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Ask HN: Which product have you purchased that increased your wellbeing?

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Re: Ask HN: Which product have you purchased that increased your wellbeing?

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Post by jimswhims »

poo-yie wrote: post #6

Probably the single purchase that's had the greatest impact for me was my Bose noise-cancelling headphones. That was quite a while back, as they're the QC-15. However, they still work great and I still use them often.

Yeah, noise can have a detrimental effect on wellbeing. I've never tried active noise cancelling headphones but my 3M Peltor X5A headset earmuffs are a lifesaver.

They're big and not the best for very extended periods, but when you need some relief from a noisy environment for a while they really help.

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Post by jimswhims »

Instant Pot pressure cooker - Great for stews, can do big batches of beans and lentils, brown rice, chickpeas for hummus etc. You can save a lot of money and packaging buying dried beans and soaking them.

Air fryer - Handy for french fries, roasting a couple of peppers, reheating food like pizza slices turns out better than the microwave.

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Post by mahogany »

xu3u32 wrote: post #5

A Garmin watch. Went from running rarely with no goal or plan in mind to running 20-30 miles a week consistently. The built-in running plans are great have coached me to multiple half marathon and 10k PRs. I've lost more than 60 lbs as well.

I always start running semi-regularly for a few weeks and then stop. I'd love to be more consistent about it, so this sounds enticing. What about the watch made you run more consistently? Was it that the built-in plans gave you motivation by having a concrete goal?

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Post by thorin »

Someone1234 wrote: post #4

A standing desk and a "premium" chair (Steelcase Leap). A lot of people I talk to about spending $800-1K on a chair rebuke the very idea; while they themselves are on their second or third IKEA MARKUS ($300/per); while offering a far worse user experience in the interim. Depending on where you live, there's also an unusually large supply on the used market due to telecommutting. There's a saying: "Spend money on what…

I have an Ikea chair (it might be the Markus) and an Ikea manual standing desk, although it's been in sitting mode so far. What advantages do you feel you get from the more expensive chair. I've been having some muscle issues around the lower back which have been causing a lot of pain so thinking of moving to standing mode, but currently I just get up every 20-30 mins and do some stretching.

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Post by pipodeclown »

Someone1234 wrote: post #4

A standing desk and a "premium" chair (Steelcase Leap). A lot of people I talk to about spending $800-1K on a chair rebuke the very idea; while they themselves are on their second or third IKEA MARKUS ($300/per); while offering a far worse user experience in the interim. Depending on where you live, there's also an unusually large supply on the used market due to telecommutting. There's a saying: "Spend money on what…

I think you can sit all day on a shitty chair as long as you do some strenght training to ensure your spine is sufficiently stabilised. Only time I got some back aches was during Covid when the gyms were closed for half a year.
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