How old are your applicances...

Binniesgran

Fridge, freezer, cooker, dishwasher, microwave, tumble dryer 33 years
Car was 22 years old when it was stolen last year
My Electrolux suction cleaner was given to me by my mother when I married 50 years ago, and she had had it for 8 years before that.
My brother's fridge is at least 40 years old.
I have a TV which I bought as an ex-rental model 26 years ago.
Manufacturers / retailers are not making much money out of us lot!

sparshott2000

Chest freezer: 1982
Microwave: 1986
Washing machine: 1991

busyretiree

My three piece suite was purchased in 1972 and was recovered in 1988. It is still going strong, very comfortable and has been professionally cleaned three times since the 1988 recovering. It has seen me through two children and two grandchildren. It was reasonably expensive when purchased but has proved to be value for money!
I also have a spin dryer - bought in 1969 for £18 - and this was used regularly before my husband and I were able to afford an automatic washing machine. It is in the garage now - slightly rusting - but still working fine when needed if a washing machine breaks down and I need to spin off the clothes.

pippinpuss

My oldest appliance is my gas cooker. 34 yrs old. Bought new when we got married. Hated it then & hate it now. Wasn't my choice, but out of all our appliances it is the only one that hasn't broken down!!


I have some furniture that used to belong to my grandparents & Tupperware from when my mother was an agent in the 70's.


My car died 2 weeks ago & that was 18.


Of course loads of ornaments that have finally reached my china cabinet from various family members over the years.

G6JPG

I have furniture I've inherited, so some quite old; my parents tended to buy good quality stuff. Of the appliances I actually use regularly, the main telly is probably the oldest - it's a "Deccacolour", which I bought new (though reduced as end-of-line) - must be about thirtysomething. It still gives a good picture and sound (external speakers, also elderly), so I see no need to change it. Car is an X reg, bought nth-hand several years ago - it's a Skoda Diesel, probably the last model before they all went turbo (which AFAIAC is just another something to go wrong; I'm not a boy racer driver). I've spent more than I paid for it (£450!) maintaining it, but I don't think it's any less reliable than a new one would be (and it is very economical).

Computer is XP, but does all I want a computer to do.

(Appliances I don't use regularly but have and still work include some valve wirelesses, at least one of which has very good sound, though mono.)

Like I think many others on this thread, I tend not to replace things that work.

Tumble dryer: when I moved some years ago, I decided I'd get nearly nothing for my old one, so brought it, and put it in the garage; the newer one that came with the house seized solid, so I substituted the old one, only to find the door seal had gone - but I found a very good repairer (who I'm sure made less from the work than the cost of his petrol to get to my home! [Anyone in the Ashford, Kent area who needs such services I'll tell you who ...]), who said it was a better prospect to repair than the newer one that had seized.

Bedstead - I bought a steel one, really wanting the high sort I'd got used to at boarding school (though I think those are cast iron); I expect it to outlast me. It still looks new, even the enamel paint hasn't scratched despite hanging coathangers on it all the time, after some years. (I guess I should replace the mattress I bought at the same time, but won't ...:))

shiprob195

My Kenwood Chef mixer was bought by my Dad as an engagement present for my Mum in 1969. In use daily.

tim9966

Washing Machine - 2002 I think, come with my house in 2006
Tumble Dryer - 2002
Mircowave Around 2000 I think, got 2nd hand in 2006
Oven - Unknown but older than 2006
Kettle - 2006
Toaster 2007 (to replace one from 2006)
TV 2006
Radio 1994


I've done well with most of the things that came with my house, or I bought 10 years ago for the house.

Mumzies55

My microwave is 31 years old and still working very well, and my tumble dryer is over 30 years old and although not used very often, is still going.
I wish I could find a vacuum cleaner that lasted more than 3 or 4 years. These plastic ones just wear out in no time!!

Lee_Howden

How do you all get this length of time out of a washer? We've been together 13 years and at Christmas we bought our fourth washing machine. The last one only lasted 3 and a half years.

Is it down to how much washing you do? Or brand of washer?

starlights

I too have a microwave over 30 years old. Its a Sharp microwave oven and the purchase price included a free microwave cookery lesson. My daughter has had at least 3 microwaves in the past 6 years.