And it might not help the first time but keep calling every time they're being rude assholes.

We considered it briefly, but our budget is limited and the unit is used much less frequently than when it was originally gifted to us. A wedding gift. The cost to repair was approximately a third of the cost of a new unit.

I use a Shure SRH1540. It's well built, and sounds good. I wear them in bed and I haven't experienced any issues. It came with 2 cables and two sets of pads.

It's a bit more complicated than that. Heat Pump Dryers are still pretty uncommon in North America and the ones that are available are very expensive. The least expensive ones that don't seem to have a bunch of negative reviews are priced similarly to a top of the line Speed Queen standard electric dryer and go up from there. That alone tends to put them out of reach of households that would benefit the most from them. They also haven't been around long enough to have gained a reputation, either good or bad, for longevity and maintenance costs.

Whether or not a heat pump dryer pays for itself and how quickly depends on the cost of electricity and how often it gets used.

Related example: I like Hybrid Electric vehicles. They're efficient, reliable, & low maintenance. But every time I've bought one I do a cost analysis to make sure it makes sense to buy a hybrid over the standard ICE model. Last time I think I figured we would have to drive it over 25,000 miles/year for it to make financial sense, which we definitely do.

There's certainly good things about buying more efficient appliances. Long term, it is [hopefully] better for the environment. And it's good to financially support companies who build efficient, high quality appliances. But that's a purchase that needs to come with some discretion. Not everyone needs to run out and buy a heat pump dryer right now. That decision should be based primarily on whether they can afford it and whether it will provide them with tangible benefits.

Ah thanks. I was thinking you connected it to a weather monitoring station outside for real time hyper local weather haha

Nothing complicated or creative about it I am afraid. In my old apartment I simply 3D printed a bezel that held an iPad mini with attached charger cable, held in in place with the cable hidden.

Essentially I “immobilized” the tablet and had it it in the cable 24/7.

It was still attached to my apple account and ran WeatherPro. It was really very simple.

Once these devices get old and get replaced one has to make a judgement call if selling them for nothing or handing them to someone for whom they are not really helpful (dead battery) or using them for something else.

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Wait can you tell me more about using old devices as weather stations?

I gaurantee you there is SOME kind of identifying information somewhere on the fridge if you try harder

Find plastic ice trays and make a cardboard (or stiffer material like plastic) adapter that holds the tray and fits on the rails.

I knew it was a Kenmore! I had one back in the day that lasted 18 years and that was doing laundry for 4.

Earplugs actually stop sound. Earmuffs keep your ears warm.

Also white noise.

And Call the police.

1. Citation needed, 2. Not in this case.

Could you please share a bit about your experience with Saddleback? I was thinking about buying a backpack from them

We use buying items for short-term joy as therapy. It is hard to only hold out. Especially when life is stressful.

As a quality tech who calibrates micrometers often, if you have any that seem to not center very well ( you get a measurement but a little more force changes it by a tenth or so) you more than likely have a burr or foreign material on edge of the faces and a really smooth stone should be able to take it off, this is what I think I used for a v mic that had rust on the carbide faces and it checks gauge pins to tenths still.

Shavettes are so fun. And while stainless steel safety razors are usually pretty pricey, all my shavettes are stainless and dirt cheap. They are built for life for the cost of a few dollars.

I mean the ones I’ve linked are reusable. I just wash them often. I have had the same pair for several Years and they are still fine.

I use:

Fan White noise on my speaker Noise canceling buds or earplugs.

That’d suffice.

If you can use your phone to cast to that speaker, you might consider an app. I use White Noise Lite (free!) on iOS. (I like the "heavy rain pouring" noise, myself.)

Be careful, Most Sennheiser headphones are high impedance, so they wont work straight out of a smartphone, and will require a separate amplifier to power

At what point should they be called MACROmeters

Wait a second, most "White noise" videos on YouTube are pitched down and may struggle to cover higher frequency noise, you can use the Resound Tinnitus app then add an option on the screen for just white noise to get plain white noise

However if you find the pure white noise too high pitched and the YouTube ones work fine, you can keep using the YouTube ones, or use the pink and brown noise options on that app

I got to see a huge metrology operation last week. Over 150 calibration and repair technicians. Was very very cool.

Metrology is a very cool job. Tons of demand.

ima be honest you need to look up your sound ordinance laws for the place you live in disturbing the peace is a real thing.. if you can FEEL the sound then you can't drown that out cause it moves YOU. noise canceling headphones work by producing a sound that is a polar opposite frequency and bass that shakes the floors isn't going to be reduced by much,