[JackMorgan]

- Split keyboard saved my wrists fifteen years ago, still do every day

- Sleeping mask with eye padding so I can open my eyes without my lids touching anything and only see total darkness. Took some getting used to, but it's amazing for getting better sleep

- standing desk setup with footstool and taller chair so I can just slide off to stand up. Makes it easy to switch so I do it more

- quality earplugs with a keychain case so they are always with me

- injinji ankle high hiking toe socks. I wear these every day now, so comfortable

- instant pot, almost all of my cooking is in this

- old cast iron skillet from a garage sale, if it's not in the instant pot it's in this

- floss holder, saves a lot of floss and is easier to use, so I floss a lot more

- bidet for toilet

- a great pair of four way stretch workout shorts. I got a Lululemon pair at a thrift store that has a hip phone pocket. I've worn them for thousands of miles of hiking and they look brand new. Love these shorts so much.

- Sun hoodie, because I'm basically a ginger and can't take that sun. The hoodie keeps me from burning.

- ultralight umbrella, fantastic for hiking in the sun or the rain

- music lessons, I wanted to learn violin and it's easy easier with a fun teacher

- bone conducting headphones (shockz). They are awesome for hiking since you can still hear everything (unless it's raining, then they are annoying). I love wearing them in the shower, music while I clean. Since they don't cover my ears, I've worn them for several days without noticing. They are very comfortable

[DamnInteresting]

Seconded on the bone conducting headphones. I have a little kid, so I need to reliably hear my environment, but it's nice to listen to podcasts or audiobooks once in a while.

Also the bidet. It is so strange that water washing a bum is the exception rather than the rule. In many ways we're still a primitive civilization.

[WirelessGigabit]

Okay you made my credit card itch.

Couple of questions:

Earplugs: did you get custom-fitted ones? I'm using foam ones at the range with 32db suppression. Wife suggested the custom-fitted ones. Thoughts?

Ankle hiking socks: how do they wear? I get Darn Though because of their lifetime warranty which I've used 5 times per pair already.

Cast Iron skillet: Please test this thing for lead. PLEASE.

Shorts: I don't wear brands. But my workout should be as nice as possible. So it's all Lululemon. If only they had a better lifetime. Shorts of 2 years old start to fray.

Headphones: How do they work with iOS (if you use that?). I've used all kinds of headphones, on Android, PC and iOS and I find the only one with some form of stable connection are iOS ones with the H1 chip.

[JackMorgan]

Earplugs are DownBeats Reusable High Fidelity https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A3Z44R2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_shar...

Toe socks. These mid weight tend to last pretty decently for me, but I've mostly just accepted that no fabric will last forever with the kind of abuse that is hiking, so I just buy new ones as they blow out: https://www.rei.com/product/107250/injinji-trail-midweight-m...

I will test the skillet, thanks.

I don't have any Apple products, so I don't know, but I have found the Shockz to take some epic abuse. I'm on my second pair, as the first pair finally gave up the ghost after roughly 6k hours of use. That's including a winter thru of the Appalachian trail, where it was regularly below freezing all day. The best part is that they fit under a winter beanie, so my ears stay warm, and because the button is physical, I can pause and stuff without taking off my gloves and hat. https://a.co/d/goWxmam

[spondylosaurus]

Custom-fitted earplugs are AMAZING, especially for sleeping. I had a pair of SleepSound earplugs made for me 4-ish years back and have worn them every night since.

They still fit perfectly! Also, I give them a gentle wash with soap and water every morning (almost like I'm washing my hands normally, but with the earplugs cupped between them—takes 30 seconds) and leave them out to dry, so they haven't gotten nasty from a thousand nights lodged in my ears.

[JackMorgan]

Do they ever fall out / do you toss and turn much?

[spondylosaurus]

Sorry, I just saw this—no and yes, in that order!

They're molded exactly to my ear shape, so by the time I wake up they've formed a seal with the ear canal and it actually takes a bit of effort to pry them out. No amount of tossing/turning/thrashing/getting up in the middle of the night for a glass of water dislodges them.

[tlavoie]

Mine (Aeropex model) work great with my iPhone. Between listening to podcasts while walking the dogs, and music while biking or running, they've been great.

I do love being able to hear what's around me for safety reasons, so there's the caveat that riding fast / downhill has a lot of wind noise. None of this is a stability problem with the connection though.

[JohnBooty]

    Headphones: How do they work with iOS (if you use that?). 
    I've used all kinds of headphones, on Android, PC and iOS 
    and I find the only one with some form of stable connection 
    are iOS ones with the H1 chip. 

Bose QC45 + iPhone 12 Pro have been rock solid stable for me. Hundreds of hours.