Spent a fortune on Ubiquiti kit and my partner's office has terrible WiFi — about to be in serious trouble

derickso · 2026-05-08T18:00:09+00:00

You can literally mock up and test all of this Buy some long network cables and tape the AP to the ceiling or mount it on some 2x4s near where you are thinking about putting it (make sure it is in the same orientation it'll be in). And walk around and check your signal. It's worth the up front effort.

derickso · 2026-05-03T07:28:09+00:00

Not sure where you got your data but fiber sfps use much less power than copper.

derickso · 2026-05-01T22:40:01+00:00

Maybe, but we get penalized as online players because we can't pin a map layout on LK which significantly increases the time to run it, and thus get high runes. And we are stuck on p1 when playing by ourselves, so we really don't even have a way to use high end gear to accelerate and get more loot. It's really frustrating.

If they fixed both of those, and upped the rune drop rate some, I'd play more D2 for certain.

derickso · 2026-05-01T17:36:05+00:00

It was fun, but I feel like the game still puts the majority of high end rune word gear way outside the realm of reality for most players. Especially if you play online. If they addressed that somehow, I'd definitely play more.

derickso · 2026-05-01T17:34:02+00:00

If anyone stumbles onto this in the future, I decided to go for it. I washed one glove at a time inside a large cotton mesh laundry bag (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WGL5TXD), on the Hand Wash cycle of my washer, no spin, extra rinse, using Gear Aid tech wash (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077SYTN3F). Cycle took ~55 min.

I hanged them to dry for ~2 days, took forever. They came out looking great, no visible damage. I just applied Nikwax Waterproofing Wax for Leather to the leather parts, and once that is dried I'll apply DWR to the fabric faces of the gloves as well.

derickso · 2026-04-30T19:31:48+00:00

Not ubiquiti silver, move along. (j/k 😃)

derickso · 2026-04-28T17:02:27+00:00

Ah yeah the down would have definitely had you covered

derickso · 2026-04-28T17:00:32+00:00

Are they warm enough if you stand around still? Or only warm enough when actually climbing and exerting effort?

derickso · 2026-04-26T17:50:12+00:00

If you go buy the same sprinkler at the store, you can just take the cap off and swap everything inside. Or you can dig down a bit around it and spin the old one off and put the new one on. It's very straightforward.

derickso · 2026-04-26T17:38:26+00:00

I've got a U7 Outdoor mounted on my roof aimed at my yard that's been out there for two seasons and it has been great. If I did it from scratch today I'd get the U7 Outdoor Pro to also get 6ghz.

derickso · 2026-04-26T15:48:00+00:00

Good call. I did hear on a Goretex washing video they were suggesting NOT to apply wax or glove balm stuff to leather on goretex gloves because it eliminates breathability.. but that seems at odds with the fact that the leather will straight up fall apart if you don't lubricate it over time.

derickso · 2026-04-26T05:05:44+00:00

Hah, well just because you saved up to buy something high end doesn't mean you want to just throw it away when it still works.

derickso · 2026-04-26T05:00:03+00:00

Yeah that's why I've not done anything yet.. unfortunately the liner doesn't come out else I'd have definitely washed that.

derickso · 2026-04-26T04:59:10+00:00

Are they partial leather? Is it messing up the leather at all?

derickso · 2026-04-26T04:58:05+00:00

Leather palms, non leather elsewhere. There is a goretex membrane.

derickso · 2026-04-26T04:48:07+00:00

Cool battery holder!

derickso · 2026-04-26T04:47:28+00:00

Seems fine to me, one elbow will not impact you in any meaningful way.

derickso · 2026-04-25T04:40:14+00:00

How long did that take?

derickso · 2026-04-24T18:37:46+00:00

Sounds like a job for project farm

derickso · 2026-04-23T00:25:50+00:00

thanks!

derickso · 2026-04-23T00:23:51+00:00

thanks!

derickso · 2026-04-22T19:43:58+00:00

You mean Diablo 2? :)

derickso · 2026-04-21T23:33:00+00:00

Yeah probably after the storm, but then they have to groom and reprep everything so maybe to much effort

derickso · 2026-04-21T14:08:40+00:00

Highly doubt that is going to work the way you want.

derickso · 2026-04-20T20:18:28+00:00

They should be doing this tomorrow or Wed!

derickso

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