There is one Murphy-type law when it comes to dog toys: if you do not get your dog satisfactory toys, it will make its own out of your cushions, your furniture and anything not bolted down in your home. Your pets need entertainment and stress relief just as much as we humans do, and a trusty plush or a favorite frisbee can be more than a distraction but rather a lifelong comfort.
It’s easy to get overwhelmed when looking for pet toys, online or in person. There are so many types, materials and squeakers to consider on top of guessing what your dog would actually like. You also have to judge whether a potential toy will survive your teething puppy or manic Malamute or if it’ll be in as many pieces as the packaging in a single afternoon.
To help parents of pooches, we surveyed current and former CNET staffers with fur babies of their own to assemble this list of our pups’ all-time favorite toys. Finding durable toys that can handle endless chewing sessions and spirited play isn’t easy, but these selections have proved their worth. The Chuckit is the most popular plaything on the list.
Since every dog has unique quirks and preferences, we’ve included a diverse set of toys. Whether your four-legged friend is a large chewer, a small tugger or anything in between, you’re sure to find the perfect toy to keep them busy. Check out our top picks for the best dog toys — they’ll have your pups wagging their tails in delight.
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To be honest, we get a lot of mileage out of gross old tennis balls that Molly finds in the gutter, but the ChuckIt Ultra Balls do much better at withstanding her efforts to rip them to shreds. They also are slobberproof, don’t pick up as much mud in the first place and are easy to wash. The only downside is they tend to disappear at dog parks. –Stephen Shankland
If you have an active dog who likes to chase balls (like my Lab), then the ChuckIt is a must have for your games of fetch. You never have to bend down to pick up or touch a slobbery ball. This piece of inexpensive molded plastic picks up the ball for you and allows you to “throw” it over and over again with a flick of your wrist. –-Connie Guglielmo
My pup will play fetch until the cows come home, so this launcher makes it much easier to tolerate long sessions. Not only is it great for those of us with below average throwing skills, but it also means less bending down to grab the ball. Every time I reach for the Chuckit Launcher, my puppy is beyond excited! –-Lexy Savvides
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When you have a dog that demands near-constant attention, you’ll do anything to keep them busy for a few minutes. I use this puzzle toy for just that. There are three swiveling trays where you can conceal treats, making your dog work for their reward. My pup has to use his snout to spin the trays to reveal the compartments, and I have to hope it keeps his brain sharp because he has to problem-solve to get all of the treats. I have the level two (intermediate) version and I would buy it again in a heartbeat. –-Sarah Mitroff
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This toy is durable and covers all of the things that can keep a dog entertained forever. Inside is a rope and a few squeakers to gain and keep their attention, and it usually ends up being the toy my dog cuddles with. –-Theodore Liggians
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Banjo gets anxious when he’s left alone, but like most Labs, he’s very food-driven. Mochi, our little guy, is just an extreme chewer. If he doesn’t have something to chew on, he’ll start nibbling holes in our living room rug. So when I know I’m going to be away for a couple of hours, I pull out the Kongs. I stuff them with mozzarella or peanut butter (or both), and my two doggos stay happy and occupied the whole time I’m away. –-Desiree DeNunzio
My dog is a beast when it comes to toys and has ruined nearly every single toy that we’ve given her within a day or two. That was until we met the Kong Extreme dog toy line, which has worked perfectly for her and keeps her entertained. We can use it as a reward by filling it with peanut butter when she’s been good for the day. There are a few different shapes and sizes of it, and she seems to enjoy them all! –-Jared DiPane
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Most plush toys are no match for my dog, Junebug, who tears them to shreds within minutes. This Fluff and Tuff ball takes her weeks to even get a thread loose. Consequently, she is obsessed with it and carries it with her everywhere (even though it’s way too big for her little body — an adorable bonus). She stays loyal to it even after it’s nothing but a sad, shredded, hollowed-out shell. Eventually, I throw it out and buy her a new one and the cycle starts again. She’s on her third beach ball in about a year! Well worth the money. –-Kim Wong-Shing
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My dog loves two things (besides her humans): food and toys. This puzzle blends both for endless fun. I received this dog treat puzzle as a gift, after months of rolling up towels and old T-shirts to make mentally stimulating toys for my chihuahua mix. Now, I use it whenever I don’t have a chance to take my pooch on her long evening walk.
All the moving plastic parts make it look complex, but it’s actually simple to set up. Just hide your choice of treats or kibble in the hidden cubbies, cover it with the plastic door, push the slider over to keep the door shut and that’s it. I found it to be a great indoor option for my dog to burn some energy and test her brain, too. –-Alexandra Garrett
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My pup Alistair has been crazy about his Dogobie flying disc for as long as we’ve had him, which is about 14 years. A disc made of flexible silicone, it’s pretty much indestructible and as easy for me to toss as it is for him to retrieve, and it’s easy to find in the brush after an errant throw, thanks to its neon colors. Alistair is getting on in years, but he still gets excited any time he sees his Dogobie come out to play. If he’d only bring it back with as much enthusiasm as when he chases it. –-Jim Hoffman
Do dogs really need toys?
It’s easy to overlook the importance of toys in a canine’s life, but toys are necessary for your dog’s well-being — and for your own peace of mind. A tired and mentally engaged dog gets into much less mischief than a bored pup. Toys can help modify bad behaviors, keep your dog mentally occupied, tire them out and provide an appropriate outlet for dogs that are prone to destructive chewing.
Dogs all have different personalities and activity levels, so you’ll want to have an understanding of your pup’s individual needs to find the toys that will suit them best. Dog toys generally fall under three categories:
Active toys: Balls and Frisbees, as well as ropes and woven toys for tugging, are great for interactive play and getting your dog their much-needed exercise. If your dog is very active, such toys can also be used as training motivators.
Enrichment toys: These toys keep your dog occupied and mentally stimulated. They can range from puzzles and treat-dispensing toys to a durable, rubber toy that you stuff with treats like the Kong. By working to get at the treats, your dog is trying to “solve a problem,” which stimulates their brain and gives them something to do. These kinds of toys are designed to keep your dog engaged when you’re busy with something else or not able to play with them.
Comfort toys: Did you have a favorite stuffy or doll when you were a child? Dogs aren’t all that different and can get just as much comfort out of carrying around a favorite toy. Anxious dogs in particular might benefit from having a stuffed companion. Just be careful since some dogs are aggressive chewers and shouldn’t be given soft toys. Avoid stuffies with squeakers, which can be easily removed and swallowed.
Chewing is a natural dog behavior, but if your pup tends to chew on things they’re not supposed to, it’s good to find suitable alternatives. Most of us know that cooked bones are a big no-no since they can splinter and break and get stuck in your dog’s throat or intestines. Your best bet is something that’s easily digestible and commercially available (like Greenies), or even better, a hard rubber chew like a Nylabone or Kong. As always, consult your veterinarian on the safest options for your dog.
NASA’s second thoughts about VIPER opened an opportunity for someone else to book that ride to the moon. Just because its cargo was canceled did not mean Astrobotic’s journey was off — it remains scheduled for later this year. And on Wednesday, a small startup named Venturi Astrolab Inc. announced it had claimed that opportunity to accelerate its own lunar rover plans.
“We’re excited to get actual wheels in the dirt this year and see how all our tech performs,” Jaret Matthews, the chief executive of Astrolab, said in an interview. (Despite the similar names, the two companies are unrelated.)
Many people inside and outside of NASA were perplexed by the cancellation of VIPER, because the rover, while over budget and behind schedule, had been completed. It needed just one more round of testing before it would be ready for launch. NASA officials said that instead, the finished rover would be disassembled.
In addition, they said NASA would still pay $323 million to Astrobotic. Thus, canceling the mission would save NASA a relatively paltry amount — $84 million — after it had spent about $800 million.
For its fee, Astrobotic would conduct the mission as planned, but the lander spacecraft, known as Griffin, would carry a nonfunctional dummy weight instead of VIPER.
NASA officials said that for Astrobotic to perform the landing successfully was in itself a valuable exercise, and that the company was free to sell the payload space on Griffin to another customer if it could, replacing the dummy weight.
“We had more than 60 organizations from around the world knock on our door,” said John Thornton, chief executive of Astrobotic.
Astrolab, he said, was the best match. “They could move fast,” Mr. Thornton said. “They had a payload that matched the interfaces already for the lander.”
The rover that Astrolab will fly on this mission is also roughly the same size as VIPER. Mr. Matthews declined to say how much Astrolab was paying Astrobotic.
Astrolab is developing a rover the size of a Jeep Wrangler that could autonomously drive cargo or people across the moon’s surface. The company calls it FLEX, short for Flexible Logistics and Exploration Rover.
FLEX is much too big and heavy to fit on Astrobotic’s lander. Astrolab has already booked space for FLEX on a future flight of Starship, the gargantuan spacecraft currently under development by SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk.
But before sending FLEX to the moon, Astrolab wants to send a smaller, 1,000-pound rover named FLIP — short for FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform — to test technologies like batteries, motors, power systems and communications. A particular goal is studying how to minimize problems caused by particles of lunar dust, which are angular and sharp.
The smaller FLIP is the one that Astrobotic’s Griffin will take to the moon.
Mr. Matthews said FLIP would also carry a couple of commercial payloads that would be announced later.
Despite Astrobotic’s failure last year, Mr. Matthews said he had confidence in Astrobotic. “From our perspective, it’s actually a way to reduce risk for our subsequent missions,” he said. “If we didn’t have full confidence in Astrobotic, we wouldn’t be doing this.”
Mr. Thornton said the past year had been one of introspection for the company. “It’s like the old saying, ‘Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,’” he said. “I think in this case, it really did.”
Despite NASA’s efforts to kill VIPER, the rover is not dead nor dismantled yet. NASA asked for and received proposals to continue the mission without additional investments from NASA.
The agency expects to make a decision this summer. But with the new Trump administration indicating more interest in Mars than the moon, everything could change soon.
Mr. Thornton said Astrobotic was not worrying about that possibility yet. “There’s certainly a lot of conversation in D.C.,” he said. “But right now we’re focused on what NASA has contracted us to do, and that is to deliver Griffin to the surface of the moon.”
Mr. Matthews said that if NASA indeed made a sharp turn toward Mars, Astrolab could pivot too.
“We’ve always considered ourselves to be a multi-planet business,” he said, “and we would be excited to go to Mars as well.”
Last month, DeepSeek released its R1 reasoning model (now apparently named DeepThink), with capabilities similar to OpenAI o1. What’s important about DeepSeek isn’t its benchmark results; there are a number of models on the same level as o1. What’s important is that it appears to have been trained with one-tenth the resources of comparable models. Throwing more hardware at a problem is rarely the best way to get good results.
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic has added a Citations API to Claude. Citations builds RAG directly into the model. It allows users to add documents to the context. When generating an answer, Claude includes citations that show exactly which parts of the documents were used in developing the response.
OpenAI has released a research preview of Operator, its competitor to Anthropic’s Computer Use. Like Computer Use, Operator is a general-purpose agent: It can use a browser to navigate the web, bring back information, and generate new actions to accomplish the user’s request.
Berkeley has released Sky-T1-32B-Preview, a small reasoning model that cost under $450 to train. It’s based on Alibaba’s Qwen2.5-32B-Instruct. Sky’s performance is similar to OpenAI o1-preview, and it’s fully open: Training data, weights, code, and infrastructure are all open source.
DeepSeek has released its R1 reasoning model, on which its V3 model was based. R1 has performance equivalent or superior to OpenAI o1 and is significantly less expensive. DeepSeek has also released several other models derived from R1, including a number of smaller models based on Llama and Alibaba’s Qwen. All of these models have open code and weights.
The key to using OpenAI o1 effectively is context, not clever prompting. “Don’t write prompts, write briefs”; give it all the information it needs to solve a problem.
OpenAI has announced a new technique for training its new reasoning models to be safe. Deliberative alignment trains the models to reason on the safety policies themselves rather than requiring humans to grade model responses.
Meta has introduced SeamlessM4T, a multimodal (speech and text) model designed for translation. It can translate speech-to-speech and text-to-speech for nearly 100 input languages and 35 output languages.
Anthropic has received ISO 42001 certification. This certification covers responsible AI and addresses AI design and deployment processes, transparency, testing and monitoring, and oversight.
Google has released a paper on a new LLM architecture called Titans (a.k.a. Transformers 2.0). The primary advantage of Titans is its ability to scale to very large context windows. In effect, it adds persistent long-term memory to the Transformers model.
ChatGPT can now schedule recurring tasks, making it more like a personal assistant. Tasks can include generating reminders, scheduling, summarizing news, and other chores.
AI systems may “think” using a variant of Occam’s razor, which prioritizes simpler solutions to problems.
Mistral has released Codestral 25.01, a language model that’s optimized for code generation. It claims proficiency in over 80 programming languages. This new release is faster, supports a larger context window, and gives better benchmark results than similarly sized models.
Harvard’s Institutional Data Initiative has assembled a large dataset of digitized copyright-free works for training language models. The collection currently has roughly 1 million books; it’s significantly larger than the Books3 dataset that was used to train earlier models.
Microsoft’s Phi-4 model is now available on Hugging Face and Ollama. It’s yet another impressive model that can run on a reasonably well-equipped laptop.
4M is an open source framework for training multimodal AI models.
NVIDIA has announcedProject Digits, a personal supercomputer for running AI models up to 200B parameters locally. The system comes with 128GB of RAM. They will be available in May; the starting price is $3,000.
O2 (the company, not the skilled GPT version number) has announced Daisy, a language model of its own. It answers fraudulent phone calls in real time, wasting the scammer’s time by impersonating a vulnerable elderly person.
Fast-LLM is an open source library for training large language models. It can scale to run on anything from a single GPU to large clusters and can train models up to (and exceeding) 70B parameters.
Programming
Puppet joins the group of former open source projects that have an open source fork: OpenVox. OpenVox promises to be fully Puppet-compatible. The project is looking for sponsors.
Stratoshark is a new tool for analyzing system calls on Linux. It’s a companion to Wireshark, with a similar user interface that’s designed to help users capture system calls and analyze what they’re doing.
Need to write applications for the Cray X-MP in your basement? You’ll need a compiler. Here’s one that runs on Linux and macOS.
Sigstore is a project that simplifies digitally signing and managing open source software components. It reduces the burden of establishing provenance for software you’ve developed, along with checking the provenance of software dependencies you use.
If you generate more code, there will be more code to debug and review. Two-thirds of developers in groups that use AI are spending more time debugging and resolving security vulnerabilities.
Do you really need a new terminal emulator? Ghostty is getting rave reviews. It’s worth trying. Forgejo is an open source software forge. It’s a decentralized platform for collaborative software development that includes a self-hosted alternative to GitHub.
A startup is building digital twins of cities. These will be very useful to city planners—and possibly also for emergency response.
Leptos is a new web framework for Rust. Like Sycamore, another Rust web framework, Leptos compiles Rust to WebAssembly.
Cybercriminals are distributing malware through Roblox mods. Discord, Reddit, GitHub, and other communications channels are used to attract users to malware-containing packages.
Cloudflare has successfully mitigated the largest DDOS attack ever seen: 5.6 terabits/second from the Mirai botnet. An important new twist: Attacks are very short-lived, making human response impossible.
Phishing doesn’t always start with an email. Cybercriminals are placing Google search advertisements that direct victims to phishing sites that steal their credentials.
The FBI has forced the PlugX malware to delete itself from over 4,200 computers. Since roughly 2014, PlugX has been used by the Chinese government to steal data from victims. One suspects that the next version of PlugX won’t have a “self-delete” command.
A new ransomware attack called Codefinger encrypts AWS S3 buckets. The attack uses AWS’s server-side encryption (SSE) to generate cryptographic keys that Amazon doesn’t store; they are only known to the attacker.
Microsoft has sued a group of unnamed (and unknown) developers for compromising legitimate user accounts and using those accounts to generate harmful content.
An incorrect certificate is causing macOS to treat Docker Desktop as malware, preventing it from starting. The problem can be fixed by upgrading to Docker 4.37.2.
The Cyber Trust Mark is a certification intended to ensure consumers that devices incorporating AI meet certain standards set by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Apple is discovering that errors aren’t the only problem with consumer-facing AI; the company is also having problems with email and chat summaries that make spam and fraud messages look legitimate.
Regardless of the future of TikTok, Pixelfed—a decentralized application for sharing photos and videos—looks like a good alternative. Like Mastodon, Pixelfed is part of the fediverse and is built on the federated ActivityPub protocol.
Mercator: Extreme allows you to put the North Pole anywhere you want, and draws the corresponding Mercator map. Aside from being a web masterpiece, it shows just how distorted the Mercator projection is. Sadly, almost all of our maps are still based on it.
Marimo playgrounds are notebooks (like Jupyter) that run entirely in the browser using WebAssembly. They can easily be created and shared on GitHub or on marimo.app.
Most online organizations have some kind of web-based API access. Now that AI is in the picture, APIs must be usable by AI agents. They need to be properly documented in a machine-readable fashion (e.g., with OpenAPI) and as uniform as possible.
A new fork of the Flutter project, called Flock, intends to provide features and bug fixes that users have wanted but that have never made it into the release.
Streets is a 3D version of OpenStreetMap. It takes a long time to load and many of the labels aren’t up-to-date, but it’s impressive.
What’s the future of the web? If the web is to be a data source for AI, it will need to get much simpler, shedding megabytes of JavaScript and CSS in favor of text.
Something new in CAPTCHAs: Play Doom and kill at least three monsters. It was built with prompt-driven AI using Vercel’s v0 and runs in the browser with Wasm. Unfortunately, I doubt it will keep bots out for long.
Virtual Reality
Quantum Computing
A new quantum computing technology enables trapped ions to move around on a quantum computing chip. This allows the developers to build chips that support more qubits efficiently.
A new kind of quantum refrigerator makes it possible to cool qubits to 22 millikelvin. At lower temperatures, they will be less vulnerable to errors from noise.
Robotics
A robotic hand has been developed that can train pianists to perform very difficult movements more effectively.
Biology
AI can be used to sharpen biological images that have been distorted by light passing through layers of tissue. In the past, this problem has been solved with expensive adaptive optics.
AI is changing everything in data centers: New AI-specific chips, new cooling techniques, and new storage drives. Now even the method for keeping time is starting to change, with an announcement from SiTime that the company has developed a new clock that is optimized for AI workloads.
The company says the development will lead to significant energy savings and lower costs for AI training and inference. SiTime was able to achieve these savings by using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) as the core timekeeping component instead of traditional quartz crystals.
Almost every part of a computer has some kind of clock. CPUs, GPUs, network interface cards, switches, and sometimes even active interconnects contain their own timekeeping component. For more traditional computing workloads, these clocks usually fall into two categories: Fast, precisely timed clocks or clocks that are well-synchronized across multiple GPUs (or CPUs), says Ian Cutress, chief analyst at More Than Moore and who works with SiTime.
“The problem with AI is that it’s doing both,” says Cutress. “You want your chip to go as fast as possible, but then you also want to synchronize across 100,000 chips.”
SiTime’s Super-TCXO clock combines the functionality of ultra-stable and well-synchronized clocks into a single device, providing synchronization that is 3 times as good as a comparable quartz-based component at a bandwidth of 800 gigabits per second, in a chip thats 4 times as small.
Better Timing Leads to Energy Savings
AI is a data-hungry beast. And yet, expensive and power-guzzling GPUs sit idle up to 57 percent of the time waiting for their next batch of data. If data could be served up more quickly, GPUs could be used in smaller amounts and more efficiently.
“You need faster bandwidth. Because you need faster bandwidth, you need better timing,” says Priyush Sevalia, executive vice president of marketing at SiTime.
In addition, one can save a lot of power if GPUs can be put into sleep mode while they’re waiting for more data to load, Cutress says. This, too, requires more precise timing, such that the sleep-wake cycle can happen quickly enough to keep up with the data stream.
For AI, clocks not only need to be more precise, but also synchronized perfectly across many GPUs. Large AI models split their tasks among many GPUs, with each one doing a small chunk of the calculation. Then, their results are stitched back together. If one GPU lags behind the others, the whole calculation will have to wait for that node. In other words, the computation is only as fast as the weakest link. All of the GPUs remain turned on while they wait, so any such delay results in energy losses.
High Time for MEMS Time
The timing must be precise, well synchronized, and robust—any mechanical vibrations or temperature swings have to be compensated for to ensure they don’t throw off the computation. SiTime’s Super-TCXO aims to combine all three requirements in a single device.
Sevalia says using MEMS oscillator rather than the traditional quartz makes that combination possible. Quartz oscillators use the vibrations of precisely machined quartz crystals—similar to a tuning fork. In contrast, MEMS oscillators are manufactured, not machined, to resonate at a specific frequency. MEMS devices can be smaller, which makes them less sensitive to mechanical strains. They can also be more precise.
“Crystal oscillators have been around since the beginning of time, since compute was a thing,” says Dave Altavilla, president and principal analyst at HotTech Vision & Analysis and who also works with SiTime. “We’ve improved that technology dramatically since its inception. But MEMS takes it another step further beyond what a crystal is capable of. So that’s what I think is being displaced in the market by this new technology is the old way of doing things.”
SiTime’s MEMS-based solutions are already having some success—Nvidia’s Spectrum-X Switch silicon already contains a SiTime device.
Sevalia says he expects the need for MEMS-based timing devices to continue. The company is already planning even higher bandwidth devices, and they’re hoping their innovations will result in even more energy savings. “We’re just scratching the surface right now in terms of figuring out how much energy efficiency we can bring,” Sevalia says.
We’re all tired of spending money on stuff that breaks. Whether it’s a tool that wears out instantly or a pair of pants that gets a hole too soon, it seems like more things in this world should be something you buy for life. They’re not as common, but numerous companies make excellent products that last a long time and can be repaired when or if they fail.
Anyone who has spent time on the Buy It for Life subreddit on Reddit likely knows about many of these products already, but we have a few rules for our guide. For one thing, everything you see here can be bought right now. You can purchase them used—buy them that way if you want!—but we wanted to make sure each item can be bought new with its original factory warranty and is still supported by the company that made it. The second major rule? A WIRED Gear reviewer has to have personally used each product for years and vouch for it. That way, you know who to scream at in the comments if yours breaks.
Here’s a good rule of thumb: Just because something is well made doesn’t mean it doesn’t require proper maintenance. Take care of your stuff, and it’ll last for years.
Updated February 2025: We’ve added Cloudline’s Merino Wool Socks, HMPLL Whetstone Kit, Hakko Digital Soldering Station, Sonder Los Angeles Walnut End Grain Cutting Board, GoRuck GR1, and Classic Thermapen.
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Kitchen
Shun Knife
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A Quality Chef’s Knife
I’m a fan of all things Japanese, so my most prized knife is an 8-inch Shun chef’s knife, a Christmas gift from my then-girlfriend (now wife!). I have used this knife nearly daily for about a decade, sharpening it every six months to keep it employed. It shows a few scuffs (my fault), but no signs of stopping. It’s also among the sharpest knives I have ever used. This is my recommendation, but there are plenty of other high-end knives worth considering, including those from German and American brands. Read our Best Chef’s Knives guide for more.
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A Knife Sharpening Set
A basic set of whetstones and some YouTube videos have been the difference between dull, unsafe knives and razor sharp tools in my kitchen. I like kits like this that come with four different grits. (You likely will use only the top grits for certain knives, but they’re nice to have when you need them.) I like that it comes with an angle guide and a leather strop, which help you make sure you’re using the correct angle and polish the edge of your blade.
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A Cutting Board
A solid walnut end-grain cutting board like this one won’t warp as easily as non-end-grain versions, and its thick wood cut will last you a lifetime of slicing. I like versions like this one from Sonder that have routed handles that make them easier to carry to the sink for a wipe-down.
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Durable Drinkware
Originating in France in 1927, these perennially popular glasses can be found in cafés and kitchens across the world. The scalloped look, heat-resistant glass, and chunky proportions make them almost impossible to smash, and while they lack the Michelin-starred sophistication of an Iittala or Reidel, we can’t imagine decimating steak frites and a bottle of chateau-du-plonk with anything else. They’re also equally suited to drinking espresso, having been tempered to withstand heat up to 130 degrees Celcius. Sadly, the carafe has long been discontinued, but WIRED’s 15-year-old sample here stands as a testament to design and durability. Glass with class. —Chris Haslam
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Fine Wine Glasses
Winemaker Lynn Penner-Ash once showed up at a dinner party my dad threw with a set of Riedel glasses because she was so tired of drinking her fine wine out of his tired old stemware. This pair of big-belled pinot glasses from Riedel are excellent for providing your nose with full, fruity aromas, and their thin glass feels extremely classy while you sip. Just be careful when washing; these are fine enough to qualify for life, but they’re still breakable!
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A Long-Lasting Rice Cooker
If you’re cooking any kind of rice dish, you deserve a good rice cooker. You might think to yourself, why change? My rice cooker is fine, isn’t it? Sure, it’s fine, but don’t you want rice to be delicious? With a better rice cooker, you’ll get rice that’s akin to stopping at a restaurant, with the help of a few more buttons. Zojirushi is the name of the game when it comes to rice cookers, not only for great cooking results but for its long lifetime on your kitchen counter. The rice cooker and warmer models like the NS-LCG05 are a great choice, but our favorite is the NP-NWC10, which is a pressure cooker for even tastier rice. —Nena Farrell
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A Crockpot
My Mom has made apple sauce in the same cheap Crockpot since the early 1990s and it still gets warm every time. Crockpots are still made well, as are, in my experience anyway, the more modernized version: Instant Pots. Most of them will last a long time and have replaceable seals and lids, including this model I’ve had since college. Just be sure to clean and dry it properly before storage and you can make all kinds of stuff in it for years. I prefer ones with simpler controls, but I’ve had the Wi-Fi-connected model for a long time and barely used it with the app. I found it a buggy experience, but the buttons work just fine.
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An Espresso Machine
I bought the Barista Express for my now-wife five years ago, and it’s been pumping out espresso almost daily ever since. We usually make an Americano, but we also make iced and hot lattes, depending on the weather. You do need to maintain it by descaling the machine every so often and changing the water filter. Breville also sells tons of parts for years in case something gets damaged over time—I recently had to replace the rubber group head gasket and it was a quick affair. I highly recommend getting the freshest beans you can (we get ours from Trade) because the Barista Express can be a bit snobby about the kinds of beans you pour in. That said, I see no signs of it stopping anytime soon. —Julian Chokkattu
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A Handy Toaster
Every Classic Dualit toaster is hand-assembled at the company’s factory in West Sussex, and because the product was conceived to cope in commercial kitchens, they’re impressively robust and refreshingly repairable. You’ve got two choices if your toaster fails—you can either send it back for a quote and full repair or, if you fancy yourself with a screwdriver, Dualit sells spare parts including heating elements and timers, with prices from just £3.60 (roughly $4.50) for a new control knob. —Chris Haslam
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A Waffle Iron
This simple, well-made appliance from Cuisinart (7/10, WIRED Recommends) is a great way to make waffles, but it can also be used for any of the myriad other things you might cook in a waffle iron. The plates are easy to clean, and similar machines have been in use among the WIRED staff for years, trouble-free.
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An Instant Thermometer
Every chef—whether in a Michelin-star restaurant or a home kitchen—knows the importance of a good thermometer. The classic Thermapen is a nearly instant-read model that has stood the test of time in many kitchens around the globe. I’ve used mine for everything from chicken and smoked meat to lasagna for years, and it has vastly improved the quality of my food from less-speedy versions.
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A Reusable Water Bottle
Despite the more popular insulated stainless steel water bottles that have taken over, a Nalgene is probably the most durable water bottle you’ll find, and they remain beloved among adventurers the world over. I’ve dropped them from crazy heights, taken them on journeys, and drank liters and liters of water out of these lightweight plastic bottles, and they’re still the longest-lasting vessel I’ve tried.
KitchenAid Artisan 5-Quart Tilting Stand Mixer
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An Everlasting Stand Mixer
Your grandma has one, your mom has one, and your brother has one: The KitchenAid stand mixer is perhaps the most universally beloved buy-it-for-life item in existence. This simple yet colorful mixer can be used to make bread, cookies, cakes, and even pasta (with the right attachments). I’ve yet to hear of one that can’t be fixed, and I’ve also yet to encounter a family member who had to do any repairs. This is the 7-quart version that lets you raise and lower the bowl, which makes it easier to make larger batches.
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A Simple Cooler
This cooler is so popular that Igloo made the guard tower of the Igloo factory look just like it. A solid plastic lid that slides with a press of a button is the secret sauce here, making it easy to grab something and quickly pop the lid back on. They’ve been making them essentially the same way for decades, and they’re great for picnics, lunches, or bringing a few cold ones to a gathering.
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A Multi-Egg Cooker
My wife loves eggs. On a trip to Japan, we went to a restaurant that offered all-you-can-eat eggs to add to your meal, and she returned to the table with five massive eggs on a plate. The Dash Rapid Egg Cooker was a natural fit. For four years now, she’s been using it regularly to make soft-boiled and poached eggs. She likes it because you can set it and forget it; a chime plays to indicate when the eggs are ready. (I know exactly what the chime sounds like at this point.) No need to stand over a stove. It’s cheap and plasticky, and I’m not expecting it to last my entire lifetime, but it has yet to show any signs of wearing down after all these years. —Julian Chokkattu
Weber Kettle Grill
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A Charcoal Grill
Weber’s basic charcoal kettle is a cult classic for a reason: This grill can be used for everything from charred veggies to smoked brisket if you know what you’re doing. The tried-and-true design is cheap and practical, with plastic wheels, metal legs, and a simple tub and ash catch. The secret to making these last forever? Get a cover, or store it in a garage or shed between uses. (They can quickly corrode if you don’t.) I also recommend snagging a set of cast-iron grates and a chimney for starting the thing, for ever better searing potential. Read our Best Grills and Best Portable Grills guides for more recommendations.
Lodge Cast Iron Skillet
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Cast-Iron Pans
Pretty much any cast iron will last a lifetime. I’m a fan of vintage Griswold and Wagners, which are lighter and smoother than modern cast iron and come with mysterious markings you have to try to decipher using websites dedicated to their lineage. But there’s no need to spend your weekend thrifting or take your chances on the wilds of eBay when Lodge makes such excellent pans at such reasonable prices. A Lodge frying pan will set you back less than $30. It’s all but indestructible, comes out of the box well-seasoned, and will one day be sold on Etsy for way too much money by someone in your grandkid’s generation.
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Oven-Friendly Glass Pans
All Pyrex is not the same. The Pyrex familiar to most Americans and often made in America is made from soda lime glass. It’s fine. However, the French have their own special Pyrex, made of tempered borosilicate glass through a unique manufacturing process. French Pyrex can endure an extreme temperature change without breaking—a 200-degree shift from the freezer to a preheating oven is no sweat. You’re going to want the one that’s all in capital letters with a French flag or marked “Origine France Garantie.” It does tend to be expensive and is a bit of a hassle to acquire. (Think $40 for a measuring cup that you can buy at Walmart for $10.) But, you’ll never want (or need) to replace it. —Martin Cizmar
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A Drip Coffee Machine
A welcome antidote to all the pod machine waste and artisanal barista BS surrounding the coffee industry, the Moccamaster has been hand-made in the Netherlands since 1968 and makes a delicious cup (well, four to 10 cups to be precise) of filter coffee. The secret lies in the heating element, which maintains an optimal brew temperature of between 92 and 96 degrees Celsius to help produce a smooth, flavorful drink without bitterness. It’s fully repairable, is available in cool colors, and is completely recyclable. —Chris Haslam
All-Clad Pan
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The Best Cookware
I’m frugal first and a gearhead second. Here’s what my fellow gearheads are sometimes reluctant to tell you: Sometimes “the best” gear isn’t all that much better than second- or third-best. But when it comes to kitchenware, All-Clad gets first place, and it’s not even close. Cooking gets so much easier when your pots and pans have heat retention! All-Clad nonstick holds up well over time, and the vast majority of its pots and pans come with lifetime warranties. I have yet to use an All-Clad product that didn’t impress me. It might be an investment, but you’ll only have to make it once. You’ll never regret it. —Louryn Strampe
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Nonstick Steel Pans
WIRED UK managing editor Mike Dent has been enjoying these tri-ply stainless steel pans (yes, these actual ones) for the past eight years, and his guests have appreciated not being served up Teflon flakes from compromised nonstick pans. There are various sets you can choose from, but the premium-grade pans offer fast and impressively even heat distribution, as well as infinitely scrubbable surfaces. “Life after nonstick has been a revelation. Beyond a decent frying pan, you should go steel for everything else. I honestly can’t see myself replacing these anytime in the near, or far, future,” Dent says. —Chris Haslam
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Decade-Lasting Baking Sheets
One of the first things my grandma gave me when I moved out was a pair of Nordic Ware baking sheets. Those sheets have now lasted me well over a decade and are still working great with no warps. Pair them with any cheap silicone baking pads, and you’re liable to be baking cookies for decades with no problems.
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A Paper Towel Holder
I love mounting stuff to the wall. Why waste valuable counter or desk space when you can just have it floating? For years I’ve had a simple aluminum paper towel holder for my Bounty rolls that sat on the countertop, but that’s where this SimpleHuman holder comes in. It’s incredibly sturdy on the wall, super easy to remove the exact amount of paper towels you need, and swapping in a new roll is dead simple. It’s been holding up well for years, and SimpleHuman offers a five-year warranty in case anything goes wrong. —Julian Chokkattu
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A Mortar and Pestle
A basic granite mortar and pestle is the best way to make everything from chili paste to guacamole and will last you a lifetime.
They may not last you as long as a cast-iron pan will, but Herman Miller chairs are some of the most revered (and copied) in the industry for good reason. WIRED reviews editor Julian Chokkattu has been using the Embody since 2020, and it still feels new. It does take some time to get used to the seat—it’s more comfortable the longer you sit in it—but it improved his back problems after years on a gaming chair. It’s not the only Herman Miller chair you should consider. The Aeron ($1,400) is another staple in the office chair world. Both come with a 12-year warranty too. The kicker? You can most definitely find them far below the MSRP on eBay, Facebook Marketplace, and local furniture resellers. Read our Best Office Chairs guide for more options.
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A Great Stool
French café culture has produced some of the most iconic, and indestructible, designs of the past 100 years. Based on Xavier Pauchard’s 1934 Tolix H chair, the stackable Tolix H stool was originally designed for factory workers and is available in eight heights to suit a range of tasks and desks. They’re still in production today, and available in some 28 finishes, including perforated seats for outdoor use. But we’re taken with this set of three 70-year-old originals, sourced by Merchant & Found, that illustrates just how durable they are. —Chris Haslam
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Sturdy Shelves
While Swedish couple Nils and Kajsa Strinning conceived the versatile String shelving system in 1949, it’s Dieter Rams’ deliberately “timeless” 1960 design for the 606 shelving unit that tops our modernist wish list. The system, manufactured by Vitsoe, has been in production ever since and is based around the versatile E-Track system that can be wall-mounted, semi-wall mounted, or fitted to ceiling and floor and then adorned with a wide collection of interchangeable shelves, cabinets, and tables. And because the design hasn’t changed in decades, a 50-year-old shelf unit will slot in perfectly with those just out of the factory. —Chris Haslam
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A High Chair for Kiddos
No middle-class family is complete without at least one—and there’s a rabid secondhand scene on eBay for them too. But far from being just another totem for Scandi style, the Tripp Trapp is a true icon of versatility. Launched in 1972 by Peter Opsvik, the height-adjustable beech- and oak-ply chair was designed to fit your child from newborn to adulthood, with the angled form and large footplate enabling the user to get close to the dining table at the correct height to feel involved. It’s simple, effective, and robust, and little wonder you can find it in the permanent collection at MOMA in New York, the Design Museum and Victoria and Albert in London, and the Vitra Museum in Germany. —Chris Haslam
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A Simple Bed Frame
There was a period in my life after college when I moved around a lot. Let me tell you, bed frames are annoying to break apart and put together. I used to have a cheap, bulky, and ugly one from Zinus that was a pain to move around. In 2020, with nothing better to do at home, I decided to upgrade and spend some serious cash (for me) on The Bed from Thuma. It’s gorgeous and made from repurposed wood, with cork-padded bottoms on the legs to prevent scuffs on your floor. The slats have a felt lining made from recycled plastics to keep them protected, and they have never fallen out of place after all this time. But the best part? It is dead simple to take apart and reassemble. You don’t need any tools. The company uses Japanese joinery to keep the pieces together with zero screws. (OK, there are two screws in total, but you can insert them without a screwdriver!) I’ve moved twice since I bought it, and it was a relief to only spend minutes putting the whole thing back together so I could get some much-needed rest. —Julian Chokkattu
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A Washer and Dryer That Lasts
I used to live in a rental house with four roommates, and we did a number on the washer and dryer. But once the landlord paid for Speed Queen washers and dryers, we were good to go. These machines are still made with metal baskets and other easy-to-replace parts that have been stocked for years. I had a repair done on our older model for less than $100 after it failed, and I know many folks with newer models who have been able to do simple fixes. That said, this is an appliance, and the chances of it lasting a whole lifetime are slim; they just tend to last much longer than other washing machines I’ve used.
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A Wet/Dry Vaccum
This particular Henry vacuum cleaner is now 18 years old, and thanks to the 10-meter-long cable, it has bounced up and down the stairs of a tall London townhouse without complaint. He’s not as presentable as he once was, but we can’t picture a posh Dyson taking this kind of punishment. True, Henry lacks the bells and whistles of the latest battery-powered and bagless designs, but the availability of spare parts makes him an affordable and highly modular option. There’s a whole family available, with Charles happy to suck up liquid spills and George adept at washing carpets, so it’s little wonder more than 14 million have now been sold. —Mike Dent
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A quality mechanical keyboard may not last you your entire life, but it will last a long time. This kit from Monsgeek is a build-your-own model that requires switches and key caps, allowing you to pick your favorite (mine are the Kailh Box Pink) and make a custom keyboard. I like that this model has a number pad and milled holes to indicate whether the Caps Lock and Num Lock are on or off. I have been using it for a year with steady cleaning and expect it to last forever with similar care.
A Laser Printer
Nothing with a computer chip in it is guaranteed to last forever, but probably the closest thing we’ve come across is this monochrome laser printer from Brother. Various team members have had this printer (or a similar model) from Brother for a combined decades, and these things are largely holding up great. Laser printers are also much cheaper to operate than their inkjet counterparts, with expensive toner that needs to be replaced less often than expensive ink.
They might not last a lifetime, but they sure last a long time. My first proper leather belt came on a pair of shorts I got from J.Crew in middle school, and it finally bit the bullet when I turned 30 (thanks in no small part to my expanding waistline). As a replacement, I bought an even sturdier model from Tanner Goods that has been going strong now for two years. Given that it’s even nicer than my last one, I expect this to last me until my 50s.
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A Nice Wallet
Leather wallets or clutches are an excellent way to store your cards and cash, and they also have the benefit of lasting a very long time. I have an Italian leather wallet that’s now five years old and looks brand-new, despite being tossed around, sat on, and generally mistreated. My dad, I’m fairly certain, had his last one for three decades.
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Socks With a Warranty
Darn Tough socks come with a lifetime warranty; just send back a damaged pair for a new one. We like this blended merino wool pair, which remains super warm even when wet and dries faster than standard merino (plus offers a stretchier fit).
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These Cloudline socks also come with a lifetime warranty but offer a bit less of a snug fit than the Darn Tough socks above. I like that they come in multiple colors but that the standard gray and black are simple and nondescript.
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A Safety Razor
When I decide to be clean-shaven (it does happen), my favorite tool is a safety razor. Not only do I feel like an action hero when I lather up my face and slot in a new blade, but I also haven’t spent more than $10 on razor blades in nearly a decade. There are many decent brands and options, but I highly recommend you get a stand, brush, and bowl with soap for the full luxury experience. Safety razors and straight razors are quite easy to shave with (and get you a close shave), but there is a small learning curve. Be sure to have a quality aftershave balm for when you’re done.
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A Duffel Bag
I have been dragging this trusty North Face duffel around for 23 years, and, like its owner, despite looking a little worse for wear these days, it just keeps going strong. Tardis-like with space enough for ski boots, helmet, and a week’s worth of outerwear and evening clothes, the extra-wide straps help distribute the weight more evenly than other bags he’s tested. Unlike all the other identikit cases on the luggage carousel, it’s always easy to spot. The latest iteration features the same robust build and chuck-about-ability but has been consciously upgraded with phthalate-free, recycled PVC and recycled nylon that’s treated with a non-PFC water-repellent (DWR) finish. Got a battered old one like ours? The company repairs “pre-loved” versions. —Jeremy White
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A Perfect Backpack
GoRuck’s GR1 (7/10, WIRED Review) is perhaps the perfect backpack. It’s a beautiful, slim bag that looks better the more wear and tear you put on it. It’s also the most comfortable pack I’ve worn even without a hip belt (yeah, there’s no hip belt). The 26L version somehow manages to be useful as an everyday pack for work, a day hiking bag, and what I take traveling for three to five days. It’s also great for rucking. Although there are things I would change (molle webbing on the bottom please), it’s close enough to perfect that I rarely feel the need for another bag. The question is, is any backpack really buy-it-for-life? Well, probably not. The GR1’s 1000D cordura is certainly the most indestructible fabric I’ve ever used, but life is long (hopefully). I’ve had my GR1 for over two years, and it looks just like the day I got it. The internet is filled with GoRuck fans who’ve had theirs for as long as 10 years, and they’re still going strong. That said, I think of the GR1 more as a 25-year pack. I think the GR1 will last 25 years without needing any repairs. It might go longer, but I don’t think it’ll be less. At the 25-year mark I will take advantage of the GoRuck Scars lifetime warranty. In GoRuck’s words “ If there is a defect in workmanship or materials or if you actually manage to wear our stuff out, GoRuck will fix or replace (at our discretion) your item, free of charge. No receipt necessary—we can recognize our own stuff—and your date of purchase does not matter. Hence lifetime.” —Scott Gilbertson
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Flip-Flops
Rainbow sandals are a staple in my house for a reason. The leather sandals aren’t just iconic for the little rainbow logo on the toe piece, but for their ability to last, which is a refreshing change from typical flimsy plastic sandals that barely last a summer. The brand guarantees that the classic problems with sandals—straps coming undone, layers coming apart—won’t happen. And if they do, Rainbows will repair or replace them for you. That’s right, no more toe-snapped sandals. If you walk through the soles, you’re on your own to replace them, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it takes you a lifetime to deal that kind of damage to these sturdy sandals. —Nena Farrell
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Leather Boots
Danners aren’t the lightest hiking boots around. Nor is the fit the most dialed in (especially if you have narrow feet), or the sole the most nimble. However, they are iconic and will last you decades. Each piece of the upper is made from a single piece of dense, smooth, full-grain leather, including the attached tongue. No leaking, no seams coming undone. All you need is a wipe-down with a damp cloth and to dress it with Danner conditioner, one tin of which will also last you a few years. When you’ve finally beat them to hell—which will take a while, because mine are 15 years old and still going—you can send them back to Danner for a full recrafting. It gives a whole new meaning to the term “breaking in.” —Adrienne So
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Slip-On Shoes
My mom bought me my first pair of Birkenstocks as a part of my first-day-of-school outfit in the fifth grade. They were light brown Boston Clogs, and I wore them for years. Eighteen years later, Birkenstocks are still my shoe of choice in the warmer months. I’ve had the same Arizona Suede Leather sandals for so long that I can’t even remember when I bought them. They’ve survived rainy days, beach days, and accidental spills. When I dusted them off while spring cleaning last month, I had no doubt they’d be able to get me through yet another summer. My partner, who has the same pair, has owned his for about five years now, and they’re also still going strong. Birkenstocks require a certain level of care to shield them from the elements. Depending on the type of shoe you own, the company offers a variety of products to help protect them, like a cork sealer, water and stain repellent, and cleaner and refresher. I haven’t used them on my pair, and they still look acceptable, but they’d look even better if I gave them a little TLC. —Brenda Stolyar
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Soccer/Football Cleats
Originally designed for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, the Copa Mundial remains one of the most popular football shoes, which is notable given all the hyperlight 3D-printed, micro-chip performance analyzing tech being used in the modern game. The classic firm-ground K-leather shoe (that’s kangaroo leather) has been upgraded over the years and worn by such legends as Zinedine Zidane, Diego Maradona, Gary Lineker, and Eric Cantona, and it remains the official shoe for officials in leagues all over the world. —Chris Haslam
Patgonia Houdini Rain Jacket
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Garment Repair
From the brand that famously told customers not to buy their clothes, Patagonia knows more than most when it comes to getting gear repaired. If one of its products fails, the company will repair it no question, but it now also offers the means to fix your clothing at home (or halfway up a crag) with a range of superb Tenacious Tape peel-and-stick patching kits and the Worn Wear Repair Roll, made from recycled polyester and sewn under Fair Trade principles, that has space for repair tools and supplies. Plus there’s a handy QR code that links you to a host of how-to repair videos. —Chris Haslam
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A Rain Jacket
Barbour makes jackets so great for dreary weather that Queen Elizabeth II had hers rewaxed multiple times throughout her long life. The iconic jacket costs a lot up-front, but it can be repaired by the brand for life. In fact, during November and December 2022, Barbour’s South Shields repair center in the northeast of England rewaxed a remarkable 4,233 jackets. These extraordinary numbers—and Barbour estimates 60,000 jackets are rewaxed globally through its service centers each year—highlight how consumers are starting to think more sustainably, but it’s by no means a new service. Barbour has been rewaxing its classic cotton jackets for more than 100 years, helping to maintain performance and extend product life. It also sells over 100,000 tins of wax annually, for an ever-expanding DIY audience. —Chris Haslam
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A Rolling Suitcase
It’s not the extravaganza of the larger check-in or trunk, but a metal Rimowa case of any size is a solid airport flex for those who know, and WIRED managing editor Mike Dent has had many an approving nod since first rolling this one out back in 2014. On the rare occasion, it’s been checked in, it’s come out the other side, if not unscathed, then at least with some impressive (dare we say, sexy?) battle scars that belie its status as a casual traveler—though Dent tries not to think of what exactly the handlers did to put a ding in anodized aluminum. Perversely, he’s looking forward to the unlikely day when the gorgeously smooth wheels need replacing, as Rimowa does a natty line of swap-ins in popping colors, to further burnish your case’s unique patina. —Chris Haslam
Battery-powered quartz watches, which use speedy oscillations of a quartz crystal to tell time, are some of the most durable watches on the planet, as well as some of the cheapest. Invented in the 1970s by Seiko, they’re now the global standard for all but expensive mechanical watches. Classics like the Casio F91W are mainstays on the wrists of many people you know (and even some famous ones you don’t) for good reason. Once you buy a quartz watch, all you need to do is swap a battery every few years (or never, in the case of solar-powered watches). The kicker? These watches are also nearly always more accurate (and durable) than your friend’s 007 Omega. You might not look as rad, but you can take comfort in knowing that if James Bond were real, he’d probably wear a Casio G-Shock.
Seiko 5 Automatic Watch
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A Mechanical Watch
OK, it’s hard to recommend one mechanical/automatic watch, but they are extremely robust. They’re made of small parts like springs and balance wheels that can be replaced if damaged (for a relatively high price, it must be noted), which makes these a great option if you’re looking to purchase a functional heirloom to wear and pass down. Or if you’re just someone who likes the idea of a bunch of tiny cogs and gears allowing you to pretty accurately tell the time. In any case, there’s no reason to make fun of your buddy who splurged on a Rolex: They’re likely to have that watch in good working order for as long as you know them. Brands that will last a lifetime worth checking out range dramatically in price, but the most popular options many folks wear include Seiko, Hamilton, Rolex, Omega, Tag Heuer, Tudor, Cartier, Longines, Sinn, Tissot, and more. We’ve linked a few popular automatic watches below for some ideas.
Lamy 2000 Medium
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A Fountain Pen
A nice refillable ballpoint or fountain pen is a great tool that can last multiple lifetimes. I often use a Parker Vacumatic fountain pen from the 1930s, and it works properly, which is an incredible feat for a nearly 100-year-old object. A testament to this fact: Lamy hasn’t changed the design of my beloved Lamy 2000 since the 1960s, and it remains among the best-selling pens of all time. I recently found out that the dean of music at Juilliard also uses and loves his Lamy. Write like a musical pro!
Benchmade Folding Knife
Benchmade
A Pocket Knife
A quality folding knife can last for years of hard use. Here at WIRED, we open a lot of boxes, which means I use my Benchmade every day, often multiple times a day. I have yet to get it sharpened after nearly a year and a half of use (Benchmade will do it for free for life), and it still works great. They’re also awesome presents. My coworker Scott Gilbertson and his wife gave each other Benchmade knives as a gift, and they still look as shiny as their relationship after a few kids.
Opinel No. 8
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A Knife for Camping
Don’t want to fork out hundreds on a higher-end pocket knife? Opinel’s folding wood-handled pocket knives are the ultimate classic. The design of this French-made knife is the same as it was during the Benjamin Harrison administration. The carbon steel blade will keep an edge about that long too, if you keep the blade dry. The “No. 8” indicates the blade’s size relative to the other sizes Opinel makes (No. 7 is slightly smaller, No. 9 is slightly bigger, etc). The wood handle has a satisfying feel and gets darker with age, but the real genius of the design is the simple and elegant spinning ring to lock and unlock the blade. —Martin Cizmar
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A Knife With Plyers
An essential in every toolbox, camping kit, or, if you’re so inclined, utility belt, this Leatherman has interchangeable wire cutters that can be removed, sharpened, or replaced, two exceptionally sharp CPM S30V steel blades, file, and saw—all of which are accessible from the outside, without opening the pliers. Inside there’s a screwdriver, bottle/can opener, bit holders, scissors, and pliers, which all lock when open for safety. Leatherman products come with a lifetime warranty. —Chris Haslam
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A Trusty Hatchet
Like a good knife, a nice hatchet is a tool that’s simple and will last you forever with proper sharpening. They’re great to have on hand for splitting kindling or banging in tent stakes, and they make you feel like a real woodsman. This one is forged in Sweden and features heirloom-quality construction; I’ve used mine for a couple of years now, and it still looks brand-new.
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Binoculars
These are our top binocular pick for those who are just getting started birdwatching, but they also work well for many other binocular-related tasks. My wife and I recently took her pair to a car race, and it was cool to see the drivers up close as they zoomed by. These come with a case and covers for the front and rear lenses, and they strike a great balance between optical power, quality, and price.
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Forever Weights
Round balls of iron? Yeah, they’re pretty durable. That makes kettlebells some of the best tools you can buy for working out. I have owned my set of four kettlebells for years now, and they still look brand-new, despite repeated slams on my concrete floor and countless thousands of swings.
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A Cool Lighter
I’ve had my Zippo since I was 14 years old. It was from an Army-Navy surplus store that advertised its existence with a giant road sign that said “There Ain’t No Such Thing as a $50 Jeep So Don’t Ask.” It’s a slim size, chrome with pinstripes on one side, and it’s been all over the country with me. Zippo lighters will last forever with new flints and wicks, both of which I’ve replaced over the years. I’ve bought a few other Zippos since, including one of the new butane ones, but like all bomb-proof and timeless products, the one I’ve had for 30 years is my favorite and still works like it did the day I got it. —Martin Cizmar
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A Tool Box
Designed by Keiyu Hisashi in 1947, the Trusco toolbox is still made in Japan to exacting levels of quality workmanship. Blue, of course, is the classic color, and once unfolded you’ll find a series of containers, dividers, and clutter controllers to keep all your assorted tools—or, in our case, piles of screws and Ikea pencils—in check. —Chris Haslam
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A Hex Set
Not only is this set of hexagon socket screws aesthetically pleasing and beautifully color-coded, but the combination of 100-degree angle and ball-point ends makes it considerably easier to access hard-to-reach screws and bolts. Each is made from an alloy based on that used to manufacture steel springs, combining both durability and elasticity. —Chris Haslam
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A Soldering Station
If you’re looking to make your own instrument cables, repair electronics or guitar pedals, or generally mess with anything electronic, it’s really helpful to have a soldering station. This Hakko model is a great option that should last you for all of your crafting days, with an easy-to-operate digital control mechanism. Just be sure to use high-quality leaded solder.
Yeti Tundra
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A Camping Cooler
When camping season kicks around, we’re always asked if Yeti’s hard coolers are “worth the money,” and while value is subjective, we can’t fault its ability to keep our drinks cool, even in the most extreme situations. We’ve seen videos of charred and melted Yeti coolers pulled from truck and house fires, with still-cold beer safe inside! Made using rotomolded rigid plastic with pressure-injected polyurethane insulation, the cold will not prematurely escape (unless you leave it open), and they’ve even been certified as “bear-proof” by the wonderfully titled Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC). —Chris Haslam
Physical records are pressed into plastic, which means that unless you treat them horribly (you never clean them, use them on poorly set up record players, or store them improperly), your favorite music will last forever. Grab your favorite LPs, EPs, and singles whenever you see them, and snag a few simple plastic covers and a record bin while you’re at it. Store them upright with as little pressure on them as possible to prevent warping, and try to clean your records every 10 to 20 plays, and every time you get a new one (solutions from the record press plant can mean new records collect grime faster). I highly recommend you look for local record shops, but Discogs is always a safe bet.
Audio-Technica LP-120XUSB
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A Record Player
A quality record player with a replaceable stylus and cartridge is a great long-term buy. If you are especially low maintenance, look for direct-drive models, where the motor is directly below the disc, rather than off to the side and connected by a belt. Belt-driven models are fine, you just want to make sure you get one with a new belt (or a new turntable, which will come with one). The LP120 is iconic, with fantastic durability and USB so that you can plug it into your computer to rip your records as MP3s to your PC.
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A Stereo Amp
Much like guitar amps, high-quality stereo amps can last a long time if they are properly maintained every few years. They are often easy to repair, with replaceable parts like tubes and capacitors instead of PCB boards and more confined enclosures that are hard to work in and troubleshoot. I know multiple people rocking decades-old amps at home, and all of them sound as good as ever.
KEF LS50 Meta
Photograph: Kef
A Pair of Speakers
Since they’re not powered and have robust build materials, high-quality speakers need only basic maintenance every decade or so (replacing capacitors in crossovers between drivers, or re-foaming speakers that have become separated from their surrounds). Other than that, a good quality pair will last you your entire life, letting you jam out forever. The KEF LS50 Meta is my most recent favorite pair, with clever dual drivers that sit the tweeter right inside the woofer for better imaging. These also feature KEF’s proprietary metamaterial acoustic baffling (hence the name), which helps the low-end stay smooth and tight.
Fender American Vintage II Stratocaster
Photograph: Fender
Music Instruments
Just About Anything
Because they’re made to be played for hours a day, and they’re designed to be repairable from the ground up, musical instruments are a perfect thing to buy once and maintain for life. I play cymbals from the 1950s and snare drums from the 1920s, and I regularly perform on a drum set from 1963—and guess what? If anything, they sound better with age. Even electric guitars age just fine: Sting still plays his original 1950s P bass, and folks like Jason Isbell can regularly be seen rocking a 1959 Gibson Les Paul. Go into Western classical or global classical instruments and you’re likely to find instruments in use that are much older. In college, a friend of mine played a bass that was built in 1850s Germany, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Violins that are hundreds of years old still have seats in the top symphony orchestras around the world. Safe to say, a quality instrument is a good bet to pass on, provided you store it and care for it properly.
Photograph: Wilson Hennessy
A Guitar/Instrument Amp
You’ve Got a Lot of Options
Not all amplifiers are built alike, but classic tube amps from Fender, Vox, Marshall, and many others are a great long-term investment in your sound. Most of them use relatively simple point-to-point wiring, tubes, and transistors—all of which can be repaired if something goes wonky. Plus, they hold value! I bought my 1963 Fender Bassman amp for $700 a few years ago, and now they cost well over $1,000—a testament to how long these things last and how many folks still use them daily.
Shure SM7B
Photograph: Shure
An XLR Microphone
Some of the most revered microphones on earth are vintage tube mics from the 1940s that were made in Germany, which still regularly see use in the top studios on earth. But they’re not the only ones! Because microphones are relatively simple and durable, they’re also easy to repair. Classic mics like the Shure SM7B, Shure SM57, and SM58, and many, many others last for decades in studios and at home and barely depreciate in price on the used market for a reason. If you are looking to up your sound for podcasts, making music, or just work calls, buying a decent mic is a solid investment that will last you a long time. The SM7B is the mic you’re likely familiar with from podcasters, with a crisp midrange that’s great for the human voice. The other two, the SM57 and SM58, are iconic studio and stage workhorses that you’ll see everywhere. They sound great, take a beating, and don’t cost too much, but they’re not quite as hi-fi as the more expensive vocal mic if you’re singing or podcasting.
As we continue to test gear here at WIRED, we’ll be updating this guide with even more products that you can rely on for many years.
A friend of mine once told me that “You are where your attention is.” That line always stuck with me. It was a reminder that the most important choice we all make is also the most common one. It’s the decision about what to pay attention to and what not to pay attention to.
One of the primary features of this age of the internet and smartphones and algorithmic feeds is that our attention is everywhere and nowhere at the same time, because we’re endlessly pushed around by a parade of distractions. Your phone is ringing, your Apple Watch is blinking, you got a ping on Slack from a coworker, you’re getting an email notification as you’re sitting down for dinner… it’s always something.
This level of distraction is not an accident. Our devices have engineered the incessant need for stimulus and a whole industry has emerged that’s devoted to capturing our attention and then selling it to the highest bidder.
Chris Hayes is the host of All In With Chris Hayes on MSNBC and the author of a new book called The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource. The discourse on attention is, shall we say, crowded, but Hayes makes an interesting — and novel — argument about how the rearranging of social and economic life around the pursuit of attention represents “a transformation as profound as the dawn of industrial capitalism.”
I invited Hayes on The Gray Area to talk about what that actually means and why he thinks we haven’t fully appreciated the significance of this transformation. As always, there’s much more in the full podcast, so listen and follow The Gray Area on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, or wherever you find podcasts. New episodes drop every Monday.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
How do you define a word like attention? What are some of the more useful or practical ways to think about what it means in human life?
There’s a lot of debate about this. There are some people who say it’s not really even a coherent concept. And some of those critiques I take seriously. In some ways I’m using it in an everyday sense because I think it is naming something real.
So one way to think about attention is the flash beam of thought. That’s a common trope. There’s a William James description of attention that everyone who writes about attention quotes because it’s so good, which is: withdrawal from certain things to focus on others.
If you think about what a stagehand with the spotlight does in a Broadway play… I’m focusing on you right now. If I take a second, there’s a million forms of perceptual stimulus in my visual field right now. I could focus on those. I’m not. I’m focusing on you through an effort of conscious will. So that’s how we think about attention: the ability to willfully focus, basically.
But then there are other dimensions of that. So there’s conscious attention, voluntary attention, then there’s involuntary attention. Right now, if someone busted into my studio and opened that door, I couldn’t not look. It would literally be impossible. Before I had any conscious will over it, no matter how disciplined I am, pre-consciously a system would fire that would wrench my attention towards that door going open. So that’s involuntary attention.
And then the third aspect I talk about is social attention, which I think has its own particular weight and depth. It’s not just that we can pay attention to things and people in the world, it’s also crucially important that people can pay attention to us. We can be on the receiving end of attention, which is another thing that makes it so psychologically and socially and emotionally rich.
Is it too much to say that you think attention is the most important thing we have?
I think it’s the most important thing. And I go back to William James. One of his philosophical preoccupations is free will — whether we have it, what it means to have it. And to him attention is indistinguishable from will because that ability to focus is the essence of will. And for me, if you are not a religious person and you don’t think that the meaning of your existence is imbued by some higher power, what we get is one life. And what we do during that one life is we go around through the world in this one body and brain and from moment to moment we’re paying attention to this or that, and what we pay attention to in the end adds up to a life. It’s elemental in that sense. I don’t think there’s any way to detach what your experience of life is from this faculty.
The book is obviously about the rise of the modern attention economy and you make the case that this transition is comparable to the emergence of wage labor in the Industrial Revolution. How so?
So labor is the product of a specific set of legal market social institutions that produce this thing called a “wage” and a “laborer.” Effort, toil, whatever you want to call it, exists prior to that. Labor has turned into a commodity and there are a bunch of weird things about that. I’m not a Marxist personally, but I think his observations here are quite prophetic.
First of all, just the lived experience of the difference between a guy who runs a shoe shop, who’s a cobbler — which existed prior to industrial capitalism — making the whole shoe. First you’re cutting the sole, then you’re putting the upper on, then you’re putting it together. In the end, you’ve got this thing, it’s a shoe, and now you own it and then I sell it to you. You pay me money, now you own it. We go from that to working in a shoe factory 12 hours a day where someone just stamps soles all day. It’s completely alienating and also it’s a much different experience of life.
The other thing that’s weird about it is that labor in the aggregate is necessary for all of industrial capitalism. It’s incredibly valuable in the aggregate. But each individual slice of it is essentially valueless. But if you’re an individual shoemaker, this is all you’ve got. I have this one body and I go and stamp soles 12 hours a day and I get nothing for it. But that’s it. From my perspective, that’s all I’ve got.
All of these attributes are there for attention. Attention existed before its marketization. It now has a value out in the world. It’s now being extracted at scale. In the aggregate, it’s wildly valuable. Google, Meta, all their money comes from this. I argue in the book that Amazon, to a certain extent, is really an attention company. Individually, they’re paying tiny slivers of cents for your attention at any moment. But to you, it’s all you’ve got. What you’re paying attention to at any given moment is all you’ve got.
And what do you think is the biggest difference between an economy built around a resource like attention and previous economies built around different kinds of material resources?
The argument I make in the book is that what we commonly think of as “The Attention Age” is truly the information age. There’s a switch from physical market production to non-material market production — information economy, claims adjusters, coders, podcasters like you and I, all doing these things that don’t amount to the physical refashioning of the world. And in that world, we think of information as the defining feature, but information is limitless. There’s tons of information. The thing that’s scarce and valuable is attention. So everyone has to fight over that.
And the more information there is — the lower the barriers are to get it in front of someone’s face — the more competitive it becomes. And I think that we’re in a position now, as more and more of the world moves from industrial modes of production to post-industrial modes of production, that the one thing that’s left that’s scarce, that’s finite, that’s the most valuable, is our attention.
I am constantly making noises about what tech is doing to us, but I don’t really have a compelling response to the arguments that no one’s forced to stare at their phones all day. We’re choosing this. We want this. And that’s not exactly wrong, but I also think our creaturely vulnerabilities are so exploitable that even though we’re not being forced in the literal sense, I’m also not sure we’re really free in any meaningful or recognizable way. At some point, the question about free will becomes hopelessly blurred and maybe even incoherent.
I don’t think I can resolve the free will question, but I think you’re right. It implicates our freedom in a profound and deep way. I was joking with my wife the other day that I feel like I’ve written a recovery memoir and I’m still drinking. I’m still fighting all this stuff. I’m not great about it. So I don’t want anyone to think that I’m on some elevated plane here. I’m in the muck with everyone. But when you get that screen time notification that this was your average screen time for the week, that is a profound moment of, “Who am I and what is my will?”
If we also lack the capacity to pay attention together, what does that mean for democracy?
There’s a few things I’d say. One is that I want to try very hard to resist the temptation to dehistoricize everything. As I say in the book, they didn’t need Facebook in Salem to start having viral rumors that so-and-so was a witch. People are very good at spreading disinformation, just analog style, which is the core of the human condition, and that’s our lot. And democracy is incredibly fallible with a bunch of fallible people. So I just want to say that.
But yes, I think there is a profound question about what this is doing to our democracy. And this is particularly true because attention is not a moral faculty. It is distinct from what we think is important. Walter Lippmann in Public Opinion whines about this. He’s talking about Versailles, actually, about the end of the war and the reparations. He says Americans have an incredible interest in this, but they’re not interested in it. He’s like, The same way the child has an enormous interest in his father’s business that he will inherit but is not interested in it.
So this problem is old, but I think it’s so sheer right now. Overcoming the compulsions, the siren’s call, the lowest-common-denominator, tabloid, casino effect of everything in a very competitive attention environment where we’re driven toward the lowest common denominator.
It malforms the public’s ability to reason collectively, to think of issues independent of what just sustains our attention from moment to moment. Because what sustains our attention from moment to moment is distinct from what is important. And we all know that. Everyone understands that. And yet it’s very hard to counteract what’s being done to us through the technologies.
How do we really know what’s new here and what’s not? As you say, people freaked out about comic books and that was clearly ridiculous in retrospect. But people also worried about cigarettes and that was clearly wise in retrospect. So how do we know the attention economy is cigarettes and not comic books?
One way to answer this is to look at the empirical research, like Jonathan Haidt does in The Anxious Generation. Like, what is this doing to us? In the case of tobacco, we just acquired a huge body of evidence: This is terrible for our health. Even though, as I cite in the book, there were people going back to the 16th century who were like, Boy, this sure seems like an awful thing to do. You light this stuff on fire and you put the smoke in your lungs? I don’t think that’s going to work out well.
I think in some ways the empirical question, while important, is also distinct from the deeper philosophical thing, which is just like, is this good? Do we like this? Is this forming my soul well? I don’t need data to tell me that. That’s a human question. That’s why the book is really, to a certain extent, a work of philosophy. You could come back and tell me that the empirical data shows that this isn’t causing more anxiety, it isn’t causing more depression, and fine, that might be true. But the bigger question is that our experience of modernity is an experience of an ever-quickening pace and new forms of alienation that we then have to wrestle with as people. And whatever the data says in the end, we all have to live in this world and in this environment, which I think a lot of us understandably are not enjoying.
As you point out, the labor movement in the 19th century basically arrived at two big regulatory responses: a ban on child labor and limitations on total hours worked. Any ideas on the equivalent regulations today?
I think that’s an interesting place to start. First of all, regulating attention and regulating the extraction of attention is just an area that we need to explore. There’s a lot of controversy about cutting teenagers off from social media. [But] as a general principle, the idea that companies should not be buying and selling the attention of 14-year-olds is just obviously true.
And this goes hand in hand, but before we even get to regulation, we just need non-commercial spaces for connection, just the way that we have non-commercial public spaces. I can meet you in Prospect Park. We can walk on the street. We don’t just exist in a mall. All of digital life has been completely taken over by commercial spaces that are trying to buy and sell your attention.
The regulatory question is a deep one. First of all, there’s constitutional issues because of speech. But I think if you think about it in terms of regulating attention, like, An app just can’t take more than an hour of your attention today — I don’t know. Maybe we pass the law and do that. That seems crazy at some level, but is it? I just think we need to be thinking about regulating attention. Part of that is breaking up the big tech firms, which are too big. But more specifically, this does feel like a place for governments to do something.
Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures is teasing some new projects including an animated series and an action-comedy adventure game.
“Prepare to meet some new kinds of heroes (and watch them suffer),” the company said in a statement. The news comes shortly after South Korean game developer and publisher Smilegate made a strategic investment and became a partner in Absurd Ventures, a game studio founded by Rockstar Games cofounder Dan Houser.
Houser spent more than 20 years at Rockstar games and drove the creative direction of the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption franchises, which have collectively sold more than 550 million units worldwide. (Theoretically, that’s about $33 billion worth of games). Houser left Rockstar Games in 2020.
Absurd Ventures will be introducing this universe with animation projects later this year. There is also an original story-driven action-comedy adventure game set in the Absurdaverse currently in development at Absurd Ventures studios.
And that’s all they’re saying at the moment. Absurd Ventures is an entertainment company creating new IP across all mediums including video games, live-action and animated TV, film, fiction podcasts, books, comic books and more.
Absurdaverse is an animated satire show coming from Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures.
Absurd Ventures’ original properties include the sci-fi thriller universe A Better Paradise, the crime fiction universe American Caper, and the comedy satire universe Absurdaverse. In a playbook that resembles that of The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, Absurd Ventures is testing ideas in various forms.
The company has already launched a chart-topping audio fiction series set in the “A Better Paradise” universe and will be debuting an American Caper comics series and Absurdaverse animation projects in 2025. Houser, Absurd Ventures is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, with additional studio offices in Marin county, California.
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The debt includes a $100 million initial commitment and an option for an additional $50 million, and will help UVeye deploy close to 700 of its inspection systems in 2025, Hever said.
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