Recent comments in /f/BuyItForLife

SuperDave310 t1_j99y5ki wrote

Contrary to the posts here, most professional reviewers and consumers do not rate speed queen machines highly.

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowners/speed-queen.html

“Well, Yale Appliance says that it sold 243 of these machines in 2018 and performed 65 service calls—a service rate of about 27 percent, which makes Speed Queen the most repair-prone brand that Yale Appliance has sold in any significant volume.”

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/speed-queen-review/

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Rd28T t1_j99xhzv wrote

Good quality wool can last decades with basic care. It’s not as stain resistant as some synthetics, but with fast attention most things other than ink etc will come out. I have successfully got red wine out of my bone coloured wool carpet - but I got to it before it dried.

Wool is has some incredible properties around moisture regulation, resistance to wear and crushing and resistance to picking up smells.

If you can afford wool, go wool or an 80% wool 20% nylon blend.

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anarchisticmeerkat OP t1_j99pu7t wrote

I’d prefer low end, the lower the better, but the problem I’ve noticed is they all have plastic as a point of weakness. I’ve gone though two in two years that use plastic in the handle and it just doesn’t handle daily boiling.

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duckfisco t1_j99k42g wrote

I bought an electric kettle and sent it back immediately. The water smelled like plastic/tires when heated. It was useless, and now I have a cheapo SS kettle because I'll probably start it without the whistle down and burn it up like I always do.

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ExHempKnight OP t1_j99ju71 wrote

Thank you! I was pretty excited to find it. I've seen the stand in the Slocomb catalog I've got from the 1920s, but I never expected to actually see one.

It was pretty ratty when I got it, but I'm pretty chuffed with how it turned out.

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theNorrah t1_j99iml7 wrote

That’s how I buy stuff, but it does have a downside.

Get ready to ‘not have a solution’ for x for a very long time. I dont own a lot, and i love it that way, and pretty much everything i own is ‘for life’ stuff. (With few exceptions)… but there are sooo many simple things that I still dont have because I’m always looking for the right thing, and I can’t stand wasting money on products in the meantime.

Given long enough time, yes I’m in the right… it made sense, but it’s also often fairly big purchases, so you are inflicting a lot of issues on yourself, not buying stand-ins.

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heyyohighHo t1_j99f72f wrote

Stovetop kettles provide a better flavour than electric. Not everyone can taste the difference but those that do will understand. If you really want something nice for coffee and tea, imo, a stovetop kettle is a big boost to the quality of your drink.

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