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Innova I-2 espresso coffee grinder (Dean EH4)
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An Innova I-2 38mm (I think) conical burr espresso grinder in excellent working condition. Very precise fine adjustment to dial in your grind. It has a whole-bag-sized hopper but I've always used it as a single-dose grinder: while reviews complain about grind retention, I found it has very low retention if you poke a brush or your finger up the chute (after it's stopped running of course — don't try this at home, kids!). You can test this by putting in some Grindz grinder cleaning beans (these are white, so you can see how quickly it goes from coffee to Grindz and back). I've been drinking more filter recently and it is *not* a good candidate for someone who bounces backwards and forwards between espresso and filter grind settings: it is very much an espresso grinder, where you dial in to suit your current espresso and only make fine adjustments. It is a bit noisy, but what price a good espresso?
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Landline phone (Dean EH4)
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A Cable & Wireless CWB100 landline phone. Just a phone. For your landline. It is working perfectly. Has slots for wall mounting if you put a couple of screws in the wall the right distance apart. Manual included.
22h
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Lenovo 10" tablet & spare screen protectors (Dean EH4)
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A 10" Lenovo Tab M10 HD tablet (model TB-X306F), with a screen protector on it and two spare screen protectors also included. In pristine condition (was an unsuccessful experiment for an older relative). No charger included: it charges with USB-C. Not the fastest tablet in the world, but it's a nice size and easy to hold and read from: at 400g it's only as heavy as a thick paperpack. Technical details: 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, micro SD slot, MediaTek P22T 8 core 2.3GHz CPU, 5MP front camera, 8MP rear camera, 1280×800 pixel display, Android 11.
23h
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Three small USB thumb drives (16, 4 & 4GB) (Dean EH4)
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Three small old USB thumb drives: a 16GB Corsair Flash Voyager GT and two 4GB drives (including a particularly petite Verbatim with page/shirt clip). None of them particularly fast or big by modern standards, but they do the job. The GT is about twice as fast as the other two and has a drop-proof and water-resistant rubber housing.
64d
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Ceiling rose and pendant light fitting (Dean EH4)
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Ceiling rose and (bayonet) light fitting. Will hang the light around 6"/15cm below the ceiling. Perfect working order. Not much more to be said.
168d
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Three small glass Kilner-style jars (Dean EH4)
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Three small Kilner-style glass jars: one classic flip-lid design, two with (easy-to-use) removable side clips. Filled with water, I can get them past 230ml so I'm guessing their intended capacity is 8 fluid ounces, aka 1 "cup". All with rubber seal in good condition.
197d
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Six glazed prints: Horses & Carriages, 1873 (Dean EH4)
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Six simply-glazed-and-framed reproductions of images from Horses & Carriages (William Freelove, 1873). Smallest 11×8cm, largest 22×18cm.
245d
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Vanguard VT-840 camera tripod (Dean EH4)
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A Vanguard VT-840 camera tripod. Tech specs should be visible in the photo. I have not used it but original owner would have looked after it carefully.
245d
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Zeiss Ikon Contina Prontor-SVS film camera (Dean EH4)
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A Zeiss Ikon Contina Prontor-SVS *film* camera. No idea whether it still works I'm afraid!
245d
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Collection of old Pentax film camera gear (Dean EH4)
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Includes the following; no lenses, no guarantee any of it works I'm afraid. Was well cared for by original owner though. - Pentax SV SLR body - Agfatronic 383 CS flash unit - Asahi Pentax bellows unit - Asahi Pentax M42 Extension 1 2 3 tube set - Asahi Pentax slide copier - Leningrad 7 light meter - One unused roll of Fujifilm Fujcolor Seria 200 film [not pictured] - Sangamo Weston S461-5 light meter - Book: Keppler, The Asahi Pentax Way - Various gels, filters, remote cables, ?lens plate?, ..
245d
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Landline conference 'phone (Dean EH4)
Expired
There is a reason YOU MIGHT NOT WANT THIS: it has recently disconnected very briefly a few times in the middle of handset-based calls, usually reconnecting immediately, so some patience/experimentation may be involved in getting handset calls to work perfectly, but that's not why you should want this anyway. I have two theories: one is that the power supply is failing — this would be an easy fix for a few pounds off eBay/Amazon; the other theory is that there's something wrong with the handset cable or connectors. I haven't tried exploring either because this is now surplus to requirements: its strong point has always been hands-free calls, and I'm not doing as many of those as I used to. A Polycom SoundPoint Pro conference 'phone. Polycom are well-known for their excellent and exorbitantly expensive conference 'phones; this one is an old home office one with (I think — never used it!) dual line capability. I can confirm that its hands-free is excellent. It's an old model and never recognised UK caller ID, but otherwise (beyond the above caveat) was my main 'phone until a recent domestic reorganisation.
294d
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Another Oppo A5 2020 Android smartphone (Dean EH4)
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Another Oppo A5 2020 Android smartphone. Not the smartest on the block, but it works. This one includes nothing, although it too has a screen protector and a transparent rubberised 'phone protector around the rest of its body. It charges using USB-C so you'll need something appropriate (nope, I'm afraid there isn't even a cable with this one). Specs-wise, obviously it's four years old. It has Android 10, 3GB RAM, 64GB storage, dual SIM capability and (if I remember correctly) an extra SD card slot for more storage. It is not great but it does the job. Photo was taken prior to a factory reset.
294d
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Oppo A5 2020 Android smartphone (Dean EH4)
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An Oppo A5 2020 Android smartphone. Not the smartest on the block, but it works. Charger, USB cable, ear buds, manual, original box all included. 'phone has a screen protector and a transparent rubberised 'phone protector around the rest of its body. Specs-wise, obviously it's four years old. It has Android 10, 3GB RAM, 64GB storage, dual SIM capability and (if I remember correctly) an extra SD card slot for more storage. It is not great but it does the job. Photo was taken prior to a factory reset.
294d
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Nokia 105 4G mobile phone (Dean EH4)
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A Nokia 105 4G "dumb" mobile phone. Basic comms. Includes charger and manual. The 'phone number on the manual no longer exists.
294d
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Cute compact landline answerphone (Dean EH4)
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There are two reasons YOU MIGHT NOT WANT THIS: first, its answerphone is a little quiet; second, its number pad buttons are hard to activate, making it annoying as a main outgoing phone but fine for answering incoming calls and recording messages. I suspect that if you could open the handset and spray a little contact cleaner in there, it would improve greatly. I didn't try. This is a very cute Philips landline answerphone, with a little plate that serves either as a wall mount or a foot to prop the 'phone up at an angle. It is working fine other than the above two caveats. You may notice that there are two power supplies: the first (top left) is its original, and it died a while back, but is useful to have around for the original voltage/power spec. The second (top right) is a replacement I got for it which is way more powerful and flexible than it needs to be, but does the job just fine.
295d
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DSL modem with ethernet and wi-fi (Dean EH4)
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An old Technicolor TG589N V3 DSL modem, including wi-fi and 4 ethernet ports (one of them gigabit). Working perfectly until a few days ago when I was sent an unneeded upgrade. Specs here:
295d
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SATA/USB external 3½" hard drive enclosure (Dean EH4)
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A very nice little external hard drive enclosure for 3½" SATA drives (it'll take 2½" too obviously, but I'm not sure whether there'll be a good mechanism for securing them in place), in anodised aluminium and with a metal ventilation grille all around to ensure the disc stays cool. Can sit flat (the finger screws holding the case together have felt pads so they double as feet) or vertically in the included stand, as pictured. The USB interface is USB 2, so you really want to use this just in SATA mode, and for that it's great: it even comes with a backplane bracket to expose one of your PC's motherboard SATA risers out the back of the case. Power supply, instructions and all required cables included.
295d
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USB disc dock for 3½" and 2½" SATA hard drives (Dean EH4)
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A disc dock for mounting external hard drives to your PC. This is useful if you're plugging & unplugging different hard drives regularly, but provides no protection for the top half of the drive, so probably not for keeping a drive in for the long term. Accepts SATA drives in 3½" and 2½" formats. I *think* this is USB 3, but cannot confirm: I've nothing to hand to test it with. Power supply and cable included.
295d
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USB computer gaming mouse (Dean EH4)
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An old wired USB gaming mouse, a Steelseries Xai. These were very well-regarded in their day, but for reasons (read: the day job) this ended up getting very little use. It is ambidextrous, very responsive, and has lots of programmable buttons. It also has a wire. We will not get into the wired vs wireless gaming mice debate here. Just: this one has a wire. Review:
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Two stemless wine glasses (Dean EH4)
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A nice pair of stemless wineglasses, light and delicate, with a dimple in the base.
357d
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Two pink elephants/Delirium Tremens beer glasses (Dean EH4)
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Two branded Delirium Tremens Belgian beer glasses, covered in pink elephants. 500ml to brim. One has slight damage (chipping) to its base, has done for years, no signs of worsening. Just visible in photo (right edge of front glass).
357d
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Two Beinn an Tuirc gin glasses (Dean EH4)
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Two lovely big Beinn an Tuirc branded gin glasses, ready to rumble.
357d
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Three beer glasses: ⅓, ½ and ⅔ pint (Dean EH4)
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Three branded beer glasses (Hanging Bat, Beer Hawk, Brewdog) in third, half and schooner sizes: one to suit every occasion!
357d
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Four huge stemmed gin balloon glasses (Dean EH4)
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Four huge stemmed gin balloon glasses, with a slight rainbow effect to the glass, for added pzazz. No matter how outrageously large your gins are, they'll look almost teetotal in these. Barely used, in perfect condition, with original (Next) box.
357d
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Glass fruit or trifle bowls (Dean EH4)
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Both ~20cm across and 9cm tall: one cut/moulded with what for the sake of differentiation I'll call a sunflower seed head pattern; the other, fruits and leaves.
363d
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A pair of half-glazed casseroles/storage jars, one cracked (Dean EH4)
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A pair of half-glazed (inside only) casseroles/storage jars, with handles and lids; one cracked. I'm pretty sure the uncracked one could still go in the oven, but the crack in the other just goes through to the interior glaze so I think it's only suitable for decoration or storage now (the crack's only on one side, so the other side looks fine).
363d
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Casserole or storage jar (Dean EH4)
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A nice fully-glazed casserole or storage jar, with handles and lid. About 16cm wide and 16cm tall (including lid).
363d
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Large IKEA fruit or salad bowl (Dean EH4)
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A nice big shallow IKEA bowl, good for fruit or salads. 34½cm across and 5½cm deep.
363d
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Lloyds Pharmacy contactless thermometer (Dean EH4)
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A Lloyds Pharmacy contactless thermometer. This is very well-reviewed by Which?; for my purposes I needed something more accurate and less subject to external factors (if you've been out in the cold, your skin will be cold and all contactless thermometers will I think give poor results, so I'm using an in-ear one these days). Two modes: one for measuring people, one for liquids or, well, whatever. Batteries not included. Review:
1y
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Incense and neat bamboo burner (nice travel kit) (Dean EH4)
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Quite a number of sticks of incense in two sturdy tubes, along with a neat bamboo burner. Scents unknown.
1y