Whats the oldest appliance in your home?

[chasinthesun]

I like when a manufacturer can build something that last ,my purchase of a GE minifridge back in 91 was a good one ,its still cooling like a champ some 21 yrs later.My folks have a kirby vacuum cleaner thats from the 60s ,never skipped a beat.A plastic drum broke on my overseas piece of sh(t vac due to a small bolt ,the kirby would have eaten it up and thrown out the bones.

[Stoney]

It was a wedding gift and it still works just fine. Considering we have been married 29 years and 4 months, I'd say that it was a good investment.

[jplinville]

Let's see...we have a 25 year old Kitchenaid mixer and a 27 year old Kirby.

[tbomachines]

I have 24 year old hands. Its amazing how versatile they can be!

[panZZer]

a 1951 kirby vacuum cleaner.

[Can't Know]

My mom has a built-in-the-cabinet GE oven that is copper...what does that tell you? She kept it when we remodeled her kitchen in the 80s and it's still working fine, though it was a pain to install in the new cabinets because the "standards" had changed over time.

Really, though, I think you should have said "major" appliance if that was more your focus. My mom probably has a stand mixer in a cabinet or pantry someplace that is ancient, but it never saw much use so it's still working. Not quite the same as a workhorse, which the oven has been.

[E150GT]

I have a chord organ from the 70's...

[engatwork]

Everything we have is old except the mobile equipment. Here is one of a couple fans that we have that we use all the time during the summer. Says Westinghouse Mobilaire on the label in the center.

[SwampYankee]

My wife.

Actually it would be my old dorm fridge. It was 10 years old when I got it and it's been 18 years since I escaped UConn. It holds a 24-pack and slides in under a shelf in the kitchen.

[MS Fowler]

In out camper, we have a toaster from the 1950s.
None of our major appliances are nearly that old--they get replaced at least every 10 years or so.

[layback40]

We have a 1954 Frigidaire fridge in the laundry for keeping drinks cold. It has never missed a beat !
Also a 1978 sanyo microwave that still works fine. it has mechanical timer knobs. None of this electronic stuff.
A 1950 copper hot water system, wood heated through a 1950 Lux slow combustion stove/oven.

[alamostation]

Not exactly an appliance, but I have a 1924 Atwater-Kent radio mounted in a Kiel table. The radio still works well.

The table serves as a stand for my flatscreen TV.

[Hatterasguy]

Nothing really, maybe the stove is 8-9 years old?

[toomany MBZ]

My Magic Chef refrigerator, going strong at 25 years.

[Palangi]

An original Sharp Carousel microwave. Made in Memphis, 1981. Has a slide lever for temp control and a rotary clockwork timer. This thing has outlasted 3 or 4 other microwaves around here with digital controls. Simpler is better, (like a W123).