• snek_boi@lemmy.mlEnglish
    10·
    7 days ago

    A Time Timer.

    They’re not cheap, especially for a timer that’s bare bones (~20 USD).

    But it has changed my work life.

    1. People who want to interrupt me while I’m working can now see how long until I have my next break. So I am interrupted less.
    2. Now I self-regulate a bit better, so I’m able to work longer without destroying myself in the process. I take breaks that help me with repetitive strain injuries and with feeling like I’m a human being and not just a machine.
    3. Now I remember to actually start timers when I start working. I know this is a bit silly, but I was having trouble creating a habit of stopping for breaks. I tried to solve this by setting timers on my phone, but I constantly forgot doing it. Now I’m reminded to start a timer by something that I see on my desk.
    • Gelik@feddit.dkOP
      4·
      7 days ago

      Nice onel, thanks for sharing! This is something I can improve on aswell, as a desk worker. Furthermore because taking eyes of the monitor screen regulary is supposed to reduce eye strain! I got this timer for my desk and workouts at home.

      My timer

      • eepydeeby@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        Visual timers are a dyscalculia and time-blindness game changer! I don’t like Time Timer being “backwards” but the (often cheaper) alternative brands offer plenty more options! My Secura brand timer goes the opposite direction and I prefer it.

      • snek_boi@lemmy.ml
        2·
        7 days ago

        Ah. To set up the timer, you do pull the hand counter clockwise, as if you were pulling a spring-loaded car backwards for it to move forward on its own. After you release the Time Timer, its hand will move forward on its own, normally, clockwise.

        It is a bit unusual, but the point of the timer is to see how much time you’ve got left. It’s like a battery charge percentage. You know that when the battery reaches zero, you’ve got to charge it up again.

        I hope the explanation helps. If not, feel free to ask or to check out the videos in the Time Timer website. After all, it is a strange product.

        • Valmond@lemmy.world
          1·
          7 days ago

          Lol thank you but I do know how a wind up clock works 😁, I have just never seen one going “backwards”.

          Here’s one on my stove:

          Maybe it’s a European/ US difference?

          • snek_boi@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2·
            6 days ago

            Ah that makes sense. Maybe it’s a European/US difference, but it could be just a Time Timer thing. My air fryer is from an American company and it has the same timer as you (wind it up clockwise, then the hand moves counter-clockwise).

            I wonder if both types of timers (wind up clockwise and wind up counter-clockwise) seek to distinguish themselves from normal clocks in different ways:

            • Wind up clockwise timers (like your stove and my airfryer) let you know it’s not a normal clock by flowing counter-clockwise.
            • Clockwise timers (like a Time Timer) let you know it’s not a normal clock by having a red disk slowly become smaller.
  • EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    6 days ago

    Foldable bathtub
    Ideal for smaller apartments that don’t have their own bathtub since it fits in the shower.
    I bought one despite not really being a bather, but then I realized why I wasn’t into bathing. It’s because bathtubs you lie in kinda suck. Buoyenzy means that your feet and chest will always want to rise above the water

    But the foldable is more barrel shaped, like a Japanese bathtub. So your whole body save your head stays submerged. Who would have thought that the Japanese, a people with entire industries around bathing know a thing or two about good tub design

    • Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Ok I almost see the picture. Do you put a chair in or something or are you crouched? Even with boyuancy I feel like my knees would have a hard time with it. Also a little concerned with using something like that in a space that isint quite expected to have that much weight?

      • EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        6 days ago

        No chair, the buoyenzy perfectly cancles it out. Also, it doesn’t actually need tham much water. I usually only film it halfway foll and the mass of my own body fills it up the rest. So it only weighs as much as one very heavy guy

    • dumples@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Do you have a good brand recommendation? Or something to look for? My wife always complains about how tub being too small and she is tiny compared to me. I can never fit

  • Gelik@feddit.dkOP
    56·
    8 days ago

    Blackout curtains in combination with a sunlight alarm clock to fall asleep more easily and wake up gentler without my phone.

    • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
      25·
      8 days ago

      These are just frankly necessary if you live far enough north. When I’m going to sleep at 11pm ish, the sun is still up lmao.

      • Pyr@lemmy.ca
        21·
        8 days ago

        Went to the arctic circle for the first time. It’s crazy how bright out it is at night. This is 12:30AM just after midnight.

        • IndiBrony@lemmy.worldEnglish
          22·
          8 days ago

          I’m not op, but I’m 55° north… It’s 22:25 here and this is how light it is right now. In another 4 hours, it’ll be nearly full daylight again!

        • vaionko@sopuli.xyz
          3·
          8 days ago

          I’m 61°N, the sun barely sets in the summer. Today, sun rises at 3:51, sets at 23:14. It’s proper dark for maybe 2 hours

        • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          8 days ago

          51° N. I’m also on the fourth floor of a building, so the horizon is farther away. I’m exaggerating a little bit. By “still up” I really mean it’s still bright enough out, twilighty, that it would affect my ability to sleep. Bedroom window also faces east west, so, yeah it’s a combination of factors but still.

          • WR5@lemmy.world
            2·
            8 days ago

            It would matter more for your ability to fall asleep at night if your bedroom faces West. Do you mean it affects your ability to sleep in late?

      • Gelik@feddit.dkOP
        5·
        8 days ago

        I feel you, I’ve got a streetlamp right outside my bedroom window! lol

        • tamal3@lemmy.world
          1·
          7 days ago

          I grew up 2 blocks from a train station that would start running routes every 10 min starting at 5:30 or so. Oh boy I can’t believe I slept through it as a kid, I wouldn’t be able to now without re-acclimating.

    • moseschrute@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      For me it’s a sleep mask, but I also understand that that misses the gentle wake up part. But I love that I can bring my sleep mask anywhere which you can’t do with curtains

      • eldoom@lemmy.ml
        7·
        8 days ago

        If you have any lake parks nearby look for someone that’s kinda hippie looking. Either that or just go to a rave, even outside of it, everyone there will know someone

        • confuser@lemmy.zip
          1·
          7 days ago

          This is the real answer haha, its very difficult to do it right to keep proper opsec but easy enough ocne you do it once but the legit markets for them have people with business-like conduct and its all very confidence inspiring with reviews and stealth packaging and everything.

          I knew someone who died in high school because he got hunted down basically for selling or buying drugs or something to people in person, can only recommend fully private anonymous ways of doing illegal things.

          Not to mention your money goes farther because its not as far down the supply chain.

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    8 days ago

    Noise canceling headphones. Yes, they exist for under $100, maybe not the best, but they’re a godsend.

    • milkisklim@lemm.ee
      62·
      8 days ago

      Agree, but splurge and get one that has a water heater. No one wants cold water sprayed there.

      • TheRealKuni@midwest.socialEnglish
        51·
        8 days ago

        Eh. Cold water is fine. I’ve been using cold water for years.

        Warm water is nicer, but cold water is fine.

    • amphetaminisiert@feddit.nl
      3·
      8 days ago

      Yeah mine was just 30 €. You never have to manually clean your ass ever again because the thing just does it for you!

  • Gelik@feddit.dkOP
    19·
    7 days ago

    Eyeing a rice cooker, it’s really not a need-to-have but I might go for it… Edit: went for it and got one from my local asia market. :)

    • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Specifically a Swiss army knife with scissors. The amount of times I reach for those little scissors is a lot more than expected

    • Soup@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 days ago

      I have a Boker Kwaiken, a real nice one, but man do I love the DW-1. It’s so wee you can really use it anywhere without worrying about freaking anyone out and it does things like box cutting waaaay better than a longer knife.

            • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
              2·
              7 days ago

              Leatherman tools tend to be extremely expensive. Amazon has a lot of multitool options for far less. I have the one made by Wetools, which used to be about $20, which was a serious bargain, considering how well it was made. Now they are around $35, probably due to tariffs, but they are still a bargain.

              • supernicepojo@lemmy.world
                1·
                7 days ago

                I dont mind the expense on quality tools, well made, that last literally forever. Ive had ones that are about 20 years old now.

                Few things I learned from my father, never get cheap tools

                • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
                  21·
                  7 days ago

                  I get that, but Leatherman tools aren’t expensive because of their quality, which is excellent, they are expensive because of their brand. There are plenty of equally high quality tools that aren’t nearly as expensive. The Wetools knife that I have is a good example. Excellent design and high quality construction for a fraction of the cost.

                  I appreciate high quality in all things, but I have also learned in life that quality and cost often have little or no correlation. With a little research, I can usually find a tool, or guitar, or audio gear, etc. that is just as good, or even better, than the well-known gourmet brands, at a far cheaper price. Multitools are an excellent example of that.

      • c1a5s1c@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        that’s really to bad, guess your guys’ gangs really fucked that up for everyone

        • c1a5s1c@feddit.orgEnglish
          7·
          7 days ago

          cop: are you carrying anything sir?

          me: no sir, I keep it all PG

          cop: alright, you have a good day now

          me smirking and taking out my Pocket Guillotine

        • Mubelotix@jlai.lu
          5·
          7 days ago

          Not for defense. You can carry a knife like when you also carry food because you can justify needing it. You can’t carry a knife without such reason

        • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          4·
          7 days ago

          Not anymore. All knives are now banned in public because apparently we are toddlers. Or they think that terrorists won’t find any way to hurt people now. Because surely legality is where any knife murderer draws the line…

          Edit : I think laguioles and swiss army knives are still ok since they have no blade lock. But apparently there is now zero legal difference between my extrema ratio knife (which is admittedly really blurring the line between EDC and “tactical” knife) and an Opinel.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      21·
      7 days ago

      My EDC is a Spyderco Para 3, but IMHO Kershaw is a great budget brand. I really like the Iridium, but the finish is a bit too delicate for my taste because I keep my knife in the same pocket with my keys.

    • moseschrute@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      Recently bought a leatherman skeletool. It’s so compact and the perfect amount of utility for me. And it doubles as a fidget toy.

  • MTK@lemmy.world
    191·
    7 days ago

    Any basic ear plugs, literally $2 to make the world nicer, to sleep better in loud situations, to protect your hearing, to prevent infections in pools, and more.

    You don’t realize how much nicer the world is when it’s like 15db quiter, especially when you are in a city.

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
      21·
      7 days ago

      My ears doesn’t like earplugs, or those old ear buds for listening to music, they just fall out. The new earbuds like apple & co works very well, are there ear plugs like that?