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What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago by kzhe@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I saw this post and wanted to ask the opposite. What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? Preferably more extreme or unexpected examples.

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a great story, and it sounds like an amazing trip.

It's not a "will", it's a "might". It's a game of Russian roulette; 5 times you might be fine, but is it worth it if the 6th isn't, and you spend the rest of the vacation puking and crapping your guts out?

For me, the question is: are there any such parisites in the Alps? Maybe not. Giardia in the new world is spread largely by beavers, as I understand it, and those don't exist (much) anymore in Europe.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean I absolutely wouldn't do it again lol. Nowadays I carry a water bottle with me anywhere I go

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good habit! I'd settle for even one of those filtering bottles; the biggest concern in streams is parasites, and those filters are fine for those. Cautious, not paranoid!

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You can absolutely 100% safely drink water from the spout in a trough in a field in Switzerland or France. If it's not drinkable it's labelled "non potable". If there's no label it's fine

Not everywhere is the US