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

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Post by schneems »

robotnikman wrote: post #414
trynewideas wrote: post #294

A one-hour shopping session with a personal stylist, at about $175. I desperately wanted to break out of my t-shirt/blue jeans habit, but parsing clothes sizes, trying things on, and getting opinions is equal parts sorcery and torture for me. (I'd tried Stitch Fix and felt like it wanted to reinforce my habits rather than break me out of them.) After sending her details about my problems and the kinds of styles I adm…

Just looked up stitch fix to see what that was since I never heard of it. First results include news stories of the CEO stepping down and laying off 20% of its workforce in the last 24 hours. Ouch.

It’s not personalized at all when I tried it about a year or so back.

I signed on and in my intake explicitly said I wanted new shorts and I live in Texas so don’t need jackets.

They sent me a jacket and some shoes and shirts and no shorts.

If you’re looking to build out a whole new closet it might be okay if you just want whatever the current style is but if you want something specific it didn’t look like a good product.

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

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Post by loeg »

holy_diver wrote: post #209

A 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.

You can spend a lot more than $200 on a fancy bidet toilet and IMO it was worth it.

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

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Post by cheeze »

srvmshr wrote: post #280
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.

It really bothers me that Kagi sample search is a canned response. If you would carefully look at "Best headphones" example, the reddit result card shows '2 days ago', whereas the link it points to is 7 months old. Similarly the Sennheiser headphones results card shows $379 on Amazon, when its actually $400 today. No offenses to how well it works, but if I had to be sold to get a subscription, I would rather like to…

It doesn't seem like it works all that well either...

Their example is the headphone search. That Reddit post is a few months old, and has _one_ comment on it. The thread asks specifically about closed-back headphones under $150.

Something like this would be much better as a result: https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/nq0pt/headphone...

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

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Post by Hamuko »

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

I got a Sodastream in 2020 and I have to say, for like a 50€ appliance, I use it constantly. Of course, there's ongoing costs with the cylinders and flavouring, but definitely been worth the money for me.

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

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Post by miki_tyler »

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 had multiple air fryer models over the years. The stirring functions (a rotating paddle that stirs the food) is an ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER and a must for me.

Unfortunately those equipped with a stirring function come up as expensive. I would love to see a < $100 air fryer equipped with it.

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

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Post by pedantsamaritan »

vanilla_nut wrote: post #429
jonfw wrote: post #155

We set up a motorized curtain in our bedroom. It's been really nice to black everything out at night while sleeping (some of our neighbors leave outdoor lights on) but in the morning, wake up with natural light

For folks who don't have good windows or lighting for this: I invested in a "Lighten Up" timer that slowly trickles power to a light via a dimmer setup on a schedule. It has made it IMMENSELY easier to wake up at a consistent time. And it's very gradual. Caveat: spend some time finding a good dimmer bulb! So many CFLs and LEDs do weird things on a dimmer. One of them flickered like crazy. Another strobed . If you hav…

Somewhat similar, I've used a smart light (Philips Hue), Home Assistant (with a ConBee II zigbee dongle), and a lighting rhythm plugin (https://github.com/claytonjn/hass-circadian_lighting) to adjust brightness and color temperature. Much more expensive, but I get other benefits, like dimming lights nicely in the evening

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

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Post by [deleted] »

imnotreallynew wrote: post #202
dougmwne wrote: post #147

Airpod 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?

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

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Post by Rebelgecko »

LandR wrote: post #239
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 KV…

In conjunction with a KVM for switching the USB between devices, you can use this software to automatically swap the inputs on the monitor (if your monitors support the command protocol, most do but one of mine doesn't support the "change input" instruction): https://github.com/haimgel/display-switch

Otherwise you'd need a KVM that supports 3 monitors which I'd imagine is a compatibility nightmare if they're beyond 1080p@60hz

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