I was taught for tools or equipment always buy the cheapest you can find. If you use it enough and for long enough that it breaks or is not good enough then splurge and get the quality version. Like if you get into drawing buy that $15 pencil kit…in a month or 2 if you find you want to continue with drawing but you need better pencils then go out and buy the 50 or 100 dollar version. At that point you will know you want to continue drawing and you have enough foundational knowledge to know what is important and what is pure marketing.
depends on the hobby, for a lot of software stuff having good hardware can be a strong motivator or needed for progress, and a lot of hobbies have no cheap entrypoint, like drones are very expensive im avoiding that
I think you are wrong. You can buy very cheap drones, I bought one about a decade ago for about 50 dollars. Now the nice ones with GPS and cameras and fpv capabilities yes they are expensive. But that’s the point… Buy the cheap one, if you enjoy flying it next month enough to justify spending that to get a fancy one consider it.
For today buy the 50 dollar one, the regret will be alot less than the 2000 dollar one…
Not with drones, that’s specifically an exception just google and use reddit for 5 seconds “should I buy a cheap drone” I had one they suck, no battery life even with swapping it sucks, they cant fly for shit, they also break easily. The hobby isnt flying shitty toys its building and flying actual fast ones, that can actually fly and arent a cheap gimmick for kids to play with for 5 minutes.
when ppl talk about drones as a hobby its the ones you build and race or do tricks with that will 100% break and need to be replaced, or photography ones which are also expensive, anything cheap is a toy for beginners or ppl just testing waters
Exactly… Buy the beginner one, later if you still like it buy the expensive one. If you move to lawn mowers you only spent the cost of the beginner one
I disagree, gimmicky toys will turn you away from
hobbies you might enjoy, cardboard made me think vr was a trash gimmick, trying a quest made me like it, bought my own, cheaping out made me assume vr was ass so I never bought a rift when I had the hardware to use it
I re-purpose sooo many things, and use so much random crap for projects when my budget won’t allow completing them, but frankensteining my backlog will.
But yes, same here actually, I don’t really outgrow stuff I like (or the other way around - never “like” stuff I see myself outgrowing … maybe I just don’t allow myself to live … sometimes I won’t get into things I know I’m not capable of supporting either mentally or financially).
Thats dumb, they always come back, I don’t sell my stuff, I always end up reusing it or getting back into it
I also try to go as cheap/free as possible, chasing good deals is a hoby
I was taught for tools or equipment always buy the cheapest you can find. If you use it enough and for long enough that it breaks or is not good enough then splurge and get the quality version. Like if you get into drawing buy that $15 pencil kit…in a month or 2 if you find you want to continue with drawing but you need better pencils then go out and buy the 50 or 100 dollar version. At that point you will know you want to continue drawing and you have enough foundational knowledge to know what is important and what is pure marketing.
depends on the hobby, for a lot of software stuff having good hardware can be a strong motivator or needed for progress, and a lot of hobbies have no cheap entrypoint, like drones are very expensive im avoiding that
I think you are wrong. You can buy very cheap drones, I bought one about a decade ago for about 50 dollars. Now the nice ones with GPS and cameras and fpv capabilities yes they are expensive. But that’s the point… Buy the cheap one, if you enjoy flying it next month enough to justify spending that to get a fancy one consider it.
For today buy the 50 dollar one, the regret will be alot less than the 2000 dollar one…
I spent a good amount of time researching reddit recentlly, def not that cheap to get into and the costs dont go away
Correct, but the whole point is to buy cheap and only buy the expensive / fancy stuff if you still like it later and find it’s worth the expense.
And I mentioned earlier, I always return to my hobbies the issue op has does not apply to me
Cheaping out early is a nice way to turn you away from any hobby
Not with drones, that’s specifically an exception just google and use reddit for 5 seconds “should I buy a cheap drone” I had one they suck, no battery life even with swapping it sucks, they cant fly for shit, they also break easily. The hobby isnt flying shitty toys its building and flying actual fast ones, that can actually fly and arent a cheap gimmick for kids to play with for 5 minutes.
when ppl talk about drones as a hobby its the ones you build and race or do tricks with that will 100% break and need to be replaced, or photography ones which are also expensive, anything cheap is a toy for beginners or ppl just testing waters
Exactly… Buy the beginner one, later if you still like it buy the expensive one. If you move to lawn mowers you only spent the cost of the beginner one
I disagree, gimmicky toys will turn you away from hobbies you might enjoy, cardboard made me think vr was a trash gimmick, trying a quest made me like it, bought my own, cheaping out made me assume vr was ass so I never bought a rift when I had the hardware to use it
last I looked into it actual fun fpv drones arent cheap, I dont see, transmitter alone over 50$?
Completely true… I’m not saying they are that cheap. I’m saying bare minimum basic drone with no camera just ability to hover
those will turn ppl away from the hobby because they are nothing like actual drones, like racing a prius, its antifun to drive
Instructions unclear. I now own 1 of everything from Harbor Freight.
Now if you need a torque wrench you have one. If you need one enough that it breaks, buy one from Mac tools or snap on.
I actually do have a torque wrench from harbor freight lol.
Omg, the amount of time (and basically labour) on the second-hand market either for financial or ethical (less trash) reasons.
I re-purpose sooo many things, and use so much random crap for projects when my budget won’t allow completing them, but frankensteining my backlog will.
But yes, same here actually, I don’t really outgrow stuff I like (or the other way around - never “like” stuff I see myself outgrowing … maybe I just don’t allow myself to live … sometimes I won’t get into things I know I’m not capable of supporting either mentally or financially).