Stressless
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- #1Aug 3, 2025
What are some of the best products/brands you love splurging on?
Quality blender is up there for me too, I am a Blendtec guy but Blendec or Vitamix, either way, if you use a blender regularly it makes a huge difference. I also have the Dyson hair dryer, I got a deal on one of the refurbished models with a coupon, seemed like a ridiculous purchase but that thing is really good. Doubly ridiculous because I really only have a beard to blowdry but a damp neck is not a good thing if you didn't know. Since you mentioned Dyson - Their vacuums are pretty good but in the end I'm not a huge fan, I think bagless is inferior, but a great vacuum is a real convenience, not a fun one but it makes life easier. I recently bought a Sebo D4 and that thing is next-level. Zojirush water boiler/dispenser. I like electric kettles but in the USA with our 120VAC they're slow. The Zojirushi dispensers will hold water at 208º and they last forever. Older models had gaskets that required occasional replacement but they sell the parts, my current one with the double-wall design has been on pretty much for ten years straight except when I unplug it to go on vacation. Great convenience appliance for coffee and tea lovers, especially for someone who does a French press every morning. Great kitchen tools, knives, cookware, utensils. They're all just hunks of metal in the end so anything good quality is buy it for life. Apple electronics, although laptops, phones, etc. can't really be BIFL. Porsche car - Not necessarily the cheapest to keep for life but they claim 70% of the cars they've made are still on the road. Not brand-specific but decent home audio, especially a 5.1 or better surround setup for movie and TV. Even YouTube documentaries sound so much better, you get spoiled by great audio, I find even narration lacks impact and presence when I'm listening to a podcast through earbuds vs. watching on my surround system. And while audiophilia gets people spending ridiculous amounts of money with the proliferation of cheap consumer electronics the last few decades you don't have to spend much to get a way better experience. Bicycle stuff, but not really brand specific and I don't go as crazy as a lot of enthusiasts, but don't mind spending on good bikes, good gear and good accessories. Ekornes Stressless furniture - very comfortable to me, IMO even most expensive furniture isn't really comfortable or ergonomic, a lot of it is plush, superficially comfortable but not supportive and wrecks your neck and back if you spend a lot of time in it. Similarly, Herman Miller Aerons for office duty. Travelpro luggage - most of their lines aren't expensive enough to be a real splurge, but very nice and durable, way better than cheap luggage some of which seems to be single-use these days.
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Ekornes Chair at Home Goods - What Model??
The reason I have catalogs from 20 years is that eventually, the Stressless hard foam base sort of "gives in" and can't be rebuilt easily. I'm using chairs 3 and 4 now. Chair 4 (2024) was a replacement for Chair 1 (2004). Chair 3 (2014) was a replacement for Chair 2 (shipped by a relative who didn't want theirs, so maybe from 2007 or so). Their hard foam is basically a spray foam. I also had the leather arms of Chair 1 reupholstered, $500. They're BIFL depending on maintenance needs.
View on Redditopen_in_new - #3Jun 9, 2025
Ekornes Chair at Home Goods - What Model??
Unzip the bottom of the ottoman, see if the paperwork and tool are in there. I've looked at my catalogs (2004, 2014, 2024) and don't see this, even if custom based. Your photos don't give much detail. It looks like it wants to be an office base and a Mike manual footrest model. Since this has the skirted arms, there should be a control panel inset on the outside, right, under the armrest. I've not seen that inner lever on Stressless. There are some knockoff of Ekornes Stressless, and some equivalent competition. For both a chair and an ottoman, I'd go for that price.
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