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saltesc, in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?

Carabiners. I bought a bunch for accessory and gear hauling when climbing long routes/distances. They’ve since been used for a lot more. I find endless use for them and usually have one clipped on a belt eyelet.

learningduck,

Don’t have an egg beater? Here’s my carabiner.

Do you mind sharing how you apply those fears outside of climbing?

saltesc,

Well, just earlier I used two to extend a dog lead and tether it at the pub.

In sight of me, a couple are looped through jacket tags holding them onto a skinny rack clothes hangers don’t fit on. My house keys hang off a small one so I can clip them on and off my car key and 4×4 key. I clip on lock keys as well if I’m going mountain biking. Another has a dog training clicker and treat bag on the outside of my backpack. There’s a few holding up shoes and accessory ropes on my outdoor/climbing gear rack.

Other common things, though… Holding up things like lighting, bins, cooking stuff when I camp. Clipping through tied up bin bags so I can take them all outside easier and cleaner—basically anything with a small loop, they become a clip in handle. They’re great for undoing tight knots instead of finger nails. Switching weights in and out of my harness for different exercises on the pull-up bar or hangboard.

Most situations needing a handle, hook, ring, or knot, but faster and easier. I have a lot of very strong climbing ones, but decent ones that’ll statically handle up to 100kg—but try not to ever go half the Max static rating for safety—are light, tough, and very cheap.

That should give you plenty of ideas to work with :)

iloverocks, (edited ) in How do you spend your idle time?

Hang around on Lemmy

Lisinig to music

Practice norsk via Duolingo(I know it isn’t foss)

AccountMaker,

You might be interested in Clozemaster for language learning. It has collections of most frequent words where you get a sentence with a word missing that you have to input. That way you just get blasted with hundreds and thousands of sentences in your target language.

iloverocks,

It isn’t Foss ether so I see no point to switch

Edit: I found librelingo but unfortunately it doesn’t have Norwegian as a language option librelingo.app/dev/

loudWaterEnjoyer,
@loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Duolingo is not FOSS

Aussiemandeus, in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?
@Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone avatar

Knipex adjustable shifter pliers

They adjust and lock to all the metric sizes and in my industry climbing towers and working at heights, having to carry the minimum is amazing.

these

lazylion_ca,

Is there a tower climbers community on Lemmy?

Aussiemandeus,
@Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone avatar

I’m not sure, i climb tower cranes for work

polle,

LOL, are you me? I recently put that thing in my backpack, because you never know.

RubberElectrons,
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

Faaacts, I have one at work and a personal one. Can one buy tools accidentally? I needed to get a bike head-nut off, all it had were two parallel indents on the perimeter.

Saw this for $50 at Sears, been in love with them ever since. W/o question one of my favorite and most useful tools. Sheesh I sound like such a shill haha

macrocephalic,

I have the knippex 100mm pliers, they are part of my EDC but they’re not $20.

silentknyght,

What do you do that you carry special pliers every day?

macrocephalic,

Exist. I have kids who constantly break things. I have a house where things often need minor attention. The knippex cobra xs pliers are tiny and weigh less than the pliers on a multitool like a Leatherman.

Thorny_Insight,

Great tool but not cheap. Infact you probably couldn’t find a more expensive version. Knipex however is worth it. Generally my advice is to first buy a cheap tool and replace it with more expensive one after it breaks but with pliers it’s pay once, cry once situation. These are truly BIFL tools. The 100mm mini cobra pliers are awesome aswell.

Kolanaki, in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Good nail clippers. My toe nails grow hella fast and if I don’t keep 'em trimmed, I end up spending a lot more on socks. Good trimmer is like $5. Though I wish they came in bright colors since I quite often misplace them or they fall off my night stand and are a PITA to find.

Waldemar_Firehammer,

Plastidip the handles, you can get bright blue or yellow pretty easily, and one can will last ages.

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

That’s a good idea. Would also give a better grip on the lever. :D

Vodik_VDK, in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?

A slim beater knife like the Buck 722 Spitfire (had mine for almost a decade).

multi-chambered pill fob; bulk caffeine pills.

A quality water bottle.

Bamboo sheets (soft, smooth, anti-static)

Waldemar_Firehammer,

Bamboo sheets (soft, smooth, anti-static)

There’s a store in the mall where I live that sells any size bamboo sheet sets with an extra pillowcase for $25. They are amazing and I’ve since converted all my family to them.

Kolanaki, in What do you like about the vehicle you drive and would you have changed anythin about it?
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

I have a 2010 Chrysler Town & Country and my dad has a 2018 Ford Fiesta. I drive both pretty regularly.

I prefer the Fiesta. The T&C is a fucking piece of shit. The only thing I don’t like about the Fiesta is the same problem I have with every Ford I’ve ever driven: The steering is stiff and the pedals are sensitive af. But I prefer an overly sensitive brake to the one in the T&C that feels super weak even when pressing the pedal to the floor. When I wanna stop, I wanna know I’m able to.

LifeOfChance, in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?

milwaukee fastback with screw driver attachment. I’m no contractor and use this thing all day everyday. Primarily as a knife but the screwdriver has came in clutch countless times. You can get a two pack for under $20

PoorYorick,

Was coming here to post this. I cannot overstate how much I use this thing daily. Bought it to help with some diy projects, and ended up carrying it everywhere I go. This is one of those few items less than $20 that I honestly can’t see being without anymore.

rustyriffs,

the tanto fastback with screwdriver is a pretty good looking design. I’m adding that one to my wishlist. Lol

DeadpanSlim,

Ok. I bought one of these three weeks ago based on this post.

Holy shit.

I’ve been a Leatherman or knife carrier most of my life. But I have reached for my new Fastback more than most multitools I’ve ever owned.

In these past weeks I have:

  • Taken a fence apart to back a truck into the yard of a friend who was moving.
  • Opened several boxes that I wouldn’t have needlessly dulled my knife blade on.
  • Removed the blade to scrape residue off of a window more than once.
  • Used the flathead to pry whatever small retaining clip needed persuasion.
  • Cut the end of of zip ties totally flush.

I know not everyone will have this experience. But the disposable blade coupled with a 1/4" bit was an absolute game changer for me.

Thanks, OP

weeeeum, in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?

Floss picks. Flossing is actually more important than brushing and it’s really nice to have a pack of floss picks at your desk so you can floss absent mindedly while watching a video or even in bed.

TAG,
@TAG@lemmy.world avatar

Dentist hate this one little trick… because it is not actually as good as flossing. Floss picks tend to have a very tight piece of floss. It is good for cleaning the surfaces directly between your teeth, but not the curved parts of the teeth.

I hate regular floss (or rather sticking my fat fingers deep into my mouth), so flossing sticks are better than nothing.

weeeeum,

What I do to mediate that is sticking in the floss pick, turning it and pulling it out while under tension and whatever it doesn’t get will be removed by brushing. My dentist told me I have very healthy teeth (I actually don’t even brush very consistently (please don’t do this even though it happened to work out for me (I was depressed, just listen to your dentist))). I also floss the gap between each tooth twice, once applying pressure to one side and vice versa.

RubberElectrons,
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

It’s so much wasted plastic though. I 3D printed a handle and with a little sandpaper to smooth the handle out, it’s super easy to floss. Using this one currently: www.printables.com/model/…/comments

weeeeum,

I also thought that too and I’ve been looking for a reusable one now. I bought one but it’s too much of a hassle and frankly takes more time to change floss than actually flossing (have to unwind, remove from track unwind again, pull floss, rewind, align with track, rewind again and trim)

RubberElectrons,
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

There’s always a tradeoff: security or convenience, environmental destruction or convenience, healthy life or convenience…

I don’t mind at least trying to do something right. But I don’t know other people’s lives so most I’ll do is ask them to consider or try something new.

Aabbcc,

Would be better with the 90 degree bend.

But also PLA will grow bacteria after putting it in your mouth even if you wash it.

RubberElectrons,
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

I actually modified it in solidworks to have a nice curve, and open at the tips vs trying to thread the floss everytime.

Bacteria? You’re brushing your teeth with a reused toothbrush. Besides, that’s what immune systems are for.

Aabbcc,

Different plastics have different properties, like how much moisture they hold. You can clean polypropylene but you’ll never clean off PLA

RubberElectrons,
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

I used petg, better for the engineering stuff that I do.

Aabbcc,

Feel free to google whether you should be putting petg in your mouth and then giving it time to grow bacteria and then putting it back in your mouth again.

(you may be shocked by the answer)

JiveTurkey,

I don’t think anyone is shocked. PETG is probably the best solution here since it can be food grade and transparent to help with disinfection via UV. Would probably be a good idea to limit each one to a month of use or something but it’s still better than the wasteful alternative.

RubberElectrons,
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

I understand your point, and still disagree.

If I could injection mold it out of polycarbonate, I would. I’d still rather use this than mindlessly buy 150 plastic prongs, only 5% of each disposed piece being actual floss.

Aabbcc,

Go for it, but maybe don’t tell people it’s a good idea without explaining any of the risk

RubberElectrons,
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

Caveat emptor. We are all masters of our own destinies.

Welt,

Jesus, clickbait language in comments is worrying

Aabbcc,

Have jokes gone too far? Some lemmy experts are concerned

Welt,

Ask an expert: Is Arugula a super food?

momentary,

Awesome! Thank you so much, I have floss picks that I hate as they’re crappy and break or stretch out before I can do my whole mouth so I end up using two. Definitely printing this when I get home!

RubberElectrons,
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

Glad you like it. Maybe snap the ends off as threading the floss through the holes is a pita haha.

crabArms,

There are also wooden floss picks out there, for those who don’t have a printer but want to use less plastic.

ghashul,

I’ve got one that’s basically a handle that dispenses the floss, so you just use it and then click a few times and there’s new floss ready for next time. Makes it a lot easier to get done.

crabArms,

Do you know the product name?

ghashul,

Yeah, it’s a GUM Flosbrush.

AllOutOfBubbleGum,

I started doing this a few years ago, and it made a world of difference. I dislike the whole process of using regular floss; having to wrap it around my fingers and then try to maneuver it around inside my mouth, all while staring at myself in the bathroom mirror is a mental burden. Now I just keep a bag of floss picks in easily reachable places where I tend to spend the most time, and I’ve ended up with really good flossing habits.

sbv,

I’m in the same boat. I didn’t floss until I started using those little picks. I’ve looked into reusable floss holders, but none of them seem like something I want to regularly stick in my mouth.

crabArms,

A year’s worth of floss picks is the same amount of plastic as just a couple of bottles/containers. If you feel bad about the plastic waste but can’t find an alternative, you can always focus on getting fewer single-use plastic containers.

There are also wooden ones; still making trash but at that point it’s equivalent to a bad toothpick habit lol

sbv,

Hmmm. Wooden toothpicks would make me look like some 1950s gumshoe…

theKalash, in About cheese

Stop buying cheap cheese.

Slow,

I would be happy to buy only high-quality, expensive products)

Moghul, in What are some activity examples that train finger or hand dexterity?

Have a look at pen spinning

amio, in About cheese

It could be perfectly benign, you just pick up on new flavor notes after eating the same thing for a while. Your first chili is not going to be too fruity, because it's busy tasting like burning. Your first cup of coffee might not be very pleasant because coffee-naive people typically only taste the bitter at first. Maybe some flavor compound in the cheese is also in honey. It's unlikely anyone should add honey, and then it'd be on the label.

On the other hand, it's very common for infections (COVID, especially) to mess up your sense of taste and smell. It could make almost anything smell like almost anything.

One thing to try if it's obviously not an infection is "just buy better cheese" and see if there are still unexpected flavors.

Also, what kind?

Slow,

Of course, there are varieties of cheese that do not cause any complaints. They’re just more expensive.

Thanks for the detailed comment!

devious, in About cheese

Maybe all this time your honey actually tasted like inexpensive cheese and you have just picked up on it?

fiat_lux, in About cheese

Possibly the starter lactic acid bacterial culture, lactobacillus helveticus. It's known for giving cheeses a slight sweetness. Honey has a bunch of different acids in it, composition differs by source, but there's a good chance that's what the flavor similarity you're noticing is.

loudWaterEnjoyer, in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?
@loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Poopknife

SeabassDan,

I still use the scissors, can’t get enough leverage with the knife sometimes.

That or I need more fiber.

elscallr,
@elscallr@lemmy.world avatar

If you ever have to resort to the knife resist the urge to push it against the toilet. If it cuts through suddenly the sharp impact from the blade could crack the porcelain.

hiremenot_recruiter,
@hiremenot_recruiter@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Sorry, what?

wahming,

A knife made of fossilised coprolite, so it looks at home in the toilet. Alternatively, a knife used to cut up poop for inspection before disposal.

Dontfearthereaper123,

Bit nit picky but coprolite is fossilied poop. Saying fossilied coprolite is a bit redundant as coprolite already states that it’s fossilised

wahming,

No I agree with you perfectly, but it was a choice between making it semantically correct, and making it more readable / understandable to most readers.

Papergeist,

Lol it’s an old story from reddit. Allegedly, this guy was at a friend’s house and he went to the bathroom. But he couldnt find the poopknife and called out for it. He was mortified to learn that the average family did not employ the use of a poopknife.

glitch1985,

What’s a reddit?

SatyrSack,

A closed source centralized Lemmy alternative.

Papergeist,

I made the whole thing up. It came to me in a fever dream.

blackbrook,

It’s like an internet poop knife.

hiremenot_recruiter,
@hiremenot_recruiter@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

WTF

macrocephalic,

The funny thing is that you can actually buy a poop knife now.

ohlaph,

Poop knife.

AnonStoleMyPants, in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?

Smart lights to wake you up in the morning. Vastly prefer it to a normal alarm clock.

WhiteHawk,

A sunrise alarm clock will do the trick, too

AnonStoleMyPants,

I had one before but the light was so weak and if you were sleeping on the side with the back of your head towards it, it did nothing. Though to be fair I do have a smart light in my nightstand lamp to do the same, but it is more like extra.

WhiteHawk,

There’s better and worse ones, obviously. Mine is so bright it lights up the entire room by itself.

radix,
@radix@lemm.ee avatar

This doesn’t work for everyone obviously, but I leave my blinds open at night so that the sun will wake me up. Works for me when I don’t have to be anywhere before noon.

itsprobablyfine,

Yeah the further north you get the less this works on both sides of the sleep unfortunately

Kase,

On a similar note, I have an alarm clock that has a thing I can put under my pillow that vibrates to wake me up. (The box said it’s made for Deaf people, which makes sense lol). As someone who doesn’t wake up to ANYTHING, this works for me almost every time.

cheesymoonshadow,
@cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world avatar

Is the vibrating of your phone not enough to wake you? I just use my phone as an alarm clock and keep it by my pillow. All my alarms are set to vibrate so it doesn’t wake my husband.

Kase,

The phone vibrating on the bed doesn’t wake me up, nor does the sound at full volume. And the alarm clock is super aggressive lol. It has 15 levels, and I turn it up all the way. The whole mattress be shaking

cheesymoonshadow,
@cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world avatar

That is some super deep sleeping you got going on. 😅

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