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@lemmy.world
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    11 months 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.

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      11 months 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.

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      11 months ago

      I have a 2011 Dell latitude that’s a similar story. It’s a jellyfin server now

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      11 months 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.