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KemppiFrog
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Didn't buy either of them (luckily..) our Miele dryer is over well over 20yrs old and the dishwasher conked at 23. replaced the element at around 18 yrs. Current DW is Bosch, picked up for €100 from people who were moving. As new
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Not round here it doesn't due to the drug smoking scum that live next door.And the washing smells fresher when it’s been dried outside.
(And that’s quite a strange thing for a man to say.)
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its the only brand our local retailer would sell
postie jon
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no no no never put them on and go to bed, as an x firefighter seen the concequences far too often , same as plug in chargers, phones laptops etc etc
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dysons 20+ yes its had parts ,but only a hose and a 2nd hand handle/wand.
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We replaced out tumble dryer recently after 15 years, the rear bearing block had worn through and the drum ended up wafer thin in places where it was rubbing on the motor otherwise I would have replaced the bearings again. As a temporary fix I turned the block over but the scored shaft ate it’s way through and started on the backplate! Fair play to it though, it kept doing it’s job.
I did my bit for the environment by dismantling old one and recycling the screws to a safe place, waste to the relevant council bins then plasma cutter to the steel and in the skip at work.
The Dyson DC01 I bough my Mother in the 90’s still works but needed so many parts I bought a barely used one recently and pensioned the old one off for spares. Perhaps the replacement might outlive me.
I did my bit for the environment by dismantling old one and recycling the screws to a safe place, waste to the relevant council bins then plasma cutter to the steel and in the skip at work.
The Dyson DC01 I bough my Mother in the 90’s still works but needed so many parts I bought a barely used one recently and pensioned the old one off for spares. Perhaps the replacement might outlive me.
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Our dc01 was brilliant. I gave it a mate who was struggling after losing his job and missus and we bought a new one.
Terrible thing.
Ended up taking it back and getting a Dyson Animal.
Crap!
I wanted a different make but wife went out while I was working and got this lump of junk we have now. It's an upright but is pathetic unless you use the wand/hose. Dc14.
Terrible thing.
Ended up taking it back and getting a Dyson Animal.
Crap!
I wanted a different make but wife went out while I was working and got this lump of junk we have now. It's an upright but is pathetic unless you use the wand/hose. Dc14.
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I think there’s a fine balance - if they did make them last for decades the price would likely be high enough to put people off buying them, despite the fact that it might work out cheaper in the long run. There are companies doing high end quality stuff that by all accounts lasts much longer than your average domestic goods (Miele) but people still balk at the up front cost.
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We (wife) just bought a Miele vacuum cleaner, supposed to be the dogs and wife reckons it’s much better than the old Dyson which I didn’t think there was anything wrong with.
White goods we normally just go for Bosch low to mid range stuff and normally last really well. Dishwasher is a Siemens and is excellent and no issues after 13years.
I now carry 3 weeks’ worth of clean clothes in the truck, just in case. (And I still carry washing powder and a clothes line...)
Before that particular penny dropped
, if I was weekended away in the truck I used to boil a kettle of water and wash my smalls in a bowl then rig up a washing line on the back of the trailer. Thankfully, for you lot anyway , I never took any photos, but the sight of a washing line full of drawers on the back of an artic flatbed made for interesting conversations 
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And as for the times when me and the previous Mrs 4String sold up and lived in our motorhome. We used to hang the washing out to dry on the rear mounted bike rack, until the day I forgot about it and drove through the middle of Rotherham one afternoon in the rush hour with a selection of her undergarments on display.
Before that particular penny dropped
, if I was weekended away in the truck I used to boil a kettle of water and wash my smalls in a bowl then rig up a washing line on the back of the trailer. Thankfully, for you lot anyway , I never took any photos, but the sight of a washing line full of drawers on the back of an artic flatbed made for interesting conversations .And as for the times when me and the previous Mrs 4String sold up and lived in our motorhome. We used to hang the washing out to dry on the rear mounted bike rack, until the day I forgot about it and drove through the middle of Rotherham one afternoon in the rush hour with a selection of her undergarments on display
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Planned obsolescence - a concept born of a liaison between accountants and major shareholders (aka pension funds)
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carry on camping ....I now carry 3 weeks’ worth of clean clothes in the truck, just in case. (And I still carry washing powder and a clothes line...)
Before that particular penny dropped
And as for the times when me and the previous Mrs 4String sold up and lived in our motorhome. We used to hang the washing out to dry on the rear mounted bike rack, until the day I forgot about it and drove through the middle of Rotherham one afternoon in the rush hour with a selection of her undergarments on display
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Planned obsolescence - a concept born of a liaison between accountants and major shareholders (aka pension funds)
It's called "value engineering" these days, and the model used is the "bathtub curve" of failure against time - starts at the tap end with highest burn-in failure rate, then reliable for a while (usually the length of the extra-cost 5 year warranty) along the bottom, then the head end when the burn-out failure rate slowly ramps up.
Dave H. (the other one)
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Yikes, swerve whirlpool.
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Buy a Miele, problem solved.
No slabs of concrete in the bottom and rubber exhaust hangers, they run a huge cast iron frame and proper spring and damper setups on the drums, etc, and everything else is built to that standard too.
Had 2 for the past 15 years and they never miss a beat and you can't hear them running.
No slabs of concrete in the bottom and rubber exhaust hangers, they run a huge cast iron frame and proper spring and damper setups on the drums, etc, and everything else is built to that standard too.
Had 2 for the past 15 years and they never miss a beat and you can't hear them running.
