What's your latest tech purchase?

[dgianstefani]

Just picked up a new Trek Checkpoint SL6 with wireless electronic shifting


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Very nice. First electronic shifting bike? It's an amazing tech and the wireless upgrade this gen is even nicer to maintain/build.

Tan sidewall gang.

 

[nomdeplume]

No offense taken. But...

x many.

@GreiverBlade Yeah, long term plugs are the option here. Everything you encounter (sweat, food, drinks, cow dung) finds it's way onto and underneath that screw. Also keeps the bolt head connection strong in a high UV alpine climate, ie gets really hot and then cools. CF ones I use have reflective coating that insulates while stem gets hot. So long as it covers the bolt it will help.

 

[Jetster]

Very nice. First electronic shifting bike? It's an amazing tech and the wireless upgrade this gen is even nicer to maintain/build.

Tan sidewall gang.

Yes, first wireless shifting, first carbon bike, I was a skeptic at first but this is so nice. Last bike i bought new was 13 years ago. This was a retirement present to myself

 

[dgianstefani]

Yes, first wireless shifting, first carbon bike, I was a skeptic at first but this is so nice. Last bike i bought new was 13 years ago. This was a retirement present to myself

Lovely. Enjoy never having to tune your cables again when your gears go slightly out of alignment .

The comfort/speed of wide tyres and a compliant carbon frame is also something you have to feel to understand.

 

[FoulOnWhite]

Yes, first wireless shifting, first carbon bike, I was a skeptic at first but this is so nice. Last bike i bought new was 13 years ago. This was a retirement present to myself

I cycle a lot and would love a bike like that. I avg 100+ miles a week, done 100 mile rides with my group, and average 30-40.

 

[dgianstefani]

I cycle a lot and would love a bike like that. I avg 100+ miles a week, done 100 mile rides with my group, and average 30-40.

Previous gen 11 speed dura ace/ultegra bikes are going for cheap on the second hand market now that 12 speed is out. There's really little difference aside from an extra gear, semi wireless tech and slightly faster shifts, so you could grab a bargain. I've seen full electronic DA R9100 carbon bikes with a spare carbon wheelset (two sets total) going for less than £1500, about 1/8 what they were new. Carbon doesn't have metal fatigue unlike alloy bikes either, so unless the bike has been crashed a second hand carbon bike is good for a long life.

 

[Jetster]

I cycle a lot and would love a bike like that. I avg 100+ miles a week, done 100 mile rides with my group, and average 30-40.

I ride about 100+ a week, I've never done 100 in day, that's the next goal.

I got the winter discount, Ive been waiting for this for 2 years. I really struggled with not getting another steal bike. I think I made the right decision

 

[dgianstefani]

Are blenders tech?

I eat the same (complex)

Spoiler: Ingredients

Ingredients in my current shake, consumed daily as the main component of breakfast



Dried organic acai berry - 3 g

One large/two small organic banana

Organic cacao powder - 2 tbsp

Organic chlorella - 3-6 g

Organic chaga, cordyceps, caitake, lion's mane, reishi, shiitake, & tremella mushroom blend powder - 1 tsp

Creapure creatine - 5 to 8 grams

Two raw organic eggs

Grape seed extract - 250 mg

A handful of organic kale

Organic lepidium meyenii - 1 tsp

Dried organic maqui berry - 3 g

Organic myrciaria dubia powder - 1 tsp

Organic matcha tea - 3-5 g

Organic moringa - 1 heaped tsp

N-Acetyl Cysteine 700 mg

Whole organic psyllium husk - 1 tbsp

Some ground organic nuts, typically almonds - 1-2 tbsp

Organic spirulina - 4-7 g

Organic triphala blend (emblica officinalis, terminalia bellerica, and terminalia chebula) - 3-5 g

92% protein whey isolate - 50 g

Organic whole milk or cream/filtered water blend - as a base

Blended.

smoothie every morning, and cook a lot of international food which often requires processing. My old blender was plastic, not very powerful, and 99% of the ones on market, including the ones recommended by "buy it for life" communities are plastic/polycarb. I looked into glass ones but there's problems with powerful blenders where the glass can shatter. I wanted glass or metal because the abrasion of ingredients wears down plastic, and it goes into the food.

Anyway.

The Vitamix blenders are highly recommended, but the A3500i is still £749, with otherwise comparable specs to what I've gone for (2.5 HP motor etc), and the stainless steel container is an extra £200. Also, the non USA models have stupid legally required NFC sensors etc to make sure you can't turn it on without the container on top, and apparently they commonly break. So, the professional grade catering model is actually significantly cheaper, at £615, while still being comparable quality, and as powerful. I'd actually expect this model would last longer for personal/household use than a consumer model.

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Hamilton Beach HBF510S-UK Culinary Blender with Stainless Steel Container

* Capacity 1.8 litres * High performance with small-batch perfection* EXPEDITOR™ family of blenders* Powerful 2.4 HP* motor* Blade design and jar shape help chefs* Adjustable variable speed dial* + Pulse provide complete blending control* Dosing cup - 4 oz./118 ml capacity* 1.8 L (64 oz.)...

www.cateringhygiene.co.uk

Ha

Just found identical unit (HBF510S-UK) £45 cheaper dispatched and sold by Amazon, nabbed the last one in stock, so I have their returns policy and a discount too .

Cancelled the catering solutions order.

 

[wNotyarD]

*Should* work in FAT32 as written in the manual.
USB stick are cheap, i'll buy another one and put this Sandisk on my keyring, could be useful

Yes, FAT32 should work. But as I said: size. I know for a fact my Citroen's won't read drives bigger than 4GB.

Now try and find a small USB stick in these days...

 

[unwind-protect]

Build quality, ergonomics?

All very good. No concerns that this will last a couple of decades. The only nitpick is that the cable connection at the headset is a 2.5mm plug in a plastic frame, but with a deep holding area.

I was just too curious what ex-AKGers produce after leaving AKG.

Yes, FAT32 should work. But as I said: size. I know for a fact my Citroen's won't read drives bigger than 4GB.

Now try and find a small USB stick in these days...

Isn't it sufficient to make a 4 GB partition at the beginning of the drive?

 

[GreiverBlade]

Tan sidewall gang.

best ever... if Onza stop the white Porcs, i will still take the black Porcs with tan sidewall ...

All very good. No concerns that this will last a couple of decades. The only nitpick is that the cable connection at the headset is a 2.5mm plug in a plastic frame, but with a deep holding area.

I was just too curious what ex-AKGers produce after leaving AKG.

i was also curious about that brand , because one of my local retailer/etailer has it and they tempt me a bit ... tied with Beyerdynamics and their DT 770 Pro (closed back)

 

[wNotyarD]

Isn't it sufficient to make a 4 GB partition at the beginning of the drive?

Good question. Never tried it.

 

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i was also curious about that brand , because one of my local retailer/etailer has it and they tempt me a bit ... tied with Beyerdynamics and their DT 770 Pro (closed back)

The DT-770 also sounds very different depending on which version you have, 80 or 250 ohm. At least mine do.

 

[GreiverBlade]

The DT-770 also sounds very different depending on which version you have, 80 or 250 ohm. At least mine do.

well i was considering either of them ... at least not the 32ohm since it would be for at [h]ohm[e] (tm) listening

also, i received a code via email ... uh... i know i wishlisted and pre-ordered that one, at my fav etailer, loooooooooong ago ... but i did not expect to receive the code via email 4 days before game release
i though i would receive the usual "code in a box" aka "an oversized DVD box with a cardboard Disc/Card with the code on it" after release
doesn't matter: activation went smoothly via Steam

also, Steam list it around 54.77chf 17% discounted instead of 65.99chf but i got mine at 45chf (roughly day 1 it appeared on pre order )

i still have the original CDs from the 99' game and bought it again on steam (1.1 and Second contact which is 1.1 remastered iirc )

 

[Space Lynx]

Ha

Just found identical unit (HBF510S-UK) £45 cheaper dispatched and sold by Amazon, nabbed the last one in stock, so I have their returns policy and a discount too .

Cancelled the catering solutions order.

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probably smart you went with non-plastic, I do agree with that. one of the reasons I avoid my NInja actually. I am trying to eliminate plastic everything from my life. I only use glass bowls now for example for storage, instead of those ziploc plastic storage bins and so on and so forth

 

[SSGBryan]

More goodies have arrived today.

A couple of 3.0 USB cables, and a keyboard mat that has disappeared from my order. The mat is both larger and nicer than what I thought it would be for what I paid for it.

The non-tech stuff was some cat toys. Those were a bust; my cats are terrified of the feather wand, and they don't seem interested in the catnip toys. Fortunately, I didn't spend much on those.
Hopefully the litter mat will show up later this week with the keyboard covers, the USB 3 extender cables, and a replacement fan for my GTX 1650. It was easier to order a replacement fan than go through the hassle of disassembling the fan.

A couple things have disappeared from my wishlist as well. Jieshuo appears to have run out of both RTX 2070m cards & 3080m cards. The stocks of the RTX 2060m 12g are running low, but the RTX 3060m is available from BR (BillionR) for $248. I'm looking at that for my SD rig - it has more CUDA cores than the desktop version (3840 vs 3584), same ram,

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

I just wish I had my old tube TV still for the proper experience. LCD just ruins old console gaming imo.

My parents had the worlds largest tube ever made, 40" big it was, playing games on it was fucking amazing. they gave it away to a local shop cause they just wanted it out of the house. I think I cried that day. it was like several hundred pounds in weight is why they wanted it gone. but damn I wish I had my own place when they got rid of it, I would have kept it for my dedicated emulation station. but such is life

The closest I have, is a 40-inch plasma TV from 2009, which was found in the house, LOL.

 

[Deleted member 229121]

The DT-770 also sounds very different depending on which version you have, 80 or 250 ohm. At least mine do.

well i was considering either of them ... at least not the 32ohm since it would be for at [h]ohm[e] (tm) listening

The 80's have ridiculously good bass, but the 250s have clearer highs (lots of detail).
I prefer the 250s between the two, but that's just me.

You don't need an amp for the 80s though, they'll benefit from it, but it's not required.

 

[Space Lynx]

The 80's have ridiculously good bass, but the 250s have clearer highs (lots of detail).
I prefer the 250s between the two, but that's just me.

You don't need an amp for the 80s though, they'll benefit from it, but it's not required.

If you have an amp you should go with 250 ohm imo, if you have no intention of ever owning a dedicated headphone amp then choose the smaller numbers. I think this is a good rule of thumb anyway.

 

[Shrek]

Dell B2360dn duplex printer (made by Lexmark)

 

[micropage7]

racing car included?
just bought racing card brick and i feel it would pretty good if i add magnet under it and place it on the case

just adding Engenius EAP600, just for fun, i may not use them at this time

 

[PLAfiller]

Just picked up a new Trek Checkpoint SL6 with wireless electronic shifting

No other way, but be happy about you! Hope you are safe and sound and have fun riding it! You said retirement gift, have you thought about an e-bike instead? I see people praising them especially at retirement, being able to ride with their younger family and friends....not that I can ever afford one, but hey

On a side note.....I just don't get the road bike cockpit....I never did....may be when I can't lean over my bike I will appreciate it, but for the moment I got a Raceface Chester 35 mill....you really know where your front tire is ...exactly where it is.

 

[Veseleil]

The closest I have, is a 40-inch plasma TV from 2009, which was found in the house, LOL.

Old high-end Panasonic and Sony plasma TV's are amazing piece of tech. Had a very interesting conversation in a repair shop, while there were these huge Panasonic, Sony and Samsung TVs with back covers removed. Even the utmost noob could spot a difference between Japanese and Korean models. Apparently, some people that are aware of their build quality and foremost picture quality, are actively searching for them and buying them in pairs. Extra one just for spares. Electronic components quality, even soldering, is on a such level on those Japanese TVs, that anything Korean looks like a cheap Chinese copy.

 

[nomdeplume]

No other way, but be happy about you! Hope you are safe and sound and have fun riding it! You said retirement gift, have you thought about an e-bike instead? I see people praising them especially at retirement, being able to ride with their younger family and friends....not that I can ever afford one, but hey

Such lol at e-mobility scooter. On his behalf, everyone I know who is retirement age or beyond that owns an e-bike scares people jumping it.

 

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The 80's have ridiculously good bass, but the 250s have clearer highs (lots of detail).
I prefer the 250s between the two, but that's just me.

You don't need an amp for the 80s though, they'll benefit from it, but it's not required.

That is my impression of the DT-770 variant as well. Although I will say that for computer games the rumbling, less controlled bass of the 80 ohms is kinda desirable. But not for music.