the_riley•11d agoProlific Poster

Walked into a parlor last month that still uses the same autoclave from 1988

I was visiting my cousin in Portland and stopped by this little shop off Hawthorne that's been around since the 80s. The guy running it showed me their old Tuttnauer autoclave in back, still running strong with just a new gasket and a fresh calibration sticker from last year. Made me think about how folks today spend hundreds on brand new equipment when the older stuff just keeps going if you take care of it. Has anyone else found an old piece of body mod gear that still works better than the new stuff?

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victorb7411d ago

Bet on that old Tuttnauer outlasting half the digital stuff on the market right now. They just don't build things to be fixed like they used to.

bens8110d ago

Man @victorb74 that Tuttnauer is absolutely a beast, but here's something else - those older autoclaves run on simple switches and relays, so when the digital touchscreen on a new one dies in 5 years, you can't even bypass it to run the cycle manually!

murphy.barbara10d ago

Ha, really @victorb74? I've seen those old Tuttnauers crap out too. Seals go bad, timers drift, and good luck finding the right parts for a 20 year old machine. Digital stuff sucks when it breaks, sure. But at least I can buy a new one in stock right now instead of hunting through eBay for a used relay board.