That's not the point. Read @Jonny69's previous post above about CE marks. It's not necessarily Chinese products that are the issue.Whatever Pal, I even have a Chinese phone, what do you say about that
In fact we have a lot of stuff in our house with Made In China on it.
Not dead yet Pal.
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Dude, I was the Quality Audit Technician at Creda/Hotpoint/Merloni for 27 years.
That explains a lot.
Baseball bats at the ready
Also sold at Temu
Are nails pre installed?
No, also screws would be better, if you don't have a nailgun.
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I've tried many times on here to explain how the Italians made us send out crap.
It got to the point where all the guys in the Lab got the Italian bosses to sign sheets saying they had allowed this rubbish to go to the public.
I walked in the Lab one day and the two Gas Registered colleagues were at their desks in a bad mood. I wasn't an expert on gas but we used to push air through and it had to reach a certain bar (?) and we had a minimum figure, let's say 22, the Italians came in and said the minimum can now be 10. This is one of the reasons since 2007 on these forums I have advised against Creda/Hotpoint/Merloni/Ariston/Belling etc.
I was still warning against them in 2022 - https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...-washer-dryer-freezer.18957270/#post-35780071
We did try.
Put it this way, if I had a choice of domestic appliances from Temu or the makes above I would choose Temu.
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I was only messing with you buddy but yes main brands seem to produce one super duper item and then live off of that by cheaping out and downgrading crap
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We buy loads of stuff from TEMU.
Had some stuff that ended up binned pretty quickly but the vast majority is fine.
Stuff like cat toys and gardening equipment are fractions of the cost from TEMU compared to the UK
Had some stuff that ended up binned pretty quickly but the vast majority is fine.
Stuff like cat toys and gardening equipment are fractions of the cost from TEMU compared to the UK
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It's quite funny that 'right right pal' Jonny69 is trying to lecture us about Chinese parts but they've been making them for our products since the 70s that I know of.
Lmao I've seen Chinese branded breakers in switchboards, they are always super light as well
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You've misunderstood his point if you think it's just about whether something was made in China or not
You know there's different levels of quality right? Temu Chinese is going to be for the most part entirely different to high end gizmo with made in China parts
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No I haven't, I know all about what he's on about, like I say for 27 years I was a Quality Audit Technician in a major Domestic Appliance Factory so we had to be at the forefront of all those quality specs etc even though the Italians tried to erode them.
However sometimes you've got to relax a bit, my bass player is over the moon with the new lights and he said he's had them running for over 10 hours while he sets up new displays with his lighting mixer.
He also has one of those proper PAT Testing devices because he used to do it for a living and they are OK on that (yes I know it can pass PAT tests but still be crap).
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