Right to Repair

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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

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Why are Dyson products so popular? (lemmy.world)

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This is honestly just a bit of a rant as my Dyson V10 has broken again…. This is what has broken in the last year:

trigger guard snapped
battery died
head pivot broken
empty-mechanism snapped
filter showing clogged after cleaning, needed a new filter.

Every replacement is exorbitantly expensive, and requires as complicated replacement procedure as possible. A battery that consists of seven 18650 cells which should cost ~£20 to replace is £90! You can’t replace the cells as the unit is plastic welded together.

You know what isn’t broken and has never broken; my 40 year old Sebo which is now been promoted from ‘upstairs vacuum’ to ‘primary vacuum’

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

Let’s be fair. The plastic and seals are typically high quality. The moulding work on my Miele is fantastic. That’s how they seal from the factory.

But because they go with clear plastic, in order to give you that happy feeling that your vacuum is working hard, and because it’s plastic in general, it does wear.

And because the waste passes over the seals when you dump it, the seals get dirty. Failing to wipe them off in a frequent basis is a big contributor to “dirty vacuum”, as you note cleaning is a big job.