CrowDazzle

Hence why I call diy solutions janky. Not that they are bad, but you always need to do some R&D to get proper end result.

Good call on adding the extra arch for support, I'll give that a try. I'll get some photos added. Thanks!
 
To answer if it's worth it.
I agree with some comments from other posts the cost is on the high side, but for me, like I mentioned there is no shortage of metal as part of my desks. I've been using Klein Tools magnetic power strips, which $50 for a power strip is on the expensive side too, so using the power bar keys with something you already have is probably more of a value. I was using some cheap hook magnets for my network switch and it was wobbly, used large refrigerator magnets and not elegant. So for me it's worth it. There's going to be less cursing under my desk when I move things around for sure. 

Just got my home bundle delivered today. Most everything in the kit is obviously pretty straight forward, i.e. magnetic loops. However right off the bat, the power bar key, is everything I hoped it would be (chef's kiss). I'm using it on a small 6 port switch and it's practically bolted on to the side of my desk. This was one of the products I was most excited for an so far it doesn't disappoint. I should mention I have a standing Uplift desk and a Home Depot Husky adjustable  workbench, so there is no shortage of metal to attach everything to. 
 
Now for the bad-ish (in my use case). The power bar attachments was the second thing I was most excited for. Where this thing falls short for me, is the attachment method for the straps. The tabs are not that great for securing the velcro straps and pop off way to easy. Since I have metal desk legs I cannot use these vertically as the weight of my power brick overpowers the magnets and the brick rotates. I'm probably in the minority here as I have a chonky NUC Enthusiast power brick. You know, one of those bricks that's almost the same size as the computer. If I hang this from under the desk, the weight will make the velcro sag and it still has a tendency to wobble and spin. As big as the brick is, there isn't enough room to add a second magnet set, nor can I run the straps in a different direction. I feel like the tabs for the velcro could have had  a better design to secure the straps.  If you have a small power brick from a laptop or something similar in size/weight, these work perfectly. I tried this with smaller power bricks and was not disappointed either. I was hoping to use these to secure a Lenovo Thinkcentre Tiny to my structured media panel but I think that's asking too much, but might be able to figure something out.
 
I just ordered an Essential Bundle to use in my outdoor shop. Since it's steel sided building, a few of the arches will be used outside to secure some ethernet cable for a security camera. We'll see how they hold up to some harsh high mountain desert weather <evil laugh>.
 
But seriously, good job on these power bar keys.

Just got my home bundle delivered today. Most everything in the kit is obviously pretty straight forward, i.e. magnetic loops. However right off the bat, the power bar key, is everything I hoped it would be (chef's kiss). I'm using it on a small 6 port switch and it's practically bolted on to the side of my desk. This was one of the products I was most excited for an so far it doesn't disappoint. I should mention I have a standing Uplift desk and a Home Depot Husky adjustable  workbench, so there is no shortage of metal to attach everything to. 
 
Now for the bad-ish (in my use case). The power bar attachments was the second thing I was most excited for. Where this thing falls short for me, is the attachment method for the straps. The tabs are not that great for securing the velcro straps and pop off way to easy. Since I have metal desk legs I cannot use these vertically as the weight of my power brick overpowers the magnets and the brick rotates. I'm probably in the minority here as I have a chonky NUC Enthusiast power brick. You know, one of those bricks that's almost the same size as the computer. If I hang this from under the desk, the weight will make the velcro sag and it still has a tendency to wobble and spin. As big as the brick is, there isn't enough room to add a second magnet set, nor can I run the straps in a different direction. I feel like the tabs for the velcro could have had  a better design to secure the straps.  If you have a small power brick from a laptop or something similar in size/weight, these work perfectly. I tried this with smaller power bricks and was not disappointed either. I was hoping to use these to secure a Lenovo Thinkcentre Tiny to my structured media panel but I think that's asking too much, but might be able to figure something out.
 
I just ordered an Essential Bundle to use in my outdoor shop. Since it's steel sided building, a few of the arches will be used outside to secure some ethernet cable for a security camera. We'll see how they hold up to some harsh high mountain desert weather <evil laugh>.
 
But seriously, good job on these power bar keys.

Just got my home bundle delivered today. Most everything in the kit is obviously pretty straight forward, i.e. magnetic loops. However right off the bat, the power bar key, is everything I hoped it would be (chef's kiss). I'm using it on a small 6 port switch and it's practically bolted on to the side of my desk. This was one of the products I was most excited for an so far it doesn't disappoint. I should mention I have a standing Uplift desk and a Home Depot Husky adjustable  workbench, so there is no shortage of metal to attach everything to. 
 
Now for the bad-ish (in my use case). The power bar attachments was the second thing I was most excited for. Where this thing falls short for me, is the attachment method for the straps. The tabs are not that great for securing the velcro straps and pop off way to easy. Since I have metal desk legs I cannot use these vertically as the weight of my power brick overpowers the magnets and the brick rotates. I'm probably in the minority here as I have a chonky NUC Enthusiast power brick. You know, one of those bricks that's almost the same size as the computer. If I hang this from under the desk, the weight will make the velcro sag and it still has a tendency to wobble and spin. As big as the brick is, there isn't enough room to add a second magnet set, nor can I run the straps in a different direction. I feel like the tabs for the velcro could have had  a better design to secure the straps.  If you have a small power brick from a laptop or something similar in size/weight, these work perfectly. I tried this with smaller power bricks and was not disappointed either. I was hoping to use these to secure a Lenovo Thinkcentre Tiny to my structured media panel but I think that's asking too much, but might be able to figure something out.
 
I just ordered an Essential Bundle to use in my outdoor shop. Since it's steel sided building, a few of the arches will be used outside to secure some ethernet cable for a security camera. We'll see how they hold up to some harsh high mountain desert weather <evil laugh>.
 
But seriously, good job on these power bar keys.

For power brick, have you tried using two arches, one above and one below? That's how both of my power bars are currently secured with zipties. Also, pictures would be nice with this kind of review.

Just got my home bundle delivered today. Most everything in the kit is obviously pretty straight forward, i.e. magnetic loops. However right off the bat, the power bar key, is everything I hoped it would be (chef's kiss). I'm using it on a small 6 port switch and it's practically bolted on to the side of my desk. This was one of the products I was most excited for an so far it doesn't disappoint. I should mention I have a standing Uplift desk and a Home Depot Husky adjustable  workbench, so there is no shortage of metal to attach everything to. 
 
Now for the bad-ish (in my use case). The power bar attachments was the second thing I was most excited for. Where this thing falls short for me, is the attachment method for the straps. The tabs are not that great for securing the velcro straps and pop off way to easy. Since I have metal desk legs I cannot use these vertically as the weight of my power brick overpowers the magnets and the brick rotates. I'm probably in the minority here as I have a chonky NUC Enthusiast power brick. You know, one of those bricks that's almost the same size as the computer. If I hang this from under the desk, the weight will make the velcro sag and it still has a tendency to wobble and spin. As big as the brick is, there isn't enough room to add a second magnet set, nor can I run the straps in a different direction. I feel like the tabs for the velcro could have had  a better design to secure the straps.  If you have a small power brick from a laptop or something similar in size/weight, these work perfectly. I tried this with smaller power bricks and was not disappointed either. I was hoping to use these to secure a Lenovo Thinkcentre Tiny to my structured media panel but I think that's asking too much, but might be able to figure something out.
 
I just ordered an Essential Bundle to use in my outdoor shop. Since it's steel sided building, a few of the arches will be used outside to secure some ethernet cable for a security camera. We'll see how they hold up to some harsh high mountain desert weather <evil laugh>.
 
But seriously, good job on these power bar keys.

I'd second that.  I'm not a fan of Ubiquiti in general but I have a couple of their first-gen Litebeam units and its been extremely stable despite me using it completely out of spec (one end is indoors).

I'd buy a set of these: Ubiquiti Nanobeam Gen 2 along with an access point for the far end. There's a few setup guides you can refer to on youtube, pretty straightforward. 
 
You might be able to use it through a window... but you shouldn't. Better to mount it to the outside of each home.

Angry much?

"Personally I have a 200+ part set with around 150 bits that I use for a screwdriver or impact driver. "
... then you dont need a ratcheting screwdriver with self storing 6 or 12 bits, which means your opinion ... and perpensity to auto-hate pretty much anything about this tool just doesnt mean as much.  Your biased to your 150 bits, so your not the customer here.

Im sure the team will look at 2.0 - ing the screwdriver once they go through the stock they have, in a year or 2, with lessons learned here incorporated into it ... but you gotta admit, for their first time out in this field ... they did pretty darn good.  Nothing wrong with being in the top few of this review.

What I find interesting is many of the negative comments here and elsewhere, seem to be pretty much from people who just cant bring themselves to being positive or at least honest about anything, and literally dont care if LTT is 'competing' with manufacturers that have been doing this for decades..  These commenters seem much more interested in the sound of their own keyboard.

Literally only place its worse... is slop when its a non ratcheting screwdriver?

And when abused in the video, Megapro failed at 28.5 NM, LTT failed at 33.3

Megapro may be better value, but im sorry what?

 
 
You have the data right in front of you in the video, why lie?

You're and idiot. There is independent testing right in front of you proving you wrong and you still act like an uneducated simpleton, good job.

I've never bought any LTT merch until the backpack and the screwdriver and had never visited the forum at all until very recently either (only to see comments/reviews of these two products). What I find interesting and that seems to get a little lost in the discussion is that LTT isn't a tool company at all -- this is way out of their wheelhouse.  Sure, they've licensed some IP for the screwdriver, but have made enough modifications to be able to call it their own.  Between the handle and the mechanism, they're showing some real engineering prowess on their very first outing.  To be able to basically stand up to PB Swiss and pretty much lay the smack down on a number of dedicated and highly experienced tool companies (granted significantly lower priced) is pretty freaking impressive.  Hats off and kudos to their team. 

For my usage, the LTT screwdriver looks to be the best overall package and quality for the price, so the best overall value as well.  I like nice stuff usually buying 'the best' and could buy the PB Swiss if I wanted (in fact have it saved on my Amazon tools list), but don't see the need anymore.  At least not until I can actually use the LTT screwdriver and see how it works in practice for a few months.  If anything, from what I've seen so far, I have a feeling I'll be buying a 2nd one to leave at the house while the first lives in my daily IT go bag (backpack).  Between this, a Leatherman Surge+, a dedicated box knife and cable making kit, I'm set for the majority of tools I need on a day to day basis at the datacenter or customer site.  Super excited to retire my current bag and build out my new daily carry with the screwdriver. 
 
 

I've been wanting to get a desk pad, and while the current design isn't bad. I'd like something else, as for what.
 
I think an all the things RGB design maybe nice, speckled RGB throughout the mat maybe a rainbow thread edge.
 
a wan show or short circuit themed pad would catch my interest.
 
Just some thoughts.
 

We have some more coming 🙂

Thank you ! If I solve this issue I will either post it in this thread or if this thread is too old by then maybe I will make a tutorial/recommendation 

@FalconBlue ~1.75 years later. The Internet never forgets, eh?
 
Where were you when OP posted this on July 9, 2019? Usually people oppose my opinion after a matter of minutes not years...
 
If he got it for free. All the power to him to try installing something else. If he paid for it he didn't think far enough into the future as to weather or not it'd meet his needs. These are the types of things you're suppose to think about before buying an appliance. If he learns that now it's a mistake he won't make in the future.

Why not ask for the moon from the sky as well, if you're going to be asking for the impossible?

A possible quick fix here since the iMac has a Thunderbolt 2 port, you can run an SSD and boot off of that instead of the internal. There is also a way to unbind the fusion drive and 2 separate drives will show up in Disk Utilities. Then install the OS to just the SSD. Disclaimer: I've accidently unbound my fusion drive before and it's no easy task getting it back (at least in 2015 it wasn't) so if you go this route back up everything!

As I've observed: there's a certain self-centredness to the tech enthusiast world. That is, not just preferring certain things, but believing the rest of the world should prefer those same things. Maybe it's because they tend to skew younger and still have the inflated ego carrying over from their teens.
 
The classic example is the gaming PC. I can't tell you how many PC gaming fans I've seen who genuinely believe their tastes dictate the industry, and that consoles and non-gaming PCs are "lesser" devices. You have to patiently explain that no, Jane and John Q Public don't care about their frame rate in Warzone, they care that their laptop won't roast their legs while they're video chatting with family.

I've been with the same VPN for almost 7 years now, but it isn't as big as PIA, which probably deters the threat of change of ownership.
 
 
Or we could all save ourselves time and jump straight into "Facebook VPN" or "Equifax VPN" and call it a day (I thought of including "Google VPN" too, but then I realized that's called "the Internet").

What? @firelighter487 has a point. With the amount of work and struggling you have to put into fixing stuff and setting stuff up on Linux, I also think it's really not a viable option as a daily OS. 
I used to run Xubuntu 16.04 dual booted with Windows 10. It was a hell of a struggle getting it all set up (modified it a bit), took me and my friend a good 2+ hours.
My point is that Linux is unreliable. It's so easy to break it that I can see why macOS and Windows have a much bigger market share.
I'm not trying to badmouth Linux. I'm just saying that like firelighter, I don't think it's a viable daily OS right now.
One question I have is - why should you have to research and know the ins and outs of your OS to be able to get graphics drivers working?
Something as simple as graphics drivers should be easy to install no matter what OS you use.
Just another reason why I think Linux is the average user's worst nightmare. 
 
Also a friendly reminder - saying stuff like "This is why i posted earlier that linux users are much more advanced then mac os users." doesn't help your point. If anything it just makes you sound pretentious, and that you think Linux users are better than anyone else. Last time I checked people don't like being talked to like that.

not just the average user. also geeks who just want a reliable machine to do important stuff like homework on.