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Your best BIFL purchase? (lemm.ee)
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What’s your top BIFL purchase, that might not in itself has been all to frugal, but long term, will be?

After having 5-6 different office chairs over the last 10 years, none of which I liked. I went and bought a Herman Miller Aeron chair. It’s ridiculously expensive, but I’m so pleased with it and hope to keep it for well over 15-20 years. If that actually succeed, I will have spent less money one chairs than if I hadn’t bought it.

What similar items (cheap or expensive) do you feel the same about?

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[–] ribboo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s awesome! Do you know if the brand is still as great, or have the quality changed?

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Mine were made in Italy (home of the brand and where they started).

According to this, they still do make about 70% in Italy and all their hiking boots have origin labels.

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Luckily, Scarpa has made it easy to find out which of its products are made in Italy. All of Scarpa’s hiking boots have a country of origin section in the specifications of each product. So each of Scarpa’s Italian-made products are clearly labeled as such.

I would assume the quality is still there.

These are pretty much the updated version of mine.

[–] ribboo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you! Seems like a great company. Always wanted a decent couple of boots, and Italian made has also been something I’ve looked for.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Be warned, they took a long time to break in. Like a few months as the leather is top quality and takes a while give (which is why they last for so long).

[–] TheScaryDoor@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you do when you wear through the outsole? Can these be resoled?

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I don't know if they could be resoled. I haven't worn though it yet. The sole has worn down but there is still plenty of grip.