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What’s the worst piece of technology you’ve ever owned? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by zachimusprime44@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

https://www.amazon.com/Scrubbing-Bubbles-Automatic-Cleaner-Starter/dp/B001QJAHIY/

Maybe not this exact model, but 20 years ago when I was a young gun in college for the first time, I got one of these because I hated cleaning the fucking shower and tub.

It worked about as badly as you'd expect. I don't know if modern versions are any better, but holy shit they're a lot more expensive than they used to be. I remember spending like $40 at the time.

I quickly learned to just wipe down the shower after use and clean it more often. Thing was fucking worthless.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh, yeah, those are crap. I went with scrub brush attachments for the battery-powered drill I already own. It cost like $20 for half a dozen heads of different sizes that chuck up like any normal drill bit. It's not as automated, but it's way easier and more thorough than scrubbing by hand.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's dope, I've got one of those, I'll look into that. Thanks so much for the suggestion!

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No problem. Pretty sure I got the idea from someone here on Lemmy. Look at that, it's already been more useful to me than reddit.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

Works great for carpets and stuff too. Auto detailers use them on car seats and carpet when shampooing to help loosen stains.

[–] zachimusprime44@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

$176 for an automatic shower cleaner lmaooooooo