What's the most unexpectedly useful item you've ever bought under $20?
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My pocket stun gun was $19.99. Decided I needed a defense mechanism I could conceal after an encounter with a scary aggressive homeless man.
Also has a flashlight.
This has been "useful" to you? I hope mostly the flashlight and not the tazing homeless people part.
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Tesa outdoor double sided tape.
That stuff is basically magic. It will stick anything to everything and you can remove it from almost any surface without leaving a mark. I used to stick a dashcam to my car window, a birdbath to my brick wall, a remote LED lamp to the ceiling (felt iffy, works great!). It's even holding a metal plate from the doorknob in place because the door is more hole than wood by now.
It beats basically every other kind of tape of multipurpose glue, and it's removable. It's kinda thick though, so you might see it, but that's also a feature when sticking rough textures to eachother.
I'm seeing lots of different tapes from Tesa. Is it PET? PVC?
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My pocket stun gun was $19.99. Decided I needed a defense mechanism I could conceal after an encounter with a scary aggressive homeless man.
Also has a flashlight.
Be careful with a stungun. It requires close range confrontation, and It's not effective if the assailant is drugged up or heavily drunk and ignores the shocks.
Mace gives good distance, and pepper in the eyes doesn't care about the stimulants in your blood stream.
Also practice with it. A large number of people carry self defense tools and choke under pressure/fail to use it correctly during situations.
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I knew I wouldn't regret starting to use user notes.
I'm honored!
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Be careful with a stungun. It requires close range confrontation, and It's not effective if the assailant is drugged up or heavily drunk and ignores the shocks.
Mace gives good distance, and pepper in the eyes doesn't care about the stimulants in your blood stream.
Also practice with it. A large number of people carry self defense tools and choke under pressure/fail to use it correctly during situations.
I tested it on myself.
It works fine.
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This has been "useful" to you? I hope mostly the flashlight and not the tazing homeless people part.
Go judge someone else. It wasn't my decision to turn whole cities into mental institutions. It was Ronald Reagan's.
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It's true, I've never used one of these and was absolutely lying about their effectiveness.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]You're saying that as if I've never used one. I have, and I don't see a difference to just washing my hands with water. But to each their own ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Just in case you havent seen it:
Don't call it velcroThat's pretty funny. Unfortunately for them, I and probably almost everyone else don't really care about their brand identity, so I'll keep calling it all velcro. I'll also keep call all tissues Kleenex, and all adhesive bandages Band-Aids, and all the others that have become synonymous with their product. That's what they get for being too successful, I guess.
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Wireless phone charger. I'll be stuck somewhere looking at my low battery life, and suddenly remember it's in my purse. It isn't the fastest charge but it is useful.
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My husband still doesn't use it, the hunt for his keys is getting old
Put a tile or AirTag on them
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I'm seeing lots of different tapes from Tesa. Is it PET? PVC?
It's this stuff: https://www.tesa.com/nl-nl/consument/tesa-powerbond-outdoor-ean-4042448843432.html
Or your local version of it, but this website refuses to turn to other languages for me.
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I tested it on myself.
It works fine.
lol, you completely missed all that advice.
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As for what they are, the green text in my screenshot.
How depends on how you access Lemmy. In my client, Connect, I expand a comment, tap the three dots to the right of it, and click "add user note."
Aww, sadly I’m iOS and not Android, so I can’t use Connect nor I guess user notes.
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A basket/bowl thing for keys, wallet, and whatever one carries around. No more hunting for them when walking out the door.
I just leave my shorts or pants (depending on weather) hanging on the back of the door with everything still in the pockets (except my phone). I change them once a week or as needed and just transfer the stuff when I'm putting on the fresh pair.
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It's hilarious that they say
Swiss made nail clipper with two functions
Followed by not mentioning what the other function is...
And in the product details they list it has 3 features, also not mentioning what they are
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$20 bread maker I found at at a thrift store. There's no telling how many hundreds of loaves of healthy, fresh baked wheat bread I've churned out of that thing over the past two years, especially now that we're grinding our own wheat too.
I loved my breadmaker back in the day. I'm in an apartment these days though, so no room for a new one after the last one broke.
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One way window heat shield. Reflects 85‰ of the UV back out. Sticks to the window using only water.
Noticeable difference in temperature for any sun-facing windows
I added these last summer too. Roughly a hundred bucks to cover three patio sliding doors. Huge difference.
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Aww, sadly I’m iOS and not Android, so I can’t use Connect nor I guess user notes.
I can't comment on your particular client, but I suspect most of them should support it in some form.
It looks like Thunder is available for Android and iOS. I dont really use it but I do have it installed, so I took a look. It has a "user label" function that looks pretty similar and is added through the same basic process.
Note that I am very much not an expert on Lemmy and even less so on anything Apple, but I bet a way can be found! And if not you always have the option of submitting a feature request to the developer of whatever app you do use.
Good luck!
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Okay so maybe I've grown to used to the smell of garlic but is it a common problem that people are worried about their hands smelling like garlic/onions? Maybe it's because I wash dishes as I cook, so whatever I chopped/prepared them on I would have washed in the sink while it started to heat up in the pan, but I guess I need to sniff my fingers more after doing so.
I like when my hands smell like onions/garlic/bits. Makes for a nice lil smell-snack later!
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A roll of really heavy duty velcro. The kind that can, for example, stick a sledge hammer to a wall. It's about $12 for 5 feet or so, and about a 1" piece is sufficient for most tasks, so it lasts a very long time. I use it for all kinds of stuff; it's amazing how many uses for it you find when you have it.
Dual Lock!
