Cheap tat bought from the far east

[jimmyjimjim]

Stockman14 said:

A shower curtain, will do the exact job it's intended for.

Wouldn't have guessed that. Folded in half? Without the top in shot to see where the rings go, it looks like half a wall covering or curtain or the like.

3 quid isn't bad for a shower curtain at all.

[talksthetorque]

flacko said:

Davie_GLA said:

The wife has finally cracked. She’s growing concerned of the number of packages and small amounts of cash leaving the accounts.

She has written a strongly worded WhatsApp to tell me to pack it in. In my view that’s just a warning and I’m still firmly applying the forgiveness / permission formula.

Toothpick crossbow, dodgy magnets and a knife than I will be astounded clears customs are on their way.

Join me...

“My names David, and I’m a wishaholic. “

time to make a secret bank account and ship stuff to work

Being secrative is going the wrong way about it with your missus. That can only lead to pain.

Get some coke and hookers and make sure she finds out.

Cheap Chinese tat will be an absolute blessing after catching you snorting coke off Delightful Debbie's newlt enhanced frontage.

[Stockman14]

jimmyjimjim said:

Stockman14 said:

A shower curtain, will do the exact job it's intended for.

Wouldn't have guessed that. Folded in half? Without the top in shot to see where the rings go, it looks like half a wall covering or curtain or the like.

3 quid isn't bad for a shower curtain at all.

Yeah folded in half. Once it's up I'll get a proper picture. I only got it to annoy my wife, she likes a more elegant Christmas theme!

[louiebaby]

Ordered:

2 x Writing pads for the kids for Christmas.

3 x Lego (style) sets for the kids and brother for Christmas.

1 x 3.5mm male to male Aux cable for connecting the iPod to the car.

Considering:

Powerbank for camping next year.

Various terrible and not to so terrible styles of cycling jersey.

[TREMAiNE]

louiebaby said:

Ordered:
Powerbank for camping next year.

For Powerbanks, I'd recommend buying a proper one and not a cheap one from wish.
£20-30 will get you a very good quality high capacity power bank.

Cheap banks can damage your device's battery, as well as take a lot longer to charge than it should etc. And they also may not charge your device at all depending on your device's specific charging requirements. There is also a good chance that the item you're buying is nowhere near the claimed capacity on the ad.

[louiebaby]

TREMAiNE said:

louiebaby said:

Considering:

Powerbank for camping next year.

For Powerbanks, I'd recommend buying a proper one and not a cheap one from wish.
£20-30 will get you a very good quality high capacity power bank.

Cheap banks can damage your device's battery, as well as take a lot longer to charge than it should etc. And they also may not charge your device at all depending on your device's specific charging requirements. There is also a good chance that the item you're buying is nowhere near the claimed capacity on the ad.

I've been looking at the Anker ones from their official shop, similar with Xaiomi, both on AliExpress.

[Spare tyre]

TREMAiNE said:

louiebaby said:

Ordered:
Powerbank for camping next year.

For Powerbanks, I'd recommend buying a proper one and not a cheap one from wish.
£20-30 will get you a very good quality high capacity power bank.

Cheap banks can damage your device's battery, as well as take a lot longer to charge than it should etc. And they also may not charge your device at all depending on your device's specific charging requirements. There is also a good chance that the item you're buying is nowhere near the claimed capacity on the ad.

Yup buy a decent brand like anker or similar

Very cheap on amazon and you can send em back if no good

I don’t trust random lithium based stuff from places like Ali

[Davie_GLA]

I must admit that the most risk I'm willing to take with batteries is the illegal lasers. Generally they aren't kept in the house or close to anyone I don't want set on fire.

[thetapeworm]

louiebaby said:

I've been looking at the Anker ones from their official shop, similar with Xaiomi, both on AliExpress.

They're very good - I use a fairly high capacity PowerCore one for keeping my 360 camera alive when I'm doing a lot of photos and it's been great.

The only consideration is that some of the time shipping is an issue and some of the shops on AliExpress etc won't send Li-ion batteries.

Amazon usually have them at fairly competitive prices, like:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-PowerCore-20100-200...

[louiebaby]

Many thanks to all with the power bank recommendations.



Might wait for Black Friday for an Amazon Purchase.

[S6PNJ]

louiebaby said:

I've been looking at the Anker ones from their official shop, similar with Xaiomi, both on AliExpress.

Careful with Xiaomi, I bought one from AliExpress a few years ago (wasn't from the office store though IIRC), was cheaper than Amazon UK (as expected) but turned out to be a fake. I evidenced this back to AliExpress and they refunded me. Suffice to say, it worked ok for the first few instances of use then took longer and longer to charge.....

[Davey S2]

louiebaby said:

Many thanks to all with the power bank recommendations.



Might wait for Black Friday for an Amazon Purchase.

I bought this Tronsmart one from Amazon a few weeks ago and its very good

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tronsmart-20000mAh-Portab...

Takes quite a while to fully charge (just leave it on overnight) but from full charge it seems to do about 8 or 9 full charges of my iPhone.

Will come in very handy on holidays for the kids ipads and headphones.

[eybic]

I bought this one, takes 12 hours to charge but provides 5 or 6 charges on my S9: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Poweradd-Portable-Univers...

[rich12]

Not quite what I was expecting..

[pidsy]

What’s that supposed to be?

[rich12]

Gallium.

[talksthetorque]

rich12 said:

Gallium. Heroin

FTFY

[rich12]

talksthetorque said:

FTFY

Well it was free so not complaining.

[jimmyjimjim]

Stockman14 said:

jimmyjimjim said:

Stockman14 said:

A shower curtain, will do the exact job it's intended for.

Wouldn't have guessed that. Folded in half? Without the top in shot to see where the rings go, it looks like half a wall covering or curtain or the like.

3 quid isn't bad for a shower curtain at all.

Yeah folded in half. Once it's up I'll get a proper picture. I only got it to annoy my wife, she likes a more elegant Christmas theme!

PH in a nutshell.

[Lazermilk]

Just back to work after two weeks away on holiday and have quite the selection of cheap tat to open when home, apparently it was arriving daily and my colleagues are wandering what I've been ordering from china now



Will update later when it's opened...