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Manufacturers build a no specific weaknesses in their devices, so they can go prematurely broken. But they are planning a life for their products. Frequently the rule: the more expensive the longer lasting. To this result, the Foundation Warentest comes after they test for the September issue of her magazine has evaluated her life tests in the last ten years.
The suspicion that specifically premature wear of products is brought about - the so-called planned obsolescence - can not be proven, according to test. In particular, household appliances today go no faster and no more frequently broken than before. Nevertheless, there are tricks that the manufacturers boost their sales. These include high repair costs, permanently installed battery, lack of spare parts, printer, display king arthur round table the empty cartridges falsely or products that can not be repaired.
In their devices, manufacturers are already planning for production, how long to keep it. The customer knows about it but nothing. In general, cheap devices are often faster king arthur round table than expensive scrap. For washing king arthur round table machines under 550 euros, battery drills under 50 euros or 80 euros vacuum cleaners under the risk is great that the joy does not last long on the new device. A guarantee is not the price All thing. The tester also list costly flops, such as an espresso machine for 985 euros or 340 euros for a food processor
The detailed test equipment wear appears in the September issue of the magazine test (from 30.08.2013 at the kiosk) and is already under www.test.de / bit worn available. Press material cover art Podcast Video on Youtube
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