I enjoy using budget\old gear more than newer
Whenever I'm out and about with camera I am more relaxed when I'm using older\cheaper gear. I feel like using more advanced gear creates more pressure on resulting photos to be "better". So I don't shoot anything and often try to capture "only keepers". That way I end up with less variety of photos, less experimenting, trying another composition, angle, etc.
But with "expendable", old, budget gear I try what it is capable of. I test it's limits. I don't worry that much about it getting scratched. Photos are smaller (take less space) so I don't worry about having more similar shots. Also I tend to carry it around more so I use it more often. Bonus points are that cheap gear usually is smaller\lighter so it's easier to have on me.
How much I'm weird? 😄 What's your "thing"?