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Battery - weakest link in wireless product ?

pcGeeK — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:29:28 +0800

This applies to non-removable battery only

I've got an edifier neobuds pro, used less than 10 times, mostly kept in drawer, after 1.5 years - one side suddenly gg - searched online reason is mostly due to battery dead

Another - Asus keris wireless mouse - 1+ year old, still great cosmetic condition, now signs of gg coming - battery drains fast and require frequent charging

Ktards got similar stories?

Is there any shop / freelance specializing in replacing these batteries ?

AIRCOND WARS: DAIKIN VS PANASONIC VS MIDEA

pcGeeK — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 10:32:10 +0800

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Konklusi: Midea wins coz the other two uses components from them

AirAsia Group Recertified Seven-Star for Safety

pcGeeK — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:15:32 +0800

AirAsia Group* as well as medium-haul affiliate airlines AirAsia X and Thai AirAsia X, have been recertified as seven-star airlines by AirlineRatings.com under its enhanced safety ratings criteria.

Every airline that was rated has also achieved IOSA accreditation - the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit programme, which is a key global benchmark for upholding the highest safety standards at all times.

AirAsia's sustained seven star rating is underpinned by its commitment to safety across all operations. This achievement is driven by key initiatives such as extensive employee training, a highly experienced engineering team with more than 20 years of expertise, and rigorous maintenance procedures.

AirAsia also maintains a robust internal safety management system (SMS) and corporate governance structure, including a Board-level Safety Review Board (SRB) and meets the highest global safety standards with certifications like the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part 145 approval, ensuring the highest level of safety compliance and operational performance.

Airlineratings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas said: "The AirAsia Group* including AirAsia X and Thai AirAsia X, had achieved an excellent safety rating under our enhanced rating criteria and are performing almost flawlessly. The AirAsia Group's on-time performance rate is tracking well, the incident rate is almost non-existent and the airline's safety performance is extremely impressive,” added Mr Thomas.

AirAsia Aviation Group’s Group CEO Bo Lingam, welcomed the news that airlines under the AirAsia Group* have been recertified with a 7/7 safety rating:

“To date, AirAsia Group has flown nearly 800 million passengers since its inception over 23 years ago. As the aviation industry continues to face the challenges and opportunities of fleet reactivations and growing travel demand in the region, this recognition from Airlineratings.com underscores AirAsia’s laser focus on enhancing safety protocols, operational efficiency, and on-time performance. We continually invest in our people, technology, and processes to comply with the highest standards, including regular IOSA audits by IATA.

“As a Group, we are reaching beyond the regional geographical boundaries and leveraging on the expertise within all of our airlines embracing our core value of ‘safety is always our number one priority’. Our safety management ecosystem is amplified thanks to AirAsia Group’s collective strengths - being ‘safer and stronger together’ to conform beyond the required safety standards and protocols.

“With this acknowledgment further supporting our growth strategy, we remain dedicated to being one of the top low-cost carriers globally, delivering safe and reliable air travel for our guests.”

CEO of AirAsia X Benyamin Ismail added: “This is a meaningful recognition for AirAsia X which has been IOSA accredited since 2013. We strive to deliver world-class service with great value fares for medium-haul air travel across Asia and beyond. This is a significant acknowledgement of our dedication to continuing to uphold industry-leading standards across our operations. As we move into our next growth trajectory, we thank the experts at AirlineRatings.com for their strong vote of confidence for the millions of passengers who choose to fly with us each year.”

Tassapon Bijleveld, CEO of Thai AirAsia X, echoed this sentiment: "Safety is paramount. This recognition for both our short-haul and medium-haul airlines in Thailand underscores our commitment to delivering the best value and choice for our passengers." Mr. Bijleveld highlighted the team's dedication and the importance of this recognition for upholding the highest safety standards.

Mr Thomas added that “our safety rating tool is unrivalled in the aviation industry and tens of millions of travellers come to us to seek reassurance before they book a flight. Many airlines have conducted the IOSA audit to improve their safety rating.

“This isn't merely recognition; it's validation of the unrivalled meticulous work that goes on behind the scenes, as we strive to create a safer, more informed world of air travel.

“As we have very recently relaunched our revamped website, we are now recertifying all seven-star airlines, leveraging additional safety data and analysis plus expertise from former check & training pilots to bolster our rating system's robustness,” he said.

Additional safety data and analysis for recertification include in the areas of pilot training and incidents.

AirAsia Group and affiliate airlines, AirAsia X and Thai AirAsia X operate the Airbus family aircraft (A320/A330) which all have excellent safety records and high dispatch reliability.

*AirAsia Group includes AirAsia Malaysia, AirAsia Philippines, AirAsia Indonesia, AirAsia Thailand. Included in these ratings are affiliate medium-haul airlines AirAsia X and Thailand AirAsia X. AirAsia Cambodia isn’t included as it has only recently commenced operations and will be reviewed in due course.

https://airlineratings.com/articles/airasia...star-for-safety

so what about malindo and malaysia airlines?

Boeing 787 dreamliner wing with lotsa speedtape

pcGeeK — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 09:34:22 +0800

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It's safe but would you feel safe ?

and where's that unker who complained about taped up AirAsia X seats ?

Boeing 737 crashes again!

pcGeeK — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 11:51:37 +0800

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Firefighting Boeing 737 crashes, setting forest on more fire instead of putting out fire !!

Guess which is the tranny! Lai2

pcGeeK — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:56:21 +0800

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Test your tranny radar

Tony on CNN: Customers are a big help to AirAsia

pcGeeK — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:51:57 +0800

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Langkawi with old folks

pcGeeK — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 09:05:17 +0800

Planning to go langkawi within the next few weeks....

Any tips or tricks?

3 days trips only

Is grabfood or foodpanda operational there? Coz if possible wanna limit outside eating.

Thinking of cable car and kilim mangrove tour. Or is the 'island-hopping' (Pulau Dayang Bunting, Pulau Singa, Pulau Beras Basah) better ?

I remembered few years back I went to a place where fishes swam right to the shore n you can feed em. was this Pulau Payar ? Is it still as good as last time ?

Finally anywhere else to go for me + 2 old folks ?

Old cars: 2003 Camry vs 2005 Toyota Corolla Altis

pcGeeK — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 22:46:27 +0800

Now deciding between these two old cars:

2003 Camry 2.0E
Mileage: 16xK

vs

2005 Corolla Altis 1.6E
Mileage: 23xK

Both being serviced at Toyota according to their owners.
Both about the same price.

From what I can see:

Pros of the Camry:
More comfortable and better NVH
More powerful engine
Bigger space

Pros of the Altis:
Digital climate control looks more modern
1.6 means minimum road tax

Considering that I cannot get the better variants (e.g. Camry 2.4 or Altis 1.8G) which car should I choose?

Mostly using for the occasional long distance drive on less than ideal condition trunk roads. Might sell it 2/3 years down the road.

KL-KK-KCH any entry requirements at Sabah side?

pcGeeK — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 08:43:15 +0800

Dear K,

I have a cheapskate plan to reduce my travel cost

Fly from kl to kk , transit at airport, then fly from kk to kch.

According to phednp website, need PCR or RTK at clinic and fill in ehdf ? But that's for a normal entry kan? If I just stay within the airport any exemption ?

Insurance agent contradiction

pcGeeK — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 07:10:24 +0800

Insurance agents sell not only insurance but also investment linked products or pure investment products.

As we know these investment products have risks. The risks to the capital and interest is entirely borne by investors.

Now the reason we put our money in savings or FD is because of PIDM insurance. So we are actually paying some money in the form of less interest in order to buy an insurance to protect our capital + interest.

So agents are saying 'buy insurance just in case something happen to you' but at the same time ' don't buy insurance for your money'

So seems like the agents are contradicting themselves.

Bincangkan.

Boeing 737 CRASHEDDD AGAIN

pcGeeK — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 22:02:20 +0800

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-...nbc-2021-07-02/

dettol antiseptic cream

pcGeeK — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 11:43:25 +0800

What happened to this product? why everywhere out of stock or near expiry date ?

Proton x50 vs KIA Seltos

pcGeeK — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 12:34:26 +0800

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List of annoying things in shopee

pcGeeK — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:58:49 +0800

1. after buying, sellers say 'hi dear, can you plz cancel order coz we have no stock'. after lots of effort optimizing the use of vouchers, now I'll lost all that effort and the voucher together ? wtf

2. In product rating section some people give 2/3 stars because sellers reduce price for promo.... again wtf so you want the sellers to keep the price high all the time? so to be fair if you buy at a cheaper price you should put 2 stars also ?

what else?? let's boycott these sellers or buyers

what happened to lowyat forum upper left?

pcGeeK — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:29:36 +0800

as title

[WTB] Acer 6935g for spare parts

pcGeeK — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:17:11 +0800

[WTB] Used or faulty Acer 6935G

Casing and motherboard must be in good condition

Deal by poslaju

Need to salvage it for spare parts TQ

AXA smartdrive telematics car insurance

pcGeeK — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 14:08:16 +0800

Anyone using this car insurance ?

or other car insurance can likomen also

Boost not working for large payments

pcGeeK — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:27:42 +0800

I've tried the customer support... they just ask me to restart my phone

which of course doesnt work. I've tried Rm1000 and RM12xx both gives the error 'unexpected error occured'

Smaller payments all no problem

Anyone has this issue ?

Honda Jazz 2020 launched !

pcGeeK — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:11:31 +0800

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Yay or nay ?