Your oldest device or gadget

[LOL!]

I found a Sunbeam electric skillet in the apartment complex dumpster back in 1978. It was vintage then and is used weekly in the household.

I have a Radio Shack Realistic DX-440 multi-band radio that is used every single day as a kitchen radio. But it's only about 35 years old.

And a model train set from the late 1950s with additional track, locomotives, rolling stock from the 1980s.

[bloom2708]

In elementary school I did one of those greeting card sales that schools did. I went door to door and people bought cards and other junk. I sold enough to get an AM and FM GE radio with headphones. It was 1978. I still have both the radio and headphones. Not very old, but I'm 49. It still works, but the headphones were not good when brand new. :-)

It was pre-Sony Walkman I think. Or it was all I could get from the catalog of prizes.

[Palmtree]

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Originally Posted by jim584672 Sharp solar scientific calculator 1985, still works fine.

I still have the exact same model, but without the solar option.

[MichaelB]

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Originally Posted by HNL Bill Klilpsch Forte (I) speakers, 35 years old. I paid $1,000 in 1985, and they're still rocking the house, but they are mostly used for movies now.

Those were my first speakers. Real beauties, wonderful sound. Enjoy!

[easysurfer]

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Originally Posted by Palmtree I still have the exact same model, but without the solar option.

Just looked at the model (non-solar) of the calculator I have. It's the EL-506P. Similar but a few different keys. Does have base conversion buttons to BIN, OCT, HEX and DEC which came in really handy for me back in the day. No wonder I liked this calculator. Only thing missing is solar .

[38Chevy454]

Talking about calculators, I still have an HP 33 calculator. Has the red LED display. Still working. Used to use at work. Nobody would take it. It's about 40 years old.
I use a slightly newer HP 12 or 15 now at home. I prefer the HP RPN, once you've become familiar with it, the calculation process is easier.

[MRG]

Bang and Olfsen stereo, circa 1978.

[txtig]

Marantz stereo equipment (amp, tuner and turntable) that I bought in the early ‘70’s. A 35mm camera from the 50’s that belonged to my father.

[Ronstar]

B&W speakers circa 1980. Gave them to MIL more than 30 years ago and they still sound great.

[JP.mpls]

My kitchen stove. Used daily.
My guess is mid to late 1940's.

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[jollystomper]

I still have two Technics Turntables, and 2 floor speakers, that I started using in college in 1977 to DJ parties. Today I use the turntables to convert my vinyl record collection to digital. One DS used the speakers until he moved overseas several years ago and left them with us. They still work fine, I just have not put them out as I have a surplus of speakers.

We have a piano we bought used in the early 1990s that was manufactured in the 1940s and recased in the 1960s. DW plays it and keeps it well maintained.

[scrabbler1]

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Originally Posted by Bryan Barnfellow An older brother gave me a grey Navy stapler just before he shipped off to Vietnam (Gulf of Tonkin, aircraft carrier). Not sure how he came to own it; but I didn't ask questions. This was in 1972. I still have it and use it every day, 48 years later. Not bad for a $900 US military stapler! Too bad it wasn't red.

Speaking of staplers, my parents gave me their spare stapler, a hand-held Swingline model (#669 stamped on it, a model #?), when I was about to begin attending college in 1981. I don't think they had it for too long, maybe a few years. I bought a box of 5,000 (Swingline) staples when I began college a week later for $1.29. I still have the box which has about 3/4 of its staples.

[OldGrady]

1964 Honda CA-95. Father bought it new in 1964. As a small kid, I spent many Sunday mornings hanging onto Dad for dear life, as he skillfully maneuvered the county roads of New Hampshire.
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[CRLLS]

I still have, and occasionally use, my JC Penny Engine Analyzer that I purchased as a young lad around 1971. It think that is the oldest electrical device that I have that I personally bought new. I have many electrical items from the 70's That I put into service when needed. I also have many antique tools, clocks, watches, furniture, do-dads, etc. that I still use that are older but not originally purchased by me.

[Boho]

I have a model 51 (1951-1963) Hamilton Beach Drinkmaster that I think of using sometimes. A few years ago I cleaned around the motor and put new feet on it. It has the original plastic cup. A collector says "the original cups were plastic and many broke over the years, which makes them hard to come by." Maybe I'll sell it.

I have an old rusty washboard, gas burner pliers, and a ball peen hammer from my grandparent's days. I still use the hammer to slightly pre-flare grommets before setting them. I place the ball on the grommet and hit the flat side with a modern mallet.

[jim584672]

Old Electrolux, date unknown, attachments unknown. Use it to vacuum out the car.

[Fermion]

I have a Starrett combination square, extremely high quality, purchased some 30 years ago at what seemed like a lot of money back then.

It is still perfect despite a ton of use and it has watched countless other cheap import tools go into the bin.

That says something about buying quality tools I guess.

[O2Bfree]

We still use the Hamilton Beach airpopper I got for Christmas in 1978. We make popcorn at least once a week, often two or three times.

[LOL!]

I'm surprised people still have speakers. The cones of the big woofers in mine rotted away a long time ago.

[Keim]

FYI:. That can be fixed easily.