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What are the "AK-47" of items? (cheap, durable, just works) (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 week ago by POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This is not a conversation about guns. This is a conversation about items that have withstood abuse that are near unbreakable.

Some items I have heard referenced as AK47 of:

Gerber MP600: It's a multi tool

Old Thinkpad Laptops

Mag lights

Toyota Hilux

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[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The wrt54g. They don't make wifi routers like they used to.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Careful now, they are too old to be secure. I'd switch to TL-WDR4300.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's what I'm running, though I had issues with it randomly requiring a reset. Installing OpenWrt fixed that problem.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Yup, WDR4300 on OpenWRT is the way to go.

Had that running on my main router until a newer one came along. Now it's still going strong, but as a wifi repeater.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I bought one specifically for DD-WRT firmware way back when. I now rock a gigabit mesh system but that wrt lasted almost a decade before tech moved on enough for me to switch.

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 week ago

I ran Tomato on mine. Liked it better than DD-WRT.