Shifting gears...

In addition to gardening and attempting to be as self-sufficient as possible, one of my other interests is reducing how much I buy and limiting my participation in a system that I believe is far too dependent on Consumerism. Advertising convinces us that we need things that we do not and as a result many of us have become more interested in what we can have versus who we can help and how we can better ourselves. We buy cheap junk and when it breaks we buy more cheap junk to replace it. Here I'm going to document purchases, and see how long they last under regular use. Since not many people read this blog anyway, and it serves as basically a record for my personal use, I think it'll be appropriate here. So...without further ado...

I bought a pair of earbud headphones at Dollar General tonight for $4.00. The earbuds themselves had ridiculous fake diamonds adhered to either side that I promptly removed. Made in China, of course, and distributed by a company called LG USA in Secaucus, New Jersey. I can't find very much information about this company other than several court cases that it has had to defend itself from. Interestingly, the side of the box lists detailed technical specifics, which you don't usually see on cheap equipment from discount stores. Power handling capacity (10mW), sensitivity (116dB/mW), frequency response (18-20kHz)...it's all there. They look pretty sturdy (much more so than the Jelly Belly headphones which were $1 more). I'll primarily be using these to listen to podcast and things like that rather than music, so I went with the cheap ones.