>>2254749>Stuff today doesn't last like it used to.I don't agree. A lot of the old stuff I see isn't made of materials that are unaffected by time and usage. Unless they are rather simple, such as alcohol stoves.
Obviously a lot of companies have outsourced their production at the cost of quality. However there are still many companies that offer long lasting high-quality products that have not outsorced their production. With the exceptions of recently hyped brands they are still affordable in general. Wages have stagnated in most Western countries for 30-50 years and accompanying that the mentality has shifted to buying cheap products, so companies offering high quality products have become rare in some fields. Thanks to the internet and forums especially it has gotten pretty easy in the last ten to twenty years to find good stuff.
In the case of outdoor stuff there have been new materials as well that will last far longer compared to what was available in the 60s to 90s. They didn't have magic or better materials back then, maybe soldering with lead. Polymeres have gotten only better especially.
I don't know any kind of outdoor equipment that has been better qualitywise in the past compared to (high quality) equipment from the last twenty years. Sleeping bags, mats, tents, backpacks, clothing in general, vehicles, etc.
Technical equipment such as cars has sometimes become more difficult to repair but in terms of longevity everything has improved. There are very expensive, quality focussed repro brands in Japan. Take a look at their stuff and compare them with the US made 'originals', which are usually pretty bad in comparison to the jap stuff. Rocky Mountain Featherbed is such an example.
>>2254948>>2255053Interesting. Are you from a farmer family a noble family? Is there anything of that stuff still in use?
