"70’s model snap on tool boxes. Lasted through 3 generations and one major shop fire. Any idea as to what they costed when new? Searched the web and can’t find a old catalog with prices. Just curious and my 70 year old grandfather can’t remember what he paid."
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Vest 2 year s ago
Comparing apples to oranges here. There is most definitely a price-point at which newly manufactured items/appliances will be both long-lasting, serviceable and built with few compromises.
Just that most people will never quite get to see those as it both lies well outside of most people's budget and is just not needed for the average owner.
I looked up a fully serviceable freestanding fridge once, it had 20 year full warranty, made from stainless, with two separate compressors etc but it also cost about x10 times more than "ordinary" fridge/freezer that just gets the job done.
"Professional" washing-machines for laundry rooms have similar price point (about x10 times the price of "normal" washing machine), take larger wash loads while having same-ish overall dimensions and will run "nearly" trouble free for decades easely and are made to be quickly serviceable by replacement of standardized modules from the manufacturer.
Just that most people will never quite get to see those as it both lies well outside of most people's budget and is just not needed for the average owner.
I looked up a fully serviceable freestanding fridge once, it had 20 year full warranty, made from stainless, with two separate compressors etc but it also cost about x10 times more than "ordinary" fridge/freezer that just gets the job done.
"Professional" washing-machines for laundry rooms have similar price point (about x10 times the price of "normal" washing machine), take larger wash loads while having same-ish overall dimensions and will run "nearly" trouble free for decades easely and are made to be quickly serviceable by replacement of standardized modules from the manufacturer.
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Nessa 2 year s ago
Vita Mix will emulsify golf balls, I'm persuaded. But what didn't hold up on the older machines is the "vulcanized" coupling to the impeller. For a while the guarantee on these got you a repair, then VM moved on, and you were on your own. CA glue was the substitute. Still miss my HP 15C that vanished, but I have a few others still kinda working. The 15 was the gem. 3, Enter, 4, X, 12. RPN makes so much sense.
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Keziah 2 year s ago
The old fridges might be still working fine but consume a ton of energy. When I was replacing an old fridge in my house with a new one my energy costs significantly went down.
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Elminie 2 year s ago
Most of what is made to day, is meant brake down. I work for a company that made Fans for years. They very durable and long lasting. At the time they were the best you buy. Then can the day engineers were brought in to redesign the armatures for the fans. Took them six months but came up with new armature that would burn out after so many hours of use. This way they knew it would brake down and the buyer would need to get a new one. And that's only part of what they did to make them more money and cheaper piece of cr#p to sale as time went on. You can defend all the new cr#p all you want. In the end it is cr#p compared to what they made 40-50 years ago. Back then they made it to last, now they make to brake down and that is a fact. They even teach this in business school now. One of my sons was telling me about it when he went to business school.
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Jincy 2 year s ago
Elminie,
The word is "BREAK."
The word is "BREAK."
Just that most people will never quite get to see those as it both lies well outside of most people's budget and is just not needed for the average owner.
I looked up a fully serviceable freestanding fridge once, it had 20 year full warranty, made from stainless, with two separate compressors etc but it also cost about x10 times more than "ordinary" fridge/freezer that just gets the job done.
"Professional" washing-machines for laundry rooms have similar price point (about x10 times the price of "normal" washing machine), take larger wash loads while having same-ish overall dimensions and will run "nearly" trouble free for decades easely and are made to be quickly serviceable by replacement of standardized modules from the manufacturer.
The word is "BREAK."