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I would like to know which fridge company is the most reliable. My samsung fridge and washer/drier bought in 2013 are still running good. I heard bad things abo

I would like to know which fridge company is the most reliable. My samsung fridge and washer/drier bought in 2013 are still running good. I heard bad things about LG compressor in fridges, but their cordless vacuum is outstanding. I will probably never trust GE.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
I bought at least 5 or 6 LG linear inverter compressor refrigerators since 2019 and they are all going great, with zero noise. I think they had issues with their initial models, but they may have improved them. I mainly stick to LG appliances from Costco. But I also avoid getting appliances with fancy features like see through doors and crap. I don’t even get ice dispensers, just the ice bucket inside the freezer works.
twobitshifter 4y ago
Just get a single door convertible or a top freezer bottom fridge style. Something made for commercial use can also work. Complexity is the enemy of reliability. The reason freezers are at the top isn’t because it’s best to have frozen food at eye level, it’s because that’s where the refrigerant expands and is coolest and then it takes on heat as it condenses again and descends through the fridge. Convertibles are great because you can have either a fridge or a freezer with the flip of a switch. Get 2 of them and you have way more space for about the price of a french door fridge.
rdtwo 4y ago
I buy ge/whirlpool/Electrolux/Maytag and just plan on doing repairs with cheap available parts
ornornor 4y ago
I think the reason why fridges are so bad now is because manufacturers are chasing foods energy efficiency ratings. And to do so they basically put an underpowered compressor in it so that it uses less energy per unit of volume and achieves a better rating. The problem is that this drives the compressor too hard but just enough so that it generally fails after the warranty expires. That’s what I was told. Same as how far manufacturers will make their cars heavier on purpose to achieve a better energy rating because the formula is basically engine power divided by total car weight. So a big engine on a small car has a worse rating that the same engine on a heavier car. Anyway, another good tip I heard was to talk to appliance repair shops and ask them which ones they repair the least. And that’s the ones that are worth buying.
- iggldiggl 4y ago
  … and for washing machines the efficiency rating is apparently based on an amount of washing that is a fixed proportion of the machine's nominal capacity, which is supposedly why smaller washing machines no longer exist. (I.e. an 8 kg washing machine used at 80 % = 6,4 kg or whatever other fixed percentage is more efficient than a 5 kg machine used with 4 kg = 80 % of washing – what the test doesn't care about is that if you keep the absolute amount of washing fixed, 4 kg in an 8 kg-machine of course becomes less efficient).

lotsofpulp 4y ago

I bought at least 5 or 6 LG linear inverter compressor refrigerators since 2019 and they are all going great, with zero noise. I think they had issues with their initial models, but they may have improved them. I mainly stick to LG appliances from Costco. But I also avoid getting appliances with fancy features like see through doors and crap. I don’t even get ice dispensers, just the ice bucket inside the freezer works.

twobitshifter 4y ago

Just get a single door convertible or a top freezer bottom fridge style. Something made for commercial use can also work. Complexity is the enemy of reliability. The reason freezers are at the top isn’t because it’s best to have frozen food at eye level, it’s because that’s where the refrigerant expands and is coolest and then it takes on heat as it condenses again and descends through the fridge. Convertibles are great because you can have either a fridge or a freezer with the flip of a switch. Get 2 of them and you have way more space for about the price of a french door fridge.

rdtwo 4y ago

I buy ge/whirlpool/Electrolux/Maytag and just plan on doing repairs with cheap available parts

ornornor 4y ago

I think the reason why fridges are so bad now is because manufacturers are chasing foods energy efficiency ratings. And to do so they basically put an underpowered compressor in it so that it uses less energy per unit of volume and achieves a better rating. The problem is that this drives the compressor too hard but just enough so that it generally fails after the warranty expires. That’s what I was told. Same as how far manufacturers will make their cars heavier on purpose to achieve a better energy rating because the formula is basically engine power divided by total car weight. So a big engine on a small car has a worse rating that the same engine on a heavier car. Anyway, another good tip I heard was to talk to appliance repair shops and ask them which ones they repair the least. And that’s the ones that are worth buying.

iggldiggl 4y ago
… and for washing machines the efficiency rating is apparently based on an amount of washing that is a fixed proportion of the machine's nominal capacity, which is supposedly why smaller washing machines no longer exist. (I.e. an 8 kg washing machine used at 80 % = 6,4 kg or whatever other fixed percentage is more efficient than a 5 kg machine used with 4 kg = 80 % of washing – what the test doesn't care about is that if you keep the absolute amount of washing fixed, 4 kg in an 8 kg-machine of course becomes less efficient).