Kitchen and household appliances

[Randi]

When you buy kitchen and household appliances, you better check where it's made! Recently, I bought a Braun electric water kettle, the very same one I've bought 3 times before since the eighties. Only this time it was made in Czeck Republic, not in Germany! I had no idea and assumed it was the same good quality as usual, but no! When the water starts boiling it kind of stops, and then start again, and it's noisier, too. I went to the shop where I bought it, and they tried it a few times, but said there was nothing wrong. However, the shop assistent said another person had complained about the same item, but he would not take it back, since it worked when he tried. Arghh!

Last year, my Kenwood toaster kind of quit, the bread came up immediately when I put it in, but not every time. Well, I put it in the cellar in case I really needed it. Well, at Christmas 2010 I got a Philips toaster (made in China). It worked fine until a few days ago. The bread came up every time I put it in. So down to get the other one from the cellar, which I'm using now - until I find one that is not made in China, or some other similar country that don't care about quality!