[mino]

Italian born and raised, but moved around in various contries.

I own a handful of Bialetti mokas of different sizes. A couple of those are from my teenager years, I don't even remember buying them, they might have been from my parents. I still use them multiple times daily.

Mokas are for life. As long as you replace the plastic gasket once in a while (a couple bucks) and you don't accidentally melt the handle (which you can replace anyway) they'll outlive all of us.

[infotogivenm]

Came here to say this. Everytime i look at a moka I am delighted about how sturdy it is, and think about how no one builds stuff built to last as long anymore. cast aluminum ftw.

[mino]

Exactly: at its core a moka is just a casted aluminium blob. Good luck breaking that one.

Replaceable parts are a few euros.

[Lio]

I love the simplicity and perfection of a moka pot.

The Dualit toaster is another piece of "built to last" kitchen equipment.

https://www.dualit.com/products/classic-toasters

Pressed steel panels and all parts available since 1946. They're made for caterers so you probably won't ever need to repair it if you're using it domestically.

We've had ours since 2004ish and it still looks and works exactly like new.