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What is something really stupid you purchased that turned out far better than expected? (lemmy.world)

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I bought a piece of 1.5 inch stiff foam to try to fix a sag in a bed. It didn't work but having that thick piece of solid foam around has been a life saver.

Need something flat to put a laptop on? Throw it on the foam. Going to be doing something that requires you to be on your knees for a while? Get the foam!

It went from stupid purchase to something I'd gladly replace if it broke.

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[-] Knasen@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Pizza stone

[-] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh ya, those are great. If you really get into making homemade pizza, move to a pizza steel. A bit more expensive and a hell of a lot heavier, but better results.

[-] Knasen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the tip but actually already done so 😄 The stone cracked the second time I used it (filling leaked through) and I got so frustrated that I bought a steel instead.

I liked the results so much I didn't want to go back without stone/steel, and the risk of cracking a second stone pushed me over to steel 😂

[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I had one of those but didn't get the best results and was unhappy with how hard it was to clean. However I got a baking steel a while later and that things been great. Really versatile

[-] momentary@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Heh, I got one of those from the dump! Best purchase I never made! I use it all the time, and it works rather well.

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