Thread: Show us your impulse buy

Originally Posted by Shutree

I saw a cheap oximeter on Lazada, Baht 79, and thought "Yes, need one of those." Then I thought B79 was a bit cheap for a such a gadget so when I saw the one pictured for B259 I bought that too. The more expensive one, pictured, arrived first. The cheap one is still swimming from China.

At total B418 for the pair including delivery but not batteries I thought that I could compare the two because an innaccurate reading is not very helpful. In fact it doesn't need to be precise, so long as it is consistent. Now I have a baseline reading of O2 at 97% if the time comes when Covid arrives I am looking for the delta. Say I am feeling unwell and the reading drops 5 points then I can drag myself off to hospital before I reach critical. This is a theory I hope not to test.

I bought one of these oximeters from Aliexpress (Lazada don't deliver to Laos).

I thought it was lost in the post, because the Lao postal service was suspended last April, (and is still suspended). But amazingly, it arrived at my local post office last week, almost 10 months after I ordered it!