Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridge compressor autopsy

Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by grog454 on Sunday August 14, 2022 @07:57PM (#32464337)

Do they do tear-downs and rate the engineering? That's pretty much the only way to determine how likey something is to last without using it for ten years.

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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by mschild on Monday August 15, 2022 @04:44AM (#32467262)

I don't think they do tear-downs but they do stress test them extensively. Their reports also include their testing methods in detail. For washing machine testing, for example, they independently bought 3 of each model and ran each through 1840 cycles. That's equivalent to 3.5 cycles per week for 10 years. They checked how the machine held up in comparison to the beginning and if any repairs were needed.

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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by sneak on Sunday August 14, 2022 @08:53PM (#32464648)

AvE does this on his YT channel, though only for hand tools and adjacent stuff (he did a Juicero once and it was utterly hilarious).

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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by somewhat_drunk on Monday August 15, 2022 @12:42AM (#32465970)

Juicero teardown is one of the best youtube videos ever made.

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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by stevage on Monday August 15, 2022 @12:26AM (#32465893)

The Australia Choice magazine does pretty hefty stress tests. No tear downs though.

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