There's an everlasting hand mixer: The GDR made RG28.
I don't know how old it is, but my wife got it from her parents when she moved out from home at the age of twenty (1991). We've been using it from then on. Until three weeks ago the suppression capacitor quit with a little puff and flash:
Today I found a NOS one on the flee market and soldered it in:
So this beauty hopefully is ready to go for the next thirty years:
Yep, as a kid I remember being sent to the local repair shop to have our toaster fixed. Now, for work, we buy the cheapest toaster available from Tesco on the basis that it is more likely to fail within it's warranty period...and be replaced for free. The last 3 have not let us down, in that respect
I am in the hi-fi trade
Status: Manufacturer
Company Name: NVA Hi-Fi https://nvahifi.co.uk/
Resources were rare in the GDR so a lot of things were build to last. The Braun mixer of my daughter quit six weeks after the end of the warranty period, so a bit longer than two years.
I've been using the same Philips mixer for about 20 years, so far.
There is now a state-organised initiative in The Netherlands to get people to repair broken machines and not simply dispose of them.
Upstairs: VinylPro-Ject 1.2 + Grado Sig Jr + Cambridge Alva Duo DigiVolumio PC + Kiss DP-500 + Sabaj A20d NVA: Cube2 + LS6+ Sabaj A10a (2) + Little Bear MC2 Downstairs: VinylLogic DM101 + Syrinx LE1 + Grado Sig MCX DigiDenafrips Ares II + Volumio PC + Cambridge CXC NVA: P50 (phono)Aiyima A07 MAX (2) + Arcam One HP: Allo DigiOne + Sabaj A10d + AQ NightOwl Office: Allo DigiOne SIG + SMSL M300se + Douk G4 (x2)
Mission 760 + Monolith 887 + German Maestro GMP 450
Sad days, used to buy toaster elements and replace them at home! Totally pissed with the cooker that gave up last week and can't find a New element anywhere. So new cooker , if I can get one before Xmas .
slinger wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:13 pm
Ah, the heady days before "built-in obsolescence" became a thing. These days if something lasts two years I think I'm winning.
Built in obselescence really pisses me off. Bought a Nikon Coolpix camera in 2013. It clapped out when we were in Kenya two months ago and we cant see the pictures we took.
I suppose six years is a good life this day and age.
Main System
NVA BMU, P90SA/A80s (latest spec), Cube 1s, TIS, TISC(LS7)
Sonore OpticalRendu, Chord Mscaler & Qutest, Sbooster PSs
Network Acoustics Eno, ifi iPurifier3, AQ JB FMJ, Cisco 2940 & 2960
DH Labs ethernet, BNC & USB cables, Lindy cat 6 US ethernet cable
Second System
NVA P20/ A20, Cubettes, LS3, SSP, SC
Sonore MicroRendu, Chord Mojo 2 MCRU PSs, AQ Carbon USB cable & JB FMJ
Headphones
Grado SR325e/Chord Mojo, Beyerdynamic Avetho/AQ DF Black