£25 min order online, can't see if it is available in store.My Oral B electric toothbrush is not holding much charge again, so time for a new one. Usually, I buy a new rechargeable, and sell the spare charger on eBay, then it's another brush in WEE waste. But in Morrisons today, I noticed:
https://groceries.morrisons.com/pro...-clean-black-db5-battery-toothbrush-600120011
With a couple of NiMh batteries, should save much waste for years to come
I got mine in store. It is also available for the same price in Boots and Amazon for the same price. Only real glitch is that it does not have the 2 minute timer that rechargables have.£25 min order online, can't see if it is available in store.
Just got one in store. The last one, with the brush missing, but I have plenty of those. I just need a holiday to use it!I got mine in store. It is also available for the same price in Boots and Amazon for the same price. Only real glitch is that it does not have the 2 minute timer that rechargables have.
Braun repair their toothbrushes. Free if you can persuade them that you haven't had it long...My Oral B electric toothbrush is not holding much charge again, so time for a new one. Usually, I buy a new rechargeable, and sell the spare charger on eBay, then it's another brush in WEE waste. But in Morrisons today, I noticed:
https://groceries.morrisons.com/pro...-clean-black-db5-battery-toothbrush-600120011
With a couple of NiMh batteries, should save much waste for years to come
They are far from alone, this seems to be the state of much of the modern auto industry etc too. Far too many cars can be firmware-locked by the manufacturers or require a subscription for certain features.
. Apple could turn off my iPad Pro as I’m typing this sentence and I’d be absolutely powerless to stop them.
As Fairphone like to say, if you can't open it, you don't own it ...
One reason I prefer Linux and RISC OS. Versions are open and genuinely compete to offer you what you might prefer.
I agree in principle, but the iPad is such an amazingly usable and convenient device I couldn’t go back to a conventional computer of any description, and I find Andriod pretty awful in comparison. RISC OS is a lovely idea, but just feels like abandonware in practice. I don’t think it can even display most modern websites/web apps etc. It is like trying to work with OS/2, BeOS or NT4 in 2023. Some folk try, but I’m not one of them!
You are a Luddite Jim and you know itFWIW I keep meaning to look into Fairphones. However my need is for a mobile *phone* not an all-singing, all-dancing 'device'. I just need one to make 999 or taxi calls when we are out. Not for conversations or browsing or emails, etc, etc. my snag is that current cheap phones all seem to be 2G/3G only. So will brick in a couple of years time when those nets are switched off!
You are a Luddite Jim and you know it
2G and 3G are already off in the US and the rest of the world is following.
Network | Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
---|---|---|
2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 | |
3G bands | HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 | |
4G bands | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 20, 26 | |
Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/150 Mbps |
My son and Mrs ff1d1l each have a Framework laptop. Very nice, fast and no complaints from either. Modular, configurable and upgradeable.For work I need Windows, nothing else will do, colleagues that go Mac/Linux end up dual booting, many embedded software tools are only really available on Windows. Apple made steps towards repairability with more recent devices, while backtracking in another sense, check out the link for the iFixit view. For me they have the ability (as they have their own processors and OS) to allow devices to run for decades, but for commercial reasons choose not to, they also have history in making older stuff die early (battery gate). They will not change, so I avoid using them, while I recognise their qualities I find their approach in this area unacceptable. So my next laptop, when my current one hits the buffers, will probably be made by a bunch of ex Apple employees who also got fed up with their approach, Framework. Currently I have a Dell XPS15, Dell's considered response to MacBook. It is a decent beast and with a healthy extended warranty it has been a good work horse but once that runs out I will need to consider my options as it also has its frailties (two mobos so far as the main USB C used for docking stops charging every few years it seems).