How many gadgets and appliances do you have...

[mimi]

....that you only ever use SOME of the options. Buttons everywhere that do a million things, when 3 will do everything you need. Over-complicating simple requirements is nothing more than a nuisance. =))))

[evs]

Agreed! Any microwave only needs only that 1 (one) button.

[mimi]

I've have mine for 10 years and I've only used 2 buttons. I don't even know what the other 15 do.

[evs]

Ditto:)) what a failed design. Luckily appliance itself is fairly useful so you can look past the mystery buttons.

[mimi]

I brought it up, because at this moment, the panel on my fridge is jingling away...lights flashing, numbers and letters running across it like a breaking news bulletin. Something is amok.
So, although the fridge remains cold and the freezer remains frozen....a repair bill is in our future for something that has little to do with the function that a fridge is supposed to provide. =))))

[Flutterby]

dehydrator fail! Made gooey banana chips.

[Mad Serb]

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/beau ... ir-dryer#/

[mimi]

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/beau ... ir-dryer#/

Yet another thing that will convince some people that this is something they can't live without.

Shaw just upgraded our PVR, that NOW allows us to turn the TV on or off, by pressing only one button. Why did it EVER take two ?

[asal]

dehydrator fail! Made gooey banana chips.

Mine just has an on/off button. If whatever it is isn't ready I just give it more time.

[asal]

I brought it up, because at this moment, the panel on my fridge is jingling away...lights flashing, numbers and letters running across it like a breaking news bulletin. Something is amok.
So, although the fridge remains cold and the freezer remains frozen....a repair bill is in our future for something that has little to do with the function that a fridge is supposed to provide. =))))

When I was a little kid, my friend's mom was an electrical engineer. She taught us that you buy simple gadgets so that not many things can go wrong.

[mimi]

Exactly....and that's all you need. =)))))

[asal]

Exactly....and that's all you need. =)))))

I feel decadent about having a dehydrator when you cam use the oven on low heat (theoretically). My grandma used to make fruit leather by laying it out in the sun.

[mimi]

I really get the sense that the designers and manufacturers of these products, throw in as many buttons and knobs as possible, to make us think we are getting more value for our money....when in fact we aren't getting anything more at all...except more potential for malfunction.

[evs]

Dehydrator is one appliance I don’t have.

I use all my appliances a lot tho. Every meal or drink prep consists of 1) washing, and/or 2) scooping, chopping or cutting, and 3) an appliance use.

[evs]

I really get the sense that the designers and manufacturers of these products, throw in as many buttons and knobs as possible, to make us think we are getting more value for our money....when in fact we aren't getting anything more at all...except more potential for malfunction.

My top almost-peeve is the Korean hymn playing three times at the end of every dishwasher cycle. What a waste of good technology.

[mimi]

Yes...I get serenaded by my washer and dryer. I can actually hear that the cycle is over, just by the absence of noise. =)))

[evs]

Yup! But it would make just too much sense to leave it at that:)

[Berry Sweet]

I've have mine for 10 years and I've only used 2 buttons. I don't even know what the other 15 do.

I use a lot of them.
Timer
1 touch 30 sec button
Baked potato
Popcorn
Defrost

All of them are useful for food prep. I hate tge microwave but it saves me time.

[Lochdubh]

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[evs]

Gadgets..

[Mad Serb]

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-m ... 2E9yzICOYE