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#1601 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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TLDR: There are Chinese brands that are good. They aren't as cheap as the cheapest stuff, but they aren't crap either. Shop around
| Second this. At the end of the day, you get what you pay for.
The absolute rock bottom price won't be good for anything. If it's too good to be true, it probably is.
But Chinese company are coming with a lot of innovation in a lot of tools.
I do some vid shooting at my business and I used to lug some COB lightings that are size of bricks and used a little carrier to lug them around.
The newest 120w light that I got is the size of my palm... well, slightly bigger but that's roughly the size and thickness. It even does full RGB and for a fraction on what I paid for my old lights. 
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Yesterday, 10:12 AM
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#1602 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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I got tired of shitty AAA battery headlamps, they all lose brightness and drain batteries so quickly.
So I bucked up for the Fenix HP25R with the big 21700 cell. The thing is fantastic, crawling around in my attic for hours while I was running new wiring and the thing never dimmed one bit, even on the high setting. Good shit, Very impressed.
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Yesterday, 10:51 AM
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#1603 | | JDMEK9Mod | DogWhisperer
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any good Temu headlamps? lol
I wouldn't mind one for when I occasionally work on the cars. Hoping to not fry my forehead, thanks in advance.
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Yesterday, 10:51 AM
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#1604 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Originally Posted by Hehe Second this. At the end of the day, you get what you pay for.
The absolute rock bottom price won't be good for anything. If it's too good to be true, it probably is.
But Chinese company are coming with a lot of innovation in a lot of tools.
I do some vid shooting at my business and I used to lug some COB lightings that are size of bricks and used a little carrier to lug them around.
The newest 120w light that I got is the size of my palm... well, slightly bigger but that's roughly the size and thickness. It even does full RGB and for a fraction on what I paid for my old lights. | That sounds like it's gonna hot, real hot when it's that small and that much wattage. I'd expect a bigger heatsink.
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Yesterday, 11:06 AM
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#1605 | | SFICC-03*
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whatever you buy, i always recommend headlamps with removable batteries. built in batteries are pretty much only good for occasional non essential use around the house. if you're camping or hiking, you definitely want something with removable batteries so you can bring spares.
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Yesterday, 12:33 PM
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#1606 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Another shitty thing I bought off Temu was this "plastic buffer jelly", supposedly smooths out those white micro scratches you get on plastic in the car, of course it didn't work.
Anyone know a good way to buff out the little scratches on piano black plastic, and over the gauge cluster?
I swear Mazda uses the cheapest plastics available. I was cleaning my gauge cluster with a microfiber towel and now it's covered in all these little white scratches, it's driving me nuts.
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Yesterday, 02:22 PM
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#1608 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Originally Posted by mikemhg Another shitty thing I bought off Temu was this "plastic buffer jelly", supposedly smooths out those white micro scratches you get on plastic in the car, of course it didn't work.
Anyone know a good way to buff out the little scratches on piano black plastic, and over the gauge cluster?
I swear Mazda uses the cheapest plastics available. I was cleaning my gauge cluster with a microfiber towel and now it's covered in all these little white scratches, it's driving me nuts. | I wonder if Polywatch would work. It's meant for buffing acrylic (plastic) watch crystals that were used from the 50's (and even some retro style watches now)  | |
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Yesterday, 02:23 PM
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#1609 | | JDMEK9Mod | DogWhisperer
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Yeah, I was going to say, probably need to buff it out. I don't know how else you would repair it unless you're willing to vinyl wrap it.
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Yesterday, 05:19 PM
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#1610 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by EvoFire That sounds like it's gonna hot, real hot when it's that small and that much wattage. I'd expect a bigger heatsink. | You might be surprised. It's even got a silent mode where fan doesn't go on. You are limited to I think 30% of brightness or something like that, but still, even at full brightness, the fan isn't all that bad.
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