noticed this is now B&Qs own brand of choice yesterday ...

On 05/11/2012 16:32, Jethro_uk wrote:
noticed this is now B&Qs own brand of choice yesterday ...

I've noticed that as well. Filler, tile adhesive, white spirit etc.

I suppose D I All as in Do It All?

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The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 05/11/2012 16:32, Jethro_uk wrote:
noticed this is now B&Qs own brand of choice yesterday ...

I've noticed that as well. Filler, tile adhesive, white spirit etc.

I suppose D I All as in Do It All?



Looks like it, yeah.

http://www.kingfisher.co.uk/files/pd...ands/diall.pdf

Darren

This own brand stuff is apalling. Expanding foam does not expand. Tech services wont reply. Losing the plot with this brand.

On 09/05/16 14:24, wrote:
This own brand stuff is apalling. Expanding foam does not expand. Tech services wont reply. Losing the plot with this brand.


I wouldn't (and haven't) touched it with a bargepole....

The B&Q own brand in case anyone doesn't know...

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On 09/05/16 14:24, wrote:
This own brand stuff is apalling. Expanding foam does not expand.
Tech services wont reply. Losing the plot with this brand.


I wouldn't (and haven't) touched it with a bargepole....

The B&Q own brand in case anyone doesn't know...


Probably pot luck - might be unfair to criticise the whole brand - DIALL
is not a maker - it is merely a label. Some items could be ok,

On 09/05/16 15:36, DerbyBorn wrote:
Tim Watts wrote in
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On 09/05/16 14:24, wrote:
This own brand stuff is apalling. Expanding foam does not expand.
Tech services wont reply. Losing the plot with this brand.


I wouldn't (and haven't) touched it with a bargepole....

The B&Q own brand in case anyone doesn't know...


Probably pot luck - might be unfair to criticise the whole brand - DIALL
is not a maker - it is merely a label. Some items could be ok,


But how would you know? Which is why I wouldn't touch it with a
bargepole - I'll just buy the brands I know are OK

Tim Watts wrote:

But how would you know? Which is why I wouldn't touch it with a
bargepole - I'll just buy the brands I know are OK

I don't buy brands, I buy from companies. I hate the whole concept of
'brand', it just leads to the nonsense of something costing more
simply because there's a label stuck on it.

It's very rarely now that any 'brand' is actually manufactured by one
company in one place, it's just a marketing exercise.

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On 09/05/16 17:56, wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:

But how would you know? Which is why I wouldn't touch it with a
bargepole - I'll just buy the brands I know are OK

I don't buy brands, I buy from companies. I hate the whole concept of
'brand', it just leads to the nonsense of something costing more
simply because there's a label stuck on it.

It's very rarely now that any 'brand' is actually manufactured by one
company in one place, it's just a marketing exercise.


You knew what I meant

I'd buy a Pegler valve, but deffo not a Diall one (if they even do
them). The Pegler "brand" is IME worth the extra.

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Tim Watts wrote in
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On 09/05/16 14:24, wrote:
This own brand stuff is apalling. Expanding foam does not expand.
Tech services wont reply. Losing the plot with this brand.


I wouldn't (and haven't) touched it with a bargepole....

The B&Q own brand in case anyone doesn't know...


Probably pot luck - might be unfair to criticise the whole brand - DIALL
is not a maker - it is merely a label. Some items could be ok,



If you sell random **** in a bucket there is a good chance of the customer
buying a piece of ****.



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Adam

On 09/05/16 15:36, DerbyBorn wrote:
Tim Watts wrote in
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On 09/05/16 14:24, wrote:
This own brand stuff is apalling. Expanding foam does not expand.
Tech services wont reply. Losing the plot with this brand.


I wouldn't (and haven't) touched it with a bargepole....

The B&Q own brand in case anyone doesn't know...


Probably pot luck - might be unfair to criticise the whole brand - DIALL
is not a maker - it is merely a label. Some items could be ok,


Mouse traps they sell have that brand.

It looked like a promise - "Die All"

(Nope)

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Adrian C

That is a neat trick, making expanding foam that does not expand. Surely the
chemistry of the foam has to make gas and hence expand as it hardens.
Brian

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This own brand stuff is apalling. Expanding foam does not expand. Tech
services wont reply. Losing the plot with this brand.

On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 08:34:40 UTC+1, Brian Gaff wrote:
That is a neat trick, making expanding foam that does not expand. Surely the
chemistry of the foam has to make gas and hence expand as it hardens.
Brian

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This own brand stuff is apalling. Expanding foam does not expand. Tech
services wont reply. Losing the plot with this brand.

No, the foam needs moisture to harden.
If it hasn't expanded the gas has leaked from the container.

No, the foam needs moisture to harden.
If it hasn't expanded the gas has leaked from the container.


I once had a can of shaving foam that had leaked its gas.


JCB Batteries - there is an odd one. And Panasonic Batteries.

I once saw a couple looking at a Polaroid TV in a supermarket and the
husband said that it would be good as they make good cameras!!!!

The whole badging thing is annoying - Even good reputable companies will
use goods made by lower tier manufacturers and badge them as their own.

With good specifications, drawings, and proper manufacturing engineering
and quality assurance processes then it shouldn't matter where an item is
made.

Many people years ago would not have bought a typical British car - but
since Honda, Nissan and Toyota have imported their Manufacturing
Engineering int the country then there should be nothing to choose between
the cars based on where they are made.

Diall is a budget branded item and is sold as such.

On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 09:29:09 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:

With good specifications, drawings, and proper manufacturing engineering
and quality assurance processes then it shouldn't matter where an item is
made.

hard to find in domestic goods. Buying used at least weeds out some of the failed junk, but not enough.


NT

replying to Jethro_uk, maria wrote:
we have bought an electronic and key safe but the writing is so small we are
thinking of taking it back as we are having trouble working out how to lock it
and open it

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http://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy/...nd-848349-.htm

On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 09:29:09 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:

JCB Batteries - there is an odd one. And Panasonic Batteries.

Panasonic (Matsu****a) really do make their own batteries. Not only
that, but they are probably one of the best quality manufacturers
out there.

John

On Wednesday, 13 July 2016 12:58:58 UTC+1, wrote:
On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 09:29:09 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:

JCB Batteries - there is an odd one. And Panasonic Batteries.

They have to have batteries to power those diggers.

Panasonic (Matsu****a) really do make their own batteries. Not only
that, but they are probably one of the best quality manufacturers
out there.

Brand is mostly immaterial when it comes to (primary cell) batteries.


NT

In article ,
Huge wrote:
On 2016-07-13, wrote:
On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 09:29:09 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:

JCB Batteries - there is an odd one. And Panasonic Batteries.

Panasonic (Matsu****a) really do make their own batteries. Not only
that, but they are probably one of the best quality manufacturers
out there.

Of batteries, maybe. The Panasonic DVR we bought is a festering piece
of ****, such that I determined never, ever, to buy anything of theirs
ever again.

mibe and my tv are both excellent.

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from KT24 in Surrey, England

On 13/07/16 17:04, charles wrote:
In article ,
Huge wrote:
On 2016-07-13, wrote:
On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 09:29:09 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:

JCB Batteries - there is an odd one. And Panasonic Batteries.

Panasonic (Matsu****a) really do make their own batteries. Not only
that, but they are probably one of the best quality manufacturers
out there.

Of batteries, maybe. The Panasonic DVR we bought is a festering piece
of ****, such that I determined never, ever, to buy anything of theirs
ever again.

mibe and my tv are both excellent.

+1

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"maria" wrote in message
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replying to Jethro_uk, maria wrote:
we have bought an electronic and key safe but the writing is so small we
are
thinking of taking it back as we are having trouble working out how to
lock it
and open it
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Jethro's original posting on Homeownershub was in 2012, but Maria's posting
isn't shown there. Strange.
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"Huge" wrote in message
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On 2016-07-13, wrote:
On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 09:29:09 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:

JCB Batteries - there is an odd one. And Panasonic Batteries.

Panasonic (Matsu****a) really do make their own batteries. Not only
that, but they are probably one of the best quality manufacturers
out there.

Of batteries, maybe. The Panasonic DVR we bought is a festering piece
of ****, such that I determined never, ever, to buy anything of theirs
ever again.

My Panasonic cordless phones are fine. Main downside is that
there is no convenient one button way of switching to the other
call when a new call comes in when you are talking on the first
one. You can do that, but it isnt just one button to press to toggle
between the calls and I can never remember the key combination
required because it doesn’t need to be used very often at all.

t, such that I determined never, ever, to buy anything of theirs
ever again.



Gosh - their shares have slumped.

On Monday, 5 November 2012 16:32:43 UTC, Jethro_uk wrote:
noticed this is now B&Qs own brand of choice yesterday ...

Have you seen the reviews? https://www.diy.com/departments/dial...1059029_BQ.prd