Highest quality products you own

[BigJ]

Got a bunch of Klein tools that are a few decades old.

 

[Jeff7]

I think my floppy drive is the same one I used when I built my first PC, a P2 300MHz, back when they cost a few hundred dollars for a new one.
Or maybe my backpack, LL Bean brand. I had it through high school, and I graduated in 2000.

 

[gamepad]

8800gts

 

[JRich]

My table that my parents bought back in 1985ish. It's my hobby table now.

 

[everman]

My espresso machine, a BFC Junior Plus AKA La Valentina, basically a shrunken down full commercial (it's still big).
Mazzer Mini espresso grinder, it doesn't really get much better than this.
Kershaw E.T. knife, very solid and nice quality steel.
Oakley Juliette sunglasses, say what you want about Oakley but they're wonderful.

 

[secretanchitman]

1992 toyota previa. damn that thing is reliable as hell. still running today.

 

[Vidda]

I got a plush baby white seal (disclaimer: not real) when I was young that's still in great condition after 18 years.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Vidda
I got a plush baby white seal (disclaimer: not real) when I was young that's still in great condition after 18 years.

I had one of those too! They sold them in different sizes, and they had one really HUGE one.

 

[zylander]

IBM Aptiva keyboard from the very early 90's, still in use on my desktop. It outlasted two logitech wireless keyboards, both broke and the IBM was brough back in.

 

[Raduque]

My parents have some Sony audio equipment from around '93 or 94 that still works great.

Well, except for the fact that one of their cats shredded the woofer in one of the towers.

 

[Loop2kil]

Still have a few of my Tonka trunks from when i was a kid...virtually indestructible.
15" Compaq CRT that was bought new back in '98...still used today on my son's PC.
A fluorescent pneumatic desk lamp that i was given by my dad back in '82...still works perfectly today on my work bench....i believe im on my 3rd set of bulbs
31" RCA tv that I've had since '95 still playing xbox games in my son's room.
Craftsman Iron/steel Drill press...at least 60 years old, it was my grandfathers...has external electric motor and is belt driven.

 

[Minjin]

I'm an adult who has returned to school. And I love the expression I get when I show kids my HP 32S II calculator thats dated 1987, older than many of them. HP calcs are definitely an anomaly of technology. It should have been vastly outdated by now. It just oozes quality and the thing works like new...

 

[Leros]

My dad has a drill from the 1960s. Apparently GE was working on an electric tractor and they made some power tools to go along with it. My dad's father got to take one of the drills home as he worked for GE in that department.

It still works wonderfully and is our primary drill. So much more powerful than any drill I've seen today. My only gripe is that the motor only goes in one direction, there is no reverse.

 

[CTrain]

My UCF(University of Central Florida) fitted cap.
I bought that way back when I was in school..1993 and I still have it and wears it exclusively.
I love the cap and I don't know what I would do without it.

 

[Kyle]

Iriver 20gb mp3 player- used it literally every day for hours on end for years and hasnt missed a beat.

 

[Leros]

Also, my dad has a jacket from the 70s that I will occasionally wear. Its still in great shape.

 

[nageov3t]

I've had a pair of doc martens since my junior year of high school (~10 years)... they're totally covered in paint stains from years of stage crew in high school and college, which is the best part about them :thumbsup:

edit: totally forgot about my tackle box... it's this old wooden box with a false lid that my grandpa used when he was a teenager for fishing. skipped a generation since my dad never fished, but I absconded with the box after my grandpa died and have been using it to store things like my passport and birth certificate in the false lid and candles and incense in the rest of the box since 1992. the box has gotta be like 70 years old by now.

 

[erub]

Originally posted by: ironwing
Oh my Umax 1220U scanner is still running, used heavily since 1998.

ahh memories, I inherited a UMAX scanner that required an ISA SCSI card..woo that thing was blazing. I'm sure it'd still be scanning if it was still around..probably 1993ish. As for me I have desks (well really just large tables), a couch, and a dining room set that date from the 80s

 

[Raiden256]

Originally posted by: erub
ahh memories, I inherited a UMAX scanner that required an ISA SCSI card..woo that thing was blazing. I'm sure it'd still be scanning if it was still around..probably 1993ish.

My UMAX 1220S and that damn ISA SCSI card sit in my basement collecting dust. Good scanner... just never found that I needed it.

 

[KurskKnyaz]

Originally posted by: Kirby64
Had an old Sony TV we got rid of recently because we upgraded to LCD. It was 27 years old. Still ran great. It didn't even have a remote control, but you could have bought a WIRED remote for it.

Old Sony TV's are amazing quality. My friends TV from the 80's is still running but the color is getting a little washed out.

 

[CorCentral]

Well this thread topic is a bit vague, but I'd say my 1984 ford E350 van that has 200K+ miles on it is still more a truck than any new crap F150 Pickup on the road! Other than that, my 5 year old 25" JVC flat screen tv is doing fine under its 7year in-home warranty.

If your talking computer stuff......... I usually buy a new computer yearly and don't keep old outdated crap. That may be changing soon as I'm getting tired of keeping up with the flow. Depending how things progress with Vista, programs, video, etc....... I won't be building another computer for 3-4 years.

 

[toolboxolio]

a lifestyle condom.

 

[mattjbak]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
My main TV is a 35" that I bought in 91, and it still looks better than todays big screens.

no it doesn't

 

[slugg]

my leatherman!

 

[ethebubbeth]

NEC 3520a dvd burner.

I have burned over 800 discs in four years.

Only 2 or 3 were coasters, and that was usually the media's fault.