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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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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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%.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

That's a funny cautionary tale.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Roughly 0.5 inches would you say?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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.