• Dagamant@lemmy.world
      11·
      4 days ago

      My dad had a bunch of these when I was a kid. Super durable and great as back scratchers or just a stick to play with. I bought a few after finding them online and love having them.

      • trailee@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        4 days ago

        I got some that were nicely finished bamboo but they didn’t have enough of a sharp edge at the business end to really give a good scratch like the ones from my youth. Fortunately that was easily rectified with a couple seconds on a belt sander.

    • tipicaldik@lemmy.world
      5·
      4 days ago

      Ha! I have one of these sitting next to me on my desk. It’s multi-function, as it works great for reaching up and opening and closing my curtains too.

    • Kaliax@lemmy.world
      4·
      4 days ago

      I’ve 3D printed A LOT of similarly shaped scratchers and give them away randomly to people - they are wonderful to have. I even have some in my car and at my office lol. I slapped my name on them in the Slicer software so people remember where they got it!

  • xelar@lemmy.ml
    11·
    4 days ago
    • slicer for round fruits
    • large 1l cup (not that small ^^)
    • book light with attachment
  • phanto@lemmy.ca
    28·
    4 days ago

    Breakaway charge cable for my phone! They act like those old MagSafe chargers for Mac, and when I’m clumsy, instead of a busted off charge port, no damage! I also have curious cats who can test gravity without wrecking my phone.

  • okamiueru@lemmy.world
    272·
    4 days ago

    Don’t know if you’ll get something for as low as $20, but a small thermal printer. Functions as a label maker on steroids, there is no ink, or proprietary* paper. Some thermal paper rolls have built in stickers, some are transparent, some have special shapes and colors, etc.

    I’ve used it to label plants, tools, cables, boxes, so-so-many gridfinity boxes. It takes 1-2 seconds from hitting print to having it ready.

    * not entirely the case, in that some have set sizes, or markings to automatically feed and count. However, these are low tech, and there are third party vendors.

          • sramder@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            3 days ago

            Obviously you’ve never been… everything here causes cancer. We’re amending the law next year so we can just label everything that isn’t carcinogenic because it will substantially reduce the number of Prop 65 labels that end up in landfills ;-)

    • Today@lemmy.world
      7·
      4 days ago

      I just got a little phone printer and I’m using it everywhere! It’s now in my work backpack. Adding my cell number to the back of my business cards for people i like. Labeling everything i set up for people. Printing an Amazon return label. Giving a kid a sticker of their face. One million uses!

        • Today@lemmy.world
          3·
          4 days ago

          I got this one. It says 30, but I paid $30 for it plus extra three rolls of sticker paper. If you scroll down to see what other people bought, I think there’s now one that’s a little higher rated, but I’m happy with mine. I even bought another one to give to a friend because we have a joke about her organization system that uses stickers.

          iDPRT Mini Printer with 1 Roll Sticker Paper, Portable Sticker Printer Efficiently and Quickly, Thermal Printer Pod for Study Notes, Pictures, DIY, Label, Free App with Multiple Templates Inkless https://a.co/d/a9QRHzs

      • okamiueru@lemmy.world
        7·
        4 days ago

        https://phomemo.com/products/m221-label-maker

        Is the one I went for. I like the flexibility in being able to use different width rolls. I don’t have a lot of suggestions other than that, since it depends a lot on which use case you have.

        I think all of them use the same app (don’t quote me on it), which had decent enough reviews: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.project.aimotech.printmaster

        I’m sure there are other brands too.

        • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
          10·
          4 days ago

          I’m starting to avoid things with custom apps because the dev dies out and the product is abandoned long before it’s dead. This one is developed by people who can’t spell, and that’s a red flag too.

          I’ll be happy when we’re back to some common app again.

        • hit_the_rails@reddthat.com
          3·
          4 days ago

          I don’t really know my use case, I just like the idea and I’ll find uses for it. Always avoided label makers because the cartridges are too expensive. Thanks!

          • okamiueru@lemmy.world
            4·
            4 days ago

            Since you don’t know your use case, I’ll also mention a different approach that solved a similar problem, which is how I’d go about it if I needed color labels, a lot of labels, or special labels for outdoor use, etc.

            Which is to combine a normal, (in my case, a laser) printer, and use something like this: https://www.herma.co.uk/office-home/product/weatherproof-film-labels-a4-white-extremely-strong-adhesion-4581/

            The Herma brand were decent quality, and also had templates (see link example, a bit further down on the page). The downside is that you need to put in some effort. But if you want full control, high quality labels, that’s not a bad way to do it.

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
        2·
        4 days ago

        My brother label maker is over 20 years old, I’ve put batteries in it a handful of times.

        The cartridges haven’t been cheap until recently. Now they’re like $4 each. I can live with that.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
    20·
    4 days ago

    manual pull string food processor.

    I love chopping up food with it. It’s very fun and works perfectly.

    immersion blender honorable mention.

  • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    1292·
    4 days ago

    Mantric Rechargeable Remote Control Knicker Vibrator I got on sale for 50% off. I’m not super into the whole public thing, but I’ve been using it way more than my magic wand, that fucking tip is shaped perfectly. Plus it would make an excellent phaser prop.

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
    591·
    4 days ago

    I keep an extremely small 64GB USB-A/USB-C flash drive on my Keychain so I can move files between phones, phone to computer, or load movies and TV shows from a computer or phone and plug into a TV to play.

    It’s only $10 and sometimes it’s very convenient to always have on hand the ability to move files around without the use of a network or the cloud or whatever. The size of it is extremely small.

    Verbatim 64GB Store ‘n’ Go Dual OTG USB 3.2 Gen 1 Flash Drive for USB-C Devices – 2 in 1 Type C Thumb Drive https://a.co/d/40uW3fE

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
      8·
      4 days ago

      So simple to siphon off stuff from the phone like photos to back up! And load it full with films.

      It’s crazy how everything is so locked in.

      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
        6·
        4 days ago

        Why I’m holding onto my note 20 ultra for the foreseeable future as well. Last samsung flagship with an SD card slot. It holds all my pictures, videos, and TV shows and movies on that little card.

      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
        4·
        4 days ago

        Not a pixel, but I literally just replaced my note 20 ultra battery like 2 hours ago. I have all the equipment and knowhow to rip phones apart that don’t want to let you. I believe most of the pixels aren’t too bad to get into and battery replace if you ever get a wild hair in you to give it a shot. Just fyi, go with an oem battery. Pretty much all aftermarket ones are terrible. Also be careful of the loads of counterfeits and used sold as new batts on eBay.

          • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
            4·
            4 days ago

            No, but it’s a great source to get stuff if they can get the parts, and all their tools should work well. If their batteries aren’t OEM ones, they won’t try to pass them off as such.

            I’ve been fixing cell phones since the 90’s, along with a lot of other electronics, so most of my equipment has been a hodge-podge of sources I’ve collected over the past 25 or so years.

            In the case of the battery I just got for my N20 Ultra, there is no source I could come up with that sold in the US and also seemed verifiable or completely trustworthy so I had to take a risk and order through a supplier off ebay. The pictures looked legit and like what I know the oem’s look like, and they had the correct looking adhesive and protective coverings on the batt, plus I messaged the seller back and fourth a couple of times and they stayed on their claim they had new oem batts, even after I’d mentioned I would capacity test the battery and leave them a review.

            Now, I still won’t know for sure for a few more days. I’ll drain the batt to phone shut off and then charge to 100% plus 2 more hours a couple times, and then drain to shut off and charge it to 100% + 2 hours one more time while leaving the phone off and using my in line voltage/mah tester. Knock off batteries never get very close to an oem batts capacity.

      • A1kmm@lemmy.amxl.comEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        Tip for increasing the life of your next battery:

        Li-Po batteries degrade far faster when their charge level is at the levels the manufacturers call 0-15% or 85-100%; the exact minimum and maximum charge levels are a manufacturer decision that trades off total battery capacity when new against battery life. Manufacturers make the decision by thinking about what is most profitable for them, which is the biggest possible advertised (brand new) battery capacity, while dying quite fast (within a couple of years) to sell more, but not so fast consumers can claim it is faulty.

        So they will happily make the battery last 1/5th of the life it otherwise would, for +30% brand new battery capacity, even if that 30% will be gone in a year of typical use.

        Those decisions are aligned to the manufacturer’s interests, but they are seldom aligned to a consumer’s interest. Most consumers would be better off with 30% less battery capacity, but a phone battery that lasts 5x as long - many people for example charge every day, and only get down to 80% or something anyway.

        The way to re-align to your interests are to: stop charging above 85%, and shut down at 15% instead of going down to 0%. You can do this manually, but it is a real pain; you can’t just plug it in, and leave it until it is charged, you’d need to micromanage charging. Some more responsible manufacturers (e.g. some Samsung devices) have features that will do this for you if you set preserve battery mode. Others, including Google, however, really don’t want you to do this, because it hurts their sales. They don’t provide standard APIs available to unrooted devices that would allow apps that do this.

        If you are willing to root your device (and ideally install a third party Android distro like LineageOS), you can install ACCA (https://f-droid.org/packages/mattecarra.accapp/) on a rooted device, and set it to stop charging at 85%, and shut down at 15%. This will increase your battery life very significantly, and drastically slow the decline in capacity you’d otherwise see. Unfortunately, many manufacturers hate people taking control of their own devices this way; Google has unfortunately convinced major banks etc… to use their so called “Play Integrity API” to check that your device is “secure” (where secure is defined by Google as including a phone no longer receiving security patches, with known vulnerabilities that let someone trivially install a keylogger over the wifi, but excluding the same phone rooted by the owner, with a highly secure up-to-date LineageOS install, with extra security software like firewalls that stock Android wouldn’t allow, and with ACCA installed; it’s almost like “secure” means toeing the Google line, and the banks have been conned). There are sometimes ways to pass the Play Integrity API checks even when rooted, but Google is constantly battling users to try to break them. But it might be worth it for better security and battery life.

      • tamiya_tt02@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        I have a Pixel 7 Pro and the battery sucks now. I want to wait another year because Verizon contracts are 36 months now. I hope my failing battery lasts that long.

        • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          Have the fold.

          Stupid expensive phone that lost half its battery life in less than a year.

          It’s not rocket surgery, just have an option to limit charging to 85% like Samsung does.

          I guess simple math is too hard for Google.

    • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
      2·
      4 days ago

      I’ve tried this one but really prefer Sparrows more. After a day or two with picking with that clear lock, it becomes pretty loose. Also, doesn’t feel like a lock at all. Sparrows cutaway locks still allow you to see the pins but it also feels like a real metal lock.

    • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      81·
      4 days ago

      Check your state/local laws before buying anything, not legal to own lockpicks everywhere.

    • Psaldorn@lemmy.world
      51·
      4 days ago

      I wish there was a place for people to send random locks they break off or find to newbies like me. Buying a lock just to pick it feels insane, but I also want to feel that delicious click out of 1

      • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        8·
        4 days ago

        Get a practice lock that you can re-pin. They’re cool so you can see what it’s like to have spools or serrated pins. I messed with one for a while and then was like “I wonder how much harder it would be to pick my front door lock instead of this cheap practice lock?” Turns out, the front door lock is ridiculously easy compared to a practice lock.

        • Ledivin@lemmy.world
          3·
          3 days ago

          Turns out, the front door lock is ridiculously easy compared to a practice lock.

          Yeeeaaaah… I’ve spent like literally 3 minutes learning to pick, and that’s all you need to just scrape SO MANY front door locks. So many locks are just so bad

      • Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        4 days ago

        You can check local locksmiths. Some might be willing to sell cheap junk locks that are still good for picking. Or buy a core that can be repinned.

        • Psaldorn@lemmy.world
          3·
          4 days ago

          I was outside a tiny locksmith store the other day and considered it! Social anxiety won the battle that day though. I’ll try!

    • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 days ago

      I really want to, and every time I look into it I feel like I’m in for a £200+ initial investment that I’m not really up to at the moment.

      • thrawn@lemmy.world
        4·
        3 days ago

        Getting started is closer to a tenth of that— the starter kit linked is $10 pre shipping from a brand that is generally considered overpriced in locksport. Buying locks is the expensive part but you probably have a couple of padlocks to start with. And for those £20, you can get the knowledge and basic skills to open the vast majority of locks.

        I’d personally recommend JimyLong’s starter kit if you can catch it in stock but hook and turner will work. Then don’t buy anything else until you know exactly what lock you want a thinner hook or different pick for; that set would open about any lock you can find in store. Spending £200+ to start out is more lockpick consumerism than an actual on ramp since you’d likely be bogged down by too many tools.

        • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 days ago

          Thank you, that’s very helpful advice. I’m based in the UK so will need to find a different supplier, but it’s good to know I can start out with a couple of tools instead of a giant roll of things.

  • Underwaterbob@lemm.eeEnglish
    40·
    4 days ago

    I bought a nice pair of fingernail clippers. ~$15 Green Bell from Japan. You hardly have to apply any force to the lever at all, and the nail just slices off neatly and falls inside. Not like my old cheapo pair that went “KACHONK” and endangered anyone in my vicinity of shrapnel injuries.

    • Piemanding@sh.itjust.works
      7·
      4 days ago

      I have one of those Japanese nail clippers. I’m wondering how they make it cut so softly. Like even if it didn’t eat the nails they wouldn’t launch. Best clippers ever, even if it’s harder to get the edges.

      • Ledivin@lemmy.world
        3·
        3 days ago

        I’m betting that it almost all comes down to sharpness and using better metal (harder, keeping it sharp)

    • whelk@lemm.ee
      4·
      3 days ago

      I don’t know man, the kachonk is a valuable part of the experience for me, great tactile feedback

      • Underwaterbob@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I guess I can see the appeal of that. But it’s pretty fun feeling like a nail salon samurai, too.

  • Dran@lemmy.world
    36·
    4 days ago

    DYMO Embossing Label Maker

    They’re like $9 on Amazon and I label everything. I have 2 myself, and they’re also my go-to for white-elephant parties.