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Home Appliances

Appliances are judged by their repair economics, not their unboxing.

Coffee machines, robot vacuums, washing machines and refrigerators, investigated on the second year rather than the first.

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Premium stainless steel espresso machine on a dark counter
Biggest risk: A machine that is cheap to buy, expensive to keep and uneconomic to repair.

What we check for Home Appliances

01

Reliability signals

Where failures cluster in the ownership reports.

02

Repair economics

Cost of the most common repair against the purchase price.

03

Consumables

Filters, bags, descaler and how much they add per year.

04

Noise

Reported operating noise in real homes.

05

Energy use

Rated consumption and what it means annually.

06

Warranty

What the warranty covers and how claims are described by owners.

07

Price

Position against the sampled typical range.

Typical subjects

Bean-to-cup coffee machineSelf-emptying robot vacuumHeat-pump washing machine

Questions

Questions about home appliances.

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Know what you're buying.

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