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Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?

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Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?

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Post by 3abiton »

futureshock wrote: post #74

I like this question because I come at it from a very different lifestyle. I’m a digital nomad and I have mostly lived out of a backpack and carry on for the past 10 years. My philosophy is that things have to be worth carrying and they should be very easily replaceable if anything gets lost, stolen or breaks. A few of my under $100 favs: Universal GaN travel adapter: One of those square bricks that converts from any…

Great list (totally agree with backup phone). I now want to know your 100+ gadgets

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?

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Post by homeonthemtn »

daringrain32781 wrote: post #116

A 10 foot USB C cable. It reaches anywhere in the room. I can charge my phone in any position in bed. I only recently 'splurged' on this $10 item and it is the best thing ever.

Seconding this. Dumbest, most obviously useful thing, yet we never think to buy one. My wife and I have our own now.

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?

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Post by anotherevan »

ultrasandwich wrote: post #62

Aeropress coffee maker. Look up the James Hoffmann recipe on YouTube and you can never drink another coffee style again

I have two Aeropresses so I can make two cups at once for the two coffee drinkers in the house.

I recently got a second shelf rack[1] so they can hang side by side instead of needing to put a plunger in the tube when one is hanging behind.

[1] https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09NL9GDTQ

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?

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Post by rationalist »

floxy wrote: post #110
giardini wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd nursed a foot callus for years that hurt badly when I walked barefoot. Weeks ago, sitting on the locker room bench, I hit my limit. In desperation I pulled out my pocket knife to do some field surgery. A few minutes into it I glanced up to see two guys sitting across the room staring at me open-eyed as I dug into my foot with the tip of that pointy knife (8.5" with 3.5" blade)! I just smiled and dug that sucker o…

> staring at me open-eyed They were probably just envious you were rocking a Kershaw Iridium Dessert Warrior. Which also comes in at under $100. And the Iridium family are pretty nice knives. https://www.bladehq.com/item--Kershaw-Iridium-Dessert-Warrio...

That is an amazing paint scheme.

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?

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Post by wolvoleo »

bb88 wrote: post #120
jasondigitized wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's a full blown extra. I have wanted to pull the trigger on this for a while.

Ham radio Amateur Extra. The license after Technician and then General. The RTLSDR is an easy way to see if you'd like radio or not.

Nice! There's not many new hams these days. When I was young it was basically what everyone technical was into.

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?

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Post by wolvoleo »

epolanski wrote: post #16
platevoltage wrote: post #10

A nice tea kettle where the temperature is adjustable.

What's it for? It's always better to boil water for tea for hygienical purposes, no?

I always use bottled water anyway, our tap water is full of bleach. And just run it up to 100 every few days to sterilise it.

Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?

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Post by devrundown »

frogperson wrote: post #108

Im having alot of fun with my new RTL-SDR dongle and Baofeng radio. I pretty quickly found SDR++ which really deepend the rabbit hole and generated about 1000 new questions. A few weeks ago I knew nothing about radio or ham, but im learning alot and having fun. Its been a good distraction from "stuff".

Ham radio is a huge rabbit hole. It's a hobby full of other hobbies within. One of the most fun parts for me is Summits on the Air (SOTA).

You take a small portable HF transceiver up a mountain summit and attempt to make at least 4 contacts. You get points for "activating" the summit and folks at home get points for "hunting" you. You can also spot yourself online and sometimes you'll have a bunch of people from around the world trying to make contact with you.

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