Meguiar's G110?

[CharlesW]

With all the hype about the Flex and the controversy about the UDM, the new Meguiar's G110 seems to have been overlooked.
Is it available and being shipped?
Surely a few of them have been out long enough for some opinions to have been formed.
Any comments?

I do intend to check at MOL, but it's unlikely I will read very many negative comments about a Meg's product there. Not because MOL would censor them, but because most people don't bad mouth the forum sponsor or their products.
Although it does sometimes happen.

 

[CharlesW]

I do intend to check at MOL, but it's unlikely I will read very many negative comments about a Meg's product there. Not because MOL would censor them, but because most people don't bad mouth the forum sponsor or their products.
Although it does sometimes happen.

I did check at MOL and it does appear that the G110 has had some issues. Meguiar's will no doubt take care of them, but it still isn't a good sign.

Never having been involved with manufacturing, I have never understood how the product, (G110/UDM), can be in development for months, undergo testing, be approved and released, then quits working in short order. Not one, but many.
Makes me think the end manufacturer is shortcutting after they have the production contract in hand.
What the vendor approved must not be the product the manufacturer is delivering.

 

[Stephan]

IS the Meguiars just a UDM with the Meguiars name? Who makes the unit?

Also alot of companies release products that undoubtably fail shortly after or encounter problems...

I give you Microsoft and every new operating system release.

 

[CharlesW]

IS the Meguiars just a UDM with the Meguiars name? Who makes the unit?

Supposedly it is not. There seems to be quite a few similarities, though. Including the quality control.
I have no idea who makes it.

Also alot of companies release products that undoubtably fail shortly after or encounter problems...

I give you Microsoft and every new operating system release.

Absolutely, but the fact that many companies do it doesn't excuse it. At least not to me.
I'll stick by my original statement.
I have never understood how the product can be in development for months, undergo testing, be approved and released, then quits working in short order. Not one, but many.

 

[Stephan]

You're right Charles, I never understand it either...

I do Quality here at AT&T, not for the customer touched stuff but rather the equipment in our central offices, and we have to go over everything with a fine toothed comb...

 

[cwcad]

I am not in the market for the new G100 since I have the old PC and it has worked flawlessly since I purchased it. Has the PC 7424 stopped in production? Why do new products need to be introduced when and old product is still doing the job? When a new product is introduced doesn't it make sense that the product do something better than an old tried an true product? And having problems does not count as something new.

 

[CharlesW]

I am not in the market for the new G100 since I have the old PC and it has worked flawlessly since I purchased it. Has the PC 7424 stopped in production? Why do new products need to be introduced when and old product is still doing the job? When a new product is introduced doesn't it make sense that the product do something better than an old tried an true product? And having problems does not count as something new.

The G110 is supposed to be an upgraded version of the G100/PC7424.
Kind of like the UDM, but not quite the same. (?)
Different handle at least, but I have no idea as to the actual machine differences.

 

[9D4E420]

I am not in the market for the new G100 since I have the old PC and it has worked flawlessly since I purchased it. Has the PC 7424 stopped in production? Why do new products need to be introduced when and old product is still doing the job? When a new product is introduced doesn't it make sense that the product do something better than an old tried an true product? And having problems does not count as something new.

I think it might have to do with patents. If PC's patents have expired on the 7424 it makes the features of the machine available to anyone who wants to use them. That's just my guess.:hmmm:

 

[budman3]

I know that if I bought a machine and it stopped working and even if the CS handles it appropriately, I'd still be ticked. I mean a few break downs here and there are inevitable but many machines having the same problems isn't good. I have also heard from a few places online (can't believe everything though) that the G110 and UDM are made in different factories, in Asia. But I guess if we look at it one way, we should have known there would be issues -- the lifetime guaranty isn't applicable with the new G110 like it was on the G100 (tried and true Porter Cable). So either Meg's was losing money on the lifetime guaranty with G100 trade ins or they knew that they would lose money if they kept the lifetime going with the G110...