I’m in the UK, got a generic Chinese vegetable knife for £15 (about 20USD) three years ago and use it for absolutely everything.

For that budget I’d get either a Victorinox Fibrox or a Mercer Chinese cleaver. Both cut well and can be kept sharp for a long time with a honing rod.

Believe it or not, the 7 inch knife at Dollar Tree. I know that sounds crazy, but the blade is rather thin altogether

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I don’t know how some people can live without a mini food processor.

Toaster oven - so much better for bagels and English muffins

Food processor/ mini food processor- once you have one, Vegetable chopping and prep is a breeze, you can make any dip you want, perfectly emulsified homemade salad dressings are suddenly fast and easy, it speeds up components of cooking within larger projects (eg - dumpling filling for homemade wonton). You can even use it to make desserts or assist in other baking projects, like shortbread cookies or biscuit dough.

Hand mixer (in a drawer and as available as a spoon), egg maker, electric chopper/small food processor.

Digital thermometer, digital scale (always weigh for baking) air fryer

https://www.costco.com/CatalogSearch?dept=All&keyword=appliances+packages

If you use their card, you get money back and a 4 year warranty

Check out Costco. They have decent prices and you can buy matching sets. They also, or at least used to, double the manufacturers warranty and offer free delivery.

Avoid Samsung appliances as they are gigantic pieces of shit.

Search for appliance liquidators. You can get almost half off for very minor cosmetic damage

There are a few other ways you can save money at Lowes. You can apply for a veteran's discount if you or your spouse are military/former military, which will give you 10% off every day. Or you can get 10% off when you use their credit card - but you can't combine your military discount with the cardholder discount. You can buy Lowe's coupons online - the percent off codes limit the maximum dollar amount you can save, but they do work. And you can also buy discounted Lowe's gift cards, but for really big purchases you have to plan way ahead and save up your gift cards since normally there's a limit to the number of cards you can buy at a discount. For example, last week Dollar General was offering Lowe's GCs at a discount, but it was limited to one card per dollar general rewards account.

you read my mind I needed to know this too!

We have the same dishwasher and highly recommend it too. It’s whisper quiet, works, and has never posed a problem.

Awesome share. This guy is great! He just helped me narrow down which appliances I will be purchasing for my new home.

Miele now offer free 5-year warranty on all their apliances in USA. In Canada, 10 year free warranty.Miele is german brands that design their apliances to "last 20 years," and they test them for thousands of hours in their labs. But in my opinion, they are not what they used to be. But at least they do once a year this special offer with a 5 - or 10-year free warranty. (This warranty costs like 850$ CAD or more depends on apliances)

Nothing is really reliable, but I recommend at least these brands. They make good products.

For a dishwasher - Bosch , (especially Bosch 500 series) and Miele.

Front load washers - LG for vented laundry Bosch for ventless.

Top load washers - Speed Queen

Refrigiration - no brand is reliable, maybe only Subzero, but that's expensive, and some people say that they now don't last either.

Good luck

Stay far away from lg and Samsung. Middle of the road budget whirlpool, kitchenaid, maytag

Yes, this guy. I watch his vids before purchasing any of my new appliances.

just bought a Bosch 800 series a few months ago, I'm super happy with it.

I'd like to throw in the kitchen aid dishwasher. Thing is fantastic and their innovation with the third rack is genius.

Portable ice maker, dehumidifier

• Water bandit
• Mason jars and accessories.

Small dehumidifier.

TPMS Sensors. Set of 6 only $50 now. Work great!

Swapping the god-awful blue awning lights for warm white.

Anderson leveling blocks.

Velcro tape to stick a bottle opener to the wall.

Small electric space heater.

Came here to also recommend the Bosch 500!! It was my kitchen appliance splurge and I love it so much

I really like our ge profile dw with built in fan for drying. It is great for drying plastic dishes/cups.

I also love that the silverware has a third row. It saves so much space and always comes out perfectly clean.

Can confirm. We have a 4 door, which we love. Other than the icemaker. I have to use a hair dryer every other month to get rid of jams.

But all Samsung appliances I've had issues with. 2 igniters on the gas stove. Drain issues on dishwasher. Microwave would randomly press 7. All these issues presented themselves within 3 years of purchase.

2nding Bosch. I have super hard well water that destroys most dishwashers quickly (& a softener isn't a viable option). I had a high end GE that lasted maybe 2yrs and then the pandemic hit and parts to repair were impossible to find. Bought a low end Bosch due to reviews from other well-owners and its been running for almost 4yrs now. I use a cleaner every month like I did with the GE and have yet to have a single problem

And even the 200 series I bought I have to be super close to it to even realize it's running.

How are you liking your Bosch cooktop? Is it induction or convection or whatever (sorry I'm not quite hip to all the technical terms). Are there positive differences that put it above other brands that you could discern? I love my Bosch dishwasher and have been considering buying more appliances from this brand based on that. But I'm pretty clueless about the quality of ranges brand to brand.

The 60 minute cycle option is a great option. Standard is almost 3 hours, and sometimes that’s just too long to wait.

Don’t get the Frigidaire gallery dishwasher, we’ve had ours for four years and it consistently fails to finish a session. Had a hard time getting someone to come repair it, and even after the updated water sensor it still fails more often than not.

TLDR, get a Bosch.

Building onto this, also under cabinet outlets. Keeps a clean look for your backsplash while allowing you to have as many outlets as you want for convenience. Our house has these and I love them.

Miele is great, but you have to go to their higher price options, over $1,000, to get the more convenient ones. I got their cheapest model a few years ago and immediately had drying issue since it doesn’t have a drying cycle/heating element. Using their proprietary rinse aid helps a lot, but opening the door immediately after helps the most. The less expensive Bosch ones do that automatically. There’s also no child lock on our model to prevent children from pressing buttons and interrupting the cycle. I can’t believe they wouldn’t even have a button sequence to press locking it out. They also require you to use an authorized installer to get the extended warranty and they aren’t cheap. There was only one within an hour of me and they wanted a few hundred just to show up to verify my install and much more to actually do it themselves. It was nearly half the cost of the dishwasher itself. Otherwise we have loved our Miele. It is so quiet and does a fantastic job cleaning the dishes.

We got a kitchenaid and absolutely love it. It’s quiet and cleans amazingly well.

A rice cooker! Put the rice in, turn it on, come back in 30 minutes and it’s keeping the rice warm until your ready. I got a two person one from my local Chinese supermarket for £22 recently.

Air Fryer. Baking sheets with racks and silicone mats for lining.

If you don't have a cast iron skillet, people I know, including myself have used big old college textbooks, but any old hardback should do, even a heavy plate (or a few can do it, or a book on a plate).

LPT you can also cook dried beans in your rice cooker. Mine isnt even electronic and it does the job. Just make sure to soak the beans overnight.

Immersion blender

got my first air frier that way. glad i did, was never gonna try something new at full price and now it's as well used as the microwave.

I picked up an air fryer for half off at $75. And with a Circle Offer and Bonus mission I saved/earned another $20. I've never used an air fryer, but it's something I wanted to give a go.

yes I just got the henckels knives on clerance 50% 😭 I been wanting them for so long but couldn't justify the $150 for them but for under $80? n it's my birthday month I was definitely able to 😂

Got my roommate one of the Ember self heating coffee mugs for 50% off. Was going to grab one for myself if they made it to 70%, but alas, we sold our last one.

Do TVs like LG OLED ever go on clearance? C2 in 55" or 65" size.