Smeg products - worth the price?

[user1493423934]

Me and DC's use the jug and toaster an awful lot, and while I buy good brands, they always die within about a year. I'm looking replacing my current ones with Smeg products - a lot more expensive but worth it?
Just would like some honest opinions.

[user1493423934]

Thanks everyone! looks like Dualit is the way to go.

DDemelza I never ever laugh at funny names yeah right

[sproutsandparsnips]

We have just changed our Smeg oven as it stopped working and I had already had an engineer out twice. It was about 9 years old, but to be honest I wouldn't buy one again. I agree with other posters re 'style over substance.'

[DDemelza]

Only here to snigger childishly at the word "smeg."

[BobbinThreadbare123]

Dualit is the way forward with kettles and toasters. Ours are aging well! Plus if I want to I can order little coloured panels to replace the plain ones - just unscrew them.

[Earslaps]

Well my sister's Smeg fridge is about 15years old and working well. Meanwhile our Liebherr (supposedly amazing) needed £250 of new thermostat after 2 1/2 years, as did my friend's.

Otherwise, I've not heard great things about Smeg. I've got a John Lewis toaster that's about five years old. When that goes I'll get a dualit.

[Wiglio]

A friend had a Smeg fridge and moaned that he couldn’t get parts in August as the factory closed for a months holiday

[SouthWestmom]

We have a smeg kettle. The letters aren't stickers but we have hard water and it looks permanently filthy. I don't think it boils the water any quicker.

[Mucklowe]

Smeg fridges are a rip off, plus they're massive. I know two people who have to keep their fridges in the living room because they don't fit into the kitchen. Looks fucking ridiculous.

[MayFayner]

We had a Smeg kettle, it was fine but no better than a normal kettle.

In fact it wasn’t great at all. The lid stopped opening early on then after a year or so it developed a leak through the little window thing where you can see the water level.

[Randomdogbite]

Somehow fridge and kettle here, absolutely would not buy again!

[Dieu]

I've had my Smeg kettle for years. It's beautiful.
I hate my mum's Dualit toaster.

[LouLouLoo]

I had Smeg appliances in my kitchen when I bought a new build. With the exception of the hob I had to get them all repaired for one reason or another working a relatively short period of time. I wouldn’t buy their products again.

I have a dualit kettle and toaster which I am very happy with so they would also be my recommendation.

[ShyTown]

No not the Portofino, it was a couple of years ago so can’t remember the model but it was an integrated single oven that was sort of glassy looking.

[Giggorata]

Do you mean the Portofino, ShyTown? I'm planning to buy that model later on, when we do work in the kitchen, because of its self cleaning thing (and because I can get green )

[Tennistime]

My Smeg oven has just died at 3 years. DH was insistent we replace it with another Smeg to match the second oven and hob in our once-in-a -lifetime expensive kitchen. In my view this was just throwing good money after bad and, fortunately, when said replacement arrived the build quality and damage was shocking, so it’s gone back and I’m now getting my own way with a Which Best Buy at half the price.

I’m not surprised to read the reviews on here and fully expect to have to be shelling out to replace my other Smeg appliances before long.

[RhubarbBikini]

I bought a smeg oven a couple of years ago and have been really happy with it. Much better than the top of the range neff and Bosch ovens I had I previous houses.

I briefly considered a smeg fridge, but couldn't find a tall version without an ice box so went for a swan version for the fraction of the price and booked an extra holiday with the price difference.

[MaisyMary77]

My sister bought smeg appliances when she did her kitchen. Within two years they’d all been replaced.

I’ve got a dualit toaster, bought in 2005. It’s great. 🙂

[bluefoxmug]

no
style over substance.
I have a smeg range cooker and it's positively shit (was left behind by sellers - now I know why!)

[FiddlefigOnTheRoof]

Nope

[Nanasueathome]

Kitchenaid are good too

[ShyTown]

The glass in my Smeg oven shattered whilst on the self clean cycle. The engineer they sent to look at it as it was still under warranty said it wasn’t the first time he’d seen it happen with that model either. I don’t think the quality is very good. I second the Dualit toaster recommendation. My parents have one that was bought in the mid 90s and still works like it was new.

[Hoggleludo]

Dualit are very good.

[Hoggleludo]

In laws have a smeg fridge and say it's not worth it at all