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Comment on How to practically liquidate lots of little things of moderate value in ~finance
l_one Link ParentOk, with your time frame, I'd pick between the first 2 options here: Least / zero effort from you, but least $$ return or likely even a loss (you could end up spending money to get rid of stuff...Ok, with your time frame, I'd pick between the first 2 options here:
Least / zero effort from you, but least $$ return or likely even a loss (you could end up spending money to get rid of stuff where you could have just given it all away):
If you want to trade your money to conserve your effort (I run into this at times due to ADHD / Executive Dysfunction issues) then you can go with one of the services that have been mentioned that will just take care of everything for you. BE AWARE that you are likely to make no money, or even lose money doing this. If you go through an auction-house-ish service expect plenty of your lots of stuff to sell for the initial $1 or $5 minimum bid, and much or all of it to get eaten by the auction house fee - they do that to protect themselves against having huge volumes of low-dollar stuff dumped on them and go out of business from high labor costs to low sale return ratios.
Midrange option - moderate labor time for some reasonable return (I advise this option):
Take EVERYTHING that is cheap on the secondary market and price super-low or just give it away. Clothing that isn't high-end near perfect condition. ANYTHING THAT IS LARGE such as huge TVs, couches and other furniture, aquariums / reptile tanks, you get the idea. The sweet-spot for cheap is $20 items or $20 lots on Craigslist / FB Marketplace with 'First person here with a $20 gets it, no holds' or similar message. For clothes: I'd say just take them to the local donation center that will give you a tax receipt, then claim it as whatever the max allowed amount is for that years taxes.
EBay: if you have items that will sell for $50 or more individually, AND they are physically small and not heavy, then go ahead and list them on eBay. Not having a feedback score isn't a show-stopper - just don't use AI descriptions. Take all your pictures for all your items in the same location with the same table / rug / background / whatever (to communicate you aren't a scammer who is copying other listings) and write a description for each item, then copy/paste a blurb about what you are doing 'Hi, I haven't done eBay before but we are preparing for a big move and need to sell off a bunch of stuff. Yes, I know I have no feedback, yes the listings are real, feel free to ask questions.' If you have one, put a digital clock on the table with all your listings if it displays the date (to show when the pictures were taken). Set up a PirateShip account (it's a free service) and use that to pay for your shipping labels (WAY cheaper that way), and if possible try to get your boxes and packing materials from Craigslist / FB Markeplace free sections, except for tape, you'll need to buy that.
Put everything not in those first 2 categories on your local marketplaces. Oh, and for the big/heavy stuff, feel free to give a shot and trying to get good money for it for, say, a month or two, you might get a bite on something, but after that don't risk getting stuck with it and put it up for cheap, then for free.
High labor option (don't do this - it is literally an example of what would waste your time and energy):
You could list literally everything individually on eBay and local markets, trying to get best price... this approach is only for the person with unlimited time and storage space. Don't do this.
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Comment on How to practically liquidate lots of little things of moderate value in ~finance
l_one LinkI do eBay: my advice is to not go that route except for things that sell for enough to be worth the time to list and ship them. (search for the thing, then click on 'sold items' on the left side a...I do eBay: my advice is to not go that route except for things that sell for enough to be worth the time to list and ship them. (search for the thing, then click on 'sold items' on the left side a little ways down)
What is your time budget? Do you need everything gone right away, does it not matter if it takes half a year? The time budget has a huge impact on your practical options.
General options:
Consignment stores
Set your house up as a 'living estate sale' and advertise that locally.
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Comment on US Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes to shut down in ~society
l_one LinkMy experience when reading this article can be summed up as a hearfelt and despairing 'no'.My experience when reading this article can be summed up as a hearfelt and despairing 'no'.
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Comment on I am kinda curious about the demographics of Tildes in ~talk
l_one (edited )Link ParentThank you! Are you into electronics as well? OOh, I just skimmed through your recent past posts and saw you're into IT / self-hosting / Linux. And did I see something there about Magic: The...Thank you! Are you into electronics as well?
OOh, I just skimmed through your recent past posts and saw you're into IT / self-hosting / Linux. And did I see something there about Magic: The Gathering? I play MTG too!
Hail and well met fellow duly-accredited Michigander Nerd!
I have self-hosting on my to-do list! I've got a Dell Precision 7910 tower, dual-Xeon / 256GB RAM / 4x WD 14TB SAS drives for a RAID array, planning on setting it up with Docker and running containerized services on it (starting off with NAS duty for local file-server functions and considering Plex for a local media server role).
In all honesty about that last bit - I've been sitting on that hardware for... more than half a year now? OH. Wow. I just checked my eBay records..... I've been sitting on that project for a year and a half now. Jeez. Well, I did just start on ADHD meds so maybe I'll actually start finishing all those partial backlogged projects I have.
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Comment on Strategic winners and losers of 2025 - outcomes, strategy and the road to 2026 in ~society
l_one LinkSorry, no proper links in the description yet, too much on my to-do list. Description from Perun below, view page on YouTube to be able to click on the source links. ... Well, it already looks...Sorry, no proper links in the description yet, too much on my to-do list. Description from Perun below, view page on YouTube to be able to click on the source links.
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Well, it already looks like 2026 is going to be an eventful year, but I don't think that's reason enough not to turn our eyes back to 2025.
A year ago, I looked at the way 2024 had played out and picked a strategic winner and loser of the year and so today, we're going to repeat that exercise with a view to 2025.
Keep in mind this is meant to be a bit more of a relaxed video (despite the subject matter) but we will be back to more normal content next week.
Patreon:
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World Bank - Syria Macro-Fiscal Assessment 2025
https://documents1.worldbank.org/cura...UN ODC - Featured Report on Post December 2024 period
https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-...IAEA on Iranian enrichment activities
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/ia...Iran refuses nuclear site inspections
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/24/mi...Reporting on water shortages in Iran
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1...
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissar...Saudi Arabia designated Major Non Nato Ally
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1...Reporting on Iran protests
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-0...https://www.euronews.com/2026/01/01/a...
Image source for Maduro / Iran
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202501134548Reporting on Gotvand Dam
https://iranwire.com/en/features/65407/https://link.springer.com/article/10.....
Amiri et al., 2023 - Salinity Management in the World’s Most Saline Dam Reservoir: The Gotvand Reservoir, Iran
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...Carnegie Institute on Russia-Syria relations
https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-...https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-...
Reporting on Syrian-Russian negotiations
https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-s...Reporting on Captagon crackdown
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1...Iran sugar production data
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1...Syria - Aftermath of Latakia attacks
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/...Caveats & Comments:
All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I note that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete examination of the topic and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other any other views and/or decisions.
Any content relating to the conduct, views, activities or any aspect of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters or any matters in relation to that person or character.
Care has been taken in compiling data, quotes, and other inputs from various sources but errors can occur. Quotes and included data should be considered illustrative, not definitive and their veracity should not be relied on.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:22 — What Am I Talking About?
00:03:32 — What Are We Grading?
00:04:43 — Painful Stories: Sudan
00:06:03 — Looser 2025 - Iran
00:06:26 — Iran - Military
00:15:20 — Iran - Diplomacy
00:19:16 — Iran - Economics
00:39:01 — Winner 2025 - Syria
00:55:40 — Channel Update -
Strategic winners and losers of 2025 - outcomes, strategy and the road to 2026
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Comment on I am kinda curious about the demographics of Tildes in ~talk
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Comment on I am kinda curious about the demographics of Tildes in ~talk
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Comment on I am kinda curious about the demographics of Tildes in ~talk
l_one Link42/M/Michigan (USA) Freelance electronics instrumentation tech, occasional low voltage/security/access control contractor. Basically I built out a home electronics lab and buy and sell test...42/M/Michigan (USA)
Freelance electronics instrumentation tech, occasional low voltage/security/access control contractor.
Basically I built out a home electronics lab and buy and sell test equipment, metrology gear, and other related stuff. Sometimes what I get just needs cleaning and testing, sometimes it's faulty and needs service or repair. I have some contracting side-work that is basically legacy connections from people I have good working relationships with from before I transitioned to my lab being my primary income.
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Comment on Buying a lotta RAM now, as an investment ... thoughts? in ~tech
l_one LinkHard advise against. If you really wanted to do this, the correct way to make a profit from current RAM price volatility is to get in your time machine and buy up RAM 6 months ago. Buying up RAM...Hard advise against.
If you really wanted to do this, the correct way to make a profit from current RAM price volatility is to get in your time machine and buy up RAM 6 months ago.
Buying up RAM now, after prices have massively spiked, on spec that they will go up further (and enough further to make the amount of money spent and the risk anywhere near worth it) would, in my opinion, be a terrible gamble with many high-probability outcomes of you losing that money.
Reminds me of people who tried buying up toilet paper and got stuck with a storage unit full of it, unable to return it or move it. Note: I am not passing moral judgement on you for considering this with RAM. There is an ethical difference between those two situations in that toilet paper was an everyday need for every person during a crisis situation (though what a weird commodity to have a panic-run on), while people can go about their everyday lives without major impact if they can't buy RAM for 6 months or a year.
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Comment on Bringing back the battleship? - Railguns, US shipbuilding and a 35,000 ton bad idea? in ~engineering
l_one Link ParentHe's like a little kid running around shouting "Mine! Mine!"He's like a little kid running around shouting "Mine! Mine!"
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Comment on Ukraine nuclear missile museum is a bitter reminder of what the country gave up in ~society
l_one Link ParentUkraine has, and had, an excellent capability for both technical education and technical industry. Also, from a security perspective: physical access is total access. You could make a...Ukraine has, and had, an excellent capability for both technical education and technical industry.
Also, from a security perspective: physical access is total access. You could make a counter-argument about that not applying to things like encrypted documents, and extend that argument to a presumption that encryption played a role in whatever code capabilities were required to arm and deploy those weapons, but:
Physical access is total access. They could have pulled the warhead, disassembled, pulled all of the firing circuitry and rebuilt their own. Would there likely have been significant engineering challenges there? Quite possibly yes. Would it have introduced an element of uncertainty (if the systems would actually work) unless they conducted test launches and detonations? Yes. But starting with a fully functioning weapons system and launch capacity that you don't have the keys and/or codes to is dramatically different from an incapacity to co-opt those systems and gain launch and detonation capability.
Could they have fired those nukes on day 1 of the USSR breakup? Very likely not. If they had put the time, money, and engineers on the task, could they have had that capability in, say, a year or two (and possibly less depending on the amount of resources spent)? My view is a solid yes.
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Comment on Bringing back the battleship? - Railguns, US shipbuilding and a 35,000 ton bad idea? in ~engineering
l_one LinkSorry, no proper links in the description yet, too much on my to-do list. Description from Perun below, view page on YouTube to be able to click on the source links. ... I thought we were done...Sorry, no proper links in the description yet, too much on my to-do list. Description from Perun below, view page on YouTube to be able to click on the source links.
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I thought we were done with U.S. Shipbuilding for 2025, but one last announcement had to bring us back.
And so, in what I promise is not a very early April episode, let's talk about Battleships (or rather, the battleship-sized multi-mission ship these things are apparently meant to be).
Patreon:
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Goldenfleet.navy.mil
https://www.goldenfleet.navy.mil/U.S. Govt - Announcement of Trump-class Battleship
https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories...CBO - An Analysis of the Navy’s 2025 Shipbuilding Plan
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60732Navy FF(X) will not have VLS
https://www.twz.com/sea/navys-new-fri....IISS on Constellation Class
https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/...CRS - Navy DDG(X) Next-Generation Destroyer Program: Background and Issues for Congress
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/...CSIS - The Golden Fleet’s Battleship Will Never Sail
https://www.csis.org/analysis/golden-...General Atomics pitches railguns missile defence
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/...Retirement of the Ohio SSGNs
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/...Reporting on PLAN Railgun
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/...Type 55s entering service (2023)
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/...Reporting on Germany LRMVs
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/...Japanese railgun test shots reporting
https://www.twz.com/sea/japanese-wars...Railgun cancellation 2021
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/202...Examples of the ups and downs in F/A-XX Program
https://www.twz.com/air/pentagon-all-...
https://www.twz.com/air/in-limbo-f-a-...OSD Comptroller on US Shipbuilding Capacity
https://news.usni.org/2023/03/21/osd-...Caveats & Comments:
Specially for this episode, I've added some additional caveats and thoughts to the pinned comment
Beyond that, all normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive examination of the topic in question and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other similar decisions.
Any content relating to the conduct, views, activities or any aspect of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters or any matters in relation to that person or character.
Care has been taken in compiling data, quotes, and other inputs from various sources but errors can occur. Quotes and included data should be considered illustrative, not definitive and their veracity should not be relied on.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:57 — What Am I Talking About?
00:03:56 — Battleships 101
00:10:16 — This Design
00:22:16 — Railguns
00:25:13 — Risks and Issues
00:27:28 — Applied Defence Economics
00:36:47 — the Real Risk Here
00:52:36 — a Future Battleship?
01:05:47 — What Next?
01:08:09 — Channel Update -
Bringing back the battleship? - Railguns, US shipbuilding and a 35,000 ton bad idea?
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Comment on YouTube is awful. Please use YouTube, though. in ~tech
l_one LinkYouTube is certainly well down the Enshittification road at this point. I still watch content on it, and I still add to my own channel which is my little creative area on Electronics, but I do...YouTube is certainly well down the Enshittification road at this point. I still watch content on it, and I still add to my own channel which is my little creative area on Electronics, but I do note that I have had to go through progressively more effort to render the experience of using / watching YouTube to make it, well... usable and tolerable.
Ublock Origin, custom DNS with constantly updating adaptive IP filtering (basically the same concept as running a Pi Hole), etc...
Mirroring my YouTube channel to Odysee is on my to-do list, and maybe now that I finally got access to health insurance and through that ADHD meds I'll be able to actually... DO THINGS ON MY TO-DO LIST. I'm hoping that works out in general, I'm only on the second day but preliminary experience is positive.
A number of the creators I know and enjoy have already duplicated their channel to Odysee (Dave of EEVBlog and Louis Rossmann for example). That kind of progress is slow, but in my experience it's the kind of thing that builds momentum and at a certain point you tend to see a shift of rapidly spreading adoption.
YouTube making their experience ever more shit with you WILL have all these ads shoved down your throat is certainly helping the process along.
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Comment on Cell phone advice in ~tech
l_one Link ParentI'm nearly 100% certain the answer is no. I'm sorry to hear it won't work out for you, but glad you had the foresight to set yourself up so you could return it.Do you know if it's possible to get a lower-capacity and lighter-weight battery?
I'm nearly 100% certain the answer is no. I'm sorry to hear it won't work out for you, but glad you had the foresight to set yourself up so you could return it.
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Comment on Ukraine's submarine and shadow fleet strikes - UUVs, Novorossiysk and the energy war at sea in ~society
l_one LinkSorry, no proper links in the description yet, too much on my to-do list. Description from Perun below, view page on YouTube to be able to click on the source links. ... The war in Ukraine has...Sorry, no proper links in the description yet, too much on my to-do list. Description from Perun below, view page on YouTube to be able to click on the source links.
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The war in Ukraine has delivered its fair share of military firsts, now we have another one.
Ukraine's use of an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) to attack a heavily defended Russian harbour target may not be a demonstration of a new technology, but it is a novel use in an actual war. Today, we discuss its implications, escalating strikes against tankers, the war at sea and tools both sides are using to fight it.
Patreon:
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Example reporting on Novorossiysk strike
https://www.ft.com/content/4a8ba3f9-c...https://www.twz.com/sea/ukraine-claim...
https://www.twz.com/news-features/aft...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/...
Bomber drone attack in the Med
https://www.twz.com/news-features/ukr...Black Sea Shipping Insurance costs spike
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...Russian oil prices featured articles or commentary
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...https://x.com/delfoo/status/200087239...
CREA - Analysis of Russian energy exports and sanctions
https://energyandcleanair.org/novembe...TASS on Russian defence spending and strain
https://tass.com/defense/2060361Caspian sea strike claims
https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian...https://x.com/wartranslated/status/20...
Russians block access to Novorossiysk after the attack
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/russia...Identifying the Russian sub
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/osint-...Russian Oil prices Reporting
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/1...Russian oil revenues lowest since 2022
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/rus...Source image for a Kilo launching Kalibr
https://www.armyrecognition.com/archi...Russian Black Sea Oil diversions
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-Ne...Russian black sea submarine numbers (2024 report)
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/...https://en.defence-ua.com/news/how_ma...
Example Russian UUV development pre 2022
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/...Russia scraps gasoline import tariffs
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/1...Red Sea traffic volumes
https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1153796/...Sevastopol Defences Image
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/...Caveats & Comments:
All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I note that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete examination of the topic and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other any other views and/or decisions.
Any content relating to the conduct, views, activities or any aspect of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters or any matters in relation to that person or character.
Care has been taken in compiling data, quotes, and other inputs from various sources but errors can occur. Quotes and included data should be considered illustrative, not definitive and their veracity should not be relied on.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:00:55 — What Am I Talking About?
00:03:10 — Ukraine vs the Black Sea Fleet
00:08:25 — the Strike
00:15:56 — Did the Ukrainians Get Lucky?
00:22:31 — How Much Does This Hurt?
00:24:57 — the Oil and Energy Campaign
00:41:45 — Thinking Wider
00:48:53 — What Next?
00:52:39 — Channel Update -
Ukraine's submarine and shadow fleet strikes - UUVs, Novorossiysk and the energy war at sea
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Comment on Morocco and the north African arms race - strategy, American equipment and the Algerian build-up in ~society
l_one LinkSorry, no proper links in the description yet, too much on my to-do list. Description from Perun below, view page on YouTube to be able to click on the source links. ... As I've said before, most...Sorry, no proper links in the description yet, too much on my to-do list. Description from Perun below, view page on YouTube to be able to click on the source links.
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As I've said before, most of the time on this channel, we focus on military developments in Europe or Asia. but the global surge in military spending since 2022 is also playing out in Africa.
A few weeks ago, we talked about the North African state that driving a lot of that growth - Algeria and its surge in purchases of new equipment, including some of Russia's top tier platforms.
That nature of arms races though is that any one country building up is often going to impact the balance with their neighbours and increase the pressure on them to ramp up in response.
One nation watching the Algerian spending spree particularly closely then, is likely to be neighbouring Morocco -A constitutional monarchy with closer ties to Washington than Moscow & long running tensions with Algiers.
So, for the second time for a nation study on this channel, welcome to North Africa.
Patreon:
/ perunauReading and Sourcing (It's been a hard day in Aus so these will mostly come on the 16th of December):
Unless otherwise noted, platform counts per Military Balance 2024 by the IISS
IFM Data (Morocco)
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapp...IMF Data (Algeria)
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapp...SIPRI Arms transfer Database
https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsT...U.S. EDA Data
https://www.dsca.mil/Programs/Defense...SIPRI - TRENDS IN WORLD MILITARY EXPENDITURE, 2024
https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/f...RUSI -- Morocco as a Strategic Partner in Supporting the Sahel Region’s Security
https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-rese...U.S. GOV - Defence cooperation with Morocco through 2030
https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories....U.S. GOV - Security Cooperation with Morocco
https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-secur...Morocco Abrams
https://media.defense.gov/2024/Dec/09...Morocco and Indian IFVs
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/indian...Israeli Govt on Moroccan defence ties
https://www.gov.il/en/pages/israel-an...Featured or relevant articles
https://fr.le360.ma/politique/les-far...
https://northafricapost.com/54458-mor...
https://www.armyrecognition.com/archi...
https://www.military.africa/2022/01/m...
https://alert5.com/2021/12/22/morocco...
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/...
https://www.armyrecognition.com/archi...
Morocco receives Apaches
https://adf-magazine.com/2025/02/moro...https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021...
Caveats & Comments:
All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I note that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete examination of the topic and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other any other views and/or decisions.
Any content relating to the conduct, views, activities or any aspect of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters or any matters in relation to that person or character.
Care has been taken in compiling data, quotes, and other inputs from various sources but errors can occur. Quotes and included data should be considered illustrative, not definitive and their veracity should not be relied on.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:32 — What Am I Talking About?
00:02:01 — History & Strategic Context
00:19:18 — the Army
00:41:48 — the Air Force
00:52:46 — the Navy
00:56:28 — the Big Picture
01:00:34 — Channel Update
I have mild snoring and have used both nasal strips and nasal dilators. I've used Breathe Rite strips and Mute dilators.
Nasal dilators are more effective in my experience (not that nasal strips aren't effective, they are, just not as much as a properly fitted dilator).
Pros and cons.
Nasal strips.
Pros:
more comfortable in my experience
no cleaning involved (disposable/single use) other than washing the skin on your nose
Cons:
single use
somewhat less effective than dilators
Nasal dilators.
Pros:
more effective at widening the nasal passage and making breathing easier / alleviating snoring
reusable
Cons:
less comfortable (I actually had nosebleeds and cut the bridge of my nose when I started using them - that DID resolve later, but still, not great)
cleaning involved (have to clean after every use)
depending on material, they can get to the point where you just need to throw it away (plastic models - they end up as bacterial breeding grounds)
I started with strips, switched to dilators for a while, but now I'm back to strips. In part my switch back is because I'm losing weight (this reduces my snoring issues) and because I had a bunch of them left so they were a sunk-cost.