XR badgersense (Where to buy!?)

LOAFFETTE

@s-leon Going to probably see if I can ~~temporarily steal~~ borrow a friends hairdryer and find something flat and heavy to try and level the LED strip back out. I have a working design now, but I can only use one with the current curvature of the strip

LOAFFETTE

@s-leon I may purchase the one you gave me later on, ~~and give me his contact info, I wanna see if he's got a BaderSight he'll sell me as well.~~

S. Leon

@loaffette -- Try Nico Aleman for a BadgerSight, or the whole package of BadgerSense with BadgerSight. The other guy wrote me that the BadgerSense he has left is without a BadgerSight. Or, maybe ask me about the one I have coming.

LOAFFETTE

@s-leon I'm attempting to join the FB group and I hope to find the Nico guy in there, since searching the name in FB just brings up about.. 200 Nico Aleman's

How much are you willing to sell the badgersight and the badger sense for?

S. Leon

@loaffette -- The BadgerSense and BadgerSight would go to you for what I paid for them this week, plus shipping. So, that's the BadgerSense already in your possession, and the BadgerSight which is still in transit on its way to me. And if you want to trade LED strips in the deal, I am open to the idea.

And while you are welcome to borrow, free of charge, the BadgerSense until next February and then return it -- or purchase and pay for it -- any time between now and then, I will not be sending the BadgerSight until a deal is made and payment is received. Fair enough?

Oh yes. And you are welcome to get either or both from someone other than me. Nico Aleman is a terrific Onewheel rider, and a respected educational voice on Facebook. The reason he has one or more BadgerSense and/or BadgerSights to sell is that he rides VESC now. -- In its app VESC has its own measure of battery draw.

LOAFFETTE

@s-leon sounds fair! I'll look into the finances for it, though for now it won't be fiesable

Sirgu

@S-Leon said :

... on Facebook, in the NO B.S. ONEWHEEL PARTS & Board sales group. Today, Monday, February 20th 2023.

Ever since you mentioned it here my request been pending [again(?)]. Out of ~dozens useful OW related groups, the one that I think I've tried to apply ever before. I don't read from their short rules what I'm wrong about.

LOAFFETTE

Received the new LED strip and the badgersigth from Leon today! Figured out pairing two wireless adapter thing to board, and now I'm cooking with gas!

The post office closed eaerlier than expected so I'll have to ship the old LED strip, rail clips and MAYBE a little trinket for Leon :)

Mounted the badgersight on my helmet, near the bottom
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LOAFFETTE

Left for vacation on monday, came back Friday to a badgersense that wouldn't charge or turn on..

Well, fun.
I'm assuming that the battery either just needs a full charge, or needs replacing. I have spare batteries on hand that I can replace the old one with. I was told by someone in DFW who uses a Badgersight that the batteries are apparently pretty cheap and he's had to replace his twice on his own.

Will plug it in and leave it charging for a while, will report back.

LOAFFETTE

@loaffette

look who decided to wake up ~~little sh-~~

Lia

@loaffette Nice one getting it back up and running. Sleepy batteries are the worst lol.

LOAFFETTE

I'm back to document some things I have discovered in the past week or so

1: Badgersight does not like laptop chargers that use type-c. The badgersense refuses to charged off of a laptop charger, however it charged off of a 10W charger.

2: The batteries in the Badgersense are quite cheap and are really bad. Someone in the DFW ride group has a badgersense they've had to tear open because the battery went bad. This means that after some time, you will need to tear open the badgersense and replace the lithium battery inside.

3: Sometimes, I've found that leaving the badgersense off for extended periods of time causes it to refuse to turn on. This may be due to the cheap battery or very bad luck. However, I am not superstitious so I will chalk it up to the bad battery. Usually leaving it plugged in for a while and trying to turn it on works, though for how long I do not know.

Also, since I'm going to be doing a lot of mods for my XR, I am considering making a large thread of some kind that goes into all of the mods I've done, and how I did them.

I plan on adding a VESC, modifying and making my own fender, and making the LED system I'm working on much more rigged and workable. I will also document some things about the XR that I personally find interesting or I feel that aren't documented well.

S. Leon

@loaffette -- Thanks! I received the BadgerSense and BadgerSight back in the mail today.