things that have lasted

[WalkWithWallace]

Nudging 55mpg over a long journey.

That's decent, I don't care if they've got an old person image.

I've got one Robin, so they've got a VERY old person image. How's this for salesmanship? With the previous Jazz , the salesman said "It's a great car to get for your last car". We were so annoyed that we went back 3 years later and swapped it for a new one.

What a thing to say. that is worse when ChrisM got laughed off the forecourt when he said he wanted a Nissan Note.

[weedavie]

OS sheets 36 and 43, Second Series, revised 1974 but I reckon I got them around 1980. They were quite an investment, at £1.15 each. The A9 still runs through Blair, and the shooting range is on the the line of the current road. Hills haven't changed though. I thought I still had a First Series map, with the contour lines at 50 feet intervals but converted to metric, but that's gone. I must have been sensible for a moment.

[old danensian]

My own pair of Salewa 12 pointers beat rock hopper’s crampons by ten years - bought from Roger Turners on London Road in Leicester for the winter of 1975/76 - along with a short Stubai ice axe. The fact that they are still in use means they were most probably the best value for the expenditure of that term’s university grant.
OD

[dave munn]

I have an ancient Karrimor Alpiniste l bought in early 80s that l still use for trips to the beach and my original ice axe from 1979 which l now use as an excellent gardening tool when digging out roots!! Still good enough for the hill though. I have a newer one. Also have a set of Salewa 12 point crampons still in cracking condition from 1980, mainly due to no longer having boots suitable for single piece gear. They were a great buy and am sure would still do a turn

[Essan]

I still have (and occasionally use) my Silva 3NL compass bought in the early 1980s.

My ice axe (even less often used these days) also dates to the 80s

But most of my kit got replaced a few years back

[Moriarty]

Nudging 55mpg over a long journey.

That's decent, I don't care if they've got an old person image.

I've got one Robin, so they've got a VERY old person image. How's this for salesmanship? With the previous Jazz , the salesman said "It's a great car to get for your last car". We were so annoyed that we went back 3 years later and swapped it for a new one.

Blimey, those car salesmen are awesome. Sells you a car and does the PsyOps groundwork to get you to come back 3 years later for another one!

That's technique.

[lucid nonsense]

I still use a pair of Specialized bike shoes from 1986, and occasionally some Karrimor panniers bought the previous year. I also still have a Karrimor 45l rucksack from around that time and have had it on the hill once or twice in the last couple of years. The rucksack has the innovation of the springy thing to tighten the drawstring, but it doesn't have the clips on the straps - you need to thread the straps through the buckles every time you close it. The panniers don't even have the springy thing - you need to tie a slip knot in the drawstring. I have an emergency whistle that comes out on the hill, it would have been bought in 1982.

More recently I still use a Tiso Corbett 25 rucksack that has long outlived its own replacement.

[CharlesT]

Me! Surprisingly.

[Sgurr]

Me! Surprisingly.

Well, you had 8 ceturies or so concealed in the Lewis machair before you had to face the onslaught of the late 20th century. That must have set you up for a long life.

[weesmudge]

Buffalo special 6 shirt
Got myself one of these in purple in 1990 and it was a great jacket havent wore it on the hills for years its now used for walking the dog or out on the mtb in the colder weather

[CharlesT]

Me! Surprisingly.

Well, you had 8 ceturies or so concealed in the Lewis machair before you had to face the onslaught of the late 20th century. That must have set you up for a long life.

Aye, that, and the limited opportunities for berserking these days, has kept from the grim reaper. Not that I haven't tested his patience at times.

[GillSte]

A smelly Helly Hansen from 1976. I still use it for mountain biking locally. It's indestructible.

[LobeyD]

I still use a pair of Specialized bike shoes from 1986..

Thought my c.1998 pair were doing well. Good to know they have, at least, another 12 years to go.

[Ewen1966]

A pair of grivel crampons bought in 1985...still in the original bag. They still see use.
An edelrid helmet. Same vintage as the crampons. Not used any more as I saw what happened to my old placcy boots that I found at my parents. They basically exploded.
A svea123 from 1984. It ws sold as an optimus climber then.
A Glasgow City of culture T shirt 1990 has just been thrown out by the OH....

[Colin1951]

A canvas Berghaus 30 litre day sack which has faded beautifully from a militaristic green colour to an indescribable grey-green mud colour. Ice axe - too long & heavy; a multi coloured hat with axe pattern that my niece knitted me when she was 8 (so’s 40 this year) A very early merino baselayer Which is still hanging in there despite the holes in the sleeves.

And at 65, you’re barely out of warranty…..