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

[Cotty]

AlasdairMc said:

I bought a Bose Soundlink Mini a couple of weeks ago, and have only been able to find a use for it yesterday. I've got B&W speakers around my house, but this seemed like a good idea at the time.

I really want one of those. I could use my ipod touch with it but don't know a single circumstance where I would actually use it.

Edited by Cotty on Thursday 26th March 16:05

[shirt]

they're surprisingly useful, especially for travel. mine goes everywhere and is used for music/movies as well as a decent sound source for presentations. genuinely impressive sound for the size.

[toon10]

Cotty said:

I really want one of those. I could use my ipod touch with it but don't know a single circumstance where I would actually use it.

Edited by Cotty on Thursday 26th March 16:05

I use mine a lot. I also have B&W in the house but the Bose is stored in my bedroom. It tends to get used when the other half is getting ready for a night out. I travel a fair bit so use it in hotels, around the pool and it's great for streaming audio watching Netflix on my iPad. To be honest, it was a frivolous purchase at the time but for the money, it gets used a fair bit (more so than my travel headphones.) The volume, bass and sound quality is pretty impressive for the size of the thing.

[JiggyJaggy]

shirt said:

they're surprisingly useful, especially for travel. mine goes everywhere and is used for music/movies as well as a decent sound source for presentations. genuinely impressive sound for the size.

How is it used for movies please? Do you link it via BT to a Mac/PC etc?

[shirt]

bluetooth works for all macs but only some pc's. doesn't work with HP so i use a lead. much better than the computer speakers without having to wear headphones.

try one, they punch well above their weight and can fill a room easily. i spend a lot of time in hotels and site offices, i find it very handy. the silicon jacket and travel case are a must though.

to make it truly frivolous, buy two for stereo!

[JiggyJaggy]

thanks the gf has one but I never realised you could use it for movie sound. Its a real shame it can't be used as a conference call speaker, I noticed a few others like the Beats pill can be used in this way, but the Bose wins for me on sound quality.

[Cotty]

Tempting

[Du1point8]

I have ugo bluetooth speakers and they are excellent.

One just for music when needed, if I want stereo I can cable link up a second and the gubbins inside works out which speaker plays what noise to give me stereo sound.

Instead of the £69 each I paid £45 for both as it was at Ideal home show and they had a huge discount on, plus I was an exhibitor.

[dtmpower]

shirt said:

to make it truly frivolous, buy two for stereo!

Stereo or dual mono, or some sort of messed up quadraphonic ?

[shirt]

only done it once at a party [my neighbour also has one]. wasn't so bad.

aye it would be great if it could be made to work for conference calls. hadn't thought of that! anyone care to suggest how it could be done - blackberry if poss.?

[MagicalTrevor]

Ilovejapcrap said:

MagicalTrevor said:

Happy now!? I've switched the socket off and replenished the kitchen paper

Edited by MagicalTrevor on Tuesday 10th March 19:36

That milks out of date now

I'll bin it tomorrow

[natty94]

NickM450 said:

My six arrived today, well chuffed, excellent service and value at £25 delivered

where is everyone getting these tshirts from? I've been back 10 pages and not seen a link

[mickk]

The original link was posted on the 1st January.

http://www.grandprixlegends.com/motorsport-and-f1-...


They've gone up in price now.

[natty94]

Cheers, yeah there up to £19.99 now

[Du1point8]

would love one of these but think I would have issues getting it into the office without OH seeing it.

Its now on my wish list.

http://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/configurator/3xs-swordfi...

[JonRB]

An LNER railway sign to go above the side gate at my house.

Cast iron and weighs 6kg, and felt twice that as I was carrying it around the Antiques & Collectors Fair at Newbury Racecourse where I bought it today.

The seller and I agreed £22.50 (he wanted £25 and I offered £20) but what I ended up paying was a £20 note and all the shrapnel in my pocket which was just under £2 worth.

[JonRB]

Du1point8 said:

would love one of these but think I would have issues getting it into the office without OH seeing it.

Its now on my wish list.

http://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/configurator/3xs-swordfi...

Blimey. A PC costing £11k+ and they have the cheek to charge delivery on top!

[Du1point8]

JonRB said:

Du1point8 said:

would love one of these but think I would have issues getting it into the office without OH seeing it.

Its now on my wish list.

http://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/configurator/3xs-swordfi...

Blimey. A PC costing £11k+ and they have the cheek to charge delivery on top!

I know, but it looks so awesome... When I win the lottery its mine as I think OH may kill me if I ever turned up with one of those at the moment.

[Loudy McFatass]

JonRB said:

An LNER railway sign to go above the side gate at my house.

Cast iron and weighs 6kg, and felt twice that as I was carrying it around the Antiques & Collectors Fair at Newbury Racecourse where I bought it today.

The seller and I agreed £22.50 (he wanted £25 and I offered £20) but what I ended up paying was a £20 note and all the shrapnel in my pocket which was just under £2 worth.

Good price!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cast-Iron-Railway-Sign-/...

[JonRB]

Loudy McFatass said:

Good price!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cast-Iron-Railway-Sign-/...

It would certainly seem so!