Many people believe that “you get what you pay for” and think that things with high prices are definitely of better quality.

However, some businesses have taken advantage of this psychology to package their products into various “upgrade” gimmicks, so that consumers can spend more money.

This article will share some experiences and tell you what things you don’t need to buy too expensive at home. See if you spent more money on it, too.

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Smart lock

The first step into a smart home is often to install a smart lock on the door. This thing is directly related to the safety of home, and many people are willing to spend money when buying it.

But in fact, the interior of the smart lock is not as complicated as imagined. Most smart locks on the market use C-class lock cylinders. The price difference mainly lies in additional functions, and the basic security is actually similar.

For example, high-priced smart locks may have functions such as remote unlocking, automatic anti-locking, large screen with cat’s eye, anti-pry alarm, and user management.

Is it necessarily good to have more functions? Not necessarily. The more features you have, the more places you can fail.

Netizen @ Knowing too much is bad for you: Do you dare to believe it? After the smart lock is locked from the inside, it can still be opened outside with password and fingerprint. Isn’t this security function just a decoration?

Suggestion: It is enough to choose a smart lock with a thousand yuan level and basic functions. The key is to look at the level of the lock cylinder.

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Range hood

Range hoods are indispensable in the kitchen. Many people choose expensive ones when buying them, for fear that the smoke exhaust effect will not be good and the quality of life will be affected.

In fact, when you disassemble the shell of the range hood, the structure inside is very simple, mainly a motor and a shell.

In order to sell at high prices, merchants develop various additional functions, which are often bound to the concept of health.

But no matter how expensive the range hood is, the core of the smoke exhaust effect still depends on the motor. Those additional features are more icing on the cake.

Recommendation: Choose a top-suction range hood with an air volume of 18-22 cubic meters/minute and a noise of less than 60 decibels. Meet these core metrics first, and then consider additional features. Domestic brands with a price range of 2,000 to 3,000 yuan are completely enough.

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Water purifier

Regardless of the water quality at home, water purifiers are now almost standard in households, mainly for the health of drinking water.

However, there are many kinds of water purifiers on the market, and the price gap is also very large, ranging from several hundred yuan to tens of thousands of yuan.

In fact, no matter what kind of water purifier, the core is “filter element” and “RO reverse osmosis membrane”. These two things are of good quality, and the water purification effect is guaranteed.

Moreover, the water purifier is not a high-tech product, and some people can even assemble one by themselves by spending several hundred yuan to buy accessories.

Suggestion: Choose a water purifier using RO reverse osmosis technology, and it is best to choose a general model for the filter element. This can avoid being repeatedly “harvested” by merchants with special filter elements in the later period. Water purifiers within 2,000 yuan can fully meet family needs.

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Microwave oven

To be honest, among kitchen appliances, microwave ovens are probably the most frequently used.

Hot dishes, hot rice and cooking are very convenient. Because the microwave oven is widely used, merchants have added many functions in order to make it more “intelligent”, and some even sell it as an all-in-one steaming and baking machine, and the price has also risen accordingly.

But in fact, as long as you are willing to spend some time studying recipes, you can make delicious food with a basic microwave oven, even better than a one-button intelligent machine.

Therefore, if you are not a cooking expert, there is actually no need to buy those microwave ovens with complicated functions.

Suggestion: It is enough to choose a microwave oven with basic functions, and the price is not high. It can be done for a few hundred yuan.

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Washing machine

Have you noticed that washing machine technology is very mature now, but the price gap is getting bigger and bigger, with tens of thousands of yuan at every turn, which feels like no money.

Moreover, whether it is shopping mall sales or online store details page, many businesses focus their publicity on health, sterilization and other functions, rather than the laundry effect itself.

Why is it?

To put it bluntly, it is difficult to widen the gap in the core washing technology. We can only rely on additional functions to highlight the advantages and raise the price by the way.

So do we still have to pay for these additional features? Isn’t the core task of the washing machine to wash clothes clean?

Suggestion: The washing effect of a drum washing machine less than 3,000 yuan and a pulsator washing machine less than 2,000 yuan will never be worse than that of tens of thousands of yuan.

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Latex paint

Every home decoration is inseparable from latex paint, which uses a large amount, so everyone pays special attention to environmental protection when selecting.

Many people feel that imported latex paint is more environmentally friendly and are willing to pay a high price for it. But in fact, whether it is domestic or imported latex paint, it must pass the ten-ring certification before it can be sold, and environmental protection is guaranteed.

Moreover, the formaldehyde and VOC contents of latex paint itself are at a very low level among home decoration materials.

In addition, many so-called imported latex paints are actually produced domestically, and there are many fakes on the market. Therefore, when buying latex paint, you really don’t have to choose imported ones.

Especially those latex paints that advertise functions such as “anti-formaldehyde, special for children, and odor-free bamboo charcoal” often have more additives.