Appliance field trip

I took a client shopping for appliances today and we spent the better part of the day in a really beautiful showroom at The Appliance Gallery in Largo. The Appliance Gallery is unique in that they show luxury appliances in room settings. From what I know, they are the only place in this market that shows their wares that way. Anybody else has a warehouse when you can go look at a $9,000 refrigerators in packing crates. Call me crazy, but an appliance that costs that much money loses a lot of its charm in a dirty warehouse.

I hold up to date on a lot of products and industries, and I take precise pleasure from the appliance enterprise. The amount of research and product improvement that is going into them is terrific. What virtually receives me even though is how speedy the improvements that the high end brands pioneer trickle down to the consumer stage. It takes them more than one years, but the Whirlpools and the Amanas of the sector ultimately catch on.

Of particular be aware to me today were the energy rankings on the appliances we saw and that they sold. It bothers me that the more money some thing like a fridge charges, the extra efficient it's miles. The Sub-Zero 695 I'm showing right here is set a $nine,000 refrigerator. It makes use of about as tons electricity as a flashlight. Yet; most $2000, better-excellent, purchaser-grade refrigerators don't come close to a Sub's performance. A Sub-Zero now not only makes use of strength extra effectively, it preserves food higher than a customer-grade refrigerator.

Now there are two improvements that cannot trickle down soon enough.