February 28th, 2012 by Richie Black

We here at Appliances Online respect the Academy's right to award their Oscars to predominantly human actors, but we would like everyone to pause for a moment to consider the role that appliances have made in elevating the art of film-making to new heights. Presenting, for your enjoyment, some of the defining movie roles performed by bits of plastic, aluminium and metal (not including the cast of ... Read more

February 27th, 2012 by Mark Bristow

Australians are passionate about many things.  Sport.  Getting a fair go.  The country's unique culture. And as it turns out, the correct storage conditions for chocolate. After we published the blog Chocolate in the fridge – right or wrong?, we asked for your thoughts on this topic and received an overwhelming response from both sides of the argument. Anti-Fridgers Our Facebook friends were asked to Like our status if they ... Read more

February 20th, 2012 by Mark Bristow

We’re now partway between Valentine’s Day and Easter, making this a prime season for chocolate-lovers.  Shops are putting their leftover heart-shaped choccies on special and introducing new varieties in the shape of eggs and rabbits. But whether you're saving the sweets from your sweetheart for later or building a burrow for the Bunny in advance, opinion is divided over whether chocolate should be stored in the fridge ... Read more

February 17th, 2012 by Mark Bristow

Moving house?  Taking your trusty appliances with you?  Here’s a guide from Appliances Online to moving one of the biggest, most awkward and most sensitive appliances around – the refrigerator. Empty the fridge first This should be a no-brainer, but you’d be surprised by how many people forget about it.  Eat up the food you don’t want to lose, and let the rest go (maybe store the good ... Read more

February 14th, 2012 by Louise Carter

It's amazing when you think about it – the design of the household refrigerator hasn't changed very much since its invention in the 1930s. Sure, these days you can get side-by-side or upside-down fridges, but there seems to be no getting around they fact they're big, bulky, and power hungry. Russian designer Yuriy Dmitriev set out to revolutionise the humble fridge with the Bio Robot Refrigerator, which ... Read more

February 1st, 2012 by Kevin Bradford

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Unfortunately, Fridge Buyback has shut up shop in NSW and their services are no longer available. But don’t worry! We still have our remove and recycle services available. Residents living in the shire of Hornsby in Sydney's north west are next to benefit from the New South Wales Government funded Fridge Buyback project. On 6 February Hornsby residents will have the opportunity to have their old, second fridges removed ... Read more

January 16th, 2012 by Louise Carter

There's nothing better than a cold beer on a hot day, however there's nothing quite as frustrating as waiting for your beer to get cold. We all know the trick of putting warm drinks in the freezer to cool down, but this still takes about half an hour, and you run the risk of forgetting about it only to come back to a freezer full of exploded ... Read more