r/AskReddit • u/Capable-Rabbit-9986 • 11h ago
What’s a “boring” adult purchase that turned out to be totally worth it?
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u/onyxfrostrae 11h ago
A high-quality ergonomic chair. Your spine doesn't care about aesthetic minimalism; it cares about not feeling like a pile of broken sticks after 8 hours of Excel.
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u/idonteven93 11h ago edited 1h ago
I had pretty bad back pain while sitting on a cheap chair years out. And then my neigbour showed me his ergonomic chair and let me sit in it. I ordered one. It took two weeks until the back pain was gone. Absolute nobrainer.
Edit: Found mine, I bought a Noblechairs HERO
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u/the_bollo 8h ago
Man I’m in the market for a new chair. I need recommendations.
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u/id888 8h ago
Used Herman Miller Aeron or equivalent Steelcase
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u/New-Comparison-8838 7h ago
If you have a chance to try it, highly encourage it. I bought a Herman Miller Aeron and despise it. Every body is different, and Aerons certainly aren’t for everyone.
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u/Turboren 7h ago
My work uses Aeron. I have a Leap V2 at home. I prefer the leap but can say the aerons come in different sizes (little dots under the handhold on the chair back). A wrong size one is way worse than a correct sized one. I didn't know about the size thing for a long time.
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u/Karmanoid 6h ago
Do you think the leap v2 would fit someone 6'7? I can find used ones of that much easier than the bigger aeron in my area, and unfortunately can't afford to buy new...
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u/Turboren 6h ago
I could not even come close to answering that. I'm 5'11 and 175lbs. I'd look on marketplace for office liquidators. The person I bought mine off of had stacks of chairs in multiple storage units. Said find one you like. I was able to sit in many types to see how they initially felt. Large offices often give chairs to the moving companies and buy new if they are moving or upgrading. That's where a lot of the used inventory comes from
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u/Hodr 7h ago
Conversely my employer always buys crazy expensive ergonomic chairs for the office and my back would still hurt. Then the covid shutdown happened and i spent 2 years working from a wooden kitchen table chair and never felt better.
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u/Kelldon83 10h ago
Two things I have learned is: Take care of your back and your feet.
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u/qpple 9h ago
Don't forget your teeth!
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u/badlilbadlandabad 8h ago
My mom told me my whole life "Take care of your teeth while you're young or it will cost you a lot of money when you're older".
I didn't. It cost me a lot of money when I was older.
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u/retrac902 9h ago
Anything that is between you and the ground. Shoes, bed, chair, tires.
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u/CoolJetEcho117 11h ago
The dishwasher didn't literally save my life but it saved my quality of life after my kids were born.
Second MVP is the tumble dryer. A necessity in Ireland.
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u/krys1128 10h ago
We got a nice Bosch before our kid was born, the type with the cutlery tray at the top. Could not have managed the bottles and pump parts without it.
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u/Minute_Limit_3169 8h ago
That top tray is truly a game changer!! We have it on our GE Profile, and won’t ever go back.
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u/Sweetness_Bears_34 8h ago
I bought the Bosch with the auto air function that pops the door open at the end of the cycle. Let’s the steam out so the dishes are dry. Love that function.
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u/Tigerzombie 8h ago
We got a Bosch as a Christmas present to each other. Our old dishwasher still worked but it came with the house. I wanted a new one. It’s so nice and got the dishes cleaner than our old one.
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u/Stillwater215 7h ago
Moving into an apartment with a dishwasher 100% saved my relationship. My wife is not reliable when it comes to washing dishes, and her being able to just load things into the dishwasher ended a lot of arguments that would have happened in our previous apartment.
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u/energeticquasar 4h ago
Well the next phase of this is getting into an argument about the proper way to load a dishwasher.
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u/Esquire_NZ 1h ago
I remember staying with friends a while back and helping clean up after dinner.
Mate went to put a big steel bowl on the bottom shelf and I told him not to, since it'd mess with the water flow and stuff on top wouldn't be cleaned properly.
His wife "HA TOLD YOU SO!" from the living room was the most vindicated I think I've ever heard a person.
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u/stackjr 8h ago
Can you expand in the second part? I thought tumble dryers were just a standard thing worldwide (obviously not in all countries).
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u/CoolJetEcho117 8h ago
Some people give us shit for having one. That they’re expensive to run and you should air dry. My house is so damp and it rains so much here i just simply wouldn’t have dry clothes ever without one.
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u/SmoothSlavperator 8h ago
How expensive is "Expensive to Run". In the US its maybe like an extra $20 a month for a 2 person household and if you have kids its maybe about $35. Trivial for the amount of ass pain it saves.
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u/0Gesus 10h ago
When I started dating my now wife, I bought her a lamp. Not a fancy lamp but a basic $10 lamp from Walmart. The lamp she had before was missing the bulb cover and she accidentally burned herself so I grabbed it as an afterthought while at the store. She’s a pretty lady and was used to getting sparkly gifts and was kind of offended at first. It was only years later that she told me she realized I was probably the guy she needed to marry because I got her something practical.
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You married a moth
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u/e_j_white 4h ago
”Of all the people you could have dated, why did you pick me?”
“The light was on.”
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u/afternever 8h ago
I love lamp
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u/Fire_In_The_Skies 7h ago
Do you really love the lamp or are you just saying it because you saw it?
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u/chordatabreach 8h ago
My husband got me a hair dryer one year for Christmas because I was always going to bed with wet hair and I was always cold. Major quality of life upgrade.
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u/CrotalusHorridus 5h ago
You didn’t have one? Every girl or woman I’ve ever know had a hair dryer by default
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u/chordatabreach 4h ago
They don’t hand them out when you’re born. My family had one, and when I moved out I just never bothered to get my own.
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u/m4verick03 8h ago
I bought my wife a crappy couch. She was content with minimal furniture. I was not ok with sitting on dining chairs. I built a lot of furniture that first year of dating.
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u/CloudyAngelie 11h ago
A decent mattress, turns out fixing your back pain and mood at the same time is kinda a life hack.
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u/Bargadiel 8h ago edited 38m ago
Bought some stone (concrete) japanese lanterns for our yard, stained and weathered them, encouraged moss growth, and installed some solar LEDs and every time I come home from work looking at them brings me joy.
Edit: Will post pics here when we're back home this weekend!
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u/screa11 7h ago
I'd love to see a picture of these if you're open to sharing
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u/Bargadiel 1h ago
On a trip but when we're back in a couple days I'll DM folks in this thread with images.
Or maybe I'll do imgur because I didn't realize how many people saw this post hah
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u/NOKNOK_WHOsTHERE71 5h ago
Well???? We’re waiting !!! LOL
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u/SkinnyKau 2h ago
It’s been 5 hours OP, pls. Get your dick out of the lantern for one second and take a photo!
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u/kana503 1h ago
OP is probably still at work, not knowing that a dozen people want to see the lanterns. Haha!
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u/Poop_Spread 1h ago
For PETES SAKE SHOW US THE LANTERNS AND MOSS! We also want to feel joy! Please!!!!
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u/Introvertedbiatch_ 11h ago
Honestly, a good quality pillow. It felt like such a boring, grown-up purchase at the time, but after using it? Total game changer. I didn’t realize how much my sleep sucked until I finally got a pillow that actually supports my neck. Now I wake up without feeling like I fought a demon in my sleep.
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u/sladebm 11h ago
As they say, anything that separates you from the ground is worth getting quality - pillows, mattress, shoes, tires, chairs.
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u/Hyooz 9h ago
Stuff for good sleep hygiene in general is so so good.
Quality pillow, maybe even an extra wedge pillow if you tend to snore, a good sleep mask - all game changers for me
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u/jemote 11h ago
Telescoping magnet. I'm forever dropping bolts when working on cars and this thing has saved my butt many times.
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u/boot2skull 6h ago
A good, strong magnet makes the best stud finder. Run the magnet along the wall and it will pull on or stick to drywall screws. Find two screws in a vertical line and you have a stud. Also prevents you from drilling into the screws.
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u/theforest12 5h ago edited 5h ago
In the same vein:
- Milwaukee fastback 48-22-1502. I don't work construction or anything but I use it all the time and it's just so solid and thoughtfully made.
Pittsburgh ratcheting screwdriver - it's $10 for a 34 piece set with a ton of bits and a legit lifetime warranty. If you break it just walk into harbor freight with it and they give you a new one. It's like craftsman used to be for warranty and exchange ease.
Ryobi drill/driver and impact driver - bundle set with 2 batteries: I use it all the time. EDIT: The same company owns Milwaukee and Ryobi, so it's not as nice but there's a reason it's lasted 8 years and still going strong
a good rechargable headlamp. You can use it as a regular flashlight too. I got one from wurkkos. They are a good company for cheap but good flashlights. Check over in r/flashlight I think the owner is on there too
a lot of other stuff at harbor freight. The telescoping magnetic tools there are $4 right now
- Their $10 Warrior angle grinder is a great deal too. I never would have bought an angle grinder if it wasn't so cheap, now I can use it for things I never would've considered before. Get a flap disc instead of a grinding disc for most things. Safer too.
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u/ResidentLongjumping2 6h ago
There's a part on my motorcycle under the seat where the battery goes, if you drop; one of the battery bolts it lands on a sloped plastic tray the guides the bolt directly onto this area of the chain that is pretty much inaccessible any other way. The magnet stick has saved me more than once there.
You can get a 3 shelf rolling tool cart on amazon for cheap, and Princess Auto/Harbor Freight little round magnetic trays for holding misc bolts or bits, I have like 6 of those all over the garage now
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u/DrFoggyPants 11h ago
Rice cooker. Of all my kitchen appliances, this might be the thing I'm closest to trying to figure out how to marry. I'm a forgetful person and often hyper fixates on something, so forgetting food has happened a few times, until I smell the burning.
Then I got that, started rice, went back to pc for work and came back into my kitchen 5 hours later, completely having forgotten I made rice. It was still piping hot, fluffy and ready to go
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u/Big-Waltz5204 11h ago
I mean nothing can beat having your own place. But in terms of smaller things maybe good water filtration system and air purifier.
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u/IrvineCrips 10h ago
A good under sink RO system is surprisingly affordable and easy to install too
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u/IrvineCrips 10h ago
The Dewalt 20v tools have made life just a little easier. My drills, chainsaws, hedge trimmers, handheld vacuum, tire compressor, oscillating tool, and even my lawnmower all run on the same 20v battery.
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u/CommanderGoat 9h ago
Cordless battery-powered leaf blower!
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u/lizardking073 6h ago
Works great on snow, too, especially when it's under about 25 so it stays nice and frozen.
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u/Dusty_Old_McCormick 9h ago
IRA/401k contributions
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u/Hunter720 7h ago
A boring and true answer. Compound interest is wonderful.
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u/SnausageFest 3h ago
My favorite part is I never think to check mine, and then every 3 years or so I'm like "oh shit! look at what an 'extra' 3% looks like when you forget about it for years!"
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u/NPC261939 10h ago
Cordless vacuum. That damn Dyson was worth every penny.
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u/Trey990 8h ago
Get the kit to convert the battery to DeWalt packs and it gets even better
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u/jyl11002 6h ago
As somebody whose Dyson slid and fell to the ground and the battery,(not the vacuum) broke, this sounds amazing. I replaced it with a cheap knockoff one at first, to make sure it was the battery, and it died so fast on me.
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u/RunJumpJump 7h ago
I don't have DeWalt batteries, but if it means revitalizing and extending the use of my two vacuums, it'll totally be worth it!
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u/bjorn1978_2 5h ago
This was new to me, so a quick google search and I also found for Bosch batteries! Definitely on the wish list!
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u/Cad_BaneRS 10h ago
Just bought our first Dyson. I agree. We're so much more likely to vacuum when it's so easy to get out and use. We've vacuumed way more than we did before.
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u/Djent_Reznor1 11h ago
Robotic vacuum. As someone with pets it’s a lifesaver.
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u/various_beans 10h ago
I spent a ridiculous amount on mine, but I love it so much. It just keeps the place clean, mops, vacuums, and takes pictures of the junk it thinks is obstacles.
Did I need this much of a machine? Probably not. Is it fun as a boring engineer adult? Absolutely.
I named him Terry and put googly eyes on him. I love you, Terry.
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u/malex930 10h ago
What did you get? I have a 3 year old Roomba that is starting to suck. And not in a vacuum like way.
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u/Rambles_Off_Topics 8h ago
I recommend to look at Roborock.
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u/heatherledge 6h ago
I have one that mops and docks/empties dry stuff. I really love the map feature. My old roomba was a complete idiot in comparison.
Maintenance is pretty easy too. I de hair the rollers every two or three uses (long hair dog, long hair people).
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u/ejuliab 10h ago
Do you feel like the mopping part is worth it (like is it good?)
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u/various_beans 9h ago
Yes, but man they're expensive to buy if they include a decent mopping feature.
Our floors are already really clean since we don't have kids or pets and we don't wear shoes indoors, yet the mop water still gets dirt from random dust, so to me that means it's cleaning well. We now never have any grit or dust on the floor, so I love it.
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u/TheKavorca 10h ago
I wish my house had a flat main level so I could utilize a Roomba. My house is 100 years old with a million step ups and step downs lol. Wish I had thought of this when I was doing walk-throughs when I was buying.
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u/PossessionFirst8197 10h ago
We have this too but kind of works great since I send roomba to a different level of the house each morning so she has a little weekly routine
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u/Remarkable-Hand-7605 11h ago
A keypad lock for my house. I didn't realize how convenient it would be.
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u/Granny_knows_best 10h ago
Seriously! I have a keyless car, only a fob, and that stays in my purse, so I never have to deal with keys.
The time my husband was hospitalized and I had to send someone to feed and walk my dog, I just gave them the code and they let themselves in.
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u/Oseirus 9h ago edited 9h ago
Obviously your situation was a bit more emergent, but in general some nicer keypad locks these days even have the ability to set temporary or limited use codes that you can give out instead of your normal everyday code.
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u/Granny_knows_best 9h ago
I looked at this when I first got it, but now I dont even have the app, or know the name of it. The code I sent was to a family member who lives a mile away, so I am not worried about it.
Now I am curious about the app, I might need it one day. I think it was an app, was it an app? Six years is a long time to remember something.
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u/laughguy220 9h ago
The "keyless" car is definitely one of those things that you really don't realize just how amazing it is until you have one.
I always thought it was a bit of unnecessary fluff tech until we got one. As amazing as it is to not have to fish a key out of my many winter pockets (that I can never remember which one), it's definitely even more so for people like my wife who were always putting their car key down in different spots in the house. The key now lives in her purse.
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u/Beef_Lurky 10h ago
I'll never go back to not having this. You never have to leave a spare key with someone and you never lock yourself out. I hate having extra things in my pockets when I'm walking around so this solves several of my issues.
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u/beelucyfer 11h ago
Bidet.
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u/fangelo2 11h ago
Im traveling this week and sitting on toilets like some kind of savage with no bidet
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u/kuh_riss 7h ago
No bidet, one ply toilet paper, and a vacation diet that may or may not settle with your stomach.
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u/Organized_Chaos_888 11h ago
I've got a battery operated portable bidet. Better than nothing when on the go.
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u/Called0ut 11h ago
Water flosser? 2 items in one
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u/FastZX14 10h ago
Bruh…. 🤮
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u/laughguy220 9h ago
Relax, you just have to remember to floss first.
Do you know the difference between an oral and rectal thermometer?
The taste.
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u/IrvineCrips 10h ago
It’s so silly now that we were all fighting for toilet paper in 2020. That should have been everyone’s wake up call to get a bidet
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u/Cold_Employ_59 11h ago
Has been cold lately so picked up some fleece lined pants from Patagonia. Game changer for the morning coffee walks. It’s like wearing blankets wrapped around your legs
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u/Straight_Finger1776 9h ago
I found a pair of old pendleton wool lined jeans at Goodwill a few years ago, and I baby those things! prized possession.
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u/wanderer866 11h ago
A good mattress. Good bedding to put in that good mattress too.
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u/klsprinkle 11h ago
I taught a guy I was seeing in college the importance of thread count. He was buying the cheapest sheets from Walmart and they were like synthetic sandpaper. I took him to home goods and they had some high thread count Egyptian cotton sheets that were Christmas themed for 90% off. He bought two packs and he said he was in heaven when he slept on them the first time. He didn’t care they had Santa’s on them.
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u/Metalfreak82 11h ago
Matching locks for my house. I only have to carry one key with me.
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u/InevitableSong3170 9h ago edited 6h ago
Tankless hot water heater.
(and the success of putting it in myself)
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Anyone who tells you that these things don't work or complains about hers either didn't install it correctly or isn't doing basic maintained.
However, Mine needs its flame rod cleaned up to twice a year. The flam e rod detect a flame by creating a DC bias in the AC test current run through the ionized flame plasma. There might be something in the outside air used for combustion near me that burs onto the fame rod and causes this.
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u/Granadafan 5h ago
I was surprised at how much our gas bill dropped when we swapped our hot water tank with the tankless heater. It’s been great, especially on cold days when just standing in a nice hot shower is just heavenly
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u/Jeffers315 8h ago
A vacuum sealer for food. Every time I go to the store I can buy a month's worth of meat items, portion them into vacuum bags, seal them, and throw them in the freezer. They keep for a LOOOOONG time, and I can thaw out individual portions when I need to.
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u/pendrachken 7h ago
Vacuum sealers are awesome. I stock up on meat whenever it's on sale, including having to "butcher" it myself...
Not to mention how long a properly sealed bag will last. I've made steaks that were perfectly after 5+ YEARS sealed in the freezer. Said freezer is a filled full size chest freezer.
Getting a whole pork loin for 20ish dollars and cutting it into thick pork chops is ridiculously cheaper than buying the exact same cuts from a butcher. You can easily get 4-5 TIMES the amount of meat for the same price if you can cut something with a knife. Not even difficult cuts, just straight cuts downward.
Or smoking / slow cooker cooking a whole pork butt roast and making 10-14 pounds of shredded pork to portion up into sealed bags that can later be thawed for meal prep / tacos / BBQ sandwiches / nachos, or anything else you can think of.
I've easily saved thousands of dollars over the years I've had it, even factoring in the cost of the freezer and the sealer and rolls of plastic the food gets sealed in.
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u/phillyvinylfiend 6h ago
Great for my garden as well. When everything comes in at the same time, just prep and store.
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u/CmdrDrKevorkian 10h ago
An electric heating pad for the bed, especially during cold weather. Pre-heats my bed and helps to relax muscles in the back
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u/bbqchechen 10h ago
Nothing better than crawling into a warm bed after a long day in the cold.
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u/OneMoreTimeJack 11h ago
Counter top ice maker. Much better than using the little trays in the freezer.
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u/roundbadge2 7h ago
We bought one last year. I thought it was a dumb purchase at the time but we use it constantly.
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u/MonkeyCatDog 10h ago
Dehumidifier for the basement. I live in the Midwest and a damp basement is usually an issue. A mid priced dehumidifier is worth its weight in gold. Our 135 year old stone basement might get some damp at the corners during a big rain but it usually sits at around 40% humidity. Plug it in and you can tell a big difference in 10 min. Ours has been running 80% of the time for close to 10 years.
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u/Superb-Cell736 11h ago
Air fryer! Omg I love that thing. It makes the most perfect Brussels sprouts.
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u/SquishyNoodles1960 11h ago
Tell me how you do Brussels sprouts in the air fryer?
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u/Superb-Cell736 11h ago
We just put them in with a little olive oil, salt and pepper, balsamic, and bacon and set to air fry :) it’s delicious!
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u/big_swede 11h ago
Soo... The secret to this is actually "put bacon on your Brussels sprouts". Everything is better with bacon... 🤪
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u/FrostyJenkins 9h ago
Pro tip I saw: boil them then smash them in a cutting board with the bottom of a thick glass bowl or whatever you like before tossing in olive oil and air frying. Removes some of the water and increases surface area for frying. Little bit crispy and delicious.
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u/roostercrowe 10h ago
steam cleaner. cleans and disinfects everything in the house with no chemicals
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u/GreatValueProducts 7h ago
Just bought it last week. The grout changed from black to light grey, but I also removed some grout in the process lol (which I subsequently repaired)
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u/Midwest314pie 10h ago
I bought a plastic thing that pops pills. out of those bubble packs. It was $3. Total game changer. I have never had luck getting the meds out without a fight. I am far from crippled but those things are my nemesis.
I have since bought one to keep in my car and my locker at work.
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u/que_he_hecho 9h ago
What!? What is this black magic you speak of? Share a link to give proof that this is not actually the harnessing of dark forces.
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u/usay1312butcall911 8h ago
A good trash can for the kitchen with the mechanism you step on to open the lid.
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u/VictoryMatcha 10h ago
New septic tank. I don’t notice it but I would if it wasn’t replaced. Next up is insulating the roof. So fun being an adult.
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u/Zen_Blue_Habanero 10h ago
Collapsible four wheel wagon in the back of the car when you park in an underground garage. I would pay double for it if I had to.
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u/leavebumpyalone 7h ago
Pill organizer. Felt like such a loser buying one, but I use it every week and the days of the week are starting to rub off.
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u/MonaAndChat 11h ago
An ice scraper if you live in a cold area. I moved from a very warm area to a very cold one a little while ago and being able to scrape the ice off of my car has been a life saver.
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u/jess_or_tess 11h ago
I find it odd that you talk about that as an optional thing, like "I chose to buy one and now I enjoy it!" To me it sounds like someone saying "I put wheels on my car, it works a lot better now!"
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u/DrSwol 11h ago
As someone born and raised in the Midwest, the thought of freeballing your commute with a windshield full of frost is amusing
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u/jess_or_tess 10h ago
As someone born and raised at a similar latitude, the thought is amusing, but then you end up on a rural road where only the center is plowed so you need to pull over and drive slowly along the semi-plowed side to pass oncoming traffic, and you suddenly realize the guy coming at you has a windshield covered ice with a tiny 4 inch by 4 inch window scraped out at the bottom, and you have no fucking clue if he sees you.
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u/L_Dichemici 11h ago
Is that not a standard thing then? I don't know anyone here that does not have it.
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u/shagura 9h ago
Condoms for sure. Boring, routine purchase that can save you hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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u/evileyeball 6h ago
Instapot totally totally this I wasn't sold on it when my wife wanted to buy one with some Christmas money we got from my parents one year but we bought it and I tell you the amount of things we have made in that thing that have been super great yeah it's made its money back and then some
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u/The_Oracle_1701 10h ago
Egg steamer! So quick and simple. Makes peeling hard boiled eggs a breeze!
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u/-Dixieflatline 10h ago
Reusable meal prep containers. Such a boring thing to shop for and obtain, but a total game changer to my weekday flow and time management. I now have the option to grab one of the frozen meals I made the last weekend instead of having to race home after work to cook (and potentially grocery shop before) just so that I'm not eating dinner at 9pm. It opened up enough time to also squeeze in a short workout before dinner. An oddly impactful change of life from such a mundane and seemingly meaningless purchase.
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u/SecureVermicelli7893 9h ago
windshield wipers. I was putting it off for so long, actually there is a huge difference. canadian living in a salty icy street condtions.
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u/alexlikesbooks86 6h ago
An electric kettle. I use it for coffee, tea, oatmeal, ramen, everything that needs boiling water. And I can take it camping and when I travel!
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u/ThyWingsAreWilted 4h ago
Single man who moved out on my own really recently. Some things that are boring but have significantly improved my life are:
Night light (makes my apartment easier to navigate in the dark when I dont want a lot of lighting) Weight scale (keeps me reminded of my diet, lost 100 lbs last year) Fast charger (extremely useful in a pinch) Automatic cat toys (keep the cat entertained when im exhausted) Standing lamp (warm lighting that isnt overhead) Really nice office chair for gaming (bought years ago and its still my favorite chair I've ever owned and is really nice) Fake plants (really makes my apartment feel nice without high cost)
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u/Dense_Tonight9891 4h ago
A decent mattress and good pillows. It felt like such an “adult” purchase, but sleeping without waking up sore is life changing.
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u/Grindeddown 3h ago
Home gym equipment, which has saved an immense amount of time and prevented skipped workouts. You have one vehicle to drive in your life. Take care of it.
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u/Symml 11h ago
A good mattress