Posts by Chad W. Smith

Don't Buy Samsung appliances.

In 2017 I bought a house built in 2013 that came with all Samsung appliances. We have already replaced the refrigerator and the dishwasher. And looking to get rid of the stove and microwave next. Luckily the previous owners took the clothes washer and dryer with them! First, the "fridge". It started making a terrible noise and didn't stay cold enough. Since it was one with ice in the door, but a drawer freezer on bottom, the ice maker was inside the fridge. When the fridge started getting too warm, the ice would melt, then refreeze frosting and jamming the ice maker. We did some digging and found the cause. Poor design. There is a fan behind the false wall on the interior of the fridge. Due to a poor design ice would build up behind this false wall, the fan would then hit the ice as it went by causing the terrible noise. Also behind this false wall is the thermometer. With ice built up next to the thermometer, the fridge "thought" it was actually colder in there than it was. the only "fix" for this was to unplug it, take things out that would perish, and take a hair dryer to the back to melt the ice buildup. To prevent the noise, you'd have to do this about once a month. After a couple months of this nonsense, we replaced it. Not a great or long story about the Dishwasher, it just sucked, it doesn't clean the dishes, it's usually hard to tell if the damn thing ran or not if you run it, and then look a day or so later. Somehow we seem to burn everything on the stove top, and anything in the actual oven always takes way longer than the recipe says it will. The Microwave seems to work ok, but the controls are confusing and frustrating at times. Now, I've got nothing against Samsung, I think the phones they make are pretty awesome, but home appliances? No, they are over priced and poorly designed.