Cube DroneMar 9

Late last year, I responded to some dramatic weight loss by buying some new sweatpants: I bought a $25 pair of "Champion" sweatpants from Costco and a $100 pair from the Canadian made "House of Blanks" to compare the difference between something very clearly made in bulk-ass bulk and something made locally.

The quality differences between the two pairs of sweatpants are very noticeable, and I think I would prefer to own one pair of House of Blanks over four of the dirt cheap Costco brand

Show threadNeil Kandalgaonkar

@cube_drone I have coveted a Miele brand vacuum for a while and saw there was a shockingly cheap one on sale at Costco. It is a special model made just for Costco that doesn’t have half of their usual features

So, that’s the Costco angle in a nutshell. If it isn’t actually bulk-sized, it’s a way to give big brands a way to sell a crappy self-knockoff

Mar 9 at 9:33pmWeb
Show threadCube DroneMar 9
@neilk I recall spending a bunch of time engaging with Vacuum Reddit (that's a thing apparently) and reading very specific comparisons between the Miele and the SEBO vacuum lines, ultimately settling on "the plug-in bagless Shark I already own" because it's not like me or my wife ever bother to vacuum anyways