Pulled my old Easy-Bake oven out of storage last year for a nostalgic baking session and nearly burned down the kitchen. Those original lightbulb ovens get crazy hot, way hotter than the new ones with actual heating elements. My mom walked in and started screaming about childhood safety recalls from the 90s. I ended up just throwing the whole thing away because the wiring was all cracked and peeling. Its wild how they used to think hot lightbulbs were fine for kids toys to cook with. Your Lite-Brite story makes me wonder how many of us are sitting on fire hazards in our basements.

The MVWX655DW spider crack thing actually changed my mind after I saw one myself.

My friend Jenna used lens wipes on her Ray-Bans for about 8 months. Around month 9, she noticed tiny spots where the coating was flaking off near the edges. It wasn't super obvious at first but by the year mark she had a few cloudy patches that wouldn't wipe clean. She ended up having to get new lenses put in.

I used to totally disagree with this. I thought you had to grip the handle hard to have any control. Then I tried the pinch grip on a whim one day and it was like a lightbulb went off. My cuts got way more consistent and my hand didn't ache after chopping a bunch of veggies. I was wrong, it really does change everything.

Did you check the voltage rating before you plugged it in? I see a lot of those cheap imports labeled for 110v but they're really built for 220v and just burn out fast. My buddy runs a flooring crew and he went through three of those $35 irons in one winter before he figured out the wiring in his van was putting out 125v and the cheap transformers couldn't handle it. If you ran that thing on an extension cord in an old Des Moines house, the power could easily be a little high or low and cook the electronics. Might not be a dud, might be the tool wasn't built for your actual power.