Some of my favorite things

People often ask me about what my favorite product is in various categories. This is simply a running list of those items that I will update as things change.

If you don’t know about it already, you can always check out The Wirecutter for recommendations on basically any category of thing!

There is also the “What I Use” page for the tech stuff I am using right now.

Categories

🍽 Food and Beverage
🏡 Household Goods
📱 Electronics
👕 Clothing and Accessories
💾 Software
🚙 Vehicles

When all else fails, give it a good old ⌘+f!

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Food and Beverage

Cereal

• Kind Granola - Vanilla Blueberry
• Love Crunch Granola - Dark Chocolate and Peanut Butter
• Cinnamon Toast Crunch
• Kashi - Berry Fruitful

Snack / Protein bars

• Kind Bars
• One Bars
• Soylent Squared

Coffee

• Philz

Water

• Bubly
• La Croix
• New Zealand Artisanal
• Hint

Whiskey & Bourbon

• Angel’s Envy
• Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve
• Breaking & Entering American Whiskey

Gin

• Hendrick’s

Rum

• Dictador 20 Years

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Household Goods

Carpet Cleaner

• Clean+Green Carpet Cleaner For Cats
• SpotBot Pet

Pocket Knives

• Kershaw Barstow
• Leatherman Skeletool
• MTN Forged
• Ultratech

Electric Shaver

• Braun Series 9

Air Purifier

• Levoit Smart WiFi Air Purifier

Cooking Tools & Accessories

• Shun Classic Knives
• All Clad Copper Core
• Thermapen Mk4 Instant Read Thermometer

Blender

• Vitamix 5200

Vacuum

• Dyson Cyclone V10 Animal

Pressure Cooker

• Instant Pot

Electric Kettle

• Fellow Stagg EKG

Scissors

• Fiskars 8 Inch Forged

Candle Lighter

• Saberlight Rechargeable Plasma Arc Lighter

Pens

• Parker Jotter
• Parker 5th
• Uni-Ball Vision Elite
• Pilot G-2 & G-2 mini

Water Bottle & Beverage Glasses

• Hydro Flask

Toothbrush

• Quip

Furniture

• Lovesac Sactional
• Lovesac Sacs

Flashlights

• Anker LC Series

Key Ring

• FREEKey

Deodorant

• Myro
• Tom’s of Maine

Pet Stuff

• Yeti Water and Food Dishes
• Tiki Pets Food
• Cat Camp Tiny Tents!
• Sleepypod Carriers
• RAWZ Pet Food

Suitcases

• G-RO SIX
• Timbuk2 Copilot

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Electronics

Check out what my current setup looks like

Smartphones

• iPhone 11
• iPhone 11 Pro

Tablets

• iPad Pro 12.9″
• iPad Pro 11″
• iPad mini

Smartwatch

• Apple Watch

Desktop & Laptop Computer

• Mac mini
• iMac

Laptop Computer

• MacBook Pro
• MacBook Air

Computer Mice

• Logitech MX Master
• Logitech MX Ergo
• Apple Magic Trackpad 2

Computer Keyboard

• Apple Magic Keyboard
• Keytron K1 (now the Kechron K1)
• iPad Pro Smart Keyboard Folio
• Kechron K2
• WASD Keyboard Key Caps

External SSD

• SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD

External HDD

• G Drive Mobile USB-C
• LaCie 6Big/12Big Thunderbolt 3 RAID

TV Settop Box

• AppleTV
• Plex

Camera

• Leica Q2
• Sony A7 Series
• Fujifilm X-Pro Series
• Fujifilm XT Series
• iPhone

Camera Accessories

• Peak Design Cuff
• Gordy’s Camera Strap
• Really Right Stuff Plates
• Peak Design Travel Tripod (Carbon Fiber)
• OP/TECH USA Hood Hat

Headphones

• AirPods
• AirPods Pro
• Bose QC35
• BeatsX

WiFi Router

• Eero Pro

Virtual Reality

• Oculus Quest

Batteries

• Panasonic eneloop Rechargeable
• Malamute Rugged Storage Cases

Video Games

• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
• Microsoft Xbox One X
• Check out my Games page for specific games!

Power Conditioning and Battery Backup

• CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD

Portable Power

• Anker

Computer Monitors

• LG 27″ 27UK650-W
• Acer XR382CQK - 37.5” Ultrawide

Thumb Drive

• SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive w/ USB-C

HomeKit

• Philips Hue
• Ecobee Thermostat
• Homebridge

Qi Chargers

• Mophie Wireless Charging Base
• Nomad Base Station - Apple Watch Edition

Wall / Desk Clock

• American Lifetime Day Clock - Extra Large

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Clothing and Accessories

Backpack

• Peak Design Everyday Backpack 20L
• Peak Design Everyday Sling
• Peak Design Tech Pouch

Shoes

• Adidas ULTRABOOST
• Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 V2
• Adidas NMD_R1

Wallet

• NOMATIC Slim Minimalist Wallet

Sunglasses

• Ray-Ban
• Sunski

Pants

• Uniqlo
• Adidas Soccer Tiro 19

Dress Shirts

• Uniqlo

Shirts & Jackets

• Superdry

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Software

Email Service

• Fastmail
• Sanebox

Email App

• Apple Mail
• Airmail (MacOS 4.0; iOS beta version 3.0)
• Spark

Online Communities

• Micro.blog
• Flickr

Note Taking Apps

• Bear Notes
• Apple Notes
• Drafts
• Dynalist

Task Manager Apps

• Things
• Apple Reminders
• Trello
• TickTick

Writing Apps

• iA Writer
• Ulysses
• Drafts

RSS Reading Apps

• NetNewsWire
• Unread

Code & Text Editing

• Atom
• Pretext
• Textastic
• Nova (beta)

Podcast Players

• Castro
• Apple Podcasts
• Overcast
• Pocket Casts

Music Streaming

• Apple Music

Video Streaming

• Netflix
• Hulu
• Disney+
• Apple TV+

Time Tracking

• Timely
• Toggl

Package Tracking

• Deliveries

Finance Management

• Mint
• Emma

Password Manager

• 1Password
• RememBear

VPN

• TunnelBear
• Encrypt.me

Photo and Image Editors

• Affinity Photo
• Affinity Designer
• Pixelmator Pro

Web Browsers

• Safari
• Firefox

Travel Planning and Trip Tracking

• TripIt Pro
• Tripsy

Diagramming & Brainstorming

• Omnigraffle
• MindNode

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Vehicles

Cars

• Range Rover Evoque
• Range Rover Velar (if you need more capacity)
• Jaguar F-Type
• MINI Cooper S
• Nissan GT-R

Electric Vehicles

• Boosted Board
• URB-E