What product was so poorly designed that you suspect the team that made it, never used the product?

Toys that only have one volume: EXTREMELY LOUD!!!!

Whoever makes these does not have kids of their own.

I have an inkjet printer that prints misaligned (makes slightly wavy text).

I can’t fix it because when you run the alignment diagnostic stuff, either manual or automatic it prints a paper for you to scan so the printer can fix itself.

However the printer can’t read the paper it scans because it’s misaligned so it can’t get fixed.

Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen

I just bought a waterproof cargo bag for the roof of my car that was fairly expensive

The Velcro that keeps the zipper protected was just GLUED ON, not stitched

The very first time I opened the bag all the Velcro came off because the attraction to itself was stronger than the adhesive bond to the vinyl bag

It’s like there was absolutely zero product testing, but I’m sure it was 5 cents cheaper to make it glued rather than stitched. How could something like this have ever been allowed to leave the factory?

Those sliding shower doors with an overlapping section that is impossible to clean without taking the whole door off.

way too many carrying products (luggage, boxes, bags, laundry baskets) have put more emphasis on comfort/softness the top of the handle, rather than the underside, which is th side that is forced into your hand with the weight of whatever is in your box/bag/basket.

My kitchen trash can. It is one sold by Glad specifically for their bigger, extra strong 20 gallon trash bags. It is not particularly cheap.

It looks good, but the design of it is what you might expect if you told aliens what a trash can is and they designed one without ever seeing it. How it holds the bag basically causes you to lose 4 gallons of capacity and have to risk tearing the bag or spilling its contents every time you go to remove it. It also has a trash bag holder that is so narrow, you have to feed it trash bags one at a time, completely defeating the point. And if you try to compact the trash a bit, you’re almost guaranteed to tear the “tear resistant” bag.

Such a poor design.

Edit: For everyone who keeps commenting about how I should recycle and compost… I do. That has nothing to do with my trashcan…

Software drivers for basically any HP printer made in the last three decades

All of the «tear here» markings on coffee packs, juice cartons, etc., mark the strongest/most tear resistant part of the package.

My new iron. Has a restart if you tip it over after it’s timed out. So if you accidentally leave it plugged it and it gets knocked over by accident (pet or child bumps the board, wind knocks something over knocking the iron over) it starts up while face down.

The Bluetooth app connectivity for my washing machine (Didn’t really want that feature, but it was a last minute substitution).

If the wash cycle takes longer than the initial estimate the start time changes rather than the time remaining estimate.

I just don’t bother with the app.

All iterations of Skype after Microsoft bought it.

The perforated corner of a Kraft Mac & cheese box

I’ll add a comment as someone said something that made me think.

Streaming services search engines? You can literally have 10k to 50k things to watch, but there is absolutely no way to do an in depth search.

Doesn’t have to be through a mobile app, maybe an online connection through a web site. But if I want to find a show that was running in the late 90s and I know it was science fiction, why can’t I do that?

So much content I might want to watch but can’t find it.

The trunk wont open on some Chevrolet cars if the battery is dead. There is no key hole, or physical release cable.

The battery is in the trunk.

You can jump it from contacts under the hood, sure, but that’s such an odd design choice to me.

The damn Outlook search function

Any stove or car with touch screens instead of knobs and buttons.

My refrigerator has a water filter that cannot be changed without turning off the supply… Which is behind the refrigerator. So you have to pull the multi hundred pound fridge (with all the food and such) out to turn the water off before you can change the water filter.. The old Maytag it replaced had no such requirement.

My mom’s had three wheelchairs.

They all suck. The brake lever mechanism invariably interferes with the footrests. On her current one, the brake lever mechanism is curved, so it’s pretty good. I think it could still be better.

I’m surprised they’re not better. I definitely feel like given my experience I could design a much better wheelchair than anything on the market under $1,000.00.

Womens underwear.

The part that is supposed to get dirty is never far enough forward to catch what its supposed to catch.

Baby wipes.

Hey, you know when a good time to struggle with opening a package that says it has perforations but really doesn’t?

You want one? Here’s a chunk of 20.

You want a bunch? Here’s a tiny ripped corner.

You have 10 left on a trip and need to conserve? Too bad mother fucker, here’s the rest of the pack. Get your tired ass to CVS.