• LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    1222·
    10 days ago

    Mantric Rechargeable Remote Control Knicker Vibrator I got on sale for 50% off. I’m not super into the whole public thing, but I’ve been using it way more than my magic wand, that fucking tip is shaped perfectly. Plus it would make an excellent phaser prop.

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
    541·
    10 days ago

    I keep an extremely small 64GB USB-A/USB-C flash drive on my Keychain so I can move files between phones, phone to computer, or load movies and TV shows from a computer or phone and plug into a TV to play.

    It’s only $10 and sometimes it’s very convenient to always have on hand the ability to move files around without the use of a network or the cloud or whatever. The size of it is extremely small.

    Verbatim 64GB Store ‘n’ Go Dual OTG USB 3.2 Gen 1 Flash Drive for USB-C Devices – 2 in 1 Type C Thumb Drive https://a.co/d/40uW3fE

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
      7·
      9 days ago

      So simple to siphon off stuff from the phone like photos to back up! And load it full with films.

      It’s crazy how everything is so locked in.

      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
        5·
        9 days ago

        Why I’m holding onto my note 20 ultra for the foreseeable future as well. Last samsung flagship with an SD card slot. It holds all my pictures, videos, and TV shows and movies on that little card.

      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        9 days ago

        Not a pixel, but I literally just replaced my note 20 ultra battery like 2 hours ago. I have all the equipment and knowhow to rip phones apart that don’t want to let you. I believe most of the pixels aren’t too bad to get into and battery replace if you ever get a wild hair in you to give it a shot. Just fyi, go with an oem battery. Pretty much all aftermarket ones are terrible. Also be careful of the loads of counterfeits and used sold as new batts on eBay.

          • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
            3·
            9 days ago

            No, but it’s a great source to get stuff if they can get the parts, and all their tools should work well. If their batteries aren’t OEM ones, they won’t try to pass them off as such.

            I’ve been fixing cell phones since the 90’s, along with a lot of other electronics, so most of my equipment has been a hodge-podge of sources I’ve collected over the past 25 or so years.

            In the case of the battery I just got for my N20 Ultra, there is no source I could come up with that sold in the US and also seemed verifiable or completely trustworthy so I had to take a risk and order through a supplier off ebay. The pictures looked legit and like what I know the oem’s look like, and they had the correct looking adhesive and protective coverings on the batt, plus I messaged the seller back and fourth a couple of times and they stayed on their claim they had new oem batts, even after I’d mentioned I would capacity test the battery and leave them a review.

            Now, I still won’t know for sure for a few more days. I’ll drain the batt to phone shut off and then charge to 100% plus 2 more hours a couple times, and then drain to shut off and charge it to 100% + 2 hours one more time while leaving the phone off and using my in line voltage/mah tester. Knock off batteries never get very close to an oem batts capacity.

      • A1kmm@lemmy.amxl.comEnglish
        2·
        8 days ago

        Tip for increasing the life of your next battery:

        Li-Po batteries degrade far faster when their charge level is at the levels the manufacturers call 0-15% or 85-100%; the exact minimum and maximum charge levels are a manufacturer decision that trades off total battery capacity when new against battery life. Manufacturers make the decision by thinking about what is most profitable for them, which is the biggest possible advertised (brand new) battery capacity, while dying quite fast (within a couple of years) to sell more, but not so fast consumers can claim it is faulty.

        So they will happily make the battery last 1/5th of the life it otherwise would, for +30% brand new battery capacity, even if that 30% will be gone in a year of typical use.

        Those decisions are aligned to the manufacturer’s interests, but they are seldom aligned to a consumer’s interest. Most consumers would be better off with 30% less battery capacity, but a phone battery that lasts 5x as long - many people for example charge every day, and only get down to 80% or something anyway.

        The way to re-align to your interests are to: stop charging above 85%, and shut down at 15% instead of going down to 0%. You can do this manually, but it is a real pain; you can’t just plug it in, and leave it until it is charged, you’d need to micromanage charging. Some more responsible manufacturers (e.g. some Samsung devices) have features that will do this for you if you set preserve battery mode. Others, including Google, however, really don’t want you to do this, because it hurts their sales. They don’t provide standard APIs available to unrooted devices that would allow apps that do this.

        If you are willing to root your device (and ideally install a third party Android distro like LineageOS), you can install ACCA (https://f-droid.org/packages/mattecarra.accapp/) on a rooted device, and set it to stop charging at 85%, and shut down at 15%. This will increase your battery life very significantly, and drastically slow the decline in capacity you’d otherwise see. Unfortunately, many manufacturers hate people taking control of their own devices this way; Google has unfortunately convinced major banks etc… to use their so called “Play Integrity API” to check that your device is “secure” (where secure is defined by Google as including a phone no longer receiving security patches, with known vulnerabilities that let someone trivially install a keylogger over the wifi, but excluding the same phone rooted by the owner, with a highly secure up-to-date LineageOS install, with extra security software like firewalls that stock Android wouldn’t allow, and with ACCA installed; it’s almost like “secure” means toeing the Google line, and the banks have been conned). There are sometimes ways to pass the Play Integrity API checks even when rooted, but Google is constantly battling users to try to break them. But it might be worth it for better security and battery life.

      • tamiya_tt02@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 days ago

        I have a Pixel 7 Pro and the battery sucks now. I want to wait another year because Verizon contracts are 36 months now. I hope my failing battery lasts that long.

        • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 days ago

          Have the fold.

          Stupid expensive phone that lost half its battery life in less than a year.

          It’s not rocket surgery, just have an option to limit charging to 85% like Samsung does.

          I guess simple math is too hard for Google.

      • essell@lemmy.world
        8·
        10 days ago

        I do enjoy a good protein shake in the morning, especially when no one else is around, sets me up for the day

          • essell@lemmy.world
            2·
            9 days ago

            I don’t always, just a preference. If there’s someone who wants to join in thats definitely a bonus and adds to the experience

      • WhoisJohnGalt@lemmy.world
        3·
        9 days ago

        Just wanted to say thanks. I have a frother for my milk but for some reason I never thought about using it for my protein shakes. Will try it!

      • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        8 days ago

        😲 I never thought of using it this “whey”! Protein shakes don’t always mix easily…

  • Underwaterbob@lemm.eeEnglish
    37·
    9 days ago

    I bought a nice pair of fingernail clippers. ~$15 Green Bell from Japan. You hardly have to apply any force to the lever at all, and the nail just slices off neatly and falls inside. Not like my old cheapo pair that went “KACHONK” and endangered anyone in my vicinity of shrapnel injuries.

    • Piemanding@sh.itjust.works
      7·
      9 days ago

      I have one of those Japanese nail clippers. I’m wondering how they make it cut so softly. Like even if it didn’t eat the nails they wouldn’t launch. Best clippers ever, even if it’s harder to get the edges.

      • Ledivin@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 days ago

        I’m betting that it almost all comes down to sharpness and using better metal (harder, keeping it sharp)

    • whelk@lemm.ee
      4·
      8 days ago

      I don’t know man, the kachonk is a valuable part of the experience for me, great tactile feedback

  • Dran@lemmy.world
    32·
    10 days ago

    DYMO Embossing Label Maker

    They’re like $9 on Amazon and I label everything. I have 2 myself, and they’re also my go-to for white-elephant parties.

  • roofuskit@lemmy.world
    30·
    9 days ago

    A pi zero w. Need a wireless Android Auto adapter? Flash the right image. Need a Klipper controller for a 3D printer, flash the right image. Need to add a wireless thumb drive to any device that you can drop files to over the network? Flash the right image and run a few commands. They are very cheap and insanely versatile. I originally got a handful for $5 each and am still finding uses for them.

  • krelvar@lemmy.world
    251·
    10 days ago

    Slider style EDC utility knife. Small, lightweight, and because the blades are cheap and easily replaced you can abuse them - cut on concrete, pry stuff, if it breaks the blade, not a big deal.

    https://a.co/d/gouJDKV typical example but there’s lots of different ones.

    Bonus - these blades are more expensive than most, but still cheap and last a lot longer than standard blades do https://a.co/d/bQj77Qz

  • phanto@lemmy.ca
    24·
    10 days ago

    Breakaway charge cable for my phone! They act like those old MagSafe chargers for Mac, and when I’m clumsy, instead of a busted off charge port, no damage! I also have curious cats who can test gravity without wrecking my phone.

  • okamiueru@lemmy.world
    262·
    10 days ago

    Don’t know if you’ll get something for as low as $20, but a small thermal printer. Functions as a label maker on steroids, there is no ink, or proprietary* paper. Some thermal paper rolls have built in stickers, some are transparent, some have special shapes and colors, etc.

    I’ve used it to label plants, tools, cables, boxes, so-so-many gridfinity boxes. It takes 1-2 seconds from hitting print to having it ready.

    * not entirely the case, in that some have set sizes, or markings to automatically feed and count. However, these are low tech, and there are third party vendors.

          • sramder@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            8 days ago

            Obviously you’ve never been… everything here causes cancer. We’re amending the law next year so we can just label everything that isn’t carcinogenic because it will substantially reduce the number of Prop 65 labels that end up in landfills ;-)

    • Today@lemmy.world
      6·
      10 days ago

      I just got a little phone printer and I’m using it everywhere! It’s now in my work backpack. Adding my cell number to the back of my business cards for people i like. Labeling everything i set up for people. Printing an Amazon return label. Giving a kid a sticker of their face. One million uses!

        • Today@lemmy.world
          3·
          10 days ago

          I got this one. It says 30, but I paid $30 for it plus extra three rolls of sticker paper. If you scroll down to see what other people bought, I think there’s now one that’s a little higher rated, but I’m happy with mine. I even bought another one to give to a friend because we have a joke about her organization system that uses stickers.

          iDPRT Mini Printer with 1 Roll Sticker Paper, Portable Sticker Printer Efficiently and Quickly, Thermal Printer Pod for Study Notes, Pictures, DIY, Label, Free App with Multiple Templates Inkless https://a.co/d/a9QRHzs

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
        2·
        10 days ago

        My brother label maker is over 20 years old, I’ve put batteries in it a handful of times.

        The cartridges haven’t been cheap until recently. Now they’re like $4 each. I can live with that.

      • okamiueru@lemmy.world
        7·
        10 days ago

        https://phomemo.com/products/m221-label-maker

        Is the one I went for. I like the flexibility in being able to use different width rolls. I don’t have a lot of suggestions other than that, since it depends a lot on which use case you have.

        I think all of them use the same app (don’t quote me on it), which had decent enough reviews: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.project.aimotech.printmaster

        I’m sure there are other brands too.

        • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
          10·
          10 days ago

          I’m starting to avoid things with custom apps because the dev dies out and the product is abandoned long before it’s dead. This one is developed by people who can’t spell, and that’s a red flag too.

          I’ll be happy when we’re back to some common app again.

        • hit_the_rails@reddthat.com
          3·
          10 days ago

          I don’t really know my use case, I just like the idea and I’ll find uses for it. Always avoided label makers because the cartridges are too expensive. Thanks!

          • okamiueru@lemmy.world
            4·
            10 days ago

            Since you don’t know your use case, I’ll also mention a different approach that solved a similar problem, which is how I’d go about it if I needed color labels, a lot of labels, or special labels for outdoor use, etc.

            Which is to combine a normal, (in my case, a laser) printer, and use something like this: https://www.herma.co.uk/office-home/product/weatherproof-film-labels-a4-white-extremely-strong-adhesion-4581/

            The Herma brand were decent quality, and also had templates (see link example, a bit further down on the page). The downside is that you need to put in some effort. But if you want full control, high quality labels, that’s not a bad way to do it.

  • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    241·
    10 days ago

    You can get a wax seal kit for that much. I have a whole set now, but I seal absolutely everything. All you need is a candle, a wax melting spoon, a seal, and sealing wax

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    10 days ago

    My basic bitch wireless phone charger stand. Holds it at a good angle so I can see when someone sending me a Teams message while I’m pretending to work.

    • glimse@lemmy.world
      9·
      10 days ago

      I saw someone going off about how wireless charging is a stupid gimmick and liking it just means you fell for the marketing hype.

      So I guess you and I are suckers. I love my INIU wireless charging stands that I bought 2 of for $30 or whatever

      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
        5·
        10 days ago

        I honestly felt wireless charging was stupid until I finally got a phone that happened to have that capability and a cheap charger gifted to me. It’s so nice especially if you use your phone as a secondary screen. And on IOS with that new thing where it shows your calendar and the weather when “docked” on a wireless charger is just a *chefs kiss*

        • glimse@lemmy.world
          9·
          10 days ago

          I knew I’d like it as soon as it was announced, just not for the same reason I thought (no damaged USB ports). What I really love is not having wires everywhere that get caught on this

      • RattlerSix@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 days ago

        I love wireless charging. I don’t know how it would be a gimmick, except that it’s slower than using a cord (but I think the next generation is supposed to be really fast). They make DIY wireless chargers that you can wire up and put in things. I have two that I mounted under the little tray on top of my dash. I put my wireless charging earbuds case in the tray and it automatically charges while I’m driving. I have a flashlight that can charge there too. The tray is too small for a phone or else a phone could charge there. I’ve been thinking about putting one inside my nightstand at home https://a.co/d/gdghAWp

        I also like magnetic phone holders with wireless charging. I made mine out of a different type of mount and charger but it’s something like the link. I have one mounted to my dash where I can see the phone if I need nav or something, it holds it firmly and charges as I’m driving. Also mounted one on my desk next to the computer. https://a.co/d/7pauuzO

      • Orygin@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        8 days ago

        I hate the concept because it’s just really wasteful of energy. If I recall correctly, only 30% of the power output of the charger goes into the device, versus 95+% for wired.