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What is something really stupid you purchased that turned out far better than expected? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago* by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I bought a piece of 1.5 inch stiff foam to try to fix a sag in a bed. It didn't work but having that thick piece of solid foam around has been a life saver.

Need something flat to put a laptop on? Throw it on the foam. Going to be doing something that requires you to be on your knees for a while? Get the foam!

It went from stupid purchase to something I'd gladly replace if it broke.

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[–] 22 points 3 years ago (5 children)

Rechargeable AA and AAA batteries. I really didn't think much of it at the time but I have been very happy to have them at hand especially once I made a system to keep track of the ones that needed recharging and the ones that were fully charged.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I was playing a lot of Skyrim and other games during the covid lockdown using a wireless xbox controller. I'd go to play a long session and the controller would die about 15 minutes in, which meant a 10 minute walk to the drug store to dump $10 on batteries or hope I had some left over from the last trip and I could find them. I eventually bought a set of six AAs and a wall charger for like $40. Whenever the batteries would die, I'd just swap them out for the ones that were already charged since it could charge 4 at a time, so I always had some ready.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Agreed! Just beware that the Amazon Basics ones used to be awesome (black or grey ones) but the new ones (green) are garbage. I have some of the older ones that are 8 years old and still going strong, where as the new ones wouldn't hold a charge after about a year of use.

    I recently bought some Panasonic eneloop ones and although they are more expensive they seem to be much higher quality.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    I'm curious, what's your system. I need something. I also have a problem where I'll put rechargeable batteries in a device, and then not use the device for months to years, where the batteries sit there unused.

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