I see posts talking about good BIFL items but I don’t hear much about the other side of products that are bad or products you bought but don’t even use.
I read somewhere that GoPros and other action cameras are one of the least used purchases, so I figured “that should mean there’s plenty on eBay”. So grabbed up second hand bargain, played around with it for a couple of weeks, bought some extra batteries and other accessories, and since then it’s sat in the cupboard except for a single occasion.
Turns out you don’t need an action cam if you’re not getting any action.
The good thing is GoPros are still good years later. Most of the action my GoPro 4 has seen was in the last 2-3 years after sitting for a really long time.
I had one that must’ve fallen out of my pocket when I got out of the car, because a few days later I found it half embedded in the dirt driveway after getting ran over. It was scuffed and scratched, but still worked! I don’t think the battery holds a charge anymore, but it is like 10 years old now
I have the same thing with a drone
Many lemmy users have the same thing with a wife
ha ha women objectification funny
Do people actually use those to—erm—document the proceedings?
I’ve seen it done!
Oh damn I totally forgot about that one. My dad bought a go pro and I could’ve used it to film my scuba diving event but we couldn’t figure out where to mount it.
Dick mount.
I won one at an office Christmas party, took a time lapse of my chia pet, put it in a drawer for a year and felt guilty, then sold it to a ski instructor. It’s kind of like taking a video of fireworks or a concert. Unless you’re doing some wild extreme sports, who’s editing and rewatching that kind of video?
A cellphone in like 1995. Had if for a few days before realizing I didn’t have anyone to call. Returned it not long after.
Same time plus minus one for me. Not only did nobody have a reason to call me (at school). Literally nobody else had a mobile phone.
My Seat Leon. I had been warned about VW Group’s new platform but holy hell, even the most dire warnings didn’t tell the truth.
The car crashes every day. Nothing works. Even basic functions, like keyless entry on the door handles. If it rains, nope doesn’t work. How about the speakers switching into centre speaker only? How about a reversing beeper stuck until the car is not just turned off, but left turned off for 10 minutes? How about Apple CarPlay which doesn’t work? The list is endless. It’s so so poor. After one update, the car sensors got confused about being in a left hand driving country, so cruise control wouldn’t overtake cars in the slow lane.
And I can’t afford to switch to another one.
Salt and Pepper grinder from a well recommended brand. Was like 80 bucks for the set and it’s not better than the ones I get from Sam’s Club. Infact it’s worse. Disappointing.
So many untouched videogames.
My ab roller.
The 1kg bag of brown rice I bought to be healthier.
Amazon Prime.
A fake olive tree that sits in my living room.
My smartwatch purchase partially. It’s a Galaxy Watch4 Classic, it does stuff like track my workouts, heartrate, etc., run WearOS-optimized apps that I basically never use like Spotify, and I have to charge it every 2 days. I noticed that the only real feature I need is to get my phone’s notifications on my wrist. Not really worth the € 200-300 purchase imo, but it works okay-ish.
I bought a refurbished galaxy watch 4 and I love it. I use it mostly for reminders and timers and it works really well for me. I put it in the charger while I shower and that basically the only time I’m not wearing it. I understand it’s a pretty unusual use case, I don’t really care about the fitness aspect of it, I just want a voice assistant on my wrist.
Wow, I paid less than half that for my Garmin Instinct Solar and charge it maybe once or twice a month. Supposedly with the newer model, you don’t even have to charge it as long as you take it out in the sun for a bit every day.
I got a xiaomi fitness band and it got the feature you wanted and also cheaper and durable. One of the best purchase i’ve ever had.
Hotdogger. Doesn’t work as advertised.
Countless video games.
A gaming chair, one of those that look like racer chairs. It basically destroyed my back, worst purchase of my life
It’s funny that I hear this a lot but I’ve been using my dx racer since 2017. I am quite skinny though so that might help. I’m wearing through the fake leather now though, looking to get something new by the end of this year. But the damage is mostly my fault for sitting half crossed legged, sometimes while wearing shoes.
Same but a gaming mouse. I came from a cheap office mouse that was amazing but ended its (long) lifespan. Replaced it and wow this mouse sucks. Yes it has RGB but every single time I scroll with it, it causes my finger to hurt like crazy, which is a REAL problem in this era.
I could never get into those. They look nice, but Ive read some damning reviews about how uncomfortable they are.
I kinda prefer the plush office chairs that look more like a couch with wheels.
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Probably because in a real racing seat there’s a harness to keep you from slouching. I used to have terrible lower back issues with a Recaro bucket seat I converted for a desk chair. Never had a problem with it driving for hours when it was in my car (may it rest in pieces). Then it dawned on me that the seatbelt was maintaining my posture. Added a lap belt and the back problems abated.
Not only that. A racing chairs is not intended to be good for your back. It has a very different use, it protects you in the case of a crash. So unless you often get into car accidents while gaming, better to buy a chair that is specialised at ergonomics, not impact protection .
And it holds you against lateral G force with the gussets, which isn’t necessary sitting still.
To be fair, the gaming chair also holds you against lateral GeForce
My race seat is super comfortable and it’s a fixed back.
Best advice Ive heard on chairs "Fuck gamer and racer style chairs. Look for something that screams “Im going to fire 3000 people over Zoom in this shit”
Yes! Puffy gloss leather boss chairs ftw! I don’t have one right now only because there’s no space for another proper workplace in our apartmentsm
Yes lol, whenever someone is asking for a computer chair recommendation, no one will recommend a gaming chair.
I have a “gaming chair” and I hate it. Still use it though until I can get enough money to get another one.
I had the same experience and ended up donating it to a friend. What I found that was actually comfortable is a $1,400 office chair that I got a good deal on.
Yep, same. Worst chairs you can buy by a wide margin. Cheapest IKEA chairs is worlds better than the priciest gamer chair.
Chairs are one of those things that you need to drop serious money on if you sit more than a few hours a day. Focus on chairs for office work and expect to pay over $1k.
I did exactly the same. Even the kids wouldn’t sit on it haha
I learned about the companies selling refurbished Aerons on eBay and picked one up a couple years ago for $400. Love it!
Wait what, say more about used aerons for cheap
You can get refurbs from places like Crandall’s too, I got a Steelcase Leap V2 with these big ass rollerblade type wheels and it’s been pretty good.
You can occasionally find sales or liquidation of office chairs for cheap. You can also buy refurbished chairs from places like Crandall and get basically a new chair with used metal bits for half the price of new.
PSVR - fun for a week but otherwise useless.
FYI - it might get PC support
The PSVR2, not the first.
Console VR is useless, Sony’s first party stuff is not better than any indie.
Love mine, but a few hundred hours into GT7 and I’m kinda bored. But I think that has a lot to do with the terrible UI more than the gameplay.
I think the story of VR in general. Fun for a few weeks, then great dust collectors
Great for sport though, !beatsaber@lemmy.ml
I heard the psvr2 is getting pc compatibility. I might get it then because the price is lower than the index and supposedly has good enough outside-in tracking vs outside-in tracking and the features sure do look nice.
Those potato spaghettifiers. Fuckers break when you try to push potatoes though. Waste of money.
What? Are you talking about a potato ricer?
I like my name better.
You need to cook the potatoes first.
I usually stop cooking the potatoes whenever a fork can split them. Apparently that is not enough?
this never happens to me because I’m poor
Bought myself a wireless charger but I never use it because I just plug in my phone anyways cause it’s faster.
How is plugging in faster than simply putting phone on a charger?
I meant faster to fill up. It doesn’t even take that long to plug it in either.
For the wireless charger I got one of those Anker ones that hold it at angle like stand, so I put my phone on it while I’m at my desk. I can look at it and check any notifications that come in without having to pick it up. Saves me from having another cord on my desk.
I got myself a magnetic wireless charger for the nightstand. It’s great.
I use one every night. It keeps my phone in a predictable spot, and it always charges fully overnight anyways. It’s also less wear and tear on the port.
You can get magnetic plugs now, you just stick a little magnetic dongle in the port and leave it there and then the cord just magnetically attaches to the phone. That way you have the benefit of charging it fast. Plus not wearing out the port
Those things are great because they also act as USB condoms meaning that no data lines are connected when you plug into a public USB port. Quite a benefit when out and about.
You do lose out on fast charging though.
I had one of those, but I work in construction, so I can’t use those.
These are what I use. Plus I can use the same cables for all kinds of different connecter types. Also, keeping that little plug doohickey in the charger port all the time acts as a kind of dust plug and keeps pocket lint and stuff from getting in there.
This pretty much sums up how I treat my gf.
At least you’re keeping her port intact for the rest of us
This is communism.
I also got one and don’t use it - used to use one with my previous phone and I’m pretty sure it ruined the battery over time (it causes the phone to heat up which affects the battery). Got another one, this time with a build in fan, but the high pitch noise the fan makes annoys so I don’t use this one either.
My last 2 phones stopped charging through the ports. Keep that wireless charger, it may come in handy. Saved me from buying a new phone for at least a year.
Make sure there’s no lint and dust compacted in the bottom of the port if you haven’t already. It isn’t always entirely obvious but it can affect both lightning and USB-C and you can usually get it out with some careful use of a sewing needle.
Yup this is definitely the first thing to check. Unfortunately I think it was my need for bulky un-destructible cases, that bent my charging ports.
My last phone had the same issue, actually relatively cheap to get the port replaced at one of those tech repair places
I looked into this, but the closest to me was about 1 hour away. When I looked up the streetview, it was a guy’s garage with small shady sign infront lol
Best place to go, just someone interested in it on the side. Its not a complex job.
I didn’t use mine for years until I got a wireless charger stand to use with my phone in landscape mode. I love it for my office desk. Combined with work focus, I only see a clock or large relevant notifications. I can answer work calls without messing with a cord. And when I leave at the end of the day, it’s charged. The old flat charger is still sitting in a drawer though.
Slower is usually better for the battery, use it if you charge at night. It also decreases the wear on the usb port.
Skateboard at IKEA. It looks cool, but I still don’t skate.
Did you have to assemble it yourself?
Surprisingly not!
Does the Pope shit in a hat?.. or something
Good decks haven’t changed in price for 40+ years. Decent wheels, trucks, and bearings about the same. Unless you want an artist to paint your board, you can get pretty top class gear for about $125. Source: crazy good kid that cares about his board.
Blank decks all day baby
A switch. There are a handful of good games but I prefer to play on my computer
I fly a lot and the Switch saves my sanity. But I never use it for anything else.
I don’t fly a lot, but that’s also its main use. I’m on a trip right now, I bought Pokemon just for this trip :)
Man, I use my switch all the time. But I love little metroidvania and smaller indie and single player games. Any time I see something interesting on steam, I’ll buy it on the switch if available.
I’ve also been using it to replay older stuff. The first red dead, the Arkham trilogy, currently going through Nier: Automata again.
I feel like even in your case it would make more sense to buy it on steam and use a steam deck.
But i get it and i want to be as enthusiastic about it as you seem to be. But my switch is also just catching dust. So is my ps5 tbf.
If i could redo my buys, i would 100% go for a steamdeck over the switch and a xbox s over the ps5. Not because it is better or has more games… just because the money saved would flow into the gamepass and i could use that on my PC too and still have a console to play with my wife once every 2 years. Also games for xbox are generally cheaper for w/e reason.
I bought a steam deck a year ago after realizing that most of my gaming was done on my Switch over my PS4, and I had a backlog of PC games thanks to Humble Bundle purchases over the years.
The amount of times a game I wanted to play was on sale on steam but full price on switch was a big influence as well. I play a lot of rouge likes, metroidvanias, and other indie weirdness, so it’s a perfect fit for me.
The lower price of steam games, and the ability to get a refund for crap games is going to push me toward a deck vs. the next switch.
That actually is a good point. If it wasn’t for Zelda and Metroid specifically, it probably would be my choice. I’ve had my switch since before steam deck though.
It exists entirely for Mario Kart or to keep nieces and nephews busy.
That or Super Smash Brothers.
I usually main Mr Game and Watch, but I’ve been learning to use Young Link. I have about 800 hours into that game. I love it.
Man I use mine all the time, I have just dance, fitness boxing and ring fit adventure.
So much easier to get up and do some sort of physical activity when it’s a game not a task.
*mario kart is the game that sits on the shelf gathering dust until the nieces come over.
I’ve got a Switch and I do love it as a machine but those first party titles are so expensive. I’m the kind of person who will never buy games at launch and always wait for them to be reduced. I got it for Christmas and when I went to look at Zelda BotW it’s still £60, and so is Mario Odyssey.
Buy second hand.
In my country first party titles go for $60 and all the way to $90
Second hand prices for these are often between $30 and $40.
And you can always sell those used games, and not really lose much (if any) money in the process.
Ps. Prices will fall even more when Switch 2 comes out next year. Hopefully it will be a repeat of the post-Wii days, where most Wii games were dirt cheap.
