What did you buy today?

[Sooty22]

One of these.
Because I'm old and tired. View attachment 106128

What is that??

 

[Sooty22]

I agree , it's weird looking.

It's a deadlift jack.

Although I don't mind lifting a barbell , loading and unloading the plates ( when on the ground ) is a massive PITA , so you use this to attach at an angle to the barbell then use the leverage to pivot it off the ground for loading , unloading.


That or it's some sprinters prosthetic leg.

Just saw this

 

[Nice65]

What is that??

A paradox

 

[Billy-o]

As it's not possible to machine-dye the whole thing without also dyeing the brown side, your only option is to use a dye like Jacquards fabric paint, applied by brush. I tried it to make the old WW2 british brushstroke camo, and it was very very tricky, so I gave up on that. However, one thing that you could easily do with those paints is to make something like a pine-needle blotch kind of camo, using dark green on the white side. I bet it would look great.

Could try block printing.

 

[MartinK9]

Another Jackery powerstation,

This time the E1000 v2

Prompted by their Prime deals offer and a £200 "PB win" it'd be rude not too.

 

[Mesquite]

Another Jackery powerstation,

This time the E1000 v2

Prompted by their Prime deals offer and a £200 "PB win" it'd be rude not too.

That was a good price

 

[Stew]

That was a good price

I think that £200 was his premium bonds winnings not the purchase price….

 

[hughtrimble]

I think that £200 was his premium bonds winnings not the purchase price….

I read PB win as they also threw in a power bank with the purchase! Premium bonds makes far more sense

 

[MartinK9]

I think that £200 was his premium bonds winnings not the purchase price….

Correct. It was £198.

 

[MartinK9]

That was a good price

Thanks Steve,

 

[Stew]

Correct. It was £198.

Ha ha! Fair enough - even better!

 

[Mesquite]

I think that £200 was his premium bonds winnings not the purchase price….

I was actually referring to the actual purchase price from Jackery as it's currently 57% off

 

[Broch]

Where? I can only find a 24% off offer

 

[Stew]

I was actually referring to the actual purchase price from Jackery as it's currently 57% off

Yeah, no drama. His post didn’t mention that so I was basing it on what I read and thought you misread.

 

[Stew]

And I had a second solar micro inverter arrive. £110 so a good chunk of the way of the way of ‘paying off’ the investment just by it being on offer. It’ll pay back in less than two years by my guesstimate.

 

[Stew]

Where? I can only find a 24% off offer

https://uk.jackery.com/products/explorer-1000-v2-portable-power-station?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18985084696&gbraid=0AAAAApW3TADhqyDE9ju6mfDdYnoTvPZ9u&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuJLWBhD_ARIsAIBcRUz8Suxg6B-RqiWzBV19p0WeHPU4YQmfjQx6-F-jfAjDt1MRYuPWdz4aAvJCEALw_wcB

Not quite £198 though….

 

[Sooty22]

Not today, but I inspected it more closely today. I bought a length of DPM cotton twill last week and it arrived, complete with the surplus smell, so I was getting excited about having scored a 1960s early DPM.
On closer inspection and with a burn test, it appears to contain a good bit of polyester in it
Either way, I am starting to put together a copy of the 1963 Pattern Windproof Smock with it, and hope I'll get my hands on the real deal fabric at some point, so I can do a better job of it on a further attempt.

 

[Broch]

https://uk.jackery.com/products/explorer-1000-v2-portable-power-station?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18985084696&gbraid=0AAAAApW3TADhqyDE9ju6mfDdYnoTvPZ9u&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuJLWBhD_ARIsAIBcRUz8Suxg6B-RqiWzBV19p0WeHPU4YQmfjQx6-F-jfAjDt1MRYuPWdz4aAvJCEALw_wcB

Not quite £198 though….

Ah, the standard price on Amazon was £499 so the Amazon Prime Day price of £379 is only 24%

 

[Kadushu]

It actually arrived on Friday but I'm running it in today. The Fire Maple 1.2l with a wide lid so I can park my scooter in it. I didn't need it but I've wanted one for ages because I think it looks beautiful.