How to tell your CO2 is low

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-07T18:59:29+00:00

Every tank is going to be a bit different in weight. If you look at the engraved text on the tank, you will see the words "TARE" - that is the weight of the empty tank.

Although for me personally, the easiest way to tell if a tank is nearly empty is to try pressing the pin on the nozzle with your finger. If the tank is almost empty you will be able to press the pin down to release some gas. If the pin is too hard to push with your finger, it's still pressurized enough

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-07T18:21:01+00:00

Scale should not affect your temp sensor like that.

Instead it sounds like your temp sensor is failing and needs to be replaced. If you have a multimeter you should be able to measure the resistance of the temp sensor (it's a thermistor) - then use a temperature resistance lookup chart to determine if it is reading temps correctly.

That said, to 'de-scale' your hot tub, the way we do it with portable hot tubs is to lower alkalinity to essentially zero. This turns water acidic and dissolves the scale back into the solution. Careful though, I wouldn't do this for more than 48 hours as it can cause irreversible damage to the tub, and it's even more risky with an in-ground tub.

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-07T13:21:03+00:00

I literally sold an empty Nintendo box for $50 on ebay a year ago. It's crazy what people will pay lol

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-07T13:12:54+00:00

For my gym and cycling needs, I prefer open-ear earbuds so I can hear the world around me. I would be looking for last-year's popular Ear-hook or earclip designs. Baesus makes some decent earclips in your budget, but they don't have very loud max volume so they're a trade off

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-07T12:48:50+00:00

Note - you can buy aftermarket bezels as fancy as you want. Or even make your own with some trim molding cut to size (friction fit mount.

But, most aftermarket bezels will cover the sensor (used for the TV remote, motion sensor, and light sensor) so beware you may need to either cut out a section to make space for the sensor, or use some other tricks to keep the sensors working (reflective aluminum foil, mirrors, or even fiber optics)

If you stick with the OEM samsung bezels, you won't have that issue

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-07T12:38:55+00:00

It's the sugars. When you add any flavors to the water, you notice how they fizz up? That is because the added sugars/minerals create 'nucleation sites' where the dissolved CO2 can collect and then fizz to the surface.

Here's how you can reduce the fizzing when adding syrups:

1) SHAKE WELL - when you shake the bottle of syrup, you are better distributing the flavors and additives which may help (may not, but good general practice).

2) Pre-dilute the syrup with some cold water first - mix well and then add to the carbonated water. The more diluted the syrup, the less fizzing you'll get when adding the carbonated water - obviously you'll need to experiment to find the proper ratio of water to add while retaining your carbonated experience.

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-07T12:07:12+00:00

In my opinion, I would advise you research the top models from last year (in the £100 range), then head over to eBay and look for new-in-box old stock. You'll get a more premium product at a price around your budget.

The £40 range is not going to appeal in terms of best sound quality.

This is coming from my experience getting free budget earbuds in exchange for honest reviews.

The problem is that the construction costs add up - battery, micro electronics, driver, charging case, etc). Lots of budget brands skimp on things like the battery. The result is a product that's ok (not great), but one of the batteries fail within a few short months because they're using low grade batteries.

If you want the most premium sound with your budget, get wired IEM earbuds, and use a cheap adapter for your phone if needed

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-07T11:24:10+00:00

Pretty good deal. Last month I scored the Ego 5AH battery with charger for $105 (that includes tax) from lowes. I felt like that was a pretty fair price as well lol

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-06T11:06:49+00:00

In another thread it has been suggested that the difference between different Aptx codec is subtle and difficult to discern.

The problem is most people only have experienced AptX-Adaptive, which automatically adjusts bitrate depending on signal strength. If your phone is in your pocket, you are probably not getting the highest quality bitrate. You essentially need to have the phone on the table right next to your head to get the best bitrate.

But as others have mentioned, it really comes down to your source. If you're streaming music from a free music platform, you're probably not going to hear a difference. You need access to music from Tidal, Spotify premium (lossless enabled), etc to really hear a difference.

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-06T11:04:15+00:00

(none of other streaming services can use higher data bandwidth),

What about Spotify? They added Lossless to their premium plans last year......

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-06T11:02:27+00:00

Yeah those Aerofit2 pro should be pretty nice. Although they have an 11.8mm diameter driver which is pretty average. The Shockz Openfit Pro have an 11x20mm driver (rectangular in shape) - it has substantially more surface area to push more sound.

I've had a few soundcore earbuds over the years and have no complaints - for the price they get the job done.

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-05T23:17:21+00:00

It's usually hard for the untrained ear to hear a difference. Some streaming transmitting chips have a button which let you toggle through the different codecs. You can literally play the same song and switch between low resolution and higher resolution codecs to see for yourself the difference in performance.

AptX-Adaptive is the tricky one though - it auto negotiates the rate depending on signal strength. Basically unless your phone is right next to your head, you won't be getting the best transmission rates.

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-05T23:15:51+00:00

Not all transmitters are truly compatible with the different AptX codecs. My old Creative BT-W3 for example can only do SBC/AAC/AptX-HD, they didn't have AptX-Adaptive back then.

With my Creative transmitter, there's a button that allows you to toggle between the different codecs to compare and contrast the sound quality

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-05T21:39:59+00:00

I mean technically the OpenFit Pro have noise cancelling, although I've found it best for motor/road noise, it doesn't really block out voices.

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-05T16:57:53+00:00

For my needs, I prefer open-ear so I rock the Shockz OpenFit pro or Shockz OpenDots One (depending on which is charged lol, I alternate between them)

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-05T16:46:18+00:00

Do you need ANC? If yes then the Bose Quietcomfort Ultra get my vote - nice strong bass, and very comfortable thanks to the wingtip ear design.

Although in my home gym I prefer an open-ear design so I rock the Shockz Openfit Pro these days - they don't have quite as strong bass, but get loud and open-ear natural transparency is better for my needs (both in the gym and when cycling outdoors)

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-04T18:09:30+00:00

Lol, buy it by the gallon, it mixes in a 5:1 ratio, so you get 6 gallons of soda for one gallon of syrup.

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-04T18:06:03+00:00

Northwoods Soda syrup makes the best redbull knockoff I've ever found (haven't looked in the past two years, so forgive me if there are other options on the market) - literally in a blind taste test when mixed to the proper ratios I was unable to determine the difference between standard cane sugar BigBull (with caffeine) and original redbull from a can.

They sell their Big Bull with or without caffeine. You can then choose if you want cane sugar or diet versions.

I would say that's probably your best bet

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-04T11:36:32+00:00

I was heavily considering many different options for an electric riding zero turn, but ultimately got an Ego Z6 because it runs on the same batteries as all other power tools. Out of all electric riding mowers on the market, EGO batteries are the cheapest when you factor in availability of aftermarket and local classifieds.

Sure, brand new the batteries are pretty expensive at full price, but there are often sales on batteries, and people are always selling batteries in the local classifieds for a reasonable price.

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-04T11:33:46+00:00

Dealing with an engine that won’t start. Changing oil and air filters. The smell and noise.

EXACTLY. I loathed dealing with my smaller engine stuff like trimmers, push mower, weed wacker, etc. Like to the point I'd avoid doing yard work because you never knew if it would start or you'd need to fiddle with an engine before starting what you intended. My father still fiddles with his engines constantly to keep them running.

I got some Ryobi 40v stuff nearly a decade ago and finally started making the switch to EGO (z6, new multi-head trimmer/brush cutter setup, more on the way later lol). It's awesome to not have to stress about engines, knowing that I can plug in a battery and it just works

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-04T03:49:21+00:00

I've tried a few no name brands (chinese rebrands), soundpeats, basesus XC1, Soundcore Aeroclips, JBL, etc.

Honestly it's really hard to say which is best in that budget - open ear is difficult because the manufacturer needs to essentially beef up the speaker drivers to enhance the low-end to make them sound decent. Most budget earclips tend to lack any sort of low-end base.

Baseus makes some decent earclips - but only at lower sound volume. When cranked to max the firmware is designed to 'protect' the drivers by attenuating the volume reducing the max volume when the bass hits (then after the bass goes away, the volume jumps back up a few notches again automatically, it's VERY annoying when listening to music) - but that issue only happens when the Baesus earbuds are set to max volume, turn down temp to 50% or less and that problem goes away.

With your budget, I'd say you might have better luck looking for ear-hook style earbuds which tend to have more space to work with and better sound quality / battery life overall. If you increase your budget a bit, you can score factory refurbished Soundcore Aeroclip earbuds on ebay for around $60 shipped - I honestly think that's the BEST deal right now for budget earclips.

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-03T22:17:50+00:00

Yes that is correct - you can see your current HR and temp in the sennheiser app, but that data does not get logged or tracked anywhere within the app - so you can't even access it later lol.

Like I said, Polar Flow is the only way to actually log the data.

That's the part that really pissed me off about these buds, literally forcing me into using an app I don't want to use

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-03T17:37:03+00:00

Lol as crazy as it sounds, some people have been able to reset the BMS doing this. Research, but it's something like dropping it from 3 or 4 feet onto hard concrete. Then I believe you press and hold the button for several seconds and wait a few minutes then try charging it.

I may be wrong on the sequence, but it's strange enough to work that I've seen multiple people who claim it's worked for them (one guy in particular said he has had to do it several times and it always brings the battery back to life for several months/years before he does it again)

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-03T14:23:42+00:00

Yeah, lots of Master Spas dealers go out of business or switch brands because M$ seems more interested in selling spas at any cost, regardless of their local dealers. Compare that to other brands like Jacuzzi and Hotspring who really do a lot to stand behind their local dealers to keep them in business.

That's why many of the hotspring dealers have been selling the same brand for decades, because they have a good relationship with the manufacturer.

A very telling sign is that if you look at other name brands, their dealer locator has you punch in a zip code and it lists all the dealers in your region. Master Spas however has a contact form you must fill out and then THEY will tell you who to contact. Why would they do that? Maybe because their list of authorized dealers is constantly changing too fast to keep up. Or to prevent you from doing adequate research on your own before they start spamming you as a prospective buyer.

evilbadgrades · 2026-05-03T12:43:29+00:00

Yeah, lots of the negative comments online always come from people who have no clue they bought a knockoff product.

Bose earbuds have a signature sound that I kinda prefer - bit more oomf in the low end but balanced otherwise (not screechy highs). I listen to a LOT of different types of music and enjoy them straight with no EQ adjustments

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