What made the sense?

Cast iron is brittle and would shatter from a serious fall or hit

“Don’t make them like the use to!” “It’s iron.” “Yea but old iron was better.” “It’s iron.” “Come on has your cast iron lasted this long?” “I don’t see why it couldn’t, it’s iron.” “Probably Chinese!” “Nope, it’s literally made in the same factory as your pan made 50 years ago.”

I'd be curious to try this, I sleep like a log so I wouldn't want to try it for work!

Bridgedale

What gets me is when people post things like decades old cast iron pans. Like what did you expect? You would have to screw up massively to destroy a solid chunk of iron, like i'm sure it could even survive a fall out of a tall building and dent the asphalt.

We don’t expect to live long.

Mmm...Chicago

I don't want to know how much energy they use.

Agree I've got smart lights that turn on with my alarm.

I hear sunrise alarm clocks are the shit too

He said his planted tank is upstairs. I had wondered the same thing.

Did you just use the word yuppie?

A Saville Row suit and a Jermyn Street shirt.

Well, Gildan tee’s holds up after many washings, and Hanes are very serviceable. 😎

I have socks over 10 years old :) never posted them though

You can't take a one size fits all approach. Just because you design products that aren't Bifl doesn't mean every designer and company takes the same approach.

Look at modern mechanical watches, the movements in modern watches are literally refined versions of 60 year old movements and require far less maintenance and last longer than old movements due to many iterative changes over the years. A new oris 400 caliber watch is going to be better than an old Rolex at 1/10th the cost.

Look at textiles, modern waterproof materials work sooooo much better then what we had even 20 years ago. You can't compare a coat from the 60's to a modern waterproof jacket from a company like Patagonia or Arc'teryx. Yes lots of fast fashion exists, but there are also items out there where the quality of those items literally can't be matched by old products.

There are lots of older products that work well and will last a lifetime, I agree with that, but there are also lots of modern products that will last a lifetime and be better then some.of those older items. Metallurgy/textiles/technology/electronics/etc have all come a LONG way and if you seek out the quality items (which is what I use this sub to do) you can still find truly generational items that are built better than they were in the past.

No shoe is BIFL, but I've been wearing my Solovairs pretty much daily for over 2.5 years now (which is a LONG time compared to any shoe I've ever owned) and they hold up great. They got at least double that of life in them. My Dr. Martens' sole was worn down at the heel after about half a year of daily wear.

They will last you longer than you want to wear them honestly. At some point it's just time to say goodbye to any shoe/boot because at the end of the day, you put your stinky feet in them on a daily basis.

Nah get an outlet timer and a lamp, wakeup is much better with light than sound.

I have a Durabrand alarm clock I bought from walmart 20 years ago for $5. It still works flawlessly.

As a designer is there brands or items that you admire for they “quality”, sturdiness, or aesthetic+durability?

Todays products are designed for a global market and shipping weight is an absolutely huge concern, which comes at the expensive of longevity. You can argue w me if you want I’m literally a product designer and creating stuff that people buy is literally my career. We can’t use the same materials and methods we could 50 years ago because of shipping costs. Older stuff is in general going to last a lot longer than anything available today.

It depends on use. My comment assumes that it gets regular use like a pair of shoes or clothing

Not really. Half the posts are like a kitchen mixer that gets used once around the holidays then sits on a shelf for another 11.5 months

As a bonus, if you read the user manual with these, they come with a warning not to have the clock within 3 feet of your head while sleeping, due to radiation exposure or something.

Probably just a legal thing to be sure they cant be sued in extreme situations. like someone making a bed of clocks, and spending decades sleeping on them until they develop cancer...

Unless you drop them, or get them wet, new alarm clocks may not be as burly, but they're much lighter and easier to move around. They also have many more features now, like being able to sync with your phone for reminders and such.

I bought my Bose Wave Radio 1 (AWR1) new in the mid 1990’s, still works effortlessly today and coming up for 30 years. I think the only thing that is likely to fail with solid state electronics are the analog parts like the speakers, the Bose speakers are still available idk about other makes though so it makes sense to buy a brand that has good primary and secondary market parts suppliers.