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Buy it for Life

A place to share practical, durable and quality made products that are made to last, with an emphasis on upcycled and sustainable products!

Guidelines:

Things that are well-made and durable (even if they won’t last a lifetime) are A-Okay!

Unlike that other BIFL place, Home-made and DIY items are encouraged here, as long as some form of instruction is included in the body of the post.

Videos links are not allowed as post titles, but you may use them in a text post.

A limited amount of self-promotion is accepted, IF the item you are selling aligns with this criteria:

  1. The item must be made with sustainable or recycled materials.
  2. If electronic in some way, the item must be open-source.
  3. The item must be user-serviceable (if applicable).
  4. You cannot be a large corporation.
  5. The post must be clearly marked with a [Self Promotion] tag in your title.
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  • Men's clothes in Europe

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    WE, Bayard co. Ltd
  • My Fairbuds ended up in the washing machine

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    Don’t be stupid, put them in the dishwasher this time!
  • Wide shoes?

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    Thanks for the info, I’d heard mixed things about Xero, but based on your experience it sounds like they’re probably not worth considering over other options.
  • Reading Tablets?

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    I have a venerable Kobo Aura H2O that is still like new, works with calibre web automated (syncs over wifi) and accepts ebook even by just drag-and-dropping them. The only thing that broke is the folio case I bought with it, it sorta decomposed… And I can’t find another.
  • Waterproof backpacks?

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    +1 for Salewa, I’ve inherited an old one and it’s indestructible
  • Electric Candle BIFL?

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    Ingen har svaret
  • Contigo West loop, new vs 8 years

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    Nope, only hand washing
  • BIFL Pen request part 2

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    Worth it ?
  • Parker g2 - stick or twist

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    Also forgot to mention I am looking for a math pen as gel pens often smudge but bics always run out of ink or break. Thanks
  • A vertical mouse that doesn't break down

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    You can clean the sticky coating with dishwashing products (but only clean the housing without the electronics).
  • (E-waste) Sonicare 4100 battery access

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    Phillips is terrible. I had to resolder the battery in the wireless earphones (which somehow detached from normal wear). At least I have a free pair of earphones.
  • BIFL Mechanical Pencil

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    Oh god, Staedler. My dad had one for 40 years and I used it for two (and somehow leads have to be put in the bottom to actually be used). After it died I got a newer Staedler one and I somehow permanently jammed it in the few months I actually used it. Maybe the shitty AliExpress leads I use harm the mechanicals of the pens or something? Edit: The old one works after multiple cleaning sessions.
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    Well my original Instinct solar’s band started falling apart after less than two years. I replaced it with an incompatible one from an AliExpress watch (The Skmei died in 6 months, as it isn’t water resistant but the build quality is fine), which feels higher quality and is also more durable than original. The Garmin watches are very high quality, relatively good for tracking, decently private and sustainable. But their bands are horrendous.
  • Durable water bottle

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    +1 to the klein kanteen. over ten years of hard use and still going . Got a metal one, easy to clean.
  • Work/commuting backpack, ideally not a US company

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    Fwiw, different SwissGear model, but after my kids went through cheap backpacks every year like clockwork, I picked up similar backpacks for them, and theyve lasted three years and counting
  • 55 Votes
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    Fjall raven G1000 pants. Lasted me almost a decade, have been patched many times over and now the crotch is finally giving out. Started as hiking pants ended as work pants.
  • Martens or Solovair? Or an alternative?

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    And for us vegans https://www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk/steel_toe/10093_0c.html
  • Best water filter?

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    I really like my Berkey water filter
  • Looking for a quality weighted blanket

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    That’s a big part of the reason we went with it. Even if it didn’t destroy the washing machine, you just know eventually it’s gonna break open somehow and then you’re gonna be stuck cleaning up those beads. And the weight distribution on some of them just isn’t very good, more like having a pile of beanbags on you than an extra heavy blanket
  • "Dumb" projector for home use

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    Nice of them to reuse model names