What's the best product you ever owned?

[BlackAgnes]

My old Randall Model, 14, modified to suit me, carried all over the Western Hemisphere, slipped down into my BDUs pantleg when local Status of Forces Agreements disarmed us.

My Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon GMT watch-- about as bulletproof as any watch could be, and readable at night.

Wrangler jeans.

 

[Cpo1944]

I must be easily pleased because I like almost everything and I have to really think hard to come up with bad stuff.
But If I had to make a choice the very best and most satisfying item I currently like, has to be either My iMac 27" computer or my Nikon D-800 camera. My wife thinks its glued to my hand.Now that I`m thinking My Anschutz .22 LR is pretty nice and ,and ........
One of my nick names is "Never Enough"

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I have sworn that we won't get a flat screen TV until our 35in. Sony Wega dies. Lord knows what I'm going to do with it when it finally does. Weighs about as much as a small car. Never an issue, it just works and I'm used to the picture, which hasn't degraded a bit in 20 years or more. Helps heat the house in the winter too.

I had one of those heavy beasts. When I got it I was thrilled with the picture quality and held off buying a hi-def flat panel like you're doing. Ultimately the power supply went out so I got a new Sony 1080 blah blah blah. After about 10 seconds I could not believe how long I had tortured myself with that lousy WEGA picture. Funny how perspectives can change so quickly.

I paid extra to have the new TV delivered and set up. I could have done it myself but the service included haul away of the old TV. You should have seen the expression on the delivery guys faces when they saw that WEGA.

 

[the ringo kid]

The best product I can think of I had, was a Mitsubishi Weed-eater. I used the dawg out of that thing, and it lasted till the gas tank wore out.

 

[fpuhan]

My first Bang & Olufsen audio system. Purchased after I graduated college, around 1974-ish, the component system (tuner, turntable, cassette deck, speakers and cabinet) worked flawlessly for close to 30 years. In 2004, I gave them away to a neighbor and replaced them with my current B&O sound system that is also standing the test of time.

 

[photocosmo]

In 1979 I purchased a used Westinghouse apartment size refrigerator that had a 1958 date stamped on the compressor. Since then I have moved it no less than 5 times including once across country. A couple of times it sat unplugged in storage or in a garage for months at a time. It is currently purring away in my basement full of pop, beer and miscellaneous grocery "super-buys". It might not be "energy efficient" but it's never missed a beat and has the coldest beverages on the block. Oddly enough my "runner-up" would be the first CFL light bulb I ever got. It was some kind of promotion from the electric company back around 1990 and it's saved me enough money in replacement bulbs over the last 25+ years to fill that little peanut 'fridge full of beer at least once!

 

[sw282]

A Model 36 Chief Special bought NEW in 1970. Paid $72. Not a lot of rds thru it, but rides in my left pocket better than ever due to extra padding added over the years

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Best product I ever owned was........Me!

 

[RobertJ.]

Keen Waimea flip-flops. They have arch support, a big toe guard, and they last for years. The only flip-flop I'll ever wear again.

Hey, when you live at the beach, that's important!

After that would be my Nikon D80.

 

[Gamecock]

10-4 on Nikon cameras.

I used a Minolta XG-M for years, but it got to where film photography was archaic. So I bought a Nikon D40x. Mr. Kodachrome went digital. It traveled many miles with me. I gave it to my son a few years ago, and he still uses it.

For me, I got a Nikon D90. An amazing piece of equipment.

I'd say it's not just Nikon, but Japanese cameras in general that are best products.

 

[cowart]

one day I opened it and it wouldn't close I bought a new one but it's not the same.

Why didn't you get the original one fixed? It is still under warranty...

The Buck Forever Warranty - Buck® Knives OFFICIAL SITE

 

[Fat Frank]

For the past 3+ years, I guess it would be my 1981 Mercedes 230E. I bought it from a local after seeing it advertised on ebay and like it more every time I drive it. Even though it's now 35 years old, it's still the best riding/driving/handling vehicle I've ever owned. Simple and cheap to maintain (and was inexpensive to buy, too!) and leaves me smiling every time. Can't say enough good about it.

 

[Salty RI]

Best product I ever owned was........Me!

Oh yeah, what would your mother say.

 

[Salty RI]

Why didn't you get the original one fixed? It is still under warranty...

The Buck Forever Warranty - Buck® Knives OFFICIAL SITE

Thanks I just went to their site, they want me to clean off the blood, before I send it in.

 

[BearBio]

My Dillon 550 press!
Worst: My Hornaday Lok-n-l press!

 

[Rick_A]

It has not been trouble free, but always made the commute something fun.

I have an old flat head screwdriver with rounded corners that gets used for everything...but turning screws. It doesn't mar finishes and always seems to fit

 

[mister75]

My 8" Double L boots from LL Bean. 30 years old and I'm just breakin' 'em in. They are still waterproof and insanely comfortable. They've been resoled once. I've swapped the insert a few times and basically just treat the leather and change the laces as needed. They will outlast me for sure.

I got a pair of LaCrosse winter boots from my father 27 years ago to go ice fishing that I still use today when its really cold.

 

[7tenz]

My HP 15c calculator, bought in 1987, is near the top. I think it is on the 3rd set of batteries.

Ah, back when HP was a first rate company. I have a 41cx blank keyboard with a coffee proofer, an 11C, 48gx, and 42s. The 41 is my Crown jewel. All working fine. Love that RPN.

Now all HP makes isn't what I'd call junk, but they are nowhere near what they were when David Packard was still in charge.

As others have mentioned, my Toyota pickups, Citizen and Seiko watches, Swiss Army knives, etc.

edit: I had a 15c I bought used and gave it away. The student I gave it to said it was banned from his college classes, early '90s. Oh yea a 16c, don't know what to do with it. The 16c showed me why computer programmers get Halloween mixed up with Christmas, OCT 31=DEC 25.