How’s it holding up?

  • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    15·
    9 months ago

    I didn’t actually buy it, but I have a kitchen aid mixer that was a wedding gift to my parents, 6 or 8 years before I was born. I’m 36.

    I also have some of my grandfather’s power tools that work fine despite being 40+ years old (tho I’m terrified every time I use them - the cords attach to the mechanicals with screws, and there are no failsafes - I don’t use them enough to spend hundreds on new ones)

    All the stuff I “bought for life” myself has failed to live up to the hype. They really don’t make shit the way the used to.

    • 8bitguy@kbin.social
      7·
      9 months ago

      I hear ya. The KitchenAid stand mixers are still tanks though. I have one that’s a couple years old. I abuse it a lot. It cares not.

      • Bonehead@kbin.social
        6·
        9 months ago

        Hobart KitchenAid mixers are tanks. Everything made after Hobart sold KitchenAid to Whirlpool is crap in comparison.

          • Omgpwnies@lemmy.zip
            3·
            9 months ago

            I agree, I have a Whirlpool version and it’s still a tank. I think some of the criticism comes from the fact that the newer mixers use a plastic sacrificial gear, which is designed to fail before the motor. Other than that, they are virtually identical to the Hobart version (you can buy parts from KitchenAid/Whirlpool to repair/restore a Hobart mixer)