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Overkill objects for everyday life

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Re: Overkill objects for everyday life

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Definitely doing this, if I need something I will look for the industrial option first, we don't have a big military industrial complex in Denmark, so I can't go milspec. Vacuum cleaners is a great place to start,

Except that commercial vacuum cleaners are huge, loud and cost 3x as much as a good consumer vacuum cleaner. But the bags are bigger.

except louder does not _MATTER_ at all, all vacuums are too loud for comfort, I just put on headphones and over-ear hearing protection, like I also do when mowing the lawn or doing anything else boring and noisy.. Sure, they are 3x as expensive, mine is more like 10x more expensive than a cheapo crap one from the store, but it will outlast 10 of them easily, be servicable, and be 100x nicer to use all of that time.

Re: Overkill objects for everyday life

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think one needs to be a bit selective here. About 8 years ago I bought the cheapest catering/professional microwave/combioven I could get my hands on. I did this because I got tired of consumer units with overcomplicated UIs designed (apparently) by unregenerate misanthropes, rotating dishes that are a pain in the ass to clean, overzealous bleeps that go off every 30 - 60 seconds after a cycle is finished, peeling…

Film equipment is just like that. People ask where the autofocus is on that 50k$ Arri-Zeiss combination and you point at your focus puller loafing around with a coffee in her hand. Just made for a different kind of gig than your usual consumer grade camera

focus pullers are amazing and underappreciated
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