Our 2007 Pioneer plasma 50” TV  is still going strong after all this time having outlasted 2 other newer TVs.

I have a box brownie (flash iii) camera from the late 50s that I still use to shoot black and white photos from time to time.  It can be fun winding the film onto the reels before loading into the camera.

Gurezaemon:

 

k1w1k1d:

 

Our Simpson clothes drier is 27 years old. It has only had a couple of belts in that time.

 

Our F&P dryer that my mum bought in the 1968 to dry my cloth nappies in wintery Blenheim. Apart from a bit of surface rust, it's still going strong.

F&P must really, really wish they had used cheaper components back then!
If it had died in 1980, your Mum would have reckoned it had done pretty well, what with all those nappies and all, and if it had died in 1990 she would have been delighted  what good value for money it had been.
Poor old F&P have missed out on at least three or four replacements they 'ought' to have sold.
LOL

<posted a thing, realised the topic was about actual hardware>

qwertee:

 

Handsomedan:

 

kiwifidget:

 

@tinkerisk what is that other thing? An air raid siren?

 

 

Well...it's Tinkerisk, so it's more likely than not. 😁

 

 

Cage for bingo balls when not used as an air raid siren?

 

It was just a wind-up.

PolicyGuy:

 

F&P must really, really wish they had used cheaper components back then!
If it had died in 1980, your Mum would have reckoned it had done pretty well, what with all those nappies and all, and if it had died in 1990 she would have been delighted  what good value for money it had been.
Poor old F&P have missed out on at least three or four replacements they 'ought' to have sold.
LOL

 

Most owners would have replaced by then. GZers are different and can do stuff such as replacing the drum bearing, the drive belt, the heater element and the motor start capacitor (all cheap and readily available parts) which allows these things to run for eternity.

Senecio:

 

Just had to reboot my Plex media server and it got me thinking.

 

What's a piece of technology that has endured the test of time for you?

 

With the pace of technological advancement these days its hard for any piece of hardware to still be relevant many years later.

 

For me its the original 2015 NVIDIA Shield TV. I no longer use it as a streaming box directly connected to a TV but its been powered on now for ~10 years with a couple of external hard drives connected that serves as my Plex media server. It has never skipped a beat and it still serves up 4K HDR BD Rips without breaking a sweat.

 

Anything else out there?

 

The Tardis. Still an impressive piece of kit.

freitasm:

 

Our microwave oven is about 28 years old. 

 

Also, I keep re-using this PC case for my main machine, that came out in 2007

Chenbro Gaming Bomb II : r/retrobattlestations

My Bulletin Board System has been online since 1988. Now running 16bit Dos App, on a 32bit OS, on top of a 64Bit hypervisor with Virtual Com ports, live on the internet - https://bbs.thenet.gen.nz :-)

NickMack:

 

My Bulletin Board System has been online since 1988. Now running 16bit Dos App, on a 32bit OS, on top of a 64Bit hypervisor with Virtual Com ports, live on the internet - https://bbs.thenet.gen.nz :-)

 

No 1200 or 2400 Bd phoneline modem access? 😁

Tinkerisk:

 

NickMack:

 

My Bulletin Board System has been online since 1988. Now running 16bit Dos App, on a 32bit OS, on top of a 64Bit hypervisor with Virtual Com ports, live on the internet - https://bbs.thenet.gen.nz :-)

 

 

No 1200 or 2400 Bd phoneline modem access? 😁

 

Telnet speed isn't much better :-)

paulchinnz:

 

Logitech z2300 still going strong since 2010.

 

I still have a Logitech Z-2200 from 2007... but I'm thinking about upgrading. 

When I sold my first house in 1980 I treated myself to the latest Sony Stereo system.  Most of it is long gone due upgrades but the turntable, https://vintage-turntable.com/sony-ps-636.html is still very much going strong. That is in spite of numerous house moves in the UK, emigrating to NZ and 3 house moves here.

The stylus is still readily available which I change annually.

The original stereo set up is also shown at the link above as well in its custom cabinet. It was all wired together around the back to enable a wireless remote which was incredible tech in 1980.