For me it has to be:
- Helix mattress ($1,217). Sleep is great.
- Home gym power cage & weights (~$1,000). Look good, feel good, get strong.
- Netgear Nighthawk AXE7800 ($339). No more random, annoying internet disconnects/slowness.
- Books ($0 @ library)
- “Ultralearning” - Scott Young (how to learn efficiently)
- “Enlightenment Now” - Steven Pinker (the world overall is improving)
- “The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing” - Taylor Larimore (how to invest)
- PS5 ($500). So many great games like witcher 3, god of war, spiderman.
I’m searching for some more deep value purchases. Give me what you’ve got.
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A passport.
Filco Majestouch mechanical keyboard.
I code all day every day. I would burn through a cheap OEM keyboard in a year, and the keys would get stiff and cause massive hand strain.
$200 on one good keyboard. You’re set for life.
Air fryer
Although it’s slower than deep frying, you don’t need to babysit the food and can use the time to do something else. It also much easier to cleanup
On top of that, proper deep frying requires enough oil mass to maintain the desired heat. Nearly all residential units don’t have enough volume capacity to work as intended. Air-fryers though move heated air constantly replacing the need for oil mass.
I can finally make decent tofu now!!! Also great for re-heating leftover pizza.
My Italian five-ply stainless steel frying pan was a game changer for me. Mountains may crumble, but that pan will be with me forever and making cooking in a pan an absolute joy.
Likely my school/training which did cost a bit but enabled me to create a career.
Can’t believe I haven’t seen “3D Printer” on here yet!
A serial hobbyist, with a lot of my interests waning in weeks to months after getting into them. But 3D Printing? I’ve been loving it for 10 years and there’s no signs of that slowing down.
Sure there’s goofy stuff you can make with it, but 95% of what I print are functional items. So often I need something for around the house and I can just print for cheaper and faster than ordering one online. Examples:
- vaccum hose adapter
- desk grommet
- custom clamp for a bike light
- small L-brackets for cupboard shelves
There’s thousands of things out there you can just download and print, or you can get into designing your own. It’s very rewarding to design a physical object and then upload it for others to use too!
Here’s some examples of some things I’ve designed or remixed from other designs: https://www.printables.com/@Foreverwinter_223629
The two printers I recommend are the Prusa Mk4 (~$1,000USD) or the Creality Ender-3 V2 ($225USD). The Ender print quality is very good, it just doesn’t come with several of the very nice features the Prusa has - if you can afford it get the Prusa! You won’t regret it.
A shower chair. I find hot water soothing, but I dont have a tub that I cam sit in. The chair lets me just relax under the shower. It’s a great place to brush my teeth, so my dental habits have improved.
A computer. Not necessarily a high end one, but at least a decent one. So much opportunity in such a little machine
sync for reddit was
€1.5 for 10 years of joy
Android phones because of their open ecosystem and customization. Very easy to get all forms of entertainment for free.
My first house. I got it for a song thirty years ago, bought it from a friend who had been renting me a room. It needed a lot of work and was in a city nobody wanted to live in. I rented a room to a friend, fixed it up and later my girlfriend/later wife moved in after he moved out. Yadda, yadda, yadda the neighborhood went upscale and now I rent it out. Now we live in the outer burbs in a house we got during the housing bubble bust fifteen years ago.
I think my trusty Pinecil soldering iron has got to be one of my best value purchases ever.
$25 for a tool that can compete with or surpass many other soldering irons that cost many times as much.
And the convenience of USB-C means you can use a portable battery without sacrificing any wattage. The heating element is also extremely efficient and can easily handle large pads that many others would struggle to heat effectively.
It’s also got some fancy features like an accelerometer (used for display orientation and sleep timer) and a fully open-source OS.
Truly a steal for $25
Bidet, don’t poop like a neanderthal
Home, Education, Full 6" latex memory foam mattress, Quality sheets, Blackout Curtains, Thinkpad laptops (T series and X1 series; don’t game), WD red drives, VPN access (port forwarding; needed for hosting), FIOS (1gb asynchronous; no data cap; they don’t care), Brother laser printer/scanner, Email account on secure server (they take care of business)
- Toyota RAV 4 ($18,000)
- 2013 Apple Macbook Pro (still looks and works like new $3,700)
- Rancilio Silvia ($450)
- 2001 Chevy Prizm (at >200k miles, I actually had to scrap it even though it still ran perfectly due to sensor issues $1800)
- iPhones (absolutely flawless hardware which keeps getting better with each iteration (~$1,000)
- Canon 5D MKIII ($3,000)
- Kemper Profiler (still getting free software updates 12 years into its lifespan $1,800)
- Fluke 87V (the best meter on earth $400)
- Synology NAS (though I hear they have been enshittified $2,000)
- Airizer Argo (still going $300)
- Nvidia Shield Pro ($300)
- Aeropress ($30)
- Orphan Espresso LIDO 2 (will outlast me $195)
- Warmoth guitars ($5,000 for five guitars)
