cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2642565
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2642502
So the idea of “buy it for life” is to buy items that are durable and last for a long time, things you could buy once and have your whole life, which can save money and be good for the environment
What are some of the top items you recommend for this?
Roomba vacuum robots. Mine is almost 10 years old, I recently replaced a wheel with no issues, all parts are available both from Roomba and third party manufacturers, pretty much completely repairable with nothing but the replacement parts and a screw driver.
I’ve heard some roombas were caught spying on people so maybe disable this if possible (idk if this link is any good): https://www.komando.com/security-privacy/roomba-security-tips/855380/
My roomba is almost 10 years old. We didn’t have such things back then ;) it’s also a cheap model, it just drives around randomly till it’s done.
lol we’ve already gone through two on warranty (800 series). Decidedly no.
My j7 started off great, but I had to replace the suction motor within a year because it burnt out completely. Now it’s starting to have bizarre navigation issues that require me to reboot it before use about 30% of the time, which is extremely annoying. The requirement for it to be connected to the internet all the time is just the fecal cherry on top of the hot-diarrhea sundae.
Wow, sounds like they went down the drain. This is weird, back then they had such a reputation for robustness.