Aging refrigerator
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Both of the units I linked to above are new models, so it doesn't look like Whirlpool is walking away from this style any time soon. They've re-done the interior design, putting the veggie drawers on the bottom and moving up the pantry drawer. Otherwise all the same, and not much different from what we have.
We went over to Best Buy (Abt will be insane today and tomorrow) to actually look at the floor models to confirm that the hinge design will still work, and it does.
The thing that's weird is that the KA model that is being discontinued is $700 more than the new one. The interior of the old one had the pantry drawer on the bottom like ours does. Now the interior layout looks identical to the Whirlpool.
And caveat emptor...Abt's search didn't pull up the new cheaper model when I looked for French door KitchenAids. Only the old $2500 model came up. I actually saw the new model on Best Buy's website and when I did a search for that model number on Abt, lo and behold they have it. And in stock. They do this all the time. If you know which model you want, you're good. But if you rely on their internal search to show you all your choices based on your search criteria, you're at their mercy. Bastards.
Anyway, I may have some breathing room, but I agree, it might be time.
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Going for it. I reached out to a sales guy we've worked with before and he knocked another 80 bucks off the price and waived a couple of fees.
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Get a new one! You only live once.
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I see you took my advice before I even gave it. That was easy!
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Frig is being delivered next week. Since the old one is still running, I thought I'd test the waters on craigslist and see if there is any interest in a free, ancient, working frig.
Whoa boy, is there...I had to take the listing down after 15 minutes.
I have five names and I'll reach out to one of them next week after the new one is in and the old one is out in the garage and ready to go.
When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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@wtg said in Aging refrigerator:
I thought I'd test the waters on craigslist and see if there is any interest in a free, ancient, working frig.
Whoa boy, is there...I had to take the listing down after 15 minutes.
Wow! You’ll have to let us know if you’re successful selling the old one.
As an aside, I still have yet to buy or sell anything on Craigslist. My piano was listed on Facebook Marketplace and OfferUp (although I can’t remember which listing I saw first), and I sold my digital piano through word of mouth.
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I’m giving it away.
When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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@wtg said in Aging refrigerator:
I’m giving it away.
Ahh, then of course it makes sense that you’d have a lot of interest. (For the recorded, I've never given anything away on Craigslist either)
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I’ve sold on both sites successfully, from household stuff to vehicles. You just have to be careful.
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I buy and sell on FB Marketplace and Craigslist fairly often.
I’ve never had a problem.
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Does your electric company have a rebate program for retiring old refrigerators and other appliances. MIne gives a $50 credit but I think you have to turn the refrigerator over to their scrap agency.
I did that several years ago with a very old refrigerator in my garage that still worked.
Big Al
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Com Ed used to have the "give us your old frig, working or not, and we'll give you $50" program. Now they have a broader appliance rebate program; the list of which appliances qualify changes periodically. You also don't have to turn in the old unit.. We got $45 when we bought a new dehumidifier at the beginning of the summer, but refrigerators aren't on the list right now.
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It's here!
Before:
It was always a tight fit on the right side, with that door so close to the wall. Earlier in the day I managed to cut the filler strip on the left side up at the top with my nifty little Japanese pull saw, and after the delivery guys got the old frig out, I was able to rock the filler strip out. So when the new frig went in it's farther to the left and the right door can open more than 90 degrees. Yay!
Talk about having this down to a science. We were the last delivery stop. They backed into our driveway. They saw that we have a new driveway, and they put down masonite so that when the lift gate came down it wouldn't bang up the asphalt.
Their truck has amazing LED lights that illuminate everything behind the truck. Eventually they lowered the new frig down to the driveway and unpacked it.
Masonite on the kitchen floor, and the two man crew got the old frig out and put it in the garage. Love those moving straps they use to move these pups. So much more control than the old appliance dollies. New frig came in, they leveled it and we were good to go!
Turns out the hinge redesign makes the unit a little bit shorter, and that allowed us to push the frig back into the opening further and makes that tight walkthrough feel a little roomier.
We didn't hook up the water for the ice maker. My Oxo ice cube trays are in the freezer making our first batch of ice.
Life is good! Or more accurately, Life is Whirlpool!
When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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Whirlpool appliances get no love on the ‘net but I’ve always been happy with them.
Enjoy!
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Our Whirlpool front-loading washer was a total disaster.
Whirlpool Corp owns Whirlpool, Amana, Maytag, KitchenAid, and Jenn-Air. Plus a few others. Their French door refrigerators are made in Amana, IA in the same factory our 18 year old Maytag unit came from.
Who knows what the quality is of the parts they use. I doubt they're as good as the old frig.
This unit has the zero clearance hinge that we need because of the wall on the right side. It's basically the only unit that will work for us, as we are not fans of side-by-side units and can't do a basic frig with a single door/freezer drawer. Not enough space to open a wide door; it would hit the cabinet across from it.
I’ve always been happy with them.
Hope our experience mirrors yours!
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@Steve-Miller said in Aging refrigerator:
Whirlpool appliances get no love on tie ‘net but I’ve always been happy with them.
Enjoy!
Me too.
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Our Whirlpool washer and dryer have been serving us well since 1995. Built to last. I think newer machines are planned obsolescence.
