Useful products thread

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Thought this might be interesting, as there are a lot of things out there that are very useful that people may not know about.

For instance, my neighbor's fence was on it's last legs (I've had a post angled against it and a guy wire attached for well over a year so it won't fall down).

My sister told me they bought fence post anchors when theirs were getting wobbly, so I spent last night installing three of them and they worked great.
 

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My 13 year old sent me a link to a massager the other day that looked useful. He thought it was to put your hand into and get a massage, helping with the pain from Parkinson's. I had to educate him that it wasn't your hand you put into it.

So I guess something like that could be "useful" to the right audience.

 
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I always hated how my dyed mulch faded after a couple of months and if I wanted it looking fresh I'd have to re-mulch. I thought I was brilliant by coming up with an idea to simply re-stain the mulch... only to find out the product exists. Simply spray it on.
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I always hated how my dyed mulch faded after a couple of months and if I wanted it looking fresh I'd have to re-mulch. I thought I was brilliant by coming up with an idea to simply re-stain the mulch... only to find out the product exists. Simply spray it on.
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So is it safe for kids or do you need to keep it away from them?
 

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I always hated how my dyed mulch faded after a couple of months and if I wanted it looking fresh I'd have to re-mulch. I thought I was brilliant by coming up with an idea to simply re-stain the mulch... only to find out the product exists. Simply spray it on.
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At one of our old houses, we had a huge wrap-around flower/bush/etc space and it took a truck load of mulch about every other year. Finally I found that they make shredded rubber mulch that looks and feels exactly like wood mulch, but never fades. Sounds horrible and gaudy, but was the best investment we ever made at that house. We went with a more red style like in the 2nd picture. Had something like a 20 year color and whatnot warranty.

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My 13 year old sent me a link to a massager the other day that looked useful. He thought it was to put your hand into and get a massage, helping with the pain from Parkinson's. I had to educate him that it wasn't your hand you put into it.

So I guess something like that could be "useful" to the right audience.

Link?
 

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Not sure if it is a useful product per se, but putting patio blocks on the ground outside your flowerbeds, outside whatever block or wall on the inside to keep the mulch in - makes sort of a "curb".

Your mower can go right up and over the top of it, so it cuts down the weed whipping. It's not revolutionary, but it does spark joy for me.
 
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