Show HN: I built a Rotten Tomatoes-style platform for durable products

Re:Show HN: I built a Rotten Tomatoes-style platform for dur... by disprofuse on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @05:42PM (#24713093)

Another example is e.g. original England-made Dr Martens shoes (the China-made ones are held in poor regard, apparently). Apart from highly durable and long-lasting, for me an important factor is repairability. You can take such a shoe to a generic repair shop and replace parts if e.g. you walked on glass and it cut through the sole.

Meanwhile my SO bought some fashionable expensive sneakers that broke in the sole after a few days of wearing. SO took them back to the shop and they just gave SO another pair. That’s just sad.

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Re:Show HN: I built a Rotten Tomatoes-style platform for dur... by kokey on Thursday October 08, 2020 @05:46AM (#24717506)

I've had the same experience with old stock Dr Martens bought from a bunch of cockneys at a shop near Brick Lane, the longest a pair of shoes of mine ever lasted until then. Years later I ordered some from Amazon which I suspect may have been fake since it got damaged very quickly and after a long walk I ended up with a foot injury. I've since discovered Rieker shoes by accident and it's looking like it's lasting at least as long.

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Re:Show HN: I built a Rotten Tomatoes-style platform for dur... by sdfkkksdfsdff on Thursday October 08, 2020 @09:41AM (#24719013)

If it's all just plastic, you can melt the broken thing and make something new from it. It doesn't have to be such a bad thing.

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