Things you're holding off buying because you don't know if they're worth it

[Insidelaurashed]

I've been holding off buying a hand held steam cleaner (I have a chronic pain condition so if it helps make cleaning physically easier, great!) as I'm not sure if they're as good as the Tiktok reviews I keep seeing say they are. I thought Mumsnet would be good to ask as everyone is very honest on here, and then I thought maybe a thread where we post the thing we're unsure of so others can say yeah actually that's decent, buy it-or not-might be a good idea?

Anyone using a steam cleaner, are they decent? Anyone else got things they're unsure if they're worth the cost that they'd like an opinion on?

Don’t buy any sort of steam cleaner or clothes steamer if you live in a very hard water area, the steam holes get so gunged up they stop working

Keep holding off getting one. Our utility company eventually paid us to have one fitted.

if you’ve a charger at home and you can do multiple commutes for the mileage. Game changer.

if your using away from home chargers. Expensive, dog shit and a waste of time.

@Purplepeopleeaterz can you please tell me more about the panels

I live in a very hard water area and have got a water softener, the salt type not reverse osmosis. Its wonderful.

I can also confirm the Lumea works.

For me, I've been wanting to buy a robot vacuum that also mops the floors. Holding off but not sure for how much longer...

I personally love it.

I started to wear it about 3 years back, aged 59. My face isnt lined, but I have very high redness and scaly , flaky skin. No matter what liquid foundation I tried, it would slide off, not cover, clump, and worse of all I didnt like the feel

Baked balance and brighten does not cover blemishes or high pigment, that it does it gives an air brushed finished

However her double baked - full on coverage

Concealer is fantastic

I now wear the double baked ( applied with a kabuki brush ) just stippled over my redness, then use the balance and brighten over the top and everywhere else .. Im left with a face that is still mine but better, feels fantastic, and it lasts - all day

If you want to buy then join her site. Use a throwaway email , because you get bombarded with special offers, but hold on till you get a good offer. If you dont like it, wrong colour, then get in touch via their online chat and they are very good with refunds ( dont usually have to send back either ) Delivery is about 10 days. Or buy from QVC - which is expensive but easy to return

If its just the one or two of you, makes sense to get an air fryer

It's a tiny oven . so you are only paying to heat a tiny space

My double oven - not been used for years. I did use the grill function last year, I was doing breakfast for 8 - made sense to have that going alongside the air fryer

We just got one - Ive not yet driven it because Im not comfortable in an automatic but DH loves it

Husbands fuel bill has gone from £40 a week diesel to £15 electric charge - we moved to E7 over night and Im saving around £20 a week on the electricity bill because Im up early and put the dishwasher/ washing machine and dishwasher on during the cheap rate. Also set the hot tub to heat at the cheap rate

Mine is a kindle but also air conditioning in the bedrooms, it is expensive but cannot decide if it is worth it

@suki1964:Also set the hot tub to heat at the cheap rate.

Most first world sentence ever! 😂

I live in a really hard water area so I only fill my steam cleaner and iron with the water my tumble dryer collects as that is effectively distilled water ;-)

Dont knock it :)

We dont have a bath, we dont go out very often, We both have physical jobs . We enjoy sitting in the tub with a drink, finding really obscure music on Alexa , relaxing and actually talking to each other

Everyone knows heating a tub is expensive, we have ours so insulated that even before we got the E7 it wasnt costing a fortune as once at temp it would only take 30 mins boost a day, But why pay more when you dont have to? :)

Not knocking it remotely! I think your perpetually warm skin cell soup sounds lovely. 😜

Don't anyone mention wee! 😟

But Im Northern Irish and everything is Wee lol

"would you like your wee receipt "

Would you like a wee coffee

Can I get you a wee ......

We wee a lot - just not in the tub :)

Absolutely yes! It works awesomely well. Yo do need to follow a routine and use it regularly, but it definitely pays off . I highly recommend to. Start using it in winter as it it works best on non tanned skin and you’ll be hair free for summer

I can confirm it works fine in all areas including underarms. Not a single hair has regrown in my armpits in 8 years ! 😀

You can download kindle for free on your phone ☺️

@Ladybird69 they come in many different sizes and I bought a small one from Amazon. I use for 20 minutes every other day on my face and scalp, have used it on an aching knee, sprained ankle and back pain. After a few sessions the areas do feel better but I guess they may have begun healing at the same rate anyway?

Have a look at Alex on YouTube his videos despite receiving some red light devices as gifts are pretty balanced

@Ladybird69 Redlightinsiders sorry don’t think it posted first time.

I’ve had two steam cleaners and think they’re poor. Philips make a vacuum/mop in one and I’ve looked at that a few times. Same with air fryer. Everyone says how great they are so I look again and think would I use this. Even the largest one isn’t very big for actual cooking space although it would look enormous on the work top.

@Insidelaurashed why not just get the kindle app on your phone? I have quite a big phone screen and read books on it instead of having a separate kindle

There are only two of us, we use our air fryer almost every day.

Best thing I ever bought is a kindle. Great when i travel in to the office as have to carry laptop now so light. Also i dont sleep great so great to read in night ie ligjt does not wake DH. Good on hols too.

I used to be a funeral arranger but I'm not any longer so there's absolutely no benefit to me in telling you this. If you want to have a full funeral with a service then the earlier you buy a plan, the more you'll save. Funerals are bloody expensive, but when you purchase a plan you usually get a bit of a discount on the funeral directors fees. The price you pay will be locked in, so if you bought your plan today, and die in (for example) 30yrs time, you'll still pay today's price. We had people that had bought plans 20-30yrs before who paid peanuts for their funerals. The only thing to be aware of is that they only lock in the funeral directors fees. Third party stuff like crematorium/cemetery services etc are separate and will increase with inflation. Just make sure any plan you consider is authorised and regulated by the FCA so that your money is protected if the firm goes bust.