Workpro multitool often dips below $20.
The Cool Tools review on it is pretty good.
Nothing, amazon is a leech. Don’t use amazon.
Agreed. Fuck amazon.
We don’t have Amazon.
A basic stainless steel mate kit. I wasn’t a mate drinker before, now I occasionally do.
I just make it in my aeropress with a metal filter, does a perfect cup with hardly any powder in the bottom
But that would make a mate cocido, which has a very different taste.
I’m pretty unsophisticated with it, I admit. I’ve had it the traditional way with the calabash and all, but I made up a way I like. Yerba is my go-to when coffee would be too jittery and black tea ain’t cutting it.
Haha, yeah, drink it however you want it, I find it absurd that people think there’s a right way to enjoy food/drinks. I drink Mate in the exact same circumstances, tea is not enough but I don’t feel like coffee. I’m just letting you know that the name of what you’re drinking is Mate cocido, which has very different taste from what most people are thinking when they talk about mate, it’s still a very popular drink too.
I’m Argentinian, so I do enjoy mate almost daily. However I find that it’s a lot of yerba used for just me drinking, so I have a Ceba Solo (not my picture, but that’s exactly the same model I have). It’s easy to serve, afterwards you only have to drink because it essentially makes the water go through the yerba automatically and uses way less yerba. The only downside is that I have never seen these for sale outside of Argentina, I have moved mine through 3 countries already, but if you ever find one it makes drinking mate by yourself a whole easier and cheaper.
Basically every usb cable i have bought. If you try it locally, there are like two bigger chains in every city who sell those at ridiculous costs. To get them at a reasonable price you’d have to drive to a specialised vendor available only in the biggest cities (conrad, elv) or at very remote places (e.g. pollin).
Oh, not to forget about filament for the 3d printer. My favourite brands (sunlu, esun) are only available though amazon.
I try to use Amazon less and less these days, but there are still some things worth getting for cheap.
A whole category for me is small kitchen items. Mixing bowls, bench scraper, oil bottles, squeeze bottles, etc. You can get good brands too, you just have to look a little harder these days.
If you’re in the US, check out webstaurantstore for those items. Way better pricing than Amazon, so you can have a whole stack of every size mixing bowl, sheet pans, glassware, etc, for what you’d pay on Amazon for one.
A cheap Casio watch. Lasts ages and always helpful.
Not Amazon but MercadoLivre, I bought a water bottle that keeps water cold for a very long time (my old one stopped working somehow and the handle was broken). A bit over R$100 which is just under $20.
You can’t tell us about a great water bottle that keeps it’s cool without telling us which one you recommend!
There’s like a hundred brands that all do basically the same thing. Just look for stainless steel with double wall vacuum insulation. I’ve got half a dozen cheapo free ones from various jobs and they all perform well.
Rechargable hand warmers, pack of two, 10000mah
Oh my God yes, I bought one of these about 10 years ago it’s still going strong and whenever I get a little cold I just turn it on and it’s so nice.
Another thing that I found is amazing is putting them in your shoes are slippers for about 5-10 minutes before you use them, because it means when you put your shoes on they’re not super cold so it feels like you’re putting them in hot water instead of cold slippers
Stuff
It’s a bit more than 20 bucks but you can buy a ring of keys to pretty much any piece of heavy equipment you could possibly want.
You never know when say… Let’s pick a random one … A Komatsu D355A could come in handy.
Subtle. Nice.
I’m just glad someone got the reference
Fuck Amazon. Buy local. Cancel your prime membership.
A slicer to slice eggs, strawberries etc into small slices.
Place in hole, close top with metal wires over it, and voila, sliced whatever!
Works great on olives as well.
Oh, you mean the mozzarella slicer. Never knew it could be used for eggs or strawberries.
(I use it exclusively for slicing mozzarella for pizza and toast).
One of these meant for eggs and small fruit. It looks like they would sit better than in a larger one for mozerella?
Don’t think there is a larger version tbh, I just slice my mozzarella in half to fit lol.
Everything comes in a bigger version if you want it.
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Ultrasonic cleaner! Really awesome for glasses, jewelry, all kinds of small stuff. I fill it with isopropanol solution and clean my phone case in it.
I’d be interested in getting a link for this product if you don’t mind!
