Hey HN,
I've been on a mission to buy higher quality, sustainable products, especially when replacing things I use frequently. To better understand the value of these items, I built a site to track how often I use them. Here is my list so far: https://www.costperuse.com/@nahtnam
Feel free to sign up and share the items that have served you well! https://www.costperuse.com/
You can also generate a sharable link for X (Twitter), complete with an open-graph image of your stats. Example: https://x.com/nahtnam/status/1797875287793004947
If there's interest, I have plenty of ideas to improve the site. With enough data, I aim to create lists of the best BIFL (Buy It For Life) items in various categories.
Check it out and let me know what you think!
I would use this for appliances. Repair info, sources for parts, maybe videos. Is the “buy it for life” community mostly for smaller purchases?
there's no way to buy the product though. seems like that's the ultimate conversion metric?
can't signup, redirects me to localhost. liked the concept
Consider defining or showing a few examples on the landing page describing exactly what a "buy-it-for-life" item is.
I'm not sure if you mean items I'll be buying until death (like soap, toothpaste, and socks), or things I buy once and expect them to last for a lifetime.
I see the "ZSA - Moonlander" example, but I'm unsure how to interpret what I'm seeing: "Hours" means how long I've had this particular item? And for what I paid for it, "Cost per hour" is just that.
Congratulations on the launch!