Are there any common household items or products that you think are designed incredibly poorly?
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Oh, there's a few engines like the Northstar and the Toyota 5.7 where the starter is actually under the intake manifold, effectively inside the engine. The amount of stuff you need to take off to even see the starter would make your eyes water.
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those hooks are perfect for hanging two t shirts on, or a zippered/buttoned clothing, or even skirts
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I redid the bathroom when COVID hit (was walking around home Depot the day before the shut down frantically buying 3 of everything so I had a chance to do this without being able to make the customary mid-project visits)
The toilet we got was not the one I wanted, it was 4 or 5 on our list of "toilets the Internet says are good " and boy howdy the Internet was wrong. This toilet wouldn't flush piss. I'm not kidding I didn't notice at first but a couple days into "man this toilet didn't like to flush our shits, they must be mighty" I had a pee that was dark enough that once I flushed I read like "wtf". 3 flushes for the water to be "clear" as I could tell.
This isn't a 2 button eco toilet.
I ended up finding a guy online who had extended the tube inside the tank to be just shy of the rim, thus allowing the tank to fill up more and more water to be sent down with each flush. Whatever eco feature it had in sure it's now among the worst water waster in town.
And it's still a terrible toilet. It has some sort of extra funnel port in the front that I guess some of the water flushes through to help direct the shit and water down the pipes. But it gets dirty and is unreachable with every toilet brush I've tried, and not visible even if you jam your head down as close to the water as you can and look back. This means that the flush stops working and then I have to go in with disposable chop sticks and chip away and the shit fossils blindly until the port is clear again.
Yes I tried soaking with green goblin and leaving the blue duck to soak, still need to physically mine the area clear....
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Cars are designed by people who don't do maintenance themselves.
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to add to this, non removable cords just need to die, there is almost never significant cost to make the cord tetachable and it allows the user to replace the cord after it inevitably gets eaten by a vacuum or breaks of metal fatigue.
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Had an old Isuzu truck that to start, I sat in the drivers seat with the passengers seat up exposing the engine. Had a long steel rod that I would feed down thru the motor and bang on the starter motor why cranking the keys.
Sometimes it started straight away, sometimes it took 5 minutes of banging to get the pig to fire. Good Times.
Woke one morning to start work, went to hop in and saw someone smashed the drivers quarter window. Reckon they tried to start it but must have assumed it had a kill switch.
Pity they didn't steal it, as the insurance payout would have been way more bucks that it was worth.
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I can't find anything that matches your description of US can openers on DDG, do you happen to have a pic? Can't picture it
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The parabolic bottom causes fridge water to shoot up and out causing a mess.
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Leave the one tong hanging out. Ie. Straddle the side. Assuming youre not one that cares about aesthetics.
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Thats a standard can opener, they are describing a Magican, aka the "Limerick machete", those edges are lethal :
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Thats seems similar to what I'm talking about. Like the second one in the video on the page I linked.
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Second one in the video on the page I linked in my comment.
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is it a good idea to microwave that plastic container, though?
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I should get used to that with my grater. I either press with huge amounts or just do the old smash and rapid micro slice.
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I think the actual code re: that is those big metal handle rail bars that have to be attached to studs (ADA compliance maybe?).
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Drywall anchors are basically useless.
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It really kind of depends on the type of anchor and the intended use
The most common little plastic ones that you're probably picturing are pretty bad in most cases, but some of the heavier duty ones are pretty damn strong if used properly
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yeah, but it is nice if the towel rack is screwed into studs so it can be used as one in a pinch.
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Yeah, but how long do you have to dampen your crack in order to feel the equivalent clean of two dry wipes?
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Why stop there?
