Cheap Products With Kitchens We often see people that think they bought good machines only to find they didn’t Having to deal with appliance repairs over many years we’ve become more than a little jaded about cheap appliances and, the all too often, subsequent complaints about them fa…
Category: Buying Advice For All Appliances
This section covers knowledge that you may need to buy appliances in general and a lot of it what you need to know before you buy a new appliance so you get the right appliance and, the right product to suit you.
Information about energy consumption, the environment, installation as well as loads more information to help you buy smart.
Appliance Environmental Issues
Appliance Energy Labelling Over the years we’ve spoken to many an environmentalist who were, for the most part, normal consumers with a strong interest and desire to minimise their footprint of environmental damage caused. Of course this includes the obvious things, like being s…
Domestic Appliance Extended Warranties
Extended Warranties Are they any good and should you pay for one? It is not unusual, as a service agent, to be asked if an extended warranty is any good or if you should buy one or not for a particular product and here we want to point out the good and bad from our perspective having …
Domestic Appliance Energy Labels: What Do They Mean?
Energy Labels Explained We try to remove some of the mystery about energy labels and expose some stuff The European ECO labels seem simple enough and, used correctly, we suppose that they are in some ways but they are, or can also be, very confusing for people as well as they a…
Using Appliances In Outbuildings
Appliances In Unheated Areas This is a bad idea, often a very bad idea and even dangerous! We explain why and how to avoid a visit from the fire brigade Electrical safety is often overlooked when someone installs a machine in a garage or garden shed. This type of environment is totall…
What Is In A Name?
What Brand Are You Buying Many people don’t realise that the brand they see is not who made the machine You may have read elsewhere on the site that many appliances are not what they seem to be, or at least what the public expects them to be. Hopefully, this will shed some light on th…
Internet Connected Appliances
A Solution With No Problem Yet another expensive feature that you will probably never use to get more out the sale There are a growing number of appliances out there that are web-enabled, but really, is it a good thing? Whirlpool have them, Miele has them, LG and Samsung are se…