Found a $30 LED lamp that changed my extraction game completely

I picked up one of those magnifying ring lights with the adjustable arm off Amazon for about $30 last month and I honestly didn't expect much. But it made a huge difference for seeing clogged pores and tiny blackheads during facials. My old lamp cast shadows on one side of the face no matter what I did. This one lets me get right in there without craning my neck. Anyone else find a cheap piece of gear that actually outperformed your expensive stuff?

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noahwood3d ago

The cheap stuff outperforming expensive gear is a pattern I see everywhere now. My buddy spent $300 on some fancy brand name beard trimmer and it died in six months, but my $20 Walmart special has been going strong for three years. Same with kitchen knives - my $15 Victorinox beats the pants off that $100 set my sister got for her wedding. At this point I feel like a lot of the expensive stuff is just marketing and a nice box, not actual quality.

ray6133d ago

You got lucky with that trimmer man... the Walmart stuff is a total crapshoot. I went through three of those cheap clippers in one year because the motor kept burning out on my thick beard hair. My brother's $200 Wahl has lasted him over a decade with just blade replacements. And those Victorinox knives are great for the price but they don't hold an edge like a Shun or a Wusthof - my sister's fancy wedding set will outlast yours by twenty years if she sharpens them right. Sometimes you really do get what you pay for with the engineering and materials.

flores.mark3d ago

Yeah ray613 I feel you man, it's wild how hit or miss stuff can be.