How NFTs can Transition the World into an Ownership Economy – Epi-2991

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I have been huge on the technology of NFTs since I first learned about them.  On the other hand I have also been on record saying most of what is being done with them is beyond stupid.  People buying the rights to a jpeg and other such nonsense often for 10s or even 100s of thousands of dollars.

Recently I happened on this announcement from Algorand and LiquidVineyards.  Now this is the type of thing I have been talking about. The basic concept is perhaps you want to invest in XYZ vineyard and buy the rights to say 3 vines in that vineyard.  All your vines are RFID tagged to you and that links to an NFT you hold.  You know own the rights to those vines and their production.  In this example you can buy those rights from 3 to 30 years into the future depending on how much you want to invest.

You can take the wine directly or hold the wine to sell later as an investment or sell your rights to the vines in the future or some combination thereof.

Now I want you to ask yourself a question here.  Would you consider this, assuming you don’t have some ethical objection to wine (alcohol).  I think most would, may be not do it, but consider it.  As in yes this is an investment that might be worth considering.

What if you got the fractional rights in a piece of very expensive equipment instead, but you know in 1-2 years this equipment would be worth a fraction of the cost?  In 5-6 at best it would be obsolete.  May be it MIGHT pay off short term, may be not, it is a guess.

If that were all you knew would you pick the rights to this expensive tech or say 5 vines on a very well established vineyard for 30 years?

Now look I would not do either without more info but if I had to pick, I’d pick the vines and if I could own them even longer I would consider that too.

Why?  A grape vine can and often does produce for more than a century and the older the vine the more valuable it and its resulting wine tends to become.  Look I am not saying go buy into vineyards with NFTs, no I am making a simple point.  What would you want to own a part of?  A long term asset, something based on quality and growing value (like a tree) or cheap shit that is replaced via planned obsolesce?

On top of this I have been discussing how Bitcoin is “hard money”.   Moreover, that when hard money ruled mankind built things that lasted for centuries or more.  The buildings in Manhattan alone that were built in the 1800s and early 1900s show this.  They were of course built when gold was money.

Now if you take something hard and honestly the apex predator of financial assets, like Bitcoin and it becomes the “money” of a society.  To be clear the money not the currency that stores value in a way that is infinitely more secure for the average person than anything that has ever existed in the history of man.  Then you add to it, the world of “digital currencies” which allow fast, seamless, trustless transactions around the world.  Along with some that make these transactions totally private.  Then add in lending via DeFi, what is the point of a bank?

There is only one real thing left, investing in real world going concerns.  This has been done up till now with stocks and futures.  This system is inherently unfair and is constantly skimmed by the people in real power with access to unlimited cheap fiat currency.  Additionally investors are buying a promise, an idea, a thing they simply 99% of the time do not understand.  You can own 100K dollars in Ford stock, you really have no say in operations and no direct way to know how much profit you are entitled to.

Sure they pay a dividend and the people that control the company first spend as much as they want on things like bonuses to themselves, they then vote on if to pay one and then on how much to pay out.  Additionally the small businesses you would prefer to invest in can’t play in this market.

Enter the NFT!  I am telling you humanity can and will build entire communities on NFTs.  And I mean both small local ones and giant digital tribal ones.  And the majority of investment is going to go into hard assets powered by hard money, though infinitely fast and flexible currencies.  Sal Mayweather called this the “tokcambrian explosion” and you can hear about that in this old episode of “Unloose the Goose”, but I don’t think he or I or the others in that panel had any real idea how big it was going to become.

So many people who wish to do good have been sucked in by what is known as a “resource based economy”.  Folks it sounds wonderful but no economy can run on people who sit with their feet up on the bike while everyone else pedals.  Well you can but largely it is what we have now!

What I propose today is an “ownership economy”.  Not where one person owns another (again largely what we have now, as in fractional slavery).  No, rather an economy where people take ownership in things, companies, products, communities, etc. that they believe in.  They do so by contributing their energy (thermoeconomically) into them.

Is there a restaurant you love, a local place that is family owned and managed to survive the CoVaids plandemic?  What if you could buy an NFT in some part of it, may be it also conveys priority seating during wait periods, etc.  Great now when you are deciding between a chain and this local place and you have ownership in it, which are you more likely to go to?

How about fractional ownership in a grass fed beef operation.  Instead of fractional ownership in a calf, what about fractional ownership in a heifer?  That is a future mamma cow who will birth calves for years for you uninitiated types.  Now you get part ownership in that cow, her calves including the ones to be future heifers.  Where you gonna get your steaks from now?  Oh and will you promote this operation to family and friends?

What else can you come up with.  Fractional ownership in say real estate?  May be to create affordable options for the next generation.  You can do good and profit you know.  How about a tree or two at a high end apple cider orchard, if you can do it with a vine why not a tree?  A new version of private schools that charge an affordable tuition?  A new truly public hospital, that provides affordable care, not free care for all?  An entire planned community?  An organic cooperative? A health share initiative?

When I say ownership economy I am talking about having a vested interest in the success of businesses and companies that you really love and want to succeed.  At the same time being able to know your contract with them will be enforced in a trustless manner by technology with zero need of the state.  An economy where people are encouraged and rewarded to take risk but risk can be mitigated by actual knowledge of what you are investing in and the ability to influence the success of the entity.

A slow wealth building strategy over time and one that can become generational.  With no government needed, no central banks needed, no real regulators needed.  Don’t get me wrong, all those entities will get in the way, impede and try to scrape some of the results, they always do.

However we all know,
“All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” ~ Victor Hugo

Join Me Today to Discuss…

  • An idea who’s time has come
  • The missing component is opportunity, the story of Kodack’s digital camera and colossal blunder – Steve Sasson
  • What is an “ownership economy” and how does it contrast with a “resource based economy”
  • The announcement that kicked this all off about grape vines and wine
  • Yes this is a “loop hole” but it is a large, stiff, legitimate loop hole
  • What fungible vs. non fungible means, and how that makes it all work
  • Why not just sell “memberships”, etc.
    • Not easy to transfer
    • Not easy to manage
    • Less of a “vanity sale”
    • Not easy to assess as to future impacts
    • No easy way to let someone else do the hard part
    • Your market is relatively small vs. a true “global market”
  • What can you NFT, well almost anything you can sell but here are some ideas for today’s discussion
    • Future purchase rights
    • Priority of purchase rights
    • The production of an asset with out transferring the asset itself
    • The royalties from an evergreen product
  • Some ways we can use this to build strong local communities and larger digital tribes
    • Apply it to a cow share, or a meat cow operation
    • Apply it to an orchard, especially during establishment
    • Fractionalize an appreciating asset (real estate, art, historical items)
    • Create ownership in something akin to a park
    • Take the concept of the CSA to the next level
    • What about actually building a “private medical coop” or a health share
    • Apply this to educational platforms
    • In essence providers reward early adopters for being patrons and promoters
    • Tokenize the income producing assets of a property, community, etc.
    • Think about things like “Gun Clubs” or “Country Clubs” and tokenize memberships
  • Remember at this point, since anyone can do this and will only get easier to do, nothing can stop it now

 

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Two Announcements – Cool Kickstarter and a Meme Coin

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Get Your Hands on a Super Venturi!

So recently prior guest Rob Torcellini reached out about a kick starter he is running right now for a very innovative venturi nozzle that puts a lot more O2 into aquatic systems fo the same amount of energy.  It is really cool and I have personally backed it.

Rob is on an all or nothing Kickstarter here with only 9 days to go and about 60% to hitting the goal so he needs a lift to put him over.  While he made this for aquaponics as I discussed yesterday O2 is great in hydro systems as well and would be great for so many aquatic applications as well and how about compost tea making?

Rob was on Episode 2829 of TSPC , and you can learn more about his kickstarter at https://bit.ly/super-venturi

Next up how about a doggy meme coin?  

Okay I am not huge on meme coins but this seems like fun, I give you bARK coin and what I know so far. As many of you know I have recommended ARK Crypto for a long time as it has some real use case scenarios and it was one of the first really good coins for staking.

BARK is being build on ARK and if you have at least 10 ARK staked you likely have some already.

Here is where you can learn more about it…..

Website – https://barkers.io/
Discord – https://discord.com/invite/s9ymqyG4Vu
TeleGram – https://t.me/bark4ark

For my folks the TG is already turning into a TSPC dominated group. ?

Right now you can’t buy it but if you had 10 ARK staked again you have 1000 bARKs already waiting for you when the plugin for the ARK wallet comes out. Not on exchanges or anything yet and what I know is limited but why not have some fun with this, cuz you just never know with a meme coin.

UTG Ranger Field Bag – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.

Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the UTG Ranger Field Bag.  Long time followers of The Survival Podcast will know I have been recommending this bag for years.  And I will tell you this is the best value large bag I have found so far.

This is my go to as a luggage bag when I fly on airplanes.  It is so much more convenient than a roller as you make your way though what ever shuttle bus hell exists between you and your rental car.

It is huge as well, bigger than I think most people expect, in fact there are a few negative reviews about it being “too big”, sigh, really!  One even said, “the picture makes it look smaller”, um, it is a picture with no other object for scale, face palm moment I guess.

The dimensions of the bag are 35.00″ x 13.00″ x 12.00″ and it really carries a lot of gear.  I did manage to kill one, after many many airline trips where I used it to carry t-shirts.  I am talking tight packed, rolled shirts, over 150 pounds of them!  Even then it beat the shipping charges I would have paid to mail them ahead of time and send the unsold ones back home!

The failure is was at the one point this bag could use some improvement.  There are four rubber feet on the bottom.  When thrown (think airline employees) and heavily loaded sooner or later they tear off and eventually that wears the bag out.

Used as a vehicle kit bag, and set down vs. thrown (ie the way you handle gear when you actually own it), they are extremely long lasting.  I’ll be honest this is not a bag like John Willis at SOE Tactical Gear would build, however, old John doesn’t make a bag anything like this one.  In fact I can’t find anything quite like this bag when you factor in all the compartments and the comfort of carrying it along with the durability.

I use this bag for my vehicle based bug out kits and air travel mostly.  I have talked to the guy who fills my CO2 tank about this bag too.  For you home brewers the best place to get CO2 tanks filled is a airsoft store by the way.  The guy I use has a store and a huge play area for paint ball and airsoft both.  He said about half of all players tend to use this bag for their gear, due to capacity, longevity and comfort of carry.

So if you have need of a large capacity duffel give the UTG Ranger Field Bag a shot.  I think you will be quite happy with it.

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Now is the Time to Start Indoor Hydroponics – Epi-2990

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I am currently working on a presentation for when I am asked to do virtual summits and things like that.  The concept will be simplifying down to 10 big problems in our world like food supply, medical treatment, etc.  Then to give 2-4 simple and low cost things everyone can do to address them.

Of course those things won’t “fix everything” or make you 100% ready for TEOTWAWKI but what they will do is make a meaningful difference in your life, if times get tough or even if they don’t.

As you may imagine under food supply starting up a hydroponics system will be featured, specifically an indoor system.  The reasons are many.  First high quality lights have always been the largest and most prohibitive expense.  But with the advent of lights like those from Barrina becoming available, that is no longer the case.

There are many other reasons that indoor is the place to start especially this time of year and we will cover many of those today.  Of course this time of year the reasons especially if you don’t have a greenhouse are pretty obvious.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

  • Why hydroponics, why not aquaponics or soil based systems
    • Incredibly efficient for indoor growing
    • Aquaponics is far more complex and more difficult to do indoors
    • Hydro done right is incredibly cheap and ideal for growing greens and starting plants
    • Far less likely to experience clogs – hence overflows – aka water disasters
    • If you don’t have enough nutrient you just add more, no fish to kill
  • Why start with an indoor system
    • Grow in winter
    • Easy to tend to even in bad weather
    • Measure your access to food in steps
    • Almost zero pest or disease concerns
    • If you can build it inside you can take it outside when the weather is right
  • The three basic systems to consider indoors
    • Pure Kratky – no pumps at all
    • Pump Driven – using a pump that moves water and a reservoir
    • Air Pump Enabled – uses an air pump to keep O2 high in the system
  • Kratky Advantages
    • Nothing to break
    • Uses zero energy beyond lights
    • Works very well
    • Can run on a timer and not use energy 24/7
  • Kratky Disadvantages
    • Requires top ups on longer grows
    • Requires a deep (higher capacity) grow tub
    • Ends up with significant waste fluid that can be heavy (messy) to dispose of in indoor systems
    • Can use a float valve controlled reseviour
  • Pump Driven Advantages
    • Top up the reservoir and the entire system is seen too
    • Can and likely should use “Kratky elements”
    • Water can be “pumped out” for fluid changes
    • Is highly automated
  • Pump Driven Disadvantages
    • Requires energy, additional expense and an additional point of failure
    • More likely to experience leaks or over flows
    • Requires grow beds to be sufficiently elevated above a reservoir
    • Requires pipe, fittings, bulkheads and penetrations (additional expenses)
  • Airpump Driven Advantages
    • Really super charges growth
    • Less prone to leaks, etc
    • Less expensive then a water pump (initial cost and energy cost)
    • Does not require a reservoir but can use one at same level as the system
    • Can and likely should use some “Kratky elements”
    • Can run on a timer and not use energy 24/7
  • Airpump Driven Disadvantages
    • Includes an additional though small energy requirement
    • Additional expense (pump/s, tubing, airstones)
    • Requires manual topping like Kratky unless you have a resiviour
  • Functions of a Hydro System for Lifestyle Resiliency
    • Fresh food on demand
    • Start plants for spring and fall gardens
    • Can later be scaled to literally any size
  • What I recommend for growing in a small indoor system during winter months
    • Two colors of leaf lettuce
    • One variety of romain lettuce
    • Arugula
    • One or two verities of “Asian greens”
    • Spinach (use my germination trick)
    • Two types of basil
    • Parsley
    • Green Onions (grocery store trick)
  • A system of only 28 grow spaces can do 3 plants of everything here
  • Three plants is ideal because you can have plants in starting, mid-growth an harvest at the same time
  • Such a system will easily provide a few salads to a family of four every week
  • Why I recommend MasterBlend as your fertilizer
    • You can store many years worth for about 2.5 cents to the gallon for fluid
    • I have stopped doing any meter readings and use the 2,2,1 formula with 100% positive results
    • It is absolutely all you need for the leaf crops covered here
    • It will do a great job on starting “fruiting plants” to be set out even at the greens 2,2,1 ratio
    • One word of advice store is an air tight environment, seriously
  • Thoughts on containers
    • Kratky jars, jugs, etc.
    • Rubbermaid style tubs
    • Pipe based systems
    • Building your own boxes with rubber liners
  • Thoughts on indoor greenhouses and why they make sense
  • This is something anyone can do, for well under 100 dollars that pays for itself fully in a couple months

 

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Tip for Amazon Shopping – Check the ReNewed Store!

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SPECIAL NOTE – In addition to anything and everything really look at the deals from DeWalt on Renewed today.  I mean there are some okay ones, some so so ones and some amazing ones, but above all there is a ton of DeWalt Renewed Inventory there right now.

Instead of an item of the day today I want to give you a tip most people just don’t utilize, that is shop Amazon ReNewed especially for things like power tools and electronics.  This tip can save hundreds or even thousands of dollars over time.

Let me explain what renewed means vs. what people think it means.  Let’s start with what most people think it means…..

  • What people think happens – Bill buys a cordless drill, the drill has a warranty and he uses it for a while.  The drill in someway “breaks” while Bill has it before the warranty expires.  Bill sends it back and Amazon repairs it and sells it used.  You are buying an item that failed and was fixed.

 

  • What actually happens – Bill buys a drill, the drill arrives and may be it has a battery that is bad, may be Bill’s wife said, “you don’t need another drill”, may be Bill decided he wanted a better drill or cheaper one.  So Bill uses Amazon’s very liberal return policy and sends it back.   Amazon pays someone to check it and make sure it works, repackage it and then they sell it at a discount.

 

Translation Amazon can’t sell these items as new but effectively they are fricken new.  I want you to think about this, go look at the Amazon ReNewed Store, look at the vast array of items they sell.  Look at the price points and ask yourself if you think it would be profitable for Amazon to be taking about 50 dollar Bluetooth Speaker or 20 dollar food processors that are actually used and repair them only to sell them at a discount?

Here is what is going on.  Amazon sells entire pallets of returned items site unseen to people.  Some people run entire businesses off this model and even put the “used/returned” items back on Amazon, some exclusively.  Amazon is also one of the most efficient and data driven companies on the planet.  So they have come up with certain items and classes of items that they know they can move as “ReNewed”.

Go into any pawn shop you will see big brand power tools in abundance.  Because they sell and hold value you can always sell a top end drill at a pawn shop because they know someone will always buy one, even beat to shit at a discount.

So you shouldn’t be surprised to see a TON of DeWalt, Rigid, Milwaukee, etc. tools in the Amazon ReNewed Store.  And if you dig in you will find it is mostly top brands in all categories that end up in the ReNewed store.  Craftsman, Ninja Kitchen Equipment, Kitchen Aid Mixers, you name it.  In every category there are mostly top high end brands, for one reason, they sell.  Amazon is cherry picking returned items for this program.  It is that simple.

Sometimes the discounts are massive.  Example I have been wanting a DeWalt Brushless Angle Grinder for a while.  The one I wanted sells for about 165 bucks, I got the “renewed” one under 90 bucks.  I was going to run it on the site and show but they only had 6 in stock.  I IM’d all my folks I knew who were DeWalt people and they were sold out in minutes.

This brings me to a few things to know….

  • What you give up is the warranty, most items have a 90 Day Amazon warranty, vs. the standard manufactures warranty.
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  • Not everything in the ReNewed store is deeply discounted or even discounted at all, always check for the exact same item for the new price.  If warranty is important to the item you should consider how deep the discount is.
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  • You will at times find items in the ReNewed Store that are NOT really Amazon ReNewed.  I think this is actually a bit of a bug in Amazon’s System. Which matches items when they are not in Amazon Stock but with a 3rd party.  So if some item is not in Amazon stock but a pre owned version is sold by another Amazon seller you will get the typical “Available from X Sellers, click here for options”.  Be aware that all such sellers have their own policies and you need to know them before buying.  Also I find the discounts don’t seem so great with most of them, and many don’t have Amazon’s free shipping.
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  • Inventory is subject to what is available at any given time.  One day there may be 50 Stand Mixers in the store, next day 3, then for months or more, none.  So it is more of an opportunistic thing to keep an eye on then something you can always expect to be there.

 

Oh and as you may imagine a few weeks after big holidays like Prime Days, Christmas, etc. is a good time to check inventory.  The more people impulse buy, the more they return.

But with that knowledge just look at it this way, Amazon did with returns what used car sellers have done the term used cars.  They changed it from used cars to “pre owned vehicles”.  In this case though you essentially have brand new gear that either had an accessory missing, the buyer changed their mind, etc.  So when you buy anything especially kitchen electronics, appliances, audio gear, power tools, etc.  Just check the Amazon ReNewed Store first, because you never know what you might find.

This is one way to easily make your money do more for you and remember what I say, if you don’t do that when you can, you hate money.  And if you hate money, it will hate you back!

The Thanksgiving Special for 2021 – Epi-2989

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Note – You can get a full transcript of the original portion of this show here. Many families read this and the Christmas show as part of their holidays.

Today one day before the great American Holiday we stop and pause to think about what we have to be thankful for.

Two years ago I rerecorded the original portion of this show into much better audio quality, I do hope you enjoy it. If you would like to hear the first version of it as it was recorded in my car you can find the original that was published on Nov. 26, 2008 here.

The beauty of this show is I feel it is something you can share with friends and family. The real history of Thanksgiving is actually a lot more interesting and special then many of the myths.

Tune in today to hear…

  • Why much of what we learn about Thanksgiving is wrong or at least inaccurate
  • How Thanksgiving was at one time considered a “damn yankee holiday”
  • How Thanksgiving became a way for our nation to heal and reunite
  • How the date of Thanksgiving has often been moved around and why
  • The truth about those big buckles the pilgrims wore and all that black clothing
  • What feasting meant 100 years ago to our prior generation that we have forgotten

 

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Surviving Thanksgiving with Chef Keith Snow – Episode-181 – TSP Rewind

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rewindToday is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes.

Today’s episode was originally, Episode-557- Surviving Thanksgiving with Chef Keith Snow and originally aired on Nov. 23rd 2010.  The notes below are the original notes from that episode.

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Tune in today for a special edition of The Survival Podcast with Chef Keith Snow.  Keith is the creator of HarvestEating.com which focuses on eating seasonally and cooking with food you can grow in your backyard of obtain locally.  He is also a daily listener to our show and shares many common ideals with the Survival Podcast audience.  So I thought who better to bring on the air in preparation for Thanksgiving then Chef Keith.   Whether you are going though having the “in laws” or just want to have the best Thanksgiving meal you ever cooked, today’s show is for you.

Let me tell you folks you are going to want a pen and paper for note taking on today’s episode!

Tune in today to learn…

  • The simple steps to perfect turkey
  • Gravy that doesn’t come from an envelope or a jar
  • Three variations on stuffing that will blow your family away
  • Simple cranberry sauce that doesn’t come from a can
  • A duck for Thanksgiving with an amazing spice blend
  • Using chestnuts and pecans for a great taste twist
  • How to properly cook stand alone drumsticks for extra dark meat
  • A way to make squash something special instead of sweet baby food
  • Mashed potatoes that won’t believe until you try them
  • Wine selections for Turkey Day
  • A desert that is so simple to make but totally amazing and unexpected

 

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Out Back with Jack – Epi-2988

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Today we we have our Friday show,  “Outback with Jack”.  These podcasts will be generated though back porch live steam sessions done early on Friday mornings.  That will be approximately 0730-0830 CST.

These podcasts will are a lot like old school TSPC episodes on a variety of topics, many quite topical from the news and from social media.  Each show will covers a bullet point list of 5-12 topics that I will handle rather rapid fire.

From there we will talk about what ever the live audience comes up with.  These livestreams will then be converted to MP3s and put out in the standard TSPC Podcast feeds under the new series title of “Outback with Jack”

Today we discuss crypto, pattern recognition, the Rittenhouse verdict, FOIA requests, side hustle to full time business, cooking venison, back up heat, hyper inflation and a ton more.

Todays Pre Set Subjects Include…

  • The five stages of grief applied to crypto (a pattern recognition exercise)
  • The Rittenhouse verdict, the coming lawsuits and what it all means for the average joe
  • Why this is the time for setting up your indoor hyrdro systems
  • The US Gov wants 55 years to honor a FOIA request about the Pfizer vax
  • Making the transition from side hustle to full time business
  • Cooking venison without making it taste like bad liver
  • Why I think they will fix the crypto issue in the infrastructure bill and why it isn’t as bad as claimed anyway
  • Getting ready for winter with back up heating options
  • The problems with unions vs. the opportunities they create
  • When I say no hyper inflation, it is important to understand what I mean vs. say “toxic inflation”

 

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Streamlight Stylus Pro USB Rechargeable Light – Item of the Day

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Price Drop Alert – This item is currently on sale for 10 dollars (22%) of the list price.  Based on the life cycle of the rechargeable batteries this item pays for the upgrade over the original version quickly, and far more so at this reduced price.

Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.

Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the Streamlight Stylus Pro USB Rechargeable Light.  Any long term follower of my podcast and blog will know I am a huge fan of the original Streamlight Stylus Pro.  I have been recommending that model for more than 5 years.

Well during a workshop a few years ago, a guy walks up to me and shows me this one.  It is basically everything that is wonderful about the original but it is rechargeable with any USB port.  It does cost more, coming in at about 48 dollars vs. the original at about 21 dollars.  So the question is, is the convenience of rechargeable and savings on batteries worth the difference in cost?

The lithium ion battery will give you 3.5 hours of light on one charge where as the original will give you 6.5 hours on one set of alkaline batteries.  Call that half as good, but, the lithium battery will have a life span of about 300 recharges, or 150 sets of AAA alkaline batteries.  That would be about 75 dollars in AAA based on bulk pricing of Duracell AAAs.

That gives us a cost of 96 dollars on the original compared to 48 on the rechargeable.  A 48 dollar savings.  Then if you do wear it out you have a few options.

The best is to buy the replacement lithium ion battery that Streamlight offers for this, it runs 15 bucks.  The battery pack though is essentially two lithium ion AAAs in a solid pack, this means yes you could just drop some rechargeable AAAs in it and rock on.  Or you can drop in any AAAs as a stop gap.  Yes while you can’t recharge it with regular old alkaline batteries, they will run it just fine.  This means you have multiple options and I love that.

So which one do I recommend now?  Frankly the one you prefer, they are both outstanding lights and represent outstanding value.  So check out the Streamlight Stylus Pro USB Rechargeable Light or the original Streamlight Stylus Pro today.

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