cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2642565
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?
Well, not small objects per se, but wood furniture, real wood, not laminate shit. I have some real wood furniture for more than 25 years, table, chairs, sideboard/dresser, etc. Some are even antique bought for $25 25 years ago.
Hard to beat real wood - just as long as you take care of it.
I’d go a step further and talk about all devices that are built well, and don’t fail early due to bad design, intentional design, etc. That work as intended for the life of the product, as much as possible.
GoRuck backpacks - I have full confidence my backpack will outlive me
Pelican cases - I know they will outlive me, especially the 1510LOC case
Swiss Army Knife - Victorniox, they last forever, the only reason I keep buying them is I lose them.
Quality Laptop (should last a decade!) - I had my macbook pro for 9 years, and now im running a framework.
Gallon of PCP - It will last the REST of your life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnEh0PpUZHI
How is your experience with the framework? I’ve been eyeing it as my next upgrade but it is a bit pricy so I’m saving up for it at the moment.
I’ve had a really good experience with framework laptops. They work well. They’re well built.
I had some issues with my first laptop, and after some necessary debugging back and forth, they sent me a new laptop.
Overall good company I look forward to good things. I’d like them to completely unlock the bootloader and allow the core boot team to work on it. But other than that no complaints
Saddleback leather wallets and Merkur Futur double edged safety razor.
I bought my wallet twenty years ago and it still looks great. And for the razor I bought it in 2003 and I’ve spent about $30 in razors since then. The thing is solid titanium so it’s never gonna break.
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Vitamix pro 750 blender. I use it every day, starting with making fruit juice for breakfast. Forget the old juice extractor… just pulverize fruits for 60 seconds in this and the result is smooth and delicious.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=Rm5IzzGPzQA
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Wahl hair trimmer. Don’t get the battery model. Don’t get the cheapo version from Walmart. Get a mid or higher trim model and you will have it for decades. They are made in the US which is an extra bonus and maybe once every 5 or 10 years you can replace the blade.
I tried to buy a BifL non-stick pan and found that it doesn’t exist. Everything marketed as non-stick has some coating that will wear off and become useless. “But what about {brand that says it’s not PTFE, PFOA, or PFAS}?” Yep them too. Look up sol-gel non-stick coating if you have ceramic non-stick. If you don’t want to have to buy pans over and over again, you have to go stainless, cast iron or carbon steel. Cast iron enamelware is pretty good too, but isn’t really non-stick. I’m in the process of finding stainless/cast-iron replacements for all my non-stick pans.
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I’ve heard some roombas were caught spying on people so maybe disable this if possible (idk if this link is any good): https://www.komando.com/security-privacy/roomba-security-tips/855380/
My j7 started off great, but I had to replace the suction motor within a year because it burnt out completely. Now it’s starting to have bizarre navigation issues that require me to reboot it before use about 30% of the time, which is extremely annoying. The requirement for it to be connected to the internet all the time is just the fecal cherry on top of the hot-diarrhea sundae.
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