I still do and also buy UHD Blu Rays, CD's, SACD's, vinyl etc.
I've had a pair of XM4s for a few years and they're generally pretty good, but I could just never get comfortable with them. They always felt too heavy to wear for more than an hour or two before my ears would start aching, so they've been relegated to backup duty while I've used my Bose QC35 IIs pretty much daily.
Only ever use the castor wheels with brakes so you can stop it from moving, failing that make yourself a little trolley dolly just cut a piece of 18mm wood to match the footprint of your rig & attach the castors to that, then all you have to do is lift your rig once & move it about.
Issue with that is I need it to fold in order to put it away; unfortunately I don't have room to keep it setup as I do.
Good to hear my plan might hold some water. As said above I'm mostly concerned with moving it while the wheelstand is folded, so hopefully the sliders I just ordered will work better for shifting it around.
@Solid Lifters syndrome
Sorry I misunderstood, I presumed you left it built but move it out of the way when not in use. I leave mine up but move it from the living room where I use it to the conservatory where I store it. I have to carry mine as there's a step up then a couple of steps down. But I still built the trolley just because I had some spare wood & some castors, I'm sure it will come in handy one day.
As the old scout motto goes 'Always be prepared'. Better to have stuff and not need to use it then to have an issue with something and not have the tools to fix it. IMO. Nothing to do with the fact that tools are cool and guys just can't help collecting stuff.Pretty sure I have every kind of tool now with nothing to work on and no room to work on anything.
Cast iron is a giant pain in the ass. Carbon steel is a much better option for all the same reasons you'd want cast iron. I still use nonstick, however, and I find the cheap TFal pans to be the best thing going. As soon as the nonstick coating shows signs of wear, I don't have to feel bad about chucking it and getting a new one.
I've always heard stuff like that, yet I use a 15" one for meal prepping and haven't really had any issues cleaning it. If something is stuck I find putting some water in it and letting it boil loosens whatever is stuck fairly well.I've got a couple of cast iron pans. Their great for: a) building up those forearm muscles. b) letting you spend more of that sweet free time cleaning pans - but in a different, much more labor intensive and old fashioned way. We all love spending more time on chores.
I still use mine occasionally and yeah, that does tend to work most of the time. But we also have some aluminium granite-coated pans which are super light and so non-stick that you barely (if at all) need to use any oil to cook with. You can pretty much run them under a tap to clean them when used too.
The issue ain't cleaning it, it's the time. Carbon steel does everything cast iron does but is lighter and easier to clean. Give it a shot if you ever have to replace a pan for whatever reason in the future. Matfer Bourgeat is the brand to get, but I would get their paella pans instead of the standard ones because the long handle is so massive that it doesn't fit well in the oven. I only use mine for steaks but that was when I needed space for 2-3 steaks at once. These days, I just use the thicker T-Fal that Amazon always has on black friday sales, etc. Better quality than their standard line stuff, but they're still like $30 for a set of 3.I've got a couple of cast iron pans. Their great for: a) building up those forearm muscles. b) letting you spend more of that sweet free time cleaning pans - but in a different, much more labor intensive and old fashioned way. We all love spending more time on chores.
If they're Henckels Granitium, we have the same pans. Absolutely incredible how hydrophobic the coating is.
