This warning label may be hazardous...
Sometimes, you really have to wonder what people were thinking during the design process. A couple of days ago, my wife noticed the following label on her straightening iron:
This last bit is apparently important, as they put the label right on the back of the hot plate. My wife noticed it as it was curling up and starting to smoulder a little. Here's a thought: don't put the warning label about how hot the product gets near the aforementioned hot part. This isn't so much about usability as not causing people to burst into flames, a quality that I personally look for in all of my purchases.
· Monday, March 19What brand and model? Please do tell!
Dr. Pete
· Monday, March 19
It's a Conair. To be fair, the actual device is pretty well made, but the people in charge of label sticking could use a talking-to. It also didn't help that the label was transparent with black text on a medium-gray surface.
