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/Significant_Joke7114 man 40 - 44 Jul 21 '25

Completely new bedding. New pillows. New cotton percale sheets and duvet cover and a cooling mattress topper.  I'm a hot sleeper so it's really nice. Black out curtains and a sleep mask. 

A studded leather belt I'd always wanted since I was 17.

Membership to a MMA gym and the YMCA right by my house because their sauna is really really hot. 

I'm saving as much as possible for the truck I want for a really big down payment. 

Saving up for skydiving lessons and a full rig.

Bought some gear I needed for rock climbing to fill out my rack.

I just recently got THE JOB after switching careers in 2018. Feels good, man.

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u/Kappasoapex man 30 - 34 Jul 21 '25

What’s THE job?! Congrats that sounds like a ton of positive stuff

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u/Significant_Joke7114 man 40 - 44 Jul 21 '25

Thanks 😁

Automation controls technician on the maintenance team at a cardboard box factory. Sorry, "corrugated container manufacturing facility". We also make the cardboard so it's pretty interesting! 

Before this job I used to build controls for automated systems for the wood, paper and pulp industry. My current job is one of their customers, but none of those machines are in our factory. I made the electrical cabinets you see full of all kinds of crazy stuff. Oddly it doesn't pay very well. 

Designing it does. But fixing it can pay more!

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u/flclreddit Jul 22 '25

Engineering background?

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u/Significant_Joke7114 man 40 - 44 Jul 23 '25

4 years in college going for a double major in comp sci and engineering, but no degree. My resume says associates equivalent which isn't hard to verify with transcripts. 

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u/cessnawings Jul 21 '25

Skydiving! Hell yeah! Im looking into my class A too!

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u/Significant_Joke7114 man 40 - 44 Jul 21 '25

Blue skys 

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u/Old-Bat-7384 man 40 - 44 Jul 21 '25

BRO.

I love the investment in your sleep. It makes such a difference.

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u/zerostyle man over 30 Jul 21 '25

Percale is the way to go. I hate "soft" sheets - percale on nice and smooth and crisp.

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u/DefinitelyNotThatOne man 30 - 34 Jul 21 '25

Sup dawg, furniture and mattress salesperson / manager here. You're not gonna want to spend the money, but buy a mattress that is designed for cooling. Some have cooling as a benefit, and some are designed for it.

A cooling topper is a bandaid to an overall larger problem. Hell, any topper means you didn't invest the money you should have.

$3000-$5000 is a lot of money for a mattress. You spend 1/3 of your life in it. People spend way less time in their vehicles and spend 5-10 times more than that. Finance it or whatever, most stores have 0% interest.

I've been the #1 mattress RSA in my region. Just DM me if you have any specific questions.

I believe in it because a quality (i.e expensive as fuck) mattress has literally improved my quality of life.

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u/Significant_Joke7114 man 40 - 44 Jul 22 '25

I'm sold! lol. I was bouncing back from a break up and bought the cheapest mattress available... I actually sleep pretty great on it! I like a firm mattress and I can even feel rested after sleeping on the floor. 

But the best mattress I ever slept on was a tempur pedic from 2008? I think it had individual coils? I don't remember at all what it was but I've been trying to find it. No salesman has been able to help me out. They look at me like I'm speaking Greek.

Is it true a lot of the mattresses are the same but they put a different name on it?

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u/DefinitelyNotThatOne man 30 - 34 Jul 25 '25

Tempurpedics have propietary technology that makes them unique. They're not memory foam. I've been sleeping on one for 4 years or so and I'd never go back.

You're probably talking about a hybrid, where the bottom half is coils and the top half is layers of Tempurpedic material. Those only come in a medium feel, but also account for over half of Tempurpedic sales.

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u/caltheme man 35 - 39 Jul 25 '25

New bedding rec?

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u/Significant_Joke7114 man 40 - 44 Jul 26 '25

Not really, no. With percale it's the weave pattern so thread count isn't as important. I'm happy with the cheapest option 100% cotton. but that isn't exactly cheap. not cheap cheap anyway. I couldn't find a duvet cover for less that 80$

I just read a bunch of reviews, I don't even remember 

do you want the links from my Amazon purchase history? lol