High-flow drilled-out showerhead for sure.
Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022
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#202Airpod Pro 2 They are basically bionic ears. Headphones, headset, earplugs, hearing protection, hearing aids, extendable ears, and more. Wish they could act as universal translators, but I suppose that's still yet to come.
Isn’t there an ongoing investigation regarding an influx of tinnitus related to the ANC feature?
Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022
#203$20 IEM is crazy good. I'm lazy to find out if $100 IEM is already above 97th percentile of human ears capability. A lot of illusion of great quality above p90.
what is IEM?
Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022
#204The Carpio 2.0 by DeltaHub (https://us.deltahub.io/products/carpio-2). It's a wrist rest, but not like you probably think. I would get severe hand pain being at the PC all day, but this little contraption completely relieved that pain. It took a couple weeks to get used to, and now I use it while working and gaming. One of the best purchases I've made in a long time.
Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022
#205As silly as it sounds, this water warmer for baby bottles: https://a.co/d/hhJzLBn Nothing's worse than trying to mix the perfect water temperature at 3 AM while the baby is screaming, waking up the rest of the family. (We use pre-boiled water for the baby's bottles, so it's not as easy as adjusting a tap.) We bought this after we had our second baby and it's made feeding the baby slightly less stressful.
Or you could do what we did, which is give the baby cold milk straight from the fridge. He didn’t seem to mind, and now won’t drink it any other way!
True, that's the ideal scenario! We've tried room temperature milk in the past, but our baby refuses it :(
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#206An AeroPress. $30 for a fast and good enough way to make espresso.
Nit: it makes great coffee (I'm a user myself and as long as I'm awake enough not to pour coffee everywhere but the press, or hit the press once I've put the coffee in thereby pour grounds all over the counter, it's absolutely stellar), but it's nothing like an espresso. Espresso doesn't mean "coffee which isn't shit" (there are shit espresso), nor does it mean "strong coffee".
Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022
#207Merino wool T-shirts. Cost about 30€ instead of previously used 3€ cotton T-shirts. Can wear one for about 3 weeks without washing, with no body odor. Much more pleasant to the skin, even for doing sports, driving, etc. Also, warm in winter, airy in summer. Plan to switch most clothing to merino wool.
Three weeks ? OMG that's a long journey for a t-shirt...
They have a very different feel from cotton t-shirts, which I would normally change daily.
I was also quite skeptical when I heard, and occasionally ask others to make sure I'm not fooling myself w.r. smell. Also, if I did heavy sports in them, I may stop, even if it was just a week or two. Casual daily wearing could easily go for a month.
Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022
#208As silly as it sounds, this water warmer for baby bottles: https://a.co/d/hhJzLBn Nothing's worse than trying to mix the perfect water temperature at 3 AM while the baby is screaming, waking up the rest of the family. (We use pre-boiled water for the baby's bottles, so it's not as easy as adjusting a tap.) We bought this after we had our second baby and it's made feeding the baby slightly less stressful.
My wife and I have been using an electric kettle that can be set low (105°F) to heat bottles. It's not perfect, but it's good enough and nice not to have an extra appliance on the counter.
We use this OXO kettle:
https://www.oxo.com/categories/coffee-tea/brew/tea/adjustabl...
I did some research and testing when buying it when our last kettle died... It's thermometer is accurate, it's 1500w and I like the interface.
Hopefully this is useful to some apartment dwellers out there
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#209A bidet. We got one with heated water and seats and going to the bathroom feels super luxurious now. Not to mention all the toilet paper we save and increased hygiene.
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#210An air fryer. It’s really a badly marketed product. Its real utility isn’t that it uses less oil, but that it cooks incredibly fast. Essentially an oven on steroids. It’s made cooking so much easier. I usually toss some boneless chicken in with a light coating of soy sauce and cornflour. While the chicken cooks, I prep a basic Asian sauce on the stovetop. The chicken and the sauce are both done within 10-15 minutes.…
so it is not a meme?
100% not a meme
I cube tofu, cover in corn starch, throw in air fryer for 8 minutes. (chicken wings can be made the same in 20 minutes -- way better than anything from a restaurant)
when tofu is done, i add a little water, toss in some broccoli, close for 3 minutes, done
nuke pre-made rice and i have lunch in no time
i still use oven for longer-cook items like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and brussel sprouts, but only if I have a main cooking in the air fryer. but the oven gets used a lot less these days.