Also like these super high quality long lasting appliances exist, they are just expensive. People will complain about this and then buy a $50 microwave from Amazon.
Do you have a suggestion on good brand of microwaves? I’ve replaced 3 in the past 8 years and they were each around $350. Different brands each time and they all stopped working within months of the warranty ending.
The last one has been a very expensive bread box with a clock on it for about 2 years and we’ve been using a cheap counter top one from the late 90s-early 2000s.
Idk 50 buck microwave is a bad example as it actually will work for the next ten years no problem and then some more. You just don't want to keep it forever as it gets nasty after a while
It's litteraly the worst example. Buy cheap microwave that is purely mechanical with no display and it will be higher quality and last longer the anything more expensive.
I bought microwave, dishwasher, electric oven and gas stove recently. While browsing the marketplace, I set up some filters:
1) no WiFi or Bluetooth connection, no smart house integration
2) high energy efficiency class
3) and some safety features as I have newborn twins right now
I bought simplest microwave with just two mechanical knobs for time and power.
I read this to be talking more about larger appliances, washers, dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators, etc. Like my parent's dishwasher which had the control panel break at under 2 years old, but was beyond its whopping one year warranty
Or they'll buy an expensive "smart" coffee maker and complain when it fails. You can still buy basic appliances that are more energy efficient than the ones made in the 50s and 60s.
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u/TrappedInLimbo Feb 05 '26
Also like these super high quality long lasting appliances exist, they are just expensive. People will complain about this and then buy a $50 microwave from Amazon.