They don’t make em like they use to do!

[Street]

I've got a pair of old Technics 1210s. From the serial numbers, I worked out that one is older than me and was built in 1982, the other in 86. I bought them both second hand when I was 18 and they've taken some abuse during my student days!

 

[gitbags]

There's a Kenwood Chef model A701A which was bought in 1962 still in use in our family so that's what, nearly sixty years old?

Same for our family, think it's had the brushes changed but other than that it's never missed a beat.

 

[dlockers]

I know what you mean. I've had my broom for about 20 years. A few new heads and handles along the way but lasted a lot longer than the brooms you get nowadays.

 

[dl8860]

I know what you mean. I've had my broom for about 20 years. A few new heads and handles along the way but lasted a lot longer than the brooms you get nowadays.

6/10, would exhale moderately hard through nostrils again

 

[Feek]

Same for our family, think it's had the brushes changed but other than that it's never missed a beat.

Oh, we broke the ceramic bowl and ended up with a metal one but I don't think ours has even had the brushes changed.

 

[Kelt]

Got a Vax Wet 'n Dry vacuum that I bought in 1988 and it's still working as good as new.

 

[Hades]

I no longer have them. But we replaced a Bosch washing machine last year whichg was 23 years old (1997). We replaced it because my wife wanted something newer. But I wish we had kept the old one. It worked fine and was used every day. I also disposed of an old clock radio last year because I didn't need it. But that was at least 33 years old (1987). Again it was working fine but I simply didn't need it.

 

[Wizzfizz]

I know what you mean. I've had my broom for about 20 years. A few new heads and handles along the way but lasted a lot longer than the brooms you get nowadays.

Alright Trigger

 

[Steedie]

My nan has a freezer in her shed that she's had since she moved into the house in the '80s. Blows my mind that it's still going given it's on 24/7

 

[Raymond Lin]

I am pretty sure my cast iron skillet will outlive humanity.

 

[something daft already!!]

Anyone else still use something really old?

My body.

 

[potatolord]

Until recently I was using a coffee filter machine I got as a wedding present 27 years ago. It outlasted the marriage.

My second wife made me stop using it last year as looking at it annoyed her. It is now in the garage.

 

[NVP]

My laptop is from 2013

 

[adolf hamster]

it's called a stick

i was never one for technical terminology.

 

[Shawreyboy]

My parents brought their house in 1989 and the boiler which is a Potterton is a boiler from the 1970s Heritage & History Of Glow-worm In The UK. It has never failed my parents and the only thing that they've ever had to do with it is have a new Thermocouple fitted and is still going strong now. However, sadly the Gas Engineer condemned it last week as the heater element is starting to rust up and won't pass it on service on it next year we thought it was going to outlast us all!

 

[ODuffer]

My second wife made me stop using it last year as looking at it annoyed her. It is now in the garage.

The wife?

 

[potatolord]

The wife?

Nah, she's in the kitchen.

 

[gitbags]

Oh, we broke the ceramic bowl and ended up with a metal one but I don't think ours has even had the brushes changed.

To be fair my gran used the thing almost daily,
But hats off to Kenwood simple and reliable.

 

[Col_M]

My parents were using a Sharp clothes dryer until about 5 years ago, they got it when I was a baby to keep on top of drying all the nappies I was going through, I turned 40 this year!
As far as I know the only things it ever needed were new brushes whenever they wore out.

 

[Reality|Bites]

I moved into my flat 16 years ago and all my white goods in the kitchen gave up the ghost last year, are they designed to fail after a certain time frame or?