again once some tubing and power cable got replaced.
Hell the damn thing might still turn on today for all I know.
Those things were probably from the 60-70s and ran until the house burned down.
And I'm pretty sure the yellow one, the older one, ran again once some tubing and power cable got replaced.
Hell the damn thing might still turn on today for all I know.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:51 am to AlumneyeJ93
We have a 17 year old super basic Kenmore top loading washing machine that’ll probably need to be replaced soon. I’d really like a higher capacity fancy top loader without an agitator because they look cool and seem to wash more, but the reviews on every one are terrible. The washers with positive reviews are largely from “incentivized” people who received free machines, making it even harder to compare. I know I’ll be so annoyed if we spend $1,300 and it breaks in 2 years, so I haven’t been able to bring myself to buy one.
I know the answer here is to buy a Speed Queen with an agitator and smaller capacity, but even the reviews on those aren’t great lately. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that the old one we have lasts until I can make up my mind.
I know the answer here is to buy a Speed Queen with an agitator and smaller capacity, but even the reviews on those aren’t great lately. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that the old one we have lasts until I can make up my mind.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:52 am to Deactived
quote:
Wtf are you doing to these things? Do you beat them?
I'm convinced either the house was built on an old graveyard and is haunted or there is an electrical gremlin, some kind of power fluctuation that is damaging the circuit boards. As an added note, I replaced light bulbs in the house weekly. Those GE light bulbs that say they are good for 13 years is absolute crap. I pop those bulbs if 3-4 months.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:52 am to Deactived
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This post was edited on 4/9/24 at 11:53 am
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:53 am to Evil Little Thing
My speed queen is front load. Agitator machines are fine, but I'm not a fan.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:56 am to AlumneyeJ93
I had three, that's right three, Whirlpool refrigerators delivered to my house since January, and not a one of them cooled even one degree. Whirlpool even tried to pull some trickery on the last one by requiring an attempt at a repair, and then when the repair guy said the compressor is shot and would not recommend trying to fix it, Whirlpool said "Oh we can't take it back, someone put a wrench on it" (which he did not). Long story short, they picked up the third non working unit and I got a Fridgidaire. Was told by same repairman that Frigidaire and Bosch were the two most reliable today.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:56 am to ronricks
quote:
i've never had an issue with KitchenAid appliances.
I bought Kitchen Aid as well when we built it.
dishwasher - pump went out just under 4 years. $250 repair
ice maker - leaked at 4 years, $200 in repair
microwave - dead at 5 years old. had to replace
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:58 am to AlumneyeJ93
quote:
I'm convinced either the house was built on an old graveyard and is haunted or there is an electrical gremlin, some kind of power fluctuation that is damaging the circuit boards. As an added note, I replaced light bulbs in the house weekly. Those GE light bulbs that say they are good for 13 years is absolute crap. I pop those bulbs if 3-4 months.
Do you need more evidence that you have an electrical issue in your house? ALL of those things don't suck. Not that bad at least. You need to get the electrical stuff looked at sooner rather than later. An electrical fire can start at any time and any place in the house.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:58 am to AlumneyeJ93
quote:
On 5th washing machine
You’re not supposed to wash your bricks in the machine.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:59 am to AlumneyeJ93
Any new appliance is crap.
If you're not trying to keep up with the Jones's, buy appliances with old fashion dial timers and switches from craigslist or the thrift store.
You can afford to fix them with NOS (new old stock) parts still available on the internet IF they give out.
I guess I lucked out. My stove, oven, dishwasher and microwave are all 23 year old Frigidaire Gallery Series and still functioning perfectly. Fridge is a 10 year old Samsung and was able to fix the fan by myself. Waiting for it and the newer GE washer and dryer to shite the bed.
Avoid anything with a circuit board. More difficult to bypass.
If you're not trying to keep up with the Jones's, buy appliances with old fashion dial timers and switches from craigslist or the thrift store.
You can afford to fix them with NOS (new old stock) parts still available on the internet IF they give out.
I guess I lucked out. My stove, oven, dishwasher and microwave are all 23 year old Frigidaire Gallery Series and still functioning perfectly. Fridge is a 10 year old Samsung and was able to fix the fan by myself. Waiting for it and the newer GE washer and dryer to shite the bed.
Avoid anything with a circuit board. More difficult to bypass.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:59 am to AlumneyeJ93
I bought my refrigerator in 2001. I am on ac unit # 3 since 97. People need to understand how government regulations have destroyed quality manufacturing. They know how to build great appliances, but then those wouldn’t make Mr Gore and an army of Progressive bureaucrats happy now, would it?
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:00 pm to fr33manator
quote:
Those things were probably from the 60-70s and ran until the house burned down.
My parents inherited an off brand fridge from grandparents, bought around 1980ish, that lasted >25 years.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:03 pm to AlumneyeJ93
While I'll agree that things aren't made like they used to be... this seems incredibly excessive. If the house is 25+ years old and you aren't having issues with HVAC or health, I'd guess it's not Chinese Drywall causing the problems, but maybe you should have an electrician check things out? Voltage drops?
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