How to Find Appliance Reviews Online

Whether you are making a big or small appliance purchase, you'll want to be certain that the item that you are buying is worth the money that you're spending. This can be difficult if you do not have first hand experience, as manufacturer descriptions can be misleading. Fortunately, there are ways that you can find reviews online for the appliances that you want to buy.

Expert Reviews

1. Go online to the ConsumerReports.org website. This is a website that is published by the Consumers Union, a nonprofit organization that independently tests, rates and reviews products ranging from appliances to cars.


2. Look at the bar running along the top of the page. Move your curser over the word "Appliances" and click using your mouse or keyboard.


3. Review the list of appliances on the right hand side of your screen. Here you will find different types of appliances under specific categories such as "Kitchen Appliances", "Heating, Cooling and Air" and "Laundry and Cleaning;" Click on one of the appliances listed beneath the category heading or click on the heading itself to see more choices.


4. Read the reviews on the specific appliance that you are looking for. You can do this by clicking on the recently reviewed items or by selecting one of the other review options that are available.


5. Subscribe if the review that you want has an orange "CR" beside it. This content is for subscribers only and requires a paid subscription. Subscriptions terms can be monthly or yearly.

Consumer Reviews

1. Go to consumer review websites such as Epinions.com. These types of websites offer reviews by people who have purchased appliances and either had a good or bad experience that they want ot share.


2. Conduct a search for the appliance that you are looking for by typing its name and model number into the search box at the top of the page and clicking the "Search" button.


3. Locate appliance reviews that have a link stating how many consumer reviews there are and the star rating. Click this link to read the available reviews. Not all appliances will have user reviews available.


4. Look for reviews on retailer's websites if you are unable to locate a specific review on a website like Epinions. Many retailers allow their customers to write reviews about the products that they've purchased right on their websites. A link to reviews on any given appliance can generally be found on the same page as the product in question. You can separate the good and bad reviews or read them all as they appear.