By The Shopkeeper – SnatchleBits
Some pieces in this shop will hold almost anything. These six will hold one thing, and they say which thing on their own pages. A stand sized for a 2×2 or a 3×3 cube. Two battery holders, each cut for a single coin-cell size, twelve at a time. A stand built for one named tablet. A scoop custom-sized to one named coffee filter. A rack slotted for one named capsule, thirty-six at a time. The test is narrow on purpose: if the page does not name the thing the piece is sized for, the piece is not on this bench.
One honest note belongs up front, because this bench's frame needs it. This test has been run on this blog before: an earlier post seated six fit pieces under a $14 fence, and it did its work well. This post is that test's second pass, and it claims exactly two things as its own - a wider fence, $30 instead of $14, and a bench drawn entirely from the pieces the first pass left unseated. Not one of the six below sat on that earlier bench; the overlap is zero, and it was checked piece by piece rather than assumed. The one returning piece is the reserve named in the preparation, a first-pass pick held whole and disclosed as such, precisely so the six seats could stay clean. Twenty-six prior turns stand between the six, counted in each section below rather than smoothed over. A second pass is not a new test. It is the same question, asked of the pieces it had not reached yet.
The bench, in price order
1. Rubik's Cube Display Stand – $13.01
The bench opens with the smallest fit on it: a triangle that knows exactly which cubes it is for.
See the Rubik's Cube Display Stand
2. CR1632 Battery Holder – $13.09
A holder for twelve CR1632s, cut to that one coin-cell size and nothing else.
3. CR2450 Battery Holder – $13.45
The same holder, cut for a different coin cell: twelve CR2450s, one size, no other.
4. Foldable iPad Stand – $14.09
A stand sized for one named tablet, folding flat when it is not in use.
5. K-Cup Coffee Scoop – $14.41
A scoop sized for one named coffee filter, so every scoop is the same scoop.
6. Nespresso Pod Holder – $26.54
A rack slotted for one named capsule, thirty-six at a time.
All six pieces, in price order, add up to $94.59. The bench is narrow on purpose: each piece is sized for one named thing, and the prices stay under $30. If the page does not name the thing the piece is sized for, the piece is not on this bench.
Originally posted at https://snatchlebits.com/blogs/news/made-to-fit-again-under-30
