For me it has to be:

  1. Helix mattress ($1,217). Sleep is great.
  2. Home gym power cage & weights (~$1,000). Look good, feel good, get strong.
  3. Netgear Nighthawk AXE7800 ($339). No more random, annoying internet disconnects/slowness.
  4. 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)
  5. 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.

  • MolvanianDentist@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    Not to sound like one of those people, but a bidet. It hasn’t eliminated my use of toilet paper, but certainly has reduced it, while leaving a squeaky clean feeling. I miss using it while away from home nowadays.

    Other things are eye masks (I have sleep quality issues) and ereaders (never moving with ten boxes of books again).

    • Bearbie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

      I can’t recommend a bidet enough. I’ve stopped using toilet paper all together and just use soap and a towel to dry off.

      It’s especially amazing if you get the hot water hooked up to it.

  • AskewLord@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    A down jacket I found at a REI garage sale that’s like 8 years old and still great. It was like $60.

    It gets a lot of negative commentary though, because it’s not ‘fashionable’ because it’s not one of those $1000 winter jackets that people buy every other year because a new brand of expensive winter jacket is ‘in’.

  • Eidolon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    3 years ago

    As someone who lives in an apartment, whatever noise cancelling Headphone I use at the moment (Bose QC right now). These things changed my life for the better.

    • makingrain@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      3 years ago

      Using the same. I work from home for the added bonus of wanting peace and quiet and they’ve changed me from being angry. Wanting to murder noisy neighbours is no longer how I spend my evenings.

  • Mad__vegan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    3 years ago

    Electric kettle. Saves so much time and energy boiling water with electricity in a couple minutes vs 10min of burning natural gas. Hoping to get a new one during prime days this week since my wife put it on the gas range this weekend due to motor muscle memory taking over during multitasking. Luckily she didn’t burn the place down.

      • InterestedViewer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        3 years ago

        Wait, wait I know this conversation. Somebody is going to bring up 240v vs 120v and then somebody else will say that’s not actually very relevant and will link to the Technology Connections YouTube video.

    • blacklizardplanet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      3 years ago

      Always laugh when I see these type of comments. An American friend told me they used a pot to boil water for like tea or pour over coffee. Sounds so bizzare, like where’s your electric kettle??