I have one of those and it bas a bad weld on it. It sends up with a bunch of water inside the double walls.

I have been using it maybe 8 or so years, so clearly not a big issue.

> But this one is made in West Germany so at least 33 years old and almost daily in use.

It was made at some point before they got around to changing the dies on the production line from "Made in West Germany" to "Made in Germany".

It is absolutely not apparent when that time point was for any given product.

But yes, I get your point. A while ago I found a bike marked "Made in Yugoslavia". It was a piece of shit, but I lovingly made it roadworthy again.

> ... but with new vehicles these days, they’re more than capable of being able to switch between miles and kilometres,”

Errrr, what planet does he live on?

I cannot get any of my US specs car to display degrees C, they are stuck on F.

That said, the guy was a moron and deserved his impoundment. Though it does seem a trifle harsh to impound the car for 14 days with the 10 year old in it.

The two Quarries were certainly both Danner. One black steel toe, one brown soft toe. Bought maybe 2 years apart.

It may be the case they are all made in different factories, that would be an explanation without being an excuse.

If I wanted buying clothes to be a sizing crapshoot I would buy womens clothes.

Danner boots have become random number generators in terms of sizing.

I am wearing US 11 Danner Quarry soft toe right now that is a touch small but usable.

I have an older pair of US 11 Danner Quarry hard toe that are a touch large on me, but fine.

I recently bought US 11 Danner Rain Forest that are just too small for me. I am not sure whether to sell them or wait for my offspring to grow into them.

The Pilot platform is pretty good. Not sure about the MDX but Pilots seat 8 people, assuming a few of them are child sized.

They have a key weakness on the trans-cooler. If you do not use genuine Honda coolant and make sure to keep it fresh you will end up with coolant in the transmission.

The 2003 may have another transmission issue, I cannot recall. I know that 2004 and before have a more complex timing belt arrangement. Given the choice I would go 2005 or later, though obviously OP is not in that position, already having the vehicle.

I once found an abandoned Pilot, gave the owner 500 USD and put it back on the road. It had snow-drift style accumulations of pretzel pieces and M&Ms in it. It had been badly neglected and had the trans-cooler line connection issue but I caught it in time and put in a new radiator and all was fine. I did brakes and shocks and such and it was a great car. Later I did the timing belt and it needed a new alternator. I put 60k miles on it and sold it for book value when I found another abandoned car I was forced to rescue.

This is key. When a rivet gets loose you can feel it, you have some warning. Then you can either drill it out and replace it or give it a bonk with a hammer to tighten it up.

Spot welds fail without warning and of course under load, which is when the pan is full. Also, when they do fail it is not usually possible to make a repair. Spot welding machines are very expensive and difficult to set up. You can drill out the area and put in a rivet but that is often tricky given the remains of the failure.

No spot welded handles in my kitchen.

I am faintly surprised those spot welds are still holding. Those are enough to disallow that pot from my kitchen.

4th gen 4runners are a nice platform. Some nice features, that window in the tailgate that comes down is super useful. 110V AC socket is nice.

A key weakness, the transmission pan becomes a problem to drop after a while due to the bolts snapping when you try to remove them. Maybe this is less of an issue outside areas with rain/snow/salt.

On the V8, the secondary air injection system is a complete piece of crap and will lead to a pointless inspection failing check engine light at some point. There are a couple of fixes. The V8 is a nice engine otherwise though.

I found mine abandoned, it had sat for 5 years or so. I found the owner, paid him less than scrap value and put it back on the road as my daily driver. Initially I did brakes and tires and then just fluids all round I think.

Batteries die and I hate that also but a bunch of them are easily replaced.

I pulled a Dyson V6 from the trash and put a new battery in it from ifixit. Works fine and gets heavy use. It is designed to be replaced easily with maybe two screws, so no appliance tech required.

I would not buy a Dyson cordless new, or maybe even used. But I am happy with the one I have.

What is it for?

I wake up every morning around 6:30 and just do shit.

If I need to wake up earlier, I use an "at" command on my laptop. Which I have to have anyway. And some versions of which you have to have also.

What is this thing for?

> ...first one got replaced mostly for a mix of 'oil changes are a scam' and I think I did the oil change 6 months ago.

Your grandfather should not have a car.

Maybe an electric would be fine, but somebody that abusive of tech is a danger to themselves and others.

Your grandmother does not need another car until both of hers croak.

Nope, I am sticking with my fluke.

Fiskars are pretty junky.

They have nice modern design and good marketing though.

Maybe your hobby should be writing code in an environment you have real control over, as opposed to squarespace?

You probably do not need or really want a set, and non-stick always degrades no matter how careful you are.

Fuck yeah, electric delivery vehicles are a no brainer.

We get the Amazon Rivians delivering to us now.

To be generous, you were suckered by marketing.

To be less charitable, it was partly your fault for having blind faith in branding.

If you want a stockpot just get a good stainless one from a manufacturer that makes good stainless.

Something that is widespread in consumer space is a company that has a deservedly strong brand in particular space deciding they can cash in on that brand in another space. As an example, Ridgid make great pipe cutters but there is no way I am buying their random power tools.

As a consumer, you may wish to educate yourself on this effect and be more critical going forwards.

This item from Le Creuset is transparently them cashing in on their name and style for enameled cast iron and trying to extend it to other random crap.

If Le Creuset came out with a vibrating butt plug next week, would you buy it? I suspect not. But you just did. This is roughly as related to their reputation for enameled cast iron as vibrating butt plugs are.

So why the fuck would you buy a pot made of thin sheet metal dressed up to look liked enameled cast iron but clearly a bunch of crap?

The power of marketing and branding.

Piece of shit.

First, having the ground pin at the bottom is inherently less safe than the converse.

Second, cheapo 6 gang things are just asking for some dipshit to come along and overload stuff.

Third, as mentioned by /u/costabius, surge protectors have short finite lifetime.

Agree with this.

I have a bunch of Festool and love it. I am not a pro, but I maintain and work on several houses on and off and really value having my Festool gear.

Some of the stuff Festool items were unique on is now available other places.

For example, the Festool drill driver set with right angle, offset, regular chuck etc is great. But Milwaukee now makes some version of it.

Festool track saws are great but there are many others now, including Makita.

I love the functioning and dust pickup on Festool sanders, especially used with the Festool vacuum. They are still ahead of most competition there I think.

He remarked about the longevity of rich person boots, but at other times actively sought out the crappy cardboard ones.

If it is on your wedding registry, why does it have to be in your price range?

One thing you can do is lobby for regulation like NY State Senate Bill S748.

We do not know how well this will work, but it is pretty far reaching as written.

You could advocate for a federal version maybe, with emphasis on the aspects that you personally value.

Another trick is to reuse and upcycle a lot and buy local, though these tricks are not always possible or useful.

I suspect Jack Daniels is about to learn about the Streisand effect.

I have to say I could probably make a saw last 35 years if I left it unused and new in the box.