York 20kg Dumbbell Review

There’s not much to get excited about here. But what i wanted to point out is how much better than expected the York 20kg Dumbbell set was.

I’ve used cheaper Dumbbell sets before and my major problem was constantly having to tighten the spinning lock nut at the end of the bar, whether it was mid set or before / after use.

With the set i have now you get a plastic lock nut over a chrome metal version with a rubber washer to grip the plates. I tightened these on Christmas day and not had to re tighten since.

Lastly the handle is a very hard rubber which is moulded into the bar so there’s no spin from the plates when you lift. Over all its a good set for £35.

The picture below is an example of the Chrome set that you can get.

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Leeds united are selling or giving away fan telephone numbers.

Just had a call from Leeds United Insurance Services or carprotect.co.uk. calling from Sheffield of all places how cheeky.

0114 2565286 was the number that called me and i asked how they got my number and although Ken Bates wasn’t mentioned in person they did say if i’ve bought tickets from Leeds United then this is why im getting the call.

Rant over

18650 Battery Charger

If you’ve got some 18650 Batteries then your going to need a charge, i opted for a cheap one that included 2 batteries from eBay. It charges them for around 4 hours in which time the charge light goes from cherry red to a more orange / red.

My batteries are only lasting around 1 week on full power for around 15/20 minutes of use. and towards the end of the week you can tell that they are starting to die off, as there is less output from the light.

If you find your light won’t cycle through modes properly then its more than likely a weak battery over a faulty light unit.

Android Apps

What Apps are worth getting for your android, well it depends if you’ve rooted your phone or not.

I tend to do a lot of web stuff so i’ve got the 123Reg App and i’ve also got Wheres My Droid which is really handy when i lose my phone in the house and its on slient.

I have a few others like autotrader and eBay which are always handy if i need to price something up quickly or buy it.

Overclocking A Samsung Galaxy S2

I haven’t really noticed any major gains in over clocking my Samsung Galaxy S2 to run at a maximum of 1501GHz over the stock limit of 1200GHz.

Whilst i allow my phone to run up to 1501GHz i have noticed that the battery dies a lot quicker than if i limited the CPU to run at the stock 1200GHz

As you can see from the above graph whilst running Quadrant Standard benchmark the phone was nearly 800 points quicker when overclocked.

I was using Android 2.3.4 on this test, and ran Quadrant Standard a few times to that we got a better perspective.

Is it worth overclocking Samsung Galaxy S2 well its something to do, and I’m sure that on heavy CPU usage apps it will come in handy. But in honesty i don’t really notice any difference

18650 Batteries

I recently did a post on bike lights mainly the Cree XM-L T6 1300Lm as i had purchased one on eBay. When they turned up they didn’t have any Batteries so i though no more of it and headed straight for an AA battery thinking it would fit, but they don’t fit as you need 18650 Batteries.

On the net i couldn’t see any pictures comparing a standard AA battery against a 18650 battery.

As you can see there’s quite a bit of size difference. I bought 2 UltraFire 18650 3.7v and a charger for £12 delivered from eBay

Marco Simoncelli Dies at Malaysian Moto GP 2011

Marco Simoncelli has tragicly died today at the Sepang circuit at the Malaysian Moto GP. The race was red flagged after 4 minutes when Marcos bike low sided and then camme back across the path of Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi. Marcos helmet came off during the accident causing head injurys. Edwards suffered a dislocated shoulder.

The race was cancelled due to Marcos condition.

Below is a video of the accident