This has to be a record !!!

[tstex]

It’s not a tractor, but it’s more than worth mentioning.

I just had a 2020 almost brand new whirlpool fridge ice maker go bad…no more whirlpools ever again.

During my rant, l just learned that my 94 yr old uncle has a wedding gift that is still working. It’s a 72 yr old Sears & Roebuck Coldspot freezer that is still cranking out the cold temps. Can you believe it??? I’ve enclosed the ser & model #’s so you can look up the dates. It’s been plugged in the whole time, minus 3 move times…what a beast !!!

 

[PILOON]

YEP
Give me that older, repairable and simpler appliance.
ON/OFF hotter or cooler.

Also have , (like a huge) chest freezer that has never lost me any food.
OK, about once a year I have to defrost and clear out accumulated ice but never lost any food.

Same goes for washers and driers, give me ON/OFF and never mind those fancy settings that I'll never use anyway.

Today the trend is to go digital on everything and not supply parts other than an assembly that is 1/3 the price of the appliance.
Then like my dehumidifier--worked OK but a fan shattered from age and ozone exposure.
Part no longer available!
LOL, I hot glue repaired it!

Then my 25 year old air conditioner, heavy old beast but still blows nice and cold.

Did I say, BAH HUMBUG?

 

[mrmikey]

Give me that older, repairable and simpler appliance.

Amen, I wish, you're right on the money P.
Stoves that you can replace the elements, controls etc and not the complete thing. A mechanical control that works fine for decades and finally dies costs about $50-$70, the new electronic ones are almost the price of a complete stove.
I don't need a washer to tell me how much water I need. My daughter has a fairley new washer and it weighs the clothes to set the water level, you have no control. You can't fill it and let it soak for a hour or so. You unplug it to let it soak and it empties the water when you plug it back in. No temperature control for different cycles, it's a piece of ____ fill in the blank......M

 

[tstex]

Amen, I wish, you're right on the money P.
Stoves that you can replace the elements, controls etc and not the complete thing. A mechanical control that works fine for decades and finally dies costs about $50-$70, the new electronic ones are almost the price of a complete stove.
I don't need a washer to tell me how much water I need. My daughter has a fairley new washer and it weighs the clothes to set the water level, you have no control. You can't fill it and let it soak for a hour or so. You unplug it to let it soak and it empties the water when you plug it back in. No temperature control for different cycles, it's a piece of ____ fill in the blank......M

Right on Mike for your post and reference to P's

Give me On/Off, Go/Start and drop all the other BS !!!!

My Aunt and Uncle have 6 kids/spouses/grandkids/ggrd-kids and they have the Sears & RoeBuck as the number one item in the will [LOL]. They joke about it outlasting the entire family...They have never lost one oz of food...it's also used when they really want to chill down the suds....

 

[Thomas]

They sure don't make things like they use to.

 

[WranglerX]

Sadly the better products on the market today are made by Samsung or LG out of Korea, but there is all the pricing....

 

[m1garand762]

We have a 1940s international harvester freezer that has never had anything done to it

 

[WVH1977]

My grandfathers house had an old refrigerator in his basement/bar area. When he passed and we were cleaning out all the stuff, I opened that fridge and there was ICE cold Miller Lite and Budweiser 6 packs in there from the late 70's.

Looking back, I wish that I had got that fridge but at the time did not even think about it and did not want to fool with it. Not sure what the brand was but it was white with chrome on it. Totally awesome. I should have got that fridge!!

 

[Joel/ak]

Tell me about it. New stuff isn't built near as strong. Just had a new AC and water heater installed.

Both old units that were replaced were 1993 models. Almost 30 years on a water heater...unheard of nowadays. Bottom was about to finally rust out. AC still ran great but needed to be recharged and a couple of different companies told me the freon needed was banned in 2020.

I figured just replace them both. I hope I get atleast 10 years, hopefully more out of them

 

[greenrider1]

We've become a throw away society. Companies build appliances (and most everything else) to hopefully last long enough to get through the warranty period. When they fail the parts to fix them sometimes cost nearly as much as a new one or they're unavailable, so it's more cost effective to just replace the whole appliance. Most people also lack the knowledge and skills to fix anything these days, so when something simple breaks they just go buy a new one. For example, I recently scored a nearly new looking but dust covered kerosene "torpedo" heater for free that someone had set aside at the local garbage transfer station. It wasn't working so I gave it a good cleaning and noticed the air filter was packed full of saw dust. I cleaned the filter, added a couple gallons of kerosene and it fired right up and ran fine. I'm sure whoever dropped it off just wasn't very mechanically inclined and replaced it with a new one. Oh well, their loss my gain! I don't really have much use for the thing since I heat everything with wood but it might come in handy someday.

 

[mcfarmall]

Yep. The high end models break and turn into junk just as quickly as the entry level units so don't waste your money on all the wifi bullcrap.

 

[deserteagle71]

During my rant, l just learned that my 94 yr old uncle has a wedding gift that is still working. It’s a 72 yr old Sears & Roebuck Coldspot freezer that is still cranking out the cold temps. Can you believe it??? I’ve enclosed the ser & model #’s so you can look up the dates. It’s been plugged in the whole time, minus 3 move times…what a beast !!!

I have one (Coldspot) that's the same vintage. Only mine is a chest freezer. Never had a problem with it. Of course it's not "frost free" so every two years or so I shut it down and let all the ice on the walls melt off.

 

[hornett22]

Sadly the better products on the market today are made by Samsung or LG out of Korea, but there is all the pricing....

Both junk.

Friends of ours get a new Samsung TV as soon as the warranty runs out then they give us the old one. They told us Samsung is the best. Usually lasts us 2-4 years. I took the last one to the dump, the Electronics dumpster was full of nothing but Samsungs.

Nice that they save us money. I don't watch TV. Just wife and company. As far as I'm concerned all TVs belong in the dumpster or 300 yards away and in the cross hairs.

 

[rademamj1]

I stopped buying Whirlpool and the Whirlpool owned Maytags 12 years ago. They were breaking down far too often. I still have a Maytag dryer going on 27 years. Used it twice a week for 27 years. Bought a replacement Maytag dryer, and was shocked at build quality. Inferior parts, inferior design, thinner metal all around. Looks like an accounted forced the engineers to take shortcuts. I only buy Samsung and LG units now.

 

[CalG]

The freezer downstairs was in the house when we bought it. That was more than 35 years ago.
It's chuck a block full of garden harvest veggies, small fruits and the like, as usual.

The badge on the door reads WESTINGHOUSE FREEZER. I cleaned the door gasket once, I just looked, It needs cleaning again.

Maybe I should be looking for an "Energy Star" model. The gaskets likely don't get dirty every 15 years ;-)

 

[etpm]

Unfortunately refrigerators are not built to the same quality standards that they used to be built to. Refrigerators are a bit of a special case when it comes to things mechanical. The compressor resides in a closed environment that is custom made for the compressor. Designed and built correctly the compressor should be able to operate for at least 100 years. This is because all the moving parts are constantly properly lubricated and the environment keeps corrosive gases out. The moving parts experience virtually zero contact with any other parts, and this virtually zero contact results is virtually zero wear. This means a properly designed and built refrigerator should last almost forever. But the ones built today do not last. The most basic part of a fridge or freezer often fails. I think this is a crime. Then there is all the other added stuff that breaks down in a short period of time when it should also last for many years. I know, you should get what you pay for. But that is not the case these days. All the home appliances wear out way too soon. Because they were designed and manufactured that way. And then all the natural resources that were used to build these appliances end up in a landfill. It really pisses me off.
Eric

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[Strummer]

Old school always works better . I have a almost 40 year old freezer that still works but the hinges rusted of for the third time . Finally had to retire it .

 

[jjeff]

I'd do almost anything for an old school dehumidifier. Folks have a working one in the basement longer than I've been around. Im on my 2nd new one in 5 yrs.

 

[Torvy]

Whirlpool is like those store-brand tractors that use multiple manufacturers but the same badging. Never really know what you're going to get.

I've had great luck with both Samsung and LG.

 

[4570Man]

This has been in an elderly family member’s utility room for longer than I’ve been alive and still working today,