Gear fails of 2025

[BSLugnut]

Ridiculous. I bet they were embarrassed to give you that answer.

Unfortunately, not.
They were sounded surprised that I didn't know that...

 

[freezerfull]

Dark Energy battery pack - I wanted to support these guys and followed Aron's suggestion some years back. USB cable failed pretty quickly, as did the replacement. Pack seems to not like charging iPhones for some reason. It's now relegated to a power outage emergency box.

One thing regarding the DE battery packs and iPhones that messes with quite a few folks is the need to turn off the optimized battery charging on the phone. Otherwise the phone will stop drawing power to improve battery life and the DE power bank will not resume charging when the phone tries to charge at a later time. This has got me a few times if I don’t remember.

This year I’ve thrown out more BD headlamps than ever before. Not sure why so many decided to give up. Age range from 6 months to 8 years, just random.