"Affordable" kitchen ranges?
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:48 pm
A friend of ours needs a new stove. But they can't afford much: around $500 is their price range. From what they've learned thus far, Frigidaire and Kenmore are about what they can afford unless they can get a good deal on a better brand in a scratch n' dent situation. In the meantime, they asked my opinion on those two brands.
Kenmore, best I know, is now made by Whirlpool and I have virtually no experience with any of their modern appliances. Frigidaire, on the other hand, is the brand I've said I would never buy again. We had the crappiest dishwasher in our last house, and have the top of the line Frigidaire W/D set now--which I hate. I use a Frigidaire stove occasionally when cooking in our neighborhood clubhouse, and though it actually gets very little use there, it's a real POS--one small burner turns itself on while cooking, and the two big burners do not heat evenly or equally well.
Just based on those things I'd reccomend the Whirlpool/Kenmore, but for all I know those aren't any better. Any know more than I do, or would you reccomend something else to my friends?
Kenmore, best I know, is now made by Whirlpool and I have virtually no experience with any of their modern appliances. Frigidaire, on the other hand, is the brand I've said I would never buy again. We had the crappiest dishwasher in our last house, and have the top of the line Frigidaire W/D set now--which I hate. I use a Frigidaire stove occasionally when cooking in our neighborhood clubhouse, and though it actually gets very little use there, it's a real POS--one small burner turns itself on while cooking, and the two big burners do not heat evenly or equally well.
Just based on those things I'd reccomend the Whirlpool/Kenmore, but for all I know those aren't any better. Any know more than I do, or would you reccomend something else to my friends?