I was thinking about this today. I try to research products and save up before buying something, so I invest in quality (also trying to buy responsibly due to environment), but sometimes I buy something expensive and then half a year later realize I didn’t use it as much as I had hoped to… but feel bad about donating / recycling the thing so soon since I paid a lot of money for it.
Another example is shaving razors. I’d like to buy a proper, metal one with a replaceable blade, but then I’m thinking how much nicer it is to just dispose of it once I am done (no need to clean it or sharpen it).
Any thoughts, experiences, comments are appreciate it. Really interested about what people think about this topic!
This is how I do it. I usually have good idea about what things I use regularly and ease my work. When they breakdown, I look for those that are well built and long lasting even though expensive.
For things I’m not sure about, I go with a cheap one and when it breaks/when I fing myself using it regularly, I replace it with a quality one.
However I’ve observed that the quality ones are not always the expensive ones. They are some where between the normal priced ones and the most expensive ones. That’s the sweet spot.
I really like your way! The issue I had recently was that I needed headphones for listening music and researching those was a really deep rabbit hole. But you are right, in the end I got something that was between expensive and cheap and turned out perfect.