re: Buy once cry once: High quality items you spent decent money on that are worth it

You’ll never buy another inflatable

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This could be a huge list but here are a few

Most all of my watches, the whole collection (winners and losers) has beaten the Dow for many years. Patek, AP and Rolex are by far the best in that area. All of my watches from cheap to expensive will last more than one lifetime.

Bergeon watchmaking tools

Festool, Hilti, and Mafell hand-held power tools

NWS, Knipex, Fedore, Fleo, Hazet, Bondhus, and Stahlwille electrical and mechanics tools

Felder and SCM woodworking machines

Veritas, Lie Nielsen, Blue Spruce, and (old) Bridge City Tool Works hand tools

Persol sunglasses pre-Luxottica

Kahles optics

Bartlein barrels

Briggs and Riley, and Zero Halliburton luggage and briefcases

George Cleverley and John Lobb dress shoes

Wusthoff and Zwilling kitchen knives

Viking and Sub-Zero appliances and Bosch dishwasher

KEF and Revel speakers

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You are the type of person that marketing folk cream their jeans over

Movado watches

eggs are overcooked and pancakes are burnt

Quality tools (Milwaukee, IR, Klein, Craftsman/Snap-on,etc.) when I was working.

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You are the type of person that marketing folk cream their jeans over

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While I get your point, there is nothing on that list that is not extremely good quality, objectively better than most in the sector, and lots of them are lifetime purchases.

For example, I have carried my Halliburton briefcase for 33 years now, that's over 8000 days of use. It is still distinctive and still looks and performs like it did when I bought it. I only cried once.

Filson gear. Concur.

Barbour jacket.
Custom suits
Custom shoes and shirts

Powermatic woodworking machines
Pre-64 Winchesters
Belgian Brownings
Pre-1980's Colts
Steiner Binoculars
Any Zero Halliburton case
Leica M6
Hasselblad 500C

Pre-2024 Toyota Land Cruiser
Lexus GX 460
Air-cooled Porsche 911

All are expensive. All will last forever if maintained, and thus represent great value.

Anything less is not worthy of your eminence. Save-up and buy once.

50 rounds of devastating defensive ammo in all of my calibers

And Briggs and Reilly products

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Aren’t liquid cool about 3x as much plus install is more expensive?

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Went from generac 24KW that was 10k total install to the Kohler liquid cooled 24KW that was about 20K installed. I don’t think the install was more expensive. The generator was about double. It also weighed nearly 3X as much and to be fair I already had the gas line right there from the Generac, so it could have reduced some costs.

I don’t care though because the Generac was overheating, always throwing maintenance codes and just generally an overall total piece of shite. I threw it in the trash it was so bad. Will never buy another one.

Also to be fair, the Kohler hasn’t really been tested for an extended period, but I’m confident it will go for weeks if needed. It also came with a complete 10 year warranty.

1930's Lionel standard gauge trains are great examples of something that cost a lot of money but was of great, lifelong quality. This is a 30's standard gauge set - very large. It was found in an attic. I oiled it up, and it ran like a top. The set was $80 during the depression - quite expensive. Modern Lionel is mostly made in China crap - it has many fine qualities but durability and reliability are not there. There is too much technology.



Moore and Giles leather products are well made.