Sometimes I will use something and realize I’ve owned it forever. It’s a nice change in our throwaway reality. I think my personal record is a bicycle multi-tool I got for one of my first bikes, ~25 years ago. Still have it, still use it. When it comes to electronic devices I have a Panasonic mini Hi-Fi from ~2005. Never felt like changing it.
What’s your record?
Square Singer ( @squaresinger@feddit.de ) 34•1 year agoMy toilet.
Shdwdrgn ( @Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz ) English15•1 year agoI bought my mechanical keyboard in 1997. It has the original large round plug on it and through the years I’ve had to buy adapters to go to a ps/2 port and now to usb, but the keyboard itself still works pretty well. Definitely time for a good cleaning though, I’ve been having a lot of stuck or missed keys lately. Since I write code this keyboard has seen a LOT of daily use over the years.
gjoel ( @gjoel@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year agoAn Enermax keyboard has been my daily driver as a programmer for my career that started in 2007. It still works just fine and I still have no reason to change to something else. Lots of reasons not to, since I like the classic keyboard layout and the flat laptop keys.
Shdwdrgn ( @Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz ) English1•1 year agoTrying to type anything on the chiclet style keyboards reminds me of the days of learning to code on a ZX81. You just can’t type quickly on those without the proper feedback. If my current keyboard ever dies, I don’t know what I’ll do.
sunbeam60 ( @sunbeam60@lemmy.one ) 13•1 year agoBought some walking boots in 1991 that I only got rid off last year (they finally broke). Except Antarctica they’ve been on every continent. Felt quite sad saying goodbye.
Helix 🧬 ( @Helix@feddit.de ) 4•1 year agoWhich brand/model?
sunbeam60 ( @sunbeam60@lemmy.one ) 3•1 year agoTrezeta, which is an Italian brand of hiking goods. Not sure of the model, it’s been so long ago.
https://x.com/BjornToftMadsen/status/1213442646594772992?s=20
Alright, it wasn’t quite last year, I realised :) Time moves fast in your 40s.
ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) 11•1 year agoWe got three sets of bedsheets when we got married thirteen years ago, still using all of them.
Before we were married, my spouse got me a tea set; only two teacups left but I do use them daily.
But the winner is the engraved, personalized cereal spoon I got when I was five by saving cereal box tops and sending them in.
cosmic_skillet ( @cosmic_skillet@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 year agoCereal box top redemption!
ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) 2•1 year agoThose halcyon days!
That’s awesome. I have some things from my childhood at my family home but nothing that I actually still use.
8ace40 ( @8ace40@programming.dev ) 10•1 year agoSennheiser headphones that I bought for about $20 about 10 years ago. The cable is indestructible. I once had to resolder it to the speakers because it my cat pulled it out, but the cable itself has endured all kinds of abuse without breaking. And the sound is fantastic.
1993_toyota_camry ( @1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year agoThey weren’t cheap but I got my sennheiser Hd650s around 2004 and still use them daily.
I’ve replaced the ear pads and cord once each, otherwise they’re original.
Chetzemoka ( @Chetzemoka@startrek.website ) 3•1 year agoSame. My Sennheiser Momentum 2s over ears are god damn workhorses and I’m very abusive. And the sound is fantastic.
Elizabeth ( @JenTheWyvern@lemm.ee ) 3•1 year agoI picked up a pair of Sennheisers from a thrift store a couple years back. They sound amazing and the cord is replaceable! I love them.
YourFavouriteNPC ( @YourFavouriteNPC@feddit.de ) 9•1 year agoI’m pretty sure some of my T-shirts could win this if we don’t take this whole “daily” I aspect too seriously. There are a few from my teenage years that are still in good shape and still fit, which I’ve had for literally more than half my life by now.
That “daily”-aspect makes it really hard though, since there are days when I don’t even need my house keys. Lighbulbs die after some time, so they ain’t it either. And would wardrobes count as “items”? I tried thinking about this question so hard for way longer than I probably should’ve now, and got to no unanimous conclusion so far. But in the end, it doesn’t even matter, so I’ll just go with: probably my glasses
thesmokingman ( @thesmokingman@programming.dev ) 1•1 year agoI struggled with the same thing. I’ve got some ties from my dad from haberdasheries that hadn’t existed for a couple of decades before I was born. They are in regular rotation but that means they get worn once every few months like all my other ties.
davefischer ( @davefischer@beehaw.org ) English9•1 year agoIn 1990 I was running a very tiny Unix clone at home (Coherent on a 286 PC w/ 1 meg ram) and… I don’t remember if I couldn’t get a standard reader to compile on that or what the problem was, but anyways - I wrote an email/usenet reader for my own use.
33 years later, I’m still using it to read my email every day.
Also, I think I’ve had my pasta strainer since the 90s.
How are you dealing with everything being in HTML and full of attachments now?
davefischer ( @davefischer@beehaw.org ) English5•1 year agoAn email of all html is an unwanted email 99% of the time. Occasionally, I save it, and open in lynx. (When a web site emails a security code.)
Attachments are more of a hassle, because I frequently need those. Save to a temp file, “munpack file”, examine extracted files.
kim (she/her) ( @gruf@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year agoimpressive! got a source code link for those of curious?
Granixo ( @Granixo@feddit.cl ) 8•1 year agoWired Headphones 🔌🎧
Basically can’t live without them 🎵❤️
BolexForSoup ( @BolexForSoup@kbin.social ) 6•1 year agoNot daily but very regularly: zoom H1. Small handheld recorder that does 24bit 48khz wav. It can go about
8-10 hours on a single AA, has a USB mini port for running an external battery. Stereo out, xy condenser mics built in, line in for lavs and such.I use it for recording speeches at rehearsal dinners for friends and family to surprise them with, collecting foley audio, plugging into boards to get a mixdown of a band playing, and more. I use it professionally as a backup audio recorder in my video work (it probably saves the day at least five or six times a year doing that). Hell, one time someone brought out a Red but no scratch mic not realizing the camera didn’t have one built-in. We plugged the H1 into the audio input and proceeded to shoot. Day saved.
it’s incredibly portable, surprisingly rugged, and it is an essential part of my tool kit and travels. I have had the same one since 2012 and a second one since 2016. It is probably the single most important piece of equipment I own, and is just so broadly useful that I can’t imagine not having it. Best $90 or so I ever spent.
spicy pancake ( @janus2@lemmy.zip ) English5•1 year agoA plastic wide-toothed comb I’ve had since I was a kid. I never liked the design and it’s slowly falling apart (one tine missing, outer layers peeling) but I want to use it until it’s no longer functional as it’ll end up in a landfill :/ after which I’m going to see about making or buying a wooden one
toast ( @toast@retrolemmy.com ) 5•1 year agoI am currently wearing a pair of shorts that I bought sometime in the late '80s. The top blanket currently on my bed was made by my grandmother in the '70s. The clock right in front of me was made during WW2, but I’ve only had it for a couple of decades. I guess I just don’t throw shit away
Edit: now that I think of it, my bed is probably from the '30s or '40s.
lightnsfw ( @lightnsfw@reddthat.com ) 5•1 year agoI’ve had the Leatherman Skeletool in my pocket for 10 years. That’s probably the longest. It goes with me pretty much everywhere.
Nis ( @nis@feddit.dk ) 5•1 year agoI bought my wallet in April 2000, a cheap faux leather foldy wallet. It’s a bit weathered but still works.
I have a big wool sweater I got as a present from my then-girlfriend whish looks pristine and still smells a bit of lanolin. That is from 98 or 99.
I only have one belt. It’s a leather belt I got in my teens, so about 30 years ago. I use it, not daily, but close. That is also a bit worn. I don’t remember it as some high-quality item when we bought it. It came with two different buckles; a simple normal one and a big gaudy texas-flag rocker-style which I never used.
I also had a The North Face jacket that deserves an honorable mention. I got it in 99 and I used for almost 20 years. Ten years in the zipper gave up and I went to the store where it was bought and asked if it could be repaired and how much it would cost. They took the jacket and asked for my address. A week later it came back with a new zipper, no charge. I really miss that jacket. The layers started to separate and the goretex membrane started to fail.
DeltaTangoLima ( @DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com ) English5•1 year agoMy Victorinox Swiss army knife. Got it close to 30 years ago, and I still carry it every day, using it for dozens of different things.
I’ve replaced the scales once, and the blade was ruined by a dodgy knife sharpener, but it still holds an edge.
val ( @val@infosec.pub ) 5•1 year agoI think technically it’s just my key ring. It’s loop is just from a charm thing my grandmother gave to me like 20 years ago. The charm was lost a long time ago. Kind of boring though.
My favorite pair of jeans and my favorite jacket are both about 15 years old at this point, heavily worn and patched together many times. Not daily use though obviously. My most comfortable pair of boots are about 10 years old which are closer to daily use.
One of the hard drives in my computer is more than 10 years old but I rarely read/write anything to it anymore. For a long time a lot of bits from it were very old, but I think everything older has been ship of theseus’d now. My mother still uses my handy down 15+ year old MX518 mouse daily though.