Don'tcha' wish they'd just STOP 'Improving' things?

[bcp]

If it is cheaper in material and labor to make, harder to repair, and a shorter life, then the manufacturer considers it improved.

Bruce

 

[Dftodd]

I dunno... I kinda like the new pop top cans that vegetables come in now, (not Van Camps pork and beans for some reason) I find the new cans quick and convenient. So there is a "new and improved thing", that I really like.

Handy on the soup cans as well

 

[Industrial Toys]

Some of the "NEW" packaging you can't open at all. Like some large juice bottles. But my favourite is when the pull ring just rips off.

 

[dragoneggs]

Some of the "NEW" packaging you can't open at all. Like some large juice bottles. But my favourite is when the pull ring just rips off.

Kinda like cross threading a bolt. Must be the bolt's fault. :laughing:

 

[PILOON]

I just had a yarn to the local Betta Electrical bloke. I was eyeing off the fridges. He came clean and said you are lucky if you get 7 years out of a fridge now and 3 years out of a washing machine... Whaaa?
My fridge is 20 years and still going strong and my Washer is about 7 years now. Crossing fingers.
What was that about improving things?

LOL, my chest freezer one is going on 24 yrs as is my beer fridge.
Wife reminds me that our well used washer and dryer are about that same age as well.
The good news is they are all very basic models so can be repaired as long as I can still get parts, no electronics.
Actually I seem to recall that I have serviced them all at one time or the other as mostly it was a switch or other minor part..
It is good to be handy and and have appropriate tools, helps that I have some electrical background.

On driers I've often found simple melted wires.
Those engineers tend to use the bare minimum specs that their design calls for.
All to save minimal production costs with no intentions of designing a long lasting product.
'Good enough' to last the warranty period.
Sure smaller gauge wire is cheaper as is aluminum but aluminum wire crimped with copper terminals simply corrode over time and more so in a humid environment.

I've observed that many of today's battery chargers are now made with aluminum wire.
No wonder they all seem to end up in recycle bins.
Like who stores a charger next to his furnace rather than in the damp humid garage or storage shed.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Yeah, you need a new $800.00 two year old appliance replaced because of the infamous "SURGE" And don't forget you owe the service call too.

 

[Oaktree]

We discovered the Pluto app for our smart TV. 800 channels for free And if you hit the search button on the remote it will bring up a TV guide just like on cable or satellite TV. TV channel guide will show the Pluto channels as well as the local over the air channels.

Thanks for the heads up on that. I installed it when I first got my Roku (or maybe it was pre-installed, don't recall), checked it out once or twice then kind of forgot about it.
Quite an array of stuff there, some of it even worth watching.

Only complaint is that there doesn't seem to be a decent program guide. What you see is just what's currently playing on various channels (and maybe a couple hours ahead), but nothing further into the future. Seems like it's kind of catch as you can, would be nice to know that such and such show airs on Tuesdays (for example). Their website is all but useless.
Do they have a set schedule?

 

[Oaktree]

And probably destroyed untold amounts of good salvageable components. How about the merits of REUSE?

Absolutely! I know they had to destroy the engines (and maybe transmission), but I also recall reading somewhere that these vehicles were off-limits for any salvageable parts. That's just wrong in so many ways!!

 

[Dftodd]

Thanks for the heads up on that. I installed it when I first got my Roku (or maybe it was pre-installed, don't recall), checked it out once or twice then kind of forgot about it.
Quite an array of stuff there, some of it even worth watching.

Only complaint is that there doesn't seem to be a decent program guide. What you see is just what's currently playing on various channels (and maybe a couple hours ahead), but nothing further into the future. Seems like it's kind of catch as you can, would be nice to know that such and such show airs on Tuesdays (for example). Their website is all but useless.
Do they have a set schedule?

I couldn't tell you if they have a set schedule. I just discovered the app Saturday when I set up my wifes new TV

I thinks its gonna be similar to when I had satellite. 300 channels and I only watch 5 of them But at least it's a heck of a lot cheaper