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Dec 23, 2023 18:31
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smellmycheese posted:Dyson’s hoovers and other products are grotesquely overpriced plastic crap. They have the durability and build quality of cheap Chinese toys. And I say this as someone who was badgered into buying one of his ludicrously expensive hairdryers as a gift last Xmas. Not convinced by any of the non hoover products at all, like "here's a fan that has no visible blades, pay 50 times as much for inferior performance" is like selling a toddler's potty as "here's a toilet that has no hole, pay me £200" Will be moving to a different brand when this one finally dies, as the battery is noticeably on the way out and a lot of the Chinese brands have at least noticed "hey every power tool since the 80s has allowed you to change the battery" is a selling point.
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Dec 23, 2023 18:39
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Shark cordless vacuums cost about a third as much as the Dyson equivalent and have infinitely better batteries. And the Dyson hand dryers that all the pubs bought a few years back are dying now and barely blow a whisper of air.
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Dec 23, 2023 18:44
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Guavanaut posted:I got one of the V8 cordless stick hoovers about 6 years ago and it has been pretty good in terms of storing under the stairs and not being a pain to lug up steep terraced house stairs, but I also got it on a massive discount. I got a "Tineco" brand knock-off stick hoover and it's been doing us very well. Then we did some heavy DIY and supplemented it with a Henry - it's weird though, it's made in Britain and I'm a "leftard" and I still didn't burst into flames/out crying/through the wall... baffling.
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Dec 23, 2023 18:50
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The man who came to professionally clean our sofas and rugs said he would choose Shark over Dyson every time but apparently the absolute best vacuums are a German company called Sebo, which I hadn’t heard of before.
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Dec 23, 2023 18:51
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Bobstar posted:it's weird though, it's made in Britain and I'm a "leftard" and I still didn't burst into flames/out crying/through the wall... baffling.  Repost to offend a leftoid, bet 99% won't DARE 
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Dec 23, 2023 19:05
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happyhippy posted:Growth means 'I can hike up rent more' But so does not-growth
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Dec 23, 2023 19:06
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Best Xmas ever, dysoning my local Waitrose.
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Dec 23, 2023 19:07
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Bobstar posted:I got a "Tineco" brand knock-off stick hoover and it's been doing us very well. Then we did some heavy DIY and supplemented it with a Henry - it's weird though, it's made in Britain and I'm a "leftard" and I still didn't burst into flames/out crying/through the wall... baffling. Seconding the Henry for getting the job done and never stopping.  Bought a Dyson DC05 back in 2002, but even with keeping the filter clean it slowly failed at its task.
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Dec 23, 2023 19:11
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Guavanaut posted:Dyson: "where's the dry water mum? i want the dry water" This speaks to me of boredom. The kitty is bored and wants to eat but it's all "ingredients" nothing instantly tasty. Myself and my brother Tory Boy suffer in this way too.
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Dec 23, 2023 19:15
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some of the first few dysons were made really solid and with excellent attention to detail for parts replacement and maintenance- had a few at the care home I worked at precisely because they would get a lot of hard use but be easily repairable then we got a newer (then, in 2005 or so) one and it was almost like a knockoff of the previous ones and far harder to service, died in months also gently caress the commercial and societal obligation aspects of xmas but I'm looking forward to spending a bit of time with close family and friends and eating and drinking and feel lucky to be able to do so- that part is cool
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Dec 23, 2023 20:14
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I think I've said before that the anthropomorphising of Henrys (and the rest in the range) can cause a few problems with autistic kids who can get a bit over-attached, but it's a lot less harmful in the long-run than anything Dyson or Elon have been involved with, so there's something.
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Dec 23, 2023 20:34
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Dec 23, 2023 20:37
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Looks as though a lot of the power tool companies are bridging the gap between their own "here's a big chunky shop vac that's great for dust extraction and takes our fully recyclable batteries but is bad for domestic use" and the domestic "here's a sleek stick vac with a wide range of accessories and also a note that says 'gently caress you' for when the soldered-in battery dies" Not sure how good those type are, but the backup filtration system at least seems a lot more solid than some of the Dyson sock on a stick systems.
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Dec 23, 2023 20:38
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Considering how those usually have a battery ecosystem it would be weird if they didn't make a consumer vacuum cleaner that took them considering you can get loving everything else that'll run off a ryobi battery.
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Dec 23, 2023 20:42
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Yeah it took them quite a while though, it used to be more like "here's a big fucken cube that takes our batteries, also there's a carpet sweeper attachment somewhere but it's terrible" the last time I was looking at stick vacs good for home use.
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Dec 23, 2023 20:46
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Apraxin posted:yeah, i honestly thought back when May introduced the financial requirement in the first place that after a couple of years of torygraph articles about honest hard-working (white) british people who couldn't bring their (white) american/russian/etc. families to the uk that it would get rolled back or modified to be more subtly racist, but i failed to realize that there's a seemingly ever-increasing faction of the tories that go into a blood frenzy whenever they hear the word 'immigrant' We're a country run by Boomers. By and large, they're all already married.
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Dec 23, 2023 20:46
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And boomer divorcees who don't think anyone else should ever get married. And also get attached to vacuum cleaners, but in a very different way to those kids with the henry hoovers.
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Dec 23, 2023 20:50
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kingturnip posted:I think I've said before that the anthropomorphising of Henrys (and the rest in the range) can cause a few problems with autistic kids who can get a bit over-attached, but it's a lot less harmful in the long-run than anything Dyson or Elon have been involved with, so there's something. just makes me angry tbh. The number of times I've been pulling a Henry around a large room for work, only to have it get caught on something behind me, and I look around and it's got that cheeky loving smirk peeking around whatever corner it got stuck on
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Dec 23, 2023 20:53
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I had a Henry hoover's hose break after 2 years, and despite attempting to follow all the Youtube tutorials on mending it, I just couldn't do it. I paid for the council to take it in the bulky waste but someone nicked it from my front garden. I hope it was scrappies and not someone intending to sell it on, because it had been pouring with rain and the thing was drenched.
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Dec 23, 2023 20:57
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Henrys are absolute lumpen pieces of poo poo and I don't understand why people still buy them, especially for their home.
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Dec 23, 2023 21:00
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Once you’ve gone cordless on a vac, like a lawnmower, it’s hard to go back. I’d like to see the backpack versions that pro cleaners use available to the public
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Dec 23, 2023 21:04
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Get a Miele drag along. Smaller than a Henry and apparently strong enough to pull carpets off the floor if you use it wrong.
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Dec 23, 2023 21:07
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One of those motorbikes with a big hoover on the back for sucking up dog poo poo, but for the home.
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Dec 23, 2023 21:10
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Used to use a Nilfisk in a previous job, a no nonsense sucker. 
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Dec 23, 2023 21:29
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We have a henry and it's a bugger to carry around and store. Would much rather have a decent upright. Not a dyson though, they're overpriced poo poo.
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Dec 23, 2023 21:46
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We have some Shark cordless thing with "anti hair wrap" and two replaceable batteries. It manages to cope with us two long haired people and a constantly-shedding husky. I couldn't imagine using a cordless vac without replaceable batteries now.
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Dec 23, 2023 21:53
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All vacuums get in the way and are annoying to move around no matter what I love my Hetty even if I do hit her with my little toe every loving night when I get up to go to the toilet
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Dec 23, 2023 21:55
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Vax cordless battery died a month before the warranty expired and they sent out a new one the next day, so that was nice.
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Dec 23, 2023 22:08
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Henry is great. Does your usual dust, hair, crumbs etc but also screws, gravel, offcuts of wire, bits of wood, lumps of concrete. The workshop one has been reanimated with cable ties and gaffer tape numerous times. Maybe one day he will be granted the final rest.
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Dec 23, 2023 22:13
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Lord Ludikrous posted:Anyone else just not really feeling it with Christmas this year? I've never been one of those "OMG the magic of Christmas!" people but this year just feels off. Ditto. I'm not sure why, but yeah, something feels off. Vaccuum talk: We had some poo poo goblin thing in NHS housing so I bought a Henry; it's 15 years old now and still going strong. It's also got a 2kw boost mode, so more powerful than the current models. Angrymog fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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Dec 23, 2023 22:19
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I decided to injure my brain further and watch the spate of private eye end of the year Ian hislop interviews. The sheer level of "madness to the left, incompetence to the right, why can't we just get a sensible center" over and over and over. Fucksake. How is it objective fact and long term goals and benefits are constantly considered "loony left" policies. Fuckers. I then decided I hadn't had enough pain and started to watch the private eye on year in review. https://youtu.be/T4zy6yLE2v0?si=UbWeJPxOzcO8BGHP I got about 15 minutes in before I couldn't take the painful poo poo radio 4 comedy punching down any more. Aaaaghhhh. Fire them out of a goddamn cannon.
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Dec 23, 2023 22:52
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Angrymog posted:We had some poo poo goblin thing in NHS housing
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Dec 23, 2023 23:01
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Check out this madness: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/dec/23/uk-mortgages-trial-debts-shared-appreciation-mortgage-court quote:UK mortgages: trial to rule on deals that left people with huge debts quote:The bank has previously confirmed that in the case of Cooper, the “share of appreciation percentage” applying to the loan was 75%. That gives a figure of £510,000, based on 75% of £680,000, which is the “growth” in the property’s value between 1997 and now, if one uses its current asking price. The original loan of £42,500 also has to be repaid, taking the estimated total to £552,500.
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Dec 23, 2023 23:27
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Guavanaut posted:
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Dec 23, 2023 23:29
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Same reason they don't show the other guy in the og nativity scene.
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Dec 23, 2023 23:49
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fuctifino posted:We have a large CoOp and Waitrose in my town, and tbh, there's not really a difference in prices between them for the things that I buy. I mostly choose Waitrose as it's easier to get around in my wheelchair. what do you call the self service till they have in coop? robocoop!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL 
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Dec 24, 2023 00:02
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works best in a scottish accent that
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Dec 24, 2023 00:02
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Tesseraction posted:Feels a bit gauche to be magic of Christmasing when the country is in such a dire state. Greatest Hits Radio was thanking people for helping them provide 32,000 kids with presents who otherwise would get nothing on Christmas day. And sure, it's great that they did that, but I'm just thinking about what's the number of those who won't? And the families who can't afford to do anything nice for it. Christmas, ignoring the Christian poo poo, is meant to be where you counteract the depressing weather and daylight hours by having something to look forward to in the midwinter and so many people can't afford that. I get so bloody angry about how greatest hits radio have been begging everyone to donate a gift/bit of cash for a Christmas present but also have a daily competition where the prize has been over 200k for one person for the past few weeks. How about just pausing make me a winner for a few days and chucking that money into the gift fund?
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Dec 24, 2023 00:08
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Apraxin posted:love to be a big brain business genius Does Dyson ever loving shut up? It seems like he and that Wetherspoons bloke never stop moaning about how hard their life is paying 0.1% tax or whatever
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