Lasko vs Generic: 20 Year Decline

[@Involvod]

Such a big difference! Nice comparison. The Lasko fans are beautiful

[@RichieRouge206]

Cheers buddy! Yeah appliances were genuinely appealing back then.

[@DBVintage]

I remember buying a 12" Galaxy 2150 Brown / Tan Oscillating Fan for $27.95 back in 1985 at Woolworths in Santa Monica.

[@RichieRouge206]

I wish I had been more aware of fans when I lived there lol

[@davidvfans7216]

The idea behind most consumer electrical products manufacturing today is to built them as cheaply as possible to maximise profit and for this companies making money is more important than making quality products example here was with White Knight dryers that are not produced anymore and instead we got this cheap Chinese tumble dryers that don't last 6 months. Very good video Jay Richie.

[@RichieRouge206]

You're 100% correct there. The base line is money.

[@Connectitthefancollector]

I had the cheap modern one on the right before, the thing died after a couple of years. Also the thermal fuse sometimes just doesn't work as intended which is bad. Even the lower quality vintage fans like pifco spinairs are better than what we crap get today.

[@RichieRouge206]

You're absolutely right on that lol

[@fans8777]

4:53 more like being made out of glassy plastic

[@RichieRouge206]

They're both glossy, the blue is much stronger plastic

[@f3artails354]

​@RichieRouge206, it's acrylic plastic it's what they also used on the Japanese fans back in the days.

[@dbt2787]

Interesting comparison, even that modern lasko is a much nicer design and probably better quality than that white thing. never realised how flimsy those things actually were🤣

[@RichieRouge206]

Yeah it's more a reflection how the general quality of things has declined sadly

[@mdmusic]

Love this video! The 1980s fan was clearly built to last. The white one just screams chinese junk…

[@RichieRouge206]

Definitely 😁 and thank you

[@alessandropezzella4121]

Wow

[@fans8777]

1:50 thats not 2000s, that is late 2010s 2000s fans are way better quality still

[@RichieRouge206]

These were around from the 2000s here

[@fans8777]

anyone who owns a bin shaped fan would be deadpan-d

[@fans8777]

aka nyxi/knight

[@RichieRouge206]

I am not sure what you mean by that comment