This Group Unites The Proud Owners Of ‘Buy It For Life’ Things, And Here Are 30 Of Them

Some things are just built differently and can last you a lifetime. However, today, we get less and less products that we could say the same about. Due to our consumerism culture, we can afford more stuff that breaks rather quickly compared to some vintage items and even electronics that people bought back in the day.

Knowing that collectively we create 2.12 billion tons of waste per year, which directly contributes to climate change, among other issues, it’s safe to say that celebrating products that last you longer is truly important. Therefore, today, we would like to share some of the exemplary items shared on the subreddit r/BuyItForLife that these people continue to use even a decade or more later. Yes, it might look like you are being transported back in time, but trends do circulate, and some of the things are looking pretty trendy to me!

#1 1935 Wedgewood With Everything Included

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#2 My Dad Owns A Piano Business (I Work There Occasionally Helping Him Rebuild Pianos) I Just Bought My First House And The Same Week He Calls Me And Says He Got Me A Present. A Mover My Dad Knows Was About To Take This To The Dump For Someone But Called My Dad First And He Nabbed It. 1892 Knabe

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#3 This Truck Out Lived Its Owner And Became A Family Legacy

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#4 My 100+ Year Old Weekly User

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#5 My 1950 O’keefe & Merritt Stove Still Works Like A Charm. I Call Her Christine

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#6 (Bsa Motorcycle) Same Couple On The Same Motorbike In 1955 And 2015

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#7 My Mom Bought This Clothes Hamper For Me In 3rd Grade. I’m 28 And Still Using It. Oh, And My Son Likes To Play In It

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#8 Old Family Heirloom At Least 100 Years Old

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#9 My Son’s Teddy Bear. And Mine. And My Dad’s. And His Dad’s. Circa 1930s

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#10 Who Needs A Spotify Subscription, Or Even Internet, With These Babies, And My Cd Collection!

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#11 My Grandfather’s 1964 Cub Cadet He Purchased New. He Used It Regularly Up Until The Early 2000s. The Family Decided To Get A Full Restoration Done On It. After A Year, It’s Ready To Go Another Lifetime

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#12 53 Years Old And Runs Like A Top. They Don’t Make ‘Em Like This Anymore

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#13 The Riddler Has Given Me Nearly 30 Years Of Quality Drinkware. I Still Use It To Sip On Some Bourbon Every Night. McDonald’s Just Doesn’t Make Things Like They Used To

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#14 This Was In My Grandparents Home Until I Moved It To My House 13 Years Ago. It Is Still Working And In Use. I’m Sure They Paid An Exorbitant Amount In Rental Fees To Ma Bell Over The Years For It

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#15 In 1927 This Desk Was Moved Into This Office And Has Been Here Ever Since. Now That’s What I Call Buy It For Life. Leopold Desk Company

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#16 These Have Lived In My Grandparents Trunk My Whole Life Now I Get To Pull Them Out At Family Gatherings

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#17 Corelle Dishes- My Mom Bought These At 18 When She Moved Out. She’ll Be 63 This Year

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#18 Kenmore Stove 61 Years Old

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#19 Rubber Boots From 1962, Still Waterproof After 61 Years

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#20 50+ Year Old Coleman Stove Still Works

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#21 It Is With Grave Sorrow That I Announce Our 52 Year Old General Electric Refrigerator Has Chilled Its Last Grocery (Defrost Heater No Longer Available)

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#22 A Palette Knife I Bought Brand New More Than 30 Years Ago — I Created Countless Paintings With It

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#23 My Grandpa’s 1965(Ish) Hp 21 Calculator

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#24 Clark Stopwatch. It Caught My Eye At A Flea Market. Paid $2 Bucks. The Timing Is Still Dead On Balls Accurate

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#25 Til That In Japan, They Buy Their Child One Backpack. That’s It, Not One Every Year

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#26 45 Year Old Radioclock My Mother Got In 1978 When She Was 12 Years Old, Still Used Everyday

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#27 Braun Hl 1 – Stood On My Grandfathers Desk Running Daily Since The 70s. Now It’s Standing On My Desk 🥲

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#28 Forklift I Saw Being Used. Owner Said Its From The Sixties

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#29 Needed A New Coffee Machine, Got This For £25 Used

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#30 11 Year Sandals Finally Replaced

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