re: kitchen high end appliances really suck

We’ve learned our lesson on modern appliances. We bought what we were told was the “top of the line” Samsung refrigerator with all the bells & whistles.

Didn’t last five years. When it crapped out, the service man who came to look at it was astonished it had lasted that long.

Same thing with dishwashers. Our first dishwasher, a Whirlpool built in the 90s, lasted like 15 years. In the lat 10 years were on our third dishwasher since it went out. I can’t remember the first one we tried but I know the second one was Bosch, again supposedly the “top of the line”. Didn’t last but about 3 years.

What I’ve come to understand is the more features an appliance has, the higher the odds are it will crap out quickly. I’m a firm believer in you get what you pay for. And I don’t mind paying more for a product if that proves more value. But when it comes to appliances, the saying “you get what you pay for” is questionable at best now.