OT-What are you buying right now?

DoubleEgger

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Friggin jewelry for my wife. #ihatebirthdays

Jewelry is easy though. 

Eoin

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Friggin jewelry for my wife. #ihatebirthdays

I know a really good jewelry designer / maker. She sends me ideas, I send her money and I get the gifts mailed to my office address. No actual shopping involved.

Wolfpack

Found and bought the vehicle- really dislike buying depreciating assets but the smile on my daughters face made it almost worth it.  Having a couple drinks to wash away the pain of writing the check. 

nolaegghead

Installed the Ring 2 doorbell.  Pretty sweet.

NorthPilot06

@Wolfpack glad you got the satisfaction from your daughter’s joy. Enjoy the beverages 

NorthPilot06

nolaegghead said:

Installed the Ring 2 doorbell.  Pretty sweet.

What are the key features?  I installed the nest doorbell cam and it’s pretty sweet, but the subscription fees for 4 cameras is steeper than I’d like

MJG

Just bust bought a bunch of aloe vera to drench my sunburnt self in. Bermuda is great though. 

littlerascal56

Just ordered a set of black mag wheels and custom tires for the cart.  These chrome ones didn’t do this ride right!

nolaegghead

NorthPilot06 said:

nolaegghead said:

Installed the Ring 2 doorbell.  Pretty sweet.

What are the key features?  I installed the nest doorbell cam and it’s pretty sweet, but the subscription fees for 4 cameras is steeper than I’d like

There's a replacement for the subscription that's supposedly free, but it's around $34/year for their cloud services that archive everything detected.  If you don't use either, you can only store stuff you respond to, which is a no-go for us.  But we have an 8-camera 1080p surveillance system with DVR.

Only reason I bought it was because it was reduced from $199 to 79 on woot!

But I like it, and the neighborhood blog feature is interesting.  Easy to set everything up.

Sea2Ski

@nolaegghead what 8 camera system do you have? I am in the market for one.  Looking for DVD  so there is no recurring charges. I need 3 cameras to be WiFi/wireless, and the others can be wired.  All need to have night vision. Really only need 6 cameras, but 8 is fine as well.  Thoughts?  

ColbyLang

Sea2Ski said:

@nolaegghead what 8 camera system do you have? I am in the market for one.  Looking for DVD  so there is no recurring charges. I need 3 cameras to be WiFi/wireless, and the others can be wired.  All need to have night vision. Really only need 6 cameras, but 8 is fine as well.  Thoughts?  

My whole family has Lorex either DVR or NVR systems. My brothers and mine are POE wired. 8 cameras with NVR for $750 at Costco. We put a wireless WiFi system at the lake house. Biggest downside to these is they are battery powered. Gotta charge em at least once a month. That system is 6 cams with NVR for $500

NDG

smokingal said:

Forgot I ordered this.  Pizza time!

@smokingalI got same bag - Let me know how you like it - tried mine only once but blended with KABF so next time I want to go full Nuvola for “cloud” Za to see difference

DuckDogDr

Just ordered 240 Canada goose rags with flocked heads


And a mix of mallards, pintails and floating geese decoys to add to my spread...

nolaegghead

Sea2Ski said:

@nolaegghead what 8 camera system do you have? I am in the market for one.  Looking for DVD  so there is no recurring charges. I need 3 cameras to be WiFi/wireless, and the others can be wired.  All need to have night vision. Really only need 6 cameras, but 8 is fine as well.  Thoughts?  

@Sea2Ski I'll look.  We bought it from Costco.  We didn't need 8 cameras either, so there are some that are extraneous.  Has a DVR, so no service contract.  There are IP cameras that are PoE, but ours is BNC.  We bought probably 4 years ago.  Works great and a magnitude of order better quality than our old system.  Came with 2 super high quality cameras and 6 lesser.  But they're all good, the high quality cameras really just can focus and get more color at night over the others, which go more or less monochrome in darkness. 

Just having cameras around deters crime.  We have (knock on wood) no problems although we're in a pretty high crime urban area. 

nolaegghead

ColbyLang said:

Sea2Ski said:

@nolaegghead what 8 camera system do you have? I am in the market for one.  Looking for DVD  so there is no recurring charges. I need 3 cameras to be WiFi/wireless, and the others can be wired.  All need to have night vision. Really only need 6 cameras, but 8 is fine as well.  Thoughts?  

My whole family has Lorex either DVR or NVR systems. My brothers and mine are POE wired. 8 cameras with NVR for $750 at Costco. We put a wireless WiFi system at the lake house. Biggest downside to these is they are battery powered. Gotta charge em at least once a month. That system is 6 cams with NVR for $500

I would avoid anything wireless or battery powered if you have the resources to run hard-wires.  Not that anyone who robs your house is sophisticated to have a jammer, but despite that being possible, wifi can get flaky in highly densely populated areas.  I have three WAPs, but they are not mesh, everything is hardwired.  Reliability in our systems is damn near 100%.  Make sure you hide/lock up the DVR because any professional knows to destroy/steal the DVR.  There's an advantage to cloud services or using rsync to mirror your stuff on a NAS.  

Battery backup is your friend.  

nolaegghead

Putting batteries in those devices on a monthly schedule is like owning pets. 

johnmitchell

nolaegghead said:

Putting batteries in those devices on a monthly schedule is like owning pets. 

I have two of the Ring wireless stick up cameras outside and they are hooked up to solar panels which so far have kept them fully charged. Also have the Ring front doorbell and am really happy with the whole system. 

tonyled

johnmitchell said:

nolaegghead said:

Putting batteries in those devices on a monthly schedule is like owning pets. 

I have two of the Ring wireless stick up cameras outside and they are hooked up to solar panels which so far have kept them fully charged. Also have the Ring front doorbell and am really happy with the whole system. 

i have the exact same setup and couldnt be happier.  the solar panels rock!

Sea2Ski

Thanks guys for all the feedback.  Seems like I have some research to do.  

kl8ton

Sea2Ski said:

Thanks guys for all the feedback.  Seems like I have some research to do.  

I think you need a cam in your underground meat locker.  Live feed that to the web so we can see what you have in there.  We can watch what you are removing and decide if we randomly want to come have dinner with you.  

HeavyG

kl8ton said:

Sea2Ski said:

Thanks guys for all the feedback.  Seems like I have some research to do.  

I think you need a cam in your underground meat locker.  Live feed that to the web so we can see what you have in there.  We can watch what you are removing and decide if we randomly want to come have dinner with you.  

There may be some occasional activities <cough>Dexter<cough> that he may not want to be public.

DoubleEgger

kl8ton said:

Sea2Ski said:

Thanks guys for all the feedback.  Seems like I have some research to do.  

I think you need a cam in your underground meat locker.  Live feed that to the web so we can see what you have in there.  We can watch what you are removing and decide if we randomly want to come have dinner with you.  

You want to watch Mark pound his meat? 

kl8ton

DoubleEgger said:

kl8ton said:

Sea2Ski said:

Thanks guys for all the feedback.  Seems like I have some research to do.  

I think you need a cam in your underground meat locker.  Live feed that to the web so we can see what you have in there.  We can watch what you are removing and decide if we randomly want to come have dinner with you.  

You want to watch Mark pound his meat? 

Absolutely not! Hmmm...will have to see what domain names are available. . . 

sausagecam.com is taken.  I'm out of ideas.

Sea2Ski

Can we just leave my meat out of this discussion? 

milesvdustin

Cabinet hinges and salt free sunflower seeds 

marysvilleksegghead

Wagyu from Dodge City, KS 
https://wienswagyu.com/collections/fullblood-black-wagyu?mc_cid=49539eaf7c&mc_eid=b2e939710b

Free shipping over $100 and 5% discount

had to give them a try 

lousubcap

@marysvilleksegghead - Looking forward to your review.  On-line specialty beef suppliers are becoming more and more prevalent.  I am always game to try a new source when recommended by a member here.  So, time will tell.  No pressure!!  

ColbyLang

Tuition for pre-k for my 4 year old 🤦‍♂️

kl8ton

This thing pumps pretty good! 

HeavyG

kl8ton said:

This thing pumps pretty good! 

What time does the rave start?