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

Saturday 29th April 2017

nigelpugh7 said:

This lovely thing turned up today from the USA.

Like all things made my OS it's a beautiful piece of engineering.

Oh and a Aquacraft VS1 tunnel hull came with it too! wink

Looks great you don't see many people using glow engines any more.

Phil.

4,763 posts

250 months

Saturday 29th April 2017

bazza white said:

A few decent drones coming out under £400 now. The xiaomi mi drone is also on my radar.

The mi drone looks a pretty good spec and competitively priced but is difficult to source in the UK. The only one I could find was via Banggood shipped from China?

I'm finding the Yuneec a good starter drone and easy to use. It's also very portable. Took it abroad, traveling only hand luggage, today with no problems. I'm not sure the FPV kit is that good or necessary. I wanted something my teenage kids could use safely and they are loving it.

13aines

2,153 posts

149 months

Saturday 29th April 2017

An iWatch.

I like old Swiss mechanical watches.

I don't even know what it's capable of doing or how it will enrich or make my life easier.

nigelpugh7

6,038 posts

190 months

Saturday 29th April 2017

bazza white said:

Looks great you don't see many people using glow engines any more.

I love the old school of glow engines, but as you say not many people use them any more as it's too hard to find places to use them!

Luckily I have a nice big local lake I can use, so at least we will be able to run it there!

pixelatedJH

225 posts

113 months

Saturday 29th April 2017

A laser thermometer. No, I don't know why. What I do know, however, is the precise temperature of everything, living or otherwise, in line of sight of my chair...

Dermot O'Logical

2,578 posts

129 months

Saturday 29th April 2017

pixelatedJH said:

A laser thermometer. No, I don't know why. What I do know, however, is the precise temperature of everything, living or otherwise, in line of sight of my chair...

I had no idea that I needed one of those. But mine should arrive tomorrow!

Now I can monitor the temperature of the brake discs on my S2000, because the calipers have a tendency to seize. yes, that's what I'll use it for. Mostly.

blueg33

35,890 posts

224 months

Saturday 29th April 2017

I have bought one of these - Dango Wallet

And backed these on kickstarter

Zetime smartwatch

Foxshot camera

bazza white

3,558 posts

128 months

Saturday 29th April 2017

Dermot O'Logical said:

pixelatedJH said:

A laser thermometer. No, I don't know why. What I do know, however, is the precise temperature of everything, living or otherwise, in line of sight of my chair...

I had no idea that I needed one of those. But mine should arrive tomorrow!k

Now I can monitor the temperature of the brake discs on my S2000, because the calipers have a tendency to seize. yes, that's what I'll use it for. Mostly.

One of my favourite toys I mean tools. Finding cold spots on interior walls, rad temps in each room, seeing if we can hit new records with the log burner, using the laser to tease the rabbits the list goes on .

gothatway

5,783 posts

170 months

Saturday 29th April 2017

pixelatedJH said:

A laser thermometer. No, I don't know why. What I do know, however, is the precise temperature of everything, living or otherwise, in line of sight of my chair...

As we're on a car forum ... very handy for finding which cylinder isn't firing as efficiently as the others. Mind you, on a modern you have so much plastic to get rid of before you can even see the block to aim the gun at ...

Ace-T

7,697 posts

255 months