[Leica] There's something about German design ...

[wrs111445 at yahoo.com (Bill Smith)]

Although I'm no authority on WWII weapons, it is legendary......... and 
fortunate that overdesign of many of their arms and vehicles were somewhat 
of a cause of their defeat too. 

Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote:  Rick, I must agree on the 
reparability of most German built household 
appliances, but be thankful you didn't have a Miele tumbler/condensation 
drier! :-) 
Our third in 6 years is now a Siemens.
And after many asthmatic German vacuum cleaners - taking one apart to 
fix it is like defusing a bomb - we finally splashed out on a Dyson, now 
THAT is a good machine even though the design looks like something out 
of Star Wars, and you don't need to search for one of ten thousand 
dust-bags made to fit.
Douglas

Rick Dykstra wrote:
> I spent today slowly pulling our Miele dishwasher apart, to figure out 
> why its not filling fully. I think it's the solenoid. Not just any 
> solenoid, but part of a failsafe twin solenoid leak-proof disaster 
> safe design. And having seen the insides of this thing now, by golly 
> what a beautifully designed well made, repairable bit of gear. An 
> absolute contrast to the Australian made Vulcan gas heater I pulled 
> apart last winter (worn out fan). And the Miele vacuum cleaner I 
> pulled apart last year was also great to work on (worn out carbon 
> brushes).
>
> So why is it that Germans are such good industrial designers? It's as 
> if they know their work will be appreciated when customers finally 
> need to fix the thing. :-)
>
> Impressed I am.
>
> Rick.
>
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