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re: What are some consumer products that were legit better in the past?
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:06 pm to stout
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:06 pm to stout
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LOLNO
Maybe lower tier lawn equipment but you can't tell me an old snapper lawn tractor is better than a good ZTR.
A "good ZTR" costs thousands of dollars and doesn't make sense for most homeowners.
Consumer grade lawn mowers, weed eaters, etc do not last as long as they used to.
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Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:07 pm to SlowFlowPro
Microwaves and many small appliances
Most furniture (real wood vs engineered)
The NFL
Weed killer
Gasoline (before ethanol)
Most furniture (real wood vs engineered)
The NFL
Weed killer
Gasoline (before ethanol)
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:13 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:Your mom
What are some consumer products that were legit better in the past?
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:15 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Dr. Peppers,Cokes,RC's, and sodas in general. They tasted so much better in the 60's in returnable glass bottles.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:15 pm to ehidal1
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Most furniture (real wood vs engineered) The NFL
Its taken some years but all real wood in my home, I hate cheap furniture.
I don't watch much NFL anymore, the quality of the games is terrible. This year there maybe 4 decent teams? the rest was garbage.
The bigger turnoff is the pandering. Cant have an NFL game without a giant American flag and some "troops" to shake it. Never mind most soldiers cant afford to go to a game.
NFL=Patriotism
This post was edited on 1/30/16 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:17 pm to uway
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A "good ZTR" costs thousands of dollars and doesn't make sense for most homeowners.
An old Snapper back in the day was expensive as frick when you consider inflation to compare to today's dollars and even a basic Hustler ZTR is 100 times the machine an old lawn Tractor is and can be had for a reasonable price. Those Kawasaki engines on most ZTRs are amazing.
I remember my dad paying $1400 for a Cub Cadet lawn tractor 20'ish years ago. That's $2500 give or take in today's dollars. You can get a good ZTR for close to that.
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weed eaters, etc do not last as long as they used to.
Again...no
Redmax, Stihl, Echo, etc all make consumer lines that will outlast anything from years ago. My dad has a Redmax that is now 11 years old and still kicking.
Again, your statement may be true if you are buying WalMart crap but your original statement was ALL lawn equipment. I run a lot of commercial equipment for my business so I can say for a fact that your statement is false from experience.
This post was edited on 1/30/16 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:18 pm to SlowFlowPro
Light bright
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:19 pm to CunningLinguist
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Cars. Fuel efficiency is great but most cars are cookie cutter pieces of garbage
This is a myth
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:20 pm to CunningLinguist
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Cars. Fuel efficiency is great but most cars are cookie cutter pieces of garbage
Probably the most incorrect thing that will be posted on the OT today. Congrats.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:20 pm to SlowFlowPro
Since the Playstation 2,
Every Playstation that came after was worse than the one before it.
Every Playstation that came after was worse than the one before it.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:21 pm to NIH
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Toilets Old toilets can handle anything
Absolutely. Loved my toilets growing up as a kid. Never clogged. Now with as little water as these modern day toilets consume, clogs every 3 months.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:21 pm to NIH
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Toilets
Old toilets can handle anything
Ain't that the truth. We recently got rid of 2 from the house that was built in 1964.
I'm sure the new ones won't last 50 years.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:22 pm to stout
My first vehicle was an 84 CJ7. When my son is old enough to drive, I'm gonna find one for him.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:23 pm to SlowFlowPro
Can I talk about a little something that has improved?
Night lights.
You had to leave them on all the time, because if you turn them off, then the light would go out when you turned the bulb on next due to the power surge. Now they have LEDs, that are easy to keep on 24/7 and you can't even get light-sensing ones that turn off automatically!
Night lights.
You had to leave them on all the time, because if you turn them off, then the light would go out when you turned the bulb on next due to the power surge. Now they have LEDs, that are easy to keep on 24/7 and you can't even get light-sensing ones that turn off automatically!
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:25 pm to SlowFlowPro
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my contribution to OP is the old plasma televisions. the dark blacks of these TVs has never been re-created with the new dominant TV tech (LED, etc). and this isn't from memory, i am literally sitting in my living room with an almost 10 year old plasma that has a much better picture than the top of the line LED alternative to its left
Bought one of the last Samsung 720p Plasmas still in production a couple of years ago (since discontinued).
Same price could have gotten a 1080p LED that was a few inches bigger. Went for the better picture.
Fam has been running a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma from 2005. Every year I try to convince them to "upgrade" so I can have it. Best picture I've ever seen.
OLED's will be better than Plasma though.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:25 pm to SabiDojo
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didn't the technology suck at first?
To be fair, this could be said about a lot of products. They take a couple of iterations to workout the kinks. It just takes them a bit to hit their stride.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:26 pm to stout
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Again, your statement may be true if you are buying WalMart crap but your original statement was ALL lawn equipment. I run a lot of commercial equipment for my business so I can say for a fact that your statement is false from experience.
Maybe I'm jaded by the multiple $200 range Echo and Husqvarna pieces that have failed me over the years.
The OP said consumer products. I wasn't talking about the commercial grade equipment I assume you use.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:28 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Washers and Dryers
This. I have a washer from the late 80s with the "wood finish" and a dryer from the early 90s that was given to me that still works fine.
My mom on the other hand has gone through 3 "High Efficiency" washers in the last 10 years.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 12:28 pm to TigerRagAndrew
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Old Maytag washers and dryers were engineered to last
My family used to be in the appliance repair industry (parts and such). It was a failing industry because appliances aren't made to be repaired anymore. They are made to be thrown away. There's probably a trade off there though, as I'm pretty sure that adjusting for inflation appliances are generally cheaper nowadays.
This post was edited on 1/30/16 at 12:29 pm
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