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What are some of the best purchases of your life? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by erik111189@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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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[-] miketunes@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Diva Swan speakers - they were one of the early internet speaker companies. They had a deal if you bought 2 floorstanding and 2 bookshelf speakers they threw in the $500 center channel for free. I've upgraded receivers with newer surround processing over the years, but the the core 5.1 holds up great for 20+ years now. https://hometheaterhifi.com/volume_8_2/diva-swans-41-speakers-5-2001.html

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Scarpa Hiking boots. 24 years old, 20,000km walked and still worn every week.

[-] sab@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good hiking boots can be incredible. My repairable Alfa boots are still relatively new (by comparison), but I couldn't be happier with them.

[-] Quereller@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Jura F50 coffe machine - 18 years and still strong.

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[-] jinarched@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A MMO mouse. All the keybinds allow me to have an incredible workflow with everything I do on my PC including browsing.

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[-] Lateralking@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago

Audible. I used to pirate audiobooks and get them transferred to my phone and then use a glitchy audiobook app to listen to them which semi frequently lost my place.

Audible just made my life easy. The 1 credit a month is a bit shit but I listen to long ass books anyway (30+ hours) so I haven't really noticed.

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