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What's your oldest appliance that you bought that is still going strong?


I was just heating up some leftovers in my microwave when I thought about how I've had that microwave since I first moved out of the house and on my own. That was 16 or 17 years ago!!!! Not bad for an X-Mart cheapo bought by a kid entering college on a budget.

Are you sure it isn't giving off radiation? Not joking around. After my nephew was born, I would take care of my nephew a few days out of the week to help my sister out. I kept his monitor near the microwave in the kitchen. When I was using it, the monitor would go crazy and cause all sorts of static. My brother-in-law one day noticed this when he was over and told me to buy a new one. I laughed at first, but I bought another identical model and it didn't have that problem. It must have given off radiation for eons before I finally realized. Had the same problem when I would use the cordless phone, but since everyone calls my cell phone, it never dawned on me over 5 years.

EDIT: Sorry about the bad grammar... god I must be tired.

My parents bought their current microwave when my brother was born, over 21 years ago. I wouldn't say that it's "still going strong", but it is still going. It only cooks in certain spots. I have no idea why they won't buy a new microwave, they really aren't that expensive :rolleyes:

Hmm... I didn't buy my own appliances until after college, so I have no clue, but whatever it is, it's not very old.

Does my parents' Mac SE count? (Is a computer an appliance?) It's still in regular use for my dad's business, 18 years later.

Oh yah.. back to topic. I let the ex(witch) take everything years ago so the oldest appliances I have are only 5 years old. Now that I think about it, the witch didn't take my rice cooker... so boooyah. That puppy still works too!

Are you sure it isn't giving off radiation? Not joking around. After my nephew was born, I would take care of my nephew a few days out of the week to help my sister out. I kept his monitor near the microwave in the kitchen. When I was using it, the monitor would go crazy and cause all sorts of static. My brother-in-law one day noticed this when he was over and told me to buy a new one. I laughed at first, but I bought another identical model and it didn't have that problem. It must have given off radiation for eons before I finally realized. Had the same problem when I would use the cordless phone, but since everyone calls my cell phone, it never dawned on me over 5 years.

EDIT: Sorry about the bad grammar... god I must be tired.

My parents microwave screwed up the wireless usb adapter I used on their computer over the summer. I'd be surfing the internet, then they'd start to make some popcorn or something in the microwave, and the computer would lose the wireless connection.

Oh, my Walkman (with stereo recording capability) is 17 years old and last I checked it still works. My mom bought it for remedial English classes she had to take at her job. I bought it from her afterward. I last used it to record a short talk I gave in 1999. I'm pretty sure it still works, but as I have no tapes around, it's kind of hard to verify that it still works.

I've got a working TRS-80! With software on cassette drive and cassettes.....does that count?
I also have a BW roundscreen Emerson TV from around 1957ish that works, the tuner only has 2-13, no UHF!

I've got a 20-year old 27" Sony TV. Gave it to my brother when I went to university. He's still got it and it works to this day.

I also got 21-year old Akai mini boom-box with cassette player I used to take to Santa Cruz on our Thursday night bonfires. :)

I've got a 20-year old 27" Sony TV. Gave it to my brother when I went to university. He's still got it and it works to this day.

Hmmm, my parents have a 27" Sony that's about 6 years old, and it's getting really blurry. Can't read any small text on the screen any more.

Since you guys are talking about computers, my original computer is still going strong (about 4 hand-me-downs later). It's an old 80x286 (16 MHz with 40MB hard drive).

my abacus has been going strong for about 3000 years now

my abacus has been going strong for about 3000 years now

My abacus broke when I accidentily poured water on it. I guess Texas Instruments wasn't that great 3000 years ago.

Probably my washer and dryer. ~10 years or so, but the dryer doesn't dry very well. I plan on replacing it either within the year or in about 4 years. Depends on my next set of orders. I'm not going to ship a new W/D overseas, but if we stay in the US, there's a new set in my sights.

And this morning, my stupid 7 year old Sony TV up and died. OK, it didn't up and die, it had some pretty dramatic death convulsions including the picture squishing up to the top of the screen, getting all full of horizontal lines and then blipping out. Did that a few times before finally refusing to come on at all.

Had the same plan for a TV as the W/D... don't really want to crate up a Plasma/LCD TV and ship it overseas, but now....

My abacus broke when I accidentily poured water on it. I guess Texas Instruments wasn't that great 3000 years ago.

nope, none of their measurement devices could hold a calculus properly
plus Texas hadn't been discovered
kinda put a henderance on things ;)

plus Texas hadn't been discovered
kinda put a henderance on things ;)
I DOUBT that...Texas had been discovered, it's just that the natives called it something different.

I buy a lot of used stuff, so most of my crap is older than I am.

Most of my toys are pretty new....my oldest appliance is my DVD Changer, 8 years old....but I bought it almost a year ago, and got it back to working condition. It's a bit tempermental, but getting a 5-disc DVD changer (Pioneer) for $25 is a steal!. All it needed was to have the drawer feed machanism cleaned and re-lubed with silicone grease.

I have a Maryland Bridge that's about 20 years old. Oh, you didn't mean dental appliance?

I've got to add to the microwave vote. Mine is about 18 years old. Lasted through one marriage, being single and the present wife. My fridge isn't too far behind. I hope they don't give out now that I've probably jinxed them.

40+ year old Waring blender, still going strong.

all my stuff breaks about a month after the warranty expires..

I bought my stereo in 1986.

I have a TiVo, cable box, DVD player, Xbox, VCR & TV plugged into it with no problems. I had to change the batteries in the remote a year or two ago, but other than that it's been problem free.

I've got a working TRS-80! With software on cassette drive and cassettes.....does that count?
I also have a BW roundscreen Emerson TV from around 1957ish that works, the tuner only has 2-13, no UHF!

you to, i have one somewhere,
my oldest working appliance would be my freezer 11 years old or so

Are you sure it isn't giving off radiation? Not joking around. After my nephew was born, I would take care of my nephew a few days out of the week to help my sister out. I kept his monitor near the microwave in the kitchen. When I was using it, the monitor would go crazy and cause all sorts of static. My brother-in-law one day noticed this when he was over and told me to buy a new one. I laughed at first, but I bought another identical model and it didn't have that problem. It must have given off radiation for eons before I finally realized. Had the same problem when I would use the cordless phone, but since everyone calls my cell phone, it never dawned on me over 5 years.

EDIT: Sorry about the bad grammar... god I must be tired.

Our microwave is still with us after 19 years. It does make our cordless phone reception go bananas. This is annoying, but is it dangerous?

Does a CD player or an amplifier count as an appliance? I have had those for 21 + years.

15 year old TV

"Why do brides wear white?"

"All household appliances should be white."

So at 50 years, it would be my wife.

But seriously...

The Waffle Iron I bought my finace (now wife) when she got her first apartment is still going strong at 25 years.

The blender is also about 25 years old.

Stereo system is about 22 years old.

We had our kitchen completely redone four years ago. The dishwasher, stove, washer, dryer and fridge were still working fine (with some repair along the way) at 20 years old. We donated them to an orphanage.

30-year-old clock radio.

well, I have some radios from the 30s-40s but this one I have owned and used all that time.

My avocado green Sunbeam mixer that we received as a wedding present in 1970. Come to think of it, I believe we still have an avocado green crockpot that we also received as a wedding present.

I have the TV my parents bought me when I was 6. That was almost 18 years ago. I haven't used it in a couple years, but it was working fine then. Occasionally it would squeal, but then it just stopped doing it.

What's your oldest appliance that you bought that is still going strong?


I was just heating up some leftovers in my microwave when I thought about how I've had that microwave since I first moved out of the house and on my own. That was 16 or 17 years ago!!!! Not bad for an X-Mart cheapo bought by a kid entering college on a budget.


Just a side note about microwave ovens. I bought one when they were first available to the public. An Amana 'Radarange'. The thing was SO frickin' heavy I had to drag it to the stairs and flip flop it up the stairs one at a time! And I even remember the cost was somewhere around $800. This was back in the mid 70's. [ before you were were born :D ]

I have a waffle iron that is probably at least from the 70's if not older. It's all stainless steel and weighs a ton. Still works great.

IF stereos count, then my 1987 Sony stereo system (receiver, CD player and dual-head double cassette deck) two tower and two baby Advent speakers with real oak cabinets would be it. It still works and sounds as great today as it did when I bought it. SONY made some kick *ss stuff back then. Way ahead of its time.

I have the TV my parents bought me when I was 6. That was almost 18 years ago. I haven't used it in a couple years, but it was working fine then. Occasionally it would squeal, but then it just stopped doing it.

Oh man! I forgot about my B&W TV I got when I was 14 or so! That thing is 36 years old and uses tubes!

It still has the adhesive residue from the PONG game I stuck to the side. :D

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

I currently live in a rented apartment in which most of the appliances were furnished the same year. Therefore, I'd say these appliances that I "rent" (refrigerator/freezer, stove, washer & dryer, would be about 11 years old and still work well.

However, I own a really good microwave oven that I bought in 1988 which I continue to use today.

Yet if we discuss computers and related things, I have a Cannon BJ 200e printer that I've had since 1994 which has served me through thick and thin.

Which is my oldest appliance? Of those classifications, I'll let you decide. Personally, I'd say the microwave is the oldest.

My beloved heirloom stereo is a 1967 Fisher FM receiver with the original speakers. They've been re-coned a couple of times, but that's about it. I've lived with it since the day I came home from the hospital. My dad bought it at a Navy PX. He played music from his turntable and reel-to-reel, but I plug my iPod or computer to it. Beautiful sound quality.