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34. I'm still using my old actual Braun toothbrush

And while it doesn't have a replaceable battery, it's lasted me many years (at least 30 years). I can see the plastic that holds the brush in is finally breaking down, and that will fail before the battery does.

I love Braun products and wish you could still buy them here in America, but we can't. I recently had to replace a fantastic hand-held Braun multi mixer/blender/chopper unit because I did something stupid and stripped the gears. I can't buy it any more because they no longer make a version that runs on our 120V power. I was just sick that I had to replace it with what is available today. I did buy a new stick blender/chopper, but had to buy a seperate mixer. I don't really like either unit as well as the Braun, and I know they are not designed to last as long. I had the Braun unit for at least 35-40 years.

I also have a beautiful old Braun desk fan I've taken apart to clean and oil several times, and it still works, after 45 years.

I have an old Kenmore washer/dryer set that need to be replace, but the new ones are so expensive, and my sis bought a new kenmore washer and has had nothing but trouble with it. She is buying another brand now to replace it...but it probably won't last any longer.

I'm really disgusted with planned obsolescence, no matter why it happened...it's just wrong. You can not have a world that lives on infinite sales (and resulting trash), on a planet with finite resources.