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[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Game changing iem's? TRUTHEAR Zero Blue 2.

[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 1 points 2 hours ago

Electric screwdriver. Have used mine so much over the years it was well worth the £35 I paid. It won't do what an impact driver does, but the same can be said the other way around too.

You could also get some running shoes, shorts an T and become a runner.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 hours ago

Air Fryer. You can find basic models for under 100.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Been obsessed with Galaxy Tab A9 recently which is around 75-100$. You can root it and turn it into a lot of general purpose devices for automation or just an e-reader. The only problem is battery so you need a plug for it full time if used in automation environment.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 0 points 4 hours ago

I rather have a foldable. You can find a nice Samsung that's a couple generations old for around $400. Once you get used to having a tablet in your pocket everywhere you go, there's no turning back. Having a large portable screen is especially useful for games and restaurant menus.

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 hours ago

A power bank is pretty useful to keep yourself tethered to the internet (via your phone)

Or you can puncture it and throw it at a cop and 🔋💥 and you end up with bullet holes in you like a swiss cheese, pretty life changing I'd say

(For legal purposes, that was a joke, calm the fuck down FBI 👀)

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 4 points 11 hours ago

If you're like me and either don't have enough space or don't like moving a normal computer mouse around, a good trackball mouse is probably gonna be real good.

I originally got a cheap enough ergonomic wireless Logitech one from walmart for my then new laptop I got for college. Then, just maybe a month or two ago, I got an ergonomic one from Elecom to replace my standard mouse because it was having some click problems and scroll wheel issues. The only problem I have with either is how the ball on the Elecom one doesn't always move super smooth and I can't be as precise as I can with the Logitech one.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

A good knife sharpener. For 100 USD you can get very good ones, but even a 10 USD/EUR one can make a huge difference.

I found a great one and bought multiple of THESE, it is truly amazing. The suction cup design is genius.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] sauce@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

Honestly I go on awesome vacations and then hear the price is right fail song when I go to the bathroom and my bidet is not there…

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 97 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

When are the bidet advocates gonna show up? This post has been up for like an hour!

EDIT: the bidet people have arrived. Thank goodness. I was starting to worry that my instance had been defederated.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If a bidet user was also an Arch user, which would they tell you about first?

[–] HappyRedditRefugee@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

About their smart bidet running on arch

[–] Kiernian@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Eek. Then every time the water line from the water heater got to room temperature because it's been six minutes since you last ran the bidet, it'd say "water not found" because the standing water in the water line was "out of date".

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

An Arch user, who’s vegan, does CrossFit, and owns a bidet. I think their head would explode trying to figure out which to talk about.

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yeah, but sub $100 usually means cold water. A stream of chilly water up your butthole is a bad time.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

So I spent the money on a NASA level bidet for that reason. Everyone I knew had been getting bidets and nobody would shut up about it, but they were all getting the $40 wands from Amazon. I couldn't imagine my poor innocent pucker taking an icy blasting daily, so when we bought one we got the full toilet seat replacement with heated dryer, seat and water heater.

After about 6 months I decided to turn the water heater off to save the .78cents a month in electricity, because it really didn't make a difference to me. The water is in the little hose and in the pipes of the house sitting and waiting for my butt for hours, it's perfectly room temp. I've never had a situation where my partner uses it first and then I do and the warm water runs down, or any other situation that would create that perfect storm, so I won't be buying one with a heater again...

The real life lesson I learned getting this bidet was because of the heated seat. You know the expression "you don't know what you go til it's gone"?

Well at first I noticed the welcoming warmth of the seat, and because the toilet is extra smart it "learns" when to expect me and my partner and preheats the seat to save energy.

But when I am off my routine, even just the weekends sometimes, I'll go and take a seat: instant sad. It's not freezing or anything, just unexpected enough and very mildly unpleasant. Something I never noticed before in my life (of luxury I guess, never had a bathroom so cold in my house that the change was shocking enough to register a memory.)

Now, every other toilet in the world is a very mild disappointment. This is a Greek tragedy in modern times.

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 4 points 20 hours ago

My partner and I were concerned about that originally but it's really a non issue for either of us, it's still way better than not having one.

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[–] ckmnstr@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

As someone who was chronically constipated: A year's supply of psyllium husks.

As someone who was overweight, depressed and had severe back pain, a yoga mat.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

File + sanding paper.

Just use it on your dice, and it's game changing.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm afraid I don't follow you. Why would you sand down your dice? Wouldn't that bias them?

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

I think biasing the dice might be the point

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Wiz@midwest.social 8 points 21 hours ago

Joke (whoosh)

My head

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A USB-charged battery-powered pump. I use it to top up my bicycle tyres, it makes cycling a breeze.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Just got one on Friday, and man, did it make it so much easier!

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't why the downvote. You are absolutely right. I think most hard drugs would qualify, and OP does not specify how life changing.

[–] Gelik@feddit.dk 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Gotta agree here, they can be a big game changer! Really a bang for your buck.

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Game Genie. They were like $50 and let you change all kinds of games.

What?

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Technically this is the correct answer

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I would also accept Pro Action Replay

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[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A multimeter. There's so much you can do and learn with a decent multimeter. Extech is a good cheaper brand, as is BK Precision and Brymen. Just make sure it has a built-in fuse for the Amperage reading, and ideally, it should be true RMS.

A pentel twist erase pencil... best pencil 10/10

If you wear contacts, use dailies. It's so liberating to not care if you waste one because it fell in a dirty sink or remove them right before bed without a mirror.

Automatic plant watering systems. They're dirt cheap, can run on batteries or USB, and work great.

A detachable base wood clamp for recycling cardboard. Pierce all your boxes with the end and then put the base back on and haul more boxes at once than you thought was humanly possible.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A good multitool or Swiss Army Knife.

Mine was gifted to me a few years ago but it’s come in handy more times than I can count. Use it at least three times a week.

[–] AreaKode@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Leatherman has the warranty you need. Fantastic products with basically a lifetime warranty on any damage.

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago
[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Wouldn't that be ass down?

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Shoutouts to @sbv@sh.itjust.works BUY BIDET NOW. Obligatory comment about wiping shit off your hands with dry paper goes here. Wash your ass. I have two bidets BTW ~~and I use Arch Linux BTW~~.

Wall mounted soda can crusher. Recycling space saver.

Powered water fountain for cats. They instinctually prefer running water.

I bought the Swiss Army Knife of memory foam pillows that has sections on both ends for side sleeping, a dent in the middle with a neck support sticking out the bottom for support while stomach sleeping, and it works for sleeping on my back too. I don't really have a discernable favorite position, so I love the multifunction pillows.

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[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (5 children)

A burr grinder for coffee beans.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

So I make cold brew in large batches (week supply at a time). I've struggled to find a burr grinder that can get me a consistent coarse grind in large enough quantity.

Do y'all have a recommendation for one that can help with this?

[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

I have just a Mr. Coffee burr grinder and it does great with corse ground.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

For my coffee stuff, I typically make Aeropress ($40) with a metal filter for the lady and use the OXO pour over ($18) for myself.

I like manual brewing so I can regulate all the ratios and temps to my liking. It isn't as fun to do both of those right after waking up though, so I make them at night into mason jars. Now I got a jar sealer attachment for my vacuum sealer ($10) and the coffee stays dang near at original quality until morning, so I just pop the top and have nice chilled pour over every morning. They make standalone jar sealers for cheap, but I have a spendier tabletop unit to do bags and jars.

I seal the beans in vacuum sealer containers as well now and they seem to be maintaining potency longer. I'm on week 3 of the current bag, and it still smells almost brand new every time I open it compared to my old airtight but not vacuumed container. The special jars are pretty cheap or a pound of beans should fit in a 32 oz mason jar.

So if you've already done the basics, think about checking out vacuum sealing. I use it for bunches of things. Pre-chopped veg for recipes (diced onion in 1/2 onion portions, 2 chopped celery and 2 chopped carrots for soup/stew, etc), wild game, make big batches of long cooked tomato sauces so we can have weekend meals during the week, resealing chips, cookies, and crackers so they don't get stale. All kinds of stuff.

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[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago

A bicycle (with a lock)

A raincoat or umbrella

A smartphone

Shoes

A reliable electric light source, like a lamp.

Maybe an electric fan, if you're in a hot environment

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I got my robot vacuum with lidar for $60. Not typical, but still possible to grab a refurbished unit.

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 day ago

10 Grams of weed

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago

Mirror.

Birth Control. /j

Big bagpack.

Toaster.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

High thread-count sheets.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Ratchet belt. What a great invention.

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