Dacor appliances? specifically refrigerators

[masraum]

Anyone got a Dacor fridge or other appliance?

How is it, how do you like it.

We are rennovating our kitchen. The missus wants a panel ready fridge. It's going to cost a fortune. I think we should spend half the money for a regular fridge, but that's another issue.

So, other than being expensive, what is everyone's experience?

It'll be interesting to see what the lead time is. There are a few places in town that Dacor says are vendors. A couple are smaller shops that have bad reviews. Basically you pay them, they get the stuff and if there's any sort of issue, they tell you to contact the manufacturer, even if the stuff shows up broken.

Best Buy sells them, but they have a rep for bad customer service, at least they did 10-15 years ago. I don't know if that's changed.

There is a place in town that seems to have better reviews online.

[greglepore]

Samsung owns them now.
I've not had their refrigerators, but had a number of ovens and cooktops. Very well thought out, but when its needed service I've had to either deep diy or find a brave indy - most of our local repair guys won't touch them due to issues in the past. That said, I've come back for more, as its a ton of bang for the buck in the demo/used market. New, not so much.

[masraum]

Thank you.

I'm not afraid of DIY on appliances. I've done some on refrigerators, dishwashers, and dryers. Usually it's pretty easy stuff. I'd avoid things like compressors, etc....

And where we live, I'm sure there wouldn't be anyone that would be available/willing.

[LWJ]

Had a range 17 years ago. It was poorly engineered. Looked cool. Have a Wolf for 17 years and other than cleaning it (a hassle) have never looked at it with anything negative.

Same goes for Subzero. Expensive as hell. Keeps on cooling.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by LWJ

Had a range 17 years ago. It was poorly engineered. Looked cool. Have a Wolf for 17 years and other than cleaning it (a hassle) have never looked at it with anything negative.

Same goes for Subzero. Expensive as hell. Keeps on cooling.

Good to know. Interesting. I've heard some negative stuff about Wolf, but that may be newer models or it may have been someone trying to steer us towards something else for some reason.

[RNajarian]

Yes, we bought the entire ensemble, refrigerator, microwave, oven in October 2020.


Expensive as heck but my wife loved the improvement over our old 20 year GE Monogram.

One worry. . .

One year six months into owning it we noticed a sizable crack in the plastic lining of the freezer. The crack was 1/8 to one 1/4 wide (inches). It seemed to start from an overtightened screw holding the plastic lining in the freezer compartment. The crack was essentially a “U”, starting from the front of the freezer, radiating to the back, went along the back wall, then returning to the front of the freezer. The crack was parallel to the floor in the lower 1/3 rd of the freezer.

Still under factory warranty they sent a repairman who said “You need a new unit, this is not repairable.

6 weeks later it was installed.

With 1 month left on factory warranty we are checking to see if our crack was a fluke or flaw. We did buy the extended warranty, hopefully that problem would be covered by that.

Also,

The water filter seems to need replacing more frequently than my old GE. I could go 18 months on the GE but only was getting 6 months out of the Dacor. Filters are a standard Samsung brand.

The unit we have has internet ability. It will send you reminders, change water filter, set temperature of freezer/fridge essentially basic stuff.

We are under STRICT instructions from the wife not to push glasses on to the water dispenser activator, rather, put the glass in place and press the activator with your other hand. Something about it makes my wife feel it could break.

Like all stainless steel appliances, fingerprints are a *****.

Having said all this, the wife would buy again (assuming that crack was a fluke.)

Feel free to PM if you have any additional questions, or post here.

[masraum]

Thanks, good info!