What single item improved the quality of your life over you got it? (Buyed it/got as present/made it)

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Anything that takes away shitty chores. People take washing machines for granted these days, but a decent dishwasher is a godsend. Modern ones don't need anything more than a basic scrape of the dishes as "prep" and loading it before bed to then wake up to a load of sparkling clean dishes is amazing.
In a similar vein we've just got a robot vacuum cleaner that we've set to run every night. The amount of dog fur in its bin every morning is eye opening, and other than for the stairs there's almost no need to do vacuuming ourselves now.
- Absolutely in favor of any tech that will make life easier. I hated doing dishes every night and the dishwasher in the house I'm renting is broken. I bought a countertop dishwasher called ICUIRE which does not need to be hooked to a water source. I ran that damn thing every day, and not only do I use less water and electricity but I can recycle the grey water into the garden.
  
  I wish I had known about this when I lived in a place without a dishwasher! I tried an external dishwasher but it was a pain to hookup to the sink every time and the capacity wasn’t big enough make the hassle worthwhile.
  
  It definitely can be done Due to the room and the constraints I had. I built it to be self contained. Also took steps to make sure it would not flood or spill over onto the floor. I had a mini washer in my apartment and I had a problem with it backing up into the sink. I am all about building necessities to avoid human contact.
- Love that our Roomba gets under things but man is it high maintenance.
  
  You need to keep the floor clear and empty its bin, sure, but it's way less effort than actually vacuuming. We've only had it for a couple of weeks but have got into the habit of doing a quick run around picking up toys and other obstacles before we go to bed (though I did specifically buy a model that can avoid those things).
  
  It's more just the frequency that I have to empty the bin while it's running.
  
  Huh, we’ve never had to do that. Do you have a relatively big home or a heavy-shedding pet?

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