The EU just passed a "right to repair" law that stipulates companies have to make items repairable.
Exactly! Its like lightbulbs back in the early's 1900's were made to virtually last forever. Theres a bulb in a California fire station claimed to be like 100+ years old and has only been turned off a small handfull of times -that is still burning bright to this day. A group of shareholders of those vintage light companies decided to form "Phoebus" in the mid 1920's since theres no fortune in products with longevity and began designing light bulbs with 1000 hr "duty cycles" as to ensure folks are forced to purchase new bulbs frequently.
Sigh, planned obsolescence, I love my HF 20 ton press. It sits opposite the hub's big red Snap On Roll Away. I digitized his tool receipts, suffice to say I'll never feel guilty for any purchase I make ever again; $1500 LED, absolutely, $20,000 sewing machine, of course. I'm shopping press plates, without guilt
Legalization up here has kicked the shit out of the prices and smaller BM growers, and big ones, are dropping like flies. No store can survive on 4 plant limit rec growers and with good-enough pot for the masses fairly cheap and legal many stopped trying to grow after a couple failed attempts so lightly used grow gear is all over sell sites like Kijiji and Craigs. The money is in seeds now and that market is over-saturated too.
@Jewels mentioed Princess Auto for fans. Barn fans can hold up in a grow room !This HF must be a US outfit I' guessing. Up here in northern Alberta, Canukistan we have Princess Auto and KMS in the city only 2 hours away. So many bargains! Costco there too so when we have a doctor's appt there we make a day of it. Wife has fabric shops to visit and does the Walmart and I got grow shit and tools to hunt for.
A buddy's hydro store is there too so I'll drop some cash there usually. Might be going under soon too.
Lots of goodies in the city cheap but I buy a lot of stuff locally too. New Stihl chain saw and weed eater from one store here last year and lawn mower from good old Home Hardware just down the road a bit. All on sale of course.
Yeah HF is US however Fabric stores are ubiquitous. I found this at Laundry Basket Quilts:This HF must be a US outfit I' guessing. Up here in northern Alberta, Canukistan we have Princess Auto and KMS in the city only 2 hours away. So many bargains! Costco there too so when we have a doctor's appt there we make a day of it. Wife has fabric shops to visit and does the Walmart and I got grow shit and tools to hunt for.
A buddy's hydro store is there too so I'll drop some cash there usually. Might be going under soon too.
Lots of goodies in the city cheap but I buy a lot of stuff locally too. New Stihl chain saw and weed eater from one store here last year and lawn mower from good old Home Hardware just down the road a bit. All on sale of course.
My wife is into tools as well. Couple years ago I got her a drill and impact driver set for Xmas and she was thrilled.
My back is hooped so I sold my 18" Husky years ago as it was too heavy. Tried an electric 18" and it was just as heavy so got a smaller 16" gas powered Stihl and that's big enough and a lot lighter. It's all poplars on our acreage so don't need too much muscle.
Is CA putting catalytic converters on chain saws now?
