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Cordless screw driver. Bought the day after building a flat pack bed with a crappy screw.driver that just shredded my hand. Thought it was frivolous at the time, but I've used it so much since. It's light, small enough to fit in my pocket and good for 90% of DIY tasks.

Got a gun from sako the other day it's cute, it's small, fits right in my pocket (yeeeeeah right in my pocket)

Real answers tho:

1. Air pump for car tires. I have notoriously bad luck with flats, leaks, etc. This thing has saved me more than a few times.

2. KVM switch. I work from home, this lets me have my work computer and my personal computer connected to the same equipment, and I can toggle between them with either a physical switch or a keyboard hotkey

3. Bit of a curve ball, but therapy. Life's tough, gotta have some outlets and advice sometimes.

Bidet which i installed during covid when stupid fucking people were fighting for TP. Been using it since then. Worth every cent.

1. Noise cancelling headphones and earbuds. By far the best quality of life improvement I have ever gotten from a single product.
2. Whet stones for sharpening knives. It's a fun process and my knives are in perfect condition.
3. Mobile phones.

1. Whole house fan, and it's not even close. We've saved tons of money by not running the AC as much as a result. Plus it just feels nicer to have fresh cool air come in from outside. I've even used it in the winter after the whole family got over being sick. Crack a couple of windows, turn the fan on, and the entirety of the house has fresh air in minutes. That got cold pretty quick, but worth having some stale air purged.
2. Drill press I'm an amateur woodworker who is apparently incapable of drilling straight holes.
3. Blackstone griddle A gift from a loved one who passed before they got to see me use it, but a nice reminder regardless. Works great for meal prepping something like breakfast burritos!

My Steadicam rig and given how much it costs it counts as 3

1. Rescue dog - I saved hers and she saved mine.

2. College Education - paying to finish my 4 year degree, life changing

3. 40mhz AMD PC processor /w motherboard. replacement for a christmas gift but it solidified my love of computers and computing. Which lead to my college degree and career.

1. My Nvidia Shield TV Pro 2019 and a Synology NAS (sorry they go together), no more dealing with ugly Smart TV or limited game consoles to stream, and it is also very easy to sail the seas with it!

2. Android phone in 2020 (Poco F2 Pro) still rocking this device with the bootloader opened and a custom ROM, this was the first Android device for me, and even when MIUI was a letdown after a while, AOSP wasn't, still I go back and forth MIUI and AOSP though, it still gives me 6-8 hrs of SOT depending on the environment and the ROM.

3. Miyoo Mini V2, I just love to have pocket gaming on the go real quick, those annoying government formalities are not that bad nowadays.

• House
• Herman Miller Mira chair
• Maltron 3D keyboard

• usb kvm. Had to often switch my usb devices between my PC and laptop.
• external wifi antenna. Useful for when my laptop's antenna is not enough.
• electric screwdriver. Saves a lot of time.

-house

-carbon fiber road bike

-Honda HRV

I'm either at my desk studying/working for a good 4-6 hours or I'm on my feet 6-7 hours a day. Keeping that in mind:

1. A really nice office chair. Perforated back, good adjustable lumbar support and head rest, quiet wheels, soft cushion.

2. One of those fold out sofa/bed things. Folds out flat into a giant bed, folds up into a convenient couch thingy. Better than a mattress to sleep on.

3. A good pair (or two) of shoes. Over the years it's been anything from a cheap pair of skechers to some no name shoes of off amazon to Adidas ultraboosts. Always try in person. Should feel as comfortable as your most comfortable shoes now.

Bonus: a good coffee grinder + v60 pour over + paper filters. Great coffee for under a 100 quid.

My first car, a 1988 Toyota Corolla hatchback, which ran for years and offered endless comedic value.

A doorknob cane (think planters peanut), which has been used from everything from altercations with racoons to building a fort with my kids.

My current house, which is located in a great school district and neighborhood.

Cast iron pan for me.

1.Rock tumbler

2. Phonograph

3. IPhone

91 CRX Si. Some of the most fun I’ve had driving.

Aeropress Americano maker. Absolutely delicious for dirt cheap.

10” Pioneer sub and amp/upgraded car speakers.

Honorable mentions: 65” LG CX OLED TV. Absolutely gorgeous. Apple TV (various gens). No ads and works wonderfully on all of our TVs.

My first camera was the D60! I loved that thing!

1. House

2. Dyson vacuum cleaner

3. Motorcycles

Although I do love my cordless drill as well. And my first cheap community college 2-year diploma which got my career goin, the jury is still out on whether the masters degree was worth it.

DeLonghi Magnifica espresso machine about 12 years ago. The counter on my first one is at 30k+ shots. I bought another used one several years ago for the cabin, it has over 20k shots on it.

Pretty BIFL for a little fully automatic coffee robot. I'll be sad when they both pack it in.

Sailboat

1. Bidet toilet seat
2. Good mattress & office chair.
3. Home Automation devices (mower/vacuum/lights etc).

1. Electric Mountain bike - i am over 50 and had not rode regularly since my teens. I borrowed a MTB from a friend last year and struggled to make any progress until I picked up a secondhand e-MTB. Since then I have been averaging around 150km/week and my stamina has notably improved.

2. PC - been a PC guy since 1989 and could not picture life without one. I'm an inveterate tinkerer and have built and rebuilt dozens over the years. I currently have a gaming desktop dual-booting Ubuntu and Win11 and a laptop running Ubuntu plus a couple of servers.

3. iPad - for years I was an Android guy but a couple years back I traded a spare laptop to my niece for her iPad (she wanted to learn coding) and was blown away by the user experience. Since then I have gone all in with iPhone, apple watch, and an old Macbook Air.