Just got an email via eBates. 30% off Kenmore Elite appliances today and tomorrow, with a 6% rebate if ordered via eBates.com. I'm fully applianced-up and installed now, but I hate not to pass on a bargain. This is not a bad one if you're on the verge of buying.

We purchased this range about 1.5 years ago, and have been quite happy with it. It is a great value for the $. We have had no mechanical issues, breakages, etc. The 17.2k BTU burner is really nice, for bringing water to a boil quickly, searing meats, etc. The simmer burner is exactly what it says it is, and goes plenty low. The bridge burner is also a very nice feature. We use that mostly with a griddle pan, for pancakes, grilled cheese, etc., but it also comes in handy if you're cooking odd-shaped foods like a long fish. And of course you can use those two burners separately. The downsides of this range, for me: - knobs feel a bit flimsy - I don't have quite the precision I'd like in increasing/decreasing heat, relative to a higher-end range. Not terrible by any means, just something worth noting. - stove can get a bit crowded if I am using bigger pans, eg with a 12" skillet on one burner, only a very small pan will fit on the other burner at the same time. - front panel, where controls are, is hard to keep clean and shiny (I am a little bit OCD on that front though) Hope that helps!

You could also look for comments on the Electrolux/Frigidaire Twins since they are all basically the same except for amenities. We have decided on the Electrolux Twins and the salesman (of course) told us that the temperature problems had been worked out and that they hadn't had any issues for about 6 months. I don't need them right away, so I'm patiently (ok, impatiently) waiting on a sale or Electrolux rebate program. I too would like to hear from anyone who actually has recent units (Kenmore,Frig,Electrolux) and can share their experience.

I have all these same issues with water tempeture on my machine and after a great deal of playing with it, I figured out that it's basically a water presure issue. We have a house built in 1950. We have changed some of the plumbing but not all of it. For some reason the presure on our cold water come out a lot more than the hot. What this means is that for taking a shower the hot has to be turned on full and the cold only a very little bit. We also have our hot water tank turned up just a bit higher than the recommended mark. It's the same principle with the washer. If the cold is coming out a lot faster than the hot then your starting temp in the washer is going to be a lot lower than the engineer intended. You basically have to find that happy place where you cold is set just the right way and the hot is all on just like you have to fiddle with it in the shower. So what I did is measured all the temps at the end of the wash and systematically turned the cold down until I got the right temps. What it means is that our cold isn't on very much at all and it takes longer to fill a cold wash but It saves me from having to constantly play with the water during the hot cycles. Basically you want even presure for both hot and cold and if unfortunately your hot doesn't have a lot of presure than the cold won't either. Our longer term solution is to get rid of all the galvanized pipe in the house that is causing all the problems with water presure. This post was edited by Parascheva1014 on Tue, Apr 2, 13 at 11:51