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My glasses

Not daily, but weekly or so.

My dad had a little leather zipper pouch with two or three nail clippers and files/blades in it; a small pocket sized nail care set.

I used it weekly when I was a kid (every time I’d visit his place), probably from 9-17 years old, and then he gave it to me when I moved out on my own, so I’ve probably used it weekly non-stop for about 30 years at this point.

Electronics are tougher as they just don’t last as long; I used a Dell 24” LCD from 2006 all the way until 2022, so 16 years? It even failed around 2015 or so (power supply died) and I ordered a replacement PSU, resurrecting it. That monitor was my PC monitor and TV in college, and just kept kicking.

a stainless steel, vacuum sealed French press (coffee plunger), which I bought back in... 2011? i think? when I broke my glass one a week after getting it.

I have a key ring that at its core has remained the same for at least 20 years. Keys have come and gone and some extra rings have as well but the original ring is the same.

There's this weird little SUV that's been in my family for years.

My dad and brother were given a bunch of Suzuki Samurai parts in 1998 or so. They assembled it into a running Samurai, and dad drove it to work for a couple of years, before my brother started driving to school. Eventually my brother took it over, and being a young guy he sunk some money into it - crawler gears in the transfer case, lockers, lift, 30" tires, crate engine, and a sweet camo paint job. Some time in 2017 the engine started knocking so he parked it until 2022, when I took it over, fixed the engine among other things, and started driving it myself. The engine is still in bad shape, and I'm trying to decide if I will buy another crate engine, or if I will do one of the many options for an engine swap.

Some shirts and pants from my parents that are a few years older than me.

My coffee mug. I have it for more than 30 years and still use it regularly, even if not on a daily basis. I have obtained others through various means over the years but still hung onto it all this while. It doesn't even have a chip or flaked off bits of it's design.

I also have a hole puncher that my dad used as a young man. It's probably close to 50 years or even more. It's all rusted up now and doesn't really see much use to be fair, but it still works for what it does.

My electric razor

I got it 16 years ago and it's still going strong

Somehow the battery still holds a charge long enough to only need charged once a week or so

A plastic wide-toothed comb I've had since I was a kid. I never liked the design and it's slowly falling apart (one tine missing, outer layers peeling) but I want to use it until it's no longer functional as it'll end up in a landfill :/ after which I'm going to see about making or buying a wooden one

Swiss pocket knife. 40 years of constant daily use.

My usual drinking vessel is a souvenir cup from the 1992 Miramar Air Show. I still use a "boom box" style radio and clock timer from 1985 as an alarm clock. The tape player on the radio is long expired, but it still plays radio.

The motherboard & processor for my CAD workstation is 12 years old, does that count?

The switch on the light by my bed has been in my family for over 30 years. It's been "mine" since my birth and still working perfectly.

I've got this little plastic foot stool that's probably older than I am. It's not as strong as it used to be (legs buckled with me on it once), but it's holding up a speaker and doing a great job of it.

I am still using a comb that I got in high school in 1980.

I was using a Bose Wave radio as my desktop speakers since 1997 until this summer. It sounded fantastic. One of the speakers started getting a little buzzy at higher volumes a few years ago, which was still fine for normal daily use, until I got back into playing music. Now it serves as our record player speakers but we don't use that often.

Great thread.

Have a Leatherman multi tool that was a company gift for my grandmother 20 years ago.

Very sturdy, in a switchblade style so it works as a fidget too.

Also the wahl peanut electric razor. 50 dollars and the most dependable razor I've used. Had for at least 7 years

Probably my Leatherman Skeletool or Wenger Toolbox: I don't remember when I got them but I've had them both for years and they never leave my side (unless I have to fly on a damn airplane or something...)

Probably my Whip it! Butane torch

Not as long as you, but I've had my wireless earbuds for around four years now and they still get daily use. I can use them both to listen to music while I play my drums and to watch videos or listen to music while my husband is watching tv or whatever, they're fantastic.