Hi guys.
I'm interested to know what things you have bought or are available to buy where you pay a premium but can be sure there is a very high chance they will last you a lifetime. Can you name some products that come with a lifetime guarantee? Obviously not junk you would buy from the reject shop. Cheers.
lol my old soviet watches too, lasts better than the regime itself :P
My gameboy works great, needs a good clean and retrobrite tho….
Cactus supertrousers
A brand new coffin?
Second hand are cheaper
Klean Lantern drinking bottle.
Keeps on going ..
https://www.biome.com.au/large-water-bottles/10156-klean-kan…
Gold plated apple watch series 1 ;)
Zamberland hiking shoes
Enamel cook pot (like the Aldi sale recently)
Briggs & Stratton motors (for lawn mower)
cutlery(if you don't lose them)
Miele vacuum. Purchased 5 years ago. Somehow vacuumed up some water once. Change filters and still going like new.
My Miele died on me although i did purchase it second hand ($10) and it looked like it was 20 years old. Will buy another if my Kirby ever dies.
A faulty condom .
Nah, more like 18 years of house arrest.
Sorry to break it to you, but it's 30 years now…
brb, gonna buy some cigarettes…
Any non-electronic object made of solid gold
Oral b toothbrush. I got mine in 2014 and it just won't die:(
Maybe try using it sometime. 😛
I do.see my pearly whites 😁?
Was it fit for purpose?
I second that. amazing value and you can get the brushes cheap. Super well built.
Electric toothbrush?
Mine from 2015 finally died. The on/off switch became faulty. Plus the battery life was about 2 or 3 brushes only.
I was gifted a Nickleback CD, the trauma will indeed last a lifetime.
I bought a WinZip
old spice aftershave, still have the one I gave my father 40 years ago.
Pino Silvestre has a 100 year shelf life I've heard.
Things I have bought and/or aspire to buying to last me a lifetime (excluding property etc) are…
Dignity
No diggity
A quality Australian made black (and brown) leather belt, the ones that cost around $50-60 from a shoe maker / cobbler.
One will last a lifetime. Unlike those $15 belts which fray after 1-2 years.
I got one from a random vendor at farm world for $15 over 20 years ago and it’s still going. The “leather” work belt I got from Aldi is barely 2 years in and it’s starting to look rough.
The $3 ones from Kmart only last about a month. To be expected I guess for the price.
Not really, it is hard to anticipate whether paying 10x more for Nike shoes compared to big w is worth it vs paying 10times more for RM Williams.
Would agree with you….
But as someone who buys $3 belts from Kmart… I am certainly not buying Nikes or RM Williams shoes.
For work shoes I generally just try to find the cheapest full grain leather shoes I can find from wherever I can find them. For non work shoes Kmart etc seems to do the trick.
from wherever I can find them.
Any recommendations for cheap source for the genuine leather shoes for work?
@virhlpool: King Gee is where I have picked up my last couple of pairs. Couple of years ago bought them for $120 but now up to $150. They are not that stylish but they will last a couple of years if you treat them right.
@SnakeCasablanca: Cheers. $120 or $150 isn't cheap though.. when you mentioned cheap, I thought $30-$50. Also, by 'work shoes' I meant black formal shoes for office.
Cheers. $120 or $150 isn't cheap though.. when you mentioned cheap, I thought $30-$50.
I'd argue it is cheap for a pair of shoes that will last two years plus with 4-5 days a week of wear.
If you spend $30 per pair and have to rebuy every three months (my experience if you want them to stil look nice) that is $240 for two years. If you could source them for $20 that is $160 for two years but you have then made 8 trips to the shop.
Also, by 'work shoes' I meant black formal shoes for office.
I did…
They aren't the most stylish but you can pull them off if you have the right level of confidence!
https://www.kinggee.com.au/work-boots/hargraves-soft-toe-lac…
@SnakeCasablanca: Found this to be a good pair though I haven't bought it yet: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-Mens-Genuine-Real-Leather-Fo…
Buy vegetable seeds and reproduce.
Stainless steel mixing bowls
Nothing is impermanent, that is the only surety
My Littmann stethoscope. Expensive, but excellent acoustics, very comfortable earpieces and superior construction. Will last me a lifetime, and anyone who owns a stethoscope buys a Littmann. The cheapies are "noisy", uncomfortable and break down very quickly.
What do you use it for ?
Talking about fetishes, I have used the cheap ies as a pretend leash.
Nokia 3310
Just found mine the other day. Haven't used it since high school 15 years ago. It still had 92% battery.
I'll have to test mine…
My Admira classical guitar, made in spain. 33 years old and sounds even better than it was brand new.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Original-Scrubz-Scrubber-Sponge-Re…
(This was around $3X dollars last time I checked)
https://www.amazon.com.au/W10TM-SCISSOR-METAL-TITANIUM-COATE…
Both are out of stock :(
Pretty much anything that you'll wear in over time is worth paying for. Some things will need repairs or retouching of course, but weighed against the cost of replacement as well as starting the break in process over, you'll end up ahead. A few things I've invested in and been happy with are:
Looks like some of the clarks are on special too 129 from 189
Yep, I picked up a pair for $90 last year. They go on sale pretty regularly.
Where are you getting CDBs resoled that cheap? I got quoted twice that from a cobbler known to offer good value.
Can't think of the name but it's the cobbler at Martin Place station. He's not using the original natural crepe rubber, which is where a lot of the cost comes from, but they're still comfy and it lasts so no complaints.
Good quality selvage denim jeans (Nudie, Railcar, Naked & Famous are some good brands to start with)
Any local brand?
There are no selvage mills in Australia so fabric woukd be coming from Japan, China, USA or Turkey initially then being cut & sewn here.
I don't know of anyone doing good denim made locally, let alone selvage. It can be hard to work with and requires skilled makers, hence the price point, so I doubt we'll ever see Aussie made selvage.
@virhlpool: Made in China, reasonably priced though.
10oz is pretty light, and to me that negates the 2 main benefits of selvage. It's never going to be as durable and you won't get the same fades. Anything under 12oz isn't really worth it IMO.
Deus Ex Machina have done selvage in the past, been a few years though.
stainless steel bucket 12liter. Will be around longer than me, unless I squash it.
Adopted Child.
Plastic bags - they take several hundred years to decompose
An Atari 2600 ET Game, the disappointment will last a lifetime.
Pincinox Clothes pegs. Buy once, cry once. The only downside is keeping family members from pinching them off you.
Quality kitchen knives
I got excited until I saw the price, 163 bucks!
Yup. There's cheaper versions, copies of this one. They're likely much the same in terms of performance.
I got this because I asked a friend who ran a large restaurant what they used and she checked with her chefs. This is what they used, at work and at home.
And you can buy spare parts??!? :)
This brings back memories of opening giant tins of pineapple at Pizza Hut.
Not if it's in the fry cook's section.
Mum’s vintage Louis Vuitton monogram bag, diamonds, gold, Cast iron pans.
I appreciate your contribution re the Louis Vuitton bag. I was always led to believe that, rather than being of particularly high quality/ craftsmenship, but were more likely to simply be Veblen goods (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good)
It’s interesting to hear that (at least at one time) they were legitimately good quality products
A good wife
Lol
An Engel car fridge. Plenty of 35+ year olds still running in the back of Landcruisers all over Australia.
Don't know if today quality is the same as 35 years old. Australia made vs China made
Good set of quality tools if you DIY around the house and garage.
A Leica M6 and a summilux 50mm f/1.4.
Hopefully my Herman Miller Embody chair!
A full metal hammer.
Carbon steel pan.
All these comments and too many people just repeating things. This needs to be a poll
McDonald's cheese burger
Breast implants.. hopefully
Lol wasn’t there the French breast implants that were popping in planes haha
Hookers and blow - it’s the experiences that last a lifetime.
STDs are also for life.
Proper quality clothes like Man-Tie, Informale and Christian Kimber, if they're well looked after.
fitness weight equipment, might get rusty but never breaks. rubber hex dumbbells last for a lifetime without rusting
PlayStation 2
How about chickens and a garden, you keep sowing the plants and breeding the chicken.
The original Propert Swift Whip egg beaters. If you can get your hands on a second-hand one of these it'll last you a life-time and it'd already be 70+ years old.
The only things that last forever on this planet (thus will outlast you) are its native oceans and native flora. All of these things, coincidentally, are free because they all occur naturally and don't need to be manufactured. So, anything with a price tag on it and marketed as built to last is false advertising because only Mother Nature can create objects that are genuinely made to last…
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That can hardly be true. The shape of earth is continually changing. There's alot of plants life cycles that are shorter than humans life's to.
On the flip side manufactured diamonds will out perform natural diamonds in almost every aspect.
A good education along with depression, stress and anxiety. Believe it or not you buy these things.
My friend's bell and ross cost $700 to service. That cost more than my orange monster.