# Great purchases, good design **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** chess\ **Created:** [August 10, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-purchases-good-design/1005537 "2024-08-10T15:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-purchases-good-design/1005537/41 "2024-08-12T00:41:49Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > My Wife’s Subaru Ascent is the exact opposite. As a happy owner of 3 Subarus in my life, I have to confirm that the ‘climate control’ is by far the worst part of the car. All of them. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-purchases-good-design/1005537/42 "2024-08-12T00:48:19Z")
> [@Wallaby](#): > > As a happy owner of 3 Subarus in my life, I have to confirm that the ‘climate control’ is by far the worst part of the car. The climate control in my new-to-me 2013 Suburu Outback is better than what I had in the 2014 Honda Civic it replaced. Took the Civic _forever_ to cool the car down. I’d get where I was going better it was cool. Finally just started going everywhere with the window down. And, yep, I’m liking my good ol’ girl Suburu lots. In spite of the $800 alternator I had to put in last week less than 3 months after buying her. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-purchases-good-design/1005537/43 "2024-08-12T11:43:08Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > I couldn’t agree more. Mine just got back from Leatherman as one blade stopped locking open. They have a lifetime warranty. I really missed that sucker. with all that Leatherman talk, I must uphold the european flag: A couple of years ago, when it became clear that I’d be doing a lot of work from home, and cargo pants became my new dresscode, I got myself one of those and handed my trusted old Camper down to my daughter: [![](https://crt.cl/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/pf_1630605293.jpg) ](https://crt.cl/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/pf_1630605293.jpg) . grotesk you might say at first glance … and I debated for a long time if it wasn’t just too much for EDC … but it turned out fine … I have it on a pocket clip/hook riding shotgun in my left cargo pocket and there is hardly a day where I do not use it for something … and while the blade material is not the hardes around, both blades take a wicked sharp edge with just a few swipes on my ceramic rod… and (2) the saw is a thing of legends … every branch I need to cut up to the diameter of a baseball bat, this saw is my goto tool (the branch will already be lying in the grass before I get into the tool shack for the bigger saw - it is so efficient)! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-purchases-good-design/1005537/44 "2024-08-12T14:43:13Z")
Well and good. I just carry a lock back Buck knife. It’s a good tool, and rides comfortably in the pock of my jeans. 2.5 inch blade which works fine for me. I use it daily for something or other. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-purchases-good-design/1005537/45 "2024-08-13T17:31:28Z")
I got me a Swiss Champ (the biggest Victorinox pictured above) at age 12, and it was my most prized possession, having a metric ton of uses / abuses. Then, around age 18, I purchased a Leatherman Super Tool and the Vic was cast aside as a quasi-toy. The bigger, sturdier, meatier Leatherman did everything better - wood saw, file, knives, screwdrivers, and especially the pliers, which always were the most toy-like feature in the Victorinox. Fast forward a couple decades when I got back into fishing, this time with my kids. For all kinds of fishy things, the Swiss Champ is really better and more versatile than the Super Tool - the tiny scissors for cutting lines, the fish scaler, the hook remover, and even the toy-like pliers for squeezing fishing weights onto the line - and for years now, it has been my fishing companion, while also providing the best knot opening and fingernail cleaning services at home. Having 35 years of history with me, it is also heavily coated with nostalgic value. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-purchases-good-design/1005537/46 "2024-08-13T18:11:02Z")
Add me to the list of folks with old Canon Elph cameras…I just pulled this out of its (very dusty) case and took a picture with my cell phone, the irony of which is not lost on me. [![](https://i.ibb.co/Kb9hWxb/PXL-20240813-175345711-PORTRAIT.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/Kb9hWxb/PXL-20240813-175345711-PORTRAIT.jpg) I don’t remember the last time I used it, but it takes up hardly any space and for whatever reason I’m just not inclined to get rid of it. I still love its look/design. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-purchases-good-design/1005537/47 "2024-08-13T19:11:37Z")
> [@Toxylon](#): > > Having 35 years of history with me, it is also heavily coated with nostalgic value. That’s incredibly important. I’ve been driving for … 48 years. Sheese. I still have my first key ‘chain’. Nothing more than a piece of 1/2" copper pipe. It’s basically the size of a ring, and I could wear it as a ring. the lanyard is a boot string that I affixed in a loop with thread and glue (I’ve had to replace the lanyard) I still have the original copper though. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-purchases-good-design/1005537/48 "2024-08-13T19:26:56Z")
If you’ll forgive the slight detour, and if you’re interested in getting your Swiss Army Knife a lovely gift, sure to be appreciated… [**Basic Maintenance of a Swiss Army Knife - YouTube video - 7m42s**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4vPIM3fyP8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-purchases-good-design/1005537.md?page=2)