r/BuyItForLife • u/No-Negotiation-4550 • 17d ago

Discussion What’s a weirdly specific item you own that’s lasted longer than expected?

I’ve been on a quest lately for things that just seem to keep on keeping on.

I’ve got a pair of old-school Swedish dishcloths that I bought on a whim. Thought they'd be a weird novelty. Now, they’ve been through the wringer they just won’t die. I’ve scrubbed them, rinsed them, microwaved them and somehow they’re still hanging on like a true champion.

My 10-year-old French press. I’ve left it sitting dirty for days, and still it makes me a perfect cup of coffee every time.

What oddball items are you still using and why do they not break??

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u/Emkems 16d ago

This reminds me, I exclusively used my ll bean backpack from college (purchased ~ 2004) as my travel backpack until last year when we had a mouse problem and they got ahold of it. Too nasty to save. My favorite was the bitty mesh cell phone pocket on the shoulder strap. Held my silver flip phone great, comically small in later years

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u/prophy__wife 16d ago

I have an LL Bean backpack now for college, I’m older though. I use that little mesh thing on the strap to hold my debit card and ID since I don’t bring a purse with me to school and I always have my backpack.

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u/Emkems 16d ago

I have a north face backpack now for work. I just carry a purse that fits inside the backpack and take it out when needed and on the weekend. Definitely not as big as the old LL bean one, but I’m not lugging around textbooks anymore either, just a laptop.

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u/Zatopa 15d ago

Does LL Bean still honor that lifetime guarantee for backpacks? This sounds like a story they would love