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Are there any household gadgets you found unexpectedly useful after you'd gotten them? (lemmy.world)

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I was thinking about how I missed having an indoor thermometer that measures humidity. It's such a small specific thing, one I'd never think of getting unless pushed to it (which I was by one particularly dry winter). But I like having one now.

What are your small, "random" or "junk drawer" type of gadgets that you actually use or like having around?

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[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The idea of getting something before I know its usefulness confuses me. Do you mean finding that something is more useful than you expected?

If that's the case, I once had an alarm clock which curiously had a thermometer in it to measure the temperature in the room. I was able to use it - for years - to hold my landlord to account for being shitty on the heat during the winter.

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

Sometimes its a gift. My bread maker was a gift, and it brings me a lot of value, but I prob won't pay for it.

Other times it's something pushed on you for fun. My wife made me buy a thermostat gun and now I love it. I test it on the kids too for fun.

[-] Dicska@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I have a digital clock with thermometer feature and a dedicated thermometer. I've been logging the measurements every half an hour for months. The clock is ~1.5-3 degrees off (or the other way around, who knows). Just be aware they are not always super accurate.

[-] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

The idea of getting something before I know its usefulness confuses me.

My spouse buys things because they seem neat. Uses them once or twice, then not again.

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