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The Kalita has definitely been on my list for a while, but I need to reorganise my coffee space to make some room first!

Have you used the cloth filters? My only experience of them has been with a siphon brewer and it was a faff to keep them clean. Still got a pair in my fridge in a jar of water, looking sort of like a small facehugger

Nope, you might find the dialling in process a bit more tricky when going from very different roasts due to the pressure being applied by you as opposed to a consistent pump. But should be no other issues.

I don't mind the Aeropress too much, I just hate having to deal with the silt at the bottom, even when using a paper filter.

Currently waiting for a 2-filter coffee to cool down so will see if that makes a noticeable impact. Seems like a sub-par workaround though.

Yeah I mean they're all relatively affordable options, think the V60s are £8/9 for the 01/02 sizes, think my Clever Dripper was around £25-30, and the Aeropress I think is currently around £30-35.

I get the Aeropress for travel options (used to have one in the work kitchen too). I've been playing around with the Clever for a month or two now and while I like it, I just can't seem to get anything that matches the V60 so far. Will keep going for a while alternating between the 3 to see if I get anything that clicks for me.

Also if they just broke their existing V60, I imagine they have a kettle that works for them with a V60 ;)

Or just a plastic V60 for < £10

I've been going through using a Clever Dripper, Aeropress & V60 for the last month or so. Not sure if it's just familiarity or actual quality difference, but I still massively prefer the V60 over the others.

Perhaps https://reverb.com ?

Haven't used them myself, but would be my go-to if I was looking to buy something like that

What are people's preferred options for a more than 1-cup travel setup? Currently leaning towards just using a French press as anything else will likely require some sort of server to brew into before splitting into cups.

Seems silly to pick up something like the giant Aeropress for a few times per year. V60 will require bringing something else to brew into, Clever Dripper isn't big enough, Chemex is a bit delicate to be chucking in a backback for the weekend.

Goes without saying that this is utterly, utterly shit news. Spent many a lovely evening cruising along Uxbridge Rd with him (and Moog!). He's also the one who introduced me to this group of reprobates. Raising a glass to him tonight.

Nice! I've had my eye on the PS2/Dreamcast/N64 compatible one for a while now (the 405m I think).

How're you finding it?

With CSS this dodgy, I'd say yes

Does it fall apart every now and then?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56zNOhwp2Dw

I've not really been tempted by these sorts of boiler-less lever machines, but this one does look pretty damn cool IMO.

I am a bit surprised at how many of these styles of machines there are recently, but no one seems to be going the Europiccola route. Would be nice to see if anyone can make some useful innovations on that style of machine.

Also a big fan of the Zoom Multi-FX stuff. Got their G1x-Four & G3Xn (whoever came up with the naming convention needs to be taken out back and shot...) and they're awesome. Especially considering the cost.

The limitation on 5/7 effects on the two units can be a bit constraining if you're also using amp & cabinet sims (I generally don't), but aside from that they're excellent.

Will be interesting to see what it ends up like, will be nice to have an official sequel (I've still yet to check out Bomb Rush Cyberfunk), but that Crazy Taxi gameplay looks pretty shite IMO!

I'd love to see some of those folks go back and replay Vice City.

Also, while I'm not too fussed on the constant "10 things you didn't notice in the trailer" sort of crap, these sort of map making/finding projects seem pretty cool IMO:

https://vimap.saamexe.com/map

Oh cool, I didn't know they'd done that (though it looks like it came out around 7 years ago)!

I have one of the older Rhinos that's a bit too big for it (the Porlex fits nicely inside but are a fair bit more pricey).

Gotta drive those clicks! The downside of all this info being free (aside from the cost of having to look at all the advertising) as opposed to having to actually buy the magazines.

I'd go for the Rhinowares grinders instead.

I love Hario's stuff for the most part, but have always found their grinders to be pretty bad when it comes to reliability/strength. They tend to become pretty wobbly over time in my experience. Granted, I haven't used one in over 5 years, so they may have improved since.

Yes, but it promised that it'd be whiter in 30 days

To be honest I have no idea, I bought it, wanted to check out just how ridiculous the app was (it attempts to keep track of which areas of your mouth you've covered and which you haven't, as well as tracking brush times, all a bit useless IMO).

But yeah, required a firmware update first.

go for a fast oral b one but without the bluetooth bollocks, you dont need an app to use a toothbrush.

Found myself doing a firmware update on my toothbrush last year, that was a bizarre experience.

For me, 5 was the weakest since they moved to 3D.

Sure it was technically great, lots of detail etc. but I just found it dull. It's the only one since 3 that I haven't revisited.

This looks very much like continuing on the same direction as 5 (which makes sense as they've been able to milk it for a decade or so), but not exactly counting down the days myself.

https://www.westerndigital.com/products/portable-drives/sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-3-1-ssd?sku=SDSSDE80-500G-G25

I picked up one of those a few weeks back. Seem to be relatively well regarded (you can get 4TB ones but apparently those particular ones have been prone to issues, 500GB-2TB seem to be unaffected)

BTW, they're much smaller than I was expecting, so check the size if that's a factor to consider

Just picked up a mini-strat for my daughter there. Any setup tips?

I've heard the stock strings with the shorter scale can be a pain to keep in tune. I've got some heavier gauge strings kicking about, is it worth fitting those? Also, just realised (quite happily) that it's got a fixed bridge.

Not sure about the best (nor is it particularly close to Kentish Town), but Kennedy's on Whitecross St. in Clerkenwell was always my go-to for fish & chips