What have you bought recently?

[Baz]

Okay I now own 2% of a horse.

5:35 on Thursday 8th September the fastest horse in the world will descend on Chelmsford racecourse. That’s right, my horse is running a race! (Subject to her continuing to progress over the next two weeks)

[Boydy]

A fire tv stick.

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/059/100/e25.jpg

Well, not quite the pirate bay, but piracy in general.

[Mike]

They’re great, when paired with a good IPTV.

[Giggles]

Is there a good one these days? They always used to be absolute muck.

[Boydy]

Any recommendations?

[Mike]

You have to pay for a good one, I’ll PM you.

[igor_balis]

Alright dickheads, I've got about £250 to buy a proper office chair, the awful IKEA dining chair was doing my head in too much.

Any recommendations? I can't help but assume a more textured upholstered one would be cosier and comfier, especially if I wanna relax after a day in the office, but if mesh is just objectively better I would go for that.

[Giggles]

Get a standing desk.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Buy a box, pocket the rest.

[Don]

This is the one. Just got to wait for stock or find it at similar bargain price:

https://www.2ndhnd.com/collections/humanscale/products/humanscale-freedom-chair-recovered-in-new-fabric-1

Edit:

https://www.andrewsofficefurniture.com/second-hand-humanscale-freedom-leather-chair?gclid=Cj0KCQjwqc6aBhC4ARIsAN06NmMfpJXSnnnD6c _H2cDcRimgG5iCP7rGSKL6w7zIaI8ZJuDHP1PyCuYaAjKiEALw _wcB

[Gray Fox]

May be in the market soon for some decent over-ear headphones. ANC isn't all that important to me, more so comfort and sound quality. Is it worth even looking for ~£100?

[Foe]

May be in the market soon for some decent over-ear headphones. ANC isn't all that important to me, more so comfort and sound quality. Is it worth even looking for ~£100?

I picked up some sennheister hd450se on amazon for £75 last week in that prime sale.

Maybe keep an eye on amazon to see if they drop down again (normally £120 or so) as they would probably fit your bill.

They aren’t as good as my Bose quietcomfort 35’s which are just stupidly great, but they were £280 or something.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I have these (https://www.amazon.co.uk/beyerdynamic-770-PRO-Studio-Headphones/dp/B0016MNAAI/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=beyerdynamic%2Bdt770%2Bpro&qid=1666456761&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjg0IiwicXNhIjoiMi40MSIsInFzcCI6IjI uMTYifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=berdynam%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-2&th=1) which I paid £99 for during Black Friday last year I believe. Currently at £120 though.

[Giggles]

The wife picked up the barista pro while I was away and it’s fucking epic :drool:

[Ben]

Indeed. I actually drink coffee now thanks to that thing. Just one cup a day though, tea is still king.

[randomlegend]

May be in the market soon for some decent over-ear headphones. ANC isn't all that important to me, more so comfort and sound quality. Is it worth even looking for ~£100?

Every time I do research on headphones I get the impression there are genuinely really good sounding headphones at all price points, but cheap headphones (like sub-£40) don't last very well.

It just takes a bit of scouring wanky audiophile forums to see what's flavour of the month.

[randomlegend]

Alright dickheads, I've got about £250 to buy a proper office chair, the awful IKEA dining chair was doing my head in too much.

Any recommendations? I can't help but assume a more textured upholstered one would be cosier and comfier, especially if I wanna relax after a day in the office, but if mesh is just objectively better I would go for that.

Buy one which is being sold second hand from office stock.

Proper office chairs are so expensive and doing the above is a good way to get a good one for a reasonable amount of money. I bought a Steelcase Leap V2 off eBay about ten years ago and it's been absolutely great.

[igor_balis]

Buy one which is being sold second hand from office stock.

Proper office chairs are so expensive and doing the above is a good way to get a good one for a reasonable amount of money. I bought a Steelcase Leap V2 off eBay about ten years ago and it's been absolutely great.

Good idea. Ant ideas on how to filter results for proper old office stock rather than chancers just selling bullshit?

[Gray Fox]

I picked up some sennheister hd450se on amazon for £75 last week in that prime sale.

Maybe keep an eye on amazon to see if they drop down again (normally £120 or so) as they would probably fit your bill.

They aren’t as good as my Bose quietcomfort 35’s which are just stupidly great, but they were £280 or something.

I'll keep an eye out on the Sennhiesers! The Bose ones are just a little but out of range.


Every time I do research on headphones I get the impression there are genuinely really good sounding headphones at all price points, but cheap headphones (like sub-£40) don't last very well.

It just takes a bit of scouring wanky audiophile forums to see what's flavour of the month.

I'm admittedly clueless in the audiophile business, but it does seem like the more you pay = better quality in the ear padding and sound. Good active noise cancellation seems to be another tier of price on top.

[Baz]

They aren’t as good as my Bose quietcomfort 35’s which are just stupidly great, but they were £280 or something.
I have these and yeah they're great. I prefer watching TV with them rather than normal TV sound, but feel a bit spesh sitting in headphones when it's just me in the house. :D

[igor_balis]

Got a 5600x to upgrade my computer for £195. My mate built the computer on the cheap for me, and I expected I might get a fiver and a can of monster from CeX for the crappy old 3200g if I was lucky, and inexplicably it's going for 50-100 on eBay. Not entirely sure why, but I'm not complaining.

[Gray Fox]

Nice. I've got the 5700x and it's a great jump from the 6 year old i7 I had.

The 3200g will still be nicely priced because it's out of production, a very good budget friendly option for an entry level type build and the g means it'll allow for on board graphics if you're in a pinch.

[Giggles]

Indeed. I actually drink coffee now thanks to that thing. Just one cup a day though, tea is still king.

Ran out of my nice black shiny beans and had to buy some Tesco stuff and now I can’t get it working. It’s very close to the nearest skip at this stage.

[Lofty]

I feel like the covid tax still lingers on second hand computer parts and cars, not sure if they will ever revert to the mean.

[Ben]

Ran out of my nice black shiny beans and had to buy some Tesco stuff and now I can’t get it working. It’s very close to the nearest skip at this stage.

Not working as in not grinding correctly? Did you get the cleaning brushes with it? Sometimes you've got to take the bean canister off and brush out the chute.

Wanky beans tend to fuck it. This might not be true but the only time it happened to us, the Mrs had bought some dross from Aldi to tide us over.

[Shindig]

Bought myself a 43" 4k TV. I've been using a 1080p set for the last 12 years and that's finally decided to start acting up.

[Giggles]

Not working as in not grinding correctly? Did you get the cleaning brushes with it? Sometimes you've got to take the bean canister off and brush out the chute.

Wanky beans tend to fuck it. This might not be true but the only time it happened to us, the Mrs had bought some dross from Aldi to tide us over.

Yeah I think this is it. We normally buy big bags of the one kind but had ran out and got some cheap ones too. Needed a grind size of 1 to build any pressure.

[randomlegend]

We replaced our bed covers (sheet, duvet cover and pillow cases) with linen stuff recently.

It's expensive (although apparently linen lasts ages if you look after it) but it's so much nicer than anything I've had before.

Highly recommended.

[Baz]

All Christmas presents done and dusted.

Can honestly say Black Friday is completely irrelevant nowadays, no good sales.

Also spent a lot less than previous years due to buying a car earlier in the year. Hopefully everyones prepared. :uhoh:

[Gray Fox]

Looking for a basic level smart watch. Something that lets me read notifications with a decent battery life. I'm not overly fussed if I can actually reply on the watch itself/use Google assistant.

There's so many FitBit and almost brandless style clones that go from £40 all the way up to £100+ whilst looking relatively similar, it's hard to know quite what I'm looking at. Does anyone use one?

[Don]

Have had to buy a new hot water bottle after my old one compeltely disintegrated when I filled it for the first time after about a year in the cupboard. This happened as I was filling it over the sink but I thought these were designed to prevent such madness? I was literally seconds away from having a cock as useless as most of you virgins.

[Spikey M]

I didn't know you were a menopausal woman. It explains a fair amount, mind.

[randomlegend]

Have had to buy a new hot water bottle after my old one compeltely disintegrated when I filled it for the first time after about a year in the cupboard. This happened as I was filling it over the sink but I thought these were designed to prevent such madness? I was literally seconds away from having a cock as useless as most of you virgins.

Your cock breaks if you don't put a hot water bottle on it? What?

[Baz]

Okay, it's definitely satire at this point.

[randomlegend]

Oh I understand now. Whoops :D

[Ben]

A hot water bottle. :D

[igor_balis]

I've got an electric blanket, it's class.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Did your husband buy it for you?

[SvN]

Looking for a basic level smart watch. Something that lets me read notifications with a decent battery life. I'm not overly fussed if I can actually reply on the watch itself/use Google assistant.

There's so many FitBit and almost brandless style clones that go from £40 all the way up to £100+ whilst looking relatively similar, it's hard to know quite what I'm looking at. Does anyone use one?

I was going to get one, but choosing was so exhausting. I can't really see significant differences between any of them, despite some costing £50 and others being upwards of £300. I gave up in the end.

[Gray Fox]

I was going to get one, but choosing was so exhausting. I can't really see significant differences between any of them, despite some costing £50 and others being upwards of £300. I gave up in the end.

You got to where I did. I'm after one that looks more of a watch than a fitness tracker.

Samsung currently have their Watch4 classic for £169 on their site with a code. Can pay on finance too if that helps. They do only have the silver one in at the 46mm size right now though.

[Foe]

Ordered myself a Xbox one last night so that I can play back through the original Halo.

I remember it being good, hopefully it doesn’t disappoint.

[Foe]

Procured original halo via the master chief collection and had to order a controller charge dock given the Xbox I ordered inexplicably does not have the charger cable. Who loses that?

Turned the thing on and there’s about a billion updates to go. Plug and play consoles of old, ie the GameCube, we’re so much better for opportune gaming. Turning the thing on when you fancy a half hour and having to wait that time for updates is mental.

So much hassle and I bet you halo turns out to be shit.

[Giggles]

I’d still buy a GameCube if they could be got. Or an N64.

[Foe]

I bought a used gamecube about 8 years ago for double dash and it’s still great.

The N64 I bought I played close to zero times and ended up selling during/post covid when everyone was looking for something to do.

Pre owned GameCubes are super expensive these days though.

[Giggles]

I have an N64 somewhere, probably buried in the parents attic but I wish they’d release a mini version of it at least. The SNES games are just that bit too old to be worth playing any more on that mini.

[Giggles]

Actually, there are probably GameCube emulators at this stage maybe. Been a couple of years since I checked.

[Baz]

Actually, there are probably GameCube emulators at this stage maybe. Been a couple of years since I checked.

Yep. I can (and so could Foe) play N64 and GameCube games on my Xbox.

[Foe]

Halo is taking five hours to install. Five hours. Jesus Christ.

[Dark Soldier]

Berserk Deluxe Volume 1
Firestick 4k Max
How High We Go In The Dark by Nagamatsu

Wanted all three for a while and those fecking sale prices, why not.

[Lewis]

Halo is taking five hours to install. Five hours. Jesus Christ.

https://i.imgur.com/Wp4OmDv.jpg

[Giggles]

Yep. I can (and so could Foe) play N64 and GameCube games on my Xbox.

Is that Dolphin too or some hardware addition?

[Dark Soldier]

Retroarch emulation on Xbox. Don't even need to do anything to the xbox bar download it and get roms.

My most played game on Series S was Windwaker.

[Baz]

Is that Dolphin too or some hardware addition?

Yeah Dolphin for GameCube (and Wii, I think). There’s a stand-alone Dolphin app or you can run Dolphin through RetroArch.

[niko_cee]

Just bought some robucks [robux?] for my various children aged 10, 8 and 6. Feels like this was probably a bad decision. The younger one has already spaffed most of them on shite.

[-james-]

I bought a dehumidifier recently. I'm a little obsessed with seeing how much water it's extracted from the air. Black magic fuckery.

[Manc]

Dehumidifiers are the one.

[Baz]

Are they noisy?

[Don]

Yeah, we need a new thread here because I've been looking into investing in these. What's this air prufiying business about too? I need noise and energy consumption reviews.

[Manc]

I've got a 12l Meaco and it's a godsend. Sucks up enough moisture to work in a brothel.

[Mike]

I had one when I lived in a flat to help dry washing and it was great.

[Manc]

Emma mattress arrived today. Top tier comfort.

[Foe]

Emma mattress arrived today. Top tier comfort.

More details please. I’ve been debating one of those for my king size.

Which one did you opt for?

[Manc]

The original. Should have been £850, purchased for £400 directly through thier website. Ordered yesterday and arrived this afternoon. Pop along to your local John Lewis and they should have a model to test.

[Baz]

Bought 3 suitcases. 2 big ones and 1 “carry on.”

Roll on, holibobs. :harold:

[-james-]

I think all of the these start-up mattress companies (Emma, Casper, Simba etc.) are basically the same, so just get whichever you can get a good deal on. I got a Casper about 18 months ago and it's probably one of the best things I've ever bought.

[Ben]

We got Hyde & Sleep (firm), same type of mattress, in 2018. It was great for a long time but you can only rotate so many times before the sag gets unavoidable. It’s not terrible yet but we need to change soon.

[randomlegend]

We got a decent John Lewis mattress and then a latex foam topper and it is an amazing setup.

https://www.latexsense.co.uk/luxury-dunlop-latex-topper/

Also highly recommend linen sheets and pillow/duvet covers. They are expensive but so much nicer than cotton and (apparently) last absolutely ages.

[Baz]

I think all of the these start-up mattress companies (Emma, Casper, Simba etc.) are basically the same, so just get whichever you can get a good deal on. I got a Casper about 18 months ago and it's probably one of the best things I've ever bought.Definitely. Ours is Simba and can’t imagine it’s much different to the rest.

Best thing about them is they’re silent when you’re shagging rolling over.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm on a Leesa mattress.

About a year after I bought it they stopped selling in Europe completely.

It's been a good experience.

[Don]

IKEA one here purchased last year, tremendous purchase but it's super king and I'm gonna have to move it next month which I ain't looking forward to.

[SincereTheRebel]

+1 for the mattress topper. I got a standard hard mattress and got a super soft mattress topper from Ikea. Works very well. Im looking for a new bed though. Seems like you can get them second-hand for next to nothing. Not sure how I feel about that though.

[igor_balis]

I can sleep on any old shit, though the electric heated base sheet was a game changer when it was freezing

[Shindig]

Honestly, my duvet does the most of the work. Really traps the heat in.

[Baz]

That’s the crust.

[Gray Fox]

Found myself looking at custom modern refreshes of Game Boys.
Essentially they add into the old shell a nice new OLED screen, update the speaker, give it a rechargeable battery with USB-C connection etc

I was doing this for shamefully long before I realised... Surely you can just put the APK on your phone nowadays.

Has anyone here bought one? Id guess not, but then my next question is, is it really as simple as downloading the APK from somewhere and having it on my phone?

[Spikey M]

What would be the point? It's still an 8 bit processor and games to suit. Giving one an OLED screen is like putting F1 tyres on a milkfloat.

[Giggles]

I was looking up one of those yeti cups - are they really getting away with charging extra for the lids?

[Gray Fox]

What would be the point? It's still an 8 bit processor and games to suit. Giving one an OLED screen is like putting F1 tyres on a milkfloat.

Missed this.

For nostalgia dammit!

[Dark Soldier]

Resident Evil 4 Remake, 30 edibles and an SD card for the RG355M with 35000 games on it.

Long live payday.

[Spikey M]

:drool:

[randomlegend]

https://i.imgur.com/YhGLTXV.jpeg

Finally got all the parts and built my new keyboard :)

[Boydy]

No numpad, shite.

What is "super"?

[randomlegend]

Super are just the windows keys, I have no idea why that keycap set thinks they are super.

I haven't had a keyboard with a numpad for years.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I literally couldn't do my job without a numpad, or at least I'd be doing it a hell of a lot slower.

[phonics]

Looks like soft switches. Lame. How you manage to build a shittier keyboard than my ironic dragon ball z keyboard I don't know.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/464147082253434911/1098244566701850706/IMG_7153.jpg

[Giggles]

Mine is built in.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

No numpad, shite.

What is "super"?

I bought a numpad less keyboard recently and I got used to it very quickly. It's much handier having a smaller keyboard I find.

[Lewis]

I bet.

[randomlegend]

Looks like soft switches. Lame. How you manage to build a shittier keyboard than my ironic dragon ball z keyboard I don't know.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/464147082253434911/1098244566701850706/IMG_7153.jpg

There is literally no possible way to know what switches are in it from that picture. What do you even mean? Could have pen-spring-swapped switches for all you know.

As it happens it has 62g tangies.

[Pepe]

I bet.

:lol:

[Dark Soldier]

Pay day so 42 edibles, a 24 pack of bacon fries, 20 cigs, a kilo of white chocolate jazzies, 5 packs of Riesen chocolate, four cans, a kebab tonight and Berserk Deluxe Volume 2 and 3.

[Ben]

Riesen :drool:

[Dark Soldier]

Best chocolate out there.

[Foe]

Not had it in years but have fond memories.

It’s one of those weird sweets that’s almost exclusively available (it seems) in independent corner shops or shit like home bargains.

[Giggles]

Jazzies and a kebab :drool: :drool: :drool:

[Baz]

Got pic n mix to take on holiday (caravan in wales) and put a load of white chocolate jazzies in. :nod:

[Baz]

Bought a kitchen :sick:

[Manc]

Full works?

[SincereTheRebel]

Bought a kitchen :sick:

You flew in your other wife?

[Mike]

Ours was fitted the other week. Well worth getting done, the new one is glorious.

[Baz]

Full works?

Yep. Only keeping the hob and the washer.

It’s so small that there was zero scope for moving anything around so it’s an almost identical layout but just new stuff, cos the current one looks like it was fitted when Princess Diana was still around.

Got a Quooker tap :cool: swapped some cupboards for pan drawers and changed the individual integrated fridge and freezer to an “American Fridge Freezer” which should be good. Also got a cupboard dedicated to my grass-cutting shoes.

This was the initial mock-up and changed it a bit today, but gives you the gist:

https://www.rllmukforum.com/uploads/monthly_2023_05/IMG_0621.jpeg.caebe69d0f7c53a3b85912c2fd69db64.jpe g

[Shindig]

Looks pretty good, that.

[Gray Fox]

There's a 128gb Kingston SD card with an adapter included on Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07YGZ7JD5?tag=pepperegc22-21&ascsubtag=2522727585#) for £5.

Probably the cheapest decently sized SD card I've seen in a while.

[Mike]

New washing machine.

Paid the to remove the old one, take it away and install the new one. They arrived and announced there was no way the old one would come out of where it was, so I pulled it out for them.
They then umm’d and ahh’d about the new, same sized machine, fitting in and called someone. Handed me the phone and got told they wouldn’t fit it cos it wouldn’t fit. So I’ve asked for a refund and with help from my Dad, just installed it and fit it (squeezed it) into the gap.

[-james-]

Was just at my parents local supermarket in Greece. A block of feta is €3.50, the same block of feta costs about two quid in Tesco I'm sure. Average wage here is about 900 euro a month. Mental.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yeah I'm a regular feta buyer and it's like £2.20 maximum in Brexit Britain.

What is going on there, just profiteering?

[Boydy]

They're exporting it all.

[Giggles]

I was in a factory the other day that makes just feta and it's all exported to Greece.

[niko_cee]

Don't tell the PDO people that.

[Raoul Duke]

Same thing here: the Dutch grow a massive amount of fruit and veg but it's more expensive here than in the UK because it all gets exported (and Dutch supermarkets are a monopolist scam).

Flowers and plants are much cheaper though. Let 'em eat tulips

[Spikey M]

Isn't this exactly what we do with the oil from the North Sea too?

[Baz]

Ordered 24 cans of root beer for £33.98 and 48 cans have arrived. :sst:

[Baz]

This is one of the best bargains I’ve ever seen on hotukdeals: https://www.hotukdeals.com/share-deal-from-app/4154480

Not a referral link. You get all Adobe Creativr Clouds for a year for £3.24, by pretending you’re a teacher in Lebanon. Insane value!

[SincereTheRebel]

I was after a floor lamp for quite some time. I managed to find one on Facebook Market for a £10 which i went and picked up about 5 minutes form my house. I did that two weeks ago. The guy who sold it me, has message me back saying "ermmm my wife said I sold the lamp for too cheap" Even though it was listed for £20 for over two months before I bought it and I talked him down to £10 in three seconds.

Turns out, it was this one :henn0rz: (https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/evedal-floor-lamp-marble-grey-20357918/)

[Manc]

£279 for an IKEA lamp? I'll give it a year before we're all living in the gutter.

[Baz]

Block the seller.

[Mike]

Yeah, what’s he expecting there? You to send him an extra £150 to apologise for buying it for what he agreed?

[SincereTheRebel]

It was listed for months for 20£ unless it was a typo. Maybe £200 and the nutta or his wife fucked up the listing. Lol at them.

[Offshore Toon]

Tell him you've donated £200 in his wife's name to the RSPCA.

[Spikey M]

What a fanny. What is he expecting to happen now?

[SincereTheRebel]

I messaged him back saying "Oh Well" and hit the all powerful block button.

[Dark Soldier]

An mp3 player and wired headphones. Feel like I'm 21 again.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bought a Galaxy Watch 4 in the Prime Day sales.

Wanted the Ticwatch Pro 5 or a Galaxy Watch 5 Pro ideally. Sadly the Ticwatch wasn't discount in Prime day and the GW 5 wasn't discounted enough.

[John Arne]

How much was the watch?

I looked at the Pixel watch today, just too expensive at £350.

Bought buds pro last week - just returned them - very strange shape and never in the ears.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

£149 down from £199.

Pixel watch was never in the running for me as I don't like how it looks.

I have the buds pro and I like them, seem to fit me well.

[Giggles]

I nearly bought the GW4 as well but I really can't see myself sticking with this Samsung phone.

[Foe]

Bought a ps5 to play through hogwarts legacy.

Should’ve just got it on ps4, the graphics are rubbish.

Game is great though. Vice city with wands.

[Raoul Duke]

A new axe: Sire H7V (https://www.souman.nl/sire-h7v-larry-carlton-hollow-body-black.html)

It's a beautiful thing :halm:

[-james-]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manta-Sleep-Mask-Adjustable-Deepest-Possible/dp/B07PRG2CQY

If you're a light sensitive brother, you need to cop one of these. I'm accessing depths of sleep I'd forgotten were possible.

[Spikey M]

My house has been inundated with parcels for the Mrs over the last couple of weeks, so - fearing a surprise bankruptcy - I asked her what's going on. It turns out she's discovered Temu. You know, the one with the irritating adverts:


https://youtu.be/RgNuwb9lpeg

So she showed me the shite she bought - and make no mistake, it is shite - and how much it was. I can only arrive at the conclusion that this is the pinnacle of capitalism. It's almost unfathomable how they're turning a profit. I can only assume slave labour is involved.

Todays package involved Eyebrow scissors 97p, Mario and Luigi hats £2.97 and 10 mosquito bracelets for £1.40. Free delivery from China. Mental. Shite and mental.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Clever stuff by the Chinese. Why bother with the faff of spying through Huawei phones when you can just flood the nation with enough cost-price tat that every woman in the western hemisphere develops an emotional dependency on your exploitative labour model.

[Spikey M]

I'm sure there's spy-chips hidden in most of it too tbf.

[Lofty]

Yeah I'm pretty sure Temu is regarded as a security risk to use.

[Baz]

Recently Temu has plagued the top of my Google searches. Bit the bullet and ordered some cat bowls from there.

Not even worth sharing my referral link cos it’s all cheap shite anyway.

[Giggles]

I get nothing but Temu ads on Soccer Star now, though it's a nice change from the once for those mobile games that don't exist.

[mo]

I need a new beard trimmer as the battery on mine is fucked, if anyone has any suggestions? Looking on amazon prices are all over the shop.

[Don]

Just popped my Temu cherry as needed a toothbrush case, angled soap holder and a fruit knife for my work lunches. Chucked in some nail files and a phone screen protector to get me to the £5 min order. Glorious stuff. The DHGate of stuff that doesn't need any specialised quality checking.

[mo]

Sure you could've just gone whole hog and got the little lamp and gel nail kit too.

[SincereTheRebel]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manta-Sleep-Mask-Adjustable-Deepest-Possible/dp/B07PRG2CQY

If you're a light sensitive brother, you need to cop one of these. I'm accessing depths of sleep I'd forgotten were possible.

I get about 5 hours before i wake up. My body just wakes up and after it does, i cant get back to sleep. Not sure if this will help.

[Foe]

Been buying a load of old gamecube games recently. Reckon there’s about 450 or so PAL games so might just try and get them all.

Starting with the interesting ones ie the Zelda and Mario ones. Already discovered I have a disc only copy of Mario party 6 I wasn’t aware of and now have duplicate copies of Luigi’s mansion, mario kart, Zelda four swords and Zelda collectors edition.

Hooking up a gamecube proved to be way too difficult so I googled it and have since ordered myself a new cable. I’ve definitely had it set up in the past, but I’ll be damned how I did it.

[Giggles]

Never knew they could be got any more. Are they big money?

[Gray Fox]

I'm taking the plunge into an emulation machine but there's nothing quite like owning the actual consoles. It's tough though. I've a decent condition NES and a near perfect condition SNES but do I fuck have a TV I can easily plug them into now. Not like they would be looking great blown up on everyones big screen TVs these days.

[Foe]

It’s all online and some of them are surprisingly expensive.

I’ve just been looking at fairly recent solds to get a view of what’s a reasonable price. Paper Mario was the best part of £100 though.

Mario sunshine you can get for about £15 though, so it’s definitely a bit of finding what’s still kicking about and memorable.

I didn’t even realise twilight princess was released on gamecube and wii, turns out it was. £80 for that one.

[Foe]

I'm taking the plunge into an emulation machine but there's nothing quite like owning the actual consoles. It's tough though. I've a decent condition NES and a near perfect condition SNES but do I fuck have a TV I can easily plug them into now. Not like they would be looking great blown up on everyones big screen TVs these days.

Yeah, I sort of questioned whether to go older but I wasn’t involved in that era and the first stuff I remember is original PlayStation, Xbox and Gameboy colour/advance. I think I’ll try and piece together the Pokémon gameboy games next year and try and find a reasonably decent condition gameboy advance. I had the sort of clear pink one. :cool:

[Shindig]

I think the cables are easy to find because Nintendo tended to reuse them across several consoles.

I wish I picked up that Zelda collection when I saw it years ago. I do own a copy of Wind Waker with Ocarina and the Master Quest bundled with it.

[Foe]

The Zelda collectors edition is only £30-35 so actually not awful. Same with wind Waker.

I’m sort of focusing on the expensive games first as I suspect they’ll the ones that would hold value. Pokémon gale of darkness is going to be crippling to own though. £250+. Yuck.

[Giggles]

Is there any emulation that isn't shite? I always wanted to go that route but gave up and dragged back out the N64 and got a SNES mini. Would love a GameCube.

[Giggles]

€145 for an unboxed one in CeX here at the minute, but God knows if it's even working.

[Gray Fox]

For the Gameboy cartridges, they used a small battery on board them to power the ability to hold your save data. Given the games are now 30 years old or so the batteries on them have seen better days. You can swap them yourself or get somewhere else to do it for you, but it's something to be aware of if you plan to play through them.

[Gray Fox]

Is there any emulation that isn't shite? I always wanted to go that route but gave up and dragged back out the N64 and got a SNES mini. Would love a GameCube.

As long as you find the proper ROMs you're fine these days. The Chinese are blasting out handhelds that can do it on the go and they're quite good now COVID isn't halting their parts supply.

[Shindig]

Yeah, Gamecube emulation is pretty solid. My Gamecube has a drifty third party controller so I prefer to emulate rather than play them on the console.

[Dark Soldier]

Yeah emulation is 99% brilliant now. There's the odd game that will always cause issues but thousands upon thousands of them are perfect. There's even emulators that absolutely 100% accurately emulate the hardware. Little glitches and all sorts if you're that nerdy.

[Lofty]

Emulation on Steam Deck is quality.

[Gray Fox]

Steam Deck can pretty much play everything. It's the best thing out there now.

Only trouble is getting one. Valve taking the hit on the price to be able to get it into peoples hands was a really smart move. Companies are only just coming up with alternatives now but even then because they can't take the price hit, they're 3 times the cost and then what's the point?

[Mike]

I’ve spent the weekend looking at Steam decks….

[Shindig]

I was... err... looking at Raspberry Pi's.

[Gray Fox]

I’ve spent the weekend looking at Steam decks….

If money isn't the issue(and you can get one), go for it. Similar style devices from other manufacturers will cost £700+ easily.

[Lofty]

They are doing refurbished steam decks now, has that not improved availability? I love mine.

[Giggles]

I presume a Shield is far too outdated now to do anything on?

[Gray Fox]

I presume a Shield is far too outdated now to do anything on?

Assuming you mean the NVIDIA Shield, you could likely do some, but by my eye you'll be in an around the Gamecube era with the power the thing has.

You can get mini-PCs which fit the bill better, or the money at the minute is in the handhelds.

[Shindig]

Just watch out for any mini-PCs masquerading as bitcoin miners.

[Gray Fox]

Mike the official page just got a refresh of 64gb Steam Decks.

[Giggles]

Got Dolphin set up finally. Some fucking faff getting games onto the Shield when you've never done it before, but after it all the Shield can't handle GC anyway.
Did all again on my old XPS15 I don't use any more and it's all good. Metroid Prime :drool:

[Giggles]

Anyone know what you need to do to play Wii games on Dolphin with an Xbox controller?

[Mike]

I’m sure you just set the controller to be a pro controller. I could be wrong though

[Gray Fox]

If anyone on here knows, it'll be DS.

If not I'd sift through Reddit.

[Giggles]

It seems to want all the tilt controls and all when you go to configure the buttons.

[Gray Fox]

Don't know really where to put this but if you're on Vodafone, you can get Amazon Prime at £1 for 3 months.

[Lofty]

Going full Chris Eubank/Baz with a green tweed suit for Chester races.

[Boydy]

Going full Chris Eubank/Baz with a green tweed suit for Chester races.

https://www.mashed.com/img/gallery/13-facts-to-know-before-buying-green-giant-vegetables-again/intro-1665717296.jpg

[Spikey M]

:D

[Dark Soldier]

It seems to want all the tilt controls and all when you go to configure the buttons.

Sorry I'm late with this lad. With an Xbox controller you can't really use tilt based Wii games. There is workaround where you move tilt etc to sticks but its fucking awful.

You can play Mario Galaxy etc, with right stick for pointer. Paper Mario, New Super Mario Bros all work just set it to pro controller.

There are custom ini files I believe for the PS controller as it has gyro built in. And there's a way to set up your PC to accept Wii controllers via Bluetooth but you may as well just play the Wii at the point.

[Lofty]

https://www.mashed.com/img/gallery/13-facts-to-know-before-buying-green-giant-vegetables-again/intro-1665717296.jpg

:D

[Gray Fox]

I've mentioned it before, but I'm looking for a cheap smartwatch to wear as my workplace doesn't allow phones(unwritten rule that as long as it stays in the pocket/off, you're fine).

Amazon seems flooded with tonnes of the fuckers. All ranging from £20 to 60 and not a clue of the difference in any of them. Has anyone bought one lately?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BZXZBYW4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I had this one for a few months before purchasing a more expensive one (Samsung Galaxy Watch 4).

I wouldn't say it's a great watch but it does a decent job. Battery life is very good and I found it comfortable.

The watch faces aren't to my liking (they're all a bit too busy), sleep tracking and step counting doesn't work very well either.

Also doesn't work with Whatsapp.

[Baz]

So not that one then. :D

[Offshore Toon]

I've mentioned it before, but I'm looking for a cheap smartwatch to wear as my workplace doesn't allow phones(unwritten rule that as long as it stays in the pocket/off, you're fine).

Amazon seems flooded with tonnes of the fuckers. All ranging from £20 to 60 and not a clue of the difference in any of them. Has anyone bought one lately?
What do you do? Every time you mention work it sounds like a sweatshop.

[Gray Fox]

Work in a warehouse that's probably not too dissimilar to Amazon. BBC made a short film called Life and Death in the Warehouse and it's pretty accurate in what it's like to be in one if you've ever wondered.

[Lofty]

You get in trouble for calling an ambulance?

[Gray Fox]

I know someone who got in trouble for the company calling an ambulance for them.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Warehouse work at one of those big places sounds grim. The warehouse attached to my place is bad enough, it's noticeable how differently they treat the warehouse staff compared to us in the office. Warehouse staff are basically human machines on the minimum wage assumed to be society's lowest form of scum. The only advantage of a smaller place like ours over one of the big corporates is that as long as the value gets packed and shipped, then they're not too intrusive about the minutiae of people's work days.

[Lofty]

I doubt the old man is electronically micromanaging their productivity percentages, either.

[Gray Fox]

It really is quite dire. Even in the 8 years I've been here it's got significantly worse. Thankfully I'm not one of those under an illusion as to what's going on. I'm here because I needed a non-agency contract and they're letting me do the 10-2 around the kids school stuff.
The amount of people I've seen come in, try and work their ass off to get somewhere, continue to see the dangled carrot and keep trying is quite sad.

[Baz]

I’m trying to get liver scans into the big Amazon warehouse round here, to scan all the staff. On Friday I was confident it was a promising endeavour but now I’m thinking of not bothering.

[Spikey M]

Warehouse staff are basically human machines on the minimum wage assumed to be society's lowest form of scum.


https://youtu.be/ymPArQDB3gw?si=7RLI3JgNdCUrlhVM

[Gray Fox]

So after doing some digging on smart watches, it seems almost all of the non/fake branded ones on Amazon are not worth your time. Not exactly surprising but sometimes they can be good finds in other departments.

Most reviewers I've checked up on seem to suggest the Xiaomi Band 7 as the budget option and if you want beyond what that offers, you're better jumping up to the £200 ish options of your named brands. Seems like it makes sense to get one of those, see if I need the extra and then go from there. The 7 is about £40 on Amazon, though the 8 has just released in China and can be Ali Expressed over here for about £30.



I’m trying to get liver scans into the big Amazon warehouse round here, to scan all the staff. On Friday I was confident it was a promising endeavour but now I’m thinking of not bothering.

Scan them for what? Alcohol related damage? I can tell you for certain they wont let you do it. Despite whatever drug/alcohol policies they may have, any chance you're be dinging staff for it is an issue they wont want to deal with.

[Giggles]

Anyone know anything about 3D printers? Looking them up they seem too cheap (around 500 quid) for something that you'd think they could charge way more for. Is the material or design software how they fleece you or what's the story with them?

[Gray Fox]

Given we've hit payday and am still employed I looked back into a smart watch. I don't want to go absolutely nuts and buy one of the £400+ ones and was looking at around about £200 being my top end.

The main players in this range seem to be Huawei. Their GT range is the one most people will be buying and they've recently released the 4th generation of it. (https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/wearables/watch-gt4/buy/) As it's new they're bundling a set of decent but not amazing wireless buds as a sweetner.
They still have the GT3 (https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/wearables/watch-gt3/buy/) on there. And beyond that there's the GT3 SE (https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/wearables/watch-gt3-se/buy/), which as far as I can tell is the same specs as the GT3, but in a cheaper finish.

The downside of Huawei is that since the 5g mast business, you have to jump through hoops to even get their app as it isn't allowed on our Google store. That also means you're essentially locked to what is on the watch/app when you get it. The positive is that what it does have, it does well and the battery lasts well over a week on a full charge, even with all of your features turned on. It would also work on both Android and iOs if I ever switched down the line.

Opposite to them you have the Samsung watch. You can get their 4th gen standard watch (https://www.box.co.uk/SM-R870NZSAEUA-Samsung-Galaxy-Watch4-44mm-Aluminum-Si_3835553.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwyNSoBhA9EiwA5aYlb0PT J6uXpi0iIEzA1Cjz3Vm2txM-69W391erOHOVxrIdsKWftmVcuRoC8hIQAvD_BwE) for a somewhat reasonable price now.
Plus of it is that as Samsung and Google play nice together you get access to all of their features and the play store for additional things. Downside is the battery life is horrid. Lucky to get a full day with all the bells and whistles on. It also only works on Android, so if I were to go iOs down the line I'd need to hand it to someone else.

Now Amazon do have a "renewed" version of the 5 pro on sale, which give it a better design and bumps up to double the battery life at least and that's there for £220, but I'm wary as it's not new and nearly £200 less than what they sell it for new.

[Spikey M]

Talk to me about razors, please lads.

I have been using a Gillette Fusion 5, but they get blunt ridiculously quickly for the price. So I tried switching to pack of cheapo disposables and quickly cut my face to ribbons.

Wa'gwan with "Harry's" and the like? Any good?

[phonics]

The corporation my mum worked for owned Gillette so just before she retired I got her to get hundreds of fusion blades. That was about 3 years ago and im down to my last 5. The only thing saving me is my inability to grow anything more than a shit goatee.

I had one of the electric Brauns for a while but it was really shit for my type of facial hair that just grows as hair rather than stubble.

[niko_cee]

How do you cut your face to ribbons with normal bog standard razors? Are you sliding it across your face or something? That said, my most recent batch of supermarket cheapos [Sainsburys] seem noticeably shitter than they have previously been, so may need to upgrade to a branded shitter or a better supermarket.

Anything with more than 2 blades is needless and actively harmful to utility.

[Pepe]

I hate shaving, but a safety razor is the least annoying way to do it imo.

[Spikey M]

How do you cut your face to ribbons with normal bog standard razors? Are you sliding it across your face or something? That said, my most recent batch of supermarket cheapos [Sainsburys] seem noticeably shitter than they have previously been, so may need to upgrade to a branded shitter or a better supermarket.

Anything with more than 2 blades is needless and actively harmful to utility.

How do you shave without sliding the razor across your face?

[Giggles]

The 0 on a hair trimmer is enough hair to be off anyones face.

[niko_cee]

How do you shave without sliding the razor across your face?

I meant more a side-to side-movement, than an up-down movement, the former being the last train to cut central.

[Gray Fox]

Harrys offer a free trial for the cost of delivery(£3.95). You choose which bundle you'd like, should you keep it going after your trial and they'll deliver it based on how often you tell them you shave.

I have a friend who uses them and is very happy with it. Sometimes you can find content creators with discount codes but I dont know of any right now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just don't shave, it's cheaper and you look cooler.

[Spikey M]

Harrys offer a free trial for the cost of delivery(£3.95). You choose which bundle you'd like, should you keep it going after your trial and they'll deliver it based on how often you tell them you shave.

I have a friend who uses them and is very happy with it. Sometimes you can find content creators with discount codes but I dont know of any right now.

Yeah I've done this. 8 cartridges every 2 months and I'll see how I go.


Just don't shave, it's cheaper and you look cooler.

Can't. I'm BaldyMouse these days and I use them for my bonce aswell. I can't go trotting 'round like a beardy Bill Bailey.

[niko_cee]

Ah, head shaving is another thing entirely. A friend who does that said he used 4 supermarket safety razors to do the job the other day, which seemed a bit :cab:.

I did that Harry's thing but found the razors built up even with the minimum quantity/frequency, although if you are head shaving that should be less of an issue. They were good razors.

[John Arne]

I go to a barbers and get a middle aged women to shave my beard for about £1. #communism

[Baz]

Harrys offer a free trial for the cost of delivery(£3.95). You choose which bundle you'd like, should you keep it going after your trial and they'll deliver it based on how often you tell them you shave.

I have a friend who uses them and is very happy with it. Sometimes you can find content creators with discount codes but I dont know of any right now.
Your mate not got a referral code?

[Gray Fox]

Your mate not got a referral code?

I didnt realise that was a thing.

[phonics]

I was rather disapointed with my crappy sofa but two 7.99 cushions from The Range have made it an excellent napping device.

[igor_balis]

I meant more a side-to side-movement, than an up-down movement, the former being the last train to cut central.
I love the klf

[-james-]

Most boring post I've ever made but has anyone bought a good hoover recently? Is it worth waiting for "Black Friday"?

[niko_cee]

If you're after convenience go cordless, but if you actually want to hoover something up get a Henry or something.

I have some sort of Tineco cordless one bought quite recently which is OK, probably better than the Dyson it replaced, but still a bit meh when it comes to picking stuff up.

[SvN]

I bought a Dyson for £500+ a few years ago and within 18 months it was absolutely fucked. They attempted a repair, and within months it was shit again. My wife is an expert in dealing with shit like this, so I left her to it and we ended up with a refund.

We bought a Shark to replace it, which seems alright after 2 years.

[Jimmy Floyd]

For my standard-size flat with standard-issue dust and detritus, I bought a Henry. Never failed me. I've probably failed him.

[Baz]

Most boring post I've ever made but has anyone bought a good hoover recently? Is it worth waiting for "Black Friday"?I've got the top dog Dyson Gen 5 Detect or whatever it is and it's very good. Hard to push round upstairs (better carpet) when on the top setting cos it sucks stronger than me on Szoboszlai's dick.

Wall mounted in the cupboard nicely, for maximum pleasure.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've got a Shark, does the job.

[Manc]

Can confirm the Dyson hype isn't real.

[Lofty]

Have had a Shark and a Dyson, Henry still king.

[Ben]

If you're not arsed about aesthetics then Screwfix are doing the Titan 1400W Wet & Dry for £50 which is an absolute beast.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've never been a fan of Henry, smug little shit.

[Don]

The most basic £30 one from Tesco seemed to do a superb job for me for 6 years up until this week when one of the wheels on the head broke which has now probably made it time to replace it even though it can still be used.

It really makes you appreciate the strangehold of consumerism though when you listen to these empty vessels who try and justify spending £500+ on Dysons and Mieles.

[Giggles]

I've a cordless Dyson about 5 years. Replaced the batteries after 3 years and it's been spot on outside that.

[Bam]

It really makes you appreciate the strangehold of consumerism though when you listen to these empty vessels who try and justify spending £500+ on Dysons and Mieles.

Some of us want it to actually pick the dirt up from the carpet, strange I know.

[Don]

Ah, I forget pet owners and general filth dwellers but I doubt the most basic wouldn't suffice for such needs too. I've found little difference between it and a Henry which I take is known to be quite the machine.

[Lewis]

Some of us want it to actually pick the dirt up from the carpet, strange I know.

Airs it out flying to work.

[Don]

phonics

[Lewis]

If you're not arsed about aesthetics then Screwfix are doing the Titan 1400W Wet & Dry for £50 which is an absolute beast.

I bought one of these and it hoovers the flat below as well.

[Ben]

I bought one of these and it hoovers the flat below as well.

I tried to introduce one to the house to replace the wife's cool looking but ultimately shit overpriced cordless contraption, but was quickly knocked back. It found residence in the garage where I used it on the cars but then the wife saw how immaculate her footwells were so has allowed it to be used in the "problem areas" of the house: the baby's room, the landing, the stairs, the hallway, the kitchen and the conservatory.

I'd say I've won that one but there's still the £350 thingy hanging on the wall too.

[Giggles]

Anyone know anything about those screens that supposedly act like an Android Auto/Carplay screen that connect to your existing radio and your phone? On the head of it they look like the could do exactly what's required for someone without Carplay in their car, but on the other hand I've only really seen them on Instagram ads which normally automatically screams dodgy.

[Don]

I don't know what carplay is but if this is some bargain method of getting my music on the car's sound system then I'm all ears.

[niko_cee]

Links you car display and your phone, so the screen thing essentially becomes your phone.

[Ben]

Like this (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363887624101?hash=item54b9647fa5:g:G~gAAOSwgzVitDN Z&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8K3SPg%2BrGcl2yIOl0%2Bc3fo6S1 JWzfDpTqa%2FiO98T%2BDAWuBmYxR%2FM93DQVj17J8D%2BEDt 0oYIIUbpTxfn1DAjqKt6pLohsrwTAYyzP53uWddW1fTfAxZwz7 TD4uCWTWCK8jAC9rYo7g5EQs9a3L9IufzC2cKzJ1b5%2FsabjT O6Av8tlmjdBNKJbFIxW8lheAL%2B0mUa3NmElOc2pysyU5FTQA kE0treso9ruNkCTFF3wIvBwLpwNgeQw%2BuoaNhN246iLi3B0a T7xKlm%2BnZtfne%2FLiJgaWNSnxEvi6mQvT8ljifFOhala4hk vdQmSwxY73N25Vg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBM9IWDlv5i)?

I've not had this type, but rather just the base unit that you wire in (because my car already has a screen). I assume it's the same factory in China that churns them out, and I've no complaints.

[Don]

Car display? Get the fuck out of here you consumerist infidels.

[Baz]

:lol:

[Giggles]

Like this (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363887624101?hash=item54b9647fa5:g:G~gAAOSwgzVitDN Z&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8K3SPg%2BrGcl2yIOl0%2Bc3fo6S1 JWzfDpTqa%2FiO98T%2BDAWuBmYxR%2FM93DQVj17J8D%2BEDt 0oYIIUbpTxfn1DAjqKt6pLohsrwTAYyzP53uWddW1fTfAxZwz7 TD4uCWTWCK8jAC9rYo7g5EQs9a3L9IufzC2cKzJ1b5%2FsabjT O6Av8tlmjdBNKJbFIxW8lheAL%2B0mUa3NmElOc2pysyU5FTQA kE0treso9ruNkCTFF3wIvBwLpwNgeQw%2BuoaNhN246iLi3B0a T7xKlm%2BnZtfne%2FLiJgaWNSnxEvi6mQvT8ljifFOhala4hk vdQmSwxY73N25Vg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBM9IWDlv5i)?

I've not had this type, but rather just the base unit that you wire in (because my car already has a screen). I assume it's the same factory in China that churns them out, and I've no complaints.

Yeah one of that type. I would rather do the full head unit swap but it's a Toyota and the heater controls are on the existing screen so it'd be too much of a faff. This seemed like the next best option.

Edit - that's the make there that keeps coming up on my social feeds https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155819005709

[Boydy]

It's insane to me how they put stuff like heating controls for a car on touchscreens these days.

[SvN]

Almost everything in my car is either on the steering wheel or touch screen. It's mostly fine, but some things (heating controls) are a fucking ballache.

[Boydy]

I don't want to have to take my eyes off the road to flick through a few screens to adjust the heating. Just give me a dial I can turn.

[Ben]

It's baffling how they get away with it, considering touching your phone screen is illegal.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Well in theory you should be pulling over in a safe place to adjust the heating, so not their problem.

[Don]

Dials are very noughties, fam. As with deciding to disconnect the two earbuds on headphones/earphones, the pursuit for innovation cares not for actual benefits when people spend impulsively without thinking.

[Yevrah]

I'm in a new-ish MG at the moment and it has horrific in car controls for pretty much just about everything, but as has been highlighted upthread I genuinely couldn't believe it when I had to fuck about with menus to adjust the sodding heating. Putting myself in the mind of a Man (and it must be a Man) who'd come up with that is a challenge. We finished in car heating controls forty years ago, leave them the sod alone.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Car making is all about profit margins, cheaper to do everything from a screen than design little knobs and pay someone to screw them on. Or at least I'm guessing it is.

[Ben]

No doubt. Post-2020 the standard Golf has a shite interior, when they realised they can con enough people into paying for all the extras. 2012-19 it was such a lovely car, whatever spec you had.

[Pepe]

Those touchscreen monstrosities will be replaced by dials soon. They will be sold as upgrades, of course. "Experience the tactile feedback of the innovative potentio-adjuster. Fine tune the heating level with extreme precision without taking your eyes off the road. That'll be $45,000."

[Lofty]

All the more reason to buy an old Volvo :drool:

[randomlegend]

Those touchscreen monstrosities will be replaced by dials soon. They will be sold as upgrades, of course. "Experience the tactile feedback of the innovative potentio-adjuster. Fine tune the heating level with extreme precision without taking your eyes off the road. That'll be $45,000."

This is how it was when we bought an induction hob. The only way to get real dials instead of the (crap) touch ones was to spend about 2 grand.

[John Arne]

:drool:

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CB6PMK/interior-of-a1998-ford-focus-mk1-5-door-2CB6PMK.jpg

1999 Ford Focus, my first "proper" car, dials and switches galore.

[niko_cee]

I still have some degree of dialeage on my 2018 Sharan but the windscreen blower is absolute wank and whenever it is remotely cold there's about 2 pints of condensation inside the bastard. What causes that, is it because it has a big cabin or something and is there anyway to mitigate against it other than keeping a towel in the car?

[Ben]

Have you had the AC serviced recently? AC drain is probably blocked, or at least partially. It's not a difficult task to clean out but involves you removing the glovebox usually.

[niko_cee]

It was serviced last week by the dealer. Would they do that?

It's not a new problem particularly, it has always done it. Just seems to be a condensation beast.

[Ben]

A £200 service? That's just oil and filters so no. You usually need a specialist AC servicer if you can't do it yourself. Mine has the same problem but nowhere near to your degree so I'm just ignoring it for now. It is a bit daunting taking the glovebox out if you've not done it before.

[Baz]

Wanna come and do mine? Winters a nightmare for having to wait on the drive while the condensation clears, while my wife tootles off with her fancy heated windscreen.

[Ben]

You need someone who does it for a living. If it's just the drain then you're looking at less than £100 to sort it but if the condenser actually needs repairing then you're looking at closer to £400 including labour probably.

YouTube can probably help you clean your own drain so at least you can rule that bit out free of charge.

[SincereTheRebel]

Wanna come and do mine? Winters a nightmare for having to wait on the drive while the condensation clears, while my wife tootles off with her fancy heated windscreen.


What i find strange is, people who live in homes with a garage. Do not use it to store a car. Its mostly used to collect random misc items that should have been taken to the skip years ago.

[Magic]

My car is in the garage.