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couldcareless posted:Best small affordable household network equipment rack? lackrack
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I should probably specify I want something wall mountable that will reside in a closet.
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Apr 7, 2016 13:36
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I'm looking for a good pillow and am willing to spend $ to get a good one. I sleep on my side and often use two pillows. I guess I like medium hard/softness. I once used a pillow that had some kind of microbeads and it was amazing but any kind is ok.
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Apr 7, 2016 19:45
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Doghouse posted:I'm looking for a good pillow and am willing to spend $ to get a good one. I sleep on my side and often use two pillows. I guess I like medium hard/softness. I once used a pillow that had some kind of microbeads and it was amazing but any kind is ok. Considering the goon community, I can't believe I'm the first to mention this, but have you considered pillow mods? Forget about those expensive, off-the-shelf premium pillows and build your own pillow rigs that have the qualities that you desire. Heck, some of those fancy commercial pillows should be avoided for their outright theft of components and ideas that were developed in the pillmod community. Notably, Serta's FaceHugger line was recalled entirely after they realized the looming PR disaster that a bunch of sleep nerds would incite. I've been into pillow modding for a few years now and have managed to improve my sleep efficiency index from 0.69 to 0.85 (I'm a class 4b sleeper). You can build a full-featured pillmod for less than $100. Hell, I've made a half-dozen models and not spent more than $200. Before you start modding, you should heed the standard warning and check if you have sleep apnea or anything medically obstructive. Sure, your vanilla pillows are probably annoying to sleep on, but sleep apnea could be compounding the issue by permitting minor annoyances, like pillow temperature, to wake you easily. More importantly, a few people with pillmods have died while sleeping. Although many of us doubt the involvement of their mods (people who enter the community are prone to sleep issues in the first place), it's still good advice to follow. If you do have sleep apnea, then pillmods should be hugely advantageous. In fact, the pillmod community began around sleep apnea machines (CPAPs) and their inconveniences, especially for those whose preferred sleep postures are obstructed by CPAP facepieces. The earliest mods involved simply cutting channels into memory foam pillows, and then using freezer gel inserts to cool the pillow. They would also have to reinforce the channel so that the weight of a person's head wouldn't crush the air tubes. But now, especially with the availability of Arduino kits and cooling systems intended for electronics, there are hundreds of pillmods that you could complete in a few hours. It seems like most people are drawn to do PCS projects for their first mods. That's fine, but be aware that the better PCS (Pillow Coolant Systems) typically are of moderate difficulty or higher. They are also costly and time-consuming, relative to other mods you could start with such as glowmods, larms, and just simply modding a pillow's material and shape to your headspace. Here's my first glowmod larm, for example:  This is a good starter mod combination because people like it for light therapy and smooth awakenings. The pillow gradually gets brighter until your wake-up time. You can also set it to gradually get darker at night. It's the adult version of those Glow-Worms that infants love. But if you are dead-set on a PCS mod, I suggest strongly that you forget about those flashy, complex pillmods that involve watercooled networks of capillaries or, even worse, active heat sinks (such as piezoelectric heat transfer plates). Instead, opt for something silent, passive, and/or battery-based. For example, I have build a mod called "The Vulcan Nerve Pinch" that will get you about 20 degrees F in cooling delta on soft air ducting alone. Yeah, that's not much, but don't be the guy who blows $300 on his first project and builds a pillow that gives his face hypothermia on the first test run. Once you get some basic know-how, and you're beyond the flashy mods and ready for something purely functional, check out shape or volume mods. These will actively keep your head at the perfect elevation. JB_Artgow is well known for his expertise in this area. I'm using his Face-Lover v3 mod (Affectionately also known as "Face-Fucker v3") every night. That's where Serta hijacked their FaceHugger brand name from. Allegedly. The Face-Fucker involves inflation and deflation of semi-rigid water bladders to redistribute the pow's volume. It sounds complex, but it's easy if you buy a parts kit. It uses a silent pump and osmotic gradients to work. You can calibrate it based on both your head's weight and angle. Unlike many other volume mods, this is one-mod-fits-all, so you don't have to design around your giant noggin. Artgow also has a ebook on Amazon (It's only $2), with instructions for something like 100 mods. He doesn't make money on the book, but he does make a few pennies if you buy parts kits from him directly. This beats the poo poo out of finding a Radio Shack that still stocks diodes and capacitors. Now I'd like to brag for a bit and talk about some of the more exciting, extreme pillmod possibilities, some of which I just warned you against doing. I'm in the middle of building a custom, arduino-controlled pow with about 12 different mods. Although piezoelectric coolers are all the rage right now, I'm sticking to good old fashioned microducting for cooling. However, I'm using infrared LEDs for heating. The latter are normally expensive, but Dealextreme sells them in bulk for cheap. I think they're sold out recently thanks to jerks like me, however. I don't like a warm face. The heating mod is just for camping in the cold or when I want to use the pillow as a heating pad for sore muscles. Also: sheer awesomeness. Here's a schematic (not mine):  As for straight-up ducted cooling, the next image is my take on how one spiderwebs their coolant ducts. You have to be careful here not to bend the tiny tubes more than about 60 degrees or put them in a position where your noggin might bend them. That might look complex, but I used only 4 channels with a coolant turnover (in this case, just water) of 2 seconds for the entire surface to cycle.  By the way, medical tubing works just fine, but make sure that it's both flexible and a directional heat conductor, like Vekspan, which is used for anastomosis. If you buy non-direction stuff, hose down the pow-side with some plastidip from your hardware store, or just throw down a layer of aluminized cloth. The lovely crinkly stuff costs a whopping $1 at Dollar Tree, labeled as an "emergency blanket." You can pilfer the softer stuff from a BBQ apron. Once this thing is done, I intend to stress test it by running both the heating and cooling systems and letting them fight it out to the death. Of course, in a battle of the PCS vs PHS, I suspect the PHS will win and then torch my pillow. This pillow is directional, obviously. Because I can't flip it over, I've build the base and core layers from flexible expanded polystyrene and ceramic fibers, which will probably give me mesothelioma eventually, but drat if I won't be well rested at least. I was inspired by a dude who made a low-rent version of aerogel so that he could win an award for "Lightest Pillow" at Pillowcon 2010. My pow, without the mod gear, weighs 2 ounces.  Now, uniquely for me, because my bed is up against a brick wall, I need a pillow that can deal with a little bit of moisture. I like the brick wall for it being a huge heat sink, but it causes moisture to condense on pillows, especially fancy modded ones. This problem is solved by the combination of my core layers and a rechargeable dessicant. During the day, the dessicant tumbler is turned and heated, thus expelling moisture. It's so powerful that it'll suck the sweat right out of my massive head, but at least I'll never again have sweaty pillows. Speaking of which, at Pillcon 2011, I was the massive fucker who won the door prize of John Cezrik's faux rabbit fur surface:  You'd think that such fur would be irritating against your face after a half-hour or so, but Cezrik's material has microcapillaries built to certain OCT ranges (OCT is optimal cheek temperature). It's like sleeping on a cloud of baby buttcheeks. Speaking of babies, I actually enjoy the sound of water pumping through the coolant tubes right next to my ears. It's very soothing. Babies, apparently, are calmed by the sound of water swishing in your mouth right next to their ears, and that's what this is like. Also being built into this pillow o' mine will be some alarm aromatics. Not only can I wake up to a gradually-brightening, sunny pow, but the aroma of my choice (Bacon) can also waft out. And if the gentle sound of the water pumping isn't soothing enough, I've got three speakers and the Arduino can easily generate some white noise or play sounds of various environments like the motherfucking ocean. I prefer low-range, soft brown noise. I'll have none of that hissy poo poo that store-bought machines put out. The nice thing about having noise generated in your pillow is that the sound doesn't permeate the rest of the room. So if your significant other likes a dead quiet room and you need some noise, this is a fine solution. Of course, all those mods result in an awful lot of wiring:   That's enough pillmod talk, I suppose. gently caress it bitches, let's glow this joint:  If this kind of thing appeals to you, there's also the blanketmod community. However, I tend to stay away from them due to it being populated by perverts who essentially make sex toys out of their comforters, which they call, obviously, "cumforters." Pillmodders are, in essence, nerds who are poor sleepers. Blanketmodders, in contrast, cut dick-sized holes in blankets with anime patterns on them and think they're engineers. There is, however, a clever mod that came out of that community that involves a mere $30 in parts and makes your bed vibrate like the "magic fingers" machines found in crappy motels. It's really just a few off-balance weights powered by scrap motors, but entertaining. e: this was a post made by Noni, I couldn't quote it because archives. uwaeve has a new favorite as of 13:54 on Apr 8, 2016 |
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Apr 8, 2016 11:55
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holy poo poo e: can you mod your pillow to dispense margaritas
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Apr 8, 2016 12:06
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That was amazing, thanks.
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Apr 8, 2016 16:36
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Isn't stuffing a bunch of electronics into your pillow going to make it lumpy and uncomfortable? e: and that's ok
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Apr 8, 2016 16:38
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I do not understand the world anymore. It's official: I'm old.
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Apr 8, 2016 16:59
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Comatoast posted:I do not understand the world anymore. It's official: I'm old. Come on, you've been here long enough to recognize a classic goonism.
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Apr 8, 2016 17:07
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Holy poo poo that was great and i am now going to go join a blanketmod community...
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Apr 8, 2016 17:47
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couldcareless posted:Best small affordable household network equipment rack? I've used http://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=105&cp_id=10516&cs_id=1051602&p_id=8627&seq=1&format=2 to hold switches and patch panels. Wouldn't hold a normal server due to the depth, so it depends what you need.
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Apr 10, 2016 03:19
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I'm moving to a new place soon and want to get a better mattress than the current old one that I have. I prefer it to be firmer, but outside of that I'm not really too sure about things. I'm looking to spend up to 1000 worthless Canada dollars, but I'm open to blowing up the budget a bit. I've been looking at the Casper online, but the opinions I've read are firmly split between it being a over-marketed piece of poo poo and the greatest mattress ever, so I'm thoroughly lost. I've also been told that everything you get at a brick and mortar store is a rip-off, and the opposite end of that is if I negotiate I can actually get a good deal. Basically mattresses are confusing..help??
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Apr 10, 2016 17:46
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Read the sleep like the dead website. With that said I enjoy my latex IKEA mattress a whole lot.
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Apr 10, 2016 17:53
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The Mattress Underground is also a good place to go learn about how mattresses are made and what that means for you. http://www.themattressunderground.com Also check if you have mattress manufacturers in your area. Where I live, there are some speciality foam shops that also make their own mattresses, with the highest-end models topping out at CAD$500. Plus you get to try out the mattress first before having it shipped to your home.
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Apr 10, 2016 20:22
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experienceBeej posted:The Mattress Underground is also a good place to go learn about how mattresses are made and what that means for you. Going local is a great idea, I'm in Toronto, but regularly travel all over Ontario with a large vehicle for work so I guess all of Ontario is semi-local to me. At my previous job I dealt with http://www.foamite.com/ because I needed to buy some high-density foam, maybe I'll dig up the name of the agent there. If you happen to have experience with a particular place would you mind pointing me in that direction? Thanks!
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Apr 10, 2016 22:21
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Happy Tuft and Needle mattress buyer here. You need a proper frame, but after that, it's just super solid even for goon sized people and doesn't run hot.
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Apr 10, 2016 22:41
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Any recommendations for a good ip camera? There are so many brands and styles it's a little overwhelming. What I'm looking for - Outdoor Wired or wireless (prefer wireless) 720p or 1080p PTZ would be nice but not at all required I don't care at all about the phone apps that they use as I will not be using them or any included cloud storage. It will be used with a QNAP ts-431 NAS server and it's built in security station.
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Apr 11, 2016 00:08
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Any good cheap backpacking tents? I only really need enough space for myself, my dog and my gear. Considering this one http://tinyurl.com/j852ksb. I've never heard of these guys before so I'm a bit hesitant. Any of you guys have any recommendations?
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Apr 11, 2016 04:00
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I'm a 36 year old guy who hasn't ridden a bicycle since I was like 12 years old, but recently I decided to buy a bike to commute around the city. The problem is that I'm poor and also I know nothing about bikes. Can anyone suggest a good yet cheap hybrid bike, if such a thing exists? $200-400 price range, maybe? Thanks!
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Apr 11, 2016 04:23
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Go to a used bike shop and let them know what you need. You'll likely get a quality bike, lock, helmet and good advice for under $400.
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Apr 11, 2016 04:29
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Vastarien posted:I'm a 36 year old guy who hasn't ridden a bicycle since I was like 12 years old, but recently I decided to buy a bike to commute around the city. The problem is that I'm poor and also I know nothing about bikes. Can anyone suggest a good yet cheap hybrid bike, if such a thing exists? $200-400 price range, maybe? Thanks! Definitely post in the bike commuting thread. They'll help you search your local Craigslist to find a decent bike that will be better than a new hybrid in that price range.
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Apr 11, 2016 13:07
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Best USB BlueTooth adapter? I have one but I find it cuts out on my PS4 controller a lot so it can be very frustrating to use. I'm sitting about 6 feet away from my PC to play on the big screen.
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Apr 11, 2016 13:54
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various cheeses posted:Definitely post in the bike commuting thread. They'll help you search your local Craigslist to find a decent bike that will be better than a new hybrid in that price range. Awesome, thanks! I knew there had to be a bike thread around somewhere, I just didn't know where!
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Apr 11, 2016 20:51
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Prosthetic Head posted:Going local is a great idea, I'm in Toronto, but regularly travel all over Ontario with a large vehicle for work so I guess all of Ontario is semi-local to me. At my previous job I dealt with http://www.foamite.com/ because I needed to buy some high-density foam, maybe I'll dig up the name of the agent there. If you happen to have experience with a particular place would you mind pointing me in that direction? Thanks! I'm living on Vancouver Island, so I can't recommend anything local. I'm looking at "The Foam Shop", which is a chain, and "The Foam Zone", which may or may not be a chain. But I'm still shopping; I need to bring the wife in to try them out before we commit to anything.
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Apr 11, 2016 23:41
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I need a door frame pullup bar that is either adjustable or has a hook that is longer than normal. The tops of the doors in this old house are hilariously tall. Alternatively, are there any tension rod pull up bars that are not loving terrifying?
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Apr 15, 2016 20:03
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Inzombiac posted:I need a door frame pullup bar that is either adjustable or has a hook that is longer than normal. Review website The Sweet Home reviewed a bunch of them. I don't think the tension ones are generally worth poo poo, but would you be able to screw in some mounts or something? Alternatively there are freestanding towers, like the kinds most gyms have, that you can get for like $100 used.
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Apr 16, 2016 20:52
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Thanks. I'm in a rental so I'm trying to avoid any damage.
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Apr 16, 2016 20:57
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Any recommendations on a window AC unit? It will be for just a bedroom. Etrips has a new favorite as of 10:34 on Apr 18, 2016 |
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Apr 18, 2016 10:32
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Etrips posted:Any recommendations on a window AC unit? This is what Sweethome suggests as their top pick and it's rated well on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IV3IOIS/
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Apr 18, 2016 20:48
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I'm looking for a decent set of pet stairs for my dachshund. I've had him a few months, and despite my efforts, he keeps jumping down from the couch and bed. I've tried to get him to slowly step down (he's got longer legs than a dachshund typically has, so he CAN do it, he just refuses to.)
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Apr 23, 2016 01:26
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DrBouvenstein posted:I'm looking for a decent set of pet stairs for my dachshund. I've had him a few months, and despite my efforts, he keeps jumping down from the couch and bed. I've tried to get him to slowly step down (he's got longer legs than a dachshund typically has, so he CAN do it, he just refuses to.) I got this because it was hella cheap and I knew my dachshund may not ever use it ever. I trained him on it with training treats and carrot chunks and he goes up and down it automatically now. My parent's dachshunds refused stairs no matter what. They had to get a ramp for like $100.
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Apr 23, 2016 02:39
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Is there a general appliance thread somewhere? I need to buy an electric washer/dryer set and a fridge and I have no idea where to even begin. New home owner yay!
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Apr 24, 2016 02:59
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First check the sweet home
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Apr 24, 2016 16:57
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Appliances are constantly having surface-level updates, most good information you'll find is for a couple years ago for things that have been discontinued. Sweethome's pick for a refrigerator is what we have in the house I'm renting. It's pretty nice, assuming you don't want an ice/water dispenser. It keeps things cold really well (this isn't sarcasm; I'm actually impressed by how cold and apparently efficient the middle setting is). The freezer is a little cramped, the fridge itself is spacious, especially since it doesn't take up space with the ice/water dispenser. The article is more valuable for the background information and explanation about how to shop for a fridge. There's an article for the washer/dryer with several options, and background info and explanation as well.
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Apr 25, 2016 08:50
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I'm looking for recommendations for an eBayable waterproof FM radio/bluetooth speaker to hang in the shower.
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Apr 25, 2016 13:13
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What's good aftershave balm or cream for dry/itchy neck skin?
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Apr 25, 2016 15:16
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evobatman posted:I'm looking for recommendations for an eBayable waterproof FM radio/bluetooth speaker to hang in the shower. meh.com seems to sell these every other day or so, if you don't mind waiting.
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Apr 25, 2016 15:45
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colas posted:What's good aftershave balm or cream for dry/itchy neck skin? I'm using Jack Black aftershave soothing gel and it's okay. I think I prefer Nivea's though. Pretty much just try different things out and see which you like best.
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Apr 25, 2016 15:59
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colas posted:What's good aftershave balm or cream for dry/itchy neck skin? Go to any supermarket or chemist and buy the cheapest moisturiser you can find. They all work the same.
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SaltLick posted:I'm using Jack Black aftershave soothing gel and it's okay. I think I prefer Nivea's though. Pretty much just try different things out and see which you like best. Nivea really is the best I have used but it's crazy expensive. I now use a a wet alum block right after, then a cold compress, then some aftershave that makes me smell like an old man and then a St. Ives collagen lotion.
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