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Behrens steel watering can
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Behrens steel watering can

Behrens 2-gallon hot-dipped galvanised steel watering can.

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Galvanised steel, a removable rose and a family firm in Winona, Minnesota, that has made them since 1911. It holds eight litres, does not crack in the sun and rusts very, very slowly.

Calm
Does not compete for your attention: no notifications, feeds or endless content. Does its job and gets out of the way.

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Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the smart one it replaces.
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The company switches off its servers
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Someone tries to hack it
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A firmware update goes wrong
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Hot-dipped steel from Minnesota, since 1911.

Behrens steel watering can

$49
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Behrens steel watering can$49
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