50,000 Reviews

June 28, 2011 | eSpares Updates | No comments

This morning, a person who chose to remain anonymous posted a short sentence on our website about the Indesit Professional Oven Cleaner Spray. It read:

‘A very effective non heat oven cleaner, great quality’

That simple sentence turned out to be our 50,000th review. That’s a lot of reviews. 50,000 is a big number. In fact, there has now been a review submitted to eSpares for every man, woman and child in the Wiltshire cathedral city of Salisbury.

Attack of the Killer Dishwasher

June 21, 2011 | Dishwasher Repair, Help & Advice | No comments

According to Elsevier, ‘the world’s leading publisher of science and health information’, your dishwasher is trying to kill you. Please note: this is the most boring thing you’re ever likely to read.

If I were you I’d check out the always excellent Register‘s take on it:

How to Replace a Flymo Switch Box

June 17, 2011 | Gardening Tips | No comments

The typically British weather we’ve been having the last couple of weeks has left the grass in my back garden well in need of a trim. Over the last fortnight we’ve seen plenty of sun and a load of rain – perfect conditions for a lawn growth spurt.

One of the most common areas to break in Flymo electric mowers is the on-off switch and handle section – especially if during periods of heavy use. It can be really frustrating, as you know the mower is working fine, it’s just one of the more superficial parts that’s preventing you using it. Good thing the switch box is a doddle to replace!

If I Can Do It…

June 15, 2011 | General Appliance Care & Advice | No comments

Replacing an oven thermostat is another one of those tasks that tend to sound daunting. It really shoudn’t, because it’s so easy to do. I mean, if I can do it, anyone can. Seriously.

Appliances You Can Live Without

June 9, 2011 | General Appliance Care & Advice | No comments

My post the other day about the breadmaker got me thinking. Basically, while having the means to easily make your own bread must certainly be nice, a breadmaker is pretty much a luxury that it wouldn’t be too hard to live without. I mean, you could just buy a loaf of Kingsmill. Or if the urge to bake becomes too much, your regular oven is a perfectly acceptable substitute.

New Media Age Awards

June 7, 2011 | eSpares Updates | No comments

We were nominated for two New Media Age Effectiveness Awards the other week. The award ceremony is fast approaching and we’re pretty proud at being nominated alongside such prestigious names (they didn’t forget us, we’re listed under ‘Fix It Yourself’ – the name of our campaign!).

Effectiveness Awards Finalist

May 13, 2011 | eSpares Updates | 1 comment

I’m delighted to announce that we’ve been shortlisted for two New Media Age Effectiveness Awards.

Our Fix It Yourself videos are up for both the ‘Best Retail Campaign’ award and the ‘Best Use of Video’ campaign. To see our name (or rather, the name of our Fix It Yourself campaign) in a shortlist that includes Nike, Coca-Cola and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1(!) is a bit mindblowing really.

A Quality Lawnmower

May 4, 2011 | Gardening Tips | General Appliance Care & Advice | No comments

Love the lawnmower in this video. I’ve had a go on it, it has a throttle and propels itself, you pretty much just guide it. Great for medium sized gardens. The thing may look pretty gnarly (the cassette blade looks like it’d make a bit of a mess of your extremities), but simply put together and easily maintained. C

heck out this video, in which Helen replaces probably the most common lawnmower part to fail in the mower – the nylon gear. Not a problem if it does fail though, because they’re dirt cheap and easy to repair:

Easter Weekend

April 21, 2011 | eSpares Updates | No comments

The eSpares Call Centre will close at 6pm today, Thursday 21st April. It will remain closed for the duration of the Easter weekend, and will reopen at 8am on Tuesday 26th April.

In the meantime, have a great weekend. You probably won’t need much inspiration, but here is a list of things you could do over the next four days:

Product of the Day

April 19, 2011 | Gardening Tips | 2 comments

I really like this product. It’s called the Drapers Tools Garden Kneeler and Seat.

Drapers Tools Garden Kneeler and Seat

If you have even the most fleeting experience with gardening, you’ll know there’s one main occupational hazard: back pain. Even if you’re no grandad, a few hours with the trowel down on hands and knees can mean you really suffer for the next day or so. It’s not very nice.

And that’s where this bad boy comes in:

An upside down Drapers Tools Garden Kneeler and Seat

Rather than crouching on the cold, hard sometimes even damp ground, you can now kneel or sit on a Draper Tools Garden Kneeler and Seat. I’ve tried one out and it really is a real help – you can weed and plant and aerate to your hearts content. Kneeling is particularly useful for pruning, while sitting works a treat for soil-work.

It’s a great versatile tool, and even has a storage space for your garden utensils, look:

The Draper Tools Garden Kneeler and Seat’s storage space for garden utensils

I heartily recommend this product to anyone who, like me, has suffered the anguish of waking up the morning after a good gardening session, only to feel like a group of large men are having a tug-of-war with your spinal column. Especially with this sunny looking long weekend coming up.

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