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(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Puns #Appliances #ForSaleAds #FacebookAds

Meme with a photo of a flat round washer (the kind that goes with nuts and bolts) and a clothes pin. Meme text reads, "Washer and dryer for sale. Serious inquiries only."

Naturally Trump is going to kill the Energy Star program because it directly benefits the public. It will also help undermine confidence in the Federal government.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/trump-epa-energy-star-program-eliminate-reaction-cost-families-businesses-500-billion-efficient-appliances/ #Trump #ETTD #Politics #EnergyStar #Appliances

Trump administration plans to end #Energ Star program for home #appliances
Since 1992, the program has helped American families and businesses save more than $500 billion in #energy costs, a federal report says https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/05/06/energy-star-program-epa-trump/
https://archive.ph/WpB1C

Some people say they want simpler, fixable technologies. But would your or them buy it. Is this just a throwback/aspirational thing?

#technology #buyers #righttorepair #electronics #appliances #ifixit #computers #home

Sometimes I can make an expensive hardware purchase quickly

I won’t say that I always research potential purchases to an obsessive degree, because first I’d have to fact-check that statement by researching my Web history to an obsessive degree. But I can say with reasonable certainty that I usually don’t buy anything with a four-figure price without first reading more than one review of the device in question.

Except when I don’t, which this week started with my plucking a jar of leftover bacon fat (what, you don’t have one?) out of the fridge and realizing it was not quite its usual cold self.

I grabbed our ThermoWorks remote infrared thermometer (what, you don’t have one?) and realized that our barely 10-year-old Samsung had developed a series of microclimates–warmer at the top, normally-cold temps at the bottom–that should not exist in a functioning refrigerator.

The French-door model we’d bought at the end of 2014 after extensive reading of Wirecutter and Consumer Reports review had already been aging badly, like those of other Samsung purchasers. The front-door icemaker had stopped working a couple of years ago even as the fridge had started growing icebergs at the bottom and back of its refrigerator compartment.

Instead of paying for yet another repair that would push off this decision, one longer-term risk and one short-term factor pushed me to pick a replacement.

First, Trump’s tariff schemes already look to be making a lot of household appliances more expensive. I suppose they might miraculously inspire trade deals that leave imports cheaper–but after all the opening economic chaos of this administration, why would I want to take avoidable financial chances on the tumbling Trump dice?

Second, Bosch held a sale. I’d already been thinking of that company as a possibility after months of satisfactory experience with the Bosch dishwasher and induction range we got as part of last year’s overdue kitchen renovation, and a hands-on inspection of that German firm’s latest hardware at CES 2025 gave me a little more confidence.

And that steered my choice of which fridge to get, even with inexact advice from reviewers.

Consumer Reports’ guidance was a little behind, while Wirecutter’s advice focused on fridges without in-door icemakers. And neither had reviewed the Bosch model I had in mind. But CR’s owner-satisfaction metrics revealed long-term confidence in Bosch’s work that was not matched in reader assessments of LG and Whirlpool, two other brands I’d considered.

So I went ahead with the purchase–after first chiseling away at our costs by buying some AARP-discounted Best Buy gift cards–and now I can look forward to the results being delivered and set up next weekend. I hope that they live up to my expectations, at least enough to make me not regret this post in a year or five or 10.

I also hope that our car can hold out until 2026, because after also having our house’s roof replaced, we’ve spent quite enough on household capital expenditures this year.

#applianceReviews #appliances #Bosch #capex #capitalExpenditures #ces #fridge #LG #refrigerator #Samsung #TrumpTariffs #TrumpUncertainty #Whirlpool

A Thermoworks infrared thermometer shows a reading of 44 degrees at the back of a Samsung fridge.

Conserving power is a theme, when living on a boat.

After a day of boating, you'd think it's OK to stop the engine right away. But sometimes it needs to keep running, to power electric devices that draw more than the boat's batteries and inverter can provide.

Some appliances draw a lot of electricity—a washing machine, iron, vacuum, toaster, microwave oven, electric chainsaw. I run these one at a time.

#CanalLife #canal #boating #boat #narrowboat #electric #appliances #diesel #engine #power

Quebec recycler shows what happens to scrap appliances left on the curb
A Chelsea, Que., woman is on a mission to keep recyclable appliances and material out of the landfill.
#recycling #waste #appliances #Quebec #Chelsea #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-chelsea-trash-collector-1.7511967?cmp=rss

Top 7 small kitchen appliance deals to upgrade your cooking game
Don’t miss your chance to elevate your kitchen without breaking the bank.
#deals #kitchen #appliances #cooking #TheCurator #DealsCurated
https://globalnews.ca/news/11132645/top-7-small-kitchen-appliance-deals-to-upgrade-your-cooking-game/

Ancient Science for the practical application: Ice in the desert
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UNEy2_flAHQ

#ice #jakChal #desert #smartDesigns #science #Appliances

Out Back at Wernsing's Appliance Store
Litchfield, Illinois, USA

#Photography #illinois #litchfieldIL #appliances #alley #BlackAndWhite #BlackandWhitePhoto #BlackandWhitePhotogrophy

Various different appliances sit in an alley behind a small town shopping district appliance store.

I have a suspicion that AI is an example of executive level disconnect, so here's a poll:

Would you rather AI infused appliances, or more expensive, but longer-lasting, reparable appliances?

#AI #appliances #electronics #business #consumer #economics #economy #repair #iot #InternetOfThings #smartphone #environment #market #marketing #advertising #technology

Contemporary shower fixtures are only one of the items that rankle the president. He has frequently denounced toilets that he claims require flushing “ten or 15 times” and LED lightbulbs, which he faults for making him look orange.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-showerheads-appliances-led-lights-regulation-energy-department-chaos?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #Appliances #LED #Regulation #USPolitics

The first task after coming home was to replace the ice maker in the fridge. That was a project that was somehow easy and hard to do at the same time. #diy #samsung #appliances