Do any of you keep spare appliances?

[macarose]

I make it a habit of getting a spare appliance if I see a really great deal on it, and keeping it in reserve just in case my older ones breaks down.

Typically I only buy spares for appliances we already use that are a decade or older. I also try to only purchase older models, and future proof them so that they can quickly replace a broken one that may not be worth replacing.

Right now I have an older refrigerator I got for $25 that was only three miles away from me. I also have a Speed Queen washer and dryer that were used only a few months a year at a nearby university. Those two were $165 in total. But I did pay my neighbor an extra $100 because he had an excellent trailer that made the move 10 times easier. It tilts and is very secure, which is a great thing because that washer and dryer were incredibly heavy.

I still haven't found a water heater. Ours is just over 20 years old and may have three to five years left. I'm really flustered with that one because I can't find a gas water heater that is as easy to run and operate as that one.

Here's the $25 fridge. Nothing special. But everything inside is as clean as the day it was first bought.

 

[SC Maintenance]

You could keep your oil stash in the fridge. Good idea!

 

[samven]

Nothing like that, I have a spare coffee maker and toaster because I liked the model and figured they would be discontinued by the time mine broke.

 

[macarose]

Nothing like that, I have a spare coffee maker and toaster because I liked the model and figured they would be discontinued by the time mine broke.

There is so much variance with bigger appliances that I have completely given up on the idea of finding an exact spare for parts.

But there are plenty that do share many of the same components for a specific manufacturer. One surprising outcome I have found is that although the newer models are larger, the older smaller ones almost always have more usable space.

The same exact dynamic is true with cars.

 

[dishdude]

No I have one of each, I can survive until a new one gets delivered.

 

[4wd]

We have a main fridge, a mud room fridge, and a garage freezer - two microwave ovens etc … so that’s the “just in case” …
Only item unused (in box) is an extra crockpot

 

[GON]

Yes, have a new never taken out of the box Bosch 800 series dishwasher, along with a new Bosch spare refrigerator. Actively looking for a Bosch stove, and a Bosch microwave (both want new only).

Generally, best to keep on brand of appliances for resale value. I wait for a special opportunity to get new Bosch appliance for less than used. Store the new appliances before I need them.

Home Depot sells the 800 series dishwasher for about $1350 before taxes. I paid $700 out the door for the still in box 800 series dishwasher. Smart move, hard to tell, but I sleep well at night.

I am also regularly looking for the exact AO Smith professional series 50 gallon natural gas hot water heater I am using now, (must be new). if I find a great deal, I will buy the water heater and stage as a spare. Since exact model, installation is as seamless as possible.

 

[supton]

Somehow I seem to now have 3 Electrolux vacuums. I had zero money in them but just bought a “power nozzle” head for cleaning carpets as the one I had disintegrated.

Wish I had a spare air compressor as I think my current one is dying. Only use for it now is blowing out the sprinkler lines in fall.

 

[Gyro Gearloose]

An acquaintance at work picked up a spare for the wife unit. Did not work out well. The original quickly blew a gasket.

 

[User_19876]

If I can’t carry it with one hand, I’m probably not going to be putting it by.

 

[Skippy722]

No, but we are a family of 6 (4 boys!) in a ~1600sq ft 3 bed 1.75 bath house.... Just don't have the room.

Probably should though, kids are rough on things...

 

[Lubener]

For the amount of space needed, I don't see the point in having appliances just sitting around.

 

[charbaby]

Only a coffee maker.

 

[Dave Hess]

No.

I don’t want any clutter in my garage.

 

[Zee09]

Some cars are appliances only so yes.

 

[mrsilv04]

A coffee maker.

 

[nomas]

I have a spare old school drip coffee pot and a small chest freezer in the garage . That's about it .

 

[skyactiv]

No. I had a home built in 2022 and had to wait months for a Sub-Zero fridge, so I bought a GE garage ready fridge at Lowes. We eventually sold the GE. I could have bought a box truck full of the GE fridges for what the Sub-Zero cost.

 

[The_Jeff]

Spare coffee maker because if it breaks it ruins the start of a morning.

Spare microwave I got from the curb. Simple model from the 90s, it has 10min, 1min, and 10sec buttons which all broke. I hotwired an external button to the PCB to act as the 1min button. However improbably, a Daewoo I got from Best Buy 25 years ago on Black Friday still works like a champ and I haven't needed the spare. I keep birdseed in it to keep the mice out.

I have freezing temps so can't keep spare washing machines outside; they'd break.

I needed a fridge once on a Sunday evening and went with a craigslist one vs a big box store model to get by. It was a fine fridge. Moving the previous fridge out I discovered the coils were underneath and full of 20 lbs of cat hair. Ooops.

If the world comes to an end I have a camp with duplicate fridge, oven, and furniture.

 

[NibbanaBanana]

We watch netflix and eat popcorn once a week on Saturday night. It would be catastrophic if we didn't have popcorn. Keep a spare hot air popcorn maker.

I cook lunch every day in the microwave. Roots (turnip, beet or rutabaga), vegetables, steamed potatoes. And microwave my breakfast (oats, black beans, corn meal, pumpkin). Keep a spare microwave.

A couple different options are available for coffee.