Best value electronic item you ever bought

....... · 17-09-2018 03:15PM #1

For me it has to be my GHD hair straighteners. I remember thinking they were pricey enough at the time. But I bought them in the mid 90s and they are still going strong now - with plenty of usage during some years.

Deebles McBeebles · 17-09-2018 03:17PM

32 inch flat screen, cost about 500/600 at the time. Must be 10 years old now and I still use it every day.

cruizer101 · 17-09-2018 03:21PM

Girlfriend has one of those which she uses every day and often a few times a day for past 8 ish years and still going strong so would agree they well worth it.
For me I've a 14 year old solar casio watch which has never needed a new battery and its still works perfectly.
Also an bluetooth OBD2 reader which cost 15 ish and has saved me having to go to mechanic on two occasions, so although not used much has been well worth it.

Grayson · 17-09-2018 03:26PM

xbox. Considering the thousands of hours I've spent on it and the 360 before hand, it's probably working out at pennys per hour used.

Hellrazer · 17-09-2018 03:34PM

My Amazon Kindle. 1st Generation with free 3g forever.
The amount of hours of enjoyment that Ive gotten from that cant be beaten by any other device Ive owned.

Harry Palmr · 17-09-2018 03:36PM

Battery charger.

McMurphy · 17-09-2018 03:36PM

Nvidia shield. Anyone that has one will know why.

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17-09-2018 03:36PM

Hellrazer wrote: »

My Amazon Kindle. 1st Generation with free 3g forever.
The amount of hours of enjoyment that Ive gotten from that cant be beaten by any other device Ive owned.

also my answer

Steven Seagal · 17-09-2018 03:37PM

Got a Macbook Air all the way back in 2011 and still works like a charm, no slowness at all.

ianob7 · 17-09-2018 03:40PM

Chromecast

Krombopulos Michael · 17-09-2018 03:40PM

Roku3. Great for streaming movies from PC, using netflix, screen mirroring etc.

Also, when I go away and stay at hotels, I bring it and hook it to the TV in the room, log into the hotel wifi and have Netflix in my room.

_Brian · 17-09-2018 03:40PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

32 inch flat screen, cost about 500/600 at the time. Must be 10 years old now and I still use it every day.

We have two Samsung 32” tv, first one is now 16 years old and used daily, we bought the second one when we moved 11 years ago.

Lorelli! · 17-09-2018 03:44PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

32 inch flat screen, cost about 500/600 at the time. Must be 10 years old now and I still use it every day.

I've my main tv in the sitting room 11 years. Just looked up how long a tv is meant to last and it says around 100,000 hours which is 11.4 years! It better not break now!!

Deebles McBeebles · 17-09-2018 03:47PM

_Brian wrote: »

We have two Samsung 32” tv, first one is now 16 years old and used daily, we bought the second one when we moved 11 years ago.

Funnily enough mine is Samsung too. So if anyone from Samsung wants to send a little love toward myself and Brian, I think we could do with a shiny new TV.

Lorelli! wrote: »

I've my main tv in the sitting room 11 years. Just looked up how long a tv is meant to last and it says around 100,000 hours which is 11.4 years! It better not break now!!

You were a fool to look it up, now you'll be counting down the days! I think Ill have a little cry when mine eventually dies.

....... · 17-09-2018 03:49PM

_Brian wrote: »

We have two Samsung 32” tv, first one is now 16 years old and used daily, we bought the second one when we moved 11 years ago.

Argh - I gave away a Samsung 32inch smart tv when I moved house because it was too small for the sitting room and I had nowhere else I really wanted to put it.

4068ac1elhodqr · 17-09-2018 03:49PM

Apple Nano 5th Gen, aside from a recent button failures (able to hack around this), it's still 40mm sq of tech marvel.

Macbook Air also, as good as day1 and about 100 times more reliable than the other (PC) laptop: Dell XPS.

20yrs ago had a PowerMac 5500 SpEd. all black unit. Built in tv, teletext, fm-radio, cd etc, a bit ahead of it's time.

Henryhill2 · 17-09-2018 03:51PM

Bought a Casio calculator in college

One of the kids was using it about 25 years later for school

Mr_Roger_Bongos · 17-09-2018 03:54PM

My old i-pod. Remember thinking it was expensive at the time but what a wonderful device - Had it for a decade without issue. Changed how i listened to music forever!

eviltwin · 17-09-2018 03:55PM

My Kindle Fire. Think I paid about 200 for it 4/5 years ago and use it constantly.

dhaughton99 · 17-09-2018 03:55PM

AirPods.

Antar Bolaeisk · 17-09-2018 03:56PM

I didn't buy it, it was a gift, but definitely the best value I've got from an electronic device was the 3rd gen Amazon kindle. It's still ticking and performs perfectly.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 17-09-2018 03:56PM

A small radio I use in the garden most days. Bought it sometime in the 80s for next to nothing - a non descript brand.

Henryhill2 · 17-09-2018 03:57PM

Santino Enough Liar wrote: »

A small radio I use in the garden most days.

Bush?

Boom_Bap · 17-09-2018 03:58PM

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

My old i-pod. Remember thinking it was expensive at the time but what a wonderful device - Had it for a decade without issue. Changed how i listened to music forever!

Sure look at Floyd Mayweather, he's probably rich enough to hire the artists to follow him around and perform, but he still uses as old iPod.

Lorelli! · 17-09-2018 03:59PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

You were a fool to look it up, now you'll be counting down the days! I think Ill have a little cry when mine eventually dies.

I know

ah well, when it's ready to go, it's ready to go. Never had any problems with it so far!

You're actually making me a bit sentimental about it now. It was the first thing I bought when I moved out of my parents house

Sky King · 17-09-2018 04:03PM

I love buying high quality stuff and keeping it for years.

"Quality is cheaper"

- Some guy. Probably German.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 17-09-2018 04:05PM

Henryhill2 wrote: »

Bush?

No, Bush were too expensive for me back then. It's some Jap make that's mostly worn off it now.

Roger Hassenforder · 17-09-2018 04:05PM

Sky King wrote: »

I love buying high quality stuff and keeping it for years.

"Quality is cheaper"

- Some guy. Probably German.

"Pay cheap- pay twice" is one of my mottos

Sinus pain · 17-09-2018 04:06PM

I bought a hand blender when my youngest was about 5 mths old was about a tenner in Argos. He’s 14 now and it’s still whizzing around - I use it every other day

_Brian · 17-09-2018 04:06PM

....... wrote: »

Argh - I gave away a Samsung 32inch smart tv when I moved house because it was too small for the sitting room and I had nowhere else I really wanted to put it.

We grew up with a 16” in one room and a 12” b and w in the other, the 32” will do until it dies.

Ciaran_B · 17-09-2018 04:09PM

Kindle. Paid 70 or 80 quid for it and it's used every day. Been abroad with me many times and it still works perfectly.

Best value electronic item you ever bought

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