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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is not a conversation about guns. This is a conversation about items that have withstood abuse that are near unbreakable.

Some items I have heard referenced as AK47 of:

Gerber MP600: It's a multi tool

Old Thinkpad Laptops

Mag lights

Toyota Hilux

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Classic Vitamix blender models. They just work. Long warranty. And even post warranty easily serviceable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

And for a buy-it-for-multiple-lifetimes citrus juicer to get juice for the blender, there’s the Nemco 55850.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

They keep coming out with fancier models, but the 5200 still reigns supreme. Who needs programs on a blender?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vitamix smell! Dontbreathis!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's Blend-Tec not Vitamix lol

Funny enough this is the first video I ever watched on YouTube, back in 2007, after switching from Google Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI