What's the most repairable "thing" you own? (piefed.social)

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For me its the old fans and vacuum cleaners. Over 40/years old each and still going strong. Clear labeling inside and have been fixed up multiple times.

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[-] phpinjected@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 days ago

everything i own is repairable because i end up buying decade worth of equipment.

[-] Nickelalloy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

My oven (AEG/Electrux)

And my Volvo V70, 25 years old and only minor and wearable parts replaced.

[-] jrwperformance@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

My heavily modified project cars. There not even heavily modified in cool ways either...there's just no parts available anywhere, so I make other crap fit.

[-] prex@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

It might not be the same but the bush mechanics is a thing.

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[-] Camille_Jamal@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

probably my frankentein computer... when I get a framework it will be that

Or anything else that works by design

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this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2025

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