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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.

I Fix It Repair Manifesto

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Why are Dyson products so popular? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by manualoverride@lemmy.world to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de
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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 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Seems like a bagless model with extra steps if I’m honest

[–] manualoverride@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Fair… I have a wet/dry vac/blower in my garage/workshop and it’s nice to have the ability to empty a bag full of saw/plaster dust on a machine that is also a high velocity drier for the dog and a wet vac for spills.

I did once vacuum up some plaster dust the day before drying the dog though, there was enough dust in the hose crevices to warrant a re-wash.

No system is perfect, but I stand by my opinion that Dyson design things to break.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 13 hours ago

Yep that’s a good use case.