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Actually I can - it was [MENTION=12852]pauli cee[/MENTION], when he was trashing my house using the excuse of doing the electrical work we'd asked him to do.
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[Misc] Are Dualit toasters worth the money?
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Actually I can - it was [MENTION=12852]pauli cee[/MENTION], when he was trashing my house using the excuse of doing the electrical work we'd asked him to do.
What’s over engineered and over styled about the Dualit toaster? It’s simple in design and simply and robustly engineered....which is what I like about it.
boik
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Well, at the risk of getting shot down as pretentious, when I was still on good money, but knowing that retirement was coming up, we decided to buy things based on build quality and "lastability" rather than buying cheap like we usually did. We bought a Rangemaster cooker, dualit toaster and kitchenaid mixer. All are built like tanks, metal throughout, with no gimmicky electronic bits. 8-10 years on we have no zero problems with any of them of them. I think people think about them with jaundiced views because of the price, but spread over a lifetime then it becomes an easier decision. The kitchenaid in particular when probably surviver a direct nuclear hit and still be able to mix concrete. Some of our best ever purchases.
p.s. Look at me!
p.s. Look at me!
Arthur
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Anyone got one a Thermomix??
https://thermomix.vorwerk.co.uk/
My boss bought one for his missus at Christmas and swears by it.
https://thermomix.vorwerk.co.uk/
My boss bought one for his missus at Christmas and swears by it.
Quite. As I posted earlier, buy cheap, buy twice.
- Jul 10, 2003
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Quite agree,
Buy quality, buy once,
Buy a name, buy a marketing man's bonus
(I know, people in marketing have families to feed too)
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Quite agree,
Buy quality, buy once,
Buy a name, buy a marketing man's bonus
(I know, people in marketing have families to feed too)
It is a design icon. I can understand people paying for it for that value. What I can't understand is people buying it because they think at £170 it makes better toast!
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Only on NSC could you get ELEVEN pages and rising on whether a toaster represents value for money
Arthritic Toe
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Most of the posts in favour of them seem to be along these lines:
Buy it once, buy it for life - had mine for X years and only needed to replace the element Y times... Fabulous piece of kit. Don't buy cheap, it will just break down.....
This is the £50 HDMI cable of the toaster world.
Buy it once, buy it for life - had mine for X years and only needed to replace the element Y times... Fabulous piece of kit. Don't buy cheap, it will just break down.....
This is the £50 HDMI cable of the toaster world.
boik
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Or Zero times in our case. Sorry if that doesn't suit your argument. I'm sure you spend money on things others might find ridiculous. We've never spent more than 5 grand on a car for example. The current Toyota Previa is also built like a tank and indestructable. If it's well designed and well built then I will buy it. Doesn't matter who makes it.
maffew
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Haha, you are more than welcome!
(and a very nice kitchen too)
Just hoping that when [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] spends 300 quid on a toaster he doesnt plug it into that iffy power point you mentioned which will blow it up
Arthritic Toe
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I'm thinking of getting one of these kettles:
https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/bugat...IV65PtCh0MdgcxEAQYAiABEgKzkvD_BwE&colour=Grey
The water is much tastier if its boiled correctly - it needs to be cooked inside and out.
https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/bugat...IV65PtCh0MdgcxEAQYAiABEgKzkvD_BwE&colour=Grey
The water is much tastier if its boiled correctly - it needs to be cooked inside and out.
You'll need a decent teapot to go with it. I have one of these and the difference in the taste of the tea once it's stewed in it for an hour or so is unmistakable or dare I say, unmissable. An essential item for the hot drink connoisseur.
https://www.artedona.com/en/Dinnerw...Bernardaud-Ecume-Platinum-coffee-teapot.html?
Looks cool, I’m jealous.
SIMMO SAYS
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Only on NSC could you get ELEVEN pages and rising on whether a toaster represents value for money
And not one post from BG so far
Stop encouraging him Simmo!And not one post from BG so far
maffew
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https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/04/griffin-connects-your-toast-to-your-phone/
Surely this would make more sense? I mean how did we cope before being able to set how brown you want your toast from a slider on an app, with a notification when its done 2 mins later? Best thing since sliced bread
Surely this would make more sense? I mean how did we cope before being able to set how brown you want your toast from a slider on an app, with a notification when its done 2 mins later? Best thing since sliced bread
Kitchen Aid? Does it.... FEED THE WORLD?