Everything now is briggs or chonda - and they are just as bad as one another. The new briggs instart (electric start) or whatever its called doesn't even have a pull cord in case you forget to charge the battery.
What I can't understand is how people can be perfectly happy to buy something, use it for a while, then throw it away when it breaks and then repeat.
We have had the same toaster for 10 years - when it wont stay down to toast, it gets opened up, the crumbs scraped out of the electromagnet latch, put back together and lasts another year before the issue reoccurs. Most people would just chuck it away the first time it happened.
Norm, funny you should mention wrist watches, recently I was questioned why I would still wear one when the time is on my mobile phone. I asked what the time was - he reached into his pocket, got his iphone out, pressed the button and said 2:36.
I had worked it out in 2 seconds, simply by looking at my watch.
