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Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

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Post by tbran »

throw_pm23 wrote: post #52

Merino 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.

My partner and I have put holes in merino wool after a month of use. Merino is NOT abrasion resistant if you're active. We're trying out Nuyarn, a merino blend that claims more loft and abrasion resistance (should also be lighter weight).

For moisture management/warmth in colder weather, we're also checking out mesh baselayers [1] since merino does not dry quickly under multiple layers.

[0]: https://nuyarn.co.nz/ [1]: https://www.brynjeusa.com/product-category/super-thermo/

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Post by browningstreet »

kmlx wrote: post #63
pjmorris wrote: post #24

Aftershokz Aeropex bone-conducting headphones. I could walk, hike, drive listening to music or phone calls while hearing the environment around me and without exposing anyone else to my taste in music :)

don’t you achieve basically the same thing with airpods’ transparency mode?

not if you're like me, and airpods don't stay in your ears

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Post by pwenzel »

Solo Stove bonfire pit. It burns so efficiently and is pretty much idiot proof. They work great here in Minnesota winters, and are nice when you have people over for parties and they throw crappy wood in there that would normally smoke a bunch. We've also had solo stoves out in the middle of the street for block parties. Highly recommend.

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Post by derwiki »

pjmorris wrote: post #24

Aftershokz Aeropex bone-conducting headphones. I could walk, hike, drive listening to music or phone calls while hearing the environment around me and without exposing anyone else to my taste in music :)

Biggest surprise benefit to me is that they work well with ear plugs, for when I’m woodworking

Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

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Post by max937 »

spaceman_2020 wrote: post #154

An 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.…

It's a small convection over marketed as an "Air fryer". It's genius marketing!

Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

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Post by D13Fd »

michaelcampbell wrote: post #195
D13Fd wrote: post #123

Kagi search engine subscription is easily my top choice ( https://kagi.com ). I'm really glad something can finally, truly replace Google search and be just as good or better (neither Bing nor DuckDuckGo were good enough when I tried them). If we're talking physical products, I'd probably go with the Apple Magsafe wallet. It's a little thing but I love not having a separate wallet to keep track of every day.

> DuckDuckGo were good enough when I tried them I'm curious as to where it lacked. DDG works more than well enough for me, but I'm wondering what other people search for where it is not.

I last tried DDG a couple of years ago, so it may have improved. But I gave it a good hard try for several months, and I just kept finding instances where I couldn't find something that I knew should be out there. Then I switched back to Google and it was like a breath of fresh air, I was finding things easily again.

But I'd say with Kagi it's almost the opposite - it finds things at least as well and there aren't ads to get in the way. It feels like old-school Google.

I actually found that I was getting annoyed on my mobile devices because they were still searching on Google and I need to scroll past ads etc., before I recently switched them over.

Re: Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

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Post by reidjs »

spapas82 wrote: post #220
spaceman_2020 wrote: post #154

An 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.…

I was thinking if buying an air fryer however cleaning seems like a nightmare. Can you please share some insights on how easy (or hard) it is?

Cleaning mine is extremely easy. It's just a basket with a detachable grate.

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Post by LandR »

Havoc wrote: post #146

Sodastream. Has significantly increased the amount of water i drink and conversely decreased other crap being drunk High end ricecooker ended up getting more use than expected. USB KVM style switch to change mouse/kyb over between work and personal device

My setup at home is 3 monitors, and I switch between a connected laptop (work), and my home desktop machine.

IT means when I finish work I have to hit the switch to change input on each monitor (and with one setup vertically, it can be awkward, and one requires going through a menu, which is annoying).

I also have to swap the USB dongles for keyboard and mouse from the laptop docking station to my desktop.

Would a KVM fix this for me ?

SO I can just hit a single switch and it will swap over the keyboard / mouse and my monitors?

I'd love that.

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