Co-founder and Editor · Appliance Checkup
Faisal Noonari
He has worked in data and research since 2015 and with US consumer products and e-commerce since 2018. He holds an MBA and spent two years at an appliance manufacturer, where he saw how much information a rating plate's model and serial numbers carry.
- Data and research
- Since 2015
- US consumer products
- Since 2018
- Education
- MBA
- Appliance industry
- 2 years at a manufacturer
Why he started Appliance Checkup
Every month, thousands of people search for some version of one question: how old is this appliance? A buyer at a garage sale. A family deciding whether a 12-year-old fridge is worth a $400 repair. A landlord checking for a recall. Someone donating a washer to a store that won't take anything over ten years old. The answer is usually printed on the unit, in a code each brand writes differently, and the decoders I found covered one product or a few brands, or didn't say where their rules came from. So I set out to build one free place to read it.
What he does
Faisal and his partner choose what the site covers and approve every page and tool change. Pages are drafted with the help of AI tools; Faisal edits them before they go live and checks that each figure traces to a named source: manufacturer documentation, CPSC recall notices, the US Department of Energy and ENERGY STAR, and industry studies. The site's serial decoders are tested against serial numbers and date-code rules from published sources. The methodology page counts the test cases and logs every correction.
What he doesn't do
Faisal is not an appliance technician. Appliance Checkup doesn't test, open or repair appliances, and it never gives gas or electrical repair instructions. For safety questions, hire a licensed technician.
Contact and corrections
To reach Faisal, email faisal@appliancecheckup.com. To report an error on any page, email hello@appliancecheckup.com; Faisal reviews every report, and each fix is logged on the methodology page.