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I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]
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Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]
#112Pull out retractable closet rod. https://www.amazon.ca/Retractable-Adjustable-Wardrobe-Clothi... Mount under shelf. Use high quality hanger that doesn't damage or crease. No extra folding action. Put nice article of clothing in front and looks very nice. Turning storage 90 degrees for shallow storage solves more problems than folding clothes in half. Having seen tons of these in show rooms, I dare say it's a long sol…
Much goofier looking though.
Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]
#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
And then the copies of the Chinese copies from Amazon itself… It’s theft all the way down
But I'm sure she's patented it and amazon wouldn't want to get caught for intellectual property theft so will be diligent about policing sellers. They wouldn't want a bad reputation. And the customs office will destroy any imported product in violation of her patents.
Let me add some more sarcasm: destroying perfectly fine products because they "violate" some abstract concept is not insane at all. It's just what humans do.
Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]
#114And as soon as I saw it I thought what a good solution for getting the hangers inside of the neck opening without stretching the fabric, but the purpose of halving the required storage space is just genius.
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Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]
#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Of course not. I never made this claim. I’m aware you left yourself a bit of wriggle room versus the absolute claim. Doesn’t change how it sounds. > When China steals ideas You know how they say the execution matters, not just the idea? > and manufacturing from the US US companies bring the plan, but the Chinese factories have unparalleled skills in actually manufacturing the product into reality. Not sure how you…
>I’m aware you left yourself a bit of wriggle room versus the absolute claim. Doesn’t change how it sounds. No. What happened here is you interpreted it as a insult to your pride. That did not occur. What occurred was a statement of a fact. It was you're own pride and bias that changed how it sounded. >You know how they say the execution matters, not just the idea? So. What's your point? Everybody knows this. Why are…
> No. What happened here is you interpreted it as an insult to your pride.
You see, the thing is, I’m not even incidentally or partially Chinese. I just really despise the Western pride and xenophobic judgement people like you cast! I don’t know how you claim to be neutral, but I’m definitely not attempting to be neutral.
Anyways, I’m also gonna end my argument here. I see no value.
Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]
#117I want to make V1 of this myself, but actually the cost of the plywood and the metal hinge is probably more costly than this product. I hope they can get it into big stores.
Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]
#118Sadly, the design is most likely going to be copied, mass produced and available on Temu/Amazon/Alibaba within the next several weeks. Kick Starter is basically free R&D for Chinese manufacturers.
The entire US of A is free R&D for Chinese manufacturers. In fact the entirety of China is free R&D for itself as companies in China copy each other. China is the apex of the open source philosophy taken to the maximum extent.
Let's be real. 7 dollars (inc tax & shipping probably more) for a coat hanger? 0.5 dollars and i'm in, maybe. Cool idea, not for everyone, not life changing thing like a lot of people here are saying.
Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]
#119I used to like her videos, but found out that she takes other people's work and passes it off as her own. This video is a good example. Anyone reading the title and watching the video, it appears that she's done all of the work iterating on the prototypes. No one else is mentioned in doing any of the work.
Only in the comments does she post "If you have any technical questions, my co-inventor @stumcconnel will be here helping answer stuff!"
So not only did she not invent this by herself, she's referring to someone else for technical questions. This isn't the first time she's done this. It's just a pet peeve as someone who is technical and has gotten credit assigned to someone else. /soapbox
Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]
#120I came across the Kickstarter [1] for this as a Facebook ad and passed over it for all the reasons folks are citing below. Folding hanger? What's the use case? But watching the video, she's really put a lot of thought into this. The system with the paired rod is pretty slick. I love the notches for keeping the hangers spaced. This solves a problem not everyone has (not me, for instance--I have full-size closets), but…
The production quality of that video was super high.
No doubt that’s helping a lot.