Looking for some neat ideas/quality of life improvements aka lifehacks I guess

  • ArtieShaw@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    Under cabinet manual jar opener. It’s flat and mounts under your cabinet of choice. Easy to use, but also easy to forget it’s there! I sometime find myself jar in hand and half-way to wherever my husband is before I remember that I no longer need his skills.

    Electric candle lighter. Rechargeable lighter with long neck. Eliminates the need for matches or standard lighters. The noise it makes does scare one of the cats, though. I haven’t tried it on campfires yet, but I think that was something the ad said it could do.

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      7 months ago

      If by “electric candle lighter” you mean one of those “plasma” or arcing ones, they’re awesome, but cannot light anything that won’t fit between the two ends of the arc. I love mine for candles, but have yet to successfully start my charcoal grill with them. I imagine a campfire would suffer similar issues.

      Hopefully you have better luck!

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        7 months ago

        I keep a pill bottle of dryer lint in my backpack as a firestarter. Readily available floofy tinder for big fires when needed. The little arc lighters have no trouble it it, either.

      • Truffle@lemmy.ml
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        7 months ago

        It is the equivalent of nails scratching on blackboard for me. My mom uses one and I have to get away whenever she is about to use it because it makes my ears and teeth hurt like a mofo.