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I recently got a used car (low mileage 2018 Golf Sportsvan 1.5 TSI) and it still got factory tires on it. Somehow they don't even look terrible despite their age. The car came with winter tires as well (205/55R16 on steelies), but they are just as old. So I'm now in market for new set of tires and I've largely narrowed down the options to:

• Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 - seems like very good all-rounder, with plenty of reviews vouching for its quality.
• Goodyear Vector All Season 4 - it's probably a bit better, but it seems very new to the market with very few reviews/tests so far.
• CrossClimate 3 - I wouldn't really consider it if it wasn't for the fact that it comes in 91 weight

I'm thinking of buying a R&M UBN Six Silent - it has Fazua Ride 60 system and I'm wondering mostly if it's reliable. I'm interested in it specifically mostly due to relatively low weight and quiet operation.

I've seen some complaints about Fazua, but for the most part they seem to be about older Ride 50 and/or US with its 20mph speed limit (I'm in EU and don't plan on doing anything with the 25kph limiter). And the place I live in has very few hills, so I don't expect to stress the motor much at all.

On the other hand I very much like how Fazua can just connect to the Garmin watches etc. Which Bosch refuses to allow.

Is there something else I'd n

I've been looking around to install an AC unit for my small flat. Given the limitations of layout/windows/etc only realistic options are either mini- or multi-split installations. This is also for cooling only as I already have municipal heating.

Do you have any experiences or suggestions for what AC system would be good to use and available in EU? Preferably I'd like to have local control rather than anything cloud based. It can also be zigbee if such thing exists.

I saw daikin and Gree integrations that look promising. Do you have any experiences with them? I'd be especially interest

I've been looking at getting a pair of binoculars for travel/hiking/birding that doesn't break the bank. I.e. is as cheap as reasonably possible, with a soft price ceiling of $200 or so.

I've had a bit of experience with borrowed Nikon T01 (8x21), Celestron UpClose G2 (8x40 porro) and Delta Entry 10x50. I'd like to get something better than those for myself. In terms of size I'd like general ballpark I arrived at is 25-32 objective lens and 8-10 magnification.

Shortlist of models I arrived at:

• Nikon Prostaff P3 10x30, maybe 8x30. It's a very new model that doesn't have many reviews out. Main standout seems to be a very wide FOV for its price and size (6.6° for the 10x, 8.7° for 8x). T

I've been a long fan of putting shelves with raw materials next to workstations and dropping finished products on the ground. It's fairly common strategy for stoves, but I've been thinking just how important it actually is. And exactly how much of a benefit it can give to other workstations.

So I ended up making this spreadsheet. The way to look at it is that columns with distance numbers above them signify average one way distance the pawn has to travel to grab each raw material and optionally drop the finished product. Percentage values are how much ti

I've been considering various options for building a small all-purpose server that would run 24/7. I wanted it to be very power efficient while retaining ability to run mainstream linux distros. That in the end meant setting on some cheap Apollo Lake or Gemini Lake 4 core with 4 SATA ports like J4105-ITX.

The issue I have is how to efficiently provide power to board that idles around 10W. There are two options I see:

• PicoPSU around 90W. Main pro is better efficiency, but some shops recommend against using 3.5" HDDs with them. I wanted to put 2-3 WD Reds in the build. I'm also worried about power spike when disks spin up.
• 80 Plus Br

#What would you like to accomplish?

Convenience of occasional printing at home - airplane tickets, some documents and such.

#Are there any models you are currently looking at?

• HP LaserJet Pro M12w (WiFi only bothers me a bit, cheapest)
• HP LaserJet Pro MFP M26nw (Has ethernet, scanner is a little bonus, but a bit too expensive given that it is mostly the wired connection that I'd appreciate above the M12w)
• Brother HL-L2360DN (Ethernet, has enclosed paper tray, but a bit more expensive)
• Brother HL-L2340DW (WiFi only)

#More Details:

Questions	Answers
Budget:	$150, but preferably cheapest over long period of use.
Country:	Poland
Color or black and white:	BW is enough
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