this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2023
392 points (98.8% liked)

Asklemmy

43899 readers
1174 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy ๐Ÿ”

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_[email protected]~

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
392
What's the oldest piece of tech you still have running? (suppo.fi)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
384 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

And tell me how proud of it you are.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 51 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Miele shit just continues to exist inexplicably. Literally unbreakable (permanently). And according to what I've read, at least, their modern stuff has not dropped in quality

I honestly can't think of any brands that have anything close to that longevity

[โ€“] [email protected] 58 points 10 months ago

It's the little things that count.

  • The drain pump is just 3 bolts to take off (pump came back to life after I tipped it. The new one is still sat in the cupboard a decade later).

  • The electronics are mounted on their own door. They swing out, and are VERY easy to service.

  • The wiring diagram was in a plastic wallet inside the machine.

  • The shocks are easy to access and come off with an M10 spanner and are easy access.

Those are just the ones that have noticed explicitly, the whole machine was built with that mentality.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I used a Miele hoover as a shop vac, hoovering wall plaster, muck and sawdust etc and pretty much abused it - replaced all filters and gave it a good clean and it still works like new. That was 5 years ago and it's still going fine.