Expensive items bought that disappointed/didn’t live up to the hype?

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Mine is a cordless Dyson vacuum. Cost loads, has a poor battery, doesn’t pick up well, so overrated. Gets rave reviews - why?? My next one will be a Henry ;-) My other is overpriced, average pub/cafe grub when out as a family. Such a waste of time, money and effort. Sorry, I’m usually more upbeat…

I love mine too! Run it every other day and it’s a job I no longer have to do. I think it may depend on the type of floors/ obstructions you have ?

Babyliss big hair - sits in box. Just can’t do it.

Dishwashers with the cutlery tray, can anyone convince me of the superiority of the tray over basket?

Have sent back one dp bought based on reviews alone.

100% agree about Dyson. I have come to loathe it.

Going a bit off-thread, but what is it you hate about the new Samsung os? There are lots of ways to solve the niggles.

@TeenLifeMum can I ask which home laser hair remover you have, please?

Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream. Not cream at all. More like glue. Don’t know what it’s supposed to be like, but surely not that. It resides in the bottom of a drawer.

I bought Dramatically Different moisturiser recently, after not having used it for ages. So disappointing.

Valentte diffusers. The hype is good. Everyone loves it apparently until you look on Trustpilot. The smell is pleasant, packaging lovely, delivery prompt, but- it lasts about a week.

I love my Roomba! I literally never vacuum anymore. It's great!

My daughter was raving about Inkey List skin products so I though I'd give them a whirl even though they cost a lot more than my usual stuff.
I noticed no difference at all so have gone back to Boots cheapo range.

An automated vacuum which basically doesn’t pick anything up. It’s got one bloody job and doesn’t do it 😤 Like the OP, I also bought a Henry. Henry’s are awesome.

I much preferred the dishwasher cutlery tray to the basket. We moved to a house with a cutlery basket. It annoys me daily.

Nars foundation. Completely different colour to the website. Funny texture.

Did u train everyone in the household to place each cutlery item correctly ?

My Next sofa. It was supposed to be a 3 seater but in order to seat 3 adults you had to remove the side cushions. It also broke midway along the frame with only 2 of us using it. (We turned it upside down and the frame was made of particle board and it had cracked).

Well there’s two of us, so it wasn’t a trial.

I agree about the tray. Where are you supposed to put the things like big cooking spoons that don't fit in its slots? The little plastic ridges are scratchy and hurt my fingers. The table knives are frequently not clean, despite leaving spaces between them, so many of them need to be handwashed again!

The only thing that helps that the cutlery is dry and can be put straight into the drawer and the cutlery into sections for easier unloading: e.g. all the knives in the front right corner of the tray.

I agree smeg are hideous quality. All style over substance.

Mounjaro
Was taking wergovy but got swept up in the hype that it was better and I've put on 4 kilos..

I love my dyson cordless. I had a shark hoover and it was awful..

My DD16 loves the velvetiser and it gets used multiple times a day. She just uses galaxy hot chocolate powder.

I bought a beachwaver hair curling thing but I can't make my hair look as nice as the adverts and it drops out really quickly.

After reading this thread and having a Shark cordless vacuum on the way from an Amazon prime deal my heart sank.

I can confirm that it is indeed not great, not a lot of ‘suck’ on the carpets and it cannot replace my corded hoover.

Itll be ok for whizzing around the hard floors and upstairs but in a pet household it’s not going to cut it as a main vacuum cleaner 🤯

Just about every 4 country hotel we've ever stayed in. Typically £250 per night, but always slightly shabby, poor quality bedding, trickling shower and surly, teenage staff. Now, we either do a Premier Inn for overnights or go proper 5.

Two linen covered Laura Ashley sofas. Flimsy construction and the covers ripped within 3 years.

Jones Road Miracle Balm. Glittery, gloopy lard that smells like Germolene.

Special Edition Mini Copper that I'd coveted for months. I barely ever drove it because it was always breaking down. I was on first name terms with the receptionist at the dealership.

I got the Braun one (not cordless - not like you need to walk around doing it. Mine was just under £500 in the sale (should have been £900). I struggled to justify it but now wish I’d bought it so much sooner.

Karcher hard floor cleaner. It did do a great job the first three times we used it - then stopped working. When we did a bit more research turned out to be a common problem due to poor design that meant an inaccessible part would get blocked. Ended up binning it and going back to a regular mop and bucket.

You can hardly blame the design of the Eufy for trying to pick up you've left on the floor! That's what it's designed for.

I've got a Eufy and I wouldn't be without it. Cost a fifth what my Dyson Eye did and I have had no problems since buying it three years ago.

@DryIce I sometimes just use normal hot chocolate powder. It still goes frothy. I haven't tried yet but seen people just chop up a normal chocolate bar and use too!

Yes, I switched from years of Clinique etc to Simple face wash on a night, plain water am, and Baby Aveeno moisturiser day and night. My skin is the best it's ever been.
I have a love hate relationship with my Shark vacuum. Love whizzing round with it, and being able to get under furniture without bending, but it's rubbish at edges, and spits out big crumbs!

Bosch anything- back in the day when they were toppish end of the market. Washing machine lasted - 2 years. Went through a series of 3 dishwashers in 6 years. Really expensive fridge freezer leaked constantly and then died. Its like they were all programmed to conk out after 2 years.
Machine repair man told me to cut my losses and just buy somehting else- and I went cheaper rather than more expensive. At the moment the dishwasher is a Hotpoint, the big fridge is a Kenwood and the washingmachine is a Beko and they've all been great (touch wood) and if they die I won't have expensive buyers regret.