Hi there, I came here to the BIFL Lemmy out of suspicion that the reddit posts are just unlabelled marketing, and I was wondering the possibility of sourcing goods that are more to a BIFL standard? In my area, second hand goods tend to be really quite poor in quality (reselling fast fashion) or otherwise not present, and I have not inherited anything that does last. So I would apprecite advice or reccomendations for finding goods at a BIFL standard. I was also wondering if maybe there would be anyone with good advice for finding sustainable, local textile production so that I may be able to tailor what I need without having to buy from the poor selection aforementioned, does anyone know of any of this?
TL:DR I am suspicious that a lot of what is claimed as ‘BIFL’ has been enshittified, and would like advice on being able to search for sustainable goods for a local area (not specified because I’m hoping for advice with searching, not exactly for specific reccs)
Learning how things are made is a great asset in finding out what is actually BIFL.
I have ikea furniture that is BIFL, because I learned how quality furniture is made and pick and chose the ikea items that had lasting design for the application. I also bought a bottle of wood glue and clamps to glue up and assemble the pieces.
I chose a manual rotary lawn mower because I can service it, it was made from steel and is a 100 year old design. It’ll be bifl only if I am willing to pay more than the price of a new one to have it sharpened in a few years.
My oiled leather work boots are BIFL because I keep oiling them, get them patched when they wear though and pay for new soles. I have payed many times over the purchase price in soles.