Posting quality items that are built to last that I can actually buy provides me a lot more value than someone posting an old slab of cast metal that would obviously be BIFL, or posting old alarm clocks that while they may last are obsolete for most people due to smart phones.

I'm okay with the mix of postings on this sub, so those alarm clock posts don't bother me much, but a lot of us get far more value from items you can buy today as opposed to hand me downs from grand parents.

And there is nothing wrong with that, a lot of us prefer items that can be purchased new but are built to last.

I don't particularly want to go buy some 30 year old t shirt that has been worn by 6 people already, but would love to know which brands I can buy new that are built to last.

Unless you wheel and deal their line starts around $13k for their smaller model, and goes up from there.

My experience admittedly is just my uncle who has one for as long as I could remember and my dad being a corporate pilot worked for a lot of Uber wealthy people and when he wasn't flying they always had him doing random shit, trying to fix their sub zeros in their various houses ended up being a big part of his job. Condensers/fans/compressors went out on them, no more often (probably less often) then on a consumer fridge, but the repair costs were much much higher. $2k repair calls weren't out of the question from what I recall. It's been probably 5+ years though so maybe things have changed.

I don't think too many people there are going to be in the market for $15-25k fridges.

Also, while subzero makes great stuff, it is expensive to maintain. A fridge may very well be BIFL, but expect to spend the cost of a typical consumer grade fridge on repairs and maintenance every 5 years.

I only know this because I have one of their wallets which I love, but Mitchell leather makes custom briefcases, will last a lifetime, and their custom ones are like $1900, so actually within your budget somehow.

https://mitchell-leather.com/pages/briefcases

Aren't surge protectors basically just an inline fuse? How would they lose protection over time? If they protect against the surge the fuse would overload and fail and the surge protector would seize to work, or am I misunderstanding how these work?

So what your saying is that after 6 hours your zoji was still too hot to drink? Mostly kidding, but really, some of these thermoses are too efficient at this point, you want to consume coffee around 135ish F.

Ya I have the cordless, wasn't sure what you had.

It can also be a bad trigger, ours was pulsing and I bought a $12 trigger replacement and it fixed it right up.

Patagonia Fitz Roy line is very substantial, as is their work wear line. Pendelton is also very substantial (though not as thick as the Patagonia stuff).

The differences are super minor between D3 and d5. You won't notice the performance difference imo.

Copper is great for conductivity and even heating, but tin is not great for anything outside of sauce pans imo. Tin melts at 500f, so it's out the window for searing anything, and you kinda have to baby it (forgot a pot on the burner and it's ruined). I absolutely love my copper and tin sauce pot, but I only use it for liquids/sauces so it doesn't go above 212ish f.

If you want BIFL copper pans that can cook anything, you want silver lined copper pans, but those get very very pricey fast.

Honestly stainless steel is where it's at though, there is a reason most restaurants use stainless steel for most their cooking. They are just solid/durable and work well

Light/medium isn't really a higher caffeine content. It is true that caffeine cooks away (to an extent) in the roasting process and because of that on a per bean basis, light roasts will have more caffeine.

That being said, we typically measure coffee by weight and the more you roast coffee the lighter it becomes (moisture loss). This means that you have more physical beans for the same given weight which offsets the loss of caffeine. I.e. 20 beans and light roast coffee has more caffeine then 20 beans of dark roast, but 20g of light roast coffee has about the same caffeine as 20g of dark roast

Put a drip basket under the shower head and don't put in the portafilter and now you're making drip coffee with this.

Thorogood

Ya, it's a lifetime warranty, they will replace or repair for life

Patagonia's H2NO is pretty close, but outside of that gore-tex doesn't have an equal imo.

No sneaker is BIFL.

Have both a Patagonia mlc 45 and the new mlc mini 26, love them both tremendously. Strongly recommend them

If you buy from them directly they have the sleep trial thing, basically get your money back for 100 days I think?

The problem with buying an old Volvo or any old (15+ years old) car is while I may have lasted forever from new, it's on borrowed time now, and objectively far less safe than a modern car.

I love my Thursdays stuff, but their quality changes batch to batch. I have some shoes from them with leather midsoles which are awesome, but I also have other pairs that shipped with fiberboard midsoles and lasted 5 months. I reached out and basically they said they build shoes in batches based off of what they can source and what their design is at that time so quality can really vary.

Patagonia down sweater or hoody are perfectly fine for office casual and very warm for anything from.maybe 5-10 below freezing up to 60. Not the most waterproof jackets In the world so if that matters maybe try a different one.

Been buying a lot of used Patagonia on Poshmark, specifically button down shirts for work, as well as buying a few pieces new (stuff people fake like jackets). Jeans I just get Levi's, I know there are better options but I find if you don't wash them after every use (only wash when they actually need it) and cycle pairs they last a long time.

Which isn't bad in a wallet, chromexcel wallets can easily last a lifetime, and who wants a big thick bulky wallet that isn't plyable?