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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6
Ted, Chinese company Haier owns GE appliances, among several others. I am fairly certain GE is still made in the US though.
Whirlpool owns Jenn-Air, Maytag, Amana, Roper, and KitchenAid.
Here's were badge engineering comes into play. Jenn-Air is considered fairly high end. KitchenAid also. Maytag, solid middle class quality and Amana and Roper are more for the masses. What does Whirlpool do? Takes a Roper, or a lot of parts from a Roper, slaps some stainless steel all over it and then sells it for 2-5 times the Roper as a Jenn-Air. Same internals, same build quality for the most part, just prettier.
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I bought an 06 Roper for $80 used back in 15, and have been using since 16...so it is about 15 years old...it can keep things real cold...
And I stand corrected about GE..
Last year I had to replace my 20 year old HVAC system...I got two Goodman 5 ton units..kreeps me toasty in winter and cool in the summer.