I think that old Mongomery Ward tools are pretty good. My dad had a
set of combination wrenches and a couple of other items from them,
probably circa 1965 or so, maybe earlier. The look and feel good, and
work well, and none of them has broken yet.
LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Howdy --
LWB250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I just cut about 35% off my water bill by going to a front loading
washing machine last month.
Which one did you buy? I have considered this but the big
front-loaders have gotten so large over the past few years they look
like they'd use as much water as my
Mine was a GE model (I can give you the number if
you're really interested) that retailed around $700.
I think it has a 3.5 cubic foot capacity, which is
more than adequate for us. According to the specs, it
uses around 15 gallons of water per cycle, compared
with as much as 45 gallons for my
Man, that gives me flashbacks of the statistics class I took to get my
bachelor's degree recently. Is the bathtub curve the bell curve?
Brian
You've just read about all I remember of statistics
Tom wrote:
Some items like light bulbs follow a very predictable curve. Take a 1000
hour light bulb,
Zoltan Finks wrote:
Man, that gives me flashbacks of the statistics class I took to get my
bachelor's degree recently. Is the bathtub curve the bell curve?
More like the antithesis of the bell curve. A 'normal distribution' bell
curve peaks at the mean and drops off on both sides. The
in the summer but I'm
okay with that.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 19:37:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: LWB250 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tools and Quality
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List
mercedes@okiebenz.com
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Howdy --
We talked about this issue a week or so ago - we basically said you get
what you pay for - I got a surprise recently. I bought a 3 draw unit for
my toolchest that fits between the top box and bottom box - btw, I highly
recommend this method of adding more space. It is very
Shoot, too bad the quality is not as good.
On the subject, I realized last night that the Durabilt tools I got
for my wedding from Target have a lifetime warranty. This is the tool
set from which the socket broke on an oil pan drain plug.
Too bad a guest at our house threw the socket in the
for
the finish.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Zoltan Finks
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 5:15 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tools and Quality
Shoot, too bad the quality
Know what the difference is between the 10 yr guarantee water heater and
the 5 yr guarantee water heater?
About $100, or whatever -- they are the same unit with a longer guarantee.
--R
___
http://www.okiebenz.com
For new parts see official list sponsor:
Having just purchased and installed a water heater
last weekend, I would beg to differ with you on
that
Yes, the warranty does work out to about $10/year as
you move up the scale, however, there are also
differences in construction and components as well.
For instance, the 6 year warranty
Ya, consumer reports sawed a bunch in half a year back or so.
They said the 12 year ones were seriously different inside.
Better quality, better durability, better engineering. In fact price
versus what you got was way better.
But I do recall they said the 3 versus the 5 year ones were the
I guess I look at the difference in cost amortized
over the life of the appliance. That being
considered, you're talking about less than $10/year
for the difference, which isn't really significant in
my mind.
That also doesn't factor in the cost savings in energy
efficiency. While I can't
On Aug 3, 2007, at 7:37 PM, LWB250 wrote:
That also doesn't factor in the cost savings in energy
efficiency. While I can't imagine water heater
technology has gotten to the point of really major
gains in efficiency over the last 10 years, with other
appliances it is definitely a
Good info, I am corrected. My experience was of some years ago, working
with some manufacturers -- they just sold a longer warranty on the
same unit, gaming on how long they would last. I guess they are either
smarter now, or more competitive. Good info to know.
My experience with
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of John M McIntosh
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 8:34 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tools and Quality
Ya, consumer reports sawed a bunch in half a year back or so.
They said the 12 year ones were
16 matches
Mail list logo
