What Are You Buying Right Now? (non-OT version)

WeberWho

WeberWho said:

I was gifted a full cover for my Blackstone for Christmas. Which will come in super handy when the Blackstone eventually moves outside after we redo our deck. Otherwise the Blackstone has always been stored in the garage. I've always just tossed on a piece of cardboard over the top to keep dust and dirt off the griddle top. Now with a full cover my piece of cardboard doesn't do much good. So I figured it was time for something not so ghetto. 

I received a Ebay gift card for Christmas and decided it might be a perfect opportunity to grab a hard cover for it. I ended up with this diamond sheet cover. The diamond sheet is kind of tacky but the price was right and it's made in Phoenix, Arizona. The construction and fitment looked much nicer than what Blackstone offered. Still lacks anything Tspud offers but Ebay gift card kept me somewhat limited. Plus it's going to be hidden under a full cover. So no real complaints. It should be a descent cover and hold up over time. 

*decent not descent 

TEXASBGE2018

Finally found some @SonVolt so I bought a couple jars.

nolaegghead

good price there.  I love that stuff

DMW

Just ordered a monitor stand to reclaim some desk space. I'll probably need to move my desk away from the wall a bit for this to work, but if it doesn't, it has free returns.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X262MRK/

SonVolt

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Finally found some @SonVolt so I bought a couple jars.

Nice. Whatcha think?

ColbyLang

Couple of things from duckcamp.com

end Of season sale. No affiliation other than a customer. Their bamboo hoodies are the sh*t. 

EzraBrooks

Bought pasta roller and cutters attachments for kitchenaid mixer.  I want to learn how to make my nonna's recipes while my mom is still around.

TEXASBGE2018

SonVolt said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Finally found some @SonVolt so I bought a couple jars.

Nice. Whatcha think?

Haven't used it on anything yet, I tried a spoon of it just to see what I was dealing with. There wasn't much flavor in that initial try. I remember someone commenting it's an oniony garlicky flavor I didn't get that at all. I'll give it a chance cause I don't think eating a single spoonful is a fair assessment.

SonVolt

Yeah, it's less about the flavor and more about the savory (msg laden) crunchy texture. 

poster

@blind99, how does that little Toro you have throw? Did you get an 18" or 21"

I am looking for one that I could leave at the camp and clear off the decks and a couple paths. I was hoping for small yet powerful, something that I could pull up the stair cases to the decks. The camp is quite remote, and snowmobile access only in the winter, so this would stay out there. Sometimes we don't get out for a month in the winter, so we can come back to 20"+ of not so fresh snow. I don't mind picking away at it, if they are capable. Anything beats shoveling.

Legume

Aluminum pie plates (not the foil disposable ones).  Make your own nachos with pulled pork, etc. made in the pizza oven will be on the Superbowl menu.

Langner91

Legume said:

Aluminum pie plates (not the foil disposable ones).  Make your own nachos with pulled pork, etc. made in the pizza oven will be on the Superbowl menu.

Let me know if you find any of these!

blind99

@poster I have a 518ze.   for my needs it's fine, but i don't know if it would handle such a heavy snow!  pluses, i suppose, are that it's got an electric start (which i've never had to use), and it's pretty light - you could get it up onto a porch easily.  

it'll move a 4" snowfall pretty well but not much more.  

ColtsFan

Girl Scout cookies 

bucky925

ColtsFan said:

 Girl Scout cookies is a very nice mellow strain.  Oh, my bad I meant Samoas'.  

PigBeanUs

A book.

nolaegghead

Got this 20" chainsaw from Amazon, delivered yesterday.   62cc, lots of low end torque.  Only $142.  Has outstanding reviews and a cult following, of sorts, by cheap bastards like myself.

For an occasional user, and with maintenance, I don't anticipate ever wearing it out.   I have an 18" Hitachi that is super reliable and has served me well over the years, but it has maybe half the power of this one.

I have had Homelite and Craftsman way back in the past and they were complete junk.

Sea2Ski

The homelite my father had ran for 30 years with fairly regular use. No primer bulb, safety break or anything else.  It was unstoppable. Then my brother-in-law (who admits he can not drive a nail) used it to cut down some overgrown rhododendrons until it seized up because he used straight gas in it - not a mix. So simple back then. All metal. Not even the trigger was plastic.  

Sea2Ski

Looking for a 3500-4000kW generator. So technically I am not buying it right now.  

(Now that I think about it maybe this post belongs in the WAYDRN thread) I would ask @northGAcock for advice, but all his walked away.

nolaegghead

Sea2Ski said:

Looking for a 3500-4000kW generator. So technically I am not buying it right now.  

(Now that I think about it maybe this post belongs in the WAYDRN thread) I would ask @northGAcock for advice, but all his walked away.

It's important to match the generator with what you'll be using it for.  You can pay a lot of extra money to get a quiet inverter or to start big motors, or have a unadulterated sine wave.  Also how much is money/durability a concern?  What fuel do you want to burn?

Honda and Yamaha inverters are great but expensive gas generators.  The Predator at HF is a cheap inverter that people love.   Non-inverter generators are dirt cheap, some run on dual fuel.  Diesel is cheapest to run and the most durable.

frazzdaddy

Had this one for about a month. So far so good.

scdaf

If you never run it on gas, you should have great luck.  Modern gas is the evil enemy of generators.

nolaegghead

Gasoline is a crappy fuel.  It polymerizes. Especially after they started putting ethanol in it.  What a bad decision.  Let's pay farmers to not grow ethanol corn, please.

Sea2Ski

Only looking to use it when we lose power.  I have a back-feed into my electric panel which was put in by my neighbor electrician. Double throw switch etc. My current/old generator died (crappy cheap China thing lasted me 8 years.)  It will be powering the fridges, freezer, bedroom fans, a few lights and well pump because not being able to flush stinks. 

 I do not care about powering anything else (hot water heater, TVs, AV, or HVAC (I have 2 wood burning stoves) etc.  The 3500kW did everything we needed it to do. I just want a easy starting, relatively small, quiet machine  I will go gas, but would prefer to hook into my propane line somehow. So just starting the research. 

nolaegghead

Sea2Ski said:

Only looking to use it when we lose power.  I have a back-feed into my electric panel which was put in by my neighbor electrician. Double throw switch etc. My current/old generator died (crappy cheap China thing lasted me 8 years.)  It will be powering the fridges, freezer, bedroom fans, a few lights and well pump because not being able to flush stinks. 

 I do not care about powering anything else (hot water heater, TVs, AV, or HVAC (I have 2 wood burning stoves) etc.  The 3500kW did everything we needed it to do. I just want a easy starting, relatively small, quiet machine  I will go gas, but would prefer to hook into my propane line somehow. So just starting the research. 

Base on your emergency use needs (and I'm assuming that need can be infrequent), I would highly recommend a dual fuel and hook up to propane.  Don't let gasoline ever touch it.

You will still want to exercise it now and then.

I have had a natural gas stand-by generator for almost 15 years.  Only issues I have are with batteries exploding (pretty regularly on 3 year cycles) and I had the overheat sensor fail, I just bypassed it and ran like that for a few years until I remembered to buy a replacement.

Gas inevitably will need carb/fuel system service.  Not as bad if you stick with ethanol free gas and run it regularly.

I'm assuming you don't have natural gas.

alaskanassasin

get a pto driven generator for your tractor. cheap, powers the whole house.

nolaegghead

Finally, a reason to buy a tractor!

northGAcock

Sea2Ski said:

Only looking to use it when we lose power.  I have a back-feed into my electric panel which was put in by my neighbor electrician. Double throw switch etc. My current/old generator died (crappy cheap China thing lasted me 8 years.)  It will be powering the fridges, freezer, bedroom fans, a few lights and well pump because not being able to flush stinks. 

 I do not care about powering anything else (hot water heater, TVs, AV, or HVAC (I have 2 wood burning stoves) etc.  The 3500kW did everything we needed it to do. I just want a easy starting, relatively small, quiet machine  I will go gas, but would prefer to hook into my propane line somehow. So just starting the research. 

Coffee maker.

nolaegghead

northGAcock said:

Sea2Ski said:

Only looking to use it when we lose power.  I have a back-feed into my electric panel which was put in by my neighbor electrician. Double throw switch etc. My current/old generator died (crappy cheap China thing lasted me 8 years.)  It will be powering the fridges, freezer, bedroom fans, a few lights and well pump because not being able to flush stinks. 

 I do not care about powering anything else (hot water heater, TVs, AV, or HVAC (I have 2 wood burning stoves) etc.  The 3500kW did everything we needed it to do. I just want a easy starting, relatively small, quiet machine  I will go gas, but would prefer to hook into my propane line somehow. So just starting the research. 

Coffee maker.

How in god's name the cavemen ever made coffee without a Keurig will forever be a mystery to me.

Sea2Ski

Correct. No natural gas.  2 - 100 lb propane tanks to run a two stage furnace when it drops below 38F, a gas grill, and fireplace in the bedroom. I go through about 1 tank a year. otherwise the house is 100% electric.  I have a place to tie into the main line close to where I would be running it which will be convenient.

Just need to find a reputable make and appropriate model.