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Our 20 year old fridge gave up the ghost. First thing I did was get a month of Consumer Reports and read through their Fridge section. Something I noticed, same
by clumsysmurf 3y ago
Our 20 year old fridge gave up the ghost. First thing I did was get a month of Consumer Reports and read through their Fridge section. Something I noticed, same with Vacuums ... there is no clear winner. They gave top scores to LG fridges people vehemently disliked in the comments. Almost everything got low scores in owner satisfaction. Their #2 pick had an owner satisfaction of 1/5!
We decided to get a $700 Whirlpool, but that started making weird noises almost immediately (like a bad fan bearing).
I have tried recording the sounds from my phone but its too difficult. Does anyone recommend a consumer-level vibration-analysis product? Something you could stick to your fridge, etc, for days, weeks, and it detects and records outlier noises, etc?
- CoastalCoder 3y agoI'm not sure what to make of Consumer Reports. The last time or to I used them, their conclusions seemed at odds with popular opinion.
- bombcar 3y agoConsumer Reports measures toilets by how they flush golf balls. I will refer to Consumer Reports once I start shitting golf balls. Otherwise they're a decent place to maybe start but they're definitely not the be all-end-all. What I do is search until I find a forum of people who obsess over whatever it is. Here's my plumbing one: https://www.terrylove.com/crtoilet.htm https://www.terrylove.com/crtoilet.htm
- jstarfish 3y agoI have the same issue with NYT recommendations. The initial build quality of the product is good, but then just outside the warranty period it all falls apart all at once. I think the products are optimized for the tests, not long-term ownership. Rigors of ownership are what you see reflected in the comments. Like Bose QC45s. Feel nice. Sound great. Works well overall, for the first year. Then the firmware started acting up, mic stops working during Zoom calls, and getting secondary pairing to work correctly makes breeding pandas look easy.
- buildbot 3y agoIt's always felt like a relic of the past to me. It feels oriented to someone of more advanced age who wants to spend a medium amount for a medium product and not think about it anymore. So they come up with golf ball tests for toilets or give points for random features like remote starting, not actual science or longevity testing. Rtings is expanding pretty rapidly to things not screens, and they bring a much more scientific and modern approach to consumer device testing.
- nunez 3y agoHonestly I trust hyper-specific subs on Reddit way more than I'll ever trust Consumer Reports.