Hi there, I came here to the BIFL Lemmy out of suspicion that the reddit posts are just unlabelled marketing, and I was wondering the possibility of sourcing goods that are more to a BIFL standard? In my area, second hand goods tend to be really quite poor in quality (reselling fast fashion) or otherwise not present, and I have not inherited anything that does last. So I would apprecite advice or reccomendations for finding goods at a BIFL standard. I was also wondering if maybe there would be anyone with good advice for finding sustainable, local textile production so that I may be able to tailor what I need without having to buy from the poor selection aforementioned, does anyone know of any of this?
TL:DR I am suspicious that a lot of what is claimed as ‘BIFL’ has been enshittified, and would like advice on being able to search for sustainable goods for a local area (not specified because I’m hoping for advice with searching, not exactly for specific reccs)
jansport backpacks. but when i sent them a backpack i’d been using since the 90s that started coming apart, they replaced it with the shittiest cheapo version they have
so unless the product only has one version of a thing, don’t be surprised when they replace your $80 thing with the $20 version
That sucks!
I support a company out of Quebec that makes bike panniers. They ended up sending me free replacement parts to fix a SECOND HAND bag I purchased locally.
Some companies have certainly enshittified their warranty, but hopefully that’s not too common.
Two Wheel Cycle Gear? If so, I absolutely love them. I have a one of the convertible pannier backpacks, and absolutely love it.
I’ve got a few of their handlebar bags, but I was referring to Arkel. Their cam lock latch is bomb-proof!
For convertible pannier backpacks, I picked up two Arkel Bug packpacks off Kijiji. But I’ll admit that the Two Wheel backpack looks better.
Cool, thanks for sharing those. The cam lock looks solid. The klick-fix system that two wheel uses is solid, however it’s popped off once
Klick-flix is a good ecosystem, but not easy to find in Canada. I have a Tern folding bike that uses a klick-fix front mounting block and I can seap from front basket to rack to bag if a wanted, because they all interface with the same mount!
Other than the Arkel bags, my only other experience with rack mounting systems is with cheap ortlieb knockoffs 😂