This is not a conversation about guns. This is a conversation about items that have withstood abuse that are near unbreakable.

Some items I have heard referenced as AK47 of:

Gerber MP600: It’s a multi tool

Old Thinkpad Laptops

Mag lights

Toyota Hilux

  • Epzillon@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    12
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    7 days ago

    Also, this is an old meme, and a bit outdated for our times, but no one has mentioned it so ill do it. The Nokia 3310. Truly the AK-47 of phones.

  • Chulk@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    7 days ago

    My 99 honda civic had nearly 250,000 miles on it the day that it was stolen. When it was found, the thieves had gutted the dashboard of electronics and had removed wheels and other parts. When it was discovered by the police, they towed it to the city in-pound lot and failed to contact me for a couple days because the license plate had been painted over for some reason.

    Unfortunately the lot and towing fees ended up being more than what I paid for the car. I wasnt very well off at the time, so I surrendered it to the city. I assumed it would be scrapped for parts.

    6 months later it was served to me in ad for Facebook Marketplace. Some guy had fixed it up and had been driving it regularly for months with no issue.

    I still wish that I had bought it from him. I fuckin loved that car. I used it to deliver pizzas for 2 years, so i wasnt even that easy on it. I never had a major engine or transmission issue with it and the minor issues that I had were easy for me to fix myself. I bet it’s still running out there somewhere.

    • jawsua@lemmy.one
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      7 days ago

      There’s magic in those old 90s Hondas, I’ve seen it. I had a stripped valve cover bolt and couldn’t figure out how I could fix it short of a head replacement. The answer? Plug it with a rubber and metal washer sandwich and a bolt, and tighten the ones next to it a lil more. Never leaked. Thing was a champ

  • pinkystew@reddthat.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    7 days ago

    The P4$.FL 44 BF.A OBVIOUSLY guys why has no one mentioned it? Jesus Christ it’s like you want them to break!

    ^The comments in this thread

  • Epzillon@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    7 days ago

    I think every Swedish household i’ve ever been in has owned the same Moccamaster coffee brewer for over 15 years. My parents have had the same one for over 20 years probably, swear those are indestructible.

  • mavu@discuss.tchncs.de
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    7 days ago

    panasonic microwave from 1996. I hope i don’t jinx it by posting about it here. Gigabyte Ultra Durable mainboards. IBM Model M keyboard PROXXON tools

  • flowque@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    7 days ago

    Sony MDR-V6. I’ve had them for 15+ years, only had to change ear pads to velour ones after the first 5 years of use, after that 10+ years, no issues.

  • golden_zealot@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    99
    ·
    8 days ago

    I’ve been interested in this subject for a while and have a few recommendations.

    Stanley Thermos. It could get hit by a fucking train and would still outlive you. Don’t recommend putting cofee/milk products etc in them though because it will make the gasket smell. Excellent water container though.

    Double edged straight razor. The handle piece is virtually indestructible. I bought a package of like 500 blades for like 30 dollars and haven’t had to buy new ones for actual years. Fun fact as well, once you learn to use one it’s better for sensitive skin because you’re only dragging one razor across your skin per stroke instead of 5 or 7 or whatever the fuck the “better” ones have. Can confirm the “more blades = better” shit is just pure predatory marketing.

    Buck knife. Multi tools are cool but if you tend to use the knife often, invest in a higher quality knife and stones to sharpen it. Sharpening stones (not the crap ceramic stuff they try to sell) will last a lifetime and will also keep all your kitchen knives beautiful for years. While you’re up to it, get a piece of raw leather, like the back of of an old belt, and use it as a strop to polish off the blade when you’re done sharpening, it really does make the cut smoother.

    People say Mag light, but I’d personally recommend Olight as well for flashlights. The Olight Baton 4 is a ~600 lumen adjustable brightness flashlight with strobe which will blind you if you aren’t careful and its smaller than a pill bottle and comes with a reversible clip and inset magnet in case you need to stick it somewhere to keep the light steady.

    A graphite metal “magic” pencil. Instead of using normal graphite, these metal bodied pencils have end pieces you screw in as a tip, are erasable, and one nib takes forever to run out, something like 5 pencils. They dont draw as dark as a regular pencil due to the hardness but for general usage they are handy.

    Mighty plugs ear plugs. Want to know what it’s like to be deaf? Buy these. They aren’t too costly, completely seal the ear, and I only have to get a new package once every few years. They’re so effective I had to purchase an alarm clock built for deaf people which shakes my mattress instead of making a sound because I couldn’t hear any normal alarm clock after I started using these. This combination is unbeatable if you have awful neighbors or live on a busy street with night traffic.

    Any self winding watch. Stop fucking around with button cell batteries and evolve. If it’s cheap, that’s probably better, if it gets scratched you don’t have to care. Seiko is a good brand in my experience.

    If you’re into camping get a decent mid sized carving hatchet. I have a mid sized Hultafors swedish steel one. People like splitting axes because they do what they’re advertised to do, but theyre huge, heavy, and you cant carve or skin with them. A lighter smaller carving axe will do the same job splitting a log if you baton it with a medium sized stick. If you need something bigger to cut down a tree, go for a curved folding saw to bring with the hatchet. The Silky Saw Big Boy is great for that. Also buy a wool blanket. That shit will keep you warm in -35 C if you use it correctly. Also tents are neat but cumbersome, instead invest in a tarp and learn to make a lean to/other tarp configurations in combination with a ground sheet. If you expect you’ll be facing inclement or extremely wet weather, get an oilskin tarp (or make one yourself its literally just a cotton sheet which you have ran through a few dryer cycles as hot as possible, and then soaked through in a 50/50 mix of boiled linseed oil and mineral spirits and hung outside until completely dry. Don’t put an open flame near it at any point in that process).

    I probably have a bunch more, but can’t think of them off the top of my head.

    • proudblond@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      16
      ·
      8 days ago

      Just bought some earplugs. They better be legit! I use silicone earplugs right now and they’re okay but on nights when my husband is really stuffy, he’s like a chainsaw.

      • golden_zealot@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        8 days ago

        The ones I recommended are similar to some other silicone ones, but are a bit softer. As a result I find they seal better in comparison. I had been using silicone ones prior to discovering these and they are definitely my preference.

        • proudblond@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          8 days ago

          Thank you! Fingers crossed that they’re even better than the ones I’m currently using. Which are pretty good (Eargasms) but don’t have a super high decibel rating and I definitely have to toss each pair after about a week and a half of wearing them every night, just because they stop being as…sticky? They’re not really sticky but they do adhere when they’re fresh, and not so much after a few days.

          • golden_zealot@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            8 days ago

            I see. Over a long enough time I do find that these ones harden as well at which point I change them, however that’s usually a month or more instead of a couple weeks. I hope they work out well for you should you buy!

            As heads up as well, the little pucks they come as are way too big for my ears, but you don’t want them to be too small either.

            These are amorphous like a sort of putty, so I usually tear a puck in half, and then another into quarters, and then mash them together such that I have 75% the size of a puck for each ear. This insures they completely seal my ear, but also cant get stuck or anything.

            This also has the benefit of not needing to worry about sizing though!

    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      8 days ago

      Instead of a curved folding saw I prefer a rope saw. I’ve always been able to take down limbs and trees faster.

      For those that don’t know what that is, imagine a chainsaw chain with handles on either end.

      • evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        8 days ago

        Do you use one that is actual chain, or braided wire? I’ve used the braided wire saws, and I like how tiny/light they are, but I’ve never used one of the chain style saws to see if the weight/volume increase is worth it.

        • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          8 days ago

          Mine is the chain style. I cannot compare as I have never used the braided wire and I don’t have to think about weight savings that much. I don’t generally hike far to a camping spot.

      • golden_zealot@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        edit-2
        8 days ago

        While this does appear to be a grammatical error, Wiktionary also lists it as a dialectical, nonstandard past participle of run, so it looks like some people use it depending on where they’re from, including myself it seems.

        I suppose I select ran as the past participle because in other cases where I use it in past tense, run does not sound correct to me.

        For example where I am from, I would say someone “ran” from the police, instead of that someone “had run” from the police, so I default to this version of the word in these cases.

    • Empricorn@feddit.nl
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      8 days ago

      Wait, you’re saying not to use coffee in a Stanley thermos?? Even if I don’t have milk in it too? What’s it for then, only soup?

      • golden_zealot@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        edit-2
        8 days ago

        Yea or water is what I primarily use it for. You CAN put coffee and such in there however, you will want to take off the gasket and clean the hell out of it. It absorbs smells quite strongly. You could also probably get a different gasket which is not as bad for it. Should the gasket begin to smell, I recommend soaking it over night in vinegar, and then another night in water. This really seems to suck the smell out of it.

        • Empricorn@feddit.nl
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          8 days ago

          In that case, it’s probably any gasket that’s susceptible to this, coffee is really strong-smelling. My Zojirushi thermos is only used for coffee, for this reason…

          • golden_zealot@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            8 days ago

            It can probably affect all gaskets, but depending on the type of rubber some might be better or worse. I haven’t played around enough with testing different ones to know for certain though.

  • Nihilistra@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    50
    ·
    8 days ago

    Cast iron skillets.

    If you season and clean them the right way they will outlive you.

    I’m using the same one that my parents owned for 30 years and hope I will get another 30 years of usage out of it.

      • astla@midwest.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        28
        ·
        8 days ago

        Thats the beauty of cast iron though. Even putting it through the dishwasher doesnt ruin the pan permanently. You just have to re-season it.

    • BorgDrone@lemmy.one
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      8 days ago

      Same goes for carbon steel. Unless you’re frying sticks of dynamite they are practically indestructible.

    • evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      8 days ago

      I think there’s only 2 ways to actually kill a cast iron pan. Dropping from a height that causes the brittle metal to break, or putting lead in it. Obviously no one puts lead in their cooking vessels, but small pots are/were used to melt lead to pour in bullet molds, so if you find an old used pot, it’s good to check for lead.

      Also, ceramic linings can get chipped.

      You can mistreat bare cast iron horribly, never seasoning it, washing it in the dishwasher, or whatever, and it won’t get irredeemably damaged.

    • winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      8 days ago

      Me and my cousin went tubing one time and he forgot his gameboy color in his pocket the whole time we were out on the water. There was water behind the screen but it still booted and played with some fresh batteries