Reply to "Lionel ZW-L"

Rocky MountaineerOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by cbojanower:

From Lionel :

In order for the product to be ETL certified, Lionel was required to reduce the wattage to 620W. ...

Sadly, a lot of these organizations feel its their JOB to find something wrong with products... then "force" the designer to make appropriate adjustments so they could justify being involved in the process. Giving products a blanket stamp of approval too often would give the appearance they're not justifying their worth to the process. Frustrating, I'm sure.

For the heck of it, I just checked our hairdrier rating, and sure enough... a whopping 1875 watts! And it's UL listed, but I guess Conair gets the approval 'cause they're not marketing directly to "kids". But I can only imagine the number of households where young kids use hairdriers everyday. Silly that Lionel was required to reduce the new ZW's power output for the reason they stated.

2/17/1212:32 PM

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