Quality counts
Nov. 16th, 2010 08:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gilanaI like a bargain as well as the next person, but I've learned over the years that there are some things that it's worth paying more for.
* A good iron - one that will really take out wrinkles, and not accidentally make more. I hated ironing until I got a fold-down ironing board and a good Braun iron.
* A real razor - I used to use the plastic disposables and I cut myself all the time. My sister gave me a Gillette Sensor years ago and I've rarely cut myself since. I like the Gillette Venus now, but YMMV.
* Really comfortable shoes - it's hard to be happy when your feet hurt. I have 3 pairs of Dansko clogs, and they're worth every penny I spend on them.
What's on your list?
* A good iron - one that will really take out wrinkles, and not accidentally make more. I hated ironing until I got a fold-down ironing board and a good Braun iron.
* A real razor - I used to use the plastic disposables and I cut myself all the time. My sister gave me a Gillette Sensor years ago and I've rarely cut myself since. I like the Gillette Venus now, but YMMV.
* Really comfortable shoes - it's hard to be happy when your feet hurt. I have 3 pairs of Dansko clogs, and they're worth every penny I spend on them.
What's on your list?
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Date: 2010-11-16 09:24 pm (UTC)HOUSE PAINT! I'm going to pretty categorically say Never paint with house paint that costs less than $30 a gallon. $40 is better. I absolutely won't paint with ANY of the crap they sell at H.D. Plus if you put that garbage on your walls it will require more coats in order to cover, and need to be repainted 5 to 15 years sooner than if you put on good paint in the first place. Plus for $5 more per gallon you can get "zero-VOC" paint. Eventually I assume that will become mandatory, but until then it's still an excellent thing to spend money on.
Someone mentioned power tools, but I'll add that a well made hand tool is so incredibly much better than a cheap one, and often the price difference is not even exorbitant. A pair of pliers that doesn't close well or feels loose goes straight in the trash. And OMG hammers with loose heads? eep!
Also I'm with everyone who says "kitchen knives" and will add Knife Blades (x-acto and utility blades). It pains me to see old, dull crappy blade in my friends' utility knives... you know a pack of 100 blades is still probably about the cost of my co-pay for stitches at the hospital. Also a sheet of mat board costs $10, and if you cut it with a dull blade, chances are good you'll trash it and have to buy another sheet; a pack of 100 x-acto blades is 25-35 bucks.