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Factory Second Fridges – Upgrade Without the Massive Price Tag

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Today, more than ever, it pays to be smart with purchasing everyday products, including big-ticket items or appliances. These cost a lot, so if you need a new household appliance, it’s a practical step to check if there are any great deals available.

While shopping for a new fridge, for example, consider factory second fridges, too. With a factory second fridge, you can purchase a much larger, more energy-efficient refrigerator with all the bells and whistles, but without the massive price tag.

The basics of factory seconds

Appliances labelled as factory seconds are sold at super low prices. But even when some people find them tempting enough to buy, others also doubt their quality. However, you should give factory seconds due consideration and credit because they’re not defective or inferior.

In fact, a factory second fridge (or any other appliance so classified) will be in perfect working order – just like a unit being sold as brand new. However, it is not being sold at a lower price, and this can be because of any of these reasons: Continue reading “Factory Second Fridges – Upgrade Without the Massive Price Tag”

Laundry Renovation Time? Simpson Makes It Easy

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Your laundry is due for a renovation and you’re more than ready for the change. It’s time to revamp your storage options, install new flooring, maybe slap some new paint on the walls – but wait, aren’t you forgetting something? What about the laundry machines?

No laundry renovation is complete without a brand new (or new-ish) washer and dryer, right? And even if you don’t have time for a full-on reno, you might be surprised how much you can achieve just with some new whitegoods.

Picking the Best Whitegoods: 3 Things to Consider

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As Brisbane Enters the Rainy Season, How Are You Going to Dry Those Clothes?

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Well we all know this is about whitegoods.  They need to be up to speed in your household if you want to make life easy.  Factory seconds provide low cost answers to these questions. Particularly if your family is always active and on the move, they may go through a change of clothes every day. For example if one adult is working on a construction site and coming home covered in dirt, while the children play sports and come home covered in mud. Now let’s add toddlers into the mix! Toddlers being toddlers, they soil their clothes without any warning.  So all in all you’ll certainly spend a lot of time in the family laundry room. However, you still need to dry those clothes after they come out of the machine, and this is not so easy when space is often limited and the weather isn’t always accommodating during the summer rain months. As Brisbane enters its rainy season, dry days may be few and far between and in this case, you need a better alternative.

Seeking household efficiency

While a combination of sun and wind may be good at evaporating and dispersing water when you hang your clothes out to dry, it may be in short supply at this time of year. You need to turn to a far more efficient solution and get a dedicated tumble dryer instead from a company that specialises in Brisbane household appliances. Certainly, a modern washing machine can get rid of a lot of the water through a high-speed centrifuge, but those clothes will still be wet when you pull them out of the tub. Continue reading “As Brisbane Enters the Rainy Season, How Are You Going to Dry Those Clothes?”

Simpson Washing Machines – Keeping Wash Clean for More Than a Century

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Quality, durability, and reliability are three words that come to mind when talking about Simpson washing machines. For more than 150 years, Australians have relied on Simpson to keep their clothes fresh and clean. It is hardly a surprise considering the brand specialises in washing and drying, offering a top-notch line of both front and top-loading washing machines.

Front Load Washing Machines

Simpson offers two front load washing machines from its EZI Set line, an 8 kg model and a 7 kg version. Both are designed to take the fuss out of doing the wash so you can attend to the more important things in life. Everyone needs fresh, clean clothes, an easy task to accomplish with either of these machines.

Both come with a 1200 rpm spin speed and durable inverter motor. Key features include:

  • Daily 60 program designed to thoroughly wash larger loads – up to 4 kg – in an hour
  • Quick wash option with auto water level sensing technology
  • Pause and add button to toss in those last-minute or missed items

One of the coolest features is the delay end option that allows you to select when the wash finishes. This helps prevent wrinkles and cuts down on the amount of ironing your freshly-laundered clothes require. Continue reading “Simpson Washing Machines – Keeping Wash Clean for More Than a Century”

Whitegoods: What are the different fridge styles?

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Your refrigerator is a major purchase, and you want to make sure you’re buying the right product for your home. But with so many different options on the market, how can you be sure that you’re choosing a fridge that truly meets your needs?

We’ve put together this guide to the different fridge styles available, to help you make an informed decision.

Different styles of refrigerator

1. Top mount

A top mount fridge is the most common type of refrigerator. In this traditional design, the fridge is divided into two compartments, each behind a separate door. The top is the freezer, and this is usually the smaller of the two compartments. The bottom compartment is a cooler for fresh food and takes up more space.

2. Bottom mount

A bottom mount fridge reverses the top mount design. In this model, the fresh food compartment is located at the top, with the freezer on the bottom. The freezer in a bottom mount fridge tends to be larger than the freezer in a top mount design, providing you with more space for frozen food. Continue reading “Whitegoods: What are the different fridge styles?”

Brisbane Whitegoods

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Save Cash and the Environment: How to Get the Best Deals on Whitegoods

Shopping for new appliances can be a daunting task. Trying to stick to a budget while choosing environmentally friendly options further complicates matters.

Whitegoods are among the biggest household expenses for consumers. Just over half of Australian households have whitegoods, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most common whitegoods appliance were refrigerators at 99.9 per cent. Washing machines came in at a close second at 97.8 per cent, and air conditioners ranked third at 74 per cent.

There are several places in Brisbane to find quality whitegoods. Consumers in the market for them may want to follow these four tips for finding the best deals. Continue reading “Brisbane Whitegoods”

Why Are Standalone Freezers Rarer Than Hens’ Teeth?

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When the World Health Organisation declared a pandemic and people began to understand the implications, a certain amount of panic set in. Australians flocked to the supermarket to buy provisions, stripping the shelves of some essentials. However, they needed somewhere to store those perishables and stripped all the standalone freezers as well. So, unless you were quick off the mark, you would have been disappointed as warehouse stocks ran out at the same time as production lines ground to a halt.

Demand Over Supply

Unfortunately, this “perfect storm” scenario created a significant backlog of orders and a clear case of demand that was greater than supply. In fact, it is still difficult to find a standalone freezer, even though people have long since stopped panic buying and production has restarted.

This scarcity has made it very difficult for those with a malfunctioning freezer, who may want a replacement. It’s equally painful for those who are moving into a new home and want to equip their new property with a freezer as they are also finding it hard to find a factory second from any other source. Continue reading “Why Are Standalone Freezers Rarer Than Hens’ Teeth?”

Benefits of Choosing a Factory Seconds Dryer

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Winter is coming and some of us just need to get our clothes dry faster without using the clothesline. A dependable dryer is a great way to achieve this.  Fluffy towels and toasty warm clothes in the morning are an added bonus!

When you are ready to purchase a clothes dryer you should know there’s no need to buy new because choosing a factory seconds dryer can get the same job done without breaking the bank.

What Are Factory Seconds?

Whitegoods factory seconds are products that were unboxed before a sale or found to have physical imperfections like scratches and dents. A majority of factory seconds were display room pieces, with some being product returns within a few days of purchase.

Factory seconds are in seamless working condition despite their physical imperfections or return status. Whitegoods are thoroughly examined by technicians to ensure they are in working order before being made available to consumers.  They are also professionally graded to set criteria.

Why Purchase a Factory Seconds Dryer?

Whitegoods dryers are a convenient and smart purchase for several reasons. Continue reading “Benefits of Choosing a Factory Seconds Dryer”

Settling an age-old question: How to correctly stack a dishwasher

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Time and time again, it’s the things that are closest to us that we take for granted.

Well, with the coronavirus now a very real risk in Australia, and all of us taking steps to stay safe, healthy and responsible during this time, you may have found yourself getting to grips with a space very close to you indeed: your kitchen.

That’s right. Your kitchen. You love your kitchen, but you might not have given it much thought over the years, what with the hustle and bustle of daily life.

But now, with the entire family home and enjoying more meals together, the dishwasher stacking is getting a little too random and out-of-control for many households bringing an age-old question has come back with a vengeance: What is the right way to stack the dishwasher? Continue reading “Settling an age-old question: How to correctly stack a dishwasher”

COVID-19 restrictions highlight change in food storage habits

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Recent weeks have seen the world turned up-side-down by the looming threat of the novel coronavirus, and the electrical appliances industry hasn’t been unaffected.

Shoppers first turned to supermarkets to stock their pantries with non-perishables as the possibility of a state-wide lockdown became apparent. Barely a tin of baked beans or a packet of pasta was left in the wake of the panic preppers whilst  Australia made international headlines with the infamous toilet paper fiasco. COVID-19 hitting our shores heralded a massive change in the grocery shopping patterns of Aussies.

Once supermarkets were stripped bare, consumers looked further afield in preparation for the imminent quarantine.  Across Australia, household appliance distributors saw their stocks of freezers sell out within days.

Are whitegoods now the new toilet paper?

With most whitegoods manufactured in China, it is unlikely that Continue reading “COVID-19 restrictions highlight change in food storage habits”