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

[Lazermilk]

Zippee said:

young_bairn said:

Lazermilk said:

My wife got some Aftershokz trekz titanium bone conduction headphones recently from Costco, they are surprisingly good.
She always struggled to get well fitting in ear headphones so these were perfect for her as they don’t go inside the ear.

Nothing new though, been about a while.

Yes these were a surprise to me when I had a shot of a colleagues so bought myself a set. Great for the office or running in the woods. However they are limited in their uses. If I am running along the road with passing traffic you obviously can't hear the music very well.

Plus the fact the sound leakage means all around you also hear what you're listening to.

Yeah I agree but she mainly uses them when cycling to and from work so not really an issue.

[Stan the Bat]

Lazermilk said:

Yeah I agree but she mainly uses them when cycling to and from work so not really an issue.

Earphones on whilst cycling.

[McGee_22]

Stan the Bat said:

Lazermilk said:

Yeah I agree but she mainly uses them when cycling to and from work so not really an issue.

Earphones on whilst cycling.

Darwin

[gregs656]

Stan the Bat said:

Earphones on whilst cycling.

Why not?

This concern always fascinates me - as if the car isn't by far the most insulated form of personal transport, do you drive with your windows rolled down?

[vikingaero]

I've been trying to tone down my frivolity without much success. I have a list of stuff that I don't need but would be nice to have. One item was an LED lamp to attach to my Sony action camera. I checked out the Knog Qudos which is around 400 lumens/£50, but the bargains kept on disappearing from FleaBay and Amazon. So I saw this:





A Kaiser Baas Action Camera light with 1000 lumens/£40. I left it in my basket for a couple of weeks as I dithered over adding other stuff. Then I got an email from FleaBay/the seller offering £10 off. Sold!

I've had it a month and not used it once.

[WestyCarl]

McGee_22 said:

Stan the Bat said:

Lazermilk said:

Yeah I agree but she mainly uses them when cycling to and from work so not really an issue.

Earphones on whilst cycling.

Darwin

No, the AfterShokz are bone conducting, they rest on your cheek in fornt of your ear so you've still got full hearing of your surrounding.

[Lazermilk]

McGee_22 said:

Stan the Bat said:

Lazermilk said:

Yeah I agree but she mainly uses them when cycling to and from work so not really an issue.

Earphones on whilst cycling.

Darwin

As mentioned, bone conducting works without having the headphones in ear, therefore you can still hear around you well.
Not to mention we live in Austria where they have actual separate cycling lanes everywhere, so the only time she could come into contact with pedestrians or cars is at crossings...

So you can both relax

[Lazermilk]

gregs656 said:

Stan the Bat said:

Earphones on whilst cycling.

Why not?

This concern always fascinates me - as if the car isn't by far the most insulated form of personal transport, do you drive with your windows rolled down?

Also motorbikes aren’t exactly easy to hear while riding, even get Bluetooth kits and helmets with headphones built in to listen with if you like.

[McGee_22]

Lazermilk said:

As mentioned, bone conducting works without having the headphones in ear, therefore you can still hear around you well.
Not to mention we live in Austria where they have actual separate cycling lanes everywhere, so the only time she could come into contact with pedestrians or cars is at crossings...

So you can both relax

All the same, as the most vulnerable road user (imho and experience as a cyclist and ex-Paramedic) I would strongly urge full use of all senses at all times on a bicycle.

Back on thread content, I recently bought a Worx Powershot battery-powered pressure washer just for blasting the grime from alloy wheels. It can be used from a bucket, waterbutt or hose but I've been very happy with using it on the hose, instead of the malarky of dragging out a big old Karcher.

Edited by E24man on Tuesday 5th March 08:43

[julian64]

McGee_22 said:

All the same, as the most vulnerable road user (imho and experience as a cyclist and ex-Paramedic) I would strongly urge full use of all senses at all times on a bicycle.

Back on thread content, I recently bought a Worx Powershot battery-powered pressure washer just for blasting the grime from alloy wheels. It can be used from a bucket, waterbutt or hose but I've been very happy with using it on the hose,instead of tne ma.arkyof dragging out a big old Karcher.

Edited by McGee_22 on Monday 4th March 22:29

I think you are wasting your time. I tried to argue the safety aspect on the biker banter forum when they talked about the best earplugs to wear to exclude all noise.

I was roundly shouted down by most of the forum suggesting everyone would suffer deafness without earplugs after fifteen minutes driving or some such rubbish.

It seemed like madness to me because they then all started talking about the best sound quality earphones they could use to play music.

I took the opinion that only experience can teach wisdom, and only ones own experience at that.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

McGee_22 said:

Back on thread content, I recently bought a Worx Powershot battery-powered pressure washer just for blasting the grime from alloy wheels. It can be used from a bucket, waterbutt or hose but I've been very happy with using it on the hose, instead of the malarky of dragging out a big old Karcher.

Interesting concept. It's amazing what you can buy these days!

[Lazermilk]

julian64 said:

McGee_22 said:

All the same, as the most vulnerable road user (imho and experience as a cyclist and ex-Paramedic) I would strongly urge full use of all senses at all times on a bicycle.

Back on thread content, I recently bought a Worx Powershot battery-powered pressure washer just for blasting the grime from alloy wheels. It can be used from a bucket, waterbutt or hose but I've been very happy with using it on the hose,instead of tne ma.arkyof dragging out a big old Karcher.

Edited by McGee_22 on Monday 4th March 22:29

I think you are wasting your time. I tried to argue the safety aspect on the biker banter forum when they talked about the best earplugs to wear to exclude all noise.

I was roundly shouted down by most of the forum suggesting everyone would suffer deafness without earplugs after fifteen minutes driving or some such rubbish.

It seemed like madness to me because they then all started talking about the best sound quality earphones they could use to play music.

I took the opinion that only experience can teach wisdom, and only ones own experience at that.

Its actually not nonsense about earplugs when riding motorbikes imo, one of many examples out there of why:

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/avoiding-hea...

But I don't want to derail this thread about cycling safety etc, lets just agree to have different opinions and move on...

[Lazermilk]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

McGee_22 said:

Back on thread content, I recently bought a Worx Powershot battery-powered pressure washer just for blasting the grime from alloy wheels. It can be used from a bucket, waterbutt or hose but I've been very happy with using it on the hose, instead of the malarky of dragging out a big old Karcher.

Interesting concept. It's amazing what you can buy these days!

I looked at this on amazon not too long ago as I don't have access to a hose at home, thought it could be used for cleaning the car/motorbike.

Is it powerful enough? How long do the batteries last realistically?

[Joe5y]

I’ve had a bit of a frivolous month...

First I bought this for Le Mans;



Then I bought this for Le Mans;



Then I bought this, for, umm, Le Mans;



Think I need to take a year off...

[Lazermilk]

Good effort, I bet you will be popular with that massive speaker at your tent!

[julian64]

Lazermilk said:

julian64 said:

McGee_22 said:

All the same, as the most vulnerable road user (imho and experience as a cyclist and ex-Paramedic) I would strongly urge full use of all senses at all times on a bicycle.

Back on thread content, I recently bought a Worx Powershot battery-powered pressure washer just for blasting the grime from alloy wheels. It can be used from a bucket, waterbutt or hose but I've been very happy with using it on the hose,instead of tne ma.arkyof dragging out a big old Karcher.

Edited by McGee_22 on Monday 4th March 22:29

I think you are wasting your time. I tried to argue the safety aspect on the biker banter forum when they talked about the best earplugs to wear to exclude all noise.

I was roundly shouted down by most of the forum suggesting everyone would suffer deafness without earplugs after fifteen minutes driving or some such rubbish.

It seemed like madness to me because they then all started talking about the best sound quality earphones they could use to play music.

I took the opinion that only experience can teach wisdom, and only ones own experience at that.

Its actually not nonsense about earplugs when riding motorbikes imo, one of many examples out there of why:

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/avoiding-hea...

But I don't want to derail this thread about cycling safety etc, lets just agree to have different opinions and move on...

I think I'll trust my years of medical training rather than click on a link from a website called revzilla , but by all means move on.

[McGee_22]

Lazermilk said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

McGee_22 said:

Back on thread content, I recently bought a Worx Powershot battery-powered pressure washer just for blasting the grime from alloy wheels. It can be used from a bucket, waterbutt or hose but I've been very happy with using it on the hose, instead of the malarky of dragging out a big old Karcher.

Interesting concept. It's amazing what you can buy these days!

I looked at this on amazon not too long ago as I don't have access to a hose at home, thought it could be used for cleaning the car/motorbike.

Is it powerful enough? How long do the batteries last realistically?

Is it powerful enough? Not sure from a bucket but it's good for wheels and paint from a hose but still not enough for paving, etc.

Battery life? I did a quick spray over of one car and cleaned the wheels, then did the wheels of three other cars with the supplied 2Ah battery - you could buy the 4Ah battery if you wanted. You have to use it on high power mode, low power mode is for watering the plants I think.

I can be very critical sometimes bu I haven't though I've wasted my money on this and use it each car wash now.

[Davie_GLA]

McGee_22 said:

Is it powerful enough? Not sure from a bucket but it's good for wheels and paint from a hose but still not enough for paving, etc.

Battery life? I did a quick spray over of one car and cleaned the wheels, then did the wheels of three other cars with the supplied 2Ah battery - you could buy the 4Ah battery if you wanted. You have to use it on high power mode, low power mode is for watering the plants I think.

I can be very critical sometimes bu I haven't though I've wasted my money on this and use it each car wash now.

I've been considering one of these too. I have a petrol power washer for the drive etc and a nilfisk electric that is OK but just not very "juicy".

My tap is at the back of the house and cars at the front so each time i want to do the cars it's a pain in the hoop dragging the hose and mains cable with it.

With that in mind how quick does it power through a normal bucket of water? I'm thinking the orange buckets from B&Q etc. (Other DIY Stores are available)

[loudlashadjuster]

As soon as Makita do an LXT pressure washer I'm all over it.

[louiebaby]

V8mate said:

louiebaby said:

I might be giving one of these a try...

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07MTF9WCH

Sort of frivolous I guess...

Do report back!

Be keen to know if it works on 'corporate' machines which hate anything being inserted.

It works.