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!

  • hypercracker
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    2 months ago

    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 [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      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 [comrade/them, any]
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        2 months 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 [he/him]
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        2 months 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 [he/him]
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      2 months ago

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