Sounds like a fun project to learn to solder and build your own!

I build guitar pedals and amps, I’m sure there is a kit out there for a good usable transistor radio vs a toy.

Preferably citric acid. It descales much better than vinegar, and you don’t have to worry about any lingering vinegar smell.

My mother in law had a broom made for us about the time we got married by a lady that live by her and makes brooms. I guess it’s a “tied” broom. Not sure what the bristles are made of. This thing is going 13 years strong and will last many many more years.

I never used my locker in high school.

I was honestly quite surprised. I signed up for some random online training/webinar series during the pandemic they were offering. Everyone who joined was surprised with a gift box that included a nice solid canvas tote, that yeti coffee mug and a bar of some decent dark chocolate. I’m sure there were several hundred people who participated, so it certainly wasn’t cheap for them.

Nalgene with neoprene sleeve.

But for metal- like the other poster said, probably yeti or equivalent. Their stuff seems to be thicker (and heavier)

My company sent me a really nice yeti coffee mug with our logo on it.

The hold function on the dm2000 delay, plus the 1000+ms delay option he uses for the ghost siren and digital delay loops

I think he’s using a digitech obscura for the reverse reverb

Very niche, but I got into building my own guitar pedals in part to combat GAS, and because I can build one, even if I buy a PCB for about half or less of the “real” thing.

I’m also working on a specific pedal idea/build based on a single feature Trey Anastasio used in his old Ibanez DM2000. That effect is a rack mount effect, and is getting harder and harder to find. There’s no need to rebuild that complicated effect, just need to figure out how to recreate a single feature of it.

It just needs some stickers!

Another vote for Nalgene.

Oh man, I had forgotten I had to use one of these every night to add up the credit card receipts and count up the drawers at the sporting goods store I worked at. That was 2002 ish too… they were pretty far behind the times.

Depends on what you need and are looking for. If you like the outdoors, it might be worth hitting up a REI store if it’s convenient.

right, its not like you get 1 year out of a pair, but then get 2 years with two by rotating. If you rotate you might get more than 2. Shoes not being able to dry out is a huge reason they fall apart more quickly.

I’m not sure there will be a shoe out there that will last 2 years being worn every day for more than 4-6 hours. Better to get 2 pairs and rotate.

I'm also in the market for a new hiking shoe. I've also started rock climbing in the last 3 months or so - one thing that has come across my radar are approach shoes. Pretty much the large players in the game are LA Sportiva and Scarpa.

Approach shoes are kind of a hybrid hiking shoe and climbing shoe. They tend to be sturdier than a general hiking shoe, and have some features of a climbing shoe to help scrambling over dangerous rocks on an approach.

From what Im reading on reviews, is that as long as you know they are going to be kind of stiff and have a decent break in period, they are very sturdy long lasting shoes that can be used for general hiking and slumming around town etc.

Honestly id look for an older iPod or iPod nano. I think pretty much every iPod in existence will always be supported in iTunes unless you are just allergic to using iTunes.

Apparently Zunes also have a cult following and are great little players.

Lol yea we recently bought our first ones- and tbey all come with Bluetooth now. It has a connection to an app that tells you how good your coverage is, if you are pressing too hard etc. all in all, I used it for maybe 2 months. It lost its novelty. The brush pulses 3 times when you reach the 2 min mark anyways.

I have a quest 2. It’s fun and all, but it mostly sits on the shelf. It’s kind of neat to cast it to the tv and play beat saber when we have guests, but that’s about it.

It’s insanely uncomfortable to wear for more than 20 min, and hurts your eyes too.

VR isn’t there, and I’m not sure it will ever be, except for niche applications. We’re surely not jumping into “the Metaverse” any time soon.

Found the Bombas Reddit account.

Yep, and if you downloaded live Dead and Phish shows like I did, spending hours just adding the metadata to every track.

Possibly look at REI's home brand of jackets. $150 is pretty low for a quality puffer, but you might be able to pick up an REI one on sale for close to that.

Yep, I’ve been doing it since 2006, though I definitely dialed back the GAS after the first few years. Decided to grow a full beard this past January, so I don’t even need to shave now

Wet shaving. What you save in paying for cartridges, you will eclipse tenfold buying brushes, razors, soaps, creams, aftershaves, and more!

my dad builds furniture as a hobby. He's built us some really amazing stuff. But hes not interested in even trying to sell the stuff because he'd have to try to sell it for so much not many people would want to pay. My coffee table he built would probably cost $3000.