How’s it holding up?

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    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.”

        • @[email protected]
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          71 year ago

          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.

          • subspaceinterferents
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            101 year ago

            You’re absolutely right. I was self-employed from '87 - '16. Gig work before they called it that. No regular commute!

    • Boris NotTooBadinov
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      That’s not just old enough to vote, that’s old enough to buy a beer! Makes me miss my 2000 prerunner

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    Sync Ultra for Reddit. So, yeah.

    Not the developers fault though.

  • @[email protected]
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    381 year ago

    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.

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        Safety razors are really not any harder to use. The real answer is cartridge razors are what are marketed, and they are what are marketed because they make more money.

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      71 year ago

      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 👌

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      I have no clue why razors with proprietary blades are so popular nowadays.

      Advertising.

      I bought a safety razor 15y ago along with a decent supply of Feather blades. I thought those would last me for a few years but I’m still working my way through them.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      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.

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          11 year ago

          I think Feather is definitely one of the best, from what I’ve heard; I’ve also heard…maybe it’s too friggin sharp. I do not know from personal experience!!

          I’ve been using Shark blades instead, they’re very available & super cheap. You can get 100 Shark DE razor blades for $10, 11 & free shipping.

          Do what you want, I do not care, it’s all so cheap & available imho we can’t really make a “wrong” choice. Feather, Shark, all good. 🤙🏻 Sometime soon I’ll get on that wet shaving sub & talk about good safety razors…I, too, have vintage Gillette (Fatboy Slim) & German brand Merkur. Hell might cross-post the Merkur into BIFL.

  • DominusOfMegadeus
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    My 30 year old Teva sandals are still going strong

    EDIT: Also my 25 year old DeWalt cordless drills. Original batteries and everything.

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      101 year ago

      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.

        • @[email protected]
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          I’m guessing that must be it. I’ve had to replace the velcro on mine but still going strong after almost 20 years

    • @[email protected]
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      91 year ago

      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.

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    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.

      • aubertlone
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        Yeah man, I’ve had both experiences with Jansport.

        Have one that lasted FOREVER, and several that lasted less than two years. Couldn’t tell you why the difference. They were all very similar models.

        Although, I bought a Swiss Gear backpack about 4 years ago for laptop/travel needs. Granted, there has been less wear on this backpack vs others I’ve had in my life. But this one has very little damage even after several trips. Very satisfied with this backpack.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      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.

  • @[email protected]
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    341 year ago

    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

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      91 year ago

      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

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      Ebook readers are so so good… One of my best purchases as well… I do recommend Kobo however, as to break Amazon’s monopoly. You can sideload books and even install a different OS/software. I use koreader, but there are others.

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    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.

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        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.

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      11 year ago

      I’m glad to read this, I’m on the same situation but sadly mine doesn’t snap that well anymore :/

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    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.

    • Davel23
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      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.

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          11 year ago

          Those look great, but I can’t seem to find any place that sells them in the US.

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      I’ve had a set of those circulating through the family for well over a decade. But, they don’t sound all that great.

      Fort the same budget, I’d recommend instead to buy a higher quality pair of bookshelf speakers that you would actually enjoy using fort the rest of your life.

      I also made a YSK post recently to explain how to objectively identify good speakers.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      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.

    • @[email protected]
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      101 year ago

      Some old guy with a metal detector had a good day after that. Maybe two depending on if they washed up as a pair

  • Quazatron
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    1997 Ford Fiesta 1.2.

    Still being driven by my offspring.

  • @[email protected]
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    211 year ago

    Until yesterday I would have said “my toaster”. But after about 25 years of service or so the heating element finally broke and there are no more spare parts around. So I guess it’s time to lay it to rest. It served me well.

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        No it’s better: it didn’t break for 25 years. But I would have tried to repair it if it broke earlier. I mean… if I really really really wanted I might be able to find the same model somewhere on ebay. But breaking another toaster to repair mine would be a little insane.

        Good news is that the vendor (Krups) vows to keep spare parts available for 15 years. So I will definitely get another toaster from them.

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      21 year ago

      Great product. I thoroughly enjoyed mine until it lost a pixel. Given how focused I need to be while reading, it was just too distracting, drawing my eye away from the text. I also changed jobs and living situations about the same time. These days, the lady and I listen to audiobooks together. Still, that Paperwhite is the best digital reader I’ve ever used.

    • dave@hal9000
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      I got my first one as a gift too. I am now on my 3rd one and haven’t paid for any, since I just complained when the hardware got bad and they just replaced it, even though I hadn’t bought it haha

    • ThenThreeMore
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      11 year ago

      I only replaced mine because I wanted a Kobo with physical buttons. Device was still working fine.

  • thelastknowngod
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    171 year ago

    I bought a pair if Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro headphones at least 15 years ago. I still use them all the time. Just change the ear pads and headband whenever they get gross and they’re just like new again.

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      Similar, I bought a pair of Bose earbuds 8 years ago. My dog gnawed on one of the earbuds when he was a puppy. 8 years later they still work and I still use em. Granted, only mobile device I have now with a headphone slot is my steam deck. Used to use them for my phone but they weirdly stopped making phones with headphone jacks.

      • thelastknowngod
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        I have a pair of SE215s that are basically the same… I’ve had them for years.

        I bought a Qudelix 5K and learned how to solder short replacement cables for them… I just clip it to my shirt or bag or whatever. Since its LDAC you really can’t tell the difference from using a wire either. It’s a great setup actually.

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      Wow I hope my AKG K7XX can last that long. Mine is going about 7-8 years now. Are the pads on the Beyer removable for cleaning?

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    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.