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Your best BIFL purchase? (lemm.ee)
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What’s your top BIFL purchase, that might not in itself has been all to frugal, but long term, will be?

After having 5-6 different office chairs over the last 10 years, none of which I liked. I went and bought a Herman Miller Aeron chair. It’s ridiculously expensive, but I’m so pleased with it and hope to keep it for well over 15-20 years. If that actually succeed, I will have spent less money one chairs than if I hadn’t bought it.

What similar items (cheap or expensive) do you feel the same about?

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

I'm still wearing the same pair of chacos I bought in 2001. I keep thinking about sending them in for service since the strap has been so jammed with sand it hasn't been able to move in a decade (but I don't need it to) and I need to give them a good destinking because after a day in twenty year old sandals your feet smell worse than any of your other shoes.

But they're still fucking comfortable.

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

That sounds great. Glad you found something that works.

For stink, I know you didn't ask, but try rubbing baking soda into the material if you haven't already. Even dry, it helps a bunch of you leave it overnight.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's a bit more powerful a stink than baking soda can handle, but I appreciate that you're thinking of a way to help