Anyway, that's a long way of saying "The $25 version of Extremely Common Household Object, which you can buy at a hundred different places, is probably actually better designed than the fancy-brand $500 one you see people talk about on TikTok or YouTube because they're paid to shill for this company's crap, and the cheap one is likely to last as long or longer than the expensive one".
So print a label with a fancier name on it and stick it over the "Ginsu" or whatever on the product's shell. You'll probably be happier.
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Anyway - it was a successful day. I basically fixed everything I got (one thing wouldn't run from AA batteries as it should, but it still works with an adapter), which has only happened once before.
And I got to share my knowledge/experience with a newer volunteer on a few things he'd never seen before. I like that, at least when the other person wants to learn - and they wouldn't be volunteering if they hated it.
So a good result, overall.
The next Repair Cafe in Regina will be on November 8 - Sunday this time, that's new - at the Glencairn Neighbourhood Recreation Centre. The booking page for that will be linked from here in the next few days (right now it's still pointing to today's):
https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/
Hope to see your broken stuff there!
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