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AIBU to ask what’s the oldest appliance / utensil you still use regularly?

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AlmondsAreGreat · 30/09/2024 00:27

Another thread got me thinking - what’s the oldest appliance or utensil you use regularly? Something that has truly outlived its life expectancy but is still going strong? I mean things you actually use for their tended purpose.

I have a hot water bottle inherited from my Gran who died 27 years ago, although judging by the thread I should probably give it up!

I also have a gravy boat that I still use that was my Great Grandmothers, and must be at least 90 years old. I also have her rolling pin, and still use it.

The boiler in our last house was newly installed in 1973 and still going strong when we moved in 2013.

Any others?

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MissMarplesNiece · 30/09/2024 21:40

A saucepan that my mum was given as a wedding present in 1956 that I use weekly. A set of coloured wine glasses, also a wedding present to my mum & dad, that come out at Christmas.

I have a red plastic spatula that was a free gift on the front of Women's Weekly magazine 40 years ago, and which has been one of the most useful kitchen tools.

Redcrayons · 30/09/2024 21:41

my pans are all 25 years old, bought when I got my first house.

wedding crockery is 22 years old, and outlasted my marriage.
I’ve got a Miele hoover I bought just after my DS was born that refuses to die. DS is in his third year at Uni.

on the downside, I’ve never managed to keep a hairdryer alive. I think I used them normally, but they start melting after a couple of years.

SuperDupe · 30/09/2024 21:47

I bought my ironing board when I left home at 18 and it's still going strong. I'm 57 this year

Makingchocolatecake · 30/09/2024 22:43

I have a 20 year old pink pig egg timer

whiteroseredrose · 30/09/2024 22:48

I have a hand mixer from my stepfather's first marriage. Probably about 55 years old.

olympicsrock · 30/09/2024 22:54

My kenwood mixer is the 1950s model. It’s doing well on my kitchen worktop.

AIBU to ask what’s the oldest appliance / utensil you still use regularly?
TurquoiseDress · 30/09/2024 23:01

I excitedly spent some of my student loan on a Vidal Sassoon hairdryer around 1999/2000 and I'm still using it to this day!

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 30/09/2024 23:01

A large metal spoon that was issued to my soldier grandfather in the 1914-18 war.

moggerhanger · 30/09/2024 23:02

Gripstand large mixing bowl (1920s) from my great aunt
Rolling pin (1930s) from my grandmother
1942 pattern Air Ministry ratchet screwdriver from my grandfather (last used on a dishwasher)
Loads of china and glassware from 1880s onwards
Various salt-glaze preserve pots (the big sort that you can put utensils in)

Our family never chucks anything away!

But pride of place has to be my Braun Silk Epil from 1992. Though to be fair, it's not had heavy use cos I'm a lazy hobbit

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