[HN Gopher] Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've eve...
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Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used? (2021)
I'll go first. I think the Bialetti Brikka is exceptional:
https://www.amazon.com/Bialetti-Stovetop-Producing-Crema-Rich-
Espresso/dp/B08BR86LR3
Author : whitepoplar
Score : 14 points
Date : 2021-11-26 20:50 UTC (2 hours ago)
| elliekelly wrote:
| I'm not really the type to fuss over wine glasses but I was
| gifted a set of Veuve Cliquot champagne flutes (similar to the
| glasses that come in this set[1]) and they really are beautiful.
| The shape of the glass makes the bubbles fizz to the top in this
| tiny perfect spiral in the center of the glass. You can tell they
| were designed by someone who cares about champagne and pays
| attention to its presentation.
|
| [1]https://www.champagneking.co.uk/product/3904/veuve-
| clicquot-...
| wrycoder wrote:
| A Gillette Pivot disposable razor.
| freetinker wrote:
| Actual physical books.
| cc101 wrote:
| US Forest Service picnic table. 3 kinds of simple flat cement
| castings. Held together by their own weight. Easily carried and
| assembled by two men. Cheap. Almost indestructible.
| new_guy wrote:
| A Fanta bottle ( https://i.imgur.com/TVZBewX.jpg )
|
| The shape makes it really easy to hold compared to other soda
| bottles.
| jet_32951 wrote:
| HP41C, s/n 2018A00505. Had it since the early 1980s, still works.
| PPC ROM still works.
| znpy wrote:
| some random things without thinking too much:
|
| - my regular Bialetti moka
|
| - my texas instruments ti-86 (still rocking strong since 1997)
|
| - thinkpads: T42, X220, w530, T440... they're just great.
|
| - my wenger/swissgear carbon backpack
|
| EDIT: actually my regular bialetti moka is replacing an induction
| moka (still from bialetti) because the induction moka is hard to
| open (due to the round base).
| jfrd wrote:
| The Kershaw Leek pocket knife. Flips open one-handed and makes a
| satisfying "snick". I've used mine daily for 5 years.
|
| https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009VC9YK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_...
| moneywoes wrote:
| Old can opener
| krisrm wrote:
| "Things" is pretty broad.
|
| Thinking of software, probably early "beta" Gmail. There was so
| much about the email experience that was improved by a stable web
| client, with what felt at the time like unlimited storage.
|
| Thinking of hardware, I've never been much for Apple products,
| but the iPhone (particularly early models) is undoubtedly a
| design marvel.
| znpy wrote:
| early gmail was just magic.
|
| modern gmail is trash.
|
| i switched my personal gmail account to html-only mode (no
| javascript) and it's definitely better.
| smoldesu wrote:
| Things has a really good open-source clone called Planner[0]
| that I quite like. Now, if only they'd package it some way
| other than flatpak...
|
| [0] https://github.com/alainm23/planner
| wly_cdgr wrote:
| You said things, so I am excluding software (like the original
| version of the Square web app)
|
| JVC Flats
|
| GBA SP (the pocket clamshell one)
|
| Retro microwave with the original-ipod style single knob controls
|
| More generically, forks
|
| Grand Prize Winner: wood Staunton chess set - beautiful, durable,
| affordable, practical. The piece design is exquisitely balanced
| between representation and abstraction
| whitepoplar wrote:
| Software is a thing too!
| f0e4c2f7 wrote:
| Crock Pot. Cheap and makes cooking feel easy.
|
| https://www.amazon.com/Crock-Pot-SCV700SS-Stainless-7-Quart-...
|
| OP-1. Expensive and makes music feel easy.
|
| https://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Engineering-002-AS-001-OP-1-S...
|
| LG Tone Flex HBS-XL7. The best earbuds with the worst name. I
| really like this form factor. I often forget that I'm wearing
| them and this particular model is the most comfortable of the
| ones I've used over the years.
|
| https://www.amazon.com/LG-HBS-XL7-Bluetooth-Wireless-Neckban...
|
| Kindle Paperwhite. I have the older model. I've heard the nooks
| are good too. The simpler the better. Nothing to break or
| distract. Don't use the backlight and the battery lasts ages. I
| know a lot of people are partial to physical books but I've read
| hundreds more books than I might have otherwise read since I
| started using my kindle. It's probably my favorite thing I own.
|
| https://www.amazon.com/All-new-kindle-paperwhite/dp/B08N38WQ...
| guidovranken wrote:
| BitTorrent is amazing. It just works. Anyone anywhere can create
| a torrent of their files, dump the magnet link somewhere, and
| everyone else can reliably retrieve it. It is self-reinforcing;
| the more people using a torrent, the better the robustness,
| redundancy and download speeds. You can often get better speeds
| from downloading something via torrent than from a web server.
| It's an open protocol that is relatively easy to implement, it
| has a diversity of lightweight clients for all OSes and is fairly
| resistant to censorship. To me it's pretty much perfect tech that
| solves a real problem. I hope Bram Cohen got rich off of it
| somehow.
| slipwalker wrote:
| a bic (cristal) pen
| EMM_386 wrote:
| Samsung T5 SSD.
| jimmies wrote:
| Zorijushi rice cooker. It can cook rice perfectly and can hold
| cooked rice for days.
|
| Facebook portal. Yeah Facebook privacy and all that but that's a
| good product that allows me to call people without having to mess
| with the phone. The audio and video is super clear. I use it
| despite it's from Facebook.
|
| Work sharp knife sharpener. It's superior to sharpening the my
| knives with the stone.
|
| Apple airtags. I often forget where I put my keychain so this is
| really well executed. Apple airpods. They just work and they are
| nice enough.
|
| Hakko soldering station. I don't know if the recent Chinese usbc
| ones are better but the hakko one I have work well enough for
| everything I want to do.
| pedalpete wrote:
| I'm curious about your thoughts on airtags. Had you tried Tile
| before? Are the airtags really better, and not just a knock-off
| product?
| otterley wrote:
| I have owned both. AirTags are superior to Tile tags in
| several major ways: (1) the batteries are replaceable
| (although I understand newer Tile tags also have them); (2)
| when you get close enough, the Find My app can give you
| directions to the tag; and (3) there are far more
| iPhones/iPads out there than Tile users, so if you leave your
| tag somewhere, its location is much more likely to be found
| with pinpoint accuracy.
| muziq wrote:
| A 2011 era 27" iMac, that never booted to OSX, instead was
| installed from new with Windows.. Sheer, and unexpectedly, pure
| blissful experience..
| ruslan wrote:
| Atari 130XE - manufactured in 1986, works till this day (with
| some SIO mod), brings joy to me and to my kids.
| MildlySerious wrote:
| In terms of physical things, my Audio Technica ATH-M50x
| headphones. I have been quite literally wearing them all day,
| every day for the past three years and got no complaints.
| madengr wrote:
| HP 8566B spectrum analyzer and 8510C network analyzer. HP RPN
| calculators. Really any late 80's and early 90's HP test
| equipment. Built like tanks and designed by engineers for
| engineers.
| I_complete_me wrote:
| bic biro, light switch, mouse, calculator, bulb, fingers,
| bicycle, curtains, sheets, armchairs, roads, cars, glasses,
| floorboards, radio, computers, forks, toilet paper, books, steel;
| drakonka wrote:
| A Huskee Cup. Low maintenance, made from coffee husk, great seal
| with the lid, and I love that it can hold hot coffee but not burn
| your hands due to the fins running along the body. Many local
| coffee shops also give me a discount on takeaway coffee if I
| bring my own takeaway cup, and some offer a Huskee Cup swap
| program where you can leave your dirty cup with them if you've
| been carrying it around after drinking your last coffee and get a
| clean one for your next order (personally I prefer to just keep
| my own though).
|
| https://huskee.co/huskeecup/
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