Black Friday 2022

November 25, 2022. I think I bought too much stuff today. For real Amazon delivery guy is coming by three times today. And tomorrow. And Sunday,

The biggest purchase is a new 11″ Apple iPad Pro. I have several iPads but they are all fairly old and I cannot run iOS 16 on any of them.

iPad Model	Release Year	Discontinued
iPad 2	2011	March 2014
iPad 4	2012	October 2014
iPad mini 2	2013	March 2017
iPad Air 2	2014	March 2017

I did purchase two iPad Pros after the iPad Air 2, but those were for my parents. I do feel a bit justified in buying a new iPad since the “newest” models I have were discontinued almost six years ago. I also bought an Apple Pencil 2, and a keyboard case from Logitech that cost way too much.

Another large purchase was a portable power station. I am kind of building an emergency kit, and one of the big items is stable power. I have about 3.6 kW of solar panels on my house, but since the system is grid-tied, I am unsure on how to reroute the DC power if needed. The power output is likely too large to be useful without a voltage converter. In my Tesla, there is a ~75 kWh battery, but I have no idea how to use that if there is a prolonged power outage. Long story short, I purchased a Jackery Explorer 300, which has a 293 kWh battery. It seems like a lot but that will get my Tesla about a mile down the highway. To be self-reliant, I purchased the matching 100 W solar panel that will charge the Explorer 300 in 3.5 hours. Together, the system is normally $600 but there were some Black Friday coupons that saved me about $180.

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I just received another delivery. It is just some peanuts and other mixed nuts. It arrived about half an hour after the previous delivery, so it is likely another driver. Are there multiple warehouses that ship to my house? I would love to spend a day at Amazon learning about their logistics process.