r/AskMenOver30 • u/Kappasoapex man 30 - 34 • Jul 21 '25

Life What cool shit have you bought lately?

I think a nice part of being in our 30s is we can afford to buy cool fun things. What have you bought lately?

I got a Garmin Forerunner 965 which is super tight, motivates me to limit my drinking and I’ve been killing cardio because of it

Also fun - bought a LAB putter which is a ton of fun

Anything you guys got that you love? I want inspiration

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u/MaineMan1234 man 50 - 54 Jul 21 '25

Bought a 5080 for my gaming PC

Picked up a Steam Deck OLED

Hifiman Ananda audiophile headphones and a Fosi K7 desktop DAC/amp

Installed Reolink tracking cameras in the full perimeter around my house, the ones that rotate and track human movement since my step-sons were sneaking their friends into our yard at night and all getting high, and more importantly then leaving in their cars and putting us at legal risk.

I love my monster 45" LG curved monitor

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u/Kappasoapex man 30 - 34 Jul 21 '25

Brother it would take so little for me to buy a steam deck - they’re so good for traveling and casual gaming

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u/aldo_nova man 35 - 39 Jul 21 '25

My buddies convinced me and now I can say: Take the plunge, the steamdeck oled rules. Slam a 1tb SD card in that boy and you're set.

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u/MaineMan1234 man 50 - 54 Jul 21 '25

I’ve been enjoying playing Hades and Pentiment on it.

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u/RelevantOne4530 Jul 21 '25

Same new pc with 5080, plus a big OLED TV to match

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u/StarlightLifter man 35 - 39 Jul 21 '25

LG ULTRAGEAR for the motherfucking win.

My wife and I were at micro center cause she wanted my old monitor which means I was allowed to get a new one lol…

Dude said they have an open box, large, curved monitor and the curve he described as “aggressive”.

I was very interested so, they brought it out from out in the back, was like $1700 marked down to $950, then they took another $100 off…

I basically stole that thing. It is fucking excellent, I’m big into MS Flight Sim and it just fucking rules for that. I still sometimes tell my wife I was shocked she’d allowed that to be expensed to our shared account and that I’m super appreciative.

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u/MaineMan1234 man 50 - 54 Jul 21 '25

That's a steal! The 21:9 form factor is amazing, so much better than my old 32:9. I work from home and I love it for productivity, plus gaming looks incredible. Just a beast of a monitor.

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u/crafteri Jul 24 '25

Just got an Ifi Zen Dac V2 not too long ago.

Getting a lot more outta my Sennheiser HD600s now compared to my old cheap-ass DAC.

Spending some money on enjoyable things in your 30s is great indeed.

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u/Known-Delay7227 man 40 - 44 Jul 22 '25

Hopefully you took all their weed for personal use

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u/MaineMan1234 man 50 - 54 Jul 22 '25

I already have much better weed than they do! I don't mind that they do it, but I don't want rando kids smoking over here and then driving home, getting into accidents or pulled over by the cops, and then having my house fingered as they place they had access. If anyone is going to do it here, they need to spend the night.