• 0ops@lemm.ee
    13·
    16 days ago

    Cheap bluetooth obd2 scanner. But yeah, I’ve been trying to keep my Amazon spending to a minimum. I’ll try to buy from anywhere else first

    • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      These can be had from AliExpress for less. Amazon is a middleman and the markup can be significant

  • Supercrumpet@lemmy.zipEnglish
    101·
    16 days ago

    I try to use Amazon less and less these days, but there are still some things worth getting for cheap.

    A whole category for me is small kitchen items. Mixing bowls, bench scraper, oil bottles, squeeze bottles, etc. You can get good brands too, you just have to look a little harder these days.

    • fprawn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      15 days ago

      If you’re in the US, check out webstaurantstore for those items. Way better pricing than Amazon, so you can have a whole stack of every size mixing bowl, sheet pans, glassware, etc, for what you’d pay on Amazon for one.

  • PostnataleAbtreibung@lemmy.world
    8·
    16 days ago

    Basically every usb cable i have bought. If you try it locally, there are like two bigger chains in every city who sell those at ridiculous costs. To get them at a reasonable price you’d have to drive to a specialised vendor available only in the biggest cities (conrad, elv) or at very remote places (e.g. pollin).

    • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      15 days ago

      Fully agree, I refuse to get my USBC cables from any local store, Walmart used to be the best area around that you could find them for online, but since then Amazon has definitely taken over

      I’ve bought these a few times and they’ve never disappointed. They seem really sturdy and they do my fast charging and data transfer with no issue. ~14USD for two 3ft, two 6ft and a 10ft is a good deal imo

    • PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      16 days ago

      THIS THIS THIS

      In my case my mom made a sleep mask for me in 11th grade and I’m still using it a bunch of times.

      t. 24 years old

      • Octagon9561@lemmy.ml
        1·
        15 days ago

        I mean you can connect almost any IEMs or headphones to it. It’s got a really good DAC all things considering.

  • Majorllama@lemmy.world
    72·
    15 days ago

    It’s a bit more than 20 bucks but you can buy a ring of keys to pretty much any piece of heavy equipment you could possibly want.

    You never know when say… Let’s pick a random one … A Komatsu D355A could come in handy.

    • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      Oh my God yes, I bought one of these about 10 years ago it’s still going strong and whenever I get a little cold I just turn it on and it’s so nice.

      Another thing that I found is amazing is putting them in your shoes are slippers for about 5-10 minutes before you use them, because it means when you put your shoes on they’re not super cold so it feels like you’re putting them in hot water instead of cold slippers

  • 11111one11111@lemmy.world
    3·
    16 days ago

    48 pack of Amazon basic AA batteries for my trail cams. For years I was feeding my kids saw dust thickened stew to afford the 8 lithium batteries per camera for all 7-12 cameras we have between the property my father and I share. (His 150 acres and my 150 are connected) for comparison 48 Amazon basic batteries are $14. 48 energizer lithiums is a cunt hair under $100. It wasn’t until I looked into the reason for the cameras calling out lithium only batteries was because alkaline batteries have a lower output of charge when they are running low but lithium batteries don’t. The company said the lower power creates issues with the camera if it loses power mid cellular transfer of images. They made it sound like what happens if you lose power updating firmware on something. So I even question they’re reasoning cuz I feel like wort case scenario is you lose the image it was transferring but other than that, why would losing power on something ruin it? Either way the change happened when I realized the app showed how much batter is remaining for each camera and just started changing them out between half empty and 3/4 empty. Haven’t had a single problem in the 2 and half years since the change.

      • 11111one11111@lemmy.world
        1·
        15 days ago

        The OEM solar panels are like $120 each. I know rhe cameras don’t last long enough to offset the cost of $120 with a price of 3.42 per camera using battery. It’d take 34 years to be a valid ROI. Doing the math and now realizing that I might not make it 34 more years climbing tree stands🤣🤣🤣

        Edit: I did rig up a cheap China panel with the DC plug for the camera and I think it worked. It was definitely sketchy af tho because it just always read 100% on the app after that.