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Someone In This Online Group Asked, “What’s That One Product That Is Completely Worth Your Money?”, 30 Folks Delivered
We live in a world where everything we want or need can be purchased fairly quickly, depending on whether you like to shop online or go to an actual store. But what about the things that we buy? Bored Panda has already got a list of terrible products that are still sold and bought by millions that you can find here.
This time, one Reddit user, @A_Flyingsquid, was curious to find out what are some valuable things a person can buy, so he asked people online to share “what's that one product that is completely worth your money?”
The question that received more than 57k upvotes as commenters listed various household items, clothing, shoes, and other items that make people’s lives a little bit easier and more comfortable. A lot of users agreed that if you want to have a high-quality product, that will be used for quite some time, the smart thing to do is to invest in this item as “buy cheap, pay twice.”
What are some of the items that you would be happy to pay more for? Leave your thoughts and experiences in the comments down below!
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Whatever you paid for your pet at the Humane Society. I got two cats $130. Have had them almost 2 years, plan to have them for another 15-17 years. They make me laugh, and they make me feel warm and loved every day.
Yes! The fees seem strange to some, but the cost helps pay for the vet fees for that pet AND feeding/care for the hundreds of others.
A good mattress and pillow!
Never go cheap on things that keep you off the ground: shoes, bedding, tires
well made bra
Yes, that's tough. They say you should ditch your bra after several months but dude, do you know how difficult is to find good bra? I am not ditching that until it falls apart!
A quality chef knife.
Yep yep yep. Be sure to wash and dry it right after you’re done using it—it helps keep the blade nice and sharp!
A good frying pan, lasts for years and the quality of food I can cook with it is so much better. Also much easier to clean.
Birth control.
Make it the permanent kind if you’re *absolutely certain* you won’t change your mind. My OB/GYN finally relented after hearing me swear I didn’t want children for the first 20 years I was her patient.
Three good pairs of scissors. One for clothe, one for paper and one for the kitchen. This saves so much time and aggravation.
A cab ride or rideshare when you're drunk.
Anything designed to go between you and the ground. Shoes, bike or motorcycle helmet, mattress, car tires. Get good quality.
After seeing how many people keep s**t stored in 10 year old random cardboard boxes in their garage or laundry room, I am gonna say storage tubs. They are hardly expensive, uniform in size, stack well, and aren't going to deteriorate if they get a bit wet.
A good and comfortable chair to your desk. Especially when you plan to sit there a lot for studying or if your job requires you to sit. It will spare you a lot of back pain.
Bread from a bakery instead of regular stuff on the grocery store shelf, particularly if you can get it still warm from the oven, or at least very fresh.
A good "under sink" home tool kit if you dont have one already. I can say as a newly married 20 something it was the most useful gift my father in law got me.
Ten foot charger for your phone.
I like those for in the car so my kids can charge their devices if we are on long trips. Otherwise, a short one works just as well and charging doesn't take ages, it won't hurt to not have your phone in your hand 24/7.
As a home owner, I can’t say it enough. A wet/dry vacuum.
Professionnal photographer at your wedding. Food, music and so on are nice but goddamnit don't cheap out on the photographer.
Those pictures are everything you'll have from your wedding for the rest of your life.
A toothbrush. It is literally life saving and can prevent you a whole world of pain in both your body and wallet. Bonus points if you brush twice and day and floss.
One of the best advice given by my dentist - buy baby brush for your teeth. They are soft and will go easy on your teeth. Since they are tiny, they can go to every corner.
Prescription Sunglasses
Yes, for sure. I was lucky my old Oakley frames were still good 9 years after buying regular shades, better than any of the crap they sold when I got my prescription lenses. I feel naked without them outside!
For me it is specialty coffee. A few years ago I took a 2 hour coffee tasting course at a local roaster and got a mail order specialty coffee subscription, which opened my eyes to the world of coffee. I pay about $20 (Canadian) for 340 grams which makes 17 cups of coffee at ~$1.18 per cup. People tell me it's a waste of money, yet get $5.50 Starbucks every day...
A good power strip. Don’t buy the cheapest one. That’s how you burn down your house.
And don't count on a surge-protecting power strip to protect your devices from surges if its gotten quite old. They depend on metal oxide varistors to short spikes to ground, and the more spikes they experience the more they degrade until they don't function anymore. The strip itself will still do its primary job fine though.
Socks. Despite the expense and the inconvenience of obtaining them, there is nothing that compares to the feeling of wearing warm, dry socks.
my granny - age 95 - still knits socks daily. I've got at least 20 pairs. my BF tried to throw away some of his old ones with holes, but I was like: don't you dare! I'll repair them. you'll never know how long granny is able to knit. I'll cherish these socks for a long time
One sharp, well-tailored suit for work and formal occasions. After that you can just change up your shirt, trousers and tie and you'll still look impressive
Lasik surgery. Seriously, the only time I haven’t regretted a major purchase. Y’all can have my $4,000 and my spectacles.
Your eyes change over time—I’m much less nearsighted than I was when I was younger.
Roomba. Haven't swept in two years. 730 days my broom has not come from the side of the fridge. He probably misses me. I'm gonna go check up on him.
An electric tire inflator, for $29.95
It's so convenient to add air to the tires where you live rather than going to gas station air pumps - especially in winter weather.
A crockpot and a rice cooker. They were both around $35 and I use them a few times a week.
For me it was the air fryer. A countertop convection oven is perfect for a 2-person household!
Rechargeable batteries for Xbox controllers. I couldn't even begin to estimate how much I've saved over the years.
Rechargeable batters for everything possible...batteries contain so much acid that they have to go to a toxic waste site rather than the ordinary dump.
Actually decent pencils. F**k offbrand pencils and their pink stubby s**t. If you buy wooden pencils, buy ticonderoga.
If you buy mechanical pencils, get one that has a decent grip and lead storage cap. S***ty ones just hurt to use.
A shoe horn. The tall ones are $1 and let you put your shoes on without hurting your back or ruining the back of your shoes.
A good pair of in-ear headphones. Nothing beats listening to music on high quality (I've still got wired cuz your boy's still speakin' broke).
My far too expensive hair products. Curly hair is not fun.
It is like having a really expensive pet that lives on your head and hates you.
I've had people ask me "how do you do your hair". I just have to laugh. There is no "doing" my hair. There is simply trying to not piss it off.
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My hair is so fine it’s just one small step up from baby hair and snarls if you look at it wrong. For me, the best thing I do now that it’s so long (because all of the hair shops in my small coastal town went out of business due to Covid) is to braid it every night and then again in the morning, and I just keep it in a long braid all of the time. It’s not glamorous, but I lost the rest of my glamour ages ago, so no biggie.
Mine too, but I put it up with concord clips, which I think is glamorous 🤣
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Its annoying how everyone is like "OMG I wish I had your hair!" Like girl I know I look fabulous but Its HARD
My curls have never been so good since I moved to bar shampoo and conditioner. And it's not expensive at all. I've spent plenty on $50 bottles of shampoo and other hair products over the years. Waste of money for me.
Try the curly girl technique - it promotes a great way to reduce the amount of time spent on your curls and you can find curly girl compliant shampoos etc that are really cheap (don't get me wrong, you can also spend a fortune but in not necessary)
I got that OP does use the CGM. Ever since I started it, I use way more products than before. Clarifying shampoo, dry shampoo, Co-wash, pre-poo, deep conditioner, regular conditioner, leave-in conditioner, detangler, gel, mousse, oil serums...etc. not to mention a better hairdryer, denman brush or other detangle brushes, Combs, microfiber towel, silk pillow case and/or bonnet/scrunchies....yeah, so it's way way more than the three or four products I used in the past, so not totally cheap...(for those wondering, you don't need *all* these products every day, different days for different things, and not all curlies needs all this stuff, but most of it is recommended)
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No matter the product, on "wash day" I have beautiful beach curls. The next day, my hair is mashed and curls are defiant. Usually ends up in a pony-tail at some point. After 2 decades, I finally quit flat-ironing my hair, but that was because I got tired of spending 40 minutes AFTER my hair dried, just to get it flat. I'm happy to spend money on great products, with the full knowledge that my hair is extremely moody.
Purchases far too expensive shampoo and conditioner, the types that are supposed to be perfect for my scalp and hair types, after 30 years of using cheaper/market ones. Got rid off all other hair products I needed to use to maintain my hair at once. Now that I spend a little extra on shampoo and conditioner that doesn't actually damage my hair or scalp, I save a ton on money on hair products and have perfect hair all the time.
High quality genuine Japanese Green Tea.
Americanized stuff you find in normal grocery stores doesn't even come close.
i hear so many americans not understanding how people can drink tea. You have never had decent tea prepared properly. NOT saying that everyone will like tea, just saying that most who don't haven't really had it.
tongue scraper. once you use one and see all the brown gunk that sits on your tongue you will never want to go back.
A high quality BBQ sauce
A-f*****g-men to the bra one. I just bought my first "good" one in a while... $50 for something comfortable, well-made, and flattering is money well spent. I bought it from a company online called Pepper that specializes in, uh, smaller sizes (cups are AA, A, and B only) and it doesn't have the dreaded cup gap. I don't work for them... I just really love this freaking bra.
I'm the, uh, opposite direction (38D) and I wholeheartedly concur. I legit get bras as birthday and Christmas gifts from my husband. And now that I'm not breastfeeding I'm getting all new ones. Now, I don't actually unwrap these at birthdays or Christmases. I just buy them around those two times.
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If you have a largish property that seems to endlessly generate saplings (more than you can use), then the Puller Bear is money well spent. A small Canadian company makes it, and it pulls up saplings using the principle of the lever. I watched my daughter uproot a dozen in less than five minutes. (We replanted them where we wanted them.) No more digging up a giant root ball.
Thank you. Actually came to this article looking for these types of suggestions more than the run-of-the-mill ones.
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A roof over my head. I've been helping a couple of homeless people with getting essentials. I never realize how much you give up when you are homeless. A place to cook, go to the bathroom, wash up, do laundry. No heat, no A/C, no running water, no refrigerator. No place to store clothes, shoes. Nothing. Not even access to health care sometimes. One of the people I help said that he's not worried if I bring them food or money...he just wants me to come around from time to time to talk. He likes the stories I tell him and he says it makes him less lonely to know someone treats him like a human being and not an animal to avoid or ignore.
Yes. I recently scored a deal on linen sheets and my God...It's heaven.
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Adding: Since I was a farm kid: Don't cheap out on rope, lumber, or work gloves.
Outerwear. Buy the parka, the slicker, the windbreaker, and you can use them for life. I'm actually using a parka that was bought in the 1980s. Hand-me-down from my dad. Good weather protection saves lives.
My husband's prized possessions from his mother are two cast-iron skillets.
Oh, I would love that! Lost out to the cousins on the family cast-iron, alas.
Load More Replies... Since the autumn and winter are coming, I would say a good, warm, comfy, water-resistant jacket and great, comfy, warm, preferably water-resistant boots. I dream about such clothe items every winter.
Also can vouch for an induction cooktop. Stuff heats up faster than ever and the power bill's down a bit too. You need iron/steel-bottomed cookware to use it, but it's well worth the investment!
I have a single-burner induction hot plate thing that I love. I'd love a full induction cooktop but living in Iowa and with multi-day power outages a thing year round I'll stick with my gas stove..
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Meh. Thought it was going to be more of the unique, or really high quality things that are worth investing more money in (along the lines of "buy once, use it for the rest of your life" higher quality, durable goods). A lot of these are common, generic, "everybody knows this" kind of advice. Better advice in the comments so far than in the posts.
If you have dust allergies a good vacuum makes a huge difference. I had an average one, I decided to invest in a good one, the day before the new one was delivered I had vacuumed the whole house ( I didn't realise that new one would arrive so fast ). I wanted to play with my new toy so I re-vacuumed one of the rooms I had done the day before, I ended up doing the whole house again, there was an insane amount of dust I had to empty the vacuum twice before I was done. The average one with about the same size bag would have been half full after a full round of cleaning.
And furnace filters. My youngest daughter and I both have winter allergies and using the more expensive one was a game changer. We also swap it out every six weeks instead of three months.
Load More Replies... Bread maker. I haven't bought bread for 15 years. It makes and bakes bread - you just put in flour, yeast, salt and water and program it to wake up in the morning to freshly made bread 😊 You can also make any sort of fancy dough or batter for cakes, I used to make panettone, too, from start to finish; it can be used also as a rice cooker and mochi maker. It did cost about 350$, but it was worth it and it's been used daily for more than a decade.
A good sturdy, comfy, cushy, couch made with quality material and NOT faux leather. A phone that doesn't have a glass touch screen and not made by Apple. High quality oil paint. That Artists Loft stuff is garbage.
When I was 15 or so, to disguise my constant "workouts," I bought a paint mixing machine so I could tell family & friends, "No! That WASN'T me! It was my paint mixing machine!"
The name was a mistake maybe? "Gen Zers In This Online Group Confess What 39 Millennial Trends They're Sick And Tired Of" while the actual thing is “what's that one product that is completely worth your money?”
You sure you clicked the right article? This is "Someone In This Online Group Asked, “What’s That One Product That Is Completely Worth Your Money?”, 40 Folks Delivered"
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A-f*****g-men to the bra one. I just bought my first "good" one in a while... $50 for something comfortable, well-made, and flattering is money well spent. I bought it from a company online called Pepper that specializes in, uh, smaller sizes (cups are AA, A, and B only) and it doesn't have the dreaded cup gap. I don't work for them... I just really love this freaking bra.
I'm the, uh, opposite direction (38D) and I wholeheartedly concur. I legit get bras as birthday and Christmas gifts from my husband. And now that I'm not breastfeeding I'm getting all new ones. Now, I don't actually unwrap these at birthdays or Christmases. I just buy them around those two times.
Load More Replies... If you have a largish property that seems to endlessly generate saplings (more than you can use), then the Puller Bear is money well spent. A small Canadian company makes it, and it pulls up saplings using the principle of the lever. I watched my daughter uproot a dozen in less than five minutes. (We replanted them where we wanted them.) No more digging up a giant root ball.
Thank you. Actually came to this article looking for these types of suggestions more than the run-of-the-mill ones.
Load More Replies... A roof over my head. I've been helping a couple of homeless people with getting essentials. I never realize how much you give up when you are homeless. A place to cook, go to the bathroom, wash up, do laundry. No heat, no A/C, no running water, no refrigerator. No place to store clothes, shoes. Nothing. Not even access to health care sometimes. One of the people I help said that he's not worried if I bring them food or money...he just wants me to come around from time to time to talk. He likes the stories I tell him and he says it makes him less lonely to know someone treats him like a human being and not an animal to avoid or ignore.
Yes. I recently scored a deal on linen sheets and my God...It's heaven.
Load More Replies... Adding: Since I was a farm kid: Don't cheap out on rope, lumber, or work gloves.
Outerwear. Buy the parka, the slicker, the windbreaker, and you can use them for life. I'm actually using a parka that was bought in the 1980s. Hand-me-down from my dad. Good weather protection saves lives.
My husband's prized possessions from his mother are two cast-iron skillets.
Oh, I would love that! Lost out to the cousins on the family cast-iron, alas.
Load More Replies... Since the autumn and winter are coming, I would say a good, warm, comfy, water-resistant jacket and great, comfy, warm, preferably water-resistant boots. I dream about such clothe items every winter.
Also can vouch for an induction cooktop. Stuff heats up faster than ever and the power bill's down a bit too. You need iron/steel-bottomed cookware to use it, but it's well worth the investment!
I have a single-burner induction hot plate thing that I love. I'd love a full induction cooktop but living in Iowa and with multi-day power outages a thing year round I'll stick with my gas stove..
Load More Replies... Meh. Thought it was going to be more of the unique, or really high quality things that are worth investing more money in (along the lines of "buy once, use it for the rest of your life" higher quality, durable goods). A lot of these are common, generic, "everybody knows this" kind of advice. Better advice in the comments so far than in the posts.
If you have dust allergies a good vacuum makes a huge difference. I had an average one, I decided to invest in a good one, the day before the new one was delivered I had vacuumed the whole house ( I didn't realise that new one would arrive so fast ). I wanted to play with my new toy so I re-vacuumed one of the rooms I had done the day before, I ended up doing the whole house again, there was an insane amount of dust I had to empty the vacuum twice before I was done. The average one with about the same size bag would have been half full after a full round of cleaning.
And furnace filters. My youngest daughter and I both have winter allergies and using the more expensive one was a game changer. We also swap it out every six weeks instead of three months.
Load More Replies... Bread maker. I haven't bought bread for 15 years. It makes and bakes bread - you just put in flour, yeast, salt and water and program it to wake up in the morning to freshly made bread 😊 You can also make any sort of fancy dough or batter for cakes, I used to make panettone, too, from start to finish; it can be used also as a rice cooker and mochi maker. It did cost about 350$, but it was worth it and it's been used daily for more than a decade.
A good sturdy, comfy, cushy, couch made with quality material and NOT faux leather. A phone that doesn't have a glass touch screen and not made by Apple. High quality oil paint. That Artists Loft stuff is garbage.
When I was 15 or so, to disguise my constant "workouts," I bought a paint mixing machine so I could tell family & friends, "No! That WASN'T me! It was my paint mixing machine!"
The name was a mistake maybe? "Gen Zers In This Online Group Confess What 39 Millennial Trends They're Sick And Tired Of" while the actual thing is “what's that one product that is completely worth your money?”
You sure you clicked the right article? This is "Someone In This Online Group Asked, “What’s That One Product That Is Completely Worth Your Money?”, 40 Folks Delivered"
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