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Hey Spiff! Yes, samsung sucks ass for everything but phones, and even then, the phones haven't been superb as of late. Sony is good for media, like TVs, and LG is just decent all around, but if you buy appliances, just ignore the brand label, because no matter what, what matters most is that the appliance survives, because that baby gotta last you years man.
Our Samsung tv wrecked its wifi board so every time we want to watch something it just stops in the middle and just buffers for like 15 min, also the leds in the stove display, like in the seven segment display, died within like 6 months
As a scrapper who constantly get to tear apart washing machines and dryers. Samsungs are definitely the most scuffed on the motor/heating department. Meanwhile whirlpool, TIL Frigidaire, and others are fine.
@@psi_psi a good place to start if you have access to to any kind of hauling is to just go around town looking through trash. Look for wires and aluminum both fairly light but go for a good amount at a scrap yard. Having access to a bigger trailer and more tools makes bigger things much easier though. (Just some advice)
ok but pretty sure both that we've had in this state were TIL, and both would just eat my clothes, I've had so many things ruined bc it manages to put holes in pretty new things, Id rather slightly damp and in need of a second dry than ruined with holes (I say both, bc family is renting the machines, and since it's not rent to own or anything I kept begging to replace them rather than pay for ones that ruin my clothes. thankfully they listened, the new ones still occasionally does but not nearly as often and not as bad)
We have some ancient kinda yellowing white dryer that kinda sucks at it’s job, doesn’t have the modern comfortable ease features and such, but absolutely resfuses to die. Idk what’s worse, a machine that kinda cant do the job sometimes and isn’t as comfortable to use, or constantly have to replace modern ones because they break…
My dad a microwave that is like 40 years old and it just works, the age have weakened the efficency, especially during the last 10 years (things that use to take 1 minute to heat now takes 2 minutes and the efficency keeps getting worse slowly), my dad did hope that it would just stop so he could get a good reason to buy a new one, but it just keeps going. I hope it never stops working during my dads life, he's not equiped to handle new ones (i have seen him strugle), i would also like to inherit it, it contains so much story about my parents and i prefer the simplicity of it compared to new ones
@theprinceofawesomeness I thought microwaves became a safety hazard once they got too old? The fact that it still works after 40 years is incredibly impressive though. Did it have any repairs or maintenance done in the past to stay alive that long? If not then that's amazing, my parents old laundry machines need maintenance every now and then just to not explode XD
non-samsung appliances also have jingles, we have a kenmore washer/dryer set, they both kinda have jingles (3 tones repeating 3 times, not quite a song but almost), we also have a non-samsung dishwasher (forget what brand) and it also has a full jingle, so their selling point isn't even a unique selling point lmao
I can speak on their phones: I have a Galaxy 9S and it's been a bit of a tank for all of the getting-close-to-6 years that I've had it. I don't treat it rough (besides dropping it on a curb and breaking it's screen once. Repair guy had it fixed within 2 hrs) and RU-vid/Googling/email loads just as fast on it now as it did on day 1. Can't speak on their newer phones, but their older ones are good.
on an s8+ since near release, dropped it (on a curb as well) when I first got it and didn't have a case, shattered the screen. got it replaced with warranty and got a unicorn beetle case, hasn't broken since. It's funny too, it was back in high school and my dad was saying we should've gotten a case and screen protector even if it was temporary and I drop it right away... Either I've gotten lucky, or the screen is really good since I've dropped it face down a couple times and all it has to show is some scratching (though the glass backing has a small crack on the side). I've bricked it a couple times since the Snapdragon cpu isn't friendly to CFW, but I'm back on stable stock firmware and it's still going great other than Monster Hunter Now running kinda crappy. 2:19
I think this is leaving the spectrum of actually useful but I have a tablet that I got for my birthday all the way back on 2015 (atleast according to the status screen, I forgor when I actually got it💀) and while most apps aside of google have stopped working on it, it is still going.
i have always had second hand samsung phones and i drop my phone a ton and ive only broken the screen twice in my life, and one of those times it was just a single crack across the screen
My family got a Samsung washer and dryer about 5 years ago and the dryer is fine, but the washing machine sucks on many levels. The thing will get unbalanced in the spin cycle and then fill up with water in an attempt to "fix the problem", and this is all pretty quiet, so finally after it does this for maybe an hour it finally beeps at you that it can't fix it's own problems
So basically…now it’s a Samsung Toaster? Effective if you don’t like your clothes, and for kickstarting a bonfire. I agree on Samsung TV’s being mid. I’ve had a Samsung TV for like a year, and the painting thing keeps glitching so badly. And the Amazon Prime app keeps yelling at me in German, so that exists too.
I had a S8 for years, broke the screen almost immediately and decided "screw it I'll get a new one when the digital display acts up". Never did, lasted six years until I bought another phone. I kept it too bc it still works just fine.
They're just as unreliable and annoying to get fixed as samsung. Good luck diy if you attempt to with either, since their parts and services are a joke too.@@SirMisterMonsieur
@AstralSpiffExtras I have that problem pretty often with mine. When it does that, holding the power button to restart the TV tends to do the trick for me 9/10.
My dryer that i have has a broken dial from the factory for like 6 years but we didnt want to take it in for warranty cause we lived in the countryside just thought it was bad no they installed the dial backwards so then the heavy duty setting was the wool setting and we only used the heavy duty setting and we thought it just sucked cause its a condenser drier and we've never had one before but about 4 months ago we accidentally shrunk a wool sweater by putting it on the wool setting so now we use the wool setting for everything but wool Turns out the wool setting turns the inside into a nuclear bomb
My mom had a Samsung phone once, I dropped it once and the screen literally fell apart, there was like three layers that had came out of the phone, surprisingly it still worked after she put the screen back into it
Honestly surprised it came apart, but not surprised it all went back together fine, the sheer amount of shit I accidentally put my s7 through. Like it managed to fall out of my pocket getting out of my car onto concrete and was fine, slipped on stone steps the rare day my phone was in my back pocket, fully landed on it and got a nasty bruise, phone was totally fine. Both without a case bc I was indecisive about which I wanted and then very broke later. They're VERY sturdy phones (and the camera is amazing)
Story Time. When I worked at Lowe's (2018-2020), I usually worked the opening shift, which meant I would speak with most contractors. Every contractor would avoid Samsung appliances as much as possible. Many "smart" appliances ended up being ignored too, but not at the same rate. I even had one contractor that told me a story of a Samsung dishwasher he desperately tried to convince a customer not to get but they did, and he had to repair it several times over just a 2 month span -- not sure what "several" meant, but the contractor and customer had apparently gotten to a nickname basis with the frequency. The final straw -- after replacing enough pieces to become Theseus' dishwasher -- was when a proprietary part (wasn't told what) was going to cost more to get (shipping and all) than the whole price of the dishwasher at the time of purchase, not even including repairs. (Which does make sense when you consider how manufacture's get with proprietary parts. Looking at you too, Subaru.) The contractor convinced the guy to take an older dishwasher from the local scrap yard. They cleaned it out, did some "light maintenance" (again, idk), and it started working the moment they hooked it up with no problems. And, question, what advantage does a "smart" dishwasher give you over a normal one? Ease of use? Hell no. More eco-friendly? Again, no, more resources and materials pumped into a device that, when used properly (go watch technology connections), is already a pretty eco-friendly device. Remotely start it when in a hurry? Again, that would take more time vs just pressing a button on the device. The most they can offer is more in-depth control over the device for cycles, and even then, don't do that. The dishwasher has been common in the US home since the 1970's, and have been around since 1924. The mfs are 100yrs old. On top of that, what of other "smart" devices like washers, dryers, ovens, fridges, and microwaves? Sure a smart fridge might, and I stress might, have a camera-esk system built into the fridge to let you view what's in there incase you forgot something. But if you're using it to check for that, then it's admitting to the only advantage being you weren't prepared before you bought groceries, and it what about the pantry and cupboards? The longer I worked at Lowe's, and even after, the more I've grown to despise many "smart" appliances. Frequent returns for breaking, not pairing correctly with other devices (funnily enough same-brand setups seemed to break more than multi-brand setups), not being easy to use, and in many cases being very invasive. Truth was that it was costing us more to accept those returns on top of the ongoing and quite publicly known privacy concerns. I forget the brand, but the biggest was one of the cheaper-end security cam "24/7 recording" (which, sure you are bud) set ups where the videos were saved to a central database, viewable to anyone with access to the database, and you didn't have a choice on that matter, nor were you obviously told unless you read like halfway through the long ass user agreement. (Even then, it never said who or for what purpose it was for, and because of the wording, there were questions as to what you were actually allowing to let the company do with the videos.) The company's response was something akin to: "don't worry, only top men can see it" but never said who that entails or for what purpose. Keep in mind, that other companies did do similar acts, but the difference was that, in most cases: that information was given to you clearly in the instructions and time of set up, it was clear as to what was being done with the recordings and who could see them, and it was optional (but heavily recommended if you didn't have a home server) in many instances. Tldr; Samsung appliances are a joke and utter trash, and many "smart" devices are gimmicks. Don't waste your money on them. Smart bulbs, thermostats, power strips / APC UPS devices, and home security are the only viable ones in all reality. Everything else has mostly been solved without "smart" devices needed. The next biggest step in "smart home" technology should honestly be in the widespread adoption of smart breakers.
My dryer just pretty much killed itself (its around 34 years old lol) and I'm glad to have seen this video. I was actually considering a samsung... Maybe not anymore
If you have a dryer that doesn't seem to dry, or a range that takes forever to heat up, or really any resistive heat appliance that just seems to... suck, it might be because you are in a building that uses three phase power. Not to bore you with the details of how three phase works*, but it is essentially a system that has three hot lines instead of two, and each one is 120v but only gives 208v instead of 240v line to line. This isn't too common in houses, but you see it quite a bit in large apartment complexes. The reason it sucks for this is simple: power output is proportionate to current flow and voltage. Resistive heating has a fixed resistance, so reduced voltage also means reduced current, which means greatly reduced wattage: a 12000w range won't give that on only 208 volts, but would (just doing direct calculations) only push around 9000w. There are some devices that are designed to work at both voltages, so if you can "fix" this by buying a product that is wholly compatible with 208 or 240v. *That said, if you'd like me to bore you with the details of how three phase works, feel free to ask. I recommend bringing a chair and about a half hour to kill lol.
I own a Samsung washer and dryer. The washer is always loud and the dryer just straight up doesn't dry stuff unless you put it on an hour and a half cycle.
The new house my family moved into a few weeks ago has Samsung appliances when it comes to the washer/dryer and my mom and I literally had to fix our dryer because it wasn't drying anything 💀
My parents changing the entire house and replaced our nice wash and dryer we had for 20+ years for samsungs Never had a problem with the old ones now I got every problem My worst grievance with the Samsung ones is that the door are on the same damn side which means you can’t even place them together
Samsung phones are okay, same with TVs. What they really excel at imo is their SSDs that they sell. Other than that I try not to touch Samsung products too much. The same goes for any mega brand that just add unnecessary features to milk you for that extra bit of $.
I’ve heard this from everybody so I’m inclined to believe it, but somehow got the Samsung god washer and dryer from 12 years ago and I think the belt came off the dryer once.
Damn- that sucks about your dryer! I hope you're able to get a safer dryer soon! Also I have never clicked on a video on youtube so fast??? I just had to know your opinion immediately
I have a Samsung dryer (I think) and i have learned, that you should put it on towels to fully dry it. Also i have a Samsung phone, and they are pretty good
It’s not just you spiff, my family has Samsung appliances like a fridge, microwave(well, we used to), dishwasher, washer and dryer, and oven. OH MY GOD THEY SUCK. The microwave actually stoped working and had to be replaced, the fridge is small, the shelves are broken, and they don’t even make the fridge anymore so we can’t replace the shelves(oh yeah and it leaks and occasionally the water goes offline for no reason). The dishwasher just sucks at its job overall, half the time we put the cleaning pod in it and it doesn’t even use the whole thing, half the dam pod is left over in the thing, and nothing is really cleaned, not to mention it barely cleans anyway. The washer and dryer though are the worst, the washer is ABSOLUTELY disgusting, but otherwise, doesn’t seem to be the worst, but still not good, but the dryer meanwhile, oh god. That thing has been fixed more times than I can count and it still barely does its job, sometimes we have to run it twice to get it to do its job, and it also has recently come loose and started making this unbearable squeaking noise as it runs, and it makes me want to throw it off the roof. Whatever you do, don’t by Samsung appliances, stick to brands like Kitchen aid or Frigidaire, or whirlpool, they are SOOOO much better than Samsung. Edit: forgot the oven, yeah it sucks. Edit 2: recently we have had an issue where whenever the washer is used, afterwards the area to put softener into get completely filled with water for some reason requiring we soak it up before we can put anything in there
The phones are good, but that's wild. I have a samsung washer & dryer and it's been 2 years without an issueI either hit the jackpot with the build or I have a model that's simply built different Edit: aside from the washer drum alerting us to an unbalance, but that's usually when one of the family members has a lapse in judgement and decides to load the washer with a heavy blanket on one side and then light shit like clothes on the other.
There’s a Samsung fridge and I watched a video. I think by cnbc where they talked about companies intentionally making sub par appliances. In it they showed how the Samsung fridge leaks. It was a few years ago though so can’t recall any details. I will however note Samsung as a not so great company
I do appliance repairs for a local store in Ohio, and I'll tell you to stay away from LG appliances as well. They're just as bad as Samsung's. Then there's the process of getting the parts to get them fixed if you do the repairs yourself. If you see this, I hope it's before you ever buy an LG appliance.
I thought it was just us. We had all Samsung appliances for the dishwasher, washing machine, and dryer when we moved into our new house, and they didn't last 2 years. Absolutely a waste of time and money.
Idk what brand dryer I have, but it hasn't been drying very well. I have to put my clothes in there (on medium heat) for around 3-ish hours for them to dry properly. Anything less and my clothes are damp.
Spiff idk if you've ever watched iCarly, but there was one episode where the group got stuck with a really shitty sponsor that also liked to self-destruct. They got out of the sponsor by taking all the negative things about it and presenting it as "positive" points --- "Wow, these things catch fire so often, you don't have to use a grill anymore!" etc. If Samsung ever comes to you with a sponsor offer, I that that's what you should do lol.
I try to tell my family about this all the time!! People want to praise Samsung for their “innovation” and features when their basic components are flawed from the beginning
You should make sure your dryer duct is clean. A clogged duct can cause heating issues and slower drying times. Not to mention, it's a giant fire hazard.
Appliance salesman at large retailer here. the first thing they told me when i started, Samsung has the worst appliances. refrigerators suck and all of their electronic components tend to have faulty wiring and ive heard of multiple fires being started. LG is a much better alternative for higher end appliances and so is GE
as someone who uses a samsung phone, they are just fine and i dont see any reason why apple users hate them, and also, i see why those things happened, and even without and of them, i can agree that samsung appliances are garbage
If I had a nickel for every RU-vidr that usually made content of a much different kind, dissing a horrible household appliance made by an otherwise respected company, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's hilarious that it happened twice. -Save for the unfortunate fact of big company names handing out shitty products to people that don't fulfil their functions at best, and cause disaster at worst, but hey, what can you do.-
