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A place to share practical, durable and quality made products that are made to last, with an emphasis on upcycled and sustainable products!

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Things that are well-made and durable (even if they won't last a lifetime) are A-Okay!

Unlike that other BIFL place, Home-made and DIY items are encouraged here, as long as some form of instruction is included in the body of the post.

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The item must be made with sustainable or recycled materials.
If electronic in some way, the item must be open-source.
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You cannot be a large corporation.
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Shout out to my Berghaus (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 day ago by brewery@feddit.uk to c/buyitforlife@slrpnk.net

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I bought this waterproof coat and backpack, seperately, over 10 years ago and wow, they have been exactly what this sub looks for. I've used and abused both.

I actually didn't realise they are both from the same brand. I had this realisation that this coat and bag are my most used and lasting items. When I went to post this I realised they were the same brand!

The backpack has survived use on every form of transport you can imagine, being thrown around on the floor and carrying way more weight / size than you could expect it to.

I live in England so the jacket has survived a lot of rain but also, being folded / scrunched up in my backpack in case it rains, which is very often!

Best of all, last year the velcro on one of the cuff straps came off and found out that Berghaus has a repair service (https://www.berghaus.com/repairs.list). I paid for the postage to them (around £2) and two weeks later, they sent it back repaired and ready to go for many years more.

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[–] theo@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

I have also been pretty pleased with a Berghaus mac I bought a while ago. It survived about 10 years of near daily use (either on or scrunched in a bag). I have only recently replaced it with a Patagonia after the inner lining started disintegrating. Before that it kept it's waterproofness throughout many wet Welsh downpours.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Berghaus in da hauuuuuuuuse! Represent!!!

I’ll see myself out…