Your mate not got a referral code?Originally Posted by Gray Fox
Your mate not got a referral code?
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I didnt realise that was a thing.
I was rather disapointed with my crappy sofa but two 7.99 cushions from The Range have made it an excellent napping device.
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Most boring post I've ever made but has anyone bought a good hoover recently? Is it worth waiting for "Black Friday"?
If you're after convenience go cordless, but if you actually want to hoover something up get a Henry or something.
I have some sort of Tineco cordless one bought quite recently which is OK, probably better than the Dyson it replaced, but still a bit meh when it comes to picking stuff up.
I bought a Dyson for £500+ a few years ago and within 18 months it was absolutely fucked. They attempted a repair, and within months it was shit again. My wife is an expert in dealing with shit like this, so I left her to it and we ended up with a refund.
We bought a Shark to replace it, which seems alright after 2 years.
For my standard-size flat with standard-issue dust and detritus, I bought a Henry. Never failed me. I've probably failed him.
I've got the top dog Dyson Gen 5 Detect or whatever it is and it's very good. Hard to push round upstairs (better carpet) when on the top setting cos it sucks stronger than me on Szoboszlai's dick.
Wall mounted in the cupboard nicely, for maximum pleasure.
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I've got a Shark, does the job.
Can confirm the Dyson hype isn't real.
Have had a Shark and a Dyson, Henry still king.
If you're not arsed about aesthetics then Screwfix are doing the Titan 1400W Wet & Dry for £50 which is an absolute beast.
I've never been a fan of Henry, smug little shit.
The most basic £30 one from Tesco seemed to do a superb job for me for 6 years up until this week when one of the wheels on the head broke which has now probably made it time to replace it even though it can still be used.
It really makes you appreciate the strangehold of consumerism though when you listen to these empty vessels who try and justify spending £500+ on Dysons and Mieles.
I've a cordless Dyson about 5 years. Replaced the batteries after 3 years and it's been spot on outside that.
Some of us want it to actually pick the dirt up from the carpet, strange I know.
Ah, I forget pet owners and general filth dwellers but I doubt the most basic wouldn't suffice for such needs too. I've found little difference between it and a Henry which I take is known to be quite the machine.
Airs it out flying to work.
I bought one of these and it hoovers the flat below as well.
I tried to introduce one to the house to replace the wife's cool looking but ultimately shit overpriced cordless contraption, but was quickly knocked back. It found residence in the garage where I used it on the cars but then the wife saw how immaculate her footwells were so has allowed it to be used in the "problem areas" of the house: the baby's room, the landing, the stairs, the hallway, the kitchen and the conservatory.
I'd say I've won that one but there's still the £350 thingy hanging on the wall too.
Anyone know anything about those screens that supposedly act like an Android Auto/Carplay screen that connect to your existing radio and your phone? On the head of it they look like the could do exactly what's required for someone without Carplay in their car, but on the other hand I've only really seen them on Instagram ads which normally automatically screams dodgy.
I don't know what carplay is but if this is some bargain method of getting my music on the car's sound system then I'm all ears.
Links you car display and your phone, so the screen thing essentially becomes your phone.
Like this?
I've not had this type, but rather just the base unit that you wire in (because my car already has a screen). I assume it's the same factory in China that churns them out, and I've no complaints.
Car display? Get the fuck out of here you consumerist infidels.
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Yeah one of that type. I would rather do the full head unit swap but it's a Toyota and the heater controls are on the existing screen so it'd be too much of a faff. This seemed like the next best option.
Edit - that's the make there that keeps coming up on my social feeds https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155819005709
It's insane to me how they put stuff like heating controls for a car on touchscreens these days.
Almost everything in my car is either on the steering wheel or touch screen. It's mostly fine, but some things (heating controls) are a fucking ballache.
I don't want to have to take my eyes off the road to flick through a few screens to adjust the heating. Just give me a dial I can turn.
It's baffling how they get away with it, considering touching your phone screen is illegal.
Well in theory you should be pulling over in a safe place to adjust the heating, so not their problem.
Dials are very noughties, fam. As with deciding to disconnect the two earbuds on headphones/earphones, the pursuit for innovation cares not for actual benefits when people spend impulsively without thinking.
I'm in a new-ish MG at the moment and it has horrific in car controls for pretty much just about everything, but as has been highlighted upthread I genuinely couldn't believe it when I had to fuck about with menus to adjust the sodding heating. Putting myself in the mind of a Man (and it must be a Man) who'd come up with that is a challenge. We finished in car heating controls forty years ago, leave them the sod alone.
Car making is all about profit margins, cheaper to do everything from a screen than design little knobs and pay someone to screw them on. Or at least I'm guessing it is.
No doubt. Post-2020 the standard Golf has a shite interior, when they realised they can con enough people into paying for all the extras. 2012-19 it was such a lovely car, whatever spec you had.
Those touchscreen monstrosities will be replaced by dials soon. They will be sold as upgrades, of course. "Experience the tactile feedback of the innovative potentio-adjuster. Fine tune the heating level with extreme precision without taking your eyes off the road. That'll be $45,000."
All the more reason to buy an old Volvo
This is how it was when we bought an induction hob. The only way to get real dials instead of the (crap) touch ones was to spend about 2 grand.
1999 Ford Focus, my first "proper" car, dials and switches galore.
I still have some degree of dialeage on my 2018 Sharan but the windscreen blower is absolute wank and whenever it is remotely cold there's about 2 pints of condensation inside the bastard. What causes that, is it because it has a big cabin or something and is there anyway to mitigate against it other than keeping a towel in the car?
Have you had the AC serviced recently? AC drain is probably blocked, or at least partially. It's not a difficult task to clean out but involves you removing the glovebox usually.
It was serviced last week by the dealer. Would they do that?
It's not a new problem particularly, it has always done it. Just seems to be a condensation beast.
A £200 service? That's just oil and filters so no. You usually need a specialist AC servicer if you can't do it yourself. Mine has the same problem but nowhere near to your degree so I'm just ignoring it for now. It is a bit daunting taking the glovebox out if you've not done it before.
Wanna come and do mine? Winters a nightmare for having to wait on the drive while the condensation clears, while my wife tootles off with her fancy heated windscreen.
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You need someone who does it for a living. If it's just the drain then you're looking at less than £100 to sort it but if the condenser actually needs repairing then you're looking at closer to £400 including labour probably.
YouTube can probably help you clean your own drain so at least you can rule that bit out free of charge.
What i find strange is, people who live in homes with a garage. Do not use it to store a car. Its mostly used to collect random misc items that should have been taken to the skip years ago.
My car is in the garage.
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