GE did it 20 years ago.......I'm looking at one right now.
My in-laws have one with a fold-down door to the main drink compartment in the refrigerator door - I'd love one like that, but nobody seems to do that any more. It's even better than the split door in that it gives you a shelf to pour your drink on.
Old stuff broken? Or a chick driving you to consume? Just say no, or grab whatever craigslist has close by.
Bought a house. Moving in in August. Need those three appliances, the rest are included. And I'd much prefer someone else break their back delivering and installing it, so no craigslist for me!
really bad idea...go with samsung - best temperature control I've ever had so food stays fresh longer
I've been having trouble finding any reviews or test results of the Samsungs I've been looking at. Nothing on Consumer Reports, reviewed.com, or even consumer reviews on various sites. Maybe they're brand-new models?
The front loading washer / dryers are popular but I am ready to switch back to the top loader.
Cleans fine but you have to leave the washer door open all the time otherwise residual water causes mildew and the aroma is horrific. The smell gets into towels and clothes.
One of the killer features I like is a Maytag that has a fan that blows air through the washer to keep it dry so you don't need to leave the door open. It also has an "overnight wash-dry" feature that uses this fan and spins to both wash and then dry a partial load of clothes. I'm just wondering if there are other killer features for washers/dryers that people like.
Washer/dryer, you want the very, very best, find a dealer that sells Speed Queen. They are designed and engineered for commercial use only, last frickin' forever. Not cheap, but no more costly than a lot of the trendy stuff (like what we bought, sad to say). Buy a set, you'll have 'em for 20 years.
Hmm... Interesting. I like that idea. My parents had their original set of Maytags for 35 years - And they bought them used! Never needed anything other than a belt replacement.
Speaking of which - There's some that are direct-drive now. How easy is it to burn out the motors on the direct-drive ones?
Refrigerator, geez they got expensive. You buying for a premanent home, or to use until the next place?
See above - Bought a house.
The delta in price is less than once it was, so maybe you step on up to Sub-Zero.
Edit: Speed Queen is made in Ripon. Seriously.
And if I got Speed Queen and Sub-Zero, I'd be buying all made-in-Wisconsin stuff!
Is there a scratch-and-dent store near you? We saved 1/3 the price on our new W/D set that way, and no, I didn't pay $200 each for "stands" to make them chin-high on my wife.
That's something I don't understand. The drawer/stands for these things are in the $250-$450 range. It's a freaking drawer, not an airplane part!
I think we may put a counter above them (the laundry/mud room is fairly small), so we are looking towards front-loaders with the controls on the front. I'll definitely be looking at the scratch-and-dent store.
Refrigerator - don't get in door ice dispenser...it sucks up a lot of fridge space and makes the remaining space awkwardly shaped.
Every model I've looked at has the ice dispenser. But, that's one thing I like about the LG over the Samsung - the entire ice maker/dispenser is contained in the door and there's no weirdly-shaped stuff or big box in the fridge itself, the shelves on the left-hand door are just somewhat smaller than on the right.
I like the door-splitting mechanism on the Samsung a lot better, though.