On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 19:52:07 +0000, (Roger Hayter)
wrote:

T i m wrote:



But then the old TD allowed you to run it from an external timer (E7)
whereas this one requires you to press the start button. ;-(


That's really annoying, and often impossible to find out from the specs.

It is indeed ... and it seems fewer and fewer people care about such
things, willing to accept pretty well whatever they can get easily
rather than going for what they really want.

The problem with the latter (for anyone who has tried) is, as you say,
the lack of good information (including key dimensions sometimes) but
how quickly the choices fade out.

The real frustration is when the things you want and that most agree
are sensible or even a basic minimum, are only available on a small
selection of models, if any? [1]

Like, having the option to 'plumb in' something like a dehumidifier or
condenser dryer and even to have the choice of positions (like not all
appliances can have their doors hinged on either side).

Cheers, T i m

[1] Years ago I had to spend quite a bit of cash to get a telephone
answering machine that both recorded the date and time stamp on each
incoming message and displayed the number of new messages in a simple
display (rather than expecting you to count the flashes etc). Wouldn't
*everyone* consider those things to be basic requirements, even at the
beginning?