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These are Merrell's high-quality low-rise leather-upper hiking boots. They normally retail for just over $200. I really admire them. They…

Yep, 2008 Panasonic plasma going strong at my place in its 16th year. Can control it from my phone using a Broadcom Wifi-to-IR device.…

I still have the brass-bodied Brother Laser printer my great-grandfather bought to print off invoices in 1948. Those were really built to…

Have to admire the @Nebula PC responses here; they seem to be giving a very clear and honest picture of why suppliers are opting for…

All gone now, it seems.

Nice price for the current generation of top-of-the-line Sony noise-cancellers, which I haven't seen below $500 before. Last week I did a…

After buying one LIFX light, I decided to go purely Zigbee, using the Home Assistant software and the excellent TubesZB ethernet-attached…

A reminder that the OP's narrative might not be the whole story. We've just been through 25 years of the Internet hitting the economy and…

We're all stupid about some things. For some people, those things include the Defender. If those people are a big enough group, they set…

These comments mostly come from a couple of mechanics I have had, but both reckoned Mazda was one of the few high-reliability brands out…

Based on all the reports, if you want decent new floorstanders for under $400, these are the ones to get.

These have a reputation as great cheap floorstanding speakers for music lovers, performing way above their price point. As three-way,…

My early version of this has also lasted a decade. It's just a super-reliable design, and Brother has been smart to keep it unchanged. -…

Just so you know, UBank is owned by NAB.

Interesting claim. Any explanation of how you know this?

Does this same logic apply to, say, factories? If not, why not?

"... many of these properties don't have a strong incentive to seek a rental return ..." Your theory seems to be that there's a large group…

When thinking about this question, bear in mind something that people often forget: every time someone buys an asset from an Australian…

There's not much evidence of huge amounts of vacant property. And for obvious reasons: it doesn't take much to appoint an agent and rent…

There's actually a good argument that foreign buying pushes land prices up but property prices down. It certainly adds to the pool of money…

Yes, this. Loss of sovereignty simply isn't a risk from allowing foreign purchases of property. Foreign property buyers actually face a…

Singapore

Thanks OP. I was a little sceptical but we bought the 2nd gen model and are loving what it does to a carpet covered in hair from our newly…

iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch

Fair enough. I'm still none the wiser as to how a $44 watch can have "genuine sapphire glass" that the likes of Seiko - who've driven down…

Update: The Watch 9 does appear on Lenovo's China site. No idea what Lenovo is doing claiming that a $40 watch has "sapphire glass", when…

Quite right. I should have said that it doesn't appear on Lenovo.com. Lenovo seem to be selling it only in the Chinese market on the…

Sorry to be a wet blanket, but the Watch 9 seems quite likely to be a fake. It's just too good for the money. It doesn't appear on the…

Sorry to be a wet blanket, but the Watch 9 seems quite likely to be a fake. It's just too good for the money. It doesn't appear on the…

The same sort of thing, with the rider that the Withings product exists and the Watch 9 seems quite likely to be a fake - it doesn't appear…