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whats the oldest appliance you own

Posted: October 17th, 2015, 4:55 pm
by zildjian
A competition (sort of)
Microwave/electric blanket/goblin teasmade

What have you that's been there years

Ours (was) a microwave from late 70's until only very recently

Re: whats the oldest appliance you own

Posted: October 17th, 2015, 5:10 pm
by rubberrat
Not an appliance, but just sold a 1961 3 piece lounge suite to a film props company.

Nothing in the bungalow more than three years old after the rebuild.

I assume a 70s microwave would cook a budgie in a different room.

Re: whats the oldest appliance you own

Posted: October 17th, 2015, 5:12 pm
by saDgit
Amplifier - a Technics SU-Z22 that I bought in 1983. Still used daily and working fine.

Re: whats the oldest appliance you own

Posted: October 17th, 2015, 5:56 pm
by zildjian
technics products, that doesn't surprise me their stuff was well made back then.

The mic' worked right up until we couldn't put cleaning it off a year longer! :D

Re: whats the oldest appliance you own

Posted: October 17th, 2015, 7:23 pm
by derestrictor
Parents had or may still have an early 70s toaster & a wall mounted tin opener (winding one) but that isnt strictly an appliance :lol:

Actually

Posted: October 20th, 2015, 4:39 pm
by zildjian
What about a thirty year old Electric blanket, how does that sound, what the life cycle of something like that

don't know how many hours of use or 'cycle' of operation that works out course' it not year round

Re: whats the oldest appliance you own

Posted: October 20th, 2015, 9:22 pm
by derestrictor
Immersion heaters used to live a long time i remember that and those electri tubular heaters in bathroom wehad one for years

Re: whats the oldest appliance you own

Posted: October 22nd, 2015, 10:19 am
by zildjian
Well microwaves are seemingly built to cockroach-standard survivability anyway, some kettles seem unbreakable I was mostly thinking things that plug in more than fixed items although I suppose they'll count too

Re: whats the oldest appliance you own

Posted: October 23rd, 2015, 3:12 pm
by lamp-it
We still have actually a light & fan unit from 70's still works fine after all those summers

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Posted: October 24th, 2015, 2:41 pm
by zildjian
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