I never thought Id be excited for a garbage can, but after going through multiple plastic cans and having the lid mechanism fail on cheaper metal cans, I broke down and got a more expensive one from Simple Human. I feel the quality everytime I use the step to toss something. It sounds so dumb, but I’m really blown away after years of crappy cans.
Aside from that, my python water changer for aquariums. That thing has been the goat for years at this point.
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I’m a big fan of zeolite cat litter and the litter box system with absorption pee pads beneath. I’ve tried all the things over the years. I hate clay especially.
Despite the initially high upfront cost to get started, I think it’s cheaper long term. Even more so because I recycle the zeolite pellets by rinsing them in a big bin instead of throwing them out and buying more. I dry them out then stir in baking soda. It’s a porous mineral formed into pellets, doesn’t break down just gets dirty over time. You lose some over time of course, lodged in turds and kicked out, fodder for the vacuum, but it’s so cheap and way cleaner. The two cats aren’t tracking that heavy pellet all over the house like clumping clay or urine soaked wood pellets that disintegrate into pee mulch. Ew.
The pee pads aren’t very green of me so maybe next step is figuring out an alternative absorption medium to put in the tray beneath the pellets.
So I’m not recommending any brands because they’d all hate me for not being wasteful and fully replacing pellets every month like their bags instruct. Zeolite is zeolite, buy the cheapest per KG that day. I’d just say avoid Purina/Tidy Cats brand when possible. They over charge, especially for pee pads.
Carhartt stuff is amazing
Also not a product per se but bib overalls, specifically ones with lots of pockets, or even better, one big pocket on the chest. I wear them pretty much every day now. Having ADHD means anything not immediately on my person is lost, and being blind means it’s lost forever, so everything goes in a pocket.
We have that trash can, it’s been working for 6 years now!
I had a Honda Civic, and when it got totaled I got another Honda. Before these I had other cars but the Hondas have been so, so reliable. This one is 15 now, still going strong. I don’t think I would get a different brand now unless they really fucked up.
Kitchen Aid mixers are still good.
Barkeepers Friend. I thought my stainless steel (stainless, my ass) dishwasher was damned to look filthy for the rest of its life, until I saw Barkeepers Friend being recommended on reddit and thought I’d give it a shot. What can I say, my dishwasher looks like new. That stuff is magic.
Anything by Zojirushi but especially their rice cookers.
I love there bread machine!
I’ve considered getting that.
+1 for their vacuum insulated water boilers.
They also make fantastic insulated mugs. My coffee stays hot for hours in that thing
They have an insulated bottle (I think it’s meant for soups, but you’re definitely not meant to drink from it directly) that I use for keeping soup or water hot all day and for keeping gravy (think Thanksgiving) warm.
Back when I hiked, I used it a lot for hydrating and warming soups, but these days I’m mostly use it for sauces and gravy at the table.
Edit: I’m surprised that your coffee doesn’t stay hot nearly all day. Make sure you pre-warm the mug with hot water if you need it to stay warm longer (I say this as much as for anyone reading as for you because you probably already know that).
The coffee probably does stay hot that long, it just doesn’t last that long : )
Antique furniture.
It’s heavy, it’s durable, it’s actual wood, it’s over 100 years old and will still be here in another 100 years.
It’s also extremely inexpensive and readily available in antique shops, goodwill, second hand stores, estate sales, etc…
I was blown away when I started looking around at used furniture. It’s functionally the same as the new stuff, but a digit or two cheaper. Nothing else depreciates quite the same way, and for so frivolous a reason.
When you’re talking antiques, it probably goes up again, but still.
Ah I really want a simple human bin since I hate bins and always having trouble with getting bags out etc.
Unfortunately I can’t justify the cost of them.
I bought mine almost 10 years ago now, still functioning great. I don’t forsee ever needing to replace them ever.
King Arthur flour! It doesn’t always matter but for finicky baked goods it matters a lot! Love them.
I like their big book of bread too
Drain weasel. It’s a little bitty plumber’s snake for the bathroom sink. Works like a charm.
I ready love my Hoover vacuum. A part broke and they sent me a free replacement (it was just a plastic piece). Also Webber grills; for similar reasons
the SmokeBuddy is fuckin magical if you vape or smoke weed and need to keep the smell under wraps
i could blow the biggest fuckin cloud of dank live resin cartridge vape through it and literally nothing would come out the other side
no smell. no vapor. nothing
they come in so many colors and a few different sizes
absolute life saver
I don’t smoke, but it feels prudent to mention that unless you’re consistently exhaling into a filter of some sort there’s still going to be a smell.
Like the initial breath will be filtered but all the air in your lungs still smells, and each breath is mixing with that air and spreading the smell around.
There’s also the chance that you’re getting used to the smell since you smell it all the time and you just don’t notice it as much.
I’m sure the smokebuddy helps significantly, but I wouldn’t expect it to be a magic bullet.
it’s like a sploof on steroids. or as someone on mastodon put it, “it’s a sploof with an R&D department”
Welcome to adulthood, where we get excited by the same household goods we thought our parents were lame for getting excited over.
Yeah, once it’s your choice, instead of what gets brought home in spite of you, suddenly a lot of grown up stuff gets interesting.
Which is good. If all the stuff I have to worry about now, was as boring as it was then, it would be catastrophic.
Arm And Hammer products. I use their toothpaste, laundry detergent and deodorant, all top notch while not having a premium price tag. Don’t have a cat ATM, but I used to use their kitty litter.
They’ve had the same few products for as long as I’ve been aware of the brand. They only do a few things, but they do them right. Praying they never enshittify or start spreading themselves thin.
This is why I think its important for advanced economies that the average person have actual discretionary income of a decent level. so that people can make decisions to spend more for things they believe are quality. otherwise all products become a race to the bottom.
The problem is more figuring out which brands are actually quality. I have no problem paying for BIFL, but I’ve been burned too often to believe that higher prices = higher quality.
yeah and the reason its so hard is because only some people do not have the problem paying. If all folks could go for other options than the cheapest for the things most important for them for life you would have more feedback like yours to find the quality items which would bump how often they are bought which would lower price (theoretically) or influence lower priced options to up their quality game.
