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What are some (realistic) things you wanted to get for a while, just for fun? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've got 3 on my list.

BT-PAN Access Point - Kinda ridiculous, but I'd like to have one. I've also found a few BT-PAN-enabled dial-up modems, but I'd have no way to connect those up. Some of those could even be connected to USB printers for wireless printing. Not particularly useful anymore, I just find those devices interesting.
Dot matrix printer - This one isn't even as ridiculous. I really love that sound and how the text they print looks. Sadly, if I am looking for new ones, a basic 9-pin Epson dot matrix is around €200. But the ribbons are cheap as chips. In fact, often even cheaper. Just imagine casually handing out a document printed on dot matrix to someone nowdays.
Nano pocket drone - Something like FQ777-124. Maybe a toy like that is a bit childish, but it still can be fun. In fact I already tried to order this one. From 4 different sellers, twice on AliExpress, twice on Amazon. I never got it :(

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

An electric bike.

Always wanted one. Will never, ever happen though. The thousands of dollars they cost will always be better spent on bills/food/meds/doctors appointments.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I felt the same, so I built one for around 5-600usd. If you have a bike, you can turn it into an e bike.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can get kits to retro fit a standard push bike. I think you can do that for a few hundred.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

every decent conversion kit I've seen has been around a grand, and still requires you to buy a decent bike to put it on, plus puts the onus on me to not fuck everything up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

saw a setup with a dewalt drill before

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I said I didnt want to pay thousands. :p

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah fair enough. I had second hand info from my partner who was looking into it. He already had a spare bike to convert and he didn't think it was too expensive to do - favoured the option over buying an actual E bike that he wasn't positive he'd use much.