I grew up with $20 walmart blenders, and hated anything that required a blender.
Recently bought a ninja and there is no going back. I’ll never use a crappy blender again.
Anything else like that?
Helmets
Outdoor gear and clothes. You can go cheaper on the smaller less critical items, but if you’re in any kind of backcountry setting you really do want everything to just work and not break or fail. It’s a safety issue on the one hand, but it can also mean the difference between a pleasant excursion vs hours of suffering. Remember kids; the elements are the biggest danger in any backcountry endeavor. You are far more likely to die of hypothermia and/or exposure than you are from wild animals or other people.
Luggage.
You don’t want to be repacking your shit while late a for a flight because you’re a kg over the limit and it’s gonna cost an extra $100 if you don’t and mistakenly rip the zipper off your carry-on. You really, really don’t.
You don’t have to completely break the bank either, but if you value your sanity, I wouldn’t spend too much less than $200 on a carry-on/check-in pair.
I grew up with the cheapest and most worn down vacuum cleaners. It was awful, everything from having to pull it out of a cabinet to finding an outlet and, having bad suction, awful cleaning heads and annoying hoses.
So when I got my own apartment and worked for a bit I decided to go all in on a Dyson Absolute V12 Detect. It’s actually very painless and super quick to vacuum now. Also a bit fun.
With a rechargeable battery it’s wireless and the battery lasts me about 4 vacuuming sessions in my apartment, no keeping track of vacuum bags and filters. All in all it takes me from touching my vacuum to being done cleaning my, albeit 1 room apartment, about 10 minutes. It’s great!
WTF, Ninja blenders are the cheap junky ones.
