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Is that hyperbole regarding fridges, or is it really that bad in the USA? Here in Germany, the vast majority of fridges are still just fridges.
by Semaphor 3y ago
Is that hyperbole regarding fridges, or is it really that bad in the USA? Here in Germany, the vast majority of fridges are still just fridges.
- madaxe_again 3y agoAnd they just work. I’ve fridges going back 30 years which have never had so much as a compressor pump fail. Boring under-counter units, fridge/freezer stacked units, etc. I think the European market is different, in general.
- willbush 3y agoA person over here https://slrpnk.net/comment/4749319 https://slrpnk.net/comment/4749319 said >The EU just made it so that any new major appliance must be repaired by the maker for 10 years I'm not sure how true that is, but I set by VPN Dublin, Ireland and did some shopping to see what brands are avaliable. Lot of interesting brands I ran across: BEKO BOSCH CANDY HOOVER HOTPOINT INDESIT LIEBHERR MIELE NORDMENDE NORKO POWERPOINT SIEMENS TCL WHIRLPOOL Really surprising to my that a Bosch / Miele can be had for less than $1000. In the US, it’s hard to find anything less than $3k in those brands. I have seen some places around here sell Beko, but only in white.
- Semaphor 3y agoThere’s more of a difference than just smart/not-smart, though. US tends to have those giant two-door fridges, we usually have single-door, stacked, fridge-freezer combinations.