Everything is already from China, but here we discuss the cheap chink shit you see on various sites.1st rule of /csg/: If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.Useful links>TWS IEM reviews: www.scarbir.com/>Guide: csg-guide.neocities.org/>Wiki: https://igwiki.lyci.de/wiki/Chink_Shit_General>What headphones/earbuds should I buy?>>>/g/iemg>I want a cheap smartphone what should I buy?>>>/g/spg/>I want to buy some sort of emulation device>>>/vr/hhg/>NewsWe had very little in terms of IRL pics or reviews last thread, hence the meager OP pic.>>107076578 - Anon comes to the grim realization that mindless consumption will not fix existential dread (cupholder review)>>107081290 - Anon posts orders>>107082369 - Anon ponders if mindless consumption can allow him to avoid personal character development (It won't).>>107083907 - The eternal "violent fan" discussion is back>>107090923 - TWS discussion>>107100459 - And now for your regular scheduled audiophile debate slop>>107102044 - Resident twink (?) posts again, causing some anons to have neuron activation, but less than during the tummy incident.Previous thread:>>107076194Thread before previous:>>107031278
>>107112272yeah that can do but i want one with heat regulation outputi have pluggable heater from soviet era but this thing just goes all the way up to 100 (to boil water)i just need max 38-40 degrees
>>107112281>cleaning out basement.>Find unopened white bag of what is clearly ali express shit.I set it aside, I'll open it later today after getting home.
>>107112307In sum I obviously appreciate the short shipping times we have these days with aliexpress, but sometimes I do miss a package arriving after 2 months and no longer knowing what you ordered, so every package is like a mini lootbox with stuff you did want but didn't need urgently.
Did aliexpress stop selling lithium batteries for all countries or just a few? Either way does anyone have the down low on buying other cheap stuff to harvest their batteries? I'm looking for 602530 batteries not 18650 so that might not work since it's an specific size, but I'm wondering if there's anything that is almost worthless you can buy to get the batteries even 18650s if I need some later.
First time buying from Temu (i usually use aliexpress)Items took 11 days to arrive>cheapo 1€ neck gaiters "mens outdoor sunscreen face scarf" (x3) They feel plasticy and very synthethic but thats too be expected. These thin neck gaiters are great for wearing under the motorbike helmet covering the gap between the helmet and your jacket. Wearing several of these thin gaiters is a lifehack for any seasoned motorcyclist, whereas anything thicker will struggle to fit on the gap between your face and the helmet and will let cold air hit your neck when you ride.Ill wash them before trying them on for an extended period of time just in case>MJMoto Retro Motorcycle leather gloves. 15,28€ They are comfy and seem to include some basic knuckle protection BUT the wrist is way too lose which is very unsafe.Even if you try to tighten the wrist of the gloves with the velcro, they still barely close at all on your wrist. I wouldnt recommend them, they will go out of your hands very easily in case of an accident and you will wreck your hands. They don't have any slider on the palm either
>>107112542there's a new type of multitool flashlight that's flat and looks like thishttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006996816217.htmlthis one uses 602040, lithium same capacity with similar dimensionsmake sure there's philips head screws so you can take it apart easily
Bought some guitar gear:Yuer Looper: I love it, it's both a looper and drum track player.EROK Tuner: Pretty good as a tuner but the switch wasn't physically connected to ground so I had to solder a cable to the case. Also the switch is terrible and makes noise when pressed.Assorted patch cables: they all worked great
>>107112568safety related stuff like motorcycle gloves is one of the things I wouldn't rely on chinkshit for
>>107112568>those gloves>bikefuck it looks like my work gloves
>>107112674cheapo aliexpress pedals are so fun and the patch cables workmost of the cheap "harley benton" pedals on thomann are just rebranded aliexpress pedals anyway>shitty "pedal power"thats the one thing i wouldnt cheap out on, get some proper power unit for your pedals to avoid noise, static, cross contamination etc with isolated outputsPicrel
>>107112674USB power supply: obviously not isolated, yet it worked well. If you use a high quality USB power brick then you get no noise, but the crappy ones do generate audible hum.
>>107112813Wow, those HB power units look great. Ty anon
>>107112568>motorcycle gear.not worth it anon.
>>107097733>>107098560Thanks anons, ill get one earlier to see if its good enough for him as a xmas present
feralbros report in
Anyone can give me tips for a decent theromstat for room temp/gas boiler? Don't care about fancy features, but would like to explore HA at some point in the future, currently have some smart sockets with ewelink. Is the wiring standard? The current 30 year old beige one has 3 L and 1 N wires.
>dogs pooping calendarthanks chang, very cool
>>107112669602040 won't work the length is too big but thanks for the heads up on "compact" flashlights, looks like a good source for batteries.
>>107113924link
>>107114233searching for dogs poop calendar brings up a bunch, but this is the link I got:>aliexpress.com/item/1005009676868267.html
>>107114233I have it on my front page.Maybe either chang has data on all us csggers, or it's being promoted heavily.https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256809490553515.html
>>107112281Do daylight/antidepressant lights do anything? Especially the chink ones? Long, dark winter ahead of me. Anyone got one to recommend?
Last thread is kill so I'll ask here again, maybe some homeserver homie is around. I'm looking for an intel nuc / mini pc for homeserver usage. Is buying something like that a good idea from ali or is it a guaranteed housefire? Anyone got some decent recommendations?
>>107114501No just buy vitamin D supplements insteadThat said I should take mine
>>107114545I have bought Beelinks in the past and also used Lenovo Thincentres locally, they're both good options, but if you want to add more storage down the line then I'd say go for a chink N100/N150 motherboard with lots of IO.Otherwise just go with whatever Beelink has that fits your needs.I wouldn't trust chink PSU/pico-PSUs tho.
Not buying until 11.11
>>107114579But chuddah what if nothing happens and the prices stay the same?
>>107114559I do already, I thought it's more about the daylight- diffused light helping you stay awake in the afternoon more than anything else though
>>107114602Just get daylight high cri bulbs and be done with it.
>>107114571Not a beelink as far as I can see, but am I retarded if I get this? Not sure if the price is too high, reviews seem very good.Looking for beelink on ali seems to give me quite expensive mini-pcs for around 300 bucks.
"Arrived at local airport"Does that mean within my country, or at some shipping aggregator in China?
>>107114700Most definitely in China, stuff arriving at your home country will pass through customs first, and both 17track and ali's in-app tracking will say something like "customs clearance started" or some shit
>>107114677I've heard of them before, but then again, you need to know what you want to do with it.Also, I can find a Beelink Mini S13 (same N150 as the one you posted) for $130.
>>107114754>>107114677Actually my bad, the N150 option is $180, but still, it's probably the same shit.Just don't fall for the Raspberry/Orange Pi trap, those are only useful for shit like HA and tailscale nodes, you'll stumble into problems for general home server use, not to mention the lack of IO/storage.
>>107114677Don't know that cpu, but 122€ for a ddr4 equipped minipc is too much money however you look at it, I'm sure half the price tag for this is having the M4 PRO model name.
>>107114850bro buy used if you want something cheap
>>107114850Do you have any alternatives for a similar price? Everything with similar specs is around 150-180 bucks>>107114857Unfortunately the used market in germany here is pretty dogshit since everyone thinks they can sell their 10 year old shitbox pc for almost full price
theres never a thread on routers.is there any benefit to buying some budget xiaomi router for wired, over ISP default onelike is there some newer better hardware?
>>107114545Just keep in mind that the N1xx/3xx CPUs have limited lanes so unless you plan on just having a small "low power" sata/m2 based NAS you might get fucked once you need to expand or need storage faster than what 1 lane can give. A used thin client might be more useful especially if you want an actual PCIE slot.
>>107114891It all depends on how dogshit your ISP's router is.Try learning about what you have before looking for something else to buy.You'll probably need to keep it and put it in bridge mode too, if they allow it.
Any chink shit that is cheaper, or should I just get something locally? Divide by 10 or so to get prices in American bucks. https://www.biltema.no/en-no/construction/electrical-installations/cable-conduits/Planing to get some trunking for a network cable, guess I might visit the store anyways to get a feel for how big the various options are. Yes, I know they provide measurements, but it not all that easy to visualize it on the wall..
>sus phone call at 20:00>15 seconds of silence, hangs up>one minute letter get an email>teehee we tried to deliver your package but no one was homeI should just set the delivery to a pick up point from the get go I don't know why I bother anymore
>>107114952Unless I find some trunking that is flexible enough to be shipped on a roll, I might just buy it locally. Dont think there is much to be saved...
>>107114911A small low power setup is basically what I'm looking for. I'm not hoarding data, but I need something so I can watch movies on my tv using jellyfin for example + other small-ish stuff.
>>107114891there's shit beyond 1GB wired and 5GHz wireless, but all your other shit has to support itISP ones usually come with pre-configured closed firmware so it's plug-and-play, but you won't be able to flash it with something like OpenWRT for more functionality and microservices
>>107114501Iirc studies say yes, but you need very powerful lamps to actually get the benefits from it.I have no idea if it's placebo or a real thing, but in winter i really like to use one of those light alarms (I have a really old phillips (I think?) one) that floods your entire room in light getting progressively more intensive to wake you up.Seems to help me a lot with wake-up when it's still dark outside.
>>107114972The only reasonable solution is to turn your property into one of those booby-trapped meth houses so you kill the delivery guy before he can claim you "weren't there", thus leaving the package behind.
I don't know why I joined the business account thing. I am not businessmansan. I don't buy in bulk. The prices aren't better. Why was it even offered to me.
>>107116268Don't do this.The trucks start piling up and it becomes a mess just driving out of the house.
>>107116370We're introducing an evolutionary selection algorithm anon. Those delivery drivers that wait and actually deliver the package get to survive, live on and reproduce, thus eventually training the population to satisfy this new trait.It's for the betterment of the species and eventually no more trucks will arrive that don't satisfy the conditions.
>>107113924all thesmall things
>>107114545just look on lowcostminipcs.com/ for sale stuffotherwise beelink is the best you can get on Ali that I've seen
>>107116351i clicked out of it. i don't want any supplies fleas
>>107114973>trunking that is flexible enough to be shipped on a rollhave you tried searching? thats how most is sold on aliexpress
>custom chink mousepad of my waifu arrived>smells like unseasoned couscous (not bad, just kinda weird)>also way too big for my deskGuess I'm going to IKEA then.
>>107112281Who the fuck that's the hit for coin discounts. Ali or the seller?I understand that it would be Ali if it's up to 10% as they could just take it out of the market fee, but when some completely random item is 75%, that can't be true.
>>107117669seller takes the hit. i read that they use coins to feature their listing on the discount finder section especially for the top 3 listings which are highlightedthis is just the cost of doing business. take a few losses to get their store followed and get repeat customers or cut their profit margins really close
Any recommendations for ice cube trays? I bought some big silicon cube trays but they freeze to eachother through the silicon and the tray smells funky which I feel like makes the ice in turn a bit funky. I'm not looking for ones you make balls with, that shit is too much effort.
>>107117839silicone is an easy breeding ground for mold spores when it's not in the freezer. white vinegar is supposed to cut into it and kill spores but only bleach works for me but obviously bleach and food stuff isn't greatmy fridge came with soft plastic trays which bend well. rigid ice trays will snap.
>>107117669It's a loss leader like the first anon said but also I think one thing sellers use coins for is to get rid of stock for whatever reasons.Maybe cosmetic damage that won't sell at regular retail price in physical stores in China. Maybe simply excess stock that costs more to warehouse. Maybe QC fails (ya I know lmao QC amiright). There have been a lot of USB hubs on coin discount lately of absolutely shit quality.I've bought 18650 holders that are slightly the wrong size. But for like a few bucks for 10pcs who cares. They still work.It's basically the bargain bin section.
>>107114677I don't understand why people buy these chinkwares. eBay is loaded with used gear like thinkcenters and enterprise gear.
>>107114677Check Amazon instead
>>107117976why would i want overpriced old shit someone has had running nonstop for years when i can have something new and cheap
>>107117976i know these can stretch its n150 processor to play 4k vids on youtube and local vid files (barely)if you stick it behind a tv you can turn it into an android box, media server or emulation machine. other than that, if you're buying one to use as a main pc or to give to your kid i would just grab an optiplex and slap a low profile card in iti hear an rx6400 does pretty well in these
>>107117976>>107118047An N100/150 mini turd uses less power on average than any desktop equivalent CPU assuming mostle little to no CPU utilization. The moment you hit it with any load is when you see how shit it is compared to a desktop chip since it can take ages outside of using intel quick sync.
>>107118047depends on why you want one. if space is an issue or portability then sure, but if you're going to use it for anything slightly power-needy these things are pretty much DOA
>>107118047I bought an old Thinkcenter P510 for around $120 couple of years ago. Upgraded the CPU to a 28 core CPU for like $20. It's been on 24/7 for 4 years now, and I've only ever shut it down maybe 2 or 3 times. Still working fine for all my server needs.But sure, you do you.
>>107117917>my fridge came with soft plastic trays which bend wellI have one of those but it's a bit small for my liking
>>107117839https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOopCZB
>>107118074This. The 6W meme is a scam. Under full load it rams up to 35W. Yeah, intel has had 35w cpus for over a decade. N100 performance is comparable to i5 4570t performance and that shit came out in 2013, both 35w. FUCK INTEL SCAM COMPANY
>>107114788Rpis, even a 3b are great for low load stuff. Dockers, low priority seed boxes, gits, etc. they're worth having one running on your network as long as you don't expect performance out of them.
you're all trash
>>107118490You're calling people who spam chink vidya games to get free 99cent items from China trash?
>>107118490why
>>107118419huh what do you know, my usff thinkcenter also maxes out at 35w. i know that the idle is around 5w. i take a peek inside the case and honestly the components are pretty much the same as any mini pc
Any recommendations for a cheap hard case to store my sex toys in? Preferably non-transparent and with a lock?
>>107119075I don't think they sell cases big enough
