Request Product Recommendations ITT!

MakeHaste · December 9, 2020, 2:30pm

Is there a thread for family/friend gift shopping ideas?

Lawnmower_Man · December 9, 2020, 5:11pm

NotBruceZ · December 9, 2020, 11:39pm

Any recommendations for mail-order charcuterie? Thinking of sending someone a last-minute Xmas gift.

hey_you · December 10, 2020, 12:04am

Lunchables,_turkey_and_american_cracker_stackers

SensiblePerson · December 10, 2020, 12:07am

Love the suggested pairing with Capri-Sun (not included).

sriracha · December 10, 2020, 12:09am

Olympia Provisions

MakeHaste · December 10, 2020, 2:13am

Anyone have an air fryer and find it worth owning?

Tilted · December 10, 2020, 2:19am

Go look at the Cooking Good Food thread. There was just a big debate about them.

pvn · December 10, 2020, 1:35pm

harry and david probably isn’t the best but if you just want to send something and don’t want to spend a lot of time researching or whatever it’s good to go

NotBruceZ · December 10, 2020, 2:11pm

I’m looking for something fancy for someone who buys things like foie gras. Olympia Provisions seems like it’s in the ballpark of what I am considering.

Fatboy8 · December 10, 2020, 3:02pm

You can try here. I order at least a ham from this place every year and it’s amazing:

https://www.nbsmokehouse.com/Items?cat=a15-03&gtag=s-nav

sriracha · December 11, 2020, 12:10am

Here’s a different suggestion, although it may be too late to get it delivered before Christmas: Benton’s Country Ham

Whether or not you purchase some for a friend, maybe you’ll get some for yourself. This short video will help pique your interest.

Melkerson · December 11, 2020, 6:29pm

I need an iphone 12 mini case, main things I’m looking for are the following:

Durability
Wireless charging compatible
Slides in and out of pocket easily (i.e. smooth is better than rubbery).

Suggestions?

pvn · December 12, 2020, 4:37am

there are probably 3 billion things on amazon that check those boxes and cost less than $15, and they’re all functionally identical, just pick one

Ikioi · December 12, 2020, 5:44am

Can anyone recommend a good, reasonably priced pair of hiking shoes?

Melkerson · December 12, 2020, 5:49am

Yeah, that’s kind of the problem

I was hoping someone already picked one and thought it was pretty good after actually using it for a while.

NotBruceZ · December 12, 2020, 6:32am

I’ve always gone with the idea that phone cases are so cheap that you can luck into something decent, but I’m also good at figuring out when Amazon reviews aren’t written by morons.

pvn · December 12, 2020, 1:22pm

I have this case for my Xs, and I have zero complaints. It slides in and out of my pocket easily, doesn’t have that “soft” rubbery/silicone finish and I have no damage to my phone (I don’t drop it often, but when I do it’s usually while I’m walking the dog so it hits concrete/asphalt)

https://www.amazon.com/Spigen-Liquid-Armor-Designed-iPhone/dp/B08BHLZHBH/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=Spigen+12+mini&qid=1607779243&sr=8-4

If I get the 12 I will probably go back to not using a case at all. I never used one until I got the 6, the rounded edges were just too slippery for me.

Melkerson · December 12, 2020, 5:26pm

That looks good. I’ll give it a try. Thanks.

Melkerson · December 12, 2020, 5:36pm

While we’re on the subject,

I’m also interested in getting a wireless charger for an iphone 12 mini, but I want the kind where the phone is standing upright.

Most of the ones that I see on amazon like this say that they are work with iphones up to 11 and they don’t mention 12. I don’t understand why they wouldn’t work on the 12 since it would seem the charging mechanism is the same. However, the one I liked the best explicitly stated in the product description that it was not compatible with iphone 12.

So, what I’ve been doing is just looking at the reviews and the questions and for most of them some people have success using them with iphone 12 and others don’t. So I might have to resort to trial and error.