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

[seyre1972]

vikingaero said:

A slightly less frivolous start to March with these:



The cheap Nextbase dashcam on the Shed was playing up and I decided to order the Yi which is recommended by Techmoan: http://www.techmoan.com/blog/2016/2/17/yi-dash-cam... Fortunately there was a code on Amazon and I think I snagged it for around £37. Of course with regular driving in the snow, the Nextbase has corrected itself and is working happily.

I found I never had a screwdriver handy so I ordered this from eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EDC-Outdoor-Tool-Screwd...

It took weeks to arrive from China, but has the 4 screwdriver tips, 2 sizes of hex, a LED torch and a bottle opener. All for the princely sum of £2.52 delivered. Now for £2.52 I thought it would be badly made junk. But no. The packaging and instructions are for CKRT - Columbia River & Tool in the USA - who supply pretty decent stuff. On their website they sell it for $19.99.

Damn you - and my addiction to multitools !! Just ordered 4 of them (1 for each car, and rucksack)

[Bungleaio]

I've ordered one too, says it should arrive before may 2nd! It'll be a nice surprise when it does turn up

[GOG440]

seyre1972 said:

Damn you - and my addiction to multitools !! Just ordered 4 of them (1 for each car, and rucksack)

Im not as bad as you.
I only ordered 1

[bingybongy]

GOG440 said:

seyre1972 said:

Damn you - and my addiction to multitools !! Just ordered 4 of them (1 for each car, and rucksack)

Im not as bad as you.
I only ordered 1

Ordered 3 because I got 18p off the third. I'm a sucker for a bargain.

[j4ckos mate]

Warmfuzzies said:

Condi said:

j4ckos mate said:

I got it off eBay but they are in curry’s and Argos
Honestly people are avoiding me at work because they are sick of hearing about it.
Make sure you get the interior bell as well.
Battery level seems up and down. I reckon it’ll be a month between charges,
But I’m dead pleased with it

Eh? You have the take the doorbell off, bring it inside to recharge? Doesnt that kinda defeat the point... what if someone comes when the doorbell is inside?
No.
It’s 3-12 months on a charge.

Err, charge it when at home then

I’m looking at running a constant USB feed to ours

You can hard wire them it does let you do that. But we have ours on battery
Not sure about 3-12 months tho.
I reckon 1-3 months
Only takes an hour to charge in any case

[Sway]

Might be a daft question, but isn't a £200 doorbell perhaps at risk of being nicked?

How secure are they, physically and electronically? Could someone just lift it and then hard reset to install it at their house?

[vikingaero]

bingybongy said:

GOG440 said:

seyre1972 said:

Damn you - and my addiction to multitools !! Just ordered 4 of them (1 for each car, and rucksack)

Im not as bad as you.
I only ordered 1

Ordered 3 because I got 18p off the third. I'm a sucker for a bargain.

Hmm, never thought about it like that - I bought one for my keyring, but one for each car and rucksack makes more sense! That's another 6 that I need

To be honest it arrived a couple of weeks before the estimated date.

[j4ckos mate]

Sway said:

Might be a daft question, but isn't a £200 doorbell perhaps at risk of being nicked?

How secure are they, physically and electronically? Could someone just lift it and then hard reset to install it at their house?

The base plate is secured to the wall the unit is then attached via security screws.

If it’s nicked
A. You get a video of it at least.
B. Ring replace it foc if you have a crime no.
C. It was 100 off eBay with the doorbell and the interior plug in ringer

[jako1]

vikingaero said:

Hmm, never thought about it like that - I bought one for my keyring, but one for each car and rucksack makes more sense! That's another 6 that I need

To be honest it arrived a couple of weeks before the estimated date.

Mines coming before the 3rd May

[samuelellis]

alorotom said:

Celtic Dragon said:

My turn to contribute to this thread again....

After months of searching for a couple of low mount water bottle cages for the MTB and coming to the conclusion that what I wan't doesn't exist, I've designed my own............



Which has led to the purchase of one of these!

Top frivolity indeed there Sir, I doth my cap

Everyone needs a 3d printer, i love mine. Best thing for them is to hook a Raspberry Pi to it so it is networked

[Clockwork Cupcake]

alorotom said:

Top frivolity indeed there Sir, I doth my cap

How exactly does one do that? I'm keen to learn new things.

If you are able to tell me, then I will doff my cap to you.

[boxst]

vikingaero said:

I found I never had a screwdriver handy so I ordered this from eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EDC-Outdoor-Tool-Screwd...

It took weeks to arrive from China, but has the 4 screwdriver tips, 2 sizes of hex, a LED torch and a bottle opener. All for the princely sum of £2.52 delivered. Now for £2.52 I thought it would be badly made junk. But no. The packaging and instructions are for CKRT - Columbia River & Tool in the USA - who supply pretty decent stuff. On their website they sell it for $19.99.

Just bought two -- they look great!

[j4ckos mate]

ditto,

ordered three
one for the car one for the kitchen and one for mum


potential for a couple of new threads here
the longest an item takes to come,
and cheapo chinese bargains

[S11Steve]

The Chinglish sales pitch has sold it to me....

said:

Two in the six corner waving a bottle opener and quick hook.
There is a LED light on the other side of the tool.
Multi tool set, mini pocket size, light-weight and portable.
The female male all apply, a good helper for daily life.

[noell35]

I bought 4 as well. They'll be good presents. I'll probably lose them like the credit card tool I found in a drawer recently from a similar post in this thread.

[toastybase]

I bought 5 4K TVs last year for £3000 each with a view to try each one and then return the ones I didn’t want.

I missed the return date and now 4 of them are in the garage.

[loudlashadjuster]

toastybase said:

I bought 5 4K TVs last year for £3000 each with a view to try each one and then return the ones I didn’t want.

I missed the return date and now 4 of them are in the garage.

Astounding work. I thought I was bad still having two SNES Minis lying about.

End of thread

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[SystemParanoia]

toastybase said:

I bought 5 4K TVs last year for £3000 each with a view to try each one and then return the ones I didn’t want.

I missed the return date and now 4 of them are in the garage.

Ill be happy to provide long-term storage for one in my living room

[toastybase]

SystemParanoia said:

toastybase said:

I bought 5 4K TVs last year for £3000 each with a view to try each one and then return the ones I didn’t want.

I missed the return date and now 4 of them are in the garage.

Ill be happy to provide long-term storage for one in my living room

It’s led to a lot of problems not least the financial burden. I can’t bear to look at them now.

[illmonkey]

toastybase said:

SystemParanoia said:

toastybase said:

I bought 5 4K TVs last year for £3000 each with a view to try each one and then return the ones I didn’t want.

I missed the return date and now 4 of them are in the garage.

Ill be happy to provide long-term storage for one in my living room

It’s led to a lot of problems not least the financial burden. I can’t bear to look at them now.

Surely OLED at that price!