• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’ve heard that in the US fridges are generally different, with stuff like active fans and nonsense like that. Is that true?

    Because every fridge I’ve seen in Europe is mechanically extremely basic and I’ve literally never seen or even heard of one breaking. In my experience fridges are one of the only things that have remained phenomenally simple in design and extremely unlikely to break.

    If someone told me their fridge broke, I’d genuinely assume they were lying. That’s how reliable they are.

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      3 months ago

      Every LG and Samsung major appliance I’ve had has broken within 5 years.

      Refrigerators, washing machines, and dryers.

      Prior, I only ever had 80s era American tank energy hogs. Switched back to American brands in the last few years, so too soon to tell if they’ll work out better…

      Here’s to hoping.

      Oh, and having dealt with LG warranty for both electronics and major appliances, I’ll never buy another LG product that isn’t a monitor.

      LG monitors are the only higher end LG product’s I’ve owned that have survived well past the warranty date.

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        3 months ago

        I think Samsung is generally considered trash now. I certainly will never buy any of their “smart” objects either, especially not an ad-ridden TV.

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          3 months ago

          I can confirm Samsung appliances are complete trash. Every single one I’ve owned has either died or had a non-replaceable part fail within a couple years. We had a Samsung fridge at one point and one of the door switches failed. No big deal right, easy to replace? No, apparently Samsung used some kind of custom switch instead of the bog standard cherry contact switch that basically everything and everyone has used for decades, and it’s no longer being manufactured.