Right yesterday an essential plastic part of our 'high pressure cleaner' (?,
those pump driven water thingies, you know) broke. The part looks quite
robust and should withstand a max. 2320 psi but has a subtle tear right at
the imprint of the serial no. Looks like imprinting created a
'Sollbruchstelle' ;-)
But William is right, the most annoying are tiny plastic 'noses' that break
easily and leave the whole product useless or at least a mess to use.
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]Im Auftrag von William Sommerwerck
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. Juli 2002 17:16
An: Olympus group
Betreff: [OM] Naughty plastic -- naughty, NAUGHTY plastic!
After coming so strong about how great plastic is, I have two brief
stories about how bad it can be.
The tuner/remote-control for my Sony Discman has a spring-loaded pocket
clip. The clip broke the other day at the point of greatest stress. One of
the shaft mounting holes on the body of the control also cracked. Clearly a
bad choice of plastic.
Sunday I shot portraits of a friend, using his Canon AE-1. One of the
lenses was a plastic-barreled Canon zoom lens. Yuck! It's products like this
that give plastic a bad name. If there were any proof the Japanese lack
aesthetic sense (at least when it comes to consumer products), this is it.
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