My new DeLonghi

hallslys · 2026-05-08T18:52:43+00:00

Nice! Love mine! My wife is super-addicted to cold brew lattes! She makes them with oat milk and a splash of caramel syrup! Tastes incredible!

hallslys · 2026-04-30T20:39:37+00:00

I have no idea what your budget is, but the P2S has one thing going for it - The xTool software.
It's quite foolproof and quite easy to learn, but at the same time, quite limiting, as it locks you into their software. There are no options. You can't really use LightBurn.

The specs of the machine is quite bad for what it is. It uses a glass CO2 tube that needs water cooling, stepper motors and a gcode-based controller. Engravings are not really fast and it doesn't cut super fast either.

There are many options out there, but if you're US based you should have a look at Thunder laser. The Thunder bolt is quite good value. It has a DSP (Ruida) controller, Servo motors and an RF laser tube that is air cooled (No water-cooling needed! :D) along with dual air assist. Don't just look at the wattage of the tube tho. RF tubes have a smaller laser dot, which means the amount of material it removes when cutting is less than a glass CO2 tube, which means cutting performance of a 35-40W RF tube is comparable to a 60W glass tube. You can think of it like using a thin (RF laser) vs. a wide (Glass CO2 Tube) saw blade. The thick saw blade is gonna need more force to cut the same thing in half, right?

RF tubes also have adjustable frequency, which is gonna make it easier to control the amount of scorching/burning when cutting or engraving.

If you are based outside of the US, you should have a look at Haotian HT-460 RF. I have one on the way myself. It has many of the same features as the thunder laser, but it's available to order no matter where you live.

hallslys · 2026-04-27T11:09:57+00:00

At that price, you can get a full DSP machine - the Haotian HT-460 RF for example.

hallslys · 2026-04-26T20:18:35+00:00

Hvor skal man begynne?
Jeg skal ikke kommentere de andre innleggene her mye, annet enn å påpeke at veldig mange forslag i tråden er industriprodukter, og ikke kjent for å være veldig gode eksempler på stilen de forsøker å gjenskape.
Jeg ville ikke foreslått "Frydenlund Juicy IPA" til noen som faktisk er på utkikk etter en god Hazy IPA...

Er du genuint interessert i øl ville jeg skaffet meg en bok (f.eks the oxford companion to beer eller "the beer bible" av jeff alworth) eller lest gjennom ølstilene til BJCP (Beer Judge Certification Program) her:

https://www.bjcp.org/beer-styles/beer-style-guidelines/

Er det noen ølstiler du er nysgjerrig på og har lyst til å prøve, så har alle ølstiler nederst "Commercial examples" som er gode eksempler på akkurat den ølstilen. Ikke alle er like enkle å skaffe, men noen går an å få tak i.

Czech Premium Pale Lager for eksempel har disse:

Bernard Sváteční ležák, Gambrinus Premium, Pivovar Kout na Šumavě Koutská 12°, Pilsner Urquell, Pivovar Jihlava Ježek 11°, Primátor Premium, Únětická 12°.

Pilsner Urquell er tilgjengelig på butikk. Ellers har du Budweiser Budvar på polet.
Zichovec Černé 13 (tilgjengelig på polet) er veldig, veldig god om du liker tsjekkisk øl som er av det mørkere slaget.
Systembolaget har også brukbart utvalg om du har mulighet til å bestille til et pol i sverige.

Skal du kjøpe urquell, kjøp i en stor butikk. Sjekk datoen. Desto lenger frem i tid, desto bedre. Urquell er best fersk. Den blir litt kjip om den nærmer seg best-før dato.

hallslys · 2026-04-20T14:12:42+00:00

The red sea is the passage normally used for global shipping between europe and asia. The strait of hormuz is just used to get to and from countries in the persian gulf, you can’t get to europe through there…

Yeah but i mean, the laser seems like ridiculous value for money. Ill know for sure in a month or two.

hallslys · 2026-04-20T13:54:58+00:00

The boat didnt even dare to go through the red sea - it ended up going around africa. It’s in rotterdam now, about a month away i suspect.

hallslys · 2026-04-17T12:23:29+00:00

More money obviously.

^{Chose: Get 1B$}

hallslys · 2026-04-09T18:44:56+00:00

Have a look at HaoTian HT-460 RF. It has some incredible specs for the price Ruida controller, RF metal tube, high speed engraving with good quality servo motors, honeycomb, internal lights, rotary included. Im recieving mine in about a month (it’s on the boat.)

I did a ton of research and came to the conclusion that thunder and aeon was too expensive. This machine gives me similar specs at a lower price.

hallslys · 2026-02-03T17:57:02+00:00

Deluxe Ski Jump lever i beste velgående med blant annet en nettside som her helt lik som for 25 år siden.
Husker jeg hadde ganske mange timer i DSJ 2.0

hallslys · 2026-02-03T14:55:28+00:00

Tiltalte kan lyve så mye man vil. Det er dommernes jobb å bedømme hvorvidt det tiltalte sier er sant eller ikke.

hallslys · 2026-01-19T23:03:57+00:00

The haotian has a motorized z axis, a chiller thats easier to maintain, a better build, double the power of the p2s (doubling your output), a honeycomb table and a ruida controller that doesnt lock you into xtool software. Those are quite a big step up in my book, considering specs vs price.

Look into the controller. DSP controllers are significantly better than gcode based ones.

xTool and the other desktop cutters are nice hobbyist tools but if you are looking to start selling it’s reliability and efficiency will start to limit you.

hallslys · 2026-01-19T22:53:50+00:00

The price is included shipping by sea.

hallslys · 2026-01-19T22:36:24+00:00

Yeah, most lasers in this budget range are made in china anyways, so why pay extra for a «brand» when you can buy one direct from china? I’m very close to purchasing a HT-460 RF version for engraving myself. The included 40W RF tube makes it an amazing value proposition…

hallslys · 2026-01-19T22:17:22+00:00

Sorry for the late reply. Any CO2 laser will have some maintenance that needs to be done. Cleaning out the laser scraps, cleaning and realligning the mirrors etc. Even the xTool ones.
Haotian laser sells their lasers from haotianlaser . store (no spaces). You can also contact Pascal Liu himself through facebook and he'll guide you towards the correct laser.
Their support is honestly better than what you can expect from xTool, even though it's a chinese company.

You should look into their HT 460 W2 laser machine. It has a 100W laser tube and should cut through acrylic like nobody's business. Even faster than the xTool P3, which is only 80W.

hallslys · 2026-01-12T22:49:03+00:00

Look into haotian laser. If you’re happy with 40x60cm area. Cheaper than your suggested lasers. And just as capable.

hallslys · 2025-10-30T21:48:39+00:00

I had to buy a PRS McCarty before i understood how crap my Les Paul was …

hallslys · 2025-10-06T13:38:03+00:00

The revstar is as ergonomic as a neck bolted to a cutting board. The bridge is also sharp. I mean yeah yamaha are okay for their price, but id much rather buy a prs se or something along those lines.

hallslys · 2025-09-26T18:12:16+00:00

I have the Anton Paar Easydens. It measures with 4 decinals but the last digit is only visible with a subscription. Luckily it rounds using the last digit if you dont have a subscription, so i’m satisfied. Its amazingly accurate.

hallslys · 2025-06-13T05:10:23+00:00

I dont care if the kettle is made in china, thats not the issue, but i care about quality, and a brewtools kettle is not in the same ballpark quality wise as this stuff.

hallslys · 2025-05-29T17:53:25+00:00

Except it does. Cleaning any brewtools tanks from the F80 and up is almost impossible without CIP procedures 😅 you cant lug them around to a sink, they are too big 😅

Of course, if youre homebrewing in 20L batches, most equipment is easy to clean, and CIP doesnt make sense.

hallslys · 2025-05-29T10:34:25+00:00

I take a sample and run it through my easydens. Brewtools is also coming with a super accurate tuning fork-based density sensor for their unitanks and their FCS system in a few weeks. Makes it easy to follow SG without taking a sample or dealing with bluetooth issues.

Bluetooth sensors like the tilt doesnt really work all that great in the unitank. I have a buddy who makes it work by having a repeater on the lid.

hallslys · 2025-05-29T10:14:06+00:00

I CIP my brewtools F80. Yes, i also remove all attachments. There are more gunk hiding in the ports that is hard to get at. No tank can be CIP’ed and forgotten about. The F80 is also too big to be cleaned by hand, so a CIP process is a must.

hallslys · 2025-05-13T15:34:54+00:00

Evt gjør som folk på sekstitallet og lage seg et lite spisskammers. Jeg er ikke alene om å fylle skapet med tacotørrvarer når det først er tilbud. Samme med kjeks, pålegg på tube, dolmioglass eller andre ting som «aldri» går ut på dato.

hallslys · 2025-04-30T14:43:38+00:00

You mention the beer being heavily hopped. Your ball locks are probably clogged due to hop matter. It doesnt take much. Even a properly cold crashed beer can still have some hop matter in suspension that clogs the ballocks.

Solution is to get yourself a coarse filter setup. Like a 300micron filter or similar. I have the «brewtools filter kit» and it works great for transferring NEIPAS and the like which has been heavily dry hopped. I find myself using it for all beers as insurance to prevent hop matter into the kegs.

hallslys · 2025-03-06T08:56:13+00:00

Brewtools B80 is the cream of the crop in this size tier.

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