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tarbender2 t1_j3qdu50 wrote

Is it the sub or the reality of today’s intentional short life cycle goods?

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TOHSNBN t1_j3r9z5n wrote

You can still get a lot of quality stuff, it is just harder to find and more expensive.

And you need to make sure your info is still up to date.

Buying "brand" no longer works, the stuff you want is not really advertised so you need to look for it.

Buying "commercial grade" often is a really good solution.
It does not look fancy or "trendy" but that stuff is made to be abused.
It is gonna last forever in a residential home. Pretty much anything that goes into a kitchen for example.
You get really kickass pans that cost half of your fancy cast iron that are way more sturdy.
Or just a regular wisk, collander, container, you name it.
Get a few polycarbonate combro and you gonna not look at tupperware ever again.
Same for ovens, planchas, burners... whatever. Solid stainless steel is not gonna break.

Also, replacement lids are still gonna be around in 20 years easy, that stuff is standardized.

Dont buy an overpriced dyson, buy the ugly vaccum housekeeping kicks around with steel toes and uses to clean 30 rooms each day.

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xSympl OP t1_j3t4jse wrote

Exactly. I expect, with all things, to spend 4x as much, but receive 10x the reliability and quality. Buying brands is always stupid, look at red wing they were hyped in here for years and now the quality is terrible because they couldn't keep up with demands and pricing.

Meanwhile some leather worker and cobbler in fucking Nevada or something, are putting out $500 boots that will last your life if you properly care for them, but without people talking about them they won't get any business.

Same thing happened in a few clothing specific subs where once it got bigger and the folks who put in hours of research were hidden by low-effort content being 100x more prevalent, they stopped and the quality just got worse.

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thisplacemakesmeangr t1_j3tecwj wrote

I noticed something on here a bit ago, a link to a place in the UK that curated BIFL items with a lifetime warranty. There was another in the states I can't remember but want to use, hopefully someone will comment

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MagicalWatermelons t1_j3vuzpv wrote

>Dont buy an overpriced dyson, buy the ugly vaccum housekeeping kicks around with steel toes and uses to clean 30 rooms each day.

I just got a small shop vac for my home vacuum. Sucks up anything, cleaning is easy, doesn't break, no fancy parts.

Sure it's loud but if noise levels are a concern when vacuum shopping you have too much money to be on this sub.

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carpathian_crow t1_j3uzx2v wrote

I’ve posted things that I’ve had for a while but which are relatively new and told that they don’t fit.

I guess this is secretly r/vintage just wearing a mask

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