Are there any common household items or products that you think are designed incredibly poorly?
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Not even just that, but modern vehicles make it a pain in the ass to just put your wipers up before a snow storm. Used to be you just lift them up and they're done. Now you have to get in the car, hold the wiper stalk up to the manual wipe mode and let them go up before you can get back out and lift them. I know it's for aerodynamics hiding them under the cowel but it's still a pain in the ass. My last 2 cars have had this feature.
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It's probably habit, but it just feels somehow wrong to blow my nose without a piece of paper snugly against my nostrils. Like trying to poop without being seated on a toilet bowl.
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I just came over here from reddit. I’ve got some things to learn. Cut me some slack.
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Garlic crushers. All of them suck.
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You need to look harder. Source: I went down this road. Find one with a solid stainless steel construction.
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Roll the bag. Flip the box upside down. Put it in going up. Hold it in place and flip the box back over. Gravity holds the bag closed. This is a bad idea if anyone else accesses the box and isn't on the same page as you.
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I think if they just designed the tubes conically, with no rigid end besides the male part of the cap, you'd have barely any waste.
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A lot of toilet paper holders are secured to the wall with drywall hangers. An L-shaped one-piece one is basically asking to be torqued right out of the wall.
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Wait until you hear about PEX piping.
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Shoe sizes need to go too. Just measure it in centimeters.
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The pumps they sell for coffee syrup dispensers maybe.
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Indeed! In my example, I have this IKEA LED Strip above my kitchen working area, and the power supply is integrated with the plug. There are multiple choices for power supply, but to my knowledge all of them are socketed.
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Batteries have a plus and a minus, the spring is generally the flatter end which is generally negative, they’re designed that way to be stackable, although we could probably come up with a slightly more intuitive design.
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Zwillings Four star is great!
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Because it is not always possible... Also, take your time to clean the sink afterwards or you might get in trouble.qith you SO (I am speaking out of experience).
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Even with a bidet that paper socks. Drying off you ass with it leaves so much paper crumble everywhere that you'll need the bidet again...
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A water bottle with a sport cap is a sufficient travel bidet.
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Ooh, that would for sure handle viscosity better than IV tubing. Good call!
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cups, glasses, bowls, anything that doesn't have a spout and makes a mess every time you transfer liquids
Every time I spill something I'm reminded how much better lab glassware is (beakers etc)
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i have a venta lw45. same principle, but instead of a wick, it has these rotating disks that the water sticks to (with a little soap in the water). Works incredibly well, still uses next to no energy (<8W) and the disks are super easy to clean. It's a beast, goes through 9 liters of water in a bit over a day. All the parts are easily accessible for maintenance and there's replacement parts if anything ever were to break (though i havent needed those yet).
the disks are especially nice when you have hard water, the calcium can be a pain to remove from a wick, but you can put the venta plastic disks (and lower housing, if you can fit it) in the dishwasher to get them good as new. And calcium does not stick to them weld, so a quick rinse under a strong showerhead is usually enough to clean the disks. Definitely one of the best appliance purchases i ever made.
