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70 years ago a fridge would cost $250-$400 - about a months salary, that's about $4k in todays money. If you pay $4k for a fridge instead of $400 today you can
by helsinkiandrew 3y ago
70 years ago a fridge would cost $250-$400 - about a months salary, that's about $4k in todays money. If you pay $4k for a fridge instead of $400 today you can get one with a fair amount of gadgets too.
- lopis 3y agoBut that's the thing. We don't want today's gadgets. We don't need internet connected fridges, apps and other breakable IoTs. We just want more usable fridges.
- jasonlotito 3y agoI can quickly go out and buy a fridge that is far cheaper than a month's salary, and that has the same effective features. I was honestly waiting for the feature that I couldn't do on a normal, non-internet-connected fridge these days. So, really I don't understand what this post is referencing. The fridges from today are vastly better than that thing, especially when you consider things like temperature control, power usage, space, and usability. Can you buy worse fridges? Sure. You can spend substantially less and get something more barebones.
- m463 3y agoI have also wondered if internet-connected fridges use more electricity. Having a computer and touchscreen and wifi collecting data 24/7 and sending it to samsung can't be cheap power-wise.
- Shawnj2 3y agoIt’s probably negligible compared to the cost of running a condenser
- nateb2022 3y ago> Having a computer and touchscreen and wifi collecting data 24/7 and sending it to samsung can't be cheap power-wise. I would probably estimate that those additional components consume about as much power as a typical low-powered laptop, or about ~20W. You're likely not going to be paying more than $1/month for that, electricity wise.
- m463 3y agoFridges I looked at recently are pretty efficient already, the tag said $60/year
- jonas21 3y agoAn internet-connected fridge might use a tiny amount of additional electricity (probably a couple watts when active, and much less when idle, which should be most of the time). But this is dwarfed by the massive improvements in refrigerator efficiency over the last 70 years. A modern refrigerator uses less than a third of the energy of a 1960's-era fridge while also having considerably more space for food.
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- drewcoo 3y agoOverall, I'm sure even with today's widgets, it's going to use less electricity than the geriatric fridge featured.
- 6D794163636F756 3y agoThe higher end of refrigerators don't have today's gadgets. The wolf zub-zero ones are 10k+ and are the most boring, efficient, and durable things I've seen.
- helsinkiandrew 3y agoThen spend a grand or two on a decent fridge from a reputable manufacturer that will last and has the features/gadgets you probably do want (auto defrost, quick freeze, chilled water etc).
- tzs 3y ago> 70 years ago a fridge would cost $250-$400 That looks right. Here's the start of the fridge section in the 1950 Sears spring/summer catalog to give an idea of what it was like then [1]. Here's the start of the freezer section [2]. [1] https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1950-Sears-Spring-Summer-Catalog/0652 https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1950-Sea... [2] https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1950-Sears-Spring-Summer-Catalog/0649 https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1950-Sea...
- VirusNewbie 3y agoMy fridge is like 10k but it has massive design flaws
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y agoYou paid $10,000 for a fridge? What restaurant do you live in?
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- xyzelement 3y agoI randomly found out today that the fridge in my house (previous owners bought it) is a 10k item. It sounds crazy but on the other hand it's a beautiful large fridge and you kinda want that I guess.
- VirusNewbie 3y agoNo i bought a fairly nice house that has a bonkers huge kitchen, with a giant built in fridge. The replacement cost is ~10k.