I'm clinging to my 23 year old refrigerator that keeps on cooling. While all the new appliances I have bought all are designed to work for a while and then fail. Does not matter which one you get or how much you pay the fix is in.
Your’e right about a lot, most of today’s appliances. I found a gem several years ago, my “garage” refrigerator. Bought it new, not an energy star rated, but it has the old-school coils on the back (easy to clean) and it’s been a solid workhorse. Not a huge fridge, but it’ll hold and carry me if/when my main kitchen fridge fails.
I don’t much care for government meddling, but I’d like a rating system similar to “energy star” that rated appliances that have sufficient longevity - say, 15 or 20 years. Something tells me the manufacturers would balk at such regulations, since they would not be selling quite the quantity they do now, years down the road.
But imagine buying a washer and keeping it for 25 or 30 years. Or a fridge that lasts 4 decades. Stuff like that ought to be a ‘once and done’ kind of item.
Yes, same with me. I bought a used refrig, a Whirlpool, and it lasted about the same, 23 years... USED! Then I had to replace it - sigh One feels the doom at such a time. I understand Nancy Pelosi has, like, a $20,000 refrig to keep ice cream; yikes!
All my appliances I bought used! If there is planned obsolescence then I can at least pay less up front. Actually it has worked out great! ❗