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Boretti Boretti may be well known, but surely not in Italy. And it is not Italian at all, given that the headquarter is in The Netherlands. If you allow me, Louis, you are Dutch and know them as being Italian; I am Italian and never heard of them... To me, it is just another of the many...

Splashless bleach Apparently, Chlorox Splashless Bleach is not just bleach, but it contains also surfactants and of course a thickener. The surfactant is the probable culprit, and as Yogytunes says, some vinegar (or even citric acid) should help to get rid of the residues and hence also of the...

Epoxy and plastics I may be wrong, but I am pretty sure that epoxy adhesives (like the J-B Weld you refer to) do not stick to polypropylene and other "soft" and "oily" plastics (also polyethylene) and generally washer tubs are made of polypropylene. If you want the epoxy to work, you have to...

Septic Assist From what I can see from the website, it seems to me that it just adds some enzymes while it drains, but then I wonder if it wouldn't be easier to just pour in the drain any of the similar products you can buy. In addition, if you use the "septic assist" you are forced to buy...

Trackballs The main advantage with trackballs is that you do not have to move your hand on the table, and hence there is no strain on your arm. I know that a trackball looks weird, but the effect on the arm and hand is in my opinion remarkable, because the muscles do not have to "work". I am...

You are rigth to be proud! I have always believed that it is because of women like you that gender equality will be achieved. And yes: we are curious...

Not persuaded at all What I see when I read the list of ingredients and the website, is a mediocre detergent (a mix of the same surfactant used in any detergent, but without enzymes or oxygen bleach) made solid and sold in strips. Now, the quantity of surfactants I need to wash my laundry is...

Seems a quite common issue I am not sure if the the technical term for that is "copy and paste" or rather "Internet contents supplier" https://www.journalposts.com/i-might-by-no-means-get-my-white-sheets-actually-clear-till-i-tried-this-2-ingredient-combo/

Convenience and shoes size @sudsmaster If I have to put 6 objects at the same distance within a space 13 m and 29 cm wide, I take a calculator, divide 13.29 / 7 = 1.898571429 and I know that my objects will go at 1 m 89 cm and 8 mm (or 189.8 cm) from each other, with an error of less than 1 mm...

Maybe the grapes are sour? With the due respect, these seems to me very uninformed opinions (to put it extremely politely) showing an attitude of the sort “I don't know your system, but I am sure that mine is better”. A few examples: 1) “One cannot measure 200 grams without a scale” And don't...

"The SI System Doesn't Vary but Tolerances and Specs Not sure what you mean. The SI is a system of measurement units, and has nothing to do with standard or tolerances. https://www.bipm.org/en/about-us/ The ISO standards are, well, standards, and they state both the size and the tolerance to...

"metric standards vary from nation to nation" Not sure what makes you say that: metric standards are the same everywhere in the world because they are ISO standards that are accepted by each nation. An A0 paper sheet is exactly the same everywhere, because there is only one ISO standard...

"microfibers are really an environmental problem" One of the many problems with plastic in the environment, is that it is taken for food and eaten by different animals, it remains stuck in their stomach and kills them. Microplastics in the oceans kill small animals that eat it thinking it is...

"either there's a specific agenda or..." I cannot remember where I read it, but I seem to remember that the EU is "discussing" the addition of microplastic filters to washing machines. I have found only this, which is not much, but...

"How on Earth can the delicate cycles produce more fibre I have been wondering the same since I first read this (some time ago, this is old news). My suspicion is that the delicate wash does not "produce" more microfibres, but instead it just "removes" more of the microfibres that are normally...

Dishwasher detergent... ...has worked for me: I use it in the washing machine, for a European front loader between two and four tablets, temperature between 40°C and 60°C (100°F - 140°F) good results on both cotton and synthetics, but I have done it only on whites

Electrical regulations One of the reasons why in the UK the washing machine is in the kitchen, is that it is forbidden to have electrical sockets in the bathrooms (exactly: you cannot dry your hair in the bathroom because you do not have a socket for the hair drier) it is only possible to have...

"...cleaned it with vinegar and bicarbonate" Vinegar is a relatively good cleaner, but not that good environmentally. Bicarbonate is not a good cleaner at all: just mildly alkaline, too mildly. Vinegar and bicarbonate together are just sodium acetate: pointless because the acidity of vinegar...

You are welcome, Nick However, I am not sure there has been any R&D effort at all. In my opinion, EU appliance brands have just used a cheaper and less powerful motor using the "Energy label" to advertise how good their under-performing vacuums were

Energy label for vacumm cleaners... ...is dead and buried, does not exist any more. I have only found this article from Which?, but I am sure a little Google-ing would deliver further information. https://www.which.co.uk/news/2018/11/dyson-wins-eu-vacuum-appeal-energy-label-annulled/