I was told by a Lowe’s appliance salesman that the trend for dishwashers, refrigerators, washers and dryers is to reduce the planned obsolescence from 10 years to five.
>I was told by a Lowe’s appliance salesman that the trend for dishwashers, refrigerators, washers and dryers is to reduce the planned obsolescence from 10 years to five.
Buy Commercial grade machines. Prices are a bit higher, but they’ll last 20 years and not part of the low energy crap machines made today.
...and to think we got rid of a 30 year old refrigerator and a 25 year old microwave during our kitchen remodel four years ago!
We just got rid of our 30 year old Kenmore electric dryer! We’ve had some good runs with these appliances.
They already meet that goal on the window air conditioners. Pure junk. Walmart is the only way to go with their extended warranties on any Chinese A/C.
I believe it.
Our old dishwasher was really powerful - cleaned everything well. Our new Kenmore band is crap. Misses a lot of spots, very temperamental. The plastic silverware racks have already cracked and chipped after two years.