[ilovecaching]

Instead of BFL, I only buy products that I'm ok with getting destroyed or products I have a laid out upgrade plan for. Example: All of my pants are Levi's 501s. I can get them for 50-60 bucks, which is nothing. They last a really long time, but they're not made in America nor do they have a lifetime warranty. BUT I don't have to worry about spilling stuff on my pants or going through the tedious process of filing warranty claims every time a button breaks. I just get on the app and order a new pair.

What's more important to me is narrowing down the list of brands I buy from so I spend less time thinking about shopping and more time being productive.

[JohnCohorn]

It hurts me a little to see “50-60 bucks” for jeans referred to as nothing. I now grudgingly buy similar $50-60 Levis or Eddie Bauers because my wife likes them better than jeans that cost half as much. Looks some common basic jeans at Walmart are still ~$15 which is amazing since that’s what I remember paying for them like 15 years ago.

[heleninboodler]

In my experience, Levi's and other "quality" jeans last long enough to go out of style (5+ years, much to my wife's chagrin), whereas cheap jeans fail in the crotch and/or pockets in under a year. For a few years I switched to cheap jeans and just repaired them when they ripped, but you can only sew up a pocket so many times on really cheap fabric before they are so thin they won't even hold a stitch.

[threatofrain]

If any jeans don't last 5 years, cheap or not, that's just absurd to me.

[dehrmann]

You should see how much made in America Levi's cost.

[mikestew]

You’ll be buying them used, because they’re no longer made:

https://www.heddels.com/2019/09/levis-no-longer-producing-50...

[aphextron]

I had a pair of White Oak 501's, and honestly they were inferior to just about every other pair of Levi's I've owned. The denim was rough and coarse, and they ripped fairly quick.

[dehrmann]

There's always Lot 1.