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

[mikees]

Anyone else with the Casio "metal" watch disappointed its painted plastic? I'm sure my 80s original was metal

[PorkRind]

nute said:

That's the one, they make an igniter too but you can make your own or they come up on eBay. I have one of those valves type, bit of a bh to get started as the manufacturing quality is only so so but they go well once alight. You really need an air compressor to get them going.

They are a Chinese copy of the original red head type which go for a lot more when they occasionally come up.

No way, didnt realise you could buy these things

[tvrforever]

So I already have a Nike+ Fuelband https://secure-nikeplus.nike.com/plus/products/fue... and a Basis Peak http://en-gb.mybasis.com/en-GB/ and a Smash Wearables on deposit paid http://www.smashwearables.com/ .

But, Babolat & Piq just joined forces and released http://www.piq.com/products/piq-with-babolat-tenni... so guess what I just ordered last night?



Now I've a wearable for every limb

[omgus]

mikees said:

Anyone else with the Casio "metal" watch disappointed its painted plastic? I'm sure my 80s original was metal

Mine is metal, strap and watch housing.

[mikees]

omgus said:

Mine is metal, strap and watch housing.

Link? I used the original Amazon link

Mike

[RammyMP]

Selection of my recent purchases. The speaker was £10, the watch, don't need, just want and the duck was a bargain at €2!

[M3John]

louiebaby said:

From here, with a discount code ZC to get it down to £36.17 or thereabouts.

http://www.gearbest.com/smart-watches/pp_226806.ht...

I'm not expecting a lot, I just fancied a toy.

Hmmmmm i'm rather tempted by this.

In fact, i'm torn between that and this :

http://www.gearbest.com/smart-watches/pp_228901.ht...

Edited by M3John on Wednesday 2nd September 09:15

[Zoon]

M3John said:

Hmmmmm i'm rather tempted by this.

In fact, i'm torn between that and this :

http://www.gearbest.com/smart-watches/pp_228901.ht...

Edited by M3John on Wednesday 2nd September 09:15

That looks awful quality. But I suppose for the price.....

[dannyDC2]

Not so much a purchase, but I've wanted one of these for ages.

DSC_0227.jpg by DanielJames., on Flickr

Of course it wont replace the daily F-91w, but it's a new thing to wear on trackdays and other nerdy car stuff.

[PAULJ5555]

Johnny said:

I've felt the need for a big off skull ring for a while now.

So as I was central last night I popped in to The Great Frog for one of their Anatomical Skull rings.



I love it.

I love Terminator as well.

[SistersofPercy]

I may have bought myself a pair of these.....



Those of you who know me on this thread will probably realise there is a very good reason I'm buying German Jackboots and pictures of that reason will be posted when the large brown box arrives in the next few weeks......

[SistersofPercy]

Oh and because I'm nice (and I'm deflecting from all the other crap I've ordered) I bought the other half one of these:



Because everyone needs a credit card knife and at 39p shipped from Ali it was a steal. It's actually really bloody sharp, I was expecting a plastic blade but it is metal.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Folding-Safety-Mini...

[jimmyjimjim]

SistersofPercy said:

I may have bought myself a pair of these.....



Those of you who know me on this thread will probably realise there is a very good reason I'm buying German Jackboots and pictures of that reason will be posted when the large brown box arrives in the next few weeks......

TIE Pilot?

[SistersofPercy]

jimmyjimjim said:

TIE Pilot?

In one

[jimmyjimjim]

Wasn't much else it could be

[8Ace]

The batteries in my drill are ruined. I took both of the battery packs to bits to try and combine the best cells to get a single, workable pack but they were all too far gone.

The drill did me pretty well - it was a £60 B&Q own brand job I bought 8 years ago, plenty of abuse. Further disaembly revealed an all-metal gearbox with some interesting planetary gearsets to play with.

Anyway, looking for a new one I went to B&Q and things sort of esclalated a bit and I ended up ordering this:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dck285c2-18v-1-5a...

I don't really need an impact driver, especially not one that has more torque than a ford fiesta (160nm!) but it's all shiny and comes in a lovely case with lots of handles etc.

[davhill]

Couldn't resist this...




The web is stiff with the little Lesney/Matchbox models of this car and the 1/8 scale ones are big dosh.
This is 1/32nd scale and I made the seller an offer he couldn't refuse!

[drdino]

Semi-frivolous: I do have a vacuum, but wanted a robovac

[JonRB]

drdino said:

Semi-frivolous: I do have a vacuum, but wanted a robovac

"Dead or alive, dust, you're coming with me".

[louiebaby]

M3John said:

Hmmmmmm i'm rather tempted by this.

In fact, i'm torn between that and this :

http://www.gearbest.com/smart-watches/pp_228901.ht...

Since that uses the MTK2501 chip, and mine uses the MTK2502, I figure mine to be 0.04% better.

But don't feel bad.