What's the Last Bit of Tech You Bought?

Got to sell my old WOLED first :melting_face:

I’m really getting old - looking at this stuff and thinking “how much?”. I got the Philips for £280 and was wincing at that. The last decent electric razor I bought cost about £50 but I suppose that was 1984… It had LED charging indicators, very high tech :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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That looks so cool :sweat_smile: love a bit of retro tech

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We finally splurged a bit and got something we’ve been wanting for a few years - a proper realistic-looking electric fire. We can’t install a wood burner in the house, and we don’t want to reconnect the old gas fireplace, so electric was our only option. I must say I am incredibly impressed at the realism of the thing, if you didn’t know it wasn’t a real fire I don’t think you could tell without a very close inspection. Got it on a really nice sale from B&Q too!

https://www.diy.com/departments/dimplex-optimyst-grand-2000w-gloss-rouge-cast-enamel-effect-electric-stove-h-660mm-w-620mm/820204_BQ.prd

Here’s a video I just took of it in action:

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I’ve just joined the Tado club.

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Our first gen Nest Hello has stopped working so looking for another doorbell to replace it. Would have just gone for another Nest/Google but looks like they only offer one battery model and it’s four years old.

Bought the just released Ring Plus on sale from Amazon and hoping it’s decent.

Our Tumble Dryer also gave out after 11 years so bought a Hisense Heat Pump model discounted from Costco. Literally had to go to the store and single-handedly get it from the warehouse floor back to the house.

The kids are so spoiled they wouldn’t stop moaning about the crunchy non laundered towels for the two weeks we had to rack dry them.

I find the crunchiness of a rack dried towel adds a nice exfoliating dimension to the drying experience personally :joy:

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They compared it to having their bodies grated :joy:.

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Even though I recently posted about the excitement I had about the Steam machine - some of the discourse about pricing made me reposition my savings pot and transformed it into a PS Portal

Not great for online play like Elden Ring Nightreign due to minor lag but the ability to cloud stream from the Playstation Premium catalogue is very sick

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Makes for chill gaming while the OH watches on the big screen.

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I am going to wait for the Steam Machine to come out. Then if i like the Steam Machine (which I will), I will have to get it a friend in the form of a Steam Deck.

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I installed a Ring Battery Video Plus around a year ago and it has been great. It was very straightforward to configure it to concentrate on the drive and front garden and I get very few false positives from people or cars going along the street. Battery lasts months between charges, too.

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I’ve seen on Reddit that you can get the new wired Nest Doorbell ordered from the US via Amazon. It’s a plug and play type of installation with an existing Nest Hello as you just need a transformer for it to be wired up correctly. Unsure why Google don’t sell it officially

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Not sure it’s classed as Tech but my Pressure Washer has packed in and after similar issues with Karcher machines over the past 20 odd years I’ve gone for a new brand - Ava of Norway and hoping it lasts a good while as it has a 10 year warranty and a plus is that my Karcher accessories will fit the Ava :smiley:

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Its fair to say I have spent a good chunk of Lloyds Platform budget for this month and its only the 1st of Dec. :laughing:

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My tech voucher at work was up for renewal so thought I’d treat myself to an early Christmas present - the keyboard is coming tomorrow annoyingly :stuck_out_tongue:

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Is that a Studio? I have the M2 Ultra Studio and it’s still more than fast enough. Pity it looks like a biscuit tin, though :joy:

Just the mini for me :slight_smile:

Nice and compact and fits into my current set up like a dream! Love how seamless it works across my iPhone too!

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My Pixel Phone, one of the best investments and a real upgrade to my previous Samsung phones.

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Yes, it’s obvious now when I look at the size of the packaging compared with the mouse!

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