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Are there any common household items or products that you think are designed incredibly poorly? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by bpt11@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For example, I'm incredibly confused about how you're supposedly to measure liquid laundry detergent with the cap. At least the kind that I have sits on it's side, so if you measure it with the cap it just leaks everywhere and makes a mess.

Or at my parents house they have a bag of captain crunch berries that has a new design, where instead of zipping along the top of the bag like normal, it has a zipper in the front slightly beneath the top. That way when you poor it you can't see what you're doing cuz the bag is in the way. Like what the heck who's idea was that?

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[–] dx1@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A lot of toilet paper holders are secured to the wall with drywall hangers. An L-shaped one-piece one is basically asking to be torqued right out of the wall.

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'd tend to chalk that up to user error, if you're putting enough force on your toilet paper holder to pull it off the wall you're doing something besides just pulling toilet paper off of it or maybe you installed it with the world's shittiest drywall anchors

[–] dx1@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Drywall anchors are basically useless.

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

It really kind of depends on the type of anchor and the intended use

The most common little plastic ones that you're probably picturing are pretty bad in most cases, but some of the heavier duty ones are pretty damn strong if used properly

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every thing permanently installed in a house should IMO be designed to support one human of weight from above, especially in a room that will have a wet slipery floor.

[–] dx1@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think the actual code re: that is those big metal handle rail bars that have to be attached to studs (ADA compliance maybe?).

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago

yeah, but it is nice if the towel rack is screwed into studs so it can be used as one in a pinch.