For me it has to be:

  1. Helix mattress ($1,217). Sleep is great.
  2. Home gym power cage & weights (~$1,000). Look good, feel good, get strong.
  3. Netgear Nighthawk AXE7800 ($339). No more random, annoying internet disconnects/slowness.
  4. Books ($0 @ library)
    • “Ultralearning” - Scott Young (how to learn efficiently)
    • “Enlightenment Now” - Steven Pinker (the world overall is improving)
    • “The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing” - Taylor Larimore (how to invest)
  5. PS5 ($500). So many great games like witcher 3, god of war, spiderman.

I’m searching for some more deep value purchases. Give me what you’ve got.

  • @ex_redditorEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    Thanks for the reply. Do you have a link to the rack you got? Haven’t seen any with a cable setup so want to check it out!

    • VikEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      Hey no problem.

      I don’t want to shill for them or anything but I have a lot of stuff from Mirafit (UK). Upon closer inspection, I believe a lot of their products are generic, and you can find identical or similar offerings elsewhere.

      I have the old Mirafit M100 half rack with cable system. It’s no longer for sale but derived from this model. It also came with the incline bench at the time which made it a pretty nice deal, but I would not recommend my particular half rack version as it’s only rated to 200KG. My one will kinda sway a bit if you back squat four plates and I’m considering a replacement. At the time I didn’t think it was too big of a deal, and I was kinda desperate to some kit with all the gyms shut during the pandemic.

      Their newer full and half racks are rated to a much higher max load (~350KG) and I presume that’d feel a lot sturdier in practice (probably similar to Rogue rack quality).

      I would try searching for ‘power rack with cable pulley system’. I can see a lot of results for this from Amazon in the UK but I’d be very careful about what you buy from there.

      Would be interested in what you find!