Its gotten so bad that more and more I'm buying old to VERY old stuff, and refurbishing the it so I don't have to throw it away in 5 years and buy another one. Most recently was a desk fan - bought one from the 1950s, replaced a couple of thrust washers, re-wired it, gave it a robin's egg blue paint job, and I'll never have to buy another one. I just walked in from working on laying a new floor in the Library - and using a jigsaw from the 1940s or thereabouts. Love the thing - after wearing out 2 or 3 modern plastic things that I then couldn't get parts for, I was given this one and it'll probably outlast me. That's the way it should be.
Now I'm really liking the cordless Milwaukee hex drive impact you got me started on - I'm really hoping the quality is still there because I don't want to buy another one; battery notwithstanding. Time will tell.
Next washer/dryer pair will be Speed Queen - *REPORTEDLY* they still have the quality.