They don't make 'em like they used to!

On a similar topic, yesterday as i struggled to take my very large and heavy Le Cruset 28cm casserole dish out of the oven i thought it's may be time to pass all of my Le Cruset to my DD as i just cant manage it anymore,which of your kitchen essential's will you pass on to your children ?

MY DH

I have a freezer in the garage that is 49 years old.When we moved 3 years ago I did wonder if it would restart..it did and is still going strong.Fingers and toes crossed.

I find most electrical appliances fail within 5 to 6 years now but we did have a Bang & Olufsen TV that lasted around 24 years.

My sister finally bought a new washing machine when her kitchen was replaced. She'd had it since she moved into her flat - 40 years ago! We weren't sure what make it was, we thought she should have written to them to let them know.

'OF' rubbish. Dreadful typist.

f77ms I would strongly urge that you go to a local firm, one with a showroom that you can have a look around in, and not one of the big companies or online. Son was ripped off by Moben (since gone) who installed a VERY expensive kitchen but wrecked the walls of the room, the floor, and left the house and garden filthy with rubble and dirt everywhere (S and Dil were both out at work) and took almost a month to remove two skiploads or rubbish from their driveway. Another relative went to a nationwide kitchen and bathroom installer and endured a nightmare for almost two years. People who have used local firms seem to do a lot better. Good luck and enjoy your lovely new kitchen when it comes.

Oh - and my Kenwood toaster is 18 years old and still going strong. Also have a Phillips electric knife that must be 30 years old, and my Kenwood Chef lasted forty years. I have bought another - here's hoping.

pennyh47 Dyson has only been in business for 25 years

I have a cast iron mincer bought in 1948. Still use it for mincing meat. Saw a similar one in a museum in USA.

Not an electric appliance but my
Prestige rotary hand whisk , 56 years old, still beats eggs beautifully with a smooth action. Use regularly when do not want to get the electric beater out.

My Panasonic microwave at least 46 years old - Panasonic couldn't find the serial number when I asked them its age ! My first Cannon cooker lasted 37 years and I loved it. Its Cannon replacement at 16 is on its way out and I have never liked it.

Lupin - the iron I am using is a cheap steam iron that DS took to Uni in 1993 which is of course 23 years ago. Perhaps it wasn't used for the first 3 years and the rest did it some good !

Gas boiler for 41 years never failed and works a treat though undoubtedly inefficient in the scheme of things........ Believe I'm about to be pressurised into replacement by legislation. When I watch the telly ad 'the boiler's gone on the blink again' I cringe. What poor quality and workmanship are we producing these days?

I have a Moulinex hand mixer that has to be over 20 years old and is well used, and a Moulinex electric carving knife that I got for Christmas approx 35 years ago and still carves the turkey. Does Moulinex still exist? On the other hand I've been through many irons - I can't make those last. Does anyone have an old iron?

Not exactly an appliance but I have had my lovely M&S dressing gown for 25 years & wear it nearly every day.washed almost white now from a beautiful pale turquoise. No prizes for guessing where it was made! (not China)

I have a broom that I have had for 20 years. It's only had 3 new heads and 2 new shanks!

I have a dyson vacuum that must be about 30 years old and still working. I have changed to a Gtech air ram because it was getting too heavy and cumbersome. Love my Gtech

I have a coffee bean grinder that we got when we married in 1973. It grinds nuts, and makes breadcrumbs too. Nowadays it wouldn't pass safety laws as there is no guard and you could potentially lose your fingers!

It's so lovely to hear us oldies keeping things until they are no longer repairable and not changing them because they no longer match newer items recently purchased. Long may we reign, I love it!!

Looks like Kenwood made em to last!

I have never had a washing machine as reliable or as long lasting as my Hoover Keymatic. There are some things that technology hasn't improved.

Our Kenwood Chef is now 50 years old and used regularly. I have one in the loft that I bought at a boot sale which I keep for spares should I need them.

A Philips electric carving knife, given to me as a present when our son was a toddler...he'll be 44 in a few months! My almost 40 year old Kenwood Chef ground to a halt earlier this year, I was so sad to see it go but replaced it asap with an almost identical model, bet it won't last as long!

Another Kenwood mixer which is 45 years old. My Halogen hob is 42 (kept it even when I got a new kitchen), hairdrier is 25 and boiler 24. Washing machine, freezer, dish washer, oven and fridge are all over 15 yrs old. None of them have required major surgery which now I've mentioned it will probably mean I am in for some bills.

In contrast I am on my 3rd computer in 10 years.

Oh, just read all the other posts.......forgot about the electric mixer, a wedding gift 46 years ago , yes, still working well!