[colin purewater]

I've had the same brush for 15 years!!

It's had 5 new heads and 7 new handles

[Sir Squeaky]

Doesnt that mean youve just got new bristle ends instead of the original bristle ends?

A bristle end is surely a bristle end. Yes yes of course there's flocked and non-flocked bristles but lets be honest a piece of bristly bristle is a piece of bristly bristle. Feckin' heck we're only brushing glass - this believe it or not ain't precision engineering.

Bang on mate!

I think some people just have to have new posh equipment for the sake of it.
If it ain't broke it don't need fixing...

Same reason I haven't changed my 7 year old microbore.
Yes it's split a few times and a fair bit shorter now, but until it's too short to reach any of my jobs, why spend £70 on a new one?

Rather spend my money on things I want or need, not work tools that work fine

[NWH]

I must admit I've had my microbore for a couple of years now,I think hose especially last longer when you know your jobs and know where to lay it out etc around the obstacles you get to remembering are there