If you’re interested in appliance industry news or views then sign up for my RSS feed and I’ll try to keep you informed and entertained. You can also sign up here to receive Neighbour’s Appliance updates by email. Thanks for visiting!According to Reuters, appliance prices will be going up. Whirlpool/Maytag has stated […]

When servicing warm refrigerators, customers often ask me whether the food is good or not. My advice is always to err on the side of caution.
If your fridge has been above 40 deg for any longer than a couple of hours then I would begin to throw some stuff out. Certainly […]

The August ‘06 Consumer Reports Canada magazine has an interesting chart on page 37 showing Brand Repair History. Most of the dishwashers fell within 4% points of each other which is not surprising - many dishwashers are much the same in both quality and design. What is interesting though is the relationship between […]

This might be old news, but the class action law suit brought against Whirlpool Corp. and Sears has been settled. Deadline for any affected by this suit is May 7, 2007. Read about the settlement here and about the various problems and complaints at Consumeraffairs.com.
From a service standpoint - Calypso washers […]

With wine being the new American passion (even the low/middle class can participate) there are a whole slew of new storage devices available on the market. Don’t be fooled by the majority of them - most are just beer fridges with wine racks installed. Others, like the Sub Zero products are far more […]

Layoffs are being anticipated at the Evansville, Ind. Whirlpool plant. The plant currently employs about 2000 people and manufactures refrigerators and ice makers. Since Whirlpool purchased Maytag (and assumed their debt) they have shut down three plants - so far.
According to Newswatch, ‘Whirlpool, which makes 270,000 refrigerators a year for Sears, […]

It seems that GE has a bit of a problem on their hands with moisture and mould in their refrigerators; specifically with the ice maker and dispenser area. This lawsuit is being blogged about at Bring Good Things To Life. Their mission statement is ‘Confronting corrupt corporate behavior and contempt of consumers through […]

‘Energy Star‘ has a neat tool to calculate the money savings that can be realized when purchasing a new refrigerator. The Savings Calculator allows you to enter you local electricity rate and what type of refrigerator you currently own, then calculates what the savings would be with a new refrigerator. The money saved […]

As we get closer to Will Smith’s ‘I, Robot’ rendition of computers ruling the world we now have home appliances connected to the ‘net. USA Today reports appliances ‘that link wirelessly to Internet-connected home networks are being tested by consumers who are receiving updates on their dirty laundry via cellphones, computers and TV sets. […]

Sanyo’s new ‘Air Wash’ appears to be a developement of the ‘Airwash’ ion washer that we reported on yesterday. According to Sanyo, the system injects air combined with Ozone on the articles inside the drum, and is able to disinfect and deodorize in about a 30 minute process. The Ozone that is injected inside […]