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I didn’t understand the importance of quality and the true premium you pay for certain things. I often would buy the cheapest thing I could find to serve a certain function. After awhile, you find yourself replacing cheap things because they wear out quickly. Buying quality can mean paying a lot more, but it also usually means you don’t have to replace it much, if at all.
I'm finding this on a lot of the "deals" my wife has been finding on the TikTok shop. Piece of junk falls apart, so it inevitably gets replaced with a more expensive one I didn't really need in the first place.
Oh shit. She might be playing me.
I kind of agree with you. I bought my first set of tools extremely cheap, like $25 for a whole tool case. I keep replacing the things I use regularly with better quality stuff, and the things I don’t use often don’t get enough wear to impact usage in the first place. But there are things like my Hilti power drill, which I do not want to fail whatsoever and as such I paid the premium upfront.
Yeah, I’ve done similar. Bought a “all-in-one” tool kit that includes almost every basic tool. While it is nice to have one of everything, you quickly realize that the metal is so soft that some of them only last two or three uses. So, then you replace it with a better one.
I'm a little on the flipside with this one. I'm figuring it out that some of the best things out there, aren't usually the ones that cost a premium. It just boils down to what that something is and whether you want it's best version. Like, some of the brand-names in stores aren't usually some of the best that's out there compared to generic brands. I know this from some of the review videos I've watched like Project Farm on YouTube.
I find this to be true with things like store brand foods but I've found the majority of the time if you buy something you need durability out of, you will regret buying the cheap shit
The tool method seems to be proven true. I've heard that you buy the cheapest tool until you get one that does the job for you. Like if the cheapest tool breaks on you, you move a step up above it until you're comfortable with the value and quality of a tool that both does its job and lasts a long time.
You can apply that to many things.
I hadn't heard about that. Only problem with that is once you buy several cheap tools you could've bought the most expensive option once.
Yeah, but that's only really true for the things you use often, isn't it? Sometimes you just need something that gets the work done and it's okay if it takes a little more effort than using the premium one because you can't justify spending that much for a one time use. Especially so if you need more than one specialty tool, because that adds up quickly.
Well yeah, it always depends. But in a scenario like the one described here where you're repeatedly breaking and upgrading a tool, that sounds like a good example of that approach being more expensive 🤷♂️
Single layered toilet paper.
Project Farm absolutely rips