I’m not, mind you. For the record. Unless you find the gawky endearing, in which case we can crank the definition of ‘uncoordinated’ a couple ratchets leftwards.
Allow me to assuage the concerns of the truly graceless, however: I will not herein lead you astray, for my dexterity is in fact far from exemplary, and my preferences in many items for this reason skew towards the low-maintenance and practically indestructible.
If I’ve misidentified any product as one almost identical to it, that’s a) on-theme and b) a hedge against libel lawsuits.
I’m reasonably confident I’ve avoided any such discrepancies, though, just as I’ve attempted to use anything I buy a) for its intended purpose and b) without breaking it.
For a number of years I’ve used this Otterbox case. I acquired this at around the same time as the cell phone it shields, and have replaced it once. (The phone was up to date, I believe.) I would not buy it today, given the cost. There are cheaper, sleeker alternatives.
The model I’m using now is bulky. Its rubber tends to shred at the corners, and the plastic pieces are annoying to de- and re-tach. The crags in the design collect dust, and the attachment points of the plastic base have been broken in a few places.
Over the better part of a decade,1 I haven’t cracked my screen, and my phone works, temporibus paribus, about as well as it did when it came into my possession.
I can’t say the same for the back of my neck, which I marked up with this Wahl a while back and hasn’t felt the same since. Unfortunately, there’s no way to check what it looks like, which is how it happened in the first place; hopefully it continues to heal. It’s a decent set of clippers. I prefer the Remington I employed previously, but not by much.
The Wahl is slightly bigger, it comes with a few more guards, and the extension cord is longer, but it’s a little heavier and more cumbersome to maneuver.
The Remington is a little easier to clean, since the blade detaches, and the shape of the device makes it easier to position with accuracy.
Both do the job fine, but are kind of unwieldy to use on yourself due to the cord length, and the blade on either does need non-negligible maintenance.
I am happiest with this trimmer by Philips, which is cheaper, though it serves a slightly different purpose.
It is cordless (therefore battery-powered, though it hasn’t failed to hold a charge.) It is also significantly lighter, and these advantages outweigh its lack of size (which does make precision easier, but makes it harder to get big areas uniform.) It comes with fewer, shorter guards than the Remington or the Wahl mentioned above.
If you keep your hair particularly short, if you plan to use this primarily for touch-ups, or if you’re planning to use the purchased device primarily on other areas such as your face (though be careful, it’s sharp) this is the one I’d buy.
Altogether, I thought it might be a good alternative, and I’m pleased to say that I consider the judgment of past-Orion in this matter equal to my own today.2
In other blades, I recommend the Skeletool CX by Leatherman. This was a gift,3 and it’s probably more expensive than the counterfactual I would have eventually bought for myself, but I don’t anticipate buying a replacement anytime soon. I have cut myself an appropriate number of times with it, but never badly, which is a testament to its efficacy and ease of use.
I’m no knife expert, but it’s held up in my hands even so. I don’t put the device through its paces much, but I have used each of the main tools (knife, screwdriver, pliers, wire cutter) to good effect on a semi-regular basis over the past few years. I don’t often carry it in my pocket, but I do throw it in my backpack; while its light weight hasn’t been a particular asset, I don’t like trucking stuff around, and I’ve never been annoyed by its presence on my person.
This is the frame I went with when I last bought glasses. It’s imperfect, but it does what it needs to. Previous pairs of glasses I’ve worn have broken at a rate I find disconcerting for an item resting in front of my face, but I have high hopes for this one based on its performance so far. It shipped quickly and came cheaply enough that while I can’t yet fully endorse the product in question, I can give a tentative thumbs-up to the shop.
As far as other medical purposes go I have only one complaint, but it’s a doozy. I use an inhaler for nunya asthma, which looks like this.4 There are two parts to it: the plastic ‘case’ and the metal ‘tube.’
The tube fits inside the case quite well up until you shake the inhaler (before every use) or drop the inhaler (no comment) at which time both pieces promptly separate and fly in completely different directions. They can then be found under shelves, treadmills, tall tufts of grass, etc.
I have my qualms with the design of this B12 bottle, but it beats out this D3 bottle by far in that department.
Recently I got this scale. I can recommend this product only if you have confidence in your ability to steward a floor-positioned sheet of glass. Probably it is a decent buy if that confidence is borne out however as I experienced no issues with its operation during the month which it was both in my possession and operable.5
Since at least 2017, from a quick search of my text records, (oh man, never say I don’t do anything for you all) which if I remember correctly is when the relevant time period begins.
With one exception.
(Thank you, if you’re reading.)
but, y’know, an image
A time period which, predictably but unfortunately, was ended by your mom coming over and using it.