The oldest tech you still use

[el-remmen]

This thread has taught me that old speakers (and many old receivers/amplifiers) last forever (or so my Yamaha speakers and Onkyo receiver confirm).

 

[payn]

This thread has taught me that old speakers (and many old receivers/amplifiers) last forever (or so my Yamaha speakers and Onkyo receiver confirm).

Speakers are pretty resilient. I know a guy that takes old laptops and I was surprised to find he pulls the sound bar out of all of them and its the most recycled part of his business.

 

[Rabulias]

I also have a 42-year old alarm clock that is probably my oldest "new when I bought it" piece of tech. I do tend to hold onto things that work well. My car is a 2006 with just over 110K miles on it so it is doing great. My stereo equipment is from the late 1980s/early 1990s and going strong. I still have a landline (I know, I know), and the phone for it is from 30 years ago. I keep it because the handset is more comfortable for me on longer calls (another old thing that I still have). Plus I can hold it with my shoulder if I need to. I see other people shoulder a cell phone, but I cannot do so for the life of me, and end up dropping the phone.

OTOH, I replace my computer and my cell phone every 4 years, and I buy a new TV every 10 years or so.

I do think many things made today are not made to last as well as things made in the past. The disposable technology concept is unfortunately true, I think. Additionally, there is the fact that sometimes interfaces and processes change just to be different ("it's new and improved!"), and are not truly improvements. I also realize the "old dog factor" can be at work here. As I get older, I am less amenable/capable to learning new ways of doing things.

Anyway, what I need is some device that makes it easier for me to shake my fist and shout at clouds and telling kids to get off my lawn!

 

[el-remmen]

My car is a 2006 with just over 110K miles on it

My 2006 Honda Civic had 230,000 miles on it in 2021 when I finally got rid of it. The engine was in great shape and would have run for another 100k, I think. But it would have fallen out of the rusted bottom of the car before then.

 

[SkidAce]

Grandma's ancient ice cream scoop....

 

[Belen]

My 2006 Honda Civic had 230,000 miles on it in 2021 when I finally got rid of it. The engine was in great shape and would have run for another 100k, I think. But it would have fallen out of the rusted bottom of the car before then.

Wow. I got rid of my 2006 civic in Feb. 2022.

 

[ART!]

Oh, and we have an electric stove from 1956! It came with the house. It's a big one, with warming drawers and everything.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

What's the oldest piece of technology that you've owned from new or nearly new and still use? For me, I have a clock radio I've owned for somewhere in the region of 40 years that still wakes me up every morning. It has a red LED digital display, and is old enough to have a built-in cassette tape player, though I no longer have any tapes to play in it.

I also have an old LED display clock radio I use. I really try to keep my phone out of the bedroom.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I have a pair of boxers that I bought in 1995.

I legit have some custom made based collar French cuff shirts from the 1990s.

The surprise is that they fit!*







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[Dannyalcatraz]

Grandma's ancient ice cream scoop....

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We had one of those until the inner blade inexplicably got bent.