re: #60 lawhawk

I have a Kenmore, and it required a repair within 6 months of purchase - a loose fitting caused the thing to flood out. Otherwise, I’ve been very happy with it - super quiet and does a great job washing dishes.

Brands with good repair records from best to worst (via CR): Bosch, Whirlpool Miele, Kenmore, and then GE. Maytag and LG are at the bottom of the heap. GE towards the middle.

Maytag doesn’t exist.

They were bought by whirlpool and all their products are now whirpools in a redesigned box with more rounded corners to look more maytagish.

Kenmore makes nothing. For laundry, 99% of Kenmores are whirlpool or Frigidaire. And my experiences with GE are not good at all. Half of GE laundry equipment is made by Frigidaire, with a large extra markup on parts, the other half is GE only. I’ve seen GE coin-op dryers that look identical on the outside, but one has Frigidaire parts on the inside and the other GE parts. And I don’t know LG well, but they are highly rated. Better to look for Amazon ratings on popular machines than to trust anything else.