What does 1000€ buy you in your favourite hobby?
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An enclosed core XY 3D printer with a material changing system with a built in filament dryer.
The Bambu Lab P1S is a crazy good deal. If you get it with the older AMS that doesn’t do filament drying, it’s only €800.
There are some issues with Bambu Lab and their proprietary nature. But I’ve very much loved my P1S, and while I’ve tinkered with and upgraded it quite a bit, I’ve never NEEDED to the same way I did with older 3D printers (other than standard maintenance).
You can get Prusa’s Core One for a bit over the stated budget, but only if you do the assembly yourself. Which is fun! But you also don’t get the multiple material system included in that price.
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Scored myself a very nice set for under $400, for road use.
The key in this case is of course to buy from China
I've thought about that, but it seems like the kind of thing you don't want to get cheap on.
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A low-mid range PC. Maybe? Prices for components are fucking wack and I'm broke anyway, so I am not sure how far 1000 dollars would go rn.
My current PC was ~$900, built in 2019 and was for low-entry VR, or high performance in flat space games for 1080p res and 144hz.
You can probably build a decent entry level gaming PC for that, that can do the latest games at 1440p.
Ryzen 9600X, motherboard, 32GB RAM, and either a nVidia 5060 Ti or AMD 9060 RX with 16GB VRAM.
Might have to reuse the case, storage and PSU, but at this point PC gamers are used to cannibalising their old machines to save money.
Personally I'm hanging on with a 1060 6GB, and just using my PS5 for anything demanding. I thought the 1060 was dead the other day, but a quick autopsy and a can of air duster later and it was working fine again.
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Few or many diseases depending on how I spend it.
"Rabies... I've got rabies... I'm supposed to get the flu this week."
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A hole in the water you can throw money into
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If you already have a good computer, that much money could outfit an entire home music recording studio with decent gear, especially if you buy good used gear, which is easily available:
A couple of good super-budget guitars from Harley Benton (a Strat clone and a Les Paul clone), for about $300 (new).
A good Yamaha acoustic guitar, $100.
A bass, $75.
An interface, to get the music into the computer, $50.
A basic MIDI controller, $30.
A good electronic keyboard with weighted keys, $100.
Microphone, $75.
Headphones, $50.
Electronic drum machine, $50, or use the pads on the MIDI controller, or voices on the keyboard.
DAW - Reaper is free, and works great.
That's approximately what I spent on my studio, and everything works great, and sounds terrific..
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About three or four fountain pens I've been planning to buy some day. Im not attracted to the really expensive a one yet.
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2 years of yoga classes.
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All of the garden beds, fencing, and good soil I got for the garden.
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… my favorite hobby “this week”
A basic road bike I guess?
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Entrance and accommodation at a dancing festival.
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A fuckton of Bionicle parts. Perhaps even enough for a full mask collection, if I find the right people.
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Either a guitar.. or a gpu
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A pair of running shoes and the remainder will be blown on physio sessions.
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A mtg cube; all sleeved in a nice box. Endless replayibility with friends with a few updates every year.
It's the dream.
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A lot of gardening supplies.
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Lots and lots of games, either boardgames or digital. Or a better computer.
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Backpacking - Either one really swanky sleep system (the full Zenbivy ultralight), or perhaps one crazy expensive ultralight tent like a Durston, or if we're going budget, an entire setup of basic gear including backpack, tent, cook system, sleeping bag and pad, etc. Everything needed to backpack you could buy for under 1000€ to get started.
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I've thought about that, but it seems like the kind of thing you don't want to get cheap on.
I'd agree, but my understanding is that Elitewheels are quite trustworthy.
I'll let you know if they break and I eat pavement
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One seat.
Two tires.
Part of an air conditioning kit.
Not much really. Expensive hobby.
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1L flasks, dimroth condenser, heating mantle, heating plate, materials to build an electric kiln, if i have anything left i'd use it on chemicals
and i'm probably already overbudget, home chemistry is fucked price-wise, we're lucky to have synthware for all our glassware needs but for equipment you either diy it or go broke (a good hotplate is ~500$ new, 200$ used in bad conditions)
