Chinese/Ebay trash you recommend.

Textiles are just fine and you can get some pretty good stuff for cheap. Will it be BETTER than S. Korean, American or certain European fabrics? Hell no but it'll be a SHITLOAD cheaper.

I'll say anything simple and not critical to the function of something else is ok.

Be wary of really cheap shit that's painted, they might still be using lead based paint in CCP land...

Certain batteries form China are good to go. You just gotta find the real OEM for big name brands and go directly to the source.

Now if you mean just CCP made stuff, that's everything (or essentially so) sold at ANY big box retailer in the West.

In that case, find the cheapest purveyor with a return policy and have fun. Think Harbor Freight.


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I bought a Zumimall solar security camera to watch my garden they are an obvious knock off of blink and ring cameras. But its so far been the single chinese product thats exceeded both its own marketing and my expectations. The marketing said the solar panel will not be able to keep the camera charged and will only mean you dont have to manually charge it as often. But I have never once had to charge it even when I maxed the sensitivity. I am also surprised its last in the direct sun for 3 years when the other camera I had broke in one.

I hope the CCP appreciates the direct line to my tomato plants.
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It's actually pretty funny how a massive surveillance state like China makes such good cameras.
Bofa Shekelstein said:
A lot of Chinese computer shit is actually really good.

- Knockoff Lenovo batteries from KingSener
- Duplicated OEM Lenovo batteries
- PS/2 splitters
- CH341 programmers
- Reproduction laptop BIOS chips

I've bought all of these from Chinese eBay sellers and am remarkably impressed by their reliability.
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Aka stuff the white man designed and perfected 🥲
S.C.U.D. said:
I came here to recommend these. They all look the same, more brand names than you can count, but they're cheap as fuck, usually built shocking well for the price, and work well enough for normie-style applications. If they're built well they have decent water resistance too. I bought a bunch of these for maybe 2 or 3 dollars each several years ago and I just give them away, great flashlight to give to normies because it's "normie bright," simple, takes a standard battery, and built well.

Word to the wise, get the single mode versions if you can, the "multi-mode" ones have that terrible 3-mode chip that cycles through high-low-strobe and is more annoying than it is useful. "Q5 AA flashlight" seems to be the magic words. Price seems to have gone up lately though, what a shame.
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Yep, a few Chinese OEMs/ODMs make surprisingly good flashlights
 
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Wurkkos is another good flashlight brand. The Anduril firmware in some of their models really scratches my autism itch.


If you need a specialized piece of equipment but don't want to spend more than $200, anything from VEVOR is halfway decent. Post hole auger, ultrasonic cleaner, laboratory heating mantle, food dehydrator, smoke machine, gold panning sluice, hydroponics kit, concrete vibrator, home beer-brewing electric kettle... They have a huge range of products and they're all fine. You might find some sharp edges on sheet metal, cosmetic scratches from shipment, etc, but everything will be functional.
 
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Wurkkos is another good flashlight brand. The Anduril firmware in some of their models really scratches my autism itch.
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I've owned multiple Anduril lights, love that UI but it is not normie safe. Some of those lights are real pocket rockets and a normie who doesn't know any better can easily blind themselves with an errant double click while looking right at it, the Emisar D4 comes to mind even though it's quite long in the tooth by this point.
 
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I bought this chinesium (maybe?) 3/8” drive torque wrench for working on transformers, switchgear, and commercial electrical panels (not so much the last one) and it’s held up pretty good so far. I just make sure to store it at the lowest torque setting and it seems to have held up fine over the last 13 months.

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I'll add a rather esoteric one.... Clones of French ST DuPont and British Dunhill gas lighters.

Hit up Ali and look up "mens gas powered lighter" or "JT Dunat" or ST DuPont and you'll find them

90% as good as the real one for about 1/20 the price.

Super fun to play with.
 
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If you need a specialized piece of equipment but don't want to spend more than $200, anything from VEVOR is halfway decent. Post hole auger, ultrasonic cleaner, laboratory heating mantle, food dehydrator, smoke machine, gold panning sluice, hydroponics kit, concrete vibrator, home beer-brewing electric kettle... They have a huge range of products and they're all fine. You might find some sharp edges on sheet metal, cosmetic scratches from shipment, etc, but everything will be functional.
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I bought a chamber vacuum sealer from vevor and it has been great. The vacmaster version is around $1000, the vevor one was less than $350.
I did have some trouble with the gas lid cylinders and they shipped me new ones, somehow lost them in China land, and just ended up refunding me like $200 instead of reshipping them. Which was fine by me, I have no problem lifting the lid for $200 .
 
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wait the cheapo bone conduction headphones are good? got a link?
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Yeah, they're alright as far as bone conduction.perfect if you need to hear your surroundings and dont care much about quality.The ones linked that I got became clearer and louder when I plugged my ear, so it is true bone conduction, but I can't speak comparatively to shockz or some other flagship.Worked great for about a year, good battery, fast pairing until I put them in my back pocket and demolished them.
Also I got them half price of what they are now, idk maybe you can find another listing.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mqX3CqU
 
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Mitsubishi Toppo BJ said:
Yeah, they're alright as far as bone conduction.perfect if you need to hear your surroundings and dont care much about quality.The ones linked that I got became clearer and louder when I plugged my ear, so it is true bone conduction, but I can't speak comparatively to shockz or some other flagship.Worked great for about a year, good battery, fast pairing until I put them in my back pocket and demolished them.
Also I got them half price of what they are now, idk maybe you can find another listing.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mqX3CqU
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Would these be good for biking/running?
 
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I just copped a stylish pocket mirror to check my nose for halos in the field, I'll post a review once it's here.

Also a 65w wall adapter which I've bough before and lost but highly recommend.It's like 1/4 cheaper than anything local and quality is AA, declared output is on point and it's legit GaN so it dosen't get too hot at all.


Also the miniature folding knives that are like 1cm long but fully functional, super cheap, often really well made and they make for pretty cool gifts for your mates or whatnot, ppl go crazy for them.A bag of areca nut is also worth trying at least once if you're into that sort of thing.Perhaps a piece of nicely crystalized bismuth for your desk?

Oh and another thing I can highly recommend is Jellycat knockoff plushies, they are essentially identical at 1/5 or more off.Good choice for the females or little ones in your life.

One more quick bit and I will stop yapping, do not ever buy anything that is electronically refrigerated with a Peltier plate, like a mini fridge for the desk or whatever.That is unless you want it not to chill much at all.For now good ol refrigerants is the best we've got as far as cooling tech.

I'm also looking for a good flashlight if anybody wants to chime in.

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Spatial awareness is important, I don't want to get hit by a driver!
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Yeah, for sure, I just mentioned in case you were mountain biking or running at the track or something.Speaking of sports I heard (no pun intended) that the ones that are water proof sound decent even when they're fully submerged which I think is neat.
 
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I just copped a stylish pocket mirror to check my nose for halos in the field, I'll post a review once it's here.

Also a 65w wall adapter which I've bough before and lost but highly recommend.It's like 1/4 cheaper than anything local and quality is AA, declared output is on point and it's legit GaN so it dosen't get too hot at all.


Also the miniature folding knives that are like 1cm long but fully functional, super cheap, often really well made and they make for pretty cool gifts for your mates or whatnot, ppl go crazy for them.A bag of areca nut is also worth trying at least once if you're into that sort of thing.Perhaps a piece of nicely crystalized bismuth for your desk?

Oh and another thing I can highly recommend is Jellycat knockoff plushies, they are essentially identical at 1/5 or more off.Good choice for the females or little ones in your life.

One more quick bit and I will stop yapping, do not ever buy anything that is electronically refrigerated with a Peltier plate, like a mini fridge for the desk or whatever.That is unless you want it not to chill much at all.For now good ol refrigerants is the best we've got as far as cooling tech.

I'm also looking for a good flashlight if anybody wants to chime in.


Yeah, for sure, I just mentioned in case you were mountain biking or running at the track or something.Speaking of sports I heard (no pun intended) that the ones that are water proof sound decent even when they're fully submerged which I think is neat.
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Hey don't stop yapping these are good tips!
 
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Was meaning to for a while now but I got a few cricket sound generators that last for months and can be set to do it at random intervals.No plans yet but if somebody pisses me off I heard they work beautifully if you drop them in a car ac vent or pop a fake ceiling tile and for extra hard detection you can run a dummy vent tube and place inside.
 
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