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0 pointsjaeckel1y ago0 comments

> Sure, if you have money you can go with a reputable brand like Bosch & Siemens

Just FTR they're exactly the same -- "BSH Hausgeräte GmbH" -- with just a different label on it. ... And I didn't have a single good experience in the last years, IMO they're designed for planned obsolescence.

E.g. my premium Bosch Hand mixer broke after 2.5 years. Afterwards I bought a >35 years old used RG28e for half the price and it's still going stronger than the Bosch ever was, 5 years later.

> if you have even more money you can go with Miele

If you buy cheap (or uninformed) you most likely buy at least twice.

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MichaelZuo1y ago

Bosch and Siemens aren’t as trustworthy anymore since they no longer offer ‘bumper-to-bumper’ extended warranties longer than 5 years on appliances.

It’s like buying a car, the moment an automaker starts adding long lists of exclusions to their extended warranties, you just know their quality is going down.

skyyler1y ago

Interesting that you had to resort to a product of communism to overcome these planned obsolete devices that capitalism is producing.

Rinzler891y ago

Communism sucks at building cutting edge devices, but good at basic low-tech items that are easily user repairable and made to last.

skyyler1y ago

How does communism suck at building cutting edge devices? Didn't the soviets make it to space before the capitalists?

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0 pointsjaeckel1y ago0 comments

> Sure, if you have money you can go with a reputable brand like Bosch & Siemens

E.g. my premium Bosch Hand mixer broke after 2.5 years. Afterwards I bought a >35 years old used RG28e for half the price and it's still going stronger than the Bosch ever was, 5 years later.

> if you have even more money you can go with Miele

If you buy cheap (or uninformed) you most likely buy at least twice.

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MichaelZuo1y ago

Bosch and Siemens aren’t as trustworthy anymore since they no longer offer ‘bumper-to-bumper’ extended warranties longer than 5 years on appliances.

It’s like buying a car, the moment an automaker starts adding long lists of exclusions to their extended warranties, you just know their quality is going down.

skyyler1y ago

Interesting that you had to resort to a product of communism to overcome these planned obsolete devices that capitalism is producing.

Rinzler891y ago

Communism sucks at building cutting edge devices, but good at basic low-tech items that are easily user repairable and made to last.

skyyler1y ago

How does communism suck at building cutting edge devices? Didn't the soviets make it to space before the capitalists?

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