u/D-Noonan

I know I'm asking an iPad audience, but has anyone compared the quality of music streamed from their iPad Pro to a stereo vs a Pixel 9 Pro? I used to use an old iPod Classic to play music over my stereo, but it bit the dust. Now I use my Pixel 9 Pro and it does NOT sound as good as from my iPod. I don't know if that's a function of the wired vs wireless transmission, but would an iPad Pro likely sound much better being it would also be a wireless connection? BTW, all my music on my phone was ripped using iTunes

I just ran across this website that rates various companies on how well their quality is faring in today's Conglomerate Takeover world. Vitamix received their Approved rating!
https://ledger.worseonpurpose.com/brands/vitamix

Our potential paver contractor brought us a sample of Diamond Turf artificial turf. We know nothing about AT, but the company doesn't seem to have a website to get more info. It seems to be a private label brand being sold through a small landscaping supply company chain in the east San Francisco bay Area called The Brickyard. The specs seem good, and come with a 25 year warranty, but what's a warranty good for if the company is fairly new with not much history?
Here is the landscaping supply store's webpage with the turf...

https://thebrickyard.com/featured-brands/diamond-turf/

We have a P750 we bought in June and have enjoyed making smoothies in it! A couple days ago, I made a recipe for an Indian dish that called for shredded coconut and have a lot left over with not much other use for. Will it blend smooth in a fruit smoothie?

We have a dozen or so Enloop batteries we use in remotes, flashlights, blood pressure monitors, you name it. They have been GREAT, and never leak like crappy Duracell, Energizer, or whatever brand of single use batteries you can buy now. Most are between 3 and 10 years old, but they're all mixed up and no idea which are which. It seems of late that some devices give me a Low Battery warning sooner than they should, so I know some cells are wearing out. Since the batteries are always in 2s, 3s, or 4s in a device, how can I tell WHICH cells need to be recycled, and which are still good enough to recharge? We've always used an Enloop (now Panasonic, I guess) charger to recharge them.

I've been wearing Maui Jim's with Rose lenses for the last 20 years, and love them! I originally had Typhoons with glass lenses and every time I sent them for new lenses due to scratches, I swore they sent me a whole new pair of glasses instead of just swapping out the old lenses for the $50 charge of new lenses.

Unfortunately, I now need prescription lenses and have the choice of Brilliant, Evolution, and Ultra (they said MauiPure isn't available on prescription lenses) From their chart, Evolution looks like a downgrade from Maui Brilliant on the website chart. I have no idea what the non-prescription lenses are on my 2 year old Byron Bay Rose glasses are. Any thoughts on Brilliant vs Evolution?

We bought an Explorer 1000+ at Costco a year ago and used it a handful of times. It came with a single Mini 100W solar panel, which we've used once. We have an off-the-grid cabin and need to be able to run my CPAP machine for 3 nights (using a 12V inverter), which the Explorer 1000+ does, just barely, and there's no extra juice left for charging cell phones or anything else, so I hooked up the Mini 100W panel that came with it last month for the first time. Sun exposure was good, but was only able to charge another 10%. Would an additional 200W Solar Saga be the ticket, or are there other good Third Party panels out there that are cheaper but safe to use with our Jackery? I'm fantasizing about being to fire up up my dual 18V Makita cordless battery charger at least once during a trip, but is that too much to ask?

We just started using our new Propel 750 and made a couple smoothie recipes, but wanted to try a book that covers a variety. Anyone else use the "The Healthy Smoothie Bible: Lose Weight, Detoxify, Fight Disease, and Live Long" book?

https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Smoothie-Bible-Detoxify-Disease/dp/1628737123