We do tend to get of topic around here! I can respect the trying to save energy concept.
I just have seen too many people waste loads of time and money squishing the power ants while the power pigs run free in their house!![Eek! :eek: :eek:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
As far as the Chinese stuff goes there are actually far more high quality products made in china than most ever realize. Its the one product in 50 thats garbage and what keeps giving them a bad name still.
To be fair I used to by American when ever I could but why pay high prices for American made garbage with a stamp on it?![Mad :mad: :mad:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
For the right amount of money I can mass produce junk with that has every American standard stamp on it and still be selling 'cheap Chinese junk' as well.
Sadly our safety regulations agencies are getting to be more political than regulatory than they ever have been before. If anyone thinks American made stands for high quality you are sadly mistaken. Our good Vs bad is near equal to china or any other industrialized country.![Mad :mad: :mad:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
China gets more bad rep because, well, they make far more stuff than we do now. We are a consumer society not a manufacturing society.![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I just have seen too many people waste loads of time and money squishing the power ants while the power pigs run free in their house!
As far as the Chinese stuff goes there are actually far more high quality products made in china than most ever realize. Its the one product in 50 thats garbage and what keeps giving them a bad name still.
To be fair I used to by American when ever I could but why pay high prices for American made garbage with a stamp on it?
For the right amount of money I can mass produce junk with that has every American standard stamp on it and still be selling 'cheap Chinese junk' as well.
Sadly our safety regulations agencies are getting to be more political than regulatory than they ever have been before. If anyone thinks American made stands for high quality you are sadly mistaken. Our good Vs bad is near equal to china or any other industrialized country.
China gets more bad rep because, well, they make far more stuff than we do now. We are a consumer society not a manufacturing society.