cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2642502
So the idea of “buy it for life” is to buy items that are durable and last for a long time, things you could buy once and have your whole life, which can save money and be good for the environment
What are some of the top items you recommend for this?
Cheap and simple: surge protectors. Accidents happen, and a power surge can kill a lot of equipment, better to keep it safe.
I recently had a situation where one killed my stove, dishwasher, smart lights, kitchen lights, rgb controllers, and subwoofer. Our computers have surge protectors, fortunately.
My landlord replaced the damaged items. But they could’ve been saved with 20$ worth of surge protectors.
On that note: I gotta buy more!
I have a Tiiley Airflo hat that’s been around the world with me. Have had it nearly 20 years and it’s good as new.
This is the whitest thing I have ever seen in my life! and I’ve been to the florida keys …
I love it, I’m buying one
Like most things they aren’t what they used to be. Find one with the old label inside, that will help. Supposedly also if it’s made from the Canada line, not from China.
I’ve had mine going on ten years and it’s well seasoned with the groans of wife and children. Best hat I’ve ever owned.
A decent safety razor, its cheap and should last you forever. Blades are significantly less expensive too.
I have one. Blades cost literally about ten cents. If you really want to be crazy they can actually be sharpened, but I guarantee you will spend more than ten cents worth of your time doing it.
My only issue is that I can never quite get a good smooth shave out of just them, so I end up also using one of the expensive-as-fuck three-blade cartridge jobs for cleanup at the end, but even so using it only for that makes those expensive blades last an unusually long time, too. (Wish I could find a cheap version of those, though…)
I find a single with-grain pass with my DE is good enough but need to do a second pass against-grain to get baby smooth. I had the same experience using cartridges though.
A cheap electric one will last you a decade or more, and is 15$. At 10 cents per safety blade, you’ll start saving after about 150 replacements.
Carbon steel unseasoned wok. I’ve used mine multiple times weekly for almost 20 years for stir frying and deep frying. Nothing fancy, just a Joyce Chen wok with some accessories that was $30 at Bed Bath Beyond (RIP). My mom has used hers for 50 years.
I’m having trouble seasoning mine. Any tips?
A titanium spork (specifically the Snow Peak one) is, in my opinion, the best utensil you will ever use. It’s a perfect balance between a spoon and fork, and just works so well.
It will last ten lifetimes, I’m sure.
Been using mine since 2016, multiple times a day, and it still looks brand new.
Also, a good-quality chromoly steel frame bike should last a lifetime. I’ve got one that’s 30+ years old and still hauls 60lbs of groceries at a time. LOL
This is much better than the linked post, for which most of the replies were violent.
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Knipex Cobra and/or Pliers Wrenches. Unbelievably helpful, and they will actually last forever. The XS variants are popular as a pocket tool.
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Mora Companion knife. Srsly, if you need one utility knife in your life, it’s this. Dang cheap, good steel, easy to (re-)sharp, forgives a lot of abuse, and did I mention it’s dang cheap.
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Lundhags shell boots (e.g Park, Forest, Vandra). Best bad weather hiking boots. Basically indestructible, easy to maintain and repair. Waterproof, no GTX membrane that pollutes the environment forever but dies after a year or so. But be aware you need to take out the insole to let it dry and wear several socks. They’re waterproof from both sides… If you can live with that they’re excellent value, insanely comfortable, and will probably outlive you.
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Creative speakers. I bought 2 speakers and a subwoofer in 2004, still using it.
I had a sony sub from 1996, it just recently died when the landlord messed up installing a power meter and killed a bunch of things in my apartment.
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !buyitforlife@lemmy.world
hey community linker bot, not sure if a human will get this but this may be an upstream problem with the lemmy code itself, as when I typed “!” + the community, it autocompleted mostly to the link that I used (or for any humans reading)
