Some Home appliances meant to be everyday essentials are now seen as luxuries

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One needs to have some home appliances in their house to make life easier and comfortable. Some are more important than others, but those important ones are now so expensive that it is hard for an average man to afford them...


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Fridge/Refrigerator

This is a home appliance that is needed in every home. It serves many purposes, but the most important is how it helps to preserve our food... Gone are the days when if you cook rice, you need to finish it that same day. We can preserve our rice in the refrigerator for up to 5 days now without worries of spoilage as long as there is constant electricity to keep the refrigerator working.

Apart from food, water, and other juicy liquids like beer, minerals, juice, and others can be kept in the refrigerator as well, the taste is the difference when those things are served cold... If you want to buy this now in Nigeria, you will need like 300,000 Naira and above... In a country where the minimum wage is 70k, which is a joke because we have people still earning 20k Naira, how is it possible to have a refrigerator?


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Micro Wave

This is the friend of the refrigerator, anywhere you see a refrigerator, you should know a microwave is around the corner, although not everyone prioritizes it, but I still think it makes life easier for those with a fridge... It can easily help you to warm the food you put in the refrigerator whenever you are ready to consume it. You can also use it to make your hot cup of tea instead of wasting gas to boil the water. This costs 100k and above as well.


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Hot plate

This is another life saver, this will save you a lot of money as you do need to be filling gas all the time, especially when the electricity in your area is kinda stable, gas should only be used during emergency like when you are hungry and you can't wait for the nepa to bring the light or light goes off when you are cooking with the hot plate... 1kg of gas now is 1400 Naira, imagine filling 5Kg which is 7k Naira and exhausting it within a month, it all depends on how you cook.

I called this a luxury because if you are living in an area that use Band A light, and you are using a personal prepaid meter, you won't even want to see the hotplate in your kitchen talkless of using it, it is only good for those in Band B and C and other band you know, I can enjoy it now because my current house is yet to collect prepaid, so we just share the amount the Nepa bring monthly equally. Still, the hotplate costs 43,000 Naira, so it is not cheap either.*


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Washing Machine

Our hand is not designed to wash clothes, especially those hard jeans. It is tiring and a hard task to do. Technology has made life easier and better, creating all these things... Even though they are supposed to be a necessity but here in Nigeria, a washing Machine is a luxury because not everyone can afford it... It is expensive, but this also depends on one's taste. But for someone who is already used to using this machine to wash his clothes, he would never want to go back to using his hands... Husband also need to get this for their wives because it reduces their workload.

The cheapest WC you can see should start from 150k upwards, and if you have got taste, be ready to spend 500k above on it, the front loaders are more expensive than the top loaders.


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Air conditioners are nice to have in one's apartment because of how they cool the room, it is ten times better than a fan, you can easily identify someone who lives in an apartment with Ac, if they rarely go out, their skin will be fresh... To buy Ac now, you will need 450 /500 K.

All these home appliances are a necessity that everyone should be able to afford to make life easier, but only the rich can afford them... the money being earned now is spent on food, water, and shelter, so no chance for many to even go for these home appliances.

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That is so true. As time passes, we will see technology evolving around us, and we will slowly get used to it. This is obvious. Earlier, it was not possible to adopt all these things. But now, they are very common everywhere. But it is also true that these common things are a luxury for someone because not everyone can afford them.

Technology has evolved and like you said all these things are common and can be seen everywhere but many people can't afford it which is another level of pain.

Yes, that is true, and it is the life not all about having all kinds of luxuries. If someone thinks that having a fridge or a microwave is a luxury, then those. Those who have a microwave, fridge, cars and other things think that if they have this or that house, then that is a luxury for them. Everyone's luxury is different from everyone else's.

Yeah right, another valid point from you... human wants and needs are insatiable...

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Indeed those things are necessary in our daily life and all of those are quite expensive for general people. I think almost all of those product last for long time and so people can save money to buy those considering it long term need.

yea they last long but do you know that most people are earning money that is barely enough to pay their bills, so how will they save up for this expensive home appliances, no chance man

I only have AC in this list lol. You're very correct when you say it's essential. How getting everything in this list, you'll be needing like 3M. That's a lot of money for over 60% of Nigerians..

My brother increased it to 80%, people are suffering in our country, we are just lucky to earn online...

2m would get everything , you would even collect change.

Omo that washing machine is important. I won’t even have to wait till I’m married before I can get one. It helps to ease stress