I wear Gunnar gaming glasses for my computer work, which is about 8 hrs / day, heavy on coding & email.

They do make a difference, my eyes feel a lot better at the end of the day if I wear them.

TLC time. Creams, cleaner, all that good stuff. Fix the zipper. You can get another 20 years out of it!

It looks like your zipper just needs a new pull. I could fix that for $10, just get a like $7 part at Michael’s and pay for my gas. And a soda. Lol. Conditioners and creams aren’t too pricy. I’d say $20 (cleaner, cream), and black Kiwi polish for the color. Or you can use leather dye if you don’t like the idea of shoe polish on your jacket. Mine has had shoe polish on an injury for a decade now.

My Damone bag has lasted about the same amount of time. Been all over the world, and I’m not gentle on things. Still use it

Valid point. It's not a guarantee of good quality, but not using YKK is typically not a good indication of a quality product. Also, typically, most products fail at the zips and it's not a simple/cheap fix to replace them.

There is way better stuff than armor all or something like that lol.

I have no idea. I haven't had to buy another so far. But, they seem to be a good brand overall!

Oakley Gaming Lenses

I bought a Swiss Army backpack on clearance wish I would have bought 2! Taken it to Europe, hunting and ice fishing AND to the Gym 3 days a week it was worth the price if I would not have gotten it for cheap

ZipLoc bags and an attachment on your vacuum cleaner hose.

Hey Judohero - Foodsaver (a Sunbeam company) has a 5 year warranty on their appliances (info can be found on their instruction manuals right next to the troubleshooting advice), so assuming you did try taking apart the machine to fix it, they'll should replace it without much trouble at all. That being said, my experience with people who have broken appliances like that in quick succession were usually using them wrong - make sure you are not overheating the motor and are cleaning the gaskets and the drip tray. Good luck!

My tech company insurance pays for regular glasses and computer glasses with the blue light blocker. For years I didn't want to bother with multiple pairs of glasses until I attended mandatory company zoom meeting with the insurer explaining all the options and benefits people may not know about. The extra computer glasses were not just the same prescription with blue blocker added to the lens as I had always assumed. They are set to a different focal length and optimized for computer monitor distances.

So I got a pair and have to say they generally make things crisper and my eyes feel less tired at the end of the day. I believe this has everything to do with the different focal length and not set for distance like my others. I don't know if the blue-blocker helps your sleep rhythm or not but an extra pair of computer glasses really helps reduce eyestrain.

Did you get it in Hawaii?

I have had a nutrichef one that I got for like $50ish and it’s been kicking for about 4 years. I’m not touting it as bifl but it’s affordable and does its job

A BMW collector would probably pay 5 figures for this.

This place is great. All wood, no particle board. And they are family owned. We have a bedroom set from them for the guest room.

https://grainwoodfurniture.com

BMW used to make some great merch. There was this jacket and a few others like it, but also some really great bicycles. Not just typical rebadged/rebranded crap, actual quality. Was my favorite bike. Can still find some rad 1990s duffels from BMW on eBay from time to time, too.

I like the style of those boots.

Do they have removable insoles? Forgot to add that in my post.

I think I've seen those in shoe stores but didn't pay much attention to them. Will take a closer look at them.

Yes, the real benefit of blue light blocking is to protect your circadian rhythm for sleep. I recently read "The Circadian Code" by Satchin Panda. He is one of the researchers who identified the protein in our eyes that senses blue light and he specifically recommended not blocking blue light during the day, but only for the ~3hours leading up to bed time.

I clicked into this thread ready to say I've noticed a difference using my old cheap glasses that have that compared to my contacts, after transitioning from not that much screen time to 8+ hours a day plus unfun light conditions.

Is it psychosematic?? Or just that's it's glasses? I woud have thought contacts might be easier on the eyes since the correcting lens sits right on the eye.

My eye doctor said the jury isn’t out study-wise but since they’re cheap and can’t hurt she suggested them alongside turning on device “nighttime” mode and limiting screen time. The ones I have were $7 and have UV blocking lenses and work as readers for when I wear my contacts as well as well. I wouldn’t have spent any more on fancy ones.

If you’re at your computer for long periods of time don’t wear your glasses or it could cause strain if they are meant for distance, that alone could help with eye strain/headaches.

Do yourself a favor and seek out scientific information like that presented by Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. He is a Stanford professor of Neurobiology and Opthamalogy. In this podcast he discusses why we should NOT wear Blue Light Blocking Glasses during the day and may consider using them at night while viewing screens in preparation for good sleep hygiene.

https://crescent.co/podcasts/blue-light-glasses-during-the-day

5.11 (I fly with the Rush 72, I don't have your requirements but it checks a lot of your boxes)

Vanquest (great interior and exterior organizers as well, and they have more non-tactical looking bags)

Triple Aught Design (more high-end than the others, but what I do have from them will likely outlast me)

Isn’t this subreddit for things others can BIFL? This can no longer be puchased so what’s the point?

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