i mean you still have to get them somehow, i doubt getting them shipped to you is going to be cheap and good luck getting the average person to figure out how any of this works in the first place
Hear me out, in a way that’s actually better, because you can modify the original models to make them better.
Like the guards on these razors have usually annoying flaws: they are too thick, which pushes a lot of hair down, and the bottom is too round and doesn’t lift the hair. You can take the model from Philips, remix it, and get exactly what you need.
And if the company is smart, it will enable sharing of improved models.
Not to mention, if you have the model you can print it even long after the product support has ended. No company will support a product they stopped making half a decade ago, but you’ll still be able to print parts the same way.
Paying for a 3D printing service or going to a local makerspace is probably still cheaper than whatever Philips would have charged for an injection molded equivilant.
Maybe they plan to. I’ve been wondering why companies don’t do this already.
While a product is actively manufactured, cranking out a few extra pieces is cheap and easy. However once it’s discontinued stocking or manufacturing parts is a cost with no profit potential. Wouldn’t the manufacturer save money, resources, warehouse space by releasing the deign and contract with a printing service to build on demand and shindig to the customer?
They probably already did offer spare parts on at least some products if you really wanted them, but shipping is pretty prohibitive on stuff like that.
Also, they take up space in super markets, if they wanna sell them there.
If they just wanna sell them on a webshop, they still have to package and send the parts which costs a lot of money aswell. I think this is the absolute best case, and I (might be biased because I own a 3d printer myself) think 95% of people knows someone who have a 3d printer, that would love to print something like this for other people
Not as good as them offering the repair parts themselves I feel like, but this is still super cool!
Edit: it sounds like they also offer some parts themselves! Thats honestly fantastic
As long as they’re offering the models for free, probably cheaper for the end users at least.
i mean you still have to get them somehow, i doubt getting them shipped to you is going to be cheap and good luck getting the average person to figure out how any of this works in the first place
Not only the models are free but they are released under a Creative Commons license!
Meaning that anyone can modify and redistribute them.
I wonder if Norelco is thinking they can get new designs for free by seeing what people do. May even influence handle designs.
It’s like having a design department that’s 100x larger.
I agree but also this future-proofs the replacements. Phillips could always stop selling ones they make.
Hear me out, in a way that’s actually better, because you can modify the original models to make them better.
Like the guards on these razors have usually annoying flaws: they are too thick, which pushes a lot of hair down, and the bottom is too round and doesn’t lift the hair. You can take the model from Philips, remix it, and get exactly what you need.
And if the company is smart, it will enable sharing of improved models.
Not to mention, if you have the model you can print it even long after the product support has ended. No company will support a product they stopped making half a decade ago, but you’ll still be able to print parts the same way.
It definitely has its upsides! It just also means you need to have access to a 3d printer or pay for a 3d printing service
Paying for a 3D printing service or going to a local makerspace is probably still cheaper than whatever Philips would have charged for an injection molded equivilant.
Maybe they plan to. I’ve been wondering why companies don’t do this already.
While a product is actively manufactured, cranking out a few extra pieces is cheap and easy. However once it’s discontinued stocking or manufacturing parts is a cost with no profit potential. Wouldn’t the manufacturer save money, resources, warehouse space by releasing the deign and contract with a printing service to build on demand and shindig to the customer?
Just share your own design on one of the 3D model sites, no license/open license. Just be sure to remove any Norelco data from the file.
They probably already did offer spare parts on at least some products if you really wanted them, but shipping is pretty prohibitive on stuff like that.
Also, they take up space in super markets, if they wanna sell them there. If they just wanna sell them on a webshop, they still have to package and send the parts which costs a lot of money aswell. I think this is the absolute best case, and I (might be biased because I own a 3d printer myself) think 95% of people knows someone who have a 3d printer, that would love to print something like this for other people
They sell guards through a 3rd party. They don’t advertise it well, so it took me some time to find them last time.