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How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.

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[–] aniki@lemm.ee 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

I've rented things like carpet cleaners, floor polishers, chainsaws, splitters for the chainsawed wood, generators, a bunch of weird things from a rental place down the street that seems to have at least one of anything I could ever need. It's awesome! Not having to maintain a bunch of shitty two stroke engines is phenomenal.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Not having to maintain a bunch of shitty two stroke engines is phenomenal.

Kinda off topic, but this reminded me of the lawn mower I bought a few summers ago. It was on sale for like 200, it was an electric Li-Ion battery though.

It was my first Li-Ion mower, but not the first electric and the first electric was just...shitty...pros definitely did not put weigh the cons so I was hesitant, but bit the bullet anyways because that first electric had to have been like 15+ years ago so things must have improved

So glad I did, this MF is so damn quiet, I don't even need hearing protection AND I can mow at like 9PM because it's so quiet that the barking neighbor dogs are louder AND I don't have to fuck with gas and oil. I even picked up the same thing but the trimmer and weed whacker version at a thrift store. So now I don't have to fuck with has and oil and MIXING them just right for 2 strokes.

Even with the big battery they're still lighter than the equivalent 2 stroke.

Tl;Dr FUCK 2/4 stroke engine equipment, I'm never going back lmao

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I love my 40v job too!! I can crush the lawn in record time on a single charge and its whisper quiet.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 6 months ago

Dude, I've had my 40V mower for almost 8 years and it's still kicking. So incredibly easy to use. One of my batteries crapped out after about 6 years, but the other still holds a great charge, and I've collected a couple others over the years as I've added the trimmer, blower, and chainsaw from the same brand. In retrospect, my life was terrible in the before-times.

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