Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?

A Gillette Pivot disposable razor.

"Things" is pretty broad.

Thinking of software, probably early "beta" Gmail. There was so much about the email experience that was improved by a stable web client, with what felt at the time like unlimited storage.

Thinking of hardware, I've never been much for Apple products, but the iPhone (particularly early models) is undoubtedly a design marvel.

Crock Pot. Cheap and makes cooking feel easy.

https://www.amazon.com/Crock-Pot-SCV700SS-Stainless-7-Quart-...

OP-1. Expensive and makes music feel easy.

https://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Engineering-002-AS-001-OP-1-S...

LG Tone Flex HBS-XL7. The best earbuds with the worst name. I really like this form factor. I often forget that I'm wearing them and this particular model is the most comfortable of the ones I've used over the years.

https://www.amazon.com/LG-HBS-XL7-Bluetooth-Wireless-Neckban...

Kindle Paperwhite. I have the older model. I've heard the nooks are good too. The simpler the better. Nothing to break or distract. Don't use the backlight and the battery lasts ages. I know a lot of people are partial to physical books but I've read hundreds more books than I might have otherwise read since I started using my kindle. It's probably my favorite thing I own.

https://www.amazon.com/All-new-kindle-paperwhite/dp/B08N38WQ...

A 2011 era 27” iMac, that never booted to OSX, instead was installed from new with Windows.. Sheer, and unexpectedly, pure blissful experience..

US Forest Service picnic table. 3 kinds of simple flat cement castings. Held together by their own weight. Easily carried and assembled by two men. Cheap. Almost indestructible.