things you have owned for 20+ years that you still use regularly

my refrigerator and microwave are both well over 30 years old, my washer/dryer, cooktop, oven and dishwasher over 25

Bike helmet

I've had the same bottle opener on my keychain since 1994.

a pair of scissors that belonged to my grandmother

spare bed

baritone ukelele

― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:15 AM (two years ago)

the bed is gone now

also adding:

Onkyo tape deck

My favorite mug I've had since 1996 or so. Some kitchen knives I got in the late 80s. The oldest shirts I still wear regularly are from 1993 and 1994. My car I've had 18 years, so almost! Guitar and amp I've had 26, 27 years and my keyboard about 35.

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:07 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Car's up to 20 now. Thinking about this again, also have a tweed jacket that's gotta be 25 years old, maybe closer to 30. I don't wear it a lot, but when an occasion calls for wearing a tweed jacket, that's what I wear. Can't honestly say I use the '80s Cutcos that much anymore.

Almost all our pots and pans and dishes and etc. that we use every day were wedding presents, so those turn 20 in two years and I certainly still expect to be using them then.

Didn't even think of my car... still driving a Corolla purchased new in 99.

I've had the same bottle opener on my keychain since 1994.

― pplains

Winner

I have a lot of stuff in my flat but nothing goes back as far as when I was 16 I’m sure - well, no tools or technology for sure. I do still have the copy of lord of the rings my uncle gave me when I was a kid, and maybe some other books from around then, but these fail to meet the “still use” requirement (I haven’t reread lotr since)

My minidisc recorder

I bought my Hitachi 3D Super Woofer double cassette boombox (crucially with line input) in 1996 new for about £65 from a probably now defunct consumer electronics chain store. It's been busking and to festivals. Thing is solid af.

hope that planned obsolescence is becoming a thing of the past.
Would save the amount of stuff junked and causing pollution if that were the case.
Also proprietary ability to repair things as in preventing the user or a more general technician/repair shop from doing so.
Would think they would need to be steps on the route to a greener world.

I don't play every day but I still use the single French horn I got in 1970. SunRizr dusk/dawn simulator that was a gift in 2000 (happily surprised this still works), in use every day.

My wallet was given to me sometime in my teens over 30 years ago. At this point it's falling apart and needs to be replaced but is still useable.

Ditto, my wallet is 20+ years old, has seen better days but is still hanging in there. A lot of clothes I still wear, jackets mostly, that are a couple of decades old. There's a cardigan I've got that I still wear that I'm pretty sure I got from my dad, which must be over 50 years old, not that I've owned it for 50 years.

i have a coffee grinder that my parents bought me when i went to college that i still use. one button, works great

― na (NA), Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:07 AM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink

well this finally just broke. not the motor, surprisingly, but the blade

rip big man

good excuse to upgrade to a burr grinder imho