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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1146826" data-attributes="member: 176704">Out of curiosity/"nostalgia" I'm having a look through this thread and noticed CH's comment as above and can comment as follows:The cheap  (less than a £100) models certainly do fail but the more expensive ones (I have two in different sizes) failed when the motor capacitors failed: I found replacement caps for about £10-£15 each and repaired both of them. "Awkward" repairs due to the need for very long allen keys and fiddly reassembly but they've both worked since doing that several years ago.  Not had any real leakage issues, but I tend not to leave them in a cold garage over Winter.</blockquote>