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What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by lietuva@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Just went down the aliexpress rabbit hole again. Theres really everythinf for some of really niche things that i wouldnt ever buy, but some things really do look appealing. I wonder what do you guys use daily thats worth lets say under $20

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[-] AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 15 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Kase@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

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@lemmings.world 4 points 10 months ago

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@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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@lemmings.world 2 points 10 months ago

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

[-] radix@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

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@feddit.uk 6 points 10 months ago

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

[-] WhiteHawk@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

A sunrise alarm clock will do the trick, too

[-] AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

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@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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

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