Which Black Friday deal did you fall for?

[mikewrt]

New Mini PC ryzen 7 5800h 32gig 500gig $299.

Do you mind me asking where you found this deal?

 

[Rcktmike]

unfortunately from bezos company https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTQBGPH9?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
ohh i was wrong $317

26 hours parent ? Are you on DS9 ;-)

 

[Wayco]

Went big with the Wildman sale, and that was after spending over $1k with BMS. They don’t have a Black Friday deal, but still beat WM’s price on H100’s.

 

[John Kemker]

KBS Diamond Finish Clear 1qt deal at 20% off.

 

[Simon Auty]

I too, went for the Wildman sale getting myself just a Recon Chute since Rocketman Recovery hasn’t replied or even sent the chute I ordered from them over a month ago

 

[Bruiser]

Ended up going with Sirius Rocketry. I had found the the Astrobee-D for less at some places but shipping was 2 to 3 times what Sirius charged. Plus they had the motors in stock.



Tomorrow I am buying a 3d printer. They been on BF sale for over a week now but I wanted to wait in case the price dropped on actual BF or Cyber Monday. So tomorrow I'll be purchasing a Bambu X1C whether the price drops more or not. The Bambu P1S looks good but the Mrs. says get the X1C and have no regrets. Gonna take a lot of nosecones for it to pay itself off

-Bob

 

[Papa Elf]

I didn't buy any rocket related items for myself; however it is possible Mrs. Elf's Secret Santa's purchase had a discount (although the vendor we used usually has discounts year-round. I also finished up our Christmas Shopping. Bought some Stuff at Walmart, Amazon, and Lowes.

 

[ShadowSpire48]

Ended up going with Sirius Rocketry. I had found the the Astrobee-D for less at some places but shipping was 2 to 3 times what Sirius charged. Plus they had the motors in stock.

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Tomorrow I am buying a 3d printer. They been on BF sale for over a week now but I wanted to wait in case the price dropped on actual BF or Cyber Monday. So tomorrow I'll be purchasing a Bambu X1C whether the price drops more or not. The Bambu P1S looks good but the Mrs. says get the X1C and have no regrets. Gonna take a lot of nosecones for it to pay itself off

-Bob

I have an A1 and A1 mini and they just work out of the box. I replaced my Ender 3 S1 as it was just one headache after another.

 

[bjphoenix]

New Mini PC ryzen 7 5800h 32gig 500gig $299.

That sounds like a pretty good deal. My 4 year old HP Omen laptop has a 4800H with 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD. I shopped for the small Ryzen machines last summer but couldn't find one at an attractive price so I built my own desktop with 5700G, 32GB RAM and 5TB SSD. If I could have found one for close to $300 I would have been tempted to buy that and just add another drive to it.

 

[krislhull]

Picked up one of the new mini V-2s from Wildman and a Aeropac retainer for the Punisher I have yet to build. I also picked up a couple of additional fin guides from HPRTools. I used them for the first time on my 3" Darkstar a few weeks ago and loved them, so I decided to get a couple more sets to cover the common sizes I build

 

[Papa Elf]

Picked up one of the new mini V-2s from Wildman and a Aeropac retainer for the Punisher I have yet to build. I also picked up a couple of additional fin guides from HPRTools. I used them for the first time on my 3" Darkstar a few weeks ago and loved them, so I decided to get a couple more sets to cover the common sizes I build

That one was real tempting but I refrained. Need what I have to travel for Christmas, and might have to borrow money because one of my clients is overdue...

 

[cwbullet]

I actually did not buy any rockets.

 

[dhurstell]

Eggtimer and Featherweight computers.
Wildman Motor and case combos 29mm and 54mm
Valkyrie Drogue chute
Onebadhawk harnesses
Madcow kit and motor combo
Bambu Labs PS1
and some Shop shelving to hold it all.

=\

 

[dhurstell]

I actually did not buy any rockets.

I bought them all for you... dont worry

 

[bad_idea]

I actually did not buy any rockets.

I occasionally buy kits, but I hardly ever build them (only three so far since returning to rocketry, IIRC), which is how I had already accumulated 34 unbuilt kits. Needless to say, I needed more kits like I needed a hole in my head. So of course I bought 8 more kits in this past week's sales.

(I expect @DocSeuss will approve of my kit acquiring. )

Not to mention how my build pace has collapsed to the point that I only managed to scratch build two rockets this year but just bought tubes for at least 12 more rockets during these same sales. And then turned around and bought tube mandrels today.

 

[DocSeuss]

I occasionally buy kits, but I hardly ever build them (only three so far since returning to rocketry, IIRC), which is how I had already accumulated 34 unbuilt kits. Needless to say, I needed more kits like I needed a hole in my head. So of course I bought 8 more kits in this past week's sales.

(I expect @DocSeuss will approve of my kit acquiring. )

Not to mention how my build pace has collapsed to the point that I only managed to scratch build two rockets this year but just bought tubes for at least 12 more rockets during these same sales. And then turned around and bought tube mandrels today.

I approve lol

 

[WillMarchant]

I bought a lot of stuff from Adafruit

 

[KenECoyote]

Me when my bf sale stuff arrives:

 

[2-0turbo]

I avoided the urge to get another Ham Radio, I didn't need one already have a few...

Is there such a thing as too many? I’m still in the collecting phase. I only have a mobile station in the truck and three HTs. Need to get my next licenses so I can start wasting money on HF.

 

[Art Upton]

Is there such a thing as too many? I’m still in the collecting phase. I only have a mobile station in the truck and three HTs. Need to get my next licenses so I can start wasting money on HF.

I once posted a major portion of my living room floor with just all the HTs on it. All kinds of HTs, not just Ham. It's like collecting OOP kits. I thinned that herd down before covid, and a few more this year.

Got rid of excess HF radio as well as a spare 1KW amp. Did buy a spare tube however, as they are getting hard to come by.

Like I really didn't need that VX-5 I got in 2001 anymore and never used it anymore for example.

 

[bjphoenix]

So many deals, so little budget... I've picked out lots of possibilities online but haven't finalized yet:
1/2" cordless impact driver
Jackery power bank for camping
camera bag mostly for use at rocket launches
cheap pocket knife for camping/hiking
cordless vacuum cleaner

Also I've noticed that Hulu, Paramount+ and Peacock have real cheap short term streaming deals. I've been wanting to try Hulu for a short time plus they have "The Orville", and if I get Paramount+ I can watch Star Trek Discovery.

Turns out I wasn't very successful on black friday. I did buy the camera bag at a slight discount. I bought a few other small items at small discounts but none of the big ticket items I was watching. And on top of that I messed up and missed the cheap streaming deals. It's just as well, the camera bag was the only thing I really had a need for.

 

[cwbullet]

Turns out I wasn't very successful on black friday. I did buy the camera bag at a slight discount. I bought a few other small items at small discounts but none of the big ticket items I was watching. And on top of that I messed up and missed the cheap streaming deals. It's just as well, the camera bag was the only thing I really had a need for.

The biggest deal I got ended up being a fraud. paypal returned my payment.