In my opinion there are not ANY good appliances anymore.
My washer was on its last leg last year and it was 28 years old. I had 4 kids, all of them are grown now, but you can imagine how much laundry that thing did. That was back in the days when I washed my cloth diapers!
I wish I had fixed that old one. I looked and looked and looked for a washer/dryer (figured to replace the pair instead of just the washer) for months.
It was a nightmare trying to find one that had the basic need. Put the water in, swish it, and drain it. No need for 7 or 8 washing cycle choices.
It was the water level that was the deal breaker for every single washer. Even the basic no-frills ones have water level sensors.
I finally had to settle for one because I had reached the end of my patience looking. I only had 2 things that were really important to me. One was that the top did not lock once the cycle started. That alone wiped a whole lot of brands off my list immediately. Who doesn't find "one more thing" and run to throw it in? Nope, all locking tops. Dealbreaker for me.
Second was ability to control water level. Nope. All washers are water savers now. What they consider "deep water" was still only 1/2 the tub. The tub is huge, and can fit a lot, but it doesn't put enough water in it. I have to stand there and push the clothes down into the water until it is done filling, and even then, the water barely covers the clothes.
A big tub does me no good if half the clothes are not in the water. But no matter what the tag says on it in the store, you really don't know until you get it home. I do not like these water saving washers. Mine does not even have an "add water" feature. I suppose that should have been third on my wish list but I never thought of it. The tub is big ennough to do a comforter, but I highly doubt it would even get it wet if I tried to wash one.
Good luck in your shopping! My refridgerator is now 30 years old, and yes it looks like I live in the Leave It To Beaver house (old appliances), but wow, appliances are made so poorly now. I know it is at its end of life, and I have been looking for about 6 months, but there is just nothing out there I am happy with. The insides are all cheap plastic bins on the doors, and the shelving is not as sturdy either. The dealbreaker for what I have looked at is having a light in the freezer.
Every model (within my price range) has taken the light out of the freezer. I can't for the life of me figure out what manufacturing cost saving was for them to remove the light? Not putting the light in the freezer saved them a million dollars? I doubt it.
We have become a throw away society. That is sad. An older (very older) man at the home store told me that max life span for just about any appliance now is 5-7 years. Long gone are the appliances that last 30 years. It is not that they can't still build them to last, they just make more money by making cheap stuff. Even the refridgerators that cost an astounding $3000.00 will only last 5-7 years before starting to have repair costs added. I would use a camping cooler before I ever paid 3000.00 for a fridge!
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