u/mycatpartyhouse

I'm in western Washington state. My dryer is slowly dying. It currently works on timed drying only.

I've been told that a service call plus parts, from a store + repair shop, would be about the same cost as a low-end brand new dryer.

An independent appliance repair person looked at photos of the dryer. He said he didn't think he could even get parts anymore for that model because it's so old.

There are secondhand shops in my town that carry appliances.

Before I make the rounds, are there particular brands that people recommend? I prefer durable, simple to use, and hopefully easy to repair.

Also, what is a reasonable price?

Was at my local Habitat for Humanity store today. They had a nonfunctional used dryer for sale. That doesn't work for me. I don't know how to repair it myself.

I'm in western Washington state. My dryer is slowly dying. It currently works on timed drying only.

I've been told that a service call plus parts, from a store + repair shop, would be about the same cost as a low-end brand new dryer.

An independent appliance repair person looked at photos of the dryer. He said he didn't think he could even get parts anymore for that model because it's so old.

There are secondhand shops in my town that carry appliances.

Before I make the rounds, are there particular brands that people recommend? I prefer durable, simple to use, and hopefully easy to repair.

Also, what is a reasonable price?

Was at my local Habitat for Humanity store today. They had a nonfunctional used dryer for sale. That doesn't work for me. I don't know how to repair it myself.

I've been steadily replacing plastic items on kitchen, bathroom and bedroom for nearly a year. Anything new gets scrutinized for plastic content regardless of where it will end up in the house.

Today I was making tea, cutting the teabags open to use a loose-leaf strainer, when I realized the strainer is metallic mesh in a plastic frame.

How did I miss this?

So I'm using the plastic-metall8c mesh basket because it's what I have, and spent the brew time looking up stainless steel, food grade, loose-leaf strainer baskets. They're relatively inexpensive and I'll be buying some in a couple of days.