I grew up with $20 walmart blenders, and hated anything that required a blender.

Recently bought a ninja and there is no going back. I’ll never use a crappy blender again.

Anything else like that?

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    6 months ago

    A refrigerator with a good ice maker is worth the extra expense. Our ice maker just gave out, and I’d forgotten how much a pain in the butt it is to make ice in plastic trays.

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      6 months ago

      Made the leap to an undercounter ice maker when we renovated, since the fridge ones keep breaking, and it has been the best decision, despite the initial ridiculous cost.

      I go through sooooo much ice and ice water every day now. It makes me so happy every time I open the door and see the heap of perfect clear cubes waiting to be scooped into my cup.

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      6 months ago

      Not necessarily expensive nowadays, but I agree. Just bought a new fridge because our old one gave up. Icemaker is a must. I fucking love icewater. It broke once a year ago, until I fixed it, it was awful. Never going to not have fresh ice now, so of course our new one has that. Now it’s on its last legs, and the icemachine doesnot work anymore :(. The new one also has a larger inside volume due to better insulation!

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        6 months ago

        Sounds nice, I’m looking at buying a new fridge and they aren’t that expensive, but it’s worth it for the icemaker alone, I love ice water also (and tons of ice in my diet coke!). Living in Utah, the colder and wetter something is, the better. The air here makes your throat parched, so it’s great to have that ice water pretty much year round.

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      6 months ago

      For the few things that I do want chilled, I prefer reusable cubes - they don’t melt and make my drink all watery.