I often hear, “You should never cheap out on a good office chair, shoes, underpants, backpack etc…” but what are some items that you would feel OK to cheap out on?

This can by anything from items such as: expensive clothing brands to general groceries.

  • UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    I made this mistake, some friend talked me on to them. I wouldn’t say worst mistake, caz I have a nice keyboard now, but dang it was expensive and not even close as good as how much it was hyped.

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      9 months ago

      I thought the same with a cheap mechanical I bought, then I tried to go back to my old, still usable keyboard after some days and for some reason it doesn’t feel so usable anymore.

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        9 months ago

        I agree that going from a barely usable to a cheap mechanical is a huge jump, but the differences between mechanical and other mechanical isn’t as big as ppl in the hobby make it seem. I couldn’t have gotten a very similar experience for 70% less.

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      9 months ago

      A basic mechanical keyboard will last 20+ years and will be a nice typing experience for all those years. I’m old enough to have seen mechanical keyboards go for 20 or more years under heavy use and plenty of non-mechanical keyboards going bad after 5 years or so with similar use. It’s a great purchase.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 months ago

      I bought a couple different super cheap mechs (browns for when my partner is sleeping, blues for KLIK KLACC) and they’re SO MUCH BETTER than I expected. They were under 40USD each and have full RGB.