Whew, it's been over half a year and I haven't updated this blog in awhile. So guilty! :(
The continuation of my Things we Buy on Amazon series is a good place to pick it back up as anywhere...so here it is!
So cheap, so good
Why I ordered it:
The expensive set of headphones that I had from when I was at Netflix (A Sony pro grade set) are a great set of headphones. However, the ear foam pads start disintegrating after not using them for 5 years. The thin plastic that covers the foam pads had started flaking off, sticking to my skin and making a mess of things. I thought the headphones were done for, but then saw that I could just replace these.
Do I like it?
Yep! They were cheap and were easily installed.
Do I use it?
Daily! I brought these to work after my cheapo headphones from groupon broke (which I also liked a lot, because I could switch to microphone mode on them easily and skip songs with a click of the integrated button), but these headphones block out a lot of noise and help me focus on getting work done during the day. I admit that the pads sometimes get loose and I have to re-attach them, which is annoying. I might spring for a more expensive replacement in the future but for now they work, so why replace things that work?
Ready for the dog sacrfice
Why I ordered it:
Our rescue dog Miles loves ripping apart stuffed animals - I think the record time I saw him rip into one and pull out its' stuffed "innards" was about 5 seconds. Now that he's the ripe age of almost 3 years old, he savors the destruction for a little longer and "toys" with his stuffed victims, so they usually last, on average, a few weeks per stuffed toy. Amazon, by far, has the best deals on toys like these. The prices they charge at pet stores is criminal. (Once saw a stuffed dinosaur dog toy for 55 dollars!)
Do I like it?
Our dog certainly did. The ears were filled with a crinkly material, each leg had a squeaker in it, and if you squeezed the body it made a grunty noise. So much happiness in one stuffed animal.
Do I use it?
The joy my dog took into ripping out each piece of this stuffed toy made it worth every penny.