Can I cut this plug off and replace?

[leegsi]

Can I cut the plug it comes with off and replace with a UK plug?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tassimo-...936823&hash=item2cbff1c7a5:g:i3cAAOSwTm1d3Gl~

 

[JP_]

Buy a proper coffee machine.

Did you know, K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee pod system? The man who invented the K-Cup coffee pod almost 20 years ago says he regrets doing so and can't understand the popularity of the products that critics decry as an environmental catastrophe.

https://www.movingbeans.com/blogs/news/the-environmental-impact-of-coffee-capsules

 

[securespark]

Better to buy a converter plug.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invero®-Eu...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01N6QC1I5

 

[winston1]

Better to buy a converter plug.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invero®-Eu...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01N6QC1I5

Absolutely not. Why spend £5.99 on another failure point when a replacement plug is better at around 50p?

 

[securespark]

Did you know, K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee pod system? The man who invented the K-Cup coffee pod almost 20 years ago says he regrets doing so and can't understand the popularity of the products that critics decry as an environmental catastrophe.

Some countries do better than others at recycling, particularly stuff that is made of mixed materials. We are pretty shoite.

My council only accepts plastic bottles. Despite the fact that other shaped items are made of the same material, the council says that bottles are a better quality plastic so will not accept anything else.
Other neighbouring councils accept a wider range of plastics.

The vast majority of the contents of our black bin is plastic that is currently not accepted for recycling.

Even the tip is sniffy about accepting stuff. I took a mirror the other day that was all wood apart from a sheet of glass stuck on it, but they said it had to go in the non-recyclable skip as it was mixed materials.

Surely the vast majority of stuff that gets taken to the tip is MM? Bikes went in the metal skip, despite having plastic parts.

We need to find ways of recycling far more stuff than we currently do.

I think a deposit on containers is a brilliant way to get customers to return packaging. And if some discard the packaging, it encourages others to pick it up in order to claim the deposit.

 

[securespark]

Absolutely not. Why spend £5.99 on another failure point when a replacement plug is better at around 50p?

For those who are not practically-minded, it is a good solution. OK, so the Amazon product is not the cheapest, that was just an example I pulled up quickly. But I feel it is a quick and easy way to convert the fitted plug without resorting to tools.

As for a failure point, I have two appliances that use the converter plugs and they have been in use for many years with no issues.

 

[JP_]

Some countries do better than others at recycling, particularly stuff that is made of mixed materials. We are pretty shoite.

that may be so, but people made good coffee for many years before the k-cup invention. It is an unnecessary waste. But so is most plastic. We used to be able to buy drinks, meat, cakes and screws without needing plastic packaging ...

I am trying to reduce plastic waste. Sometimes very hard though when what you need only comes in plastic!

 

[JohnD]

Engineer Thomas Midgley also had a habit of inventing unfortunate things.

 

[bernardgreen]

Sainsburies and hand formed block of butter wrapped in paper ( that was used to light the fire ). No plastic involved.

 

[winston1]

For those who are not practically-minded, it is a good solution.

I think he is as his question was could he do it.

 

[securespark]

And my answer was geared towards anyone who may come here for advice, not just the OP.

 

[winston1]

Another problem with adapters is that people buy the cheapest that don’t incorporate earthing (though I realise that does not apply to the one you linked to).

 

[mattylad]

Just buy the UK tassimo, its not that much more.
Forget that version, the other cheaper one does exactly the same coffee.

Or yes - get one of these.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/diall-13a-fused-plug-white/5751h

 

[John D v2.0]

Can I cut the plug it comes with off and replace with a UK plug?

Yes and it will still work just the same as with an adapter

 

[Risteard]

It cannot legally be sold into your territory without a BS1363 plug (known as a plugtop to annoy @winston1/GeorgeCooke) fitted.