Just been saying my mother could do with a new fridge freezer as it looks battered now, she told me to stop bein stupid and she will only get a new one when it breaks. Then she told me she got it the year I was born, 1983. The damn thing is 26 years old. Pretty impressive I thought, for something that is on 24-7. The mirowave is also 16 years old and that takes a hammering too.

So whats the oldest thing you got at home????

 

the missus lol

 

the bloody mother in law

 

 

our fridge freezer,bought it from scrapman for 20quid,it was 10 year old we had it another 3,still going according to ex.

 

Fridges/freezers last for ages, mainly because of the simplicity of the design and almost no moving parts. Thin the oldest thing i have is my washing machine at 3-1/2 years old.

 

jvc tv, probably 15 years old at least, and still works perfectly, and sounds better than most new LCD tvs including my currant one.

 

my washing machine is 6 years old every time the misses puts it on i think its going to be its last lol , but she aint getting a new one till its dead.

 

we've got an old chest freezer, bought in Bejams ! (now iceland) bought in 1980 and that's still going strong !

 

My mitsubishi tv,got it in 91 was our main tv now on the wall in our bedroom never had a spot of bother with it

 

18 mths for me lol when we moved we skipped everything and bought new over here and now the house is done all new furiture to our gert just orderd a 4k table

 

our fridge freezer bought it when we bought the house 8 yrs ago

 

They definitely dont make things like they used to, my mams got a washer she's had for 18 year. ive got an old matsui portable tv i got when i was 11, im now 31 and it still works. bought a big flatscreen tv two years ago, cost Ł1500, and the bastard thing died last week.

 

Tumble dryer, its a hand me down off my mum and i remember her buying it when i was at school. I left school in 1991.

 

Got a Sharp Microwave, bought new in 1990 when they cost a tidy packet, still going strong.

The iron can't be much younger either.

Dyson was bought around 2002-2003

Servis Fridge Freezer was bough in around 2004, which replaced one which was bought in 1981, lol, and the Hoover Washing Machine was bought in around 2002-2003 as well, and that replaced an old Servis from the early 80's also.

Most things have lasted pretty well.

 

I would say my technics hifi.My dad bought it about 16 years ago.Ive had it for about 13 years.

 

dyson is 8 years nearly thats about the oldest thing ive got in here

 

Great minds think alike, this was the first thing I thought when I saw the heading

 

Got a 15+yr old food blender off my nan.

 

our ironing bored is 40 od years old!

 

My tumble dryer was my nans so is about 15-17 years old, my sister had it before me. It doesn't get used much but the belt snapped cost me Ł5 to fix so still going strong. Fridge freezer is about 9 years old the one it replaced was still going strong after about 20years but we had the chance of this new one.

I've got a 20+ year old JVC "portable" hifi, my brother bought it new when he worked at John Lewis. Was state of the art back then with a slide out turntable. All works a treat just needs a new needle. Bugger carrying it about though.

Annoys me that stuff doesn't last long anymore. My mum had a Zanussi washing machine for over 15 years. I've had 3 machines in 10 years!!

 

had a dyson DC04, a chrome 4 piece toaster and a samsung microwave since 2001. Everything else has been replaced costs a bloody fortune !!!

Wht cant things just last forever ???

 

My mums tumble dryer Im 99% sure was a wedding present...they recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Certainly looks like it could be 25 years old. It hardly ever gets used.

 

my plasma....bout 3 yrs old....

 

nothings older than 14 months when i moved in here.

 

my uncle has a light bulb that still works in his out house thats about 50 yrs old thats a fact

 

my ironing board is 9yrs old i think thats the oldest thing

Sarah

 

Our hoover & iron must be atleast 25 years old

 

We bought a Sharp microwave in 1985 and it was still in daily use till we bought one with a grill thing a couple of years ago. Couldn't bear to throw it out (thinking the kids might want it when they leave home - lol), so it's in the loft.

The wee telly in my office was a prize the wife won about 1990 or 1991.

Our bedroom telly (Nokia) was bought in 1996 and working fine.

 

I have a 36" CRT TV sat under the table at the mo (replaced it with a 50" plasma recently) and the sound on that was SUPERB. Mainly cos it had two proper speakers in it (and not the slim design ones they fit in flat TV's now) aswell as a 6" subwoofer in the back of it for 2.1 set up

Nearly all CRT's sound better than LCD's and plasma's tho, cos of less restriction with the size of speaker they can put in it. Nowadays, speakers have to be small, and people don't want to see them on either side of the TV, so they put them behind firing down = shit sound!

 

But to answer the question

I have a tiny 14" CRT TV upstairs, currently not doing anything cos I can't get any analogue reception here, but it still works (bar the remote that gave up years ago) Got it from my grandad, about 8yrs ago, and he must have had it for about 15yrs as I remember it being there as a boy - so it must be at least 23-25yrs old!

 

I have a JVC amp which is probably knocking on the door of 30 years old

 

Our microwave must be older than me and I'm 22. My Amiga 600 would be second.

Benni.

 

and I thought my VCR in the bedroom was old because I got it Christmas 93 My inlaws just had our old TV because they bought theirs in the mid 80's

Freezers are great until you defrost them with a screwdriver or knife My mum used to kill freezers that way and a mate killed his the same way.

 

All mine are 2nd/3rd hand so I wouldn't have a clue. All of its at least 5 yrs old. Telly and fridge gotta be 10+. I've also got a Baby Belling cooker that looks like its been around since the 60s - still worked last time I used it.
Some of your shit is fucking old though. Good going! Nice to see some other folk as tight as me.

 

We were given a tumble dryer, it is 33 years old! (Ok you have to jam the door shut at first to get it going but it still works)

Z

 

I have an old stereo / ghetto blaster that was bought for me when i was 10!! (20 years ago!!). Used every day all day as background noise for my dog when we're at work!! Still as good as new!!

 

My mum recently gave me her old microwave, which was in the house as long as i can remember. Was told my Uncle gave one to both my mum and auntie when he got his job at Creda about 27 years ago. my auntie still has hers as well.

Shame the top of the range bosch washing machine did not do so well

 

The mother-in-law has one of the first mircowaves, big fucker still works but its in the shed as it just took up to much room.

must be 25 years old

 

Oldest thing in my house is what I bought when we got the house, so 17 months!