Too dumb to fail.

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C6 · Level 0 · No electricity Dumb as a rock

Cast-iron sad iron

A vintage cast-iron sad iron, heated on a stove or a fire.

$30–70Buy on eBay
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Solid iron with a handle, heated on the hob and used until it cools. Slow, heavy and oddly satisfying. Vintage ones turn up for a few pounds and work as doorstops in between.

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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=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisCast-iron sad iron
What it replacesSmart oneLG Styler steam closet
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Power cut
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FALSE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
TRUE
#DEPENDS
4
The company switches off its servers
TRUE
#DEPENDS
5
Someone tries to hack it
TRUE
FALSE
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A firmware update goes wrong
TRUE
FALSE
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Twenty years from now
TRUE
#DEPENDS
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=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
6 of 66/6
0 of 60/6and three maybes

The smart one is the LG Styler steam closet.

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Heat it on the stove. Your great-grandmother did.

Cast-iron sad iron

$30–70
Calm
Cast-iron sad iron$30–70
Buy on eBay