Last time I already shared my AliExpress cart — it had things I was only planning to order, from a tactical axe to a Lenovo tablet. Today it’s a different story. I put together 10 affordable products that my friends and I have already bought, used, and fully switched to. There are no random items here or things sitting on a shelf collecting dust — every item has been tested by more than one person and has genuinely become part of everyday life. We recommend them to you too — take your pick.

All my friends ordered these products. The reviews are simply top-notch

Affordable 5G Smartphone with a Good Camera

This Motorola smartphone will impress even long-time iPhone users

Sometimes you need an affordable 5G smartphone with a decent camera, without flagship pretensions and overpaying for a brand name. This Motorola model closes that gap: an AMOLED display at 120 Hz, optics with honest color reproduction, and IP68 water and dust protection. It feels great in the hand, the body doesn’t creak, and the battery easily lasts a full day of active use. It’s one of those lesser-known devices that makes you wonder if you made the right call spending a fortune on a flagship.

Price: 16,780 rubles

Budget Laptop for Work and Study

A convertible laptop at the price of a regular one. That’s what we go for

For simple tasks, there’s no point overpaying for top-tier hardware — unless the laptop is supposed to symbolize your status at a café. This budget 14-inch convertible laptop from Chuwi with 8 GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSD handles everything a regular user needs: email, documents, browser, evening TV shows, and even a light game if you’re feeling nostalgic. The body is metal, the screen is matte, and the keyboard is backlit. Then you use it for years and can’t understand how you managed to go ahead and not regret spending the money.

Price: 23,900 rubles

Reliable Electric Toothbrush

The Oral-B brush is probably the most well-known in the entire world. And reliable

People have been buying this electric toothbrush for about ten years, and demand hasn’t dropped — because this Oral-B model simply works. No fancy apps, no Bluetooth, no twenty modes that nobody bothers figuring out anyway. Turn it on, brush, put it on the charger. Your teeth get noticeably cleaner within a week, and gums adjust in a couple of days. It’s one of those cases where the classic beats the novelties — and almost all my friends use this exact one, even though every other one of them has some smart toothbrush with a screen and app sitting at home.

Price: 1,890 rubles

Wi-Fi Signal Booster for Home

A great way to extend the signal to another room

In a large apartment, a single access point physically can’t cope: somewhere in the far room the internet is barely breathing, and in the kitchen a video call turns into a slideshow. A powerful Wi-Fi signal booster from Xiaomi Mijia plugs into an outlet halfway between the router and the problem zone, sets up in five minutes through an app, and is forgotten until the next move. Speed in the far corners jumps dramatically. The only downside: after installing it, you wonder why you ever watched football on the bedroom TV, putting up with lag and quality drops.

Price: 1,110 rubles

Compact 100W GaN Charger

This adapter is perfect for everything — from a watch to a laptop

A compact 100W GaN charger is one of those things where a single device the size of a matchbox replaces an entire drawer full of cables that accumulated over the years. The UGREEN adapter charges a laptop at full power, a phone via fast charging protocol, earbuds, and a watch — all simultaneously without any drops. For trips, I now only take this one, and it covers any combination of devices. There’s just one downside: after getting it, all your other chargers start looking like a waste of money. You feel bad throwing them out, but you’re also embarrassed to use them.

Price: 2,320 rubles