We love them because we remember when durable goods were actually durable and lasted decades. My parents’ washer and dryer from the early 80s lasted 25 years and could have been repaired again if they hadn’t decided to buy a front loader that was done in 10 years. In the summer of 2003 I had a job delivering Sears appliances. We took a pink “Lady Kenmore” set out of an elderly couple’s home. They were still working but the old man had bought them as a gift for his wife when she brought their fourth child home from the hospital in 1953. He said he’d decided after 50 years she deserved a new set.

Meanwhile my Samsung dryer died after 7 years, I repaired it, it died again a month later, I repaired it again, and when it died again two weeks after that I decided I didn’t have the time for it anymore to chase electrical gremlins and it was during the pandemic so it was hard to get a repairman to come out n less than two weeks and then it was going to men a minimum of $200. So I bought a Speed Queen scratch and dent dryer and am eagerly awaiting the washer failing for any reason that can’t be fixed with basic maintenance so I can be done with the finicky washer that has to be babied or it won’t get your clothes clean because it doesn’t use enough water.