clutchdust
Millionaire Playboy
And that law is that the phrase "high quality" and "made in china" can never be applied to the same product.
Case in point. I bought a new frige last week. I needed a different valve under the sink to hook up the ice maker. I go to Lowes and pick up a suitable valve. Right on the tag were those two phrases. This shit valve had two miserable little flats you were supposed to use to tighten it on the thread fitting. So I taped up the (NPT) threads and tightened it down as best as I could get it with the pissy little flats. Put it on and it leaked at the threads. Shit. I pull it back off and spin it 1/2, by now it's really tight and the shit flats have already rounded off. I have to put a pipe wrench on it. Put it back on. Guess what? Leaks.
I only used the teflon tape because I didn't have my preferred sealant, this anaerobic epoxy we use at work. So today I grab a tube of it and bring it home, pull the valve off, clean it and smear the epoxy on it. Put it back together and guess what? STILL FUCKING LEAKS!
I go back to Lowes and buy another one of these shit valves, put on my epoxy, tighten it down, turn it on and finally success.
So in the end, a $13 valve cost me $26 and a job that should have taken all of 15 minutes ended up taking almost two hours (travel time).
Chinese garbage.:bomb:
Case in point. I bought a new frige last week. I needed a different valve under the sink to hook up the ice maker. I go to Lowes and pick up a suitable valve. Right on the tag were those two phrases. This shit valve had two miserable little flats you were supposed to use to tighten it on the thread fitting. So I taped up the (NPT) threads and tightened it down as best as I could get it with the pissy little flats. Put it on and it leaked at the threads. Shit. I pull it back off and spin it 1/2, by now it's really tight and the shit flats have already rounded off. I have to put a pipe wrench on it. Put it back on. Guess what? Leaks.
I only used the teflon tape because I didn't have my preferred sealant, this anaerobic epoxy we use at work. So today I grab a tube of it and bring it home, pull the valve off, clean it and smear the epoxy on it. Put it back together and guess what? STILL FUCKING LEAKS!
I go back to Lowes and buy another one of these shit valves, put on my epoxy, tighten it down, turn it on and finally success.
So in the end, a $13 valve cost me $26 and a job that should have taken all of 15 minutes ended up taking almost two hours (travel time).
Chinese garbage.:bomb: