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Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)

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Re: Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)

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Post by ranger_danger »

asyx wrote: post #49
haolez wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did that a decade ago and it saved my marriage as well :D I'd lived alone before marrying and I did all my chores, but my tolerance for messy stuff until I got to action was way more than my wife's.

I don’t think people talk about this enough. You can be the poster boy for modern men doing all the chores and taking care of your household all on your own without wife or mother around and a 1950s nuclear family house wife would be proud af. You are still going to get into arguments if your idea of what „clean and tidy“ means is different from the definition of your partner.

The biggest thing that changed my life wasn't a purchase, but randomly going down a philosophy rabbit hole on wikipedia one day after looking up different "razors" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_razor).

One of the first things I learned was that most arguments in life seem to be mainly due to differences in people's definition of subjective terms, and not understanding how to communicate well enough to figure that out and then do something useful about it.

Re: Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)

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Post by dzhiurgis »

DarmokJalad1701 wrote: post #203

Under 1000: - Robot vacuum (with mapping+LIDAR): Major game changer. I should have bought this years ago! The tech is now good enough that it basically never gets stuck unless you leave cables lying on the floor. It costs about as much as it would to hire a cleaning crew for a day. And this will do clean your house every single day! - Bidet Seat (Heated) - Chest freezer: Unlike the anti-car people on Reddit, I don't…

Second on robot vacuum. Mine is half price than my stick vacuum AND you don't need to do anything. It's no brainer provided you have the right house.

Re: Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)

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Post by andrewstuart »

7373737373 wrote: post #272

Under $100: - a non-stick pan (Tefal) - makes cooking much more enjoyable and likely, due to much less hassle while doing it and afterwards when cleaning up. - a search engine subscription (Kagi). No more bullshit results. It's nice to feel that your search engine isn't working against you! - a U-shaped pregnancy pillow - ideal for side sleepers - a preconstructed deck for a trading card game (Magic the Gathering Com…

>> - a non-stick pan (Tefal) -

I threw out all my non stick surface pots and pans and all plastic kitchen implements because I don’t want chemicals or plastics in my food. Replaces everything with stainless steel.

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Post by fallinghawks »

nothercastle wrote: post #147
qup wrote: post #95

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> - a quality probe thermometer. Can you recommend one you like? This is a hard thing to research without hitting fake reviews and blogspam. Not like there's an established brand a normal consumer would know about. I guess that applies to a lot of things now.

https://www.thermoworks.com/ Makes excellent thermometer. Even at the low end

Yes, that's the one I use. I have a Thermopop and a Dot, which I use less often. It's an oven probe that you'd use on roasts and any large chunk of meat that takes some time.

Re: Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)

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Post by fallinghawks »

idontwantthis wrote: post #181
fallinghawks wrote: post #74

Under 1000: - robot vacuum. Now my house gets vacuumed (that should tell you how much I hate doing it.) - the bidet seat is not tremendously life changing but it's very helpful. Under 100: - a quality probe thermometer. I use it for everything baked and most ways of cooking meat. Nothing is over~ or undercooked anymore. I do have another one with 2 probes for bbq/smoking -- you can use the two in the point and flat o…

Which robo vaccum did you get?

It's a Eufy 30C max. There are probably newer models and higher end ones out there, though. There are robovacs that empty their own dustbins.

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Post by dzhiurgis »

noddingham wrote: post #274

As someone that likes to cook, two things 1) Kitchen dish towels. The white with blue herringbone kind you see in restaurants or cooking content creators. I bought two dozen of them (~$1.65/each) and keep them all around the kitchen and use them with reckless abandon (some for drying, some for wiping spills, etc.). Having plenty of them means I can use one per day for general use and not run out by the time laundry d…

> Deli containers.

Man I would love these, but my zero-waste partner would kill me for not re-using the old jars...

Re: Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)

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Post by andrewstuart »

technothrasher wrote: post #109

In 2020, I bought an old broken clock on eBay for $60 on a lark. I wanted to tinker with something and see if I could figure out how it works. Since that time, I spent literally thousands of hours immersed in horology. Everything from clock repair where I started, to learning how to use a lathe and a mill, studying the impact of clockmaking on the industrial revolution in early America and the history of maritime nav…

Careful, many vintage clocks are radioactive.

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Post by newdee »

7373737373 wrote: post #265
tapoxi wrote: post #195

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I bought a Tushy during the pandemic, it took about 10 minutes and a flathead screwdriver. I liked it so much that when I had a new bathroom installed a year later I put in a Toto Washlet.

I feel like Toto is failing with their marketing, since people are not really aware of their products outside of Japan. No good and cheap alternatives either

Duravit aren’t cheap, but are much cheaper than Toto (at least in the UK) whose pricing is kinda outrageous.
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