What's the most entertaining or helpful thing you've gotten in an IRK/FUKO?
5So we’ve heard plenty of complaints about the quality of IRKs. And had the “most boring yet useful” question.
But, as I sit here wearing an IRK jacket that’s become my new fave for 0-50F, having finally emptied my IRK carry-on from a trip a month ago (1 of a set of 3 Olympia hard-side expandable luggage in a raspberry pink I’d never have picked but found very identifiable), thinking about the dinged but very nice air fryer/ toaster oven I ended up rehoming because it was just so darn big…
I’ve gotten a lot of cool stuff! Yeah, a lot of junk that I rehome. Yeah, a lot of Trackrs which I should really figure out what to do with.
But also really cool stuff!
So what’s been your best IRK item?
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In my case, the “best” item was probably some Cuisinart knives that I didn’t need, but I knew someone who really did. Runner-up would be the pile of pop-up LED lanterns that are scattered around awaiting the next power failure. (I used one of them a few mornings back; the power was only down for about half an hour.)
Most entertaining:
Most useful - probably the King-size cotton-linen comforter that I’ve been using on my bed during the recent cold snap.
@Kyeh I’d forgotten it, but now that you mention it, I got one as well. So far, it’s still in the zippered pack.
@Kyeh KoolHandJoe collection is pretty damn fabulous!
@brainmist Well, it was just the earrings from him! He didn’t monsterfy the Minion.
@werehatrack The white one with the blue zigzag?
Knives, Drapes and pillows- where you could add or remove stuffing.
Knives, Drapes, fan with remote and Vera Wang sun glasses. Lots of cool stuff not so Meh. Now just junk where monthly membership is no longer worth the goods sold. Had to give it up.
A pair of shorts that happened to be my size, and they weren’t even cargo shorts.
A bottle warmer, within weeks of my first grandchild having been born. Although my daughter already had one, now we have one at my house for when they visit!
@waydek I’ve gotten a few clothing items in my actual size, always a pleasant surprise!
@waydek
I love when I get clothing and it fits also.
@brainmist I was actually about to give up on buying any more IRKs, but that one saved me (or doomed me, depending on how you look at it).
@Star2236 I don’t generally like getting clothing because it pretty much never fits, but that one was like finding a twenty dollar bill on a random walk through the neighborhood!
One of the very nice complete and new and opening box Ninja blender sets
@Cerridwyn
nice!
I was pretty happy when I got a power washer with a couple randos stuffed inside!
@wiscmcb This seems like an efficient way to dispose of randos wait, you don’t mean trolls, do you.
Some things I could give grade school kids for christmas that they loved.
New X-box Series X gaming system (unboxed-dsjack got the box) for $ 5. Didn’t know what is was at first. Gave it to my son to use rather than to my daughter who wanted it to sell.
By far most useful is the Cuisinart Anodized pots and pans set - use them just about every day and love them SO much I need to buy 2 sizes that were not in the set that I want.
Coolest, definitely my KoolHandJoe original
@cbilyak KoolHandJoe originals were so fabulous!
Definitely jelly of all the people who’ve gotten all the hard luggage sets. I have a couple vacations coming up and could use them.
Most entertaining for me was definitely @koolhandjoe doll head and a used ren and stimpy cd (the cd just made me laugh). I also like my adulting trophy I got too.
Most useful, I’ve gotten a few things but I’ve also gotten a lot, a lot of irks too. I still use my cuisinart personal blender everyday (for years) for smoothies, even sent it in to cuisinart to repair it when it broke under there warranty lol. I made up a whole story about how it was a present and that’s why I didn’t have a receipt. I got a cordless vacuum, that I use all the time. Some people say the power isn’t great but it sucks all the dirt up my floor without any problems. I got a broken robot vacuum, it would have been a lot more useful if I could ever got it to work.
Another thing is the mop that separate the clean water from the dirty water and it cleans the mop head as it washes it so gets any hair or dust bunny’s off. I get way too excited about good cleaning stuff.
@Star2236 I’ve gotten hardsided luggage twice now (a single, and set of 3), and it’s kinda the perfect IRK: something I wouldn’t buy myself but can use and appreciate.
Hopefully the Hard-Side Fairy visits you!
Good cleaning stuff is never a bad thing!
@brainmist
Maybe that why I get the hood cleaning stuff bc I appreciate way to much lol
The battery powered scooter (not Bugatti) project was by far the best. Several days of troubleshooting and repair fun, and a working scooter too.
A stainless pot & pan set that went to a granddaughter.
Probably some other stuff I can’t think of right now.
I did receive one of the luggage sets, just that the largest one took quite a beating (guessing that’s how Meh ended up with it) but the three others inside were in perfect condition, and all have been used several times. I also received a huge (& I mean HUGE!) stainless steel skillet in a different IRK. The original shipping box was beat to S**T, but the skillet was in perfect shape. I think you could feed a small army with the size of thing…just haven’t yet, because I haven’t had any company to speak of…
The first irk contained dryer balls that I still use. Most entertaining was a breathalyzer that I used on my "not an alcoholic " sister, most surprising has been an ice cream maker and a luggage set. Most annoying is any amount of trackr pixels or Mac book cases
@ironcheftoni My daughter actually had a MacBook that was the right size for one of those cases, so the first one got used. Since then, not so much.
@ironcheftoni @werehatrack Ahaha the amount of trying to rehome MacBook cases I did… because my family is mostly Mac.
But not that size.
The most entertaining? A personal “massager.”
The craziest? One of these:
@ShotgunX
/giphy oh my
@ShotgunX Whhhaaaaaa???
/giphy it’s beautiful