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wy1d0 t1_jd40nrd wrote

Reply to Shock Cousteau spent 2 days submerged in a hot tub by LifeofSMILEY

My son wears my old gshock on one wrist and a fitness tracker on the other. Thinking about getting him one of the square gshock move that have the step tracker built in. But I noticed they don't make it with tough solar only 2 year battery which is probably still pretty good.

Anyone tried one of those gshock move step slim or whatever?

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drzowie t1_jd40dev wrote

Reply to comment by nednobbins in Shock Cousteau spent 2 days submerged in a hot tub by LifeofSMILEY

I found one (freewheeling, not radio/atomic) in a dry rocky wash halfway up a mountain in the Desolation Wilderness, CA, a couple of decades ago. It was half-buried -- it had obviously been dropped at least a year earlier, and washed down the cwm in spring thaws. You could barely read the face. We took it back to the tent, and the next morning its tinny alarm went off at 6:30am.

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podaypodayson OP t1_jd3zhoe wrote

Reply to comment by BoltingBubby in BIFL home audio-the McIntosh MC275 by podaypodayson

Plenty of things with no moving parts are posted here daily. Spoons, socks, thermoses, etc etc etc.

I don’t know too many people who have had the same stereo for 16 years (and counting). BIFL is part reliability, part repairability, and part long term relevance. Yes there are cheaper solutions, and those solutions get replaced somewhat often because they lack current technology. This does not fall into that trap.

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Wolf-Strong t1_jd3y2bh wrote

Reply to Shock Cousteau spent 2 days submerged in a hot tub by LifeofSMILEY

I've had the same watch for 7 years, beat to hell in a shop environment with chemicals and oils, to the ocean countless times, a few toddlers teething mouths, and it still works like a charm.

I now also have a nice purely mechanical manual wind-sup watch for the nicer occasions, but the Casio remains the daily beater.

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BoltingBubby t1_jd3wve7 wrote

Reply to BIFL home audio-the McIntosh MC275 by podaypodayson

It has no moving parts. Ns it’s bifl. You’re kidding yourself if you think with heavy use one of the board components won’t have to be swapped out though while costing a hefty price to do so. You’d also be kidding yourself if you think a solid state wouldn’t last just as long or longer while being better in every measurable way and costing a fraction of the price. Pointless post for this sub tbh

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