Appliance research frustration--need basic appliance help
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Comments (2)You can post here and you will get input from current users. Post your budget, how you cook and what is important. From there you might receive some recommendations and it may help but also bring up more questions. You can search specific brands here and get an idea of benefits and problems as well as service. Once you narrow it down, you can read product manuals online. There some vendors that have reviews but it is hard to tell with them if they are real. Many posters here have been here awhile....See MoreNeed help chosing RELIABLE kitchen appliances!
Comments (6)Here's a thread with some good shopping advice. And most people here know that I disagree with Dan, and think that the CR reliability ratings are the weakest part of their ratings, for many reasons. I think you can find my list of the weaknesses by searching here (use the search function at the BOTTOM of the page, not the one at the top) for Consumer Reports. But bottom line is, if you are looking for reliability ratings, this is all we have, as poorly designed and flawed as they are. Back to the OP. GE makes OK cooking appliances, I guess. Most popular mid-priced ranges reported here on this forum are from Frigidaire and the ones that they make for Kenmore Sears. Here is a link that might be useful: thread on buying major appliances...See Moreleast worst basic appliance brand
Comments (25)I'm sticking with the OTR for now though I know it's useless for ventilation. I don't want to incur the additional expense of reworking the cabinets to place the microwave elsewhere or the expense of adding the ductwork for an exhaust fan. I have a Ventahood now so I get the value of that but I've also done just fine in other situations with an OTR microwave. This place has an exhaust fan in the nearby laundry room. I've never seen that before. I thought maybe it was there in case you burned something in the kitchen you could suck the smoke out being that there's no hood in the kitchen. Went to the appliance store tonight and now I'm rethinking everything. I really do like gas and I really prefer a slide in range so I have to see how I can make that work (it has freestanding now). Also might be relatively easy to make a minor adjustment to cabinet above fridge so I can get the fridge I prefer. I can see why I never wanted to build a house. I get overwhelmed with analysis paralysis when I have to make choices....See MoreSeattle Area - Appliance Overlay for Panel-Ready Appliances
Comments (28)Armchair experts shouldn’t pontificate on industry practices that they really don’t know anything about. We in the industry know about shipping cabinets, and what does, and does not work. Individual shipping for doors or other parts had a very very high damage incidence since 2020 and the labor shortage issue. This is why the majority of major cabinet companies have ceased to do that in 2021. Cabinet company logistics have trucks traveling all over the country with full orders, and that’s how those parts orders also arrive. Via cabinet company freight, to the dealer’s address. Not Ground. Not LTL. Nothing careless 3rd party. I still have ”lost” items from 5 different replacement orders that we’re still fighting for credit about. That's not the damaged ones. That’s WAY more. A ”white paint” is not a white paint is not a white paint. Even ”the same” color, in a different gallon, from the same tint machine, in the same order, will be slightly different. It’s why pros box their paint. Because if you don’t, you have to change gallons in a corner instead of the middle of the wall, where you will see the subtle differences in ”the same” paint. All pros know this. It is a fact. Multiply that difference by the completely different chemistries in different coating types, and different sources, and different ages. Ordering anything already finished, even if it is from ”the same” manufacturer as the original cabinets, WILL NOT MATCH. Not unless the cabinet installation is still very young in age, and hasn’t had time for light and dirt and wear to change it. This is why touch up paint you have in the closet doesn’t match the walls when you try to patch and paint the holes before you move. And you have to paint the whole wall. What's the cure for things not matching? Accepting a patchwork quilt of different whites. Or having it all recoated by a cabinet refinishing professional, so it all matches....See Moresteve_o
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