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Interesting, my bidet has much more power than my showerhead and if I'm not careful and pull the trigger to much I hurt myself.
Ok. I think hygiene depends on municipal water pressure then, unless one uses a bidet with built-in compressor.
I used to wipe the first times I used my bidet, because I didn't trust it.
Now, I don't trust toilet paper anymore.
I'd say getting into wet-shaving has saved me a lot of money, and led to a more luxurious shave. The cost of safety-razor blades vs cartridge blades alone should makes it worth looking into.
Did it for years - cause of cost. Gave up on it and went back to regular razors. The difference in cost is maybe $20/yr for me but the time difference makes it not worth the trouble. Back when I was living off a $700/month, safety razors made sense (cause $10 for 100 blades)... But now I'm living off more than 10x that and it doesn't make sense.
I got an electric razor from Philips, for ~40€ (it was on sale).
It has already lasted a year and shows no sign of wearing.
I can clean shave without cutting myself in any way. It used to happen from time to time with both the safety razor and throwaway razors.
A dishwasher. I spent the last 7 years doing dishes by hand due to lack of space in my Appartments. Then recently I found out there are things called "countertop" dishwashers which are half the size of normal ones and fit neatly onto your washing machine. No longer having to spend 3-4 hours every week on doing the dishes really makes a big difference for me.
My roommate uses our full height dishwasher all the time. Except he just throws stuff into it and I regularly pull dirty silverware out of it. Sometimes dirty dishes too.
The thing is, you're supposed to at least brush dishes, silverware and pans with a bit of water before putting them into a dishwasher. If anything, not to clog the dishwasher drain with small bits of food (it happens, I know because guess what? It f--ing happened).
But once you get your hands wet to brush the dishes... You might as well do them.
Noise-canceling headphones. I recommend Bose QC35 IIs. You don’t realize how loud the world normally is until you take them off.
Social media influence!
CPAP machine. If you think you may have sleep apnea then get it checked out. In-line water filter. Reduce the barrier-of-entry to drinking water however you can. Started with one of those gravity filters but having to refill it all the time was a barrier. One that's tied into mains pressure just works. Ceiling fans. We have an evaporative cooling system which is good, but adding ceiling fans in the bedrooms and offic…
Re Sleep: a sleep mask that is cupped as to not touch the eyes. Has been big improvement to my sleep.
Here's a chart showing the effect over 8 consecutive nights (4 without, 4 with). https://imgur.com/z4vqS3w We're preparing for a larger study.
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CPAP machine. If you think you may have sleep apnea then get it checked out. In-line water filter. Reduce the barrier-of-entry to drinking water however you can. Started with one of those gravity filters but having to refill it all the time was a barrier. One that's tied into mains pressure just works. Ceiling fans. We have an evaporative cooling system which is good, but adding ceiling fans in the bedrooms and offic…
Re Sleep: a sleep mask that is cupped as to not touch the eyes. Has been big improvement to my sleep.
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Could you please share a link for the hammock? Thank you.
https://www.nonomo.de/en/babyhammock There are a lot of them on the market. I can't speak to the pros and cons of other makers. The Nonomo was recommended to us by a friend. The Nonomo has the mattress in an insert into the cloth hammock, so there's no risk of the baby getting wedged between the mattress and the hammock - that was the cause of a US recall of one make of baby hammock. Nonomo are also good about gettin…