[kovvy]

Research is also hampered by non-obvious changes in the product. Even when a good, reliable product is released, it can be modified to be cheaper to make/more expensive to maintain with no external indication. This isn't even necessarily about cost-cutting, a component may no longer be available and is swapped for something that claims to be identical but is not as reliable.

[theshrike79]

Case in point: AvE dissecting a Made in Japan Makita drill, made for the Japanese market: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2EpdRN2h6A

This thing is built like a fucking tank, it will never ever ever fail.

Compare that to the same model sold outside of Japan, and it's most likely made in Indonesia and the quality is nowhere near.

[bayindirh]

For some head to head testing, Project Farm has done a similar video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7hd4rKf2us

Except being built like a tank, Japan made one also vibrates less and more comfortable to use.

[ksec]

Holy Shit! Thanks for introducing me to his Channel. Lots of exciting stuff.

( And somehow he is Canadian but speaks a little Cantonese )

[theshrike79]

AvE is a jewel in the cesspool that is Youtube :)

He's a private dude, but I think his wife is french-canadian and he's at least bilingual. And from what I've gathered he has to have done some kind of mechanical engineering for a LONG time. Dude knows his stuff about anything mechanical.

His teardown of the Juicero is pure gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cp-BGQfpHQ

It's an amazing insight into a startup with endless amounts of money, bunch of really smart people, but no real business model. =)

[cpr]

Andrew Camarata is another jewel in the cesspool. Love watching his heavy construction videos.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUujfNBK9uv3cIW-P5PX7vA