I now have three Dymo label printers, each ideal for its task. But some care is needed in buying them.
I've changed the way I carry things around with me, to a flexible system for attaching pouches.
Yes, I've been playing with the chainsaw again.
Now I have a chainsaw. They'll sell them to anybody…
My old laser printer, a Brother HL-5270DN which I've been running since 2006, was getting mechanically unreliable. They don't make it any more, so I looked for the nearest equivalent. Almost. I wanted a paper tray that would take a whole ream at a time.
A friend introduced my wife to Healthy Back Bags, and we're both rather impressed with them.
On a recent ten-day European trip, I tried out packing cubes for the first time, and my impression is highly favourable.
I never felt a need for a pressure washer before I moved here; but we have substantial areas of paved outdoor space, and they need to be kept clear of weeds and general grot.
The Tascam DR-40 is a four-track digital recorder that I'm using for podcasting and game session recording.
I've carried a SOG Powerlock II for years, but it was getting old and tired. This replaced it as my main belt tool.
As another post-eye-surgery present to myself, I bought the lazy man's ultimate accessory: spectacles that turn one's field of view through right angles.
This is simply the best wireless access point I have used.
I treated myself to an Optivisor after my eye surgery last year, since now I can't take advantage of myopia to get in within an inch or two of small things that I'm working on. It's effectively a pair of magnifying lenses on a convenient head-mount.
I've had a general-purpose IDE/SATA connector for a few years, but it runs into a 2TB limit with modern large drives.
Since I've started making things with the 3d printer, I've found the need for measurement more accurate than a ruler or a tape measure can provide, particularly of non-cuboid shapes.
As a role-player I often produce character sheets, which can run to three or six sides. I want to fasten them together, but I also don't want to dump metal staples into the paper recycling bin or the shredder, or to take the time to remove them.
When we had the gazebo roof reconstructed, I cut down the old LED light strings as they were starting to fail and there wasn't really room for them in the new configuration. Now I have a new lighting arrangement.
Because there is no such thing as "enough dice". (And some other stuff.)
I recently bought a tennis-ball catapult, for the benefit of a visiting dog. It's not as good as I'd hoped.
Since I bought one in 2012, the Kuru Toga Roulette has become my absolute favourite writing tool ever.