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What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by plactagonic@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

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[–] UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Mechanical pencils. You can go from $6 Kuru Toga Advances to $60 rOtring 800s to $100+ imported Japan region exclusive Kuru Toga Dives

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

What is that sorcery?!

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Clicked that link as fast as I could. I thought it would be cool, but didn't realise it would be that cool. Thank you

[–] UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Right?? It's the most over engineered pencil and I want 1 of each color lol.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love the P200 line, cheap cheap but I have spent hundreds on them already lol.

[–] UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If you like Pentel, the Nero Orenz is my favorite with the auto lead dispensing. Otherwise I'm a GraphGear 1000 guy myself when it comes to drafting

[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why good options you'd recommend in the $10-40 range?

[–] UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kuru Togas for sure for their rotating lead engine. The Advanced Upgrade specifically is my daily driver. The Pentel GraphGear 1000 is also a very comfortably hefty pencil. Otherwise the Pentel Orenz Nero and it's auto dispensing lead mechanism is also really cool. Rotring 600 and Staedtler 925-35 are also popular pencils that I've tried and like, but I don't own.

[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you!

I have the basic like $7 Kuru Togas and am definitely curious what an upgrade would feel like

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 1 year ago

Wow I love this! When I was in school, you were seen as a cool kid if you had a four-colour BIC pen, but a amazing mechanical pencil like that Japanese one would have been much better!