What items have you had for years that are still servicable/in daily use?

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When I first left home and moved into rented furnished accomodation I bought a set of tins, one of which was a tea caddy. That caddy has been in daily use since, and that is coming on for 40 years. At the same time I also bought some kitchen utensils. The potato masher is still going! Every time I use it I idly wonder how many tons of potatoes I have mashed with it over the years.
What have you got that has lasted well? Not necessarily kitchen stuff, just anything.

This isn't mine but my lovely mother in law has literally got her wedding presents in use. Her plates etc.
A friend of mine was given her mother's wedding presents (set of towels that were never used) when she married. They weren't in fashion by then 35 years later. So I use all my nice stuff everyday. Lovely that you are using your tea caddy!!

My husband.

My late nans Bosch fridge freezer which I inherited must be at least 25 years old & it's great.

Also her dryer similar age still works well.

My le cruset pans, a wedding present to my parents in the late 70’s.

A radio I got for Christmas 1983. My main Kitchen radio.
MDF type deep bookshelves ~ 40 years old, now in DD2's bedroom.
Gold coloured Cadbury's biscuit tin from ~1950s used as our cake tin.

I have a lovely wool blanket which my grandmother gave me years ago - it looks brand new, no signs of wear & tear despite being used all the time by my grandparents and now by me. The other year I decided to google the label on it as I had never heard of the brand but wondered if they still made them as it was such good quality. The label said CC41, and if you are slightly better educated than me you will know that means it is a WW2 utility mark, meaning my brand-new looking blanket is over 70 years old!

I still use a duvet cover that my mum made me 30 years ago.

My parents' tumble dryer from the mid 80s. Some of the towels they bought in the 60s - sadly new ones of the same brands just aren't the same quality. Some stainless steel saucepans ditto. Ds has the duvet I had as a teenager and one of the same covers.

I'm still using the Kitchen Devils serrated knife, and oxo can opener and veg peeler I bought as a student 20 years ago, and a couple plates and mugs.

A Kenwood Chef (A701a) bought by my grandmother in approx 1967 then handed down via my mum and still going strong despite several death jumps from the worktop, it just refuses to die. I use it most days.

I have several things that my parents were given for their wedding in 1964 and which are still in perfect condition - crockery plus a plastic laundry basket which has outlasted many others from Lakeland etc with not even a scratch!

I also own loads of vintage clothes from the 1930s and 1940s which are as good as new, but obviously I didn't buy them when they were new...!

My potato peeler is nearly 20 years old.

Not mine but my parents have a radio that has been working since 1979. It’s a bit crackly now, but gets used almost every day. We also have a laundry basket and from the same time.

Dualit toaster - going strong after 25 years.

School trunk - was my dad’s, I took it away to university and now we use it as a blanket box. I see them sometimes on Bargain Hunt and am astounded at what people will pay for them.

My Miele hoover is over 20 years old and has survived two floods.

Some chopping boards and plastic caddies bought from Argos in 1999 when I went into my first student flat. A Dyson I bought 13 years ago. Wish it would die so I could justify a cordless one.

I bought a pair of knee high Cat boots around 8 years ago, which cost me £119 at the time - extortionate for me then They have been worn more times than I could count, are super comfy and still in great condition shockingly Money well spent!

bought scientific calculator when I started A level maths in 1984 it is still working daily on original battery
when we moved into this house the previous owners had left a 1970's washing machine, in tasteful shades of coffee and cream we thought as had a young child and were washing daily we will just use this one until it breaks then plumb our previous one in it is still working today
I still use the cast iron frying pan I bought at the market before heading to university

An ikea cheese grater has been going for about 15 yrs now and my fabulous Miele washing machine and tumble dryer which are both now about 15 yrs old!

Two Le Creuset pans - one 23, one 19 years old, one or other used daily (although the handle on one has had to be replaced).

A handheld Philips mixer from the 80s that got passed on to me when my mum upgraded - her upgrade is long since replaced but mine is still going strong.

A digital alarm clock that's almost 20 years old.

A clothes horse that must be 18 or 19 now.

I'm only just throwing out some towels and bedding we got as wedding presents too!

I have a dinner service inherited from my GPs. It must be well over 50yrs old and still used daily.

My DFstill uses the radio he and DM had as a wedding present in 1969.

I have 2 towels I bought when I went to uni in 1991. Not only are they still in use, but I've never bought any as good, they're still my favourites now.

My mums ironing board is 46 years old, (obvs had a recover) she uses the hell out of it. My dad has got shovels from the 70's that are still all original, he has probably got all his original spanners and stuff but that's just because he is tight.

My parents kept their bed for thirty years, it was second hand when they got it in 1972 and the previous occupant died in it. That's my dad's favourite bargain.

I imagine I will be passing the French cookware down the generations. That stuff is durable.

The John Lewis bathsheets are still going strong after 15 years. Others have thinned and frayed and are used for beach/the dog.

@FiremanKing - ha, yes, husbands. Hadn't thought of that!
It might be old fartish to say so, but many household items just don't have the longevity they used to have. My first washing machine lasted for 16 years.
I was using a towel inherited from my parents house (okay, it had been downgraded to a dog towel) and it still had my name tag on it from school. I remember chosing it in 1967.

My ex mil had a sofa and armchairs that were over 40 years old and it was very comfortable. It did look slightly careworn and she made slip covers for them.

I doubt there are many built today that last that long.

Actually, she may still have them, making them closer to 60 years old.