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Your best BIFL purchase? (lemm.ee)
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What’s your top BIFL purchase, that might not in itself has been all to frugal, but long term, will be?

After having 5-6 different office chairs over the last 10 years, none of which I liked. I went and bought a Herman Miller Aeron chair. It’s ridiculously expensive, but I’m so pleased with it and hope to keep it for well over 15-20 years. If that actually succeed, I will have spent less money one chairs than if I hadn’t bought it.

What similar items (cheap or expensive) do you feel the same about?

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[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Big fan of Osprey packs, they also do free lifetime repairs.

Also I hear Aerons can be had for 1/4-1/3 of MSRP if you buy used.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Another recommend of Osprey packs. I lived out of one for two years straight.