Your frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need...

[Du1point8]

NinjaPower said:

STOP!!!

Before you all go buying those action cameras for £45 in Aldi, they are £30 including postage on eBay!!!

£23 inc p&p

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Mini-Waterproof-HD...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HD-Helmet-Sport-Action-D...

suppose you would need the SD card to go with it though

[RammyMP]

Du1point8 said:

£23 inc p&p

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Mini-Waterproof-HD...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HD-Helmet-Sport-Action-D...

suppose you would need the SD card to go with it though

Oh bks! Just bought one on them for the summer holidays!

[CB2152]

Also just bought one. Why not, at that price

[Bullett]

could find the Aldi ones, came home to find the links.

Ordered.

[anonymous-user]

In case anyone wants to see some footage from one of those Aldi/eBay £22 cameras, here is some:

http://youtu.be/Jk7ll4rn8Xc

You certainly can't complain for the money!

[Paz565]

Forgive my stupid question but do them £23 Lidi\Ebay cameras need anything additional to work or is it pretty much charge and go? Tech is not my strong point but like the idea of one of these for messing about with?

It states they have a removable SD card in the ad but then doesn't mention it at the bottom with what's included??

Again sorry if that's a stupid question

[gwm]

I also bought one of the Aldi ones, as a trial to see how much I'd use one. Just tried it on my bike and got a 38 min HD video out of the 4GB card that comes with it, with 1 (out of the 3) bars of charge remaining. The quality seems decent enough, but the only real issue is the angle is only 135 degrees, so limits mounting angles. Even the sound is half decent

[CHN]

I purchased the aldi one yesterday, used it for 2 minutes and it crashed. Won't reset, ive spoken to the service department and now need to pack it and send off for repair/replacement. So far not good. I can't even return to store as I had the last one.

[eliot]

MagicalTrevor said:

Board is from here:
http://dp2retina.rozsnyo.com/
You can get cheaper but not with the features this has
Loads of screens on eBay but check it's the right one, should be around £40 for the screen.

I powered mine from a spare sata power lead by crimping spade connectors to it

What the purpose of this? Why not just buy a normal screen?

[M3John]

Is this frivolous enough?

Don't really need a new cutlery set here in work but just thought `sod it`. Should be delivered today.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wrenchware-Knife-Spoon-Sta...

[omgus]

M3John said:

Is this frivolous enough?

Don't really need a new cutlery set here in work but just thought `sod it`. Should be delivered today.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wrenchware-Knife-Spoon-Sta...

easily the most trival thing posted in the last few pages. Superb and on my amazon wishlist for when i next want to do some impulse shopping.

[LordGrover]

You decided against their other products, then? Click.

[Snoop Bagg]

Mygeekbox arrived yesterday with some 80's goodies.

[gwm]

CHN said:

I purchased the aldi one yesterday, used it for 2 minutes and it crashed. Won't reset, ive spoken to the service department and now need to pack it and send off for repair/replacement. So far not good. I can't even return to store as I had the last one.

Mmm after further review, the original video is out of sync by circa 30 seconds. Thought it was when I had converted it to mp4 at first, but it's the original file. PITA

[Pulliptears]

Slightly OT but I'm about to change my car for something a lot newer (hell I'll be driving something from the same decade for the first time ever!) and it occurs to me a car cam wouldn't be a bad investment. Currently use my S4 and an app called CarOo but it's a bit jumpy filming from a mount.

Anyone recommend me one? Looking around the £70 mark and ideally want to hard wire it into the car so I can forget about it unless I need it.

[irocfan]

Pulliptears said:

Slightly OT but I'm about to change my car for something a lot newer (hell I'll be driving something from the same decade for the first time ever!) and it occurs to me a car cam wouldn't be a bad investment. Currently use my S4 and an app called CarOo but it's a bit jumpy filming from a mount.

Anyone recommend me one? Looking around the £70 mark and ideally want to hard wire it into the car so I can forget about it unless I need it.

I bought one of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IPDDAME/ref=... and the quality, I thought, was outstanding

[Mr Happy]

Bullett said:

could find the Aldi ones, came home to find the links.

Ordered.

Same here - I'm going Karting in July so even if it only works for that, I'll be happy!

Was intending to buy a GoPro and in all honesty would probably only use it to go karting occasionally, so this frivolity has saved me over £300!

[-Z-]

This month's frivolous purchases, started with the small one obviously

The technology on these things is ridiculous, the 2 larger ones have gyros that compensate for any wind.

You can buy all 3 for less than £200 and if you break them just glue them back together.

[J8 SVG]

I got my first vinyl LP for my birthday last weekend so decided it was time to purchase a proper hifi. Started the week with a £450 limit to spend on something basic but I came out of Music Matters in Leamington having just spent £800! Have also spent over £150 on more Vinyl this week.


(I know the layout is awful, need to change the room around and get some stands)

Boston Acoustic M25 speakers are excellent, very solid build and look very smart with their 'leather' coating over the top and gloss black sides. Rega RP1 turn table is relatively basic but can be upgraded quite easily and the Denon PMA-520AE amp is plenty good enough at the price I got it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boston-Acoustics-M25B-M25/...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rega-RP1-Turntable-Carbon-...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Denon-PMA520AE-Integrated-...

Probably paid £20/30 over internet prices but they sat me down and let me listen to lots of different speakers and I don't mind paying extra for that kind of service.

[OldJohnnyYen]

You will be buying cd's in a few years.