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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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[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Depends on your lifestyle ofc but a cheap 6' tape measurer keychain has come in clutch more times than I can count. Within the past week I've used it to

measure the hatch of my car to see if a box could fit

compared a 14" pizza to a 17" to my friend group to figure what size pizza to buy

measured an entire house worth of soffit

The thing was like $5 and honestly gets more use out of anything in my EDC except maybe my earbuds and even then I barely touch them since graduating from uni

[-] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Make sure you test it against one you're sure is accurate. My wife bought one that looks right at first blush, but it's off by at least 5%.

[-] joystick@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That's a funny cautionary tale.

[-] fruitSnackSupreme@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Roughly 0.5 inches would you say?

[-] epyon22@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I use the one on my leather man micra all the time. Also fans of Adam Savage know about his measuring device tattooed on his arm which is cool too.

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Funny, I was just watching some lockdown-era Tested videos and was wondering what that tattoo was on Adam's arm. Reminds me of my mechanic friends with a 10mm socket tattooed so that "they'll never lose it"

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I keep several full size 30' tape measures in different places like my truck, kitchen junk drawer and (of course) toolboxes. You might find that more useful than a 6'. Cheap ones are fine, I think, as long as you don't drop them.

[-] papalonian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The appeal is to have it fit on your keychain/ in your pocket so that you've always got it rather than having to run back to the car or wherever one might be

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you, now I know what tattoo to get if I pass by a walk in place. I'm always tempted but the things I want aren't exactly walk in tattoos. Only question now is to go halfway up my forearm or to my elbow. Guess I could go all the way down my index finger, too, but I'm not sure how long a tattoo on the side of the finger would last, plus all the possible bends when including the hand could reduce measurement accuracy by quite a bit.

[-] Sharpie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Dude, you’ve gotta factor in way more than diameter if you’re trying to make wise pizza choices. They have calculators for that: https://www.omnicalculator.com/food/pizza-comparison

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Your link is the other way around, you should put the text between [ ] and the link between ( ), i.e. text, the way you did it the text that appears is the url but when you click it it tries to go to literally the address url.

[-] Turun@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Luftkin makes a high contrast 8' the size of most 6' and it is glorious. I have one as a daily driver for work, cold dead hands.

The rest of their tape measures in that same line are great.

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