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harper_wright•59m ago

Heads up: that lifetime warranty on your $200 hiking boots means nothing if you lose the receipt, REI told me this straight up

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nelson.cameron•2d ago

Thought a $6 no-name cast iron skillet couldn't hang with my $40 Lodge, then I cooked 40 batches of cornbread in it

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coleman.seth•2d ago

Appreciation post: the $8 pair of wool socks my aunt gave me 3 winters back finally changed my mind on cheap socks

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verafoster•4d ago

My $180 headlamp died in a storm on Mount Hood, so I finished the hike with a $15 backup

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hernandez.morgan•6d ago

Guy at the Red Wing store in Minneapolis told me I was oiling my boots wrong, 4 years of cracking fixed by doing less

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derek_ramirez•6d ago

My uncle swore a $30 cast iron pan from a flea market in Ohio would outlast me, and 12 years later I'm the one getting replaced

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amybarnes•8d ago

PSA: spent 6 weeks hunting a leak in my basement and it was a $4 rubber washer

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the_margaret•9d ago

Showerthought: my neighbor says you should always buy the cheapest version first, and I can't decide if that kills the whole point of buying it for life

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amy975•10d ago

My $40 Harbor Freight sander died in 3 months, the $180 one from 2019 is still going

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coleman.seth•12d ago

My $12 flea market cast iron has beat every "lifetime" nonstick pan I've owned

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quinnb63•13d ago

I put a $2.99 shower curtain ring on my $180 work bag and it outlasted the strap hardware

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andrew854•15d ago

Spent 3 weeks chasing a leak on my 20 year old Carhartt jacket collar, turned out to be a $2 zipper pull

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tara745•15d ago

Am I the only one who fixed a wobbly cast iron handle with a cut up bike inner tube?

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ivan597•16d ago

Watched a guy return a 12 year old leather belt at a swap meet in Abilene and the vendor gave him full credit, now I check stitching on everything

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stella_mason•17d ago

Watched a guy in Spokane use his grandfather's Estwing hammer for 40 years, so I went and found one at a yard sale

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