Your oldest, but regularly used appliance?

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I had a trades person over earlier who was surprised how only my tumble dryer was, I am not actually sure of its total age as it was in a house i moved into in 2003, but is at least 21 year old and it still geta used a lot (not so much when the weather is nice) all I've done to is since I have had it is fixed the sensor in the back, which cost nothing. And I love the warm only mode on it, as opposed to melt your polyester and shrink your wool setting as the other option, plus that mode is way lower on energy use.

My microwave is also from around 2005, and my food blender is older than that. I have a feeling these items will last until I die, and to clarify that won't be from a house fire from the tumble dryer as it isn't one of those models :p

So what old appliances do you have, and how long do you think they'll last?
 
Gray2233 said:
My oldest is a toastie maker I took with me when I left home, so 20 + years if not close to 30.

My kettle is knocking on 15 years old too.
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Oh, I have a toastie maker from my student days, it's not regularly used any more so don't count that. I remember when I dismantled the hot plates in it once to clean underneath, what I found inside was totally grim, and I was tempted to chuck it away, but I took the electrics out and stuffed it in the dishwasher and it came out like new. I really should get it out and make a chicken curry toastie again. :)
 
not myself but my mother has a food mixer that is several decades old

I thought modern electronics had solder that is inferior to solder of the past due to certain things being banned.
After so many years the modern solder tends to fail from what i understand.
 
kona786 said:
I have a Sony Dream machine alarm clock which has been used since the day I got it. Back in 1997-ish.
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I had a Panasonic one as a Christmas present when I was about 10, it was a rectangular thing with stereo speakers and a green display on it it, did AM/MW/FM was amazing, and it got destroyed in a house move in 2011, I've never replaced it as I just used a phone from then on.
 
I retired my 15+ year old Bosch kettle recently, not because it stopped working but because I’m trying to reduce exposure to plastic for the whole family. That was a well made kettle. I dare say the replacement from a small Italian company (Ottoni Fabbrica) is even more well constructed but time will tell if it lasts.

My Gaggia Classic espresso machine is 12 years old and still going well with daily use and some maintenance.

The oldest bit of electronics, less so appliance, that I regularly use and still works is my PlayStation 2. Probably 20 years old at least.

I’m not too old yet so lots of other potential candidates as I tend to try and buy things for the long term for quality, repairability and sustainability. The KitchenAid stand mixer looks like it could survive WW3 so I guess we’ll see.
 
A small appliance. When I retired in 2017 I also retired my clock radio of 1981 vintage from Philips. It had woken me up every day during that period of 36 years without fail.
 
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