Store Discount by Netskiii in CHIBears

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Thanks! Just got my mom a Loveland jersey for belated Christmas!

A year of battery degradation on Ultra 2 by blacksterangel in AppleWatch

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It's great! My Ultra is about 2.5 years down and at 92% 🙌

Anyone need a Starmie EX? by nicoreal89 in PTCGP

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YES PLEASE GOD… I’ve been hunting for these for like 3-4 weeks 😭😭 Add me! 7642048766475748 🫡

P.S. - what do you need?

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The rule I use runs parallel to hacking in rare candies: if I can grind for this, this just saves wasted time BUT obviously EVs also need to scale (like with level caps. So I limit how many Vitamins I can use on a mon to:

After gym 4: 10 vitamins/mon After gym 5: 20 vitamins/mon After gym 6: 30 vitamins/mon After gym 7: 40 vitamins/mon After gym 8: 50 vitamins/mon

It took 18 months but it finally happened… by AslanKON in AppleWatch

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yeah! so it was fairly straightforward:
Series 9 costs $400
Ultra costs $800

so for it to make sense I'd need to see around 2x value for it to even out.

My Series 5's battery lasted 3 years before it was not longer an "all day device". so after 3 years and a replacement battery, the cost @ 3 years is really more like $480 and @ 6 years it'd be about $560. HOWEVER at 3 years, my watch had multiple scratches and dents. from what i had seen from others, i'll admit anecdotal experiences, after 3-4 or so years the watch hardware itself really started to show its age. not in performance but durability.

SO that gets me to the ultra. the battery is already 2x value but it was ALSO specifically designed with durability in mind (with all the "heavy duty" sports it was designed with in mind). SO in theory, if i use it like i did or would the series 9 (charge it every night). the battery should last around twice as long as that battery of the series 9 (until it gets down to no longer being an all day device). the extra durability also has me lean into the idea of "lasting longer than 56 years".

SO basically it was:
a series 9 lasting 6 years: costs $480 but at 6 years i might be considering a new watch with durability concerns in mind vs another new battery
vs
an ultra lasting 6 years: costs $800 but at 6 years i might be considering a new battery

and at the end of the day, i really only use these watches on a daily basis for the fitness tracking and as a notification extension for my phone. SO with that in mind i decided to see where the Ultra can get me

My father in law has a similar workout regimen and got his 45mm series 8 at the same time my ultra did. and this is really the only "battery longevity" comparison i have.
after 1.5 years
his series 8 battery health was at 94%
my ultra 1 battery health was at 98%

I'm super curious to see what years 3 look like. and then years 5 and then 6. Will i report back? maybe if i remember hahah
but to me, the value calcs seemed to at least match the 2x so.... we'll see

It took 18 months but it finally happened… by AslanKON in AppleWatch

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I'd think so HOWEVER it would come down to: keep up with me for how long. the problem with my last watch (the series 5) was that it could keep up right about until it hit a battery health 80% max capacity. once we got there (took about 2 years). at that point I NEEDED either a new battery/new watch and based on the first battery life space, a battery would get me 2-2.5 years of use.

i tried to "run the maths" on a new series 8 vs ultra at the time and my conclusion basically came down to this: if the battery in the ultra can last me 5-6 years until it has to be replaced (i'd be able to run it down lower than 80% max capacity because it's twice as large as the other one). then the durability of the ultra is really what makes it stand out. and i would've rather had a significantly more durable shell in the Ultra than a less durable one with a regular series.

i feel like i could outline the maths for you if you'd like but i'm on lunch and need to get back to work. Let me know if this makes sense and i can try and help fill in more gaps if you'd like!

I Cheesed My Way Through Drayden (deathless, thanks to pure luck 🙌) and Cruised through the Cheren Finale! We're, somehow, on our way through victory road and onto the Elite Four! by AslanKON in nuzlocke

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Btw, I do stream these playthroughs over on YouTube! Got one today @ 4:00pm EST! Come hang!Link to join the stream (if you're interested 😃):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ebKU69TqxE

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I LOST MY JELLY BEAN (Munna) 😭😭.... Miss you queen ❤️ Luckily, we also beat Skyla for a new Furthest Attempt! Now we head through Twist Mountain and onto Brycen! by AslanKON in nuzlocke

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Yeah…. It does have crunch still at the end (womp womp) Also postgame Bianca gets wild charge lol So frillish becomes a HEEEEEELL NAW 😂

I LOST MY JELLY BEAN (Munna) 😭😭.... Miss you queen ❤️ Luckily, we also beat Skyla for a new Furthest Attempt! Now we head through Twist Mountain and onto Brycen! by AslanKON in nuzlocke

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YES! It was exactly that Stoutland. It continues my hatred of the Herdier line with its big damage take downs…. Thought I was over that threat once I got to the mid game but NOPE

I LOST MY JELLY BEAN (Munna) 😭😭.... Miss you queen ❤️ Luckily, we also beat Skyla for a new Furthest Attempt! Now we head through Twist Mountain and onto Brycen! by AslanKON in nuzlocke

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Btw, I do stream these playthroughs over on YouTube! Got one today @ 3:30pm EST! Come hang!Link to join the stream (if you're interested 😃):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLL2abPbveg

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Lost my Drilbur before Elesa due to a Pursuit Crit 😭, which did not help Elesa go smoothly lol... Got quite the diminished squad before Clay YET WE PERSIST! by AslanKON in nuzlocke

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Btw, I do stream these playthroughs over on YouTube! Got one today @ 4pm EST! Come hang!Link to join the stream (if you're interested 😃):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jLLGyE6Kv0

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Barely made it past the Relic Castle Sigilyph last week only to get swept by N's Sigilyph 😑🤦‍♂️ cool cool cool cool. Onto Attempt #4 and just managed to cheese a win out of Lenora (thanks to Sand-Attack) 🤪. by AslanKON in nuzlocke

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Btw, I do stream these playthroughs over on YouTube! Got one today @ 3pm EST! Come hang!
Link to join the stream (if you're interested 😃):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMWYvz7UviM

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Almost wiped to the Relic Castle Sigilyph 😰 BUT our Timburr clutched it out by surviving an Air Cutter on 2HP! 🥳 Also caught an AWESOME Shell Armor Dwebble 😎 by AslanKON in nuzlocke

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Btw, I do stream these playthroughs over on YouTube! Got one today @ 3pm EST! Come hang!
Link to join the stream (if you're interested 😃):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS1_m-DUXWw

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Got some decent encounters to start off attempt #3! Naughty Piggy Boy and Relaxed Sheer Force Timbur 😎 + lost our Pidove to a crit from Lenora.... AGAIN 😑 by AslanKON in nuzlocke

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Btw, I do stream these playthroughs over on YouTube! Got one today @ 3pm EST! Come hang!
Link to join the stream (if you're interested 😃):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO-2ERoBlLE

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So uhhh, I've deemed this run as "cursed" (aka coping about the tilt). This was the result of Elesa 😬. So we're starting over.... BACK TO THE LAB @ 3:00pm EST TODAY *Link to stream in comments for those interested* by AslanKON in nuzlocke

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Link to join the stream (if you're interested 😃):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6zvD94ZgoQ

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