How’s it holding up?
My 30 year old Teva sandals are still going strong
EDIT: Also my 25 year old DeWalt cordless drills. Original batteries and everything.
There’s a lot of DeWalt stuff that will outlive you if you treat them right. I’m especially a fan of their ladders. The perfect mix of durability and weight.
I finally replaced my Teva’s this year after they “only” lasted for 20 years. Choosing the color scheme for the straps on the new pair was surprisingly difficult, knowing that I’d be stuck with it for a few decades.
My 30 year old Teva sandals are still going strong
How?! The tread wears off mine in a matter of months, and eventually something tears.
1999 Toyota Tacoma. A dinky two-door job. Still running. It’s old enough to buy itself a drink. Has a shell on the back. I’m the kind of guy who runs the car until it runs no more or isn’t cost affordable. Get regular oil changes, general maintenance, nothing spectacular. A life utility vehicle. Little rusty around the edges, and definitely a car for an old dude who doesn’t have to impress the chicks. As a matter of fact, it tends to attract older guys, like me, who walk up and say “that is such a cool truck.”
Nice! How many miles?
Today: 203,067 miles. 85% of the distance to the moon. Destination, the Sea of Longevity.
That’s actually a bit light on mileage ain’t it? Us it your daily commuter? I calculate about 9k miles per year that you put on it, which is low compared to the us average of 14k. Regardless that’s great it’s lasted you a long time, and you haven’t needed to put a lot of mileage on it.
You’re absolutely right. I was self-employed from '87 - '16. Gig work before they called it that. No regular commute!
Nice! My '08 Mazda6 has 166k, I’m hoping to break the 200k barrier myself
That’s not just old enough to vote, that’s old enough to buy a beer! Makes me miss my 2000 prerunner
yeah it’s good, but you’ll make it to around 300k, maybe 350k and then the heads will crack
I bought a nice Jansport backpack in 5th-6th grade, and it’s still going strong in my 30s. It’s been through years of school, college, and a family member took it when they had to do a military tour in Iraq. Still going strong, not a single tear.
Jansport? I thought those were the cheap ones I’ve had to replace every year for my kids
Pretty much the same story for me. I’m creeping up on my 40s. Mine has lasted me through highschool and college. I still use it as my daypack on family vacations and to haul my DnD stuff.
Ingot of carbon steel. Owned by my dad, passed down to me. Seems pretty indestructible. Previously was a paperweight, currently is a doorstop.
Your great-great-grandchildren will forge it into a sword after the great collapse.
Lego. I’m 55 and still have (most of) the Lego I played with as a child. My kids played with it, grew out of it, but I never did, and the bricks that are more than half a century old work just fine with the brand new bricks that I bought last week.
My son now plays with my old Lego and I love it. Some of it still looks like new.
My sibling and I are both in our 40s and don’t have kids, so we finally gave our parents explicit permission to donate our old Lego to a local school. That stuff lasts forever as long as nobody bites on it.
Safety razor. Bought one for 30 EUR over a decade ago, and it’s showing no signs of wear. Razor blades are cheap too. I have no clue why razors with proprietary blades are so popular nowadays.
It’s not a secret. Disposable razors are simple to own and use
Inherited mine from my grandfather, so about 70 years old and still in great condition. Simplicity lasts! Spent E 17,50 to shave 5 years 👌
Same here, bought a luxury safety razor for €79 with 50 blades. Alas, it’s adjustable and that mechanic failed. Got a gilette version from the 60s and that’s stoll fully functional, but the new one (qshave) is heavier and nicer to use. Bought a 20 pack of 10pc feather blades with it as well, 14 packs left. (280 weeks of shaving)
The type of razor is working out greatly, I just need to find a way to repair the qshave unit.
Not sure how to link a Lemmy instance, but this link should hopefully work: https://sub.wetshaving.social/c/wetshaving
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !wetshaving@sub.wetshaving.social
Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speaker System. Bought it on sale for about $250 back in 2005, I’ve used it for hours almost every day since then and still absolutely love it. The only issue I’ve ever had is the back-light of the control module breaking but it’s just a minor annoyance, just need to shine a light on it at nighttime to see the screen.
I got a set of Z-5500s right around 2005 as well. Unfortunately mine started making super-loud popping noises at random a year or so back. So far I haven’t found anything to replace them, Logitech doesn’t make anything in their class any more either.
Maybe have a look at Teufel CONCEPT E 450 Digital, if they’re available in your country.
Those look great, but I can’t seem to find any place that sells them in the US.
I got the wireless 5450s. Had to replace the controller. Getting the replacements it was a guess between the sub and the controller. Which netted me backup of everything except the controller. Still works just fine and was used as primary surround sound until recently.
1997 Ford Fiesta 1.2.
Still being driven by my offspring.
Bought a lovesac sactional 15 years ago. Replaced the cushions and cushion covers once. Sides, bases and their covers are original. Best couch ever. Still looks futuristic. Lego Couch.
Nice. We have one for ~5 years now. What’s amazing is that it’s also so comfortable. My husband or I regularly fall asleep on it and we joke that it’s more comfortable than our bed. The only downside was the price (it was the most expensive thing in my entire house for a while).
Oh it’s the best! Plus now you can get 3 different firmnesses. When I got new cushions I opted for the middle one instead of the original and now firmest firmness, but they’re all super comfy.
It’s expensive AF, agreed. When I bought it originally it was a floor display. Imho its worth it though, as it’s an impressive looking couch with replaceable parts, and since some parts get wear and some parts don’t, modularity is really smart and appropriate for a couch.
As long as the company stays in business, I doubt I’ll ever buy another entire couch at once. Hell, rearrange it into a coffin when I’m gone.
Kindle Paperwhite Technically was gifted to me, but I got it at least 7 years ago and it still holds up amazingly. I have to charge it a little more often, once every 2 months instead of like 2 times a year, but prob the only electronic I have that I have yet to replace.
Oh and my Ti-84+ that Ive had since hs and still works amazingly
Yeah, Kindles are amazing like that - I only replaced my first one because the cellular network it used no longer exists so it couldn’t download
Stanley 1.4L Thermos.
Built like a tank, holds heat as well today as the first time I used it years ago.
Also, the Herman Miller Aeron chair. Bought one used for $250 a few years ago and use it every day and there has been no wear. That said, replacement parts are very easy to find online if something ever breaks.
I didn’t actually buy it, but I have a kitchen aid mixer that was a wedding gift to my parents, 6 or 8 years before I was born. I’m 36.
I also have some of my grandfather’s power tools that work fine despite being 40+ years old (tho I’m terrified every time I use them - the cords attach to the mechanicals with screws, and there are no failsafes - I don’t use them enough to spend hundreds on new ones)
All the stuff I “bought for life” myself has failed to live up to the hype. They really don’t make shit the way the used to.
I hear ya. The KitchenAid stand mixers are still tanks though. I have one that’s a couple years old. I abuse it a lot. It cares not.
Hobart KitchenAid mixers are tanks. Everything made after Hobart sold KitchenAid to Whirlpool is crap in comparison.
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I agree, I have a Whirlpool version and it’s still a tank. I think some of the criticism comes from the fact that the newer mixers use a plastic sacrificial gear, which is designed to fail before the motor. Other than that, they are virtually identical to the Hobart version (you can buy parts from KitchenAid/Whirlpool to repair/restore a Hobart mixer)
Wait, are you the 8-bit guy, from the 8-Bit Guy YouTube channel?
Ours trips it's breaker occasionally while mixing dough. It's kind of annoying, but not enough to replace it.
I have my grandma’s kitchen aide stand mixer that’s way older than I am and it’s still perfect.
A quality leather belt. Probably not for life, but already much much longer than any fake leather ones I had before.
That said, for tools I mostly go with the cheap stuff and so far most have lasted me well over a decade.
Bought my first leather belt at least a decade ago. Thing looks well loved but still works well
An American made walker mower. I don’t expect me or my son will ever need to buy another mower again.
Stanley hammer 30ish years ago - still going strong. (Actually I have numerous tools I’ve had for 30+ years)
Probably not for life but damn long for a tv - a Sony xbr lcd flatscreen 1080p 46” that’s 15+ years old and still going strong with daily use.
A pair of bogs boots, they seem indestructible.
A McDermott pool cue - about 35 years old
Cast iron pans
Orvis fly rod
I have a Columbia winter coat that’s 15 years old and used all the time. I actually hate how long it’s lasted, I want a new one but can’t justify it.
My house - it’s a good house that will certainly outlast me.
I think everything else will fail before I kick the bucket. There’s a few things that’ll last for a while - but not for life.
I still have the same TV I got as a kid in the late 80s! It works great except it has a line at the bottom of the screen but that goes away within about 5 minutes of powering it on. I hooked it up to a Roku and use it to watch old TV shows lol
Dang, that’s perfect .
Heres a picture of it! The picture is much better looking in person, the camera makes the screen look like that
This would be so cool to build into a mame cabinet
I’d love to do this. I watch Cheers, Seinfeld, and Frasier religiously as background noise.
It's super easy! I just got this HDMI to coax adapter on Amazon!