About The Appliance Guide
What This Site Is
Most appliance websites exist to sell you something.
They dress up affiliate-driven rankings as “expert reviews,” present manufacturer-supplied data as independent testing, and hide behind vague bylines like “our team of experts” — a team that often doesn’t exist.
The Appliance Guide was built to be something different.
We’re a consumer watchdog brand focused on home appliances. Our job is to give you the information manufacturers don’t advertise: which appliances have been recalled, how long they actually last, when fixing makes more financial sense than replacing, and what the independent research says about reliability — not what a brand’s marketing says.
We track CPSC recall data so you don’t have to. We run the math on repair vs. replace so you can make a confident decision. We write long-form guides sourced from named third-party research — Consumer Reports, J.D. Power, CPSC complaint data — not our own opinions dressed up as facts.
Know before you buy. Know before it breaks.
How We Make Money (The Honest Version)
We believe you deserve to know exactly how this site earns revenue, so here it is:
When we link to repair parts on AppliancePartsPros or RepairClinic, and you buy something through that link, we earn a commission. Same with product links to Amazon and Home Depot. These are called affiliate links, and they’re disclosed clearly at the top of any article that contains them.
What we do not do: accept money from manufacturers or retailers in exchange for coverage, editorial placement, or favorable framing. We don’t run sponsored posts. We don’t let affiliate relationships influence which products we recommend or which stories we cover.
Our Editorial Standards
On recall information: Every recall we publish is sourced directly from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) via cpsc.gov or saferproducts.gov. Every recall entry on this site links back to the official CPSC source.
On reliability data: We do not publish our own brand reliability scores or ratings. Any reliability-related claim on this site cites a named third-party source — Consumer Reports, J.D. Power, university studies, CPSC complaint databases. The framing is always “according to [source],” never “The Appliance Guide rates this brand X out of 10.”
On manufacturer coverage: We report facts. When a manufacturer has a documented recall history, warranty controversy, or class action judgment, we report it — accurately, with sources cited, and framed as consumer information, not as an attack.
On corrections: If we get something wrong, we fix it and note the correction. Accurate information matters more than being right the first time.
Who We Are
The Appliance Guide is published by an independent team under the byline The Appliance Guide Team.
We’re not affiliated with any appliance manufacturer, retailer, or repair service. We don’t accept free products for review. We don’t have a showroom, a test lab, or a partnership with any brand whose products we cover.
This site exists because we think consumers deserve better information than the appliance industry typically wants them to have.
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