/r/productfails

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Learn how products performed over their lifetime, where they break, and how to fix them.

Let's keep corporations accountable, and start caring about the amount of waste we produce!

/r/productfails

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Just poured this... from the carafe marketed as having the "no drip spout".

3 Comments
2024/11/03
12:20 UTC

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Never buy this brand of instant camera.

Everyone should avoid buying instant cameras from this”””Polaroid”””brand. This brand constantly reports others and does not allow consumers to post negative reviews.

The staff of this brand “ Polaroid “not only report negative reviews at will but also delete customer feedback. Furthermore, the camera quality is extremely terrible and has been this way for over 5 years.

3 Comments
2024/10/27
17:19 UTC

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Do Better Nivea

Glass design isn’t working.

0 Comments
2024/10/12
14:38 UTC

4

Lorem ipsum socks

1 Comment
2024/10/07
07:17 UTC

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Aw man whats wrong with my D̴̨̨̨̡̢̧̧̧̨̧̧̨̨̨̡̛̛̛̖̺͉̥̥̺͕̫̩̤̹̠͖͓͖̺̻̼̱̖̻͈̜̖̪̠̘̬̟͎̜̹̮̱̠̺̘͖͇͚͈̣̞̲̭̺̝̞͚̜̥͖͓͉͉̮̩̻͖̞̰̞͚͎̣̲̻̻͍̲̘̱͙͙͍̬̜̪̰̥̗̳̳̣̠̭͔͍̻̝̰͖̙̱̣̥̝̖̙̣͚͔͇̞̜̙̦̩̭̯̻͓̬͍̦̺͎̮̳̖͍̲͉̖͕̟͖̲̤̤̜͕̭̜̗̬̹̺̭͇̻̬̭̳͎̞̘̯̥̭̜̜̳̰͚͕̹̣̖͈͔̖̱̩͍͇͉̘̰̜̙̖͙̹̹͕̖̭͎͎̞̤̝̩̖̂͋̂͒̎́̓̄͐̐̍͆͛͂͑͒̎̽̆̏̆͌̌́̊̏̎̾̀̑̉̎̓̀̅̀͆̃̌̎̾͘͘͘͘͜͜͜͜͝͠͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅi̸̊̃̎̎͑̊́̚

1 Comment
2024/07/31
05:27 UTC

5

Cheerwine lacks some cheer

Quality control fail

Product volume not equal

1 Comment
2024/05/24
00:55 UTC

6

Calphalon Classic lifetime warranty not usable due to no receipt.

0 Comments
2024/03/30
09:57 UTC

0

TINY ASS FAN‼️‼️‼️‼️

My mom got this fan, expected it to be bigger but I love it

3 Comments
2024/03/02
18:16 UTC

11

Measuring cup fail

3 Comments
2024/02/05
14:54 UTC

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Just saw on Amazon: Heated Laptop/Desk Pad. Is your laptop running TOO cool?

1 Comment
2023/12/18
18:12 UTC

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Product Fails of the Month

Tell us about your recently failed products, where they broke, or how you fixed them :)

0 Comments
2023/11/04
14:29 UTC

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What the häck happened to quality?

*SUPERRANT*

- bought a laptop from S*****G - the flagship: bricked after 2 months (got it repaired on warranty after 6 weeks, all data lost)

- bought state of the art solar panels + D**e electronic transformer: all transformers of this kind lost operating licence in Germany due to internal missing parts (ordering new parts.....)

- bought parts for installing the solar panels: 2 parts were delivered unusable (replaced on warranty)

- bought 2 plug-in-measuring device for the panels from A*M - one is constantly losing connection to the router (can live with it - its just annoying)

- bought an E-Bike from C****Y - Battery smells like burnt electronics + unable to track rides, reason unclear (4 weeks of chatting with support - open end) .

all those products were not from Alibaba (for a reason) not from the *low shelf* but none of them worked like You would expect or advertising promised. All of the companies I bought from were *trusted shops* or ISO, TÜV or UL certified.

so what is going on here?

is it that the producers do not feel responsable for the quality of the stuff they sell? or am I just the unlucky guy the 1 of 10.000.000?

4 Comments
2023/09/21
16:07 UTC

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Anycubic Photon Mono X 6K (resin 3D printer). $620, less than 20 uses / 3 months and they don't really seem to care - told me to fix it myself or sell it on eBay for parts.

0 Comments
2023/06/25
03:46 UTC

124

Reddit lasted 13 years before failing due to bad management and hyper-monetization

Condition: Wear and Tear

Years Owned: 13 years

Usage: Daily

Stress points: Slow decrease over time due to lack of maintenance for their app, mods, and community. As with other BuyForLife companies, they went downhill after optimizing everything for profit ahead of their IPO.

Positive Remarks: The longevity was quite impressive compared to similar products.

Would you buy it again? Yes

4 Comments
2023/06/19
11:14 UTC

4

My Crocs Slippers: A Tragic Tale of Broken Dreams and Stinky Feet

0 Comments
2023/05/27
06:10 UTC

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I hate HP printers so much

3 Comments
2023/05/03
04:24 UTC

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5 year old weightlifting straps finally gave out last week

0 Comments
2023/04/27
15:58 UTC

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Questionable USB-C port design on Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro

I bought this Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro phone off ebay. A majority of chargers/cables in house have intermittent connection issues with this phone, causing battery to be drained in the morning. I inspected the USB-C charging port, the design is very peculiar. The photo was taken from an old hard-working LG V20. It clearly can be seen in the photo that the tongue of the charging port is sticking out of the metal sleeve by 1~2mm. I have never seen such USB-C port design on other devices. Everyone else has the tongue sits flush with the metal protection sleeve. It makes you wonder why Samsung took the trouble to design such a non-standard USB-C port? Without the metal sleeve protection on the tongue, the plug of the cable could put a lot of stress on the tip of the tongue, making it wear out much faster or even risking breaking the tongue.

USB-C Tongue Sticking out of Metal Sleeve with Poor Connection

4 Comments
2023/04/21
15:17 UTC

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Wolverine 1000 mile boots. 2nd failure. Didn’t last 50 miles.

1 Comment
2023/04/18
12:15 UTC

8

Klean Kanteen fail

0 Comments
2023/04/15
07:55 UTC

12

[UPDATE] Otterbox fail

2 Comments
2023/04/13
11:19 UTC

27

Frigidaire professional refrigerators are horrible and customer service is awful

7 Comments
2023/04/07
06:36 UTC

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B&D RTX has made it's final cut after 20+ years of service!

1 Comment
2023/03/22
20:37 UTC

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Technics EAH-AZ70W True Wireless Earbuds lasted 1 year before charging problems started

Condition: Inconvenienced

Years Owned: 1 years

Usage: Daily

Stress points: Buds occasionally power on in the case and discharge, so when you go to use them, they will not power on. Sometimes also takes two or more attempts to get each bud to actually charge when placed in the case.

Positive Remarks: Excellent sound quality, EQ controls, and noise cancelling or ambient mode. Decent battery life when actually charged.

Price Paid: $172 Cost per Month: $14.33

Would you buy it again? No

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0 Comments
2023/03/22
13:25 UTC

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The Lifecycle of Clothing Companies, by Muffy Aldrich

3 Comments
2023/03/19
19:02 UTC

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