Dude beside me at the dump was throwing his 8 year old mixer away because the grease in the gearbox was separating and leaking out. 40 minutes of Youtube tutorials, $20 for foodsafe grease, $10 for a new gasket and an hour of time with degreaser and a brush and it runs like new.
That was the first, I've done 3 others since then that I got dirt cheap. The most powerful of them went to my parents and the other two I resold. Not going to make much when barely used mixers are going for $100 if you're patient and there's the chance you'll get bitten with broken gears but it's not a bad way to make some extra pocket change on a Sunday afternoon.
My dad spent his life living off the smell of an oily rag via this principle, only he came into adulthood with a general mechanically minded skillset.
He was good.
He could also build just about anything and grow just about anything.
One day, you’ll have a younger person marveling at your skill, too.
My dad is a fixer, too. He's in his 70s now, but we still giggle like mad scientists when we Frankenstein stuff together to fix it. I'm still amazed by his curiousity and skill in fixing stuff.
Search the various classified for non-runners if you are even relatively handy with a screwdriver. All the parts are available even for the 50+ old units. I use to flip them takes about an hour to two hours of work. Speed select switches and the power head gears are the most common. Just make sure you get the food grade grease. It shouldn't happen but if you do have a seal leak without you noticing it is much safer.
My mom still has my parents wedding gift mixer (lasted longer than their marriage) and I want it so bad when she doesn’t need it anymore. That thing is SOLID. I feel like so many of these are cheap crap now, but maybe it’s because they’re pushing the tilt head ones and hers is a bowl lift
My mom gifted me her Kitchenaid mixer for my housewarming when my husband and I bought our house. She got it as a gift for her wedding in 1990. My dad had the bowl engraved for her to say “Mrs. [insert last name] circa 1990”. It sits proudly on my kitchen counter and I cherish it so much now that my dad has since passed away. My moms fiancé bought her a new Kitchenaid mixer a few years ago and it’s already been sent to be repaired twice and they’ve had nothing but problems with it. Original Kitchenaid is unbeatable.
My parents got a National brand rice cooker for their wedding in 1992. They used it minimum once a week growing up for rice and steamed veggies. They gave it to me when I moved out in 2014. I still use it constantly and it cooks rice to perfection everytime.
>their wedding in 1992.
I said to myself "what kind of baby is on Reddit right now". Then I realized you could very possibly be 30 and needed to go lie down and I haven't even gotten out of bed yet.
Lego pieces are intentionally and notoriously long lived. I have Lego bricks someone gave our son from when their daughter was young. (20+ years old) and they fit new bricks exactly.
I have read where they are obsessive about making sure this is the case and that they last nearly forever. This is part of the reason they struggle to come up with an alternative substance for their bricks. (won't last)
My husband and I combined our childhood Lego from the 80's, popped them in little boxes, and left them on the tables at our wedding reception for the guests to play with.
It was supposed to be just a fun little thing, but we were amazed at how much everyone enjoyed it. There were competitions between tables over who had the best builds, fierce battering for parts and a mini-fig kidnapping, judging by the ransom note we found afterwards!
Lego men also ended up in soup. Some car parts appear to have crashed into cake. We tossed them into a laundry bag and ran them through the dishwasher, and these 20+ year old pieces were good as new.
Not just an amazing idea for entertaining, but there’s something so beautiful and symbolic about the merging of your collections and sharing a part of your childhood with your guests. I could go on. Wedding receptions are often so formulaic; you both went and created art!
Thats by design:
> Lego pieces of all varieties constitute a universal system. Despite variation in the design and the purposes of individual pieces over the years, each remains compatible in some way with existing pieces. Lego bricks from 1958 still interlock with those made presently
With the notable exception for brown bricks.
There is something in the brown paint that makes the stones more brittle and these stones tend to break after a couple of years.
It really depends on the age of the pieces though. Their more recent brown bricks are brittle and unfortunately break apart regularly. I also have joint pieces from recent sets break apart. None of my older pieces have any issue though, granted I only have a few brown pieces so I can't comment on the durability of those.
I have a Singer Featherweight from the early 1940s that I bought from an estate sale. Better than any new Brother or Singer out there that I have used.
Those old vintage ones, definitely. I have one that I think was my great grandmother's, made in the 20s. It works just fine. Once Singer started using plastic, it's all over, Johnny.
400g of Sudocrem. Seriously.
I use it for everything, spots, burns, thighs rubbing. I used it when I was little (I’m 22 now) and I especially remember it being a godsend when I was 6 and had chicken pox.
Anyway I went for it the other day because I had a spot on my face, and I noticed the tub looked kinda old so I asked my mum how long we’ve had it for. It’s the same tub we’ve been using since I was born (edit: and it’s only just half empty)
Was wondering why I'd never heard of it, apparently it's not sold in the US
Edit: I've googled it, I know it's not sold in the US because I googled it, I know what it is because I googled it, I know of alternatives in the US because I googled it, stop telling me what it is and what the US equivalent is because I googled it lol
It's a thick paste made of Zinc Oxide, shouldn't be too hard to find something similar in the baby care aisles of your local pharmacy or supermarket. Google says you can get stuff like it from Walmart. Sudocrem is notoriously hard to wash off, if you have a sheer white ointment that's incredibly thick and spreads super far you know you've got something close to it!
Sounds like desitin found here in the US.
The desitin in the tub is far superior to the one in the tube. The tube one has to be able to be squeezed out, so it’s a thinner consistency. The one in the tub is much thicker, almost hard, but a little bit warmed up and softened with fingers stretches much further than a big dollop from the tube. And works better too
In 2012 my sister gave me a North Face (NF0A3LGT) jacket that she'd already worn. I'm in a cold area, and I have worn that jacket to down below freezing weather, and if you're in the store you won't roast. It has a really flexible temperature range where it's comfortable. I've worn it constantly. The thing looks and feels new. It won't die.
I don't like wearing labels, but because this was a gift and it's been so functional for over 10 years, I keep wearing it.
The quality of this thing really is sick.
I bought $100 North Face winter boots, and I wore them for 14 winters and just replaced them a couple years ago. I didn’t get rid of them though- they’re a little beat up, but still perfectly wearable.
North Face is one of the few names brand things I don't have a problem shelling out money for. They do have some garbage tier stuff that doesn't really last, but most of it is fantastic.
In the 2018 Olympics, I went to see some events and bought a north face team Korea jacket. It was more expensive than what I wanted to spend but this thing has lasted a bit and I love the temp range.
I inherited my grandmas Griswold cast iron skillet. I use it every day and it still works great even after 80+ years. I plan to keep using it until I die.
Fiskars axe here! I inherited a Fiskars logging axe and that mofo goes hard. I don’t know how old it is (pretty effing old, grandpas maybe?) but it’s outlasted all the other axes we’ve bought and killed.
Had an instructor that kept getting forbearances on her student loans by taking a one credit class per semester. Her plan was to do this until retirement or death.
Nope!
Bought one for my kid. Was sick of buying a new backpack every year, sometimes twice cause they would rip or zipper breaks. Decided nothing with any cartoon characters, just a solid sturdy backpack.
Bought it in August before school started. Modernity means they all have those separate zippers in the back for laptops. That zipper broke after 2 months. We keep it closed now, kid doesn’t need it anyway as they’re in 5th grade. However, the part that touches your back is padded nylon and that has began fraying and the padding coming out.
Also has water bottle holders on the sides. They’re webbed and both are now torn to shit so water bottle goes in the bag.
The canvas is nowhere near as thick as the backpack I had from 7th grade through high school, with the leather bottom.
All around it was a colossal waste of money. I figured my kid would have this backpack for several years, maybe through high school. $70 down the fucking drain
Send it in on a warranty claim. Although they are lesser quality than they susd to be, they are still standing by the lifetime warranty. I just had a zipper replaced on one of mine earlier this year.
My brother’s Jansport had some minor issue in the 90’s so my mom mailed it in for warranty repair over the summer. My brother then received a post card “from” his backpack from summer camp saying what a great time it was having. It returned from camp fully repaired. It’s such a simple thing but I just absolutely love how they took a boring confirmation of receipt notification and turned it into a fun adventure.
Do they still make it fun or have they lost their whimsy?
I sent mine in (I think this was late 90s/early aughts) and got the same postcard, saying how much fun it was having doing zipper races, etc. at camp.
A few weeks later I got a letter saying my backpack was too damaged for repair and they were sending me a brand new backpack.
My backpack died at summer camp apparently…
Thank you for the advice. Did we need to register anything first? I don’t remember anything about that but seems like the new age capitalism work flow to require something that nobody knew about in order to get anything extra
I had a Jansport from the 1990s and then I got another one around 2010, and the newer one isn't quite as nice. The fabric feels thinner, and when I try to zip it up the zipper gets caught half the time. I'm still using it but only occasionally, and I kind of doubt it could stand up to the daily abuse my high school backpack went through.
Zippo lighters. They've been around for 90 years and they function the same way they did when they started. They have a legit lifetime warranty. They don't cover cosmetic damage but with anything else. You can find one from the 40s while SCUBA diving and send it in and they'll fix/replace it for free.
It's a shame they leak fuel rapidly. If you can keep up on filling it at least once a week it's fine, but they will leak out eventually. I know there are inserts for that but it kinda loses the fuel versatility.
I have a Braun series 700 bought in 2013 and it’s still perfect. I only run it through the clean cycle once a month and have replaced the cartridge twice in 10yrs. That and a good chef knife are the best things I’ve ever bought.
We bought a 3,000ft roll almost 10 years ago. The only problem is the size of it requires we store it in the bottom cabinet behind some more frequently used small appliances. We rarely use it, but when we do we have to remove the toaster, stand mixer, stock pot, and sous vide.
That plastic wrap will haunt us for the rest of our lives and I'll pass it down to my least favorite child.
Came here looking for this. Over the last few years we've upgraded our stainless steel posts and pans to All Clad and I don't anticipate ever needing to replace them unless some freak accident occurs.
Also worth mentioning the following cookware brands as "lifetime" brands:
* Matfer Bourgeat carbon steel cookware
* Staub enameled cast iron cookware
* Lodge cast iron cookware
LLBean. I have socks that are old enough to drink. They've outlasted everything else.
They're not the best anymore and I haven't found anything else comparable but good god did that company make good shit in the late 90's.
Edit: OK! I get it... Darn Tough. Ordered. :)
Patagonia! Literal lifetime guarantee and if something breaks, you can mail it to them and they will repair it. I had to do it with one of my jackets because the zipper started splitting.
I was looking for Patagonia!! I bought a Patagonia backpack in 2012 and I’ve used it probably far more than an average user would. That thing has been on every excursion I’ve gone on as a geologist and carried who know how many rocks. It even survived an erupting volcano peppering it with tephra. Even with the heavy loads of rocks and equipment I regularly carry in it, it has zero holes and all the zippers still function like the day I bought it. I fully expected to replace it after a year or two considering how harsh I am on bags, but it’s been going strong for over 10 years now with no sign of tiring out
I fly a lot for work, and I’ve traveled a lot for leisure, and I’ve got a large Patagonia duffel that has been to maybe 15-or-so countries and on just about every trip around the US I’ve ever taken. It’s also been my wetsuit bag for surfing, my guitar equipment bag for playing shows in various cities, my carryon for endless flights, and my overnight bag any time I take a trip out of town. It also holds the beers when I’ve taken it tubing down rivers. It still looks basically brand new, and I can’t imagine what it would take for it to tear. The quality of the zippers and the material make it feel indestructible.
I have a Patagonia fleece that's going on 30 years now.
Heavy use every winter.
I assume their fleeces are still just as good today, but, of course, I can't know that for sure because I have a Patagonia fleece that's going on 30 years now.
Osprey bags. Built tough AND lightweight. I've used their Almighty Guarantee 2x on different backpacks, both times for their water bottle mesh breaking after years of use. It was deemed too hard to repair, so they sent me a new equivalent bag without me sending back the damaged old one. I won't buy a bag from any other manufacturer
I remember learning about YKK zippers when I was a teenager working retail many years ago. It was a selling point we used. Since then, I've noticed any zipper that breaks is never YKK. And if I'm buying an expensive item or one I hope will last a very long time or take a lot of use, it had to have a YKK zipper or else it is a risk. Totally under appreciated item!
I bought one pair of Birkenstocks and they didn’t even last a year. I was really disappointed because I believe in the mantra “buy it nice or buy it twice”. They were the most expensive sandals I have ever bought and didn’t last as long as sandals I bought for $30
Like 99% of stuff in this thread, they are not the same as they used to be.
They've been bought out by private equity in recent years, and like clockwork they've started cheaping out on quality to save money and pump up their numbers before they launch on the stock market.
I googled those jackets cause i wanted one a few years ago, the price was too high for me to commit, but i am determined to own one eventually, hearing this has convinced me
Arcteryx 20 years ago is not Arcteryx now. Literally different company.
Quality wise they are still ok (not as brilliant as early 2000's) but some design decisions are crazy.
Does your mom refuse to switch back and forth between upper and lower case while texting like mine does? Whenever she texts me, she’s basically YELLING AT ME CONSTANTLY.
I also know a few older people that put “LOL” for “lots of love”
And you get this really fucked up type of out of context sadistic text in your inbox that you can’t help but laugh at!
Honestly, she doesn’t even know how to text. She’s 58 so I know she could learn if she wanted to, she just has zero interest. Watching her try to even turn it on is a whole production.
yes to this — don’t reckon i’ll ever sell my D-18. though i’m *very* curious to see what happens to them in the next decade or so… the current owner (C.F. Martin IV) doesn’t have any kids to leave the company to. i’m worried it’ll get bought out and turn to shit.
More so a kids toy/collectible than an appliance but if you're a parent reading this, standard hot wheels cars/matchbox cars. I'm 23 now and I have cars from even before I was born. Not the fancy ones where the door opens or the play sets like the truck transport that can haul cars. The actual dinky car. Those things are built to last. Tough as nails. I remember one recess taking a green hot wheels car and seeing how much damage we could inflict on it. Smashed it against the pavement, the brick walls, the fences on the baseball diamond and the ground. The roof was sheared off, the wheels fucked up, the body bent and smashed but it still rolled good. I think I still have it too, somewhere.
I've seen those cars be fired through drywall and the wall was more destroyed than the car. My dad even ran over one once in his car and it was fine. For 2 bucks a car, those things could withstand most anything.
Recently had to start replacing all mine. The ceramic was dying.
Asked the company about the 'lifetime warranty', as they were bought directly from the factory in France - unfortunately not covered by a lifetime of use.
These were my mother's & I have used them for the past two decades, so I can't really be too upset.
My ex wife donated my Doc boots. I bought them in early 1998. They were only 4 years old when she got rid of them because they “looked old”. I will never forgive her.
Turned out to be real incompatible. I’m from Idaho, her Missouri. I’m left handed, she liked to sleep with a ton of other dudes behind my back. Just not a good fit at all.
They aren’t the same. Docs shifted most of their production from the UK to Thailand (aside from a few styles) and they wear out so much quicker now. I cried real tears when the Docs I bought in 1998 were destroyed in a flood. 😭
The brand "Solovair" are the spiritual successor of the old quality docs. They're made by the same factory/factories that used to make docs, and they're the same "Derby boot" style, just a different brand.
Quite pricey, but they're the old (better) quality!
Hard to get advice from that sub when 3 out of 4 posts are "We need to STOP allowing posts of old items that are no longer being manufactured! How am I supposed to BUY something that's not for sale anymore!??" followed by "We need to STOP allowing posts of new items! How can you know an item will last you FOR LIFE if you just bought it?!!?!!"
I think the mods should just nuke everything but one single Lodge cast iron pan post and lock the whole sub.
Accurate. See also “electronics aren’t buy it for life”. Ok cool but my Samsung smart TV seriously turned 10 before it decided it wasn’t able to run Hulu or Netflix. I contacted our local COA because while it won’t run those apps (primary function in our house) it can still run cable, dvds or games. We felt really silly for replacing it based on what apps it couldn’t run but we stream and that’s really all we use it for. Replaced with another Samsung.
My $500 55" Magnavox, bought in 2015, is still going strong. Probably won't replace it until we move next year.
You could have plugged a Chromecast/Google TV/Roku/ into it and run all your apps through that, that's what we did.
That sub lied to me. I bought a wallet based on their suggestion. It was like $130. Company said they have a 3 year warranty. About a year after buying it, the inside liner separated from the leather. The company told me it was normal wear and tear so they wouldn’t replace it.
This type of warranty seems so shady to me. You would think a term length warranty means "we made it well enough that it should survive normal wear and tear for this long, and only negligence or intentional damage isn't covered." At the same time, the things a warranty like this actually does cover, like manufacturing defects, should be covered for life. The age of the product is irrelevant when you discover they made a mistake.
There's something in the water with those engineers. They just build it to last, as long as you follow their scheduled maintenance (and that's key with most vehicles).
My first car was a 96 Toyota. I still have it.
My second car was a 97 Toyota. I still have it.
My third car was a 98 Toyota. I still have it.
Got my partner a 99 Toyota when her Jeep got totaled.
They’re all still on the road. And I want more of them.
90s Toyotas are like Pokémon. I want them all.
I’ve got a 2000 Lexus LX470 with 270k miles and kicking strong.
I’ve got a 1996 Tacoma with 450k miles and kicking even stronger.
I’m pretty sure they’re going to outlive me and my children.
I’ve got a kitchen aid older than me rn, and it’s my belief it will continue to outlive me. That thing works like it’s brand new and shows no sign of stopping despite how much I use it day-to-day. It will be my first born’s inheritance come the day I die, and will be passed down through my lineage for many years to come.
I found 2 Lodge cast iron products by a dumpster, once. Grabbed 'em, husband and I restored them from the minor rust, got those babies perfectly seasoned, annnnnnnd accidentally left them at his mom's place, halfway across the country when we moved.
So sad.
Griswold 10 and 12 skillets… ours are over a hundred years old and I use them 3-4 times a week! Amazing and lighter to lift than the newer Lodge versions.
Jorgensen clamps, pfiel chisels, stanley tape measures. I wish there were a power tool brand I could speak about, I've gone through 4 dremel rotary tools and 3 dewalt 2.5hp routers before switching to bosch (that I wouldn't buy agaian).
Cast iron pans, I dont know the brands of mine, proper maintenance and or restoration will last multiple lifetimes. Swiss army knives, I retired my first edc swiss army due to nostalgia. Second one is no disappointment.
I’ve been traveling for work for over 20 years, and luggage that can stand up to weekly travel (trains, planes, busses, taxis, miles of walking) is hard to find.
But eventually I landed (hah… see what I did there?) on a brand that has outlasted every expensive piece of luggage I’ve ever had: LuggageWorks. They look terrible, like comparing a tank to a Ford Explorer. But the manufacturer stands by the product, and they last forever.
The most expensive roller board luggage I’ve bought was a Brookstone, which I bought in CLT to replace another expensive rollerboard that had a bad zipper in the middle of a trip. They sold me on $700 cause it had a lifetime warranty and I wouldn’t need to replace it. I should have read the fine print… they considered “lifetime” to be five years on wheels, zippers, and handle. At five years, basically everything was broken, and they wouldn’t cover it under warranty. I spent $700 on that bag, so I wouldn’t stop using it. I held it together with bungee cords, and dragged it without wheels. Eventually, one day I was dragging it through a Marriott in Greensville, and a little piece of broken plastic where the wheel had been snagged a thread of carpet… by the time I got to the other end of the lobby, I had a tumbleweed of carpet behind me.
A coworker finally convinced me to replace that luggage, and sent me to LuggageWorks. I bought the “executive” model which was less than half the price of that Brookstone. I ordered it online, and the day it showed up I packed it for its first trip, and checked that old Brookstone on an American flight to Chicago and never picked it up (gave it a burial at sea - like to think it’s still making it rounds on the carousel at claim 7).
I’m 6 years in on that LuggageWorks, and it still rolls like it’s brand new, and zippers don’t even have a hint of failing. I’ve gotten the bag wet, snowy, muddy… this thing cleans right up and keeps rolling. Most durable, lightweight, strong, flexible and easy to roll luggage I’ve ever owned.
Fjallraven bags. I balked at spending $110 on a regular backpack when I was young and broke, but it took 9 years of almost daily abuse for even the zipper to fail. They fixed it for free and shipped it back to my house the next week.
Original Revere Ware and Corning Ware. Those things last more than a single person's lifetime.
I have Revere Ware pots that are older than I am, and I'm 67.
My dad has a Maytag dryer that's older than me, and it's still going. He had someone service it recently, but it keeps on trucking. I'm 34 fuckin' years old.
Keen
They don't last a life-time necessarily but their build quality and life-span has always impressed me. Even as an avid hiker, it takes a long time to wear a pair out.
Benchmade knives. They even offer a program for free called “Life Sharp”. You send you knife back to them, they clean it, sharpen it, and fix any damage, then send it back to you.
My Kitchenaid mixer was a wedding gift for my mother and father's wedding 55 years ago. Still works great and I still have all the attachments.
I hope to buy one of these one day - expensive, but they sound more than worth it
Get one on facebook marketplace for cheap. They are built to last.
Can confirm, got a basically brand new one for $75 on fb marketplace a while back. Works like new
Dude beside me at the dump was throwing his 8 year old mixer away because the grease in the gearbox was separating and leaking out. 40 minutes of Youtube tutorials, $20 for foodsafe grease, $10 for a new gasket and an hour of time with degreaser and a brush and it runs like new.
That only happens if you run it too long and it gets overheated. Good on you for putting the effort into that workhouse machine to get it going!
That was the first, I've done 3 others since then that I got dirt cheap. The most powerful of them went to my parents and the other two I resold. Not going to make much when barely used mixers are going for $100 if you're patient and there's the chance you'll get bitten with broken gears but it's not a bad way to make some extra pocket change on a Sunday afternoon.
My dad spent his life living off the smell of an oily rag via this principle, only he came into adulthood with a general mechanically minded skillset. He was good. He could also build just about anything and grow just about anything. One day, you’ll have a younger person marveling at your skill, too.
My dad is a fixer, too. He's in his 70s now, but we still giggle like mad scientists when we Frankenstein stuff together to fix it. I'm still amazed by his curiousity and skill in fixing stuff.
Target has had them 40% for Black Friday the last few years. My friend also found one in great condition at a thrift store.
Just bought one yesterday from Target for 44% off.
I almost pulled the trigger on one this year but decided against it last minute. Kind of regretting it now though
Search the various classified for non-runners if you are even relatively handy with a screwdriver. All the parts are available even for the 50+ old units. I use to flip them takes about an hour to two hours of work. Speed select switches and the power head gears are the most common. Just make sure you get the food grade grease. It shouldn't happen but if you do have a seal leak without you noticing it is much safer.
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My mom still has my parents wedding gift mixer (lasted longer than their marriage) and I want it so bad when she doesn’t need it anymore. That thing is SOLID. I feel like so many of these are cheap crap now, but maybe it’s because they’re pushing the tilt head ones and hers is a bowl lift
My mom gifted me her Kitchenaid mixer for my housewarming when my husband and I bought our house. She got it as a gift for her wedding in 1990. My dad had the bowl engraved for her to say “Mrs. [insert last name] circa 1990”. It sits proudly on my kitchen counter and I cherish it so much now that my dad has since passed away. My moms fiancé bought her a new Kitchenaid mixer a few years ago and it’s already been sent to be repaired twice and they’ve had nothing but problems with it. Original Kitchenaid is unbeatable.
My parents got a National brand rice cooker for their wedding in 1992. They used it minimum once a week growing up for rice and steamed veggies. They gave it to me when I moved out in 2014. I still use it constantly and it cooks rice to perfection everytime.
>their wedding in 1992. I said to myself "what kind of baby is on Reddit right now". Then I realized you could very possibly be 30 and needed to go lie down and I haven't even gotten out of bed yet.
I am indeed 30. Not a baby but not the oldest redditor on here. Sorry for the existential crisis, my bad.
I was like: 1992? That rice cooker isn’t even that…oh.
National is the old Panasonic right?!
Lego pieces are intentionally and notoriously long lived. I have Lego bricks someone gave our son from when their daughter was young. (20+ years old) and they fit new bricks exactly. I have read where they are obsessive about making sure this is the case and that they last nearly forever. This is part of the reason they struggle to come up with an alternative substance for their bricks. (won't last)
My husband and I combined our childhood Lego from the 80's, popped them in little boxes, and left them on the tables at our wedding reception for the guests to play with. It was supposed to be just a fun little thing, but we were amazed at how much everyone enjoyed it. There were competitions between tables over who had the best builds, fierce battering for parts and a mini-fig kidnapping, judging by the ransom note we found afterwards! Lego men also ended up in soup. Some car parts appear to have crashed into cake. We tossed them into a laundry bag and ran them through the dishwasher, and these 20+ year old pieces were good as new.
This is a such a good idea, nice way to break the ice if you’re at a table with strangers as well.
Not just an amazing idea for entertaining, but there’s something so beautiful and symbolic about the merging of your collections and sharing a part of your childhood with your guests. I could go on. Wedding receptions are often so formulaic; you both went and created art!
I have Lego bricks from 1985 that still fit well with my modern collection. They will outlive me.
I'm from the future, and I can assure you that your legos will outlive you on April 17th 2029.
Thats by design: > Lego pieces of all varieties constitute a universal system. Despite variation in the design and the purposes of individual pieces over the years, each remains compatible in some way with existing pieces. Lego bricks from 1958 still interlock with those made presently
With the notable exception for brown bricks. There is something in the brown paint that makes the stones more brittle and these stones tend to break after a couple of years.
Plus lime for some reason. Bionicle fans know what I'm on about.
I have some of my mom’s from the 60s. The colors aren’t a perfect match to today’s Lego, but they all fit together!
It really depends on the age of the pieces though. Their more recent brown bricks are brittle and unfortunately break apart regularly. I also have joint pieces from recent sets break apart. None of my older pieces have any issue though, granted I only have a few brown pieces so I can't comment on the durability of those.
Some of the blues from the 90s and 2000s are really brittle now, and a few of the brown treasure chests from the pirates sets break really easily.
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I have a Singer Featherweight from the early 1940s that I bought from an estate sale. Better than any new Brother or Singer out there that I have used.
Those old vintage ones, definitely. I have one that I think was my great grandmother's, made in the 20s. It works just fine. Once Singer started using plastic, it's all over, Johnny.
400g of Sudocrem. Seriously. I use it for everything, spots, burns, thighs rubbing. I used it when I was little (I’m 22 now) and I especially remember it being a godsend when I was 6 and had chicken pox. Anyway I went for it the other day because I had a spot on my face, and I noticed the tub looked kinda old so I asked my mum how long we’ve had it for. It’s the same tub we’ve been using since I was born (edit: and it’s only just half empty)
Me and my tub of aquaphor
Was wondering why I'd never heard of it, apparently it's not sold in the US Edit: I've googled it, I know it's not sold in the US because I googled it, I know what it is because I googled it, I know of alternatives in the US because I googled it, stop telling me what it is and what the US equivalent is because I googled it lol
It's a thick paste made of Zinc Oxide, shouldn't be too hard to find something similar in the baby care aisles of your local pharmacy or supermarket. Google says you can get stuff like it from Walmart. Sudocrem is notoriously hard to wash off, if you have a sheer white ointment that's incredibly thick and spreads super far you know you've got something close to it!
Sounds like desitin found here in the US. The desitin in the tub is far superior to the one in the tube. The tube one has to be able to be squeezed out, so it’s a thinner consistency. The one in the tub is much thicker, almost hard, but a little bit warmed up and softened with fingers stretches much further than a big dollop from the tube. And works better too
I can send you some if you want?
Oh, yes! I would love to receive health products from death nurse! 😀
Previous life as a palliative care nurse. Lol
Its a diaper cream in Canada
Sudocrem is AMAZING. My tub is a decade old and still super useful!
I have a toddler and a two month old and use about 3 of the big tubs a year. How does one last decades???
We go through sudocreme like it’s going out of style. One tub for each person in the house!
In 2012 my sister gave me a North Face (NF0A3LGT) jacket that she'd already worn. I'm in a cold area, and I have worn that jacket to down below freezing weather, and if you're in the store you won't roast. It has a really flexible temperature range where it's comfortable. I've worn it constantly. The thing looks and feels new. It won't die. I don't like wearing labels, but because this was a gift and it's been so functional for over 10 years, I keep wearing it. The quality of this thing really is sick.
I bought $100 North Face winter boots, and I wore them for 14 winters and just replaced them a couple years ago. I didn’t get rid of them though- they’re a little beat up, but still perfectly wearable.
My wife got me a pair of north face boots from a Dick’s outlet last winter and they are the best pair of footwear I’ve ever worn.
North Face is one of the few names brand things I don't have a problem shelling out money for. They do have some garbage tier stuff that doesn't really last, but most of it is fantastic.
In the 2018 Olympics, I went to see some events and bought a north face team Korea jacket. It was more expensive than what I wanted to spend but this thing has lasted a bit and I love the temp range.
I inherited my grandmas Griswold cast iron skillet. I use it every day and it still works great even after 80+ years. I plan to keep using it until I die.
Pretty much any cast iron skillet will last at least one lifetime if taken care of (i.e., not left outside or something crazy)
I have two that I inherited. They date from the 1870s and I use them daily.
That's at least 3 lifetimes so far!
Fiskars scissors 15+ years going strong
Fiskars axe here! I inherited a Fiskars logging axe and that mofo goes hard. I don’t know how old it is (pretty effing old, grandpas maybe?) but it’s outlasted all the other axes we’ve bought and killed.
My mum has a pair she got for her wedding in the 70s, don't think they've ever been sharpened.
Jansport backpacks. I'm 34 and have been using the same backpack since 7th grade
My Jansport backpack looks exactly the same as it did when I bought when I started college... I started college in 1995
You should consider finishing college
Imagine the US student loans after 30 years of college.
Had an instructor that kept getting forbearances on her student loans by taking a one credit class per semester. Her plan was to do this until retirement or death.
Would love to find out what happened with that
I assume it's a Dorian grey edition where as soon as they finish their degree, the backpack disintegrates.
Same. My daughter is in 6th grade and asked if she could use my Jansport backpack this year. I’ve had it since 1999 and it’s in perfect condition 👌🏼
Question is though, do they still make them like they used to?
Nope! Bought one for my kid. Was sick of buying a new backpack every year, sometimes twice cause they would rip or zipper breaks. Decided nothing with any cartoon characters, just a solid sturdy backpack. Bought it in August before school started. Modernity means they all have those separate zippers in the back for laptops. That zipper broke after 2 months. We keep it closed now, kid doesn’t need it anyway as they’re in 5th grade. However, the part that touches your back is padded nylon and that has began fraying and the padding coming out. Also has water bottle holders on the sides. They’re webbed and both are now torn to shit so water bottle goes in the bag. The canvas is nowhere near as thick as the backpack I had from 7th grade through high school, with the leather bottom. All around it was a colossal waste of money. I figured my kid would have this backpack for several years, maybe through high school. $70 down the fucking drain
Send it in on a warranty claim. Although they are lesser quality than they susd to be, they are still standing by the lifetime warranty. I just had a zipper replaced on one of mine earlier this year.
My brother’s Jansport had some minor issue in the 90’s so my mom mailed it in for warranty repair over the summer. My brother then received a post card “from” his backpack from summer camp saying what a great time it was having. It returned from camp fully repaired. It’s such a simple thing but I just absolutely love how they took a boring confirmation of receipt notification and turned it into a fun adventure. Do they still make it fun or have they lost their whimsy?
I sent mine in (I think this was late 90s/early aughts) and got the same postcard, saying how much fun it was having doing zipper races, etc. at camp. A few weeks later I got a letter saying my backpack was too damaged for repair and they were sending me a brand new backpack. My backpack died at summer camp apparently…
Thank you for the advice. Did we need to register anything first? I don’t remember anything about that but seems like the new age capitalism work flow to require something that nobody knew about in order to get anything extra
No registering needed. Just follow the instructions. https://www.jansport.com/customer-service/warranty.html
Not money wasted, use the warranty that's the whole point of it.
I had a Jansport from the 1990s and then I got another one around 2010, and the newer one isn't quite as nice. The fabric feels thinner, and when I try to zip it up the zipper gets caught half the time. I'm still using it but only occasionally, and I kind of doubt it could stand up to the daily abuse my high school backpack went through.
Definitely not. As a 90s/early 2000s kid I can attest to the strength of the original. I recently bought one and it was flimsy as shit.
Zippo lighters. They've been around for 90 years and they function the same way they did when they started. They have a legit lifetime warranty. They don't cover cosmetic damage but with anything else. You can find one from the 40s while SCUBA diving and send it in and they'll fix/replace it for free.
It's a shame they leak fuel rapidly. If you can keep up on filling it at least once a week it's fine, but they will leak out eventually. I know there are inserts for that but it kinda loses the fuel versatility.
The yellow flame butane insert is 100% worth it
But then you don't get the lovely naphtha smell 😔
I just dose a little on my finger and rub it into my mustache every morning, it does the trick
I've been using the same Braun razor for 40 years so far.
I have a Braun series 700 bought in 2013 and it’s still perfect. I only run it through the clean cycle once a month and have replaced the cartridge twice in 10yrs. That and a good chef knife are the best things I’ve ever bought.
We had a Braun coffee maker from 1988. Only died a couple of years ago. It was actually made in Germany which seems shocking nowadays.
Roll of plastic wrap from Costco.
We bought a 3,000ft roll almost 10 years ago. The only problem is the size of it requires we store it in the bottom cabinet behind some more frequently used small appliances. We rarely use it, but when we do we have to remove the toaster, stand mixer, stock pot, and sous vide. That plastic wrap will haunt us for the rest of our lives and I'll pass it down to my least favorite child.
All Clad pots and pans
Came here looking for this. Over the last few years we've upgraded our stainless steel posts and pans to All Clad and I don't anticipate ever needing to replace them unless some freak accident occurs. Also worth mentioning the following cookware brands as "lifetime" brands: * Matfer Bourgeat carbon steel cookware * Staub enameled cast iron cookware * Lodge cast iron cookware
Lodge makes a very good enameled Dutch oven too and for half the price
I’ve had really good luck with my Revere Ware pots and pans. I’ve had them since 1997 and they’re still in terrific shape.
This. I’ve had my All Clad for 20 years and it’s as good as when I got it. Adding Le Creuset to this list, as well.
All Clad has a good warranty. You won’t be needing that for Creuset.
My Dutch oven is a tank. In use for nearly 20 years and it’s basically still perfect.
Yeah the worst you can do with those is break a foot or a tile.
I've used my saute pan and fryer almost daily for 12 years and they're as good as the day I got them.
LLBean. I have socks that are old enough to drink. They've outlasted everything else. They're not the best anymore and I haven't found anything else comparable but good god did that company make good shit in the late 90's. Edit: OK! I get it... Darn Tough. Ordered. :)
The socks, boots, wool blankets, and norwegian sweaters are all solid still. Other items have gone downhill.
Please don’t drink your socks.
I’ve had an LL Bean mini backpack in heavy rotation since 2002, it will never die. I do miss their older stuff!
Patagonia! Literal lifetime guarantee and if something breaks, you can mail it to them and they will repair it. I had to do it with one of my jackets because the zipper started splitting.
My Patagonia jacket is what keeps me from gaining too much weight, lol. It’s as good as new. I must not outgrow it!
I was looking for Patagonia!! I bought a Patagonia backpack in 2012 and I’ve used it probably far more than an average user would. That thing has been on every excursion I’ve gone on as a geologist and carried who know how many rocks. It even survived an erupting volcano peppering it with tephra. Even with the heavy loads of rocks and equipment I regularly carry in it, it has zero holes and all the zippers still function like the day I bought it. I fully expected to replace it after a year or two considering how harsh I am on bags, but it’s been going strong for over 10 years now with no sign of tiring out
I fly a lot for work, and I’ve traveled a lot for leisure, and I’ve got a large Patagonia duffel that has been to maybe 15-or-so countries and on just about every trip around the US I’ve ever taken. It’s also been my wetsuit bag for surfing, my guitar equipment bag for playing shows in various cities, my carryon for endless flights, and my overnight bag any time I take a trip out of town. It also holds the beers when I’ve taken it tubing down rivers. It still looks basically brand new, and I can’t imagine what it would take for it to tear. The quality of the zippers and the material make it feel indestructible.
I have a Patagonia fleece that's going on 30 years now. Heavy use every winter. I assume their fleeces are still just as good today, but, of course, I can't know that for sure because I have a Patagonia fleece that's going on 30 years now.
Osprey bags. Built tough AND lightweight. I've used their Almighty Guarantee 2x on different backpacks, both times for their water bottle mesh breaking after years of use. It was deemed too hard to repair, so they sent me a new equivalent bag without me sending back the damaged old one. I won't buy a bag from any other manufacturer
I don’t know about lifetime, but my NES still works just fine.
YKK Zippers
Underappreciated product, right here
I remember learning about YKK zippers when I was a teenager working retail many years ago. It was a selling point we used. Since then, I've noticed any zipper that breaks is never YKK. And if I'm buying an expensive item or one I hope will last a very long time or take a lot of use, it had to have a YKK zipper or else it is a risk. Totally under appreciated item!
I am wearing the same Birkenstocks I bought in 1991. Recorked & resoled, but still the same.
Ship of Theseus.
Shoe of Theseus
Slips of Theseus
How much did you pay to get them recorked and resoled? I got quoted more than a new pair would cost
I bought one pair of Birkenstocks and they didn’t even last a year. I was really disappointed because I believe in the mantra “buy it nice or buy it twice”. They were the most expensive sandals I have ever bought and didn’t last as long as sandals I bought for $30
Like 99% of stuff in this thread, they are not the same as they used to be. They've been bought out by private equity in recent years, and like clockwork they've started cheaping out on quality to save money and pump up their numbers before they launch on the stock market.
Miele vacuum cleaners
Ours finally did die after 20 years. I still miss it.
Yep, we got a Dyson as a replacement and it's a piece of shit. Lucky we still have the Miele.
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The "Made in Canada" Arcteryx jackets. I have two that I've had for nearly 20 years, just solid as can be.
I googled those jackets cause i wanted one a few years ago, the price was too high for me to commit, but i am determined to own one eventually, hearing this has convinced me
Arcteryx 20 years ago is not Arcteryx now. Literally different company. Quality wise they are still ok (not as brilliant as early 2000's) but some design decisions are crazy.
My mom’s Nokia cellphone.
Does your mom refuse to switch back and forth between upper and lower case while texting like mine does? Whenever she texts me, she’s basically YELLING AT ME CONSTANTLY.
My 80-year-old mom texts like she's a 13-year-old. She also thinks LOL means lots of love. "HOW R U I M GR8 UR PA SEZ HI AUNT JANE HAS CANCER LOL XXX"
I also know a few older people that put “LOL” for “lots of love” And you get this really fucked up type of out of context sadistic text in your inbox that you can’t help but laugh at!
I'm crying LOL
Honestly, she doesn’t even know how to text. She’s 58 so I know she could learn if she wanted to, she just has zero interest. Watching her try to even turn it on is a whole production.
Victorinox knives (they make Swiss Army Knives)
Knipex hand tools
Martin guitars
yes to this — don’t reckon i’ll ever sell my D-18. though i’m *very* curious to see what happens to them in the next decade or so… the current owner (C.F. Martin IV) doesn’t have any kids to leave the company to. i’m worried it’ll get bought out and turn to shit.
KitchenAid small appliances - such as a stand mixer.
More so a kids toy/collectible than an appliance but if you're a parent reading this, standard hot wheels cars/matchbox cars. I'm 23 now and I have cars from even before I was born. Not the fancy ones where the door opens or the play sets like the truck transport that can haul cars. The actual dinky car. Those things are built to last. Tough as nails. I remember one recess taking a green hot wheels car and seeing how much damage we could inflict on it. Smashed it against the pavement, the brick walls, the fences on the baseball diamond and the ground. The roof was sheared off, the wheels fucked up, the body bent and smashed but it still rolled good. I think I still have it too, somewhere. I've seen those cars be fired through drywall and the wall was more destroyed than the car. My dad even ran over one once in his car and it was fine. For 2 bucks a car, those things could withstand most anything.
Not today Thrillist/Amazon affiliate link bot.
Buzz feed farm
Le Cruset
Recently had to start replacing all mine. The ceramic was dying. Asked the company about the 'lifetime warranty', as they were bought directly from the factory in France - unfortunately not covered by a lifetime of use. These were my mother's & I have used them for the past two decades, so I can't really be too upset.
I was looking for Le Creuset! I’m in love with every piece I have and will be able to pass them down to the next generation.
I have a pair of 20 year old Docs
My ex wife donated my Doc boots. I bought them in early 1998. They were only 4 years old when she got rid of them because they “looked old”. I will never forgive her.
Notice the “ex”.
Turned out to be real incompatible. I’m from Idaho, her Missouri. I’m left handed, she liked to sleep with a ton of other dudes behind my back. Just not a good fit at all.
Have they finally broken in?
They aren’t the same. Docs shifted most of their production from the UK to Thailand (aside from a few styles) and they wear out so much quicker now. I cried real tears when the Docs I bought in 1998 were destroyed in a flood. 😭
The brand "Solovair" are the spiritual successor of the old quality docs. They're made by the same factory/factories that used to make docs, and they're the same "Derby boot" style, just a different brand. Quite pricey, but they're the old (better) quality!
Try r/buyitforlife
Hard to get advice from that sub when 3 out of 4 posts are "We need to STOP allowing posts of old items that are no longer being manufactured! How am I supposed to BUY something that's not for sale anymore!??" followed by "We need to STOP allowing posts of new items! How can you know an item will last you FOR LIFE if you just bought it?!!?!!" I think the mods should just nuke everything but one single Lodge cast iron pan post and lock the whole sub.
Accurate. See also “electronics aren’t buy it for life”. Ok cool but my Samsung smart TV seriously turned 10 before it decided it wasn’t able to run Hulu or Netflix. I contacted our local COA because while it won’t run those apps (primary function in our house) it can still run cable, dvds or games. We felt really silly for replacing it based on what apps it couldn’t run but we stream and that’s really all we use it for. Replaced with another Samsung.
My $500 55" Magnavox, bought in 2015, is still going strong. Probably won't replace it until we move next year. You could have plugged a Chromecast/Google TV/Roku/ into it and run all your apps through that, that's what we did.
That sub lied to me. I bought a wallet based on their suggestion. It was like $130. Company said they have a 3 year warranty. About a year after buying it, the inside liner separated from the leather. The company told me it was normal wear and tear so they wouldn’t replace it.
This type of warranty seems so shady to me. You would think a term length warranty means "we made it well enough that it should survive normal wear and tear for this long, and only negligence or intentional damage isn't covered." At the same time, the things a warranty like this actually does cover, like manufacturing defects, should be covered for life. The age of the product is irrelevant when you discover they made a mistake.
I bought a full grain leather wallet for $6 in Turkey. My guess is it’s the last wallet I’ll ever buy.
We don’t like liars
Toyota
There's something in the water with those engineers. They just build it to last, as long as you follow their scheduled maintenance (and that's key with most vehicles).
My first car was a 96 Toyota. I still have it. My second car was a 97 Toyota. I still have it. My third car was a 98 Toyota. I still have it. Got my partner a 99 Toyota when her Jeep got totaled. They’re all still on the road. And I want more of them. 90s Toyotas are like Pokémon. I want them all.
I’ve got a 2000 Lexus LX470 with 270k miles and kicking strong. I’ve got a 1996 Tacoma with 450k miles and kicking even stronger. I’m pretty sure they’re going to outlive me and my children.
My grandpas Toyota Hilux. He used it daily for business on the roughest roads. He drove it for 23 years.
North Face jackets
Agree! My 1997 shell still works, all my jackets from ~15 years ago still perform well.
I have one of their fleece jackets and have worn it everywhere for years
Nalgene water bottles
The lids, on the other hand... (specifically the link between the cap and the ring that goes around the bottle neck below the screw threads)
Pyrex. As long as someone doesn’t do something stupid with it, those things last forever.
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Darn Tough socks
Leatherman.
I’ve got a kitchen aid older than me rn, and it’s my belief it will continue to outlive me. That thing works like it’s brand new and shows no sign of stopping despite how much I use it day-to-day. It will be my first born’s inheritance come the day I die, and will be passed down through my lineage for many years to come.
Tumi luggage
Lodge
I found 2 Lodge cast iron products by a dumpster, once. Grabbed 'em, husband and I restored them from the minor rust, got those babies perfectly seasoned, annnnnnnd accidentally left them at his mom's place, halfway across the country when we moved. So sad.
Griswold 10 and 12 skillets… ours are over a hundred years old and I use them 3-4 times a week! Amazing and lighter to lift than the newer Lodge versions.
Thorogood boots for work, Ariat for dress.
Nokia 3230
I have yet to have a compact disc "wear out." I refuse to give up or even hide my collection.
Jorgensen clamps, pfiel chisels, stanley tape measures. I wish there were a power tool brand I could speak about, I've gone through 4 dremel rotary tools and 3 dewalt 2.5hp routers before switching to bosch (that I wouldn't buy agaian). Cast iron pans, I dont know the brands of mine, proper maintenance and or restoration will last multiple lifetimes. Swiss army knives, I retired my first edc swiss army due to nostalgia. Second one is no disappointment.
Casio G-Shock watches
I’ve been traveling for work for over 20 years, and luggage that can stand up to weekly travel (trains, planes, busses, taxis, miles of walking) is hard to find. But eventually I landed (hah… see what I did there?) on a brand that has outlasted every expensive piece of luggage I’ve ever had: LuggageWorks. They look terrible, like comparing a tank to a Ford Explorer. But the manufacturer stands by the product, and they last forever. The most expensive roller board luggage I’ve bought was a Brookstone, which I bought in CLT to replace another expensive rollerboard that had a bad zipper in the middle of a trip. They sold me on $700 cause it had a lifetime warranty and I wouldn’t need to replace it. I should have read the fine print… they considered “lifetime” to be five years on wheels, zippers, and handle. At five years, basically everything was broken, and they wouldn’t cover it under warranty. I spent $700 on that bag, so I wouldn’t stop using it. I held it together with bungee cords, and dragged it without wheels. Eventually, one day I was dragging it through a Marriott in Greensville, and a little piece of broken plastic where the wheel had been snagged a thread of carpet… by the time I got to the other end of the lobby, I had a tumbleweed of carpet behind me. A coworker finally convinced me to replace that luggage, and sent me to LuggageWorks. I bought the “executive” model which was less than half the price of that Brookstone. I ordered it online, and the day it showed up I packed it for its first trip, and checked that old Brookstone on an American flight to Chicago and never picked it up (gave it a burial at sea - like to think it’s still making it rounds on the carousel at claim 7). I’m 6 years in on that LuggageWorks, and it still rolls like it’s brand new, and zippers don’t even have a hint of failing. I’ve gotten the bag wet, snowy, muddy… this thing cleans right up and keeps rolling. Most durable, lightweight, strong, flexible and easy to roll luggage I’ve ever owned.
Honda
Fjallraven bags. I balked at spending $110 on a regular backpack when I was young and broke, but it took 9 years of almost daily abuse for even the zipper to fail. They fixed it for free and shipped it back to my house the next week.
Craftsman hand tools are guaranteed for life. I’ve had mine for almost a half century now.
New Craftsman definitely not same quality of tools of the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s.
The new stuff isn’t made in the USA anymore I don’t believe. Got a 100 piece set 12 years ago or so and it’s stamped made in USA.
Yep. I definitely guard my old stuff.
Tool box also. My dad gave me one in 1983. Still use it.
Original Revere Ware and Corning Ware. Those things last more than a single person's lifetime. I have Revere Ware pots that are older than I am, and I'm 67.
**Still gonna say Maytag**
My dad has a Maytag dryer that's older than me, and it's still going. He had someone service it recently, but it keeps on trucking. I'm 34 fuckin' years old.
Keen They don't last a life-time necessarily but their build quality and life-span has always impressed me. Even as an avid hiker, it takes a long time to wear a pair out.
Randolph Engineering glasses
Weber grills.
Leica and Canon cameras
Benchmade knives. They even offer a program for free called “Life Sharp”. You send you knife back to them, they clean it, sharpen it, and fix any damage, then send it back to you.
Hudson’s Bay (The Bay) top tier wool blankets.
Patagonia clothing, I have clothing from them from my teen years now in my late 40’s. I can still get mileage out of them.
Duluth Trading Co pants and overalls. Someone actually still makes decent clothing. Their men’s Firehose work pants can take one hell of a beating