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ubermonkey t1_j6joq6l wrote

Reply to comment by sunflowercompass in This espresso machine is from 2004, i got it from Savers last year and it works like brand new. I know people online who have even older ones that still work perfectly. by Waryur

I feel that.

I came to espresso from pour over, though, so for me getting a delicious American in, realistically, less than a minute is pretty great even if I have to measure-grind-tamp-pull during that minute.

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CableGuy_86 t1_j6jon55 wrote

Reply to How does these Ozonizer vegetable cleaners work? by remivato69

There was a recall on Philips CPAP machines if the user had utilized one of those cleaners like the "So Clean" units. The CPAP cleaners use ozone generators to "clean and sanitize" the mask and tubes, but Philips found that these machines were degrading and damaging the mask and tubes and causing all kinds of nasty chemical reactions that are dangerous to humans. Seems to me that you wouldn't want to use something like that (ozone generator) on anything you even come in contact with, let alone consume.

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czar1249 t1_j6jngr7 wrote

Reply to Redback boots, only a year old but they’ve seen a lot and are still the comfiest shoes I own by FattyBolgerIV

I bought a pair of the RedBack Rescue boots when I needed steel toes and they became the only shoes I wore. Hiking? Yup. Walking around? Yup. Cutting firewood? Yup. Working on my car? Yes. Working with multi-ton machines and cranes? You know it. I’m really pissed that I haven’t seen them since I moved places, but I know they were still fully intact after a few years of daily wear and tear. Plus their leather treatment balm is really nice.

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Blue-Bird780 t1_j6jmnf1 wrote

Reply to How does these Ozonizer vegetable cleaners work? by remivato69

Yeah even if the ozone machine gets surface level contaminants out, that says nothing about chemicals that penetrate into the fruit itself.

Cherries for example, are often sprayed with a hardening agent prior to being picked. This is to make it so the skin can stand up to the rigours of being picked, sorted, packed and shipped with minimal casualties. This chemical penetrates through the thin af skin of the fruit and can never be removed. As a picker they make you wear N95s (on good orchards, bad ones don’t mention it at all) because if you get someone pregnant after inhaling a bunch of this chemical in the trees, the children are at greater risk of birth defects. But as far as eating this chemical goes, if you eat too much in one sitting you get the runs like any low fibre fruit but otherwise it’s totally safe.

Edit: fixing bad autocorrect

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smoothies-for-me t1_j6jm7sg wrote

Reply to Recommendations for a reliable hiking shoe by Cgodz88

Altra Loan Peaks are the top used/surveyed shoes of people that thru hike the Appalacian Trail for several years now.

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riemerbeek t1_j6jku5p wrote

Reply to New(ish) Fiskar harware is rusting by crespoh69

I bought a fiskars drywall tool, its so bad

Knife part is waaaaay too thick to cut in even not that tight spaces, the blade part is loose, saw gets dull very fast, and is overal quiet a heavy boy

Never again, 25 euros down the drain

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lordjeebus t1_j6jkgvp wrote

Reply to Medicine Dosage Syringe? by jonathan-zollinger

Glass syringes exist and should be durable, but are not really for this purpose. Unlike plastic syringes with rubber seals, there is nothing that holds the plunger in place, so if you tilt it vertically without holding the plunger in place, either the medication or the plunger will fall out.

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