For certain things this is a good idea, but at some point you step into “mall ninja” territory.
Overkill objects for everyday life
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#62/r/buyitforlife is great for this sort of stuff, if people ever need something specific.
It used to be like that many years ago. Then it got flooded with posts like "I found this unused tool in my garage, it has been sitting there for 40 years in original packaging, it still works". Has it gone back to its root recently?
I just subbed recently, and it has seemed more in line with the “roots” to me, based on what comes up in my feed.
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#63"Military grade" has very different connotations if you have been in the service. So yeah, great conversation starter, interesting worldview; can't say I share it though.
Military grade = the cheapest product that meets the spec.
Sure, but the spec usually says things like “Can be dropped 6ft onto concrete”.
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#64I love to use professional-grade items where i can, but sometimes "overkill" means a worse product. like the professional-grade fan - it's not just designed for a high duty cycle, it's also probably designed to be operated in an environment where people regularly use hearing protection, so quiet operation is not a consideration.
You’re totally correct about the noise, however I actually use a commercial all-metal box fan to ventilate my apartment and it’s really awesome. I only run it at night, and I put it in a window in another room, facing out with some material around it to make a snug fit. The result is a steady breeze coming in the bedroom windows at night and a muted hum from the other room. It makes regular plastic box fans look like…
yeah, i don't mean to say that no commercial-grade products are suitable for home use, just that you need to be a lot more careful if you're buying products for a use they aren't intended for. if you buy a product designed for home use, you can be reasonably sure that it will work in a home setting if you buy a commercial-grade product, you just need to pay close attention to what trade-offs have been made that might be a poor fit for home usage.
it's almost always a good idea to buy the professional-grade items you've used at work and know are awesome, it's almost never a good idea to buy a professional-grade item sight-unseen unless you know there's a local used market for it.
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#65I use restaurant glassware at home. It's nice, yet minimalistic looking (to match any style restaurant/home), relatively cheap, very durable:
https://shop.libbey.com/collections/beverageware/products/ba...
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#66On the other end of the spectrum. 4k Prosumer Canon cameras purposely designed to overheat.
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#67The recommendation for a commercial panel which avoids built smart TV functions is one I'm taking seriously. We have an Apple TV connected and use nothing else. Does anyone have experience or recommendations? Here is a link to NEC's commercial displays https://www.sharpnecdisplays.us/products/displays#2
I don't know. If you don't connect the TV to the Internet, really, what is it going to do.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Winter "pro" gloves are not ski gloves, even if they are used for skiing. In the French Alps, wearing gloves [1] that identify you as not a tourist is quite common. [1] https://www.deltaplus.eu/en/article-details/-/article-detail...
Those aren't waterproof - surely that matters?
you put sno-seal on them
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#69I love to use professional-grade items where i can, but sometimes "overkill" means a worse product. like the professional-grade fan - it's not just designed for a high duty cycle, it's also probably designed to be operated in an environment where people regularly use hearing protection, so quiet operation is not a consideration.
Fans - did some work on a 19 inch rack mountable system. Had four I think 12,000 RPM fans.
The fans were about 1 inch on a side but between them they sounded like a fully loaded 747 spinning up.
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#70The recommendation for a commercial panel which avoids built smart TV functions is one I'm taking seriously. We have an Apple TV connected and use nothing else. Does anyone have experience or recommendations? Here is a link to NEC's commercial displays https://www.sharpnecdisplays.us/products/displays#2
The commercial displays are also awfully expensive.
https://frame.work/blog/in-defense-of-dumb-tvs was posted here recently (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26273169) and concluded that Sceptre, an inexpensive brand sold at Wal-Mart, was worth a shot.