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Electric kettle.
Bone conduction headphones.
Rechargeable head lamp.
Nice EDC knife.
Driving gloves.
A really good insulated cup.
French press.
Digital kitchen scale.
Slow cooker.
Multitool. Can’t live without.
You really should buy a bedbug proof mattress cover and interceptors for the legs of your bed and furniture. Trust me when I say that an ounce of prevention will save you a lot of trouble, cost, and emotional trauma. Even if it costs more, buy then anyway.
For me, literally game changing item is a game controller. For the games with native controller support it is awesome. Its easier and more confortable than mouse and keyboard. Of course it is not comparable with mouse and keyboard, especially in games heavily relied on mouse, but for anything else, on my opinion, it is a better option. My controller is quite cheap, but works well. I bought a controller to see what it is and how different it is for gaming, compared to mouse and keyboard. At first it was difficult, as i did not have an experience with controller, but now i enjoy it.
Good one, a controller is really a game changer. I enjoy it too, and think it’s even much needed one for some games, like Dark Souls. 4 years ago I bought the used Xbox controller from a co-worker, as he got himself the new version. Paid him $10-15 IIRC. This year I bough a new wireless USB-Dongle for $15, as the old one got wonky. Very much worth it.
I like that having a controller gives me more versatility in my seating position when gaming. At my desk, I can use either the controller or mouse and keyboard. If I get tired in that position, the long wire on my controller means I can sit elsewhere and play (my desk is positioned such that I can just rotate my monitor and play it from my sofa if I want).
I also enjoy that a controller is more portable than my mouse and keyboard for playing games on my laptop when away from home.
I was gonna say an OLED monitor but then i saw the 100$ or less
Bidet attachment for your toilet bowl. Trust me, you’ll never go back.
LUXE Bidet NEO 185 Plus The hinges are great for cleaning.
Agree, but splurge and get one that has a water heater. No one wants cold water sprayed there.
Eh. Cold water is fine. I’ve been using cold water for years.
Warm water is nicer, but cold water is fine.
Yeah mine was just 30 €. You never have to manually clean your ass ever again because the thing just does it for you!
A microwave sandwich griller. I saw one recommended on another of this type thread, so I gave it a try. You can’t believe how great this thing is. When I worked in an office, I had grilled sandwiches several times a week, and I still use it at home all the time.
Doesn’t look bad at all! Seems like a nice and space saving alternative to a dedicated sandwich maker.
Low-profile noise-cancelling earbuds. Lived with a snoring roommate for some months, don’t know how I would’ve slept without those.
CPAP for the roommate and sleep issues for both of you sorted.
If only I had the courage to tell my roommate
Example?
The nothing buds are pretty good and if I’m not wrong I got them under 50.
Seconded
LSD
where can I get it?
If you have any lake parks nearby look for someone that’s kinda hippie looking. Either that or just go to a rave, even outside of it, everyone there will know someone
Order online
thanks, I’ll check Amazon
Hang around a dive bar and look for people who work in kitchens.
That’s how you get coke
If they know where to get coke, they know where to get other stuff
Bidet.
Yeah. I said it.
LUXE Bidet NEO 185 Plus The hinges are great for cleaning.
Bidet gang represent
Can confirm. Lemmy suggested it. I got it. I hate going anywhere othet than at home.
Travel bidet. You’re welcome.
Hey, no judgement from my end Mr. Clean Cheeks.
That’s a Cadillac of bidets. I’ve got just standard ones on 2 different toilets in my house, and I didn’t pay more than $40 for either of them.
Suggestions?
A Game Genie
I see what you did there.
Or a game shark.
My partner bought me a SNES Game Genie for my birthday years ago and now I have all of the Game Genies!
One of those flip boards for folding shirts, especially if you’re adhd, it makes it so you can neatly fold them and still see the front of the shirt so no more unfolding a bunch of things to check if it’s what you want and then just get left there unfolded
genuinely curious, do most people fold shirts so the front ends up inside? I pretty much just copied the way they fold them at stores so the front is on display
My wife doesn’t just do this, she irons t-shirts inside out to protect the design, but also folds them with the design on the inside. Most of my t-shirts are black, so I have no way of telling them apart without unfolding them…
Sounds like you should spend 100€ on changing your wife then! /s
I took to rolling mine, takes half the space, quarter of the time, and no wrinkles or seems.
I simply hang all of my cloths in the closet. Shirts, pants, underwear. Socks go in a bag (which is also hanging)
Blackout curtains in combination with a sunlight alarm clock to fall asleep more easily and wake up gentler without my phone.
These are just frankly necessary if you live far enough north. When I’m going to sleep at 11pm ish, the sun is still up lmao.
Went to the arctic circle for the first time. It’s crazy how bright out it is at night.
This is 12:30AM just after midnight.What the-? How far up there are you?
I’m 61°N, the sun barely sets in the summer. Today, sun rises at 3:51, sets at 23:14. It’s proper dark for maybe 2 hours
I’m not op, but I’m 55° north… It’s 22:25 here and this is how light it is right now. In another 4 hours, it’ll be nearly full daylight again!
51° N. I’m also on the fourth floor of a building, so the horizon is farther away. I’m exaggerating a little bit. By “still up” I really mean it’s still bright enough out, twilighty, that it would affect my ability to sleep. Bedroom window also faces
eastwest, so, yeah it’s a combination of factors but still.It would matter more for your ability to fall asleep at night if your bedroom faces West. Do you mean it affects your ability to sleep in late?
Sorry I’m just dumb, I meant that it faces west lmao.
No, not at all! Just wanted to clarify if I was misunderstanding.
I feel you, I’ve got a streetlamp right outside my bedroom window! lol
Toss on a cheap sound machine and it’s the best.
Noise canceling headphones. Yes, they exist for under $100, maybe not the best, but they’re a godsend.
got a pair at Costco for 70$
didn’t know multiconection Bluetooth existed and they are a game changer as well. also noise cancelling is nice.
What brand did you get?
JBL Live 675NC
although I think the market is probably full of similar quality headphones at that price.
Thanks! I have a 14 hour flight coming up and I’m considering a pair as my earbuds hardly work over the engine noise.
those aren’t earbuds, they are over the head headphones
Oh yeah, what I was trying to say is that my earbuds are so bad on planes, that I want to upgrade to noise canceling headphones.
Eyeing a rice cooker, it’s really not a need-to-have but I might go for it…
If you have a microwave, there’s microwave rice cookers aswell.
Pro tip, you can also cook oatmeal and beans in it and it’s better then any other way.
sunglasses gif guy
Nice pro tip. Cooking Lentis probably too then.
I love mine. Get a cheap analogue one that works with a magnet. Perfect rice every time
Nice one. Gonna check out the models at the Asia super market nearby. I mean rice is a staple in Asian kitchen!
Yup, for rice cookers, the cheaper the better. Anything with a gasket ain’t worth the cleaning effort
Found a nice one for $90. On second thought I better check out the models at the local Asia Supermarket.
I’ve never actually used an expensive rice cooker, but the $15 one I got at [department store] works perfectly for me. This video sold me on the beautiful simplicity of it, and it’s my favorite kitchen instrument
Of course Technology Connections made a video about Rice Cookers!! Thanks for sharing, gonna watch it when I can.
Yup, that’s the type I meant above
His video also convinced me to get one
I have better results with my instant pot than any of the results I’ve gotten from the zojirushi. Plus the zojirushi takes 4-5 times as long.
My wife forbids me from getting any large appliances for any 1 thing, so I could never convince her to get a ride cooker. Instead we got an InstaPot that we use exclusively to cook rice. It’s way different (trust me)
My mom dislikes instant pot rice and likes zojirushi rice. IDK what the difference is but she can tell. Shrug.
There’s definitely nuance to how you do it in the instant pot, depending on what kind of rice it is. Zojirushi is a little more hands-off, and fool-proof. I just never decide 2 hours in advance that I want rice with dinner.
More like 1 hour but yeah.
Quick mode ftw!
There’s a “fast” option on most zojirushis. it should take about 1 hour if you select that. Source: I’m Asian
You won’t regret it. They’re such a nice thing to have and there are totally decent ones for pretty cheap.
I have the one that Uncle Roger has that plays music when your rice is ready. I wish it was larger, but that is my only complaint.
I use an instant pot and it works really well. I use it for other things too but honestly rice is probably what it gets used for the most.
I have an instant pot as well, and used that for rice too. But it is nice to be able to have beans in the instant pot and rice in the rice cooker at the same time.
Zorirushji is amazing! You should get it
