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Sometimes I will use something and realize I've owned it forever. It's a nice change in our throwaway reality. I think my personal record is a bicycle multi-tool I got for one of my first bikes, ~25 years ago. Still have it, still use it. When it comes to electronic devices I have a Panasonic mini Hi-Fi from ~2005. Never felt like changing it.

What's your record?

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[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] TheLonelyWonderer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] jamiehs@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

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 I’d visit his place), probably from 9-17 years old, and then he gave it to me when I moved out on my own, so I’ve probably used it weekly non-stop for about 30 years at this point.

Electronics are tougher as they just don’t last as long; I used a Dell 24” 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.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The bureau I've been using since early childhood belonged to my grandfather.

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[–] Narrrz@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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I am still using a comb that I got in high school in 1980.

[–] trackindakraken@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have a lot of things over thirty years old, but I can't say they've been in daily use.

For electronics, and daily use, I have a 13-year-old Toshiba 55" TV. It's basically a big, dumb monitor. Still works perfectly.

I have several nightlights I bought about ten years ago, maybe 12 years ago. They all still work and have been in the same sockets around the house since I bought them. They're the flat, greenish glowing disc kind.

I've had my coffee mug for at least 25 years, it gets daily use.

This may be cheating on the daily use, but I have two brown glass horse bookends. They've been in constant use since I was a kid. I don't know where they came from, they were probably my dad's, as he had a large book collection. So, at least 60 years.

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[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently retired a shaving brush I had been using for twenty-five-ish years. It really did need to be replaced, though.

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[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some shirts and pants from my parents that are a few years older than me.

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Back when they made stuff to last!

[–] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

I was using a Bose Wave radio as my desktop speakers since 1997 until this summer. It sounded fantastic. One of the speakers started getting a little buzzy at higher volumes a few years ago, which was still fine for normal daily use, until I got back into playing music. Now it serves as our record player speakers but we don't use that often.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The motherboard & processor for my CAD workstation is 12 years old, does that count?

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] SirSmokeAlot@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have a black leather belt that I have worn for 28 years. I’m wearing it now.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That has to be one sturdy belt. Have you been using the same hole over the years?

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My brown leather Levis brand belt is from about 1986. I have other belts, but that one is my favorite. Still fits, I still wear it two or three times per week. About 20 years ago, the stitching around the buckle broke, so I used a heavy needle and thick thread to restitch it. It has a great worn patina that can't be faked.

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[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Swiss pocket knife. 40 years of constant daily use.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I've got this little plastic foot stool that's probably older than I am. It's not as strong as it used to be (legs buckled with me on it once), but it's holding up a speaker and doing a great job of it.

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

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