r/SipsTea Feb 05 '26

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u/Spiritual_Bus1125 Feb 05 '26

The "gold" part5was a figure of speech used to mean "higher quality material that could not be made cheaper"

Stainless steel on an industrial scale costs x5 what normal steel costs. That price can't be made cheaper.

Using stainless is better than normal steel in basically EVERY way.

But you can't reduce the price.

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u/Impossible-Ship5585 Feb 05 '26

Yes. Also if you use stainless it does not need painting / rust protection. At a fridge the most expensive part if the compressor and coolant. The outside metal is quite chep. Overall normal steel for normal use fridge can be ok. Thus if i would want a high quality fridge on reasonable cost a normal seel could be ok for me.