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My uncle's 30 year old saw is still running, made me question my buying habits
I was helping him clear storm damage last weekend and he pulled out a circular saw from the early 90s that he bought at a garage sale for $15. It cut through wet oak like butter while my newer cordless model sat in the truck with a dead battery after three years of light use. He said 'they just don't make them like this anymore' but also admitted he's never bought another tool since, so is it really about build quality or just that we all swap gear too soon?
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holly_gonzalez6110d ago
Takes the "they don't make them like this anymore" idea and flips it, and I'd push it further. The guy never bought another tool, which means he never tested his own theory. He's comparing one saw that survived 30 years of use to nothing, because he quit buying. Meanwhile you've owned maybe a dozen tools in the same time and a few of them died early, so it feels like new stuff is junk when really you just have more data. My dad's old Craftsman stuff lasted forever too, but he also only owned like four tools his whole life. Give that same $15 saw to a guy who uses one daily on a jobsite and see how long it holds up.
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