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I'm ignoring it right now because I have to get ready to go to Austin City Limits tomorrow. [It's not necessarily lint though, they are not fibers, just little smaller than sand like particles. I talked to someone at the company and she said they do that for a while... she wasn't sure why, said it could be wool.]

The Surface Book looks slightly interesting. The SP4 looks a lot like a lighter/faster SP3.

Do you end up having dust/fine lint particles all over your mattress? The lint seems must finer than usual lint. Maybe that is the case with terry cloth. I wonder if it could be pieces of the wool breaking off because it has become brittle and coming through the cover.

I ran it until it was all the way dry (washed and dryed on medium but I didn't have a "gentle" setting for medium). I went to take it out once and but then felt a small part that was still damp - maybe I should have taken it out then. The fabric has all these little dust particles falling from it like it's disintegrating. I had to run a small load of wet towels through the dryer to get out all the extra small lint/dust particles after drying it. The company did warn of a lot of lint from the terry cloth exterior (and that you would need to clean out the link before and after - which I always do). Is this normal? Basically, when I shake it out and then run my hand over the hardwood floor, there is a bunch of dust/fine lint all over the floor (you can't see it until you run your hand over it unless sunlight hits it). I feel that if I put this on my mattress I am going to have to vacuum a bunch of stuff off it next time I remove it - which I guess isn't the worst thing in the world. I hope that is what terry cloth does at the beginning and I didn't dry it too much and too hot and ruin the wool inside. I bought this to be water resistant. Can too much heat ruin the water resistance property of wool? I am tired of dealing with mattress protectors.

Ok it didn't smell too bad but barely fit in my front washer (at my house). I wonder if it'll fit in the washer at the apartment in the future... The dryer I have had been like that since day one with a brand new vent (I'm still using the washer/dryer at my house since they are nicer). I just put it in the washer so I guess I'll have to find a place to let it sit to air dry in the old place for tonight.

Unfortunately, I don't know that I have a place to air dry it. I have a auto-dampness setting on my dryer but often things are still damp when it stops (if the load is full). I also read somewhere where someone said it really stunk when they first got there's (I haven't opened it up yet). Do you remember a weird smell at first?

I purchased this protector and got it delivered today. I was planning to wash and dry it before using it. How do you know when the mattress protector is fully dry (the directions say to take it out as soon as it is fully dry)? I obviously don't want to put a partially wet protector on the bed and also don't want to overdry and ruin the wool.

I ordered one yesterday (the compact one with the odor/gas filter - I decided that it is good to be able to smell odors because sometimes they are a good warning, also it is a bit smaller). It at least has to work better than the Winix I have right now.

I know.

Don't worry, I ate food today (breakfast and lunch). I'm feeling a bit better emotionally although I am not feeling well physically...

+sub then Can't wait to own a house again so I can buy one of these two and a sub. I am not going to listen to the frozen soundtrack though...

^This!

JH13

Haha. Yeah, I didn't really "forget." I kept meaning to eat but just didn't feel like it. I meant to get something on the way over to the apartment and I did forget to do that. I've just been feeling pretty down for the last 1-2 weeks and haven't felt much like eating. I'm sure it will pass and I'll start eating too much again though.

Peanut butter because I forgot to eat dinner and all I have at the apartment is PB, beer, wine, and scotch. I really need to go shopping.

The HF5 sound better than the ER6i IMO though (although it's been a long time since I have owned the ER6i).

^They don't make those anymore.

The Kilpsch X10 are great and very very comfortable. The first pair I had for a couple of years but sold them to a friend. I bought a second pair at some point and they were very poorly made (they cut in and out on both ears if you wiggled them). I read that a lot of the ones made at that time also had these problems. I would not but another pair unless I knew for sure that they fixed these problems.

I would also get the Etymotic HF5 at that price point. I got them for Tim and they sounded pretty good (not as good as the ER4P but not that far off).

8GB

I'm thinking of updating the OS on my early 2009 Mac Mini (2.26 Intel Core 2 Duo). I just use it as a music server for my headphone setup. I have Snow Leopard still on it but I can't run Tidal with SL. Would it be stupid to update to El Capitan (lots of speed increases over Yosemite I have read) or should I just install Mountain Lion on it?

What size rooms were you using this in? I plan to use this in my living room during the day and bedroom at night. I like the fact that the IQAir has prefilters for things like dust and that you don't have to change the HEPA filter as much as the BlueAirs. Also, I am not sure about the electrostatic filters in the BlueAir. However, this site claims that the IQAir can only be used in a room no larger than 260 sqft. They say the BlueAir can be used in rooms up to 400 sqft. "HealthPro Plus is perfect for most bedrooms, no bigger than 260 square feet." http://www.air-purifier-power.com/top-10-air-purifiers.html Also, how good are the casters on the IQair? People complained that they were pretty crappy.

They could make a lot more money if they had just called it the LCD-10