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Just had my steam machine hose blow out mid-facial last Thursday | Estheticians - Librear

Just had my steam machine hose blow out mid-facial last Thursday

I was doing a deep pore cleanse on a regular client when the main hose on my tabletop steamer split right at the connector. It sprayed hot water and steam all over my station, and I had to quickly shut it off and apologize. The machine is only about 8 months old, so I was pretty surprised. I ended up finishing the treatment with just warm towels, which worked okay but wasn't the same. I'm torn between ordering a whole new, more expensive unit or just trying to find a replacement hose part. Has anyone else had a steamer fail like this, and what brand did you switch to?

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3 Comments

dylan_anderson6mo ago

Honestly, that kind of thing feels like it's happening with everything now. Tbh it's not just steamers, it's like every appliance or tool is built to barely make it past the warranty. You invest in something for your work and it just falls apart on a random Thursday. Makes you wonder if buying the more expensive one is even worth it, or if they're all using the same cheap parts inside.

stone.sarah5mo ago

My 2017 Ninja coffee maker finally died last month and I took it apart to see what happened. The heating element was literally just glued to the metal plate with this cheap thermal paste that had turned to dust. Nothing wrong with how I treated it, the design itself was the weak point. I think people like mary722 give brands too much credit sometimes. A lot of these companies spend more on making things look premium than actually making them last. I'd rather have something ugly that works for a decade than something pretty that craps out after two years.

mary7226mo ago

Planned obsolescence is a lazy excuse. You probably just got a lemon or didn't maintain the unit properly. A good brand should last years if you take care of it and use filtered water.