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5 things costing under £150 that made my life better in 2023

Simon Theakston
6 min readDec 31, 2023
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As the last article of the year, I wanted to look back on the products I purchased in 2023 that have made a big difference to me.

I’ve put a budget limit of £150 (that’s about $190) on the products to make things more interesting.

Hopefully, you’ll find something below that will flick your switch.

1. Logitech MX Master 3S Mouse (£89.99)

There has been a lot of feedback about the Apple Magic Mouse — and most of it hasn’t been positive.

Photo by Luka Petranović on Unsplash

I had been using one for several years when it was given to me by my employer and it was fine — I didn’t know any better, although I soon got frustrated when I had to continually stop what I was doing for a couple of hours to charge the mouse back up.

2023 was the year that I was made redundant. The silver lining to that was that I had to give the Apple Mouse back, which allowed me to upgrade to the MX Master 3S and the difference has been like night and day.

Aside from feeling so much more comfortable in my hand and its ability to switch between three different…

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Simon Theakston
Simon Theakston

Written by Simon Theakston

Tech Co-Founder who had a stroke & lost my job. Built my own thing in 4hrs a day. Deep dive into systems and processes at: https://fourhourfreedom.substack.com

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