In the area you grew up what brands were popular

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GE Filter Flo washers and dryers seemed really common here. My grandparents both had Filter Flos at one point but replaced them with either Whirlpool or Whirlpool made Kenmores.

Looking back, I think Kenmore's ranges tended to be so-so up until this day. Many of the older ones were Roper made which I think was mostly just an average quality stove. Not to mention some being WCI sourced. Some were rebadged GEs which I think were pretty good. But the majority after the late 90s have been Frigidaires, and I haven't felt that Frigidaire ranges, at least the electric ones are anything spectacular quality wise. I could always be wrong about that!

Kenmore definitely had the edge with laundry being they were Whirlpool sourced. Those Dual Action agitator machines and top filter dryers are hard to beat.

I think most Kenmore refrigerators have been good as well, being rebadged Whirlpools and GEs. My parent's Kenmore fridge before the current one was a GE based unit and lasted 23 years with no repairs. And it was still going when they gave it away. It was very similar to the GE they had put in their last house when it was built in 1992.

Most of my parents' appliances and grandparents' had been Kenmore since the 1990s.

 

[fan-of-fans]

My dad's first job in his tiny town was at Western Auto. He helped deliver many appliances during high school.

I never saw many if any Wizard appliances here, but I have gotten a few fans.

Caloric, is a brand I never seen around here ever. Magic Chef I've only seen in mobile homes. Which my parents had a mobile home and it had a very BOL almond Magic Chef gas range. Pilot lights and not even a light in the oven.'Many 80s trailers had almond electric MC ranges too.

I did see a house once with a solid element MC range. Eek!

Sunray, another name I only saw once of. In a lake house we rented for a week. 30" gas, which I was afraid of. I may have a picture of that somewhere too.