Your Oldest bit of kit...still in use

I have a SnoWolf fibre pile jacket that I use for "rough" (DoE campsites, gardening, DIY that sort of thing).  When I bought it, it was recommended as hard wearing.

I got it when I was 16 or 17, which makes it 31 or 32 years old.

Anyone do any better

I have an Ever Ready torch which is my main torch at home. I got it when I was 10 for a week long stay at Carey Camp, Dorset Schools' camp near Wareham.

That makes it 34 years old . In fact I must have received it almost exactly 34 years ago to the day, an early birthday present, cos we came back from camp on my birthday on a blazing hot June day in '76.

It's never needed a new bulb - it really is ever-ready!

34....and rising?

Where is Waldo when you need him?

Chris, OutdoorsGrub.co.uk wrote (see)

Silva compass/clinometer, bought when a Geology student, 34 years ago...

SNAP! Would you believe!

Except, maybe 36 years ago.

I suppose it's fair to say that while it's usable, it isn't actually being used.

Its a bit snug....but I was a big lad as a teenager. 

Used to play lifting games with my foster brothers - how many times could we lift a 50Kg bag of fertiliser from shoulder to full extension overhead with one arm, stuff like that.

Typical teenage  boys - all energy and no sense!

Can't get up to the rarefied heights given so far, but maybe I'm in with a shout for oldest boots still on the go?

My Scarpa Fitzies were bought when I was a Geology student (actually geophysics, so I don't actually know about rocks or fossils..., after the peaty soils of Arran had destroyed my Hawkins boots on the first year field course.  So I got the Fitzies summer '86and they're still going strong for winter walking where I use crampons.  Not on their first sole, and several pairs of Yeti gaiters past the first too.

Pete.

my bike was bought (handmade 531 tubing) when I was 14 making it 44 years old. It is the main bike I have used all these years and should be approaching 100,000miles. Mind you most of it has been replaced several times but the frame and forks, re-enamelled twice, are original.

To top everything the drop handlebars were leftover stock from my Grandfather and Uncle's bike shop closed about 1958 and collecting dust in our attic until I used them. They are now truncated and sporting added aerobars but still in use. So some claim on 52 years plus.

I'd have thought that joint ownership counts double!

My oldest bit won't compete (I don't quite) but I do have an old rucksack I brought early university and still use for trips to/from home, shopping etc. Maybe not so far short of 15 years that.

Much of my clothing is pretty new as I've finally got stuff fitting me properly. Which might mean it doesn't in 15 years....

 Oldest that is still in regular use ,ithink is my Lowe Alpine Cerro Torre 50l pack .bought '84 ,been everywhere and still in one piece .

 Last use by a niece for scout camp two weeks ago .   

I still have my grandfathers axe, the head's been replaced twice and it's had 3 new handles.

I've got my father's axes. They're ex-MOD WWII axes. My father modified the picks to a drooped shape and shortened and steam-bent the shafts. They were about 40 years ahead of their time.

 I also have a 1980's Berghaus Vector rucksack, a 1970's Belstaff oilskin, 1940's mess tins, various early Karrimor daysacks, a pair of Brigham's FEB boots from the 70's, numerous Primus. Optimus and Burmos stoves etc.