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What are the "AK-47" of items? (cheap, durable, just works) (reddthat.com)

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This is not a conversation about guns. This is a conversation about items that have withstood abuse that are near unbreakable.

Some items I have heard referenced as AK47 of:

Gerber MP600: It's a multi tool

Old Thinkpad Laptops

Mag lights

Toyota Hilux

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Concept2 rowing machines. Even if they break, you can still buy spare parts at reasonable rates even for the very first model, which is decades old and only sold a few copies. Fantastic engineering.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Hold their value like crazy too even if you don't like them you likely lose nothing if not very very little.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago

It's a real baader-meinhoff phenomenon: once you notice them, you notice that every gym has them.