Also second hand lab equipment. I was tired of my kitchen scale breaking and having annoying features like auto off after like 60 seconds. Got an ohaus lab scale off eBay for like $50, handles 18lbs, has a configuration menu with tons of options and features like count mode, sequential weight summing, and lets you set auto off for up to 30 minutes or completely disable auto off. Takes regular AAs or plugs into an outlet. I love it and it's built like a tank.

In general anything made for businesses. They might be fine with us having stuff that doesn't work, but businesses still need things that work to produce things that don't.

$1700 for a seven-year warranty. How much you want to bet it's specifically engineered to last no more than eight years?

The water heater that came with my house I bought in '98 lasted 20 years. I replaced it with the best I could afford at the time, which had a seven-year warranty. It lasted just over seven years. I replaced that one a couple of months ago with the longest warranty one I could find, which is twelve years. I know I'll be replacing it in twelve years.

Anything that's sold in Canada? I'm in the market for a new washer after my last two died on the 2 year mark.

My cousin had a coin operated speed queen washer when I briefly lived with her. The laundromat was getting rid of it not due to functioning, but because it would cost too much to retrofit it to use credit or bills, when it was already quite old.

You could use coins to make it work, but the panel was missing and you’d just stick your hand in and flip the switch. Always felt like you’d electrocute yourself.

Sucker ran great and she was doing 2 loads a day minimum (clearly no understanding of birth control, but she got her tubes tied after the 6th kid came out, so..)

She got it for far less than the price of a new bare-bones machine, so that could be a great option for anyone who may want one!