Are there any common household items or products that you think are designed incredibly poorly?
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The vast majority of people don't fall into that and manufacturers will focus on the majority of customers.
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UV light breaks the polymer bonds. You now have monomer dust.
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Light bulbs! I thought when we moved away from the traditional incandescent the new stuff was supposed to last forever. Why do they die all the time!?
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I have that and they still are a removed to get in or out of a crowded tool jar. Then I always bump that end switch and they pop open in the jar.
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Wine bottles. After thousands of years of drinking you would think humans would develop a bottle design that doesn't dribble down the side after pouring.
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It was the shape of the toilet what I couldn't picture, not the usage
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When I replaced a set the other day I learned that some of them are not rated for enclosures
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It's usually the electronic drivers. They overoverheat and degrade. Most burned LED bulbs still have working LEDs and just need to replace some component of the driver board.
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I always thought this was super on purpose. Is it not intentional design for “child protection?”
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It's usually because of cheap electrolytic capacitors. Letting a $10+ item die because they were too cheap to pay $0.25 instead of $0.15 for a properly rated component.
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I dont think I've ever seen a spork with teeth that could actually pick up food like a fork, so it's just a bad spoon.
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thanks capitalism
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The two piece toilet does make installation a bit easier since it's less weight. I wonder if there are any sort of workplace safety weight limit considerations that come into play. E.g., maybe the 2 piece can be done with 1 person, but a one piece could need 2.
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Not to be annoying but I actually carry a nice steel thermos with me and pour anything I might drink into the thermos.
It only feels like a hassle the first time. You get a steel thermos with a steel straw and now you're really cooking with gas.
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I love sporks. If you find the right model they are the ultimate eating utensil.
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Yeah, I'd say the opposite; I hate the ones with short, little handles.
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Everyone seems to have a cup plunger for sinksnext to their toilet instead of a toilet plunger near their toilet.
A toilet plunger has flanges:
I have seen this plunger close to zero times when visiting people and using their bathroom.
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Toilets seem to be getting smaller and I’m having trouble sitting on it without my penis touching the front.
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Anyone got good knife recommendations I'm in the market right now??
General purpose for meats and veggie cutting.
I'm currently using a victorinox fibrox. It's great but loses edge rather quickly requiring honing each meal and sometimes during cutting of ingredients.
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Round bowls with larger circumference is the clear winner. Elongated bowls also leave stains easier.
