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Why does nobody mention the $15 VHS rewinder that outlived three DVD players
I bought a used VHS rewinder for $15 at a flea market in Akron back in 2009 because my old VCR kept eating tapes when I rewound them. That little black box with the spinning spools has been sitting under my TV for 16 years and it still works fine. A DVD player I paid $90 for died after two winters, and a Blu-ray player I got for $120 lasted maybe four years before it started skipping. The rewinder has no menus, no firmware, no updates, just a motor and a button. I keep it around even though I barely watch tapes anymore because every time I think about tossing it, it spins up like nothing happened. Last month I dug out some old home movies from a family trip to Myrtle Beach and it handled all six tapes without a hiccup. Is there any newer gadget in your house that keeps outlasting the stuff you paid ten times more for?
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