Miele. My family has various Miele appliances that hit 20 years old without blinking.

You have no concept of how rough the old style agitator washers are on clothes until you use a good quality front loader.

Unless you regularly have filthy clothes full of mud or grease, those top loaders just cause huge amount of unnecessary wear on clothes.

Glad I’m not alone!

You do not need special stuff for quality leather shoe care.

1. 2 Gallon size plastic ziploc bags (Sharpie one black and one other)
2. 2 horsehair buffing brushes
3. 2 horsehair daubers AKA polish application brushes
4. 1 container of edge dressing
5. 2 cans of polish (Kiwi Black and Kiwi Neutral)
6. A bunch of buffing cloths (honker pack of microfibers)

You can get all the above from eBay for crazy cheap. Make you a black shoe kit and a brown shoe kit. You can use neutral shoe polish on every flavor of brown shoe as there are 934,893 shades of brown shoes and 63,214 shade of brown shoe polish and they odds of you getting a match are near zero. You can even skip the daubers and use old tooth brushes or sacrificial cloths. Don't mix up the kits as you don't want to blacken up your brown shoes. You polish your shoes every 3-6 months and perhaps buff when you see them getting dull. Youtube has an infinity of videos on how to do it.

Cobblers are a thing. You can take your shoes there and say, "Make deez good". Return in 1-5 days and for $20 and zero effort, you have nicely cleaned and polished shoes.

Anything you apply to make your shoes waterproof is a lie. Shoes are natively waterproof based on construction/materials, not some goo you rub/spray on. If you want waterproof shoes, but them out the gate that way.

You can wear for days in a row. Allowing them to rest is smart and will increase the lifespan and split toe shoe trees will help keep the shape when not worn. Rest is best practice, not a requirement.

GYW shoes can last your literal lifetime. I have two pair from the 80s. The real sweet spot is around $300 pricepoint for men. Anything less is lower tier. There is no such thing as break even point as that talks to your desires and budget and we know neither.

1 vote for Maytag, appreciate it!

I see, good to know there’s a trade off for the long lifespan. Thanks!

That’s the key here. Thank you!

I was going to comment this exact thing.

Appreciate the advice!

Seems to be the consensus. Thank you!

The search engine is to the right, use it as this topic is discussed 8 times a week for the last 10 years.

Consumer Reports cares zero about lifespan.

Speed Queens will last forever but also use more energy and water. I value energy and water efficiency, so I go for front loaders. I've had whirlpool and now two sets of Samsung. My last Samsung washer lasted ten years, so I am satisfied with that. I got a simpler model this time (no steam settings) and hope it will last 10-12 years. I don't expect more than that.

Speaking of LG refrigerators: My favorite fridge was LG and I miss it every day but it died with no warning and they basically can't be repaired (hard to get parts even before Covid, and parts aren't cheap, take forever to arrive, and repairmen won't fix them) but it was only 5 years old! I replaced it with a Whirlpool but I still miss the better design of the LG.

I had a combination master lock in prison. With people trying to break into it and constant use several times a day, exposure to humidity, it began to act poorly and stick. Trick to fix was to crush up graphite from a pencil and shake it inside the mechanism.

Good points, thanks for taking time to write them out

You're asking for a blueprint for a sewing machine and a description of each of the parts so that you can assemble a sewing machine from its individual parts.

Maybe the keyword is assembly instructions?

Although I'm doubtful that those are available to the general public. You might be able to get a copy from a service technician or repair org.

I don't think most companies expect their customers to assemble critical components and still offer a warranty.

The general population struggles with reading IKEA furniture instructions.

I have a Maytag front loader that's been flawless despite tons of use for maybe 6 years now. If you care about water usage at all you'll want a front loader. If you're in a very wet climate or otherwise just don't have any concerns about water usage a top loader has less to go wrong.

Do the albums skip when you're walking down the street with it on your shoulder?

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Am I the only one who sometimes has nightmares where I’m back in school and can’t remember the combo? Or I can remember it but spinning left and right doesn’t get me anywhere?

Speed Queen.

Especially if someone else will pay for it.

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I've still got two from grade 7, 32 years ago. Still remember the combinations.

Agreed. It would be like saying, "Look! Look at my BIFL axe! I have only needed to replace the blade once and the handle twice!"

Just because you can make fewer modular replacements doesn't mean it's BIFL.

If you want buy it for life your only option really is Speed Queen. You'll pay more but you won't have to replace it every 5 years. As far as Consumer Reports I don't put much faith in them anymore. They rate LG Fridges with some of the highest ratings and look at all the issues they have with their compressors.

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Speed Queen.

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