Honestly, fridges are a total crapshoot these days. If you have a 15+ year old fridge, never replace it, get it repaired, the quality level in new fridges is terrible.
Depending on the repair, it can be cheaper to buy a new fridge. Most modern refrigerators aren’t designed to have their compressor easily replaced for example.
I mean, it’s possible, if you really fuck it up in some way, but not from regular use.
Replacing the compressor once is still going to be cheaper than replacing a fridge every 5 years.
In my basement I have a freezer from the 60s. It needs to be defrosted every year or two, but aside from that it’s never needed servicing, not once. I’m telling you, the older it is, the longer it will last.
In my kitchen I have a replacement fridge because when I got three estimates to fix my 10 year old LG, they were all more expensive than simply buying a new one. I really tried to get it repaired because I liked my old fridge, and finding a new one that fit the space properly was going to be difficult. But the repair estimates were all more expensive than buying a new one. And the new fridge came with another 10’year compressor warranty. 🤷♂️
I won’t be surprised if after ten years this one fails too.
Also, shopping for kitchen appliances sucks because all of the brands are owned by just a handful of manufacturers now. For example, Whirlpool, Kitchen Aid, and Maytag are all the same company.
Honestly, fridges are a total crapshoot these days. If you have a 15+ year old fridge, never replace it, get it repaired, the quality level in new fridges is terrible.
Depending on the repair, it can be cheaper to buy a new fridge. Most modern refrigerators aren’t designed to have their compressor easily replaced for example.
I mean, it’s possible, if you really fuck it up in some way, but not from regular use.
Replacing the compressor once is still going to be cheaper than replacing a fridge every 5 years.
In my basement I have a freezer from the 60s. It needs to be defrosted every year or two, but aside from that it’s never needed servicing, not once. I’m telling you, the older it is, the longer it will last.
In my kitchen I have a replacement fridge because when I got three estimates to fix my 10 year old LG, they were all more expensive than simply buying a new one. I really tried to get it repaired because I liked my old fridge, and finding a new one that fit the space properly was going to be difficult. But the repair estimates were all more expensive than buying a new one. And the new fridge came with another 10’year compressor warranty. 🤷♂️
I won’t be surprised if after ten years this one fails too.
Also, shopping for kitchen appliances sucks because all of the brands are owned by just a handful of manufacturers now. For example, Whirlpool, Kitchen Aid, and Maytag are all the same company.