Rancilio Silvia for 35 bucks?! Wtfff that was an absolute steal

The good ones were made by Hobart still, the new ones are terrible.

Interesting to know about the Dyson! One of the reasons I was going to buy one was the appeal of being able to put all the tubes and plastic components into the sink for a good soak and cleaning in hopes that it wouldn’t stink. Have had our roomba for a year and surprisingly it doesn’t smell at all, limited use case and more supplemental than a real vacuum replacement but still. Curious as to why some stink with animals and others not.

Very popular in Switzerland, see them for sale a lot here

• Miele 1 - Given to us by family abroad
• Miele 2 - Moved stateside and bought a new one because my wife swore it was good and we got a really good deal on it
• Miele 3 - Back living abroad, very few vacuum options here besides Miele

They are extremely heavy and toting it around while vacuuming is a pain, runs over the cord, gets tangled up etc.. if you don’t mind that, then make sure you get one with a power head. As the ones without power head are useless. Also if you have animals, they tend to start stinking within a year. Then every time you start the vacuum the whole house smells.

Have had 3 Miele’s. Hate them

I have some timberlands that I bought in a pack of 8 from Marshall’s like 6 years ago and they are all still going strong. Besides that, can recommend Woolrich as well, have some of the thicker ones that I’ve worn in winters for 10 years

Let me know you find, have had Rowenta which sucked, and a Philips which is good but the spray button gets stuck down since it was new which blows.

Yea that blows. I bought my first Vitamix new from Costco when they have it once a year or so, was a beast. Second one I bought used and was super beat up but it still runs the same as the new one. I’ll say if you buy one try to get the one with the tall narrow pitcher and now the shirt wide one. The short wide one just doesn’t work as well as the tall narrow one.

I have one and it’s built like a tank but my brother has had both Vitamix and the Ninja and prefers the ninja. Says it’s just better at blending.

I live in Switzerland at the base of the alps… but yea I mean if yours lasted that long then great but what I mean by city living is that it’s not the outdoors of your just hopping on trains and into the office, I’m talking durability from hiking, climbing, really doing things outdoors.

I say over rated because minus city living use they are very sensitive and not very durable.

Canada goose is basically par for the course living in Switzerland but IMO they are over rated and over priced.

I bought one on german Amazon that’s lasted three winters now

Probably uses as much energy as a washing machine but F yea. Merica baby

It’s not just the overseas stuff. They sold out years ago, have friends in the biz that have confirmed the same. Once they got a taste of the money that could be made catering to this counter culture lifestyle they were like, well.

Carr hart went down the drain when the hipsters got hold of it and made it a fashion statement. Went to their store in Italy recently and the quality did not seem like it use to.

Lookup the German boot “meindl”. They are basically BIFL. I have some timberlands that are solid as well but your gonna wanna spring for the more expensive ones.