Expensive things that are a bit rubbish

Dualit toasters.

Our Dyson DC03 has provided 12 years of faultless service.

My dualit 4 slice toaster was bought in 1998

Perfect toast every day for 16 years so far 😉

My dualit 4 slice toaster was bought in 1998
Perfect toast every day for 16 years so far

We bought our two slice in 2003, persevered with it being the most unreliable piece of electrical tat for 11 years because I spent £100 of our wedding vouchers on it. We bought numerous sets of new elements and eventually replaced it. They must make a fortune on each one they sell, judging by the design and build standard of them.

Patriot missiles apparently . During the gulf war they had a 100% faliure record as in they didn’t shoot down any incoming missiles. Although the Americans may beg to differ .

My dualit 4 slice toaster was bought in 1998

Perfect toast every day for 16 years so far

Our two-slicer was a wedding present in 1995. Haven’t had to change an element yet.

Large intricate tattoos. 😉

LOL @ junkyard. I’ve got the collection! Mind you they were a lot rubbish so perhaps another thread.

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Audis !

The royal family?

My computer

Apple, Audi, Orange5… You’ve got to love minor trolling but nice try guys 😉

It’s a good question. I’d say an awful to of property in London is expensive and rubbish, probably a lot outside of London too.

Oh, and the CEO of the place I work.

Poncy bottled lager in even poncier bars in Esher.

Children… mine are only a bit rubbish not completely Pointless but very bloody expensive.

Apple, Audi, Orange5… You’ve got to love minor trolling

Trolling – not expensive, but still rubbish
Still, I suppose it’s entertainment for the poor people

Harry – our hand held dyson used to cut out as well phoned up Dyson (was still under warranty) and they sent out a new battery. Which fixed the problem. No problems since and with 2 kids, an indispensable bit of kit!

martinhutch – Member
My dualit 4 slice toaster was bought in 1998
Perfect toast every day for 16 years so far

Our two-slicer was a wedding present in 1995. Haven’t had to change an element yet.

My two slice dates from 1998. Still on the original elements .

Perhaps Dualit realised that making a toaster that never breaks was not a good long term business model.

Kids?

I have to stand up for Dualit here. We have a two slicer and it has been faultless in the seven years we have had it. The work four slicer got replaced after 6+ years (I wasn’t there at the start of its tenure) because the facilities bloke could not be bothered to change the element, but it was used to within an inch of its life every day by 50 odd toast mad developers.

A seriously awesome piece of toasting kit.

I’ll add the AMG ML63 as another consideration. It’s a 4×4 that’s rubbish off road and too high to be good on the road. And really, really expensive.

Dualit…overpriced tat. Nice stainless steel exterior, but elements fail regularly. Even their commercial stuff is rubbish, our toaster at work has had more elements than Triggers broom has had heads!

A seriously awesome piece of toasting kit

hahaha – can a toaster be “seriously awesome”?

My contribution:

Seriously underwhelmed by Nespresso. It’s going on ebay I think.

So it doesn’t turn you into George Clooney? Might explain where the cash is going though

Tasssimo and their like.

I don’t begrudge the cash going to George Clooney….

“When I squeeze myself onto the Northern Line on a cold, wet February morning and spend 35 minutes being drenched in the post-breakfast flatulence of strangers I would drift off and think of George buzzing round the lakeside on his Harley, stopping off for an espresso and making easy small talk with the locals. I would think of the house. The beautiful, beautiful house”

“When other stars were taking drugs and generally treating everyone like shit, George was sitting on his terrace watching the sun slip behind the Italian Alps while pouring a glass of something rather nice for a magnificently beautiful woman”

“There was no jealousy, just a quiet satisfaction that one intrepid adventurer had ascended to the mountaintop and gazed upon the promised land, without being a total dick about it.”

Sauce

My issue is that the coffee isn’t very nice.

Nimrods……. £4billion cost, then scrapped.

Has anyone mentioned Audi cars ?

I once enquired after a new wheel for an Audi of mine. 650 quid ! For one standard alloy wheel.

Oh, and anything Crank Bros.

Edit:
So it doesn’t turn you into George Clooney?
Thank goodness for that.

We have a Roberts retro dab radio – it’s rubbish.
The ariel is shonky and the power supply connection is attached with toffee. To cap it off, the faux leather has peeled off the handle. pfff.

Nimrods……. £4billion cost, then scrapped.

That was because of defence cuts rather than being a bit rubbish. More still will be spent when we buy P-8s off the shelf to replace the capacity gap.

Oh, and anything Crank Bros.

This. Why is it they no longer make cranks, again?

If that’s true then they should rename themselves Bros.

…?

Dyson vs. Henry
Nespresso machine vs. nescafe instant
Apple v. PC

The expensive stuff may be better, but not better enough to justify the extra cost.

I’ll go one further than Orange 5, and say: mountain bikes.

They sure look like an offroad vehicle, having bouncy bits and excitingly chunky tyres, but to judge by the moaning here about “ruined” “trails” (a trail being mountain biker talk for “piece of ground I ride on, and thus own”) they are utterly hopeless when faced with a hoof-print, a (braking) bump, or a tyre rut. They are also no fun at all if a “trail” (see above) is “sanitised” (ie: “smooth”). And they cost more than motocross bikes.

(Thankfully, my “bicycle that I ride offroad” doesn’t seem to be an actual mountain bike as it doesn’t suffer from these ailments – and it was cheap.)

Dualit…overpriced tat. Nice stainless steel exterior, but elements fail regularly. Even their commercial stuff is rubbish, our toaster at work has had more elements than Triggers broom has had heads!

Seems like dualit must have changed their manufacturing process at some time ?

3 dualit toaster mentioned on this thread already with 50 odd years service between them and no faults. And other saying they fail every five minutes.

Maybe those bought in the 90’s were built better ?

Mine will outlive me I reckon 🙂

They sure look like an offroad vehicle, having bouncy bits and excitingly chunky tyres, but to judge by the moaning here about “ruined” “trails” (a trail being mountain biker talk for “piece of ground I ride on, and thus own”) they are utterly hopeless when faced with a hoof-print, a (braking) bump, or a tyre rut. They are also no fun at all if a “trail” (see above) is “sanitised” (ie: “smooth”). And they cost more than motocross bikes*.

I think what you are referring to is operator error.

*Some cost less than cheap motorcross bikes, some cost more most cost less than expensive motorcross bikes, does not require engine rebuild frequently if raced, not really the same thing.

Just checked Dyson’s website for a replacement battery.

£50!

4 cough.

Some cost less than cheap motorcross bikes, some cost more most cost less than expensive motorcross bikes, does not require engine rebuild frequently if raced, not really the same thing.

They might not need engine rebuilds, but they do require the configuration of gears, travel, and such to be changed every fortnight, then they need the frame replacing every year, all for reasons I haven’t quite grasped. And you also need to own about 7 of them, also for reasons I haven’t yet grasped. And you need a separate set of tyres for every place you ride, for every time of year. That must all add up..!?

£50 for a quality decent sized battery is not much. Check the price of laptop batteries.

We’ve had a Dyson ‘cylinder’ type for 8 or 9 years, it’s been perfect. We wanted a cylinder one with a beater brush in the head, and there were only two at the time, a Miele and the Dyson. The Miele head was crappy and the thing was more than the Dyson (and took bags) so it was a no brainer. Very happy.

Toasters – had 9 years out of our £15 toaster, no new elements or anything. And it pops up on its own.

I’ll go one further than Orange 5, and say: mountain bikes.

Back under your bridge.

molgrips:
Back under your bridge.

You seem upset, did I take your turn?

Harry, I needed to replace a five year old battery last year. I paid £20 for a perfectly good, actually slightly higher ampere hour battery. Working fine.