In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives.

[stuartb@social.teamb.space]

@woe2you @CppGuy @MarkHoltom The only example of something similar i can think of is when Charles Church bought the RAF's stockpile of spare parts for Spifires in the 1980, and managed to build a plane from them that was registered as a genuine, authentic, very late production aircraft rather than a replica, which tend yo use non-authentic parts.
But then, the Dpitfire had been out of production for 40 years, and even examples in really poor shape cost more than the parts.

[ryanteck@fosstodon.org]

@MarkHoltom Henry FTW.

[clanger9@mastodon.online]

@MarkHoltom
At our repair café, it's a stream of expensive Dysons that need to be fixed. Henrys almost never (and they are super-easy to fix, unless someone used it to suck up water)
With Dysons, it's usually blocked filters and/or perished hoses.
I could say that they suck, but the problem is that they don't...

[paavi@mastodontti.fi]

@CppGuy @MarkHoltom Not to mention that in my experience those overpriced products are very noisy. I'd rather get anything else with decent suction and less dBs.

[sticklandtim@mastodon.green]

@MarkHoltom
Team Henry !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_%28vacuum%29?wprov=sfla1

[gilesgoat@toot.wales]

@MarkHoltom Don't worry "common people" ( like us ) can't afford to buy Dyson stuff .. it's too expensive .. Henry works perfectly fine.

[peterfisherbooks@disabled.social]

@MarkHoltom dyson sucks

[thebratdragon@mastodon.scot]

@woe2you @CppGuy @MarkHoltom

Henrys are brilliant, and rarely go wrond.

[pattykimura@beige.party]

@MarkHoltom Thanks for this. I was considering a Dyson even though it is more expensive than I prefer, but now No Dysons ever.

[woe2you@beige.party]

@Thebratdragon @CppGuy @MarkHoltom Yup. I don't want fancy wanky unreliable rubbish, I just want a rugged vacuum that doesn't suck.

Wait, no.

[Gæst]

@CppGuy @MarkHoltom
Also, Dysons whine like a little whiny bastard while Henries hum pleasantly

[johnhenrythe3rd@techhub.social]

@Thebratdragon @woe2you @CppGuy @MarkHoltom I completely agree.

[thebratdragon@mastodon.scot]

@johnhenrythe3rd @woe2you @CppGuy @MarkHoltom

My other issue with Dysons, is they are foookin heavy, I had wrist issues and trying to use one could break me for the day.

[novanaturalist@cosocial.ca]

@MarkHoltom
Ever since Dyson backed Brexit - because he believed it would mean he could cut labour protections- I've been telling people to boycott Dyson.

I moved to Canada following Brexit, and my message #DontBuyDyson has a new audience. But more people need to know about his role in UK disastrous COVID.

[johnhenrythe3rd@techhub.social]

@MarkHoltom Although there was a fair amount of confusion from the tech bros. Most were producing CPAP machines which required vast amounts of oxygen to operate, which we didn't have. The Dyson would have stayed on the shelf. Proper invasive ventilators were needed.

[draeath@infosec.exchange]

@OliverNoble @MarkHoltom can you get them for 120-volt households?

[marc_eu@veganism.social]

@MarkHoltom
And don't buy a (new) 'Volvo'.

Volvo isn't that Swedish company anymore. It's now just a brand name owned by a Chinese company.

[inchulk@mastodon.green]

@MarkHoltom Dyson pays sweet FA in tax, but his massive profits are being used to buy up vast swaths of British farmland.
It was once said “buy land, they are not making it any more”.

[flexplate@mas.to]

@woe2you @CppGuy @MarkHoltom Contract cleaners love Henries because they've got fantastic spares service and they're practically maintenance-free. Bagless cleaners have multiple filters that need cleaning that rarely happens. On a Henry the bag itself is the filter so it gets replaced frequently.

[davey_cakes@mastodon.ie]

@CppGuy @MarkHoltom best looking pile of shite we own. Bog standard Miele makes a show of it.