re: Are any new home appliances better today than ones made 10, 20, 30 years ago?

I have a fridge in the garage that the previous owners left. They built this house in 1981, but they already owned the fridge and brought it with them from NJ. It's probably 45 years old and still keeping my beer ice cold. Granted, it's olive green, but it still works.

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Appliances are not meant to last these days. Throw hot water heaters to your list. They look nicer and have cooler features, but they will break in 5-10 years.

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I am 53 and have owned homes since 1996.

I have never replaced a hot water heater, oven, or refrigerator due to not working. I have replaced one dryer and one washer.

Maybe I am living a charmed life

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Stoves? They're about to take away your gas Stoves.

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Is this really a thing? I just don’t see how they can unilaterally say “no one can have a gas stove.”

True coffee drinkers will swear by your grandmother's percolator.
—-This take is nuts. Perked coffee is the WORST. There’s a reason nobody uses them these days.

Get the Speed Queen classic for the washer. I can't remember the model of it or the dryer. We've had ours since 2019. The only issue was a beeping noise so they replaced the control board on the washer since it is still under warranty.

We also purchasd the Speed Queen washer for my wife's vet clinic since they wash a shite ton of towels. Works like a champ.

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I like our Bosch we bought three years ago. It’s held up well enough and has some nice features to it.

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I have a Bosch as well. Super quiet compared to what we had growing up.

The little rubber noise dampening toe kick flap on the bottom is a POS though. Wore out pretty quick. Cheap to repair but annoying.

Nothing is… not even the house it’s in. Women aren’t even better

30 years ago, people complained that appliances were made better 30 years prior. Buy a nice appliance, not some cheap, flimsy piece of plastic crap. Do a bit of research. And odds are it will last as long as you want.

I just replaced a 10 year old dishwasher with a Frigidaire and it has a 30 min setting and an "energy saver" setting that is 85min run. It's quiet enough it has an LED that shines blue or green light on the floor so you can tell if it's running. It's MUCH better than the unit it replaced. You could make arguments that induction cooktops are not an improvement over natural gas (pros and cons there) but they are definitely better by a lot than prior electric stoves. New microwaves that also do air frying add a good bit of value to the kitchen.

Fridge and washer/dryer are cheap GE units from when we bought our house in 2008 and are still going. Plastic in the shelves/drawers of the fridge is falling apart tho. We haven't had any problems with the HE washer or dryer other than the drain/crap collector on the washer is in a terrible spot.