As I mentioned in the last post, once a year the appliance manufacturers show new products in Foxwoods. Predictably, this year was the least inspiring. In a recession, the easiest way to remain profitable is to slash inventories, reduce headcounts and slash R&D. Slashing R&D typically means less new products as was the case on Monday.
Its not all bad. The newer products(2-6 months) may have less features, but also have lower prices. Winners: the new laundry from Bosch, the new Duets from Whirlpool, new GE refrigeration...
Have a look:
Most inspirational product: This disposal "Gator"...lose a ring or other valuable down the disposer and this contraption will fish it out...complete with LED light.
The "Gator" looks pretty interesting, wonder what other applications we'll figure out for it.
ReplyDeleteThe Bosch redesign ... hmmm, I always thought that the best thing about the previous design was the controls on the top (rather than the front), not all of us like to stack our w/d's.