listed as no-name knives, but got ’em today and the boxes/inserts say Gerber, so might be pretty good.
Blades come wrapped in thin crinkly plastic with thick oil or somesuch ook on them. Tried cleaning it off the blade carefully, but not carefully enough. Had a little fractional-second oopsie and got a Papercut From Hell for my trouble. Ouch.
Unguent. I need unguent…
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Goggling around, it looks a lot like the Gerber “Strongarm”, but that says glass-filled nylon handle, and these are softer and “rubberier” (ie, nice and grippy).
I have the Gearbest “Gerber” multitool and a knife they sold years ago, they are good enough quality. But compared to the real product they appear “different”. Not sure whether fake, replica or otherwise not authentic.
That is exactly what I thought - the products I have are still great, even after years of use. Even weight and overall logos, engravings, material seem either the same or very similar.
I got a coupla these a while back, too, and like ’em. It’s got a flax handle, and even though it was a bit eerie at first, never having seen/felt one before, it’s also quite nice. Nice “natural” feel, hard to describe. Feels almost cloth-covered, actually “soft” to the touch, yet rigid.
Finally received my upgraded CPAP machine after more than 5 years with the ResMed S9 model which is discontinued. Medicare balked after a sleep study reported that I probably wouldn’t die from sleep apnea. My pulmonologist tore them a new A-hole about quality of life and my previous A-fib surgery possibly being related to the sleep apnea.
The newer AirSense10 Autoset just came today. It seems a bit more plasticky, especially in the water chamber which I’ve seen online has leakage problems. I’ll give it a go tonight after a turn in the SoClean 2
I used to have sleep apnea, and I had a CPAP machine that need to be replaced.
I had to do another sleep study to get a new CPAP machine, and it turned out that I no longer have sleep apnea, and my insurance would not cover another CPAP machine.
I had to buy my own CPAP machine with my own money!
I chose the Fisher & Paykel ICON Auto for $510 in 2014.
It seems to get the job done, so I think it was a good choice.
Picked up these cheap little Dayton speakers. I needed something small to fit on my TV cart beside the TV. Even though they have only 4” drivers, they sound more musical than my old DefTechs. Right now I have them crossed over at 80 Hz to the sub - still need to do some more listening and tweaking. They are not very efficient and have 4 Ohm impedance, so they give my old AV receiver a bit of a workout, but I have plenty of headroom since it’s a fairly small listening/viewing area - no need for very high volume. For $70 bucks, I’m happy.
Ordered a Seagate USB powered Backup Plus 5TB Portable Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services from Costco for $99 plus tax. With all the media I have, it’s cheap insurance if my house got robbed or burned down. I already have a few backups but this is a guarantee I will never lose my data. I will keep this hard drive in my safety deposit box I have at my local bank. Better safe than sorry.
Had LeafFilter installed on my gutters yesterday. They will prevent debris from trees from clogging up the gutters and leaders which can cause water leakage into the house. I know from experience.