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They also do recalls. Which I’m certain is more than some cheaper no name brands do.
by abhorrence 1y ago
They also do recalls. Which I’m certain is more than some cheaper no name brands do.
- lukan 1y agoAnd they might pay from now on closer attention. Expensive lesson learned? For now I don't avoid them, yet. Definitely not switching to a random cinese brand instead.
- lyrrad 1y agoI only buy portable Li-ion batteries from manufacturers with a history of product recalls in my country or directly from major retailers that regularly recall defective products. I also only buy portable battery models that I believe will sell or has sold many thousands of units so any widespread manufacturering defects should become apparent sooner.
- BobbyTables2 1y agoYeah, I see your point, never thought of it that way. Just also darkly hilarious — “I only buy <PRODUCT> with a history of product recalls”. There was a time in which we used to avoid such things…
- geocrasher 1y agoReminds me of the survivorship bias exposed by Abraham Wald: https://medium.com/@christian.dobbert/the-missing-bullet-holes-and-abraham-wald-25e68d7a870f https://medium.com/@christian.dobbert/the-missing-bullet-hol...