My previous AEG lasted at least 23 years.  A couple of scavenge pumps, new friction pads, motor brushes and a heater element (the correct item was no longer available, but I fixed that with a slight modification).  Better than more modern machines (which are reputedly designed for 2000 cycles!).

Current Samsung is about 7-8 years old – used nearly every day (sometimes two cycles/ day) for at least 3 years.  Now only about 2-3 cycles/week.  I’m hoping it will last me out.🙂

Bought a spotless Bosch at auction with 24 hr guarantee, took about a week to get installed. Only to find it was dead ! Top off – it had been well used as there was carbon dust everywhere. A new set of brushes had been fitted but not even bedded in, whoever did that gave up. A good study of the circuit board showed an exploded power switching device. A bag of 5 was about £8, fitted one and it’s never missed a beat in 4 years. Nice to have a bit of luck ? Noel.

I have a brand new oven like that with more bells and whistles than a circus !

The only thing it does NOT do is operate in a simple manner ie, it,s about as simple to operate as  T0p-of-the-range DRO with a Chinese “Manual”

You would need to do a five year course in order to even get the thing to work, takes ages to even set the time-of-day on it, and without this being done, it refuses to do anything.

Happy days when you could buy a cooker, connect it up and proceed to cook in it.

Not any longer ! In a more enlightened age, my Mother had a simple gas cooker for 40 years which was still working when they changed from coal gas to natural gas. Seems the burners could not be changed.

I think this is what they call “Progress”

On a different note, I am trying to replace the thermostat on my Whirlpool chest freezer and cannot see how to remove the plastic cover in order to gain access to the unit. Needless to say, the book says nothing except “Send for an Engineer”

The freezer is about 20 years old but still working up till a few days ago.

Dont want to resort to brute force just yet, maybe later !

The Bosch dishwasher that came with the house, according to paperwork we found was purchased s/h by the couple we bought the house from, so it’s possibly 20 -25 years old

An old style Bosch, with a stainless steel interior, reputed to be a cut above their current offerings.

Soon after moving in we became aware of a warranty campaign by Bosch to replace the main PC board due to a risk of fire, so we badgered them to do this even though it was an old machine.

So the local Bosch dealer reluctantly replaced it for free – all good and working.

Then one day switching on dishwasher which along with the washing machine has a separate circuit and breaker it popped the breaker.

Turned out to be a dead short L to E in the mains filter, bought a generic replacement, fitted it – all good and still good.

The star of the domestic appliance show here is our tumble dryer, an old UK made 2 kw White Knight, bought from a brit family returning to the UK in 2010 in our local town for 20 euros.

It does not have any electronic components at all, just motor, fan, heater element, overheat thermostats and an electrically driven timer and a switch or two.

It lives in the barn,  the top is covered in OH’s (rusty) garden tools.

So far in 15 years it’s had one drive belt, and some parts are still available.

It will probably outlast me.