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I agree with this too. I always try to repair things first and then replace them if necessary (even if it is a torn shirt or backpack, a broken zipper on a shoe

I agree with this too. I always try to repair things first and then replace them if necessary (even if it is a torn shirt or backpack, a broken zipper on a shoe or broken connector on a laptop). Also, I try to buy things which are durable, but a lot of times it is hard to tell what will be durable so I go with the pricier option hoping it will last longer. This is not always true, especially for shoes and clothing, but in electronics too. The problem is when someone looks for reviews, they only find reviews of new models, but there's no website which would say this product can be used for X years without breaking. Do you guys know about such a site? Or something similar? I am always thinking about starting such website, which would provide reviews for older things, so there would be chronological ratings and we would see which brands make quality products and which of them not. ...but that would need a lot of input data to be useful and I am not sure how could this be started. Or even if this would be useful for others or only I am concerned with this. What do you guys think about this?

steadicat 9y ago
Sounds like you’re looking for https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyItForLife/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyItForLife/
pmontra 9y ago
> there's no website which would say this product can be used for X years without breaking. The problem is the X years. For electronics that website would be almost useless. I could tell you about the failure modes of my past laptops and phones but would you buy a discontinued product? At best you could hope that newer products of the same brand fixed some of the problems of the past ones and didn't add new issues. The same applies to most goods because they are replaced by new models yearly or faster.
- odabaxok 9y ago
  Yes, it is hard to tell if a new product will last and for them it is useless, but such website could tell which brands are more trusty in this manner.
- mark-r 9y ago
  Even when you don't get new models so fast, you'll get manufacturing updates on existing products that can affect their reliability both good and bad. The best you can do is identify the manufacturers who have a reputation of building good stuff, and hope they don't sell their name to someone who wants to make a quick buck by trading on their reputation.

steadicat 9y ago

Sounds like you’re looking for https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyItForLife/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyItForLife/

pmontra 9y ago

> there's no website which would say this product can be used for X years without breaking. The problem is the X years. For electronics that website would be almost useless. I could tell you about the failure modes of my past laptops and phones but would you buy a discontinued product? At best you could hope that newer products of the same brand fixed some of the problems of the past ones and didn't add new issues. The same applies to most goods because they are replaced by new models yearly or faster.

odabaxok 9y ago
Yes, it is hard to tell if a new product will last and for them it is useless, but such website could tell which brands are more trusty in this manner.
mark-r 9y ago
Even when you don't get new models so fast, you'll get manufacturing updates on existing products that can affect their reliability both good and bad. The best you can do is identify the manufacturers who have a reputation of building good stuff, and hope they don't sell their name to someone who wants to make a quick buck by trading on their reputation.