Same here. In my experience they’ve been about the same. Slightly less neutral in temp to the touch during the winter… but I also have a purple mattress, and the top gel layer of that gets very cold.

Dedicated cycling gear is not what I'm referring to. There's no shortage of casual pants that are durable, far superior for your purposes, without the cycling esthetic, eg., Prana. What's important is the composition of the fabric, i.e., ideally no or little cotton. Perhaps Decathlon would have what I'm talking about. Good luck.

Indeed it is.

Knives are basically inherently bifl. You could make a $5 chef knife from Walmart last your lifetime if you take care of it, and you could wear a $500 handcrafted work of art into a nub if you're too aggressive with the sharpening, or chip a quarter sized shard out of your Japanese gyoto while using it to cut bread.

The biggest issue with home knives is people never honing and sharpening them, so something that cuts like a laser new is smushing tomatoes a year later.

"Built better" is subjective. What you consider to be "built better" is also why they're energy inefficient, and frankly not that good at washing either. To draw an analogy, a Unimog is built for longevity, but I think I'd rather drive my kids to soccer practice in Volvo XC90.

I hope I am not jinxing myself here, but I have had pretty good luck so far with brands that people advise against on this sub. The key, I think, is to keep up on maintenance. Clean the filters, check it every so often for balance, investigate weird sounds before they turn into bigger problems (e.g., easier to replace a failing bearing before it burns out the drive motor), and don't run stupid loads (e.g., a load full of shoes). And most importantly, set realistic expectations: a typical Costco washer and dryer set will cost less than half of an equivalent Speed Queen set (not to mention the energy savings. If I end up putting $1500 of repairs into my set before year 10, I'm still coming out ahead compared to a Speed Queen.

I have those. I much prefer this style, which has been around forever, and you don't have to fiddle with locking & unlocking them. They're much better at gripping stuff too.

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Just showing an option.

Demeyere, All Clad, American Kitchen (look for these brands, that are 3ply (not 5 or 7) 18/10 stainless)

Edit: Also, look for fully clad meaning there is no line around outside of the base of the pan. (Most of the above are fully clad, but just make sure!)

I received 3 Edlund tongs for Christmas, I never thought I could love tongs so much!

No, he’s right. It’s a shark vacuum and DT sock circlejerk. I stick around because every once in a while there is a nugget of good info (Fox River socks, Miele/SEBO vacuums, Edlund tongs) but it’s mostly trash/disposable products IMO.

Edlund tongs have entered the chat

We have been rotating 3 linen bed sets these past 2 years: 2 from Mango Home and 1 from IKEA.

The Mango ones are still going strong am very comfortable. The IKEA set is shot quality but that's just a filler until I find an EU based company with good quality linen set and have saved up enough to upgrade to something real good.

Make sure you are getting good quality fabric. Durable linen sheets will be thick, tightly woven, & use longer linen fibers.

I've never had sheets wear out or break like that, even the cheapest set I ever bought lasted 4 years. So I wonder how you are washing them? If you have a top loading washer your sheets may be getting wrapped around those awful center agitators and ripping. You may need to try a different gentler setting or just wash them by hand.

Never ever put linen or cotton sheets in a dryer either, hang them to dry if you want them to last. Dryers use heat and heat destroys all types of fabric, but is especially brutal to natural fibers.

An I’m clearly trying to point out that that’s what rude brats do

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lmaoooo cringe comment, just leave

I purchased a set of West Elm european flax linen sheets 2 years ago and theyre holding up just fine even with a small dog that likes to dig into them several times before laying down

Best tongs are to go to a restaurant supply store and buy the 1 piece tongs with the rubberized handles.

Budget depending, but my Demeyere pans work incredibly well with my induction cook top. The heat distribution/retention is absolutely phenomenal. Stainless steel pans that cooks almost like cast iron when it comes to heat retention.

My favorites are Wustof and Shun. I like the sets. I now use my Chefs knife the least, so it really depends on what you cook.

Add a cheap boning knife if you trim/carve meats.

>start falling a part and become poisonous garbage

The pieces that fall off are in theory safe to ingest. It's when you over heat them that they give off toxic fumes. Not heating an empty pan is allegedly safe but either way no teflon style coating lasts anywhere near life.

The spring will rust after 100 passes through the dishwasher - these aren't meant to be BIFL.

I recently got a pair of African Rangers in crazyhorse and I have to say I think these are some snazzy looking boots after polishing them up a bit.

I never realized that was for butter - I used it as a measuring scoop for the kernels.

Did I ever tell you about the dinner fork I have that’s lasted 30 years (so far)?

That stuff is great...reminds me that I haven't brewed in quite some time. :-/