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"There should be a limit to how much you can drink and s There is, it's called unconsciousness... :P I think the reason older plastic things last longer is through the sheer thickness of the plastic, for example, my old phones, as they get newer or have newer parts added, the plastic seems to...

"Ha ha, ever the witty David! " hehe, I'm just a mushroom me.... :P Plastic fatigue, just like metal fatigue, is a problem with plastics, at points of high stress, imperfections in the casting and UV damage of chemicals in the plastics all result in plastic creations to become weak and...

Yes, you go out and buy those three and let us know the test results... :)

"I'd never be able to change the belt without thinki I didn't find anything that looked like mutt manure, it was most likely the fact that the dog hair filled bags were decomposing as they were sopping wet, and some dogs just plain stink regardless, so I was not too bothered about that, plus...

The bag is held on with a big spring that's sewn into the base of the bag, if it's in good condition it should just pull off the mini-emtor (takes a bit of force usually), unhooking the filltube first, then remove the hanger by bending one side of the metal part down and sliding it off, then...

You never smelled my Hoover Juniors U1104 and 1346 when I got them, they not only smelled of dog, they smelled of dog poo too, but I still got them all cleaned out and working with no trace of stink, just by putting in the effort to strip everything down to component parts and scrubbing...

No problem, glad you got it out okay... :) I should probably have said that it's a good idea to completely strip the motor down to clear out the fluff and dust that collects in those style motors (someone didn't get the memo when designing the Junior 1334-onward style motor that dust & dirt...

No problem, I noticed you commented on the video, I just hadn't responded yet... :)

There's a simple reason for that, greenwash, sell something as "eco-friendly", and people will go for it because they think they're saving money, even when they're spending more for basically the same damned thing but with a lower wattage motor... :&#92 To be properly green, you have to Reduce...

The tools I used when I did my C12 (basically the same thing as your Sanitaire) was a hook to remove the hood's retainer springs, something to cut the cable, a wire stripper, vice grips (to remove and install the cable grip in the hood) and a screwdriver (the C12 had a terminal block inside for...

To be completely honest, none, I'd rather grab the cats and get out, appliances can be replaced, lives cannot...

"what would you have them do?" Stop giving better ratings for companies who pay them the biggest cheques...

"how much money Dyson has spent on postage and packaging Enough to keep the Royal Mail in business... :P

Just to be as random as the thread, I saw a pair of DC-01 De Stijls for sale in Stanley (Co. Durham, of course) today, I'm sure I saw something somewhere here about them... They also had a Hoover Junior 119 too, but I don't think that was for sale...

They were sold as the "Broomy" over here in the UK, to go with the "Handy", gotta love marketing departments' wit.... :&#92

I think the speed control is one of the reasons I kept the Miele, it may have some toasting electronic components, but it is handy to set it to the lowest setting for quiet cleaning or for cleaning the dust out of the vintage things I have, or to full whack to clean out between the gaps in the...

All I know about the CTX monitor is it was bought in the 90's, it used to belong to the mother's ex who trashed both my very nice Compaq S710 CRTs, because they weren't his, so I took some of his stuff in payment... :P The Olivetti desktop (under the CTX) has 98SE, yes, seeing how it wouldn't...

Nah, that's a WG 4-way... :P

Good lord!!! I remember those desktop cases from when I worked at a computer shop, though the ones we had in stock were black & silver I think.... :S And I too have a CTX monitor (different and older model though, Time (remember them?) sold the same monitor under their name) sat atop an...

"Yes, but sadly who knows how to do such things today?&# That's where the problem lies, 100 years ago, if you broke something, you fixed it, today, if you break something, you throw it out and buy a new one, people 100 years ago were a lot more intelligent and much more caring about the...