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Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:10 pm
by mr bungle
iPad Pro 11"
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:05 am
by badmannotinjapan
Nolanator wrote:Sandstorm wrote:Can you guys linky to the one you bought? There are dozens on Amazon with poor reviews or "Fake site" all over place. Thx
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08 ... UTF8&psc=1
They came from Hong Kong, though, and international shipping isn't exactly speedy at the moment. I ordered on 21st March and they only arrived on 15th Arpil.
They're useful for adding more variety to home exercise, but I wouldn't base a workout primarily around them. I'd stick with BW exercises as much as possible. Pushups, pullups, squats and all variations of each. The band are most useful for upper back/rear shoulder exercises.
Got mine on Amazon, just googled it. Took a while to arrive. Got 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20lb bands. I've found then to be excellent so. Great alternative to a closed gym. Want beat free weights but I live being able to workout at home in a small area in front of the telly.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 11:26 pm
by mikeyboy123
Will do me fine for local rides with the wife and kids.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 8:55 am
by dpedin
mikeyboy123 wrote:
Will do me fine for local rides with the wife and kids.
I got a Cube Ltd Pro hardtail about 7-8 years ago. It was bought using the cyclescheme at work so worked out a cheap purchase. One of the best bikes I have ever had, still runs very smoothly and nothing has gone wrong or broken. Love it.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 9:28 am
by clydecloggie
Cube are excellent value for money. My daily use bike is a Cube and it's ridiculously good - puts many high-end brands to shame.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 10:29 am
by dargotronV.1
Last mixer broke years ago...going to record some mixes and put them on mixcloud
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 11:42 am
by duke
Bought to replace an old UnitiQute - top quality piece of kit, fortunately bought ex Demo rather than full retail price.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 11:51 am
by danny_fitz
Just bought a set of Concept 2 Smoothie Plain Edge Skinny Blades
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 11:52 am
by mikeyboy123
dpedin wrote:mikeyboy123 wrote:
Will do me fine for local rides with the wife and kids.
I got a Cube Ltd Pro hardtail about 7-8 years ago. It was bought using the cyclescheme at work so worked out a cheap purchase. One of the best bikes I have ever had, still runs very smoothly and nothing has gone wrong or broken. Love it.
Cube are excellent value for money. My daily use bike is a Cube and it's ridiculously good - puts many high-end brands to shame
being delivered in a week or two and didn’t see one in the flesh before buying on-line, but did a lot of research and it seems great bang for buck. Got it for about £470 delivered which is not that much more than say a carrera from Halfords, but seems to be a real step up. It’s the Aim Race which I think is the third one up in the Aim range. It’s got remote fork lockout. I’ll be using it primarily on gravelly trails with the wife and kids so I’m sure something a bit cheaper would have done me, but two of the local dads keep asking me if I want to ride with them, so wanted something reasonably decent.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 12:04 pm
by mr bungle
ukjim wrote:
audio heaven
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/24/1727 ... -amplifier
The Chord Hugo 2 is the worst kind of audiophile equipment
This $2,500 DAC and headphone amplifier shines technically, but disappoints musically
The worst villain is usually the one whose motivations you can sympathize with and understand, someone redeemable that just went down the wrong path of pillaging the homes of innocent villagers. That’s basically how I feel about the Chord Hugo 2, a digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier that’s not much larger than a 3.5-inch portable hard drive. On paper, the Hugo 2 promises to be an unlikely combination of ultra high-end audiophile performance and easily transportable size. Its price hovers around the wallet-eviscerating mark of $2,500, but that’s not why I find this product villainous. The evil of the Hugo 2 is in how great it is at some things and how treacherously awful it is at others.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 12:09 pm
by clydecloggie
duke wrote:
Bought to replace an old UnitiQute - top quality piece of kit, fortunately bought ex Demo rather than full retail price.
I love the sound quality of my Uniti - you just can't beat Naim.
Build quality not so much, but that's part and parcel of British high-end stuff.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 12:17 pm
by duke
clydecloggie wrote:duke wrote:
Bought to replace an old UnitiQute - top quality piece of kit, fortunately bought ex Demo rather than full retail price.
I love the sound quality of my Uniti - you just can't beat Naim.
Build quality not so much, but that's part and parcel of British high-end stuff.
I've been fortunate with my Naim kit as I haven't had any build quality issues so far. Some software issues on older kit (Unitiserve) but they have disappeared for now. The only issue I have is that there is no retailer in Salisbury!
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 12:43 pm
by Pat the Ex Mat
mr bungle wrote:ukjim wrote:
audio heaven
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/24/1727 ... -amplifier
The Chord Hugo 2 is the worst kind of audiophile equipment
This $2,500 DAC and headphone amplifier shines technically, but disappoints musically
The worst villain is usually the one whose motivations you can sympathize with and understand, someone redeemable that just went down the wrong path of pillaging the homes of innocent villagers. That’s basically how I feel about the Chord Hugo 2, a digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier that’s not much larger than a 3.5-inch portable hard drive. On paper, the Hugo 2 promises to be an unlikely combination of ultra high-end audiophile performance and easily transportable size. Its price hovers around the wallet-eviscerating mark of $2,500, but that’s not why I find this product villainous. The evil of the Hugo 2 is in how great it is at some things and how treacherously awful it is at others.
$2,500 
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 12:55 pm
by mr bungle
And the headphones are around $1K in some parts. That’s a lot of kit. Some guys must have amazing hearing.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 12:57 pm
by inactionman
Slight abuse of thread, but I'm looking at getting a camera for some video work and was looking at a Panasonic GH4 - any bordies got any useful advice before I buy? General consensus seems to be it's pretty good, and it's dropped a fair bit in price since the GH5 and GH5s have come out.
I use an Olympus OM-D for stills so already have some lenses, but the olympus isn't really meant for video and I've no idea what I'm doing so thought I'd pick some brains - suspect someone somewhere will be doing some video work.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 1:00 pm
by Nolanator
A few weeks ago actually, but bought 8 of these. Now my dumbells are vaguely useful for lifting at home. Previously the max weight I could get was 10kg each, now I can get 26.5kg before I run out of space on the bars.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 1:01 pm
by Pat the Ex Mat
mr bungle wrote:And the headphones are around $1K in some parts. That’s a lot of kit. Some guys must have amazing hearing.
Bonkers
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 1:05 pm
by VBall
inactionman wrote:Slight abuse of thread, but I'm looking at getting a camera for some video work and was looking at a Panasonic GH4 - any bordies got any useful advice before I buy? General consensus seems to be it's pretty good, and it's dropped a fair bit in price since the GH5 and GH5s have come out.
I use an Olympus OM-D for stills so already have some lenses, but the olympus isn't really meant for video and I've no idea what I'm doing so thought I'd pick some brains - suspect someone somewhere will be doing some video work.
I have OMD EM1-X but never use video. In fact I never use video on my Canon Full Frame either. Really should try it out sometime I guess.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 1:08 pm
by inactionman
VBall wrote:inactionman wrote:Slight abuse of thread, but I'm looking at getting a camera for some video work and was looking at a Panasonic GH4 - any bordies got any useful advice before I buy? General consensus seems to be it's pretty good, and it's dropped a fair bit in price since the GH5 and GH5s have come out.
I use an Olympus OM-D for stills so already have some lenses, but the olympus isn't really meant for video and I've no idea what I'm doing so thought I'd pick some brains - suspect someone somewhere will be doing some video work.
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I have OMD EM1-X but never use video. In fact I never use video on my Canon Full Frame either. Really should try it out sometime I guess.
Can't stretch to the EM1-X as I'm strictly a gentleman amateur, but was considering an EM-1 Mk2 now used prices are dropping (this would be purely for stills). How's the continuous AF on the EM1-X? It's pretty much unusable on my old EM-5, so many potential good shots lost as it just shuttles about. Would anticipate the EM-1 would be notably better.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 1:21 pm
by dinsdale
Pat the Ex Mat wrote:mr bungle wrote:ukjim wrote:
audio heaven
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/24/1727 ... -amplifier
The Chord Hugo 2 is the worst kind of audiophile equipment
This $2,500 DAC and headphone amplifier shines technically, but disappoints musically
The worst villain is usually the one whose motivations you can sympathize with and understand, someone redeemable that just went down the wrong path of pillaging the homes of innocent villagers. That’s basically how I feel about the Chord Hugo 2, a digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier that’s not much larger than a 3.5-inch portable hard drive. On paper, the Hugo 2 promises to be an unlikely combination of ultra high-end audiophile performance and easily transportable size. Its price hovers around the wallet-eviscerating mark of $2,500, but that’s not why I find this product villainous. The evil of the Hugo 2 is in how great it is at some things and how treacherously awful it is at others.
$2,500
Victimless crime
I refer you to the quote attributed to P.T. Barnum
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:46 pm
by AD345
It's teeny tiny
about 5% of the size of my 7 year old desktop PC.
Does everything that the old one did and more, and much faster. All for $700
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 11:54 am
by mr bungle
dinsdale wrote:Pat the Ex Mat wrote:mr bungle wrote:ukjim wrote:
audio heaven
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/24/1727 ... -amplifier
The Chord Hugo 2 is the worst kind of audiophile equipment
This $2,500 DAC and headphone amplifier shines technically, but disappoints musically
The worst villain is usually the one whose motivations you can sympathize with and understand, someone redeemable that just went down the wrong path of pillaging the homes of innocent villagers. That’s basically how I feel about the Chord Hugo 2, a digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier that’s not much larger than a 3.5-inch portable hard drive. On paper, the Hugo 2 promises to be an unlikely combination of ultra high-end audiophile performance and easily transportable size. Its price hovers around the wallet-eviscerating mark of $2,500, but that’s not why I find this product villainous. The evil of the Hugo 2 is in how great it is at some things and how treacherously awful it is at others.
$2,500
Victimless crime
I refer you to the quote attributed to P.T. Barnum
Check out these Sennheiser’s... only NZ$92K!
https://headfi.co.nz/product/sennhesier ... gJExvD_BwE
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 3:07 pm
by ovalball
Just bought one of these 2019 VW T6 Highline Camper King 'Monte Carlo' - 7K miles - very similar to the one shown below mine has slightly better alloys.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 3:21 pm
by ovalball
YOYO wrote:ovalball wrote:Just bought one of these 2019 VW T6 Highline Camper King 'Monte Carlo' - 7K miles - very similar to the one shown below mine has slightly better alloys.
How much dud it cost you? Wouldn’t mind buying one of those. It would probably cost about €10k more here in Ireland.
It was £43K - from a specialist dealer - probably could have found similar but the dealer is very local and you don't find many with such a low mileage. It has all the goodies including a built in heater that runs from vehicle tank. They were also selling them as fast as they put them up for sale.
Prices do vary a lot depending on the base van and the quality of the conversion.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 3:27 pm
by ovalball
No ours is metallic grey and is is the 102BHP version - that one is lower power. 102 is adequate but I wouldn't want less power than that.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 5:57 pm
by Azlan Roar
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:19 pm
by Anonymous 1
mavic allroad 700 disc cl wheelset
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 11:28 pm
by ovalball
YOYO wrote:ovalball wrote:
No ours is metallic grey and is is the 102BHP version - that one is lower power. 102 is adequate but I wouldn't want less power than that.
The metallic grey colour and nice alloys is a really nice camper van. Yeah defo would want to have decent power. Good luck with it.
You can get the engine re-mapped to increase the power - something I might consider if I find it is a bit tardy when fully loaded - seems OK atm - it's not as if I'm going to drive it like a sports car.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:56 am
by Ghost-Of-Nepia
On the recommendation of mr bungle, I bought these yesterday:
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:04 am
by BlackMac
Anonymous 1 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:19 pm
mavic allroad 700 disc cl wheelset
They are decent enough wheels, Anon, but for very little more money you can get a far superior set handbuilt by you local wheelbuilder. Benefit being that they usually stand behind their work so in the unlikely event of any niggles with the wheel they will sort them.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:45 am
by Anonymous 1
BlackMac wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:04 am
Anonymous 1 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:19 pm
mavic allroad 700 disc cl wheelset
They are decent enough wheels, Anon, but for very little more money you can get a far superior set handbuilt by you local wheelbuilder. Benefit being that they usually stand behind their work so in the unlikely event of any niggles with the wheel they will sort them.
Thanks for the tip. I'm very happy with these wheels though. If I had to do it again I might take a chance with something cheaper as these are probably over engineered for just riding to work (hopefully I'll be doing that again one day).
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:26 pm
by BlackMac
Anonymous 1 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:45 am
BlackMac wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:04 am
Anonymous 1 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:19 pm
mavic allroad 700 disc cl wheelset
They are decent enough wheels, Anon, but for very little more money you can get a far superior set handbuilt by you local wheelbuilder. Benefit being that they usually stand behind their work so in the unlikely event of any niggles with the wheel they will sort them.
Thanks for the tip. I'm very happy with these wheels though. If I had to do it again I might take a chance with something cheaper as these are probably over engineered for just riding to work (hopefully I'll be doing that again one day).
Yeah, not a critiscism in any way, of you or the wheels. Being heavier that your average road cyclist, I found myself going through factory built wheels at a ridiculous rate, especially on my commute. I spent maybe £40 more on handbuilt and they were pretty much indestructable.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 2:03 am
by badmannotinjapan
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 2:05 am
by badmannotinjapan
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:53 am
by Muttonbirds
inactionman wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 12:57 pm
Slight abuse of thread, but I'm looking at getting a camera for some video work and was looking at a Panasonic GH4 - any bordies got any useful advice before I buy? General consensus seems to be it's pretty good, and it's dropped a fair bit in price since the GH5 and GH5s have come out.
I use an Olympus OM-D for stills so already have some lenses, but the olympus isn't really meant for video and I've no idea what I'm doing so thought I'd pick some brains - suspect someone somewhere will be doing some video work.
Reckon you should go Sony a6400 or a7S, or one of the Fujifilm X series according to budget.
https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/buyi ... -for-video
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 8:11 am
by Muttonbirds
Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA lens. Significant investment for me.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 11:52 am
by mr bungle
Big bumpers!
Got these today, trail runners...
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:46 pm
by Mr Mike
Three of these things
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 12:34 am
by badmannotinjapan
mr bungle wrote: ↑Sat Nov 28, 2020 11:52 am
Big bumpers!
Got these today, trail runners...
Fecking brilliant running shoes. Went from running 5 min k's over 12kms to running low 4:40s over 20 in a week or so.
Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:19 pm
by Edinburgh01
I'd made something similar to these years ago. Just after they broke, I saw this ad. Better than mine and very useful for taking to where you are felling to stack the thinner branches in so you cut them all to the same length far more efficiently than if you work along each log individually cutting to length as you go.
The picture is almost a 'how not to' use them. Where he is cutting, the uncut bit you'd still want to cut smaller will just fall to the ground. I'm not sure his saw is big enough either.
And no apparent safety equipment either.
