I probably come across as an old coot waging a war on modern technology. I am not really. I do see the benefit of advances and I even admire those who embrace and run with them.
There are just some things I just don't want or personally need . . . even when having fantasies about my ideal kitchen in my ideal home.
This LG refrigerator has an ice maker (I worry too much about mold since I use very little ice), instant view door (constant reminder that you need to clean the fridge?). It has auto close doors, which I might like, and the fact that it is counter depth is a definite good thing in my book. It has a smart grid and is WiFi enabled.
Fine, but I am retired now and I have the time and a lifelong habit of writing my grocery lists on scraps of paper so I really wouldn't use that. I don't feel the need to communicate with my kitchen appliances. Just keep the food cold and I'm happy. It cost nearly $4000.
This Kitchen Aid refrigerator has a Sabbath mode -- not entirely sure what that is, but I don't think I need it. It does have "professional features that will leave guests awestruck." Seriously? It's not even counter depth. The main thing I dislike about refrigerators is how they stick out into the kitchen.
But if I wanted to impress my family and friends, it would be by affixing the sales slip with its $9,360 price to the door with a kitschy magnet.
Now this Dacor model has 3D lighting so you never lose anything although I don't suppose you could really rely on a man to find what he's looking for all the same. It has not only an ice maker, but a dual ice maker. You can get standard ice cubes AND cocktail ice cubes, but I don't throw cocktail parties. I'm not sure if it is counter depth but it is sleek looking. However, if you need to know what's inside without being able to open the door and look, it has remote view cameras that connect via WiFi to an Android phone.
Darn, I have an iPhone. I guess I will save the $10,500 for something else.
There are just some things I just don't want or personally need . . . even when having fantasies about my ideal kitchen in my ideal home.
This LG refrigerator has an ice maker (I worry too much about mold since I use very little ice), instant view door (constant reminder that you need to clean the fridge?). It has auto close doors, which I might like, and the fact that it is counter depth is a definite good thing in my book. It has a smart grid and is WiFi enabled.
Fine, but I am retired now and I have the time and a lifelong habit of writing my grocery lists on scraps of paper so I really wouldn't use that. I don't feel the need to communicate with my kitchen appliances. Just keep the food cold and I'm happy. It cost nearly $4000.
This Kitchen Aid refrigerator has a Sabbath mode -- not entirely sure what that is, but I don't think I need it. It does have "professional features that will leave guests awestruck." Seriously? It's not even counter depth. The main thing I dislike about refrigerators is how they stick out into the kitchen.
But if I wanted to impress my family and friends, it would be by affixing the sales slip with its $9,360 price to the door with a kitschy magnet.
Now this Dacor model has 3D lighting so you never lose anything although I don't suppose you could really rely on a man to find what he's looking for all the same. It has not only an ice maker, but a dual ice maker. You can get standard ice cubes AND cocktail ice cubes, but I don't throw cocktail parties. I'm not sure if it is counter depth but it is sleek looking. However, if you need to know what's inside without being able to open the door and look, it has remote view cameras that connect via WiFi to an Android phone.
Darn, I have an iPhone. I guess I will save the $10,500 for something else.
My refrigerator is always full of stuff. We always have leftovers, sometimes they get leftover until they get thrown away. I would not like my refrigerator to have see through doors. Yikes! People would be awestruck--in a bad way. With the remote view fridge, It would need a little mechanical arm that I could remotely move stuff and shuffle it around to see what is behind the first, second, and third, rows of stuff.
ReplyDeleteI would also need an extra little arm inside to open the vegetable crisper drawers and close them up real quick when I remotely saw something sprouting or rotting. I don't know where I would be while spying inside of my refrigerator, using a type of phone that I don't currently have.
Maybe people would like to be able to do that from work so they know what to pick up at the store on the way home. One thing, though, we would finally have proof that the light in the fridge really is off when the door is closed. Remember that being something kids wondered about way back when.
With all of the fancy techno fridges they come out with, I'd be happy with an old fashioned frost free, Kenmore, that would last 20 years or more with no repair visits.
Olga, I found this post hysterically funny. Too many choices. We are being technologically overwhelmed! Since there weren't even TV's around when I was born... these choices are accumulating exponentially. "Communicating with our kitchen appliances" seems a bit much. But I will say that we have used Kitchen Aid refrigerators for many years and have been happy with them. We have a french door one now. It probably cost around $2000 - maybe a bit more, but definitely not $3,000 plus! Good luck in your search!
ReplyDeleteI am laughing and shaking my head.I guess my question about technology is, "Just because we CAN, do really NEED to?"
ReplyDeleteRefrigerators used to last a long time. Now they don't, and the more fancy stuff you have on they, the faster they go haywire.
WiFi, 3D lighting???? Just, WHY? And yes, grocery lists on paper, and no, men couldn't find it anyway. :-)
This is so funny. If one of those things goes out, does the whole refrigerator stop working and need repairing? My dearly beloved Kenmore lasted 44 years. My biggest lament now is the electric pilot light (ignition). When the power goes out, you can't use the oven, and that is just when you need it to make cookies or warm the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteAmazing how we have reached the pinnacle of appliances. Many of these luxuries are useless and I wonder how many buy these expensive models and do absolutely no cooking!
ReplyDeleteI wonder do the WIFI connected parts of these refrigerators have a separate power source so that you could potentially turn off the computers and yet still keep your food cold, for those times when hackers are mining bit coins or flooding social networks with pings from refrigerators, coffee pots, door bell cameras and the likes?
ReplyDeleteDo they also have intelligent stoves that provide JPGs of your dinner in the oven out to your smart phone, you know for those times you want to cook Thanksgiving dinner, while vacationing in Aruba?
Goodness you can get a decent funeral for the price of that last one. My only question is WHY? I guess the answer to that is "because we can."
ReplyDeleteGood heavens, those are ridiculous prices. I sure hope I don't have to shop for new appliances any time soon.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand the see through door fridges. So you see it, you still have to open it and fetch it. How lazy are we? I LOVE my fridge. LG. It doesn't talk to me, it doesn't do much but keep everything cold. I like the size, the different doors and drawers and that is all I need. I don't need wifi on my fridge. Mine was expensive but I got it during a black Friday sale. I'd buy the same fridge again if I move. We like it that much!
ReplyDeleteThose refrigerators are very expensive and have gadgets that I and you don't need. I prefer refrigerators that don't have ice makers, as I rarely use ice. A lot cheaper, too.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea. I haven't shopped for an ice box in years. In fact, I think the last one I purchased had the new fangled ice in the door. My 40 yo children were at the perfect age to use the ice maker and save me a little a little time. I have to crack my own ice in my apartment ice box. Sure am glad I don't see the need for these fancy frigs you described since I sure couldn't afford or want to pay that much.
ReplyDeleteAfter dealing with our ice maker and mold and breaking down too many times, we could do without the ice maker. We want as little gadgets as possible and it has to be counter depth. It is a pain to find.
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