30pcs of Chinese Herb 330 fountain ink pen at $0.27 each.
Ask HN: What are some of your “buy it for life” purchases?
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#32Here's a few BIFL grooming products I've had for years. Royal Golden Birdie nose trimmers. Feather SS straight razor. Feather AS D2 double edge razor.
> Feather AS D2 double edge razor ($200-$400)
Why is this so expensive? My MAG-MR1-V3 was $16.15 and it seems pretty much identical.
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#33The keyboard I'm using is about 10 years old. Some keys are a bit loose, but not really an issue, feels very comfortable to use. Keylabels are all still visible, except for the 'i' key. Don't remember the exact price, but it was less than Rs 300 (around $6) at the time. About 2 years back I bought a new keyboard of the same brand, got fed up within a month (frequent mistype of neighboring key) and went back to the old one.
I got the audio speakers too about 10 years back. About double the keyboard price. Warranty was for 6 months.
My average daily computer use is around 10 hours, so it's not like they lasted long due to low usage.
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#34Sometimes a useful heuristic about what items really are durable is, do your parents own anything that you are using / would want to use? (In my own case the answer was: nothing.)
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#35Vinyl records. I still have records that are perfectly good which I bought when I first got a record player for my 15th (I think) birthday, 35 years ago now.
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#36A good knife sharpener.
Which one?
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#37Not really "for life" (in that sense anyway), but I missed the first thread so I'll put it here, with apologies. After a lot of research, for Christmas 2020 I got a few "Airpro" masks[1] ($40-50). In short, it's a wearable HEPA filter that pumps filtered air into any standard N95 or KN95 mask. In theory this gives better filtration (both from higher efficiency and positive pressure), but mainly I love it because it e…
Wozniak was just on Steve-O’s Wild Ride promoting this (it was one of his show and tell items)
If Woz likes it, must be doing something right...
Found it: https://youtu.be/CRi8r0XQFHU?t=5402
As always, a great sense of humor. I saw him speak shortly after the Intel Mac release, and got him to sign my computer "Woz Inside." Inaccurate, but he was a good sport about the joke!
Re: Ask HN: What are some of your “buy it for life” purchases?
#38Not really "for life" (in that sense anyway), but I missed the first thread so I'll put it here, with apologies. After a lot of research, for Christmas 2020 I got a few "Airpro" masks[1] ($40-50). In short, it's a wearable HEPA filter that pumps filtered air into any standard N95 or KN95 mask. In theory this gives better filtration (both from higher efficiency and positive pressure), but mainly I love it because it e…
Are you on constant immunosuppressants or why do you wear this all the time?
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#39Vinyl records. I still have records that are perfectly good which I bought when I first got a record player for my 15th (I think) birthday, 35 years ago now.
I also still have my mum's 7" collection from the sixties.
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#40Asolo hiking boots. I had a pair for more than 10 years now. They appear very fatigued from the outside, but don’t show any structural issues. I don’t think I own any other clothing item that gets at least semi-regular usage that lasted this long.
Hasn't the outsole (the underside of the shoe) worn off? It gets completely flat on my hiking shoes after a year or two, leading to notably reduced grip, and that's the main reason I have to replace them once in a while. But mine are medium priced, so I am wondering if higher priced shoes like yours last longer.
They’re very visibly worn, but still retain some of the grippy shape. I think that might mostly depend on the soil and rocks you’re hiking on. I visited volcanic regions a couple of times and got the sense that it’s much harsher on the soles. My area is mostly full of limestone, which is rather soft.