Take good care of your consoles just like you do with all your other belongings. Utilize your knowledge and skills to maintain them in the best possible way. If you have doubts about a console being unreliable, such as my 20+ year old Xbox, take necessary precautions but don’t let fear stop you from using it unless you have a concrete plan in place. The biggest mistake you can make with a retro console is letting it gather dust on a shelf, unused. After all, if all you want is a decorative piece, why worry about the condition of its capacitors?