Best buy/Never buy

I bought a step stool too, handy for when the kitchen roller blind shoots out of my hand and rolls right up.

I need a rubber jar opener, mine has perished and gone hard.

Some great ideas on here!

Best buy recently is a step stool from IKEA for 9 euros 99. Two steps, a hole for your hand in the top to carry it round the kitchen. At barely 5 foot tall, I need this to reach several high cupboards! Very safe and secure, and can be used to sit on if need be.

Cannot do without my rubber jar opener shaped like a flower got two from Lakeland.

A booster cushion for the chair I sit on when watching TV. So much easier to get up now.

What a fabulous thread-will def buy some of these items esp thingy for herbs.
My Best Buy lately has to be. . . . . Urine bottle and bed tray with legs! Lol! DH just had his hip replaced and both have been brill! Also one handled tray so I can carry drinks and his breakfast upstairs safely holding rail.
And. . . . DDs clubbed together and bought me a GTech cleaner so I can Hoover up while DH is indisposed and I don't have to lug heavy cleaner around.
How sad is that? ?

nannymarg so agree about the Rab jacket! I bought one too this winter and it's been worth every penny. It's been everywhere with me

A Rab jacket. I've worn it practically every day since I bought it in January. It goes with almost anything. My Best Buy ever?

I've been very indulgent and bought myself a Dualit toaster and kettle - they are lovely! My old toaster was giving up and the wretched kettle splattered boiling water everywhere, so I've bought the Dualit models as evidently they last forever and can be repaired. Here's hoping!

My best buy is my Good Grips Shower pole and tidy. It is far superior to any available in UK. You can remove the trays to clean. It fits over my bath in the corner. I sent to Macy's New York for it it cost £99 but worth every penny. I did get a catalogue from Lakeland recently and they had it in. When I bought it I could not find it in the UK>

Amazon Echo Dot is our Best Buy for ages. Combined with Amazon Prime which gives access to almost unlimited music. Love the sixties selection! Little gizmo the size of a tin of tuna which will also tell you the time, the weather forecast and even read a story.
Never buy? Processed soup. Freshly made in Soup Maker (another GN recommendation) is so much better flavoured and low in fat, salt etc etc.

In love with my Apple Watch ?

Best buy is probably the chest freezer I've had for thirty-five years and use all the time.

I would never buy any garment with writing on it, or a visible label. If clothes manufacturers want folk to become walking advertisements they should be paying the customers, not the other way round.

Toss up for best buys between gizmo for stringing runner beans and a needle threader as eyes deff not what they were. Worst buy? All ? singing all dancing food processor that was too much faff to get out of cupboard, so bought a small compact one I love, suppose that could be another 'best buy' !

Like this thread. Just ordered one of those Zyliss food processor things. Imo, there can be no finer recommendation than GN!

Not me, but my daughter bought an electric cat litter box for her 2 house cats, the litter is supposed to last 30 days, but only lasted 5, at a £150 plus £50 for 3 refill cartridges, not a good buy! She then bought a toilet trainer for them to use the toilet instead for £10 and they both cottoned on immediately!! Just need to teach them to flush now .

On the bottled water note, I'm afraid I'm guilty (only 17p a bottle of 2 litres though), unfortunately the water around here is so chlorinated it's just like drinking a swimming pool. I also use a filter jug for cooking water, but even that after boiling often still has a tang!

I also bought some scissor type thinks that cut up vegetables, carrots, potatoes, parsnips, virtually any fruit or veg.

I use a brita filter, our water is not that nice, when it rains it tastes of chlorine!
I always have bottled water in the car and drink sparkling when out for a meal.

Best buy recently is a doofer (not its real name) for cleaning behind and between radiators, sad person that I am.

Don't know what I'd never buy.

I do buy bottled fizzy water. Nothing wrong with our tap water except its, to me, chemical taste.

I thought just like you Irenelily! I immediately thought of my Reiss winter coat I got from a charity shop for £5. I've used it loads and looks as good as new. Found the thread interesting though and will be looking up the suggested gadgets.

Best Buy, the Karcher window vac

Agree that I'd never buy bottled water

Going to check out the herb keeper. Thanks for the tip.

Extra long knitting needles from Amazon. I'm trying to knit myself a sweater but the stitches were falling off the normal length needles. I love my new long ones!

Best thing I bought lately was my pedal exerciser. Worst thing was a bag of cow manure pellets for the garden. The smell after it rained was awful!

I have a milk frother, we've just bought ourselves a delonghi coffee machine, grinds the beans, makes the coffee and froths the milk, not top of the range by any means, makes beautiful coffee, top buy for us!

Just bought one of the Hairy Bikers manual food processors. I can see it being ideal for making a single portion of cauliflower rice or mash.

Those dead-heading tools are too flimsy for me, I have broken several. Probably because I try to cut stems which are too thick.

Oh & we are lucky enough to have our own spring water - spoils you for any other tap water & we have been known to buy bottled in hotels.....

I too am feeling very avant garde with my latest best buy - Jamberry nail wraps! Dear DIL has just started selling them & I'm hooked & feeling oh so trendy with my multi coloured nails! Love them!