I tried this mattress today and really liked the feel. It’s a lot more than I wanted to spend though, even on sale, so ai wanted to make sure it was at least high quality in materials and construction.
I’ve been looking at mattresses over the last few days to replace a latex mattress I made myself a while ago that has started hurting my back.
I’ve decided I want to get an innerspring as I prefer the responsiveness to the all foam feel.
For info, I’m ~235lbs and primarily a side sleeper with some stomach/back.
Now here’s the weird part: I laid on a ton of mattresses, and my favorites by far were extra firm. Everything else felt like I was sagging in the middle and my spine wasn’t aligned correctly.
While it was comfortable in-store, I’m kind of worried that I’ll regret it if I actually buy an extra firm.
Does anyone have any advice? Thanks!
This bean-to-bar chocolate is made by Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate from Eureka, CA.
This bar is 78% cocoa, made with beans grown in Vanuatu, a relatively rare origin, only recently attracting the attention of specialty chocolate makers.
This is definitely an earthy bar, not much fruit to be found. It has a noticeable but light acidity which helps lift it, and little to no bitterness. I find the “tobacco” note listed to be fairly accurate, the flavor of the chocolate does remind me of some high-end cigars, particularly corojos. It reminds me of that slightly sour and fermented tobacco smell. I also get some rich nuttiness (maybe macadamia?), and a hint of a fresh soil adjacent note. It’s very unique, and definitely tasty.
This is my first bar from Dick Taylor, and I was very excited to see why people recommend this company so highly. I can definitely understand why, this is obviously a very high quality bar.
If I were being nitpicky, I’d say the texture could be a bit smoother and snappier (gold standard texture-wise for me is Chocolat Bonnat), however it seems there’s no added cocoa butter in this bar, so I’m not sure how much smoother/snappier it could be (I only recently started getting into craft chocolate, and I have a lot to learn). From what I understand, European chocolate tends to be higher in cocoa butter.
For an origin as unique as this, I’m actually glad they kept the origin completely pure by not adding any extra cocoa butter. I’ll make that texture-tradeoff in this case.
I’m building a 9” pistol, and looking for recs on my buffer system. Here’s more details on my other components:
9” barrel with 0.093” gas port
Riflespeed AGB
I’ve heard an A5 buffer can still provide a benefit to 300blk, but that a lighter spring is typically recommended? Would an A5 buffer tube with a tubbs lightweight flatware spring work in this setup? I’m not sure what buffer to pair with it though. Would this spring be too light for supers or not, since I can tune the gas down?
Would it be easier/better to forget about the a5 and just use a standard carbine buffer setup?
I’m in the process of building a 300blk pistol. I chose a 9” 1:5 twist barrel honestly just cause I thought the idea of a fast twist rate is cool. I know it’s not necessary, and it may not play nice with some non-monolithic 110gr supers, and that’s okay with me. I’m planning on running it with a easily detachable suppressor, so that I can shoot subs with a suppressor, and supers without one (so I don’t have to worry about any jacket separation damaging the suppressor). Would I need an on-the-fly agb (like a rifle speed) for this setup? As far as I understand, the suppressor will increase gas for the subs, and the lack of a suppressor will stop overgassing with supers. I believe my barrel has a gas port size ~0.103” (faxon match series) if that makes a difference.
I appreciate any advice!
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I’ve had MCAS symptoms (helped by antihistamines) for >6 months and my doctor hasn’t been able to find anything else in testing. I always assumed this was an oil stain of some kind. The bathroom (which has had ventilation and water-leaking-into-walls issues in the past) is on the other side of the one wall.