MSE News: A 32-year-old sandwich toaster and a 1960s kettle...

jackyann

Sewing machines keep going for ages. I'm sure that my 70 year old one isn't the oldest in use.

saving-mad

We have my husbands grandmas microwave, we've used it 25 years now and have the 1989 receipt. It is only a relatively cheap matsui one but Think its doing well for a microwave in daily use.

thecoffeehouse204

saving-mad wrote: »

We have my husbands grandmas microwave, we've used it 25 years now and have the 1989 receipt. It is only a relatively cheap matsui one but Think its doing well for a microwave in daily use.

My mum is still using her nearly 30 year old matsui microwave, had a stint in the garage after I won a newer one for her but came back out when that one blew up!

sillyvixen

maisie_cat wrote: »

I know it's not strictly a household appliance, but I have a black & decker electric drill from the 1960's I think. The body is all metal and it has a yellow colour scheme, so before the orange colour now associated with that brand

My dad still has the drill he borrowed off his dad in 1965 when he bought his first house, grandad never asked for it back and eventually bought a new one. Who knows how long grandad had the drill before lending it. Many years ago dad asked for a new drill for Christmas and recieved the model he requested, but still uses the old faithful as he feels it is better.

Gloomendoom

The oldest electrical appliance in our kitchen is probably a Kenwood mixer.

Very similar to this one only cream and red.



We have an inherited hand cranked mincer too that dates from the 1930's

missprice

Bah humbug, OH has a really old clock radio somewhere around 42 years old, however only a couple years ago he threw out my Christmas lights that were umm 50 years old, give or take.
Proper made me mad cos how are my lights any more dangerous than his stupid clock radio?

And finally not electrical, nannas Christmas tree decs are from Woolworths and have the original price tags on that state 1d6 and the like. Plus the tree is from the same era and pretty scabby by now. Are the decs worth any money I wonder?

gettingtheresometime

Not exactly an appliance but I've got a wardrobe that I first had 36 years ago, which we had from my mums when we first got married

VoucherMan

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

Someone elsewhere on social media has said using old appliances isn't MoneySaving as they use more energy.

Did they explain how replacing appliance A which costs £25 a year to run with appliance B which only costs £15 a year to run is money saving?
Sure £10 a year looks good, but when you factor in the £300 cost of the new appliance, that's going to add about 30 years to the time it takes to break even. Then consider that the new appliance will probably be superseded by an even more economical model in the near future. Not to mention that, as others have pointed out, the older model is more likely to keep going. The newer stuff will probably break down and have to be replaced.


Oh, and to keep with the times, a little recycling. Here's one from last year. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5398360

Gloomendoom

VoucherMan wrote: »

Did they explain how replacing appliance A which costs £25 a year to run with appliance B which only costs £15 a year to run is money saving?
Sure £10 a year looks good, but when you factor in the £300 cost of the new appliance, that's going to add about 30 years to the time it takes to break even. Then consider that the new appliance will probably be superseded by an even more economical model in the near future. Not to mention that, as others have pointed out, the older model is more likely to keep going. The newer stuff will probably break down and have to be replaced.

Not to mention the energy used, pollution generated and depletion of the world's resources whenever a new appliance is manufactured.

saving-mad

VoucherMan wrote: »

Did they explain how replacing appliance A which costs £25 a year to run with appliance B which only costs £15 a year to run is money saving?
Sure £10 a year looks good, but when you factor in the £300 cost of the new appliance, that's going to add about 30 years to the time it takes to break even. Then consider that the new appliance will probably be superseded by an even more economical model in the near future. Not to mention that, as others have pointed out, the older model is more likely to keep going. The newer stuff will probably break down and have to be replaced.


Oh, and to keep with the times, a little recycling. Here's one from last year. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5398360

Last winter we replaced a 40 year old chest freezer with a brand new smaller one, our electric DD has now been reduced by £20 a month!! nuf said lol.