What is the nicest thing you bought for yourself?

[Muse]

Sounds like you might need a new water filter for your icemaker.

The Opal ice maker does have an optional filter, and even though my tap water is mediocre, I haven't found it to negatively affect the taste of the ice. It does have a built-in cleaning cycle which is very simple to do (5 cups water with a teaspoon of bleach, then it does a special automated cleaning procedure, then you let it rinse & drain a few times and put it back into ice-making mode...only takes a few minutes every month).

My fridge/freezer (Amana) doesn't have an ice maker. I don't use ice a lot except in hot weather. When I bought the machine ice making wasn't a high priority. It was just after I bought my house and I was down to my last $1000. I spent it on the fridge. I had a full time job, so I wasn't worried.

The off taste on the ice: It's better than it was. It's that smell you get in fridge's freezer, freezer smell, or whatever you call it. Seems to be not as big a problem for me as it was. My freezer is stuffed! Seems like I can always get something more in there, but it never seems to get 1/2 empty. I could use a stand alone freezer, but it's a low priority.

I bought a charcoal filter item to put in the freezer to leech out the bad odor but have never used it. One day if the odor is obvious I may deploy it. It's a one time thing, AFAIK, and I'd have to buy more if I want to use it again.

 

[Kaido]

My fridge/freezer (Amana) doesn't have an ice maker. I don't use ice a lot except in hot weather. When I bought the machine ice making wasn't a high priority. It was just after I bought my house and I was down to my last $1000. I spent it on the fridge. I had a full time job, so I wasn't worried.

The off taste on the ice: It's better than it was. It's that smell you get in fridge's freezer, freezer smell, or whatever you call it. Seems to be not as big a problem for me as it was. My freezer is stuffed! Seems like I can always get something more in there, but it never seems to get 1/2 empty. I could use a stand alone freezer, but it's a low priority.

I bought a charcoal filter item to put in the freezer to leech out the bad odor but have never used it. One day if the odor is obvious I may deploy it. It's a one time thing, AFAIK, and I'd have to buy more if I want to use it again.

Yeah, the ice can absorb smells. I think they recommend maxing out your freezer at 80% capacity or something like that. Hmm. Maybe reduce the storage quantity of the freezer, do a good defrost cycle & then clean it out. Bummer!

 

[Herr Kutz]

My bike

 

[Exterous]

Most of our extra $ goes towards traveling after bills and retirement savings so I'd say those. After that it would be my PSB speakers and my subwoofer.

 

[zerokewl3]

i bought this. how was it for me? baby kept busy = wife happy = daddy gets afternoon nap / gaming time.

 

[Kaido]

i bought this.

Little known fact, that is actually a documentary about me.

Kaido ate 1 pound of pulled pork, 2 cornbreads, 3 sodas, 4 helpings of pasta salad...

 

[EliteRetard]

Little known fact, that is actually a documentary about me.

Kaido ate 1 pound of pulled pork, 2 cornbreads, 3 sodas, 4 helpings of pasta salad...

I could say the same, but I couldn't say it better...here's a like for you.

 

[zerokewl3]

Little known fact, that is actually a documentary about me.

Kaido ate 1 pound of pulled pork, 2 cornbreads, 3 sodas, 4 helpings of pasta salad...

lol
i got the witcher 3 steam sale

 

[zerokewl3]

double post

 

[gill77]

https://durys.s3.amazonaws.com/23278/img_8885.jpg

 

[shortylickens]

I had a Custom TLE II as well. Sold it after a year.
Nice but too big to carry and I didnt feel like taking it to the range very frequently.

 

[Muse]

Yeah, the ice can absorb smells. I think they recommend maxing out your freezer at 80% capacity or something like that. Hmm. Maybe reduce the storage quantity of the freezer, do a good defrost cycle & then clean it out. Bummer!

Mostly I'm pretty pleased with the performance of my fridge/freezer. The smell isn't bothering me usually.

This is frostless freezer. We had a non-frost free fridge/freezer affair here years ago and I was the guy who always defrosted it. What a job! I'm spoiled for that now. This one never needs any attention at all. Well, I'm supposed to clean the coils on the bottom once in a while and I do. That's really easy. Once or twice I pulled it out from the wall to clean at the back but found it was clean back there. I do clean it out once in a while and try to clean the rubber seal occasionally and apply petroleum jelly as indicated in the manual.

 

[Kaido]

Mostly I'm pretty pleased with the performance of my fridge/freezer. The smell isn't bothering my usually.

This is frostless freezer. We had a non-frost free fridge/freezer affair here years ago and I was the guy who always defrosted it. What a job! I'm spoiled for that now. This one never needs any attention at all. Well, I'm supposed to clean the coils on the bottom once in a while and I do. That's really easy. Once or twice I pulled it out from the wall to clean at the back but found it was clean back there. I do clean it out once in a while and try to clean the rubber seal occasionally and apply petroleum jelly as indicated in the manual.

Yeah, I got a frost-free model last year on Black Friday & it has been serving me well! Zero frost buildup & I've hit past -20F on multiple occasions. Plus it's less than $60 to run annually...I think my old one cost that much monthly lol.

 

[Muse]

Yeah, I got a frost-free model last year on Black Friday & it has been serving me well! Zero frost buildup & I've hit past -20F on multiple occasions. Plus it's less than $60 to run annually...I think my old one cost that much monthly lol.

Mine was Energy Star or something back when I bought it in 2000. Today's machines are more efficient but I don't know that they are that much more efficient, enough to warrant buying a new machine. Yeah, it's 17 years old! But I'm really good to it. It's full of stuff, but I don't leave the door open the way people do. Plus the room's on a slope such that the door closes by itself if I don't open it very much, a nice "feature!"

I keep the fridge around 40 F, maybe a bit below and the freezer AFAIK about 0 F.

I should plug it into my Kill-o-Watt meter and leave it there a few days or a week and determine my approximate annual energy cost to run it.

 

[Muse]

Can you identify that thing?

 

[Thebobo]

Can you identify that thing?

Spotting scope for bird watching? raptor counting? Sniping spoter? Vouyer watcher?

 

[EliteRetard]

lol
i got the witcher 3 steam sale

Steam sale has turned to crap. Barely anything good at 75% off, and nothing worthwhile with 80-90% off. No daily specials either. I occasionally get steam gift cards from friends/family...and I save up about $5-8 a month to spend on the major steam sales. I now have a large pile of money on my steam account because I'm not finding any good deals. If it's an exceptional game I really, really want then I'll consider around $10...but usually more like $5. Decent games should be $2.50 or less, and lesser games $1 or less. Those are my limits, and there's been extremely few exceptions.

 

[IronWing]

Can you identify that thing?

This.

 

[zerokewl3]

Steam sale has turned to crap. Barely anything good at 75% off, and nothing worthwhile with 80-90% off. No daily specials either. I occasionally get steam gift cards from friends/family...and I save up about $5-8 a month to spend on the major steam sales. I now have a large pile of money on my steam account because I'm not finding any good deals. If it's an exceptional game I really, really want then I'll consider around $10...but usually more like $5. Decent games should be $2.50 or less, and lesser games $1 or less. Those are my limits, and there's been extremely few exceptions.

You could always gift me a few $

 

[EliteRetard]

You could always gift me a few $

Or it could be the other way around, for every dollar I spend you pitch in $2. I'd probably be willing to increase my spending limits 50% then.

 

[Mayne]

got all the lighting system and filter system installed today... 1000 dollars later. These *cough* hot pepper plants better be hot.

 

[nakedfrog]

Red hot peppers, they're red hot.

 

[EliteRetard]

got all the lighting system and filter system installed today... 1000 dollars later. These *cough* hot pepper plants better be hot.

That seems excessive...can do the same with some salvaged tarps and/or homeless tents and cheap LEDs off ebay.

 

[Mayne]

That seems excessive...can do the same with some salvaged tarps and/or homeless tents and cheap LEDs off ebay.

spoken like a true savage.

 

[Mayne]

I feel like I've just given birth to 8 babies...so full of anxiety and i'm stressing out...i have to go check on them again..afk.