1. They play even while fairly damaged 2. Super cheap to get decent equipment from a thrift store. Took me two visits to get a really nice dual cassette deck

1. They play even while fairly damaged 2. Super cheap to get decent equipment from a thrift store. Took me two visits to get a really nice dual cassette deck 3. Recording your own cassettes is easy and fun. My wife and I have been dubbing podcasts onto them for her and my BIL, for the fun of it 4. Super cheap to get cassettes. Last yard sale we wanted to a get a few blank tapes out of a box someone was selling and they wouldn't let us leave without taking the whole box