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Are there any household gadgets you found unexpectedly useful after you'd gotten them? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago by IonAddis to c/asklemmy

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I was thinking about how I missed having an indoor thermometer that measures humidity. It's such a small specific thing, one I'd never think of getting unless pushed to it (which I was by one particularly dry winter). But I like having one now.

What are your small, "random" or "junk drawer" type of gadgets that you actually use or like having around?

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[–] triptrapper 38 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I got a set of metal picks from Harbor Freight for like 3 bucks. They're similar to the pick tool that a dental hygienist uses. I use these things nearly every day to scrape stuff out of a crevice, retrieve something out of a narrow hole, pull stuff out of a tube or straw, precision clean corners of things, etc. I love them.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Every day? fascinating

[–] evasive_chimpanzee 5 points 7 months ago

Can confirm, I have the same set, and I do probably use them every day. It's one of those tools that you don't realize how often you need it until you start using it.

[–] Anticorp 2 points 7 months ago

I wish you would clean my house with those things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

These?

[–] triptrapper 1 points 7 months ago

Those are the ones!