Someone's idea for a lifetime washing machine... [View all]

THE END OF SCHEDULED OBSOLESCENCE OR L’INCREVABLE

Imagine a washing machine built to last a lifetime that can be delivered by the U.P.S. guy...



(Some assembly required)

https://apartfromux.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/the-end-of-scheduled-obsolescence-or-lincrevable

I think this is a wonderful concept.

My wife and l left the first washing machine we owned behind when we moved back to California.

The second washing machine, we bought it used. It lasted a few years until the oil leaked out of the transmission. (The house we were renting was old so the oil soaked into a crack in the concrete garage floor unseen by us.)

The third washing machine we bought, all that we could afford at the time, was small. We had kids, so we gave it away after we moved to our current house, and we bought a new larger machine.

That lasted about 15 years, but rusted internally and literally destroyed itself one day on spin cycle. A bunch of clips and springs that held the machine together were either rusty steel or plastic that became brittle. When the first failed, the rest did too.

Our last machine is a new high efficiency model. We'll see how long that lasts.

It would have been nice to have only one washing machine this entire time.