What about those Dr. Scholl's work inserts? I saw a review where a warehouse guy said they fell apart after like two months, but then someone else swore by them for standing all day. Makes you wonder if it's just luck of the draw with some brands. I've been using the same cheap ones forever and they just go flat so fast.

Honestly, that part about the first fifty being dense bricks really got me. Tbh I'd have given up after like ten bad loaves. What was the actual moment around loaf 200 where the folding clicked? Was it a video you watched, or just your hands finally getting the feel for it?

Totally get that. Went through two of those flimsy plastic ones that cracked on a potato. The good Japanese one felt like a splurge, but it hasn't even thought about getting dull. It makes prepping a bushel of veggies for pickling actually doable now, so yeah, it probably paid for itself by now just in not buying replacements.