If the motor mount is hackable with reasonable effort, and the motor controller's interfaces are open, then in principle... yes.
Yet in reality, companies build extremely complicated cars where premature failure of multiple components can successfully sabotage the whole. :(
I've once needed to repair a Mitsubishi EV motor controller. It took 2 days to dismantle. Schematics were far beyond my skill of reading electronics, and I build model planes as an everyday hobby, so I've seen electronics. Replacement of the high voltage comparator was impossible as nobody was selling it separately. The repair shop wanted to replace the entire motor controller (5000 €). Some guy from Sweden had figured out a fix: a 50 cent resistor. But installing it and putting things back was not fun at all. It wasn't designed to be repaired.
Needless to say, replacing a headlight bulb on the same car requires removing the front plastic cover, starting from the wheel wells, undoing six bolts, taking out the front lantern, and then you can replace the bulb. I curse them. :P
But it drives. Hopefully long enough so I can get my own car built from scratch.
I have two MegaBoom 2’s—one is a complete champ, the other has very short battery life at this point.
They both work for my needs—the short battery one is in my bathroom and I leave it plugged in now.
The other one just floats around the house and gets a decent amount of use from my kids, who may or may not be slightly older than the speakers themselves.
The fact that they both work and only one has noticeably degraded battery life is surprising.
Awesome! From other comments it seems like the good battery life one is more fitting of the trend so far, which is pretty surprising. It’s cool that the next generation is getting some good use out of one of them too!
Not sure if this was the case when you got yours, but UE is now owned by Logitech. While they made some great stuff in the past a lot of their recent products have fallen victim to extreme cost-cutting. Just something for anyone thinking about buying one to consider.
Oh no! Yeah that’s why I put the comment at the end. It’s such a shame but the cost cutting is definitely a reality. I got mine when they were fairly new to the market but a quick Google search says Logitech already owned them before they even started making the UE Boom speakers. It’s nice to see that others on here have had similar experiences with them but I guess maybe they are not something to buy new these days.
A little late for a reply, but I use stainless steel 16-14 gauge rings made for chainmail and use pliers to bend them open and closed. The Ring Lord is where I get my material for projects, and then I just use the rings for keychain stuff too.
Hell yeah. I got a mega and a small one. Still use it from time to time. Little fuckers just won’t die. I do my best to take care of them, but still, at this age, they’ve seen some wear. They’ve got the patina.
Yay! Yeah we have definitely put our one through some abuse. It’s nice to see ours wasn’t a one off and they were just making good quality products back then!
I've only had one pair of sketchers I used to wear everyday, but, I've had them for 5 years and they are still decent. Lineing in the inside is coming apart, but, otherwise still good.
Here's why it's bullshit: it still has Teflon (or whatever). You still can't use metal utensils, because goodbye nonstick layer. You still can't get it searingly hot. The uneven surface could make cleaning more complicated. Any Teflon-like nonstick will accumulate wear and tear and thermal expansion stress until it cracks, peels or stops being nonstick, all of which are good reasons to throw it away for ergonomic and (probably) health reasons. Being surrounded by stainless or whatever is going to change none of that.
I would suggest just getting one of each "major kind of pan" - nonstick and either cast iron or stainless will let you do most things. Getting all three doesn't need to break the bank either. Then you can save the nonstick for the stuff that really needs it, give everything else the heat and surface it deserves.
For pans, cast iron (if you are ok with the maintenance) or stainless steel.
I switch between the two, depending on what I'm cooking. I expect my cookware will last many lifetimes.
I've never heard of a non-stick pans lasting more than 5 or 10 years, and that's if you aren't being slowly poisoned during that time, either. There are almost no safe non-stick pans, other than cast iron. :)
SS can be non-stick if you use them properly. But even if you don't, they are easy to clean and make like new again.
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