> I have no idea what has gone wrong with American appliances, TBF i'm in the EU and they're not always great either unless you buy the big expensive brands.

> I have no idea what has gone wrong with American appliances, TBF i'm in the EU and they're not always great either unless you buy the big expensive brands. A good explanation I have seen is that due to inflation appliances today are just far far cheaper made. People complaining about the build quality of a 300 euro(equivalent price ) appliance from 30 years ago and a 300 euro appliance today are basically unintentionally comparing a low end product with a high end product. edit: Also a ton of people don't know they're supposed to clean the machine and empty the filter... And check the lines feeding/removing water aren't pinched by a shoddy installation.