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DichotoDeezNutz ,
@DichotoDeezNutz@lemmy.world avatar

Anything that separates you from the ground. So a bed, shoes, your health…

xmunk ,

Kitchen knives, definitely. A good knife is a fucking godsend.

Quality underwear (once you’re an adult).

A good office chair (not necessarily one of those expensive as fuck mesh ones - I hate those… But something quality).

Also, I’d distinguish between pointlessly expensive and quality.

scrubbles ,
@scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech avatar

Idiots buy expensive gaming chairs. They feel like you’re sitting on plywood. I don’t care how many colors it has im going to be sitting on it for hours a day.

Put that into a good office chair, where they put research into making sure you’re comfortable for that entire time

dsco ,

You can get open box, unused steelcase chairs on eBay for cheaper than “gaming” chairs, BTW. There’s no reason to buy those abominations.

Fixbeat ,

So, I should buy my kids cheapo underwear?

xmunk ,

Absolutely, growing humans will almost never wear through clothing.

SnotFlickerman ,
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Boots.

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. … A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

A cute little passage from Terry Pratchett, but it holds very true if you ever need boots.

Paying for quality boot work, especially the kind that can be re-soled, is worth it for anyone who has to wear boots with any regularity.

When I first got a job that needed boots I was using an old secondhand pair. It was hell. Eventually I saved up for a quality pair and was totally worth it. I’ve not underspent on boots since.

As for suggestions as to what brand to go with these days for that… I’m less sure on that because I’m researching new brands myself since Red Wings are a joke compared to what they used to be. Danner still seems pretty all right these days.

Sabata11792 ,
@Sabata11792@kbin.social avatar

You don't truly appreciate a good pair a boots till you park a 2 ton pallet jack on your toes and laugh it off.

MonkderZweite ,

Safety boots with steelcap? That’s another category though. Don’t want to use them for a walk.

Sabata11792 ,
@Sabata11792@kbin.social avatar

That hasn't stopped me. Just think of it as training weights.

joelfromaus ,
@joelfromaus@aussie.zone avatar

I always walk my dog after I finish work in my steel capped work boots. The times that I actually do walk in my sneakers is so weird, like I’m not used to not having weights on my feet while I walk.

Beardedsausag3 ,
@Beardedsausag3@kbin.social avatar

I second boots. I went through 3 cheap pairs of hiking boots (between £40 - £70) all promising the world and dry feet. In the end, sacked it off and bought all leather boots with a vibram sole. Requires maintenance of waxing them but they've had many miles in them now and just as good as day 1.

rainynight65 ,

Generally, don’t skimp on anything that goes between you and the ground. Shoes, mattresses, tyres… your future you will hate you for cheaping out on those.

kurcatovium ,

Toilet paper. Once you rip through cheap one, you’d pay anything to buy better one in the first plce.

SnotFlickerman ,
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

One better: A bidet, leave the toilet paper behind and stop rubbing your butt raw with paper.

dunz ,
@dunz@feddit.nu avatar

Butt how will I know that my butt is clean if I can’t make the paper look like the flag of Japan? 🤔

Atemu ,
@Atemu@lemmy.ml avatar

If your TP looks like the flag of Japan after wiping your ass, you should go see a doctor.

dunz ,
@dunz@feddit.nu avatar

Wooosh

pelotron ,
@pelotron@midwest.social avatar

You still wipe, just once or twice instead of 14 or 15 times.

tygerprints ,

Cheap one ply toilet paper will make you question whether there really is a god or not. I'd sooner wipe my backside with a corn cob.

kurcatovium ,

Cheap one play recycled plywood was exactly the thing my high school used to supply. It was real pain to shit in school. Literally.

ivanafterall ,
@ivanafterall@kbin.social avatar

I'd take issue with the "only," but setting that aside: musical instruments. Guitars, for example. You can find perfectly serviceable guitars for cheap and they'll be playable with a decent setup, and you can obviously find deals. But in general, if you try your $100-$200 Fender acoustic guitar or mandolin and then go to a guitar shop and try out a high-end Martin, for example, there's a world of difference.

kurcatovium ,

I’m saying this mainly from bass perspective. But generally you have to get lucky in the cheap department to get decently good instrument. When you shift to like $500 range it gets better and for “normal use” $1000 is good enough (normal = not professional, just hobby player). Most things above $1500 are usually just waste of money to show off.

(All calculations including pre-owned prices.)

HamsterRage ,

That used to be really true when I was a kid in the 79’s, but not so much today. Back then, a quality guitar cost way more than the cheap stuff and the cheap stuff was rubbish.

Nowadays, with CNC machines everywhere, there are lots of modestly priced guitars that are very playable. The junk that we used to have to settle with back in the day only exists in the realm of “toy” instruments that almost aren’t intended to be played.

Seriously, $300 can get you a very playable instrument, especially in electric guitars.

AnonTwo ,

Power supplies and motherboards for PCs

generally if either of them go the rest of your investment goes with it. Worst case scenario the power supply damages the motherboard meaning your cheap purchase made you lose more parts.

metaStatic ,

The current motherboard situation is a total clown fiesta though. There is no such thing as a cheap motherboard any more.

beercupcake ,
@beercupcake@sopuli.xyz avatar

Everything that you use for prolonged amounts of time every day. For me it was ergonomic chair, keyboard, pillow. Expensive is a word, but I would rather think higher quality when choosing replacement for stuff I use.
Another category of things is hobby equipment, for me it’s instruments. When I buy one it’s to last. So when I was buying digital piano I went for one over my budget because I don’t plan to get rid of it for next 5-10 years still, and it was 5years ago. Overall stuff that you don’t usually think of buying frequently.
Last category I think of i go for higher quality stuff then generic ones are travel stuff. Last thing you want during your trip, short or long, distant or near, is to deal with faulty bag, broken wheel, or such.

Mint_Raccoon ,
@Mint_Raccoon@kbin.social avatar

It's almost always better to not buy a cheap sex toy. There's no regulation of the industry and many materials in cheaper toys are just straight up dangerous. Here's an article (it's NSFW, there are pictures) that goes over what materials are and aren't safe.

ramble81 ,

Like thinking you’re wearing a 100% silicon butt plus to an MRI….

finthechat ,
@finthechat@kbin.social avatar

Escorts

cheese_greater ,

What were you expecting for $5, 🦞?

verity_kindle ,

Toilet paper.

some_guy ,

Pretty much all kitchenware is worth getting the good stuff if you can afford it, even if cheap versions will work.

Probably safety-related items.

aDogCalledSpot ,

I feel like there are too many exceptions to this rule. Maybe dont get the cheapest but you dont need to spend a lot to have a very good:

  • Cast iron pan
  • Carbon steel pan
  • Enameled cast iron pot (seriously, look it up, I see people saying how much they love their Le Creuset all the time but I got one from KitchenAid of all brands at 50 euros in my local supermarket)
  • Baking tray
  • Cooling rack
  • Baking bowls
  • Spatula of any kind
  • Peeler
  • Electric mixer
  • Kitchen scale

I could go on but I believe Ive made my point.

onion ,
  • Chefs Knife
jmp242 ,

This is so hard to specify because it really depends on a lot of factors. It’s usually more like there are specific models that are really worth getting, or pricepoints or brands depending.

Like, I don’t think cordless drill/drivers that are sub $100 are really worth it if you’re ever going to do more than screw into pre drilled or pre made screw holes. But a Bosch (blue), Dewalt, Milwaukee, Makita, etc are all pretty good. They’re just usually over $100.

You’re right about blenders - I never had a use for Oster blenders, but a BlendTec in 2008 changed my life (well, not really, but did do things that I have uses for at least).

Ohh, pressure cookers - I don’t want to risk it exploding, so I avoid the $70 and under crowd. Actually, I went Kunh Rikon which is pretty expensive, but also really hard to screw up (like 6 layers of safeties), and easy to get refurb parts for seals and such.

Lots of safety equipment - there’s all sorts of … “fake” in that it won’t actually work stuff at super cheap prices. I’m thinking like laser safety glasses or chain saw safety pants. Mid range is def worth it there.

Dishwashers IMHO. I’ve used cheap ones before and they clean poorly and are extremely loud. Depending on your house, you won’t want to be in the next room to them. OTOH, Bosch higher end ones, like the 800 series, cost a pretty penny, but are darn near silent and actually live up to the washing claims - shit just comes clean in them. I’m usually surprised in a good way. Oh, and that third tray for silverware - I’m never going back to the basket (though lots of brands have that now).

Stand Mixers - especially if you want to get into bread or attachments for grinding things. I strongly recommend the Bosch Universal Plus. That thing is like a power tool for the kitchen. We’ve abused it for over 10 years and it’s not slowing down. I know many people online who have had them for 30 years.

Vacuums - look into Sebo.

BlueFairyPainter ,

Definitely dishwashers. When we were poor students moving out of the dorms into our first real apartment, we cheaped out on as much as we could but shelled out more than 1k on a proper good Miele one. Got one with less features but better energy and water efficiency and it just does its job and does it well. Every time I am at someone else’s place and they have to prewash their dishes I feel more validated in this choice.

win95 ,
@win95@lemmy.zip avatar

A mattress

NENathaniel ,
@NENathaniel@lemmy.ca avatar

GPU’s, usually the budget ones have worse performance per dollar ratios

collapse_already ,

I am going to replace my 980ti this year. Most expensive GPU I ever bought, but I have been using it for almost 8 years. I am not optimistic about my next one lasting that long. Waiting for the Supers to release so I can get some benchmarks and see what prices do.

NENathaniel ,
@NENathaniel@lemmy.ca avatar

I bet a lot of users will get 8 years out of a 3080 if they bought it at launch. 4080 value went uh, a bit downhill

onion ,

Take a look at the rx cards as well

collapse_already ,

I am actually hoping the 4080s causes a $200 price drop on the 7900XTX. I think the 24 GB of memory makes it the best long-term prospect.

PM_Your_Nudes_Please ,

Anything that separates you from the ground for long periods of time. Shoes, tires, mattresses, computer chairs, couches, etc…

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