To continue on my last Gear Replacements post, here’s what has happened since:

Helmet

After my motorcycle accident I replaced my Scorpion EXO 1200 Air with a Scorpion EXO 520 Evo, which is okay but has noticably more wind noise at higher speeds. It protects my head, but is quite annoying.

Keyboard

Due to a coffee-related accident, I lost my CoolerMaster Quick Fire Rapid-i, which had been in use since 2015. During that 10 years, which include almost 5 years of everyday home office use, it was extensively used (and completely taken apart and thoroughly cleaned once a year) and thus looked the part. It is now replaced with a Keychron K3 QMK v3 with Banana Switches. Over it’s lifetime the Firmware was updated several times, but I had always lamented the lack of customizable QMK firmware, which just wasn’t a thing yet when I acquired it.

AirPod Pro 2

I replaced my AirPod Pros with the second gen a while ago. No comparison. Get the new version even if the old ones are on sale!

WD Red

Another one of those instances where I woke up to some alert from the NAS: A drive had died, so I ordered two replacements. One to replace the broken drive with and on spare. They arrived 3 days later, unfortunately after 2 days the second drive in the NAS died, taking the entire volume with it. I then ordered 3 more drives to start totally fresh. So now I have 5 brand new WD Red drives, 4 in the NAS and 1 spare.