Whenever I buy things I try to prioritize cost per use
A fine heuristic if you have enough money to make the choice in the first place.<p>[1]Sam Vimes’s ‘Boots’ Theory of Socio-economic Unfairness, propounded in Men at Arms:<p>&quot;But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.&quot;<p>Men at Arms&quot;<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;terrypratchett.com&#x2F;explore-discworld&#x2F;sam-vimes-boots-theory-of-socio-economic-unfairness&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;terrypratchett.com&#x2F;explore-discworld&#x2F;sam-vimes-boots...</a>