What's the last thing you purchased?

[acroig]

The bad news;
Wife wants a 3k Samsung fridge and according to TurboTax, the IRS wants 17 grands in taxes!

[logical]

Some of the features are really cool - tapping on the door and it's like glass, so you can see the items in the fridge without opening it..

but i think the biggest features already happened. ice cube maker, water dispenser with filter .. i don't really need much more from my fridge. I really don't understand the smart features that these fridges have or why people are so desperate to throw big dollars away on them

I dont think people are buying them for the smart features. Other than the temp control(in multiple spots for veges, lunch meat) I dont use any smart features.



This one would just fit perfect in the kitchen and the ice chips would be amazing. I dont drink anything without ice so thats a major thing for me. My current fridge has a ice maker and it crushes it, but it aint no ice chips




Not to mention the space and organization that it offers over a normal fridge. Theres nothing wrong with my current fridge but we can always upgrade our lives

[Silent-Runner]

we rarely (if ever) put ice into anything, so there's that. But, as usual, if you have them dollaritos to blow, go for it.

[Elysian]

[Java Cool Dude]

This is the fridge my wife wanted:
https://www.samsung.com/us/home-appl...f27t5501sg-aa/

I say wanted because we are both reasonable people and we know the screen is just a gimmick that we will use once maybe twice and never touch again.

This fridge looks good and she gets a discount since she's a professor:
https://www.samsung.com/us/home-appl...f28r6201sr-aa/

[KAC]

That’s tight.

[logical]

This is the fridge my wife wanted:
https://www.samsung.com/us/home-appl...f27t5501sg-aa/

I say wanted because we are both reasonable people and we know the screen is just a gimmick that we will use once maybe twice and never touch again.

This fridge looks good and she gets a discount since she's a professor:
https://www.samsung.com/us/home-appl...f28r6201sr-aa/

Boo, no bespoke. I have the bottom fridge, the same outgoing model.

[KAC]

Samsung has a great way of reselling the same thing as last year and reducing quality of products used and calling it a new model. It is worse than what car makers pull.

[Greasy]

I will never buy another Samsung appliance. My last two were garbage.

[Nunz]

I will never buy another Samsung appliance. My last two were garbage.

House I bought has a Samsung washer/dryer.. front loader washer too. I had old Kenmore units in my last place.

I kinda wish I could have kept the Kenmore's

[Renocide]

I say wanted because we are both reasonable people and we know the screen is just a gimmick that we will use once maybe twice and never touch again.

That might be true for you.

I have this fridge and actually get a lot out of having the features...

Couple of things I use it for...
Check the weather.
Set timers for cooking.
Play music.
When the kids come over they draw on the screen and save them to memory.
The kids also play a lot of card games and they will use the screen to track their scores as they play.
It has Alexa now and I ask it all kinds of questions as well.
We buy some things in bulk from Sam's and don't want the large box taking a lot of room up in the freezer so we trash the box and add a note to the fridge on cooking times for those items.
It alerts my phone when someone leaves the door open(actually it alerts my phone, TV, watch, and fridge when the door is left open haha) which I seem to be doing more often these days...

And that's just off the top of my head...

When I bought it I was wondering if I would actually use it...turns out I use it more than I thought I would.

[Pr3tty F1y]

I will never buy another Samsung appliance. My last two were garbage.

I won't buy GE refrigerators. After 3 months, my "garage ready" model (which supposedly is more robust) stopped cooling and then another 3 months and 6 tech visits later, it still wasn't working. GE had a major manufacturing issue and just couldn't get the epoxy right on the cooling coil joints and all of the coolant continually evaporated away.

Lemon law'd it and got my money back and bought the cheapest Best Buy Insignia fridge ($499) that was half the price of the GE and it's happily keeping my stuff cold in my garage even when it's below freezing outside.

[Elysian]

Just got these bad boys back from being customized. My current favorite goalie and my all time favorite defenseman.

[Silent-Runner]

thinking about buying either a titanlabs evo 2022 series or something similar from noblechairs. Is the evo 2022 worth the higher price compared to the 2020 model?

[Nascar24]

I won't buy GE refrigerators. After 3 months, my "garage ready" model (which supposedly is more robust) stopped cooling and then another 3 months and 6 tech visits later, it still wasn't working. GE had a major manufacturing issue and just couldn't get the epoxy right on the cooling coil joints and all of the coolant continually evaporated away.

Lemon law'd it and got my money back and bought the cheapest Best Buy Insignia fridge ($499) that was half the price of the GE and it's happily keeping my stuff cold in my garage even when it's below freezing outside.

An old appliance repair friend said the same about GE and told me mine was going to die soon, haven't talked to him for 10 years but its still going, cheap ass GE fridge 18 years and still going. Knock on wood, maybe another 18.

[Greasy]

Upgrading my wireless to Wifi 6 since we now have multiple devices that support it. Replacing my AC Pros with the new 6 Pros.

https://store.ui.com/collections/uni...6-professional

[Pr3tty F1y]

An old appliance repair friend said the same about GE and told me mine was going to die soon, haven't talked to him for 10 years but its still going, cheap ass GE fridge 18 years and still going. Knock on wood, maybe another 18.

This is definitely a new problem. The older stuff probably will run forever. The refrigerant change to more eco-friendly refrigerants prevents them from being able to solder (I guess the new refrigerant will eat at it), so they're using epoxy instead and whatever blobs it in there does a **** job.

[KAC]

Lian Li 011D Evo.

[Silent-Runner]

[bill dennison]

new

Fluke 902 FC HVAC True-RMS Clamp Meter $307
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1
VETO PRO PAC TECH-MCT Tool Bag $190
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...H4JQJZXC&psc=1

and another ATOMIC 20-Volt MAX Cordless Brushless Compact 1/4 in. Impact Driver (Tool-Only) $150 that i only got 3 days ago

https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-A...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

and about $300 in hand tools

all to replace the same things stolen off the back of my truck in 45 seconds

set it on the hood and walked back to grab a bad run cap to go get new one
turned back and my tool bag was gone

[huskylord]

****, sorry to hear that.
That **** stays with me for days.
There should be more bait traps for fricking thieves.

[UberBeavis]

Unexpected visit to neurologist.
$55 out of pocket.
Hopefully it doesn't get any more costly.

[Greasy]

new

Fluke 902 FC HVAC True-RMS Clamp Meter $307
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1
VETO PRO PAC TECH-MCT Tool Bag $190
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...H4JQJZXC&psc=1

and another ATOMIC 20-Volt MAX Cordless Brushless Compact 1/4 in. Impact Driver (Tool-Only) $150 that i only got 3 days ago

https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-A...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

and about $300 in hand tools

all to replace the same things stolen off the back of my truck in 45 seconds

set it on the hood and walked back to grab a bad run cap to go get new one
turned back and my tool bag was gone

Next time get a cheap used bike, take off the seat and mod it with a spring, washers and a drill bit. Just strong enough for some duct tape to hold. Place a small string tied to a piece of razor attached to the bumper of your truck. Enjoy.

I can't stand a thief!

[bill dennison]

Next time get a cheap used bike, take off the seat and mod it with a spring, washers and a drill bit. Just strong enough for some duct tape to hold. Place a small string tied to a piece of razor attached to the bumper of your truck. Enjoy.

I can't stand a thief!

easer to leave a old tool bag on the truck and sit on the roof with my 50 Beowulf AR15

[Crawdaddy79]

easer to leave a old tool bag on the truck and sit on the roof with my 50 Beowulf AR15

Me and the fam were on a road trip and we brought a cooler with food to save money and time. Long story short, my wife, God bless her left the cooler out in the public and when I realized it was missing we circled back... not even 5 minutes after we left and there was this bill dennison-looking guy in a 12 year old Mustang who had the cooler in his passenger seat, was feasting on our cheese sticks. "Hey, that's ours. Can I have it back?" "Yeah of course!" "Hope you enjoyed the cheese sticks." And he feigned confusion, like I didn't see him chowing down when we drove up.

[necropimp]

found this cheap enough for a shits and giggles purchase

[Nascar24]

EVGA 3050 XC to replace a 1650 in my 1080p atgames pinball pc.

[KAC]

Ewww.

[Nascar24]

Sorry nub, you don’t need a 3090 for 1080P and it’s a 100 percent faster than the 1650.

[Greasy]

Sorry nub, you don’t need a 3090 for 1080P and it’s a 100 percent faster than the 1650.

Inserts didn't gif read for KAC.

[koralis]

After years of meh headphones with bad build quality and irritation (ton of plastic that's wearing out and doesn't stay adjusted), I discovered that the mike on my latest set wasn't working so I couldn't conference call from home. Gave me a good excuse to upgrade.

Build and sound quality between the EPOS H6Pro and my old Sennheiser PC320 is night and day. I'm pretty happy. Head clamp tightness is much higher... good in that it won't be slipping off my head, but will take a little getting used to the pressure along my jawline.

Sounds great though... the sound is so much fuller and crisper in comparison, particularly on the low end. Now I just need to decide if I'm going to spring for DTS Headphones X or stick with Windows Sonic. From what I'm reading, I'll probably do it.

[logical]

I like the color scheme there

[koralis]

I like the color scheme there

They call that one Racing Green and was my favorite. Also comes in a Black/Midnight Blue version as well as one that's White/Cream colored (no way those look good after a year...

Available in open back and closed back configurations (I went with open so I can hear people calling for me.) The mike is attached magnetically and can be popped off if you don't want it around, they have a magnetic blank that goes over the mounting pt. Ear cups pivot top/bottom and forward/back to align with your head and slide up/down along a metal railing (also black.)

All in all, it's pretty sweet if you're looking for a set of quality headphones that won't break the bank (shortly past this the prices start increasing rapidly as you veer into audiophile territory, not that this was cheap.) No glowing lights, no Razer logo, no multi-driver 7.1, just a sophisticated-looking solid set of cans. Metal construction gives me some hope that it won't break down the way some previous phones have.

[logical]

They definitely look the part. I have never heard of that brand before though. I gotta look them up.

[koralis]

They definitely look the part. I have never heard of that brand before though. I gotta look them up.

Sennheiser spinoff for gaming headsets, basically.

https://www.gamesradar.com/sennheise...headset-guide/

First off there is a key bit of housekeeping to make you aware of: Sennheiser headsets will now be sold under the EPOS brand name. After a de-merger in 2020 (explained here), the products were sold under the 'EPOS | Sennheiser' mantle, but now, if you're looking for a Sennheiser gaming headset, you'll actually be purchasing an EPOS gaming headset in the end. Do not let this put you off in any way, however: the Sennheiser quality and reputation remains, and is enhanced through EPOS's input. We've tested some newly refreshed dual-branded headsets, as well as some that only have the EPOS name, and we can categorically say that re actually in the middle of re-testing some familiar models that are now under the new dual-branded guise, so you can expect to see them crop up here very soon.

Anyway, while Sennheiser gaming headsets - and EPOS gaming headsets, fort hat matter, now - are not the flashiest or most feature-filled products on the market (like Razer headsets, for example), they benefit from being made by and for audio purists who want gaming audio execution matched by none. The design and build oozes quality, too; what's the point of great sound if you can't be comfortable wearing the headset?

Their premium nature does often demand a premium price tag, but if any cans justify the investment, it's Sennheiser gaming headsets. They'll last for ages with that solid design and build, their audio quality is timeless, and with some amazing wireless entries to complement wired, multi-device headsets, there's a healthy range to pick from. You will not be disappointed - and if anything goes wrong you're covered by their generous two-year warranty.

[bill dennison]

new pew pew



1222 w/tax and 2 boxes of double oo buck

[Greasy]

AK shotgun! I like it.

[Evileh]

Sounds great though... the sound is so much fuller and crisper in comparison, particularly on the low end. Now I just need to decide if I'm going to spring for DTS Headphones X or stick with Windows Sonic. From what I'm reading, I'll probably do it.

Windows sonic is straight garbage. I use dolby atmos app and it's been great for multiple headphones

[koralis]

Windows sonic is straight garbage. I use dolby atmos app and it's been great for multiple headphones

Ok... I'll ditch Sonic. Have any experience/opinions with Dolby vs DTS? Or just tried the one and been happy with it?

[bill dennison]

AK shotgun! I like it.

just added a

ProMag Magazine Saiga 12 Gauge Drum Polymer Black

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1506185956?pid=958495

and 40 rounds of HORNADY 12 Gauge 00 Buckshot Critical Defense

at 1600 FPS

https://www.rogerssportinggoods.com/hom-86240