• mushroommunk@lemmy.today
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    5 hours ago

    Tell your friends to actually do a bit of research on expensive purchases. I’ve helped three relatives replace their fridges with relatively cheap models and five years in they’re still running

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        3 hours ago

        I bought a Hisense fridge and Hisense washer dryer a little under 5 years ago and they’ve been working flawlessly ever since.

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            Maytag Commercial or SpeedQueen for washers. I’ve had zero issues with my Maytag in the 5ish years I’ve had it.

            Dryers have way fewer failure points, so anything simple should be fine. You want knobs and physical buttons, for both washers and dryers the electronic components are the first thing to go and they’re expensive to replace.

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        5 hours ago

        I mean it changes. Right now I’d look at GE still but I haven’t had to look in a few years. No fridges with ice makers because those are just added complexity that is more likely to fail. Definitely not Samsung.