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Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?
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#142gotta be a tire inflater (not sure what brand) that came with a flash light and works rain or snow powered by car adapter
I got the dewalt one that works with their batteries.
awesome.
turn on, set the pressure value, press start and tire will inflate to that pressure and stop.
swappable batteries is important. Some large tires will drain a small battery and you can switch in a new one.
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#143I love my Logitech Lift Vertical Ergonomic Mouse since it completely fixed my wrist pain. Also it can memorize 3 different Bluetooth connections and toggle between them via a small button on the bottom.
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#144My latest favorite gadget is a Wuben G5 light. Very compact, very bright, and has lots of handy features like a swivel and magnet. $20 on Amazon right now. I have 3 for myself as I like to keep them around the house. I've also bought a couple as gifts for my sons who both really liked them.
Neat looking flashlight! Can you turn it on and off without having to cycle through other modes? One thing I dislike about a lot of LED flashlights is having to go through dim, strobe, etc. modes before I can turn the light back off.
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#145I 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…
Awesome list. Do you publish more somewhere? Great stuff and thought processes.
Backup phone, vpn router, etc.
Thank you
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#146Sleep buds (flat earbuds you can lie comfortably in). Mine were dirt cheap ones built in to sleeping mask off eBay. Def helped my sleep patterns when I started using Audible on a 30 minute sleep timer with them. Kindle. Reawakened my inner book-worm many years ago. Library in a pocket. Don't use it so much tho since Audible. Good quality (sturdy and high lumen) compact tactical torch.
Are you talking about Bose Sleepbuds or Oslo Sleepbuds?
Neither, just cheap flat earphones that come in a headband or sleeping mask. I used the term "Sleep buds" as that is what most people will be familiar with as the idea, but they don't go in the ear.
Plenty of no-name ones on eBay for years before Bose took an interest. An example brand though is Musicozy if you want to search. I don't have that brand though and can't testify to them (thinness of phones will be important and will vary between brands).
Ofc mine won't be of similar audio quality to the ones you mention but they are fine for my use at night.
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#147Rohm Travel Sound Machine
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#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you talking about Bose Sleepbuds or Oslo Sleepbuds?
Neither, just cheap flat earphones that come in a headband or sleeping mask. I used the term "Sleep buds" as that is what most people will be familiar with as the idea, but they don't go in the ear. Plenty of no-name ones on eBay for years before Bose took an interest. An example brand though is Musicozy if you want to search. I don't have that brand though and can't testify to them (thinness of phones will be import…
I use MUSICOZY brand, and it's worked great for me. I've been using sleep headphones for decades. Bluetooth was a huge step forward.
Re: Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?
#149I 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…
Universal GaN travel adapter"
I actually realized that it's better just having simple adapters, which take up very little space, because the brick tends to fall of the plug.