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Using Euro coins as weights (2004)

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180 points Tomte | 1 comments | 20 Oct 24 10:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.346s | source
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modulovalue ◴[20 Oct 24 12:53 UTC] No.41895049[source]▶
I'm using euro cents as weights in my weighted vest.

When I started doing this I didn't want to afford dedicated weights as it seemed like a waste of money, but I had many cents saved up from my childhood, which I started to use instead.

I have roughly 15kg in euro cents in my vest and I'm regularly talking walks with it.

To get one kilo you need 435 cents and it turns out that in Germany you can also "buy" coins "for free" at the "Bundesbank", that is, you can exchange actual money for weights without any fees. You give 4 euros and 35 cents and you get a kilo. Once you need the money back, you can also sell those coins back to them for free.

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ffsm8 ◴[20 Oct 24 16:07 UTC] No.41896292[source]▶
You can also go to the beach and get unlimited amounts of weight for free too. That's what's most budget weights are made of
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omio ◴[20 Oct 24 17:59 UTC] No.41897195[source]▶
Just FYI this is illegal in many areas.
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forgetfreeman ◴[21 Oct 24 03:05 UTC] No.41900333[source]▶
It's illegal to fill a bucket with sand?!
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1. jajko ◴[21 Oct 24 12:52 UTC] No.41903626[source]▶
You would be surprised how many things its illegal to take from beaches or country (sand, corals, some shells, of course anything old enough etc)