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My old two-burner camp stove finally gave out after 12 seasons
Last week I was up at Lake Hemet for a quick overnight and my trusty old propane stove just wouldn't hold a steady flame anymore. It started acting up last month when the regulator started getting finicky on a windy trip up near Idyllwild. I got that stove for $30 at a garage sale back in 2011 and it's been through maybe 80 trips with me across California deserts and mountains. Cooked everything from instant ramen to a full breakfast scramble on that thing. I patched the piezo igniter with tape a few years ago and replaced the burner grates once. Now I'm looking at new stoves and the prices are way higher than I remember. Has anyone else had luck fixing old regulators or should I just retire it?
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diana_moore754d ago
prices are way higher than I remember" - everything's like that now, nothing lasts or gets fixed cheaper.
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diana3144d ago
It's not really that nothing gets fixed cheaper, though. Some things are still built to last and fixable, you just have to look harder for them. Take cast iron pans, for example, those things last forever and you can reseason them no problem. A lot of stuff from the 70s and 80s was made to be repaired, but now companies want you to buy new instead of fixing. That whole "planned obsolescence" thing is real, but it's not universal. You can still find decent stuff if you avoid the cheapest options and go for mid-range or vintage items instead.
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