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What's one thing I can get/do to make my first "adult" apartment a bit nicer? (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by RION@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Move in is the next few weeks. I've lived on my "own" (roommate I never interacted with) for a couple months my last semester of college, but that was a temporary setup whereas I'm hopefully moving out for good this time.

Bear in mind that the place has window/wall A/C and electric heating.

Things I'm already considering:

  • Drain guard
  • Bidet
  • Cold brew coffee maker
  • Rice cooker
  • Space heater? I'd like to keep the temp largely down during the winter to save money while warming up the part of the place I'm in
  • Key for washer/dryer

Things I already have:

  • Most furniture
  • Air fryer
  • Seltzer water thingy
  • Meal prep containers

General advice is also welcome!

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[–] hypercracker@hexbear.net 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Space heater? I'd like to keep the temp largely down during the winter to save money while warming up the part of the place I'm in

I fell for this meme but it neglects to account for the fact that furniture & flooring has thermal mass and gets cold as shit when it isn't being heated. It also takes a very very long time to heat up (again because of the thermal mass). Just turning on the heater so the apartment & all its furniture was always a comfortable temp without me wearing a toque & fingerless gloves & slippers & always being covered in blankets & drinking hot water was probably the greatest possible improvement to my happiness & comfort for the money spent.

Rice cooker

Hell yeah, get a nice one like a Zojirushi if possible

Cold brew coffee maker

Loose-leaf tea equipment is very cheap if you're into that and are looking for a more moderate caffeine hit

seltzer water thingy

Airstream is an israeli company btw

[–] RION@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hmm that's a good note on the space heater.

The coffee maker I'm looking at is only like $30 and I'll make that back in the money I save not buying premade concentrate pretty quick

I actually have a Drinkmate which isn't connected to Israel afaik! I think the canisters are still Sodastream but I'm working on finding a local homebrew shop that will refill them for cheap compared to swapping them out at target or something

[–] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Drinkmate is not israeli.

And you can get their canisters (you can even trade Sodasteam canisters for their ones).

I love my drinkmate, seltzer good.

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Grab a 5lb CO2 tank from the home brew shop, and a little adapter for sodastream canisters. Easy to fill up at home and you only need to refill the big tank every 5 or 6 refills of the small one. Super cheap as well (and te money goes to your hbs).

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Sodastream is the Israeli company, Airstream is... I think a type of vehicle?