<story><title>Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?</title><text>I&amp;#x27;ve abandoned all faith in reviews online.  But the HN crew can give good advice and are extremely unlikely to shill garbage.  Consumer Reports is great for finding which manufacturer&amp;#x2F;model to buy.  But what product or service did you buy that you found really useful&amp;#x2F;entertaining?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll start: I caved and bought a robovac.  Wow, unlike many techno-gadgets, this one really delivers.  Real utility, not just taking up space.  Low maintenance, runs while I sleep, and the floor is just cleaner.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>cryptofistMonk</author><text>Airpods Pro.&lt;p&gt;Not traditionally an apple guy so didn&amp;#x27;t expect to like them, but the guy talked us into them while we were upgrading my wife&amp;#x27;s phone.&lt;p&gt;Wow. These things are just way better than any other earbuds and so much more convenient and comfortable than headphones. The Bluetooth just works even when switching between my Android and MacBook. The noise cancelling is great as well, way better than my Sennheisers.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dinkleberg</author><text>They were such a game changer for me. I used to be a big “audiophile” and spent more than I’d care to admit on headphones.&lt;p&gt;AirPod pros sound very good. Not as good as a really good audio setup, but good enough for pretty much everyone out there. The noise cancelling is really good. And best of all they are so comfortable.&lt;p&gt;Idk if I’m gonna have some weird cancer in 40 years from wearing these all the time, but I love them so much.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?</title><text>I&amp;#x27;ve abandoned all faith in reviews online.  But the HN crew can give good advice and are extremely unlikely to shill garbage.  Consumer Reports is great for finding which manufacturer&amp;#x2F;model to buy.  But what product or service did you buy that you found really useful&amp;#x2F;entertaining?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll start: I caved and bought a robovac.  Wow, unlike many techno-gadgets, this one really delivers.  Real utility, not just taking up space.  Low maintenance, runs while I sleep, and the floor is just cleaner.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>cryptofistMonk</author><text>Airpods Pro.&lt;p&gt;Not traditionally an apple guy so didn&amp;#x27;t expect to like them, but the guy talked us into them while we were upgrading my wife&amp;#x27;s phone.&lt;p&gt;Wow. These things are just way better than any other earbuds and so much more convenient and comfortable than headphones. The Bluetooth just works even when switching between my Android and MacBook. The noise cancelling is great as well, way better than my Sennheisers.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>3pt14159</author><text>I am a traditionally an Apple guy. Sure some VMs for linux development, but the gear is all Apple stuff.&lt;p&gt;I had Beats Pro headphones that got damaged after a good amount of use so I replaced them with non-Pro Airpods and have hated it. I have to constantly worry about them falling out while I&amp;#x27;m exercising and the case gets all gunky. The handoff between the MacBook Pro and iPhone isn&amp;#x27;t reliable enough for me to trust it, so I always have to reconnect it if I&amp;#x27;m at a quiet place like a co-working space. Also, within the first year one of them just randomly died and I had to send the whole thing back to Apple. Apple care covered it, but still.&lt;p&gt;I miss being able to do more with what&amp;#x27;s on my head. With Beats I could easily change the volume, pause, skip, rewind and they almost never came off. The only thing that kinda sucked was in the summer the skin around them would sweat.&lt;p&gt;Shrug. At least my MacBook Pro has been great.</text></comment>