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What product do you swear by? (lemmy.world)
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I never thought Id be excited for a garbage can, but after going through multiple plastic cans and having the lid mechanism fail on cheaper metal cans, I broke down and got a more expensive one from Simple Human. I feel the quality everytime I use the step to toss something. It sounds so dumb, but I'm really blown away after years of crappy cans.

Aside from that, my python water changer for aquariums. That thing has been the goat for years at this point.

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[–] 24 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

Bone conduction headphones, specifically Aftershokz.

Running, cycling, walking whatever activity I'm doing outside I can listen to music or audiobooks and still be aware of my surroundings.

Taking an acid trip? Now I can hear the birds and have a nice background soundtrack to the day whilst I trip in the woods!

Working with heavy machinery, I can wear ear protection and also listen to what ever I want to pass the time. No more blasting headphones in an attempt to drown out the machine noise and fucking my ears up.

Fucking love these things!

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  • [–] 6 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

    Aftershokz were my first headphones of that type, and I loved them. A big bonus point was that they were the only type of headphones that were watertight enough for running in Irish weather.

    Then they died on me a month out of warranty. I did some research and found many others with the same experience. Since then I'm buying no-name brands of bone conducting headphones. Even if they last only half as long, their cost is much lower.

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  • [–] 4 points 17 hours ago

    That is fair enough. I use mine in all weathers and have been so drenched many times I may as well have jumped in the sea and never had issues with water ingress.

    I haven't really looked at what others have said about them so only have my own experiences. My first pair did eventually stop charging but that was when they were still using micro USB for their charging ports, I have never had an issue with charging since they started using the magnetic charging connection.

    I am now on my 6th pair in the last 12 years but the reason I change them is due to battery life. I use them 10 - 12 hours 6 days a week and then usually 3 or 4 on the 7th day. That amount of constant charging is bound to degrade the battery so I'm never annoyed and think that is worth the money for me. They usually still have plenty of life left in them when I switch but I like being able to have 12 hours of use on a charge ans not have to worry about charging them during the day.

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  • [–] 2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

    How's the quality, audio wise, of such devices?

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  • [–] 2 points 12 hours ago

    I personally only listen to audiobooks, from an mp3 player. The files themselves have quality issues that are expected from their compression, so I can't really evaluate the quality of the headphones. For spoken word, however, the sound is perfectly fine.

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