Everto

joined 3 years ago
[–] Everto@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I was initially excited to hear the XL was finally getting some attention, but the price of this upgrade has me quite disappointed. It would cost me at minimum $500 to upgrade my 5 tool head XL, and that's not including the new high flow nozzles.

I was an early XL adopter and pre-ordered based on my great experience with their MK3S printers. I love my XL when it works as intended, but it's been a long and rocky road to get it to a point of being pretty reliable. I've sunk countless hours of my time and loads of filament tinkering with and without Prusa support to troubleshoot issue after issue and even then still having to wait months or years for software updates to solve problems that it never should have shipped with.

So now to find out that there's finally a real solution to make it the printer that was promised years ago, but it costs as much as many printers is yet another letdown in my XL journey.

[–] Everto@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That's a shame. I've had my Litter Robot 2 for over a decade and loved it. Considering a replacement soon when it finally reaches end of life. Sounds like I need to look into other options. Anyone know a good alternative?

[–] Everto@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I like the approach Braun took with the series 5. Mine has a battery (that's held up shockingly well over a decade and a half), but you could always plug it in and continue shaving if the battery died. I'll be very disappointed if that's not still the case on newer models.

[–] Everto@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oneblade looks interesting. I'll have to check that out. Do you dry shave with it?

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Everto@lemmy.world to c/buyitforlife@slrpnk.net
 

I've had a Braun Series 5 model 8975 electric shaver for 16 years now and this thing has outlasted basically every other consumer electronic I've ever purchased. It just works. Battery still holds a charge. It's great. Sadly, Braun seems to have stopped making series 5 replacement foils and the non-OEM ones I've tried are absolute junk. I hate to give up old reliable when it still works, but sadly I think it's time look for something new. Before they stopped making replacement foils, I would have purchased another Braun in a heartbeat when this one finally gave up the ghost, but now I'm on the fence. Does anyone have recommendations for a BIFL shaver?