Good Value Products or Services

[Drago]

Got a pair of slippers in Home Bargains this morning, £3. They're going in the van for autumn and winter camping.

 

[fossyant]

Got a pair of slippers in Home Bargains this morning, £3. They're going in the van for autumn and winter camping.

Copy Crocks are my goto when camping !

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Four outdoor solar lights for just under £10. Nice and bright and if they only last a year I'll be quids in compared to the mains operated ones that cost a fortune to have installed and lasted two winters.

 

[matticus]

Four outdoor solar lights for just under £10. Nice and bright and if they only last a year I'll be quids in compared to the mains operated ones that cost a fortune to have installed and lasted two winters.

More landfill, good value.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

More landfill, good value.

Everything we buy will be landfill one day. And price often has no bearing on how long something will last.

 

[Drago]

And price often has no bearing on how long something will last.

Hence this superb thread!

 

[matticus]

Everything we buy will be landfill one day. And price often has no bearing on how long something will last.

Twaddle < he writes, munching on an Aldi apple ... >

And you yourself stated you've chosen to buy something cheap-but-not durable. Bang to rights, matey!

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Twaddle < he writes, munching on an Aldi apple ... >

And you yourself stated you've chosen to buy something cheap-but-not durable. Bang to rights, matey!

How do I know whether they're durable or not? I did say "If", and they won't have to last very long to outlive the expensive ones I had fitted which didn't make their second birthday.

 

[captain nemo1701]

I bought a tiny plastic little glow-in-the-dark cylinder about an inch long, attaches to my key ring, useful for finding keys in the dark. Doesn't need charging up in light (it contains a wee bit of mildly radioactive gas which causes fluoresence of the pigments. Not gonna give anyone cancer!). The packet said it was guaranteed for 10 years....I bought it in 2010. Still works, best £10 I ever spent for worth.

 

[Dave7]

Got a pair of slippers in Home Bargains this morning, £3. They're going in the van for autumn and winter camping.

You have a pair of slippers that go camping???
Don't you have to give them at least a bit of help

 

[sungod]

I bought a tiny plastic little glow-in-the-dark cylinder about an inch long, attaches to my key ring, useful for finding keys in the dark. Doesn't need charging up in light (it contains a wee bit of mildly radioactive gas which causes fluoresence of the pigments. Not gonna give anyone cancer!). The packet said it was guaranteed for 10 years....I bought it in 2010. Still works, best £10 I ever spent for worth.

the tritium half-life is 12 and a bit years, the brightness decreases at the same rate

my old compass has tritium lights, after c. 30 years they're way dimmer, but still visible in the dark

 

[Big John]

Bought an ebike spoke key about 2 years ago from Halfords for £1. Covers three different sizes and there's more than a quids worth of metal in it. Weighs a ton. Reduced from a lot more than a pound. I use it on ebikes at the bike charity I volunteer at. Halfords occasionally have a bargain but sadly not often enough 🙁

 

[Drago]

Glad you mention ebikes.

Bought my Cwrrera Subway E from Hellfrauds in the lock down summer of 2020.

A gnats nobs width under 10k miles and its provided enjoyable and dependable service, all for under a grand. Cheap, and good value.

Meanwhile, someone I know who warned me off it themselfes bought a Bosch powered Trek for three times as much and has had nothing but trouble.

 

[MontyVeda]

A £7 plastic track pump from Wilko. I would have spent more had they had a better, more robust looking one in stock but figured it's only £7 and if it breaks in two years I won't have lost much. Still using it twenty years later

 

[ColinJ]

A £7 plastic track pump from Wilko. I would have spent more had they had a better, more robust looking one in stock but figured it's only £7 and if it breaks in two years I won't have lost much. Still using it twenty years later

I paid £35+ for a very well-made Specialized track pump over 20 years ago. The pump body is still going strong but the bit that attaches to the valve broke after about 15 years. No more problems since that was replaced though.

I bought a cheap ALDI track pump for under £10 four or five years ago to leave at my sister's place in Devon. It works fine. It isn't as well-made as the other pump but even if it fell apart next year it would have been better value for money.