A Meh-rathon of Sweet Meh-mories

This is an Instant Regret Kit. You either know what that is, or can jump in the forum to ask other people about it.

Why aren’t we giving you more info? Well, we weren’t sure what to write for the Meh-rathon so we decided to look at some past Meh write-ups for inspiration. (You can find a random one here, if you want.) Unfortunately, all that did was make us nostalgic and maybe a little teary-eyed. And then the boss was all “Where’s the write-ups, writer dude?” and we panicked and… uhh… Please enjoy this classic write-up about an entirely different product! Also, feel free to share in the forum if you find one you liked or forgot about or missed entirely.

The thing is, people love this baby monitor. Like, not only does it have 4.2 stars on Amazon from more than 400 ratings, the last time we offered it right here on our own site, you all came out of the woodwork to tell us how great it was. Well, not ‘you all,’ really; there were like 30 comments total. And by ‘out of the woodwork’ we mean that you engaged us on the forum created for the very purpose of telling us how you feel.

But, okay, fine, whatever–point is, this thing gets good reviews from members of our own community. Like @hafner who said:

I have two of these babies. They are good.

And @khchin22 who added:

I’ve used one of these for the past five years. It’s a great, high quality device. Rock solid and I’ve dropped it like 50 times.

And, in case you weren’t sold on the whole this just being a wonderful product thing, @evbarnstormer came in with some very effective scare tactics:

You want DECT for baby monitors. WiFi ones that come with cell phone apps are generally not secure and the last thing you want is a creep listening or talking through your baby monitor.

They also provided a link to an episode of the Hackable Podcast about this exact topic. I made it to about the 2:05 mark, at which point the narrator imitates the creepy voice of a man saying “wake up little boy, daddy’s looking for you,” through a baby monitor, and I navigated to a new tab to Google “quick and easy DIY vasectomy.”

Anyway, the gist here is that this thing is good, like VERY good, and EVERYONE agrees.

And you know what else is nice? We’re selling it for just $29. Like, seriously, at that price can you afford NOT to buy one, get pregnant, and use it to monitor your baby? Then, when your friends are like, “I didn’t know you were trying,” you can say, “We weren’t.” And when they say, “So it was unexpected?” you can just smile and say, “It was a deal we couldn’t pass up.”

(This is a joke, obviously. Don’t have kids for a deal. That’s not a great life move.)

__Now, these Trym clippers would made excellent gifts for a couple of your facially over-follicled friends. We can’t guarantee that they’ll arrive by Christmas, though they probably will. And if your friends have disregarded their own grooming by not purchasing themselves a beard trimmer, they likely aren’t the types to get steamed over a late gift.

But you might also consider giving both Trymmers to the same person. Or keeping both for yourself. Why would you do that? Because people are dumb.

More specifically, people (yourself included) forget to charge their battery-powered stuff. Having a backup Trymmer all but guarantees that you’ll have one charged and ready when you need to fight back the encroaching undergrowth.

That might sound silly or even neurotic, but think about it: How often have you packed a backup powerbank for your phone only to realize when you needed it that you forgot to charge the powerbank itself? You can (mostly) avoid this inevitability by owning two powerbanks, as that backup-backup battery will be charged even if you were too lazy or stupid to recharge the first.

That doesn’t mean that you or your friends are lazy and stupid people. Just that sometimes, inevitably, you are.

Of course, how can you be sure that a single backup Trymmer is enough? You may get complacent in your recharging, knowing you will always have a backup ready, and forget to charge either. You had best buy another pair as backups.

That said, you can’t guarantee that your home will always have power. If a natural disaster or power outage hits your area, you could find yourself with 4 uncharged Trymmers and a desperate need to clip your neckbeard. You should probably buy a backup diesel generator to ensure timely grooming.

You could always forget to refill your generator, of course. So you should probably pick up a few backup drums of diesel after you click “Buy It” on these Trymmers. Better safe than hairy.

And what if the global economy collapses and petroleum becomes the de facto currency of the ensuing apocalypse? You could find that you forgot to charge your Trym, you forgot to charge your backup Trym, you forgot to charge your 2 other backup Tryms, you forgot to refill your diesel generator, and that maniacs had looted your backup diesel drums. You should probably buy a bear trap to protect your horde.

And a backup bear trap in case of mechanical failure …