Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])

chaparral · 26 Jan 2019 at 21:43

ajf said:
Least the vents are actually vents rather than moulded blanks like most cars.

The latest Honda type R I think is one of them..

cu3ed · 26 Jan 2019 at 22:46

chaparral said:
The latest Honda type R I think is one of them..

Man those things are horrific to look at.

LeeUK · 26 Jan 2019 at 23:55

Why has it got a tax disc holder?

ChrisD. said:
Can't pick it up yet though sadly.

datalol-jack · 27 Jan 2019 at 10:08

cu3ed said:
Man those things are horrific to look at.

Type R? Looking like a boy racer on speed on the way to an Essex escort, ******* Red Bull and fire, is rather the point! Even Germans aren't immune - clip on batwings on an A45, haha! 'Refined style' and 'hot hatch' don't go together. Just ask Acme.

Gman · 27 Jan 2019 at 12:09

chaparral said:
The latest Honda type R I think is one of them..

cu3ed said:
Man those things are horrific to look at.

They do look good in Black though.

IvanDobskey · 27 Jan 2019 at 12:10

The new civics are indeed fugly

G-MAN2004 · 27 Jan 2019 at 13:02

Philips Sonicare 6100 to replace my Oral-B brush that decided it didn't want to charge anymore
Eye cream
D3

beachBOYken · 27 Jan 2019 at 14:12

G-MAN2004 said:
Philips Sonicare 6100 to replace my Oral-B brush that decided it didn't want to charge anymore
Eye cream
D3

I bought a few Sonicare 6100 as gifts recently, want to get one myself now. I have an Oral B and the charge is rubbish, the 6100 last's age's on a full charge.

Begbie · 27 Jan 2019 at 14:26

beachBOYken said:
I bought a few Sonicare 6100 as gifts recently, want to get one myself now. I have an Oral B and the charge is rubbish, the 6100 last's age's on a full charge.

I had a sonicare, one of the pretty expensive ones (usb charging case etc) and it gave up just after warranty. Even removed the battery to check if it was that.

Bought a cheaper Oral B to replace it.

Trifid · 27 Jan 2019 at 14:40

Begbie said:
I had a sonicare, one of the pretty expensive ones (usb charging case etc) and it gave up just after warranty. Even removed the battery to check if it was that.

I have the same one and the tip went wobbly just over 2 years later. Not sure the one I bought to replace it will last much better as the build quality feels worse...

Begbie · 27 Jan 2019 at 14:42

Trifid said:
I have the same one and the tip went wobbly just over 2 years later. Not sure the one I bought to replace it will last much better as the build quality feels worse...

Yeah went to replace like with like and price is up to something crazy like £200.

The Oral B is just as good IMO. Espically if they pack up every few years. :/

Trifid · 27 Jan 2019 at 14:58

Will consider doing the same. I do like the USB charging though and I don't see any alternatives that have this... Philips really should put more effort into longevity considering not least the cost, but the environment too.

Squid Vicious · 27 Jan 2019 at 15:54

2 10TB HDD with a free enclosure

crazy that it's so much cheaper to buy one of these than standalone HDDs.

The My Book 10TB is even cheaper but wasn't in stock and has only 2 years warranty instead of 3... Also the duo is built to have the disks easily removed, rather than needing to be shucked.

Destination · 27 Jan 2019 at 19:23

^^How much?

Housey · 27 Jan 2019 at 19:45

G-MAN2004 said:
Philips Sonicare 6100 to replace my Oral-B brush that decided it didn't want to charge anymore
Eye cream
D3

Good eye cream, use it myself.

I went the other way, Sonicare to latest greatest Oral B with the camera thingy and blue tooth thingy and....I just brush with it.

Squid Vicious · 27 Jan 2019 at 20:27

Destination said:
^^How much?

£455 for the duo so nearly £150 saving, if you look round you can get the 10tb single disk enclosure for £200 which is a solid £100 cheaper than the equivalent cheapest standalone HDD.

Destination · 27 Jan 2019 at 21:25

So odd that pricing!

andy_mk3 · 27 Jan 2019 at 21:35

EYEREX said:
Got a Openreach Modem - Huawei Echolife HG612 3B which gives me an extra 1 Mbps in download speeds over using a DrayTek Vigor 130
.

Interesting. A Vigor 130 gained me 6 Mbps over the past couple of months with the SNR tweak and the latest BT firmware

ubersonic · 27 Jan 2019 at 23:13

Squid Vicious said:
2 10TB HDD with a free enclosure crazy that it's so much cheaper to buy one of these than standalone HDDs.

The My Book 10TB is even cheaper but wasn't in stock and has only 2 years warranty instead of 3... Also the duo is built to have the disks easily removed, rather than needing to be shucked.

The My Book single is cheaper per TB because it doesn't use Reds (in fact they aren't even guaranteed to use WD drives just "WD quality drives", some have come with Barracudas lol). The reason manufacturers often sell enclosures plus drive for less than the retail price of the drives is because it means they can dictate (roughly) the conditions in which a drive is operated which means they can (theoretically) reduce the chance of a failure inside the warranty period.

I.E The MB Duo being a USB-3 enclosure is unlikely to be running 24/7 and can power down when not in use so the drives will have an easier life than ones running 24/7 in an 8 bay NAS. There's also the factor that the drives themselves have no warranty as that is tied to the enclosure and (I know this isn't the case in the MB Duo but it's an anomaly) users normally have to break internal/external seals to remove them thus voiding their warranty completely and removing any threat of a warranty claim on a drive.

It's all calculated, just like car insurance.

Minusorange · 27 Jan 2019 at 23:25

Squid Vicious said:
£455 for the duo so nearly £150 saving, if you look round you can get the 10tb single disk enclosure for £200 which is a solid £100 cheaper than the equivalent cheapest standalone HDD.

Does it basically work as a single 20TB external drive ? or can you use it like NAS ?