Appliance Features That Are a Waste of Money

[@birdkitty6817]

Another fantastic video with no-nonsense advice! I've always thought of it the same way: the more gimmicky, the more the cost is. Which means more costly repairs. Give me the "plain Janes" and stronger builds any day! And that includes my car.

[@ST52655]

Preferably without digital controls

[@eisteezitrone8741]

the light on the dryer is for finding socks.

[@BoulevardHome]

Haha that's a fair point, socks can be impossible to find sometimes!

[@jennifer97363]

@@BoulevardHome I think a light in a dryer is fantastic. I really miss it on my new LG.

[@caliali8345]

I respectfully disagree about the dishwasher feature. Our energy provider lowers its rates after 9 p.m. I load my dishes throughout the day. There have many times I forgot to turn on the dishwasher after 9 p.m.

[@BoulevardHome]

That's something we didn't consider, but that's definitely a great use for that feature! Thanks for sharing!

[@chaseshelton1]

Still don’t need WiFi, almost every dishwasher has a delay start function built in. Load your dishwasher, set it to start in 4 hours and move on with your life.

[@Warp2090]

@@chaseshelton1 Yeah. Companies need to realize adding wifi does NOT make it smart. The Sharp multiple choice microwave prooved that

[@colinschmitz8297]

This and considering all the damage a dishwasher can cause of it leaks, I think it is wiser to have it start when someone is home just in case. Also if it has wifi, it opens itself up to be hacked by someone who wants to cause trouble.

[@frugalw4908]

You deliver great topics and content but you are also a great presenter and storyteller. Your company should give you a big raise because I would buy appliances from your company just because I have found your videos useful and helpful. Thanks for making the videos lighthearted and fun.

[@lamdnhan]

Agree on most of them. But start timer if useful for those have electric time of use plan (off peak hours), it save $ on monthly bill. And light on washer/dryer is useful to check if the clothes are all tangles up so you can pause and fix them.

[@BoulevardHome]

Both of those are very good points, thanks for sharing!

[@saphire82]

I like a light button on the dryer because sometimes I like to find certain things that I need right away or when I’m grabbing and folding right out of the dryer I can see what I’m grabbing. I do find myself turning it back on when it times out, so I know that I do prefer it.

[@BoulevardHome]

That sounds like a good use for it, thanks for sharing!

[@Deploracle]

I have a very low power fridge and it cannot tolerate lots of opening and closing of the doors. It would not be great for a family with lots of kids for that reason. It costs about $4.50 a month to operate, which is good. I'd love it if it had a glass door .. so I could see what I may need from the store without leaving open the door. The knock to turn on the light thing ... not necessary, but the glass door is a winner!

[@RyanMPLS]

I have a cheapo LG with knock to see thru door and my use case is 6 and 8yo kids. I put all the fruit, yogurt, string cheese and such in there and they can knock and ask "can I have a...?" I did not spring for door in door crazy $$$ options. Sometimes my answer to kids is "If you can see it - Yes!" I do like the craft ice, though I don't really use it, and I know ice makers are the fail point.

[@claudacious9947]

I use the light buttons on the washer and dryer to clean the lint and gasket. Wow, so gimmicky 😂

[@BoulevardHome]

Glad to hear you have a use for them! Not all features will be gimmicky to everyone.

[@mercyp7151]

You sir are infotainement gold. Expert advice with great comic delivery and easy to understand. Im recommending your videos to everyone I can if they'll take my unsolicited advice 😂. You could have your own Late night comedy show. Would be much better than the current late nights hosts that got back from the strike😂

[@BoulevardHome]

Thank you for those kind words! Maybe a late night comedy show is in Blake's future 👀

[@Everyyoueverymiau]

We could really need that bottle washer feature. But we live on a dairy farm and use and reuse glass bottles to store the milk at home.

[@BoulevardHome]

Glad that it would be useful for you! Thanks for the comment.

[@cocor8980]

My husband says I always fall for the gimmicks 😂lol

[@BenjiShock]

Having a smart washing machine let's you start a cycle when energy prices are low provided you have the right power provider. Good way to use renewable energy when there is a surplus.

[@BoulevardHome]

This is a very good point that a few others have brought up as well! Definitely a feature that could be great for a lot of people. Thanks for sharing

[@dirkda2451]

my washing machine has selections for different types of stains🙄 at most it can agitate your clothes a little longer/harder grass,wine,grease but it's great for sales people🙂

[@eisteezitrone8741]

Remote Start is nice for Dishes to not soak in the water after finishing, and for meals to be hot and ready when coming home.

[@katherinekelly5380]

I used my microwave for cooking so I do use most of the features I have on mine - didn’t realize a lot of ppl don’t cook with their microwave But yes, totally agree - more features are a waste of money if you don’t use them - a lot of times, it’s just more to break

[@lisrisch997]

I love your presentation and humor. And I got a chuckle out of the knock knock door because my child recently saw one at a local store and was very enchanted! What a gimmick!

[@veutsavoir]

Really appreciate this info. Thanks!

[@dianehaskins8640]

Great video. My Speed Queen TR 7 has more than enough choices for me. 90 percent of the time I used the timed dry feature on the dryer. That's it. They are great BTW, if you can swing it worth the extra $$$. Paying for quality not "toys".

[@Speed.Racer.5]

Start timers and remote start are pretty useful for preheating an oven so it's ready when you get home.

[@BoulevardHome]

I can see how that would be useful, thanks for sharing!

[@philthy903]

LOL I'm positively terrified at the thought of the oven being on when there's nobody in the house. It also needs a camera so I can see if anything inside is on fire.

[@kathyskiles5396]

FYI: I like the light on the dryer to see the clothes as I’m taking them out. It will go off as I am taking them out so I have to turn it on. I fold as I take the clothes out.

[@BoulevardHome]

That sounds like a good use of it, thanks for sharing!

[@HelenEttlin]

I like the bottle wash as we use it for washing parts of a milking machine that are hard to get to.

[@BoulevardHome]

We're glad that you have a good use for it! Not everything in this video will be a gimmick to everyone, so it's good you found something that works for you. Thanks for watching!

[@ritamontenegro975]

Totally!! The refrigerator 😂

[@kcwizard72]

I understand YOU may not use some of these features, but we really appreciate the bottle wash feature on our GE. It really gets into our tall stainless steel workout bottles that we forgot to open for awhile...yuck!! The powder mixes and such can start to grow things!! LOL!!

[@BoulevardHome]

We're glad that that feature works well for you! Not everything in this video will apply to everyone of course, sometimes these features can be really helpful for people!

[@mercyp7151]

Yeah cause we all need each of our appliances to be a giant freaking iphone 😂.

[@sdovan]

The knock-for-light on the fridge might be useful if you have teenagers that open the door and stand there for 20 minutes looking inside to decide what they want. Sure they have to open the fridge to get it, but it doesn't take 20 minutes to take it out.

[@BoulevardHome]

That's a good point, thanks for sharing!

[@Yang1]

i actually sometime just want to look in the fridge to see what's inside...

[@kimberlindy]

I guess I'm one of the unicorns that uses these features. Remote start is great for preheating so when I get home the oven's hot. And we do use the screen on the fridge to uodate the shopping lists, set various cooking timers, mirror the tv in another room, etc.

[@BoulevardHome]

Hey, as long as you are using the features and the products were in your budget then it's not a waste! A lot of times from what we've seen is many consumers never bother to us or learn to use some of these features. It's nice to hear that someone is using them!

[@jennifer97363]

Delay on a dishwasher IS really useful, where I’m from anyway. Our power costs go down considerably after 11 pm, so we’ll fill it in the evening after supperm,set it to begin after 11pm, and go to bed or just to know we’re not going to forget to turn it on, as we go to bed later.

[@SK-ki1te]

Thx!

[@steveodonnell2921]

Hilarious how people talk about speed queen. I repair them all day every day so I've seen it all. The extra money you spend up front is for the extended warranty and believe me you're gonna be seeing a repair guy at some point. Luckily I get a nickel for every time I hear I thought speed queen wasn't supposed to break.

[@knottsafterdark]

We don't use the light in our dryer while it is running. We use it when we are unloading the dryer, to help make sure that we did not accidentally leave anything in there, like socks - especially white socks inside of our white dryer!

[@gnorpflorbsen8665]

i think the smartglass idea is cool bc it takes me 10 minutes to peruse and decide what to eat.

[@Bijorak]

remote start for the oven. you get a papa murphy's pizza and you can pre heat the oven on your way home. bottle jets are also freaking awesome. i tested mine out and it got plastered on milk and juice out of the bottles and cups. i use the bottle jets on every wash. it also works really well with tupperware and bowls.

[@BoulevardHome]

Glad that you like your bottle jets! And as far as I'm concerned, the sooner there's pizza ready to eat the better, so glad you have that use for remote start as well!

[@Bijorak]

@@BoulevardHome i do agree that the fridge window is pretty dumb though

[@jackolantern7342]

Couldn't agree more. If appliances were built to last then you need to find some way to entice (trick?) people into buying something new. Wifi in appliances is really silly. Software/firmware updates and possible status or human-readable diagnostic info seem like the only reasonable use cases -then again, if there's that much "smart" features that allow for updates then we are already in gimmicky territory. There's no blooming way I am going to remote start devices that are going to burn stuff or turn on water lines.

[@BoulevardHome]

That's a very good point about remote starting a unit that is designed to cook or use water. If something were to go wrong and you were not home it suddenly is a much bigger issue. Thanks for sharing!

[@honeytgb]

Couldn't agree with you more!

[@BoulevardHome]

Glad to hear that, thanks for watching!

[@stevenmorris2293]

Common sense is two words that spring to mind. 😊👍

[@tomsmith3045]

100% agree. Features that you don't use are money you're spending that isn't going toward reliability. Appliances are more expensive, and less reliable than ever. That's the environmental impact, by the way. It's not energy usage, it's in the waste of land-filling appliances ever few years. If EPA is going to fix that, they need to mandate a 20 year warranty. That would do more for the planet, and our pocketbooks, than the silliness they've done about saving a half gallon of water here or there. Anyway, love your content!

[@BoulevardHome]

I agree with everything you said, thanks for sharing!

[@ImADish]

Voting you for president.

[@grey8ghost1]

Delay start on a dishwasher is essential here in AZ. Dinner is over and the dishwasher is full.out expensive electricity ends at 9:00 PM, if you ran the dishwasher at during prime time you will pay twice as much as if you waited.

[@shaivalnagarsheth7229]

IoT is usefull. If you are not aware may be the utility companies are switching to Dynamic prices (time of use) price signals, in which you have to optimize the usage during off peak hours of pricing at that time IoT smart things will be useful. But you point is really valid.

[@QuickQuips]

Delay starts are good enough though. When in doubt do the washing at 2am.

[@BoulevardHome]

That is a good point that we weren't aware of, thanks for sharing!

[@myriamgramajo6399]

Thanks for the advice! I take it! I will be more wise to buy. I’m in the process of remodeling and any advices are welcome specially for people like you! Thanks !!!! 🙏 What other dishwasher brand do you recommend?

[@tntori5079]

I have a really bad habbit of opening my fridge, lookingnfor a bit, and closing it without getting anything. So actually I would use that feature A Lot in particular to avoid opening the door / using energy when I'm not always going to open the door.

[@mibox8302]

Good to see John Oliver back from the WGA strike

[@BoulevardHome]

He's back, with more to come!

[@murruhuy8085]

I have that kind of LG fridge. though the window opens

[@andrewbethea327]

I prefer old-school appliances with no electronics or computers in them.

[@BoulevardHome]

Lots of people love their simpler appliances! Not everyone needs a tablet in their fridge, even though it is cool technology for sure.

[@mercyp7151]

UnLESS they turn that fridge into a dispensing machine then you can knock on it to see whats inside without needing to reach inside to get things out 😂😂😂😎

[@BoulevardHome]

That would be something for sure! We'll make to make a video on it when someone invents that

[@myriamgramajo6399]

Do you recommend and wall oven versus regular range? I need to install 220 v in my kitchen or there’s one in the market for 110 v ? What do you recommend? I really dreamed on the wall oven 😊thanks

[@boostedmaniac]

The window is the fridge door is super gimicky. The down side is it’s a window which has far less insulation than a solid door especially if there’s a window nearby shining light right on your food.

[@mayacastaneda8076]

Can you guys do a video on the LG Sidekick washer? They look amazing and beautiful but the reviews seem like hell.

[@BoulevardHome]

We'll add it to the list, thanks for the recommendation!

[@saidchammas]

Agreed

[@ritamontenegro975]

Hahaha I’m a fan.

[@BoulevardHome]

Glad to hear it! Happy to have you here!

[@democratictotalitariansoci1462]

One fancy feature which I dislike are huge ovens. You'll need much more time and energy to cook simple meals- like pizza, and never use its full capacity.

[@BoulevardHome]

It's true most people don't need the bigger ovens! They can useful for those wanting to cook more at once though.

[@Bobrogers99]

My laundry is usually the same stuff and my dishes are usually the same stuff, so I use the same cycles in those machines. I had to special order my fridge to get one without a water or ice dispenser, because wouldn't use it and they're the first thing to cause problems. BTW, they're all plain white appliances.

[@BigBenAdv]

The main reason why I even bothered to connect my heat pump dryer to the IOT app is because the manufacturer (Candy) decided to do a front panel menu system that resembles an Ikea manual - You'd not be able to tell the difference between whites/ coloured/ cotton/ synthetics/ mixed on the selector without actually referencing the manual. An advantage to this is that you can use the smart app to configure the load so you get an estimated time to completion upfront and can plan a grocery run or other house chores around it. Running it from the front panel will only update the timer closer to the end of the cycle because it starts with the assumption of a maximum cycle load. The only reason why I bought it was that it's half the price of the closest competition by price. Ditto for the microwave oven from them - we've had it for years now and my wife still doesn't know how to operate the darn thing because it defaults to Programme mode rather than power/ time mode (again, only cryptic symbols on the front panel). At least their microwave was dirt cheap and we don't use it too often enough to justify the price jump to an LG/ Samsung/ Toshiba. The smarthome feature on my LG washer is much preferred as it integrates with Google Home and gives a notification on the speakers around the house when the wash cycle is done. As with the dryer, the ThinQ app also gives a time indication of the expected completion. Added advantage is also being able to download custom cycles when you've the odd load combination to wash.

[@BoulevardHome]

Having those estimated times for completion certainly come in handy, and that's super cool about the Google Home integration. I didn't know that was a thing! Thanks for sharing

[@videokilla21]

I have trouble believing your name is Blake when you give such Gil energy.

[@ivancho5854]

Delayed start and remote start aren't just gimmicks, the could be very dangerous or possibly deadly. Read the manual and the manufacturer will tell you not to leave run anything except a fridge or freezer when no one is home or if you're asleep. Fire departments tell you the same. And if your house burns down and you didn't comply with the manufacture's operating procedure then guess what... you're not covered. Now go and clean the lint out of your dryer. You're welcome.

[@NebucadLaVey]

I have a big problem with your arguments. you'Re right many machines have different programs and you saying, for what?! - You using 1 or 2 thats all. this is also true. but the usuall program is the all purpose cycling. they basically everything a bit but nothing realy good. If you have stain, you need a stain remove program. you're a office worker?! Well you never will use it anyway. but no company on this earth will produce different product to fit a tiny group of persons. thats why many machines have different things and most of them you won't use it. that ok, trust me. you're a avarage customer you don't have to use every feature of your household machine

[@BoulevardHome]

Thanks for sharing! It's true that everyone will need different features depending on their lifestyle. We encourage everyone to do plenty of research when buying a machine and not just use this one video to make their decisions.

[@kokovox]

A few points - Wi-Fi can make a difference if you have time of use electricity prices. Electricity is not the same price all the time around most of the world. Yes you can use delay start, but you can also use your phone to start the washer/dishwasher whenever the electricity is cheaper. We don't have a wifi connected range but my wife would love to be able to preheat the oven before we get back from work. Why American ovens don't have the broil and bake heating elements work all at once? It is really annoying they don't do that. What does normal/regular cycle mean on a washer? It does not make any sense. European washers don't have such nonsense cycle for example.

[@BoulevardHome]

The electricity point is a good one! A few others have mentioned that as well. As for most newer washers, the normal/regular cycle is just the cycle that is going to use the least amount of and coldest water, but units might vary so you can always check your owners manual for what exactly yours does.

[@3trilogy]

Please check off the the box next to: I just want it to work. Spare me the nonsense...please!

[@ImADish]

And please have it work longer than 5 years!!!

[@saphire82]

Now I know that you need 20 minutes to properly cool off a drink. I’ll rprobably use my phone and set a timer.

[@colinschmitz8297]

My theory, unless it is going to make it logically perform better (ex. dual action agitator vs fixed agitator), stronger built ( commercial models like Speed Queen vs. ordinary models), ergonomic choices (top fridge bottom freezer vs top freezer bottom fridge), brand reputation (Whirlpool & GE vs Samsung), or patriotism (buying US made vs. China), the higher price for extra features are not worth it to me. I like mine reliable, simple, and affordable.

[@BoulevardHome]

You're not alone in that! Many people don't want the gadgets, they just want an effective machine that they aren't worried will break the bank. Thanks for watching!

[@bc5441]

I asked a salesperson why a refrigerator had Wi-Fi. “If you’re at the store and don’t know whether you need milk, you can turn on the camera and look for it!” I had to laugh at that thought.

[@abhitoshghongade5098]

Jealousy is a serious issue for global warming. When a person feels jealous abouts other person then he tries to compete. To compete he exploits resources to earn profits and consume more by those exploiting more resources. Thus increasing global warming.

[@gwcrispi]

I can't stand that our LG washing machine has features that are only available via the app. Rinse only? Can't do it via the panel. See 4:06. Got to get out the smartphone and use the app.

[@ImADish]

Thanks for this. We're shopping so I'll definitely have to remember to avoid that. Ridiculous. What if you're downstairs and your phone is upstairs? That's not convenient.

[@jonnylewis8304]

People that buy these expensive appliances don’t buy them for the features. Most of them don’t even know how to work them. They buy them, to make those that can’t afford them jealous. And that’s what makes those arrogant people happy. Companies know this, that’s why they make them.

[@sneezy-e]

Why would I want to make you jealous 😂. Think about it?! Did you buy your car to make the ppl on the bus jealous? Did you even think about them?!

[@BoulevardHome]

This kitchen is for lookin' not for cookin'!

[@ShalahMarie_Go4au]

The people who can afford to buy luxury appliances don't socialize with people who cannot.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

My goal in life always was to be able to afford things that I didn’t know how to use.

[@colinschmitz8297]

Depending on how petty the person is, they will have them to rub it in other people's face especially family members they want to one up.

[@lisrisch997]

I love your presentation and humor. And I got a chuckle out of the knock knock door because my child recently saw one at a local store and was very enchanted! What a gimmick!