Products you bought & are happy you did

BlunderWoman

BlunderWoman

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Many times I have regretted a purchase, but sometimes I get pleasantly surprised. Which product have you purchased you feel was worth the money you paid?

I bought the 1 second slicer. I use it almost every day. It simple to use..easy clean up. Love it for dicing.

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Gee I had to think about question but I think it would be our coffee machine ,we use it everyday ..I just said to my hubby how are we going to survive for a Month without it .:coffeelaugh:when we go away in the winter...I'm in Australia so we are just into autumn/ winter
 

My Keurig coffee machine. My slow cooker.

I would go with those too. Slow cookers and microwaves make things so much easier. My son gave us the Keurig some years back. What a big difference over instant...great taste and it's fast. I can't breathe until I have my first cup or three.
 
My hair straightener .. could not do without it, as my hair has a mind of it's own, especially in humid weather.
My computer. Would probably stop breathing without it :playful:
 
My husband and I like different coffee so I bought myself a French press. He uses his big clunky coffee maker and I use the press. I love it. I also purchased a Presto pressure cooker 44 years ago when we first got married. I still use it, but since the kids are gone maybe not as much, it is still going strong. Four years ago I was able to replace the gasket. Some things I wouldn't cook any other way but in the pressure cooker.
 
I bought an expandable pocket hose for my front yard, the green shorter 25 foot hose. I was very frustrated with my hoses kinking on me, always having to walk back and unkink to get the water pressure back to normal. One longer back yard hose used to kink every few feet, very aggravating. I knew when I bought it that it shouldn't be left out in the sun or abused, and it was more delicate than a regular hose. I disconnect it when I'm not using it and store it in a small plastic covered flower pot when not in use.

I was very happy that this hose never kinked, or had any particular leaks, takes a bit of getting used to but I liked it. I bought a longer, black, heavier duty one with brass ends for the back yard, and so far no problems with either of them, but they are both gently used, just for watering the lawn and the occasional car washing with a spray attachment.

 
My smartphone. I waited 'til my good old flip phone started falling apart, and when I went to buy a replacement the only phone I could find was this smartphone. It is a lot slower at just basic calling than the flip phone was, but it does so many more things -- and the only reason I really wanted it was the camera. I use so many of its other functions a lot more. It is like "the toy that's also a phone."
 
SeaBreeze said:
I bought an expandable pocket hose for my front yard, the green shorter 25 foot hose. I was very frustrated with my hoses kinking on me, always having to walk back and unkink to get the water pressure back to normal. One longer back yard hose used to kink every few feet, very aggravating. I knew when I bought it that it shouldn't be left out in the sun or abused, and it was more delicate than a regular hose. I disconnect it when I'm not using it and store it in a small plastic covered flower pot when not in use.

I was very happy that this hose never kinked, or had any particular leaks, takes a bit of getting used to but I liked it. I bought a longer, black, heavier duty one with brass ends for the back yard, and so far no problems with either of them, but they are both gently used, just for watering the lawn and the occasional car washing with a spray attachment.
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I bought one too. It exploded after a few weeks and their website had no phone # or address, no customer service. So I got the black one with the brass bits. No problems with that one so about a year later I got two more. They're great, I really like them. I got my brother one of the green ones (when I bought mine) for his boat and RV and he hasn't had any problems.
 
My Toro zero turn mower...

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These little shelf inserts to put inside your kitchen cupboard. Makes an extra shelf for tall cabinets.
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And this pull out shelf for a deep cabinet. Rather pricey though.

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My best purchase has to be the big outdoor wood furnace. We have a total electric house, and our first Winters heating bills were quite high. We live on 40 acres of dense forest, and there is an endless supply of firewood, so it didn't take long to figure out that I could "recycle" a lot of dead wood. I spent about $6,000 for the furnace, a log splitter, and a couple of good Stihl chainsaws. Now, every Winter, I save between 12 to 15 hundred dollars. This is about the 12th year of use, so I have saved well over double the initial costs...one of the very few things I've ever bought that actually puts money back into my pocket. Plus, I get the "side effect" of lots of good hard work and physical labor that goes a long way towards maintaining good health. This furnace, and my Kubota tractor, are the best things I've ever spent money on.
 
Don M. said:
My best purchase has to be the big outdoor wood furnace. We have a total electric house, and our first Winters heating bills were quite high. We live on 40 acres of dense forest, and there is an endless supply of firewood, so it didn't take long to figure out that I could "recycle" a lot of dead wood. I spent about $6,000 for the furnace, a log splitter, and a couple of good Stihl chainsaws. Now, every Winter, I save between 12 to 15 hundred dollars. This is about the 12th year of use, so I have saved well over double the initial costs...one of the very few things I've ever bought that actually puts money back into my pocket. Plus, I get the "side effect" of lots of good hard work and physical labor that goes a long way towards maintaining good health. This furnace, and my Kubota tractor, are the best things I've ever spent money on.
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That's impressive. I'm familiar with those. It's a lot of work to install but it is worth it, especially if you're someplace that gets a lot of electrical black-outs.
 
Wrigley's said:
That's impressive. I'm familiar with those. It's a lot of work to install but it is worth it, especially if you're someplace that gets a lot of electrical black-outs.
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Actually, the install was fairly easy. The furnace company just installed a plate in one of the basement windows for the air intake and heat ducts, and then I ran additional ducting to the middle of the house ductwork, with a diverter to bleed some of the heat into the basement and garage....and take the air from the basement as intake. That way, 80% of the heat goes upstairs, and 20% down...on a single digit temperature day, I can keep the upstairs in the low 70's., the basement in the mid 60's, and the garage in the mid 50's. The furnace uses a 110v blower at about 1800CFM, so its kind of like having baseboard heat....with just a gentle flow of heat coming out of the registers. It takes awhile to heat up the house from a cold start, but once the furnace has been going for 4 or 5 hours, the heat is great. And, like you say, it is handy if we lose power...which doesn't happen very often...but the 6500 watt generator has plenty of power to run the furnace, lights, TV, and the Well pump. About the only thing we lose in a power outage is the stove, hot water heater, and washer/dryer....but our worst outage in over 13 years has been 5 hours....no big deal. At the rate I am harvesting the forest, I figure I'll run out of firewood in about 135 years. About the only time the electric furnace kicks in is if we leave for a couple of days, and set the thermostat on 65. On a really cold night, the main furnace may kick in about 5AM until I finally get out of bed and go out to put more wood in. From an environmental standpoint, it does generate a little smoke....but probably less pollution than the electricity that would be generated at a coal fired plant. So...it's a win/win deal all around, and saves us a fair amount of money every year.
 
I purchased the Deluxe Horse Head from GagsAMillion.com several weeks ago and it has lived up to its advertising in every way.

"Scare your pets and have a ball!"

"Terrify your neighbors!"

"Hang out at the track and confuse the jockies!"

Well, here's another glowing thumbs-up for the Deluxe Horse Head - here I am introducing Puddles, my cat, to the mask for the first time ...

 

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