Some that come to mind are:

Benchmade - knives Darn Tough - socks Carhartt - good work gear Doc martens - footwear

What are some good reputable brands that you have had for 5 years + with little to no issues or with a lifetime warranty.

  • @themusicman
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    521 year ago

    Lenovo ThinkPads

    I bought an old model in 2013 and it lived in my backpack through 7 years of school and university. It was dropped hard enough to permanently bend the heatsink, the disk drive cover snapped off, and it regularly overheated from throwing it in my bag without turning it off. It ran windows, dozens of Linux distros (up to 3 at once) and now it’s a hackintosh for when I need a Mac. I’m confident I could buy spare parts and repair it myself if anything important broke.

    • @Draghetta
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      261 year ago

      Yes, OLD Lenovo thinkpads.

      Buy yourself a used T400-T430 (and models of that age) if you don’t have very big computing requirements, they are 10+ years old and they will last you another 10+.

      If you buy a Lenovo from the last 7-8 years you will get an overpriced piece of junk.

    • @LemmyKnowsBest
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      51 year ago

      I have to take exception to that because I bought a Lenovo ThinkPad in 2018, barely ever used it and now it won’t even turn on.

      • @tyrant
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        41 year ago

        If it won’t power on at all you might need to let it charge overnight and then try again

          • @tyrant
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            21 year ago

            Or maybe bad charger

        • @LemmyKnowsBest
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          11 year ago

          I have kept it plugged in for days. It won’t even charge.

          • ditty
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            21 year ago

            Only other troubleshooting step I can think of is to try pressing its “emergency-reset” button with a safety pin if it has one

            • @LemmyKnowsBest
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              Thank you. I will look for a tiny hidden emergency reset button that can only be accessed with a pin.

              But it literally has no power at all. It won’t even charge.

              • ditty
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                211 months ago

                If it has an emergency reset button that is one of the exact symptoms pressing it can fix

      • @mea_rah
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        211 months ago

        This is no exception. Thinkpad used to be great years (decade?) ago. The stuff they have produced in recent years is crap. I had two work laptops in the last 4 years and both are absolutely terrible compared to the old stuff.

        • @LemmyKnowsBest
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          111 months ago

          Yeah when I took my issue to Lenovo customer service, their first response was that my laptop has reached the end of its usable lifespan. 5 years!? I’m not wealthy and that thing cost me $1,500 and I will never be able to afford another laptop again.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        They are going downhill and less user serviceable these days. Talking T series, the old workhorse. Older ones are still good.

    • @Crackhappy
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      11 year ago

      I was extremely skeptical when IBM spun off that division but time has proved me wrong. The Lenovo rinkpads have been much better than I ever expected them to be.