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Hello,
I have always been interested in when buying, buying items that are built to last and are have the built quality of yesteryear not the usual modern tat today that gives up the ghost after a short time. I am talking about anything and everything, from leather luggage to frying pans!
I have seen the new land rover mobile phone and think that this a good point of reference, rugged, fairly simple and will last years without problems, or other items like a land rover defender, or a barbour jacket, those sort of goods.
So what I am asking is for a collection of brands/products that a synonymous with quality, attention to detail etc, price is irrelevant as good stuff usually costs!
It may seem like an usual question but it is something I think enough people are interested in and will have knowledge of to help me.
regards,
Thomas
I have always been interested in when buying, buying items that are built to last and are have the built quality of yesteryear not the usual modern tat today that gives up the ghost after a short time. I am talking about anything and everything, from leather luggage to frying pans!
I have seen the new land rover mobile phone and think that this a good point of reference, rugged, fairly simple and will last years without problems, or other items like a land rover defender, or a barbour jacket, those sort of goods.
So what I am asking is for a collection of brands/products that a synonymous with quality, attention to detail etc, price is irrelevant as good stuff usually costs!
It may seem like an usual question but it is something I think enough people are interested in and will have knowledge of to help me.
regards,
Thomas
When I say Land Rover I mean the vehicles of old, the historical view of Land Rover I think one of durability and reliability.
Well, to say the phone will last for years is a bit of a blind guess but I was basing my view on the fact that it is relatively simple in it's design and hopefully well constructed, but like you say, I don't know.
Well, to say the phone will last for years is a bit of a blind guess but I was basing my view on the fact that it is relatively simple in it's design and hopefully well constructed, but like you say, I don't know.
for everyday casual threads I wear Abercrombie & Fitch and Ruehl clothing. Great fabrics, brilliant attention to detail and wear exceedingly well. They must put the best seamstresses china has to offer on their team.
cue the Ph snobs who only have their shirts tailored by some wizened old hobbit down Jermyn street out of larks tongues or something equally fantastic..
cue the Ph snobs who only have their shirts tailored by some wizened old hobbit down Jermyn street out of larks tongues or something equally fantastic..
Apparently one of the contributory factors in the demise of Dennis lawnmowers was that they were too good. Everyone who could afford one and needed one had one, and they were built so well they rarely needed to buy a new one. Which, I suppose, is why planned obsolescence and product lives keep quite a few people earning a wage nowadays.
^ I've always seen Oakley sunglasses as a bit of a rip off to be honest (as are all sports sunglasses costing more than £30). Buy some 'Bolle' jobbies and they'll do the same job.
ETA;
Champion Juicers
Miele white goods
Asterix said:
Those heavy duty enameled food mixers.
kitchen Aid?ETA;
Champion Juicers
Miele white goods
Edited by WildCards on Wednesday 29th July 10:08
WildCards said:
^ I've always seen Oakley sunglasses as a bit of a rip off to be honest (as are all sports sunglasses costing more than £30). Buy some 'Bolle' jobbies and they'll do the same job.
Yup - that's the ones.Asterix said:
Those heavy duty enameled food mixers.
kitchen Aid?Edited by WildCards on Wednesday 29th July 10:06
Also - Gibson Les Paul guitars.
WildCards said:
^ I've always seen Oakley sunglasses as a bit of a rip off to be honest (as are all sports sunglasses costing more than £30). Buy some 'Bolle' jobbies and they'll do the same job.
You're paying for the lenses. No other pair of glasses I have ever ownned have taken as much punishment as my Oakleys, which still have not a single scratch on them. Of course, the downside is that they've lasted so long they're not as fashionable as they once were, but I can live with that.
ETA - Should've mentioned they are prescription lenses.
Edited by Hunky Dory on Wednesday 29th July 10:18
holtender_01 said:
price is irrelevant as good stuff usually costs!
Though be careful not to confuse that with expensive stuff is usually good...Miele is generally good in my experience, and lives up to your comment above.
Britannia stoves came VERY highly recommended with a price ticket to match. I think mine is the biggest pile of s
t I've ever bought - the £140 unit in my last place was better than the £2.8k Britannia range I've just fitted. If it weren't for the fact the kitchen had been designed around it I'd send it back.Hunky Dory said:
You're paying for the lenses. No other pair of glasses I have ever ownned have taken as much punishment as my Oakleys, which still have not a single scratch on them.
Of course, the downside is that they've lasted so long they're not as fashionable as they once were, but I can live with that.
Up to £250 for scratch resistant lenses is still excessive IMO. They're a fashion item and priced as such I realise this, but they're not 10x better or 10x as long lasting as an equivalent pair of cheapies with UV lenses. The cheaper Oakley's I concede are better value, which I suppose goes some way to prove money doesn't buy quality.Of course, the downside is that they've lasted so long they're not as fashionable as they once were, but I can live with that.
Edited by WildCards on Wednesday 29th July 10:24
Cases from these guys - http://www.peliproducts.co.uk/ - Can't recommend them enough - very well engineered bits of kit.
G-Shock watches - double hard barstewards
Leki trekking poles - can take a hell of a lot of abuse
Lowe Alpine rucsacks - very very well made
G-Shock watches - double hard barstewards
Leki trekking poles - can take a hell of a lot of abuse
Lowe Alpine rucsacks - very very well made
WildCards said:
Up to £250 for scratch resistant lenses is still excessive IMO. They're a fashion item and priced as such I realise this, but they're not 10x better or 10x as long lasting as an equivalent pair of cheapies with UV lenses.
I'm afraid they are "10x better" than "cheapies" - I speak from experience of trying loads of them (cheapies) only to find that the optical quality is shocking and they wouldn't last longer than a few months before being battered to the point of redundancy. Although I freely admit that the latter may be down to what you are doing with them.Cheapies are fine for sunbathing and the like, but I was answering the "Built to last" thread title
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