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What’s the worst piece of technology you’ve ever owned? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 5 months ago by zachimusprime44 to c/[email protected]

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[–] Bluefruit 65 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I bought a dehumidifier off amazon that was "rated" for 800 sq ft.

Not only did it not live up to that promise, but it also served as the worlds shittiest ice maker. Ice formed on the radiator inside and stoped it from dehumidifying the air.

Thats right, you too can have a ice maker that makes ice in the shape of a radiator while ineffectively dehumidifying your home!

Best part was they reached out after I left a one star review and what they could do to change my rating.

I said "Nothing. Make a better product"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if we had the same dehumidifier. Same 800 sq ft claim, except it didn't produce ice because it couldn't pull enough moisture out of the air to do so despite it being ~80% humidity in my apartment.

After a night of running at full blast, I woke up and poured out a whopping 10 mL of water from the basin

[–] Bluefruit 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

From my understanding, a lot of the products on amazon are resellers that buy stuff from alibaba and then resell it at a markup so it would not surprise me if that was the case.

They all looked the same when i was last on there searching for one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

100%.

I'm constantly seeing the same items with different branding all at a similar price point - it's all AliExpress garbage. And if the AliExpress version suits your needs you're better off ordering from AE directly as it's significantly cheaper. AE shipping speeds have improved over the years too, I've gotten items within 1 week several times now