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A lot of the high end stuff is crap too. You get a toaster with wifi and a touch screen and an app instead of something that works.
by marginalia_nu 3y ago
A lot of the high end stuff is crap too. You get a toaster with wifi and a touch screen and an app instead of something that works.
- EnigmaFlare 3y agoYou can buy commercial versions of most machines which will be much better quality and without the stupid touch-screen gimmicks. They might cost 10x as much but that's also how much more domestic ones used to cost back in the day.
- TheCleric 3y agoYeah, restaurant supply stores are pretty good for utilitarian stuff.
- MostlyStable 3y agoYeah the problem is legibility. It's easy to see a touchscreen, or to understand a WiFi connection. But it's harder to understand why you should rant an oversized motor that will only be run at half capacity. Features that increase longevity or repairability are considerably less legible to most consumers and therefore get removed first when trying to cut costs.
- xtracto 3y agoThe other day I was telling my wife that the next blender I'll get will be a "fuck you" blender. That's the name I gave to an old blender I had 25 years ago when I lived on my own while studying. The blender was an Oster brand and only had an on/off switch. I sold it to a friend when I left that city. Fast forward 25 years, my friend told me that his mom is still using the same blender. No programs, no memories, no modes. Just Off and "fuck you" mode haha. Now I also want a toaster with similar properties. Just let me put my bread slices, click a button and give me my good sliced bread. That's all I need. And hopefully that simplicity makes the gizmo last 20+ years.
- floren 3y agoOster still sells a blender with a single toggle switch. I have it. Its's loud as hell but it works. Cheap, too.
- CaptainZapp 3y agoWe're here to help : https://www.galaxus.ch/en/s2/product/philips-toaster-toasters-9352424 https://www.galaxus.ch/en/s2/product/philips-toaster-toaster... I'm sure it's available wherever you live for around 30$ or so.
- nunez 3y agoBlendtec or Vitamix are what you want. They have modes, but the motors are very very good and they stand by their products (8 and 10-year warranties, respectively)
- xtracto 3y agoAaah I remember blender from the will it blend series. That's what I call an ultimate "fuck you" mode haha.
- blueridge 3y agoGo to BestBuy, behold this shit: https://www.geappliances.com/profile-laundry#front-load https://www.geappliances.com/profile-laundry#front-load Smart wash! Smart rinse! Smart dispense! AI enabled!