No personal experience with the brand, but a couple of years ago 1 of my young techs told me his mother's washer had failed & asked if I knew who to call. Of course I new who to call so we called him. My go to appliance repair guy said he'd attempt repair on anything but Samsung.
No personal experience with Samsung appliances, but my parents have one of their reasonably high end french door units and it is garbage. Just like one of the previous posters said, the ice make has E36 M3 the bed, the glass shelves break and the doors don't seal good at all. They are in the market for a new TV and I recommended Samsung, needless to say the nixed that recommendation on principle.
When it comes to stoves, I follow this rule: If it isn't an option on a professional stove, I don't need it. Professional stoves have on, off, and multiple levels of heat output.
Mom and Dad got a Whirlpool (I think) electric stove with all the pushbuttons. Thank goodness they got the extended warranty because the control panel has failed twice in two years and it is a ridiculously expensive piece. For my money, you can't go wrong with manual knobs. I'm currently looking for a gas stove with knobs and a convection fan. Tough to find, but there are retrofit kits that hang a fan near the light and you can either install a second switch, or just wire it directly to the light circuit. Nearly all of them these days are computerized with a thousand options. Fortunately in my case (wanting analog stuff) I will be shopping used. Worst case scenario I have to completely rebuild it with $50 in parts.
To me, you need heat. As long as it makes accurate heat, I'm happy. Manual things are cheap to replace, and a computer doesn't help you cook food.
Recently bought a new range (1 year ago) and went with an on-sale one that was $1200 at the time. It's got induction burners and a convection oven, and those two features are AMAZING. I love how fast things heat up on the stove, how responsive the burners are (better responsiveness than gas, and doesn't heat up the kitchen as much). The convection oven has been really nice for roasts.
I know it's too late, but if you had some stretch in your budget to get to ~900 there were some budget induction ranges that looked like they might have worked out.
In reply to Curtis :
I just bought a new double oven, a Whirlpool unit with touch screen controls. I bought because it was half price, twice as big internally as the old one, and fit in the same space. I wasn’t sure of the touchscreen, hope it doesn’t come back to bite me. But everything electronic I’ve ever owned has been dead reliable. I wasn’t really looking for the extra features, I thought they were gimmicks, but they are kinda cool. The other night, I turned the oven on from the store via my cell phone app, so I could pop the take and bake pizza in as soon as I got home. Just today, I scanned a frozen pizza, and popped it immediately into the oven. No need to preheat- I scanned the barcode, which told the oven the temp and time to set too. The computer then calculated the preheat time, and automatically added it so I didn’t have to wait. Came out perfectly. I don’t think I’d pay extra for the features, but they are nice to have.
My only experience is with the Samsung washer and dryer we bought new about 1.5 years ago when we moved into the house.
Washer is an HE, but top mount with no agitator.
Thus far, both have been flawless. But I expect major appliances to not have any issues for 5-7 years.
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This is timely. My wife has fallen in love with the new Samsung fridge that has a big tablet built into the door. It is priced about the same as the other sized fridges at the Sear Outlet. I'm concerned about a fridge trying to be a big tablet. Hearing how all these Samsung appliances crapped out is not doing it for me. I wonder if I can just mount a tablet in the kitchen somewhere and buy a normal fridge instead.
I agree with Curtis, I want only the simple features on my appliances.
In reply to slefain :
Tablet plus double stick foam tape == smart fridge. ;)
As I am considering not going to work today so I can meet the mail carrier and recieve the heater unit I ordered to repair my dryer I am reminded that my dryer is in fact a Samsung and this will be the 3rd heater I have installed in a year and a half. I have also replaced the idler and belt twice in that time. My last dryer went 15 years with no issues whatsoever, but was too small so I "upgraded"
Also there is no reason for a clothes dryer to play a minute long song when the load is finished. A simple beep would suffice. Berk you Samsung he says as he is posting from a galaxy phone
I have heard that parts availability on some Samsung products can be abysmal.
Hey!
If it's "abyss," then why not "abyssmal?" Honestly, the word looks misspelled to me with just the one "s".
No Samsung for me, thanks.
In reply to dculberson :
I was thinking that, or mount one on an articulating arm under the cabinet next to the fridge. I've been meaning to do the same for when I'm cooking new/unfamiliar recipes.
In reply to Jumper K Balls (Trent) :
I know, I have that stupid little jingle memorized now. I've been too lazy to pull out the manual to see if there is a way to turn it off.
After our perfect older stove died from our stupidity, we purchased a really nice LG to replace it. (Cue suspenseful music)
Less than 15 months later it was trying to kill us. The oven would randomly heat to ungodly temps (over 600 degrees, but probably much higher) and the biggest stovetop burner would go to extra-high and we were unable to turn it off with the controls. The only way to stop it was to kill the breaker. After a while, we wouldn't leave the house without turning off that breaker. There were numerous recalls on it, but not for our issues.
I put a brick through the glass top as they were delivering our new GE.
We've been very happy with it.
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