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Post by wiseclerk on Jan 24, 2017 8:50:07 GMT
If you love them watch this video and own a slice of a future brand that could disrupt the total electric steam iron market  |
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Post by shimself on Jan 24, 2017 14:26:49 GMT
Are you tongue in cheek? I don't get it and anyway shouldn't it be on kickstarter?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2017 14:43:14 GMT
Since my steam iron of 15 years standing is still being sold for £15 or so from Russel Hobbs, I find the idea of a £60 one frankly silly. This does nothing my old does not do.
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Post by bracknellboy on Jan 25, 2017 18:12:16 GMT
.... This does nothing my old does not do. Apart perhaps from fail after only 2 or 3 years ? :-) In recent times i (we) are on our THIRD iron in about 6 years. And the prior 2 were not cheap, but that didn't stop the steam function failing in not much over two or 3 years on either of them. Despite reasonable levels of care and attention given to them. There is not even that much ironing done in our house (in relative terms). Likewise we are on our 3rd kettle in as many years as well. The first of that lot was a pretty expensive very good one: except clearly ultimate build quality. The second was a cheaper straight forward one. The third current one is now an even cheaper one, having given up expectations that in this day and age paying more is any guarantee of quality. We seem to have entered an age where it is considered ok to sell appliances as if they are disposable consumables. I have no particular desire to update my phone for the latest gizmo's every couple of years, so why on earth I should be expected to re-buy kettles/irons etc on that sort of cycle is beyond me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2017 9:14:01 GMT
Tumble drier 15 years, ok held together with a large rubber band
Toaster 12 years, ok the hold down mech is replaced with a small weight
Iron 15+ years, ok but with one new cable
Kettle 7 years , ok but only just about gets to 99C
Food processor 20 years, ok but needed to be fidled with (we are both professional engineers so it comes with the territory)
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Post by shimself on Jan 26, 2017 9:28:32 GMT
..be fidled with (we are both professional engineers so it comes with the territory) The spelling or the bodging? Modern devices have much better energy & resource conservation, safety and even performance performance. Your old washing machine working properly would probably be unacceptable if launched today. Given that one gets some use out of a smartphone then even a 3 year old model isn't really ok (I know, my daughter reminds me constantly and in conscience she's right). otoh a 10 year old PC with enough ram running windows 7 PC (ie this one I'm using now) is completely acceptable; it depends then on what it is. All irons are hopeless, and there is a lot of room for a better one, although I suspect the solution lies more in the ironing board
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2017 10:14:02 GMT
Never mentioned washing machine
performance performance??
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Post by shimself on Jan 26, 2017 12:20:00 GMT
Never mentioned washing machine performance performance?? I was generalising performance performance - meaning how well it does its job job
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Post by davee39 on Jan 27, 2017 20:15:32 GMT
Tumble drier 15 years, ok held together with a large rubber band Toaster 12 years, ok the hold down mech is replaced with a small weight Iron 15+ years, ok but with one new cable Kettle 7 years , ok but only just about gets to 99C Food processor 20 years, ok but needed to be fidled with (we are both professional engineers so it comes with the territory) Someone is not doing their bit for the Chinese economy.
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Post by stub8535 on Jan 28, 2017 21:36:39 GMT
And printers where it's cheaper to buy a new machine than buy new cartridges!
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Post by biggles on Mar 8, 2017 8:36:23 GMT
This is going backwards. It may have a 'powerful steam function' but to do that all that water is in the iron, it must weigh a ton when full. My 15-year-old steam generator iron does that but I have a litre of water in a separate tank.
And it's an ugly blob!! Who convinced him it was a 'funky' look?
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