My electric razor
I got it 16 years ago and it's still going strong
Somehow the battery still holds a charge long enough to only need charged once a week or so
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My electric razor
I got it 16 years ago and it's still going strong
Somehow the battery still holds a charge long enough to only need charged once a week or so
Also a knife for me. Have a chefs knife from when my ex worked in food service. Doesn't hold an edge but very sharpenable (it was from the knife service) bought for $14 in 1990, have used daily since then. Plastic handle, too. But it's survived longer than anything but my iron skillets. Which I also use most days.
Some shirts and pants from my parents that are a few years older than me.
Back when they made stuff to last!
a stainless steel, vacuum sealed French press (coffee plunger), which I bought back in... 2011? i think? when I broke my glass one a week after getting it.
Not daily, but weekly or so.
My dad had a little leather zipper pouch with two or three nail clippers and files/blades in it; a small pocket sized nail care set.
I used it weekly when I was a kid (every time Iβd visit his place), probably from 9-17 years old, and then he gave it to me when I moved out on my own, so Iβve probably used it weekly non-stop for about 30 years at this point.
Electronics are tougher as they just donβt last as long; I used a Dell 24β LCD from 2006 all the way until 2022, so 16 years? It even failed around 2015 or so (power supply died) and I ordered a replacement PSU, resurrecting it. That monitor was my PC monitor and TV in college, and just kept kicking.
I am still using a comb that I got in high school in 1980.
My Secrid wallet. Bought it around 2016, use it every day and it's still in very good condition. I was very happy with it when i bought it and still am. It was a bit on the expensive side but i like to pay for quality.
French ID cards were bigger size than standard credit card for a long time and thus I have used the same wallet of that size for like over 12 years now. It's time for me to replace it but as I don't need it to be this big anymore I have no clue about what I want
I have a black leather belt that I have worn for 28 years. Iβm wearing it now.
That has to be one sturdy belt. Have you been using the same hole over the years?
My coffee mug. I have it for more than 30 years and still use it regularly, even if not on a daily basis. I have obtained others through various means over the years but still hung onto it all this while. It doesn't even have a chip or flaked off bits of it's design.
I also have a hole puncher that my dad used as a young man. It's probably close to 50 years or even more. It's all rusted up now and doesn't really see much use to be fair, but it still works for what it does.
I recently retired a shaving brush I had been using for twenty-five-ish years. It really did need to be replaced, though.
Great thread.
Have a Leatherman multi tool that was a company gift for my grandmother 20 years ago.
Very sturdy, in a switchblade style so it works as a fidget too.
Also the wahl peanut electric razor. 50 dollars and the most dependable razor I've used. Had for at least 7 years
Probably my Leatherman Skeletool or Wenger Toolbox: I don't remember when I got them but I've had them both for years and they never leave my side (unless I have to fly on a damn airplane or something...)
My usual drinking vessel is a souvenir cup from the 1992 Miramar Air Show. I still use a "boom box" style radio and clock timer from 1985 as an alarm clock. The tape player on the radio is long expired, but it still plays radio.
The motherboard & processor for my CAD workstation is 12 years old, does that count?
Totally. 12 years old CPU is really cool. I change my computers every 5 years on average. Sure hope my current workstation will last me for longer.
The wireless keyboard I bought in circa 1996 as a keyboard/mouse combo is still going strong and I abuse that thing. Frankly I can't believe it still works. I'll be heartbroken when it finally fails. Funny thing is the mouse is long gone.
Swiss pocket knife. 40 years of constant daily use.