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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday June 09 2020, @08:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the does-an-astrolabe-count? dept.

A recent story on the BBC posed a question to its readers. If it ain't broke: You share your oldest working gadgets. Folks wrote in with their favorite, longest-lasting devices.

Besides being curious about the latest tech devices and advancements, I've noticed our community also seems to have a number of thrifty folk who thrive on getting the most out of their gadgets.

I'll count myself among those in that category. I'll start with a Sharp EL-510S solar-powered, scientific calculator from the early 1980s. I also have a JVC stereo receiver from the mid 1980s that is still going strong. The computer I am currently using is a Dell Latitude Core 2 Duo from about 2009.

So how well has your stuff held up? What was been your best acquisition for long-term durability?


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by zoward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:23PM (2 children)

    by zoward (4734) on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:23PM (#1005392)

    Limiting this to electric-powered gizmos. I was a freshman in college, who had just finished Christmas shopping right after finals and decided to spring for something for myself before I caught the bus back home. I bought myself a Krups coffee grinder at a local Sear's. I finished college, moved home, moved out, bought a house, got married, we sold it, bought a different house, had two kids, the youngest of which is in high school right now, and I used that coffee grinder to make my coffee this morning. I've owned *eight* different coffee makers in that time, and when the last one died, I gave up and got a french press.

    But I've never had to replace my grinder :-)

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by crm114 on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:42PM (1 child)

    by crm114 (8238) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:42PM (#1005413)

    Second that.

    We have a Mulinex (they bought Krups in 1991, according to Wikipedia) "Coffee and Spice Mill" that has been used every morning since the mid 80's

    This year it gave out.

    Brief inspection revealed that 35+ years of wrapping the electrical cord around the thing... broke the electrical cord. Soldering iron and a pair of wire cutters, and she's back grinding coffee as good as ever.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by zoward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:45PM

      by zoward (4734) on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:45PM (#1005419)

      Awesome! I bought the grinder in 1983, so around the same time.