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Unreliable household thingsDM's comment about the unreliable vacuums got me thinking: what else have you found to need replacement too frequently? For me it is VCRs! They only seem to last about two years, then start chewing up tapes...and I have always been meticulous about using head-cleaning tapes....
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The most unreliable thing we have is our DVD player we have replaced it 6 times in two years, at least its under warranty, the other thing is i seem to go through hair dyers i tend to blow them up so i end up getting a new one at least once a year LOL |
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KETTLES!!!!! Eeeek I can't do without my cuppa! |
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The one thing I always seem to be buying are hot air stylers, they seem to last about 6 months then start overheating!! and the other thing is irons, goodness knows how many of them I have had since getting married!!! |
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I really do not think things last like they used to....Not the same quality now... |
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I think I've been very lucky! I've been married nearly 39 years now and we're on our 2nd kettle, our 4th vacuum cleaner and I'm on my 2nd hair-dryer (I got the 1st when I was 16!) I'm losing count of the VCRs and other similar things as my husband keeps convincing me that it makes sense to get something more advanced (or do I mean complicated?) I'll admit to a bit of a problem with steam-irons, maybe it's because we live in a hard-water area, or because they keep getting dropped on the tiles! |
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Blasted DVD players!!! Dont know what it is with them, but they keep dying on me. |
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Well my list of replacements reads ....... Washing machine - 3 Cooker/oven - 3 Vacuum cleaner - 4 Iron - 2 Kettles - 3 Steamer - 2 Television - 3 VCR - 2 Computer - 2 The longest lasting appliance must be my Braun hairdryer, I've had it for 17 years now and it works still as good as new!  |
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It has to be DVD players here too! Mind you, I refuse to spend any money on them so buy ones for £25.00 . . . they last about a year and then I get another one! The other bane of my life is laptops. Can't get the darned things to go beyond a year also. I now refuse to buy one, and use the desktops instead. I've been lucky with most things, my Dyson has lasted 10 years without problems, fridge/freezer about 8 years, 1st washer/dryer 9 years (problems with the replacement though), original dishwasher still going strong at 11 years, recently replaced a hairdryer that was nearly 20 years old and that's coz Dominik battered it once too often  I refuse to get an electric kettle so my lovely Alessi cooker-top one is 11 years old but will probably last forever! |
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