@jon just posted the $120 Mug he wants on Twitter… and I feel like this forum has plenty of people who like finding fun solutions… so anyone have some favorite gadgets?
I love my Anova immersion circulator… it’s great for any finicky piece of meat and does great work with cheap cuts…
Probably my favorite gadget!
My milk frother wand.
I’m drinking Phil Mickelson’s coffee blend ( found the recipe online and make my own) and it blends everything beautifully!
Don’t want to burst @jon’s bubble, but I got one of those Ember mugs (the original one) as a drawing prize at a conference a couple years ago. Never found it to be better than an insulated travel mug for keeping coffee the right temperature and the base stopped powering up after 2 months.
You want to come over to my house and tell my kids Santa isn’t real? You monster!
I didn’t get the appeal, but it’s his money… just made me curious if anyone had a gadget they really like!
Lol thanks for letting me know. I 100% drink coffee out of a mug every morning in my office so I thought that would be a better solution. I’m not really on the go with it so that’s why I don’t use an insulated travel mug
Yellow (shooting) glasses! Cuts out the glare at night, especially for driving, now that it’s dark at 4:15 pm. Looked up that MUG, great idea but out of my discretionary budget, I use a mini warmer for my coffee mug here at home.
Didn’t know Phil had his own coffee blend! Will check it out. I like that Highlander Grog (Cameron or Berres Bros. both are good)
14 oz Yeti Rambler is all you need. Will keep your coffee warm for hours. Us folks with young kids know how money that is.
It’s interesting how much different lenses change your perception… I’ve gone through many different iterations of lenses (though never yellow)… I’m finally happy again with a regular pair of smiths with dark lenses… but I primarily use them for driving in the daylight.
Smith guides choice for life!!
I’ve got a big head and have always struggled to find sunglasses that fit…
I lived in hailey when smith was still based there in 2004 and got a friends discount on a pair of king glasses… they were my favorite. In 2007 I stepped on them (barefoot) and haven’t found a pair that fits me the same or that I like half as much (they were green, but not obnoxious… lenses were like a brown tint that was perfect for golf) and it still haunts me…
Bought myself a new pair of smiths for my birthday and they are as close as I’ve come to replacing the original pair.
Yeah, just get a Travel mug!
And for the record, I was genuinely looking for fun gadgets with this thread!
The contigo with the auto-seal lid are the real deal too. In the olden days when people went to the office, I’d brew mine first thing in the morning and it would stay hot through lunch.
So I have picked up 2 fun gadgets, that go in completely opposite directions for the most part…
I started using an AeroPress (Xmas gift) for my coffee this week. Definitely makes a smoother cup of coffee. The family gave me an electric kettle with it as I only like my coffee hot. I felt bad about all the Kcups I was using and throwing away. In the winter I mainly drink coffee and tea as I’m usually cold and I pretty much gave up soda 20 years ago as it was killing my stomach.
Ended up picking up an electric kettle with tea strainer at costco for $30… $10 more than the ingenuiTEA but has more function… I’ll keep it at home and send the ingenuiTEA to work with my wife.
I used the AeroPress for years, and loved it. Such a simple device that yields better taste if you’re willing to put a little work in. I’m a bit of a coffee snob at this point, and once I switched to grinding beans fresh and using a much better brewing method I literally can’t even drink K-Cups anymore, which I did for years.
I may go all in and get a grinder soon. Not sure about that as I like to keep things fairly simple and not add too many steps. Cleaning the Aeropress is super easy, but I wonder about a grinder…I’m a coffee snob, but my laziness can trump almost anything!
Getting a quality burr grinder makes all the difference, and it’s really not messy.
I was going to say, make sure it’s a burr grinder… I went down the coffee rabbit hole awhile back to buy gadgets for my mom.