My favorite part is how anything that plugs in - no matter how small or inconsequential - now needs bright LED lights and/or loud beeps/chimes/buzzers, none of which can be turned off. It's maddening.
My Samsung icemaker started leaking.... Inside the sealed insulated part.
We have a Samsung now. Got rid of the whirlpool. I replaced the motherboard 3 times, the ice maker tray housing broke twice and the display went out twice. I repair everything myself unless absolutely necessary. And it doesn’t matter the brand. They all suck now.
We replaced a dishwasher earlier this year that was less than 3 years old. We had the same issue as you with a Whirlpool refrigerator that was about 7 years old. We bought a new one and moved the Whirlpool to the garage storage room to serve as a beer / overflow fridge. I am guessing 7 years is probably on or above par for an appliance these days, but to my frugal brain to ******* sucks.
If it requires an app to operate, I'm probably buying the alternative that does not.
We have an old fridge/freezer in our shop that’s from. I’m guessing the early 80s and it’s still ticking.
Make that fridge white, and it's the one my parents still have. Works perfectly fine too.
Any reasonably trained labor is getting so expensive that you have to make really good money to justify not learning how to do basic repairs. I've got a few little projects that will take me a day and a half to knock out but would probably take a somebody that wouldn't have to make several runs to the hardware store two or at most three hours. Haven't wanted them done badly enough to justify losing a weekend to knocking them out but also can't justify paying what it would cost to have people to come out and do them.
My vent-a-hood has wifi connection and an app. You know, for all those times you're out of the house but want to turn on the vent or light over the range. I assume it has some spyware on the app and scrapes data and sells it? I can't believe anybody thought it was really a feature that was going to help them move product.
You must not be treating her right.
We had this very one in the kitchen when we moved to the farm. The wife wanted a new one so it's in my garage now and it still chugging right along full of cold drinks.
I'm about the least handy person I know, and I'm real lazy on top of that - but damned if I haven't turned into Bob Villa on the last 3-4 years around the house. It's easier than finding somebody to do it, then they charge out the wazoo and half-asss it.
Amen to that. I've learned more about in ground sprinkler systems in the last several years than I ever wanted to know. Turns out they are pretty simple and not very hard to maintain.
Same. YouTube and I can fix just about anything around the house.
Yep. YouTube is your friend. I’ve fixed the washer, dryer, dishwasher, and fridge by just finding it YouTube. Also helps MidAmerica Appliance has a store in Southaven. If they don’t have it there they can get in a day.
" Still waiting. Lesson learned and next time will be buying from a local place that services what they sell."
Mine would get hot but didn’t dry. I eventually noticed the vents were upside down. The steam would have to flow downwards to get out. I tried to flip them but wasn’t possible with where the mounting holes were located.
They don’t make stuff like they used to. When my grandmother died in 2020, she was cooking on the same stove that they bought when they moved into that house in 1954.
