Hi everyone,
In the past 3yrs, I have bought 3 of these incredibly simple devices for my laundry. Ladies & Gentlemen, I present: a wall light that turns on when it gets dark…
(oooh, ahhhh)…
https://shop.coles.com.au/a/national/product/crest--directional-night-light
Each of mine have died. Each one after 1yr of use.
Not only do they not come on when it gets dark, they simply don’t come on. They silently ignore the power switch, with a confidence that makes me suspicious it was part of their plan all along. Sleeper agents, expertly designed to self-destruct. Like an Inspector Gadget mission instruction.
There is nothing wrong with my wall plug - my laundry is brand new. My expert hypothesis is therefore: these things are disgraceful, cheap, witless junk, manufactured by poor slaves, managed by thieves, in totalitarian China. Made to fail, so you buy another one every year. And peg the old one like a tennis ball, into nearby forest… like a pure environmental vandal…
…where it will decompose over the next 50,000yrs…
…and eventually be discovered in the post-Human Earth, by a race of advanced visiting aliens…
…who won’t be able to get it working either.
“It’s only 10 bucks, just buy another one!!”, say idiots.
When I was a boy, my parents had similar 240v night lights in our house… probably using some simpler, less bright globe or diode. But they had them for longer than they had me. I bet they’re still working now. I bet they’re still more reliable than me. I bet they’ll still work, even after I don’t. And I bet they were made in Australia.
How can something so simple, now be such comedy-quality, in this age of touch screen wonder?
Does anyone know where I can buy a night-light that will last longer than a Winter? And is there a brand left on Earth that is not manufacturing these things in China?
D.