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Extreme Appliances

October 10, 2012 | General Appliance Care & Advice | No comments

Yesterday daredevil skydiver Felix Baumgartner was meant to attempt the highest skydive in history from 120,000 ft, breaking the sound barrier. As he fell scientists would be monitoring the effects on his body in the hopes to develop life-saving technology that could be used by high-altitude pilots, astronauts and space tourists.

Felix added, ‘Proving that a human can break the speed of sound in the stratosphere and return to Earth would be a step towards creating near-space bailout procedures that don’t currently exist’ Go on then Felix. Unfortunately weather conditions were less than ideal and after waiting in his pod all day, Felix had to bottle it.

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Tool Box With Tools

Bissell and Betteridge

March 19, 2012 | eSpares Updates  |  General Appliance Care & Advice | No comments

eSpares is pleased to announce the return of ‘how-to’ presenter, Mat Betteridge. In the below videos Mat explains the different types of floor cleaners in the Bissell range as well as some simple ‘fix-its’ that will help keep your vacuum up and running smoothly. There are hundreds of spares for Bissell (and other makes and models of vacuum) on the site that can be found here.

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Better Late Than Never

September 30, 2011 | DIY & Home Improvement  |  General Appliance Care & Advice | No comments

The sunny British Summer (see: some nice weather for a few days) is finally upon us. What better time to take advantage and tackle any nagging unfinished DIY in and around your house and garden?

Right, you’re thinking why in the heck would I waste this weather on DIY? But it’s a known fact* that DIY completion is directly and positively correlated with capacity to feel pleasure. Simply, the more you DIY the more pleasure you’ll feel in all other aspects of your life. You thought the meal you had last night tasted pretty damn good? Now think, had you cleaned the gutters beforehand, suddenly that pork pie and Special Brew is tasting like a 5* Michelin meal washed down with Moet & Chandon. Or hey, maybe the 5* posh nonsense you were forced to eat is now tasting more like that a good ol’ pork pie and brew.

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How to ‘How-To’

September 2, 2011 | eSpares Updates  |  General Appliance Care & Advice | 2 comments

One question we’re often asked, via our customer comments, is how we make our videos. Specifically, what technology we use to film, edit, export and upload them. Mostly people are wanting to create something similar for themselves, and looking for advice about buying cameras or editing software. Our intention always is to create in house, informative, helpful videos at the least expense. Thus far I think we have succeeded!

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