What New Stuff Have You Bought? If You Care To Share Thead! :)

[lovinthehd]

How much reserve in the battery? Looks pretty stout.

It's a 60V 38Ah battery (a fairly new one recently available with the bike, older ones have been rated 32 and 34). All kinds of aftermarket controllers and batteries available, even motors, too....can go 72V and 60Ah with a new controller if you want crazy performance (that costs what I paid for the basic bike, tho).

 

[3db]

Good bye to Yamaha orange. I replaced my RX-V1900 which had a lose HDMI connection that I had to wiggle to get the display back on the TV everytime I pulled the cabinet away from the wall to vacuum clean. This what I replaced it with.

The RX-V1900 is to the left

I had to pull out the tape deck and bluray player so that I could raise the shelf high enough to provide adequate cooling. I also cleaned up the wiring but it still needs work.

 

[KenM10759]

Good bye to Yamaha orange. I replaced my RX-V1900 which had a lose HDMI connection that I had to wiggle to get the display back on the TV everytime I pulled the cabinet away from the wall to vacuum clean. This what I replaced it with.

The RX-V1900 is to the left

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I had to pull out the tape deck and bluray player so that I could raise the shelf high enough to provide adequate cooling. I also cleaned up the wiring but it still needs work.

Mo bigga and mo current protocols is always a good thing. Congrats!!

 

[mono-bloc]

I pulled the cabinet away from the wall to vacuum clean. .

I'm confused, What's a vacuum, do you plug it into a TV HDMI socket

 

[3db]

I'm confused, What's a vacuum, do you plug it into a TV HDMI socket

That'll be interesting watching you do this

 

[-Jim-]

I'm confused, What's a vacuum, do you plug it into a TV HDMI socket

That brings real clarity to "Dam my HDMI connection really sucks!"

 

[panteragstk]

"Audioquest announces vacuum tube HDMI cables"

"They warm up the picture TM"

 

[its phillip]

Got a few things from Aer and Alpaka:
Travel Pack 3 - Black — Aer | Modern gym bags, travel backpacks and laptop backpacks designed for city travel (aersf.com)
Travel Kit 2 - Gray — Aer | Modern gym bags, travel backpacks and laptop backpacks designed for city travel (aersf.com)
Go Sling 2 - Black — Aer | Modern gym bags, travel backpacks and laptop backpacks designed for city travel (aersf.com)
Admin Pouch (alpakagear.com)
Modular Sling (alpakagear.com)
Utility Pouch (alpakagear.com)

 

[KenM10759]

Replaced the last inkjet printer I ever want to own with a Brother MFC-L3750CDW color laser printer. Far more printer than I'll ever need for printing out shipping labels and an occasional correspondence, but I do like having good scanning and duplex printing for when I really do need it.

For $469.98, how could I go wrong?

 

[Eppie]

Replaced the last inkjet printer I ever want to own with a Brother MFC-L3750CDW color laser printer. Far more printer than I'll ever need for printing out shipping labels and an occasional correspondence, but I do like having good scanning and duplex printing for when I really do need it.

For $469.98, how could I go wrong?

Ink jets need to be used on a regular basis to keep the heads from clogging. My Epson Workforce has been flawless for years. Got my son an Epson for uni but he does not print much. Well, didn't take long for the heads to get gummed up. Same with my mother's printer. Got them both a Brother B&W laser. Problem solved.

 

[ryanosaur]

Ink jets need to be used on a regular basis to keep the heads from clogging. My Epson Workforce has been flawless for years. Got my son an Epson for uni but he does not print much. Well, didn't take long for the heads to get gummed up. Same with my mother's printer. Got them both a Brother B&W laser. Problem solved.

We've used various inkjets for a long time... with the latest being an epson. I've never had as many problems with a printer as we've had with this epson. It is a very frustrating printer which requires frequent and sometimes multiple repeated head-cleaning sessions, even when we are using it frequently. *shrugs

 

[KenM10759]

Ink jets need to be used on a regular basis to keep the heads from clogging. My Epson Workforce has been flawless for years. Got my son an Epson for uni but he does not print much. Well, didn't take long for the heads to get gummed up. Same with my mother's printer. Got them both a Brother B&W laser. Problem solved.

I had no problems at all with the first Brother MFC-465CN that I had, just that it died from age and use and cartridges no longer available in high capacity. The now-dead Brother MFC-J480DW has chewed through ink cartridges like a crack addict, and I was buying their high-capacity ones! It got used regularly but in just one period of not being used for about a month, in clogged up and even going through a set of brand new cartridges couldn't raise it from the dead.

This one is huge and for the speed it offers is extreme overkill, but I don't want to deal with inkjets again. Ever.

 

[Eppie]

We've used various inkjets for a long time... with the latest being an epson. I've never had as many problems with a printer as we've had with this epson. It is a very frustrating printer which requires frequent and sometimes multiple repeated head-cleaning sessions, even when we are using it frequently. *shrugs

Some models are better than others. Mine uses the 126/127 style ink cartridge. My son's used the 220 cartridge and it was crap. There are some YouTube videos from a printer repair tech that warn of which models to avoid.

I used to use Brother inkjets until the cartridge prices got too high and Epson became the cheaper alternative. Epson cartridge prices from retail stores have become ridiculous again. I used to go to Staples but I decided to follow the Windows pop-up link to the Epson store and was surprised to find out that it was cheaper to get the cartridge direct from Epson even with shipping added on. I have been sticking with Epson original ink in hope that the quality is better than refills and will lead to less problems.

You can purchase head cleaning kits on-line. They come with a syringe and cleaning solution. You remove the cartridge and connect the syringe with a tube and flush out the clog. If it clogs on a regular basis the print head may be a lemon. I manually flushed my son's print head with ammonia based window cleaner but could never get the black print head to work properly. It's not just the inconvenience that sucks. I tend to buy multi-function units with a built in scanner for copying and scanning documents to PDF which cost more than plain printers. The Brother laser seemed the better long term solution for my son and mother but my wife needs the colour printing.

 

[Cos]

I lost my Momentum 2s, mad about that
Sold my Momentum 3s as I have gone to Sony ear buds, now I want to get another set of cans for travel. curious your feedback.

 

[ryanosaur]

Some models are better than others. Mine uses the 126/127 style ink cartridge. My son's used the 220 cartridge and it was crap. There are some YouTube videos from a printer repair tech that warn of which models to avoid.

I used to use Brother inkjets until the cartridge prices got too high and Epson became the cheaper alternative. Epson cartridge prices from retail stores have become ridiculous again. I used to go to Staples but I decided to follow the Windows pop-up link to the Epson store and was surprised to find out that it was cheaper to get the cartridge direct from Epson even with shipping added on. I have been sticking with Epson original ink in hope that the quality is better than refills and will lead to less problems.

You can purchase head cleaning kits on-line. They come with a syringe and cleaning solution. You remove the cartridge and connect the syringe with a tube and flush out the clog. If it clogs on a regular basis the print head may be a lemon. I manually flushed my son's print head with ammonia based window cleaner but could never get the black print head to work properly. It's not just the inconvenience that sucks. I tend to buy multi-function units with a built in scanner for copying and scanning documents to PDF which cost more than plain printers. The Brother laser seemed the better long term solution for my son and mother but my wife needs the colour printing.

You made me look and we are on those 220s.

We've been hemming and hawing about going color laser. Just been holding back because of the price. Depending on what we choose it's likely to be $300-600. We have a home office and while we aren't massive printer beasts, we do need something solid and a good all-in-one color printer that is Mac friendly.
We don't do photos.
Canon, Brother and HP are the three that keep coming up, though the HP that I usually see recommended is out of our ideal range and seems more suited to a small or medium office rather than home office. So probably one of the Canons.

 

[Eppie]

You made me look and we are on those 220s.

We've been hemming and hawing about going color laser. Just been holding back because of the price. Depending on what we choose it's likely to be $300-600. We have a home office and while we aren't massive printer beasts, we do need something solid and a good all-in-one color printer that is Mac friendly.
We don't do photos.
Canon, Brother and HP are the three that keep coming up, though the HP that I usually see recommended is out of our ideal range and seems more suited to a small or medium office rather than home office. So probably one of the Canons.

Those three are the main players in the home office market. I have no personal experience so can't recommend one over the other, but make sure to price out consumables as that will be a big factor in the long term cost. Some HP models have a chip in the cartridge and only work with original HP toner.

I recently picked up a Xerox Versalink C405 second hand for the office. It's replacing a Xerox ColorQube 8870 which replaced a Xerox Phaser. The former two were solid ink printers that served us very well but parts for the 8870 are no longer available. The C405 is a multi-function colour laser with network printing, copying and scanning. I've found the Xerox to be quite reliable and serviceable. Probably overkill for a home office and it's also very tall, especially with the added legal paper tray (which cost a small fortune as an add-on).

 

[its phillip]

I lost my Momentum 2s, mad about that
Sold my Momentum 3s as I have gone to Sony ear buds, now I want to get another set of cans for travel. curious your feedback.

Flying to VA in a few days - I'll let you know how they work out afterwards

 

[ryanosaur]

Those three are the main players in the home office market. I have no personal experience so can't recommend one over the other, but make sure to price out consumables as that will be a big factor in the long term cost. Some HP models have a chip in the cartridge and only work with original HP toner.

I recently picked up a Xerox Versalink C405 second hand for the office. It's replacing a Xerox ColorQube 8870 which replaced a Xerox Phaser. The former two were solid ink printers that served us very well but parts for the 8870 are no longer available. The C405 is a multi-function colour laser with network printing, copying and scanning. I've found the Xerox to be quite reliable and serviceable. Probably overkill for a home office and it's also very tall, especially with the added legal paper tray (which cost a small fortune as an add-on).

The Canon seems to possibly have the best cost-of-ownership ratio. I absolutely will be confirming that before I buy, however.

 

[Teetertotter?]

2 Directv RC-73 Remotes, in orig[OEM] packaging, off ebay.

 

[j_garcia]

My old Arris modem that has been fine for over 1 year, Comcast now does not support for the speed I am paying for So had to order a new one.