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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: sys on November 06, 2023, 12:57:35 PM
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i'm probably going to buy a fridge, oven/stove and dishwasher in the next week or so. anyone have any pro tips i should be thinking about before i do.
the only things i probably care about are the ice-maker and price, i think. we're probably going to sell the house in less than five years, so i don't want to give the next owner stuff that's too good (unless it pays off in closing a sale, i guess).
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Bosch for fridge and dishwasher. 800 4 drawer fridge has been amazing. One of the most affordable fridges with dual compressors.
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I got the full suite of LG stuff. I didn’t like that the bosch water/ice dispenser was inside the fridge. Was gonna get a bosch dishwasher still but supply chain mumped that all up. Been happy with the LG stuff so far. Fridge has the craft ice and regular ice, plus the window thing on the door that you knock on to see your beer. It’s a dual oven in the same space as a regular slide-in one would be.
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I got the full suite of LG stuff. I didn’t like that the bosch water/ice dispenser was inside the fridge. Was gonna get a bosch dishwasher still but supply chain mumped that all up. Been happy with the LG stuff so far. Fridge has the craft ice and regular ice, plus the window thing on the door that you knock on to see your beer. It’s a dual oven in the same space as a regular slide-in one would be.
the inside water thing is weird to me too. I don't use it much so I kinda like the cleaner look.
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My Bosch dishwasher has a tray at the top exclusively for silverware which avoids the basket taking up space on the racks. I enjoy that and think it gives better results as well.
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i think i want outside ice. but maybe that's dumb because i've got to open the fridge anyways to get the beverage regardless. still seems like the ice should be outside for some reason.
def want it to make different sizes of ice or be able to crush it and stuff.
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Bosch for fridge and dishwasher. 800 4 drawer fridge has been amazing. One of the most affordable fridges with dual compressors.
why are dual compressors good?
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does it matter to people if all the stuff is the same brand? i don't think i care, but if future housebuyers might look down on having a mix of brands, then maybe i should care a little.
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Bosch for fridge and dishwasher. 800 4 drawer fridge has been amazing. One of the most affordable fridges with dual compressors.
why are dual compressors good?
typical household fridge has one for the freezer then that air blows over into the fridge side (somehow I don't really understand) so dual compressor let's those sides work independently for more consistent temps. The high end ones like subzeros have dual compressors.
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costco is where it’s at for appliances
free haul away and delivery, including set up
extended warranties
4% cash back with executive membership + costco card
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costco is where it’s at for appliances
free haul away and delivery, including set up
extended warranties
4% cash back with executive membership + costco card
they frequently do some sale with a $500 credit or gift card or something if you buy appliances over whatever amount. It's a lot of spend, but if you're buying a bunch of appliances I think it makes sense
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typical household fridge has one for the freezer then that air blows over into the fridge side (somehow I don't really understand) so dual compressor let's those sides work independently for more consistent temps. The high end ones like subzeros have dual compressors.
oh, yeah. that does seem better.
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does it matter to people if all the stuff is the same brand? i don't think i care, but if future housebuyers might look down on having a mix of brands, then maybe i should care a little.
i think it only matters when the finishes look different and those appliances are right beside each other. like even if the metal is the same color one brand might have a more shiny finish vs the other. When we remodeled our kitchen i think we were going to go w/ a samsung suite but their definition of fingerprint proof or smudge proof or w/e was laughable so we went w/ LG.
also the hot water pump in our bosch dishwasher crapped out a few months ago even though the unit was only like 4 years old at the time but i've never otherwise had a bad experience with bosch nor have i heard of others having bad experiences. it was weird tho.
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i'm probably going to buy a fridge, oven/stove and dishwasher in the next week or so. anyone have any pro tips i should be thinking about before i do.
the only things i probably care about are the ice-maker and price, i think. we're probably going to sell the house in less than five years, so i don't want to give the next owner stuff that's too good (unless it pays off in closing a sale, i guess).
On dish washers, I think it’s worth it to get the really quiet ones.
You didn’t mention clothes washers, but never ever buy a front loader washer again. I made that mistake. I will soon replace my expensive front loader with a cheap as eff top loader and be blissfully happy again. The front loaders smell bad, the regimen to keep them from smelling is arduous and ineffective.
On ovens, be sure to find out how fast it takes them to fully warm up. I have a stainless steal good looking oven Thant matched perfectly and all that, and it takes a bagillion years to warm up. Terrible. Live and learn on that one as well.
On the stove top, many different theories by fancy cooking folks. For me, the reality was “which one is the easiest to clean.” I bought the glass top, and glad that I did. I even cracked the corner of it, and I am still glad that I bought it. I would have never thoroughly cleaned the other kinds.
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My Bosch dishwasher has a tray at the top exclusively for silverware which avoids the basket taking up space on the racks. I enjoy that and think it gives better results as well.
Our Bosch dishwasher is a beast. Best appliance I've ever purchased.
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This entire thing belongs in the Signs of Getting Old thread.
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This entire thing belongs in the Signs of Getting Old thread.
Yeah, 10 years ago we'd have a respectable Arizona State is Desert Trash that ruins the image of the conference thread
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This entire thing belongs in the Signs of Getting Old thread.
Yeah, 10 years ago we'd have a respectable Arizona State is Desert Trash that ruins the image of the conference thread
Is it weird I kinda got excited by that hypothetical thread title?
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I got the full suite of LG stuff. I didn’t like that the bosch water/ice dispenser was inside the fridge. Was gonna get a bosch dishwasher still but supply chain mumped that all up. Been happy with the LG stuff so far. Fridge has the craft ice and regular ice, plus the window thing on the door that you knock on to see your beer. It’s a dual oven in the same space as a regular slide-in one would be.
Is your LG wifi too? We bought this fridge last summer, but it was about 1" too wide, so ended up getting an LG that has the dual ice makers but doesn't have the see-thru door/compartment. It was a great decision because we very rarely buy ice anymore. My wife brings home several 16lb heavy-duty bags that are zip-lock and we use them for ice bags. Also, neither my wife or I use the wifi features, but if you use it tell me what it is good for?
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does it matter to people if all the stuff is the same brand? i don't think i care, but if future housebuyers might look down on having a mix of brands, then maybe i should care a little.
We have different brands but they all match. They all have stainless steel faces and black accents. Seem to work for us. BTW. it all started about 5 years ago and I bought a stainless steel overhead microwave and all the other stuff was white. I didn't know what I was getting into, that is, purchasing an appliance without the wife picking the stuff.
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also convection ovens are kind of a game changer
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Built in air fry for your range
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Sys, get an induction cook top. They're great.
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Sys, get an induction cook top. They're great.
we already have gas piped in to the kitchen, so we're gonna stick with that. also my wife likes to have a flame for some stuff (chiles mostly).
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Sys, get an induction cook top. They're great.
we already have gas piped in to the kitchen, so we're gonna stick with that. also my wife likes to have a flame for some stuff (chiles mostly).
I was told that Joe Biden canceled gas stoves so better have plan b
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Have an appliance guy out next week. The handle on right sigh of range door came free and smash into oved door external glass and spiderwebbed it. In addition, all my burners on cooktop are burning at rocket booster level and one of my igniters for a burner is doing the clicking to infinity thing even after lit.
Appliances, man.
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i’ve got an absolute banger of an appliance story from earlier this week, ask me about it sometime
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hey pissclams, do you know any recent appliance stories?
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I'm also interested in @pissclams appliance story. Like, REALLY interested.
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buckle up boys. our dishwasher hasn’t been cleaning dishes very well.
well, mrs clams thinks the dishwasher doubles as a garbage disposal and barely rinses her dishes before loading them into the dishwasher. i’ve tried telling her that she needs to rinse the food off of the dishes but she’s convinced i’m a mongloid and none of that rinse nonsense is important.
there’s two filters in our kitchenaid dishwasher, but they can only catch so much food before the pieces start clogging up the spray jets. i’ve taken the spray arms apart and cleaned the food out of the jets with toothpicks.
she also puts approximately 2x the amount of dishes into the dishwasher every load. despite me telling her that we need to do more loads of less dishes.
finally, she bought these large plates that stop the middle spray arm from spinning fully around because she lowered the top drawer down so she could fit her many tall travel coffee cups into that drawer. i explained that there’s only two spray arms in the dishwasher and if one is stuck, we’re reducing the efficiency of the machine by 50%, she reasoned that the plates weren’t in the way, despite me showing her that they obviously were stopping the spray arm from spinning all the way around.
so i’m like ok let’s call a repair guy to come check on the machine and I schedule him to come on tuesday while she’s at work. he’s here for about five minutes, testing everything and he’s like, your machine is in perfect working order. i tell him that I know that, and then give him basically everything that i’ve told you guys in this post and that I was paying him that day to write down on his appliance repair invoice that dishes need to be rinsed, the washer was overloaded, and the top drawer needed to be raised. he did as he was told and he left, I went back to work, leaving the invoice (w/instructions on how to use a dishwasher, something most learn in 3rd grade) on the kitchen island.
she got home and reviewed his analysis and now does the crap right. i’ve not said a word except go cats.
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#appliancetalk
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#lazyloader
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That is a boss move right there.
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mrs clams sounds like a real bad person.
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Have you considered kicking her ass?
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This is some very high level domestic partnering being done by clams.
I admit that when I first saw the length of the post I was like “Oh man, clams is going to drop his famous hard hitting appliance feedback on us!”
Then, I read the first sentence and was like “OK, this might need to be moved to the handyman or home maintenance thread, but might as well read this bitch while I am here, and just move it after I am done.”
But damn, then I read another paragraph and I was all “eff, my boy clams sounds like he maybe got in over his head with this domestic partnership, I fear the remainder of this missive could be disastrous for ol’ clams.”
Luckily, I had the courage and strength of character to keep reading…for what we learned was neither disaster nor dismay, and rather the wisdom of a mother rough ridin' silver back skillfully keeping the troop in harmony whilst enforcing order.
God works in mysterious ways.
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I got the full suite of LG stuff. Been happy with the LG stuff so far. Fridge has the craft ice and regular ice, plus the window thing on the door that you knock on to see your beer. It’s a dual oven in the same space as a regular slide-in one would be.
When we remodeled our kitchen i think we were going to go w/ a samsung suite but their definition of fingerprint proof or smudge proof or w/e was laughable so we went w/ LG.
costco is where it’s at for appliances
i ended up ordering all lg stuff, from costco. thanks to all who contributed helpful advice.
happily the supply chain problems seem to be worked out these days; i actually paid less than i was anticipating, which hasn't happened on much over the last three years.
i decided on a counter depth fridge, which i expect i'll regret almost as soon as i get it, but costco anticipated my fears and were giving away a free baby fridge with the counter depth fridge, so i decided to give it a try.
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I got the full suite of LG stuff. Been happy with the LG stuff so far. Fridge has the craft ice and regular ice, plus the window thing on the door that you knock on to see your beer. It’s a dual oven in the same space as a regular slide-in one would be.
When we remodeled our kitchen i think we were going to go w/ a samsung suite but their definition of fingerprint proof or smudge proof or w/e was laughable so we went w/ LG.
costco is where it’s at for appliances
i ended up ordering all lg stuff, from costco. thanks to all who contributed helpful advice.
happily the supply chain problems seem to be worked out these days; i actually paid less than i was anticipating, which hasn't happened on much over the last three years.
i decided on a counter depth fridge, which i expect i'll regret almost as soon as i get it, but costco anticipated my fears and were giving away a free baby fridge with the counter depth fridge, so i decided to give it a try.
we bought the counter depth ge refrigerator from costco and it keeps things cold
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we bought the counter depth ge refrigerator from costco and it keeps things cold
not enough things is the fear. we keep a full fridge in the sys household.
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Clams— dishwasher question. If the dishwasher is leaking water can I fix it or do I need to call a guy out? Call an appliance guy?
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Very happy I went with counter depth but I have a unique layout where every inch saved by counter depth directly adds an inch to an important walkway, and gives more space to be looking into or loading up the fridge. No space issues yet, but you have to be more thoughtful/tetris-y with the freezer.
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Clams— dishwasher question. If the dishwasher is leaking water can I fix it or do I need to call a guy out? Call an appliance guy?
call the man
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we bought the counter depth ge refrigerator from costco and it keeps things cold
not enough things is the fear. we keep a full fridge in the sys household.
Time to setup a garage fridge.
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yeah, i think i'm going to move the old fridge out back by the grill instead of getting rid of it. we'll have more refrigerators than people in this house (america, eff yeah).
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Clams— dishwasher question. If the dishwasher is leaking water can I fix it or do I need to call a guy out? Call an appliance guy?
Where from? mine leaked out the front and I'm pretty sure it was just the door gasket that is like super easy to replace (per youtube) but I hated it anyways so I just ripped it out and when for the quality Bosch.
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Random question....You know that area where you put the detergent on the door of the dishwasher when you wash the dishes? You put the detergent in then close the flap but somehow when the dishes are clean the flap is open and the detergent is gone. How does this happen?
Are there elves in my dishwasher that open it at the right time?
Science?
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Random question....You know that area where you put the detergent on the door of the dishwasher when you wash the dishes? You put the detergent in then close the flap but somehow when the dishes are clean the flap is open and the detergent is gone. How does this happen?
Are there elves in my dishwasher that open it at the right time?
Science?
It's programmed to open at a certain time.
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Random question....You know that area where you put the detergent on the door of the dishwasher when you wash the dishes? You put the detergent in then close the flap but somehow when the dishes are clean the flap is open and the detergent is gone. How does this happen?
Are there elves in my dishwasher that open it at the right time?
Science?
It's programmed to open at a certain time.
Correct
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I just throw the little packs in the bottom. Magically works the same.
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take it to the studette things thread.
we have a double wall oven and the wife replaced one of the heating elements that went out before I got home.
"was easy it was just a couple of bolts and one wire, I just had to turn the breaker off first"
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goddamn. you should marry that woman.
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Yla's wife is one of my favorite people and I've never met her
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Ugh had to buy a new range. I'm excited about getting an induction one though
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Ugh had to buy a new range. I'm excited about getting an induction one though
We just yanked the old school propane range out of our kitchen in MN and put a dish washer in its spot. Going to use a fancy counter top convection oven air fryer thing and a hot plate instead of the range. Good trade IMO.
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Clams— dishwasher question. If the dishwasher is leaking water can I fix it or do I need to call a guy out? Call an appliance guy?
my dishwasher had an error due to a leak. 2 weeks later and 3 motors replaced and she's purring like a kitten again.
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i had one of these pups die on me a few weeks ago
https://www.nfm.com/ge-profile-1-7-cu-ft-convection-built-in-microwave-oven-in-stainless-49745086/49745086.html
it was a pretty slick unit, a microwave oven and a regular oven combined, built in right above my regular convection oven thing. all-in-one is the term.
the son of a bitch was 14 years old! it died!
nfm had the updated model in stock so I bought the son of a bitch! had her delivered two days later! mrs clams said hey slow down there, bob villa- we gotta pay someone to install this son of a bitch! good grief, you boys should have seen the look on her face when she watched me slide the son of a bitch into the built-in cabinet and plug it in!
hold up! about 3/4 inch before I had the son of a bitch slide in flush, I couldn’t push it in anymore! they added a 2” wide by half inch deep notch at the very end. I buzzed right over to “ace” hardware and bought a file, went on home, and got to filing that cabinet to accommodate the new notch so my new unit would fit flush. was filing that wood the best way? idk, it was about 25 minutes of hard core filing. who knows nowadays.
this concludes tonight’s monday night convection-microwave oven appliance chat
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Son of a bitch! Did you wind up getting that in flush, Bob?
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Son of a bitch! Did you wind up getting that in flush, Bob?
you know it!
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clams you ol' so-n-so! I will say though, its nice to see the youth these days actually doing something instead of just staring at their phone and calling an uber to fix their dang appliances! We call that usin' a little elbow grease, me boy.
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Clams has a LOT of know-how.
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You know that scene in Apollo 13 where they go into the room with a bucket of parts and say “invent something to save astronauts?” Clams would have really thrived in that environment, engineering degree or not.
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either you apply the appliance or the appliance applies you. some words of wisdom to my fellow appliance heads out there.
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Well they mumped up and tried to deliver the wrong range and oven to me. So now I have to cook without one for two weeks while they secure the thing I actually ordered ...
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Well they mumped up and tried to deliver the wrong range and oven to me. So now I have to cook without one for two weeks while they secure the thing I actually ordered ...
Sounds like the appliance applied YOU
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You know that scene in Apollo 13 where they go into the room with a bucket of parts and say “invent something to save astronauts?” Clams would have really thrived in that environment, engineering degree or not.
Would 'clams even fit in that room? Not that it would matter because he would have saved Tom Hanks no matter what it took.
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You know that scene in Apollo 13 where they go into the room with a bucket of parts and say “invent something to save astronauts?” Clams would have really thrived in that environment, engineering degree or not.
Would 'clams even fit in that room? Not that it would matter because he would have saved Tom Hanks no matter what it took.
Your guess is as good as mine
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If clams wants to go to the Moon he just needs to stand on his tippy toes :lol: :lol: :lol: