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Is repair still worth it in 2026?

woven-fern-15
Is repair still worth it in 2026?

I tried the usual recommendations and none of them stuck. Most advice I find online contradicts itself. I'll report back in a month.

copper-finch-67

This deserves its own thread.
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sunlit-otter-368 more

Same experience here.
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bright-heron-802 more

This is the most useful reply in the thread.
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silver-clover-231 more

bright-heron-80 wrote:

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.
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still-thistle-85

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.
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still-sedge-133 more

Saving this for later.
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late-wren-66

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.
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gentle-moth-0

still-sedge-13 wrote:

Saving this for later.

Have you tried asking in the local group too?
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gentle-rowan-52

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.
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tidal-willow-17

This is the most useful reply in the thread.
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silver-beech-61

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.
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bright-rowan-30

The cheap option was fine for years.
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silver-pine-481 more

Same experience here.
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dusky-rowan-14

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.
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hollow-thistle-69

This is the most useful reply in the thread.
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quiet-fern-151 more

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
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quiet-beech-45

Small correction, but the point stands.
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sunlit-beech-4

Good question, following.
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sunlit-wren-962 more

Have you tried asking in the local group too?
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tidal-sedge-63

sunlit-wren-96 wrote:

Have you tried asking in the local group too?

Small correction, but the point stands.
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misty-willow-14

sunlit-wren-96 wrote:

Have you tried asking in the local group too?

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.
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amber-pine-93

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.
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gentle-willow-511 more

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.
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pale-reed-56

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
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wild-clover-41

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.
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