Hamilton
Khaki Field Mechanical
MSRP
€575
Cost / use
€0.01
Resale
65%
Giordano Tonelli / CC BY-SA 4.0
A contrarian wealth strategy
New dossier published: The AeroPress·165 dossiers, updated daily
Own better. Build wealth.
Buy durable once. Own the asset, capture the resale, and keep the money the replacement cycle was quietly taking.
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One essay a week. Specific products, real numbers. The Dispatch arrives from our Substack.
165 dossiers published · real retail and resale prices · zero paid placements
Buy once.
Own forever.
Year 11
Red Wing Heritage · resoled twice
Cost / use
€0.16
A Continuous Lean / CC BY 2.0
Independence
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Method
Real retail and resale math
Scoring
Every score shows its work
Library
165 dossiers and counting
Published daily
Latest dossiers
One object at a time. Real retail prices, real resale values, the ten-year math.
NewPublished 8 October 2026
The AeroPress
A €40 press that turns a €750-a-year café habit into about €50, and keeps brewing for a decade.
NewPublished 8 October 2026
The Heat-Pump Dryer
A budget dryer costs €299 and burns €1.848 of electricity in ten years. The Miele runs on a third of the power and is tested to outlast two of them.
Published 8 October 2026
The Dehumidifier
Plastic moisture-absorber tubs cost about €84 a year, forever, and never dry the room. A durable Meaco dehumidifier is €189,50 once, works for a decade, and resells.
Published 7 October 2026
Yamaha YTR-2330
Renting a school trumpet costs €150 a year and leaves you with nothing; a Yamaha YTR-2330 bought once for about €538 still resells for around €325 and is yours for life, costing roughly a third of five years of rental.
Published 7 October 2026
The Glass Carafe
A BRITA filter jug quietly costs about €65 a year in cartridges, forever; a €15 glass carafe holds the same safe Dutch tap water and ends the subscription for good, saving roughly €660 over a decade.
Published 6 October 2026
The Power Rack
A gym membership drains €325 a year and leaves you nothing; a Body-Solid power rack with a barbell and bench costs about €1.200 once, repays the fees inside four years, and still resells for €600 to €800 years on.
How to use this site
Three ways to put money back in your pocket.
01
Score a product
Open any product to see its Endurance Score on a single 0 to 100 scale. Repairability, lifespan, parts, resale.
Browse products
02
Run the math
Cost-Per-Use, Repair vs Replace, Inflation Shield. Arithmetic for things you almost bought twice.
Open the calculators
03
Read a dossier
Deep, unpaid write-ups on specific objects. Le Creuset, Seiko 5, Knipex, Weber. Why they last. Where they fail.
Read the Dossiers
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Barbour
Wax Cotton Jacket
MSRP
€459
Cost / use
€0.10
Resale
50%
Steven Lilley / CC BY-SA 2.0
Rimowa
Topas Aluminium Cabin
MSRP
€1400
Cost / use
€1.05
Resale
55%
© 1971markus / CC BY-SA 4.0
Lodge
12in Cast Iron Skillet
MSRP
€45
Cost / use
€0.00
Resale
60%
Cullen328 / CC BY-SA 3.0
The Principles
Three rules, of seven. The argument in shorthand.
Operating instructions for owning fewer, better things.
- I.Buy once. Own forever.
- II.Cheap is the most expensive choice.
- III.Repair is a higher act than purchase.
The Field Guide: 30 things worth buying once.
Every object we have run the numbers on, in one PDF. Price, category, and the figure that decides it. Built from 160 dossiers. Free.
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