Frederick Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I have just binned a Hitachi microwave (working but looked tired ) that was over 20 years old.... and now realise my Aiwa Hi Fi stacking system is also over 20 years old but still giving service .... Recently I changed an Indisit dishwasher that had also given over 25 years service with only a pump replacement .....what have you got thats still plugged in and running over for 20 years ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 My electric chair....still can't get my MIL to sit in it though!Seriously, I have some heated rollers that I don't use any more and I have lost most of the pins, but I can't bear to part with them as they were a Christmas present from the mid 70s and they do still heat up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Anglia Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Sony tuner and Linn turntable as part of a HiFi seperates system, around 30 years old. The rest is 19! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Kenwood Chef, bought in 1975 in Swansea ( not that Swansea has any relevence), still going strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I have recently replaced a Philips top-loader washing machine bought as reconditioned in England in 1990. The bottom plate started leaking, but it still worked fine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-cat Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 [quote user="Frederick"]what have you got thats still plugged in and running over for 20 years ?[/quote]Mark - 44 & still going!! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suandpete Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Molyneux hand mixer - Christmas 1970! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 My Toshiba CD deck, and my Pioneer tape deck - both nearly 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punch Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 [quote user="cooperlola"]My Toshiba CD deck, and my Pioneer tape deck - both nearly 30.[/quote]I worked as a servive engineer for Miele (many moons ago) and once came across a 700 series washing machine which was 14 years old. The (rich) customer had binned it and bought a new one. I removed a bra wire (which was jamming the drain pump) replaced all the hoses on it which were perished, and fitted a new sealing kit for the drain pump and it is still running well 10 years later ( at my mum's house!) , 24 years - not bad for a washing machine!I also have a lovely stereo bush radio that I bought from Dixons when I was about 16 years old - I now use it as a builders radio on renovation jobs we do - still going strong after ******* years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 "Molyneux hand mixer - Christmas 1970!"Hang on to it. Stupidly, I threw mine away about four years ago. I replaced it with two different new ones, one for England, one for France. Neither of them is as good; they just look prettier.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 We have a "young " Scandinova fridge / freezer, its only 17 years old, does it qualify???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alane Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I still have the Pye transistor radio my parents gave me as a Christmas present in 1964 - or was it a Christening present? It still works and I listen to it in the garden although perhaps not for much longer if the proposals to phase out AM radio come to anything. I also still use a Quad 44/405 stereo amplifier set that I bought in the late 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I've got a working Apple ][e computer, c1985. I don't use it much, I find the 1Mhz processor speed a bit slow by today's standards!My Sinclair QL no longer works - the ribbon cables perished after about 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 A radio bought in the 1960's probably mid 1960's. I bought our pressure cooker in 1976. Our freezer was bought in 1979. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 When we moved house in 2004 I reluctantly had to part company with the chest freezer my mother had bought for herself in 1974 then subsequently given to me because she couldn't reach the bottom of it without falling in.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 One of my fridges is 25 years plus old. Its difficult to know if it should be replaced. I'm sure by modern standards its insulation/power consumption/etc. are all terrible and thus contributing to pollution. However, making appliances and processing the old ones is also not good from an environmental perspective so I'm unsure if I should keep using it.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I have my mums moulinex electric whisk. Older than me and works perfectly (unlike me.) Very cool brown and beige colour as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suninfrance Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Apart from OH - my Kenwood Chefette food mixer and blender. Date 1976 - wedding present from my mum and dad. Also a Technics Record Deck, Amplifier, tape to tape circa 1982. Not quite in working order is my nan's old Singer sewing machine. Instruction manual dated 1918. Does anyone know who can sort out the tension problems for me (Correze 19 area). I loved that old machine. It still has all the different foots for different types of sewing. I do have an electric machine, but it scares me to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Oldest appliance that was still working but died on NewYear's Day : my cooker![:'(]! It was a wedding present from my m-i-l, the only useful present I ever had from her. It was delivered to my house the week after I got married in 1979... Hope the replacement will last just has long!.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Bernina Record sewing machine, bought 1969. Still have the original carry case and documentation. Its travelled all over the World with us and, though serviced very occasionally, is still in almost daily use. When bought it had a lifetime guarantee, but only in the country of purchase (Zambia) and only if the owner attended a training course on its use (she did). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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