MS-460Ci 100% Jam Proof Micro-Cut Shredder(sold individuall)</a> and that is a level 4 that turns your documents into fine confetti; way more than the typical cross cut shredder. Of course with that fine of a cut it limits how much you can put in it at one time. I just placed an AARP envelope unopened and it started to take it, then stopped halfway with a red light lit, and then proceeded to finish the job after the pause.\n\nThis Amazon Basics 8-sheet ripped right through 2 envelopes unopened, and only slightly slowed down. That is the big advantage of strip-cuts, they don't have as tough of a job to do, and that results in the max performance for the least amount of money.\n\nI also wanted to mention that this unit from Amazon Basics also sounds like a precision machine. The whir of the motor while it is doing its job is much better than what you would expect at this price point. This unit is not large so it fits snugly under a desk if need be. It looks attractive. Be sure to oil it. So if you are looking for a good unit for an extremely attractive price, and don't need level 5 security then this is for you.","Product: The Xerox DocuMate 3125 color desktop scanner quickly converts your documents, plastic cards and forms into digital files, then securely saves them on your computer or in the cloud ready to be accessed another day when needed. It can scan up to 70 images per minute (ipm) in duplex and includes a 50-page Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) that handles everything from business cards to A4/Letter size documents. The Xerox DocuMate 3125 has an exceptionally small footprint and will fit comfortably on any desk (especially when folded closed). It is the perfect solution for organizations that need to quickly convert paper documents into searchable PDF files to be shared, organized and protected. For Mac users, the Xerox DocuMate 3125 includes a fully featured TWAIN driver, ICA support, and a simple yet powerful Scan Utility, allowing you to get started right out the box. Prepare the pages before loading them into the scanner, this helps to prevent multiple- page feeding and paper jams. If the edges of the paper are curled or folded, flatten them as much as possible.Fan the edges of the paper to make sure none of the pages are stuck together\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: An Amazing Product Worthy of 5 Stars in Every Way.\n\nReview: UPDATE: The scanning software has been completely remodeled and is wonderful. The old software was difficult to use because it would revert to 200 dpi and black and white, and you had to reconfigure every time, and then there is duplex or not, size of paper etc. etc. etc. Now it defaults to 300 dpi, automatically is set for 14\" paper and duplex. It senses the shorter paper, and whether it is duplex/both sides or not and has turned this into one fully automated machine. I DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ANY SETTINGS = FULLY AUTOMATED. IT works great in my Windows 10 machine. Driver and software are available on their site. Just Google it, and it is all for free. Now a little box shows up in the bottom corner of your screen. It's a breeze. You still have to be careful when loading the paper, and I have found with a stack of 25 it will take two sheets somewhere along the line. So keep it down to 5 to 10 on a single shot. Love the machine now. End of update.\n\nFirst let me say that I decided a year and a half ago to go all digital. You know the boxes start to pile up in the basement or attic of how many years do you really need to go back with your records? The answer to that is vague no matter what source you try. So I thought why not digitize everything, and do regular backups, even to an outbound device such as a removable hard drive/USB drive for safe keeping. So for the past two years I have been using the <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Epson-WorkForce-Pro-WP-4540-Wireless-All-in-One-Color-Inkjet-Printer-Copier-Scanner-Fax-C11CB33201/dp/B005IIR8H2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4540 Wireless All-in-One Color Inkjet Printer, Copier, Scanner, Fax (C11CB33201)</a> and delighted that I can stack up a year's worth of for example credit card statements and it will scan all of them, and convert to PDF files. The only problem is the amount of time it takes in order to do that. So the dream of being able to go through all of the old boxes, and completely shred them after scanning had this major obstacle of the amount of time it would take to do all of that. It was fine when working in the current year, but going through the archives is a job I have been putting on hold.\n\nThen along comes this Xerox DocuMate 3125 that scans 25 pages per minute, or 44 pages per minute in duplex, in black and white, grayscale, or color. You just set it up the way you want it, hit one button and Wow everything just flies through. At the factory default 200 dpi setting it allows for some shadows on the scan, but just by increasing this to 300 dpi you get no shadows and an all original level of quality. The speed at the 300 dpi setting doesn't seem to be affected.\n\nSo with the 50 page automatic document feeder capability you can load in a whole year worth of statements, and scan them both sides all automatically, and in a flash. The advantage of this is in the filing system. I just have them scanned directly into that accounts folder. So let's say I have a Citibank Folder, and then I create a sub-folder with just the last 4 digits of the account number, and then they year becomes a sub folder to that. So it looks like this for example, Citibank\\5138\\2012. So the entire years worth of scans goes right into the 2012 folder for that account, and yes each page is a separate PDF, so if you want you can go back in and rename them for each month, or just let it be, and if you sorted them according to date, the proper month would be easy to find.\n\nI noticed the comments about a learning curve for the software. Doesn't every feature rich software contain a certain amount of a learning curve to it? Xerox wrote the book on scanning and the software suite included with this scanner is second to none. Just because someone doesn't want to become familiar with it and would rather use the old tried and true that they are already familiar with is no reason to bash this incredible software suite. Xerox knows how to produce a Mickey Mouse version for toddler to use but they are the king of office scan, print, sort, organize. Yes I spent a little time learning the tricks to get it to do what I wanted it to specifically, but fortunately every option was there. Yes there are four different software suites to load. Is that a problem? With today's hard drive capacity for such a little bit of money you would think everyone would be delighted at having so much functionality.\n\nThe other big advantage to this is it is so small, and the bottom tray flips up, and the top folds down making it such a compact unit that it sits conveniently on your desk. You could sum it up in two words, small and powerful. Due to the incredibly small footprint enabling you to keep it desktop you don't need a big LCD screen on the unit with a lot of outbound programming functions, it all happens on the PC right alongside it. Can you tell I love this thing? There are several function buttons on it, one allows you to select numerically 1 of 9 pre-sets on a well lit up blue numerical indicator area with a simple up and down arrow on it, as well as having a \"Simplex\" and \"Duplex\" buttons and a power on-off switch. Everything else is done through the PC.\n\nSo you can fine tune the way you prefer to scan on the PC, and save up to 9 user presets, and access them right from the control panel with a simple up and down arrow, with a large well lit numeric number and then hit one button for your scan. So the idea of not having a big control panel on the outbound unit so you can do custom programming work while standing up is a mute one.\nYou may think okay this thing flies and after reading my comment about the 200 dpi setting you may think this is a super duty fast industrial grade scanner, but what I also want to emphasize is that with the software package that is included you have a lot more features, and this thing will scan documents at high resolutions and overall sizes as well; however while it is recording every little nuance on a micro-scale it takes time to do that as well. That requires a lot of passes on the scanning head. So yes it does the super critical stuff as well.\n\nIn order to emphasize all that this does with the included software suite, and since it is not placed on this Amazon page as of the day of this review, I want to copy and paste what Zerox displays as their individual software functions. Believe me with all of these kinds of capabilities I don't mind spending an extra 15 minutes loading the software which it all does automatically for you. Check this out:\nVisioneer\nOneTouch\nOneTouch is an easy-to-use utility that connects the DocuMate scanner with a powerful set of scanner settings to greatly improve the efficiency of your workflow -- so that with one touch the document is scanned automatically to email, Microsoft Word, your printer, a file folder, or to one of many cloud destinations.\nAcuity\nAcuity enables your scanner to instantly improve the visual clarity of every document that you scan. Using advanced algorithms and dynamic thresholding Acuity will intelligently correct documents containing imperfections, improve quality of scanned images for archiving, increase OCR accuracy, and save time.\nDriverPLUS\nDriverPLUS is a new generation of driver technology that is based on TWAIN(tm) 2.1 specifications that provides advanced features and greater reliability for both users and system integrators. DriverPLUS combines the features of advanced 32- and 64-bit native Windows-based TWAIN and WIA drivers PLUS new Acuity optimization software and a sophisticated user interface.\nNuance PaperPort\nMillions of professionals rely on PaperPort to save time and money by transforming paper documents into searchable digital documents. PaperPort combines the efficiency of document management, the convenience of superbly scanned documents and the power of creating PDF files, to bring a new level of operational proficiency to your organization.\nOmniPage Pro\nOmniPage Pro provides a precise OCR and layout retention solution, quickly turning scanned documents into editable, formatted text. The text can then be used in virtually any word processing, desktop publishing or web publishing program.\nText Searchable PDF\nTransform volumes of paper or photos into organized digital files that can be quickly found, used and shared. In searchable PDF format, the user can instantly search documents for keywords or phrases. This provides additional archival benefits beyond traditional storage, and the widely accepted PDF format lets everyone view and print documents -- on any computer.\n\nSo that about says it all. I didn't want you to be swayed by those who think loading superlative programs into their computer is a waste of time, nor do they want to learn how to use all of those features to dissuade you away from something that does such a marvelous job. So if you are looking for compress all of those boxes of tax records before throwing them out, knowing you would like to have access to anything at any time with just a few clicks, or have a business with tons of filing cabinets loaded with papers and records that would serve you a lot better if they were all digitized, then this is the model that will do all of that for you, and do it so quickly you will be amazed at how fast the papers fly out. JUST BE SURE TO BACKUP the scanned files before shredding or tossing them. Having searchable PDF documents is worth its weight in gold alone. So clean up the clutter, take advantage of the digital age, and have everything at the touch of a finger, neatly organized on your hard drive; no having to get up and sort through records to find one like you do with filing cabinets. You can dream of doing this with a flat bed scanner, but the time you save with this Documate 3125 makes it not only practical, but doable. Need a record from 10 years ago; it is at your fingertips. Highly, highly recommended piece of equipment.\n\nI have this 3125 sitting on my side desk, and under that desk I have the <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Powershred-MS-460Cs-Safe-Sense-10-sheet-Confetti-Cut-Shredder/dp/B000JEBYDE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Powershred MS-460Cs Safe Sense 10 sheet Confetti Cut Shredder</a> so it stick out enough (just the front section with the shredder slot and on-off button, so I am ready to process any junk mail or documents all of the time with no effort. So the idea is scan and shred, and clean up the clutter. Neat, clean and organized is just another way of saying I feel good. I love it, and you will too.","Product: Swingline, the leading brand in workspace tools for the business, home and mobile office for over 80 years, continues to introduce innovative new products that solve common workplace frustrations and increase productivity. The Swingline Stack-and-Shred 80X Shredder offers hands free shredding - a better way to shred! Now, waiting in front of the shredder is a thing of the past for any size office. With Stack-and-Shred shredders, you simply load your stack of paper, shut the lid and you're done - leaving you time for better things. The Swingline Stack-and-Shred 80X is ideal for personal, home office or executive use. The space saving design fits neatly under a desk. Coupled with quiet operation and an easy LED user interface, the Stack-and-Shred 80X helps you be more productive. The 80X features patent pending Hands Free Auto+ technology. Rollers automatically feed the paper into the cutters, so you don't have to, freeing you up to perform other tasks. The 80X Stack-and-Shred Shredder features cross cut shredding and security level 3, secure credit card shredding, automatic jam clearance, and it even shreds staples and paper clips in any corner. Stay organized, protect sensitive information and increase your productivity with the superior performance of Swingline Shredders.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Does a Great Job of Bulk Shredding\n\nReview: Same shredder in red instead of <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/SWINGLINE-Stack-and-Shred-80X-Hands-Free-Shredder-80-Sheet-Capacity-Black-1757574/dp/B0067PN42I/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">SWINGLINE Stack-and-Shred 80X Hands Free Shredder, 80 Sheet Capacity, Black (1757574)</a> in black with two changes. The black 80X as opposed to this 60X has a 60 sheet capacity, and the 80X has an 80, and the waste bin capacity goes up on the 80X to 5 gallons, instead of 4 on the 60. There is also an available 100X <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Swingline-Stack-and-Shred-100X-Hands-Free-Shredder-100-Sheet-Capacity-Black-1757571A/dp/B004CRSLYE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Swingline Stack-and-Shred 100X Hands Free Shredder, 100 Sheet Capacity, Black (1757571A)</a>, 250X <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/SWINGLINE-Stack-and-Shred-250X-Hands-Free-Shredder-250-Sheet-Capacity-Black-1757576/dp/B0067PN46O/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">SWINGLINE Stack-and-Shred 250X Hands Free Shredder, 250 Sheet Capacity, Black (1757576)</a>, and a 500X <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/SWINGLINE-Stack-and-Shred-500X-Hands-Free-Shredder-500-Sheet-Capacity-Black-1757577/dp/B0067PN49G/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">SWINGLINE Stack-and-Shred 500X Hands Free Shredder, 500 Sheet Capacity, Black (1757577)</a>.\n\nSince these shredders comparing the 60 to the 80 are the same in every other way (minor weight difference etc not withstanding) I thought I would take the liberty of pasting my 80X review in here as well. Here it is...\n\nFirst let me say that just because it can handle 80 sheets doesn't mean it can shred that many, at least not all at the same time, or anywhere near it. It does however allow you to place a stack of up to 80 sheets under the lid on the top and this unit very effectively handles the chore for you to auto feed the sheets one at a time.\n\nAs far as the individual capacity I had placed some old spreadsheets in there which were really an 8 1/2\" x 11\" when folded over so it was equivalent to two sheets with a common edge binding them. Since this unit draws each sheet from the center, effectively doubling each sheets thickness as it draws it down it was actually handling 4 sheets at a time. It only slowed down when doing so but didn't complain a bit. The adding machine tape stapled to it had about 5 folds making it 10 thicknesses on its own, but it is only the width of adding machine tape. The shredder jammed on those when added to the 4 sheet thickness of the spreadsheet. What was nice about it was it would momentarily jam, quit, then instantly back up the work piece and then commence to shred it again. Not that it did any good because it would repeatedly jam. So yes it is jam free because it will back up and forward repeatedly but if the piece is absolutely too thick it will never go through.\n\nThe auto-feed is kind of ingenious. In the center are multiple rollers with coarse rubber surfaces on them. On the lid that you close down on the paper the center section is raised in order to push down on the paper on the center. So what happens is the rollers roll toward one another causing the paper to bind in between them, and that causes the paper to begin to fold up in the center and that fold is caught by the rollers and fed down into the shredding teeth and into the basket with the shreds. It works reliably, and in the tests I performed so far it ate the entire stack without any mistakes.\n\nSo the big advantage to this shredder is that you can not only feed one at a time through the slit in the top, you can also stack up to 80 sheets in the top bin and it will automatically shred them all especially if they are single sheets. (Double sheets without adding machine tapes stapled to them works fine as well)\n\nLet's talk about security levels. The whole reason why you are buying a shredder is to foil thieves who will pick up trash bags from along a street and sift through them to find banking statements, credit card statements etc. So this shredder is a cross cut and the shreds are short enough for all but the most insidious thief to not shuffle through them and paste them back together. This Swingline is way better than one of those inexpensive simple sheet cut shredders that make long single strips that are the whole page long. It wouldn't take too much to recreate a credit card statement with one of those.\n\nOn the other hand a <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Powershred-MS-460Cs-Safe-Sense-10-sheet-Confetti-Cut-Shredder/dp/B000JEBYDE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Powershred MS-460Cs Safe Sense 10 sheet Confetti Cut Shredder</a> Powershred MS-460Cs Safe Sense 10 sheet Confetti Cut Shredder will make confetti out of your statements, and I mean confetti that would take a science lab a week to reconstruct. That unit is a level 4. Level 5 if I can exaggerate is where they shred it, burn the shreds, and put the ashes in a food processor. :-) The Fellowes MS-460Cs is half again as expensive as this 80 sheet Swingline. The Swingline has a low profile so it will easily fit under a desk whereas the Fellowes is a larger unit that stands up and has wheels. However the Powershred will not do bulk shredding of documents like the Swingline so you have to baby sit the machine while doing larger quantities.\n\nI have made it my goal to eliminate old document filled boxes from years gone by, and scan them all into the computer, and shred what is left over. That chore is not a tiny one but it is the wise way to go. The amount of space 20 years worth of documents takes is tiny on a computer as compared to what that same amount of documents takes up in your closet. Someday I will get there, and then each year will be a new clean closet. If you are trying to catch up from years gone by and have a lot of shredding to do this Swingline is just what the doctor ordered.\n\nIf you are going to scan and then shred then here are a couple of nice Epson all in ones that do a beautiful job. You can stack up a bunch of sheets and they will auto feed them and create a single PDF file so for example you can take one account for the whole year and scan them to a single file PDF file. The first one scans stacks but only one side and the second one scans both sides and can store 580 sheets of paper ready to print. Both are great units. Epson WorkForce 840 Color Ink Jet Wireless All-in-One with Fax (C11CA97201) Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4540 Color Inkjet Wireless All-In-One with Fax and 580 Sheet Paper Capacity (C11CB32201). If you really want to get into high gear in scanning get the <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Xerox-XDM31255M-WU-DocuMate-3125-Color-Sheetfed-Scanner-for-Documents-and-Plastic-Cards-converting-them-to-Digital-Files-25ppm-and-44ipm-with-One-Touch-Technology/dp/B005OKRKRW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Xerox XDM31255M-WU DocuMate 3125 Color Sheetfed Scanner for Documents and Plastic Cards converting them to Digital Files, 25ppm and 44ipm with One Touch Technology</a> which will take a stack of 25 documents and scan them all so fast you can process them in one tenth of the time as the Epson Workforce all in one printers/scanner. So if having a paper free office is your goal then this Swingline shredder will make shorter work of a huge backlog, and the Epson scanners, and even moreso the Xerox 3125 scanner will capture the documents into ad-infinitum, and if you want to be sure that your documents don't go up in smoke in a computer crash be sure to back up your data. The Swingline works great. Highly recommended.","Product: Swingline, the leading brand in workspace tools for the business, home and mobile office for over 80 years, continues to introduce innovative new products that solve common workplace frustrations and increase productivity. The Swingline Stack-and-Shred 80X Shredder offers hands free shredding - a better way to shred! Now, waiting in front of the shredder is a thing of the past for any size office. With Stack-and-Shred shredders, you simply load your stack of paper, shut the lid and you're done - leaving you time for better things. The Swingline Stack-and-Shred 80X is ideal for personal, home office or executive use. The space saving design fits neatly under a desk. Coupled with quiet operation and an easy LED user interface, the Stack-and-Shred 80X helps you be more productive. The 80X features patent pending Hands Free Auto+ technology. Rollers automatically feed the paper into the cutters, so you don't have to, freeing you up to perform other tasks. The 80X Stack-and-Shred Shredder features cross cut shredding and security level 3, secure credit card shredding, automatic jam clearance, and it even shreds staples and paper clips in any corner. Stay organized, protect sensitive information and increase your productivity with the superior performance of Swingline Shredders.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great for the intended purpose\n\nReview: First let me say that just because it can handle 80 sheets doesn't mean it can shred that many, at least not all at the same time, or anywhere near it. It does however allow you to place a stack of up to 80 sheets under the lid on the top and this unit very effectively handles the chore for you to auto feed the sheets one at a time.\n\nAs far as the individual capacity I had placed some old spreadsheets in there which were really an 8 1/2\" x 11\" when folded over so it was equivalent to two sheets with a common edge binding them. Since this unit draws each sheet from the center, effectively doubling each sheets thickness as it draws it down it was actually handling 4 sheets at a time. It only slowed down when doing so but didn't complain a bit. The adding machine tape stapled to it had about 5 folds making it 10 thicknesses on its own, but it is only the width of adding machine tape. The shredder jammed on those when added to the 4 sheet thickness of the spreadsheet. What was nice about it was it would momentarily jam, quit, then instantly back up the work piece and then commence to shred it again. Not that it did any good because it would repeatedly jam. So yes it is jam free because it will back up and forward repeatedly but if the piece is absolutely too thick it will never go through.\n\nThe auto-feed is kind of ingenious. In the center are multiple rollers with coarse rubber surfaces on them. On the lid that you close down on the paper the center section is raised in order to push down on the paper on the center. So what happens is the rollers roll toward one another causing the paper to bind in between them, and that causes the paper to begin to fold up in the center and that fold is caught by the rollers and fed down into the shredding teeth and into the basket with the shreds. It works reliably, and in the tests I performed so far it ate the entire stack without any mistakes.\n\nSo the big advantage to this shredder is that you can not only feed one at a time through the slit in the top, you can also stack up to 80 sheets in the top bin and it will automatically shred them all especially if they are single sheets. (Double sheets without adding machine tapes stapled to them works fine as well)\n\nLet's talk about security levels. The whole reason why you are buying a shredder is to foil thieves who will pick up trash bags from along a street and sift through them to find banking statements, credit card statements etc. So this shredder is a cross cut and the shreds are short enough for all but the most insidious thief to not shuffle through them and paste them back together. This Swingline is way better than one of those inexpensive simple sheet cut shredders that make long single strips that are the whole page long. It wouldn't take too much to recreate a credit card statement with one of those.\n\nOn the other hand a <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Powershred-MS-460Cs-Safe-Sense-10-sheet-Confetti-Cut-Shredder/dp/B000JEBYDE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Powershred MS-460Cs Safe Sense 10 sheet Confetti Cut Shredder</a> will make confetti out of your statements, and I mean confetti that would take a science lab a week to reconstruct. That unit is a level 4. Level 5 if I can exaggerate is where they shred it, burn the shreds, and put the ashes in a food processor. :-) The Fellowes MS-460Cs is half again as expensive as this 80 sheet Swingline. The Swingline has a low profile so it will easily fit under a desk whereas the Fellowes is a larger unit that stands up and has wheels.\n\nI have made it my goal to eliminate old document filled boxes from years gone by, and scan them all into the computer, and shred what is left over. That chore is not a tiny one but it is the wise way to go. The amount of space 20 years worth of documents takes is tiny on a computer as compared to what that same amount of documents takes up in your closet. Someday I will get there, and then each year will be a new clean closet. If you are trying to catch up from years gone by and have a lot of shredding to do this Swingline is just what the doctor ordered.\n\nIf you are going to scan and then shred then here are a couple of nice Epson all in ones that do a beautiful job. You can stack up a bunch of sheets and they will auto feed them and create a single PDF file so for example you can take one account for the whole year and scan them to a single file PDF file. The first one scans stacks but only one side and the second one scans both sides and can store 580 sheets of paper ready to print. Both are great units. <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Epson-WorkForce-840-Color-Ink-Jet-Wireless-All-in-One-with-Fax-C11CA97201/dp/B004H3XKR6/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Epson WorkForce 840 Color Ink Jet Wireless All-in-One with Fax (C11CA97201)</a> <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Epson-WorkForce-Pro-WP-4540-Color-Inkjet-Wireless-All-In-One-with-Fax-and-580-Sheet-Paper-Capacity-C11CB32201/dp/B005IIR8H2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4540 Color Inkjet Wireless All-In-One with Fax and 580 Sheet Paper Capacity (C11CB32201)</a> So if having a paper free office is your goal then this Swingline shredder will make shorter work of a huge backlog, and the Epson scanners will capture the documents into ad-infinitum, and if you want to be sure that your documents don't go up in smoke in a computer crash be sure to back up your data. The Swingline works great. Highly recommended.","Product: The Fellowes Powershred 99Ms Micro-Cut Shredder can shred up to 914 sheets of paper per pass into 2011 (5/64 x 9/16 Security Level P-5) micro-cut particles providing ultimate protection of confidential documents.This machine also safely shred credit cards, and staples. Achieve hassle-free shredding with all of the features the 99Ms has to offer including an auto-reverse system which stops and reverses paper if a jam occurs.To protect more than your identity, the patented SafeSense Technology is designed with an electronic safety sensor that surrounds the paper entry and automatically disables the shredder when hands touch the paper opening. Also, the 99Mss SilentShred Technology and Energy Savings Sleep Mode system allow this machine to integrate easily to any environment.With the ability to shred for up to 20 minutes before a cool down period is needed, the 99Ms shredder is ideal for 1-3 users and includes a 9-gallon pull-out bin. Backed by a worry-free 1-year product and service warranty plus a 7-year cutter warranty. 25.19H x 11.41W x 17.31D\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Finally a Serious Shredder at a Price We All Can Afford\n\nReview: I have had a lot of different shredders over the years starting with an inexpensive Royal with nylon gears. The inexpensive shredders provide a lower level of security and their capacity leaves a lot to be desired. I finally got tired of that and in 2011 I bought the <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/FEL-3240601-X0-Fellowes-Powershred-MS-460Ci-100-Jam-Proof-Micro-Cut-Shredder/dp/B00BTMTMGQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">FEL-3240601-X0 - Fellowes Powershred MS-460Ci 100% Jam Proof Micro-Cut Shredder</a>. It was priced close to this Fellowes shredder. I thought with that one I could safely take junk mail and just stuff it in the shredder. I was disappointed when I discovered with the 460i that I still had to take the envelopes apart in order to shred them. It was also a security level 5 shredder, same as this one, which is really impressive when you compare it to most of the shredders out there. It shreds them into something like 3/32\" size pieces that curl up, and all but the most astute criminals would ever be able to reassemble a page.\n\nThere is such a thing as security level 6 machines which sell for about 6 or 7 times the price, often have induction motors, and they use a matched pair of solid steel cutting cylinders that are capable of reducing a single sheet of paper into over 15,500 tiny particles. Maybe the FBI needs that level of security, but level 5 is incredible enough for me. It turns them into confetti. Okay so now you know my background let's get onto the Fellowes 4609001 which is what this review is about.\n\nIn many ways it looks just like the 460i but is somewhat taller and generally larger. It will not roll under the desk like the 460i does so be prepared to give it a dedicated spot. They both have a large capacity and are easily disposable but the 99Ms has an even greater capacity. I have been using the same plastic liner bag since 2011 in my 460i. They never really need to be replaced. I just turn the pull out waste drawer upside down into a larger trash can, and the confetti falls out. Besides why place a billboard on the curb in a clear bag that says, \"Top security document shreddings here\" :-)\n\nThe single most important reason to buy this shredder is that unlike the 460i, this thing can swallow 3 pieces of junk mail all at once. I just did that and one of them was a large advertiser with a John Doe credit card in it. This thing gobbled up all three like it was a single sheet of paper barely even slowing down. That in and of itself sets this puppy apart from the crowd. Understand that shredding stuff this fine and doing it in bulk is a challenge for any machine. On the other hand you can get a single strip cutter, making full page ribbons of your paper and they can be had reasonably, and handle that kind of chore, but any 5 year old can glue those strips back together recreating the complete document. This thing makes confetti so fine you might as well have burnt it in the wood stove and stirred the contents if I can exaggerate and only a little.\n\nThis shredder is also very quiet. You could turn this thing on with someone sleeping in the room and they wouldn't wake up. It makes a little noise but more like a quiet hum or purr. It comes with wheels that you can put on and I strongly advise you to do so. The unit is heavy enough with a shipping weight of 52 pounds that having to move it by picking it up can cause a sore back.\n\nThis shredder also has the safe sense feature just like the 460i and that prevents children from putting fingers in the opening. You can place envelopes and paper in the openings without any problems, but if a hand gets too near an opening it instantly shuts off. So it is safe for around the house use. It also has a feature that makes it shut down after two minutes of inactivity. Saving electricity is important and doing so in such a way that you don't have to make an issue of manually monitoring it makes it especially useful.\n\nSomething that I care about and maybe it is a vanity item but this unit really looks good. With the body and top being a soft satiny black with silver panel the same gives it a professional look, and I like the way it is sculpted with rounded corners. My 460i has held up really well with a couple of years of usage, and this 99Ms with its increased capacity, and stronger performance should last every bit as well, and more. The main suggestion is to oil the gear periodically. It greatly speeds up the machine, and prolongs its usable life. You just inject some of the oil from the squeeze bottle into the shredder opening so it gets right on the gears. I like to shred something light so as to mix it in the gears immediately afterwards. It comes with a starter bottle of oil, but I bought a <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Fellowes-Shredder-Oil-12-oz-Bottle-with-Extension-Nozzle-35250/dp/B00006I58N/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Fellowes Shredder Oil, 12 oz. Bottle with Extension Nozzle (35250)</a> just to make sure I would have enough over the long haul. I'd like to find something about it I don't like, but I haven't found any. This is a serious shredder that deserves its own space. All in all highly recommended.","Product: Westcott Electric iPoint Evolution Axis Heavy Duty Pencil Sharpener features ultra-quiet operation, fast sharpening with auto stop, and accommodates multiple pencil sizes. From the Manufacturer: Westcott develops home and office products unmatched in style, design and performance. We continue to deliver results that are both inspirational and functional, earning the title of \"The World's Favorite Scissors\" year after year.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great Price, Looks Good, Designed for Heavy Duty Use\n\nReview: I think we all have a lifetime of pencil sharpening usage. When I was in grade school we had the hand crank one mounted to a table. Years ago I had purchased a battery operated model or two, and they always were weak, and required replacing batteries. This Westcott plugs into the wall and has more than enough power. I have been using the equivalent in the X-Acto Powerhouse for a long time. I thought that one was great, but this Westcott beats it. It has this great feature of stopping the sharpening process as soon as the pencil has a fine point. The X-Acto will eat your entire pencil if you let it. This is especially problematic if you have little ones who are fascinated by how the X-Acto gobbles up pencils. The Westcott Axis iPoint pencil sharpener is the best sharpener I have ever used.\n\nI have wanted to get a second heavy duty pencil sharpener so I would have one in my downstairs woodworking shop. This iPoint is ideal for that as well since it accepts and you can dial in the opening guide for a lot of different sized pencils. Besides that it is attractive and unobtrusive. When it comes to falling in love with a pencil sharpener, I think I have just met my match.","Product: Traditional 3 Ring binder with 1.5 inch round rings has a 330 sheet capacity with 2 convenient interior pockets for loose sheets. Durable polypropylene material lasts longer and is better for the environment than vinyl. 100% recycled chipboard with 75% post consumer waste construction. 4 black binders per pack.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Typical cheap binder. Not perfect but does the job adequately for a very nice price.\n\nReview: The primary things I look for in a binder are the following with the rating for this one from zero to 5 for each.\n1) Function; can I unlock the rings by pushing on the paddle on each side. 3\n1a) Do both of them work? 0\n2) Are there bubbles on the surface of the vinyl indicating that either the glue didn't set, or the vinyl is a cheaper grade. 2\n3) Is the overall heft of the binder sufficient to give me confidence that it would not bend if dropped etc. 3\n4) Attractiveness award. 4\nLook I am reviewing inexpensive binders here so it you are looking for a serious business proposal machine this is not it. But if you are cataloguing owners manuals in my woodworking shop like I am this is fine.","Product: Features our strongest binder covers and extra durable hinge for years of reliable use. Covers and spine will not rip apart. 1.5 inch round ring binder holds 350 sheets. Never Gap Rings perfectly align to prevent pages from snagging when turned. Custom formulated, PVC Free polypro material lasts up to 10X longer than vinyl. Two interior pockets provide additional storage for loose sheets. Use the 4-pack for projects, storage. 4 black binders per pack.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Take the words heavy duty seriously. One of the better of the inexpensive 3 ring binders.\n\nReview: The primary things I look for in a binder are the following with the rating for this one from zero to 5 for each.\n1) Function; can I unlock the rings by pushing on the paddle on each side. 5\n1a) Do both of them work? 5\n2) Are there bubbles on the surface of the vinyl indicating that either the glue didn't set, or the vinyl is a cheaper grade. 5\n3) Is the overall heft of the binder sufficient to give me confidence that it would not bend if dropped etc. 5\n4) Attractiveness award. 5\nThese are twice the price of the inexpensive Wilson binders but every penny goes into the quality of the build. I don't want to go overboard here but this is a well made 3 ring binder. I consider it to be the king of the inexpensive binders. There may be others to compete with it, but this one is very nice.","Product: Consumer-rated unbeatable photo quality - vivid, bright photos and sharp text from an ultra powerful, ultra slim Small-in-One\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Surprisingly affordable package in a Multi-Function Printer\n\nReview: The overwhelming advantage to this printer is that it is so compact, hence the name, Small in One. It prints, copies, and scans as well as producing superbly high quality printed photographs. (Of the 5 ink cartridges that come with it, one is a double cartridge for regular black, and in addition to the blue, yellow, and read cartridges there is a second black cartridge just for photos. Obviously this is a specialized machine for those who wish to enjoy pristine printed photos.\n\nIts compact size makes this ideal for my bedroom that has a table and comfortable office chair in it. I prefer to do my computing in here but I can even put the wireless printer in the finished closet with shelving so it is out of the way, but within easy reach.\n\nOne thing I have to hand Epson is that unlike Lexmark that in the past had this nasty habit of every time the power would go out, when it would come back on it would unpark the cartridge into a ready to print position and just stay there until someone shut off the machine. In plain words if you unplug, and then plug the machine back in it would turn on and stay on wasting the cartridge to evaporation. With the expensive replacement cost it would add up real quick. On the other hand my Epson WP-4540 large all in one, it is also a copy, scan, and printing color machine, and although I used it infrequently, a year later the cartridge still work, and have not dried out.\n\nThe real bottom line is how expensive is it to print a page. This unit is surprisingly affordable for a MFP. The standard cartridge can seem expensive at $12.99 and with black that lasts for 250 pages, or 5.2 cents per page. It is more expensive up front, but a substantial savings print per page cost, but purchasing the high yield cartridge at $18.99 for black will yield 500 pages at 3.7 cents per page.\n\nI use a laser printer such as the Brother 2170-DW monochrome which is a top seller. I replace the huge cartridge with a 3,000 page capacity one by an aftermarket supplier and forget about cartridges. I do my day to day printing on that with its about 2 cents per page print cost, however it is not an all in one, all it does is print, and it doesnt do color.\n\nTo have the convenience of being able to make a copy quickly by simply raising the lid, placing a document on the scanner glass, and then press copy is worth the cost of admission for that alone. No more having to run to the store to make copies.\nSo if you can either get over the pain of buying the high yield cartridges, the actual print cost per page is one of the most affordable out there in an MFP. (Multi-function printer) However lets face it full page color photograph printing isn't cheap.\n\nThe strange thing is that the output tray, in order to open it, you have to partially open the paper loading tray first. Then you grab the output tray and extend it and then have to close the paper tray. This is not difficult but for those who wish to compact the size of the footprint by closing the output tray, making it kind of a chore to have to re-extend. It should be a quick and clean extend like other printers are. After doing it a few times the trick is to just open the access door to the paper loading tray without pulling it out, and then pull the output tray. It is still an anomaly but a minor one at best.\n\nThe exciting thing is that this printer via Wi-Fi as well as iPad, iPhone, tablet, and smart phone can print from anywhere. It is also fast at 7.4 pages per minute. It also has an SD card reader on the front for photo direct printing. If you need faxing capabilities too, move up to the Epson Expression Premium XP-820. Overall this is a nice package with premium photo printing capacity at a very desirable price point.","Product: An Amazon Brand.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Works great for all kinds of purposes.\n\nReview: These work great on an erasable dry marker board as well as using them for standard marker purposes; for example marking cardboard boxes. This Amazon basics set cost a comparable price to the markers that are permanent non removable from dry marker board types. So this way you get a double use for the same amount of money.\n\nWhen you use them to mark a cardboard box for example it does not wipe off. It is dry but it penetrates like a liquid. As a matter of fact for general purpose marking I don't see any difference at all.\n\nThe tip gives you several options. You can angle it so just one corner touches and then you have the ability to write closer to a fine tip. You can use the square front edge for a bolder look, or you can go to the flat at the angle and really make a statement.\n\nI didn't notice any odor coming from these. The fact that you can leave the cap off for a couple of days and it doesn't dry out is a HUGE plus for me. I have been doing a kitchen remodel and marking things was a big deal. Unfortunately the cap got lost on one of them, and by the next day the marker was all dried up and no longer useful. Since they say 2 days without a cap that at least gives you a little forgiveness time.\n\nIf you have a family with multiple people living in the house a dry marker board for example in the kitchen is an asset. Be sure to read the reviews on them because some of them leave a shadow of what was written, and some erase completely. All in all a great set. Highly recommended.","Product: Not your basic label. UltraHold permanent adhesive is guaranteed to stick and stay put on cardboard, envelopes, paper, glass or metal. Avery half sheet address labels won't lift, curl or fall off like other brands. Quickly and easily create your own personalized labels. No more jams or smudges with Avery shipping labels. Bright white labels are optimized for laser & inkjet printers so you can effortlessly print bold bright colors and clear sharp text. This case of 500 shipping labels is perfect for shipping and mailing jobs, as well as for organizing boxes, labeling bins, classroom organization & stickers, and wine bottle labels. These address labels are optimized for laser & inkjet printers so you can effortlessly print vibrant colors and crisp, clear text without worrying about printer jams or ink smudges. You can also easily customize your printable labels with logos, graphics or images using the free shipping labels template and designs at avery.com/templates.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Avery is the best. There are some cheaper ones out there but you have to work around the problems.\n\nReview: The most popular selling Avery labels are the smallest ones and priced accordingly. If you are in business and want to project a professional image using the Avery software, and/or Word with label templates for PC only is the way to go. I do shipping all of the time. If there is an oops in an order the customer wants a pre-paid shipping label sent to them. Sending a printed return label on a standard 8 1/2\" x 11\" sheet of copy paper doesn't cut it. Even if you pre-trim it the look is one of someone working out of their bedroom.\n\nI am using these also to get my whole house organized. I have an attic that is not too tall but is covered in plywood, and is well lit. The problem is boxing up stuff and putting it up there with some magic marker writing on the side is not conducive to being able to clearly read what is in the box. Also it motivates me when making up the labels to create an Excel spreadsheet of what I have, and where it is located. I can just see some neatly taped/sealed boxes stacked each with their easy to read white label with printed black text instead of reading on the brown cardboard. Sometimes I have just been using a ball point pen and that is really hard to read when crawling around up there.\n\nI'm getting into canning with Ball Mason jars in a big way. I just bought a second freezer too for vacuum sealed shrink wrapped items. Labeling everything when making large batches is one way to feel like you are on top of everything.\n\nPrinting: We all know the nightmare of thinking the printer registration is correct, only to print a whole sheet of labels and they are off. You can use the Avery site which is great with all of the options they have, or you can use Microsoft Word's templates. You just put in the Avery number on the front of the packet and it already has the registration type pre-set for you. Even with all of that I still feel a lot more comfortable doing a test run. Avery tells you to do a test run on a plain sheet of paper and that of course is not a bad idea. What I like to do in addition to that is make a run with just one label set to print. I test it by possibly wasting only one label. Most of the time it is not a waste. Fortunately you can decide how many of the labels on a page you can print. So small batches are allowed, or even printing one.\n\nSomeone commented that these don't stick to well. Avery purposely made them that way. If you want to change the label or re-position it there is a window of opportunity to do it. If the label stays stuck for a given period of time it is then non-removable. All labels even non-removables can still be removed with a hair dryer or heat gun. It may damage the print on the label but it is good to know that it is reversible.\n\nPrice comparison when buying in bulk: The number one sellers are smaller quantities because most people don't need labels in quantities above a thousand. So here is the comparison based on today's prices. For the example lets use the 2\" x 4\" Avery labels selling in a quantity of 250. They sell for $6.87. So if you divide the price by 250 you get 0.02748 cents each. If you buy the same item in the 2500 pack at $65.25 they sell for 0.0261 each. So how does this convert to real usage? If you use 100 of these you are spending of course $2.75, and if you buy them in the 2500 pack you are spending $2.61 each, a difference of 14 cents per 100. So if you do bulk mailing and want to use these all of the time there is a slight cost savings. So the bottom line is to get the quantity you need because the price is very close to the same.\n\nThese same rules apply to the 8 x 11 sheets with 26 cents per sheet either way in the 100 pack or the 250 pack. There are cheaper labels out there of course and the reviews are mixed. They are made of thinner paper, they don't block out the label underneath of them so you really need to use two labels with the cheaper ones, one underneath the other, plus they sometimes curl up in printers after being run through so doing the test of printing one label may be contiguous upon the type of printer you are using, and how hot it makes the sheet. So Avery is the best.","Product: Easy to apply, no laminating machine required -- just print the label and seal with clear laminate film. Heavy-duty labels with self-laminate film withstand wear and tear, exposure to sun, moisture and other harsh conditions. Permanent adhesive works on plastic, wood, metal, rubber, paper, ceramic, glass and other surfaces. Easy Align makes it easy to create perfect, laminated labels every time. For laser and inkjet printers. Label Size - text: 2 15/16 x 3 5/16; Label Color(s): White; Machine Compatibility: Inkjet Printers; Laser Printers; Sheet (W x L): 8 1/2 x 11.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Avery labels are the best. There are cheaper ones out there but some curl up.\n\nReview: The most popular selling Avery labels are the smallest ones and priced accordingly. If you are in business and want to project a professional image using the Avery software, and/or Word with label templates for PC only is the way to go. I do shipping all of the time. If there is an oops in an order the customer wants a pre-paid shipping label sent to them. Sending a printed return label on a standard 8 1/2\" x 11\" sheet of copy paper doesn't cut it. Even if you pre-trim it the look is one of someone working out of their bedroom.\n\nI am using these also to get my whole house organized. I have an attic that is not too tall but is covered in plywood, and is well lit. The problem is boxing up stuff and putting it up there with some magic marker writing on the side is not conducive to being able to clearly read what is in the box. Also it motivates me when making up the labels to create an Excel spreadsheet of what I have, and where it is located. I can just see some neatly taped/sealed boxes stacked each with their easy to read white label with printed black text instead of reading on the brown cardboard. Sometimes I have just been using a ball point pen and that is really hard to read when crawling around up there.\n\nI'm getting into canning with Ball Mason jars in a big way. I just bought a second freezer too for vacuum sealed shrink wrapped items. Labeling everything when making large batches is one way to feel like you are on top of everything.\n\nPrinting: We all know the nightmare of thinking the printer registration is correct, only to print a whole sheet of labels and they are off. You can use the Avery site which is great with all of the options they have, or you can use Microsoft Word's templates. You just put in the Avery number on the front of the packet and it already has the registration type pre-set for you. Even with all of that I still feel a lot more comfortable doing a test run. Avery tells you to do a test run on a plain sheet of paper and that of course is not a bad idea. What I like to do in addition to that is make a run with just one label set to print. I test it by possibly wasting only one label. Most of the time it is not a waste. Fortunately you can decide how many of the labels on a page you can print. So small batches are allowed, or even printing one.\n\nSomeone commented that these don't stick to well. Avery purposely made them that way. If you want to change the label or re-position it there is a window of opportunity to do it. If the label stays stuck for a given period of time it is then non-removable. All labels even non-removables can still be removed with a hair dryer or heat gun. It may damage the print on the label but it is good to know that it is reversible.\n\nPrice comparison when buying in bulk: The number one sellers are smaller quantities because most people don't need labels in quantities above a thousand. So here is the comparison based on today's prices. For the example lets use the 2\" x 4\" Avery labels selling in a quantity of 250. They sell for $6.87. So if you divide the price by 250 you get 0.02748 cents each. If you buy the same item in the 2500 pack at $65.25 they sell for 0.0261 each. So how does this convert to real usage? If you use 100 of these you are spending of course $2.75, and if you buy them in the 2500 pack you are spending $2.61 each, a difference of 14 cents per 100. So if you do bulk mailing and want to use these all of the time there is a slight cost savings. So the bottom line is to get the quantity you need because the price is very close to the same.\n\nThese same rules apply to the 8 x 11 sheets with 26 cents per sheet either way in the 100 pack or the 250 pack. There are cheaper labels out there of course and the reviews are mixed. They are made of thinner paper, they don't block out the label underneath of them so you really need to use two labels with the cheaper ones, one underneath the other, plus they sometimes curl up in printers after being run through so doing the test of printing one label may be contiguous upon the type of printer you are using, and how hot it makes the sheet. So Avery is the best.","Product: Need labels tough enough to withstand harsh conditions? You no longer need to tape over your labels or use a lamination machine when you've got Avery Easy Align Self-Laminating ID Labels. These labels come with a clear laminate that's easy to apply. With the Easy Align design, you can create perfect, laminated labels without bubbles or wrinkles every time--no lamination machine required. The material is UV resistant, providing extra protection against exposure to sun and other harsh environments. They're also water resistant, so surfaces can be wiped clean. Labels resist scuffing, tearing and smudging, so they remain intact and easy to read. The permanent adhesive sticks to a variety of surfaces, including plastic, wood, metal, paper, ceramic and glass. Use them as asset tags to mark your property and equipment, identify contents of containers and organize shelving in warehouses, storage areas and worksites. Also great for water bottles, food containers and shelves. Design and Print software with barcode generator makes it easy to add text,graphics, serialized numbers or barcodes in a few steps. Labels are easy to customize with free templates and designs and compatible with inkjet and laser printers.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Avery labels are the highest quality.\n\nReview: These 7 1/2\" x 5\" labels are designed to be placed on for example an electrical box, or door entry such as the one on the front of the package. They are self-laminating. Other than those exceptions they are the same as the other labels that Avery produces. Therefore I am providing a copy and paste of my review that was provided for the larger quantity of smaller labels...\n\nThe most popular selling Avery labels are the smallest ones and priced accordingly. If you are in business and want to project a professional image using the Avery software, and/or Word with label templates for PC only is the way to go. I do shipping all of the time. If there is an oops in an order the customer wants a pre-paid shipping label sent to them. Sending a printed return label on a standard 8 1/2\" x 11\" sheet of copy paper doesn't cut it. Even if you pre-trim it the look is one of someone working out of their bedroom.\n\nI am using these also to get my whole house organized. I have an attic that is not too tall but is covered in plywood, and is well lit. The problem is boxing up stuff and putting it up there with some magic marker writing on the side is not conducive to being able to clearly read what is in the box. Also it motivates me when making up the labels to create an Excel spreadsheet of what I have, and where it is located. I can just see some neatly taped/sealed boxes stacked each with their easy to read white label with printed black text instead of reading on the brown cardboard. Sometimes I have just been using a ball point pen and that is really hard to read when crawling around up there.\n\nI'm getting into canning with Ball Mason jars in a big way. I just bought a second freezer too for vacuum sealed shrink wrapped items. Labeling everything when making large batches is one way to feel like you are on top of everything.\n\nPrinting: We all know the nightmare of thinking the printer registration is correct, only to print a whole sheet of labels and they are off. You can use the Avery site which is great with all of the options they have, or you can use Microsoft Word's templates. You just put in the Avery number on the front of the packet and it already has the registration type pre-set for you. Even with all of that I still feel a lot more comfortable doing a test run. Avery tells you to do a test run on a plain sheet of paper and that of course is not a bad idea. What I like to do in addition to that is make a run with just one label set to print. I test it by possibly wasting only one label. Most of the time it is not a waste. Fortunately you can decide how many of the labels on a page you can print. So small batches are allowed, or even printing one.\n\nSomeone commented that these don't stick to well. Avery purposely made them that way. If you want to change the label or re-position it there is a window of opportunity to do it. If the label stays stuck for a given period of time it is then non-removable. All labels even non-removables can still be removed with a hair dryer or heat gun. It may damage the print on the label but it is good to know that it is reversible.\n\nPrice comparison when buying in bulk: The number one sellers are smaller quantities because most people don't need labels in quantities above a thousand. So here is the comparison based on today's prices. For the example lets use the 2\" x 4\" Avery labels selling in a quantity of 250. They sell for $6.87. So if you divide the price by 250 you get 0.02748 cents each. If you buy the same item in the 2500 pack at $65.25 they sell for 0.0261 each. So how does this convert to real usage? If you use 100 of these you are spending of course $2.75, and if you buy them in the 2500 pack you are spending $2.61 each, a difference of 14 cents per 100. So if you do bulk mailing and want to use these all of the time there is a slight cost savings. So the bottom line is to get the quantity you need because the price is very close to the same.\n\nThese same rules apply to the 8 x 11 sheets with 26 cents per sheet either way in the 100 pack or the 250 pack. There are cheaper labels out there of course and the reviews are mixed. They are made of thinner paper, they don't block out the label underneath of them so you really need to use two labels with the cheaper ones, one underneath the other, plus they sometimes curl up in printers after being run through so doing the test of printing one label may be contiguous upon the type of printer you are using, and how hot it makes the sheet. So Avery is the best.","Product: Features our strongest binder covers and extra durable hinge for years of reliable use. Covers and spine will not rip apart. 1.5 inch round ring binder holds 350 sheets. Never Gap Rings perfectly align to prevent pages from snagging when turned. Custom formulated, PVC Free polypro material lasts up to 10X longer than vinyl. Two interior pockets provide additional storage for loose sheets. Use the 4-pack for projects, storage. 4 black binders per pack.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Take the words heavy duty seriously. One of the better of the inexpensive 3 ring binders.\n\nReview: The primary things I look for in a binder are the following with the rating for this one from zero to 5 for each.\n1) Function; can I unlock the rings by pushing on the paddle on each side. 5\n1a) Do both of them work? 5\n2) Are there bubbles on the surface of the vinyl indicating that either the glue didn't set, or the vinyl is a cheaper grade. 5\n3) Is the overall heft of the binder sufficient to give me confidence that it would not bend if dropped etc. 5\n4) Attractiveness award. 5\nThese are twice the price of the inexpensive Wilson binders but every penny goes into the quality of the build. I don't want to go overboard here but this is a well made 3 ring binder. I consider it to be the king of the inexpensive binders. There may be others to compete with it, but this one is very nice.","Product: Smart, compact and super portable, the scanning applications are as diverse as your ideas. Works great on non-traditional items that don't fit a desktop scanner. Box includes: Pocketscan, USB Charging Cable and Storage Sleeve. Rechargeable battery lasts an impressive 3.5 hours for continuous scanning ability. White/Silver color. Scans all document formats up to 11x17 size. Scan quality images up to 400 DPI. Bluetooth connectivity, Durable & rechargeable Lithium-Polymer battery (400+ scans per charge), High-resolution scanning: <400 dpi, File output: PDF, DOC, XLS, TXT, JPG or PNG, Built-in light source, Ultra-portable size and weight: 3.75 x 2 x 1 inches, 3.6 oz. COMPATIBLE WITH: iOS devices [iOS8]: iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 5s, 5c, iPad Air 2 & iPad Air, iPad [4th gen.], iPad mini 3, iPad mini 2. Android devices [Android 4.4]: Google Nexus 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 9, Samsung Galaxy Alpha, Samsung Galaxy Tab S8.4 / S10.5, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 edition), Samsung Galaxy Note 3 / 4, Samsung Galaxy S4 / S5, Sony Xperia Z3 / Z2 / Z1 / Z, OnePlus One, Meizu M1 Note, LG G3, LG Optimus G Pro, HTC One / One M8 / One M9. Windows devices [8.1 / 8 / 7 / Win Vista] Minimum specifications: Intel Core Duo 1.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64x2, 1.7GHz or Intel Core Duo 1.4 GHz or Intel Core Duo 1.8 GHz or better, 2GB of RAM of which at least 512 MB are free, 128 MB NVIDIA GEForce 8400 GS or 128 MB ATI Radeon X1300 or 384 MB (shared), Intel GMA x3000 or better, 1GB free disc space, Bluetooth 2.1 or higher. Mac OS X devices [Mac OS X 10.10, 10.9 and 10.8] Minimum specifications: Intel Core Duo 1.8GHz (MacBook Pro 1.1) or Intel Core 2 Duo 1.4GHz (MacBook Air 3.1) or better, 2GB of RAM of which at least 512 MB are free, 128MB graphics memory [dedicated or shared], ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 or 128 MB DDR3 dedicated, (MacBook Pro 1.1) or NVIDIA GeForce, 1GB free disk space, Bluetooth 2.1 or higher. Recommended System: Intel Core i5 or better, 4GB System RAM or more, 512 MB Graphics memory or more.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Everything works great in my PC and my Android based cell phone. No problems at all. Great device. Helpful tips enclosed.\n\nReview: You don't want to break out a whole big scanner for every time you need to quick scan something.\nVery portable for every device since it has Windows, Android, and iOS system software as a free download. You can go to the Dacuda web site address they supply you in the instructions for quick set up. (Amazon understandably does not allow URLs in reviews) At that site there are all three available, or you can just use it for Windows, and then go into Google Play store or Apple Play store directly from your device.\n\nTo pair properly with Windows you simply have to do exactly what the instructions tell you to do. In Windows 8.1 I clicked on the search button in the upper right corner of the Windows display (not the desktop that looks like Win 7) and in the search box I started to type in Blu and up came Blue Tooth Settings and I clicked on that. It automatically made my HP i7 laptop start searching for blue tooth devices. Does your laptop have Bluetooth? Go to Device Manager and see if it is listed. Mine was.\n\nAnyhow in order to pair, with the Bluetooth settings window open and the little dots are scrolling across the screen searching for blue tooth devices you do exactly what the instructions say (while the device is off) you press and hold the power button down for 4 seconds. Not 3, not 2, not 1 but 4 seconds. It goes through lighting up the blue and red lights, and it paired right away with no problems.\n\nThis is important. I had to simply reboot the computer for it to work. This is standard fare with some programs. Many other programs will work right away without rebooting. This pocket scan software will open without a reboot and that is why many people MAY be having a problem. I could not get it to pair after the software was installed until after I rebooted my laptop. After that it worked perfectly. My laptop took a little longer than usual to reboot after the initial install. So I just now purposely rebooted my laptop again in order to make sure it has not added time to my reboot time and I was pleased that it worked perfectly and rebooted real fast just like before.\n\nOkay now onto the scan. All you do is open the program which means in Win 8.1 you can go through the huge app list to find it, or simply, as you should be using for all of your finding stuff is click on the search icon in the upper right and start to type the name of the program. In my case I always go right into desktop in Win 8.1 which is the Win 7 style display and there conveniently is the Dacuda Pocketscan icon they placed there during the install. Now it doesnt matter if you open the program first, or turn on the pocket scan first because it will automatically find it either way. So its a no brainer. Pardon me while I type this in all upper case letters. IT WORKS PERFECTLY IN WINDOWS 8.1. \n\nWhen doing a scan it is also a dream. You simply click the big S button on the top and it is in scanning mode. You do not need to press and hold the button. Then you glide it over whatever you want to scan. As long as you don't click the S button on the top again, it will allow you to keep scanning over the same page. It knows through supersonic recognition :-) what it has already scanned, and blends in the adjacent text beautifully and you can keep on going over it until it catches everything. It did not miss anything in the scan covered area but as you are adding additional material it is possible for you to swing outside of the adjacent area, but that is no problem, the pocket scan knows and allows you to slide it back over the area and it automatically knits it together instantly.\n\nThis thing really works. Then when you click the S button again it stops scanning, and automatically your document shows up in the edit window where you can do all kinds of cool tricks with it. You can erase your boyfriends phone number if you like from the page plus a lot of other things. Okay now onto installing the app on my Android phone and see how it works on a 5 screen.\n\nI have a Blu phone running Android Lollipop and I went into the Google Play Store and typed in Dacuda Pocketscan and up came the free app. I clicked on install and it said that this is a larger file. I said okay and then was relieved to see that for the phone it was only 78 megabytes instead of the nearly 500 megabytes for the Windows PC. 500 Megs in a terabyte drive is only a small sliver of space. In an 8 gig cell phone it would be a lot so 78 was wonderful.\n\nOnce again in the cell phone it did recognize the device by going into Bluetooth settings and allowing it to pair. After that it automatically pairs without having to go back in and do anything. So then I had to just like in Windows reboot the cell phone after the virgin install, and upon opening the program it auto-recognized and worked perfectly. I took the instruction manual, laid it flat on my seat and scanned it. No problems at all. Like the instructions say you always want to scan a document that you can lay flat somewhere. If you try to hold a larger document in your hand and it gets away from being flat on the scan screen it will come up fuzzy in that area just like it would with any camera out of focus.\n\nSO YES IT ALSO WORKS PERFECTLY ON MY ANDROID PHONE. I see from the iPad reviewer it works great in the iOS Apple system as well.\n\nI don't know if they have since upgraded the software since the reviewers posted their earlier harsh reviews or what, but all I know is that I simply followed the enclosed quick start guide to a T and everything works perfectly. Just be sure to reboot after installation in either Windows PC or Android phone. Everything worked without a glitch.\n\nThis makes this a very handy tool. Knowing that you have an accurate scanner that can fit into a purse, and pair with your cell phone has you always at the ready for scanning something. You can scan receipts, photos, and share menu items with a friend after scanning etc. etc. etc. Definitely a handy device, and what it scans is very clear and full page sized, that is also editable, so it is much better than simply taking a photograph of something in many instances.\n\nIt comes pre-charged right out of the box so you can start to play with it right away. It also includes a cool custom fitting black velvet carrying cover that will protect it. It would look good in a fashionable pocket book or just in your pants pocket alike. It also comes with a mini USB adapter so you can plug it into any USB port for recharging etc. All in all a nice addition to your arsenal.\nPS: So for those who are having a problem getting it to pair with Windows here are a few tips.\nDoes your laptop have Bluetooth? Go into Device manager and you should see Bluetooth listed as a device right in the root directory.\nDid you reboot your machine after installing the application/program?\nDid you try installing the software again? Maybe there is a newer version out now that really works. I would uninstall the previous version first, and then do a complete reinstall from the web site.\nIm just trying to help and possibly clear up any misunderstandings. This is a great device, and everything works great in my devices. I have them listed inside of this review. Thanks for reading all of this.","Product: Slim, all-in-one mobile workstation allows you to conveniently carry and work with your iPad. Use iPad mini 1/2/3 in-folio, free-standing or hand-held, in vertical or horizontal orientation, and at three viewing angles. Magnetically attaches cover of Deluxe Folio to cover of Fellowes MobilePro Series. Bluetooth Keyboard (sold separately). Can be used left- or right-handed. Also features a protective ballistic nylon exterior to keep your tablet safe. Folio features business card holders, pen loop, file folder, refillable jr. legal pad pocket and magnetic closure. One-Year Limited Warranty.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Form, function, and great looks are all here. A very professional looking folio. Impressive.\n\nReview: This is a step above your standard iPad cover. This is a complete folio cover. If you want to arrive at your next business meeting with a very impressive office on the go look this is it. The outside cover is made from nylon but it appears like a very nice and durable fabric weave in black with the flap cover with a black nylon flap that looks exactly like fine leather. The inside is lined with a very fine felt type of material that you would trust your most sensitive surfaces to. It comes with a notebook paper sleeve insert on the right side, but the pockets for the backing to slip into are top and bottom so you can use that either way enabling you to have your notepad on the left of the screen, or reverse it and have it on the right.\nThere is a large pocket directly below the notepad that you can easily fit some folders into with important business documents/papers. That pocket is part of the inside so when you close the flap for transport there is no risk of any papers being visible or accessible from the outside; it is well self-contained for safety.\n\nThis is the quintessential all holes not barred design for positioning your iPad Pro in all different positions; you can have it vertical, or horizontal. You also can have it in three different leaning positions to tilt back to the angle of your choosing. You can remove the heavy duty backing made from strong plastic in order to use the iPad as a standalone tablet with a protective case on the back and sides. I really love it mounted into the folio which makes it super secure. It's the kind of thing that makes you want to poke at the iPad touch screen and never run the risk of toppling it over. This whole setup is very substantial, and yes very impressive as an executive workpiece. Imagine your iPad Pro mounted into this. The iPad Pro with its larger size is a statement in and of itself, well this case is befitting such a level of professionalism.\n\nI'm not just saying this. I have seen a lot of cases for tablets etc. and this one outclasses them all. If you are looking for a slim Jim cover for your iPad that weighs nothing and takes up zero additional space, this is not it. This is like a self-contained workstation. You could use it instead of your briefcase, or put this folio cover right into a briefcase. When you want to travel light this will do very nicely and give you everything you need.\nI know that even though I have computers and tablets, I always keep a \"notes\" book on my desk. There are many times you are for example on the phone and someone says something that you want to write down. Maybe it is a contact, or a phone number. There are times when having to boot up a machine, or even call up a program to take notes is too time consuming. You just want to jot down a few notes, and easily be able to see them on the page. I have notes books going back a lot of years. What was that passcode for that old computer again that I haven't used in a long time? I need some files from it.\n\nAnyhow did I say this thing is very impressive? That is the first impression I got as soon as I took it out of the box. Form, function, great looks are all here. I wish there was something I could find that is less than desirable but I don't see any. Other than it is big which is just what the doctor ordered for a full sized, fully equipped folio. Highly recommended.","Product: At-A-Glance collection Notebook is perfect for business meetings, project notes, personal reminders and more. Ruled Notebook paper keeps handwriting aligned so notes are neat and easy to read. Designated section for date included in the top right hand corner of every page for future reference. Task section at the bottom separates Key takeaways from other notes to make it easy to prioritize. Twin-wire binding keeps all pages together, and each page is perforated for clean and easy removal. Durable Notebook covers have a soft, leather-like look and feel. The neutral, Tan cover color is accented by Navy Blue trim, Navy wire binding and a Navy Print title/logo. Business Notebook includes 80 sheets of double-sided, ruled Notebook paper for a total of 160 pages. Large size: 11 x 8-3/4. part of the At-A-Glance collection line of products. Mix and match with other collection notebooks, planners, appointment books, calendars and accessories.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Nicest notes book I have ever used.\n\nReview: This has got to be the nicest \"Notes\" book I have ever seen. Many years ago I discovered the beauty of having a notes book always sitting on my desk. Not only is it a great place to jot down notes when in phone conversations etc. (what was that phone number again?) but it also is a great way to dissolve the backlog of post it notes everywhere. You simply write them down in the notes book, and throw the post it away. Three months from now someone recalls something that I need to know so I just look it up. But beware because I have notes books that go back more years than a care to mention. You hate to throw them away.\n\nI would say go all digital, but it's not the same thing. When talking to someone on the phone you don't want to boot up Word, or a note taker program of some sort, and then clack, clack, clack while talking. It is so much easier to just tuck your phone into your shoulder and jot down a few things.\n\nJust to feel the covers; they almost feel like some sort of light duty leather or something. They are velvety smooth. The \"rings\" for the holding it together are twin rings sitting side by side instead of singles like most of them have. Then they go a step further and poke small square holes through the covers and the paper so as to not bind when sorting through pages. As you flip one, or many pages over they move very smoothly with no snagging whatsoever.\n\nWith just 80 pages ruled on both sides that makes for a more compact companion even though it is standard sized at 11\" by 8 1/4\". So you have a total of 160 pages to write on. The lines are 1/4\" apart though my usual picks are 3/8\". I can get along with some ever so slightly tighter lines. You get more usage per page that way.\n\nAt the bottom of each page is an unobtrusive red thin line which gives you 7 lines for some special purpose. Maybe you could use them for something important like phone numbers, or critical issues. Anyhow this is a bit expensive for a notebook but they do provide a higher quality item for the money. I don't know whether to keep it for when company comes, or use it up? Nice notebook. I gave it 4 stars because for the price you can buy a lot more pages in a typical discount model.","Product: Accept every way your customers want to pay with the new Square Reader for contactless and chipEMV chip cards, Apple Pay, Android Pay, other NFC payments, and magstripe cards. The reader connects wirelessly to iOS or Android devices with Bluetooth LE or with USB if you sell with the optional Square Stand. It works exclusively with the free Square Point of Sale app to take care of payments, tipping, inventory, reports, and more. Square Reader for contactless and chip comes with a free Square Reader for magstripe so you can swipe cards the old-fashioned way, too. Pay only 2.75% per swipe, dip, or tap for Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express, with no surprise fees. Square sends deposits directly to your bank account in one to two business daysor you can enable Instant Deposit for 1% per deposit to get your money in seconds. Get a Dock for Square Reader to anchor the reader on your countertop and keep it charged all day. Squares hardware is only approved for use in the country for which it is intended. For example, hardware sold or intended for sale in the United States is not approved for use in Australia, Canada, Japan, or the United Kingdom.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Works great with the Square D terminal stand wired in with the Apple iPad Air.\n\nReview: I come from an audio recording background. The computer interface is the heart of the studio. They all advertise that they work with for example PC's and MAC's, but in reality they are either designed from the ground up to work with MAC's, or PC's. So for example they work fabulous with a MAC but really suck when used with a PC. There are a few minor very expensive options which is what I have, one of the expensive ones.\nThis is a direct parallel with the Square contactless and chip reader. Notice there is not a single review slamming the product that are using Apple Based products with it. On the other hand there are many reviews, with many of them citing the Android used devices having connectivity problems etc. I am a PC and Android guy although I own an iPad Air so the Square D terminal works wonderfully with it. <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Square-A-SKU-0020-Stand-for-iPad-Air-Lightning-Connector/dp/B00K197OMM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Square A-SKU-0020 Stand for iPad Air Lightning Connector</a>\n\nAt first I was skeptical about this A-SKU-0113 chip reader after reading the reviews, and then I noticed that it the #2 most popular reader of its type in the Amazon sales rank. It doesn't rate that high in the sales ranks unless there are a lot of people using it. You see the responsibility has shifted to merchants to be responsible for receiving fraudulent cards if the card is a chip card, and they don't use a chip reader. So if someone purchases a thousand dollar item, and the card turns out to be fraudulent, it comes out of your account.\n\nWhen you go to see the Square D terminal with the link I posted see how nice it works with the iPad Air. You can conduct the sale, spin it around and have the person accept the sale, and even use their \"Contactless\" iPhone to complete the sale. With it being hard wired to the Square D terminal you can accept both forms of payment, and not have to be concerned about Bluetooth issues. The Square D terminal is compact enough that if you were going to a trade show etc. you could easily bring it along. It is a first class solution to maintaining inventory, sales receipts, etc., etc., etc. I am giving it 4 stars because it doesn't work as well with my Android based phone or Nexus 7 Android based tablet. Maybe a future software update will envelop the huge Android world too.","Product: Identify property and display easy-to-read information with Avery durable ID labels featuring TrueBlock technology. Use for bin labels, barcode labels, asset tags and safety and warning labels. TrueBlock labels completely cover up what's underneath, so you can re-label items, shelves or containers without distracting marks showing through. Strong polyester label material is waterproof and resistant to scuffing, tearing and smudging. Extra-strong adhesive makes sure labels stay permanently attached. Stands tough in extreme temperatures and high-traffic areas. Make custom labels with free templates and designs, and online barcode generator helps you add a bar code, upc code or serialized numbers in just a few steps. Compatible with laser printers.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Avery labels are the best.\n\nReview: Like the description says these are great for warehouse labels, barcodes etc. The most popular selling Avery labels are the smallest ones and priced accordingly. If you are in business and want to project a professional image using the Avery software, and/or Word with label templates for PC only is the way to go. I do shipping all of the time. If there is an oops in an order the customer wants a pre-paid shipping label sent to them. Sending a printed return label on a standard 8 1/2\" x 11\" sheet of copy paper doesn't cut it. Even if you pre-trim it the look is one of someone working out of their bedroom.\n\nI am using these also to get my whole house organized. I have an attic that is not too tall but is covered in plywood, and is well lit. The problem is boxing up stuff and putting it up there with some magic marker writing on the side is not conducive to being able to clearly read what is in the box. Also it motivates me when making up the labels to create an Excel spreadsheet of what I have, and where it is located. I can just see some neatly taped/sealed boxes stacked each with their easy to read white label with printed black text instead of reading on the brown cardboard. Sometimes I have just been using a ball point pen and that is really hard to read when crawling around up there.\n\nI'm getting into canning with Ball Mason jars in a big way. I just bought a second freezer too for vacuum sealed shrink wrapped items. Labeling everything when making large batches is one way to feel like you are on top of everything.\n\nPrinting: We all know the nightmare of thinking the printer registration is correct, only to print a whole sheet of labels and they are off. You can use the Avery site which is great with all of the options they have, or you can use Microsoft Word's templates. You just put in the Avery number on the front of the packet and it already has the registration type pre-set for you. Even with all of that I still feel a lot more comfortable doing a test run. Avery tells you to do a test run on a plain sheet of paper and that of course is not a bad idea. What I like to do in addition to that is make a run with just one label set to print. I test it by possibly wasting only one label. Most of the time it is not a waste. Fortunately you can decide how many of the labels on a page you can print. So small batches are allowed, or even printing one.\n\nThese are listed as having a permanent adhesive. You hear people comment that Avery labels don't stick to well. Avery purposely made them that way. If you want to change the label or re-position it there is a window of opportunity to do it. If the label stays stuck for a given period of time it is then non-removable. All labels even non-removables can still be removed with a hair dryer or heat gun. It may damage the print on the label but it is good to know that it is reversible.\n\nPrice comparison when buying in bulk: The number one sellers are smaller quantities because most people don't need labels in quantities above a thousand. So here is the comparison based on today's prices. For the example lets use the 2\" x 4\" Avery labels selling in a quantity of 250. They sell for $6.87. So if you divide the price by 250 you get 0.02748 cents each. If you buy the same item in the 2500 pack at $65.25 they sell for 0.0261 each. So how does this convert to real usage? If you use 100 of these you are spending of course $2.75, and if you buy them in the 2500 pack you are spending $2.61 each, a difference of 14 cents per 100. So if you do bulk mailing and want to use these all of the time there is a slight cost savings. So the bottom line is to get the quantity you need because the price is very close to the same.","Product: Easily adjust your keyboard tray for height and tilt, then separately adjust your mouse platform, if you'd like, with this highly versatile system. Compatible with ergonomic keyboards. For corner and straight-on workstations that can accept a 18\" track. Lifetime warranty.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Save your arms. Keyboard trays are essential if you live behind the keys\n\nReview: I run a business that requires in my busy season that I spend 14 hours per day behind the keyboard 7 days a week. Last year I had an unusual experience. When January came and things began to slow down I actually lost the use of my right arm. It was painful to move, so much so that I had to hold my hand against my waist with my left hand just to be able to get out of bed. Then when typing I did so with just my left hand for awhile. So I learned the hard was how severe an overuse injury can be. Everything is healed now and that is thanks to the keyboard tray. Now I can elevate the tray to the exact height I need so the weight of my arms is resting on the padded surface. The only thing working now is my fingers.\nEssentially the major problem ergonomically is that you are actually doing reverse curls with your arms while you are positioning them over the keys. Even though the only weight you are curling is the weight of your arms with prolonged activity it can add up quickly. So this keyboard tray can be a lifesaver. Carpel tunnel sufferers unite.\n\nThe strength of the unit is built to last a long time. Installation is something you really need to have two people to do; one to hold it in position while you mark and drill the underside of the desk. You could flip your desk upside down to install it, but unless you have a very basic desk that would entail removing all of the drawers, protecting the face from the floor etc. By having a helper you can avoid all of that.\n\nThis unit is designed to be used along the face edge of your desk. You want to be careful ordering these; some of them are designed for the corner of the desk and have much longer swing arms. Trying to install a corner unit along a regular face edge results in you being farther away from your desk.\nPertaining to the body sensitivity of overuse, having a mouse pad that is convertible to either side is a nice feature and I consider it a necessity. You can wear out one arm just over using a mouse. So when the pain starts to appear, and even slightly, it is time to change the mouse pad to the other hand. Once again by doing that this year I avoided any kind of pain or problems at all. So if you are new to adjustable keyboard trays consider it an investment into your future because this is built to last a long time. Also the fact that it not only is adjustable in height it also swivels left and right which is a big bonus because you don't have to reposition your chair to line yourself up with the keys. That is a very convenient feature.","Product: Ergotech Group's Triple Horizontal Desk Stand with telescopic wings and ice Cube convenience power and connectivity supports up to three monitors and is designed for quick setup and effortless adjustment. This desk stand comes preassembled and requires minimal setup allowing you to mount your displays in seconds. Our Triple Horizontal Desk Stand features; Tool-less design, patented Quick Release Pivots - supporting up to 25 lbs each, Cable management, 75mm and 100mm VESA compatible, legendary construction and industry leading lifetime warranty. This product is upgradable and can be fitted with vertical poles from 16 inch (Standard) to 28 inches (Optional) and quickly converts to a desk clamp, grommet, slat wall or direct mounting buy purchasing an upgrade kit.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This is an Awesome Piece of Equipment - I'm psyched.\n\nReview: The brackets that attach to the back of your monitor, it must be a very popular universal fit, because they aligned with the back of my Acer 24 inch monitor perfectly. Even the supplied screws that came with the kit fit perfectly as well. They mention adapters are available but I would worry about it.\n\nYou'll need to remove the base from your LCD front/LED monitor in order to install it. On the back of the Acer there were two plastic doors that you can remove with a small screw driver prying in the edge of the covers upon removing, there are four screws holding the base on. You can just remove the four screws in order to be able to remove it.\nThese things are heavy duty. Shipping weight is 36 pounds and it feels like it is every bit of that. That's good because you don't want someone accidentally bumping into it and being able to spill it over. The extra weight equals better safety not to mention the incredibly high quality well-built structure.\n\nUnfortunately, as is typical of UPS they beat up their packages the base which is finished in a really nice what appears to be a black powder coat got chipped up a transport. The box arrived with tape covering a break through hole. Do you know what UPS stands for? U-nbelievably P-ulverize S-hipments \n\nYes the assembly directions are sparse and are a single photocopy, but they are more than sufficient. The entire assembly process is logical, simple, and all but those who are still trying to figure out how a screwdriver, or an Allen wrench works, will find the task a breeze. Those who complain about alignment problems, their complaints should be thwarted by the fact that the center bracket of which there is one on each side are fully adjustable and even have a micro-adjusting knob. Center bracket is fixed as far as height is concerned but is still fully adjustable. Pertaining to the allen wrench and having to loosen, that is what I first thought. After struggling to break free the large allen bolts I then realized by leaning on it that you can readjust the sway position by simply grabbing onto the monitor and moving it without having to loosen the allen bolts. I'm getting perfect alignment that stays that way. Great unit.\n\nThis particular unit came with the ergo Tech ice cube which acts as a four prong AC terminal to plug your monitors into, and has a nice long heavy gauge cord. So you only use one outlet at the source for example plugged into your surge suppressor, and then you have four outlets right on the stand. In addition there is a USB cable that powers two USB outlets on the stand as well. The power outlets are protected by a 15 amp resettable circuit breaker. This is a power distribution unit and not a surge suppressor.\n\nThis stand rocks. I just booted the computer and the reality of using two monitors is arriving in flashes of creativity. Split programs across screens. No more tasks having to minimize one program enter data, then minimize and bring up the other one, and the other too, again and again; instead this will make procedures fly.\n\nI have a dual output video card but the way Windows is pushing two monitors, it may be possible to use video outputs on the same card. I'm not sure about that. As far as the comments that they will align just let me say that with all the adjustments that this rack has to offer, I've had these monitors on an off, had to switch sides etc. and every time I was able to get them to align perfectly.\n\nI have to say this commercial grade stand with heavy-duty steel and components is a moderate investment at this price point but all it takes is one glance from behind the monitors to establish the fact that you are running a very serious operation. Maybe the vanity isn't a really important factor, but I have to admit every time I glance over to get a tickle inside that is hard to replace. From the front side looking at the monitor faces its awesome as well, when you see two screens and the variety of programs that I can run a my twin 24's. For example I can have the right side screen split between QuickBooks and Microsoft Outlook and on the left side monitor have the right side of the screen with PayPal and still maintain enough room on the left side in order to fully navigate around the computer for anything that I also may need access to. This makes for a very efficient workstation. I am using Pro Tools in my recording studio and every serious studio has twin monitors.\n\nAll in all you can't go wrong with the stand. It does the job more than adequately. There may be some cheaper ones out there, but you don't want to scrimp on something that is lightweight and won't hold up to three monitors because you don't want your monitor investment to come crashing to the ground. The base stand on this covers a lot of ground coming toward you, as well as across the front, and is made of the kind of thick steel that it will never falter. This is a highly recommended piece of equipment.","Product: Durable view binder has clear, customizable covers to help you keep papers organized. Ideal for students and professionals, these binders feature 3 heavy duty rings and 2 clear, interior pockets. They are virtually indestructible and made to withstand the daily wear and tear that comes with travel from school or work to home. Store class notes, keep homework neat and clean or use these binders to keep your business documents all together in one easy to access place. A single 2 inch D-ring binder holds 500 sheets. The D shape of the rings provides this higher sheet capacity, giving you room to store up to 25% more papers than with a same size round ring binder. Made of PVC Free polypropylene, the Mead Durable Binder will not rip or tear, and is not susceptible to cold crack. This 4 pack includes four, two inch, black binders.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: You can just as easily pull the rings themselves apart\n\nReview: The primary things I look for in a binder are the following with the rating for this one from zero to 5 for each.\n1) Function; can I unlock the rings by pushing on the paddle on each side. 3\n1a) Do both of them work? 0\n2) Are there bubbles on the surface of the vinyl indicating that either the glue didn't set, or the vinyl is a cheaper grade. 5\n3) Is the overall heft of the binder sufficient to give me confidence that it would not bend if dropped etc. 5\n4) Attractiveness award. 5\nThis is really the mega-king of the 3 ring binders except that the tabs to open the rings are faulty. You can just as easily pull the rings themselves apart. I am reviewing several of them including Wilsons etc. and this one stands apart in the other regards. Could I imagine one even more heavy duty than this? Sure, but this one is in a league by itself of the bunch. It has the black internal cover over the rigid frame but it also has a clear covering that goes over it on the outside. The hinge edges and cover edges are compress welded for real strength and rigidity. It's ashame that the tabs to open the rings are faulty, otherwise it would be a 5 star case, and considering the price they should work perfectly. Even the thickness of the rings are more substantial. It's a shame.","Product: Powered by a 10 HP Briggs & Stratton Intek overhead valve engine, this Elite Series professional-grade pressure washer produces 4.0 gpm at 3400 psi. A pro-grade triplex pump ensures long lasting performance in commercial applications. Our automatic low oil shutdown helps protect the engine by automatically shutting down the engine when the oil level falls below recommended levels. Professional grade features on this unit include: adjustable pressure regulation, 5 pro-style spray tips (low pressure, 0, 15, 25, and 40 degrees), detergent injection system, and 50 feet of industrial-grade high-pressure hose.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Briggs and Stratton Motor and a pump with a brass head. SWEET\n\nReview: Forgive me for not rating this specific pressure washer but I bought one just like it. I would like to share my experience with you, hoping it will help others. I bought a Generac pressure washer with a 6 HP Briggs and Stratton Intek engine. The washer was rated at 2250 PSI and 2.2 gallons per minute. It came with an aluminum head. Note the best washers have brass heads. To make a long story short, I was pressure washing some paint off of my basement walls when the pump head developed a crack, and I lost a lot of pressure. It was my fault. The reassurances that their is a pressure release valve didn't do the trick. The problem was that I washed a few sq ft, then put down the wand, wet vac'd the water, went into the other room to dump it, then came back and picked up the wand and washed some more. After an hour of this the head went.\nLesson learned, be sure and keep the water flowing through the pump to keep it cool, while it is running, or risk losing the pump. The unit was 400 dollars new. When I contacted Generac they said, buy a new pressure washer. The head alone was over 200, and the pumps ceramic pistons or worse could be damaged as well. Depression set in. It had a two year warranty, which I was not aware of, when I winterized it and decided to deal with it next year.\nTheir is light shining at the end of the tunnel. Boogle.com solves all. Just type in pressure washer parts, and up came pressurewasherparts.com. On their home page they had a special on a complete replacement pump for 189 dollars(an Annovi Reverberi with a brass head, none the less.)It was less than the cost of the replacement aluminum head alone from Generac. It was rated at 2400 PSI and 2.5 gallons per minute so it was an upgrade to boot. I simply unbolted the entire pump from the briggs, and bolted on the new pump. A few tweakings to tidy up the couplers with teflon tape to prevent leaks, and I was right back in business.\nAnother thing worth mentioning is that I was at one time disappointed that I did not buy a washer with a Honda engine, but bought the Briggs instead. Well guess what? The Honda engines, as you can see by the reviews, are not holding up. Plastic internals. Give me the good old Briggs heavy metal, and it starts on the second pull.\nOne last note is that the higher pressure washers do give you more pressure, and in some specific chores that can be beneficial, but overall the benefit to more power is that the job gets done a lot faster. Once you get close to 2000 PSI you can comfortably etch your sidewalk or deck. Less than that, break out a solution of 50/50 bleach and water, and wet mop it on before starting.\nWith a 2000PSI+ you are etching an area about 3\" wide. Holding it farther away, making it wider than that, and all you are doing is rinsing it off. With the greater pressure washers, 3500 PSI for example, you can cover a greater area with the same level of cleaning. Net result, more results in less time. Hope this was helpful.","Product: The Victor Electronic Mouse Trap PRO delivers a high-voltage shock to eliminate up to 3 mice per setting. The trap has the ability to eliminate a small rodent problem in just 1 night. Easy to use, the trap is simply baited, placed against the wall and turned on. The trap uses advanced smart circuit technology to sense when a rodent enters the units. Once the rodent is inside, the system delivers a humane, high-voltage shock to effectively kill up to 3 mice. If only 1 mouse is caught, the trap will reset automatically, ready to kill another. A green light blinks for up 7 days to indicate capture and a red light blinks to indicate low batteries. Rodents can then be dumped directly into the trash for no-touch, no-view mouse control. Killing up to 100 mice per set of batteries (4AA), this trap is a great value! The trap features a built-in safety switch that automatically deactivates the trap whenever its door is open. Additionally, its unique tunnel design prevents kids and pets from reaching into the trap. This patented tunnel design also prevents any escapes by holding mice in place over the electrified plates. Safe for use anywhere in the home, Victor Electronic Mouse Traps can be used for years to ensure effective mouse control.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Electrocution is better than a spring snap, or is it?\n\nReview: Personally I hate killing anything. I often trap bugs and let them go outside unless they are the stinging or biting kind. Wasps don't make good pets. :-) So anyhow onto the mouse thing. I was using the usual spring loaded mouse traps. We get about 6 to 8 of the critters that move into the house in the fall looking for a good place to get warm and find food. I set traps in the kitchen which is where they come out when the lights go off, or when there isn't any activity in the room for a while. I hate it when I am sitting in the living room and I hear the trap snap because I know there is some mouse stuck in there fighting for his life until he is suffocated from a blocked wind pipe.\n\nI finally broke down and bought a Hav-A-Hart trap. <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Havahart-1020-Live-Animal-Two-Door-Mouse-Cage-Trap/dp/B0000DINGG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Havahart 1020 Live Animal Two-Door Mouse Cage Trap</a> For the first week they wouldn't go in it even though it was loaded with peanut butter, and then finally I caught one. It seemed like after that I was catching one per night. I am only surmising this but I think since the mouse was in the trap all night and alive that the mouse dropping and whatever tainted the trap, and then other mice figured this is where everyone goes. The only problem with Havahart traps is that you need to go for a ride in the car to drop off the trapped critter. If you just let them go outside in your yard they already know the way back in. In some states it is illegal to release them which brings me to the next subject and that is just how dangerous mice are.\n\nMy father's sister's daughter had a child who was playing with a ball that a mouse had urinated on and then the child put his hands into his mouth and died from the disease he caught from the mouse. The big plague that hit the US in the early 1900's that killed people like they were flies, and no one could figure out how it was getting spread until they finally figured it out; it was being spread by the fleas that were on the mice. The mice would enter the home with fleas, and then the fleas would setup residence in the home, and when they bit the people they got the plague. So they eradicated the mice and the plague stopped. So that is why in some states it is illegal to capture and release mice.\n\nSo just how good is the Victor Pro Electronic mouse trap? It is April now so mice are rarer than they are in the fall, but I did see some dropping so I knew at least one got in. So what I did was spread some peanut butter on the inside of the trap. Let me stop right there. There isn't any ideal place to put the peanut butter other than on the every end of the trap all the way inside. That end plate has a bunch of little holes in it. So when you put the peanut butter in there, what happened in my case is a mouse came up from the outside, and stuck his tongue in the holes and licked the sampling of peanut butter, but did not go around the other end of the trap end enter. A whole week went by and still no one entered. So I finally created a choice. I placed the used Havahart trap down, and both of them sat side by side, and the very next morning there was a mouse in the Havahart. In all fairness it took a week in order to get them to go in the Havahart as well. So this experiment is not exactly what I would call clinical conditions.\n\nMy impression what that the entrance to the trap looked kind of small and ominous. It is dark inside. It is a narrow pathway. There isn't anything inside for a mouse to feel like other mice have been there. Maybe if I baited them part way into the trap and then got a few droppings around, or in it that would have produced better results. So all in the entire mouse catching, or disposing problem is just that a problem. My main attraction to the Victor is that after the fall harvest of mice catching is done, this may be a good, and more attractive way to leave something set in order to catch that stray mouse. It is kind of a set it and forget it. Since others have had success with it, I am sure after a while it would work, and then just like the Havahart it would become a very efficient killing machine.\n\nThe one thing that is very important here is that mice like to go where your food is. They are not potty trained so if you leave food out they will crawl all over it and drop what could be a life threatening package onto your food. Mice are not to be taken lightly no matter how cute they are. Even their droppings on the floor that dehydrate and them become powder only to be swept up causing a little cloud in the air; that can make you seriously sick as well. I think I am going to give the Victor a longer chance to work and try baiting it closer to the entrance. If I get much different results I will let you know.","Product: Scotts Liquid Turf Builder with Plus 2 Weed Control gives your lawn a quick boost of nitrogen while controlling weeds. Simply attach hose and spray. Kills dandelions, clover and other listed lawn weeds. See label for listed weeds.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This is definitely my preferred broadleaf weed killer and fertilizer. Been using it for years.\n\nReview: I have been taking care of my lawn for the past two decades. There are a lot of misunderstandings surrounding proper lawn care. Since this is a review about a specific product I will focus on that. I live in the northeast. It is important to use this spray after the broadleaf weeds have already emerged. That is how this works. It gets on the leaves and winds up migrating to the roots. It is not a crabgrass preventer. That is a separate procedure and something that needs to be applied as a pre-emergent as in before it sprouts. Then six weeks later this Scotts is to be applied.\nI have tried quite a few of the granulated weed control products and they present a challenge for two reasons.","Product: The rumford gardener expanding hose is durable and kink free. expands to 75ft with water pressure and shrinks back for easy storage in the provided cinch bag. no more straining with heavy hoses, the rumford gardener expanding hose weighs less than 1lb.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Extremely high water pressure in an extremely low pressure hose.\n\nReview: I saw this on TV and was excited about how compact it was for storage and yet it gave you 75 feet of range. I have a 50 foot heavy duty industrial hose now that I bought about 6 or 7 years ago and it is still going strong. It is heavy and a bit of a chore to unravel and put away. I should have read the reviews before acquiring this hose because in my township the water pressure is really, really high. So I guess you know how this turned out.\n\nLooks like I am not the only one who didn't bother to read the reviews first. I can't believe how many one and two star reviews there are. When you look at the review totals 56% of them are 1, 2, or 3 stars, and of those 1,2's, and 3's 71% are only 1 star. I am sorry that I ever ordered it.\n\nAdditionally in order to make it the dream lightweight hose that you receive after every use you have to drain the water out. That in and of itself is a chore.","Product: Champion all-in-one tune-up kits include everything needed for a quality lawn mower tune-up. The top of the package serves as the oil funnel and the base as the drain pan for used oil. Includes Champion spark plug, air filter, oil and fuel stabilizer.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great Unit. Make sure you get the right kit.\n\nReview: I ordered this for my 4.5 hp Briggs and Stratton Engine on my lawn edger. Make sure you have the right model; mine wasn't. I should not have just assumed it would work. All in all this is a very handy kit because it contains all of the servicing parts; oil, carb filter, spark plug as well as the gas stabilizer. Gas stabilizer should be placed in your main fuel container so it is used on all of your garden equipment starting in mid to late summer. Gasoline with alcohol in it tends to absorb moisture, and has a shelf life that is far less than the olden days of non-alcohol gas. You never know when you are going to do a fill up in late season that will be the last for the season, so it is a good idea to start using the fuel stabilizer early. The real challenge is that trying to drain fuel from a mower is near impossible. You could however put a little in the tank, shake it up, and then run it for 5 minutes in order for it to go completely into your system/carburetor.\n\nThe reason why I mentioned to get the right kit is that even though it was a Briggs and Stratton 4.5hp the spark plug was wrong, the filter was wrong, and the fill funnel top wouldn't work as in you could not get access properly. It is handy that they place this in a container that is housed with a drain bucket bottom, and a funnel top. So it is a well engineered kit. The convenience of having all of the parts right there instead of having to shop for them individually is a big benefit.","Product: The Perky-Pet 2 In 1 Bird Feeder holds 1 lb of seed, has four feeding stations. This copper finish metal bird feeder will allow you to enjoy more birds with its patented 2-in-1 feeder which features ports that rotate easily and quickly allowing you to dispense either thistle (Nyjer) or mixed seed. With its new removable base, it makes it easier than ever to clean your feeder. Remember to clean your wild bird feeders every two weeks with a mild soap and water solution.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: The quality brushed lacquer sealed copper makes this one stand out above the rest.\n\nReview: First off let me say this is a REALLY nice bird feeder. The copper is distinguished, it is that nice. It reminds you of that hammered copper quality although it is not hammered but still has that shading at the edges. It has that handmade copper look to it. They also took the time to protect it with a clear coating of some sort, so it should keep its golden look for quite some time.\n\nI recently went bird feeder shopping, and one of my primary requisites is to have a feeder that squirrels could not get into. The only problem with that is that you are detracting away some of the most gorgeous birds like the big blue jays, red cardinals and more. So I was at a toss between getting a bird feeder that would attract big birds and giving away a ton of feed to the squirrels. My neighbor feeds them all. So I chose the feeder with the drop down perches that squirrels can't get into.\n\nThe nice thing about this feeder, and makes it rather unique is that it is a dual feeder. You can put in the tiny seed like millet etc. and spin the mouths so only the little slit allows the feed out, or spin in around the has the much larger opening with the half cup at the bottom so you can use the popular sunflower seed mixture for the larger birds. So if you have it positioned into a spot where the squirrels can get at it, and you are losing too much feed, you can spin it and use the smaller seed. The smaller slit requires a pointed beak to access the food for the most part.\nAs the other reviewers have mentioned the bottom is not easily removable for cleaning; as a matter of fact it is close to impossible. I have figured out a way that requires two people to do it, one using both of their hands to squeeze each side of the outer plastic, and the other to use both hands, one holding the tube, and the other pulling down on the inserted base. However continual use of this procedure can only weaken the bond holding the bottom in. So in plain words it wasn't designed to be removed.\n\nI just had a cardinal and now a pigeon land on my bird feeder post that I have the other bird feeder on the one side, and the other perch waiting for this one, and of course they cannot access the feed on my feeder. The pigeons are willing to ground feed getting fallen seed from the feeder. I haven't witnessed any cardinals willing to do that. I have to go to the store and get some sunflower mix. I am glad to have both type of feeders to mount. The perches are a little over 2 inches long so they will accommodate most small to medium sized birds. I will use it for a while, and if anything noteworthy occurs I can come back and edit. Just for the looks alone I prefer this one over the green painted one I am using now.\n\nUpdate: After using this feeder next to my other one, the birds definitely prefer this one ten to one for some reason. Even when you flip the mouth over to a slit instead of the open cup, they still prefer it. So not only does it look great, it is the most successful feeder I have out of 3 altogether. PS: Get ready to see more birds and buy more feed.","Product: Bundle includes 1 quart spray of Terro Home Insect Killer, 12 month Non-Staining, Odorless, Indoor/Outdoor\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: I'm squeamish when it comes to spraying toxic substances in the kitchen and inside the house. But...\n\nReview: I consider myself to be a macho guy, or at least having a sensible amount of bravery, but I think we get exposed too much already, to a bunch of stuff that isn't good for us. The way I look at it, whatever kills, kills. Therefore I am always looking for a benign method of getting rid of pests. I noticed that some of the ant products have boric acid in them, and then I came across a homemade cure on Facebook. <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Boric-Acid-Powder-4-OZ/dp/B006EXBQGE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Boric Acid Powder 4 OZ.</a> mixed with peanut butter, or jelly is ideal because the ants ingest it, and bring it back to the nest, and feed the queen. That way it takes out the whole nest instead of just getting a few. There are different types of ants; some like sweets, and others like proteins, so peanut butter, or jelly covers them both. You can Google this homemade recipe by typing in, \"Boric acid and sugar to kill ants\". I have seen Boric acid used, or claim to be used for an eye wash or personal hygiene for women. READ the label on the container whereas I am not an expert on boric acid. I like what one article said, \"Even too much water can be toxic.\" :-)\n\nSo anyhow I use the boric acid and sugar mix when I want to get rid of those kinds of ants in the house. Fortunately I don't have cock roaches etc. at least so far I haven't had a problem with them. On the outside of the house I like to use a spray as long as I am not spraying down areas that have run off into a gardening area where I grow vegetables. So a good home insect killer in a handy spray such as the Terro T3400 is great for outdoors, and the boric acid combo is great for indoors.\n\nI would like to say that I used the TERRO and say ants and other insects high tailing it out of there, but I can't really say that. This is later in the season, and not when ants go nuts and seem to be everywhere. So now is not the best time for me to give you immediate results. The thing I like about TERRO is how long lasting it is.\n\nI saw rows of the very tiny ants making their way from a window sill down an outside wall and into the ground. They were on the march. That too was early in the season. I am saying that because they need some contact with the ground. So spraying along your homes base edge is going to be effective in holding them from entering the house in the first place.\nThere are a lot of reviews here about direct results. I just wanted to share with you what I have found to be a good solution, and a way of not having to ingest toxic substances into your system. Hope this helps.","Product: BKC90 Features: -Insect zapper.-Perfect for patios, decks and camping spaces.-Cordless and rechargeable.-Provides decorative lantern design to complement outdoor decor.-15.08" H x 7.99" W x 7.99" D, 3.18 lbs. Includes: -Includes UV light and octenol lure to attract and kill mosquitoes and other flying insects. Specifications: -Quiet operation and coverage up to 625 sq. ft. with 3.2 hours run time.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: No easy fix for mosquitos. As an overall bug zapper this unit works fine. Did a lot of research, sharing the options with you.\n\nReview: Did you know that more people die each year as a result of mosquitos than any other cause? (Malaria etc.) They truly are demons from hell. Nothing seems to abate them. I have a yard fogger and that makes them go away for only 6 hours. I am a mosquito magnet. I go out to empty the trash and come back with 2 bites. My brother lounges outside for hours without a single bite. Many causes for this, blood type, size of the person, day old cholesterol sweat on the skin, etc. Okay so in my preliminary test on this Stinger Cordless Zapper how did it do against mosquitos. Looking at the remains on the bottom pull out drawer it may have gotten 2. Harder to distinguish such a little bug after it is zapped. So here is my review on the Stinger.\n\nAt first I was excited about it being cordless. Then I found out it only is good for 3.2 hours. You have the option of keeping it plugged in so it will work all night, but the directions say it is best to move it indoors if it rains. So I am assuming the voltage adapter doesn't like the rain so well, and or the unit is not designed for the elements. So for outside use this becomes a maintenance issue. The directions say for outside use only, but I feel like that is probably because the Octenol that comes with the unit is a lethal chemical. There are all kinds of warnings about don't breathe it, touch it, or ingest it in any way. If it gets on your skin wash for 20 minutes. BUT without that chemical I can see, and don't hold me to this, but it should be okay for inside use.\n\nSo let me get right to the results. I put it outside right at dusk when the bugs come out especially the mosquitos. In the 3.2 hours it was active I got 36 bugs. Almost all of them were those small mothy types that get in your cereal boxes and multiply like crazy. Once the home gets infested with them, all they do is eat, and reproduce. You turn a light on in a room late at night and sure enough there is a pair mating on the wall. I know that sounds funny but it is true. So getting this unit to take care of them alone is worth it. However are they attracted without the Octenol? Not sure. I will put it out tonight without the Octenol and if I don't get similar results I will come back and update this review.\n\nFor dedicated inside use the <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Aspectek-20W-Electronic-Bug-Zapper-Insect-Killer-for-Residential-Commercial-use/dp/B00I0G0JXE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Aspectek 20W Electronic Bug Zapper, Insect Killer for Residential & Commercial use</a> is the number one best seller. For outside use currently the number one seller is the <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Flowtron-BK-15D-Electronic-Insect-Killer-1-2-Acre-Coverage/dp/B00004R9VZ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Flowtron BK-15D Electronic Insect Killer, 1/2 Acre Coverage</a>. There are mixed reviews for the Flowtron mostly in the smaller 1/2 acre units. The big 1 1/2 acre units have the most amount of favorable votes, but by the time you are done buying the unit and the Octenol you are out a hundred bucks. However many claim it works against mosquitos though, some do not. Plus the reliability is a question with many having less than long term results?\n\nOkay so this Stinger is a compact unit that puts out a little bit of light with a 2W replaceable bulb. The Flowtron has a 15 Watt replaceable bulb. So obviously the Flowtron is making over 7 times the impression on the bugs. The Flowtron also states it is for outside use only.\n\nThe two biggest times for mosquitos is when it just gets dark/dusk and for about an hour afterwards or more, and then right before it gets light in the morning. The main mosquito types we had in the US would only come out at night. Then the tiger mosquitos arrived and they are active all day long; shucks. As a boater you come to realize the schedule I just stated about feeding times. I guess they are hungry after not eating all day, and know that the whole day may go by without a bite, so in the hour before sunrise they are at it again. This is just a supposition on my part. So having a rechargeable bug zapper that misses that morning meal time is not ideal.\n\nSo let's wrap this up. This unit is great if you want portability, think camping. I question its real effectiveness a distance away from you at night with such a low wattage bulb. The number one defense I found for outside use is DEET, and lemon eucalyptus, and Picaridin Insect repellent. The foggers give you some temporary relief, but you have to be creating a huge fog of poisonous chemicals in order to use it. Just how practical is it to always be upwind of such a device. <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Repel-190397-Propane-Insect-Fogger-for-Killing-and-Repelling-Mosquitoes-Flies-and-Flying-Insects-in-Your-Campsite-or-Yard/dp/B00V3H7T80/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Repel 190397 Propane Insect Fogger for Killing and Repelling Mosquitoes, Flies, and Flying Insects in Your Campsite or Yard</a> is a really good fogger, and a less expensive top seller is the <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Burgess-1443-Propane-Insect-Fogger-for-Fast-and-Effective-Mosquito-Control-in-Your-Yard/dp/B000HMA7OK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Burgess 1443 Propane Insect Fogger for Fast and Effective Mosquito Control in Your Yard</a> Wear a mask if you are going to fog, a real mask such as the <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/MSA-Safety-Works-817662-Paint-and-Pesticide-Respirator/dp/B0009XAIGY/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">MSA Safety Works 817662 Paint and Pesticide Respirator</a> which is rated for pesticide use.\n\nSo I gave this Stinger 4 stars because it is very effective at catching moths, and a few mosquitos. Like the portability. I have a Veranda addition which is as much a greenhouse as anything else, and this will be very effective there since it has screen storm windows all the way around. You need a battalion if your quest is to eradicate mosquitos, and the whole flotilla I mentioned will only make a dent in the population. I also think this will be handy in the garage to tame those critters waiting for you to open a door and enter. The price is right, and it does have some effectiveness.\n\nUPDATE: The second night with 3.2 hours of use I got 50 bugs instead of 36 like on the first night and about 10 of them were mosquitos. The interesting thing is that I had removed the Octenol packet because the odor was offensive and I didn't want it stinking up my garage. I also mentioned I would try it in the above review without it to see how it did. The only problem is that odor is so strong after leaving it in there for a day, the zapper still smelled like Octenol. So the increase in mosquitos was maybe because the odor was there plenty strong but not overbearing. Not sure, but those are the results.","Product: The Cuisinart Taco Grilling Rack is the perfect way to fire up a fiesta at your grill. The rack is contoured to hold 4 tacos for assembly and melting right at the grill. Grill up your meats on the grill then drop the rack on for assembly and melting. Simply fill the slots with your favorite tortilla and fill it up. Drop the lid and let it melt for a minute and you'll have toasty, melted tacos ready to serve.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Heavier and more substantial than I originally anticipated\n\nReview: Let me clarify. This is not thick cast iron and you wouldn't want it to be, but for sheet steel this weighs more than you would expect. When you first pick this up by itself you get this hmmm... impressive feeling to it. Okay enough about the minor attributes, onto the usage.\n\nI love tacos. They are sort of a health food depending on the meat you stuff into them and what kind of cheese you put on. I have been putting the shells in the oven upside down, watching them carefully, and it seems that no matter how careful I am I either wind up with some cracked shells, or one or two that make it to the oven floor; it's a challenge to say the least.\n\nOkay so we make it through the challenge of warming up the shells which is usually spotty, or at least less than perfect and now we are onto stuffing them with contents. I try to put 3 of the shells down in a wooden bowl which is then trying to close the top of the shell making it difficult to stuff. Trying to spread the top with one hand, and stuff with the other is another challenge. Then trying to keep them all upright in the stuffing process isn't the least of your worries, one flopping over sideways spilling its contents is. When that happens you are then now trying to hold them all upright while you scoop spilled contents with your fingers and back into the shell, making for a less than tempting looking entree.\n\nOkay so without going through all of the steps in stuffing, you may have some preferences of your own of course, now the trick is to pick one up and not have the next one over spill out. In plain words without one of these it is a mess; at least it is for me.\n\nAlong comes the Cuisinart CTR-140 and you have the solution to all of your problems. It is non-stick and it holds the shells in an upright position while you bake them, and get this, in a spread apart position. The two little curved handle sections on the end make for a great tool, and aid in the presentation on the table. Additionally they never fall over as you remove the others. Also it keeps the shell hot, or warm. Now let's get onto the really neat stuff.\n\nYou can enter into a whole new level of Taco-cookery with this tool. For example you lightly toast the shells to perfection, and then add your meat and cheese putting it back in the oven for those two to melt together gloriously. When ready to serve, you could present the Taco this way and let your guests put on their own toppings to suit, or you could add the lettuce, and tomato, not to mention onion if you prefer, and taco sauce and serve ready to eat.\n\nI am sure there are some people out there who have learned how to make Tacos more efficiently than I, but for me, real Taco enjoyment started with the CTR-140. On top of that cleanup is a snap due to the non-stick surface. The little bugger will take up some room in a cabinet, but it can be stood up on its side, and after using it, any space it takes is more than worth it. Highly recommended.","Product: The SCOTTS SYNC System Cordless Lithium-Ion Blower is the perfect addition to all of your SCOTTS lawn care products. The innovative charging station allows the user to charge the battery on the tool or alone like a traditional charger. The wall mounting charger doubles as a hanger for the tool; no more excuses for an unorganized workspace. Powered by the SCOTTS 20V, 2.0 Amp Hour battery, this blower is perfect for all of your light clearing needs. Ideal for hard surfaces, the SCOTTS SYNC System blower is great for clearing walkways, decks, garages and driveways. No brooms, cords or gas cans are needed when you have this unit. Backed by a 3-year warranty, the SCOTTS SYNC System Blower is engineered for performance and durability.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Get the Scotts Lithium-Ion cordless and get the Toro corded one too. The Scott's is the one you will use all of the time.\n\nReview: I give it 5 stars because I knew what I was expecting. It's all about convenience and light duty with these 20 volt lithium battery cordless blowers. I had previously purchased the Black and Decker blower as well as their hedge trimmer which gave me 2 batteries. (One each) Yes at first I was surprised at how little run time it gave me about 15 minutes just like this one. I have come to realize the incredible convenience of using these whereas I have the Toro 51619 Ultra Blower/Vac, Red that blows 250 mph but is corded. If you have wrestled with a corded vac before you know the hassles of first having to unravel the cord, then pull the 100 foot cord out by walking it across the driveway, and then there is the navigation around trees or bushes, and you always wind up with that last pile that is just out of reach of the cord. Mind you the power is great and necessary for cleaning leaves from your yard and anything else that requires a force so strong that your hand can hurt just holding it in position after a while. The price is really cheap also.\n\nSo what is the ultimate? Having both. For the standard lawn cutting procedure where you want to clear the cuttings from your driveway, sidewalk, and paved areas near your home this is just what the doctor ordered. In my Black and Decker combo I can go a couple of hours trimming hedges with the same battery charge, but when I use the blower it is good for about 15 minutes. It drains the battery a lot faster having to move a lot of air. That is more to do with physics than any individual unit.\n\nSo why do I love this Scotts so much? It is even more convenient than the Black and Decker which has the battery charger as a standalone unit that takes up storage space, or worse yet, bench top space. With the B&D you have to fight to get the battery removed (not all that hard though) and then plug it into the charger. Once charged, you remove it from the charger and plug it back into the blower. With this Scotts you eliminate all of that hassle. PLUS it does not take up valuable space to store it. With this Scotts the charger base can be mounted on a wall in your garage, shed, or otherwise. The cord is attached to the wall base. The battery sits neatly tucked under the handle on the back of the machine, and the whole package snaps into the wall mount battery charger. So there is nothing to take apart and fuss with. There is nothing clogging up your valuable bench top space. It all sits as one handy, readily available package mounted to the wall, up and out of the way. Great stuff.\nI don't have any problem clearing the debris from my garage, driveway, front side walk, side entryway walk, side patio, and rear patio with a 20 volt but it does run out right after doing it. I mean I am cleaning the very last of it when it quits.\n\nThese are not meant to be digging leaves intertwined in your grass. Get the Toro corded for that. This Scotts is for hard surfaces only like sidewalks, garage floors, and driveways. Solid surfaces offer little or no resistance to debris when clearing them.\n\nIt's kind of funny but when I first took it out of the box I installed the battery by snapping it in, and did the same with the air extension tube and aimed it at the corner of the wall in the bedroom and along the ceiling. I was surprised at how well it cleared the little cob webs and such that usually require dusting with an extension pole. So just sitting on the floor this thing becomes a powerful duster for those sort of tasks, although I wouldn't be blowing air on your fine China with it because it would send it flying.\n\nThe base charger is designed for a full time mount as in some batteries and units are not intelligently controlled as far as charging is concerned. This Scotts is. When it is charging the red light is on, and the green light is blinking. Once the red light goes off and the green light is on without blinking you know it is fully charged. You don't have to do anything at that point, just simply leave it in the charger on the wall. What happens next is the green light starts to blink and fade, finally turning off completely. That is a sign that the intelligent charger has now stopped charging the unit.\nHaving a charging cycle like that means it is always at the ready, topped off and no need to put the batteries on the charger before use in order to make sure they are topped off like you have to do with the Black and Decker.\nSo all in all the Scotts gets my nod for convenient, light weight Lithium-Ion cordless blowers. Do yourself a favor and get the Toro too for a corded model in case you have to move a ton of leaves. Highly recommended.","Product: The Perky-Pet Premium Squirrel-Be-Gone Breakaway Wild Bird Feeder offers an attractive means of drawing in a wide variety of birds while keep squirrels away - saving you time and money on seed and feeders. Breakaway's superior design boasts five collapsible perches. Each perch is individually designed to hold the weight of birds to allow them to perch and eat comfortably, but will collapse under the weight of a squirrel. In addition to the collapsible perches, the Breakaway components include a thick-gauge, extrusion-molded, UV-treated polycarbonate tube that resists clouding, discoloring, weather cracking and impact breakage. The zinc die-cast cap and base on this feeder are powder coated for rust resistance and the stainless steel hanger allows the feeder to hang in your bird feeding oasis.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Definitely deserves 5 stars. I love it.\n\nReview: I've only had this for a few days, and already my objective is being achieved. I moved my office into my bedroom and right outside of the double windows are some large bushes that I plan on trimming down in late winter/early spring. For now the bushes block my view of the front yard.\n\nAnyhow in my bedroom it would be nice to have a bird feeder hanging out right outside of the window so I have some birds keeping me company during the day. That is why I grabbed the chance at this feeder. I have been feeding birds for quite some time in the back yard. I bought a metal feeder with a drop down platform to keep the squirrels out; it really works. Well I am happy to report that this one works great also. I already had a squirrel work the whole situation over and couldn't even get at one piece of seed. After he got steamed up seeing a huge clear cylinder full of fresh feed and no way to get to it, quite a few small birds showed up. They normally visit this bush so I thought even though the directions say not to put it near bushes I thought I would give it a try. I must admit they are apprehensive because it sits too low. Only a few perch on it to feed. I bought a metal hook at Home Depot that was over 6 feet but that still isn't tall enough. I can't see the perch area at the bottom, only the top half of the feeder. I am going to look into acquiring a wall mount arm that will keep it perched a lot higher. I think both the birds and I will both be happier that way. They will be well above the bushes so it will be easy to keep an eye out for predators.\n\nNow onto this specific feeder. Oddly enough the toughest part of setting up this feeder is getting the single sheet of paper, an advertising flyer out of the bottom of it. That is the way it ships. I didn't want to disassemble the bottom with the 3 screws to access it. Finally I found a rod that would catch it and bring it out the top. This feeder loads from the top. The top is made of cast metal that is powder coated. It feels very substantial for a feeder and should last a very long time.\n\nThe large feed tube is clear plastic but it may as well be glass from the way it looks, and plastic has a better safety record. The stainless hook that it perches from is a good idea because the wind blows it easily rocks back and forth, and you don't want regular steel painted over for that because it would rub through.\n\nOne other thing worth mentioning is that I have noticed in my other squirrel proof feeder that the birds have a habit of swishing their beaks sideways purposely spilling seed out onto the ground. Maybe they are helping out the pigeons that way. Anyhow the way this feeder is designed it is not amenable to that. Fortunately I have a neighbor who feeds everything; the squirrels, the pigeons, the birds of different types and sizes. She has a smorgasbord of different feeders going on out there all of the time. She has a few like this, maybe even the same one.\n\nSo in conclusion I have to give this feeder 5 stars. It is well built, should last a long time, easy to put feed in, and the birds love it, and the squirrels hate it. (Hey that's half the fun.) Wish I could find something wrong with it, but I can't. Definitely deserves 5 stars.","Product: \"Stretch out your nights in the back yard with the Aegean Steel Fire Pit, a decorative fire pit from CobraCo. With an assembly time of less than one hour, this fire pit can be ready for entertaining the day it arrives. Featuring a disc-shaped fire bowl, decorative scroll base and open, clean lines, the Aegean Steel Fire Pit makes a perfect centerpiece for outdoor activities throughout the year. As a freestanding fire pit, the Aegean Steel Fire Pit can be moved around the yard or packed up for a vacation party. The fire pit is made of lightweight steel. Its scroll base features an attractive bronze finish. The fire bowl has a black powder coat for easy cleaning. CobraCo fire pits are designed for year-round use. In the spring and summer, use the Aegean Steel Fire Pit to provide a campfire-feel without damaging your lawn with an in-ground pit. In the fall and winter, a long-lasting fire in the Aegean Steel Fire Pit makes for a cozy backyard retreat.\"\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Very nice fire pit at an affordable price.\n\nReview: In the past I purchased a small economical portable fire pit but it was kind of flimsy, and didn't hold much wood. This is definitely a step up. Not that it is designed to hold large fireplace logs in it but ample enough to handle all kinds of branches. I have an elaborate wood working shop and create a lot of scrap. I hate to throw it out and since I have a wood stove in the living room it does not get wasted. During the summer months though a wood stove would turn the house into a sauna. So an outside fire pit is ideal. I used to date someone who had a place at the shore and her nightly fires were a great excuse for the neighbors to come around.\n\nIf you want an even larger fire pit CobraCo also makes one out of hammered copper and steel. It is called CobraCo FTCOPVINT-C Vintage Copper Fire Pit. That one will take full sized fireplace type logs. That's 26 x 26 x 23 inches.\nFor these kind of fire pits a screen removal tool is a necessity and one is included in the kit. The powder coated finish is probably the most durable finish you can put on metal giving you years of use. Another thing I really love is that it also has a vinyl cover which keeps it fresh.\n\nThere is just something about a fire that makes the world go away. It is as if your concerns are being burnt in the embers, and it warms you besides.\n\nAn important part of this whole equation is that the fire is covered by protective mesh fire screen. With woods such as poplar they have a tendency to pop, maybe something to do with trapped steam, but nevertheless sometimes they explode right down into the embers sending white hot glowing embers into the air. The spark screen is essential to keep those out of the air. I have maple trees in my back yard and I don't want glowing embers parking themselves on the branches. Having a nearby hose that can be brought out in an emergency is not a bad idea. All the years I spent during the summer nights at my girlfriends completely surrounded by woods we never had an incident so maybe I am being a little too cautious.\n\nI know there are those back yard conversation centers with a stone surrounded fire pit fueled by propane which are very nice and convenient, but nothing takes the place of a real fire with real wood. Overall very nice pit at an affordable price point.","Product: Completely portable, this lightweight propane-powered fogger is the most economical way to kill mosquitoes, biting flies, and flying insects. The secret is in the microscopic particles it produces - up to 7 times finer than mist! The fog floats and penetrates deep into landscaped areas where mosquitoes hide - killing mosquitoes on contact and creating a 'mosquito-free' zone for up to 6 hours. In about 5 minutes, the fog is gone so you can start enjoying the outdoors again. Takes an average of 10 minutes to treat a 5,000 square foot yard. Ideal for use in your campsite or before backyard picnics, barbecues, outdoor parties. This is the same effective system used by professionals to kill mosquitoes For best results, use only with Repel, Black Flag, or Cutter branded Fogging Insecticides. For outdoor use only.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The Repel 190397 Propane Insect fogger is a welcome addition to your arsenal\n\nReview: I am one of those unfortunate people that mosquitos love. I can go out to park the trash curbside and come back in with 2 bites. My brother sits outside on a chair for an hour and not one bite. They did studies where the air passed through a clear plastic tube with a screen on the end, and they had different subjects sit in a chair and breathe into the tube area. Some people the mosquitos raced through the tube to get to, others they stayed away. I guess if I was a mosquito I would be particular about how the breath smelled on my dinner too. Anyhow I digress, but it is relevant because I have tried every form of insect repellant and means to get rid of these critters and nothing is a perfect solution. They are incredibly resolute in doing their thing. I hate having to put DEET on just to go outside for 15 minutes. With the new viruses going around something has to be done.\n\nI have to say the Repel propane insect fogger is very effective, although for a limited amount of time (up to 6 hours) at getting rid of the pests. The propane tank which is not included but normally sells for even less than 3 dollars, and the insecticide is available separately also. Of course Repel pushes their insecticide on the front of the box, but there are some cheaper alternatives available like Black Flag.\n\nLet's face it this stuff if poison and should be handled accordingly. They suggest that you get upwind of the sprayer when using it, but we both know that wind is finicky and can change direction. To me wearing a carbon filter face mask like the relatively 3M model is advised. Also were nitrile gloves because the warnings are there to not get it on your skin, in your eyes, and of course most especially to not ingest it. Therefore be sure and wash your hands before eating, and it is best to throw the clothes in the washer right away as well. Now that I put the fear of God in you, I remember as a child when the bug spray truck came around from the township we used to ride out bikes when it was coming out of the sprayer because it would make our bikes shiny. However caution is advised.\n\nIt is best applied right before dusk when the mosquitoes are getting ready to come out. Life was a lot easier for me during the daytime before the arrival of the Asian variety. They have stripes on their legs, and direct sunlight doesn't bother them very much, at least not enough for them to come out and bite you in the middle of the say. Heretofore I was able to be out during the day without getting bit. The American strains would not feed during a sunny day at all. I'm a boater so I know mosquito behavior well. They are especially atrocious right after dusk. They have been sitting under a leaf somewhere waiting all day, and they are hungry. So for an hour or two there is a flurry of activity, and then it dies down somewhat overnight, and then picks back up right before sunrise in the morning. I guess they have figured out that the daytime is a long ride to go without any food, our blood, so they load up right before sunrise.\n\nSo if you are having an outside party for example you want to spray pre-dusk while they are still parked in your bushes and lawn so you can get them rather than relying on open air spraying which although it is helpful doesn't get them like doing the bushes and low lying trees. To tell you the truth I didn't even know these were made. I have been studying how to get rid of them for a long time, and nothing really works. There are contributory methods like eliminating standing pools of water, but nothing works like DEET or the other effective put it on your skin type of applications. It's a drag that they own the outside world. With the Repel you have a method of clearing some space, at least for up to 6 hours. It should be noted that mosquitos are territorial so they tend to set up shop somewhere and want to stay. So clearing your area does have somewhat of a longer term remedial effect. I have a bug zapper but of course that attracts them far and wide, and if you are near the bug zapper they stop by for a snack. :-) Oh well keep up the fight. The Repel 190397 Propane Insect fogger is a welcome addition to your arsenal.","Product: The Ravenna collection from classic accessories combines a striking style with durability, fade-resistance and convenient features. Reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent. Structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers. Waterproof backing keeps your table and chairs dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit. Striped webbing adds an attractive accent and is unique to the Ravenna collection. Available in several sizes to fit a variety of furniture and grills, the Ravenna covers collection adds style to your patio and will protect for years to come. 4-Year replacement warranty through manufacturer.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Nice looking grille cover but look at the other photo. Most grilles are peaked in the middle.\n\nReview: I have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system, and now this grille cover. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too. This cover is a medium dark brown but very soft color though so as to not offend.\n\nA word of caution though. If you have anything sitting on top of what is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for something with a natural peak like the photo illustrates. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good. I have come to really appreciate covering my outside patio furniture. I had a somewhat expensive set with very comfortable chairs in white. Well the weather got to it, and the stains after a few years wouldn't even power wash out. So a cover for all your outdoor gear is a wise investment.","Product: This rugged, powerful maul allows you take on intense wood splitting jobs while helping to reduce muscle fatigue and joint pain. Premium steel is forged into a concave shape thats optimal for splitting, helping to make every swing your best. Fiskars patented, industry-leading IsoCore Shock Control System absorbs strike shock and vibration, reducing the punishment your body takes, and a dual-layer handle captures any lingering vibration. Optimized blade geometry blasts tough logs apart, and an inseparable riveted head will not slide down or snap off, even when swinging with maximum force. A performance handle design fits your hand securely and comfortably and features a pronounced handle flare for security. Strategic handle texturing helps improve grip while reducing blisters. This design has been tested to exceed U.S. standards for striking tool durability to withstand the toughest work environments\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Every 5 star review is well deserved.\n\nReview: Wall to wall 5 star reviews and for a very good reason. Many years ago I purchased a wood splitting axe from Sears and it had this gizmo system of giving you two spring loaded claws that would swing out and grab the top edge of the wood to help pull it apart. It wasn't long after that one of those stopped working. On the other side of that Searss model was a rectangular face that was designed to give you a sledge for driving a wedge. The surface area was benign. I haven't been doing as much wood splitting as I used to so I figure it would suffice.\n\nThen along came this Fiskars Garden ISO Core 8 lb. Maul. The 36\" is the perfect handle length for doing everything from hand chopping into finer splinters of something already split, all the way up to a whole round being attacked with an overhead swing. The tool feels well balanced. I measured it on a home scale and the overall weight is 10.2 ounces just like the description says. So the 8 lb. weight is just the head. I like the way it splits with the curve of the expanded width designed to allow the blade to enter the wood somewhat, all the while expanding it, but by the time it gets in there deeper the curve gets real radical. That insures more single blow splits.\n\nAnother thing I like is the very wide round hammer face on the other side. It is so wide, and at just the right weight, that don't be surprised that you don't grab it for driving in stakes, and even some types of fencing, or for that matter anything you want to use an 8 lb. sledge for. The shock absorbing handle is important if you do a lot of splitting. I also like at the end of the handle there is an expanded lip so you can do full width swings without it slipping out of your hands.\n\nI have a woodworking shop and a lot of tools, but this one is oddly enough something you will grab with pride. It's impressive just to look at it. Every 5 star review is well deserved.","Product: Shakespeare Pro Torque .105\" 3-Pound Spool, 747'. Prevent less downtime changing out trimmer line with Torque twist line. It's aerodynamic twist shape helps reduce drag allowing for a longer runtime. The Torque twist line is made in the USA under tight quality controls and is strong enough to also be used for edging. Plus, it's universal and will fit most gas trimmers.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This is the real McCoy.\n\nReview: Where is the six star option? Okay I don't want to make this out to be God, so let me share this with you without exaggeration. I was skeptical reading the reviews. I have a Ryobi string trimmer which was rated #2 by the leading consumer magazine. I have been using it for years. It's a 4 cycle so it isn't so picky. You start it up and it purrs. Okay now onto this trimmer string. I took the spool off of the bottom, threw away lasts years load, and wound it with this Shakespeare Pro Torque. (Old string gets stiff and creates extra challenging breaking problems too.)\n\nSo all loaded I thought I would put it to the test. So I went over to the South side of my house where it gets full sun and the weeds go nuts. They are already about 6\" high and thick as all get out. The challenge is that mixed in there are some sticks, and the entire bed is rimmed with large sharp edged stones. I did a dry laid wall many years ago over there. The stones aren't razor sharp but they are squared rectangular about a foot and a half or so; so those kind of edges.\n\nAnyhow I have tried all kinds of strings over the years, and that part of the property inevitably winds up forcing me to have to go back to the garage, break out the pliers, and get the string to begin coming out of the spooler again. It turns a nuisance job into an unbearable one. I don't mind so much trimming, what I hate is having to nursemaid the tool. Well let me tell you I went through this super thick brush and it didn't falter. I was pushing it, and running it longer than I should but the shortest the string got was about 3 or 4 inches from the hub. I was shocked, and purposely would let it idle and rest it against the lawn so it would slow down to a stop, and sure enough, there were pieces continuing to stick out of both sides.\nSo then I decided why push it, let's do some trimming and periodically bang the head to make it come out to a further length.\n\nWhat I found was the shorter the string the more durable it was. There is some physics in there, exactly what I am not sure, well actually the longer pieces can wrap themselves around something. Shorter ones poke but not wrap.\n\nAnyhow I strongly suggest using this. I got this urge to go around to my neighbors and say, \"Let me put a spool of this on your trimmer so you can try it out.\" Yes it is that good. Is it God? No, but when it comes to string trimmer wire it comes close. Just treat it with respect, and you won't have to change the wire early again.","Product: This water-resistant cover protects your patio furniture and also makes moments spent with family and friends more convenient and easier than ever, saving you from dragging your grill into the garage or wiping it down before every use. When you buy a grill or patio furniture cover from us you are not just getting a cover, you're also purchasing peace of mind. Not only will your grill and patio furniture be protected from the elements, but you will be protected with the easiest 1 year warranty in the industry. If your cover fails, for any reason, just look for us online and email our warranty department a picture of the problem and we'll send you a new one. Guaranteed.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Nice cover. Very practical approach to using your outside fire pit.\n\nReview: This makes a fire pit more practical. One that is left open to the elements may wind up with soggy wood in it. Or you could let it cool off, clean it out and store it away. With this you use the pit, let it cool, and cover it.\n\nThis cover has an elastic band that goes all the way around the perimeter. One side of it is the bunched up tufted material and the other side is smooth. There is a vent flap facing downwards to allow air to get in. The material is a waterproof canvas so it looks good. It's got the classic accessories logo emblazoned on it which gives it a touch of class rather than a no name. No I am not into designer fire pit covers but it is worth mentioning. :-) I'm writing this review for the 30\" and 36\" because they are the same except for the size. Very nice cover for the money.","Product: This water-resistant cover protects your patio furniture and also makes moments spent with family and friends more convenient and easier than ever, saving you from dragging your grill into the garage or wiping it down before every use. When you buy a grill or patio furniture cover from us you are not just getting a cover, you're also purchasing peace of mind. Not only will your grill and patio furniture be protected from the elements, but you will be protected with the easiest 1 year warranty in the industry. If your cover fails, for any reason, just look for us online and email our warranty department a picture of the problem and we'll send you a new one. Guaranteed.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Good cover. Does and nice job. Reduces the chore count on using fire pits.\n\nReview: This makes a fire pit more practical. One that is left open to the elements may wind up with soggy wood in it. Or you could let it cool off, clean it out and store it away. With this you use the pit, let it cool, and cover it.\n\nThis cover has an elastic band that goes all the way around the perimeter. One side of it is the bunched up tufted material and the other side is smooth. There is a vent flap facing downwards to allow air to get in. The material is a waterproof canvas so it looks good. It's got the classic accessories logo emblazoned on it which gives it a touch of class rather than a no name. No I am not into designer fire pit covers but it is worth mentioning. :-) I'm writing this review for the 30\" and 36\" because they are the same except for the size. Very nice cover for the money.","Product: Ultra-heavy duty grill cover is our toughest, most-dependable, and highest-performing against damage from the elements. Designed to fit grills with 5 or more burner, up to 72-inches in width. 600D x 300D polyester Rip-Stop material with PE coating. Convenient side closure straps keep cover securely fastened.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great cover, looks sophisticated.\n\nReview: Well made. Of course it fits perfect because it is made by Char Broil. By the way the Char Broil number one seller 4 burner here at Amazon is an incredible unit. When you see what Home Depot is offering at twice the price it puts them to shame. I like the look of the black cover with the logo of Char Broil emblazoned on the front. It's a touch of poo-pah if you are into that sort of thing.\nWith the two Velcro clasps, one on each side that keeps it from coming off in a wind storm, yet it is easily removable. I just take the whole cover and lift up on one side and it comes off. This is made from a thick canvas type of material so it should last a long time.","Product: A customer favorite for its fashionable design, durability and extensive collection of matching products, the Veranda line features our heavyweight Gardelle woven polyester fabric and special water-repellent and resistant backing. All Veranda covers are backed by a three year warranty. Find out below why buying a cover from us is one of the best choices you can make. When you buy a Classic Accessories grill or patio furniture cover you are not just getting a cover; you're also purchasing peace of mind. Not only will your grill and patio furniture be protected from the elements, but you'll be protected with the easiest warranty in the industry. If your cover fails, for any reason, just look for us online and email our warranty department a picture of the problem and we'll send you a new one. Guaranteed.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Classic Accessories makes great covers and this is no exception\n\nReview: I have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too.\n\nA word of caution though. If you have a flat table top and is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for something with a natural peak. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good. The clasp that holds the bottom rim is a well made snap together which is just as easy to snap together as it is to remove. The color is just a little bit different than the photo. It has more of a mild gold color to it instead of so bright. I like it even better than the photo. All in all a great cover.","Product: Terrazzo patio furniture covers by Classic Accessories offer high end style in medium weight protection. Designed to keep your patio furniture looking it's best year round. All Terrazzo covers are backed by a one year warranty. Find out below why buying a cover from us is one of the best choices you can make. When you buy a Classic Accessories grill or patio furniture cover you are not just getting a cover; you're also purchasing peace of mind. Not only will your grill and patio furniture be protected from the elements, but you'll be protected with the easiest warranty in the industry. If your cover fails, for any reason, just look for us online and email our warranty department a picture of the problem and we'll send you a new one. Guaranteed.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Looks great, well designed. Saves your stuff from the ravages of UV rays and weather.\n\nReview: I have both the square and round 30\" fire pit covers. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic that is normally supplied with fire pits. The color is really nice too.\n\nA word of caution though when using this over anything other than a fire pit. If you have cushions sitting on top of what is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for what it was intended; a fire pit cover. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. For example I have a larger one covering my outside air conditioning unit that is mounted on the patio.","Product: Terrazzo patio furniture covers by Classic Accessories offer high end style in medium weight protection. Designed to keep your patio furniture looking it's best year round. All Terrazzo covers are backed by a one year warranty. Find out below why buying a cover from us is one of the best choices you can make. When you buy a Classic Accessories grill or patio furniture cover you are not just getting a cover; you're also purchasing peace of mind. Not only will your grill and patio furniture be protected from the elements, but you'll be protected with the easiest warranty in the industry. If your cover fails, for any reason, just look for us online and email our warranty department a picture of the problem and we'll send you a new one. Guaranteed.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Looks great, works great, and saves your equipment from natures perils.\n\nReview: I have both the square and round 30\" fire pit covers. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic that is normally supplied with fire pits. The color is really nice too.\n\nA word of caution though when using this over anything other than a fire pit. If you have cushions sitting on top of what is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for what it was intended; a fire pit cover. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. For example I have a larger one covering my outside air conditioning unit that is mounted on the patio.","Product: With the Char-Broil Gas2Coal, you can easily switch from a gas grill to a charcoal grill in under 60 seconds, without the use of tools. Enjoy the speed and convenience of grilling with gas, or savor the signature flavors of cooking over charcoal, both on one grill.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Having a charcoal and gas option is a tough one to beat.\n\nReview: Sweet idea. Sometimes you want to go out and just twist a dial and cook away. Other times you don't mind waiting the extra time to ignite the charcoals, but with the extra times comes the extra flavor. Love the fact that the charcoal is lit by the propane instead of having to use a petrol product which affects the flavor.\n\nAlso the charcoal tray is ideally designed to allow flames through the weep holes to light the charcoal, and the lowest part of the tray, its base is designed to completely trap the charcoal dust from getting into the internals. In plain words after the charcoal cools, the next day you simply lift out the whole tray and dump. A word of caution: Don't just dump it into a trash can without checking to make sure the coals are completely extinguished. (Sorry for mentioning the obvious)\n\nAssembly is pretty straightforward; use a #3 phillips head bit. A cordless drill will speed up assembly, an impact gun is overkill and could wind up stripping out some nuts unless you are super careful. I found the regular cordless does just fine; even a 12 volt.\n\nThe box is marked as weighing 125 pounds and it sure feels like it. Opening and removing individual parts eases moving it into your place. This Char Broil grill is a 3 burner making it a little smaller than the top selling grille which is also a Charbroil but a 4 burner and comes with stainless uppers instead of the all black like this model. Both models have the side burner as well. I had purchased the number one seller and love it. Here it is here. <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Char-Broil-Classic-4-Burner-Gas-Grill/dp/B00BC3UVDK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Char-Broil Classic 4-Burner Gas Grill</a> I absolutely love the stainless but it doesn't have the charcoal option. Charcoal with hickory chips imparts a flavor you just don't get out of gas. So no need to overload the food with fat, salt, and/or sugar to get the flavor.\nNext to the #1 selling stainless for less money and no charcoal option this one has a cheaper feel, but I am certain that it is because the stainless imparts a quality look. Both are sheet metal, and stainless generally speaking is more expensive than painted black metal. The fact that there is less grilling area in this black 3 burner making this look smaller contributes to the cheaper look as well.\n\nThe real saving grace with this black one is how great the colors are with the contrasting red panel with the words, \"Gas 2 Coal\" emblazoned across the front, and then the black with silver metallic assembly and extension tubes is really attractive. You can see that in one of the other photos on the sales page.\n\nI love that this does coal. Lay the full coverage stainless tray (that conveniently stores under the burner) into the compartment. Then you lay the charcoal in an even pattern one coal thick across the tray, and then fire up the gas. Within minutes the coal is lit and within 10 or 15 more you have coals ready for grilling. All in all this is a very nice unit for the money considering it does both.","Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Well made. Love the coloring of the Veranda collection.\n\nReview: The thing I really like about this cover is that it is a fine grade of a canvas type of material instead of being a flimsy plastic. The waterproofing treatment keeps the moisture out, and the open bottom allows fresh air to come in. It has a totally high quality feel to it. With a 3 year warranty you're good to go.\n\nThe clasps are the snap together type with side tabs you can easily release, and a simple push together for re-securing. The color is really nice because I would like to call it a soft gold with desert tan flavors in the main fabric. Desert tan is famous for begging to be alongside other dominant colors. The bottom border shows a lot more neutral color than the photographs as well in the direction once again of desert tan. It doesn't have the brownish-greenish cast that the photographs show. So it will go with a lot of different colors.\n\nThese do fit a wide range of chairs. So see the dimensions. When I first got turned onto Classic Accessories Veranda collection was when I had finally found some white plastic patio furniture that truly felt great even though it was just hard plastic. The chairs were more comfortable, and lounge was something you felt like going to sleep in; they were just sculpted right. Well after a few seasons of being outside they were shot. The acid rain stained the surface so strong even a high power pressure washer, or bleach wouldn't bring them back. I haven't found chair and chaises that felt that good since. I wish I had these covers back then. I still have two of those chairs inside of my Veranda so I will have to be happy that at least they survived. I really like these and will be buying the complete set when I get the chairs that are on a par with the ones I had. Highly recommended.","Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Love the Classic Accessories Veranda Collection. This fits the CharBroil 4 burner gas grille wonderfully\n\nReview: I have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too.\n\nA word of caution though. If you have a flat surface on top and is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe but that presents a challenge if it is a barbecue with a rounded dome top. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good. The clasp that holds the bottom rim is a well made snap together which is just as easy to snap together as it is to remove.\n\nThe color is just a little bit different than the photo. It has more of a mild gold color to it instead of so bright. They provide a warm natural feeling that does not impede on natural surroundings. The material is made out of a nice canvas type and waterproofed. The bottom has a tightening draw cord so you can snug it around the bottom preventing you from losing it in a windstorm. The Veranda collection looks good and each piece is reasonably priced especially when you want your furniture to last. I like it even better than the photo. All in all a great cover.","Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: For wider chairs. Love the Veranda collection colors. Very well made.\n\nReview: The thing I really like about this cover is that it is a fine grade of a canvas type of material instead of being a flimsy plastic. The waterproofing treatment keeps the moisture out, and the open bottom allows fresh air to come in. It has a totally high quality feel to it. With a 3 year warranty you're good to go.\n\nThe clasps are the snap together type with side tabs you can easily release, and a simple push together for re-securing. The color is really nice because I would like to call it a soft gold with desert tan flavors in the main fabric. Desert tan is famous for begging to be alongside other dominant colors. The bottom border shows a lot more neutral color than the photographs as well in the direction once again of desert tan. It doesn't have the brownish-greenish cast that the photographs show. So it will go with a lot of different colors.\n\nThese do fit a wide range of chairs. So see the dimensions. When I first got turned onto Classic Accessories Veranda collection was when I had finally found some white plastic patio furniture that truly felt great even though it was just hard plastic. The chairs were more comfortable, and lounge was something you felt like going to sleep in; they were just sculpted right. Well after a few seasons of being outside they were shot. The acid rain stained the surface so strong even a high power pressure washer, or bleach wouldn't bring them back. I haven't found chair and chaises that felt that good since. I wish I had these covers back then. I still have two of those chairs inside of my Veranda so I will have to be happy that at least they survived. I really like these and will be buying the complete set when I get the chairs that are on a par with the ones I had. Highly recommended.","Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Love the Classic Accessories Veranda Collection. The color, the style, the quality of the build.\n\nReview: I have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too.\n\nA word of caution though. If you have a flat area that is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for something with a natural peak like an outside chair. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good. The clasp that holds the bottom rim is a well made snap together which is just as easy to snap together as it is to remove. The color is just a little bit different than the photo. It has more of a mild gold color to it instead of so bright. I like it even better than the photo. All in all a great cover.\n\nI made the mistake of buying a very nice set of white plastic chairs, these were really sculpted just right and made you want to sit in them. The problem is that I left them out for the winter, and they turned dingy gray. I cleaned them the first year which was a huge chore, and eventually had to throw them out. So from now on I would rather cover them.\n\nThe material is made out of a nice canvas type and waterproofed. The bottom has a tightening draw cord so you can snug it around the bottom preventing you from losing it in a windstorm. The Veranda collection looks good and each piece is reasonably priced especially when you want your furniture to last.","Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fell in love with the colors in the Veranda collection. These are well made.\n\nReview: The thing I really like about this cover is that it is a fine grade of a canvas type of material instead of being a flimsy plastic. The waterproofing treatment keeps the moisture out, and the open bottom allows fresh air to come in. It has a totally high quality feel to it. With a 3 year warranty you're good to go.\n\nThe clasps are the snap together type with side tabs you can easily release, and a simple push together for re-securing. The color is really nice because I would like to call it a soft gold with desert tan flavors in the main fabric. Desert tan is famous for begging to be alongside other dominant colors. The bottom border shows a lot more neutral color than the photographs as well in the direction once again of desert tan. It doesn't have the brownish-greenish cast that the photographs show. So it will go with a lot of different colors.\n\nThese do fit a wide range of chairs. So see the dimensions. When I first got turned onto Classic Accessories Veranda collection was when I had finally found some white plastic patio furniture that truly felt great even though it was just hard plastic. The chairs were more comfortable, and lounge was something you felt like going to sleep in; they were just sculpted right. Well after a few seasons of being outside they were shot. The acid rain stained the surface so strong even a high power pressure washer, or bleach wouldn't bring them back. I haven't found chair and chaises that felt that good since. I wish I had these covers back then. I still have two of those chairs inside of my Veranda so I will have to be happy that at least they survived. I really like these and will be buying the complete set when I get the chairs that are on a par with the ones I had. Highly recommended.","Product: Veranda Collection patio furniture covers by Classic Accessories offer maximum protection with style. The dark splashguard hides stains and water spots while high-flow air vents protect furniture from mold and mildew. Buckled straps attach to furniture legs and help covers hold on in the worst weather. Water-resistant undercoating keeps the rain from penetrating, ensuring that your furniture stays high and dry. A convenient draw string hem affords a tight, custom fit while large padded handles make removal and adjustment of your cover convenient and hassle-free. All Veranda Collection covers feature a 3-year warranty guaranteeing replacement if damaged by dry-rot, the sun, or mold and mildew. You'll be sure to find the right covers to fit your needs with over 140 shapes and styles in the Veranda Collection from Classic Accessories.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The Classic Accessories Veranda Collection is my Favorite. Love the colors and the quality.\n\nReview: I have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too.\n\nA word of caution though. If you have a flat surface on top and is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good. The clasp for the straps that hold it together is a well made snap together which is just as easy to snap together as it is to remove.\n\nThe color is just a little bit different than the photo. It has more of a mild gold color to it instead of so bright. They provide a warm natural feeling that does not impede on natural surroundings. The material is made out of a nice canvas type and waterproofed. The Veranda collection looks good and each piece is reasonably priced especially when you want your furniture to last. I like it even better than the photo. All in all a great cover.","Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Well built attractive table cover. Be sure not to trap moisture by not putting on a wet table.\n\nReview: I have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too.\n\nA word of caution though. If you have cushions sitting on top of what is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for something with a natural peak. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good.","Product: Terrazzo patio furniture covers by classic accessories offer high end style in medium weight protection. Designed to keep your patio furniture looking it's best year round. When you buy a classic accessories grill or patio furniture cover you are not just getting a cover; you're also purchasing peace of mind. Not only will your grill and patio furniture be protected from the elements, but you'll be protected with the easiest warranty in the industry. If your product fails within the warranty period, look for us online and take advantage of our hassle-free warranty program supported by our us-based customer service team.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great covers. Well built. Will save your furniture.\n\nReview: I had originally purchased the Char-Broil 4 burner grille cover in black. However I wanted to do 2 things. One is that I wanted to have a cover that matched the Classic Accessories Veranda collection of covers, and I also wanted to have an off season cover to get me through the harsh winter.\nI have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too.\n\nA word of caution though. If you have cushions sitting on top of what is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for something with a natural peak. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good.\n\nThese classic accessories covers will pay for themselves over time when you see how well they protect your outside furniture. I had a pair of relatively expensive white plastic outdoor chairs that were sculpted so well sitting in them was like a dream. After the first year out in the weather I was able to use strong detergents and a power washer to get them clean. After a while though the stains, grayish color got so deep in the plastic that I would have had to sand them down including every nook and cranny, and clear coat them with lacquer or something. It just wasn't worth it. I wound up with getting new chairs, but this time Classic Accessories will take the wear and tear of a harsh winter; the chairs will stay like new.","Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Well made, love the colors of the Veranda Collection\n\nReview: The thing I really like about this cover is that it is a fine grade of a canvas type of material instead of being a flimsy plastic. The waterproofing treatment keeps the moisture out, and the open bottom allows fresh air to come in. It has a totally high quality feel to it. With a 3 year warranty you're good to go.\n\nThe clasps are the snap together type with side tabs you can easily release, and a simple push together for re-securing. The color is really nice because I would like to call it a soft gold with desert tan flavors in the main fabric. Desert tan is famous for begging to be alongside other dominant colors. The bottom border shows a lot more neutral color than the photographs as well in the direction once again of desert tan. It doesn't have the brownish-greenish cast that the photographs show. So it will go with a lot of different colors.\n\nThese do fit a wide range of chairs. So see the dimensions. When I first got turned onto Classic Accessories Veranda collection was when I had finally found some white plastic patio furniture that truly felt great even though it was just hard plastic. The chairs were more comfortable, and lounge was something you felt like going to sleep in; they were just sculpted right. Well after a few seasons of being outside they were shot. The acid rain stained the surface so strong even a high power pressure washer, or bleach wouldn't bring them back. I haven't found chair and chaises that felt that good since. I wish I had these covers back then. I still have two of those chairs inside of my Veranda so I will have to be happy that at least they survived. I really like these and will be buying the complete set when I get the chairs that are on a par with the ones I had. Highly recommended.","Product: Our adventurous Toscano-exclusive brown squirrel collectible has hung up his wildlife welcome sign and is ready to move his stash of acorns and nuts into your favorite tree! With a woodland wave and a wide smile, our furry animal friend is cast in quality designer resin and individually hand painted. Don't miss his adorable profile side view! 7½\"Wx4½\"Dx11\"H. 3 lbs.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: It's a happy toy for your garden. Welcomes everyone who sees it.\n\nReview: My immediate impression when taking it out of the box was that this is a lot larger than I had imagined. For some reason I imagined it being more like an ornament than a sign. So it approximately 11 inches high, and 7 inches wide stance is a good size. It is all made from color shaded plastic to it will last indefinitely outside. They call it a garden greetings design. I was immediately attracted to this because of the feeling I got when looking at it. Dare I call it love? Maybe it is a mix of that with a touch of humor. Squirrels are usually the one thing gardeners can grow to hate, those ingenious SOB's, but underneath it all they are an integral part of the experience, and you have to admit they are geniuses at figuring out the maneuvers to get what they want. Combine that with Olympic quality aerial acrobats and they definitely create a show.\n\nSo now how do I mount this? There is no hook, screw hole, plate etc. There are two ways of looking at that. One is the it leaves you wide open to mount it any way you choose, and the other is that you have to get creative in mounting it. Do I drill a small hole and attach a screw? For some reason I keep thinking this would really be cute if you had a gate door to go into your side or back yard, and this guy would be your gate keeper mounted on the door. It creates a warm and inviting message saying hello to every passerby.\n\nI've always had a little rabbit near the entrance sitting in the earth of the garden. This is way more dramatic, and I like it. The plastic gives off a bit of an odor so don't store it in your bedroom when you first open it. I guess like a memory foam mattress it takes a while to de-fumigate. Now I have to figure out where to put it. I don't have a gate into the backyard, and this thing is too cool to bury it in some unseen place.","Product: The power of baking soda and oxi clean dirt fighters absorbs odors and removes dirt from smoke, mold, and mildew. Easy pet hair pick up. Does not remove carpet stains. Leaves behind a pleasant fragrance for long lasting freshness.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Put a fan in the window, open a second window, close the door and let it blow. It works to get rid of the smell.\n\nReview: I hate it too. If I never smell this stuff again for the rest of my life it will be too soon. I have a couple of wool oriental rugs that were a bit musty from being stored in the basement, and I wanted to freshen then up. They already were improving just being in the upstairs room. Mother nature takes care of these things. So I thought why not knock out that least little bit of odor when you put your nose up to it. Using this stuff was one of the worst mistakes I ever made. The stench is unbelievable, and it permeates everything. I vacuumed repeatedly in all different directions and it still didn't help, no not even a little bit.\nOkay now that I am done venting let me be of some help. I called the company and asked them what I could do to get rid of the smell. They said, of course, put baking soda on it. Well I applied two times on a small test entry rug let it sit first for 15 minutes, and the second time for 30 minutes and it made absolutely no difference at all. What was I going to do? Go out and spend thousands of dollars to have my rugs cleaned professionally. I was depressed.\nThen I realized that these rugs musty smell was dissipating from being in fresh air, so I thought why not put this in turbo drive. It was 37 degrees out last night, but that didn't stop me. I put a 20 inch box fan in the window blowing in, and had the other window open with a screen in it letting air out. It ran all night, and guess what? The smell is almost gone. I read where another review or two said it goes away pretty much in about 5 days to a week. Here is what is interesting. I took the one sectional rug out onto my Veranda with a screen window open right next to it, but without a fan, and the smell was still there. I don't know if it was as strong as the day before, but this I do know, the removing of the scent is in direct proportion to how much air you move over the carpet. Even in the second room where I had a pair of only 8\" fans, one drawing out, and the other blowing in, it was way more effective than the passive air with the screen open on the Veranda. I have since moved that sectional carpet back into the room with the fan. Hopefully by tomorrow I will see a vast improvement on that one as well.\nSo all is not lost. I was getting depressed yesterday only to realize today that there is a solution. I threw the other two boxes out in the 3 pack, and tossed the bag that had the vacuum dumpings out too, even though there was nothing else in the bag. It was stinking up my entire garage. Oddly enough the 3 pack listing which is the one I bought had a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews. I guess if someone is living in doggy doo, and pet vomit, this stuff may appear as a welcome relief.\nFinally if you really do have a problem what absolutely must be addressed this stuff will work, BUT do not use it liberally. You may be thinking like I did, \"How can this stuff eliminate odors if it never even gets on all of the spots\"? Don't worry about it. It is so strong you could use it in the next door neighbors house and you could still smell it. (Hyperbole)\nNow whether the smell comes back after re-vacuuming is something I have yet to determine. Right now I want to bathe in the success of getting rid of the smell. I will be treating those rooms with moving air for the next few nights also.","Product: 5134GSEL Features: -Better system communication. -Largest containment area up to 11 acres. Finish: -Metal/Plastic. Material: -Metal. Number of Items Included: -12.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Huge advantage not having to dig a trench all the way around the perimeter of your property, But read the description first.\n\nReview: Comes with one collar but since it can contain up to two dogs a second collar option is available. The main unit can control up to two. Wireless signals do not penetrate so well through aluminum siding. You need a clear line of signal for this to work. So if you have a sloping hill home and locate the sending unit on the ground floor it will not go through earth to reach your dogs collar on the other side of the property.\n\nHavahart makes good products. I use their humane mouse traps that captures the mouse and allows me to release them. This wireless dog fence manual is available for you to see right here on this Amazon page. When you click on manual, at least what happened to me was that it showed up with teeny tiny letters. By scrolling your mouse over to the right side you will see a plus and minus sign, by clicking on the + sign a few times it expands it to whatever level you feel comfortable reading it. Inside of there they have an 800 number for customer support with what they call 360 degree customer support. Considering the variety of reviews you can easily see it works great for some, and not so great for others. With the manual available with the 800 number you can even call before you buy, or after you buy with any questions.\n\nIncluded in the box is a quick setup guide as well as the full sized instruction manual. Setup time takes an hour. Just as importantly is the section on training your dog. The roaming area can be set for 40 feet up to 400 feet. The trigger zone is 3 to 6 feet wide and can be only a tone or a static correction. Even with the static correction levels there are 5 of them with 5 being the highest. You can independently adjust up to two collars as I mentioned with each one having its own settings. There are 75 small white training flags included in the box.\n\nI have a suggestion for Havahart. The settings allow for tone or static. (Static electricity is annoying but not like a real electrical jolt). If you have ever studied operant conditioning or read about Pavlovs dog who he would ring a bell every time he fed the dog. After a while even without food present he would ring the bell and the dog started salivating. So the trigger, the bell ringing became associated with food. I wish they had a more sophisticated program whereby the tone could stay on and well let me explain it this way. You have your roaming zone without any triggers. That is followed by a tone zone where the tone would go off, and then beyond that you have outer zones that would intensify the static. In the beginning the flags act to alert your dog where his boundaries are but after a while they become a spectacle. So you remove them hoping the dog remembers. When you take away the flags, and lets say only have the collar set to tone, he re-learns after a while that running through the tone zone has no consequences.\n\nMy home was built in 1955 and is made from cinder block and stucco siding all the way around so unfortunately this wireless collar signal is blocked somewhat and therefore not effective. I see now that the stucco warning was right on the page as well as the aluminum siding warning. The huge advantage to this system if you have a standard built house without stucco or aluminum siding is that you don't have to dig a trench all the way around the outside perimeter of your home. That is no small task. So if you home falls into the category of one that is useful for this system this is the one to get.","Product: IRIS 3-Tier Cat Tree Condo has sturdy wood components and heavy-duty hardware. The IRIS 3-Tier Cat Tree Condo is built to give many years of safe, playful fun. It assembles in minutes, and will provide a great space for your cat friend to explore and play. Cleanup is easy with a soft brush or vacuum.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Very nice cat tree stand from a leader in the industry.\n\nReview: I have the 5 and this 3 Tier. I must say that for only less than a 20% difference in price at the current pricing you are getting with the 5 tier a larger stand with heavy duty thick rope twine wrapping the upright posts which are an ideal scratching post. Both of these are assembled using 3/8\" threaded rods and bolt inserts. You could easily consider that overkill.\n\nThis 3 Tier and why I wanted both is covered completely with a very soft furry material. It is so soft and comfortable that it's as much a cat nap machine as anything else. My cats have been tearing up my natural black walnut coffee table with bark sides. They love that bark. So that is why I wanted the 5 tier the most. You could get both of these and put one on different floors. I see that there is the rare review stating that this is not built strongly enough. I researched this and found the most common word to describe this stand is the word sturdy. This 3 tier tree stand is garnering 5 star reviews from over 70% of those reviewing it.\n\nI think part of the problem experienced by the few pertaining to assembly is that the directions are a simply illustration type. So detailed explanations about how to assemble are few. If you are not handy or mechanically inclined you may want to have someone assist you. Hey sometimes it can be rough enough assembling something with intricate thorough instructions let alone something with such scant directions.\n\nThe fabric is made from a very soft and plush material that is waterproof and vacuums very easily. So the cat hair challenge doesn't present much of a problem. This company, Iris makes a lot of cat stands so this is not someone new to the industry cutting their eye teeth. These are seasoned designers and builders. Highly recommended.","Product: IRIS 5-Tier Cat Tree Condo has sturdy wood components and heavy-duty hardware. The IRIS 5-Tier Cat Tree Condo is built to give many years of safe, playful fun. It assembles in minutes, and will provide a great space for your cat friend to explore. Cleanup is easy with a soft brush or vacuum.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Sturdily built. Very nice at an attractive price.\n\nReview: This thing is sturdily built. I was a licensed state inspection mechanic. I know what quality construction is. This 5-tier cat tree is assembled not using 1/4\" bolts which would be more than enough, it is assembled using 3/8\" bolts which to some degree is overkill. I must admit that I was taken aback and hesitated to order it after reading a single review to the contrary. So then I read all of the other reviews, and went out on the web and researched even more reviews and the number one word that is used is sturdy.\n\nWhen the box first arrived I was surprised at how heavy it is. The shipping weight is on the label, and when it says 50 pounds they mean it. This 5 tier model is the one to get. The 3 tier is nice and if you are looking for an add-on that one is good also, but for the difference in price the 5 =tier gives you scratching poles with heavy duty rope that the cats love to get into. My cats for years had a hay day clawing at the natural bark on my highly finished coffee table. This really tightly wrapped, heavy duty rope will provide long term use. They naturally will be clawing at it because the whole nature of the unit is for climbing.\n\nThe box measures 21.5 x 22 x 14 inches. The directions are abbreviated in terms of the way most directions are provided these days; there is a simply illustration showing you which piece goes where with a step by step, 1, 2, 3, diagram to follow. If you are not mechanically inclined in the least, as in mechanically challenged then have someone who is breeze right through the construction. Complete assembly can be accomplished in as little as 15 minutes. The cats are loving it, and I am amused because they can keep themselves busy, at least part of the time instead of walking on my keyboard. Nice unit. Well built. Highly recommended.","Product: The Dial-A-Width Dado set performs like a stacked dado, but we have replaced the shims with a patented dial system and with our exclusive Dial hub, ensures accurate adjustments. Each 'click' of the dial adjusts the blade by .004\". The Dial-A-Width dado set is easy to use, and very precise. For the serious woodworker, theres nothing better.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: It's as good as it gets\n\nReview: I bought this Freud 8\" Super Dado set, hoping to improve on my Sears Excalibur adjustable. Success! The adjustable Sears blade left a slight roundness at the bottom of the cut. When making finger joints, you could see a slight belly where the bottom of the groove met the flats of the adjoining finger. With the Freud Super Dado, it makes a perfectly flat mating. Not even a thousandths of a gap anywhere along the edge of it.\nCritically speaking, their is a tiny ridge that is made when you look down into the groove at the bottom, but it is so small, that you have to scratch it up to a moving blade, or should I say multiple blades. It does not result in any edge imperfections whatsoever. At first notice, I was relieved to see a perfectly smooth cut. After using it multiple times, and looking too deeply, I noticed the tiniest ridges. I believe these ridges are a result of having to move the board across the blade, and all it takes is the slightest movement as to the heighth of the board, to cause it to get closer to the blade, and thereby giving you the tiniest ridge midstream. Even with that, their isn't anything less than a perfect seam along the outside edge, without having to do any sanding, filing, chiseling etc. It is perfect right off of the blade.\nThe dado this blade makes is perfectly flat, smooth, and at a perfect right angle. I just went into inspect a job that I just did in large sized wood, and did not notice even a slight edge imperfection in all of the joints I inspected.\nIn plain words, perfect joints, great price for a tool of this quality (zero tearout as well).\nI haven't tried every dado blade out there, but I feel comfortable saying that if I had to do it all over again, I would buy this again. How do you improve on the best. Hope this helps.","Product: Board Buddies Yellow Board Buddies W1104\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Serves a much needed function ideally\n\nReview: I had the experience of cutting a piece of stock, and it got trapped between the fence and the blade. It wouldn't matter except that the wood lifted slightly, and that caused an off angle into the blade. Consequently it binded, and sent a piece of wood flying into my stomach at about 50 mph. Okay maybe it was 40, but the speed was irrelevant. What did matter is that it was painful, and forceful enough to leave a welt and scraped the skin. If it wasn't a square ended board, but rather a sharp pointed one, it would be of even greater concern.\n After that experience, I broke out the hold down that originally came with the saw. Since it is a circa 1950's Sears, the hold down wasn't in the best of shape. It was the kind that sits at the back of the table. I didn't like the arm sticking up, and having to pass through the thin slit of the freshly cut wood. What if I was using a thin kerf blade? I decided instead to take the advice of a professional, and concentrate on not letting the back side of the piece of wood lift up on the fence. With a push stick that has a long tail I was able to do that. I recognize that this is just one more angle priority I have to remember when pushing stock through. Then I got the board buddies.\n At first I hesitated because Incra who makes my TSIII-32 table saw fence said that board buddies are not compatible with the Incra fence. Knowing the engineering principles involved with the board buddies, and Amazon's generous return policy, I decided to go ahead and order them. I'm glad I did.\n The reason why Incra stated that the fence did not work was because the center plate that mounts the adjusting arm to the fence, sat above the upper surface of the fence. That is easily solved by using a 1/4\" shim made of wood, or Masonite etc and simply kerfing out the section where the adjusting arm center plate edge sits proud. That makes a completely flat surface area all across the top of the fence for the board buddy to sit on. I also ordered the Woodstock mounting bracket-plate made for these board buddies. That enables me to be able to remove and reinstall the board buddies with the least amount of effort.\n The universal advantages of the board buddies, is that they are built a lot more substantially than the pictures show. They are large. That is great because they can handle the type of rigor required for a 4x8 sheet of 3/4\" plywood.\n I couldn't figure out how they mounted from the pictures, but they attach across the top of your fence. The yellow plastic-rubber like bumpers extend out and press down on your work and are adjustable thanks to the spring loaded tensioner. So you can fine tune them for different size stock thicknesses.\n Another nice feature is that the cylindrical drums roll in only one direction. That allows you to freely feed the work in, but if the work piece wants to start to back up it instantly stops it. That back roll is nipped in the bud, and that is the movement, that leads to the binding that I was telling you about. Combined with the hold down effect, that stops it altogether. So it actually performs a double protection effort.\n In terms of creating perfect cuts, the board buddies help to maintain an even surface angle. Beneficial when your shooting for smooth finish grade cuts.\n One more thing to note is that these mount freely anywhere along the top surface of your fence. The best position is one immediately before your blade, and the other immediately after it. For some reason I was imagining that they projected directly over the blade, and therefore were only good for stock that was wide enough to meet with the buddy. NOT. By placing them in front and behind the blade, you can adjust them for anything from small to large stock.\n If I had to be critical of the buddies, I would be concerned for certain fence types that can not accept the challenge of the buddies creating lift on the fence. With the buddies set to press down on the work piece, when it enters the buddy it will press them up, and that creates a lifting. A less than substantial fence with a tie down only on the side, closest to you, may create a lifting concern. If your fence, when fastened holds on the rear and front, then the lift is of no concern. If your fence only holds down on one end, an easy way to determine the buddies usability is to simply fasten it, then use something to pry on it to test the level of resistance. The buddies are spring loaded and adjustable. To get the maximum usability without more frequent adjusting, a front and rear hold down fence is preferred.\n Overall I highly recommend the buddies. They add to the safety and precision of making table saw cuts, and could be used on router tables with a compatible fence. The heavy castings, and industrial grade rubber should give you years of use.","Product: A great compromise between the harder-to-use block style jigs and the Kreg Jig. Features a hollow recess on the back side of the jig for the large washer of the face clamp. A gate covers the opening which locks the clamp into the jig. Once the pockets are bored, the gate slides open and the clamp can be used to align the workpiece as the screws are driven. Kit includes the dual purpose clamp, extension plate for working thicker materials, face clamp, drill bit with depth collar and a lifetime guarantee.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Kreg Pocket Hole Jigs Number 1 across the board\n\nReview: I bought the Kreg Pocket Hole Pro Pack, which has all of the components on this set, plus the workpiece holder. You could make your own using a toggle clamp. What I wanted to share with you is that the Kreg Pocket Hole offerings made the number one spot across the board in the November 2003 issue of Better Homes and Gardens \"Wood\" magazine. Everything from the mini on through to the automated production machine were given the top ratings. It was a clean sweep for Kreg. They tested a lot of machines too. Some of the advantages are the flush edge joining to the workpiece prevented tearout. The case hardened steel guides didn't show wear or metal shavings. Easy to make or buy the premade plug holes out of wood. (Some were an odd shape, and wouldn't accept plugs very well)\n Even though the body is made out of plastic, which is substantial and well done, the steel guides are the only thing the drill bit touches.\n Pocket hole joinery is a nice addition to your arsenal. You will find yourself incorporating it more and more into your projects, and the Kreg system is the best. Highly recommended.","Product: These Heavy Duty Sawhorses hold up to 1200 pounds per pair, yet one weighs only 12 pounds. A removable top protector allows for any 2x lumber to be used with the tray to eliminate cutting into the plastic. Folds flat to 2 inches for easy storage and includes a rugged parts tray. Made with high impact, durable plastic.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: These are the best option\n\nReview: A popular competitor makes one comparable that is 34 inches high. This one is 30 or 31 depending if you leave the upper half of the top on. A comfortable work height is 34 inches. The advantage to these storehorse 10008-1's is that you can easily remove the upper half of the top cap, and neatly and snugly fit a 2x4 into the top of it, to bring it up to 34 inches. You could also make two small holes in each side of the black top cupping the two by's and add a couple of short decking screws to give it all the more stability. I have seen the competitors model at 34 inches of plastic, and unfortunately it is all chewed up due to saw blades running into it. This Storehorse, has the advantage of the 2x4 that you supply being the sacrificial, and easily replaceable work surface. You could use a 2x6, and shorten it to the exact height that you need. That is nice when you are using it to support and outfeed plank for example on your table saw.\n These have the advantage of holding up to 1500 pounds per pair, which is 500 more than most of the competitors. Yet they are surprisingly light, and store away taking up only 2\" of depth.\n They look good, fold away very easy, and definitely deserve 5 stars.","Product: The Porter-Cable US58 1/4-Inch to 5/8-Inch, 22-Gauge C-Crown Upholstery Stapler is an easy to use pneumatic stapler with plenty of useful features. It uses standard Senco C Type 22-gauge, 3/8-inch crown staples to get the job done right, and it includes a 1-inch nose extension for those tough to reach areas. The high-capacity bottom-load magazine handles 185 staples, and the driver guide moves back to easily clear jams from the magazine. The US58 stapler requires 70-120 PSI air pressure, so it will work with most air compressors.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Boldly goes where no finish nailer has gone before\n\nReview: This Porter Cable upholstery stapler is as comfortable to use, as it is to buy; great price point. I did buy it with the intention of using it for attaching fabric to seat bottoms, and I have some early French provincial furniture that will need reupholstering. What I found was that it is usable for a lot of other things as well. I make cabinetry. In order to transport the finish pieces, I use the single sided corrugated cardboard, which is inexpensive to wrap it. These staples work great to attach the cardboard to the back seam of the cabinet. This stapler will take up to 5/8\" staples. I didn't find them here at Amazon so I bought up to the 1/2\" size. They are wider than the narrow crown staples.\n The stapler fires well without any misfires since I have been using it. It doesn't have a safety plunge mechanism, as do the finish nailers. That enables you to get into tight corners whereas the tip is a lot smaller.\n The only downside is that it does not come with a case, and I did not find staples for it available locally. All in all it is a very nice tool. Highly recommended.","Product: Milwaukee introduces the new Lok-Tor series of cordless driver/drills and hammer-drills. The rugged Lok-Tor series delivers higher torque, higher speeds, longer run-time and the increased durability and quality expected from Milwaukee Electric Tools. All Lok-Tor models feature an exclusive all-metal, single-sleeve ratcheting chuck with carbide jaws to provide the highest grip torque on bits of any competitive product. A new Milwaukee-built high efficiency motor delivers up to 460 in.-lbs. of torque. The high efficiency motor and superior battery technology combine to provide the ultimate run-time. Another Milwaukee exclusive is the dampened or 'quiet' spindle lock mechanism which relieves the stress of metal slamming on metal for increased durability and smooth operation.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This drill is top of the heap-Compare\n\nReview: I have been looking to upgrade my 14.4 cordless when the batteries expire. For the cost of two batteries, you might as well buy a kit with a new drill. The new Makita with NMH batteries got my attention. They were giving more drill time and charged in 45 minutes instead of 90 minutes like the NiCads. I also liked the ergonomically designed handle. It felt good in my hands-very comfortable.\n Then my brother got wind of this Milwaulkee, and now I am sold. I own a corded hammer drill from Milwaukee, and never experienced that level of torque before. It caught a bit, and almost broke my wrist. When I went over to the local Milwaukee factory store, I got a better introduction to this cordless 14.4. First it had the ergonomics that I like in the handle grip, just like the Makita. At 460 in/lbs of torgue it outperfoms the Makita which is only 340. The 14.4 and the 18 volt are simply the highest torques-strongest cordless drills on the market today in their respective voltages. Additionally this newly introduced Milwaukee has advanced battery technology. They took the NiCads to the next level. Milwaukee is able to get the recharge time down to 1 hour, while still maintaining the longer life expectancy of NiCads. The NiMh batteries have a shorter shelf-usage life. Something to consider with the hefty cost of replacement.\n So some technical stuff. The Milwaukee has ALL copper windings in the motor. The yellow guys have a metal mix in the coils. Net result, more cost to build one but yielding more reliability and muscle. Additionally it has more gears. More gears with finer teeth, result in less polish-sliding-resistance on the gears. The gears are all metal, with a metal housing. A big competitor gives you metal gears in a plastic housing.\n Another interesting note is that is does not weigh any more than its competitors in the 14.4 range.\n The large 1/2\" capacity chuck jaws are serrated carbide. Imagine that carbide teeth in a drill. No slip there, and they have a single sleeve on the outside, so you can run the drill to tighten the bit. No having to stop and grab two sleeves to get a good grip.\n So there you have it. Reversing drill, two speed capabilities, more power, more reliability, quicker recharge times, great ergonomics in the handle, a nice price, and now even better with the special going on for a free extra battery or car charger. I'm becoming a devout Milwaukee fan, and the big red is easy to differentiate on the job site, when everyone else has their yellows recharging. Helps to not have your new battery \"accidentally\" swapped out with an old one. Just don't tell your buddies about the torque, otherwise you will start to see a lot of big reds showing up. :-)","Product: The Starrett 505A-12 Aluminium Miter Protractor is part of the popular ProSite 505 Protractor family. The 5-in-1 combination protractor performs miter cuts, single cuts, compound cut conversion table, protractor and roof pitches.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A Must Have for Every Trim Carpenter\n\nReview: Trim carpenters are forever measuring angles and making cuts with a miter saw. The advantage of the Starrett 505A is that it makes the job easier. You simply place the protractor into the corner, and it does all of the calculations for you. It reads the angle and the miter saw setting at the same time, with two different sets of arrows.\n The thing I like about it, is that it holds a setting, and that is adjustable. There is a setting screw in the back that enables you to adjust the amount of play. The way it comes out of the box, it is almost too tight. If you are laying it up against something, then it is fine, but when you want to pre-set it to an angle, then, use it to align something, it is a little tricky to pre-set. It is so snug that a gentle push will not change it, then with a little more effort, it will change a lot. I used a little WD 40 and loosened the screw just a hair, and now it adjusts perfectly, and still holds a setting. If you are a trim carpenter, and are taking measurements off of walls, the way it is right out of the box is great.\n Another thing I like about it, is how ruggedly it is built. Thick aluminum and with this new model, large easy to read numbers.\n I checked the accuracy with an expensive Bosch digital protractor, which is accurate to 1/10th of one degree. (Like having 3600 dots in a circle instead of 360) Every setting was either dead on accurate or was accurate to within a few tenths of a degree. That's accurate, although with a paste on measurement face, it is entirely possible for them to make them with less accuracy than the results I am getting on this one as has been mentioned in some of the other reviews.\n I like it better than the Bosch digital protractor, because it is beefy, and easy to use and store. The Bosch with its glass LED readout, and bulky frame is great for setting up tools and the like, but not as practical for the job site. That is why I have both. I also use the Starrett combination square for setting up saw blades and other tools that require a perfect ninety. Starrett makes great stuff.\n I spoke to Starrett in an email about this protractor, and they said this 505A was specifically designed for the job site, every day use in the shop, and to come in at a price that everybody could afford. It's a great unit for the money. Highly recommended. A great addition to your arsenal.","Product: The improved next generation of PUR faucet water filter is at your service with the PUR Advanced Faucet Water Filter - Chrome FM-3700B. With 1-click installation, superior contaminant removal, and a Two-year warranty, there's never been an easier or more reliable way to get PUR water. Each PUR faucet water filter gives you up to 100 gallons (2 3 months) of clean, healthy, great-tasting water.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A 4 for functionality, but the physics of it requires a little pampering\n\nReview: I have a water filter on my refrigerator doors water dispenser. I use it all of the time. The junk that you find in water is unbelievable. I will never forget I saw a truck going down the street with 55 gallon drums with a skull and cross bones on them, and all kinds of federal requirement warnings of poisonous substance onboard. It was marked chlorine, and on the way to the municipal water supply to add to our drinking water. Of course they only add a little bit at a time, and it is necessary to destroy the bacteria and other nasty critters that get in our drinking water, but when it is done doing its job, I want it out of my water that makes it to the cup. In addition there is lead in the solder for the pipes, and God knows what kind of bug spray, fertilizers, and septic tank run off that makes it into our water supply, not to mention acid rain, and all kinds of pollutants that come out of the sky and land smack dab in the middle of our drinking water.\n\nSo filtering is important. How you achieve that filtering is another matter. I used to use the inexpensive <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Brita-42629-Slim-Pitcher/dp/B0000AP7NV/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Brita 42629 Slim Pitcher</a>. It is an amazing what a carbon filter will get out, and like this PUR system it gets out high 90 some percent of it. So some kind of system is too inexpensive not to get. The disadvantage to the Brita system is that you have to remember to fill it all of the time, and then there is the lugging it around, opening the fridge and putting it back every time you want a drink of water. With the PUR system it is always at the ready right at the tap.\n\nNow let's get into the problem that so many are speaking of with this PUR 3-Stage, and that is the mount leaking. I think that because of the nature of the physics of attaching a larger device to the end of a faucet and having all kinds of people in the house using it, and maybe some not caring that it is attached in only one spot making it easy to break can lead to early gasket or mounting failure. I have been using it for only two weeks and so far not a drop is wasted. I really don't plan on taking it on and off. It will just stay there. There isn't any need to even swivel it around either. It works just like a regular faucet, unless you flip the little black plastic flap/valve on the right side, and then directs the water to go through the filter like you see in the picture. That flap turns so easily it almost moves itself. So no torque is involved with changing the positions. I like to say that a good mechanic never forces anything. There is no need to exert force on this unit.\n\nSo essentially the mounting setup is quite easy and only takes a minute or two. You remove the little screen and round screw on threaded end on your faucet, and then install the plastic threaded adapter on the end of your faucet. Then the two buttons on the unit are squeezed to allow a spring loaded grasping mechanism to hold it onto the adapter. You let go and you are done. Oh yeah you have to install the filter first into the cartridge area, and screw that on first. Let the water run for 5 minutes in order to purge the system of carbon filter dust and you are ready to go.\n\nI really like the idea of being able to get drinking water out of my bathroom faucet instead of having to go out to the kitchen all of the time, so this unit is really handy. I can definitely taste a difference in the filtered water and the non-filtered no matter what type of filtration system you use, and the water here in \"Springfield\" has always been the best. So far I think the PUR system is great. If I run into the leaking problem that others have experienced I will come back and edit this review, but for now, I have to highly recommend it. Check the date of this review, if you haven't heard from me back it is purring along. :-) (No pun intended)","Product: NT65M2S Features: -Integrated air duster button allows air from the compressor to bypass the nailing function and expel from a hole in the front of the tool allowing the user to clear away dust and debris from the work surface in preparation for the nail. -Tool - less, easy-to-clear nose for quick and simple nail extraction should a nail jam during use. -Simple flip of the selective actuation switch allows for either sequential or contact fastening, depending upon the application, with no additional parts or tools required. -360 degree, fully adjustable exhaust port directs air exhaust away from the user during use. Type of Nailer: -Finish Nailers. Type of Fastener: -Finish Nails. Fastener Size Range: -1.25\" - 2.5\". Fastener Gauge: -16. Dimensions: Overall Height - Top to Bottom: -10.88 Inches. Overall Width - Side to Side: -2.85 Inches. Overall Product Weight: -3.7 Pounds.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Hitachi NT65MA4 vs Bostitch with notes about the MA2\n\nReview: I posted this review over in the Hitachi MA2 version, a long standing favorite amongst the pros. I wanted to post it here as well considering it really is about the MA4. Here it is.\n\nI've done/doing some professional woodworking and have a lifetime of experience. In air driven nailers I have Porter Cables upholstery stapler, their 23 gauge pin nailer, an 18 gauge, two of their 16 gauge nailers. I impulsively bought the Bostitch after reading the first page reviews, and then spent a couple of hours researching the Hitachi vs. the Bostitch. After comparing, this is what I found.\n\nA lot of people are jumping on the Bostitch band wagon because it is the lightest at 3.8 pounds, it is dry as in no oil, and it has class leading 400 inch pounds of power. I was dazzled and bought right away. After digging deeper, I am refusing the Bostitch and getting the Hitachi. They both have the \"durable composite magazine\" (plastic) that holds the nails. The Hitachi with its aluminum housing only weighs .4 pounds more as in 4.2 instead of 3.8. That extra .4 is not going to make a difference. The oil issue is seemingly an advantage in that the Bostitch runs dry, but my other nailers are all oiled, and all I do is drive 2 or 3 nails into a piece of scrap to blow out the excess oil when first putting a couple of drops in the gun, and the rest of the time it is dry. Also the 400 pounds of torque is not an issue because the 15 gauge nailers have tons of power as compared to the 16 gauge, so much so that a small difference in power is irrelevant. When I borrowed a PC 15 gauge and first fired it, it went off with a POW instead of a pop like the 16. Substantially more power resulted in me being able to drive the nails into the tongue side of a 7/8\" board deep enough that I didn't have to get out my center punch and tap it in the rest of the way; it drove deep and flush on the first try every time after setting it properly.\n\nI am concerned about the many reviews that appear mostly all on the secondary pages on the Bostitch about having driver failure problems. Professionals who hit nails when driving a nail complain of having to go back and spend $35 to have the driver replaced every time they do. On the other hand the Hitachi has a ton of reviews many from deeply seasoned pro's that use it daily, for years, and never had a hiccup, other than an occasional, easily correctable nail jam. I'm using this right away on driving nails into crown moldings in a circa 1955 house with plaster walls, and the corners are all strengthened with lath wire so it is probable that I will be hitting metal more than just a few times. I don't want to worry about having to send it back to the shop to replace a driver every time I do.\n\nThis Hitachi NT65MA2 15 gauge has been updated twice. The 3 was out before in a lime green, and now the new item is the same model with a 4, as in NT65MA4. It has the same layout, but a slightly different look with the same industrial feel to it, and it is not lime green or gray, but silver. It appears that the main body is also a little bit larger.\nThe Bostitch is a fine tool but you will notice that the home hobbyist is praising it more and the pro's are booing it more. All you have to do is look down the review results and you will see the Bostitch has a wide spread review base with a liberal amount of 3's, 2's, and 1's as well as the 4's and 5's. The Hitachi is mostly 5's, and some 4's with no 3's, 2's, or 1's at all. That's quite a drastic difference. With reviews going all the way back to 2004 that is quite a lot of time for someone to hate the tool, and nobody does.\n\nI wanted to say that the MA4 is only available at the time of writing this review through an Amazon merchant and not an Amazon in stock item, but I am sure Amazon will be picking it up directly soon. That was another decision I had to make. Do I buy the older tried and true, super reviewed MA2 model, or go for the newest version from Hitachi and get the MA4. After speaking to the rep he mentioned that it was the same industrial grade piece of equipment as the MA2 so I went for it. The body of the MA4 is even a little beefier.\n\nNow onto the Hitachi and some of the things I love about it. First off it has an air blowing feature. You may think that is trivial, but it is a great feature that everyone is raving about. When I bought my Bosch jig saw it had an air blowing line that would remove the dust from where the blade meets the wood so you can see the line. After using lesser jig saws and not being able to see the line due to instant dust buildup, that was quite an improvement, so I am partial to air blowing capabilities. Even though with a nailer you don't wind up with the same problem, this thing has an air blower that is so strong that you can clean off a large workbench in only a few seconds; it comes in handy. It also has an interesting air input connection that is configured so you can keep the air line out of the way, and suspended in air so it is not so likely to bump into things. The Hitachi also has the continuous firing option whereas the Bostitch has the single firing option only. With continuous firing you can squeeze the trigger, and as fast as you plunge the head into the workpiece it fires repeatedly. You may have seen this feature on guns that are used to place tar paper on the side of buildings. Once up on the ladder they spread out a sheet, and pow, pow, pow. None of this stuff of positioning the gun, depress the nose, and then fire. That is great when you are doing precision work, but when you have larger areas that require multiple shots the multiple fire feature is great.\n\nNail availability. The Bostitch is the odd man out when it comes to nails in the industry; they only accept Bostitch nails. So Bostitch is proprietary forcing you to buy their nails. The Hitachi accepts the popular standard size from other manufacturers so when you are in the middle of a job you can access them locally, and not have to worry about overstocking everything all of the time. I normally would still prefer to use Hitachi nails in the Hitachi gun just in case but when viewing the ads for B&C Eagle nails they state, \"Fits Senco, Hitachi, PC, Rigid, Milwaukee, Makita, Craftsman, Dewalt, and most other 15 gauge angled finish nailers.\" So you can see that you will never be stuck finding a compatible nail for the Hitachi 15 gauge nailer.\n\nOverall the Bostitch is not a bad gun, but it appears that jams are more frequent after some use, and of course when they occur they bend over and mar the wood. Maybe this feature of having more power may be the reason why the driver gets broken. Combining that with a no oil environment may be the culprit.\n\nI've also seen some pretty high priced Hitachi equipment, and with the discount I was able to purchase it for a price super close to the Bostitch. Bostitch is a good name, but in this case, I like the Hitachi better. Hitachi includes a nice case, and even a pair of safety glasses; nice touch. I just wish they included a small bottle of the oil. Maybe they didn't want to deal with the oil spill creating a mess problems. Oh well, no biggie. The bottom line to me is ease of use with multiple nail driving options and reliability.","Product: The IRWINQUICK-GRIPOne-Handed Bar Clamp, Medium-Duty, provides up to 300 lbs. of sustained clamping force evenly distributed across removable swivel jaws. It is constructed with an I-beam bar to reduce flexing and bowing, non-marring pads that protect workpieces and can be removed quickly, and a unique pistol grip design with a Quick-Release() trigger for one-handed operation. This clamp easily converts to a spreader with a few simple turns of the quick-change button.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Quick Grip tops the charts on usability plus\n\nReview: The big benefit to these is that you get true mobility out of them. While holding a piece of work, lined up, in one hand, you use these quick grips in the other hand to secure the work. If it slips while clamping, it is still a one handed tool to release it, and reclamp it again. Enables you to maintain a professional flow to your work. I feel awkward when using regular clamps in comparison. They require two hands. You could use a spring clamp to hold it together, then get another clamp to give it a final hold, but the quick grip saves you from having to do that.\nHaving these clamps in a few different sizes is beneficial as well. Small ones are more frequently used, and don't get in the way. The 33 1/2\" is great when you need to hold larger projects together, and you can't effectively use two smaller ones to substitute. Additionally the macro clamps give you deeper jaws for a farther reach, enabling you to use them for securing work, to your radial arm saw table for example. They are fast enough to be used for almost any application. Sometimes I use them to secure work when sanding with a power sander. A couple squeezes and they are on, and one squeeze and they pop off.\nAfter getting the smaller ones, and using them, I immediately order two of the 33 1/2\" for larger projects, and for tie downs on equipment, including the drill press, and occasionally the radial arm saw.\nTheir is a small rubber stopper, which you can readily remove, in order to reverse the end, and make it a spreader as well. Something not needed very often, but difficult to achieve without one of these.\nOne note is that these have built in rubber pads, that completely cover the metal internal end. That is an advantage when you do not want to mar the wood. That and the fact that you can squeeze these with one hand, creates a mechanism that is easy to use, but not something that you would want to use for strength clamping. As a safety measure, these clamp sufficiently for most operations, but a threaded bar clamp, is stronger. So for those operations where extreme strength is needed, these are not the clamps to use. You sacrifice mountain holding strength for the ease of use. For example if I was using a large bit on the drill press, and drilling into metal, I would clamp it with something more. Even the slightest movement in an operation like that, could cause a snag, sending the piece into movement. If you are using just one of them, at the end of a 24\" board, and decide to rout the other end, it will move on you. Securing it with two of them, and it is super tied down. You get my drift.\nThe big advantage of quick grip clamps, is that they handle wood beautifully, even for glue up operations. Hold workpieces more than securely to do the job in most applications, and are so handy that they deserve more than 5 stars. I would feel lost without them. It is another tool in the must have category.","Product: The ultra precision 1-2-3 Block, is hardened steel, ground flat and square to +/- 0.0002\". The block measures 1 inch thick, 2 inches wide and 3 inches high. The on-board dial indicator has a 1.0\" travel, accurate to 0.001\". The indicator comes with a round tip, ideal for checking flat surfaces. Included is a 3/8\" diameter flat tip, perfect for checking round surfaces, knife edges and router bit heights. The dial indicator/carriage has two embedded rare earth magnets that allow the carriage to move smoothly over the full length of the 1-2-3 Block. A positive lock screw secures the dial indicator/carriage at any desired location on the 1-2-3 Block four edges. Bring machine shop accuracy to your workshop. Combine a dial indicator with a hardened, precision ground 1-2-3 Block - add silk smooth adjustment capability over 3 inches and you get outstanding measuring accuracy in a compact package. Here are just a few applications. Measure/set router bit heights on your hand held router, router table. and router bit heights used on dovetail jigs. Adjust and calibrate jointer knife heights. Measure jointer in-feed out-feed table offsets. Measure table saw blade heights. Measure/set planer and drum sander in-feed roller heights. Measure drill bit diameters. Square all machine fences with the precision 1-2-3 Block. Vertical and horizontal measurements are made with ease - to within 0.001 of an inch.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Precision Instruments Cost More But They Are Worth It\n\nReview: They say a picture says a thousand words, check out the photos posted of this tool on the Amazon page to illustrate what I am saying. This is in my opinion the measuring tool that is worth its weight in gold.\n\nDo you need an Incra table saw fence to get accurate, effortless cuts to within .001 of an inch? Yes, but you can also get cuts that accurate by making a single pass on your table saw slightly oversized (1/4\") re-joint one side (wood moves after you cut it) then take a quick measurement with a handheld dial caliper of the cut piece. Whatever the difference is you can lay the 1-2-3 MicroGage against your fence and set the fence to the precise setting accurate to .001\". No need to make approximate sample cuts. Get it perfectly true, first time, every time.\n\nDo you need 3 router tables to do a multi-bit production, like when you are making raised panels? Well yes, but with the MicroGage 1-2-3 you can dial in the height of every bit setting, and if you do an oops on a piece sometime after routing it, you can come back to that bit setting with dead on accuracy by simply dialing in your setting.\n\nI could go on for hours explaining the advantages of having a perfectly squared block with an .001\" micro gage attached to it, but let me just mention a few.\n\nSetting up your jointer, to not only be able to quickly check the in feed and out feed tables, that they are co-planar, but also being able to more easily set the jointer blades to the proper height. I find it challenging to use a straight edge off of the out feed table to set the blades, there is always a little creep where the blade, spring loaded and at an off angle, wants to move into a further slight off angle under the straight edge, and after tightening, you find that it is set too high. Then you have to do it over again. With the Micro Gage you already know the setting, so you can leave the gage sitting on the blade, and have your other hand free to position the blades depth, and prevent it from any off angle settings. Once again, get it right the first time.\n\nCheck \"run out\" on your table saw, router, drill press, and more with the included \"flat\" dial indicator tip. Also, align your table saw blade to the miter slot, and then set your fence up properly so that it is perfectly parallel with your blade. That helps to eliminate burning wood, and tooth marks. Did you know that the instructions that come with the Forrest WWII blade tell you to set the back of the blade edge .001\" wider than the leading edge?\n\nIf I had to get critical of the unit, at first I thought I wished there was a locking knob that would hold the extended rod at a fixed setting, then after using it for awhile, I realized that it is engineered properly, because it is better let the dial spin as you are approaching a setting, until you arrive at the perfect spot, rather than trying to pre-set it, and then have to determine if it is snug against the item you are measuring.\n\nMeasuring the 1-2-3 for squareness with a Starret square, checked with a Bosch digital protractor that measures in tenths of a degree, equivalent to 3600 dots in a circle, no matter how small the circle, and the MicroGage 1-2-3 is a perfect 90 degree angle on every plane.\n\nFirst you come to the realization that super precise aligning of your tools not only creates better results, it's also important for safety reasons. Then you realize that the MicroGage 1-2-3 providing settings accurate to .001\" takes the same, or less time than winging it, and only getting it close. There are cheaper solutions but for total accuracy, this is the one to have. Highly recommended.","Product: KREG KMA3200 Shelf Pin Drilling Jig\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: I always wanted a shelf pin jig but they were too expensive until now\n\nReview: Most of the shelf pin jigs were more money than I wanted to spend for an operation that I rarely use. They were also too big taking up too much valuable space. If you drill shelf pin holes all of the time they are well worth it though, and you will get perfect registration each time without having to remove and reinsert this jig multiple times. You could even use this Kreg to make up a temporary full size jig out of a three inch wide piece of stock and then throw it away.\n\nI am not dissuading others from using this as a perfectly good stand alone jig for creating finish pin projects. This will do the job all by itself. They give you a drill block with 6 pin hole metal sheathed guides. The idea is to use a reference pin in the last hole, after moving the jig up the line. They also give you an edge guide piece that you can snap into either side to you have the option of creating a 1\" or 2\" offset from the edge for your pins. You simply flip the jig and place the edge guide on the proper side.\n\nThey also give you an end bracket in the event you wanted to daisy chain these thereby making a longer unit, one that you wouldn't have to reposition, and reclamp so many times. That is a cool feature because with this unit being so inexpensive, you could connect as many as you want to give you the ideal length, and make storage of the overall unit something you can stack up in a very small box.\n\nThey also provide a brad point bit with an adjustable collar secured by an Allen bolt so you can adjust the depth of the hole. They give you a depth gauge on the back that is actually two troughs that the bit falls into, and a securing lever so it doesn't fall out while you are securing the collar.\nSince drilling shelf pins is something you want to do accurately, but not something that requires .001 tolerances, utilizing this jig with multiple positions as you moves up a work piece, the accuracy of a guide pin will give you consistent results. The real bottom line is that at this price point, you can't afford not to have one. I consider it a welcome addition to the arsenal.","Product: The ProGrip Shark Clip with Screw for Tarp, Camping and Cargo Tie Down Extension is a clip with clamp down application and opening for hook used to aid in holding down material such as tarps, boat and auto covers, temporary shelters, or any fabric cover needing extra hold down points. Ideal for commercial use such as construction, truck and vehicle owners who frequently transport cargo, as well as recreation use such as camping, hunting, and fishing where a tarp cover is used. Tarp clip is constructed of durable plastic material with strong holding power, designed to last. To use, slip material between clamp ending and twist shark fin on top to screw clamp and secure in clip; open ending with opening for hook creates additional anchor point to hold down material. Shark Clip with Screw for Tarp, Camping and Cargo Tie Down Extension comes in grey, pack of 4.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Superior Design, Smaller Footprint\n\nReview: I like the fact that these have a threaded screw mechanism with a large paddle knob on the back in order to adjust the tightness in which you use them. This allows for a variety of materials to be used and accounted for. Other cover clips such as the ones that my brother has are made of a rubbery type of material, and consist of a circle with an inner circle that \"snaps\" in to hold the material. I italicized the snaps because the plastic is flexible enough to consider it being squished in instead. These Pro Grips are made of tough hard plastic. You could flatten a dime with these suckers. :-) Ok that is an exaggeration but you get the idea, they are made of tough hard plastic and should give you a lot of years of use.\n\nThe other thing worth mentioning is the multilayer serrated teeth that make up the teeth. With about a whole one eighth of an inch opening or more this enables you to multi-fold the material that it is holding, or to be able to supplement the material with a secondary material designed to protect your tarp. The footprint is smaller however, but when you consider how small a grommet is which is the customary method for securing tarps these things are huge.\n\nWith the closed ring on the back, something you can easily tie a cord onto, or use a rubber tie down with that makes these all the more desirable. The ones my brother has and is using over his classic Miata right now only have a half loop, with one side open. Considering how soft the material is that is a much weaker system than these Pro Grips have with as they put it \"Prehistoric holding power\".\n\nSo that about sums it up. I find the convenience, holding power, and adjust ability to accommodate different types of material the shining stars on these tarp clips. The face or mouth could be even larger but the existing size will suffice for most jobs. Highly recommended.","Product: The new Bosch IDS181BL 18-volt Lithium-Ion Compact Tough 1/4-Inch Hex Impact Driver- Bare Tool with L-Boxx-2 and Exact-Fit Insert Tray features an ultra-compact design, while delivering best-in-class application control. Plumbers, electricians, carpenters, HVAC professionals and other tradesmen can take advantage of the tools optimized performance for fast and great results. Tools in the new IDS181 Impactor line feature a compact head length of just 5.4-Inch and a lightweight design of just 2.9-Pound to deliver the best balance and control for 18-volt small- to medium-duty applications. The tools compact size also facilitates work in hard-to-reach spaces. The IDS181 line delivers 42 percent more runtime compared to similar in-class competitors, along with 15-Percent less torque and 10-Percent more speed for the best application control. The Bosch-built hammer and anvil system provides maximum impact endurance, increasing tool life and performance. The new impact drivers also feature an intelligent electronic protection system, including electronic motor protection, which increases motor life by protecting the motor in overload and stall situations, and electronic cell protection, which doubles battery life. The Bosch IDS181BL bare tool includes the L-Boxx-2 and Exact-Fit insert tray, which allows for complete organization, storage and mobility solution for professionals on the go. The Bosch L-BOXX system is a convenient way to expand your storage options as your tool collection grows. Fill the cases with tools and lock them together for easy transport, handling, and protection against damage. You can also stack and store them in your home shop to keep tools dust-free and easily accessible. The innovative click system allows for easy connection and disconnection of any number of L-Boxxs. With the ease of single-click stacking, each L-Boxx easily locks together for easy transport and handling.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Bosch makes the best stuff. This drill driver is no exception.\n\nReview: This Bosch Bare Tool does not come with batteries. I have a Bosch DDH181-01 18-Volt Lithium-Ion Brute Tough 1/2-Inch Heavy Duty Drill/Driver Kit with 2 Batteries, Charger and Case which has quickly become my favorite drill. It is amazing in that the total recharge time for a flat dead battery is only about 30 minutes. The charging lasts me a whole day though, or sometimes two days on a single charge. That is a major breakthrough in 18 volt cordless technology. The charger is so heavy duty a fan kicks on after a couple of minutes just to cool it down. So what does this have to do with this Bosch Bare Tool 1DS181BL? Namely this; the battery from the DDH181 fits it perfectly. So if you already have a Bosch drill that takes the same battery, and has two of them, with the way these are charging, the bare tool model is all you need.\n\nBeware of comparing this package to the combo pack of drill and driver, and charger, and case, and two batteries and all for about a quarter of what this bare tool sells for additional. You will notice the driver in that one is a different number. That one is a DDS181-02 and this one is a DDS181BL. I have not done an exhaustive search on the internal workings of each but I have found in the past without exception when someone is way less money from the same manufacturer, it is also way less tool. This really is an example of you get what you pay for.\n\nI have been using cordless drills since their inception. I had a professional body shop for 20 years, and for the last 15 I setup a professional woodworking shop in the basement and have done professional projects for customers. I learned woodworking at a very early age. These Bosch 18 volts are part of a breakthrough in technology that enables them to be stronger and weigh a lot less than an 18 volt used to weigh. The other nice thing about the Bosch batteries is that they come in two different sizes like the ones that came with my drill. One is larger, and a bit heavier, and the other is slimmer. So if you are going to be doing a lot of overhead work, the lighter battery is a nice option. If you are building a deck, the heavier battery is very manageable. Like I said, either one of them is very light next to what they used to be.\n\nAnother thing I love about these Bosch drills, or driver is that they have the LED lights that go on when you gently press the trigger. You don't have to have a spinning chuck in order to illuminate something. This is super handy even when in well lit quarters because inevitably sooner or later you will find yourself in a corner blocking your own light. It makes me smile every time I use it in those situations.\n\nAnother convenience item built in is the battery comes with a small on button on its heel so with a touch it illuminates one of three lights to tell you how much charge/capacity the battery has left. With the generous non-memory of a lithium ion battery that adds up to being able to take a partially charged battery and place it back in the charger and not have to worry about shortening the useable duration of the battery. So if you click the button and only see a single light, feel free to pop that one in the charger while you work with the fully charged one. With such a long battery life, and short recharge time you can easily get through the day without running short.\n\nSo if you already have a Bosch drill that takes the same batteries you can buy this Bare Tool and save the difference of having to buy two more batteries in a kit, and have 4 batteries when 4 is not needed with the mind blowing recharge time that these Bosch models have.\n\nI also want to say that adding an impact driver to your arsenal is a wise move because the nature of impact drivers is like a jack hammer in the street. It is not a constant pressure but rather a building up of strength and then hitting an impact head internally. It is like a 100 hammer blows per minute of force driving the lag bolt or whatever home. Due to the nature of the way it works it opens up another whole level of function. I was driving dry wall screws overhead into some sheet rock, and did not have a dry wall drill handy so I used the driver instead. I was able to much more neatly judge just how far I needed to sink the screw with the driver than I was just using a cordless drill. You know with dry wall you have to get them just right. Too deep and you break the paper, too shallow and the mud guys are yelling at you because they have to hammer them flush.\n\nThe one last thing worth mentioning is that this driver comes with the L-Boxx-2 case. That is a great invention because they join together so if you need let's say three different tools for a job they become a stack on tool box with a side/center lift single handle. So let's say you needed three cordless tools, and a circular saw, you could easily carry the 3 cordless with one handle on the LBoxx-2 (see photo) and carry the circular saw in the other.\nI have some Porter Cable routers that I have been using for a few years, and two out of three are not working properly. The Bosch routers, all three of them that I have are still working as perfectly as the day I bought them. So I guess you know I am a fan of Bosch not only for their superior engineering, but for the built tough standards. All in all, highly recommended.","Product: The DEWALT DCF680N1 8V MAX Gyroscopic Screwdriver 1-Battery Kit features motion activation which allows the user to control variable speed, along with forward and reversing action by simply twisting the tool left or right. Motion activated variable speed ranges from 0-430 rpm; intuitive motion activated control allows for precise fastening into wood, plastic and light-gauge metal. Adjustable two-position handle allows the user to choose either the straight in-line position or pistol-grip configuration and the 15 clutch position settings allow control when completing light fastening applications. This work light also features 2 LED headlights which enables illumination in confined areas without shadowing. Battery indicator on the tool allows end users to know when to charge packs - one pack covers 5 days of runtime with the typical user. 8V MAX battery pack allows for longer run-time and charges in one hour. One-handed loading 1/4\" hex-shank chuck allows for quick screwdriver bit change and holds 1\" bit tips. This is an Ideal tool for any professional end user looking for a compact, portable screwdriver with precise speed control. Applications include: #8x1 5/8\" Drywall Screw into 2\" x 4\" SPF, #8 & #6 Machine screw insertion and removal, #6 & #8 Cabinet hardware screws, electrical switch and outlet wall plate screws. Kit includes (1) 1 hour charger, (1) 8V MAX compact battery and Kit Bag.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Mixed feelings but overall a nice tool\n\nReview: At first I was impressed with the kit including the bag it came in. I am usually not a big fan of Dewalt equipment although I have a nice set of their drill bits. DeWalt is known as a price point champion but some of the sacrifices drove me into the arms of the more expensive elite.\n\nThis gyroscopic screwdriver takes some getting used to; it is totally unconventional. Every change usually has associated with it some advantages and some disadvantages. First the advantages. I love the combination straight handle, and almost 90 degree handle with a twist of the body. That enables you to get leverage when you need it, and accessibility when straight for those not so easy to access areas. It is lightweight and for a battery in the handle piece of equipment it has plenty of juice. I also like the idea that when driving a screw if for some reason you want to back it out all you need is a twist of the wrist in order to get it going in the opposite direction. Normally you would need to withdraw the screwdriver, snap it into reverse, and then reseat it on the screw and press the trigger; so the Dewalt saves time that way. The fact that it comes with 2 batteries which of course is a common trait amongst power drill/drivers nonetheless it guarantees you are not going to run out of power.\n\nNow the disadvantages. Maybe it is a familiarity thing but squeezing a trigger and having to twist the wrist a certain amount in order to get it going has some logistical challenges. For one you have to have one hand on the screw stopping it from turning so you can create a resistive action on the driver. Squeezing a threaded 2 1/2\" screw and have it spin in your hands is not the ideal. With a normal power drill you are lightly holding the screw in place and allowing the lineup of the drill to initiate the process. It is like barely holding on to start as compared to being forced to take a more forceful grip in order to initiate. Let me say that this one disadvantage is more of a result of me being a traditionalist and slow to change. In reality it is a very useful feature, and does allow you a great deal of precision in just how much force is being exerted in order to drive a screw. Combining that with a very effective clutch allowing a star drag condition so as to not overdrive and strip out screws.\n\nOne thing that I absolutely love is the twin headlights built into the drill business end illuminating the work every time you begin to squeeze the trigger. I have that on one of my Bosch drills and absolutely love it. It comes in handy when you are in the most difficult positions and are crowding out the light, and one light squeeze and zingo; complete illumination.\n\nSo overall I must admit I do love the powered screwdriver. I have had others that I used to build PC's with and this one is a lot stronger, and yet just as agile. The big thing is the precision with which you can feather how much pressure is being given. The more I think about it, I should have really given it 5 stars.","Product: The Jackson Safety brand is the go-to for personal eyewear protection. The Jackson Safety Calico Safety Eyewear gives you and your workers a lightweight protective solution that offers excellent wrap around and anti-fog protection in a stylish and comfortable design. The eyewear comes with temples that can be interchanged with a head strap for a closer fit. The impact-resistant polycarbonate lens meets EN166 1FT, CSA and ANSI Z87.1+ standards. They are ideal for environments where there is a risk of impact or airborne debris. These Jackson Safety glasses have smart features like a cushioned brow bar for additional comfort and ventilation, lenses with 99.9% UV protection to reduce eye strain and prevent eye damage like cataracts, retinal damage, and other conditions that can cause temporary vision loss, and a fog shield and EN166 N anti fog coating for reducing lens fogging. They're so comfortable your employees won't be tempted to remove them when doing tasks that require eye protection. You can trust your team's eye safety to Jackson Safety Eyewear.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Pretty complete package and a definite step above your normal safety glasses.\n\nReview: These come with a nice silky smooth soft case so as to protect the lenses from scratches. They also include an adjustable strap so you can remove the side arms that go over your ears and wear these strapped to your head instead. If you are into action and want a no-fault slip off pair this is the one for you.\nThe regular side arms feel really comfortable on my head, and I have a very large head; actually 9 3/4\". They hug my head but not offensively so.\nThe other cool thing that sets these apart is that they are padded on the inside around the frame of the lens. So just like having on a pair of studio grade headphones these not only make the fit super comfortable, they also limit the amount of dust that can get into your eyes. No fit is going to be perfect unless you are buying a full blown dust face mask that covers your eyes also. These also look good, and the fact that they double as a pair of sunglasses makes them almost too nice to use when you go out and trim your bushes etc; they are that nice.\nI can't find anything wrong with them. If I go after getting more use out of them I will come back and update, but so far they are highly recommended.","Product: If you own a drill press, you owe it to yourself to see just how easy this Bora 4 Drill Press Clamp makes your projects. It fastens to the table of virtually any make and model drill press, and holds fast whatever it is you are working on. This allows for increased precision and ease of drilling, without you worrying about previously-used vise grips or c-clamps never quite getting the job done. Weve added a host of features that customers love, and designed this woodworkers and DIY enthusiasts everywhere. The slotted bottom is designed to easily bolt to virtually any drill press base; the oversize grip is comfortable and pivots 90 degrees for increased clamping power; the steel jaws are rock solid, and will hold your material fast without marring it; and the quick release makes it a pleasure to use you can quickly and easily reposition your material, making drilling multiple holes simple. Its lightweight, yet super strong, and comes with a lifetime warrantee, making this drill press vise a great value.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: I love this thing. Let me give you some ad\"vise\"\n\nReview: I have a woodworkers full upright drill press that extends an enables me to angle the head as well. After using this vise I am no longer too crazy about the cast iron one that I already have. For one this one is made from thick cast aluminum, and although it is strong it is somewhat lighter than cast iron. I was expecting it to be super light but when I first took it out of the box I was shocked how heavy and substantial it was; I let out a Woahhhh this thing is heavy.\n\nSo why do I like it better than my cast iron vise for drill presses? Because with this one you have a quick changing platen. (The face of the vise with the adjuster attached to it) You just press down the button and slide it into place snug up against your work project, and then as a final step you turn the threaded rod, which is not aluminum by the way. When you are done with your procedure of drilling etc. you simply do a small untwist of the handle, and then press down on the button in order to get the platen out of the way.\n\nIf you have used a typical drill press vise and spent countless time screwing and unscrewing the thing in order to get to different sizes for different stock you can understand why I quickly fell in love with this thing. Also my Dad had and I now have his woodworking bench vise which has the same feature just without the button press. You just loosen it and give it a wiggle and it allows you to pull it in or out.\n\nI tried doing a full range screw from all the way out to all the way in and I admit it did a tiny bit of binding. As the platen travels with two rods going through it the possibility of the platen angling a little bit, only a smidgen is all it takes for it to bind a little. If you keep on turning it goes right past those binding spots. So then I figured why don't I disassemble this and get out the fine file and polish the inside of the platen tube area where the sold steel rods go through. Then it dawned on me. When pushing down the button and sliding the platen back and forth there is no binding whatsoever. So if you use this vise the way it was designed, in all its glory by the way, there is no binding, and no need to do anything other than slide it up to your work face, tighten it down, and the slide it completely away using the magic button. Then everything works perfect.\n\nNow onto tightening it down to the drill press. I can understand that different drill press mfrs. and different sized drill presses have different needs in terms of securing bolts to the table. Therefore the manufacturer does not supply them, or should I say all of the different possibilities of them. Even if they supplied let's say a popular size used there would be people complaining that they supplied the wrong bolts. I am now dedicated to the idea of going into the supply store and dreaming up the fastest on-off scenario for using this. So not only would the work piece be ideally mounted and dismounted, the whole vise would do the same.\n\nAnother really great feature is the handle. It is spring loaded so it stays in place when using it, but if you want to really torque the work piece down just pull back on the handle and it extends and allows you to extend it at a 90 degree angle giving you a lot more leverage. So the handle works straight on for quick tightens, and also flips out to a 90 for more leverage.\n\nI know this is vanity, but this thing looks good. It has a span of up to 4\" which is ideally wide enough for anything you would want to clamp onto a drill press table. Anything larger than that and you begin to run out of table space and need to resort to another form of over-under table clamping. I have a feeling my old cast iron one is going to be collecting more than rust, it now will be collecting some dust as well. Highly recommended.","Product: The Home Design wireless book / computer light comes with sixteen super bright white LED that last up to 100,000 hours. This light can be operated by plugging it into the usb port on a computer or other device, or by plugging it directly into the provided computer mouse base (which is battery operated). Light head adjusts for ideal lighting. This light has an 8" flexible neck for positioning at almost any angle. Perfect for school, home, the office, travel and much more! Makes tasks like sewing, knitting, writing, little household repairs so much easier on the eyes. Please have a look at our reviews! "This light is nothing short of awesome! It is very bright and is so versatile." J.Foster "In short, this is an awesome USB light." Terrance S.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: For the price, buy two.\n\nReview: Not a lot you can say about this light. It is superbly inexpensive, throws a lot of light, can be used in a myriad of ways. Anything that has a USB port can be used to power it. In addition you can use three AA batteries that you install in the included mouse look-alike stand that you plug the light into so you can take it anywhere you need light. It is a great option for a room light if you should lose power.\nThe adjustable neck is nice because you can flex it close to the keyboard on a laptop or portable device, or do what I prefer and that is bend the flexible neck upwards to give a more even and gentler light. It does not have any light settings, or ability to turn on more or less lamps, it is just full on but with the flex neck it achieves the same result. It appears to be sturdily made and should give you many years of reliable use just based on how sturdy it all is. For the money it is a great deal.\nThe one other advantage of this light is that it throws light in a single arc or direction. So if you significant other wants to sleep and you want to work at a desk you can position it ideally to throw light in a specific direction. It doesn't illuminate the whole room the way a single light bulb would. Another example is that someone wants to watch TV with the lights out, and you want to sit in a different chair with your portable device and so some work while watching; this would make all but the pickiest person happy that there isn't any light shining on the screen.\nIt is just something that will come in handy in a lot of ways. Highly recommended.","Product: When youre looking for an economical way to help protect your workers during hazardous tasks, the Kleenguard brand A35 Disposable Coveralls, for Liquid and Particle Protection, are an excellent choice. The lightweight coveralls are made of microporous film-laminated material that helps protect against dry particulates and liquids. This hooded protective suit has elastic wrists and ankles to help reduce exposure. Personal protective clothing (PPE), such as this, is appropriate for protecting clothing and skin during tasks like pressure washing, painting, general industrial manufacturing and maintenance, protecting from liquids, dust and dirt. It meets American National Standards Institute and International Safety Equipment Association ANSI/ISEA 101-1996 sizing standard and comes in sizes from small to 5LX.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Very nice. Up there with the good ones. When in doubt, move up to the next size.\n\nReview: Lightweight silky smooth material so it won't trap dust. Many think of these are a good way to prevent getting your clothes dusty/dirty while working on a project and they are correct in doing so. You can easily slip in and out of these, and they are good for more than one use. I had a body shop for 20 years and I used to get these in bulk because I not only wanted to protect my clothes when in the spray booth, but I also didn't not want lint, dust, etc. from getting in the paint finish.\nOne thing about these is that it is always a good idea, when in doubt, to move up to the next size. You can always very easily add some masking tape to the sides in order to take it in some, but you can't create more material if you are too large to fit in the size you ordered. I know it sounds tacky to think in terms of adding masking tape to the sides, and if you have the option of knowing exactly the proper size for your fit, then by all means get your size. When you go through the frustration of getting your project all setup for a shoot, and then you open the coveralls and they don't fit you learn the hard way that if you must choose, or are at the upper end of one size, then go for the next size up. Or even worse yet you buy a pack of 18, open them, take one and try to get it on and it doesn't fit, and now it is unreturnable because it is no longer a resalable product. Ouch.\nThese are great. I have used a lot of different ones over the years, and these are up there with the good ones.","Product: Bertech ESD Mat Kits are made of a single layer polymer mix. They are designed to provide a static safe work surface for static sensitive products. These ESD Mat Kits are low cost, durable, easy to cut and are reversible. Surface resistivity is 10^8 10^9. Meets ASTM D412, D1004, D2240-75 and ESD S4.1-1997 standards. Service temperature is -20 Degrees to 160 Degrees Fahrenheit.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Nice mat should last a very long time.\n\nReview: I've built many PC desktops over the years and the number one concern was for example wearing a wool sweater, or walking across the floor building up a static charge in your body and then touching a sensitive electronic component thereby using that component as a grounding spot. ZAP an arc would jump across creating a sufficient enough charge to render the component no longer useful. What I used to do is take a gym floor rubber mat and placed it under the PC case and then whenever I was going to insert something into the new build I would first touch the outer case of the PC so I was grounded to it. I had the outer case grounded. So having a dedicated anti-static mat is a nice step up for me. I'm still going to do my touch the case method even with the mat just to be sure.\n\nThere are two suggested methods to properly ground yourself.\nOne is that u first install the power supply into the computer case. Then by plugging it into a surge protector that is connected to a grounded plug on the wall you turn the surge protector off. To be sure there isn't any live charge going into the case while using it you turn the on/off switch on the back of the power supply off. Then you put on the wrist strap and the metal piece under the strap case touches your skin. The alligator clip then connects to a non-painted metal surface of the case. Then any electrical static goes back to the earth.\nAnother way is you just connect the anti-static wristband to the computer case on a metal non-painted surface and don't both plugging the power supply into the wall. Please consult with an electrical engineer about safety when using electricity because I am not an electrician. This is only the way I do it.\n\nI like to have something rubbery to sit the PC on while working so I don't have to worry about any other sources of static invading the case. This mat kit goes beyond that.\n\nThere isn't a lot you can say about this mat other than it is huge. You could easily fit two full sized towers on this and have plenty of room to dance around. It also smells. I'm kind of accustomed to that with memory foam mattresses, but this is a lot stronger; not anything that won't dissipate over time and with some air exposure.\n\nIt comes with a grounding strap in order to ground the overall mat that actually snaps on like a button snap on a jacket, or for a boat tonneau cover, and it also comes with a wrist strap that snaps onto the mat the same way. So you will want to attach the grounding strap to a good ground. That way the static electricity has somewhere to go.\n\nThey roll it up into a square rather slim cardboard box with the straps enclosed inside of the wrapped up tube it creates. It unravels very nicely and lays very flat; there is no curled up memory going on at all. Nice mat should last a very long time.","Product: The Bosch PS32-02 12 V Max EC Brushless 3/8 In. Drill/Driver is only 2 Lbs. and has a head-length of only 6.5 in. This lightweight powerhouse is a terrific solution for contractors or MEP professionals who have extended overhead or hard-to-reach applications. And this cordless drill provides an EC Brushless motor that delivers 180 In.-Lbs. of torque. This is outstanding power for the most compact and lightest weight Drill/Driver in its class. It has a two-speed setting, with a high-torque setting for driving and a high-speed drilling setting, and it has 20+1 clutch settings for max versatility. The kit includes two 12 V batteries and a charger for all-day work\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This little puppy soon becomes your favorite tool.\n\nReview: I have more tools than I care to admit. My woodworking shop took over a decade to fully equip. Names like Bosch, Makita, Fein, and even Porter Cable are there. (Had some problems with Porter Cable that is why I mention it by saying even.) All of my Bosch equipment has been performing superbly all along which is a 19 year span. Bosch routers have been one of my main stays. Anyhow onto this drill.\n\nI had purchased a heavy duty Milwaukee 18 volt that had copper windings in the motor and serrated carbide teeth in the chuck so it was a monster, and just as heavy. Near the same time I purchased a Makita compound miter saw that had a special bonus and that was a relatively inexpensive Makita power drill; a 14:4. It was very lightweight, had plastic gears in it, and the chuck would not hold a bit anywhere nearly as well as the Milwaukee, but it soon became the one I would reach for 90% of the time. Why? Because it was so lightweight. I've done a lot of work with it. So this Bosch PS32-12 takes it a step further because it is so light weight, yet is truly a superb piece of equipment. Once again it has metal gears. It is compact. The LED light is worth its weight in gold when you are tucked down into a wall somewhere, and bringing a spotlight is impractical. Again and again you are loving that little light, and this tool. It has all of the features of the grand daddies including two speeds, forward and reverse, superbly rigid teeth in the chuck grabbing a bit. It is so smooth with the brushless motor if I had to explain it in one word; precision. It sounds like a dentist drill but with a deeper full bodied tone.\n\nThe Bosch lithium ion batteries are so incredible in that they charge up super fast, and last a long, long time. My 18 volt Bosch drill which is last years non-brushless model has batteries that go all day, and even more on a single charge. Then if one needs recharging it only takes 20 minutes to a half hour.\n\nThis drill also has sufficient power to do most every task you can throw at it. Try grabbing the chuck and stopping it. Don't hurt yourself it is that strong.\n\nOne of the ways to make it more compact, balanced, and easy to use is to shrink the size of the battery, and place it into the handle. I love it that way but I am sure that using it for a whole day driving 3\" decking screws is not what it is designed for. It will easily drive in the screws, but the battery capacity to run all day would require more weight, and a larger base/battery making the drill heavier. I like it just the way it is. How often am I building a deck? This design is why it is the lightest and most compact drill in its class. If you need more juice/run time this drill is compatible with the fat pack battery pack from Bosch as well. With the slim pack batteries it comes with will provide you with sufficient run times for most tasks and quick recharging for extended projects.\n\nI keep my Bosch 18 volt that comes with two different battery types one for more extended use, and a slightly smaller one for lightening up the tool in the basement shop. This 12 volt with its cloth style case is something I keep in the upstairs closet because you never know when you may need to secure something. Its a handy tool to keep at the ready. The built in clutch is adjustable with a spin in order to give you super light feather control when driving smaller screws, or a no holds barred locked in full force setting.\n\nI think Bosch equipment is in that sweet spot of being superbly crafted and engineered, yet costing a little more than the competition, but putting the extra money into the tool. There are a few manufacturers that are incredibly expensive and may throw a few features at you, but overall Bosch gets my vote. Highly recommended.","Product: The SmartCode 913 touchpad electronic deadbolt is a one-touch locking motorized deadbolt. With your personalized code, you can enter your home with the convenience of keyless entry and the back-lit keypad provides increased visibility. SmartCode is easy to install, program and use, and operates on 4 AA batteries. It also features SmartKey Security as the back-up keyway. The Lifetime Polished Brass finish adds to the traditional look and feel of the product and makes a classic statement.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Almost as Convenient as an Unlocked Door\n\nReview: Almost as convenient as an unlocked door.\nBurglars these days have learned that breaking and entering is not a smart way to engage in their craft; now they look for unlocked doors. Think about this. A burglar breaks into a home and the homeowner shoots him. The cops arrive and see that a kicked in door, or a window smashed out as a sure sign of entry. On the other hand a burglar checks around the back of a bunch of houses and finds one with an unlocked door. Now in front of the judge the burglar says that he was invited in and then the guy shot him. The judge gives the homeowner 20 years for attempted murder.\n\nThis may seem like an extreme way to review this lock but in reality it sheds light on unique advantages of it. Some family members want the convenience of having the doors unlocked all the time. On the other hand when I was growing up my mom used to lock the door if I was taking the trash out to the curb.\n\nBy the way I live in a nice neighborhood that is relatively burglary free except the rash of three incidences where the intruder was going around the back of homes and looking for an unlocked door; that is what turned me onto this line of thinking.\n\nThe beauty of this lock is that you do not need a key. I love the autolock feature. After 30 seconds the shaft automatically comes out. This can be defeated by programming. One caveat is that you need a door that closes completely, or install some sort of automatic closing. If the door does not close all the way, the shaft will not go into the latch.\n\nWith as little as a four digit code, or up to eight, whichever you choose, you can gain entry. Come on how inconvenient is that? Beep, beep, beep, beep, and you are in. Also another thing I like is that this new model has the change codes feature that is only available to the bearer of the master code. There is nothing chintzy about this lock. As soon as you take even one section out of the box, your immediate thought is that this is heavy.\n\nWith the simple installation into your existing hole for your deadbolt lock using just a screwdriver, your household will be much more secure, while not being inconvenienced with locked doors. Every time I go out in the garage without my keys, and the door closes behind me, I will no longer be afraid of being locked out. I have electronic keyless entry on my car so a single key fob I can go out and not have to worry about bringing any keys. No more displacing or worrying about losing my keys. No chance of getting locked out of your own home. Highly recommended.","Product: TEKTON 30603 Fiberglass Handle Rubber Mallet, 16-Ounce\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Well made. Both ends seem to be the same density to me, or so close it is hard to see the difference. Great handle, recommended\n\nReview: I have been woodworking for decades and use rubber mallets to help align pieces when assembling a glue up. The white side is favored to eliminate having any black marring stains in the wood. From the description it stated that one side is harder than the other. For the life of me I can't see or feel any difference between the two sides. Banging it against a sharp corner of a wooden desk it feels exactly the same. Using a fingernail to dig into each side it feels exactly the same. Technically the edge on the white side is a sharper edge so it creates the illusion of being harder, but when you get into the flat areas and do the fingernail test they both seem the same. Okay I am sure the one side is at least a little bit softer than the other, but what is important is that it is not soft. I don't really need a softer and harder mallet anyway so I am not going to focus on that any more.\nWhat I would like to talk about is how well this mallet is put together. The fiberglass handle with a very comfortable black rubber outer grip is superb. The bottom of it is flared out which eliminates the possibility of it leaving, or sliding off of your hand. It also makes for a very comfortable grip. It smacks quality. The entire mallet is well made.\n\nI have two other rubber mallets/hammers. One is just that a hammer made out of weighted metal and it has two thick rubbery ends covering the ends. The black end of that one is harder rubber, and the other end of the face is white rubber which is softer. My other mallet is one built like this Tekton but has a wooden handle. Unfortunately that one got one of its faces chewed by hitting something that has a more pointed face. So be careful with these mallets that you only hit smooth surfaces or one that will not affect the face.\n\nThe weighted metal hammer with rubber covers is heavier in the head therefore is more appropriate for projects requiring more thrust, but this Tekton does not fall far behind. It is hefty and feels pretty ample in your hands and I wouldn't hesitate to use it for high demand projects. My advice is to buy one. You won't be sorry.","Product: The IW600K self-adjusting wall switch timer by Intermatic allows you to set it once and forget it. Never bother with resetting again. Use with decorator style wall plate (sold separately). Controls LED, CFL and Incandescent lighting. This timer utilizes an astronomic feature to keep track of daily sunrise/sunset changes and automatic daylight saving time adjustment. The large LCD display provides an easy readout of time of day, mode and load status. The random feature can vary the time your lights turn on by a few minutes for a 'lived in' look. Neutral wire required. Includes a built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery with a minimum 7-day backup to retain date and time. Programs will not be lost in the event of a power failure. UL listed. 125 VAC, 60 Hz. General: 15A; Resistive: 15A; Tungsten: 1000W; Ballast: 1100 VA, Motor: HP.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: What a time saver and aggravation eliminator this is. Programming is simple if you do each section at a time.\n\nReview: Huge time saver and the pinnacle of feel good devices. It seems like a part time job having to constantly reset timers for outside lights. Every time there is a power outage you need to do a major reset. As daylight savings changes it keeps creeping up on you to reset the timer. So with one of these all of that is taken care of for you. You set it once and forget it. The rechargeable lithium ion battery which is recharged by drawing on power from within the switch takes care of those times when the power goes out.\n\nIt comes with 4 wires that are integrated right into the unit. So when it says that it requires a neutral it doesn't mean it means one in addition to the white wire. So if you don't have a bare ground also that is not the way this switch is intended to be used. Since all house grounds all wind up on the same grounding strips in the service panel it can be said that you could combine the white and green bare together but that would be violating having a separate ground for the box eliminating any wire loop power problems.\n\nThe timer comes with a black, red, green, and white wire. The black wire goes to the power source, the red wire goes to the light source, the white connects to both the power source ground and the fixture ground, and yes the green goes to the neutral or bare wire ground.\nMany reviews complain about having to take out a magnifying glass in order to program the timer but due to the constraints of having a limited amount of space in order to put an LCD screen that has to be the case with all of these. With the timer electronics built into it the depth of the box it is going into comes into play. Shallow boxes don't qualify. The depth of the unit measures about 2 1/2\" deep. It is meant for indoor use only.\n\nProgramming is not difficult as long as you look at it as tackling each setting group/procedure at a time. So first you tell the timer which Date, DST, and Time it is. It is relatively easy. All you do is hit the reset button which erases all previous settings and places you into the settings menu. Then you just press time repeatedly and use the + or - buttons to set the year, current month, current day, and choose to enable DST if you so choose. That way it automatically adjusts for Daylight Savings Time. You also set your current zone with the handy little map in the instructions. Okay so that is that part.\n\nNext you need to set the Sunrise/Sunset schedule specific to your area. Press the Sunshine button and use the + or - buttons to set the sunrise, and sunset times. Done.\n\nNext you have to set the on-off events of which you can have up to 7 different ones with this timer. There is also a random on/off option in order to give your home a lived in feel for any potential burglars scoping out the house. It is just as easy as the other settings as long as you take them one at a time. First you tell it which days you want the event to occur, then you set the time you want it to occur, or you can simply choose sunrise or sunset that you already programmed in during the previous step. Then you do the same thing to set when you want it to shut off either to the time you choose, or simply sunset. If you press the Program button again you go to advance to event 2 on.\n\nYou can press the Mode button at any time when using it to choose the manual option over riding all programming. So if you do not have the lights on with auto programming, and hear a noise you can quickly override the auto mode, and set it to manual.\n\nI think that these steps are required in order to set any timer up successfully especially if they have the individual options that this one has. Yes it is not as easy as spinning a dial to the desired time, and poking a green tab in the on time, and a black or red tab in the off time, but this timer does so much more than that. So save yourself a lot of time nurse-maiding a dial timer on a regular basis. This is also nice because you can insert it into a light switch outlet and be able to control it or change programming at will. Very nice. Highly recommended.","Product: Healthier and great tasting water has never been so convenient with the Pelican premium Countertop Drinking Water Filtration and Purification System. Addresses chlorine, chloramines, lead, cysts, VOC's and THM's. One of the most important things we can do is protect ourselves from the long-term and damaging effects dangerous chemicals such as chlorine has in our water. The state-of-the art Pelican Countertop Drinking Water Filtration and Purification System, with its unique modern design can alleviate your worries and get your on your way to a cleaner, safer and healthier lifestyle.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Brushed nickel looks more like polished stainless. It's beautiful, but get one just for the health of it. :-)\n\nReview: My initial thought was that this would be a great addition to have in my bathroom. I already have an in-door water and ice supply that is filtered in my refrigerator. Im a frequent water drinker using my Contigo auto-seal container which is always with me. So refills are frequent. Having one in the bedroom which is large with great views to the outside is where I spend a lot of time. The master bath is accessible exclusively from my room. Having a water supply right here is very convenient.\n\nSeeing how easy it was to install this above the counter unit made me jump at the chance. However the more I look into it, the more I think for my specific situation, even though the installation can be more troublesome, the under the counter model may be more to my liking.\n\nOn this one you have dual hoses coming off of the faucet attachment. Since your faucet is the direct source for the water supply, one exits out the back of the control handle, and goes through the filtering unit and then back again. Naturally having to go through a filtering chamber is going to affect your water pressure, however anything is faster than the small stream that exits the refrig.\n\nI have been remodeling my kitchen so the fresh water supply is no longer attached. Consequently I am drinking tap water. I live where the water is good quality except you have chlorine, lead from pipe seams, and anything else that may be leached into it. I even went so far as to purchase a shower filtration system so the chlorine is not drying my skin out.\n\nAnyhow the more I look at it for my purposes, even though the installation would be more challenging, I think the under the sink model may be more to my liking. I know I have to drill a hole in the countertop in order to install the hand pull spray nozzle since that is the way I would like to go to me it is worth it.\n\nThe under the counter model does tie up some space in order to install the spray/outlet nozzle, but then again the over the counter model does also because the filtration unit is topside. Topside of course is easy access for filter changes etc. Maybe I should get both? One for the fitness room, and one for the bedroom.\n\nThis brushed nickel has more like a polished stainless steel look to it. The angled tear drop shape is nice and adds a nice accent to the room without being any one style. So it goes with whatever you already have in your décor.\n\nThis is very important. I have NEVER met a charcoal filtration system that didn't need to be cleaned out. The fine charcoal powder residue is always present in a new filter, and requires that you rinse it thoroughly before your first use. The comment about it having more particulate than the original water is just such an example. Every time I replace my refrigerator filters I need to run a couple of quarts through them first. The instructions that come with this Pelican system tell you to run water through it for 10 minutes before using it for drinking water.\n\nI had a couple of Pur system add on faucet filters but they create a feeling of limited capacity. I used them for a while but never replaced the filters. This Pelican is something that will provide a lot more capacity per filter change.\n\nWith its brushed nickel that is more like polished stainless, and the space age creative shape/design it is certain to emit a Wow what is that? from your guests. Its impressive looking.","Product: Black & Decker BDERO100 5-inch Random Orbit Sander features random orbital action for high removal rate and a high quality finish. This sander offers a hook and loop system for fast and easy paper changes. It also has a dust sealed switch to keep all dust and debris out, to extend tool life.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Side by side comparison with the Bosch 3107 DVS random orbit sander also which uses the same paper.\n\nReview: Let's talk about this Black and Decker 5\" random orbit sander vs the Bosch 5\" 3107 DVS. Fortunately they both use the same exact 8 hole sanding discs with Velcro attachment. There are 2 big differences between the 2 sanders; one is weight, and the other is speed, and both have their advantages regarding such. The Bosch weighs 6.3 pounds and the B&D weighs 3.2 pounds. So the Bosch is twice as heavy. Sometimes you want a big heavy tool, but oddly enough the tool you reach for the most is the light one.\n\nPower and performance. The B&D has a motor rated at 2 amps, the Bosch at 3.3. The B&D has a rotation, or should I say Oscillations per minute (OPM and I don't mean other peoples money.) on the B&D is a fixed 12,000 and the Bosch is a variable 4500-13,000. At first I thought the variable speed is a must have because on the Bosch I do use the varying speeds a lot, but the B&D is built differently, and there is no disadvantage to running it wide open. Its quieter performance, and oscillation variation running in a tighter circle makes 12,000 OPM's seem normal, the same way it would with a square pad sander; my pad sanders don't have variable speed and I think it would be a waste if they did. After using the B&D the Bosch is a lot more aggressive to the point of being too much; almost like a car floored when in neutral. My most aggressive setting on the Bosch is at 4 out of 6. Beyond that it is just spinning a lot more but creating an out of control tool. I have both the 5\" and 6\" Bosch that I bought both of them many years ago. I do love the 6 more than the 5. It has a lower profile in comparison to the 5. Okay back to the B&D.\n\nThe B&D even at a fixed 12,000 OPM is a lot quieter and smoother at that speed than the Bosch. If you are working on a flat board on a bench for example the additional weight of the Bosch, and there is quite a difference, would be an asset because it is pressing down on the wood. The B&D would do the same thing but you would need to press it down a little more with your arm. On the other hand if you were sanding walls, or side panels you are going to love the B&D for its lighter weight. The Bosch also has a slightly wider arc to the oscillations which is designed to cut more material faster; however that translates to more vibration in the tool. As a matter of fact this specific model of Bosch had a defect in that the allen bolt in the center would vibrate loose causing damage to the tool. I purposely used thread lock on mine the aggressive type to prevent this from happening.\n\nThe B&D is a nicely built sander that performs well as is witnessed by the fact that it is currently the number one seller here at Amazon, and has a ton of 5 star reviews. It is quiet and smooth and strong enough to handle aggressive material removal with coarser grit, and gently enough to do your finessing on the final passes with finer grits.\n\nIt comes with a dust collection bib out the back but none of these do a job that is as thorough as you might expect. Invariably if you are looking for a cleaner work environment, a shop vac attachment actively sucking dust is much better.\n\nI'm not into yey this and boo that. There are times when I would prefer one or the other, and therefore at this kind of price point, I have to say, it's ideal to have both of them. It will make a nice addition to your arsenal.","Product: Covered by Hitachi's Lifetime Lithium Ion tool warranty, the WH18DGL 18-Volt impact driver is a powerful, yet compact addition to the 18-Volt Lithium Ion cordless tool series. Even at about six and half inches in length and just 3.1 lbs, this impact driver has the power to drive stubborn screws and bolts, and can do so in tight quarters. With 1280 in/lbs of torque, up to 2400 RPM and 3200 impacts per minute, there are few jobs the WH18DGL can't handle. This tool comes standard with two BSL1815S lithium Ion slide-type batteries.Throw in a built-in LED light, an extremely ergonomic design, and a free standing battery design-for sitting upright between uses-and you have an impact driver with the power, quality, and design that users have come to expect from Hitachi.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Incredible price point for all that you are getting in a quality tool.\n\nReview: In addition to this Hitachi I also have the Bosch Bare-Tool IDS181BL 18-volt Lithium-Ion Compact Tough 1/4-Inch Hex Impact Driver with L-BOXX-2 and Exact-Fit Insert Tray\n\nBosch a little bit lighter by two tenths of one pound, snub nose for tighter places, brushless motor which generally causes less battery drain.\nImpact drivers are different than drill drivers. Drills usually have 20+ clutch settings and two speeds. They also have a chuck on the end that accepts drills etc. Impact drivers like these have a female clasping head designed to fit male adapters or tools. The impact is where the real advantage is for these in that there are hammers built inside that not only allow for the torque of the turning head, they also build up momentum and then hit making the impact and torque all the more.\n\nYou can use a driver to act like a drill if you buy special drill bits with the shank on the end.\n\nMy Bosch impact driver is a brushless and therefore has less drain on the battery, theoretically resulting in longer run times per charge, but with two batteries and quick charge times that does not make for a big difference. I cant quote actual run times because I find published finding to be unreliable.\n\nThis Hitachi has 1280 foot pounds of torque and the Bosch has 1150. The weight is very similar only the Hitachi is only 2 tenths of a pound heavier with a full sized head on it instead of the snub nose like the Bosch. However the Bosch proudly states this as follows: The IDS181 line delivers 42 percent more runtime compared to similar in-class competitors, along with 15-Percent less torque and 10-Percent more speed for the best application control. So according to Bosch the faster run time is preferred in order to get where you want to be in the final tightening, but slightly less torque so as to not strip it out, or over drive the final twist.\n\nThis Hitachi is at a very nice price point for a full set including two 18 volt lithium ion batteries, and charger, and a very nice case. The Bosch IDS181BL only comes with the driver, and a case, but has no batteries or a charger for the same amount of money approximately as this Hitachi costs with all of that included.\n\nIn order to eliminate some confusion I have to make some corrections on reviews that are published at the time of this post. Maybe the reviewers will edit them:\nThis Hitachi WH18DGL comes with two batteries instead of one like the description states, and they are both the same battery with part number BSL 185S. It does not have a short duty, and long duty battery as was mentioned elsewhere. In my experience it is very rare to see a drill come with bits, let alone an impact driver so I wouldnt let comments to that affect sway you. Some super cheapy Pep Boys impact drivers may have bits but professional drivers usually dont.\n\nAlso contrary to another post is that this Hitachi driver does not have two speeds. Drivers usually dont, drills do. The confusion may have set in when in the listing it says, up to 2400 RPM and 3200 impacts per minute. Impacts per minute does not equal RPMs.\n\nAnother post states that it has a clutch for adjusting the torque. That is not accurate. It has no clutch, but with the variable speed trigger you can go as gentle or as aggressive as you like. A light touch and you could install screws in a circuit board with this thing, and with a full squeeze you could be installing decking bolts. Not to go overboard because they make units that are a lot more heavy duty than these, but are more of a specialty item for extra-large bolts, lugs, etc. You cant change tires with one of these.\n\nOkay enough of the anecdotal boo-boos. A built in LED light is priceless. Both the Hitachi and Bosch drivers have that. When you are snuggled down in a tight corner, and the light cant even get in, you just start to apply the tiniest bit of pressure on the trigger and the light kicks on. Every time I get into a scenario like that, I always walk away from the corner blessing the tool for having a light. LED lights last the lifetime of the tool generally.\n\nTwo other things I like about this Hitachi is that the forward and reverse paddle is super slim so you less frequently bump into it when using the tool. It is there easily accessible but accidental bumps on a fatter button can be problematic. Sometimes you set yourself up for a drive, get everything lined up, and squeeze the trigger and nothing happens because the forward-reverse button was accidentally bumped a little, and it is set somewhere between forward and reverse which is nowhere as far as the tool is concerned. So you back the tool out, make the change and hopefully don't need to set the work project back into proper alignment again. Nice touch. Secondly the green is starting to grow on me. Initially I was put back preferring the Bosch blue but I am starting to think that belonging the Hitachi club is sort of MAC like; different but unique.\n\nIn conclusion I would say that if you need an impact driver to drive in heavier duty applications this is a very nice unit for the money. It includes two batteries, charger and case for the same money as the Bosch which purposely has less torque and no batteries or charger but comes with the stackable and locking L-BOXX-2 case. So I have to highly recommend it. If you only have drills this makes a nice addition to your arsenal.","Product: 15w A19 Daylight non-dim\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: It's an investment in the future for the price, and a great convenience if you need a bulb in a hard to access area for changing\n\nReview: I don't know which is better, the soft white light, or the tender way it takes care of your electric bill? Knowing you are getting 2700K of light from a bulb rated at 15 watts, and how much money it saves you in the long run, and I mean lonngggg run :-) makes this bulb a joy to own. If you are not into spending this much money for a bulb that could takes years of use to recover the investment, it may be a better idea to buy one, two, or a few so you don't have to go changing bulbs so much. That is what I did with this one; I put it over the sink in the kitchen. That light gets more use than any other. I leave it on often at night to give the impression that someone is home, and it also creates illumination for the entire kitchen if someone is entering or exiting, or just waking up for some water. The challenge over the sink is that it is not very easily accessible, and quite honestly a pain to change. That is what makes this bulb so valuable in addition to it's long term cost; it lasts forever almost.\n\nThe brightness is excellent. I replaced a fluorescent bulb with this one and the fluorescent appeared to give more of a faded light, and this one provided better overall brightness. If I am in the mood for soft atmosphere type of lights that is accomplished by using the dimmable under cabinets lights that are connected to the same circuit as the wall sconce. If I need to wash some dishes, or work around the sink I want a slightly more concentrated light, and that is exactly what this bulb supplies.","Product: Amprobe products range from an extensive line of clamp meters and digital multimeters to industry-specific tools for residential/commercial electricians, HVAC/R technicians, utilities and industrial maintenance professionals. All Amprobe tools undergo rigorous testing to ensure full compliance with the latest IEC and CE safety regulations in Fluke Safety labs for quality and safety you can trust.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Light weight and well built\n\nReview: The AmpProbe AMP-210 measures AC and the model 220 measures both AC and DC. The current number one seller in Oscilloscope Accessories is the Fluke 323 True-RMS Clamp Meter. Both AmpProbe and Fluke are owned by the same parent company Danaher Corporation. The price difference between two is only about a 10% difference. However the accuracy measurements on the 210 exceed the comparably priced Fluke.\n\nThe Amp-210 comes with standard contact test leads. The alligator clip set comes with the 310, and 320 models. The AAA batteries are included and pre-installed. Enclosed in the box is also the user manual, and a carrying case. I have to say the LCD panel is easy to read when in standard mode at every angle. By pressing and holding the select button the panel is back lit. In the back lit mode it is well lit but the angle of use is limited to being below the unit or right on top of it which are the common positions of use. If you tilt the unit up and try reading the LCD from above the unit it is unreadable.\n\nAccuracy: the amp tip provides a measurement down to a tenth of an amp. The true RMS AC voltage range is 0 to 600 volts. The AC current accuracy 1.0% + 5LSD (50 to 60 Hz) The AC current range is 0 to 600.0 A with an accuracy of 1.8% + 5LSD (50 to 60 Hz) 2.0% + 5LSD (100 to 400 Hz)\n\nThe jaw opening is 1.18 inches. The 210 does have an auto-power off feature. It does not include a work light. It does provide the max/min/ and average feature. It is lightweight and well-built and should give you many years of good service.","Product: The Bora Portamate WTX clamp edge saw guide is the perfect addition to your circular saw, router or jig saw allowing you to make straight cuts with ease. Made out of heavy gauge, extruded aluminum, the WTX clamp edge is tough and durable. The adjustable end clamp slides easily along the precise channels eliminating the need for the internal channel bar reducing weight and wear. The locking handle grabs work surfaces and won't let go giving you a secure edge that won't budge so you can make precise track saw like cuts with a circular saw, jig saw or router. The WTX clamp edge is 50 inch's long and with the connector accessories you can add an additional 50 inches of cutting capacity. The handle is molded with a hanging notch for convenient storage while it's not in use.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Easy to lock and no shift when tightening down\n\nReview: This comes with T-track slots along both edges along the top. All kinds of creative uses for that. For example installing a stop so your cut or rout only goes so far.\n\nRe-positioning and locking much improved over the types of clamps in that you can fine adjust with one finger the end stop while holding it up to a panel and then the longer handle easily clamps shut without any side to side movement.\n\nClamp edge guides come in handy with large sheet goods. They are the best way to achieve a portable solution.\nWidths: my Tru-Clamps are 5.25\" wide, large and heavy. They provide a baseplate groove for mounting onto a baseplate a router, or circular saw for example. I have a skinny 2\" clamp in this length which feels like it is a little too thin for some applications. The 3\" wide Bora Wide Track is just right. It is substantial enough to not bend when under pressure, yet light enough to feel very comfortable when moving it around.\n\nYou may think that getting the Bora angle adjustable model would be a good one to get because it cuts not only 90 degrees but beyond that. The problem is that flexibility comes with a price. When you go to clamp it down it moves. (You have to try and have the head aiming exactly at the 90 degree angle otherwise it moves over when clamping. It's a guessing game. Try it, it's wrong, try it again, wrong again, or take out a square and hold it against it, and then hope it works to be a true 90 and on your marks.)\nSo for example let's say you make two marks, you line up the saw guide to those two marks and squeeze the clamp. Net result it shifts and is no longer aligned with those marks. This Bora clamp doesn't provide angle flexibility, but what it does give you is even more valuable. When you align it with your marks it stays true to the line. So this straight model is the one to reach for. Over 95+% of the time you are making straight 90 degree cuts. In the rare instance that you have a slight angle cut, having the other one is nice as well.\n\nThe thing I am really impressed with is how easy, intuitive, and reliable this clamp is. Even the amount of tension exerted to hold it in place is superbly engineered. I have over a half dozen edge guide clamps and this one will be my go to clamp for sure. I wish I could find something wrong with it but I can't; definitely 5 stars.","Product: Sunlite 49065 LFX/AM/15/M/E/D/30K 12\" 15 Watt 120 Volt LED Mushroom Style Fixture, White Finish, Acrylic Lens, Energy Star Dimmable\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Does a very nice job. Warm white glowing light for pennies in electricity.\n\nReview: The space age has arrived. I have been very excited about the possibilities with LED lighting as of late, and bought quite a few of them to install in my home. The electricity savings is phenomenal. Why is this one a next step up in LED technology? Because instead of a replaceable bulb it has around 34 tiny, what look like micro-chips that are actually lights. They give off a very nice white glow even though the chips are golden. You may be thinking what do you mean the bulb is not replaceable? Well with a 35,000 hour burning life I don't think you will be in need for a replacement, at least not one that will be as inexpensive, and futuristic as the ones available when this one burns out in my years from now.\n\nAnyhow with the dome on it does give out a very nice white glow, it is not offensive at all. With a dimmer it can be toned down even more. LED\"s have been very temperamental as to dimming. Most require a special series of dimmers. Using standard dimmers on many will cause flickering. I bought dimmers that you can adjust, but the only problem is that you are nipping off either the bottom of the dimming range or the top. This Sunlite LFX mentions in the instructions that it works with most dimmers but...\n\nInstallation is a breeze. With the dome cover twisted off like you would with a lid to a jar of peanut butter, you simply use the pre-punched out slots to mount two screws into your ceiling electrical box. Most often they are round, but the base of this is so large it doesn't matter if it is a square one. The three wires are simply black, white, and a ground which is typical. Screw the dome back on and you are done. I also appreciate the fact that it is an enclosed dome to bugs will not migrate and wind up requiring periodic maintenance to clean them out. It only burns 15 watts of energy yet produces 75 watts worth of light. Not only does that add up to a cost savings over time, but it also eliminates the hassle of having to buy bulbs and replace them. All in all highly recommended. Can't find anything wrong with it.","Product: The BOSTITCH BTFP1KIT 1-Tool and Compressor Combo Kit is ideal for interior and exterior finishing and trimming project for a variety of crafts like furniture, cabinets, and staircases. It features a 150 max PSI 6.0 gallon tank (22.7 L) and 2.6 SCFM* delivered @ 90 PSI pump, which enables long tool run time with quick recovery. The compressor features long-life oil-free, maintenance-free pump for convenient use. It has a BOSTITCH high efficiency motor for easy start up in cold weather or extension cord application [14 ga or larger, 50 ft. (15.2 m) or less]. At only 78.5 dBA** operational noise level it offers you a quiet work environment. The SB-1850BN 18 GA brad nailer drives 18GA brad nails from 5/8\" to 2\". 1/4\" x 15' PVC air hose with fittings and 1-1/4\" 18GA brad nails are included. specs: Depth Adjustment - Yes, Adjustable Exhaust, Magazine Capacity - 100, No Mar Pad, Power Source - Pneumatic, Tool Weight only 2.7 lbs.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Love this Bostitch compressor and the guns are great for the weekend warrior who wants to have full capacity\n\nReview: It is always great to hear from somebody who really knows tools and has had compressors throughout his lifetime including a pair of 80 gallon 175 PSI at 175 lbs of pressure. They ran my 5000 sq. ft. shop with 11 full time people. There are all different sized compressors for different needs and purposes.\n\nThat being said this Bostitch is a sweetheart most especially for contractors, installers, and home hobbyists. The fact that it has a 6 gallon tank and provides 150PSI max pressure is a good thing. You are not going to spray paint a car with this but for nail guns, and general purposes it is great.\n\nMost of these smaller compressors are the diaphragm type. They have an oscillating rubber or heavy duty plastic diaphragm that is driven to move back and forth creating a vacuum and then pressure the same way a heart works. The one way valves only allow the air to move one way. The disadvantage to diaphragm compressors are they are noisy. My old fashioned 80 gallon pumps used to run slow but strong and were rather quiet. They weighed a ton; so much so in order to just lift the compressor head out of a trunk required a chain winch. The diaphragms are of course much lighter.\n\nEven though this unit builds up to 150 PSI its SCFM rating is based on 90 PSI of pressure. This is key to know when rating compressors. You can even hear it in this one. When the tank is empty and it first starts up it is buzzing along at a rapid pace. As the air in the tank increases, and the pump has to work harder in order to compress air into an already compressed air tank the resistance keeps building. So it creates a lot more air at lower pressures than it does at high. So getting a SCFM rating is always provided at so many pounds per square inch of pressure.\n\nNow onto the guns. This is a brand new release from Bostitch and as such there are not many reviews on it already. Surely there will be reviews coming touting the greatness of the compressor but not so excited about the guns that are with it in the kit. You will notice that Bostitch has different grade levels of the same guns available, and yes at different price points. As a matter of fact this kit in the 3 tool version that came out before is only a little bit more money and includes an air driven stapler.\n\nSo even the pros like the compressor. If you are a weekend warrior when it comes to remodeling your home you have to decide if you want to spend more for a gun that is designed for daily professional use and will hold up under those kind of demands, or whether you want a kit for not much money at all beyond the price of the bare bones compressor that will give you capabilities to do finish carpentry installations, but not give you the kind of day to day repeat-ability in a more expensive tool.\n\nI have been remodeling my house for the past two years. Although I have a 60 gallon 6 hp (not industrial horsepower there is a big difference) in the garage that has also a 3/4\" copper line feeding my downstairs wood shop, I know I can drag in a 50 foot hose through the garage into the kitchen door, I keep using my brothers portable compressor so I don't have to do that. Not only is it a hassle to unravel 50 feet of heavy grade hose, it also keeps the door open. So having a small compressor that does most of what you want it to do for remodeling is just what the doctor ordered. Having a 25 foot line is ideal also because it reaches everywhere inside of that room. Stringing a couple of 50's so it goes all the way around the house is no fun. A short nearby extension cord and this compressor does the trick.\n\nLet's talk about leaks. The unit I received has a very slow leak coming from the connecting tube between the regulator and the tank. That tube is the only connect the regulator has to the tank. On that regulator are two female connectors so every time an airline is plugged into the regulator there is going to be some lateral pressure on it. If it was just sealed with Teflon tape it would make the top spin. So I called the local Bostitch Factory Authorized Repair and they said use Loctite Thread Lock in red. Once that cures it really locks it on.\n\nNormally buying one of these through Amazon and if you have any problem they immediately send you a replacement order, and you have 30 days to return the first one. They don't even charge your card for the replacement as long as the other is returned within 30. You can't beat Amazon for customer service.\n\nI noticed that the Porter Cable comparable unit was the top sellers here at Amazon and also noticed that consequently they sold for about 20 or 30 dollars less than the Bostitch. So I asked the factory repair center what was the difference between the two and he replied it must be in the quality of the components in the motor. He said that it is all the same company that owns Bostitch, Porter Cable, DE Walt, and Black and Decker.\n\nA few final notes. If you want a leak proof compressor use Milton M type fittings everywhere. They simply don't leak. Read the reviews. Get the 12 pack here at Amazon with twin female couplers, and two female hose end connectors, and 8 male connectors to go into your tools. If you study the connecting ends for example by placing an Amflo next to a Milton you will see that although they have compatible distances and will work together, their surfaces are entirely different. One is concave as it climbs up to the ridge, the other is flat. If you study them closely you could see why using another manufacturers fittings could for example cause ring failure over time, and or what is most common is leakage right away. The fittings you get at the big box store for construction type leak right away most of the time.\n\nThe hose that is supplied is not a changeable hose. The fittings are pressure fitted together and you can't remove them. The thin hose also is made out of a rigid vinyl so it will not behave as far as unwinding or winding is concerned. I just bought a good rubber based commercial grade hose that will flex easily, comes in a 3/8\" for better air flow and is yellow to match the compressor. It's the Goodyear EP 46501 3/8-Inch by 25-Feet 250 PSI Rubber Air Hose with 1/4-Inch MNPT Ends. I know from shop experience when you are dealing with less expensive vinyl hoses for example in the winter time they hold their shape. If you have hoola-hoops on the floor and move across the room they will drag your tools from off of the work bench onto the floor. A good rubber hose flexes in all temperatures and is a dream to wind and unwind.\n\nHere is an important point about nail guns. First you have to oil them before you use them every time. Only a few drops is necessary at a time. If they are dry they can jam. Don't worry about oil getting on your bare wood for example. All you have to do is drive about 5 nails and if any over oiling is going to come out it will by then. This is assuming you didn't put 15 drops in the gun instead of 3. Oil tends to get spilled and causes headaches for manufacturers so in this case they don't ship oil with the guns. General purpose air tool oil will do, and it is available everywhere.\n\nThe other thing to watch out for is that be sure to load the nails in the gun in the proper direction. If there are heads on the nails you will feel and see which side is up. If there are no heads like with a 23 gauge pin nail be sure to follow the arrow on the side of the nail strip. All it takes is loading the gun once in the wrong direction and when the hammer head comes down to hit the nail it will glance off the hammer and get pinched in the tube between the hammer and the tube scoring the shaft all the way down. Ouch! I can't help but feel some of those who are having problems may have done just that, but then again guns do misfire on occasion. The very best ones it is a rarity.\n\nThis unit comes with 500 packs of the nails in one size for each. With the nail ranges in length and nail size you are pretty well equipped to handle most of the common finish work tasks. Now I just have to get this Bostitch out of my bedroom and into the shop for storage. It looks too good to get it dusty.","Product: Put bright light where it is needed, with no wiring. Up to 20 lights can be linked to the same remote control switch, which features a variable dimmer and an automatic battery-saving shutoff. Up to eight separate groups of lights can be programmed to operate independently. These are ideal for improving visibility on stairs, landings, closets, and crawlspaces. This light also detaches from bracket for portable and handheld use.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Very convenient considering there is no wiring to run, and with LED lights no need to replace bulbs all of the time.\n\nReview: Very convenient. I have been converting my entire house over to LED lighting because of the pennies on the dollar expense for the electricity, and they provide a lot of light. I have a master bedroom closet that I build 3/4\" oak stand as a shoe rack that doubles as a stepping ladder into my attic. I have a full set of fluorescent lights throughout the attic and have one switch to control that from the kitchen. If I do a lot of work up there that is what I use. But sometimes I need to access something up the other end from my bedroom ceiling door. That door is custom built 2 1/4\" thick and locked with a deadbolt. Needing easy access and a handy light would normally require a lot of wiring work. Also I would have to cut a hole in my closet wall, fish some romex down there and install a switch, not to mention that I would need a power supply wire either all the way from the box on the opposite end of the house, or tie into a source more local.\n\nSo this Wireless Remote Control LED seemed like a dream come true. Combining how incredibly efficient LED lights are with it using 3 C batteries which are a pretty good size totally eliminates the installation hassles, and gives me a remote controlled light from within the closet. Unlike the fluorescent switch from the kitchen area that is illuminated to tell me the lights are on in the attic, this one has an auto-off feature that is easily settable for 30, 60, or 120 minutes. You can either use the remote control or use the button right on the light.\n\nI was surprised at how large this light is when I first opened the shipping box. I know it said 5.8 inches but for some reason I wasn't expecting it to be this large. I am also impressed with just how far the range is for the remote control. I won't need to use it up to 60 feet away but it is a nice option to have. It also has a variable dimmer so you can set it for the ideal amount of light you need which also saves some battery life. The LED lights last next to forever so it is a lot better than the fluorescents I have to replace all too often. Overall highly recommended.","Product: The Yost 855-D2 Industrial Grade Reversible Vise is designed for mechanics that need a vise with large jaw opening capabilities. This updated design of our reversible vise is now stronger than ever! Built from 60,000 PSI ductile iron, this vise is 2x stronger than competitor models. A redesigned nut and screw allow for increased clamping force. For unmatched versatility this vise features a reversible main jaw. When the front jaw is reversed, the jaw capacity is increased to a phenomenal 9-3/4\". 5.5\" Serrated Jaws are designed to grip products securely. The two machined anvils provide a smooth work surface for forming or shaping.The 360 degree swivel base allows the vise to be rotated to any position for easy operation. The base features two lockdowns that will prevent the vise from rotating once the lockdowns have been tightened. The base also features four mounting tabs to secure the vise to the workbench (mounting hardware not included). Built to Yost Specifications, made in China.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Good general purpose all around vise. It is now my favorite.\n\nReview: I bought the Wilton 63302 6-Inch Shop Vise back on December 21, 2004. It is a really good vise and has a 6 inch jaw face with a 3 throat depth (how wide the jaws will open) It also has one small area that can be used as an anvil platform. It has a 25,000 pound casting strength. It weighs 42 pounds and cost me half again as much as this Yost vise.\n\nThis Yost vise is made with 30,000 PSI cast iron has a 5.5 jaw face but when the jaw is reversed it has a phenomenal 9 jaw capacity. Both of them have a swivel base with twin lock downs. The Yost weighs 48 pounds and costs a third less than the Wilton. You can buy a Wilton tradesman vise for many times the price of this one. Some models are over a thousand dollars.\n\nFirst impressions. As soon as I opened the box my immediate thoughts were WOW this thing is huge. See the photo I uploaded. Maybe it is due to having twin anvil flat top surfaces. Both are directly above the base so they should withstand some abuse. The pipe jaws can handle pipe up to 3 thick. The pipe grabbing capability is designed so that you can saw through a pipe or do other tasks that don't require you to bend it. If you had a 4 foot long cast iron pipe for example you can expect to bend it in this vise. The swivel base is a friction only base and stays in position well for normal use, but with a 4 foot pipe used as a leverage tool a friction base is not going to maintain sufficient grab.\n\nThe ground cast iron surfaces have a coat of something like cosmolene on them to prevent rust but it is not a gummy type. It is something you won't mind leaving on the surface. The point worth making is that this is a good vise that comes in at a good price point. There are lesser vices of course at cheaper prices, and better ones at much more money. Trying to compare this to a vice that cost many times as much is not a fair comparison. Are you a machinist, or a wrought iron worker for a living? Then of course you should get a better vise, but with that being said, my opinion is that this vise is worthy of most tasks you could ever want to throw at it. I am excited to install this in my woodworking shop. I have a dedicated vise for woodworking which is quite a bit different than this one. There are specific types of procedures that you need a good mechanics vise for, and I really like this one for that purpose. I even like it better than the Wilton that cost more. Highly recommended.","Product: PortaMate has been a pioneer in developing strong, sturdy mobile bases for woodworking and machine shop tools, so it's no surprise that we're again leading the pack with this 1500lb universal mobile base. It's an industrial strength, fully-adjustable rolling platform, with a capacity that exceeds the competition by hundreds of pounds. Like our other mobile bases, this one increases and decreases size in one-inch increments, from 18.25 x 23.5 to 28 x 33.5. The all steel construction, solid corner brackets and \"smooth as silk\" casters and wheels (with foot control locking levers) ensure the strength and stability you are looking for. The PM-3500 is ideal for virtually all larger machines (like band saws, planers, jointers and many more) and also the perfect rolling base for cabinets, that giant safe you have, large tool boxes and anything else you need to make \"mobile\". Everything you need is included and we back it with a full one year warranty.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Really nice mobile base. Here are some assembly tips.\n\nReview: Shopping cart wheel configuration for easy mobility. Assembly instructions have a typical setup for a jointer, and another one for a drill press. Even though the directions don't specify it, you really want to measure the base of your piece of machinery ahead of time. This accomplishes two things.\n1. It provides you with the overall dimensions of the base.\n2. It enables you to ideally balance the base using their mounting bolts in a balanced way. So instead of having one foot in position 3, and the other in position 1, you could instead use position 2 on both sides.\n\nMy Powermatic Model 60B 8 inch 2 horsepower jointer weighing in at 364 pounds is what I parked on this mobile stand. It has a base of 18\" x 24\". The width and length are at the minimum settings as in drawn up completely together. The 18\" depth fits with only 1/2\" of an inch left over. So my jointer can go metal to metal with its 18\" depth (thin side) and 24\" wide (wide side). It took the minimum settings bolted of 18 1/2\" one way, and 25 1/2\" the other way with only 1/4\" clearance one way, and 3/4\" each side the other way.\n\nThis is really a well-built stand. The welds, paint and finish are well done. The metal welded together must have been done mounted in an accurate jig; none of the seams are misaligned.\n\nOn the other hand my Shop Fox mobile base that I have my 1948 Walker Turner band saw weighing in at 625 pounds of cast iron mounted on, the Shop Fox base had flaking paint with rust patches underneath. So obviously Shop Fox skipped the acid/pickling phase of prepping the metal or worse.\n\nYou will meet up with a tiny bit of frustration during the installing of the lifting flaps. They provide 4 washers mounted in the mounting bolt and nut. You have to assume that is for putting washers on the outside as well as the inside to prevent the rub. Well there isn't enough clearance. So after wrestling with it for a while you will realize, just use one washer on each of the outsides will suffice.\n\nI really like their slide together method of mounting it under your equipment. You leave the corners off of one side, or end and lift one side and slide it together. Then you lift the other side and slide the other two corners on and insert the 4 bolts. You never have to lift your whole machine. This method is another good reason to dry assemble the entire base first. (Preferably up on an easy access stand) That way you are not finagling around figuring out the fit with your heavy machine on it. Believe me it is a lot easier tilting your machine on one side then lifting it. If you tool is over a thousand pounds then you will need a more complicated approach.\n\nOne thing that is common with these mobile bases is that the machine slides around in the base when you move it. My Powermatic base, as well as my less expensive ones all do the same thing. There is no way they can know exactly which machine it is being mounted to so no holes are drilled in the corner plates; that is if you piece of machinery even has mounting nuts underneath which I doubt that it has. So the most common scenario is that the metal base of your piece of equipment is able to slide around on the flat metal corners of the mobile base. I have tried using wood as a shim on the sides, and that works to a limited degree. I'm kind of into striving for perfection so I am dreaming up a method of something like rubber plates to mount in the corners.\n\nAnyhow this is a superb mobile base. The plates in the corners measure 1/8\" thick of solid plate steel. The wheels are heavy ball bearings. It should stand up to years of use. Highly recommended.","Product: Say hello to LUX/GEO the first WiFi thermostat with true-battery power. This universal system compatible thermostat offers 3-power options: 2 AA Lithium batteries, a micro-USB, or the C-wire. The LUX/GEO delivers flexibility and control all with the touch of your smartphone screen or with the intuitive control wheel interface. This 7-day programmable thermostat is packed with features, including radius geofencing.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Easy setup. Money Saver. Increased comfort. Pays for itself by not wasting energy.\n\nReview: I have been eyeballing the Nest thermostat for quite some time. This Lux Geo-WH Wi-Fi Thermostat provides all the automation plus the remote access whether in the house or from another location. There is a downloadable app for an Android or iOS phone or tablet. You can also control it intuitively right from the dial.\n\nHere comes the good part; installation is a breeze. You can visit the Lux-Geo website and they have multiple installation videos. After seeing one of those short videos depending if you have a heat pump with or without aux, or a conventional furnace with gas/oil/electric & air conditioning you will instantly be confident in just how easy this is to install. You want to be sure to shut off the main breaker servicing your heater so you don't short out a live line connect while disassembling the connections on your thermostat. That would take an easy install, and possibly turn it into a headache requiring you to purchase a new control panel for your furnace. Just be sure to shut off the breaker to your furnace. If you have a line tester just to verify you disconnected the proper breaker that would be good.\n\nThen it becomes as easy as drilling two holes in your wall, installing the screw/wall plugs and installing the thermostat. It comes with a really nice backing plate so if your thermostat was from days of old like mine is it covers up a world of sins without you have to spackle and paint your wall.\n\nBy watching the online video for your type of furnace it is as easy as connect the dots. With a clear up close video they tell you to put for example the blue wire in terminal X, and the yellow wire in Terminal X etc. etc. etc. I purposely did not provide any of the real options because someone may read my review and look at it like the actual instructions. The online video provides exactly which wire goes where.\n\nIf at any time during the installation you require any additional support you can call Lux-Geo at their 856 phone number. The easiest thing to do is visit the site, but it is good to know someone is standing by ready to help. You do not need to use the Wi-Fi app in order to control the thermostat, you can actually skip Wi-Fi altogether and simply use the scroll wheel on the unit.\n\nYou set your comfort at home settings, and your away settings so when used in concert with the Geo-fencing via GPS through your phone or device it knows when you are away from home, or at home, and can set the thermostat to the appropriate settings. It is kind of like you are on your way home and it kicks on to the warm at home setting before you get there. You can also set up guests who can achieve the same thing.\n\nSo for all intents and purposes it does what the Nest does and at a much better price. It looks good on the wall. The LCD screen is easy to read. Highly recommended.","Product: Adds rustic appeal to interior sliding barn door openings in a cost effective way to add style and privacy to an open doorway. Includes all mounting barn door hardware and components to hang one interior door for easy installation. For single sliding barn doors 1 3/8-in and 1 3/4-in thick up to 250 lbs. For double barn door kits or larger openings, use track extension: N187-060 and connecting adaptor: N187-001. Works with bypass bracket: N187-100 and soft close kit: N187-080.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Heavy duty at a very attractive price.\n\nReview: I used to occupy a barn for 8 years that I had a shop in. There were two huge doors and they were sliding doors with similar style of hardware. There is nothing more rustic and peaceful than a country style door on sliders. However it does not create a weather or air block. Also if you want to lock it so someone cannot enter you need to create a floor mounted pinion, and a clasp on the door. I had that on the shop door, but at home these are very popular for closet doors that doesn't require any clasps, and air passing around the edges of the doors is not a detriment.\nThere is nothing shabby about this kit. The metal is thick. Buying a competing product would cost you easily twice as much. It fits doors up to 1 3/4\" thick and 36\" wide.\nI do woodworking professionally and made some free hanging oak doors for a customer out of 1 3/4\" oak. She wanted some privacy between the living room and her bedroom in a small condo in Philadelphia. The hardware that I used was nowhere near as sturdy as this National Hardware Set. She didn't want to spring for an expensive roller. I wish I knew about this set at the time I did that job. Highly recommended.","Product: Get hot water where it's needed, when it's needed with the Bosch ES4 Tronic 3000 T Electric water heater. This 2.5-gallon capacity point-of-use mini-tank fits right under your sink and provides a practical and effective solution to your hot water needs. This smaller model can be plugged right into a 120-volt outlet with the 36-37\" cord, or can be installed in-line with a larger hot water source to provide \"on-demand\" use. The glass-lined tank offers great insulation and added durability, while the heater's fast recovery rate eliminates long waits for hot water. An external dial allows you to easily control the temperature range, and the temperature-and-pressure relief valve enhances your safety. The ES4 Tronic 3000 T from Bosch has a sleek and attractive exterior design that blends in seamlessly with existing dcor when installed in a visible location, making this heater a great option in any room.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: No more having to wait a long time for warm water to arrive in the bathroom so I wash them in ice cold water until now.\n\nReview: Been doing a lot of research on this so I would like to share with you specifics on the Bosch Tronic, and also comment on some of the alternatives. First about the Bosch. This appears to be a very well made unit. Even just taking the foam end packing you immediately recognize it is built for strength and durability. I was concerned before getting it about having to install a box for wiring since the 7 gallon requires hard wiring instead of a plug in. Well the top of the unit has a built in box for attaching the final connection. (Even though you still need a box where the power source exits the wall. On the top of the unit is a hot water outlet threaded female coupler pipe connection as well as a cold water, or hot water inlet of the same type of connection. You can hook it up to either hot or cold inlets. Hooked up to the hot inlet would be immediately drawing water from your main hot water heater with the advantage being you get instant hot water to the faucet it is hooked to. However even to just wash your hands the hot water is leaving your main tank, and running through your water lines having to heat them up, and then if it is only for a short hand wash, you are then committing yourself to wasting energy every time you use it.\n\nOn the other hand if you hook it up to the cold water line you will not be drawing heated water from your main water heater thereby not wasting that energy every time you turn on the faucet. Someone could make a valid argument that set up to the cold infeed you are limited to how much hot water reserve you have in this Bosch tank. Therefore if you do want to hook it up that way I suggest you get the 7 gallon tank which will give you more hot water than you would probably ever need coming out of a sink. The 7 gallon unit is also rated to provide hot water for two sinks instead of one. So you can surmise the different options and hookups from that information and choose the best model and hookup for your needs.\n\nI was also taken back at the idea of having a storage tank under the sink that is always on heating up the water. Wasted energy is always a concern. However then I discovered that this is a glass lined insulated tank. If you ever used a glass lined Thermos, remember the red checkered ones on the outside, you know from firsthand experience that when you open it up with hot soup in it, it is still hot at lunch time, and the thermos is not even warm on the outside; it is that efficient at maintaining heat. So the wasted heat concern is not very great.\n\nOkay so we all know about the instant hot water heater that is tank less and is an alternative and pretty popular. The downside to those is the increased electrical demand to instantly change cold water to hot on demand. In order to do that they purposely restrict, or turn down the amount of water flow. The slow flow gives you the kind of temperatures you need, but gives you a slow flow. There are no such restrictions on this Bosch Mini-tank model. On the instant on types there are even horror stories where the electric company charged someone 32,000 dollars in order to increase the service capacity leading up to their house in order to accommodate the huge amount of amperage a whole house system like that draws. (Thats unusual, and is only there for clarification of the issue) An under the sink instant on model is not that bad, but does however usually require a higher amp 220 line instead of a single 120 volt 12 amp like this Bosch does. Since it can take more time to get the tank up to heat the current draw isn't as much.\n\nThe three models are the ES2.5, or the ES4, or the ES8 which is the 7 gallon that I have. The ES8 has a dual option installation. You can install it either way horizontally, or vertically. Therefore on the ES8 you get two choices where you want to install the pressure relief valve. Horizontal installations requires the pressure relief valve on the top, and water connections on the right side. I am going to use it vertically so the pipe connections go on the top as well as the pressure relief valve but also the supplied brass plug will need to be installed on the side.\n\nThe dial on the face gives you instant access on the outside of the unit to set the temperature which has a range of 65 degrees to 145 degrees Fahrenheit. Based on your preference, and the amount of water usage you can custom tailor this to your needs.\n\nSo essentially you have 4 connections. You have a water inlet pipe, outlet pipe, temperature pressure relief valve, and your electrical connection. As I mentioned you can hook the inlet up to your cold water feed so as to not disturb you main water heater, or hook it up to the hot water line coming from the main heater to have a much more endless stream of hot water.\n\nI plan on installing the output of the pressure relief valve into the drain assembly of the sink. Otherwise any discharge would be unfortunate. A complete printed instruction manual is included. After continued use if I find anything out of the ordinary worth mentioning I will come back and edit this review. All of my Bosch tools that I have been buying for a decade as an adamant wood worker have all been top class and reliable, so I am expecting the same from this Mini-tank heater. Great stuff, and I am so happy not having to wait 2 minutes for the warm water to arrive at my faucet in the bathroom. The main water heater is at the opposite end of the house, and the new Moen faucet is designed to conserve water to it so it seems like forever for it to get warm. Consequently I have been washing my hands in ice cold water. This is a dream in comparison. Highly recommended.","Product: Philips Hue White A19 60W Equivalent Smart Bulb Starter Kit (Compatible with Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, and Google Assistant)\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This works great. It couldn't be easier.\n\nReview: This works great. It couldn't be easier. All you do is take the hub out of the box and plug in the A/C adapter and then the included Ethernet cable into your router. Then you download the app into your device; in this case that means my Amazon Fire HDX tablet. It also works great with iOS iPad's iPhone's etc. There is an app in the Google Play Store as well for Android.\n\nThen you open the app and it tells you to press the button on the hub, and then it automatically connects. Then on the next screen you have the lights that come with the kit. Turning them on via the switch on the light, and leaving it on makes it active in your Phillips Hue App. So it shows up in the device window. Then you can slide the bar across to fade or brighten the lamp as well as turn on/off.\n\nNow it gets interesting because you can use it with the Amazon Alexa to be able to control devices, lights in this example with just a voice command. So you actually go through the same pairing procedure with Alexa by telling her to discover devices. She then says, \"Push the button on the Hue hub\" and you do, and then let it go, and within 5 or 10 seconds she acknowledges that you are now connected.\n\nYou can then say to her, \"Alexa turn on Phillips Hue Bulb 1\" and she will. You can also tall her to make it softer, or brighter and she incrementally does so in small steps. Of course you can tell her to turn it on or off. However I renamed the bulbs in the Phillips Hue app in the Fire HDX and when I told Alexa to do the following with the renamed light of, \"Alexa turn off my bedroom light\" she said no such device found. So I had to re-pair with Alexa. That is super easy, just tell her to find devices, and she say press the button the Hue hub, and you only need to do so for a second, and then she now re-pairs, and uploads the new device names. So then I said, \"Alexa turn on my bedroom light\" and presto she did. I know this is going to make me sound like a dork but my favorite thing has become to get ready for bed, tuck myself under the covers, and say, \"Alexa turn off the bedroom light\", and her sweet caring affectionate voice says, \"Okay\". It's the last thing I hear before going to sleep at night. Sorry but I love it when a female voice says that. :-) I'm hooked.\n\nThis is just the beginning for me with automating my home. I'm looking forward to advancing to a comprehensive smart home. I like that I can download the Phillips Hue app to work in everything including my Android based phone, to my Amazon tablet, to my Apple iPad air. I kind of went crazy buying tablets mostly because I grew tired of being locked out of Android for example when I had my Windows based phone. The Amazon tablets are incredible for clarity, and entertainment purposes, as well as a myriad of different uses.\nSo I don't know about how this has worked for others, but all I know is it worked perfect for me right out of the box, no hassles, hiccups, or burps.\n\nOne last thought is that I have a projector screen that is used ideally in a totally black room. So unfortunately when I am done watching Amazon Prime movies for example, and I am remodeling my house, I have to get up while the projector is still on, climb over stacked rugs and more, turn a light on, and then climb back to the viewing chair, and then turn the projector off, finally leaving the room turning the light back off. So now with the tablet I just turn the light on in the chair, shut the projector down, and then leave the room.\n\nYou can also say, \"Alexa turn on my bedroom light in one minute\" and Alexa responds, \"Turning on bedroom light in one minute starting now.\" She started lighting up with the colors swirling and a pleasant tone so I said, \"Alexa what are you doing?\" and she replied, \"I am answering questions and learning more.\" So I guess she was updating. Okay maybe this review is starting to drift a little more into the Alexa realm, but the exciting thing is she becomes the main helper in complete home automation, and works beautifully with this Phillips Hue Lighting kit. No problems at all so far so I highly recommend it.\n\nUpdate: Read my comment/reply below that shares with you how cool it is to use Alexa with Ooma to be your secretary, handling your phone chores.","Product: Transform your home into a smart home with the GE Bluetooth In-Wall Smart Switch. Control and program your lighting directly from your phone or tablet - no need for a gateway, hub or even a router. This one-of-a-kind smart switch allows you to schedule and control of any hard-wired light sources in your home. The switch replaces your current light switch and is easy to install by using your home's existing wiring and is equipped with screw terminals instead of flying leads. It features multiple scheduling options including seven-day, sunrise and sunset, random and vacation and custom countdowns.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Instructions say you need to be within 30 feet with your smartphone or tablet for the bluetooth function to work.\n\nReview: Smart homes are here to stay and are simply going to be an ever evolving wave of the future. This switch works great. I do not have more than one switch so I can't comment on the daisy chain feature. These switches are good as a standalone switch or a leg in the three way. However the GE add on switch is required for the multi-switch 3-way or 4-way. You can't connect this switch through the traveler connection on the back of the switch to a non-GE switch because it will cause damage and improper function.\n\nThe instructions tell you that the smart switch may need to be within 10 feet of the smartphone or tablet to be included. That sort of negates the luxury of being able to sit in your easy chair and control your switch or switches. For that reason I knocked off two stars. You can download the avi-on app for free for Apple or Android smartphones or tablets. It requires iOS 7.0 and above or Android 4.4 and above.\n\nThe instructions that are included are very thorough. I hate it when you open a box and they have a simple drawing diagram without any explanations. This is the exact opposite of that. They left no stone un-turned.","Product: A revolutionary, patented tool that does all the work of a pry bar and claw but without the damage. The Trim Puller is designed specifically for repair or remodel projects where you aren't destroying but rather reusing your trim, baseboard, cabinets, molding, flooring and other materials. Does an awesome job at removing tile, backsplash and hardwood floors.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A welcome addition to your arsenal. You probably will wish you had it all along.\n\nReview: There are a myriad of different pry bar options, but this one is unique in all that I have seen. It has a large 4\" wide face made from 1/8\" thick steel. It has a real sharp leading edge so unlike a typical wonder bar it will not damage the molding when taking it off. The wide face also does two things. First there is an inch and a half curved piece of steel that assists in causing the baseboard molding for example to pull away from the wall instead of just inserting the face blade. Then with this pull away from the wall you are better able to move the device sideways freeing it from the wall.\n\nSo in contrast the wonder bar not only isn't nice to the molding with its thick edge and flat surface not pulling it at all away from the wall, then you are stuck with the full throttle of the nails still going in deep, and then when you tilt it sideways it is much more narrow in the face department. All of this adds up to the wonder bar not only possibly damaging the molding, but also put dents in the wall when prying it sideways.\nSo how sharp is the edge on this Zenith Industries Trim Puller. It is crazy sharp but dull enough to know when to quit. If it got any sharper you could cut your steak with it at dinnertime.\n\nSo how does it compare to some other popular tools in this arena. I have of course the wonder bar which has been a staple for a long time. <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Stanley-55-515-12-3-4-inch-Wonder-bar-Pry-Bar/dp/B00002X1XT/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Stanley 55-515 12-3/4-inch Wonder bar Pry Bar</a> No one tool does it all. In this case the Wonder bar has two ends; one that is at a 90 degree angle and the other is a long slow slope for being able to reach in to areas that may not be accessible with a right angle tool. So that is a keeper.\n\nIn addition I discovered the Shark Industries molding bar which is a miracle tool. I couldn't find the Shark model here at Amazon, but here is the same tool in a 10 inch variety. <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Stanley-55-117-10-Inch-Molding-Bar/dp/B000A27XG2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Stanley 55-117 10-Inch Molding Bar</a> The 10 inch is good to have but if I had to choose just one I would pick the 8 inch. http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-55-116-8-inch-Nail-Puller/dp/B000A26NG8/ref=sr_1_6_m?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1454515512&sr=1-6&keywords=Inch+Molding+Bar It sits comfortably in the tool pouch always at the ready, and that is good because once you start to use one of these you will never be happy without it. I bought my brother one for Christmas, and he is a professional remodeler/contractor. He acted like he had so-so interest. Sure enough after using it he can't rave about it enough. Why? Because the face is smaller, and sharper so it can handle even very delicate molding faces, and it has just the right curve for prying against the wall, and on the other end is a very handy nail puller which has got to be THE most common task when pulling moldings.\n\nSo back to this Zenith Industries Trim Puller. It is a heavier version of trim pullers. It is substantially made. It has a rubberized handle on one end, and the business end not only has the 4\" wide flat face but it also has a V-Groove notch for pulling nails. Since the face is 3 inches deep you can pull all but the railroad tie nails. (Okay that is a bit of an exaggeration, but only a little bit.) In plain words you won't be starting nails with this, and then have to switch over to a hammer in order to finish the job. This tool is large enough to do the whole job.\n\nI'm getting ready to tear out a section of wall that has 7/8\" cedar decking boards that are finished in clear lacquer, and install a double slider going into the adjoining room. Between the moldings top and bottom and in the corners, and the boards themselves this tool will get a serious workout; yes even way more than my wonder bar, and Shark style 8\" trim puller. Highly recommended.","Product: KING'S 12\" Steel Toe Dipped Neoprene Work Boots offer 100% waterproof protection and good chemical resistance at a value price. Ideal for most wet and messy workplaces, these men's work boots have a durable fabric lining that wicks away moisture to keep your feet cool and dry. Featuring a seamless, dipped construction that is soft and pliable, these neoprene boots also have a tough, slip-resistant outsole that squeegees liquid and debris out from underfoot. A scalloped edge prevents chafing and rubbing against your legs.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Waterproof, mudproof, and built to last. As heavy duty as a Goodyear tire.\n\nReview: When you are putting these on think cowboy boots. They are snug to get on, real snug but once you get there they fit like a glove; well almost. I normally take a size 9 and they sent me a size 10. With steel toe work boots I prefer that. Why? Because with regular shoes you have some stretching capabilities, but with steel toes the limit is the limit. There was of course so extra room in the toe area because of the additional size, but that could be beneficial if you are wearing these in the winter with heavy socks. I'm sure the collar/tube right above the ankle area will stretch a little more over time enabling me to wear extra heavy socks. As it is a tried these on with regular white sweat thicker socks. Due to the fact that I have high arches all is part of the reason why I have a challenge getting them on. Once on there was this immediate feeling of these are comfortable. The high arch touched the upper surface of the foot area making them fit nice and stay put even if I was slow running. However there was about an extra half inch in the toe.\n\nOkay enough about that. The thing that really impressed me is these things are built like a Sherman tank. Well actually more like a vulcanized Goodyear rubber highway tire. There is no way any water is going to get through these no how. Every square inch of this is seam sealed and welded together so to speak. They come with a slight oiled glaze on the outside but it is pretty strong and doesn't even come off on your fingers, so I think it is to be ignored, and look at it like they put that on there to keep the rubber supple instead of drying out.\n\nI have to do some digging around my storage shed in order to move it over some. The maple tree is squeezing against the roof edge. I have clay soil and the only way you are going to dig through that is if you first give the ground a good soaking. I don't mean a sprinkle with the hose either. That moisture may take a few hours to go down deep. Then you can dig it out. Needless to say the mud/muck will be a challenge. With these boots it is just what the doctor ordered. My feet will stay dry and warm the whole time. The outside may look like a mess.\n\nI also like that these are rated for electrical work. I have a generator in the shed in order to supply the house with electricity in a power outage. Running those underground cables once again is going to be a challenge, and the mud will be everywhere. If you are in the trades, and need to be on the work site with new construction these are ideal. You can climb through the mud, and the puddles and not get your feet wet.\n\nI have some yellow vinyl boots that are real flimsy next to these, and what is even more important is that they do not have a steel toe like these do as well. I've dropped a heavy object on my toes before. That alone makes it worth it. Highly recommended.","Product: Built to last, these KING'S 6\" Leather Steel Toe Work Boots with Goodyear Welt feature an oiled full-grain leather upper that can bend and flex without cracking. Ideal for outdoor job sites, these men's work boots have a welt construction for increased durability and longer boot life. It also affords better torsion control and increased stability while walking on uneven surfaces. A removable, dual density EVA insole provides lightweight cushioning with the option of adding custom orthotics or gel liners. These men's work boots have speed lace metal hardware for quick lacing and adjusting.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The comfort, the quality build and materials make these a 5 star addition to your footwear collection\n\nReview: Hands down this is my favorite steel toe boot. I have summer sneakers in the steel toe and they have some fabric breathing holes on the side, and are lighter than these KGEO02's. My first impression when opening the box was that these are definitely a darker shade of this color. I really was excited because the photo showed them so well. Upon further inspection, when you look at these boots in direct sunlight I would have to be a nit picking crazy man to think they are in any way significantly different than the photo. The color is the same, but in the shade they appear darker which is to be expected.\n\nI really love the fast open back eyelets that enable you to quick lace these up and still get the desired fit. These things look fabulous. They are every bit as good looking as the photo. The beauty is in the proportions, and these are proportioned perfectly. The insole has a thick rubber pad toward the heel, and the entire bottom is padded with a real nice golden tan material that is the same as the entire inside of the boot. The bottom liner is such a perfect fit that unless you knew it was removable you would consider it having been sewn or glued in. It's almost tempting to order a backup but it very well could last as long as the boot does which I expect to be many years. There isn't anything shoddy about this boot. It's macho powerful all the way from the Goodyear style rubber sole and the lower sides glued and stitched to provide a water tight seal against splashes.\n\nThe thing I noticed on this 90 degree day even though I was inside is that these boots are very warm. That is a great thing for cold weather, and even moderate weather, but I could see these boots coming up over the ankle, with heavy socks being a cooker on a hot summer street. Even the slightly padded lining is a thermal lining type. If you are on a hot roof, or even for general construction and manufacturing during the summer, my pick is the <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/King-s-by-Honeywell-Steel-Toe-Low-Hiker/dp/B015SPPXAS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">King's by Honeywell Steel Toe Low Hiker</a>. They are much lighter, and as I mentioned breathe through the fabric breathable vents on the sides. Notwithstanding during the cooler months I am looking forward to making these HGEO02's my favorite wear every day boot.\n\nI normally wear a size 9 but these 10's fit me just fine due to the good grip of the laced tongue over the arch area. There is a little extra wiggle room in the toes, but in a steel toe it is better to have a little wiggle room than for them to be too tight in the toes. These are not going to relax lengthwise like a sheepskin shoe, or sneaker will. So if you are in between sizes, or close to the upper reaches of a size, move up one size.\n\nThose sneakers I included the link to are also Honeywell steel toes but their sole, where the rubber meets the road is a different configuration. The sneakers have a rocking chair so to speak design, so if you are running the heel comes down on a rounded back ready to roll toward the front, and when you get toward the front the toe area of the sole is like a rocking chair in that is curls upward eliminating any resistance. These leather boots on the other hand have more of a standard pattern with the heels somewhat flat across the bottom, and the toe section gradually moving upward. Of course you can run with these but you would be landing on a sharp rubber heel edge. So if you have any warrants out get the sneakers. :-) Okay, okay that was a joke.\n\nI really am serious when I say these are my favorite steel toe boot. I say steel toe because I wear sheepskin shoes a lot and those are meant to provide pillow like comfort, yet they have zero support. On the other hand these brown leather steel toes are all about support. Yet the moment I tried them on the overall feeling was that these feel great. So between the comfort, the quality of the build and stitching, and materials looking like real handmade leather from eons ago, I have to say these are definitely a 5 star addition to your footwear collection. Highly recommended.","Product: KING'S Industrial Series 4\" Leather & Mesh Steel Toe Hikers offer plenty of stability on uneven surfaces, helping you stay safe on the jobsite. The sporty suede and mesh upper allows them to double as steel toe sneakers during off hours. A dual density EVA cushion insole provides all-day comfort. The durable rubber outsole helps you keep your footing on slick surfaces and can stand up to everyday exposure to organic and mineral oils, making these mens work shoes perfect for construction and manufacturing.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Well designed, comfortable fit, if you are at the upper reaches of your size, move up one.\n\nReview: I usually wear size 9's and I got 10\"s and glad I did. I find with steel toe work boots, sneakers, and shoes to be a little confining if you are trying to fit into them with a snug fit to begin with. Regular shoes can stretch and will relax with use but not a steel toe. The whole front nose section is locked into place. The 10's fit me just fine, and there is a little bit of wiggle room left over, but an eighth of an inch shorter and the front of my toes other than the big one are almost touching. The nose taper off to the side makes it that way.\n\nSo now onto the shoe. To look at them you would never know that they double as a construction or manufacturing boot. They look like walking or running sneaker with the heel rounded at the back, and the whole front section rounded upwards toward the toe. So if you imagine a rocking chair with the bottom curved to eliminate resistance in the rocking motion. That makes running or walking real easy. No reason why these could not be used as a regular everyday wear sneaker as well. Of course the steel toe is worth it's weight in gold if you have ever dropped a board, or accidentally dropped a hammer or other tool on your toes.\n\nThe uppers are made from leather and there are black fabric patches that enable them to breathe. The bottom sole is rubber with a traction pattern like an off road truck tire. So you are sure not to slip in the muddy terrain. In the looks department they are really a nice design artfully speaking. They have a rugged appeal to them but the sculpting is well thought out. Overall I don't have anything negative to say about them. Highly recommended.","Product: KING'S Industrial Series 6\" Synthetic Leather Steel Toe Hikers offer the impact protection you need to stay safe during work hours. Their casual appearance allows them to do double duty as steel toe sneakers for off the job usage. They feature a slip-resistant rubber outsole that helps you keep your footing on slick and uneven terrain. It's also tough enough to endure everyday exposure to organic and mineral oils. Designed for all-day comfort, these mens work shoes have a lightweight EVA insole for cushioning and support (removable if you want to add your own custom orthotics).\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Excellent steel toe. Comparing two models that King's by Honeywell makes.\n\nReview: The <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/King-s-by-Honeywell-Steel-Toe-Low-Hiker/dp/B015SPPXAS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">King's by Honeywell Steel Toe Low Hiker</a> has a slightly lower profile is made of real leather, and has some side vent holes to allow for more perspiration breathing. I consider that one to be more of a summer type.\n\nThis Honeywell Mid Hiker has a higher profile, is made from synthetic leather which is more waterproof, and with the lack of vent holes on the side makes it more of a waterproof model although the lace area has a fabric cover making deep immersion in water not advisable.\n\nTo look at them you would never know that they double as a construction or manufacturing boot. Both models have a running shoe configuration along the sole. Its like a rocking chair with a nose that curves up, and a heel that does as well. So when you run you are not getting a flop-flop front of the shoe type of experience. It makes it very smooth with great walking ease. No reason why these could not be used as a regular everyday wear sneaker as well. Of course the steel toe is worth its weight in gold if you have ever dropped a board, or accidentally dropped a hammer or other tool on your toes.\n\nI usually wear size 9's and I got 10\"s which is okay. Your normal size is best, but I find with steel toe work boots, sneakers, and shoes to be a little confining if you are trying to fit into them with a snug fit to begin with. Regular shoes can stretch and will relax with use but not a steel toe. The whole front nose section is locked into place. The 10's fit me just fine, and there is a little bit of wiggle room left over, but an eighth of an inch shorter and the front of my toes other than the big one are almost touching. The nose taper off to the side makes it that way.\n\nThe bottom sole is rubber with a traction pattern like an off road truck tire. So you are sure not to slip in the muddy terrain. In the looks department they are really a nice design artfully speaking. They have a rugged appeal to them but the sculpting is well thought out. Overall I don't have anything negative to say about them. Highly recommended.","Product: Cable Barrel Key Lock\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A great addition to your security arsenal.\n\nReview: These type of locks are designed to keep the honest people out. Securing your laptop bag, or tent for that matter at least imparts a feeling of security. At the very least it enables you to know if someone placed a precursory visit to your belongings. I say that because laptop bags can be lifted in their entirety, a tent can easily be sliced into with a razor blade so this is not exactly Fort Knox. It is an inexpensive device that enhances your security.\n\nIt's pretty straightforward. It is a barrel lock with a multi-strand steel cable providing way more strength than is needed in tautness. On the end is a piece of what appears to be a hard black plastic. On the other end of that steel cable is a pressure applied steel ball that slides into the barrel lock. They supply two keys to open the internal grip on the barrel steel head on the end of the cable. It looks good. It is something small enough that you could place it in your pocket without a second thought of it even being there. A great addition to your security arsenal.","Product: Sylvania 3-way LED bulb replaces 40/60/100W incandescent bulbs using only 4.5/8.5/15 watts of energy. Daylight 5000K, non-dimmable 74086\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great to have three levels of light. You don't need a wall switch or in line dimmer to be able to adjust it right on the lamp\n\nReview: I had just purchased a pack of standard daylight rated bulbs that were LED and for a nice price. I came home and put two of them in the garage door opener and hated the bleached out white. I purchased two warm whites here from Amazon, and they are fantastic. They don't throw as much light but the warm golden glow is perfect. They light the garage up well enough that I don't even use the installed ceiling lighting anymore especially since they come one automatically.\nSo why did I share all of that with you? Because this bulb is a warm white. That means you are going to be happy with it if you are looking for a cozy room. The fact that it is a 3 way means you can use it in any lamp, as long as this oversize will fit in your lamp, and be able to control the dim in any of three positions. You don't need to have a dimmer wall switch, or one in line, you simply click it into whatever level within the 3 levels right at the lamp.\nThe bulb base screws into the regular bulb base size. It is only the top that is larger so if you have a lamp with a snap on shade that mounts directly to the bulb you will want to make sure the wire clamp has some extra give to it. I have been changing my entire house over to LED's. Not only are they penny pinchers on the electricity, they also last a crazy long period of time. It's almost a bulb for life. (Depending on your age) So bite the bullet and go LED. Every day that goes by you are recovering the cost of the investment. Highly recommended.","Product: Energy efficient replacement for a standard incandescent household light bulb but uses only 8 watts! The bulbs emit a soft white color of 2700K which is perfect for indoor lighting as it mimics the glow of standard incandescent bulbs. These are suitable for use in indoor or outdoor enclosed fixtures. The bulbs are not dimmable and can directly replace 65 watt incandescent bulbs while providing a soft white light that is perfect for illuminating living spaces such as kitchen and bathroom downlights.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: These work great and give you a lot of light for a little bit of money.\n\nReview: Just compared these to my old energy hog bulbs. These throw a lot more light at a fraction of the cost for electricity. They also have a predicted usage of 20,000 hours which is equivalent to 18.3 years. The one thing about these particular bulbs is that they are non-dimmable. My other LED's of the same type are dimmable. So why is that such a big deal? Well when you are dealing with a daylight type of bulb they throw a lot of light, but it is a very sterile bright white light without any golden overtones like the old energy hog bulbs throw. So they are not as warm. The old bulbs don't put out anywhere near as much light though. So by getting these in a warmer version, or a dimmable version enables you to set them either for all the way on bright light, or dim them down to something a little warmer.\n\nThe huge advantage of using these non-dimmable bulbs however is that you don't need to put in a new wall switch if it is strictly an on-off switch. Beware though if you are using an old dimmable switch with LED bulbs that do dim because they can overheat. You need a special LED switch. The exact one that is compatible, or ones that are compatible is often listed by the bulb manufacturer on the box or in the advertisement.\n\nSo to me these are idea for using outside, or in a garage etc. Inside I want the dimmable version to soften things up a bit by dimming. These work great and give you a lot of light for a little bit of money.","Product: The BORA WTX Clamp Edge and Saw Guide kit is the perfect addition to your woodworking and home projects. In plain terms, it provides an easy way to get straight cuts every time. The saw plate / saw sled attaches right to your circular saw, the clamp edge clamps down tightly to your material to be cut, and the saw plate slides right into it via a channel-lock system. This makes it a rigid, unwavering guide that keeps your blade straight and true. The saw plate attaches easily to most make and model circular saws, and works for both right handed and left handed models. The included clamp edge is 100 (big enough to fit across a standard 4x8 sheet) Straight cuts were never so easy, or affordable get one today and get better results with Bora Tool.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The clamp edge is better and more flexible than my expensive Tru-Grip system I bought years ago.\n\nReview: The Bora WTX clamp edge is useful for a wide range of tools including routers, jig saws, and circular saws. The challenge of using a clamp edge only for alignment is that most shop tools have not only different widths from the bit depending on which edge you use, they also often have base plates which are not perfectly parallel to the blade. So by simply using the edge guide you have to use the side most parallel to the blade, or in the cast of a router the side you measured the offset from.\n\nThis is especially a challenge when using a circular saw because they often have both problems. This is where the clamp edge comes in. First let me say that I have the Bora saw guide, the one that the end swivels a little bit so you can do slight angle cuts that are not on the 90. For that purpose it is very helpful, but for straight cuts it presents a setup challenge. You are navigating getting the clamp secured down on your marks fore and aft while at the same time trying to keep the clamp dead center so you use a square, which is a third thing to control. So if you are getting just one clamp get the same one that comes in this kit. It stays perfectly straight when you are doing your clamp down procedure.\n\nNow onto the clamp edge. I have purchased in the past an array of Tru-Grip clamps and their separate router and circular saw plates. They are a one shot deal. Once you fix the position on a saw blade and mount it, you pretty much need to leave it on there. If you have real tight drill hole collars you can remove and get it real close when remounting. The problem is that there is no forgiveness if you need to adjust. Once that blade pierces the white plastic base that is it, unless you play on re-piercing and then you have lots of slices in your base.\n\nThat is where this Bora comes in. It is predominantly used for your circular saw. The independent clamps eliminates the need to do any drilling. You can use either side of your saw because the hold down clamps are adjustable. You could make a mark where your saw goes depending on which side of the baseplate you are using so you could use it either way.\n\nA real easy way to set this up and you don't even need to make any marks is to have a short run piece of perfectly parallel stock, cut to whichever offset from the edge of the base you prefer for example a half inch or less. Slide that up between your circular saw base, and the WTX clamp edge base and then tighten down the clamps. Now we are assuming that your saw edge is perfectly parallel to the blade. Check it. If it is off you can make your custom guide piece of stock a little offset in order to accommodate the custom angle. So it is real easy. Slide both bases together with the piece of stock in between and tighten up.\n\nThe huge advantage of having this saw guide is that you are not hauling down the entire sheet of plywood to your cabinet saw, or you need the flexibility to be on a job site and get a good parallel cut. Overall the quality of the clamp and edge guide are built well and should last you a long time. Highly recommended.","Product: Portamate has been a pioneer in developing strong, sturdy mobile bases for woodworking and machine shop tools, so it's no surprise that we're again leading the pack with this 1500lb universal mobile base. It's an industrial strength, fully-adjustable rolling platform, with a capacity that exceeds the competition by hundreds of pounds. Like our other mobile bases, this one increases and decreases size in one-inch increments, from 18.25 x 23.5 to 28 x 33.5. The all steel construction, solid corner brackets and \"smooth as silk\" casters and wheels (with foot control locking levers) ensure the strength and stability you are looking for. The PM-3500 is ideal for virtually all larger machines (like band saws, planers, jointers and many more) and also the perfect rolling base for cabinets, that giant safe you have, large tool boxes and anything else you need to make \"mobile\". Everything you need is included and we back it with a full one year warranty. This works with Grizzly, Delta, Shop fox, Powermatic, Jet, Sawstop, Woodtek, Laguna, Rikon, Craftsman, General, Steel City, General International, Delta Unisaw, Contactor Cabinet Table Saws with extension legs.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Portamate not only is this stand a brute it is also superbly well made. Fit, finish, welds are top notch.\n\nReview: Another perfect example of super heavy duty construction. I have the Portamate Mobile stand under my 425 pound Powermatic 8\" jointer. The collars that hold the extension bars are 1/16\" thick and when it counts like on the mounting plate and lift feet the steel plate is a full 1/8\" thick. Just like the other Portamate stand that I have this one is really well built. The welds, paint, and finish are all well done. The metal welded together must have been done mounted in an accurate jig; none of the seams are misaligned.\n\nOn the other hand my Shop Fox mobile base that I have my 1948 Walker Turner Bandsaw weighing in at 625 pounds of cast iron mounted on, the Shop Fox base had flaking paint with rust patches underneath. So obviously Shop Fox skipped the acid pickling phase of prepping the metal or worse.\n\nThis not only has the flexibility of two different roll directions/patterns, it also allows you to create the ideal type of footprint; a wider footprint to create additional stability for the tools like a drill press with the wheels splaying out to the left and right sides, or wheels straight out the front when using it for something like a jointer or in this case a table saw that already has all the wider of a footprint it needs is best accomplished this way.\n\nThe HUGE thing I love about the Portamate Mobile Base is and this is the way the directions tell you, is to assemble for example the two rear corners with rear and side arms attached and then slide your heavy machine onto it. A simply back sided tilt is a lot easier than a complete lift. Since the front corners aren't yet in place it makes the lifting of one side of the machine to a tilt way easier than having to lift your entire machine onto a finished stand. When you are dealing with machinery that is well north of 200 pounds this is a huge advantage. Then assembling the other corners, for example in the front is a breeze. You measure and assemble the second group of corners, then with using something as universal as a heavy duty hand truck you lift the other side while someone slides the second half together. Tweak the alignment a little for the bolts to align, snug it up and you are done.\n\nThis universal base is just right for my Powermatic 66 5 hp table saw with side extension table. Fortunately since the plate the machine mounts on is only a little bit off of the floor in rise height it won't affect the alignment of my attached outfeed table. I purchased adjustable feet for that outfeed to level it, and now will come in handy tweaking the alignment with the slight lift of the Porta Mate Mobile base. The outfeed table is held on my two machine thread bolts which are easily removable, and the outfeed doesn't need a mobile base because it is light enough. I'm getting ready to remove the vinyl tile floor in my workshop so having the universal base will make that job doable. Having to slide around something that heavy runs the risk of grinding the paint off of the bottom leading to future rust problems. This way not only does it prevent that, it also enables me to be able to move the saw whenever needed. My hat is off to Porta Mate for making a great mobile base. My other one has been giving me zero problems.","Product: South Main Hardware airless spray tips are available in a wide selection of orifice sizes and fan spray widths. See our helpful spray tip guide to find out which airless spray tip is best suited for your job. This 311 tip has a 0.011-Inch diameter and a 6 inch -8 inch spray fan.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Extra tips are good to have in a variety of sizes up to the maximum orifice that your sprayer can handle.\n\nReview: The Graco airless paint sprayers are one of the most popular sprayers since they not only have the professional grade models, but also the pro-sumer models as well. Their X5 and X7's are the ones for those spraying up to 125 gallons per year. They also make a project painter plus for even less money. Those and the pros are the ones that use these tips. The tips are interchangeable so you can adjust the flow depending on the orifice size, and the spray pattern width as well.\n\nYou want to have several sizes although the 515 and 310 are the most popular. The 3 digit model number starts off with the first digit signifying the width of the spray pattern. So a 515 has a 10 inch spray pattern. Yes, you double the first number to see what the spray pattern is in width. The listing states a 10\" to 12\" spray pattern for the 515 which of course depends on how close you hold the spray gun to the work surface. The second number as in this example the 15 of the 515 is the orifice size. So a 515 has a 15 thousandths or .015 orifice. Generally speaking you want to use the largest orifice size that your sprayer allows. So when using the X5 for example you use the spray tip that ends in 15, and with the X7 you use a spray tip that ends in 17. More powerful sprayers not only allow more paint flow, they also are capable of creating larger fans with that additional material. The more professional Graco sprayers use even larger tips than the 17's.\n\nIf you are doing trim work and are using an oil based paint you can use the 310 tips for a finer finish. Latex paints generally need to be thinned, AND strained to guarantee uniform consistency. Bag strainers are advisable with 5 gallon pails that you lift out, or you can use a used pair of womens nylons in order to strain lesser quantities. Do not use automotive cone strainers. They are designed for real thin oil based paints only. The water to latex paint reduction is 2 quarts of water to a 5 gallon bucket, or you can use Flotrol and less water.\n\nThe huge advantage of using sprayers is that they cover a lot more area in half of the time. However the time it takes to prepare for using them is far greater because you have overspray to deal with. You need to use the large rolls of inexpensive painters clear plastic to cover everything. Hoping that there won't not only be any overspray in the adjacent areas, but in addition the clouds of billowing overspray into the room is a myth. You have to accommodate for both. Spraying the interior of a house you have to expect silica dust settling on everything. So when doing vacant/unoccupied properties, especially before the floor is laid is the huge advantage with a sprayer, or if you are doing the outside of your house, your garage door, walls, shed, or even a removed door on horses a sprayer is a big savings in time. No matter where you use it preparation is still required taping off windows, doors, or anything you don't want to get overspray paint on. Maybe my billowing clouds of overspray is a bit much in the explanation, but if you live like I do on a lot that is only 1/8 of an acre you have a overspray concern directly into your neighbor's house that is only 20 feet away.\nThese South Main Hardware tips do a nice job. Be sure and get the orifice size that does not exceed the maximum allowable for your model sprayer. All in all nice tips. Highly recommended.","Product: The Rio hand shower is our most versatile creation to date. Featuring 147 spray outlets and 5 distinct settings, the Rio can be customized to deliver intense, massage, rain, pulsate and pause spray patterns. The handle has been meticulously shaped to fit perfectly in your hands. Its clean, matte spray face will fit beautifully in any modern bathroom. The Rio hand shower includes a 5-foot metal hose and coordinating bracket for simple installation.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Very nice shower head, and at 2.5GPM and a wide head you enjoy lots of water for a very nice price.\n\nReview: Live in a household with 3 or 4 people taking showers and you need to crank your hot water heater up to the next setting of how hot the water is. With my 50 gallon tank that change resulted in a $50 per month difference in my natural gas bill. Other variables are going on so that is not a scientific analysis/measurement, but one thing is sure, hot water is your second most expensive utility.\n\nSo what does that have to do with this showerhead? Namely this it put out 2.5 GPM which equates to using a lot less water than your old fire hose showerhead. That doesn't make this one unique because there are a lot of them at that flow rate available. I just thought you would be interested in that. The problem with lower flow rates is that if you have a standard width face on your showerhead, you not only are not getting as much water, you are also receiving it in a small pattern. The secret is to have a wide head like this Rio with several different patterns of spray. That gives you the feeling like you are still getting a lot of water on you just because there is such a wide array of it.\n\nSo now onto this specific model. They advertise it as polished chrome and it sure as heck looks like a polished chrome bumper at a classic car show. However it is made from plastic, so the chrome is plastic, albeit a very high quality of plastic. It looks like flowed polished glass. The gray rubber side panels give you a good grip even if your hands are full of soap.\n\nI really like that it has a 5 foot long hose that comes with it because some come with these extra-long hoses that take up too much space in the shower. A 5 footer is just right.\n\nThis Rio comes in at a very nice price point because they can afford to make you a quality shower head, but unlike some of the comparable models they come in at a higher price. So overall this is a nice quality and price ratio. I've bought quite a few shower heads, and this one is one that is part of the better half. All in all highly recommended.","Product: Bosch Starlock oscillating multi-tool accessories deliver a three-dimensional fit designed to provide a completely integrated system between multi-tool and accessory. This is a new dimension in torque for oscillating multi-tools. By using a three-dimensional shape instead of a flat interface, Starlock provides the highest-torque transfer, reduced vibration and the ability for higher performance applications. These accessories continue to be OIS compatible and fit existing tools, as well as the next generation of high-performance Starlock tools. Bosch multi-tool accessories are Swiss made for precision accuracy and long life in the most demanding professional applications. Bosch has a heritage of innovation including the SDS-plus and SDS-max shank systems for concrete hammers and the T-Shank professional blade standard interface for jig saws. The Starlock interface is the new professional standard in oscillating multi-tool systems.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Works on my old Fein Multimaster perfectly.\n\nReview: Bosch makes scary sharp cutting blades. I have their famous jig saw and ignored the warnings about wearing gloves when changing blades. Sure enough just the slightest glance resulted in my creating a slice in my skin on the surface. Thank goodness that it was only a glance. So I have a lot of respect for Bosch.\n\nI purchased a Fein Multi-tool about 10 years ago, the exact year I am not sure, but it comes in incredibly handy. I don't use it daily but when I am remodeling the house it is a well appreciated tool. When I saw the Bosch blade was compatible with Fein Multimaster amongst others I thought I would take a chance, and I am glad it did. It works perfect with my Fein even though it is a Bosch blade. My Fein Multimaster has the following model number on the side: MS+e 636 II. A while after I purchased the Fein I saw they had improved it by using a different blade configuration where it meets the tool mounting head.\n\nKnowing that when I use my old Fein for extended periods of time the blade has a habit of shifting position which requires me to loosen and retighten. I bought several packs of blades when I first got the Fein, as well as their large multipack so I have not had any need for more blades. I heard that you can change the head in order to update it but don't hold me to that.\n\nAnyhow this Bosch blade goes onto my Fein perfectly even with the old smooth head mount on my Fein. Bosch and Fein have recently teamed up to jointly develop and patent a first of its kind tool-less blade changing interface, which they have named Starlock. There is the Starlock, the Starlock Plus, and the Starlock Max. They are interchangeable with any Starlock tool, but differ with respect to backwards compatibility with various other brands. An accessory that works with the Festool Vecturo OS 400 multitool and anything requiring a slot. The totally cool thing is with dedicated Starlock tools you can change a blade with only a whisper. Push it down onto a blade, and for removal a simple lever and it's off.","Product: TCP LED general purpose A19 light bulbs are a great way to upgrade the lighting in your home while saving energy and money. The TCP RLA6027ND is a general purpose light bulb that is a direct replacement for a 60 watt incandescent light bulb. These bulbs can be used indoors anywhere a 60 watt incandescent bulb can be used. TCP RLA6027ND illuminates a soft white color when lit that is very similar to that of incandescent bulbs and are non dimmable. Replace your old incandescent in your table lamps, sconce lights, and anywhere else you currently have a 60 watt incandescent and start saving energy and money today.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: These throw out so much more light than the old bulbs it isn't even funny.\n\nReview: Just wrote a review on the RCP flood lamps and even though these are soft white instead of daylight like the flood lamps bulbs many of the same rules apply. Both bulbs have that bright white look to them instead of the old golden glow that doesn't produce much light. Here is a copy and paste.\n\nJust compared these to my old energy hog bulbs. These throw a lot more light at a fraction of the cost for electricity. They also have a predicted usage of 20,000 hours which is equivalent to 18.3 years. The one thing about these particular bulbs is that they are non-dimmable. My other LED's of the same type are dimmable. So why is that such a big deal? Well when you are dealing with a daylight type of bulb they throw a lot of light, but it is a very sterile bright white light without any golden overtones like the old energy hog bulbs throw. So they are not as warm. The old bulbs don't put out anywhere near as much light though. So by getting these in a warmer version, or a dimmable version enables you to set them either for all the way on bright light, or dim them down to something a little warmer.\n\nThe huge advantage of using these non-dimmable bulbs however is that you don't need to put in a new wall switch if it is strictly an on-off switch. Beware though if you are using an old dimmable switch with LED bulbs that do dim because they can overheat. You need a special LED switch. The exact one that is compatible, or ones that are compatible is often listed by the bulb manufacturer on the box or in the advertisement.\n\nSo to me these are idea for using outside, or in a garage etc. Inside I want the dimmable version to soften things up a bit by dimming. These work great and give you a lot of light for a little bit of money.","Product: KREG TOOL KBC3 Kreg Automaxx Bench Clamp, 3\"\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: You have to appreciate just what this tool does with the Automaxx feature. Nothing short of incredible.\n\nReview: Far and away the mind blowing feature of the Kreg Automaxx line is just that; automatically adjusting to different thicknesses with the same amount of clamping pressure no matter how wide or thin within the range. So you take the tool and spin the adjusting knob which is recessed into the handle similar to the way you turn the knob on the base of a vice grip. The analogy ends there because with the Automaxx ones the tension is set, no matter what thickness within the tools range and that is 3 1/4\" on the KBC3, it will clamp with that same pressure. So for all intents and purposes it most likely is a set once and forget it. Of course you can always tweak it for different projects.\n\nYou will see in the Kreg Tool Automax line they have several that have the wide paddle plates on each side. The interesting thing about this KBC3 is that it is designed to work with Kregs tracking systems such as the Kreg KKS1020 Klamp Trak. <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Kreg-KKS1020-Klamp-Trak/dp/B000SRI4JE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Kreg KKS1020 Klamp Trak</a>. As you can see from the link that is a heavy duty extruded aluminum track that will hold up to more extreme clamping pressure than a standard feather board track. I have built several router tables and fences using those standard tracks and if secured properly they and hold their own for most tasks. Ideally the Kreg track system is built to withstand the rigors of daily use. This clamp works very well though in a 1/4\" track by adding a simple washer that is thick enough. It will almost work with the attaching screw on the bottom but it will scar your track without the added washer and provide no real strength because it is so close to the width of the track.\n\nMy intended use is to create a drill press board that can be secured to the cast iron top on my drill press. Having a clamp on the standby reading to grip varying thicknesses of stock is a huge advantage when using a large pedestal floor standing press, or any press for that matter. My current clamp designed for that purpose that secures right to the cast iron top is the old vice grip version of adjusting. So it takes some finagling to get it set right.\n\nOf course using this for its intended purpose built right into a table with the Kreg track sets you up for production and always at the ready. The one thing you have to do is place some plastic under the seam you are gluing while using the Kreg system of pocket holes otherwise you could be gluing your workpiece to the bench if you don't remove it. Once screwed together using the pocket hole jigs it is securely held so well you may wonder why glue it, but glue rules for permanent, ain't no way it is coming apart joints. The huge advantage of pocket hole screws is that you can keep on assembling and not be restricted to waiting for the glue to setup before going onto the next sequence. You glue the seam, clamp it up, screw it together and go right on with the next step.\n\nI have the main Kreg Pocket Hole system that I bought many years ago and think it is an extremely great tool to have in your arsenal. They also make this Bench Clamp in a 6\" version. https://www.amazon.com/Kreg-KKS1140-Automaxx-6-Inch-Bench/dp/B00D3IQLZO/ref=pd_bxgy_469_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=G4H6K6E84PR91CJ3CQ16 and as I mentioned they have the extended reach 6\" clamp version; <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/New-Kreg-Tool-Khc1420-Automaxx-6-34-Face-Clamp-System-Clamp-Sale-4803698/dp/B01D8UF90Y/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">New Kreg Tool Khc1420 Automaxx 6\" Face Clamp System Clamp Sale 4803698</a> When you see how easily these AutoMaxx clamps work it will make you wonder why someone didn't develop this before.","Product: KREG TOOL KHC6 Kreg Wood Project Clamp With Automaxx, 6\"\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A marvel of a tool. The Auto-Maxx auto adjusting feature has to be seen to believe. It really, really works.\n\nReview: This tool belongs on another planet. The auto-adjust feature is nothing short of incredible. Maybe someone else did it first, I am not sure, but this is the first that I have seen it. An engineering marvel. So how it works. You can adjust the final clamping pressure with the spin knob at the clamp base convenient to reach at the handle, but get this. You can clamp nothing, and have the two jaw faces mate together and they will clamp with pressure.\nYou can then go directly to a 3/4\" or even 2\" on up to 5\" piece of stock and without any additional adjusting you can clamp them with the same pressure. So unlike a vice grip that you have to keep fiddling with the depth setting; you know try it, loosen it, adjust it again, and keep doing it until it gets to the proper pressure for the size of the item you are using. Not with this. It does the adjusting automatically for you. It's phenomenal. I can't believe it.\n\nOkay so onto the tool. <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Kreg-R3-Jr-Pocket-Hole-Jig-System/dp/B000J43A7W/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Kreg R3 Jr. Pocket Hole Jig System</a> is the number one best seller currently here at Amazon amongst the Kreg Pocket hole line. It is the least amount of money, and enables you to make Pocket holes. All you need is the clamp, and instead of the standard clamp that is available, and also automatically included in the Master kit, get this one instead. I have the large kit with carrying case, and that R3 gives you all of the capabilities you need. Pocket hole joinery has the distinct advantage for building cabinets for example in that you can glue up a piece, and by using the pocket hole screws there are no clamping headaches, and having to wait for one section to dry overnight before you can glue up additional sections. As long as you drill your pocket holes on the inside they are invisible from the outside. So think about instantly drawing a glue joint together with two wood screws holding it in place. That's rock solid. You move right onto the next procedure with no glue wait time. The key to getting a good mating surface are these wide mouth clamps. You first drill out the pocket hole on one side, and then align the pieces and clamp them together. Then you install the screws. With the wide face clamp you are guaranteed to get a flush mount. With clamps you have to fiddle with the clamping pressure while getting your fingers covered in glue feeling the alignment edges.\n\nThis clamp is also great for general glue ups with clamps in that it has a large reach, and you can for example glue up two 6\" pieces with the clamp squeezing the surfaces together. Then you apply pressure with for example your Bessey clamp or whatever, and then move this Kreg clamp further down the piece and do it again. Actually it is a great all around tool for clamping anything that you need a long reach for. That really comes in handy, and with a 6\" reach wide range of opening capability it also becomes a great clamp it down to your bench tool. I sincerely think this will become one of your number one most favorite tools in your shop. It is built sturdy. Unlike the cheap clamps with wobbly alignment, this one is pleasantly firm even at a 6\" outreach. It lines up equally on both sides every time. Since there is a wider face, and a smaller face, what Kreg did was make it line up all the way out on the tip for the edge bite while centering both sides equally off of the face. All in all a great tool.","Product: Kreg KHCRA Automaxx Right Angle Clamp\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Great tool. Fearless no holes barred mistake proof way of assembling right angle pieces.\n\nReview: Love the tool. It was just hanging up a little bit when I first got it. A few drops of oil and a little urgency on adjusting the threaded knob and all is well now. I have a Dowelmax for assembling cabinets with panels at right angles to one another. I also have a Freud Biscuit Joiner. The Dowelmax does a great job but there is always the threat of a dowel hole not being drilled exactly at the right spot so when you glue it up, if there is one misaligned dowel you have to pull it back apart, and with glue on everything that can get messy. The biscuit joiner has the same scenario in terms of having to properly mark your spots but is a bit more forgiving at the expense of having a looser joint.\n\nSo I have been using the Kreg Pocket hole system for quite a few years and it solves that problem. It does leave on the inside of the cabinet the drill holes going in at angles. They do sell precut plugs to fill those holes in oak, and other woods. Okay to onto why this is an ideal tool.\nWhen you are joining two pieces together at a right angle, let's say a cabinet back and a side it is difficult to hold the piece in place while you drive the screw. The right angle clamp ideally does the job because you can clamp the Kreg drill body onto the piece of wood while it is off of the cabinet. Then you drill a double hole in that piece only, and do so every so many inches to make a good hold. Then when you assemble the back and sides you have one hole to use this clamp in, and the other hole you insert and screw in the screw with a cordless drill for example.\n\nThe huge advantage is that you don't have to worry about any misaligned markings. Since the pocket hole screw is self-tapping, as it enters the mating surface it is creating its own pilot. In plain words you can't miss.\nOf course the advantage to pocket hole joinery when you are gluing up is that you don't need to break out the huge Bessey clamps to hold it in place while the glue dries. As a matter of fact you don't even have to wait for the glue to dry because you are creating a screwed together piece of joinery that holds itself while the glue dries for an even tighter bond.\n\nIn the past you could use large clamps to hold the panel in place while you secure the screws but this is so much easier. You may want to get the Kreg Automax 6\" reach model as well for those less accessible joints. Both of these have the Auto max feature which really flipped me out when I first saw what it does. Just like a vice grip you preset the amount of tension you want when fully clamped, but unlike the vice grip you can use it on different widths of stock and still have that same tension on the close without having to readjust it. That's insane, and a huge time saver. It's like set the tool once to your desired tension and then forget about it no matter what size stock you are going to use it on up to the max limit the tool can handle. All in all great stuff. Highly recommended.","Product: 6 ft. LED SHOPLIGHT-SINGLE MODE- 6000LM-White Finish Aluminum/ Plastic Construction Aluminum housing Finished in White 6000 Lumen Output 69.76\" LONG, 6\" WIDE, 2.75 DEEP 192 High Out Put LEDS, 96 LED Per Row With Clear Plastic Tube Protector Natural White Light 5000K 50 Watt CRI >80 50,000 Hour LED Life 5.25' UL Certified Wire 4-PC 13\" Hanging Chain and Hardware, 8 x \"S\" Hooks Included 5 ft. 3 prong 120V with grounded plug $6.02 Estimated Energy Cost per year (Based on $0.11 kilowatt hour and 3 hour average daily use Quiet Operation (no humming) Contains no Mercury On/Off pull chain switch Energy star Used in both commercial and Residential Applications.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Lasts forever, the fixture looks like brushed stainless instead of aluminum, and it is bright as all heck.\n\nReview: The housing must be a high grade of aluminum because it shines like stainless steel. The amount of light this puts out is amazing. I have a wood working shop of about 725 sq. ft. and I have, all told 16 fixtures with quad 40 watt fluorescent bulbs in them. They are all on separate pull chains in sets of two. The middle two are the most frequently used/turned on because they are over the table saw, and outfeed table. Unfortunately those two sets no longer go on. I tested the power right up to the fixture, so guess what? The ballasts are shot. They generally run between eight to twenty dollars to replace, and with this being a quad fixture the latter applies.\n\nSo I looked into getting LED replacement bulbs that do not require anything but straight through electricity. They would run me about 40 dollars just for the bulbs, and then there is the modification of the fixture. So this Honeywell 6' LED shop fixture is a noteworthy replacement. The amount of light it puts out is amazing. I know I already said that. At first I thought it was too much, but then I grew accustomed to it. I have a second set of lights dispersed through the area that are dual 4' bulb fluorescents so every time I go in the shop I am not turning on Madison Square Garden. Next to those fixtures this Honeywell look like it is putting out about ten times the amount of light.\n\nOkay to now strictly onto the shop light LED. It comes with 4 chains to hang it from the ceiling. You can use all four individually because you can tell from the picture the holes for the chains to be attached are two per side. What I did was simply use two chains altogether; one for each side, and mounted each end onto a ceiling hook. They also supply you with 8 S hooks, and two screw eye round hook to install it into your ceiling into wood etc.\n\nThe fixture is completely assembled including the 5 foot plug in cord, and yes it comes with the plug already attached as well.\nIt is interesting to see a gazillion individual LED tiny bulbs all close together making up the one light tube. Which is really a clear plastic tube that covers the row of LEDs. You're going to feel like you are on stage with this because the light is that bright. I tried using a dimmer, but it only responds a little bit, and once you go below 50% you can tell it wasn't designed for it. Maybe an LED special dimmer which is usually the case would be needed, or maybe they are meant for full on all of the time?\n\nSo to wrap this up. The fixture is nice like stainless. Did I mention that it is bright as all heck? :-) The pull chain to turn it on or off works smoothly, unlike the cheapies that have a jerky switch to them. So overall this is a very nice fixture. I wish I had something negative to say about it, but with 50,000 hours of usage time before you need to replace, who's complaining?","Product: The Bahco heavy-duty triple-edged scraper features a durable 1-inch blade that quickly and efficiently removes paint, glue, finish, varnish, rust and more off of all kinds of surfaces. The extra strong handle is made of high-impact plastic and is specially designed for comfortable use. The fine tungsten cemented-carbide blade stays sharp and productive up to 50 times longer than a conventional steel blade, and this blade features a compact, triangular design with 3 precision-ground convex edges ideal for scraping in confined areas. When the original blade finally wears down, it is easily replaceable. This scraper is backed by a lifetime limited warranty.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great for Woodworking Too\n\nReview: I'm into woodworking. These Bahco scrapers come in handy. Great for getting into corners to remove glue squeeze out after it has hardened. The 1\" model has a triangulated blade with three sharpened edges. (So you can spin it around to change the outer edge to a fresh side) So it has a nice point to it for getting into corners without having to rub the sides of your project. I cut a kerf of 3/4\" to make a crosscut miter sled, for the runner, and needed to clean up the bottom. I turned the scraper to an angle, and it cleaned it up beautifully.\n\n I bought the 2 1/2\" as well. It acts like a cabinet scraper, and you don't have to resharpen it much. If you need to take a hair off of a surface, clean it up remove something from the surface it is a handy tool. The large plastic handle makes it easy to hold. Overall does a very nice job. I recommend the 1\" and the 2 or 2 1/2\" as well.","Product: The unique pistol-grip handle lets you hold the clamp and slide the jaw to the work. 6 in. maximum jaw opening, 3-14 in. throat depth capacity.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A great clamp in any size\n\nReview: The big benefit to these is that you get true mobility out of them. While holding a piece of work, lined up, in one hand, you use these quick grips in the other hand to secure the work. If it slips while clamping, it is still a one handed tool to release it, and reclamp it again. Enables you to maintain a professional flow to your work. I feel awkward when using regular clamps in comparison. They require two hands. You could use a spring clamp to hold it together, then get another clamp to give it a final hold, but the quick grip saves you from having to do that.\nHaving these clamps in a few different sizes is beneficial as well. Small ones are more frequently used, and don't get in the way. The 33 1/2\" is great when you need to hold larger projects together, and you can't effectively use two smaller ones to substitute. Additionally the macro clamps give you deeper jaws for a farther reach, enabling you to use them for securing work, to your radial arm saw table for example. They are fast enough to be used for almost any application. Sometimes I use them to secure work when sanding with a power sander. A couple squeezes and they are on, and one squeeze and they pop off.\nAfter getting the smaller ones, and using them, I immediately order two of the 33 1/2\" for larger projects, and for tie downs on equipment, including the drill press, and occasionally the radial arm saw.\nTheir is a small rubber stopper, which you can readily remove, in order to reverse the end, and make it a spreader as well. Something not needed very often, but difficult to achieve without one of these.\nOne note is that these have built in rubber pads, that completely cover the metal internal end. That is an advantage when you do not want to mar the wood. That and the fact that you can squeeze these with one hand, creates a mechanism that is easy to use, but not something that you would want to use for strength clamping. As a safety measure, these clamp sufficiently for most operations, but a threaded bar clamp, is stronger. So for those operations where extreme strength is needed, these are not the clamps to use. You sacrifice mountain holding strength for the ease of use. For example if I was using a large bit on the drill press, and drilling into metal, I would clamp it with something more. Even the slightest movement in an operation like that, could cause a snag, sending the piece into movement. If you are using just one of them, at the end of a 24\" board, and decide to rout the other end, it will move on you. Securing it with two of them, and it is super tied down. You get my drift.\nThe big advantage of quick grip clamps, is that they handle wood beautifully, even for glue up operations. Hold workpieces more than securely to do the job in most applications, and are so handy that they deserve more than 5 stars. I would feel lost without them. It is another tool in the must have category.","Product: It's a power-tool guide, a fence, and a bar clamp. This innovative, multipurpose, low-profile mechanism will soon be one of your favorite tools. It provides instant accuracy for crosscutting and routing up to 50 inches, and it's fully adjustable, fitting any drill press or band saw. With edge-to-edge grip, it holds material flat and clamps quickly without bowing.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: These clamps are tops, and pressure is adjustable\n\nReview: When I use these clamps, I adjust the pressure by how snugly I fit the foot of the clamp. If I have thicker material and want to clamp real tight, I slide the foot up tight against the edge, and then push down the lever. If I want a slightly lighter clamping pressure, then I leave a hair gap offset, before clamping it down.\n If I had to get critical of working with these, I would say two things. 1) You have to be working on a relatively flat surface underneath. If you are on two horses, and you have a sheet of plywood, it tends to bow. Then the clamp can not create a flat workedge. Wherever it is low, their is a valley, or a loss of the clamp edge flat on the material. This is to be expected, of course, and is not a problem, if you have a supporting sheet, or a couple of two by's on top of the horses. 2) In order to create a square cut (90 degrees) you need to use a carpentars square to line it up. (As compared to a table saw, with large tables, which is preconfigured to be square.) Be that as it may, you can't beat these for giving you a great tool guide for lots of different purposes. These make a very good, far reaching clamp. It will not creep a setting, if you are using it for an overnight glue up.\n Their lightweight, yet strong. If your careful, you can keep your saw tight against the edge. For a heftier version, check out Tru-Grips pro series. They are over 5 inches wide, and have t-tracks, and a special indentation to accomodate their router base, circular saw base, and stop. That creates error free straight lines out on the job. The come in 2, 4, and 8 foot sizes. All of them are a few inches larger than their stated size. For example the 4 foot, will handle workpieces up to 54 inches.\n I highly recommend Tru-Grip products, both for their usability, engineering, and quality build.","Product: The Tru-Grip heavy-duty straight edge provides maximum stiffness for straight cutting and routing up to 8 feet. You can attach or slide fixtures or templates along the bar with the handy T-slots and key slots. One end also features Tru-Grip's famous cam lever tightening, which eliminates the need for C-clamps.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Tru Grip Pro Series is a first class product\n\nReview: The Tru Grip Pro FTR series is a first class product. The thing that is very important is that they grip well (you can adjust it) and they are very true and accurate when using the Stop, or Router Guide, or Saw guide. No wobble, no play, just tight, smooth, snag free accuracy.\nWhen you consider the tools they replace, they are also a bargain. With a 4 foot and an 8 foot model, you can cut 4 x 8 sheets of plywood, without having to shell out twenty times the money for a panel cutter. If I was cutting plywood sheets all day long, of course the panel cutter has some setup advantages. For example you don't have to bother to use a square when cutting with a panel cutter. But for portability, and accurate use, the Tru Grip system can't be beat.\nThe pro series is a lot wider than their regular guide clamps, that is to allow for the mitre T slots on both sides. That way the accessories can ride along those tracks. Their regular guide clamps are great for doing dadoes with a router for example. Use two of them, and you have an instant routing guide.\nThe circular saw accessory is very accurate. You just drill holes in the plate, which is phenolic plastic, and mount your saw. Then you drop your saw down through the plate, giving you an extremely tight fit, which prevents tear out, when cutting through finish work. So you wind up dedicating a circular saw to it.\nThe stop piece is great for all sorts of uses, like when routing blind dadoes, or for making repeated cuts at a certain depth.\nHaving the 4' and the 8 foot model is convenient. Using an 8' for everything is not advised. The long overhang left by an 8' on a short piece of work is not easy to deal with.\nI use the 8' when trimming door edges. How else can you run an 80 inch door through a machine in order to get an adjusted edge?\nThe router plate is already machined out with a circle in the middle that is oversize, so as to keep the bit at a maximum clearance for plunging. Once again, you drill it yourself to accomodate your specific router.\nThe router , saw, and stop accessories are premade to fit into the specific configuration on the edge of the guide, as well as the T slot, creating a very snug fit, with no play, yet not binding.\nThe days of finding a left over edge of a plywood sheet, then figuring out how to clamp it down, in order to cut larger sheets are over. This system is lightweight, made out of thick aluminum, which makes it substantial, yet a breeze to carry around.\nIt may seem expensive at first, but the equipment it replaces, and the accurracy it creates in your work, make it well worth the price. Highly recommended.","Product: This 14 Function Micro tool has an all stainless steel construction and features spring loaded pliers and titanium handles for long life.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Very Nice Pocket Sized Tool\n\nReview: This Pro Series 12 function tool is rightly called a micro-tool. It is quite a bit smaller than its bigger brothers out there. None the less it is substantially made. The stainless steel appears to be of a good quality, the knife on mine was super sharp, and I love the carry bag it comes with. You could easily carry this in your pocket. It also makes for a smart addition to the glove box in the car.\nI wish there was some way I could get critical of the tool, but I haven't found any flaws with it. This is definitely not a foreign cheapy made piece of junk. I believe with proper use it can last a long time. I wouldn't put it in the same category with the finer ones made out there, but at this price point it's a nice tool. You just have to remember it is for micro purposes so I wouldn't be fighting large screw heads with it.","Product: This 21 Piece 3/8-Inch Drive SAE and Metric Socket Set with Ratchet includes the following sockets: SAE:5/16-Inch, 3/8-Inch, 7/16-Inch, 1/2-Inch, 9/16-Inch, 5/8-Inch, 11/16-Inch, 3/4-Inch, 13/16-Inch, 7/8-Inch Metric: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 22mm.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Thumbs up from a pro\n\nReview: I had a body shop for twenty years, was a licensed state inspection mechanic. We did a lot of high end cars, and were the largest shop in Western Delaware County so this isn't just a casual review. I wanted to spend some time with this set before I wrote a review on it. The things that immediately impressed me were that the sockets were true to size. I remember a long time ago getting cheaply made sockets and they didn't even fit. These had the same snug fit as the Craftsman's. I love Craftsman sockets, but I don't care for their air tools much, nor their wood working tools either. So anyhow, these sockets fit the nuts with the same fit as Craftsman. I did a side by side comparison. Oddly enough some nuts fit super snug, and others fit a little more loosely, and that is because of the nut, not these sockets because the Craftsman in every instance fit exactly the same; the ones that were a little loose were so with both makes of sockets, as well as those that were super snug the same.\n\nI heard a lot of people complaining about the carrying case; I disagree. When you first get these, lay the pack down on its side, and use a pair of wire cutters, or needle nose and pry up the plastic assembly that is holding it into the pack one socket at a time. The whole assembly is removable and you can then throw it away. The sockets still stay on the carrying case because the square 3/8ths stub keeps them there. The advantage to that system is that you can instantly see the business end opening of the socket to judge what size you need. Most sockets are in their carrying cases and you have to guess which size would fit. With these you see the actual hole which is much more accurate.\n\nNext item up for bid... The ratcheting arm that comes with it is something I would attach a pry bar to; it is that strongly made. Also the ratcheting is very fine. You know some crudely made ratchets have a real coarse ratcheting sound when you are unwinding for the next tighten. Not this one, it is more like a precision watch. It purrs. I'm serious it has a very fine clicking sound to it. The ratcheting arm sits in the wall mount or tool box lay down in a drawer case very securely, whereas the two plastic clips hold it in side by side, and the hole in the case allows it to slip in so it won't slip down.\n\nThe markings for the sizes are clearly marked like they are large and etched in the sides. Considering that these go for a very nice price I have to highly recommend them. Since they are most of the popular sizes this puppy would be a nice addition to your light tool box, kitchen drawer, storage shed, or even in your main box. They come with a lifetime warranty which I can't comment on because I don't have any experience with that. The lifetime warranty has always been a draw for the Craftsman sockets. Knowing that these are being sold through Amazon gives me confidence that the warranty is for real.\n\nOverall I give them a thumbs up. Highly recommended, and I am not just saying that. If you read through some of my other reviews, I just slammed another tool set. I also like the cushioned handle. Get a set. They are ok by me.","Product: 4Pc LED Book Light with Magnifier. Convertible from desk to clip lamp.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: The perfect tool for removing splinters and more. It's just not a book reader. Change the listing title here at Amazon.\n\nReview: I think it is unfortunate that they labeled this item as a book light. The magnification is intense; so much so that you can see the hairs on gnat's legs but can't see the page because it appears blurred, and that is the regular intensity. The light follows suit. It is a narrow beam with a concentrated light that measures about 3 or 4 inches in diameter. So between blurry over intensity for reading a page in a book (unusable for that) and the narrow beam of intense light, my advice is that if you are getting this in order to clip on your headboard at night, or use it on your desk to read forget it.\n\nOk now that we have that out of the way let's look at what good this lamp and magnifier is good for. I noticed on the box it says, \"Elite LED Magnifier Lamp\". That is a very accurate description. So I am shouting out to the manufacturer, or vendor to change the title here at Amazon. Instead of saying Book Light, say the same thing the box has on it because it really is an excellent, excellent magnifier lamp. If you have ever dealt with the chore of removing a splinter out of your finger, do the job just one time with this magnifier and you will never want to do it again without one. Imagine someone holding a concentrated lamp, and a magnifier at the same time while you are trying to get the perfect distance from the lenses in order to see clearly, and all they have to do is move an inch and you are out of focus. This Normande does it perfectly. If you are working around wood on a regular basis this thing is a must have.\n\nSome additional magnificent uses(no pun intended)would be for soldering wires, or for working on watches in order to insert a screw, or anything that you need magnification for. Don't let the bad reviews over weighted with book reading concerns fool you, this thing works great and is superbly engineered as a magnifier.\n\nAdditional comments. At first I was disappointed that it is powered by two AAA batteries. (Not included) I was hoping for a USB power source or a plug in adapter into 110 AC but it only runs on the batteries. However since this is a specialty magnifier instead of a book reader you are only going to be using it sporadically and usually for a short period of time. If you are into rechargeable batteries then that is an option also.\n\nAt first I gave it three stars because of how useless it is as a book reader, but then after some additional consideration I moved it up to four because of how well it handles magnification chores, and for that purpose it is highly recommended.","Product: Each piece in the Via collection features a unique, d-shape design with razor thin accents. The streamlined look creates a compact, modern design that makes an impact without overwhelming a bath.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: It has the beautiful hand crafted look to it.\n\nReview: Amazingly beautiful in person. The picture doesn't do it any justice. (Not that the picture is ugly) This is somewhat of a lower profile faucet that some others. The build quality is remarkable. It is like forged and then sanded and polished, and then dipped, and polished again; it has that kind of look to it. The finish is spotless.\n\nMoen has come up with a really easy method for installation. The challenge of having to work behind the bottom of the sink tub to secure it is greatly alleviated. However depending on your sink installation it is often better to remove the sink basin with the faucet mounted on it, and do you work on a workbench, or plastic collapsible set of stands. So by removing the two water source lines by undoing their coupling, removing the whole top by undoing the few and WAY more accessible top mount screws the whole thing lifts off with super easy access. Make sure you line up the faucet perfectly before reinstalling it.\n\nThis faucet has an economy water flow level that is increased in its effectiveness by being an aerated system. We don't really need to have excessive amounts of water flowing from our bathroom faucets. I had a waterfall type of faucet in my bathroom and that one between the reduced water flow, and having it spread out across a wider face and no aeration made the whole experience feeling like you wanted to see some more flow.\nThis Moen S8001 is not like that. The opening is not spread out, and the aeration bulks up the flow appearance a bit.\nThis faucet is more like a sculpted work of art than it is a faucet. It has the beautiful hand crafted look to it.","Product: Doors and drawers really make a cabinet. They are fundamental to the design and utility of any piece of cabinetry. They are also the bane of many a woodworker. This book offers detailed infortmation on the construction and installation of a wide variety of doors and drawers. Step-by-step photographs and text explain all about: building traditional drawers; calculating drawer sizes; melamine drawers; cabinet-grade plywood drawers; inset cabinet drawers; slab drawers; frame and flat-panel doors; multi-panel cope and stick doors; tambour doors; pocket doors; and glass doors.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: All the stuff that really matters. Buy this one first.\n\nReview: Danny Proulx created a book that has all the ingredients that really matter. He covers all the different types of doors and drawers, and the essential techniques required to build them. Combining this book with experience at woodworking basics, and you are on your way to making first class custom cabinets and doors. I like his tips, notes, and safety notes. Gleaning from 30 years of experience, he mentions the common pitfalls in many of the applications.\n I had bought some router bits from a gentleman in Canada, who was very helpful. He referred me to someone he knew, who really knew what they were talking about. He referred me to Danny Proulx the author. I coincidentally had bought his book the week before, and was then recommended to him. So I wrote to him about some questions I had. He was kind enough to get back to me with specific answers. I was impressed that a renowned author with many publications to his name, would take the time out to respond to my questions. The nice thing about the author is that he really cares.\n This book is a keeper. One to keep at the ready to refer to again and again when developing your next project, or for reviewing the specifics of one. It's an easy read. Engineered to simplicity. All in all I give it 5 stars.","Product: Richard Raffan is an internationally respected woodturning artisan and teacher. Collectors prize Raffan's gallery-quality production pieces, and he is the author of \"Turning Wood, Turning Boxes, \"and \"The Complete Illustrated Guide to Turning,\"\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Out of all the woodturning books I bought, this is number 1\n\nReview: Turning Wood with Richard Raffan is my number one pick out of the several books I bought on wood turning. He went into the lathe, its components, safety, and techniques. The editorial reviews go into all of the subjects covered in this book, so I will not reapeat them all. What I wanted to share with you is the overall feeling of the book. You know the frustration of buying a book, and it doesn't feel right. I guess you could analyze some of the reasons why. This book feels right. The photos, the explanations, the way it is laid out, all are done in a way that makes me say, I really like this book.\n I turned wood when I was in high school. Recently acquired a lathe, and wanted someone to walk me through the essentials. This book covers that. Safety is a primary concern. For example he explains, that you always want to use your wood turning chisel from the higher areas, into the shallower. If you do it the other way around, you could have a piece of wood flying into your face. It is like your skiing down the side of the mountain. I know this sounds trivial, but he is not afraid to cover the essetials for those of us renewed in the hobby.\n Great book, highly recommended.","Product: For over 40 years, Kaplan Medical has been dedicated to helping aspiring doctors prepare for and pass their medical licensing exams. We are proud to offer the most innovative study tools available on the market and our dedicated staff of expert advisors and faculty ensures that doctors and medical students receive the guidance and support they need. At Kaplan Medical, our students’ success is our goal.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: May seem a bit expensive but considering many medical students sell their books used with a very high resale rate it's a bargain\n\nReview: The price may seem kind of daunting for a set of books but when you consider it is the price of admission recoverable from one office visit makes it very nice. Also considering that their use is so widespread and necessary that selling the set used afterwards oftens garners as much as 75% of the initial cost. For those needing to pass the USMLE or United States Medical Licensing Exam it is a set of lecture notes with a separate textbook for each of the following: 1. Internal medicine, 2. Pediatrics, 3. Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Ethics, Patient Safety, 4. Surgery 5. Obstetrics and Gynecology. These are the brand new lecture notes for use in 2017.\nThese books are by no means a comprehensive study on any one of the topics. They encapsulate a synopsis of the all too often main component, and usage of each of the diseases and topics. Covering patient symptoms, diagnosis and treatment suggestions but not including an exhaustive library of photographs especially for those conditions that are not sympathetic to that approach. Skin diseases are covered with photos.\nThe topics covered go over some of the more salient points and successfully provide a road map of a wide range of conditions, and then if additional information is needed it creates a good guidebook as to the core of what is important.","Product: From Publishers Weekly\nChatzky, a Today show contributor and columnist for Money, Time and USA Weekend, acknowledges that the combined impact of the declining stock market, war and continuing unemployment have led people to worry about money more than in the recent past. However, Chatzky says, they don't know what to do with their concerns. The solution: \"It's time to take back our lives. And in order to do that we need to take back our money.... We need to regain our financial power if we feel we've ceded it. Or to grab hold of that power, even if we've never paid much attention before.\" To find out what steps people should take, Chatzky and the Roper Center surveyed 1,505 people about the impact of money on their happiness, and how prepared they feel with their financial plans for the future. Chatzky uses the survey responses as chapter openers and then goes on to offer anecdotes and advice. She discusses finding the right job, saving, setting realistic goals, planning for emergencies and more. Chatzky's style is friendly and her counsel sound, though less extensive than some readers may need. Those struggling with basic money woes, like debt or trying to put away savings for their children's college education, will find this book helpful, but people wanting more in-depth or sophisticated information would do better with other investment guides.\nCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Grreat Book, It Will Help You Get Organized\n\nReview: I saw Jean Chatsky on TV. Her approach to financial security was refreshing. Instead of \"waiting\" until you become a millionaire in order to solve all of your financial concerns, she rather teaches us that you don't have to be rich. Instead of trying to stare at the big picture, realize that the big picture is nothing more than a lot of little pictures. When you get the little pictures in order, the big picture changes. For example by observing for two weeks, where your cash in pocket goes, you can find ways to reduce annual expenses by even several thousand dollars per year. Figuring that amount of money, invested over ten years, you come up with a substantial amount of money.\n\nBy sitting down and figuring out a budget, or allotment of monies, you can help rid yourself of the irrational spending. Start to figure out what makes you incessantly spend, spend, spend. Counting your money can be fun. Instead of enjoying your new toy for only a day or two after you buy it, then on to the next buy, you rather find joy in the ongoing financial strategy that you employ.\n\n By setting new goals and dreams, you focus your income on value pursuits, rather than buying a whole lot of junk.\n\n This book is chock full of great advice. I'm going to work hard at the suggestions. Enjoy the freedom of knowing that your financial well being is in order.\n\n Hey if your books all balance, even though you are not a millionaire, you can begin to enjoy life. Instead of that aching feeling in the background telling you that something is wrong. Your new value dream that replaces your nonsense spending will fulfill your need to buy.\n\n This book will take you step by step as to how to \"clean out the garage\" of your personal finances. Highly recommended, and personally I think Jean Chatsky is hot, hot, hot.","Product: Edic is a writer and small business owner.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Soup to Nuts, This is the book to get\n\nReview: I bought Kitchens that Work at the same time I bought Great Kitchens, At Home with America's Top Chefs. I love Kitchens That Work, and am disappointed in the one about America's top chefs. If you are wondering what Mario Andretti's garage looks like, it is nothing like you would imagine. Probably more like a GM assembly plant. Top chefs think in terms of production, not beauty. One of the kitchens has bare cinderblock, unfinished on the wall. Very utilitarian with little warmth. Others are better than that, but I did not find anything inspiring in there.\n Kitchens that work on the other hand, has every level of kitchen pictured. Some high end kitchens to dream of, as well as some a little more practical. The important thing as they mention is an intelligent design, that incorporates what you need, rather than the latest trend.\n When I read some of the reviews on Kitchens that Work, I thought it would be lacking something, NOT! It has every consideration covered. Planning, layout, design, considerations when dealing with contractors, things to look out for when opening up walls, like hidden pipes for example, and the list goes on and on.\n All I can say, \"Soup to Nuts, This is the Book to Get\" You could spend a year pondering all of the considerations they give you. Well done, definitely five stars."],"string":"[\n \"Product: This set of four casters connects to the bottom of our RK series Server Equipment Racks, allowing you to move and adjust the position of your rack/cabinet to suit your needs. While specifically designed for the StarTech RK Series of Server racks and cabinets, these casters will fit many other racks with their universal hole pattern for mounting screws.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Can be used for a myriad of purposes. Heavy duty plus.\\n\\nReview: These aren't cheap but they are heavy duty with a maximum load capacity 150kg (330lb) per caster, total of 600kg (1322lb). I didn't get these for using with the rack but rather I have a large woodworking shop and need some roll around stands. So I can make them out of wood and use these. The only thing is that they are universal move in any direction wheels. That means if you exert any force on the table they are used on it will move in any direction. Mating these to a fixed wheel with the paddle lock will fix that. So by using a pair of those with these will give you a lockable shopping cart configuration. The screws are not deep that are included, but will more than suffice mounting into a hardwood.\\n\\nA note about the actual wheel size. Larger wheels are good for moving over rougher surfaces or where there may be a ridge created by a threshold molding. These are not like that. So if you are using it on a flat hard floor these are perfect. Overall these are a very heavy duty commercial grade set of wheels that can be used for a myriad of purposes. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The Sentinel Slim Case for iPad Pro by Solo features a protective tray that securely holds iPad Pro in place. This case allows for multiple viewing angles and has a rear opening for the camera that easily allows you to shoot photos while keeping the iPad Pro in the case. The micro suede like interior protects the iPad Pro from scratches and prevents unwanted damage. The Sentinel Case's design features openings in the case for iPad Pro stereo speakers.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Sentinel and Vector cases for iPad Pro are substantially made and protect your tablet well.\\n\\nReview: First thing I really like the way this case unfolds. It is the type that the flap moves toward the front traversing over the flap that lays flat on the table. It has 4 positions between the humps that keep it in place; so the flexibility of positioning is great. I have seen many a cover that is sitting on the leading edge of a flap out the back, and that makes even using a touchscreen questionable. No problem with the Solo case it is rock solid when propping the case. You can even use this one on a surface that is so soft like a bed and not have it rock over. The interior areas are that nice soft micro-fiber type of cloth. So when you close it you can feel safe about the contact with your screen.\\n\\nThe other thing that is immediately noteworthy is the industrial fabric covering. It is warm and inviting. It sort of has a tweed feel to it. It has some nice black borders sewn in with fine thread that have a leatherette feel to them. It makes a nice compliment to the fabric look. The actual shell that houses the iPad is smooth rigid plastic with a liberal use of curved sides strongly securing the iPad into the case. There are plenty of cut outs along those sides so you can easily access controls.\\n\\nI can't see any difference between this Sentinel Slim Case and the Vector Slim Case other than the fabric style material on the outside. The Vector provides a textured surface for a rugged look and a better grip. Stylishly I would say it moves it slightly toward the Hummer type of look without the wild trim bulges.\",\n \"Product: Finally, a shirt that bends to meet your needs. When comfort and ease is key, this shirt will be your #1. Its non-iron stretch fabric is designed so you can wash, dry, and go, while a smart gingham pattern adds a touch of southern charm. Retire your iron because looking good has never been this easy.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Overall I love this shirt.\\n\\nReview: I pulled it out of the bag, held it up, and immediately the thought arrived in my mind; that's a great looking shirt. The photo in the listing doesn't do it any justice. When you see the color and the pattern, and the white pearloid buttons on the button down collar, the light blue gray collar lining that exhibits itself all the way around so it is visible where the collar is open as well as on the cuffs. It smacks sophistication, and then to have the IZOD logo emblazoned in the upper corner of the shirt pocket, and it is done in gold thread and machine embroidered at that. It is subtle but unmistakable that you are wearing a designer product.\\n\\nIt is a slim fit with 66% cotton, 30% polyester, and 4% Spandex so it has some give to it. The cotton poly blend will still give you the breathability of cotton while yielding the ironing chores to the polyester. All the care instructions say on the tag is wash dark colors separately, and dry promptly; that's it. The fabric is silky smooth. The stitching is very fine with a thread that is so fine it is barely there. All in all I love this shirt. I can't find anything wrong with it.\",\n \"Product: Finally, a shirt that bends to meet your needs. When comfort and ease is key, this shirt will be your #1. Its non-iron stretch fabric is designed so you can wash, dry, and go, while a smart gingham pattern adds a touch of southern charm. Retire your iron because looking good has never been this easy.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Looks even way better in person than it does in the photo on this listing.\\n\\nReview: 66% cotton, 30% polyester, and 4% spandex. That's 2% more spandex than other shirts and pants I have seen, yet it still only flexes a little bit; that's good. I really like the pattern. In the photo on the ad page here it looks like a muddy mix, but in real life the white squares are very white to a very pleasant degree. The color looks more like a blue when you first see it and then you realize there is more to it than that, it has a purple hue cast to it. The light blue color sewn in piece around the neck adds some complexity to it, and the cuffs around the wrist are adorned the same. The directions on the tag only say wash dark colors separately, and to dry promptly. The button down collar makes this ideal for wearing in a professional environment as well more casually with khakis or jeans. It's a slim fit so if you a little more rotund like I am you better order one size up.\\nAll in all a great shirt.\",\n \"Product: Dress it up or dress it down; this is your go-to shirt. Certified, coastal cool , this cotton button-down is washed for a timeworn softness you can feel. Pair it with a jacket, blazer, or your favorite sweater for lounging by the pier or grabbing lunch with friends.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Extra large with a slim fit, prewashed all add up to a very comfortable shirt.\\n\\nReview: The thing that catches your eye is the sophistication of the material subtle intermix of colors. It is predominantly gray but there are so many cross thread shades on a fine level, and they introduced some other colors in there as well like some blue. It adds depth and complexity to the look. The fact that it is an extra-large but a slim fit makes it fit just right. So those with generous builds don't have to have a living in a tent feel. The fact that it is pre-washed all the more gives you a warm comfortable feel to it.\\n\\nI also really like the plaid material on the inside of the collar and on the inside of the cuffs. It adds another dimension. Love button downs, and that gives this shirt the ability to wear it casual or more formal. The subtle IZOD logo stitch embroidered into the upper left corner of the breast pocket is just the right touch. It is there without being overly pronounced.\\n\\nIt's amazing that the material is this silky smooth yet with the right amount of body out of a 100% cotton shirt. Care directions only says, \\\"Wash dark colors separately, dry promptly. Being that it is cotton, even though it doesn't say anything about it, it should be at least touched up with an iron. This is a nicely sophisticated product. Quality, looks, and style. Wish I could find something wrong with it, but other than I need to lose some weight, the shirt looks great.\",\n \"Product: Not your average polo shirt, this solid style is designed to perform. It's made from moisture-wicking sport flex fabric offering maximum natural stretch and a quick-drying finish. Built-in uv-15 sun protection ensures safe days outdoors.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: There isn't anything about this shirt that I don't like\\n\\nReview: I have this in a medium and an X Large. I normally take an XL but in this shirt the medium fits me perfectly. See the sizing chart but figure it is a loose fit for the numbers provided. The thing I really like about this shirt is the way it hangs. It is very forgiving on the appearance end of things; it just flows.\\n\\nThe color is great no matter what your hair color it goes great with it. I also like the way the collar stands up and doesn't wilt down on you. Since it is 60% cotton and 40% polyester that make it an ideal blend for summer usage. A 100% polyester shirt traps moisture and can get sticky in the summer. A 100% cotton shirt allows moisture to breathe but winds up wrinkling on you requiring a good deal of ironing. So with this mix you have the best of both worlds.\\nThe logo is large enough to make a modest statement, but not too large to overwhelm the shirt; it's just right.\\n\\nThere isn't anything about this shirt that I don't like. Overall highly recommended. Five stars.\",\n \"Product: Our adaptable traveler pants will get you to your destination - and still look dapper when you arrive. Whether you're catching the red eye flight, or taking some well-deserved pto, they're a necessity for those who like to travel in style.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Very classy pair of good dress pants. The subtle color weave is really, really nice.\\n\\nReview: These exhume confidence, class, and prestige. It is hard to describe or capture the fine detail in the subtle thread color variations when you see these in person. The photos don't capture it but it is unmistakable to the naked eye. The color is very much dark gray but it has a dark brown hue to it. The material is 100% polyester but there must be different grades. These are so smooth that they just may slide off your desk; it's like pure silk. You could wear these casually with a nice sweater, or with a dress shirt and tie.\\n\\nWhen it says that the waist can stretch an inch and a half, I find that stretching it a little bit. :-) Sorry for the pun, but yes the waist has a little give to it but not much, so don't buy these a size too small and expect them to fit.\\n\\nThe tag says machine wash warm permanent press cycle. Only non-chlorine bleach when needed. Tumble dry medium. Permanent press. Iron medium is necessary. The fit on these is just right also. It is either a slim fit, or a loose fit, it just cuts nice to the body. I would advise you to get these in your proper length. The hem on the bottom is done so professionally you aren't really going to want to mess with it. The fold and stitching are silky smooth and almost completely undetectable.\\n\\nI'm generally a dungaree and khaki kind of guy but these are definitely a very nice looking pair of dress slacks. The only drawback is that in the summer a pure polyester pair of pants isn't going to breathe as much as cotton, but with cotton you have to put up with shrinkage, and having to iron them. You could take these on the road, and just wash and dry and wear. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: A favorite among globetrotting Timbuk2 fans, the Copilot is lightweight and easy to pack. Its sleek new styling works downtown or way out of town and its bike-inspired handle system and broad-base skateboard wheels yield a smooth roll. Its clamshell structure makes it easy to pack and repack, while always providing the opportunity to quarantine things as needed. The Copilot features multiple reinforced grab straps for an easy heave-ho into overhead bins and its expandable top stash pocket is designed for easy access in said bins. Light, organized and subtly chic, the Copilot is ready to board.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The photos don't do it any justice. This is very well made/designed with a tweed and leatheresque feel to it.\\n\\nReview: Timbuk2 Co-Pilot Luggage Roller Medium 2014\\nFirst off let me say I love the way this thing looks. The twill model has a grayesque fine grain tweed look that is contrasted with black accents and just a dash of red along the lines of a pinstripe feel in red on the cover stitching and wheel lettering.\\n\\nThe front zipper pocket advertised as fitting up to a Mac Book Pro 13, but I wouldnt throw a tablet in there without a good cover; something that would protect it for a direct blow to the side of the case. There is some padding, and a notebook or laptop would be fine on its own, but for a tablet with a glass screen on one side should either face towards the inside of the bag, or have a good hard cover. A tablet case is reasonably priced and the first thing I purchase when buying a tablet anyhow. There is plenty of room for a tablet to roam around in that compartment so I would think about having something else in there to at least keep it company or protect it.\\n\\nI love the way this Timbuk2 is compartmentalized so easy access to different compartments avoids you having to spill your luggage wide open for common usage devices such as cell phones, cameras, and tablets/small notebooks. The 8 x 12 x 3 (expandable pouch into the case) compartment at the very top and front side has ample room for a full DSLR or compact camera, or video camera as well as a cell phone, your Braun shaver etc. (all of them) It was a pleasant surprise to see a silky smooth beautiful contrasting red fabric matching those accents. With the dual zipper you can open just the one side for access to one device without exposing the entire pouch; great for security purposes.\\n\\nThe engineering was done so well the outside doesnt look like it has any pouches at all. Im glad it doesnt have that safari look to it with a zillion pockets all over the place. The main compartment accessed via the large dual zipper in the middle of the case opens it up into 2 halves with a zipper secured black mesh compartment front and back. Every compartment in this case has dual zippers for easy access to specific areas. The see through mesh in the main compartments enables you to see the contents when you have the bag open and spread in the event you forgot which side you put what. One half is concealed with a single dual zipper mesh taking up one half of the case toward the back where the handle support rods are, and the other half (think of opening a book in the middle with each side as a half) which this side has that silky red lined material with the same dual zipper mesh, but it also has 2 additional mesh pockets on it that could house personables/delectables or whatever you may like to call them. You would never know all of this just to take a look at the outside of the case. Once again just the right amount of pockets without ever knowing there were any.\\n\\nNot to mention the convenient handles that are on all 4 sides. They are not loose handles; they stay snug to the case until you reach for them. Handles this convenient so if you want to carry it instead of using the good sized roller blade style wheels and hideaway extend-a-handle. The extend-a-handle stays tight to the case until you press the embedded button at the top, so it serves a dual purpose.\\n\\nThe accuracy of the workmanship in the sewing and assembly are first class. There is not even a tiny semblance of rushed construction. Dont you hate it when you have a bag and the seams are and compartments are not balanced properly? This doesnt have any of that. Id be proud to show it to anybody.\\n\\nThe oval/round support rods that run up the back and are welded into the base axle that support the wheels as well as a substantial housing for the extend-a-handle are made of aluminum so as to not add any additional weight, (it's only 6 pounds) but when you see the connection welds you would think this thing is in preparation of a NASA space launch. There isn't anything cheap about it.\\n\\nEssentially with the airline charging for bags except a carry on etc. the dimensions of the medium sized bag are in keeping (within a hair) of for example Delta and American Airlines allowable dimensions. They emphasize that your carry-on baggage check in needs to be APPROXIMATELY 22 x 14 x 9 which is exactly almost the dimensions of this bag. Unless you overload it the 22 x 14.6 x 9.8 dimensions of this Timbuk2 medium size bag should squeeze into the carry on into the overhead compartment.\\n\\nIf I had to comment on the gender usage of this bag, the sex-o-meter would be leaning a little bit toward the masculine side yet I could see a sophisticated woman in a business suit using this as a carry on bag as well. There is nothing foo-fooey about it. This is not all show and no go. There is plenty of go and with the quality build just the right amount of sophisticated touch of show. There are less expensive cases out there but you would have a hard time finding one at this price and quality level.\\n\\nI cant find anything I don't like about the luggage piece. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The heavyweight champion of sweatshirts is made of 13-ounce, 80% cotton/20% polyester fabric and has a Rain Defender durable water-repellent finish. It is designed with spandex-reinforced rib-knit cuffs and waistband to keep the cold out. There's an attached three-piece jersey-lined hood with draw cord and front hand-warmer pockets. The Carhartt logo is embroidered on the front left pocket. Rain Defender durable water-repellent finish Spandex-reinforced cuffs and waistband Three-piece jersey-lined hood. If your chest and/or waist measurement falls between sizes, buy the larger sizes\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Heavy Duty Hooded Sweatshirt - Good substitute for a light or medium jacket\\n\\nReview: Now this is what you call a heavy-duty sweatshirt. As soon as you take it out of the bag and you pick it up it, it's shouts hefty. The exterior is very smooth and tightly woven. It's that nice 80% cotton and 20% polyester in the shell and the hood lining is 100% cotton. We all love that cotton poly blend so that it is easy to put in the washer and dryer and not have to get it out and have to bother with a lot of ironing to keep it smooth. The weight factor is an advantage because you can wear this as a light jacket and when you pick it up it feels like it is a light jacket. I got an extra-large even though I'm not a tall guy. With the elastic cuffs and elastic waistband the sizing of length and girth does not become a problem.\\n\\nWhat I really like this how comfortable it fits. You know we all have a favorite piece of clothing out of everything we wear and this one can very well be a contender for that dignity. However I do have a large head measuring between 7 5/8 and 7 \\\" which is off the chart for a head size and fitting my head through the collar is doable but snug. Overall the sleeves in the body fit very well and feels smooth to the skin. It comes with the front pouch which is rather large but form fitting and inside of that front pouch is a smaller pocket that is sewn right to the body. You may assume that this would be good for carrying your wallet or keys but I have a problem with that. If you are the type of person that constantly wants to put down your keys and not have them on yourself you have a problem with losing keys all too frequently. I guess you could say the same thing goes for the wallet but I don't find many people who are constantly putting their wallet down and then walking away for example in a restaurant although they may want to do that with their keys. So I won't be using this pocket for either one of those reasons. Furthermore my wallet won't really fit in the pocket because I have a habit of filling it with a lot of stuff. I prefer to put my wallet in my back pocket and my keys in my front pocket I never set them down on anything so touchwood, I never have a problem with losing keys.\\n\\nI see that the Carhartt products are especially popular with the outdoors type and motorcyclists. It's a treated fabric to avoid a problem if you get caught in the rain. I can see wearing this or crisp fall day or even in the middle of a snowstorm with the proper underlayment. Next to a big hefty jacket this is a much lighter alternative.\\n\\nI would feel comfortable when buying one to move up to a slightly larger size. Thanks to the cut of the garment and the elastic waistband's you have a lot of flexibility in that area and you may want to even wear a light sweater underneath in the midst of winter often substituting this as your everyday jacket. Would I say this is sophisticated? Not at all. But if you're looking for an everyday heavy-duty sweatshirt this is something that goes above and beyond the standard fare with triple stitching around the front pocket and overall heavy-duty feel makes you want to be on the ranch moving some bales of hay or whatever else you need to do on a cold winter day or night. Overall highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Elevate your surf style with the awesome Silwave Navigator Boardshorts, Durable premium stretch fabric dries remains durable and holds its shape while providing a comfortable wear in and out of the water, Hydrophobic quick-drying fabrication allows you to move effortlessly on the board, Welded hem and seams, Allover variegated striped print.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: You kind of feel like you are in the nude.\\n\\nReview: It's like you just climbed under silk sheets with nothing on but your birthday suit. These are very sheer, silky smooth to the touch. Consequently they are seemingly delicate although the material is durable. I love the way they fit. WIth the string tie at the top providing you with a little flexibility, yet the numbers are right on.\\n\\nThey come down pretty far on the knees. These is no support underneath; it is just loose let it hang. Personally I feel that a jock strap is in order because regular underpants will prolong the time it takes for them to dry.\\n\\nWhen I first put them on I said to myself, \\\"I love these\\\" and \\\"these are my favorite shorts/swim trunks. It is all about the feeling that it gives you, free and loose, yet well designed for style. I can't find anything about them that I don't like. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The Calvin Klein Slim Fit Denim Jean sits below the natural waist, slimmer fit through the hip and thigh, and is extra narrow at the ankle. Available in multiple inseams and features a 14.5\\\" leg opening\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Deep, deep blue slim fit jeans.\\n\\nReview: Osaka blue. Very distinctive in the color department. It is a rich deep blue, almost bordering a black. Although they hold their color when washed, the included sticker/tag says, \\\"The dyes used in this garment may bleed onto lighter colored garments while wet. Avoid contact with other garments, and wash before wearing.\\\" So yes if you don't wash them ahead of time you may get some staining on your skin.\\n\\nThey have a worn look. The threading is uneven in the way it accepted the dye so it gives it a very mild worn thread look on a very fine level. The way they fold them creates a wrinkled look across the body before going down the legs exactly like the photo. I had assumed the photo was from someone who wrinkled the torso section from wearing them, but that is not the case: they come that way.\\n\\nThey are 98% cotton, and 2% Lycra Elastane to give them just a tad of stretch. Between the grade of cotton and the Lycra the material is quite a bit smoother than usual rugged jeans; definitely a cut above. The designer label is very demure with a black leather, or leatherette panel on the right waist line that your belt goes through with the words \\\"Calvin Klein Jeans\\\" emblazoned on it. It doesn't contrast with the jeans because the label is large but black, and the jeans are such a deep blue almost black it blends right in. So someone standing close to you looking at your tush can see the label but it is not garish at all. Overall a very nice pair of jeans.\",\n \"Product: Original penguin soft short sleeve jersey pajama top\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice piece of sleepwear, it needs heather gray someplace in addition to the collar to make it work.\\n\\nReview: As a sleep shirt this is fine. But I have to be honest the collar is a contrasting heather gray and not the bright shade of gray depicted in the photograph. When I first tried it on I was thinking of using it as a T-Shirt. The single band of gray around the neck needs some complimentary matching appointments, like maybe around the arm bands as well. You know what it is like when you introduce a piece of furniture in the room and there is no other matching pieces. On the other hand you could wear heather pajama bottoms and then this would work very well.\\n\\nThis is a large. I am currently 192 pounds with a 43 inch chest and this large fits okay, but an extra-large would be more comfortable. There is a good amount of stretch in the material though even though it does not contain any spandex. It is silky smooth which makes it all the more something to sleep in rather than go out with. It is 60% cotton and 40% polyester. The care instructions on the tag are Machine wash cold, gentle cycle with like colors, only non-chlorine bleach when needed, tumble dry low, remove promptly, warm iron if needed.\",\n \"Product: Original Penguin men's lounge wear basic jersey pant\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Smooth loungewear, even good to sleep in it is that smooth.\\n\\nReview: Listed as a lounge pant. With the 60% cotton and 40% poly blend means they are breathable and smooth. I wouldn't put these to work the same way I would a pair of sweat pants. These are for lounging. During the winter they are not going to provide the kind of warmth of something that is much thicker. You could consider these a sleeper set of pants because they are that silky and smooth. Any material made so is not going to hold up to any tough exposure.\\n\\nI like the designer accents. The penguin over the left side pocket is large enough to make it unmistakable. The matching double waist line in light gray as well the off-white with thin deep blue accent lines all adds up to something more than just a plain blue pair of pants. The single button on the fly does the job well; it secures and comes undone very well. Looking for a care instructions tag but I don't see one. Cotton 60% with 40% blends often require machine wash warm, non-chlorine bleach if needed, tumble dry medium, and touch up with medium iron, but don't hold me to that on this specific pair. I have not laundered them yet.\",\n \"Product: The Calvin Klein Slim Fit Denim Jean sits below the natural waist, slimmer fit through the hip and thigh, and is extra narrow at the ankle. Available in multiple inseams and features a 14.5\\\" leg opening\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Deep, deep blue slim fit jeans.\\n\\nReview: Osaka blue. Very distinctive in the color department. It is a rich deep blue, almost bordering a black. Although they hold their color when washed, the included sticker/tag says, \\\"The dyes used in this garment may bleed onto lighter colored garments while wet. Avoid contact with other garments, and wash before wearing.\\\" So yes if you don't wash them ahead of time you may get some staining on your skin.\\n\\nThey have a worn look. The threading is uneven in the way it accepted the dye so it gives it a very mild worn thread look on a very fine level. The way they fold them creates a wrinkled look across the body before going down the legs exactly like the photo. I had assumed the photo was from someone who wrinkled the torso section from wearing them, but that is not the case: they come that way.\\n\\nThey are 98% cotton, and 2% Lycra Elastane to give them just a tad of stretch. Between the grade of cotton and the Lycra the material is quite a bit smoother than usual rugged jeans; definitely a cut above. The designer label is very demure with a black leather, or leatherette panel on the right waist line that your belt goes through with the words \\\"Calvin Klein Jeans\\\" emblazoned on it. It doesn't contrast with the jeans because the label is large but black, and the jeans are such a deep blue almost black it blends right in. So someone standing close to you looking at your tush can see the label but it is not garish at all. Overall a very nice pair of jeans.\",\n \"Product: These are Millennia Unisex Cook Pants in Hounds Tooth. The pants are made of yarn dye hounds tooth poly and cotton fabric and contains two front side and one back patch pockets. The product contains a comfort elastic drawstring waistband with belt loops and has durable soft fabric to made them comfortable all day long.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Professional pants for the professional cook in us all.\\n\\nReview: If you want to take your culinary attire to the next level; Mercer is the way to go. I was concerned that I was getting a medium and technically my waist is 39 inches. These have got to be the most elastic waistband pants I have ever seen. They fit beautifully. If you combine these with the Mercer Culinary black top in single breasted or even more so in double breasted you are ready to stage a cook-a-thon in rare style.\\n\\nI have been writing a diet book for years, and wanted to have something to wear that is presentable for making videos of in house kitchen creations. This fits that task to a T. The material is 65% polyester, and 35% cotton. It has a very silky feel to it. It is substantial enough to hold up to the rigor yet thin enough to provide some relief in a hot kitchen. I really love the way the pants look. They fall nice even though there is plenty of room in the legs. They are not the oversized bottoms that stick out front and back, but rather good sized and lay rather flat all the way around. When you look at yourself in the mirror they enhance the attraction not take away from it.\\n\\nThere aren't any care instructions on the inside label other than symbols that quite frankly I am unable to decipher. Typical cotton poly blend leaning more on the poly are machine wash warm, possibly gentle cycle, no bleach, wash with like colors and I would wash these by themselves for at least the initial wash, dry with medium heat, and cool or warm iron if needed. This is just my guess.\",\n \"Product: Lacoste men's underwear 3-pack Cotton knit boxer - Lacoste\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A step above your typical underwear.\\n\\nReview: Now this is what you call underwear. They may not be the bargain brand but the quality is definitely in there. The Supima cotton is such a good grade that it feels silky yet with just the right amount of substantial. These were designed in France and Made in India. The waist band is flexible, wide enough to be sure and do its job, and has the Lacoste name emblazoned in stitched embroidery all around the top. The button on the fly is real, and functional, comes undone, as well as stays together once inserted into the stitched button hole. The crotch area is triple stitched and comfortable. They are a good length, and could even be confused as a casual around the house summer wear.\\n\\nThe Supima cotton which it is 100% by the way, something amazing for this level of smoothness like Egyptian cotton bedsheets and has easy care instructions on the inside label. It says machine wash cold gentle cycle with like colors only, non-chlorine bleach when needed, tumble dry low, do not iron; dry cleaning possible. So do I save these for special occasions, or take advantage of their quality build and make them my everyday wear?\",\n \"Product: Lacoste Underwear Size Guide Find the right balance of comfort and style in signature Lacoste® underwear. Crafted from a soft, premium stretch cotton. Real Cool Cotton keeps you cool and dry. Classic brief design. Exposed elastic waistband with brand logo. Tag free and seamless waistband. Seamed contour pouch for added support. Signature Croc appliqué featured at right hip. Seamless back. Two per pack. 95% cotton, 5% spandex. Machine wash cold, tumble dry low. Imported. If you're not fully satisfied with your purchase, you are welcome to return any unworn and unwashed items with tags intact and original packaging included.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: High end item, great for special occasions.\\n\\nReview: It kind of cracks me up, for better or worse Bill Cosby said in one of his albums that he buys underwear a size smaller because they stretch. Well these fit that way exactly. I am 192 pounds with a 38 inch waist and these go on actually pretty well. Yes they are snug but not uncomfortably so. They really stretch. The large waist band area is especially flexible. Of course I really should have an extra-large, but I have lost 40 pounds already, and plan on finishing up the other 40 after the first of the year and into the spring, so I can \\\"grow\\\" into them.\\n\\nThese are very attractive, and very well made underwear. The large waistband is bordered in a very nice bright white which goes great with the deep navy blue, and the word \\\"Lacoste\\\" is emblazoned on there as well as having the alligator logo on the right side. Not your typical everyday wear but something special for those special occasions. These are made from 95% cotton and 5% Spandex. That gives them great breathability for those hot summer nights, and with 5% Spandex they provide the max in comfortable stretch. The care instructions are to machine wash cold dark colors separately, only non-chlorine bleach when needed, tumble dry low, do not iron, dry cleaning possible. I used to have a friend that did that, take everything to the dry cleaners and his underwear would come back on little hangers. Not for me but he loved it.\\n\\nThere is a very slight chemical smell to them but with the fresh color dyes and Spandex maybe adding to it, but I am sure after a wash or two the cotton will shine through and the minty scent will abate. Overall highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Our Powerflex knit denim jackets combines the amazing comfort of knit with the authentic look of denim. Super soft and allows freedom of movement. You will want to take this jacket everywhere you go. Great for travel and leisure.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Wash first before wearing.\\n\\nReview: Right out of the box this has a look to it like it was fresh dyed. The faded aspect of it needs to come into full fruition. The instructions cover that in that they tell you to wash it before wearing with like colors and to avoid contact with light colored clothes or furniture. So for sure wash this actually by itself first.\\n\\nThis is more of a high fashion faded denim as opposed to a down and dirty rugged denim. It has 10% nylon and 12% Spandex which is a lot so it has a lot of stretch/give to it. Instructions are to wash color/gentle cycle, do not bleach, and air dry, iron flat if needed. The fabric has a look like they assembled everything completely, and then dyed it to the dark color. Even the instruction tags are a little bit difficult to read because they were dyed over. So definitely wash first before using.\",\n \"Product: Wrap your head around these high-performance shades from Under Armour®.\\nShow the world just how you roll with the Under Armour® Hi-Roll sunglasses.\\nUltralight ArmourFusion® frames built from a combination of titanium and Grilamid® for maximum impact resistance. \\nFull-rimmed framed in an updated aviator style.\\nThree-point grip is utilizes an aerodynamic design and stays secure on your face.\\nLarge frame with full-coverage.\\nUA logo callout at temples.\\nDouble-bridge design. \\nCushioned hinges in high-stress areas for superior shock absorption. \\nSteel hinges.\\nAirflow technology delivers added airflow when on a bike or running.\\nAdjustable silicone nose pad for a custom fit.\\nCap gripper ensures a secure fit when worn upside down on a cap.\\nUnder Armour logo at temples.\\nMultiflection™ lenses provide optimum visual contrast and distinctive object illumination ideal for sports like golf, cycling and running.\\nArmourSight® lens technology is up to 10x stronger than other polycarbonate lenses and provides up to 20% less peripheral distortion. \\nAll Under Armour® Performance Eyewear lenses block 100% of UVA, UVB & UVC rays.\\n100% of UVA, UVB & UVC protection.\\nSoft case included.\\nImported.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great fit, great protection, look good, and superbly protect your eyes from the sun's harmful rays.\\n\\nReview: I am new to the Under Armour name but was watching the Golf Masters championship and sure enough the winner had his Under Armour cap on with the companies name emblazoned on the sides. As soon as I mentioned the name to my brother I received a rousing ovation. Anyhow these glasses deserve an A for design. The best way I can describe them is bad a_ _. Their black and smoke greenish gray lenses are very appealing. The light gray extended arm plasticy rubber add to the depth.\\n\\nThe fit. I have a really large head; actually 9 3/4\\\" so I was surprised that these fit so well. They were snug but when you put them on fully they wrapped around behind the ear area so well there is no need to wear a lanyard. They won't come off in even the most rigorous exercise. They are considered a good pair of sunglasses for bikers because the nose piece is extended backwards with a matching soft gray rubberized center piece that will help prevent a bug at high speeds from landing in between your nose and glasses and bouncing into your eyes.\\n\\nThe glass part of the pair really does a nice job of wrapping around the sides of your head so no part of your side vision goes unprotected. I see that the Carl Zeiss name is in there; a name that is highly respected in the world of photographic lenses. The lenses on these Under Armour are made out of plastic and are designed to be many times stronger than a typical glass worn for sunglasses. I noticed that there is no refracting of light even at the most extreme sides of the outward vision. That is important for those involved in sports. Overall they fit well, do a superb job of protecting your eyes from the suns harmful UV rays, and look really good.\",\n \"Product: With an intricate stitch pattern and revolutionary comfort technology, the lively is engineered to keep you moving in style and comfort.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: One of the more attractive boots out there\\n\\nReview: These are to me more of a mid-calf boot than anything else. Measuring from the bottom of the heel to the uppermost top they are 14 1/2\\\" in a size 8. I love the overall look. These are a design/style leader. I was immediately attracted to them. The stitching is done really well, and with the elaborate patterns in the design makes the stitching an important part of the boot.\\n\\nThe heels and soles are leather but bottom capped with a waterproof neoprene plastic rubber material in order to make them waterproof on the lowermost surface. That is beneficial in preserving the leather. The heel itself gives you a 2 1/2\\\" increase in height.\\n\\nThe tapering in the toe accommodates a natural foot shape. Even though they are somewhat pointed, the very tip is increased in its width in order to give them a more aesthetic appeal, and provide comfort.\\n\\nThey even smell good. The real leather uppers were tanned just right giving them a new fresh odor that is very appealing. I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and different styles for different people, but to me these are one of the more attractive boots out there. I can't find anything wrong with them. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: For nearly 70 years, Wrangler has staked its claim as a global leader in jeanswear, casual apparel and fashion-forward westerninspiredattire. Built upon the nostalgic undercurrent of Americana heritage, the brand celebrates a rich legacy of authentic products consumers crave.Wrangler continues to preserve their American legacy while continuously developing innovative products that harnesstraditional roots, while expanding on its mainstream appeal as a fashion-forward label. Wrangler will prepare you for whatever the day may hold. So go ahead, be bold. Be adventurous.Be comfortable in your own jeans.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fit well, look great, and plenty of space in the legs to fit some long johns.\\n\\nReview: The number one thing about these fleece lined cargo pants is in one word; warm. I like to stay warm so these will get a lot of use this winter. They are cut accurate to the waist, and fit your butt real nice but the legs are generously oversized so if you are interested in wearing long johns under these there is lots of room. So these are not going to win the slim fit show off your figure category, but rather a well-made utility pair.\\nThe color is quite a bit different than the one the photo shows. They are in fact tan but they also are just as much a shade of soft medium green. Colors are not singular in their nature even though one is dominantly one color or another, but rather a blend of colors. So this has some tan in it, and some medium green also.\\n\\nThe cargo pockets on the sides of the legs are ample and ideal for a photographer carrying even a Go Pro or for someone who wishes to carry his cell phone in there, or even my Amazon Fire HD 6\\\" tablet but just barely. There is more than enough room width wise, but the top is close, and as such the flap does close it just not to the full depth of the Velcro closures. That is another nice feature, the pockets close with Velcro so you can easily grab the flap and pull it open and re-secure; no having to fiddle with buttons that are hard to close.\\n\\nThese look good with a small amount of the cuff turned up although I am curious about how in the long run the fleece lining would look exposed to the elements.\\n\\nSo all in all I really like them. To be honest I do wish they were a little slimmer in the legs. If they reduced them a little it still would not stop them from allowing a pair of long johns in there as well. However the material is durable but very soft, and they provide an appearance that they are very well made. Wrangler has come a long way in producing an upper drawer product at a very nice price.\",\n \"Product: For nearly 70 years, Wrangler has staked its claim as a global leader in jeanswear, casual apparel and fashion-forward westerninspiredattire. Built upon the nostalgic undercurrent of Americana heritage, the brand celebrates a rich legacy of authentic products consumers crave.Wrangler continues to preserve their American legacy while continuously developing innovative products that harnesstraditional roots, while expanding on its mainstream appeal as a fashion-forward label. Wrangler will prepare you for whatever the day may hold. So go ahead, be bold. Be adventurous.Be comfortable in your own jeans.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Wrangler has upped their game in material, design etc. They look and feel more like a top quality jean.\\n\\nReview: These are more of a silky smooth khaki type of material than they are considered jeans. Jeans normally have a rough bigger thread texture to them. So these make for a nice alternative. I found the fit to be what I expected. I'm more of a normal fit jean type of person but thought one pair of stretch type would be good. The label definitely says 95% cotton instead of the 1% as listed currently in the item description. That is a good thing since I would be concerned that the almost all cotton pant would be subject to shrinkage when cleaning.\\n\\nThese fit right and look right but I personally feel that they are designed for people who are more towards the medium to slim builds rather than for someone who is more rotund. You want to avoid the Popsicle on the stick look.\\n\\nI also picked up a pair of the relaxed fit jeans by Wrangler and after seeing these as well Wrangler has definitely entered the market that is chic with material and designs much more like a top quality jean. That makes them the best buy for the money. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Nothing will stop you from getting the job done in the Stanley Boots Wellington Exploit ST workboot. Designed with a wider ergonomic fit to provide excellent comfort, it is also crafted with a waterproof membrane and 200 grams of Thinsulate insulation to keep you warm, dry and able bodied.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A great and rugged work boot. Substantial is the key word here.\\n\\nReview: One of the many things that set these steel toe work boots apart from many of the others is the flexible snag-proof uppers. They create a lot of flexibility so the edge of a hard leather upper is not digging into your legs. You know the problem. It irritates your skin so you buy extra tall socks and have to keep pulling them up. I have been doing some electrical work and resorted to standing on a rubber foam pad when working in the service panel. With these boots everywhere you go is a rubber pad between you and the ground.\\n\\nThe waterproof feature ties right in with that. The moment I first saw them in the photos I knew they were what I wanted. The look is incredible. Nothing amateurish about these although Red Wings is the established norm, and name dropper in the industry. I like the look of these better than the Red Wings.\\nThe removable insole is great especially when you want to clean it. I like that the sole is slip resistant due to the aggressive tread pattern. They are thick enough to withstand puncture intrusion but I would feel better if I was in the demolition business with nails sticking up if the sole had a steel inner core as well. However these are a quantum leap in sole puncture resistance over regular footwear, and I wouldnt be surprised if the rubber they are made from has a great deal of protection in and of itself.\\n\\nI have dropped heavy wood such as thick beams on my toes before so having a good solid steel toe is a welcome addition. These run a little bit large so ordering a half size smaller is recommended. I think it is great that they offer them in half sizes so you can achieve the perfect fit. I just bought two pairs of shoes in the past week, and in both instances they were size 10s. These boots are 9.5s. There is plenty of room for my toes to float. They are a perfect fit in the arch, and provide a very substantial feel to the way they hold your foot in even though they are a wide. There is enough play in the top of the collar to fit a pair of jeans, and insulated thermal wear. There are no laces on these so you cant fudge it. Either they fit or they dont. I could probably wear an extra pair of socks in these.\\n\\nThese are a very rugged substantial boot. A make no mistake about it, serious get the job done pair. Not exactly what I would wear for casual wear. So if you want warm, strong, waterproof work boots this is just what the doctor ordered.\",\n \"Product: Woven Sandal\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The quality is obvious looking at it. This is something that can quickly become your favorite pair to wear the most often.\\n\\nReview: Immediately you can tell that they are quality. The look of the leather has a quality look to it that should last a long time. I sell shoes for a living even though they are sheepskin and leather. I have been doing it for years and have sold thousands, and thousands of them. The leather as the descriptions states is Premium full-grain leather from an LWG silver-rated tannery provides comfort and durability.\\nI like the fact that the ankle strap is adjustable with 5 different positions for the latch to probe through the leather holes. In addition the heel strap has a short stretch of matching elastic so as to conform to your specific ankle measurements. No having to have it digging into your heel causing discomfort.\\nThe base of the sole heel included is stacked leather with each piece being very thick. They are glued and then the contour final shaved to the specific curve of the top sole plate which is also made of leather. The runs are rather straight allowing for more strength. The front of the sandal has 4 layers and by the time to you get to the heel there are 21 layers. Not too shabby. Under the heel on the inside is a nice Timberland logo.\\nThe bottom where the sandal meets the surface of the road so to speak is a nice hardened rubber with somewhat of a tread to it for better traction. The heel is also ribbed in order to prevent slippage. This patterning of the bottom is barely noticeable from the top of the shoe. Only in the front if you stare down closely to the lowest edge do you see the faintest ribs. It actually adds to the quality of the build rather than take away from it.\\nBy looking at the arch support area you realize that although the heel area does slope somewhat it is more gradual toward the rear leading up to the arch, and only one fully into the arched area does it do a more radical decline in order to give you a nice high heel with a 4\\\" rise. This way a slight ridge is formed so the rear of your arch can hook so to speak on the elevated area thereby taking a good deal of pressure off of the front ball of your foot.\\nI can see these being worn with so many different styles of clothing. They would look good with jeans, a light summer dress, spring/summer slacks, a skirt, the list goes on. I have a philosophy about buying clothes and shoes. The one you wear the most is the best bargain even if you paid more for it. If you buy an item after the season is over, and it goes on sale, the problem is that you don't really like it. So it sits in your closet hardly ever to be worn. On the other hand when you purchase a quality item it is something that you love, and wear it all of the time. In terms of usage, that is the bargain.\",\n \"Product: Leave the opposition in a cloud of dust with these low-cut football cleats for men. Built with a flexible tech fit upper, these shoes feature a DuPont Kevlar-reinforced plate for extra strength and traction. With MI coach to track game performance.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The ultimate in performance. Super light weight yet strong.\\n\\nReview: If you are looking for the ultimate in performance this is it. With a weight so light and deep cleats you can see the shoes provide deep cleat traction while not slowing you down at all with weight. Adidas says they are the fastest football cleat in the game. I have to be honest with you and say that these are more high fashion than a football shoe. If you are willing to forego the army boot heavy boot expect to be rewarded when you do a 100 yard sprint all the way into the end zone, these are it. Hey you never know, you could become a hero. I would like to do more to describe these but beyond they are super light, and super strong there isn't a whole lot to say. It is a bonded and stitched plastic shoe. Its waterproof across the bottom, but the lace area is not. So no deep puddles. I am sure they clean up real well except for the flexible material in the tongue. Adidas makes great stuff.\",\n \"Product: Lee has unearthed new innovations in denim since 1889. The company has a rich American history in the world of fit and fashion, and now offers more fits, styles, finishes, features and choices than ever before. Whether you're off to a weekend adventure or dressing for a day at the office.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Well made. Very nice texture to the material.\\n\\nReview: Very nice overall. The weave of the fabric is smoother than most other jeans, yet definitely jean material. The 2% Spandex is a nice add in order to give them a little give/stretch but with only 2% it is not going to be anything like a stretchy. These jeans are 70% cotton which breathes, and 28% polyester which does not breathe as well. The advantage being that the polyester blend doesn't require as much ironing as a 100% cotton jean.\\nA lot of the jeans are coming with Spandex today. They help resist the bagginess in the knees and will give a little. The material is just the right amount of soft yet durable, hardy yet delicate; it pretty much satisfies the largest swath of wearers.\\n\\nThe straight leg style does lend itself to those who are in the medium to thin body builds. A full cut jean allows for more girth but doesn't give you that show off your lines kind of look like these do. They are well cut. I also like with the cotton/poly mix you don't have to deal with as much shrinkage after they come out of the dryer.\",\n \"Product: Take some of the effort out of your next trip with luggage that won't weigh you down and can survive the rigors of life on the road. Introducing a lightweight that lasts. Designed and engineered to deliver extreme lightness, combined with the amazing strength thanks to its innovative design.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Love the color, love the quality, love the bag.\\n\\nReview: This is a full capacity suitcase that maintains the level of Samsonite quality in a lighter package. Check the dimensions in the listing. It is huge. I absolutely love the blue color. Depending on the way the light is hitting it on different sections, it goes from medium bright blue all to the way of hinting at being more navy. With the contrasting black trim and this color it is sure to catch everyone's eye.\\n\\nI was concerned about reading where one person walked a quarter of a mile with it and almost tripped over a couple of times. When using the fully extended handle I found no such compromise in usage. I can see that if you simply grabbed it by the sewn in material handle at the top it would be like trying to drive with a real small steering wheel; every nuance then becomes amplified. But due to the improved leverage angle of a fully extended handle it enables you to have total control without it getting away from you.\\n\\nSo the dual purpose wheels on the bottom enable you to simple stand it up when waiting in line. (As long as you are not on a slope, then you would have to keep one hand on it) This falls out of the range of what many airlines consider their max size for carry-on luggage, although there are exceptions to that rule like on Virgin Air. Be sure to look up the requirements for the specific carrier before purchasing your ticket. Also many have a 50 pound limit and since this bag can handle so much you may need to be careful to not overstuff it.\\n\\nThe overwhelming favorite feature is that it is so surprisingly light weight for a bag of this size. That enables you to add more clothing etc. on the inside without the extra heft. That comes at a price, but thanks to Samsonite engineering they found a great solution. What I am talking about is that the outside panels have a lightweight but stiff inner panel that is covered with only a minimal amount of padding. So your goods are protected somewhat, let's say way better than a soft bag. If you have something that is sensitive you could easily wrap it in the internal padding to secure.\\n\\nTalking about security I really like the way there is a double loop on the main zipper compartment that you can place a suitcase/padlock through. Someone could move both zippers around when it is locked, but since they would be moving in tandem, one zipper would be unzipping while the other right alongside of it would be re-zipping. The storage pouch on the outside flap does not have the same lock capability, but Samsonite was smart enough to create longer loops on the dual zippers for that one so you could still lock it as well with a small lock.\\n\\nI want to say that I have been so preoccupied with carry on bag size restrictions that I have lost sight of how nice it is to have one bag for regular luggage that has enough room in it so that you can place suits, or dresses into it without having to crunch everything up. Love the color, love the quality, and love the bag.\",\n \"Product: With a washed finish that gives them a worn-in look and a super soft feel, these khakis look and feel like your favorite broken-in pants without all the work\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice casual wear. Cotton poly blend provides less ironing. 2% Elastane gives them that little bit of stretch.\\n\\nReview: When I was in high school I went to a tailor shop that also rented out tuxedos. He didn't have a pair of pants that fit me so he took my measurements, and proceeded to take apart a pair of pants and resewed them back together again. When I put them on I felt like they fit like a glove. It was indescribable having a pair of pants that perfectly fit in every dimension. Of course who could normally afford that?\\n\\nSo we take precut slacks off of the shelf and try them on. More often than not they fit in many ways, but not ideal in all. So what does that have to do with these Dockers? Namely this. These are low cut in the waist. They come to my waist line perfectly. Consequently I can get into a smaller waist size than I would with a pair with a higher waist like the ones that actually come around my stomach. The huge advantage to the smaller waisted pair is that proportionally they cut the rest of the pants accordingly. So with the higher waisted, larger waist size pants you normally get oversized legs as well.\\n\\nThese not only have the low waist advantage they also are a slim fit. I just lost 40 pounds and have another 40 to go. So I will grow into these so to speak. Even now that my waist is larger than a 34 the pant legs fit just fine in the slimmer fit. There is nothing worse than having a slim fit pant that is squeezing your legs. There is a little play in these throughout their entire length. As I get thinner and fit completely into these there will be even more.\\n\\nIn addition to the cut these have 2% elastane to give them a little stretch. The tag says they are 73% cotton, 25% polyester, and 2% elastane. So with the poly blend they need less ironing, yet the cotton provides the necessary breathing that keeps them cooler in the summer, and warmer in the winter.\\n\\nThese are a smoother material that some of the other khakis that I have due to the poly blend. Even with that I couldn't see wearing these in the office. This is by far more of the everyday wear look, and a great substitute for dungarees. All in all a very nice pair of pants. I'm looking forward to continuing my diet and being able to properly fit into them in the waist.\",\n \"Product: Add contemporary style to your wardrobe with the 3020v1. This chukka-inspired boot design is modernized for outdoor leisure. Premium leather/suede upper materials combine for ultramodern, rugged style. Grommet detail and waxed laces create a secure fit, while dynamic sole grooves add edge to your sport casual lifestyle.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Well made. Padded insole. Mixture of leather and suede yielding another dimension of fashion.\\n\\nReview: New Balance generally garners 4 and 5 star reviews. Made from full grain leather. One of the things I really like about this pair of fashion boots is the mixture of leather and suede on the outer surfaces. It adds another dimension. Also the inside sole is well padded so wearing them for a long time is not a problem. The sole has got a super traction pattern on the bottom without that level of gradation showing up from topside. You can see the edge profile but it is not very pronounced. The waterproof sole is mated to the suede leather very smoothly and should afford a waterproof fit for shallow puddles. However the tongue is flexible for varying arch sizes but not including a web surface to block water farther up on the boot from entering. So these are not meant to be submersibles.\\n\\nThey definitely have a new shoe smell to them, but that happens, and will fade quickly. I like the overall design. I got the black one, and after looking at the brown ones I really, really, like the way they look a lot. The tag on the shoe explains proudly that these shoes were assembled right here in the USA; they have over 1300 workers so a New Balance purchase is keeping jobs right here at home.\\n\\nThese are a medium level of weight in the shoe, and the sole arches up in the very front and back so if you get into a full gallop them gently mimic a running shoe in that regard, but just like the traction pattern sole, not so much as to take away from the attractive design. Overall highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Columbia cotton stretch fabric is for shape retention. Soft, breathable and moves with your body. Lightweight stretch is for daily use with Columbia logo above hem. Available in classic colors with signature compass blue bartack at hem. Omni-wick advanced evaporation pulls moisture away from the body and enables perspiration to evaporate quickly. Flat anti-chafing stitches. Tag free. Antimicrobial treatment on fabric. 2 pack\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Good quality, and 5% spandex for that extra level of give where you need it.\\n\\nReview: 95% cotton and 5% spandex making it super breathable and a very good amount of stretch ability. Normally for a pair of jeans for example the spandex is only 2% and provides a little give. With these Columbia tees at 5% they are designed to give where you need it to, and yet accentuate your better points. The description printed inside provides instructions to machine wash cold gentle cycle with like colors, only use non-chlorine bleach if needed, tumble dry low, and cool iron if needed.\\n\\nFortunately these double as a very nice quality T Shirt or under garment T as well. The crew neck cut provides a lot of flexibility as to what you wear with it. The Columbia logo in contrasting black is printed over the left breast area, and adds a nice touch of distinction. Overall highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Van Heusen no iron classic fit flat front pant features stretch, wicking, and soil release.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Comfortable classic fit. Slimming because they sit over your waist, and not on it.\\n\\nReview: I got these in a 40 waist, and a 30 length. I gained some weight and wanted something very comfortable fitting, and these fit the bill quite nicely. I needed energy to do my whole house remodel, and that meant less time for cooking, and more time for fast food, and prepared foods. Soon that will be accomplished, and then I am looking forward to losing the weight and getting into some more slender. Why am I explaining that? Because it is relevant to those who are in the same situation.\\n\\nSo what these pants do for you is give you a relaxed fit while still providing a little taper in the legs. The waist/belt line comes up over your waist, and actually covers your belly button. You can see that in the photo. So it has a sight amount of a slimming effect to it. You definitely will not have the belly hanging over your belt with this one.\\n\\nThe color is okay. It is the color in the photo but the photographer got them in some really good light in order to bring out the gold. I would rather describe them as a slight brownish tan. It a neutral color so it will go well with most everything.\\nThe stitching is done very well and even. There aren't any wavy lines in the stitch at all. It is a very smooth 100% cotton material. So it will be cool in the summer and comfortable in the fall and spring. The tag says no iron, and a flax waistband. I don't see any flex or give in it at all. Of course if you get your proper size flexing isn't necessary. I'm looking forward to breaking these in, and finishing up my remodel so I have time to spend on cooking and getting my weight down. Looking forward to moving down a few sizes. Hoping to look back on these and say, \\\"Wow I used to wear those.\\\" :-) I've done it before, and it is time to do it again. Thanks for letting me share that with you. It's nice to have these because I don't fit into a lot of my other clothes.\",\n \"Product: The Wave horizon is for the runner who needs stability but wants to run in luxury. Offering cloud Wave technology and a full length u4icx midsole for the perfect blend of plush cushioning, dynamic stability, and a lively feel.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Like the seat of a high end sports car it really braces you in yet is surprisingly comfortable.\\n\\nReview: The flat of the heel with a good width creates a lot of balanced support resulting in no twisted ankles running on a normal surface. The good grip to the left and right of your heel, but just right in the back of the heel to avoid rubbing the Achilles tendon. The internal material is so smooth that if it wasn't for the good grip of the sides your foot could slip out. It's like the buckets seats of a high end sports car; it is rigid all the way around but surprisingly comfortable. There is this feeling of, \\\"Oh that feels nice\\\" when you stand up on them.\\n\\nI suggest that you take the packing material and card out of the shoe, and then open up all of the lacing all the way up to the toe, and then put them on your foot. The contoured grip is so supportive you don't even need to tighten the laces; just snug them up to eliminate the play. This way you are not binding yourself in the shoe. Then when you stand up, you experience probably one of the most supportive shoes you have ever worn, yet feel amazingly comfortable.\\n\\nIn addition to the upper padding in the collar and tongue, you have a breathable mesh fabric woven into the front and sides. That way venting perspiration is not a problem.\\n\\nThere is a caution tag attached to the shoe that states, \\\"This product has been designed and manufactured for the sport of running. Use of this product for other activities limits the warranty for the product. Now all I have to go is get used to the bright lime green accents that really brighten up the shoe.\",\n \"Product: Samsonite is reinventing lightweight once more Might light 2 combines a lightweight, sturdy frame with consumer preferred travel features. With a sleek design and spherical spinner wheels, you will turn heads as you easily maneuver through your travels.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Lots of room, super lightweight, attractive yet durable.\\n\\nReview: I like the way the handle is sculpted and only has to extend 10 . Since the suitcase is a 30 case an extended longer handle is not necessary. That equates with an advantage because longer handles require additional strength to support them. The handle is also fully integrated so when collapsed it sits right on the case so you can use it easily to lift the case when loading for example. To extend again you simply push on the large button on the top. There is also a convenient padded side handle permanently sewn in that is large enough to not dig into your hand while lifting.\\n\\nThe shade of blue is very attractive and with the contrasting light gray interior makes for a unisex design that is immediately appreciated for its impressive design. The blue also lends itself to the stainless looking, actually light alloy handle really makes a navy blue and stainless compliment in the colors. The nylon fabric is very durable yet smooth enough to look fashionable. There are really two compartments with the front compartment divided into two compartments on its own. You could say it has 3 compartments altogether. The front one which shares the full length altogether has an upper one that is shallow that enables you to more easily access a cell phone or papers at the ready, and lets say on that front flap of compartments is a lower zippered compartment as well that is the rest of, or 2/3rds of the face. Inside of the main compartment are a couple of pouches that are see through. One is a web mesh material, and the other is a clear nylon/plastic in the event you are carrying for example finger nail polish and you don't want to take a chance on it getting onto your clothes.\\n\\nI have been looking at a lot of carry-on bags, and they have the challenge of having to adhere to the maximum size limits of the individual airlines. They do vary somewhat but for example United at the time of this writing has a limit of 9 x 14 x 22. If you overload it and it bulges out it doesnt qualify.\\n\\nSo there you have the dilemma. Do you just use a carry on and really limit what you can bring along, or do you get this bag which is 30 x 20 x 11 and forget about the carry on. Of course ideally you get both with a hand on both trailing behind you, plus a laptop shoulder strap, or pocket book strapped on the opposite shoulder for safety and functionality. This bag is really large yet incredibly lightweight with the shipping weight including the box is only 13.8 pounds; strong yet light weight.\\n\\nThe wheels easily are usable in the tilted back position for walking along with it, or in the upright position sitting on all 4s. So if you are waiting in line you can easily roll it along with you without having to either lift it, or bend it over to make it roll. All in all a very nice suitcase. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: This product is a Genesis Unisex Short Sleeve Chef Jacket in Black with Traditional Buttons. Working side-by-side with chefs for more than 3 decades and leveraging that knowledge, we bring you apparel that can only come from being behind the line. There is tremendous attention to detail in the design of every product, the fabrics chosen, and the construction of the garments.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Very professional with the dual button front.\\n\\nReview: Get ready to take your culinary attire to the next level. This traditional double breasted professional cooks shirt is surprisingly full cut. The one I have is a medium and my waist measures 39 inches yet it is a very comfortable feel. This is true of their single buttoned model as well. It falls very well on you.\\n\\nThe mostly poly and then cotton blend means maintenance is easy. I would wash by themselves for the first or second wash in the event the color dyes may want to bleed a little. With so much poly very little if any ironing is needed.\\n\\nThat material is substantial enough to hold up, yet thin enough to allow for some breathing in a hot kitchen. When you sweep the top of the shirt across that button the top button it is an incredibly formal look that is very appealing. It's good enough to be visiting guests at tables.\\n\\nI'm reserving these for when I make the in kitchen video for my book. Although it is suggested that you wear an apron that covers most of you in the front while cooking in addition to this attire. That way you can drop the apron for times when a presentation is required. All in all a great look, feeling, and wearing shirt.\",\n \"Product: This product is a Millennia Unisex Cook Shirt in Black with Wicking Mesh Back. Working side-by-side with chefs for more than 3 decades and leveraging that knowledge, we bring you apparel that can only come from being behind the line. There is tremendous attention to detail in the design of every product, the fabrics chosen, and the construction of the garments.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Take your culinary attire to the next level.\\n\\nReview: Just like I said in the Mercer Culinary cooks pants, the same goes for this shirt, get ready to bring your culinary attire to the next level. I was surprised to see that the medium shirt fit me so well considering my waist actually measures 39 inches. It fits very comfortably. Just like the pants the material is 65% polyester, and 35% cotton. It has a very silky feel to it. It is substantial enough to hold up to the rigor yet thin enough to provide some relief in a hot kitchen. I really love the way the shirt and the pants look.\\n\\nThe care instructions are symbols inside of the label which I am unable to decipher. Since they are a cotton poly blend with two thirds of it being poly you can probably apply standard washing instructions for that type of material. I would suggest washing them separately for the first two washes.\\n\\nThis is something I am hoping to get a lot of use out of when I create the videos for the diet program that I am on. I spent a lot of time remodeling the kitchen, and now that attire is befitting it. It fits well, lays nice on your body, and enhances your look, not detract from it.\",\n \"Product: Admiral LX mask low volume single lens provides expanded visibility. Hypoallergenic silicone face skirt for ultimate comfort. Built in purge valve keeps mask clear of water. One touch Pro-Glide buckles for custom fit. Dual-composite fin blade for excellent snap, power and styling. Compact length is great as a travel snorkeling fin or other water sports activities. Super-soft and comfortable foot pocket with adjustable strap to fine tune fit. Patented split fin technology provides a powerful and efficient kick. Super soft and comfortable foot pocket features adjustable strap for custom fit. Available in 3 sizes small (4-7), medium (7-10), large (10-13).\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: I couldn't recommend this set high enough. 5 stars well deserved. Read the specifics.\\n\\nReview: I normally wear a size 9 shoe but sometimes a 10 fits as well depending on the manufacturer. My foot actually measures exactly 9 1/2\\\" long from the back of the heel to the toe. A size medium seems to be just right although I have very high arches and you can feel the silicone rubbery plastic squeezing the top of the arch a little bit. I believe that will loosen up in time, not that it is actually a problem. I would rather the fit be snug than too loose and risk it coming off. The length is fine whereas there is a few inches left over in the toe area as long as your arches are not overly high as mine, and therefore can reach into that area. The high arch blocks the forward movement.\\n\\nI'm impressed with the snap and secure system on the fins. It is held in place by snaps just like I have on my heavy duty boat cover; squeeze both sides and off it comes. The adjustment is what I really like. You can overextend the fit by allowing the strap to go all the way out, and then snap them into place. Then all you need to is to grab the loops at the end of the strap and snug them up just right. Since I am a size 9-10 it already is sized for me at the top of the strap. That would make sense since the medium is designed for size 7 through 10 shoe sizes. So overall I am very impressed with the fins. I walk across the floor and there is no way they are coming off. This set is the one with the travel ready fins that are slightly shorter in length.\\n\\nBy the way someone commenting that the flippers come off seems impossible to me unless you inadvertently don't snap them all the way on. You should hear a loud click when you put the two pieces together, and the extra wide thick open loop pull on tab is so wide for an easy grip, there is no way it will pull through the lock.\\n\\nNow onto the mask. The lens on each side is actually real glass and the rest of the mask seems to be some sort of crystal clear rubbery silicone. I was concerned about how tight of a seal I could get as well as if I could fit my hat size 7 and 3/4 head in there. Both items passed with flying colors., I have a moustache and at first when I put it on with the bottom lip right in the middle of my moustache of course where was some leakage, but all I had to do is move the mask just a tad higher so the rim was resting immediately under my nose and there was no leakage at all. Pertaining to size the adjusting strap was open with plenty to spare when I placed this over my head and it was already a comfortable fit. All you do is the same thing as the fins, adjust it to oversize, and then once on give the end a pull to snug it up to the perfect size. So the mask passes with flying colors as well. I was in an industry that relied on professional breathing masks for 20 years so I am critical in that regard and the end result is that my lungs are clear. My recent chest x ray showed all clear.\\n\\nNow onto the snorkel. Way cool feature in that it automatically blocks off the water from entering the tube when you submerge. It is a patented system. I was accustomed to snorkeling as a child because I grew up with summers at the shore, and submersion meant getting a snorkel full of water. All you had to do was be sure to blow it out when re-emerging about surface.\\n\\nThe mouth piece fit is very secure in that it actually goes inside of your mouth while you clamp down with your teeth on the two flexible silicone sides. That makes for a very secure and leak proof fit. So guess what? The snorkel also gets a 5 star rating. I am extremely impressed with this entire kit. Even the carry bag is webbed material that can allow you to pack up your gear before you dry it out. It breathes completely when it is already packed. So yes this entire experience is a wall to wall 5 star review. I couldn't recommend it high enough.\",\n \"Product: The FoodSaver gamesaver gallon-size Dam heat-seal bags are designed for vacuum sealing juicy and moist foods. The liquid blocking strip prevents moisture from escaping the bag, creating a strong, clean seal . Dam bags come in a convenient gallon-size that makes them perfect for sealing marinated foods, raw meats, or juicy leftovers with no mess and no leak\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: If you pre-freeze you don't need these. If not these are a bit pricey but a very nice option for moist items.\\n\\nReview: These are a unique item in the Food Saver bagging line in that they have an absorbent material on the end that is going to be sealed. This is designed to capture some moisture before leaving the bag, and/or getting into the seal area and defeating the seal without you knowing it. In plumbing with copper pipes if there is an even small amount of water in the joint you are trying to solder it will not take, and that is with a torch blowing on the outside of the pipe. It is well known how fast moisture can defeat heat. So if you have a very slight amount of moisture in what you are wrapping these are well suited for that.\\n\\nPersonally I would prefer to pre-freeze items with moisture, and then shrink wrap them later. The small amount of time it takes to freeze something, at the very most by the next day you may as well pre-freeze it. The advantage being that you can use a less expensive bag, and not worry about your seal being defeated by liquid. These are not meant for microwaving.\\n\\nFood Saver bags on the whole really are as the package says, the \\\"Best Performing Storage Bag System. The material is thicker and that helps to prevent breakage on lesser bags with thinner material. So anything that is hard or has a sharper edge will perforate lesser bags. Not to say that something very sharp wouldn't do a number on any bag, but these definitely hold up better. For softer foods I have some of the commercial bags at the ready however they curl up therefore are not as easy to use. Also it takes the commercial grade cheaper bags longer to remove the air. Food Saver bags come with air channels built in.\\n\\nI took off a star because although these do have the absorbing material making them less prone to leakage when sealing a steak with a little juice in it, they are somewhat more expensive than the regular food saver line. I can understand that it takes more in cost to add that moisture absorbing material. If you don't want to pre-freeze and are bagging things other than liquids, then these are the choice for you.\",\n \"Product: The Contract Cap seals the deal with lightweight body fabric, flat lock detail stitching, 3D-embroidered logo, low-loft hook-and-loop closure for custom fit and climalite moisture-wicking sweatband.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: I can't find anything about it I don't really like, so 5 stars and highly recommended.\\n\\nReview: I have a very large head; literally. My hat size is a 7 3/4. I oftentimes go into a hat store and not one hat in the entire place will fit me. So when I saw a review here that said someone had a size 8 head and this cap fit, I jumped at it. I'm over 60 years old so I also want a hat that covers my hair line that has sufficiently receded now all the way to the back of my head. :-) How large the opening is on the back of the cap is another factor that I concern myself with. I go without a hat most all of the time so I am not overly caught up in the aesthetics of my new look. However when you have a cap on, it creates an appearance of wanting to hide it, so you don't want the tag still hanging out the back of the hat if you get my drift. Well this hat gets a C+ in that category. The opening is a little bit larger than I would prefer but it is on the edge of doing a great job. Since I still have some hair on the top, it is a semi-cover up for only an area that is about a half an inch. If you haven't receded that far, or don't have any concerns about that at all then this is a great cap. Even if you do it still is a winner.\\n\\nOkay so onto the other big concern; the front billboard. I hate it when caps are made with a strong cardboard insert in the front that makes the front two panels stand out. I want the cap to follow the front of my head contour. Well this cap actually comes with a cardboard, removable insert to make sure the front of the cap retains its shape, but it just sits inside of the inner wall, so it comes right out. Secondarily they have a sewn in breathable inner lining that is made from plastic like a fine honeycomb that does maintain its stiffer shape, but it still follows the contour of your head, so that is more than acceptable.\\n\\nThe stitching is very pronounced on the top of the hat but that is part of the design. The double edge stitching that starts at the top, and then swoops down on the side of those two panels, following on out through the front bill, with the 4 single stitch line on the inner part of the bill creates a very nice, cut above the rest sort of effect. Of course Adidas is going to go all out on the design.\\n\\nThe overall color scheme is nice and goes with everything. The logo is in two shades of gray and the under bill and sewn in inner sweat band are also in two shades of gray. So this hat has some style pointers that make it really nice.\\n\\nI've gone in a lot of stores and tried on a lot of hats, most of them I didn't like because of the size for me, but I have to say this one is a keeper. I like the shape and overall design. A white cap is also my favorite. I can't find anything that I don't like about it, so 5 stars, highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The SiTE 1 putter features a classic blade style head with a long hosel to house the shaft. Partnered with the high contrast black and white coloring, this combination will start to lower your scores the day you put it in your bag.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Good basic putter. Food for thought.\\n\\nReview: This is a good basic putter. With my standard all metal putter I don't receive the instant feedback as to the accuracy of my swing as much as I do with the Site 1 putter. It's all in the black and white contrast with a thin white stripe front to back. I instantly became aware of even the slightest variation in my stroke.\\n\\nIf I had to get critical of it, the best way I can describe it is to relate it to the BMW X-5. When going down the highway in that vehicle the response to the changes in the steering wheel were crisp but that created a bit of over steer requiring a constant need to correct steer. (It is the only vehicle I have experienced the same) Other vehicles (including Porsche 911's for example) were a lot less work to go down the road because once you aim it there wasn't the constant incremental correct steering in order to keep it in a straight line. The key with putting is to relax and let the weight of the club provide constancy while providing just enough grip to avoid the club from changing position when impacting the ball. With this club it was more dependent on the arm positioning; the club was highly sensitive.\\n\\nSo I have mixed feelings. Is the bright contrast in the colors giving me much needed feedback of the smoothness of my swing, or is the inherent design providing an unnerving variation during my swing, or both?\",\n \"Product: The Core Cotton series offers cushioned cotton comfort with excellent moisture management, reinforced heel and toe and arch support. 6 pairs per package.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Elastic material snugs under the arch area. Does a nice job for what it was intended.\\n\\nReview: I wear a size 10 shoe and these fit quite well. They could even fit something larger. These are XL's. The one annoying things is that the elasticized rubs running under your arch area. They pucker up the fit in that area, and I am not accustomed to that. So maybe it is one of these things you acquire a taste for. It is an area of my foot that I am not accustomed to having anything pressing on; I have very high arches. Maybe the reason for that is so they don't ride down. I can understand how that could be a nuisance having to de-shoe, and adjust. These will definitely stay in place.\\n\\nThe material they are made out of is designed to expand and yet capture moisture from your feet sweating. Nothing is worse than someone in loafers during the summer with no socks, and they take their shoes off. In that regard these are a must have.\\n\\nI got blacks and I really should have ordered whites. The blacks really don't go with any of my footwear, and these ride high enough that they show. So it's not the invisible low profile nylons that you may have seen some women wear. These are along the lines of athletic socks. Now I have to see if I have some dark loafers that these will go well with.\",\n \"Product: Goggles with facial soft silicone which ensures perfect adaptability to a wide range of facial profiles. Ideal for swimming, swimming, triathlon and water sports for all. Good face seal and great comfort, shatterproof lenses with UV protection and scratch-resistant external treatment internal anti-fog treatment and extra strong. Interchangeable strap instantly with patented buckles with micrometric adjustment and immediate, similar to those of the cressi-sub diving masks. Wide range of colors. SPECIAL packaging to preserve its characteristics over time.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fit well and stylish too for a set of goggles. Great for protecting your eyes.\\n\\nReview: I really like these. The older I get the more I become aware of the risks of injuring your eyes, both in an acute way with an impact threat, and also a more gradual degradation by exposing your eyes to possible contaminators. At the shore where I grew up they now have the nasty habit of dumping sewage into the ocean, which raises the bacteria count. Once it hits a certain number they ban people from swimming on the beach into the ocean. I wonder what the effect is when swimming when it is at its upper limits approaching a ban.\\n\\nOkay enough about the paranoia protect your eyes logic. Let's talk about the function aspects. These come in a very nice clear plastic case that is not water tight. It is designed to allow some air to enter through two small portals. That is advantageous because trapped moisture is not desirable. On the other hand the goggles are the best fitting set I have ever experienced. The secret is in getting the tension on the strap just right. Once the strap is set right, even if you are wearing them on a dry face they absolutely make a perfect seal. I have a rather large head at 7 3/4\\\" and when I took them out of the container I was concerned when I saw how I couldn't get them on with the factory retracted setting. Once I let out the band and got it set right, they went on very easily. What is impressive is how tough it is to get them off if you want to just pull them away from your face. You get the feeling that you are going to suck your eyes out that is how tight of a bond they create. The secret is to grab a spot along the trim and gently lift just the lip away, allowing some air to get in, then they remove quite easily.\\n\\nThe other thing that is worth mentioning is that these are actually a fashionable fit. We all know the person with the mask and snorkel on, with a mask so squishy that it deforms their face. Well this one, once you set it right doesn't do that. I wouldn't say it is more fashionable than not wearing one, but as swimming goggles go this one is the least obtrusive.\\n\\nI grew up spitting into the goggles in order to clear the fog. These come with a fog resistant coating, or material built in. Only time will tell how effective that remains. So if you are interested in protecting your eyes, and you should be, and also want to swim and see clearly underwater then these are highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Train like Carlos Correa of the Houston Astros and become a better baseball hitter with Blast Baseball, the complete hitting solution for improving swing timing, power, and efficiency. As the Official Bat Sensor Tech of MLB, Blast Baseball turns your ordinary baseball bat into a smart bat. The accurate swing analyzer provides real-time feedback by simply attaching the sensor to the knob of any bat. The information is automatically captured and sent to a smart phone app (iOS and Android compatible). Easy to understand swing metrics, allow you to analyze and improve timing, attack angle, and bat speed. Plus, in-app training videos provide tips, drills, and actionable insights to improve your swing. The proprietary Smart Video Capture automatically creates videos and highlights to track metrics over time to identify trends for improvement. Sharing results with your friends has never been easierinstantly share metrics and videos on Facebook, Twitter, and E-mail through the app. Whether you are a player, coach, or parent, Blast Baseball is the ideal resource to becoming a stronger, more efficient, and overall better baseball hitter.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: You want professional performance. Get the professional tool.\\n\\nReview: A truly professional device that will greatly enhance your performance in the game. The analyzer attaches to the bat on the butt end, not the end of the bat so there is no chance of the ball hitting it. Setup couldn't be easier. After charging the sensor you simply download the app, attach the sensor, and then connect it to your cell phone via Bluetooth. It connects to any device via Bluetooth that is running iOS or Android such as your tablets, iPad, as well as your cell. The sensor fits on any standard regulation bat.\\nSince it only records the actual times you are hitting the ball that encourages performance. Why mull over the lesser quality swings, but rather lets build upon the good ones.\\n\\nWhat is really cool is that if you are not within Bluetooth range the sensor is still recording your actions in offline mode. So they can be on the field and not have you or someone else standing by with a cell phone. At the end of the day they can download that days performance.\\n\\nAll in all a great tool for those who want to excel. You want professional performance, get the professional tool. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Classic Accessories hydropro heavy-duty boat covers are designed for both long-term storage and highway travel. Bow and stern reinforcement panels provide added strength. Dual rear air vents reduce wind pressure during trailering and storms and allow inside moisture to escape. Elastic cord in bottom hem gives a tight, custom fit. Mesh storage bag and trailering straps included. Five-year limited warranty.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Nicely made-I'd rather have this one and replace it in 5 or 6 yrs, than to go for the expensive one and have it looking shabby.\\n\\nReview: This is a superbly engineered cover. The strapping system is way better than the more expensive cover I took off of the boat. This cover is one that I would consider using over the road. I am not a fan of using full sized boat covers over the road because the wind whipping on the fabric is one way to ruin it.\\nThe material this cover is made from is a very smooth, tightly woven polyester which is then treated with a chemical to make it weather resistant. The instructions tell you to wash it with lukewarm water and a soft brush but do not use soap because it can damage the protective coverings on the cover. A lot of times people use dish washing liquid to wash their boats, and as such it is a soap that is designed to remove protectorants such as wax and grease. Boat soaps aren't designed that way, and this cover simply doesn't want you to use any soap at all to clean it.\\nThe cover comes with enough straps to secure the cover down on your boat wrapping all the way around. I have a 1987 Donzi Classic 2+3 bought in 1989, and that boat came with a very tight fitting cockpit cover which is the only thing that you can reliably trailer it with. The instructions tell you to use all of the straps when trailering otherwise it will void the warranty. For me it is a dry dock cover only.\\n\\nThe other challenge that full boat covers face is water gathering in a pool in a shallow on the top. I played with straps, and adjustable poles and more, and what I found works best and is the most reliable for winter, or otherwise storage is two 32 gallon plastic trash cans turned upside down. I put one on each side in the aft portion of the cockpit, and then take a small pail and place it on the seat base after removing the padded seat cover. If there is still any small spots where water can settle, I use an empty plastic milk jug with the top screwed on tight. This may seem honky to you, but actually it looks good, and does the job the best. See the photos I attached. It has all very smooth and slowly tapering edges so as to not tear the cover, it is incredibly strong so it holds up well under a snow load, and the plastic does not stain or tarnish the boat in any way.\\n\\nThe nice thing about this cover is that the straps are quick release straps and they give you lots of them for securing it underneath as well as on top. They give you extra length also. Rather than cutting off the extra I simply wrapped it around in circles finishing it off with a tuck knot. The clasps work great, just pinch both sides and they come undone. I had to spend a lot of time before with the factory cover tying the thin lines together like shoe lace tying so they would be easier to remove. Nothing beats a quick release strap especially when you are tossing them under the boat to bring up on the other side. A thin string doesn't toss too well under to boat in order to get it to the other side. Additionally the quick release straps are adjustable for tightness that way you can snug them just right, and effortlessly make an adjustment in the middle of the winter to make up for any stretching that normally occurs.\\n\\nBetween the elevating of the cover, and the rear vent covers to allow some air to breathe into the enclosed area it makes for a breathable condition reducing or eliminating the possibility of mildew.\\n\\nThere are more expensive covers out there but the material in this cover is well made for the purpose. Besides I like to put on a fresh cover every three or four years because I park my boat under a 40 year old pine tree trimmed up for easy access, and the drippings tend to build up after a while making it look kind of shoddy. So in this regard this cover is ideal. It's built well enough to last as long as the other medium priced covers I have purchased in the past, as well as being inexpensive enough to be replaced every few years and not hurt the bank too much. Keeps the boat looking fresh in storage that way as well. It comes with a nice mesh carrying and storing bag. Be sure to completely dry it before storing it.\",\n \"Product: The 3M WorkTunes Wireless Hearing Protector with Bluetooth Technology helps you protect your hearing while enjoying your favorite music, podcast, audio book or radio station. Equipped with Bluetooth Technology, these protective headphones allow you to stream the entertainment of your choice from your smartphone, tablet or other mobile device, while Safe Volume Control Technology self-adjusts to ensure you're listening at a safe volume level throughout your work day. The Audio Assist function alerts you to the radio station you're on and helps you pre-set your favorite channels without having to take off your headphones. All the controls are on the headsetso there's no need to be tethered by a cord. The plush ear cushions are designed with comfort in mind, and the flexible headband with ventilation improves comfort when worn with a hat. Get the best of both worlds, hearing protection plus great-sounding entertainment with 3M WorkTunes Wireless Hearing Protector with Bluetooth Technology.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: IMPORTANT: These are a completely redesigned model, and work great in every way. See the date first released in 2015. Not 2008.\\n\\nReview: Extremely IMPORTANT: There are a good deal of mixed reviews on this headset going back well into 2008. The only problem is they are not the same headset. The yellow and black ones from customer images are totally different. 3M got it right on the new black and gray ones. Everything works great. The date first available reads August 18, 2015 not 2008.\\nNow my review.\\n\\nBatteries are a tight fit which actually is a good thing. They won't accidentally come loose. Usage is semi-intuitive but it is worthwhile to read the included quick start pamphlet. There isn't an LCD window on the headset which actually would be kind of weird if it did. You would be walking around advertising which station you are listening to in the radio mode. Besides a screen would eat up valuable battery reserve. Changes to settings are announced verbally in the headset that way you do not have to take them off to read a screen in order to make changes. The female assistant responds to your every command.\\n\\nFor Bluetooth usage the directions say it is best used in your pocket or up to 25 feet away but the farther you get away the possibility of a breakup is more likely. Using my Amazon Fire HD 6 as the source playing my Amazon Prime music, I walked 30 feet away with the signal going through plaster walls and not one single glitch; perfect sound everywhere. Then I put it to the real test and walked to the opposite end of the house and I did not lose the connection until I got over 50 away. At 50 feet it still worked great but at 55 to 60 it breaks up and loses the signal altogether. I had to power off the headset, and power back on in order to reconnect.\\n\\nAs far as volume is concerned and sound quality. The source controls volume being sent by the source, in this case my Fire HD6, the volume received by the 3M Worktunes is adjusted by the large easy to access volume knob on the headset. As far as sound quality it is crystal clear. 3M decided to put limits on the upper volume range so as to prevent hearing damage so even with all of this maxed out on both device and source it is still a pleasant volume level. If you are looking for a blow it out the wall volume levels with subwoofer type of bass this is not that. The whole spectrum is good. Good treble, mids, and lows but not super flavored. There is a 3 part EQ selection between Flat, Rock, and Pop. I found Pop to have the most juice or flavor.\\n\\nWhat is important here is these are noise reduction headphones and as such your music is not competing with the background noise so every nuance and sound will be realized. I like the quote from the Ram Dass saying, The quieter you are, the more you can hear. Headphones generally have the advantage of accurate sound reproduction due to the immediate proximity to your ears. If you have a good quality source they sound great.\\n\\nI have to say this only because it is related, and that is my mind is blown apart in that with Amazon Prime including AP Music I can go in and add my favorite artists to my playlists, and play what I like without having to purchase it. I can of course even cherry pick which songs I like, and delete the any I don't like. I get Pandora but they throw songs at you and only after a lot of likes, and dislikes does it start to resemble something you love. With APM it is immediate; you choose them up front.\\n\\nSo what about noise reduction? I had bought a pair of noise reduction headphones before that would instantly generate and provide cancelling signals out of phase with the outside noises. So it did reduce noise but I could feel pressure on my ears even in a quiet environment. So what you are getting is outside noises, and inside noises that create the effect of cancelling the outside noises out. So I greatly prefer these with the 3M passive noise reduction method. It reduces sound by 24DB (NRR) so even a TV is still heard let alone a conversation. The scary thing comes in when you combine noise reduction, and music playing; then you cant hear anything. That is why when I am operating my table saw in my shop the doors are locked so no guest can surprise me from behind.\\n\\nI have a fresh air supplied 3M Face Mask covering the full face and with these headphones will give me protection for my ears as well. Having music is a big add on. Now I have to figure out if I want to buy a second pair for clean environments. The wood shop at times flings dust in my face so no way can I keep them dust free. I love them. They work great, and as any other device, you have to use them for a while to learn the quirks and functions in their use. These look, work and sound great in every way. They are not the old model. 3M really got these right. They must be listening.\",\n \"Product: With the Reebok Pro flat bench, the possibilities are endless. Featuring high density foam cushioning, the 10\\\" x 47.5\\\" bench provides a comfortable and sturdy surface for Weightlifting, with a 17\\\" ground clearance for greater stability and reduction of back arch through your lift. Taking the weight bench back to basics, the Reebok Pro flat bench is straight forward to assemble whilst its integrated wheels and handle make it easy to manoeuvre. For all levels of intensity and weight, the Reebok flat bench is a rock solid foundation for your workout.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Makes for a more complete gym having a training bench in addition to a weight bench.\\n\\nReview: Super density foam, and I mean super. On first squeeze you'll think there is a couple of inch board with a 1/4\\\" of foam on top. Memory foam is plush and great for sleeping but for working out you need the give of 2\\\" of dense foam which allows for a lot of support. I used to use an exercise bench like this at the club, they all have them. I used to most commonly use it by placing one knee on it and the palm of one hand, bending over with a free weight on the other hand doing rows up to my chest. It was a great way of isolating muscle groups without aggravating your lower back. It's also great for tightening up your sneakers. :-)\\n\\nYou'll be surprised at how heavy duty it is made from plate steel a full 1/8\\\" thick. The black finish appears to be powder coated which can stand up to a lot of punishment. I know it is a vanity thing but I like the way it looks. It is black throughout with the good sized Reebok logo emblazoned on top in red and white letters. That ties in with the red lifting handle cover on one end with the same shade of red on the opposite for the color of the wheels. The wheels are hard measuring less than 2\\\" across so they don't get in the way, yet when it is time to move this bench you lift the handle at one end and that makes the wheels touch the ground at the other end for movement.\\n\\nThis bench is ideally designed for freedom of movement because the space underneath of it is open. It could handle even more weight if it was cross braced but with the open architecture it is still designed to handle 300 pounds including the person.\\n\\nIf you wanted to work out with a partner with this exercise bench you could be doing isolated exercises with hand weights for example while someone else was using the weight bench if they didn't need a spotter. Makes for a rather more complete gym having one. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Cressi Crete Mesh Bag\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: I give it five stars because i love it, and designer splash besides.\\n\\nReview: I have an 18 foot Donzi and I am chaffing at the bit to get a Kayak, anything to get me on the water. This bag is ideal for that. It's meant to get wet. The entire length of it is this nylon mesh that freely breathes letting water in, and letting it out. The end caps are a solid substantial material with the Cressi GorGona Bag emblems/ logo emblazoned in raised letters. One end cap it a standard end cap, but the other one has a zip lock closed inside pouch for putting things you don't want to lose. The zip lock pouch is water resistant but I wouldn't by any means call it waterproof.\\n\\nHere is an idea, take a small rubber kick ball or whatever and place it in the bag. That way if you go Kayaking and tip over the bag will stay afloat.\\nThis bag is large and incredibly light weight. It looks good, and greatly serves the purpose. The straps are long enough that it can fit over your head if you already have your hands full. I wouldn't consider it a shoulder bag per se because the straps are not long enough to enable you to have the bag ride on your hip; something typical of shoulder bags, but this does ride comfortably under your arm, at least enough to make it practical when carrying other things. I give it five stars because I love it, and designer splash besides.\",\n \"Product: Sleep in after the sun rises or put the kids to bed early while the sun is still up with a Coleman Carlsbad Fast Pitch Dome Tent with Screen Room. The Dark Room technology on this tent blocks 90% of sunlight to keep the tent darker if you want to sleep while the sun is up, and it also reduces how much the tent heats up during the day by up to 11.4%.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great for two people includes an outside screened in porch. Or great for 4 people as long as it doesn't rain.\\n\\nReview: This is perfect for what I need. I have been mulling over tents for quite some time. I grew up in the Boy Scouts so camping feels like a second nature to me. The challenge I was faced with was that the larger tents required more than one person to set it up. So if I wanted to get away I was stuck having to bring someone that I was close friends enough to fit into some tight quarters. Having a solo tent like this one is great, yet it allows for up to 4 people; that is if the other two people don't mind sleeping in the screened in \\\"front porch\\\". Yes it also has a waterproof floor and the screening is complete but if it rains you are out of luck.\\n\\nI like the fact that this becomes a dark room on the inside. So if you are up to the wee hours with your fellow campers around an evening fire you can still get in 8 hours. The sun comes up real early so this is a huge advantage.\\n\\nI have lots of reasons for needing a tent. I have an 18' boat, and there are some areas I like to take it that are not close by. I also grew up summers at the shore and have hardly been going there at all because the rooms in the peak season are high and require a 3 night stay in the more desirable areas. I had a girlfriend with a place called Tall Pines in Lewes Delaware and quickly grew accustomed to how nice it was to be able to build and evening fire, and have neighbors all around. It was a community, and they didn't care if you had a Winnebago or a tent, if you were decent you were invited.\\n\\nSo this tent not only goes up with one person in 15 minutes, it also stores in a two handle carry sack that measures 26\\\" long by 8\\\" square. The item in the carry sack weighs 15.2 pounds on my digital scale so it is not the solution for the light backpacker who wants to solo hike into the woods. With a 4' 11' center height it is not designed to be a stand up party tent but rather one to enter into crouched down and ready to sit or lay down.\\nI purchased the number one seller here at Amazon in the Queen sized air bed with built in electrical pump. <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Intex-Comfort-Plush-Elevated-Dura-Beam-Airbed-Bed-Height-22-34-Queen/dp/B00G7H793G/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Intex Comfort Plush Elevated Dura-Beam Airbed, Bed Height 22\\\", Queen</a> With the footprint of the tent that allows for a 2 foot space all along one wall of the internal quarters, and a 1 foot space all along the other wall. That should be sufficient for keeping your gear inside with you during the night. Of course the outside area is usable for such purposes but is on display and possibly subject to rain. I was glad to see that such a large air bed mattress such as a Queen could comfortably fit. If you want to go with smaller individual mattress (s) you could either provide even more storage space, or individual sleep platforms for each guest.\\n\\nAll in all a very nice tent for its purpose, made by a reliable brand name. I'm looking forward to spending a lot more time outdoors.\",\n \"Product: ZOWN Classic Collection heavy duty injection mold fan back folding chair with comfortable contoured back constructed of polyethylene and a powder coated steel structure redefines the market for lightweight folding chairs. These high-quality, low-maintenance chairs are ideal for any gathering both indoor and outdoor, making them versatile for every occasion. The chairs have a 300 lb. use rate, and are shipped and sold as an 8 pack. Distributed by COSCO Commercial Products.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A very practical and comfortable chair, but it is not brown at all.\\n\\nReview: I took off one star because these chairs are gray, not brown. Make no mistake about it. You can even look at the photos; choose one and hover over it and see. In real life they look more like the color in the seat portion of the second photograph. It wouldn't be a very big deal if it were not for the fact that my outside picnic table which is a glass top has brown metal accents. Oh well.\\nNow onto what I really like about these chairs. I have an old set of maple JB VanSciver chairs that although they are solid wood and don't have any padding on them, they feel superbly comfortable. These chairs are in the same category. They must have really analyzed the sculpting of the chair design in order to get the maximum comfort out of it. It is not iffy, it is undeniable the moment you sit in one. The feeling of this is incredibly comfortable is immediate; seriously. The other thing is that these chairs have a good deal of heft to them. The fact that they are built to hold between 300 and 400 pounds gives you an idea. There is a texture to the seat so you are not likely to slide around.\\n\\nIt's always nice to have some extra chairs that can be easily, and compactly stored/stacked. These fit the bill quite nicely. I mean it is a plastic and metal tube chair so it's not going to win the designer award, but on the other hand it is a very practical, and comfortable chair. I am sure they will last for many years of use.\",\n \"Product: Franklin's Spider Pong combines table tennis, volleyball and 4 square into one action packed game. This is the perfect sport to stir up a crowd at any sporting event, picnic or party. The set includes (1) large Spider Pong table frame, (1) net, (2) balls, (2) paddles and (1) mini pump with needle.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Easy stow away, super lightweight, rainproof and durable but careful on the legs, don't sit on it.\\n\\nReview: This is a crowd pleaser. Everyone loves to play ping pong, and volleyball. This is a small court for volleyball but for those with the talent, you can exercise your skills. The big challenge with ping pong is that you have this massive table that takes up a ton of floor space, and even if you pack it away it takes up a huge amount of storage. Well this is the ultimate solution in that regard. There is a trade off though. Unless you are setting this up on a flat surface the legs aren't going to sit right on anything but a flat lawn. The design is such that the corners that you insert the leg tubes into are strong enough for normal use, but with leverage being what it is like, it would be equivalent to holding onto the end of a broom handle when someone is trying to push the broom at the other end. So this is not a heavy duty steel tube kit. That is an advantage in being able to store it. The entire shipping weight including the double boxes is only 14 and a half pounds.\\n\\nThe nets for the table surface are designed to give you a good deal of tension. Of course if I was in a tournament I would want a rock hard surface. The net is tension adjustable within the limits of the velcro strips. The entire thing is waterproof so if your barbeque gets rained on, no problem. Storage is the huge advantage of this kit. The box it comes in measures only 43 3/4\\\" x 13\\\" x 4\\\" and as I mentioned at only 14 and a half pounds makes this the easy stow away, always at the ready for a good time. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is that the design of the legs inserting into plastic brackets does not allow for the crazy person running into the side of this thing without the possibility of joint cracking. Normal use is not a problem. Indoor use, or outdoor use on a flat surface is no problem unless you have someone sitting on it. So you can't have it both ways. Either you have a heavy unwieldy table with steel corners and legs, or you have a super lightweight, easily storable unit like this one. It's all in how you use it.\",\n \"Product: Squeezable dense rubber ring improves finger, hand, wrist and forearm strength and is the ideal tool for enhancing grip and relieving tension and stress. Available in three resistances - light, Medium and firm (sold individually) and includes a downloadable exercise guide.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Works great, no problems.\\n\\nReview: Wow at first I was surprised at how small it was, and then I realized they made it look large for the photo to show more detail. Actually upon using it, it is of course the perfect size for the use in which it was intended. I had two injuries on my left hand, one when I was a child and fell on some glass which left a scar and sacrificed a secondary tendon. Then as a school teacher a student came in with a knife and once again my left hand got injured. I spent a lot of time rehabbing that hand, and am proud that I became a skilled guitar player, playing fast leads. My band tied for first place in a county-wide 50 band rock and roll contest, and we had a standing ovation, the only one of the evening. My hand was closing up from my childhood injury, and with some professional therapy, and then person trials and tribulations it became relatively whole again.\\n\\nI used to do finger exercises on the guitar for 45 minutes per day, but the reality is that just like a runner's legs get sloppy towards the end of a race, so do your hands when doing any manual dexterity skill. Having strength and endurance makes all of the difference. So this medium resistance ring is just right, even for my left hand. I know from weight lifting that doing a lot of light weight lifting builds up your endurance for a lot of repetitions, and doing lesser rep's with greater weights builds more strength. So actually having both is ideal, but if you plan on getting just one, the medium will give you a middle road of both levels.\\n\\nThis ring is handy sized, so you can bring it in the car, or wherever you wish to get a little time in. Although I wouldn't consider this the calming effect of Yoga I can see focusing on building hand and lower arm strength as a diversion from thinking about things that may be more stressful. Of course any exercise has a stress relieving effect on you. I wouldn't normally look at a repetitive squeeze, squeeze, squeeze as something that would bring about bliss.\\n\\nIf you play an instrument such as guitar, piano, saxophone, actually most all of them, you need extra strength and endurance. I used to use the old two bladed hand squeeze device that was really just one large metal spring coiled at one end, and the legs were the grip end, but those are very limited in the types of grips that you can realize. This rubber type of donut gives you more flexibility in that regard. All in all a nice addition to your arsenal.\",\n \"Product: The Franklin Sports NHL cage 72\\\" steel goal features an on-ice style and design. This goal features a pro-style top shelf, padded back support brace, and premium heavy gauge 2\\\" steel posts. Screw in spikes are included for on-ice use.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Heavy duty and built to stay that way.\\n\\nReview: Built to last. When I was in high school and college way back then I worked 6 years as an ice skating guard. Actually then a majority of people were figure skaters although ice hockey was alive and well. Many years later not that long ago I visited my old rink and ice hockey now rules. They even have the net off onto one corner of the ice while the regular sessions are going on. I went on the ice with my figure skates, did a loop jump, and a spin, and this little guy looked up at me and say, \\\"Wow, you are a figure skater.\\\" That shows you how rare it is. So having a net like this whether your children are playing street hockey, and getting their moves and shots down, or using it on the ice, Franklin is a big name in sports and this net does more than suffice.\\nWeighing in at over 55 pounds with 2\\\" steel tubing the shipping carrier came up and knocked on my door, and she asked me to help her get it off of the truck. Normally UPS and FedEx guys handle something like this. Once it is on your property it is very easy to cut open the box and bring it in piece by piece. Allow some time for assembly, it is not a 5 minute job. Overall highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Classic Accessories hydropro heavy-duty boat covers are designed for both long-term storage and highway travel. Bow and stern reinforcement panels provide added strength. Dual rear air vents reduce wind pressure during trailering and storms and allow inside moisture to escape. Elastic cord in bottom hem gives a tight, custom fit. Mesh storage bag and trailering straps included. Five-year limited warranty.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Very nice cover for the money. I would rather replace one of these every few years than buy one more expensive that looks shabby\\n\\nReview: I had just written a review for the Classic Accessories HydroPro Boat Cover that fits an 18' boat so I thought I would share this with you for this center console model which is the same with the exception of the additional material for the center console.\\nHere it is...\\nThe material this cover is made from is a very smooth, tightly woven polyester which is then treated with a chemical to make it weather resistant. The instructions tell you to wash it with lukewarm water and a soft brush but do not use soap because it can damage the protective coverings on the cover. A lot of times people use dish washing liquid to wash their boats, and as such it is a soap that is designed to remove protectorants such as wax and grease. Boat soaps aren't designed that way, and this cover simply doesn't want you to use any soap at all to clean it.\\n\\nThe cover comes with enough straps to secure the cover down on your boat wrapping all the way around. I have a 1987 Donzi Classic 2+3 and that boat came with a very tight fitting cockpit cover which is the only thing that you can reliably trailer it with. Covers attached to boats designed to just sit over the top play havoc with the wind, and I found, wind up tearing. The instructions tell you to use all of the straps otherwise it will void the warranty. For me it is a dry dock cover only.\\n\\nThe other challenge that full boat covers face is water gathering in a pool in a shallow on the top. I played with straps, and adjustable poles and more, and what I found works best and is the most reliable for winter, or otherwise storage is two 32 gallon plastic trash cans turned upside down. I put one on each side in the aft portion of the cockpit, and then take a small pail and place it on the seat base after removing the padded seat cover. If there is still any small spots where water can settle, I use an empty plastic milk jug with the top screwed on tight. This may seem honky to you, but actually it looks good, and does the job the best. It has all very smooth and slowly tapering edges so as to not tear the cover, it is incredibly strong so it holds up well under a snow load, and the plastic does not stain or tarnish the boat in any way.\\n\\nThe nice thing about this cover is that the straps are quick release straps. Pinch the closers and they come undone. I had to spend a lot of time before with the factory cover tying the thin lines together like shoe lace tying so they would be easier to remove. Nothing beats a quick release strap especially when you are tossing them under the boat to bring up on the other side. A thin string doesn't toss too well. Additionally the quick release straps are adjustable for tightness that way you can snug them just right, and effortlessly make an adjustment in the middle of the winter to make up for any stretching that normally occurs.\\n\\nBetween the elevating of the cover, and the rear vent covers to allow some air to breathe into the enclosed area it makes for a breathable condition reducing or eliminating the possibility of mildew.\\n\\nThere are more expensive covers out there but the material in this cover is well made for the purpose. Besides I like to put on a fresh cover every three or four years because I park my boat under a 40 year old pine tree trimmed up for easy access, and the drippings tend to build up after a while making it look kind of shoddy. So in this regard this cover is ideal. It's built well enough to last as long as the other medium priced covers I have purchased in the past, as well as being inexpensive enough to be replaced every few years and not hurt the bank too much. Keeps the boat looking fresh in storage that way as well. It comes with a nice mesh carrying and storing bag. Be sure to completely dry it before storing it.\",\n \"Product: PCN Dark Cocoa Plant Protein tastes great, digest easily and contains 21 grams of a proprietary plant protein blend, rich in pea and brown rice proteins that supply a complete amino acid profile. It contains no added sugars and only 120 calories per serving. It is lightly sweetened with all natural stevia extract and has organic cocoa powder with little bit of natural flavors to bring out the rich, chocolaty taste mixed by itself in water, with non dairy milks, or in smoothies. PCN protein blend has little grittiness due to presence of naturally occurring fiber in both pea and brown rice proteins, which is yet another benefit of the PCN plant protein. Ingredients: Pea Protein, Organic Brown Rice Protein, Organic Alkalized Cocoa Powder, Natural Flavors, Stevia Extract.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Great in so many ways, but kind of deceiving.\\n\\nReview: I'm a fan of fruit and water smoothies in the morning especially when I am on the program and losing weight. So I thought I would give this a try. I read all of the ingredients and there wasn't anything that I didn't like. I did wish however that they didn't add any salt. Whether the sodium level is due to the salts of the earth, or added salt I am not sure. What I mean it for example vegetables have a certain level of the salts of the earth without adding any to them. I was program coordinator for the Heart Association and we were told to simply not add any salt and we would get way more than we need. I love Dr Fuhrmans approach and that is if you eat natures bounty and get plenty of it you will be getting the ideal level of sodium. Okay enough about that.\\n\\nThe round container came with a tight fitting clear plastic seal around the lid so there was no denying that it had not been tampered with. This was further illustrated because once you got the lid off (I had to drop the plastic lid face down on the hardwood floor several times to be able to even get the lid off) you'll find a second layer of protection of an attached round white thick paper seal around the edge. The handy pull tabs enable you to lift them and remove it.\\n\\nSo then first thing I did was take a sniff. The nose says this is a triple thumbs up. It has a soft cocoa scent and also has some that I cannot recognize but seems extremely attractive. There is a hint of vanilla aroma mixed in.\\nSo with the exception of the sodium level at 190 mg in one scoop I loved that it was made out of simply pea protein powder, organic brown rice protein, organic alkalized cocoa powder, natural flavors, and stevia extract. It doesn't get any better than that. I did my usual by Googling \\\"Dr Fuhrman and then the name of whatever it is that I am concerned or curious about\\\" and I put in protein powders. He felt that the proper diet as he prescribes which is chock full of the natural organic bounty of the earth has all of the protein you need. Finally at the bottom of the page he said that if you are going to go with a protein powder the ones with the pea and rice protein are preferred. He wasn't in love with the idea but if you are going to go the protein powder route to be sure and do those.\\n\\nSo all is well in health land when I saw the warning on the container that says, and I quote, \\\"Warning; consult your healthcare provider prior to use if you are pregnant, nursing, taking any medication or have any medical condition. Proposition 65 Warning. This product contains a chemical known to the state of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.\\\" end of quote.\\n\\nSo much for optimizing your health which is really the main purpose of products like this. Look I know next to some of the trash that people put in their mouths this formula is right out of the Garden of Eden. I do however think they should have included this warning on the product page of the advertisement.\\n\\nI knew I wasn't much of a fad approach to dieting in order to optimize my health. Getting back to basic of eliminating toxic substances from entering our bodies either in the way we breathe, or the water we drink, or the food we eat can go a long way to eradicating disease. With all things advertised I had high hopes for this product. By the way what specifically is the chemical they are referring to that is contained in this product that causes birth defects?\\n\\nOkay I went to their website and on their home page is the following;\\n\\nSince the launch of our PCN plant proteins, a lot of questions have been brought forth regarding the Prop 65 warning disclaimer we have chosen to put on our labels.\\nFor those of you not familiar with this law, please note: The state of CA requires all products manufactured and sold in California, to carry Proposition 65 Warning on their labels regardless of the source and limits of heavy metals inside a product. PCN plant proteins have naturally occurring heaving metals in both pea and brown rice protein, (as all root vegetables and plants do as well), and even though the heavy metal presence was lab tested within safe limits, the warning still had to be displayed to avoid unjustified lawsuits. For more information please read: Explanation of PROP 65 warning.\\nWe at Pure Charge Nutrition realize that this disclaimer sounds foreboding in the way it is stated, but understanding what PROP 65 law is and why it is on our labels should establish confidence in safety of each and every ingredient in our products. We have made a conscious decision to disclose this information for the sake of transparency, honesty and informativeness. (end of quote)\\n\\nOkay so I am to believe that plants have something in them that would require a Prop 65 disclaimer? I never read a Prop 65 disclaimer on my root vegetables or plants do as well. Sorry I am not buying it.\",\n \"Product: In an atmosphere where comics can say anything, The Best of Comics Unleashed features the world's hottest comedians of our time in high definition. This is the only DVD where you will find performances of Dane Cook, Cedric the Entertainer, Howie Mandel, Katt Williams, George Wallace, Harland Williams, Brad Garrett, Kim Coles, Margaret Cho, Kevin Pollak, Aries Spears, Dennis Miller, Ralphie May, Lisa Alvarado, Tammi Pescatelli and Sheryl Underwood.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: 2-Disc Set, Lots of Comedians, Very Little Comedy :\\n\\nReview: If you are expecting a best of comedy routine, you will be greatly disappointed. I can't really recommend this to anyone, but like they say, different strokes for different folks.\\nTakes place in a television studio, in front of an audience. Some of the top names in comedy appear on the stage in groups of four. The DVD is a compilation of the Comics Unleashed TV show. When they say we are going to be right back, you knew they were going to take a break for a commercial. Fortunately, they flip a little logo, and get immediately back to the show.\\nNormally masterful comics perform over a period of time, enabling them to build themes, stories, and accumulated integrations. This is not like that. Although a centric theme is often created, it is often the case where the comics free form improvise on anything they want to say.\\nIn addition to the occasional chuckle, this is just the feel good, crack a smile level of comedy. It is as much a conversation between the comedians as anything. Ok, when Howie Mandel showed the clip with the barber routine, and sprayed the guy with the hose, that was a side splitter. There were some bright spots amongst the ocassional chuckle.\\nThis is a 2-disc set with total viewing time just 4 minutes shy of 3 hours; sort of like a mini-comedy library. I gave it 4 stars because I am a little tough on comedians. The laugh meter can vary from comic to comic, and skit to skit, and I am always looking to peg the meter. The real rating is 5 stars for the comedic lineup, and 1 stars for material.\\nI've only gotten to chapter 3 and 47 minutes of viewing. I must admit that I am looking forward to revisiting the rest of the DVD, although I am not over anticipating anything special. If you have a penchant for comedy, this DVD 2-disc set may satisfy some, but if you are looking for side splitting \\\"best of comedy\\\" I would pass.\",\n \"Product: In an atmosphere where comics can say anything, The Best of Comics Unleashed features the world's hottest comedians of our time in high definition. This is the only DVD where you will find performances of Dane Cook, Cedric the Entertainer, Howie Mandel, Katt Williams, George Wallace, Harland Williams, Brad Garrett, Kim Coles, Margaret Cho, Kevin Pollak, Aries Spears, Dennis Miller, Ralphie May, Lisa Alvarado, Tammi Pescatelli and Sheryl Underwood.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: 2-Disc Set, Lots of Comedians, Very Little Comedy :\\n\\nReview: If you are expecting a best of comedy routine, you will be greatly disappointed. I can't really recommend this to anyone, but like they say, different strokes for different folks.\\nTakes place in a television studio, in front of an audience. Some of the top names in comedy appear on the stage in groups of four. The DVD is a compilation of the Comics Unleashed TV show. When they say we are going to be right back, you knew they were going to take a break for a commercial. Fortunately, they flip a little logo, and get immediately back to the show.\\nNormally masterful comics perform over a period of time, enabling them to build themes, stories, and accumulated integrations. This is not like that. Although a centric theme is often created, it is often the case where the comics free form improvise on anything they want to say.\\nIn addition to the occasional chuckle, this is just the feel good, crack a smile level of comedy. It is as much a conversation between the comedians as anything. Ok, when Howie Mandel showed the clip with the barber routine, and sprayed the guy with the hose, that was a side splitter. There were some bright spots amongst the ocassional chuckle.\\nThis is a 2-disc set with total viewing time just 4 minutes shy of 3 hours; sort of like a mini-comedy library. I gave it 4 stars because I am a little tough on comedians. The laugh meter can vary from comic to comic, and skit to skit, and I am always looking to peg the meter. The real rating is 5 stars for the comedic lineup, and 1 stars for material.\\nI've only gotten to chapter 3 and 47 minutes of viewing. I must admit that I am looking forward to revisiting the rest of the DVD, although I am not over anticipating anything special. If you have a penchant for comedy, this DVD 2-disc set may satisfy some, but if you are looking for side splitting \\\"best of comedy\\\" I would pass.\",\n \"Product: Studio C, the best value in a 5.0\\\" high definition smartphone available in 5 vibrant colors. Factory installed Android 5.0 Lollipop OS. Super capacity 3000 mAh battery , 1.3 GHz Quad Core Mediatek processor with Arm Mali 400 GPU. 8MP autofocus 3265x2449 camera with 2MP Front camera.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: For the money you can't beat this phone. All of this plus the new Lollipop Android system PRE-installed.\\n\\nReview: If you open your phone package and wonder where the SIM card is you are not alone. There is none. Read the following.\\nInstallation of the SIM Card Ensure that the SIM card is installed before using your phone. Please keep the SIM card out of the reach of children. The SIM card and its contact are easily damaged due to scratching or bending. Please be cautious when carrying, installing or taking out the SIM card. Note: The SIM card is obtained through your cellular phone service provider. Please contact them directly. To insert SIM card: 1. Switch off the mobile phone and remove the rear cover. 2. Insert the SIM card. There are two SIM card slots in this phone. I inserted my SIM card in the upper slot. Dual SIM cards enables you to use two different carriers at any given time. Let's say you want to use one for business and the other for personal. Or you may want one for international, and one domestic. While you are in there insert an SD card in the memory card slot on the other side. (For additional capacity) I purchased a 64GB SDXC card which is in fact compatible with this BLU studio C phone, and is capable of speeds up to 60 read, and 40 write which is more than enough to handle recording high def. at 1080P @30fps.\\n\\nOkay so we established that the SIM card comes from your cell phone provider network. I have T-Mobile and called them in regards to what I was doing, and that is using a Windows Phone Nokia Lumia 710 and wanted to now use this Android based BLU studio C and they said that IF the SIM card fits in the new phone, and be sure not to force it that all I need to do is take it out of my Windows Phone and insert it into the new phone. That is a period ending that sentence. ' If by any chance the SIM card is a different size then I would need to purchase a new one at my local T-Mobile store for $15. I was glad to see that my existing SIM card fit the new phone perfectly as well as the SanDisk Extreme 64GB UHS-I/U3 Micro SDXC Memory Card Up To 60MB/s Read With Adapter- SDSDQXN-064G-G46A [Newest Version]\\n\\nThis phone comes with the Android operating system Lollipop. This is the first phone from BLU to carry the Lollipop operating system PRE-installed. Others may be able to update their phones to this operating system but the problem is according to the phone tech at a major chain store they will get their, preferences etc. scrambled or lost. So according to him there is a HUGE advantage to having it already in the phone from the get-go.\\n\\nThe 5.0 screen is the same size as the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the S5-6 is only 5.1 so this thing is huge if you are like I am having come from a tiny screen on my Nokia Lumia 710. When my brother first got his S4 I was blown away by the size. There is a limit as to what size your screen is and still be able to call it a pocket phone. When I need more space I have a Google Nexus 7 tablet which is Wi-Fi.\\n\\nDo you want to update to the Googles Lollipop 5.1.1 yet? They are rolling out more and more devices that can accept Lollipop. If you have a Google device, or one that is running the Android operating system you can go to your update screen, and click on update and see which version is the latest that is ready for your phone/device. On my Google Nexus 7 tablet Wi-Fi it has only has Android 5.0.2 update available at this time.\\n\\nThis phone model is so new that the BluProduct web site does not even have it listed yet. Correction: It is now listed. For preliminary information though you can look up the Blu Studio 5.0 II owners manual for some helpful information. I am only publishing this because this phone did not come with an owners manual and having one available online is very helpful. The only instructions that comes with the phone are for inserting the SIM card and memory card if you have one. Dont throw out your old phone. You can use it for streaming Wi-Fi music to a blue tooth enabled receiver. I am also assuming that if for any reason my BLU Studio C stopped working I could just as easily insert the SIM card back into the Windows phone, and not miss a beat. So it acts like a backup. I have not done this yet, but I cant see why it wouldnt work.\\n\\nBy the way if you are taking the phones battery cover off and are new to cell phones you will find on the side with the controls, the on-off button, and volume controls there will be a very small square opening on the seam of the phone. You can put a fingernail in there or some other non-obtrusive device because a screw driver runs the risk of slipping and scratching the phone. So if you have fingernails use one, and that will pop the battery cover off so you can access the SIM card, and memory card installation area. DO NOT REMOVE THE BATTERY IT IS PERMANENTLY INSTALLED. DOING SO WILL VOID THE WARRANTY. This may seem unusual to those who have limited capacity batteries and feel free is having backups and swapping them out, but this phone has up to 24 hours of talk time on a single charge. If within that 24 hour period you have any AC wall outlet available, the included charger which is really small and portable will have you up and running in no time.\\n\\nThe small printed instructions advise you that for better performance, and longer battery life, to give the phone a full charge before using it for the first time and that you complete two or three charge cycles. I am obeying those instructions to the letter of the law. I have plugged it into the charger. It had about a 54% charge on it already. In a short time I check it and it was up to 67%.\\n\\nWhen you start the phone for the first time there are some setup screens to go through including setting up a Wi-Fi and tying in your Google account. Its a good idea to connect to Wi-Fi right away so any updates are completed prior to setup.\\n\\nThis phone includes a screen saver clear film to apply as well as an opaque cover for the back with clear sides made out of a rubbery plastic that is designed to protect the phone. It is minimally obtrusive and as such is only marginally designed as a drop safe device. I am looking forward to obtaining a better padded cover once the market catches up with this new phone. This phone also includes a nice pair of earbuds. With 4 different bands on the male plug I am assuming the small inline box includes a microphone so you can make calls using just the earbuds.\\n\\nSo this phone is rather intriguing. At this price point it is 720 video resolution instead of 1080p like phones at many times the price. Fortunately condensed screens of this size makes even lower resolutions look great. The ram is 1 Gig instead of 2 or 3, and the storage is 8 Gigs instead of 16 or 32. With Google Drive you can store a lot of information in the cloud, and with a 64 Gig Mini SDXC card you can place a lot of stuff in there as well. I feel that your primary apps etc. should be in system memory which is the fastest access, and things like videos etc. can go on the card. You can set the storage preferences up. I am new to the phone and shared what I thought were the stumbling blocks to misunderstandings in this review. After I use the phone for a while I may come back and update this review. The fact that it has an auto-focus camera at 3265 x 2449 and takes moving video at 1080p @30fps means that it has lots of muscle where it means the most to me. Thanks for listening. PS: So far I love this phone. It is huge.\",\n \"Product: Kingstons MobileLite Wireless G3 charges smartphones and tablets faster, with a 2A output charging maximum, and charges phones up to 2x from a single, fully charged MLWG3 (Based on internal testing of iPhone 6 using a fully charged MLWG3/64. Actual results may vary. Battery life varies depending upon the usage and user application functions. Battery is not replaceable). It features a 5,400 mAh battery and lets you wirelessly access the contents of a USB drive or SD card (Storage not included. User must provide compatible storage device). Containing premium Japanese battery cells that make the battery more reliable and longer lasting than competitors. Access USB Flash drives and SD cards wirelessly from smartphones and tablets to free up space, make backup copies of important photos, videos, contact and calendar entries and transfer files to a new phone or tablet without using a PC. Save by not paying monthly fees for cloud-based backup services. MLWG3 contains an SD card slot and a USB port, also includes a microSD to SD card adapter. MLWG3 is compatible with Android, Amazon and iOS devices.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great for battery backup and adding virtually unlimited storage via SDHC/X with incl adapter with 64GB built in.\\n\\nReview: There are two challenges with mobile devices; battery life and storage size limitations. This device solves both of those problems. Not only does it have 64 GBs worth of internal storage it also has a full sized SCHC cards giving you virtually unlimited storage depending on how many storage cards you want to have. They pop in and out very easily, and the Kingston MLW (Mobile Lite Wireless) has a unique port with a sloping indenture making card install and removal a no-nonsense procedure.\\n\\nHere is a real time saver. What is required in setting this up is to download the MobileLite app for either and/or Android through Google Play store, and Amazon Tablets through the Amazon app store, as well as iOS for apple. So on the fly you can use the MLW for any and all devices.\\nI installed the app in both my Android based phone as well as my 7 Kindle Fire HD tablet. It worked flawlessly in both.\\n\\nSo what is the time saver? There are a couple of things. One don't install the MobileLite app that is colored blue and appears at the top of the pile. Instead download the MobileLite app that is the color red with the two arrows cross pointing. That is the right app. The blue one doesnt work so don't waste all kinds of time like I did trying to get it to pair. Same company, same name app, just different.\\n\\nAlso understand that this is a Wi-Fi connection so it replaces your WiFi internet connection you may be using at home. After you load the app and boot up the device you will see the MLW-(model name) appear in your WiFi selections. Choose it, and it pairs. So now the network you are connected to is between your phone for example and this MLW. This Kingston storage device has built in wireless AC which I have found to be twice the speed of wireless N. I get full speeds equal to my hard wired network connections. There is an RJ45 jack which acts as an access port so you can hard wire it as well. There is also a USB port that when connected charges it up.\\n\\nThe 6700 mAh battery is over twice the size of my 3000 mAh battery in my phone which is rather large for a phone.\\nI cant see how anyone can complain about this. It is so easy to use it is almost ridiculous. One the app is installed which only takes a minute, and then your phone or tablet is paired to it, you can instantly for example access the folders in your phone right through it. All of my photos showed up in individual tiles. My phones does not have an SDHC slot so memory is at a premium. With this Kensington MLW I can even download files into SDHC cards and bring them along to share photos with friends. Or bring any kind of files along for that matter. Included in the box is an adapter full sized SDHC to micro for reading Micro SDHC and SDXC.\\n\\nSo this is easy to use, easy to pair, and is a very comfortable size for a battery backup charging and storage device. Or you could plug it into a discharged phone for up to 16 hours of continuous use. My one concern is that turning it on creates some heat you can feel from the outside. Its not crazy hot or anything but warmer than I usually experience from most of my devices but not all. My HP X2 10 2 in 1 laptop gets warm like this so I am not that concerned. For the first charging I let it run for about 8 hours and the green light is still blinking. I'm hoping this is an initial charge situation. Even though it is convenient to just plug it in and let it charge overnight, I would prefer the usual charging to be less time. I see now that 2 hours is the usual charging time.\\n\\nI went online to the Kingston web site and although they had the device I could not find any user manuals. There was a page with the complete breakdown of all of the ports and technical specifications. This did not assist in any way of how to use it. I was looking for some helpful usage tips. I have the included mini USB to full sized USB cable plugged into my PC for charging purposes. Just like the other reviewer it is not recognized in my PC as a drive using the micro USB port. Im not concerned about this because the Kensington has Wifi in both N and AC. With AC that is all the transfer speed I need. So I still give it 5 stars as a great device.\",\n \"Product: WD-40 SPECIALIST RUST REMOVER SOAK dissolves rust quickly without harming surrounding parts, trim, gaskets or paint. Our rust dissolver restores surfaces to bare metal without scraping, chipping or scrubbing. For light rust, leave parts in 1-3 hours and for heavy rust, leave parts in the rust removal solution overnight. This non-toxic and biodegradable formula is effective on small or large items that can be soaked.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: It may deserve 5 stars but I was hoping for more.\\n\\nReview: It would be unfair for me to judge this item negatively because it doesn't do what I was hoping it would. It does do what it says it will do and that is remove scaly rust from metal surfaces. What is left is a brown skin and that is where I was disappointed. I was hoping to dip in a rusty tool and have it magically be converted to shiny bright metal like it was new. This expectation is due in part because I had a shop for 20 years, and we used to send out classic T-Birds that were stripped to the frame, and have the body and frame sandblasted. It would come back looking light bright silver metal the way it was originally. (Technically we would liquid strip the outside body panels, and then sandblast the door jambs, under body, and under the hood and trunk areas because the Caterpillar motor that supplied air to the sandblaster would heat the metal up red hot if left too long on a given spot and that would cause warping on everything except convoluted metal such as in a door jamb or on thick metal like on a frame) Anyhow back to the solution.\\n\\nSo what I did was take an old pair of pliers left over from my Dad's collection and they were rusted over the complete surface. It was not scaly flaking off rust, but rather patina rust on the surface. So I took a quart sized can and filled it about half way with the WD-40 rust remover soak. I placed the front half of the pliers in there. I let them soak overnight and came down the next morning, and upon pulling the pliers out the treated section looked just like the untreated. The ever so slight pock marks of course were still there, but the surface was unintelligible from the original rusted surface. The solution had turned black so I knew it was working. So then I took a piece of scotch-brite medium duty and scrubbed the surface and it brought it up kind of nice on the upper flats but it would take somewhat more scrubbing to get down in the mini-cavities. My immediate feeling is if I have to scrub to a good surface why not just get out the wire wheel. However this solution does make an excellent first step in getting rid of the rough stuff and taking it down to a softened surface that is very sympathetic to any other abrasive rust removing treatment you prefer.\\n\\nSo if you are looking for the silver polish dip a tarnished spoon into the solution and out it comes bright silver, this isn't it. If on the other hand you want to get rid of deep scale rust this is a good step in the right direction. It costs more and isn't something you can do yourself without acquiring some expensive equipment (I'm not referring to the small hand held sand blaster you hook up to a hobby compressor which is almost a waste of time) I advise you to have pieces sand blasted, or glass beaded by someone with professional grade equipment. What comes back is a piece that is in such great condition a little pickling/acid treatment and priming will create a piece that looks like it belongs in some tissue paper wrapped in a box with new tags on it.\\nI could see this rust remover usable for recovering small rusted pieces that don't have any display criteria to them. What I mean it that you are not going to make shiny new metal using this solution alone. It is a worthwhile addition to your shop arsenal alongside Navel Jelly which is topically applied surfaces that are exposed to air. For what it is and is specifically and honestly advertised it does a great job.\",\n \"Product: Meguiar's Complete Marine/RV Fiberglass Restoration Kit is everything you need to restore your boat or RV back to like-new condition. Oxidation remover fixes moderate oxidation, scratches, stains and water spots. Polish and gloss enhancer restores brilliant gloss on painted and fiberglass surfaces. Pure wax provides durable high gloss protection and protects against harmful UV rays. Kit includes: Meguiar's heavy duty oxidation remover (M4916), boat/RV polish (M4516) and gloss enhancer, boat/RV pure wax (M5616), soft foam applicator pads - 3PK (X3070), microfiber towels - 3PK (X2020), mirror glaze apron. For further application or technical questions about this or any Meguiars products, please contact our customer service team at 800-347-5700.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Rub old fiberglas down to where it looks almost as good as new again\\n\\nReview: Many boats that are made of fiberglass have a coat of paint on them. Generally speaking the more expensive the boat, the more pure colored fiberglass you will see. Why am I mentioning this? Because the heavy duty oxidation remover in this kit is designed for rock hard fiberglass, and not for paint. It is a bit aggressive for paint unless it is super oxidized, and needs a layer removed. This level of scrub is not designed to give you polish or gloss, but rather to remove the surface oxidation. So that is why they provide three different formulas. This kit includes: Meguiar's heavy duty oxidation remover (M4916), boat/RV polish (M4516) and gloss enhancer, boat/RV pure wax (M5616), soft foam applicator pads - 3PK (X3070), microfiber towels - 3PK (X2020), mirror glaze apron.\\n\\nThe polisher is to be used as a second step, and finally use the wax to preserve your work underneath. I had a high end body shop for 20 years, and when I was younger I did a lot of hand rubbing in the driveway. It is a lot of work. Full blown professional polishers are for people who know how to run them. Why do I say that? Because it is necessary to learn how to let the spinning wheel scoot off the edge of a plane, rather than doing the opposite and having the wheel dig into an edge, or should I say catch an edge and burn through it. On a car if you are not careful you could destroy an antennae, or a rear view mirror. I mention buffers because they do a lot more work, a lot faster. Also using lambs wool tie on bonnets, on top of the cutting bonnet gives you mirror like results.\\n\\nThere are gentler use buffers out there designed for polishing. The PORTER-CABLE 7424XP 6-Inch Variable-Speed Polisher is the number one seller here at Amazon and is tamer than the Makita 9227CX3 7-Inch Hook and Loop Electronic Polisher-Sander with Polishing Kit which is more than twice the power of the Porter Cable. It also takes full sized standard in the industry buffing pads/wheels. If you really want to tread lightly while experiencing less elbow grease you can opt for the WEN 10PMC 10-Inch Waxer/Polisher in Case with Extra Bonnets. The WEN is actually one tenth of the power of the Makita and one fifth the power of the Porter Cable.\\n\\nSo anyhow the points I want to make are these. This kit is for fiberglass, not paint, and a lot of boats have a top coat of paint. Hand rubbing is an enormous chore, and if you have a larger boat, at the least you should invest in the Wen mentioned above, or better yet the Porter Cable while exercising some caution. Only if you have a deep desire to master a polisher over time, or are already an accomplished polisher do you need to think about the Makita. I could write a book on polishing techniques, and if you use the Makita on your car, with just one wrong angle on an edge you can burn the finish right down to the primer.\\n\\nDo you have to have a polisher? No because hand rubbing will do a nice job. Polishers have the capability of giving you higher gloss, and deeper depth of fresh glass for better colors. Some people fine paper older glass using wet or dry paper like 1,000 grit, and then use compounds to remove the fine scratches. My philosophy is don't go deeper than you need to.\\n\\nHand rubbing with this kit will give you very nice results on fiberglass. Save yourself a lot of work, and at least get the Wen. I recommend the Porter Cable for those who are willing to practice and get good at an entry level buffer. By the way do not use this kit, or any polish in the direct sunlight which can take polish residue and bake it into a hard line in no time that is a pain to remove.\\nMeguiar's has been one of my favorites for over 30 years. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Zwipes new Ultra Plush and extra large microfiber towel makes all drying jobs a breeze. The top quality microfiber used in the towel is safe on all surfaces and absorbs 5 times its weight in water. Extra deep-pile material massages the vehicle's finish, grabbing any loose particles and lifting them away leaving a showroom shine. The convenient hand pockets allows to securely hold the towel while you dry. When it comes time, simply toss the towel in the washing machine. Avoid fabric softener and other articles that may lint as they can clog the fibers. Good for hundreds of washings this towel will be the go-to for years to come.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The art of wash and dry\\n\\nReview: I had a high end body shop for 20 years. Did a lot of fine polishing when refinishing high end imports. Protecting those finishes while washing and drying was an art form. A major consideration was making sure no gravely, gritty stuff was picked up and carried across the finish. Bird droppings were always a concern because they would stick like glue to the surface of the car and birds consume gravel in order to properly grind/mash their food. So first step is using the hose properly to loosen, and remove anything that even loosely resembles grit. After wetting the entire care you start off soap washing from the roof of the car. Go all the way around the roof down to the belt line at the base of the windows.\\n\\nWhy do it this way? Because what you are trying to prevent is using a soapy pad around the rocker moldings, and bottoms of the doors picking up anything that can scratch, and then using that soapy pad to carry those scratchers across the rest of the car. So by starting at the top and working your way down you eliminate that possibility. If the car is immaculate and all that is on it is silt then of course this isn't so much of a concern.\\n\\nBut if it has road sludge even after rinsing the real ugly stuff off it is best to start from the top and work down. If you were being extra careful, after you got done the roof, on the secondary pass you could wash only down to the lower part of the doors, but not include the rockers and underneath the rockers until you make a final pass. The final pass would then be only on the rockers, and the bottom part of the bumpers etc.\\n\\nSo what does this have to do with the towel? Well proper drying can be a challenge when you are looking at fine finishes. So you want a soft, absorbent towel that will pick up the water, but not leave water residue behind. Some towels do a gross job of collecting water. They tend to leave a coating of water behind which is enough to leave water marks on the finish. We used to use a chamois so as to protect the finish, and get a fine level of water off. After a while a synthetic drying chamois came out that worked even better than the real thing; at least it got the job done quicker. Here is an example of one here: http://www.amazon.com/Absorber-Synthetic-Drying-Chamois-Natural/dp/B0000AY69V/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397591409&sr=8-1&keywords=chamois\\n\\nNone of the chamois either real or synthetic do the job of drying a car more efficiently than a soft absorbent large sized towel. If you are a shop you would need a built in washer and dryer. Also I don't think in terms of personal home use of joining my car washing towel in with my laundry. So a separate wash cycle for your car towel may be in order. The chamois never get that. They dry hard after only a rinsing, but you purposely wet them anyhow before use which softens them right up. You just wring out the excess water, and wipe away.\\n\\nThe pockets on the end of these towels are nice if you want to get around the headlights, or around the wiper area or bumper etc. It would pay you to use the pockets on opposite ends, one each so you are not touching/dragging the towel along the ground. By using one pocket at each end it gives you a lot more control, and having pockets in the first place gives you more control over just grabbing one end of a regular towel. Actually having two of these towels would be ideal; one for getting the rough water off, and a second for finishing the job. I see that one of the versions of this product comes with a squeegee, but I am not a fan of a hard plastic base with a softer nylon squeegee attached to it. There are too many ins and outs and areas that would enable the hard plastic base to bump into the finish on the car. To me two towels is the way to go.\\n\\nAnyhow I hope this helps. A specialty towel like this is a nice way to dry your car. Some towels have a rough surface nap on them and could put fine scratches in the surface. Zwipes 669 is a great, soft, fine nap towel and is highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: From the makers of the Raven MPV, the combination lawn mower, back road vehicle and portable generator, comes one of the industry's leading performers in backup power. With 6500 watts of surge power and 5500 watts of rated output, the Raven 6500 Watt Generator with Electric Start has the power you need to power your life. The foldable handles and wheel kit combine with the lightweight design to make this the perfect companion for tailgating or camping while the reliable 4-stroke 389 cc engine gives your family the protection needed to make it through power outages and natural disasters. There's no longer a need for frantic pulls on the pull cord to start up your generator, as the electric start provides ignition at the flip of a switch. This unit's 6.5-gallon gas tank runs a respectable 10 hours at half-load and 7 hours at full-load. The Raven 6500 includes a fuel gauge, an hour meter to maintain a regular maintenance schedule, a low-oil alert system and an automatic voltage regulator. Outlets include four 120V 20A receptacles, a 120/240V 30A receptacle and a 12V 8.3A DC cigarette-lighter-style receptacle. Whether it's for your family's safety or your family's entertainment, the Raven 6500 Watt Generator supplies the power you need to power your life.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Raven GEN4000 and the WEN4050 with some helpful usage tips on generating.\\n\\nReview: I bought the WEN 4050 and then had the opportunity to review the Raven GEN4000 as well. So the following is a comparison of the two, and a lot of information garnered from a lot of research about all things generator. I have been on a quest to eat healthy and lose weight and found Dr Joel Fuhrmans books to be the quintessential guide to all things healthy. What does that have to do with this generator? Namely this; buying food in bulk at the peak of the growing season and freezing it is the very best way to eat the very best food at the cheapest prices year around. Between canning or more exactly using a pressure cooker in Ball Mason jars to preserve it, and more importantly freezing it captures the fresh tastes of summer. The only problem is that I have power outages every year, and in the past two years I have had to throw out more than the cost of this generator in food. Then if you spend the time to cook fresh garden veggies at their peak all of that labor is lost as well. That is not to mention the other downside of having to live without power in a storm like your sump pump stops working, and on and on and on.\\n\\nSOUND: Okay so much for the need now let's talk about the unit. I love the WEN and the Raven. After reading the reviews of some people talking about how loud they are I was more than pleasantly surprised at how quiet they are. Yes they are about the same volume as a small lawn mower. Both of these have very large mufflers and put out about the same amount of sound. So I took them and put them in my shed which is only 20 feet from my house, and then went into the house and you could not hear them. Even if you don't have a shed you can run them outside and use them during the waking hours if you have neighbors 20 feet apart like I do. At the very least run it two hours in the morning, and two hours in the evening to keep your food frozen. They also make generator sheds that you can line with sound proofing boards that are pretty cheap and come in 4'x8' sheets. However breathability having fans running and sound deadening become a challenge. You can see some pretty inventive solutions on You Tube.\\n\\n120 VS 240 VOLT: The WEN comes with a switchable 120 or 240 volt option. The Raven is a 110 only. With a 110 volt unit you get all of the juice coming through your outlet instead of it being shared between the two poles or legs of a 240. Having it all in 110 gives you more headroom. With 240 you get half the output on each leg or 1600 to 1750 per side depending on which unit we are referring to. That limits the combinations you can use. This is good to know so I am going to give you an example. Using the WEN 3500 model chart they publish typical usage of different appliances.\\nRefrigerator/freezer running watts 800 and startup 1200\\nDeep freezer 500, 500\\nWell water 1,000, 1,000\\nFurnace blower 800, 1,300.\\nSo total running watts is 3100 and startup watts is 4,000.\\nNow if you have the well water and the furnace blower hooked up to one side of the 240 you would be drawing 1800 running watts and 2300 watts startup which is beyond the capacity of either leg of the 240 volt WEN. However since you can interchange breakers that are alongside one another you have the option to move them around in order to accommodate your wattage needs. (Breakers run sequentially so any 120 volt breaker has a different leg of the 240 right alongside of it.) So even set at 240 you can make it work. So if you paired up the well water at 1,000 with the deep freezer at 500 on one side, and the two 800's on the other you can make it work. However if you have a 110 volt output, you still may have to move some adjacent breakers in order to guarantee that they are all running on the one leg of your service panel but there are no limitations as long as it doesn't exceed the total capacity of the unit. Of course if you have a need for a 240 volt appliance then you either get the WEN and flip the switch to 240 or get the Raven and get a step up transformer to convert to 240. That's an added expense and another box.\\nIt is pretty popular with RV's to have 110 only. This Raven is built for that including having snap close covers on the outlets for more rugged use. The WEN's outlets are wide open allowing moisture to get in. Even the on-off switch in the Raven is housed in a flexible clear waterproof plastic cover whereas the WEN has an open switch. They both have 30 amp receptacles but since the WEN is switched to either 120 or 240 the outlets on the panel give you either option but not both. In plain words if you flip the switch to run 240 the output is limited to the 30 amp main feed and you can't plug anything into the two 120's on the face of the unit. The Raven however has all outlets available all of the time. So if you are running your house with it for example through the 30 amp outlet, and are using the unit in the shed, you would be able to plug a light into it using the 120 outlet even though it is actively feeding your house. So it is WEN either/or, and Raven all.\\n\\nPERFORMANCE: Both of these units started on first pull right out of the box. I put the oil in it, put about a cup of gasoline in it, opened the petcock valve to let the gas in, set the choke to full on closed, turned the switch to on, and gave it a pull. It was like turning on a photograph record. On this warm summer day it purred like a kitten and I was able to back the choke setting to full off right away. During the winter you may need to set the choke to the middle position for a bit in order to let it warm up. Do not connect your electricity to it until the motor is running stable. A chugging motor can wreak havoc on voltage levels. So you start up, smooth out, and then hook up electricity/throw on the breaker, and do the opposite when shutting down; disconnect the electricity before shutting off the generator.\\n\\nWARNINGS FOR SENSITIVE ELECTRONICS: These units provide a lot of electricity for a very reasonable amount of money. You can purchase an inverter generator for three times the money of these units and produces half of the power but they are very quiet and produce stable electricity for usage with sensitive electronics like computers, stereos, tv's and the like. They are built around an innovative inverter system, which is able to deliver higher-quality, cleaner electricity than competing generators. They produce energy in the form of pure sine waves, which are cleaner and more reliable than most commercial power sources. However motors such as those found in refrigerator freezers, furnace blowers although they prefer stable voltage they do not require it. You can buy a voltage regulator that can run a 100 dollars for a thousand watts and that will smooth out your voltage, but get a load of this, the Raven has AVR built right in. That is Automatic Voltage Regulation. To what extent it regulates the voltage as in within what kind of range I am not sure, but with one of these generators without it like the WEN it is not advisable to run sensitive electronics. I am not an expert on AVR but if I find out more information about the specifics on the Raven I will update my review. So look into it before hooking up your expensive personal electronics. Currently in the top ten sellers here at Amazon this Raven is the only one, comparably priced that comes with AVR. The two exceptions pertaining to coming with AVR are the Westinghouse WH7500E producing 7500 running watts at three times the price, and the Yamaha inverter at three times the price that is an inverter producing only 1600 watts. So the Raven sits at the top of the heap in this price range for already having AVR. It is a little bit more expensive than those without but actually a bargain considering what separate AVR's cost and then you need a separate box etc. instead of having it already built in. That makes this Raven a tiny bit larger than the WEN also. To see them side by side you would think they are the same size.\\n\\nUSAGE AND TRANSFER SWITCHES: My brother has a friend who lives in a neighborhood that has frequent power outages and they last normally about 5 days. So when the power goes out the entire neighborhood has a generator outside running all of the time. Many of them simply take a 20 amp extension cord and plug it into an outlet with that breaker being connected. They ahead of time shut off the main breaker going out to the main power from the utility company, and then shut off all of the other breakers except for the essential ones they need. This is a dangerous way to use one of these units. The problem is that if someone does not know, and leaves the main breaker on that connects to the utility company, a utility worker thinks he is out there working on a utility pole that is dead, and it is instead live because of the back feed coming from your house, or feedback as they call it in the industry. It is a violation of electrical code to just hook it up that way.\\n\\nI saw a photo of someone online that had a bolted in metal plate that would not allow the breaker from the generator feed to be on with the main breaker switch on at the same time, but the best bet, and working within code is to get a transfer switch. That way there is no way to get feedback into the mains. A good one like the \\\"Reliance Controls 31406CRK Pro/Tran 6-Circuit 30 Amp Generator Transfer Switch Kit With Transfer Switch, 10-Foot Power Cord, And Power Inlet Box For Up To 7,500-Watt Generators\\\" will give you the ability to leave your generator hooked up ready to go and all you have to do is flip the center double paddle breaker to the on-generator position. There are larger ones with more available circuits feeding off of that the price goes up. There are all kinds of ingenious methods around this but be warned most of them are not bullet proof like a transfer switch. Violating electrical codes that results in a lineman getting hurt or killed could put you in a very tenable position.\\n\\nGASOLINE WITH ALCOHOL IN IT: Almost all of our available gas has 10% methanol in it and the manufactures of these generators warn you to not use gas with more than 10% in it. Even at 10% gas doesn't keep like it used to. Alcohol absorbs water so extra precautions are necessary. If you are storing it for a long time drain the fuel including what is found in the carburetor. It is a good idea to shut the petcock off for the gas feed and let the carb run dry after every use. Always put a gas storage additive in the fuel such as \\\"STA-BIL 22214 Fuel Stabilizer - 32 Fl oz.\\\" If you do store it with fuel in it try to store it full. Partially empty tanks can let air in when opening and closing the lid for example and the air has humidity in it that will get into the fuel and degrade it more quickly. Don't overfill it because fuel can expand.\\n\\nThere is a certain freedom knowing that the generator is there in case of an outage, or if you need portable power somewhere. I bought a second small WEN cover in order to cover the Raven since they don't make, or at least not available on Amazon a dedicated cover. You may want to consider other options such as electric start that the Raven 6500E has and multiple WEN models.\\n\\nI tried to come up with a rationale for having two generators that would be to some kind of advantage but it was difficult. At twice the price you get one generator producing an equivalent amount of watts to the both combined. (At least in the same ballpark) The smaller generators are quieter than the bigger ones but that is made up by having two running instead of one. Having two does provide some added security in case for any reason one fails, you have the other to run essentials. You have the Raven which is meant for more exposure to the elements than the WEN, and having the option of carting around a unit this size is less weight transferring to more portability than having one big one. I guess it all depends on what your needs are. I hope you have found this review helpful. I worked hard to discover all that I could. I'm excited about running full time power out to my shed which will act as a connection when the power goes out. Hope this has been helpful.\",\n \"Product: Meguiars Heavy Oxidation Scrub is an excellent surface preparation solution for removing chalky oxidation, staining, rust, and mold to allow for optimized gel coat restoration. This water-soluble formulation rinses easily!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: MeGuiars makes great stuff. This really works. Tried it on my 1987 red Donzi. It did the trick with little effort.\\n\\nReview: I have a 1987 Donzi 2+3 Classic that is red and white. Red as we all know has a problem with oxidation especially when left in the full sunlight. My boat has a Myco Trailer. I cover it when I am not using it. Consequently in the spring I can polish the entire top and sides of the boat with Dupont 606S white fine rubbing compound using a 2400 RPM buffer. (Professional grade speed for automotive compounding) I do not sand the surface. Never go deeper or do more than is required. Anyhow that is easy on the top and both sides. The hull is a different matter. Between the thru-hull exhaust, and the outdrive, and the planers etc. etc. means getting a buffer in there in a meaningful way is a forget it. I try to dance between the obstacles by using it on it's side, but it doesn't really work.\\nThen along came this Meguiar's MM77132 Heavy Oxidation Scrub. I went over to the boat, took a small section about 3\\\" and used a cotton heavy duty white cloth you get at the big box stores for general construction etc use and applied some to the rag. I scrubbed it up and down, and then crosswise to make sure I didn't miss anything. Then I simply used a clean area of the rag to take the residue off. I was shocked. Not only did it remove any grime, dirt, or stains it also provided a deeper darker red to the surface. So yes it gets rid of the white oxidation and appears to provide a protective coating. Maybe that is just the real gel coat looking deeper like it was new. The bottle suggests that you use M50 Cleaner was for light cleaning and protection.\\nMy favorite boat/fiberglass protection thus far has been 303 Protectant. None of the top coats behave the way a car was does on a painted surface. My boat is all real gel coat. Some boats have sections that are painted, and that is a different monster. Anyhow with glass after cutting it with compound, I tried all kinds of top coats, and the 303 won the contest, even though it never really gives you that mirror glass mile deep look. I'm curious to see what this M50 does.\\nAnyhow if this heavy oxidation scrub can clean up an over 25 year old red boat, then maybe the future is now with the M50 as well. The directions tell you to wash it off. I did use a wet towel in my test area just to be sure. Highly recommended. MeGuiar's makes great stuff. I used several of their products when I had the high end body shop for 20 years. A name to trust.\",\n \"Product: You can power up both now with the newest Cobra JumpPack CPP 8000. Small enough to carry it with you anywhere you go, easily stowing it away in a handbag, briefcase, or even a pocket and weighing in at just under 10 ounces, it is one of the most-compact and portable power packs while offering dual capabilities of mobile-device charging and vehicle jumpstarting, including a range of cars, SUVs, motorcycles, outboard boat engines, etc. multiple times. With a form factor that is 40 percent smaller than its predecessor, the CPP 8000 model is the perfect companion for travel, outdoor, safety and multi-purpose use. The sleek and attractive new model now offers added built-in protection circuitry including short circuit protection, reverse charge, over-charge and reverse polarity protection. The unit holds approximately 85 to 90 percent of its charge for up to eight months.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great for what it does and what it is.\\n\\nReview: This Cobra JumPack is such an incredible device it is hard to believe it works. How can anything that is slightly thinner than a pack of cigarettes although longer have the capacity to jump start a vehicle. Oddly enough in order to recharge it you use a 1 amp USB connection; not even a 2.4. The directions say 1 amp. That is what you need to hook it up to in order to charge up the JumPack. On the other hand the Jumpack itself charges outboard devices such as phones or tablets at the 2.4 amp rate. That is what the owners manual says. On the other hand the writing on each of the outlets on the device says round input 14 volt 1 amp mini-usb input 9 volt 1.8 amp, and full sized USB out 9 volt 2.4 amp.\\n\\nIf you stash this in your glove box and forget about it another incredible thing is that it retains 85 to 90 percent of its charge up to 8 months. So this truly is a charge it up and forget about it device. However for maximum performance the JumPack should be recharged at least once every 3 months.\\n\\nAdditionally you can charge the Jumpack with the supplied 13.8v DC car charger with the cigarette lighter plug which is included, as well as the USB micro to standard USB cable.\\n\\nThe directions warn us about using the JumPack in extreme temperatures. However the extreme limits measured in the Fahrenheit scale is 113+ degrees or under -14 degrees below zero which is -10 degrees Centigrade. I think in a glove box you would be hard pressed to dip below -14 degrees below zero, at least in most all locations, but the upper limits of 113+ are attainable in a closed car especially if it a dark car with black interior for example on a hundred degree day during the summer. So with that information you can best judge how to store it.\\nOne of my pet peeves is running out of battery life on my tablets or cell phone. There are a lot of quick charge backup devices out there, but not many that has the capacity of the JumPack. I would feel comfortable going away for a weekend expecting to do a recharge several times.\\nThere are some caveats to jump starting a vehicle. First let me share with you and experience I had. I had an automotive shop for 20 years. One time I was hooking up a set of battery cables to a battery and a spark jumped out and the gases that were inside of the battery as is typical are explosive so it blew the top of the battery and fortunately even though some battery acid got on my face none of it went in my eyes. So the directions on the JumPack tell you to hook the cables up to the battery first, and after that is all done plug the other end of the cable they provide into the JumPack. No sparks get near the battery that way.\\n\\nThe one caveat pertaining to usage is that the directions tell you to not crank to start a vehicle for more than 3 seconds at a time otherwise the fuse may blow in the JumPack. The fuse is in the jumper cables. There is a clear window box on the ground side in-line so you can clearly see if it is good or not. Another reason for the fuse to blow is if you short the jumper cables. If the fuse blows you cannot replace it but rather need to buy another set of the jumper cables that comes with the JumPack. These cables are short, not like typical automotive cables. There is no listing on Amazon that I can find for these cables, and I was unable to find a listing on the cobra web site either. I won't guess what they cost but it shouldnt be much.\\n\\nThere is also a warning about trying to start a car with a dead, dead battery. I know from experience you can use regular jumper cables from a freight train battery and the car usually won't start. You have to sometimes, when jumping between cars let the other car run for a while thereby charging the dead vehicle up to a certain point so a jump start will make the difference in starting it. This is not a limitation of the JumPack but rather an inherent situation in car batteries no matter what the situation.\\n\\nThe advantage of this JumPack is its size. That makes it truly portable. I was in the shopping mall parking lot the other day and this woman took a much larger device out of her trunk, lifted the hood, hooked it up and was able to start the car. It was twenty times the size of this JumPack. So if you have a weak battery and some additional juice will make all of the difference, then this JumPack is for you. I want to say that when I had my first car and the battery got weak, I spent countless frustrating hours getting jump starts, trying to roll down hills to get it up to 20mph so the auto-trans would engage to pop start it. The lesson I learned from that is if your battery is getting weak, or even starts to show signs of weakness, get a new one. Dont mess with frustrating battery scenarios. Its not worth it. Did you know that a newer battery if it is weak will at least partially regenerate itself?\\n\\nAnyhow my take on this is that it is overkill in a good way as a device to charge your portable devices. Going out and finding that your cell phone or tablet, or laptop battery is running low if frustrating and this device is just what the doctor ordered. If your car battery is weak this will even jump start it as long as it isn't totally dead. Think how cool it would be if someone is stranded with a dead battery and they ask you for a jump start, and you whip out the JumPack and off they go. It beats the heck out of chewing up your battery terminals, and running any risks on your vehicles sensitive electronics. Its great for what it does, and even has a light that you can turn on with it. Portable is the key here. Super, super portable. You could slide it into your pants pocket. It would even sit in a shirt pocket but stick out the top a little.\\nGreat for what it is.\",\n \"Product: Griot's Garage has combined some of our newest and finest car care products into this wash kit, providing the highest quality for basic car care needs. The Ultimate Wash Bucket is fully decked out with wheels and a lid, making it a much easier and smoother washing experience. Included is our 64oz Brilliant Finish Car Wash, perfect for providing slicker and richer suds for a longer lasting, high gloss appearance. New Micro Fiber Detailing Mitt, with its deep, plush-nap, it excels over the competition at cleaning all interior and exterior surfaces. Brand New Terry Weave Towel, which gives you the speed and convenience of one-pass drying, making it the only towel needed in your drying arsenal.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A unique blend of usage, and materials makes this a must have.\\n\\nReview: I had a high end body shop for 20 years. Used to do a lot of fine finishing. My shop was one of the few who got recommendations from the local Benz and BMW dealers because of the quality of the work. Protecting a cars finish from scratching is key. Used to polish fresh paint work with lambswool bonnets and DuPont 606S white compound, finishing with liquid ebony swirl remover, and then Meguiars machine and then hand glaze. Flawless sheet of glass was the end result.\\n\\nSo washing properly is important. Used to use a lambs wool hand mitt and start at the top of the car all the way around, and work your way toward the bottom in order to not pickup up any road grit, catch it in the mitt and spread it over the car. That is still a good idea, but this Griots starter wash and dry kit takes it one step further. They provide grates to allow the grit to fall to the bottom, and not get picked back up in your washing device. There are two grates. One goes all the way across the bottom at less than an inch above the bottom, and a second one is a partial grate off to one side that you can rest your wash mitt on. That way you don't have to go fishing for your mitt every time.\\n\\nAt this point in my life I really like an extension pole with a soft bristle brush on the end to do my soaping with. It makes it easy to get across the roof, and even along the bottom of the car such as the rocker panels, but there are some areas that need to be done by hand; around mirrors, lenses, under door handles etc. With and extension poll and since the Garage wash and dry kit having 4 wheels across the bottom, you can walk around the car and have your bucket follow wherever you want it to go.\\n\\nThis kit includes a microfiber detailing mitt which is useful inside and outside of the car. I do have a problem with use an outside mitt on the inside though. You could possibly pick up road tar etc. on a mitt so I am more inclined to use one exclusively for one purpose or the other. The kit also includes a Premium Micro Fiber drying towel that can actually dry the car in a single pass. In the shop we found using a manufactured chamois was better than the real thing, but you had to do a lot of wringing when using it. For ease of use this drying towel it tops. It has a long-loop terry weave which makes it possible to dry the car with a single use.\\n\\nA container of some concentrated car soap is included in the package as well. You want to be sure to use some specially formulated car soap to wash a car. Many people use common dish cleaning soap and that is not a good idea because that soap is designed to remove grease and wax. So it can erode the protective coat you may have spent a whole day putting on your car. Car soap on the other hand removes the road grime without attacking the wax.\\n\\nAt first I thought a 6 gallon bucket was a lot of water, but when you think of it as what it is like using a 5 gallon Home Depot bucket the usage comes into the proper perspective. First off you do not fill it all the way up. Also when you are running full blast hose water 4 used gallons or so doesn't take much time, and you want to have sufficient amounts of water in order to get the road grime off of your wash it mitt.\\n\\nThis may seem like a bunch of money for a car wash kit but when you realize it has all of the \\\"Right\\\" stuff included, and the specialty design to remove grit from your wash it is really worth it. Plus as a dedicated car wash truck it isn't so likely to be used for purposes that a common bucket may get abused for. All in all a nice package.\",\n \"Product: Handheld battery tester with an on-board 40 amp load for use with most automotive batteries.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Professional grade handheld battery tester.\\n\\nReview: This is the same unit used by many of the top line professional shops to test battery capacity under a load. A battery can still be holding a good charge but how it performs under a load is what is important. For example I have an old battery in my garage that my brother likes to keep charged up so he can hook up 12 volt peripherals to it. Testing that battery showed a 99% charge but it also showed up as \\\"Bad Battery\\\" \\\"Replace Now\\\".\\n\\nAs a prior licensed state inspection mechanic it is important to be able to show the customer that their battery needs replacing in a way that convinces them you are not just trying to sell them a new battery. With this device you can run the test which only takes about 10 seconds and then print the results with a special printer, or even connect this device to a PC. That way you have a print out and also can go a step further for the real pessimistic customer and run a quick test on a good battery, and then run one on the customers battery to verify that it needs replacing.\\nAnother advantage to this unit is that it stores up to a 100 tests in its memory automatically.\\n\\nThe menu is super intuitive. Within minutes you will master it. The On/Off button is at the top of the face as well as a print button. The triangle of four buttons in the center are for Y Enter, N Escape, and then you have a + or - button for up and down.\\nThis unit also provides a voltmeter. If the car is running and the clamps are attached to the battery a high ripple (over 50mV) indicates bad diodes in the alternator.\\n\\nThe back and sides are surrounded by a thick rubbery plastic that protects it from the inevitable drop when used frequently. The cords to the battery clamps are heavy duty as well. The whole thing smacks industrial quality.\\n\\nI'd like to say that this is for the professional, but I could see someone with several cars, or maybe a boat, lawn tractor etc. having use for one of these. I learned when I was 16 the hard way that nursing along a weak battery is a recipe for major headaches having to jump the car, or pop start it at the worst moments. After 6 months of that hassle I decided that I would never again play nursemaid to a battery again. With this device you can get a good idea, or should I say a totally accurate idea of the condition of your battery. If it still has a little life in it, it will tell you. If it is totally bad it will tell you that as well, and of course if it's good then you know something else is wrong. Are your battery cables clean?\\n\\nWhen I take my boat out and am running along at a good clip heating up the motor, and then slow down and shut if off for some reason, it doesn't want to crank hot. The metal is all expanded and it binds the motor. If the battery I am using is in its third season I have to sit and wait for the motor to cool down before I can start it. It's an 18 foot classic Donzi with a 350 Magnum 270. With this tester I know whether I need a new battery in the beginning of the season without having to put it through the hot stall test in order to find out. This tester puts a load on it and reports back just how good it holds up under a load. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Meguiars Trailer Corrosion Protectant is an outstanding solution in preventing corrosion, and will last for months! This dry to touch tack-free distinctive clear coat creates a barrier that protects against salt spray, rust and corrosion. This formula will not harm trailer wiring, paint or wrapped surfaces. For further application or technical questions about this or any Meguiars products, please contact our customer service team at 800-347-5700.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This M77014 makes a nice addition to your arsenal. Highly recommended.\\n\\nReview: Excellent surface protection. I had a high end body shop for 20 years. Started out doing restorations. I have a 1987 Donzi on a Myco trailer. Have sandblasted and repainted once already. A few tips about rust. Rust needs to things to grow; moisture, and warmth. You can't do anything about the warmth, but you can do something about the moisture. Truth is if a deep rust spot is dry and you cover it with oil it will immediately stop further rusting. Oil does evaporate for a while. So if you have deep rust anywhere you have to ascertain if this coating will get all the way in there, and on both sides. For single sided rust surfaces that aren't multi-layered like a welded panel where the seams meet than this does fine. If you have a multi-layered spot treating it periodically with engine oil is advised because of how deep it will penetrate.\\n\\nThis Meguiars goes on easy, and leaves a glossy shine so it does not detract from the original finish. Cleaning first is important, and letting thoroughly dry because once you put this on whatever dirt or grime is on there will be trapped in. Best to apply in the shade because in the hot sun you will have less bendability if you want to sew together the blend seams. The only time you ever have a problem with paint work is when you rush it. It is best to apply this 4 or 5 inches from the surface and moving quick enough to enable you to make 2 or 3 passes. Several thin coats rather than one thick one is key.\\n\\nThis M77014 sets up fast. You can recoat in only 2 or 3 minutes. Dries to the touch in as little as 10 minutes. You can go back in a do any missed spots. It is fully cured in 45 to 60 minutes.\\n\\nI didn't really put this on the outside surface of my boat trailer. Instead it was super useful on the inside channels that don't get frequent cleaning. So by power washing and scrubbing what is accessible, blowing it out with air, or simply letting it dry for a couple of days, then apply generously. If you have an area of your trailer that is subject to stones coming up off of the tires you can either use spray on body shutz prior to painting, or utilize the clear plastic see through add on films. No matter what you do you want to thoroughly rinse after using it in salt water.\\n\\nI'm not saying you can't use it on top side surfaces it is just that a good sand blasting, or stripping to bare metal, and then using <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/POR-15-Metal-Ready-Quart/dp/B0007KXS0W/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">POR-15 Metal Ready - Quart</a> (see my review on that page as to how to use properly) urethane paint in an area that is not subject to stone chips will be all the protection you need for normal use. The POR-15 Metal ready is phosphoric acid something that every major car manufacturer dips their entire metal chassis into and dries thoroughly before priming and painting. It is more of a stop gap to prevent rust from beginning, and kill what little surface rust and less is there than it is a treatment something like naval jelly that eats old rust.\\n\\nI love Meguiar's products. I used many of them in my shop. Every new finish was buffed with their breathable machine compound, and topped with their breathable hand glaze before it left the shop. This M77014 makes a nice addition to your arsenal. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Make the best impression on important clients, partners and prospective customers with this pack of 200 premium customizable business cards. Constructed from premium heavyweight cardstock for an impressively weighty feel, these ivory business cards feature an innovative Clean Edge design for quick and easy separation, giving you the cleanest, smoothest edges of any business card on the market. Theyre not just exceptional business cards, but also superb personalized gift tags, place cards, coupons or customer loyalty cards. Elevate your brand or business to the next level by customizing both sides of your blank business cards with your title, company name, logo, branding and more using the thousands of free templates and designs at avery.com/templates. Optimized for inkjet printers for smudge and jam-free performance every time, youll be able to effortlessly produce polished, custom cards that look like they came straight from a professional print shop for a fraction of the cost. In todays ultra-competitive marketplace, show your clients, business partners and potential customers that you mean business with a Clean Edge Avery Business Card proudly representing your brand.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Very, very nice way of practicing with new card designs, and even for general use.\\n\\nReview: Some tips on using the product and my analysis. You go to the Avery web site, sign up, and that takes you to the design page. You choose the style of the card one side, both sides etc. That takes you to a page of pre-built designs. There are 423 of them to choose from. Once you are done choosing a design and editing the fonts, picture etc. you can save the design to your computer, or on your Avery account online that way you can access it from any computer. In order to open your design in the future you go back to the Avery home page and open your design saved to computer. I tried opening it in Word and publisher 2013 and it was not recognized so I went to the Avery site which of course is specifically designed for the purpose.\\n\\nHere is where I got confused since I am a first time user of the product. Creating your designs online it tells you to put in the number on the front of the packet which was 8876 in big bold letters at the top. Then a little farther down it tells you to use template 8371 (not 8371 like it says on the packet, nor 8876 like it says at the top of the packet)\\n\\nThey have a live chat button right at the top of the page. Way to go Avery. It is available 8am to 8pm Mon-Fri and they have Sat and Sun hours as well. It is in the evening right now at 8:43 so I will have to wait to chat during normal business hours. So I am going to try and use it set to the 8876 template which I created my design on. Those numbers came up as a verified template choice when I started.\\nWhen you get to the print page on Avery it said set page scaling to none. Also it said to be sure and UNcheck the Fit to Page option.\\nI strongly urge you to print using print to card 1 only when on the Avery site that way you do not waste a whole page running your rough draft. It just prints the single card of the 10 that are on the page. You can then go back in and edit your design, and choose to print card number 2 out of the sheet of 10.\\n\\nSo in summary as with any piece of software the more you use it, the better you get at it. There are little tricks. With the chat help available online it should make you learn it quite rapidly and easily. My first card printed beautifully right in the proper proportions using my Epson XP-520 color inkjet. The font sizes I chose were too small though, so thank goodness I only printed one card. By the way I printed this just using my regular paper tray without feeding it in from a manual feed slot and it went through, went around the sharp curve in the journey through the printer with no problems. The cards all stayed on the page without any corners separating from the backing either. That makes it very easy to print. Also I did not have to set my printer to heavy paper, or even business card stock. The regular settings for paper worked just fine.\\n\\nThe larger picture of getting business cards printed is that yes there are some very inexpensive professional printing houses that can turn out even small batches of 250, or more cards. The problem with printed business cards is that in almost every case, especially with a new company you want to make changes, and even after only a short time of use. With this Avery solution you can do that. With a professional printing service you have to trash hundreds of cards, or write in the information that you want. So with a little tinkering you can use this Avery solution quite advantageously. I am starting another company and will be looking at the Avery complete product line including brochure making.\",\n \"Product: The AKT80LE gives you the ability to control height and tilt simultaneously, independent of the mouse platform. It's perfect for shallow workstations where mounting depth is at least 17.5\\\". Compatible with ergonomic keyboards. Lifetime warranty.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Save your arms, wrists, shoulders from undue fatigue\\n\\nReview: There are tons of reviews on the ins and outs of this adjustable keyboard, so I thought I would share my personal experience with you. I consider this adjustable keyboard tray, or at least one like it a necessity for anyone who makes a living behind a keyboard.\\n\\nFirst my experience. During the holidays I was spending 14 hours a day, 7 days a week typing and mousing away. Finally I got an ache in my shoulder that not only wouldn't go away; it precluded me from even being able to use my right arm. I had to do the hunt and peck method with my left.\\n\\nThe real problem arose, since I was acutely now aware of where the pain was coming from, in the fact that we continually lift our arm up to type. You really are doing a reverse curl; palms down, lifting your whole arm up. Doing this continually over a long period of time really adds up.\\n\\nSo what this keyboard tray does is allows you to achieve an ideal height. Sitting up you can achieve that right angle with your inside wrist/arm resting on the padding. Your arms are not supposed to be pointing up, or pointing down. So how do you achieve that? Either you get an adjustable chair which may require that you sit higher off of the ground, and for some meaning that your feet are off of the ground, or you ideally get one of these adjustable keyboard trays. That way you can sit comfortably and bring the keyboard tray to you.\\n\\nAfter using the adjustable keyboard tray my pain finally subsided, and I could get out of bed without having to hold onto my right arm with my left. It's all healed now thanks to the tray.\\n\\nSomething worth mentioning is that this model the AKT150LE is designed for corner desks. That means it is supposed to be mounted in a corner which of course requires a longer arm. The standard desk model is designed to be installed in the middle of the desk where you sit and not in the corner.\\n\\nThe problem with using a corner model when you really should have a standard desk model is that you wind up with a very long arm forcing you to be farther away from the desk; far enough in fact that you need to tuck the keyboard away to be able to reach beyond the first 6\\\" of your desk. So if you are using this as a standard desk mount (like shown in the picture by the way) then be sure to NOT get the corner one.\\n\\nThis may seem like a good deal of money to have somewhere to park your keyboard and mouse but it is worth every penny; just ask anyone who has had to undergo surgery for carpel tunnel. Highly recommended. Do it for typing ease, professional looking stations, and most of all, do it for the health of it. :-)\",\n \"Product: R23 Fine Wire Stapling Gun. Durable all steel stapling gun for securing thinner materials like fabrics, paper, and labels. For use with fine wire staples.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A precision tool in an arena of many that are not this well made.\\n\\nReview: Light gauge precision tool. I purchased the <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Porter-Cable-US58-1-4-Inch-to-5-8-Inch-22-Gauge-C-Crown-Upholstery-Stapler/dp/B00004SBC3/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Porter-Cable US58 1/4-Inch to 5/8-Inch 22-Gauge C-Crown Upholstery Stapler</a> back in 2003. I saw a show on TV with Norm Abrams installing upholstery on a chair. I was impressed that the fabric and backing materials were actually stapled onto the outer edge, and then a fancy piece of trim was added while the brass round heads were hammered on. I have some 17th Century French provincial furniture that needs restoring, and takes those very same brass heads.\\n\\nThis Stanley Fine Wire Stapling gun is designed for that very use. It also is great for attaching paintings to frames etc. This Rapid is a cost savings next to the Porter Cable air driven model; it also is slightly lighter duty weight. Not in how effective it is in thoroughly driving staples because on the pieces I tested it drove the longest size 8mm (5/16\\\") all the way flush with the wood with little effort. It is in the length of staples it can handle that it is slightly different. The Porter Cable takes 1/4\\\" to 5/8\\\" and this Rapid takes even finer staples ranging from 4 to 8mm. Since an 8mm is equivalent to a 5/16\\\" staple that means a 4mm is equal to a hair over an eighth of an inch which is half of the length of the finest the Porter Cable can handle.\\nI often am not into yey this and boo that, but rather yey this and yey that. This Rapid with its easy squeeze handle that does a great job of thoroughly plunging the staple is a joy to use. If I was in an upholstery shop I would prefer to use an air driven like the Porter Cable. Squeezing all day with the Rapid day in and day out would require extra effort.\\n\\nDon't misunderstand me; I love the Rapid. It is very well designed and made. The Swedes are known for their fine watches amongst many other wonderful things, but this stapler is proud to bear its name. It loads easily, handles superbly, and does a zero miss-fire job. That is something that any air driven tool cannot boast about. Also air driven tools require frequent oiling, and this Rapid does not. So no possibility of ruining your job due to an oil stain. Love them both. I highly recommend this Rapid.\",\n \"Product: Fellowes Professional Series Corner Executive Keyboard Tray\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This is more than just comfort, this is your health\\n\\nReview: I have had a lot of different keyboards over the years. I also have had a few wrist support pads. I use them, and then I find them to be a nuisance only because they are separate from the keyboard, and therefore require constant adjusting. It is almost as if they just get in the way after awhile. The wrist support on this Fellowes Executive Adjustable Keyboard Tray is completely different. When you adjust the keyboard on this one, the fixed full sized wrist support is always in the proper place. You don't have to adjust it, it is always there, and very comfortable, something that you cherish as one of the cures to potential carpel tunnel, and in my case shoulder pain.\\n\\nI spend up to 14 hours per day behind a keyboard. I thought the pain, not at the top, or in the joint of my shoulder, but slightly behind and down, where a certain ligament or something attaches, I have had a nagging pain going on there for quite some time. It got so bad that when sleeping at night, I would roll over on my right side, and experience the pain all the more. This keyboard tray setup solves all of that. I have just started using it in the past week, and already my shoulder is almost perfectly healed. So why does this particular pro series keyboard tray do it better than any other? Let me explain.\\n\\nInstead of me having to constantly suspend my arm in a reverse curl position all day, I now rest my wrist on the height adjustable cushioned pad. So my lower arm and wrist are now supporting all of the weight of my arms. The only thing I am working is my fingers. That makes all the difference in the world. I'm a little older now, so I was concerned about my shoulder pain, then I read the review of the mans wife who it cured her pain within a short period of time. Well he is spot on the money, because it cured mine also. I am able to roll over and sleep with my right arm down, and my left arm up, you know with my left leg out, and my right one down. That puts pressure on the right shoulder into the bed. Well I can do that now without any pain. It's a cure.\\n\\nInstallation; There is a large bracket that goes under your desk with 5 series of holes. You use the included screws to mount that bracket to the underside of your desk. This long bracket allows you to slide your keyboard under the desk when not in use and slide it out to the ideal distance you prefer from your desk. The sides of this bracket are bent down into a U-shaped pattern that enables this keyboard tray to slide along the separate adjustable bracket, so you can set it not only the proper distance from the desk, but with the raise and tilt feature, also raise and lower your keyboard to the ideal height. Once installed, wherever you adjust your keyboard in the height setting, it will stay there. I just noticed that the easy way to re-set it is to lift up on the end of the keyboard tray holding your keyboard, which releases the tension on the bracket hinge assy. and then you can set the hinge easily to whatever height you want. That makes sense because allowing your arms to rest on the wrist support, causes the pressure to press down, locking it in that position so it never creeps a setting. Doing the opposite, by lifting the rear end, closest to you of the keyboard tray, unlocks it, and allows for easy adjustment. This is an update, and I didn't realize that until after using it for awhile. So for those who own one of these units, try lifting up the rear, and you will see how easy it is to readjust your setting.\\n\\nNot only is the big swing arm on the adjustable bracket easy to set to your preferences, it also has a sliding knob that you can custom adjust the pitch, or how the slant is on your keyboard. You know how some keyboards have swing out feet on the back, so you can prop the keyboard up (something I never use) well you can still do that with this setup if you so choose, but ergonomically, that is not the healthiest position to type; sloping the keyboard away from you is. How much of a slope is easily adjustable with the adjusting lever that sits right on top of the bracket. So with all of that, you have an ideally adjustable keyboard height, and angle, so you can fine tune it to your bodies delight. You'll know it's right because your typing speed will increase at the perfect angle, and you won't experience any discomfort. It actually feels good to be typing at your ideal angle. We are all different sizes, and picking the standard desk height as your only angle choice for your arms is limiting to say the least. Your arms are supposed to be slightly lower than your elbows when typing. Although I find varying just how far below my elbows they are refreshing; this keyboard tray easily allows that. You can adjust it on the fly at any time. It is repetitive action at the exact same position all of the time that results in overuse injuries. So having the ultimate in keyboard adjustment is critical.\\n\\nThink of the real problem in using a keyboard continually. Normally sitting at the desk, your arms are more or less or at least somewhat suspended in mid air, as you type away. This is like doing a reverse curl, all day long, albeit with only the weight of your arms, but over time, that adds up, and can result in carpel tunnel, and shoulder pain. This Fellowes tray solves the problem dramatically. From the photograph it just looks like a keyboard that extends out past the desk, but when you get one, and see the incredible flexibility of just how far away from the desk, and just how low, or high you can adjust it in relation to the desk, you will see why it is the ultimate solution. I have never seen anything quite like it.\\n\\nI was noticing that the mouse movements were another problem, so in order to relieve some pain; I moved my mouse over to my left hand. The only problem is that my left hand is not nearly as well trained as my right. With this setup you can move the mouse to either side. It easily slips off of one side, and moves over to the other, yet grips without sliding. The whole round mouse platform, also swivels so you can ideally adjust its position relative to the keyboard as well, as in how far away you want it from the keys, all the way to how much over the edge of the keys you would like it as well. There is also a little adjustable outer ridge that prevents you from accidentally bumping your mouse off of the back of the tray, so it protects your mouse.\\n\\nThis thing is not Mickey Mouse setup. It is thick plate steel, designed to last for a long, long time. The gray and black colors go very well with my keyboard and accessories.\\nOne other thing I want to comment on is that like the other reviewer who said that after getting this thing, he went out and bought a whole new desk. I didn't get a new desk, but I spent 2 days reorganizing my office. Now everything is in place. I look forward to sitting down and getting work done. I walk by the desk and just stare at it. You may think I am hitting you with some kind of sales pitch, but I am serious. This thing is so substantial, and well built, it will raise your game. It will inspire you to remodel so to speak. It did for the new desk buyer, and it did it for me as well in remaking my office. I'm ready for action. I went out and got a new chair that adjusts up and down so you can find the ideal height as well. I also installed an oriental carpet, and bought a chair mat to protect it from the roll around chair. They call it a professional \\\"Executive\\\" keyboard adjustable tray for a reason and that is the impact it will have on you.\\n\\nThis may seem like a decent chunk of change for a keyboard tray setup, but my advice is to try it. With Amazon's liberal return policy, you know you can return it. Believe me when you pick this thing up, and see how well it is built, and even more importantly, see how it works, and effects your body and work performance, you will never again want to be without one. I would like to get critical about something on this unit, but I can't find any fault with it. The only thing is that you cannot grab the end of your keyboard when setting the up and down height, you need to grab in front of your keyboard where the bracket meets the tray. But even that is designed so that when you are resting your arms on the back of the keyboards wrist support, it won't change the setting on you. So even that is superbly engineered. I'm telling you that I am in love with this thing. When you consider how it fixes your body, improves your performance, and how much you will love it, it really is a key to your health, wealth, and happiness. I know that sounds corny, but it is true.\",\n \"Product: An Amazon Brand.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: If you want a precision strip-cut shredder this is the one to get\\n\\nReview: I have a long history of shredders. I bought a Royal first. Then I got a Fellowes that was in the same price range as this one and it doesn't hold a candle to it. First off the Fellowes slows down if you run more than 2 sheets of paper through it at a time. This unit will slightly slow down when running multiple sheets but does 8 at a time without any problem. It is however a strip cut so it is obviously not a level 5 security machine. (Level 5 means you turn the document into smoke :-)\\n\\nI also bought a <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/MS-460Ci-100-Jam-Proof-Micro-Cut-Shredder-sold-individuall/dp/B00443MWY6/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">MS-460Ci 100% Jam Proof Micro-Cut Shredder(sold individuall)</a> and that is a level 4 that turns your documents into fine confetti; way more than the typical cross cut shredder. Of course with that fine of a cut it limits how much you can put in it at one time. I just placed an AARP envelope unopened and it started to take it, then stopped halfway with a red light lit, and then proceeded to finish the job after the pause.\\n\\nThis Amazon Basics 8-sheet ripped right through 2 envelopes unopened, and only slightly slowed down. That is the big advantage of strip-cuts, they don't have as tough of a job to do, and that results in the max performance for the least amount of money.\\n\\nI also wanted to mention that this unit from Amazon Basics also sounds like a precision machine. The whir of the motor while it is doing its job is much better than what you would expect at this price point. This unit is not large so it fits snugly under a desk if need be. It looks attractive. Be sure to oil it. So if you are looking for a good unit for an extremely attractive price, and don't need level 5 security then this is for you.\",\n \"Product: The Xerox DocuMate 3125 color desktop scanner quickly converts your documents, plastic cards and forms into digital files, then securely saves them on your computer or in the cloud ready to be accessed another day when needed. It can scan up to 70 images per minute (ipm) in duplex and includes a 50-page Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) that handles everything from business cards to A4/Letter size documents. The Xerox DocuMate 3125 has an exceptionally small footprint and will fit comfortably on any desk (especially when folded closed). It is the perfect solution for organizations that need to quickly convert paper documents into searchable PDF files to be shared, organized and protected. For Mac users, the Xerox DocuMate 3125 includes a fully featured TWAIN driver, ICA support, and a simple yet powerful Scan Utility, allowing you to get started right out the box. Prepare the pages before loading them into the scanner, this helps to prevent multiple- page feeding and paper jams. If the edges of the paper are curled or folded, flatten them as much as possible.Fan the edges of the paper to make sure none of the pages are stuck together\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: An Amazing Product Worthy of 5 Stars in Every Way.\\n\\nReview: UPDATE: The scanning software has been completely remodeled and is wonderful. The old software was difficult to use because it would revert to 200 dpi and black and white, and you had to reconfigure every time, and then there is duplex or not, size of paper etc. etc. etc. Now it defaults to 300 dpi, automatically is set for 14\\\" paper and duplex. It senses the shorter paper, and whether it is duplex/both sides or not and has turned this into one fully automated machine. I DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ANY SETTINGS = FULLY AUTOMATED. IT works great in my Windows 10 machine. Driver and software are available on their site. Just Google it, and it is all for free. Now a little box shows up in the bottom corner of your screen. It's a breeze. You still have to be careful when loading the paper, and I have found with a stack of 25 it will take two sheets somewhere along the line. So keep it down to 5 to 10 on a single shot. Love the machine now. End of update.\\n\\nFirst let me say that I decided a year and a half ago to go all digital. You know the boxes start to pile up in the basement or attic of how many years do you really need to go back with your records? The answer to that is vague no matter what source you try. So I thought why not digitize everything, and do regular backups, even to an outbound device such as a removable hard drive/USB drive for safe keeping. So for the past two years I have been using the <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Epson-WorkForce-Pro-WP-4540-Wireless-All-in-One-Color-Inkjet-Printer-Copier-Scanner-Fax-C11CB33201/dp/B005IIR8H2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4540 Wireless All-in-One Color Inkjet Printer, Copier, Scanner, Fax (C11CB33201)</a> and delighted that I can stack up a year's worth of for example credit card statements and it will scan all of them, and convert to PDF files. The only problem is the amount of time it takes in order to do that. So the dream of being able to go through all of the old boxes, and completely shred them after scanning had this major obstacle of the amount of time it would take to do all of that. It was fine when working in the current year, but going through the archives is a job I have been putting on hold.\\n\\nThen along comes this Xerox DocuMate 3125 that scans 25 pages per minute, or 44 pages per minute in duplex, in black and white, grayscale, or color. You just set it up the way you want it, hit one button and Wow everything just flies through. At the factory default 200 dpi setting it allows for some shadows on the scan, but just by increasing this to 300 dpi you get no shadows and an all original level of quality. The speed at the 300 dpi setting doesn't seem to be affected.\\n\\nSo with the 50 page automatic document feeder capability you can load in a whole year worth of statements, and scan them both sides all automatically, and in a flash. The advantage of this is in the filing system. I just have them scanned directly into that accounts folder. So let's say I have a Citibank Folder, and then I create a sub-folder with just the last 4 digits of the account number, and then they year becomes a sub folder to that. So it looks like this for example, Citibank\\\\5138\\\\2012. So the entire years worth of scans goes right into the 2012 folder for that account, and yes each page is a separate PDF, so if you want you can go back in and rename them for each month, or just let it be, and if you sorted them according to date, the proper month would be easy to find.\\n\\nI noticed the comments about a learning curve for the software. Doesn't every feature rich software contain a certain amount of a learning curve to it? Xerox wrote the book on scanning and the software suite included with this scanner is second to none. Just because someone doesn't want to become familiar with it and would rather use the old tried and true that they are already familiar with is no reason to bash this incredible software suite. Xerox knows how to produce a Mickey Mouse version for toddler to use but they are the king of office scan, print, sort, organize. Yes I spent a little time learning the tricks to get it to do what I wanted it to specifically, but fortunately every option was there. Yes there are four different software suites to load. Is that a problem? With today's hard drive capacity for such a little bit of money you would think everyone would be delighted at having so much functionality.\\n\\nThe other big advantage to this is it is so small, and the bottom tray flips up, and the top folds down making it such a compact unit that it sits conveniently on your desk. You could sum it up in two words, small and powerful. Due to the incredibly small footprint enabling you to keep it desktop you don't need a big LCD screen on the unit with a lot of outbound programming functions, it all happens on the PC right alongside it. Can you tell I love this thing? There are several function buttons on it, one allows you to select numerically 1 of 9 pre-sets on a well lit up blue numerical indicator area with a simple up and down arrow on it, as well as having a \\\"Simplex\\\" and \\\"Duplex\\\" buttons and a power on-off switch. Everything else is done through the PC.\\n\\nSo you can fine tune the way you prefer to scan on the PC, and save up to 9 user presets, and access them right from the control panel with a simple up and down arrow, with a large well lit numeric number and then hit one button for your scan. So the idea of not having a big control panel on the outbound unit so you can do custom programming work while standing up is a mute one.\\nYou may think okay this thing flies and after reading my comment about the 200 dpi setting you may think this is a super duty fast industrial grade scanner, but what I also want to emphasize is that with the software package that is included you have a lot more features, and this thing will scan documents at high resolutions and overall sizes as well; however while it is recording every little nuance on a micro-scale it takes time to do that as well. That requires a lot of passes on the scanning head. So yes it does the super critical stuff as well.\\n\\nIn order to emphasize all that this does with the included software suite, and since it is not placed on this Amazon page as of the day of this review, I want to copy and paste what Zerox displays as their individual software functions. Believe me with all of these kinds of capabilities I don't mind spending an extra 15 minutes loading the software which it all does automatically for you. Check this out:\\nVisioneer\\nOneTouch\\nOneTouch is an easy-to-use utility that connects the DocuMate scanner with a powerful set of scanner settings to greatly improve the efficiency of your workflow -- so that with one touch the document is scanned automatically to email, Microsoft Word, your printer, a file folder, or to one of many cloud destinations.\\nAcuity\\nAcuity enables your scanner to instantly improve the visual clarity of every document that you scan. Using advanced algorithms and dynamic thresholding Acuity will intelligently correct documents containing imperfections, improve quality of scanned images for archiving, increase OCR accuracy, and save time.\\nDriverPLUS\\nDriverPLUS is a new generation of driver technology that is based on TWAIN(tm) 2.1 specifications that provides advanced features and greater reliability for both users and system integrators. DriverPLUS combines the features of advanced 32- and 64-bit native Windows-based TWAIN and WIA drivers PLUS new Acuity optimization software and a sophisticated user interface.\\nNuance PaperPort\\nMillions of professionals rely on PaperPort to save time and money by transforming paper documents into searchable digital documents. PaperPort combines the efficiency of document management, the convenience of superbly scanned documents and the power of creating PDF files, to bring a new level of operational proficiency to your organization.\\nOmniPage Pro\\nOmniPage Pro provides a precise OCR and layout retention solution, quickly turning scanned documents into editable, formatted text. The text can then be used in virtually any word processing, desktop publishing or web publishing program.\\nText Searchable PDF\\nTransform volumes of paper or photos into organized digital files that can be quickly found, used and shared. In searchable PDF format, the user can instantly search documents for keywords or phrases. This provides additional archival benefits beyond traditional storage, and the widely accepted PDF format lets everyone view and print documents -- on any computer.\\n\\nSo that about says it all. I didn't want you to be swayed by those who think loading superlative programs into their computer is a waste of time, nor do they want to learn how to use all of those features to dissuade you away from something that does such a marvelous job. So if you are looking for compress all of those boxes of tax records before throwing them out, knowing you would like to have access to anything at any time with just a few clicks, or have a business with tons of filing cabinets loaded with papers and records that would serve you a lot better if they were all digitized, then this is the model that will do all of that for you, and do it so quickly you will be amazed at how fast the papers fly out. JUST BE SURE TO BACKUP the scanned files before shredding or tossing them. Having searchable PDF documents is worth its weight in gold alone. So clean up the clutter, take advantage of the digital age, and have everything at the touch of a finger, neatly organized on your hard drive; no having to get up and sort through records to find one like you do with filing cabinets. You can dream of doing this with a flat bed scanner, but the time you save with this Documate 3125 makes it not only practical, but doable. Need a record from 10 years ago; it is at your fingertips. Highly, highly recommended piece of equipment.\\n\\nI have this 3125 sitting on my side desk, and under that desk I have the <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Powershred-MS-460Cs-Safe-Sense-10-sheet-Confetti-Cut-Shredder/dp/B000JEBYDE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Powershred MS-460Cs Safe Sense 10 sheet Confetti Cut Shredder</a> so it stick out enough (just the front section with the shredder slot and on-off button, so I am ready to process any junk mail or documents all of the time with no effort. So the idea is scan and shred, and clean up the clutter. Neat, clean and organized is just another way of saying I feel good. I love it, and you will too.\",\n \"Product: Swingline, the leading brand in workspace tools for the business, home and mobile office for over 80 years, continues to introduce innovative new products that solve common workplace frustrations and increase productivity. The Swingline Stack-and-Shred 80X Shredder offers hands free shredding - a better way to shred! Now, waiting in front of the shredder is a thing of the past for any size office. With Stack-and-Shred shredders, you simply load your stack of paper, shut the lid and you're done - leaving you time for better things. The Swingline Stack-and-Shred 80X is ideal for personal, home office or executive use. The space saving design fits neatly under a desk. Coupled with quiet operation and an easy LED user interface, the Stack-and-Shred 80X helps you be more productive. The 80X features patent pending Hands Free Auto+ technology. Rollers automatically feed the paper into the cutters, so you don't have to, freeing you up to perform other tasks. The 80X Stack-and-Shred Shredder features cross cut shredding and security level 3, secure credit card shredding, automatic jam clearance, and it even shreds staples and paper clips in any corner. Stay organized, protect sensitive information and increase your productivity with the superior performance of Swingline Shredders.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Does a Great Job of Bulk Shredding\\n\\nReview: Same shredder in red instead of <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/SWINGLINE-Stack-and-Shred-80X-Hands-Free-Shredder-80-Sheet-Capacity-Black-1757574/dp/B0067PN42I/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">SWINGLINE Stack-and-Shred 80X Hands Free Shredder, 80 Sheet Capacity, Black (1757574)</a> in black with two changes. The black 80X as opposed to this 60X has a 60 sheet capacity, and the 80X has an 80, and the waste bin capacity goes up on the 80X to 5 gallons, instead of 4 on the 60. There is also an available 100X <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Swingline-Stack-and-Shred-100X-Hands-Free-Shredder-100-Sheet-Capacity-Black-1757571A/dp/B004CRSLYE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Swingline Stack-and-Shred 100X Hands Free Shredder, 100 Sheet Capacity, Black (1757571A)</a>, 250X <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/SWINGLINE-Stack-and-Shred-250X-Hands-Free-Shredder-250-Sheet-Capacity-Black-1757576/dp/B0067PN46O/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">SWINGLINE Stack-and-Shred 250X Hands Free Shredder, 250 Sheet Capacity, Black (1757576)</a>, and a 500X <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/SWINGLINE-Stack-and-Shred-500X-Hands-Free-Shredder-500-Sheet-Capacity-Black-1757577/dp/B0067PN49G/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">SWINGLINE Stack-and-Shred 500X Hands Free Shredder, 500 Sheet Capacity, Black (1757577)</a>.\\n\\nSince these shredders comparing the 60 to the 80 are the same in every other way (minor weight difference etc not withstanding) I thought I would take the liberty of pasting my 80X review in here as well. Here it is...\\n\\nFirst let me say that just because it can handle 80 sheets doesn't mean it can shred that many, at least not all at the same time, or anywhere near it. It does however allow you to place a stack of up to 80 sheets under the lid on the top and this unit very effectively handles the chore for you to auto feed the sheets one at a time.\\n\\nAs far as the individual capacity I had placed some old spreadsheets in there which were really an 8 1/2\\\" x 11\\\" when folded over so it was equivalent to two sheets with a common edge binding them. Since this unit draws each sheet from the center, effectively doubling each sheets thickness as it draws it down it was actually handling 4 sheets at a time. It only slowed down when doing so but didn't complain a bit. The adding machine tape stapled to it had about 5 folds making it 10 thicknesses on its own, but it is only the width of adding machine tape. The shredder jammed on those when added to the 4 sheet thickness of the spreadsheet. What was nice about it was it would momentarily jam, quit, then instantly back up the work piece and then commence to shred it again. Not that it did any good because it would repeatedly jam. So yes it is jam free because it will back up and forward repeatedly but if the piece is absolutely too thick it will never go through.\\n\\nThe auto-feed is kind of ingenious. In the center are multiple rollers with coarse rubber surfaces on them. On the lid that you close down on the paper the center section is raised in order to push down on the paper on the center. So what happens is the rollers roll toward one another causing the paper to bind in between them, and that causes the paper to begin to fold up in the center and that fold is caught by the rollers and fed down into the shredding teeth and into the basket with the shreds. It works reliably, and in the tests I performed so far it ate the entire stack without any mistakes.\\n\\nSo the big advantage to this shredder is that you can not only feed one at a time through the slit in the top, you can also stack up to 80 sheets in the top bin and it will automatically shred them all especially if they are single sheets. (Double sheets without adding machine tapes stapled to them works fine as well)\\n\\nLet's talk about security levels. The whole reason why you are buying a shredder is to foil thieves who will pick up trash bags from along a street and sift through them to find banking statements, credit card statements etc. So this shredder is a cross cut and the shreds are short enough for all but the most insidious thief to not shuffle through them and paste them back together. This Swingline is way better than one of those inexpensive simple sheet cut shredders that make long single strips that are the whole page long. It wouldn't take too much to recreate a credit card statement with one of those.\\n\\nOn the other hand a <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Powershred-MS-460Cs-Safe-Sense-10-sheet-Confetti-Cut-Shredder/dp/B000JEBYDE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Powershred MS-460Cs Safe Sense 10 sheet Confetti Cut Shredder</a> Powershred MS-460Cs Safe Sense 10 sheet Confetti Cut Shredder will make confetti out of your statements, and I mean confetti that would take a science lab a week to reconstruct. That unit is a level 4. Level 5 if I can exaggerate is where they shred it, burn the shreds, and put the ashes in a food processor. :-) The Fellowes MS-460Cs is half again as expensive as this 80 sheet Swingline. The Swingline has a low profile so it will easily fit under a desk whereas the Fellowes is a larger unit that stands up and has wheels. However the Powershred will not do bulk shredding of documents like the Swingline so you have to baby sit the machine while doing larger quantities.\\n\\nI have made it my goal to eliminate old document filled boxes from years gone by, and scan them all into the computer, and shred what is left over. That chore is not a tiny one but it is the wise way to go. The amount of space 20 years worth of documents takes is tiny on a computer as compared to what that same amount of documents takes up in your closet. Someday I will get there, and then each year will be a new clean closet. If you are trying to catch up from years gone by and have a lot of shredding to do this Swingline is just what the doctor ordered.\\n\\nIf you are going to scan and then shred then here are a couple of nice Epson all in ones that do a beautiful job. You can stack up a bunch of sheets and they will auto feed them and create a single PDF file so for example you can take one account for the whole year and scan them to a single file PDF file. The first one scans stacks but only one side and the second one scans both sides and can store 580 sheets of paper ready to print. Both are great units. Epson WorkForce 840 Color Ink Jet Wireless All-in-One with Fax (C11CA97201) Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4540 Color Inkjet Wireless All-In-One with Fax and 580 Sheet Paper Capacity (C11CB32201). If you really want to get into high gear in scanning get the <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Xerox-XDM31255M-WU-DocuMate-3125-Color-Sheetfed-Scanner-for-Documents-and-Plastic-Cards-converting-them-to-Digital-Files-25ppm-and-44ipm-with-One-Touch-Technology/dp/B005OKRKRW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Xerox XDM31255M-WU DocuMate 3125 Color Sheetfed Scanner for Documents and Plastic Cards converting them to Digital Files, 25ppm and 44ipm with One Touch Technology</a> which will take a stack of 25 documents and scan them all so fast you can process them in one tenth of the time as the Epson Workforce all in one printers/scanner. So if having a paper free office is your goal then this Swingline shredder will make shorter work of a huge backlog, and the Epson scanners, and even moreso the Xerox 3125 scanner will capture the documents into ad-infinitum, and if you want to be sure that your documents don't go up in smoke in a computer crash be sure to back up your data. The Swingline works great. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Swingline, the leading brand in workspace tools for the business, home and mobile office for over 80 years, continues to introduce innovative new products that solve common workplace frustrations and increase productivity. The Swingline Stack-and-Shred 80X Shredder offers hands free shredding - a better way to shred! Now, waiting in front of the shredder is a thing of the past for any size office. With Stack-and-Shred shredders, you simply load your stack of paper, shut the lid and you're done - leaving you time for better things. The Swingline Stack-and-Shred 80X is ideal for personal, home office or executive use. The space saving design fits neatly under a desk. Coupled with quiet operation and an easy LED user interface, the Stack-and-Shred 80X helps you be more productive. The 80X features patent pending Hands Free Auto+ technology. Rollers automatically feed the paper into the cutters, so you don't have to, freeing you up to perform other tasks. The 80X Stack-and-Shred Shredder features cross cut shredding and security level 3, secure credit card shredding, automatic jam clearance, and it even shreds staples and paper clips in any corner. Stay organized, protect sensitive information and increase your productivity with the superior performance of Swingline Shredders.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great for the intended purpose\\n\\nReview: First let me say that just because it can handle 80 sheets doesn't mean it can shred that many, at least not all at the same time, or anywhere near it. It does however allow you to place a stack of up to 80 sheets under the lid on the top and this unit very effectively handles the chore for you to auto feed the sheets one at a time.\\n\\nAs far as the individual capacity I had placed some old spreadsheets in there which were really an 8 1/2\\\" x 11\\\" when folded over so it was equivalent to two sheets with a common edge binding them. Since this unit draws each sheet from the center, effectively doubling each sheets thickness as it draws it down it was actually handling 4 sheets at a time. It only slowed down when doing so but didn't complain a bit. The adding machine tape stapled to it had about 5 folds making it 10 thicknesses on its own, but it is only the width of adding machine tape. The shredder jammed on those when added to the 4 sheet thickness of the spreadsheet. What was nice about it was it would momentarily jam, quit, then instantly back up the work piece and then commence to shred it again. Not that it did any good because it would repeatedly jam. So yes it is jam free because it will back up and forward repeatedly but if the piece is absolutely too thick it will never go through.\\n\\nThe auto-feed is kind of ingenious. In the center are multiple rollers with coarse rubber surfaces on them. On the lid that you close down on the paper the center section is raised in order to push down on the paper on the center. So what happens is the rollers roll toward one another causing the paper to bind in between them, and that causes the paper to begin to fold up in the center and that fold is caught by the rollers and fed down into the shredding teeth and into the basket with the shreds. It works reliably, and in the tests I performed so far it ate the entire stack without any mistakes.\\n\\nSo the big advantage to this shredder is that you can not only feed one at a time through the slit in the top, you can also stack up to 80 sheets in the top bin and it will automatically shred them all especially if they are single sheets. (Double sheets without adding machine tapes stapled to them works fine as well)\\n\\nLet's talk about security levels. The whole reason why you are buying a shredder is to foil thieves who will pick up trash bags from along a street and sift through them to find banking statements, credit card statements etc. So this shredder is a cross cut and the shreds are short enough for all but the most insidious thief to not shuffle through them and paste them back together. This Swingline is way better than one of those inexpensive simple sheet cut shredders that make long single strips that are the whole page long. It wouldn't take too much to recreate a credit card statement with one of those.\\n\\nOn the other hand a <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Powershred-MS-460Cs-Safe-Sense-10-sheet-Confetti-Cut-Shredder/dp/B000JEBYDE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Powershred MS-460Cs Safe Sense 10 sheet Confetti Cut Shredder</a> will make confetti out of your statements, and I mean confetti that would take a science lab a week to reconstruct. That unit is a level 4. Level 5 if I can exaggerate is where they shred it, burn the shreds, and put the ashes in a food processor. :-) The Fellowes MS-460Cs is half again as expensive as this 80 sheet Swingline. The Swingline has a low profile so it will easily fit under a desk whereas the Fellowes is a larger unit that stands up and has wheels.\\n\\nI have made it my goal to eliminate old document filled boxes from years gone by, and scan them all into the computer, and shred what is left over. That chore is not a tiny one but it is the wise way to go. The amount of space 20 years worth of documents takes is tiny on a computer as compared to what that same amount of documents takes up in your closet. Someday I will get there, and then each year will be a new clean closet. If you are trying to catch up from years gone by and have a lot of shredding to do this Swingline is just what the doctor ordered.\\n\\nIf you are going to scan and then shred then here are a couple of nice Epson all in ones that do a beautiful job. You can stack up a bunch of sheets and they will auto feed them and create a single PDF file so for example you can take one account for the whole year and scan them to a single file PDF file. The first one scans stacks but only one side and the second one scans both sides and can store 580 sheets of paper ready to print. Both are great units. <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Epson-WorkForce-840-Color-Ink-Jet-Wireless-All-in-One-with-Fax-C11CA97201/dp/B004H3XKR6/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Epson WorkForce 840 Color Ink Jet Wireless All-in-One with Fax (C11CA97201)</a> <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Epson-WorkForce-Pro-WP-4540-Color-Inkjet-Wireless-All-In-One-with-Fax-and-580-Sheet-Paper-Capacity-C11CB32201/dp/B005IIR8H2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4540 Color Inkjet Wireless All-In-One with Fax and 580 Sheet Paper Capacity (C11CB32201)</a> So if having a paper free office is your goal then this Swingline shredder will make shorter work of a huge backlog, and the Epson scanners will capture the documents into ad-infinitum, and if you want to be sure that your documents don't go up in smoke in a computer crash be sure to back up your data. The Swingline works great. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The Fellowes Powershred 99Ms Micro-Cut Shredder can shred up to 914 sheets of paper per pass into 2011 (5/64 x 9/16 Security Level P-5) micro-cut particles providing ultimate protection of confidential documents.This machine also safely shred credit cards, and staples. Achieve hassle-free shredding with all of the features the 99Ms has to offer including an auto-reverse system which stops and reverses paper if a jam occurs.To protect more than your identity, the patented SafeSense Technology is designed with an electronic safety sensor that surrounds the paper entry and automatically disables the shredder when hands touch the paper opening. Also, the 99Mss SilentShred Technology and Energy Savings Sleep Mode system allow this machine to integrate easily to any environment.With the ability to shred for up to 20 minutes before a cool down period is needed, the 99Ms shredder is ideal for 1-3 users and includes a 9-gallon pull-out bin. Backed by a worry-free 1-year product and service warranty plus a 7-year cutter warranty. 25.19H x 11.41W x 17.31D\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Finally a Serious Shredder at a Price We All Can Afford\\n\\nReview: I have had a lot of different shredders over the years starting with an inexpensive Royal with nylon gears. The inexpensive shredders provide a lower level of security and their capacity leaves a lot to be desired. I finally got tired of that and in 2011 I bought the <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/FEL-3240601-X0-Fellowes-Powershred-MS-460Ci-100-Jam-Proof-Micro-Cut-Shredder/dp/B00BTMTMGQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">FEL-3240601-X0 - Fellowes Powershred MS-460Ci 100% Jam Proof Micro-Cut Shredder</a>. It was priced close to this Fellowes shredder. I thought with that one I could safely take junk mail and just stuff it in the shredder. I was disappointed when I discovered with the 460i that I still had to take the envelopes apart in order to shred them. It was also a security level 5 shredder, same as this one, which is really impressive when you compare it to most of the shredders out there. It shreds them into something like 3/32\\\" size pieces that curl up, and all but the most astute criminals would ever be able to reassemble a page.\\n\\nThere is such a thing as security level 6 machines which sell for about 6 or 7 times the price, often have induction motors, and they use a matched pair of solid steel cutting cylinders that are capable of reducing a single sheet of paper into over 15,500 tiny particles. Maybe the FBI needs that level of security, but level 5 is incredible enough for me. It turns them into confetti. Okay so now you know my background let's get onto the Fellowes 4609001 which is what this review is about.\\n\\nIn many ways it looks just like the 460i but is somewhat taller and generally larger. It will not roll under the desk like the 460i does so be prepared to give it a dedicated spot. They both have a large capacity and are easily disposable but the 99Ms has an even greater capacity. I have been using the same plastic liner bag since 2011 in my 460i. They never really need to be replaced. I just turn the pull out waste drawer upside down into a larger trash can, and the confetti falls out. Besides why place a billboard on the curb in a clear bag that says, \\\"Top security document shreddings here\\\" :-)\\n\\nThe single most important reason to buy this shredder is that unlike the 460i, this thing can swallow 3 pieces of junk mail all at once. I just did that and one of them was a large advertiser with a John Doe credit card in it. This thing gobbled up all three like it was a single sheet of paper barely even slowing down. That in and of itself sets this puppy apart from the crowd. Understand that shredding stuff this fine and doing it in bulk is a challenge for any machine. On the other hand you can get a single strip cutter, making full page ribbons of your paper and they can be had reasonably, and handle that kind of chore, but any 5 year old can glue those strips back together recreating the complete document. This thing makes confetti so fine you might as well have burnt it in the wood stove and stirred the contents if I can exaggerate and only a little.\\n\\nThis shredder is also very quiet. You could turn this thing on with someone sleeping in the room and they wouldn't wake up. It makes a little noise but more like a quiet hum or purr. It comes with wheels that you can put on and I strongly advise you to do so. The unit is heavy enough with a shipping weight of 52 pounds that having to move it by picking it up can cause a sore back.\\n\\nThis shredder also has the safe sense feature just like the 460i and that prevents children from putting fingers in the opening. You can place envelopes and paper in the openings without any problems, but if a hand gets too near an opening it instantly shuts off. So it is safe for around the house use. It also has a feature that makes it shut down after two minutes of inactivity. Saving electricity is important and doing so in such a way that you don't have to make an issue of manually monitoring it makes it especially useful.\\n\\nSomething that I care about and maybe it is a vanity item but this unit really looks good. With the body and top being a soft satiny black with silver panel the same gives it a professional look, and I like the way it is sculpted with rounded corners. My 460i has held up really well with a couple of years of usage, and this 99Ms with its increased capacity, and stronger performance should last every bit as well, and more. The main suggestion is to oil the gear periodically. It greatly speeds up the machine, and prolongs its usable life. You just inject some of the oil from the squeeze bottle into the shredder opening so it gets right on the gears. I like to shred something light so as to mix it in the gears immediately afterwards. It comes with a starter bottle of oil, but I bought a <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Fellowes-Shredder-Oil-12-oz-Bottle-with-Extension-Nozzle-35250/dp/B00006I58N/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Fellowes Shredder Oil, 12 oz. Bottle with Extension Nozzle (35250)</a> just to make sure I would have enough over the long haul. I'd like to find something about it I don't like, but I haven't found any. This is a serious shredder that deserves its own space. All in all highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Westcott Electric iPoint Evolution Axis Heavy Duty Pencil Sharpener features ultra-quiet operation, fast sharpening with auto stop, and accommodates multiple pencil sizes. From the Manufacturer: Westcott develops home and office products unmatched in style, design and performance. We continue to deliver results that are both inspirational and functional, earning the title of \\\"The World's Favorite Scissors\\\" year after year.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Price, Looks Good, Designed for Heavy Duty Use\\n\\nReview: I think we all have a lifetime of pencil sharpening usage. When I was in grade school we had the hand crank one mounted to a table. Years ago I had purchased a battery operated model or two, and they always were weak, and required replacing batteries. This Westcott plugs into the wall and has more than enough power. I have been using the equivalent in the X-Acto Powerhouse for a long time. I thought that one was great, but this Westcott beats it. It has this great feature of stopping the sharpening process as soon as the pencil has a fine point. The X-Acto will eat your entire pencil if you let it. This is especially problematic if you have little ones who are fascinated by how the X-Acto gobbles up pencils. The Westcott Axis iPoint pencil sharpener is the best sharpener I have ever used.\\n\\nI have wanted to get a second heavy duty pencil sharpener so I would have one in my downstairs woodworking shop. This iPoint is ideal for that as well since it accepts and you can dial in the opening guide for a lot of different sized pencils. Besides that it is attractive and unobtrusive. When it comes to falling in love with a pencil sharpener, I think I have just met my match.\",\n \"Product: Traditional 3 Ring binder with 1.5 inch round rings has a 330 sheet capacity with 2 convenient interior pockets for loose sheets. Durable polypropylene material lasts longer and is better for the environment than vinyl. 100% recycled chipboard with 75% post consumer waste construction. 4 black binders per pack.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Typical cheap binder. Not perfect but does the job adequately for a very nice price.\\n\\nReview: The primary things I look for in a binder are the following with the rating for this one from zero to 5 for each.\\n1) Function; can I unlock the rings by pushing on the paddle on each side. 3\\n1a) Do both of them work? 0\\n2) Are there bubbles on the surface of the vinyl indicating that either the glue didn't set, or the vinyl is a cheaper grade. 2\\n3) Is the overall heft of the binder sufficient to give me confidence that it would not bend if dropped etc. 3\\n4) Attractiveness award. 4\\nLook I am reviewing inexpensive binders here so it you are looking for a serious business proposal machine this is not it. But if you are cataloguing owners manuals in my woodworking shop like I am this is fine.\",\n \"Product: Features our strongest binder covers and extra durable hinge for years of reliable use. Covers and spine will not rip apart. 1.5 inch round ring binder holds 350 sheets. Never Gap Rings perfectly align to prevent pages from snagging when turned. Custom formulated, PVC Free polypro material lasts up to 10X longer than vinyl. Two interior pockets provide additional storage for loose sheets. Use the 4-pack for projects, storage. 4 black binders per pack.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Take the words heavy duty seriously. One of the better of the inexpensive 3 ring binders.\\n\\nReview: The primary things I look for in a binder are the following with the rating for this one from zero to 5 for each.\\n1) Function; can I unlock the rings by pushing on the paddle on each side. 5\\n1a) Do both of them work? 5\\n2) Are there bubbles on the surface of the vinyl indicating that either the glue didn't set, or the vinyl is a cheaper grade. 5\\n3) Is the overall heft of the binder sufficient to give me confidence that it would not bend if dropped etc. 5\\n4) Attractiveness award. 5\\nThese are twice the price of the inexpensive Wilson binders but every penny goes into the quality of the build. I don't want to go overboard here but this is a well made 3 ring binder. I consider it to be the king of the inexpensive binders. There may be others to compete with it, but this one is very nice.\",\n \"Product: Consumer-rated unbeatable photo quality - vivid, bright photos and sharp text from an ultra powerful, ultra slim Small-in-One\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Surprisingly affordable package in a Multi-Function Printer\\n\\nReview: The overwhelming advantage to this printer is that it is so compact, hence the name, Small in One. It prints, copies, and scans as well as producing superbly high quality printed photographs. (Of the 5 ink cartridges that come with it, one is a double cartridge for regular black, and in addition to the blue, yellow, and read cartridges there is a second black cartridge just for photos. Obviously this is a specialized machine for those who wish to enjoy pristine printed photos.\\n\\nIts compact size makes this ideal for my bedroom that has a table and comfortable office chair in it. I prefer to do my computing in here but I can even put the wireless printer in the finished closet with shelving so it is out of the way, but within easy reach.\\n\\nOne thing I have to hand Epson is that unlike Lexmark that in the past had this nasty habit of every time the power would go out, when it would come back on it would unpark the cartridge into a ready to print position and just stay there until someone shut off the machine. In plain words if you unplug, and then plug the machine back in it would turn on and stay on wasting the cartridge to evaporation. With the expensive replacement cost it would add up real quick. On the other hand my Epson WP-4540 large all in one, it is also a copy, scan, and printing color machine, and although I used it infrequently, a year later the cartridge still work, and have not dried out.\\n\\nThe real bottom line is how expensive is it to print a page. This unit is surprisingly affordable for a MFP. The standard cartridge can seem expensive at $12.99 and with black that lasts for 250 pages, or 5.2 cents per page. It is more expensive up front, but a substantial savings print per page cost, but purchasing the high yield cartridge at $18.99 for black will yield 500 pages at 3.7 cents per page.\\n\\nI use a laser printer such as the Brother 2170-DW monochrome which is a top seller. I replace the huge cartridge with a 3,000 page capacity one by an aftermarket supplier and forget about cartridges. I do my day to day printing on that with its about 2 cents per page print cost, however it is not an all in one, all it does is print, and it doesnt do color.\\n\\nTo have the convenience of being able to make a copy quickly by simply raising the lid, placing a document on the scanner glass, and then press copy is worth the cost of admission for that alone. No more having to run to the store to make copies.\\nSo if you can either get over the pain of buying the high yield cartridges, the actual print cost per page is one of the most affordable out there in an MFP. (Multi-function printer) However lets face it full page color photograph printing isn't cheap.\\n\\nThe strange thing is that the output tray, in order to open it, you have to partially open the paper loading tray first. Then you grab the output tray and extend it and then have to close the paper tray. This is not difficult but for those who wish to compact the size of the footprint by closing the output tray, making it kind of a chore to have to re-extend. It should be a quick and clean extend like other printers are. After doing it a few times the trick is to just open the access door to the paper loading tray without pulling it out, and then pull the output tray. It is still an anomaly but a minor one at best.\\n\\nThe exciting thing is that this printer via Wi-Fi as well as iPad, iPhone, tablet, and smart phone can print from anywhere. It is also fast at 7.4 pages per minute. It also has an SD card reader on the front for photo direct printing. If you need faxing capabilities too, move up to the Epson Expression Premium XP-820. Overall this is a nice package with premium photo printing capacity at a very desirable price point.\",\n \"Product: An Amazon Brand.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Works great for all kinds of purposes.\\n\\nReview: These work great on an erasable dry marker board as well as using them for standard marker purposes; for example marking cardboard boxes. This Amazon basics set cost a comparable price to the markers that are permanent non removable from dry marker board types. So this way you get a double use for the same amount of money.\\n\\nWhen you use them to mark a cardboard box for example it does not wipe off. It is dry but it penetrates like a liquid. As a matter of fact for general purpose marking I don't see any difference at all.\\n\\nThe tip gives you several options. You can angle it so just one corner touches and then you have the ability to write closer to a fine tip. You can use the square front edge for a bolder look, or you can go to the flat at the angle and really make a statement.\\n\\nI didn't notice any odor coming from these. The fact that you can leave the cap off for a couple of days and it doesn't dry out is a HUGE plus for me. I have been doing a kitchen remodel and marking things was a big deal. Unfortunately the cap got lost on one of them, and by the next day the marker was all dried up and no longer useful. Since they say 2 days without a cap that at least gives you a little forgiveness time.\\n\\nIf you have a family with multiple people living in the house a dry marker board for example in the kitchen is an asset. Be sure to read the reviews on them because some of them leave a shadow of what was written, and some erase completely. All in all a great set. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Not your basic label. UltraHold permanent adhesive is guaranteed to stick and stay put on cardboard, envelopes, paper, glass or metal. Avery half sheet address labels won't lift, curl or fall off like other brands. Quickly and easily create your own personalized labels. No more jams or smudges with Avery shipping labels. Bright white labels are optimized for laser & inkjet printers so you can effortlessly print bold bright colors and clear sharp text. This case of 500 shipping labels is perfect for shipping and mailing jobs, as well as for organizing boxes, labeling bins, classroom organization & stickers, and wine bottle labels. These address labels are optimized for laser & inkjet printers so you can effortlessly print vibrant colors and crisp, clear text without worrying about printer jams or ink smudges. You can also easily customize your printable labels with logos, graphics or images using the free shipping labels template and designs at avery.com/templates.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Avery is the best. There are some cheaper ones out there but you have to work around the problems.\\n\\nReview: The most popular selling Avery labels are the smallest ones and priced accordingly. If you are in business and want to project a professional image using the Avery software, and/or Word with label templates for PC only is the way to go. I do shipping all of the time. If there is an oops in an order the customer wants a pre-paid shipping label sent to them. Sending a printed return label on a standard 8 1/2\\\" x 11\\\" sheet of copy paper doesn't cut it. Even if you pre-trim it the look is one of someone working out of their bedroom.\\n\\nI am using these also to get my whole house organized. I have an attic that is not too tall but is covered in plywood, and is well lit. The problem is boxing up stuff and putting it up there with some magic marker writing on the side is not conducive to being able to clearly read what is in the box. Also it motivates me when making up the labels to create an Excel spreadsheet of what I have, and where it is located. I can just see some neatly taped/sealed boxes stacked each with their easy to read white label with printed black text instead of reading on the brown cardboard. Sometimes I have just been using a ball point pen and that is really hard to read when crawling around up there.\\n\\nI'm getting into canning with Ball Mason jars in a big way. I just bought a second freezer too for vacuum sealed shrink wrapped items. Labeling everything when making large batches is one way to feel like you are on top of everything.\\n\\nPrinting: We all know the nightmare of thinking the printer registration is correct, only to print a whole sheet of labels and they are off. You can use the Avery site which is great with all of the options they have, or you can use Microsoft Word's templates. You just put in the Avery number on the front of the packet and it already has the registration type pre-set for you. Even with all of that I still feel a lot more comfortable doing a test run. Avery tells you to do a test run on a plain sheet of paper and that of course is not a bad idea. What I like to do in addition to that is make a run with just one label set to print. I test it by possibly wasting only one label. Most of the time it is not a waste. Fortunately you can decide how many of the labels on a page you can print. So small batches are allowed, or even printing one.\\n\\nSomeone commented that these don't stick to well. Avery purposely made them that way. If you want to change the label or re-position it there is a window of opportunity to do it. If the label stays stuck for a given period of time it is then non-removable. All labels even non-removables can still be removed with a hair dryer or heat gun. It may damage the print on the label but it is good to know that it is reversible.\\n\\nPrice comparison when buying in bulk: The number one sellers are smaller quantities because most people don't need labels in quantities above a thousand. So here is the comparison based on today's prices. For the example lets use the 2\\\" x 4\\\" Avery labels selling in a quantity of 250. They sell for $6.87. So if you divide the price by 250 you get 0.02748 cents each. If you buy the same item in the 2500 pack at $65.25 they sell for 0.0261 each. So how does this convert to real usage? If you use 100 of these you are spending of course $2.75, and if you buy them in the 2500 pack you are spending $2.61 each, a difference of 14 cents per 100. So if you do bulk mailing and want to use these all of the time there is a slight cost savings. So the bottom line is to get the quantity you need because the price is very close to the same.\\n\\nThese same rules apply to the 8 x 11 sheets with 26 cents per sheet either way in the 100 pack or the 250 pack. There are cheaper labels out there of course and the reviews are mixed. They are made of thinner paper, they don't block out the label underneath of them so you really need to use two labels with the cheaper ones, one underneath the other, plus they sometimes curl up in printers after being run through so doing the test of printing one label may be contiguous upon the type of printer you are using, and how hot it makes the sheet. So Avery is the best.\",\n \"Product: Easy to apply, no laminating machine required -- just print the label and seal with clear laminate film. Heavy-duty labels with self-laminate film withstand wear and tear, exposure to sun, moisture and other harsh conditions. Permanent adhesive works on plastic, wood, metal, rubber, paper, ceramic, glass and other surfaces. Easy Align makes it easy to create perfect, laminated labels every time. For laser and inkjet printers. Label Size - text: 2 15/16 x 3 5/16; Label Color(s): White; Machine Compatibility: Inkjet Printers; Laser Printers; Sheet (W x L): 8 1/2 x 11.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Avery labels are the best. There are cheaper ones out there but some curl up.\\n\\nReview: The most popular selling Avery labels are the smallest ones and priced accordingly. If you are in business and want to project a professional image using the Avery software, and/or Word with label templates for PC only is the way to go. I do shipping all of the time. If there is an oops in an order the customer wants a pre-paid shipping label sent to them. Sending a printed return label on a standard 8 1/2\\\" x 11\\\" sheet of copy paper doesn't cut it. Even if you pre-trim it the look is one of someone working out of their bedroom.\\n\\nI am using these also to get my whole house organized. I have an attic that is not too tall but is covered in plywood, and is well lit. The problem is boxing up stuff and putting it up there with some magic marker writing on the side is not conducive to being able to clearly read what is in the box. Also it motivates me when making up the labels to create an Excel spreadsheet of what I have, and where it is located. I can just see some neatly taped/sealed boxes stacked each with their easy to read white label with printed black text instead of reading on the brown cardboard. Sometimes I have just been using a ball point pen and that is really hard to read when crawling around up there.\\n\\nI'm getting into canning with Ball Mason jars in a big way. I just bought a second freezer too for vacuum sealed shrink wrapped items. Labeling everything when making large batches is one way to feel like you are on top of everything.\\n\\nPrinting: We all know the nightmare of thinking the printer registration is correct, only to print a whole sheet of labels and they are off. You can use the Avery site which is great with all of the options they have, or you can use Microsoft Word's templates. You just put in the Avery number on the front of the packet and it already has the registration type pre-set for you. Even with all of that I still feel a lot more comfortable doing a test run. Avery tells you to do a test run on a plain sheet of paper and that of course is not a bad idea. What I like to do in addition to that is make a run with just one label set to print. I test it by possibly wasting only one label. Most of the time it is not a waste. Fortunately you can decide how many of the labels on a page you can print. So small batches are allowed, or even printing one.\\n\\nSomeone commented that these don't stick to well. Avery purposely made them that way. If you want to change the label or re-position it there is a window of opportunity to do it. If the label stays stuck for a given period of time it is then non-removable. All labels even non-removables can still be removed with a hair dryer or heat gun. It may damage the print on the label but it is good to know that it is reversible.\\n\\nPrice comparison when buying in bulk: The number one sellers are smaller quantities because most people don't need labels in quantities above a thousand. So here is the comparison based on today's prices. For the example lets use the 2\\\" x 4\\\" Avery labels selling in a quantity of 250. They sell for $6.87. So if you divide the price by 250 you get 0.02748 cents each. If you buy the same item in the 2500 pack at $65.25 they sell for 0.0261 each. So how does this convert to real usage? If you use 100 of these you are spending of course $2.75, and if you buy them in the 2500 pack you are spending $2.61 each, a difference of 14 cents per 100. So if you do bulk mailing and want to use these all of the time there is a slight cost savings. So the bottom line is to get the quantity you need because the price is very close to the same.\\n\\nThese same rules apply to the 8 x 11 sheets with 26 cents per sheet either way in the 100 pack or the 250 pack. There are cheaper labels out there of course and the reviews are mixed. They are made of thinner paper, they don't block out the label underneath of them so you really need to use two labels with the cheaper ones, one underneath the other, plus they sometimes curl up in printers after being run through so doing the test of printing one label may be contiguous upon the type of printer you are using, and how hot it makes the sheet. So Avery is the best.\",\n \"Product: Need labels tough enough to withstand harsh conditions? You no longer need to tape over your labels or use a lamination machine when you've got Avery Easy Align Self-Laminating ID Labels. These labels come with a clear laminate that's easy to apply. With the Easy Align design, you can create perfect, laminated labels without bubbles or wrinkles every time--no lamination machine required. The material is UV resistant, providing extra protection against exposure to sun and other harsh environments. They're also water resistant, so surfaces can be wiped clean. Labels resist scuffing, tearing and smudging, so they remain intact and easy to read. The permanent adhesive sticks to a variety of surfaces, including plastic, wood, metal, paper, ceramic and glass. Use them as asset tags to mark your property and equipment, identify contents of containers and organize shelving in warehouses, storage areas and worksites. Also great for water bottles, food containers and shelves. Design and Print software with barcode generator makes it easy to add text,graphics, serialized numbers or barcodes in a few steps. Labels are easy to customize with free templates and designs and compatible with inkjet and laser printers.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Avery labels are the highest quality.\\n\\nReview: These 7 1/2\\\" x 5\\\" labels are designed to be placed on for example an electrical box, or door entry such as the one on the front of the package. They are self-laminating. Other than those exceptions they are the same as the other labels that Avery produces. Therefore I am providing a copy and paste of my review that was provided for the larger quantity of smaller labels...\\n\\nThe most popular selling Avery labels are the smallest ones and priced accordingly. If you are in business and want to project a professional image using the Avery software, and/or Word with label templates for PC only is the way to go. I do shipping all of the time. If there is an oops in an order the customer wants a pre-paid shipping label sent to them. Sending a printed return label on a standard 8 1/2\\\" x 11\\\" sheet of copy paper doesn't cut it. Even if you pre-trim it the look is one of someone working out of their bedroom.\\n\\nI am using these also to get my whole house organized. I have an attic that is not too tall but is covered in plywood, and is well lit. The problem is boxing up stuff and putting it up there with some magic marker writing on the side is not conducive to being able to clearly read what is in the box. Also it motivates me when making up the labels to create an Excel spreadsheet of what I have, and where it is located. I can just see some neatly taped/sealed boxes stacked each with their easy to read white label with printed black text instead of reading on the brown cardboard. Sometimes I have just been using a ball point pen and that is really hard to read when crawling around up there.\\n\\nI'm getting into canning with Ball Mason jars in a big way. I just bought a second freezer too for vacuum sealed shrink wrapped items. Labeling everything when making large batches is one way to feel like you are on top of everything.\\n\\nPrinting: We all know the nightmare of thinking the printer registration is correct, only to print a whole sheet of labels and they are off. You can use the Avery site which is great with all of the options they have, or you can use Microsoft Word's templates. You just put in the Avery number on the front of the packet and it already has the registration type pre-set for you. Even with all of that I still feel a lot more comfortable doing a test run. Avery tells you to do a test run on a plain sheet of paper and that of course is not a bad idea. What I like to do in addition to that is make a run with just one label set to print. I test it by possibly wasting only one label. Most of the time it is not a waste. Fortunately you can decide how many of the labels on a page you can print. So small batches are allowed, or even printing one.\\n\\nSomeone commented that these don't stick to well. Avery purposely made them that way. If you want to change the label or re-position it there is a window of opportunity to do it. If the label stays stuck for a given period of time it is then non-removable. All labels even non-removables can still be removed with a hair dryer or heat gun. It may damage the print on the label but it is good to know that it is reversible.\\n\\nPrice comparison when buying in bulk: The number one sellers are smaller quantities because most people don't need labels in quantities above a thousand. So here is the comparison based on today's prices. For the example lets use the 2\\\" x 4\\\" Avery labels selling in a quantity of 250. They sell for $6.87. So if you divide the price by 250 you get 0.02748 cents each. If you buy the same item in the 2500 pack at $65.25 they sell for 0.0261 each. So how does this convert to real usage? If you use 100 of these you are spending of course $2.75, and if you buy them in the 2500 pack you are spending $2.61 each, a difference of 14 cents per 100. So if you do bulk mailing and want to use these all of the time there is a slight cost savings. So the bottom line is to get the quantity you need because the price is very close to the same.\\n\\nThese same rules apply to the 8 x 11 sheets with 26 cents per sheet either way in the 100 pack or the 250 pack. There are cheaper labels out there of course and the reviews are mixed. They are made of thinner paper, they don't block out the label underneath of them so you really need to use two labels with the cheaper ones, one underneath the other, plus they sometimes curl up in printers after being run through so doing the test of printing one label may be contiguous upon the type of printer you are using, and how hot it makes the sheet. So Avery is the best.\",\n \"Product: Features our strongest binder covers and extra durable hinge for years of reliable use. Covers and spine will not rip apart. 1.5 inch round ring binder holds 350 sheets. Never Gap Rings perfectly align to prevent pages from snagging when turned. Custom formulated, PVC Free polypro material lasts up to 10X longer than vinyl. Two interior pockets provide additional storage for loose sheets. Use the 4-pack for projects, storage. 4 black binders per pack.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Take the words heavy duty seriously. One of the better of the inexpensive 3 ring binders.\\n\\nReview: The primary things I look for in a binder are the following with the rating for this one from zero to 5 for each.\\n1) Function; can I unlock the rings by pushing on the paddle on each side. 5\\n1a) Do both of them work? 5\\n2) Are there bubbles on the surface of the vinyl indicating that either the glue didn't set, or the vinyl is a cheaper grade. 5\\n3) Is the overall heft of the binder sufficient to give me confidence that it would not bend if dropped etc. 5\\n4) Attractiveness award. 5\\nThese are twice the price of the inexpensive Wilson binders but every penny goes into the quality of the build. I don't want to go overboard here but this is a well made 3 ring binder. I consider it to be the king of the inexpensive binders. There may be others to compete with it, but this one is very nice.\",\n \"Product: Smart, compact and super portable, the scanning applications are as diverse as your ideas. Works great on non-traditional items that don't fit a desktop scanner. Box includes: Pocketscan, USB Charging Cable and Storage Sleeve. Rechargeable battery lasts an impressive 3.5 hours for continuous scanning ability. White/Silver color. Scans all document formats up to 11x17 size. Scan quality images up to 400 DPI. Bluetooth connectivity, Durable & rechargeable Lithium-Polymer battery (400+ scans per charge), High-resolution scanning: <400 dpi, File output: PDF, DOC, XLS, TXT, JPG or PNG, Built-in light source, Ultra-portable size and weight: 3.75 x 2 x 1 inches, 3.6 oz. COMPATIBLE WITH: iOS devices [iOS8]: iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 5s, 5c, iPad Air 2 & iPad Air, iPad [4th gen.], iPad mini 3, iPad mini 2. Android devices [Android 4.4]: Google Nexus 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 9, Samsung Galaxy Alpha, Samsung Galaxy Tab S8.4 / S10.5, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 edition), Samsung Galaxy Note 3 / 4, Samsung Galaxy S4 / S5, Sony Xperia Z3 / Z2 / Z1 / Z, OnePlus One, Meizu M1 Note, LG G3, LG Optimus G Pro, HTC One / One M8 / One M9. Windows devices [8.1 / 8 / 7 / Win Vista] Minimum specifications: Intel Core Duo 1.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64x2, 1.7GHz or Intel Core Duo 1.4 GHz or Intel Core Duo 1.8 GHz or better, 2GB of RAM of which at least 512 MB are free, 128 MB NVIDIA GEForce 8400 GS or 128 MB ATI Radeon X1300 or 384 MB (shared), Intel GMA x3000 or better, 1GB free disc space, Bluetooth 2.1 or higher. Mac OS X devices [Mac OS X 10.10, 10.9 and 10.8] Minimum specifications: Intel Core Duo 1.8GHz (MacBook Pro 1.1) or Intel Core 2 Duo 1.4GHz (MacBook Air 3.1) or better, 2GB of RAM of which at least 512 MB are free, 128MB graphics memory [dedicated or shared], ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 or 128 MB DDR3 dedicated, (MacBook Pro 1.1) or NVIDIA GeForce, 1GB free disk space, Bluetooth 2.1 or higher. Recommended System: Intel Core i5 or better, 4GB System RAM or more, 512 MB Graphics memory or more.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Everything works great in my PC and my Android based cell phone. No problems at all. Great device. Helpful tips enclosed.\\n\\nReview: You don't want to break out a whole big scanner for every time you need to quick scan something.\\nVery portable for every device since it has Windows, Android, and iOS system software as a free download. You can go to the Dacuda web site address they supply you in the instructions for quick set up. (Amazon understandably does not allow URLs in reviews) At that site there are all three available, or you can just use it for Windows, and then go into Google Play store or Apple Play store directly from your device.\\n\\nTo pair properly with Windows you simply have to do exactly what the instructions tell you to do. In Windows 8.1 I clicked on the search button in the upper right corner of the Windows display (not the desktop that looks like Win 7) and in the search box I started to type in Blu and up came Blue Tooth Settings and I clicked on that. It automatically made my HP i7 laptop start searching for blue tooth devices. Does your laptop have Bluetooth? Go to Device Manager and see if it is listed. Mine was.\\n\\nAnyhow in order to pair, with the Bluetooth settings window open and the little dots are scrolling across the screen searching for blue tooth devices you do exactly what the instructions say (while the device is off) you press and hold the power button down for 4 seconds. Not 3, not 2, not 1 but 4 seconds. It goes through lighting up the blue and red lights, and it paired right away with no problems.\\n\\nThis is important. I had to simply reboot the computer for it to work. This is standard fare with some programs. Many other programs will work right away without rebooting. This pocket scan software will open without a reboot and that is why many people MAY be having a problem. I could not get it to pair after the software was installed until after I rebooted my laptop. After that it worked perfectly. My laptop took a little longer than usual to reboot after the initial install. So I just now purposely rebooted my laptop again in order to make sure it has not added time to my reboot time and I was pleased that it worked perfectly and rebooted real fast just like before.\\n\\nOkay now onto the scan. All you do is open the program which means in Win 8.1 you can go through the huge app list to find it, or simply, as you should be using for all of your finding stuff is click on the search icon in the upper right and start to type the name of the program. In my case I always go right into desktop in Win 8.1 which is the Win 7 style display and there conveniently is the Dacuda Pocketscan icon they placed there during the install. Now it doesnt matter if you open the program first, or turn on the pocket scan first because it will automatically find it either way. So its a no brainer. Pardon me while I type this in all upper case letters. IT WORKS PERFECTLY IN WINDOWS 8.1. \\n\\nWhen doing a scan it is also a dream. You simply click the big S button on the top and it is in scanning mode. You do not need to press and hold the button. Then you glide it over whatever you want to scan. As long as you don't click the S button on the top again, it will allow you to keep scanning over the same page. It knows through supersonic recognition :-) what it has already scanned, and blends in the adjacent text beautifully and you can keep on going over it until it catches everything. It did not miss anything in the scan covered area but as you are adding additional material it is possible for you to swing outside of the adjacent area, but that is no problem, the pocket scan knows and allows you to slide it back over the area and it automatically knits it together instantly.\\n\\nThis thing really works. Then when you click the S button again it stops scanning, and automatically your document shows up in the edit window where you can do all kinds of cool tricks with it. You can erase your boyfriends phone number if you like from the page plus a lot of other things. Okay now onto installing the app on my Android phone and see how it works on a 5 screen.\\n\\nI have a Blu phone running Android Lollipop and I went into the Google Play Store and typed in Dacuda Pocketscan and up came the free app. I clicked on install and it said that this is a larger file. I said okay and then was relieved to see that for the phone it was only 78 megabytes instead of the nearly 500 megabytes for the Windows PC. 500 Megs in a terabyte drive is only a small sliver of space. In an 8 gig cell phone it would be a lot so 78 was wonderful.\\n\\nOnce again in the cell phone it did recognize the device by going into Bluetooth settings and allowing it to pair. After that it automatically pairs without having to go back in and do anything. So then I had to just like in Windows reboot the cell phone after the virgin install, and upon opening the program it auto-recognized and worked perfectly. I took the instruction manual, laid it flat on my seat and scanned it. No problems at all. Like the instructions say you always want to scan a document that you can lay flat somewhere. If you try to hold a larger document in your hand and it gets away from being flat on the scan screen it will come up fuzzy in that area just like it would with any camera out of focus.\\n\\nSO YES IT ALSO WORKS PERFECTLY ON MY ANDROID PHONE. I see from the iPad reviewer it works great in the iOS Apple system as well.\\n\\nI don't know if they have since upgraded the software since the reviewers posted their earlier harsh reviews or what, but all I know is that I simply followed the enclosed quick start guide to a T and everything works perfectly. Just be sure to reboot after installation in either Windows PC or Android phone. Everything worked without a glitch.\\n\\nThis makes this a very handy tool. Knowing that you have an accurate scanner that can fit into a purse, and pair with your cell phone has you always at the ready for scanning something. You can scan receipts, photos, and share menu items with a friend after scanning etc. etc. etc. Definitely a handy device, and what it scans is very clear and full page sized, that is also editable, so it is much better than simply taking a photograph of something in many instances.\\n\\nIt comes pre-charged right out of the box so you can start to play with it right away. It also includes a cool custom fitting black velvet carrying cover that will protect it. It would look good in a fashionable pocket book or just in your pants pocket alike. It also comes with a mini USB adapter so you can plug it into any USB port for recharging etc. All in all a nice addition to your arsenal.\\nPS: So for those who are having a problem getting it to pair with Windows here are a few tips.\\nDoes your laptop have Bluetooth? Go into Device manager and you should see Bluetooth listed as a device right in the root directory.\\nDid you reboot your machine after installing the application/program?\\nDid you try installing the software again? Maybe there is a newer version out now that really works. I would uninstall the previous version first, and then do a complete reinstall from the web site.\\nIm just trying to help and possibly clear up any misunderstandings. This is a great device, and everything works great in my devices. I have them listed inside of this review. Thanks for reading all of this.\",\n \"Product: Slim, all-in-one mobile workstation allows you to conveniently carry and work with your iPad. Use iPad mini 1/2/3 in-folio, free-standing or hand-held, in vertical or horizontal orientation, and at three viewing angles. Magnetically attaches cover of Deluxe Folio to cover of Fellowes MobilePro Series. Bluetooth Keyboard (sold separately). Can be used left- or right-handed. Also features a protective ballistic nylon exterior to keep your tablet safe. Folio features business card holders, pen loop, file folder, refillable jr. legal pad pocket and magnetic closure. One-Year Limited Warranty.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Form, function, and great looks are all here. A very professional looking folio. Impressive.\\n\\nReview: This is a step above your standard iPad cover. This is a complete folio cover. If you want to arrive at your next business meeting with a very impressive office on the go look this is it. The outside cover is made from nylon but it appears like a very nice and durable fabric weave in black with the flap cover with a black nylon flap that looks exactly like fine leather. The inside is lined with a very fine felt type of material that you would trust your most sensitive surfaces to. It comes with a notebook paper sleeve insert on the right side, but the pockets for the backing to slip into are top and bottom so you can use that either way enabling you to have your notepad on the left of the screen, or reverse it and have it on the right.\\nThere is a large pocket directly below the notepad that you can easily fit some folders into with important business documents/papers. That pocket is part of the inside so when you close the flap for transport there is no risk of any papers being visible or accessible from the outside; it is well self-contained for safety.\\n\\nThis is the quintessential all holes not barred design for positioning your iPad Pro in all different positions; you can have it vertical, or horizontal. You also can have it in three different leaning positions to tilt back to the angle of your choosing. You can remove the heavy duty backing made from strong plastic in order to use the iPad as a standalone tablet with a protective case on the back and sides. I really love it mounted into the folio which makes it super secure. It's the kind of thing that makes you want to poke at the iPad touch screen and never run the risk of toppling it over. This whole setup is very substantial, and yes very impressive as an executive workpiece. Imagine your iPad Pro mounted into this. The iPad Pro with its larger size is a statement in and of itself, well this case is befitting such a level of professionalism.\\n\\nI'm not just saying this. I have seen a lot of cases for tablets etc. and this one outclasses them all. If you are looking for a slim Jim cover for your iPad that weighs nothing and takes up zero additional space, this is not it. This is like a self-contained workstation. You could use it instead of your briefcase, or put this folio cover right into a briefcase. When you want to travel light this will do very nicely and give you everything you need.\\nI know that even though I have computers and tablets, I always keep a \\\"notes\\\" book on my desk. There are many times you are for example on the phone and someone says something that you want to write down. Maybe it is a contact, or a phone number. There are times when having to boot up a machine, or even call up a program to take notes is too time consuming. You just want to jot down a few notes, and easily be able to see them on the page. I have notes books going back a lot of years. What was that passcode for that old computer again that I haven't used in a long time? I need some files from it.\\n\\nAnyhow did I say this thing is very impressive? That is the first impression I got as soon as I took it out of the box. Form, function, great looks are all here. I wish there was something I could find that is less than desirable but I don't see any. Other than it is big which is just what the doctor ordered for a full sized, fully equipped folio. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: At-A-Glance collection Notebook is perfect for business meetings, project notes, personal reminders and more. Ruled Notebook paper keeps handwriting aligned so notes are neat and easy to read. Designated section for date included in the top right hand corner of every page for future reference. Task section at the bottom separates Key takeaways from other notes to make it easy to prioritize. Twin-wire binding keeps all pages together, and each page is perforated for clean and easy removal. Durable Notebook covers have a soft, leather-like look and feel. The neutral, Tan cover color is accented by Navy Blue trim, Navy wire binding and a Navy Print title/logo. Business Notebook includes 80 sheets of double-sided, ruled Notebook paper for a total of 160 pages. Large size: 11 x 8-3/4. part of the At-A-Glance collection line of products. Mix and match with other collection notebooks, planners, appointment books, calendars and accessories.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Nicest notes book I have ever used.\\n\\nReview: This has got to be the nicest \\\"Notes\\\" book I have ever seen. Many years ago I discovered the beauty of having a notes book always sitting on my desk. Not only is it a great place to jot down notes when in phone conversations etc. (what was that phone number again?) but it also is a great way to dissolve the backlog of post it notes everywhere. You simply write them down in the notes book, and throw the post it away. Three months from now someone recalls something that I need to know so I just look it up. But beware because I have notes books that go back more years than a care to mention. You hate to throw them away.\\n\\nI would say go all digital, but it's not the same thing. When talking to someone on the phone you don't want to boot up Word, or a note taker program of some sort, and then clack, clack, clack while talking. It is so much easier to just tuck your phone into your shoulder and jot down a few things.\\n\\nJust to feel the covers; they almost feel like some sort of light duty leather or something. They are velvety smooth. The \\\"rings\\\" for the holding it together are twin rings sitting side by side instead of singles like most of them have. Then they go a step further and poke small square holes through the covers and the paper so as to not bind when sorting through pages. As you flip one, or many pages over they move very smoothly with no snagging whatsoever.\\n\\nWith just 80 pages ruled on both sides that makes for a more compact companion even though it is standard sized at 11\\\" by 8 1/4\\\". So you have a total of 160 pages to write on. The lines are 1/4\\\" apart though my usual picks are 3/8\\\". I can get along with some ever so slightly tighter lines. You get more usage per page that way.\\n\\nAt the bottom of each page is an unobtrusive red thin line which gives you 7 lines for some special purpose. Maybe you could use them for something important like phone numbers, or critical issues. Anyhow this is a bit expensive for a notebook but they do provide a higher quality item for the money. I don't know whether to keep it for when company comes, or use it up? Nice notebook. I gave it 4 stars because for the price you can buy a lot more pages in a typical discount model.\",\n \"Product: Accept every way your customers want to pay with the new Square Reader for contactless and chipEMV chip cards, Apple Pay, Android Pay, other NFC payments, and magstripe cards. The reader connects wirelessly to iOS or Android devices with Bluetooth LE or with USB if you sell with the optional Square Stand. It works exclusively with the free Square Point of Sale app to take care of payments, tipping, inventory, reports, and more. Square Reader for contactless and chip comes with a free Square Reader for magstripe so you can swipe cards the old-fashioned way, too. Pay only 2.75% per swipe, dip, or tap for Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express, with no surprise fees. Square sends deposits directly to your bank account in one to two business daysor you can enable Instant Deposit for 1% per deposit to get your money in seconds. Get a Dock for Square Reader to anchor the reader on your countertop and keep it charged all day. Squares hardware is only approved for use in the country for which it is intended. For example, hardware sold or intended for sale in the United States is not approved for use in Australia, Canada, Japan, or the United Kingdom.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Works great with the Square D terminal stand wired in with the Apple iPad Air.\\n\\nReview: I come from an audio recording background. The computer interface is the heart of the studio. They all advertise that they work with for example PC's and MAC's, but in reality they are either designed from the ground up to work with MAC's, or PC's. So for example they work fabulous with a MAC but really suck when used with a PC. There are a few minor very expensive options which is what I have, one of the expensive ones.\\nThis is a direct parallel with the Square contactless and chip reader. Notice there is not a single review slamming the product that are using Apple Based products with it. On the other hand there are many reviews, with many of them citing the Android used devices having connectivity problems etc. I am a PC and Android guy although I own an iPad Air so the Square D terminal works wonderfully with it. <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Square-A-SKU-0020-Stand-for-iPad-Air-Lightning-Connector/dp/B00K197OMM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Square A-SKU-0020 Stand for iPad Air Lightning Connector</a>\\n\\nAt first I was skeptical about this A-SKU-0113 chip reader after reading the reviews, and then I noticed that it the #2 most popular reader of its type in the Amazon sales rank. It doesn't rate that high in the sales ranks unless there are a lot of people using it. You see the responsibility has shifted to merchants to be responsible for receiving fraudulent cards if the card is a chip card, and they don't use a chip reader. So if someone purchases a thousand dollar item, and the card turns out to be fraudulent, it comes out of your account.\\n\\nWhen you go to see the Square D terminal with the link I posted see how nice it works with the iPad Air. You can conduct the sale, spin it around and have the person accept the sale, and even use their \\\"Contactless\\\" iPhone to complete the sale. With it being hard wired to the Square D terminal you can accept both forms of payment, and not have to be concerned about Bluetooth issues. The Square D terminal is compact enough that if you were going to a trade show etc. you could easily bring it along. It is a first class solution to maintaining inventory, sales receipts, etc., etc., etc. I am giving it 4 stars because it doesn't work as well with my Android based phone or Nexus 7 Android based tablet. Maybe a future software update will envelop the huge Android world too.\",\n \"Product: Identify property and display easy-to-read information with Avery durable ID labels featuring TrueBlock technology. Use for bin labels, barcode labels, asset tags and safety and warning labels. TrueBlock labels completely cover up what's underneath, so you can re-label items, shelves or containers without distracting marks showing through. Strong polyester label material is waterproof and resistant to scuffing, tearing and smudging. Extra-strong adhesive makes sure labels stay permanently attached. Stands tough in extreme temperatures and high-traffic areas. Make custom labels with free templates and designs, and online barcode generator helps you add a bar code, upc code or serialized numbers in just a few steps. Compatible with laser printers.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Avery labels are the best.\\n\\nReview: Like the description says these are great for warehouse labels, barcodes etc. The most popular selling Avery labels are the smallest ones and priced accordingly. If you are in business and want to project a professional image using the Avery software, and/or Word with label templates for PC only is the way to go. I do shipping all of the time. If there is an oops in an order the customer wants a pre-paid shipping label sent to them. Sending a printed return label on a standard 8 1/2\\\" x 11\\\" sheet of copy paper doesn't cut it. Even if you pre-trim it the look is one of someone working out of their bedroom.\\n\\nI am using these also to get my whole house organized. I have an attic that is not too tall but is covered in plywood, and is well lit. The problem is boxing up stuff and putting it up there with some magic marker writing on the side is not conducive to being able to clearly read what is in the box. Also it motivates me when making up the labels to create an Excel spreadsheet of what I have, and where it is located. I can just see some neatly taped/sealed boxes stacked each with their easy to read white label with printed black text instead of reading on the brown cardboard. Sometimes I have just been using a ball point pen and that is really hard to read when crawling around up there.\\n\\nI'm getting into canning with Ball Mason jars in a big way. I just bought a second freezer too for vacuum sealed shrink wrapped items. Labeling everything when making large batches is one way to feel like you are on top of everything.\\n\\nPrinting: We all know the nightmare of thinking the printer registration is correct, only to print a whole sheet of labels and they are off. You can use the Avery site which is great with all of the options they have, or you can use Microsoft Word's templates. You just put in the Avery number on the front of the packet and it already has the registration type pre-set for you. Even with all of that I still feel a lot more comfortable doing a test run. Avery tells you to do a test run on a plain sheet of paper and that of course is not a bad idea. What I like to do in addition to that is make a run with just one label set to print. I test it by possibly wasting only one label. Most of the time it is not a waste. Fortunately you can decide how many of the labels on a page you can print. So small batches are allowed, or even printing one.\\n\\nThese are listed as having a permanent adhesive. You hear people comment that Avery labels don't stick to well. Avery purposely made them that way. If you want to change the label or re-position it there is a window of opportunity to do it. If the label stays stuck for a given period of time it is then non-removable. All labels even non-removables can still be removed with a hair dryer or heat gun. It may damage the print on the label but it is good to know that it is reversible.\\n\\nPrice comparison when buying in bulk: The number one sellers are smaller quantities because most people don't need labels in quantities above a thousand. So here is the comparison based on today's prices. For the example lets use the 2\\\" x 4\\\" Avery labels selling in a quantity of 250. They sell for $6.87. So if you divide the price by 250 you get 0.02748 cents each. If you buy the same item in the 2500 pack at $65.25 they sell for 0.0261 each. So how does this convert to real usage? If you use 100 of these you are spending of course $2.75, and if you buy them in the 2500 pack you are spending $2.61 each, a difference of 14 cents per 100. So if you do bulk mailing and want to use these all of the time there is a slight cost savings. So the bottom line is to get the quantity you need because the price is very close to the same.\",\n \"Product: Easily adjust your keyboard tray for height and tilt, then separately adjust your mouse platform, if you'd like, with this highly versatile system. Compatible with ergonomic keyboards. For corner and straight-on workstations that can accept a 18\\\" track. Lifetime warranty.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Save your arms. Keyboard trays are essential if you live behind the keys\\n\\nReview: I run a business that requires in my busy season that I spend 14 hours per day behind the keyboard 7 days a week. Last year I had an unusual experience. When January came and things began to slow down I actually lost the use of my right arm. It was painful to move, so much so that I had to hold my hand against my waist with my left hand just to be able to get out of bed. Then when typing I did so with just my left hand for awhile. So I learned the hard was how severe an overuse injury can be. Everything is healed now and that is thanks to the keyboard tray. Now I can elevate the tray to the exact height I need so the weight of my arms is resting on the padded surface. The only thing working now is my fingers.\\nEssentially the major problem ergonomically is that you are actually doing reverse curls with your arms while you are positioning them over the keys. Even though the only weight you are curling is the weight of your arms with prolonged activity it can add up quickly. So this keyboard tray can be a lifesaver. Carpel tunnel sufferers unite.\\n\\nThe strength of the unit is built to last a long time. Installation is something you really need to have two people to do; one to hold it in position while you mark and drill the underside of the desk. You could flip your desk upside down to install it, but unless you have a very basic desk that would entail removing all of the drawers, protecting the face from the floor etc. By having a helper you can avoid all of that.\\n\\nThis unit is designed to be used along the face edge of your desk. You want to be careful ordering these; some of them are designed for the corner of the desk and have much longer swing arms. Trying to install a corner unit along a regular face edge results in you being farther away from your desk.\\nPertaining to the body sensitivity of overuse, having a mouse pad that is convertible to either side is a nice feature and I consider it a necessity. You can wear out one arm just over using a mouse. So when the pain starts to appear, and even slightly, it is time to change the mouse pad to the other hand. Once again by doing that this year I avoided any kind of pain or problems at all. So if you are new to adjustable keyboard trays consider it an investment into your future because this is built to last a long time. Also the fact that it not only is adjustable in height it also swivels left and right which is a big bonus because you don't have to reposition your chair to line yourself up with the keys. That is a very convenient feature.\",\n \"Product: Ergotech Group's Triple Horizontal Desk Stand with telescopic wings and ice Cube convenience power and connectivity supports up to three monitors and is designed for quick setup and effortless adjustment. This desk stand comes preassembled and requires minimal setup allowing you to mount your displays in seconds. Our Triple Horizontal Desk Stand features; Tool-less design, patented Quick Release Pivots - supporting up to 25 lbs each, Cable management, 75mm and 100mm VESA compatible, legendary construction and industry leading lifetime warranty. This product is upgradable and can be fitted with vertical poles from 16 inch (Standard) to 28 inches (Optional) and quickly converts to a desk clamp, grommet, slat wall or direct mounting buy purchasing an upgrade kit.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This is an Awesome Piece of Equipment - I'm psyched.\\n\\nReview: The brackets that attach to the back of your monitor, it must be a very popular universal fit, because they aligned with the back of my Acer 24 inch monitor perfectly. Even the supplied screws that came with the kit fit perfectly as well. They mention adapters are available but I would worry about it.\\n\\nYou'll need to remove the base from your LCD front/LED monitor in order to install it. On the back of the Acer there were two plastic doors that you can remove with a small screw driver prying in the edge of the covers upon removing, there are four screws holding the base on. You can just remove the four screws in order to be able to remove it.\\nThese things are heavy duty. Shipping weight is 36 pounds and it feels like it is every bit of that. That's good because you don't want someone accidentally bumping into it and being able to spill it over. The extra weight equals better safety not to mention the incredibly high quality well-built structure.\\n\\nUnfortunately, as is typical of UPS they beat up their packages the base which is finished in a really nice what appears to be a black powder coat got chipped up a transport. The box arrived with tape covering a break through hole. Do you know what UPS stands for? U-nbelievably P-ulverize S-hipments \\n\\nYes the assembly directions are sparse and are a single photocopy, but they are more than sufficient. The entire assembly process is logical, simple, and all but those who are still trying to figure out how a screwdriver, or an Allen wrench works, will find the task a breeze. Those who complain about alignment problems, their complaints should be thwarted by the fact that the center bracket of which there is one on each side are fully adjustable and even have a micro-adjusting knob. Center bracket is fixed as far as height is concerned but is still fully adjustable. Pertaining to the allen wrench and having to loosen, that is what I first thought. After struggling to break free the large allen bolts I then realized by leaning on it that you can readjust the sway position by simply grabbing onto the monitor and moving it without having to loosen the allen bolts. I'm getting perfect alignment that stays that way. Great unit.\\n\\nThis particular unit came with the ergo Tech ice cube which acts as a four prong AC terminal to plug your monitors into, and has a nice long heavy gauge cord. So you only use one outlet at the source for example plugged into your surge suppressor, and then you have four outlets right on the stand. In addition there is a USB cable that powers two USB outlets on the stand as well. The power outlets are protected by a 15 amp resettable circuit breaker. This is a power distribution unit and not a surge suppressor.\\n\\nThis stand rocks. I just booted the computer and the reality of using two monitors is arriving in flashes of creativity. Split programs across screens. No more tasks having to minimize one program enter data, then minimize and bring up the other one, and the other too, again and again; instead this will make procedures fly.\\n\\nI have a dual output video card but the way Windows is pushing two monitors, it may be possible to use video outputs on the same card. I'm not sure about that. As far as the comments that they will align just let me say that with all the adjustments that this rack has to offer, I've had these monitors on an off, had to switch sides etc. and every time I was able to get them to align perfectly.\\n\\nI have to say this commercial grade stand with heavy-duty steel and components is a moderate investment at this price point but all it takes is one glance from behind the monitors to establish the fact that you are running a very serious operation. Maybe the vanity isn't a really important factor, but I have to admit every time I glance over to get a tickle inside that is hard to replace. From the front side looking at the monitor faces its awesome as well, when you see two screens and the variety of programs that I can run a my twin 24's. For example I can have the right side screen split between QuickBooks and Microsoft Outlook and on the left side monitor have the right side of the screen with PayPal and still maintain enough room on the left side in order to fully navigate around the computer for anything that I also may need access to. This makes for a very efficient workstation. I am using Pro Tools in my recording studio and every serious studio has twin monitors.\\n\\nAll in all you can't go wrong with the stand. It does the job more than adequately. There may be some cheaper ones out there, but you don't want to scrimp on something that is lightweight and won't hold up to three monitors because you don't want your monitor investment to come crashing to the ground. The base stand on this covers a lot of ground coming toward you, as well as across the front, and is made of the kind of thick steel that it will never falter. This is a highly recommended piece of equipment.\",\n \"Product: Durable view binder has clear, customizable covers to help you keep papers organized. Ideal for students and professionals, these binders feature 3 heavy duty rings and 2 clear, interior pockets. They are virtually indestructible and made to withstand the daily wear and tear that comes with travel from school or work to home. Store class notes, keep homework neat and clean or use these binders to keep your business documents all together in one easy to access place. A single 2 inch D-ring binder holds 500 sheets. The D shape of the rings provides this higher sheet capacity, giving you room to store up to 25% more papers than with a same size round ring binder. Made of PVC Free polypropylene, the Mead Durable Binder will not rip or tear, and is not susceptible to cold crack. This 4 pack includes four, two inch, black binders.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: You can just as easily pull the rings themselves apart\\n\\nReview: The primary things I look for in a binder are the following with the rating for this one from zero to 5 for each.\\n1) Function; can I unlock the rings by pushing on the paddle on each side. 3\\n1a) Do both of them work? 0\\n2) Are there bubbles on the surface of the vinyl indicating that either the glue didn't set, or the vinyl is a cheaper grade. 5\\n3) Is the overall heft of the binder sufficient to give me confidence that it would not bend if dropped etc. 5\\n4) Attractiveness award. 5\\nThis is really the mega-king of the 3 ring binders except that the tabs to open the rings are faulty. You can just as easily pull the rings themselves apart. I am reviewing several of them including Wilsons etc. and this one stands apart in the other regards. Could I imagine one even more heavy duty than this? Sure, but this one is in a league by itself of the bunch. It has the black internal cover over the rigid frame but it also has a clear covering that goes over it on the outside. The hinge edges and cover edges are compress welded for real strength and rigidity. It's ashame that the tabs to open the rings are faulty, otherwise it would be a 5 star case, and considering the price they should work perfectly. Even the thickness of the rings are more substantial. It's a shame.\",\n \"Product: Powered by a 10 HP Briggs & Stratton Intek overhead valve engine, this Elite Series professional-grade pressure washer produces 4.0 gpm at 3400 psi. A pro-grade triplex pump ensures long lasting performance in commercial applications. Our automatic low oil shutdown helps protect the engine by automatically shutting down the engine when the oil level falls below recommended levels. Professional grade features on this unit include: adjustable pressure regulation, 5 pro-style spray tips (low pressure, 0, 15, 25, and 40 degrees), detergent injection system, and 50 feet of industrial-grade high-pressure hose.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Briggs and Stratton Motor and a pump with a brass head. SWEET\\n\\nReview: Forgive me for not rating this specific pressure washer but I bought one just like it. I would like to share my experience with you, hoping it will help others. I bought a Generac pressure washer with a 6 HP Briggs and Stratton Intek engine. The washer was rated at 2250 PSI and 2.2 gallons per minute. It came with an aluminum head. Note the best washers have brass heads. To make a long story short, I was pressure washing some paint off of my basement walls when the pump head developed a crack, and I lost a lot of pressure. It was my fault. The reassurances that their is a pressure release valve didn't do the trick. The problem was that I washed a few sq ft, then put down the wand, wet vac'd the water, went into the other room to dump it, then came back and picked up the wand and washed some more. After an hour of this the head went.\\nLesson learned, be sure and keep the water flowing through the pump to keep it cool, while it is running, or risk losing the pump. The unit was 400 dollars new. When I contacted Generac they said, buy a new pressure washer. The head alone was over 200, and the pumps ceramic pistons or worse could be damaged as well. Depression set in. It had a two year warranty, which I was not aware of, when I winterized it and decided to deal with it next year.\\nTheir is light shining at the end of the tunnel. Boogle.com solves all. Just type in pressure washer parts, and up came pressurewasherparts.com. On their home page they had a special on a complete replacement pump for 189 dollars(an Annovi Reverberi with a brass head, none the less.)It was less than the cost of the replacement aluminum head alone from Generac. It was rated at 2400 PSI and 2.5 gallons per minute so it was an upgrade to boot. I simply unbolted the entire pump from the briggs, and bolted on the new pump. A few tweakings to tidy up the couplers with teflon tape to prevent leaks, and I was right back in business.\\nAnother thing worth mentioning is that I was at one time disappointed that I did not buy a washer with a Honda engine, but bought the Briggs instead. Well guess what? The Honda engines, as you can see by the reviews, are not holding up. Plastic internals. Give me the good old Briggs heavy metal, and it starts on the second pull.\\nOne last note is that the higher pressure washers do give you more pressure, and in some specific chores that can be beneficial, but overall the benefit to more power is that the job gets done a lot faster. Once you get close to 2000 PSI you can comfortably etch your sidewalk or deck. Less than that, break out a solution of 50/50 bleach and water, and wet mop it on before starting.\\nWith a 2000PSI+ you are etching an area about 3\\\" wide. Holding it farther away, making it wider than that, and all you are doing is rinsing it off. With the greater pressure washers, 3500 PSI for example, you can cover a greater area with the same level of cleaning. Net result, more results in less time. Hope this was helpful.\",\n \"Product: The Victor Electronic Mouse Trap PRO delivers a high-voltage shock to eliminate up to 3 mice per setting. The trap has the ability to eliminate a small rodent problem in just 1 night. Easy to use, the trap is simply baited, placed against the wall and turned on. The trap uses advanced smart circuit technology to sense when a rodent enters the units. Once the rodent is inside, the system delivers a humane, high-voltage shock to effectively kill up to 3 mice. If only 1 mouse is caught, the trap will reset automatically, ready to kill another. A green light blinks for up 7 days to indicate capture and a red light blinks to indicate low batteries. Rodents can then be dumped directly into the trash for no-touch, no-view mouse control. Killing up to 100 mice per set of batteries (4AA), this trap is a great value! The trap features a built-in safety switch that automatically deactivates the trap whenever its door is open. Additionally, its unique tunnel design prevents kids and pets from reaching into the trap. This patented tunnel design also prevents any escapes by holding mice in place over the electrified plates. Safe for use anywhere in the home, Victor Electronic Mouse Traps can be used for years to ensure effective mouse control.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Electrocution is better than a spring snap, or is it?\\n\\nReview: Personally I hate killing anything. I often trap bugs and let them go outside unless they are the stinging or biting kind. Wasps don't make good pets. :-) So anyhow onto the mouse thing. I was using the usual spring loaded mouse traps. We get about 6 to 8 of the critters that move into the house in the fall looking for a good place to get warm and find food. I set traps in the kitchen which is where they come out when the lights go off, or when there isn't any activity in the room for a while. I hate it when I am sitting in the living room and I hear the trap snap because I know there is some mouse stuck in there fighting for his life until he is suffocated from a blocked wind pipe.\\n\\nI finally broke down and bought a Hav-A-Hart trap. <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Havahart-1020-Live-Animal-Two-Door-Mouse-Cage-Trap/dp/B0000DINGG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Havahart 1020 Live Animal Two-Door Mouse Cage Trap</a> For the first week they wouldn't go in it even though it was loaded with peanut butter, and then finally I caught one. It seemed like after that I was catching one per night. I am only surmising this but I think since the mouse was in the trap all night and alive that the mouse dropping and whatever tainted the trap, and then other mice figured this is where everyone goes. The only problem with Havahart traps is that you need to go for a ride in the car to drop off the trapped critter. If you just let them go outside in your yard they already know the way back in. In some states it is illegal to release them which brings me to the next subject and that is just how dangerous mice are.\\n\\nMy father's sister's daughter had a child who was playing with a ball that a mouse had urinated on and then the child put his hands into his mouth and died from the disease he caught from the mouse. The big plague that hit the US in the early 1900's that killed people like they were flies, and no one could figure out how it was getting spread until they finally figured it out; it was being spread by the fleas that were on the mice. The mice would enter the home with fleas, and then the fleas would setup residence in the home, and when they bit the people they got the plague. So they eradicated the mice and the plague stopped. So that is why in some states it is illegal to capture and release mice.\\n\\nSo just how good is the Victor Pro Electronic mouse trap? It is April now so mice are rarer than they are in the fall, but I did see some dropping so I knew at least one got in. So what I did was spread some peanut butter on the inside of the trap. Let me stop right there. There isn't any ideal place to put the peanut butter other than on the every end of the trap all the way inside. That end plate has a bunch of little holes in it. So when you put the peanut butter in there, what happened in my case is a mouse came up from the outside, and stuck his tongue in the holes and licked the sampling of peanut butter, but did not go around the other end of the trap end enter. A whole week went by and still no one entered. So I finally created a choice. I placed the used Havahart trap down, and both of them sat side by side, and the very next morning there was a mouse in the Havahart. In all fairness it took a week in order to get them to go in the Havahart as well. So this experiment is not exactly what I would call clinical conditions.\\n\\nMy impression what that the entrance to the trap looked kind of small and ominous. It is dark inside. It is a narrow pathway. There isn't anything inside for a mouse to feel like other mice have been there. Maybe if I baited them part way into the trap and then got a few droppings around, or in it that would have produced better results. So all in the entire mouse catching, or disposing problem is just that a problem. My main attraction to the Victor is that after the fall harvest of mice catching is done, this may be a good, and more attractive way to leave something set in order to catch that stray mouse. It is kind of a set it and forget it. Since others have had success with it, I am sure after a while it would work, and then just like the Havahart it would become a very efficient killing machine.\\n\\nThe one thing that is very important here is that mice like to go where your food is. They are not potty trained so if you leave food out they will crawl all over it and drop what could be a life threatening package onto your food. Mice are not to be taken lightly no matter how cute they are. Even their droppings on the floor that dehydrate and them become powder only to be swept up causing a little cloud in the air; that can make you seriously sick as well. I think I am going to give the Victor a longer chance to work and try baiting it closer to the entrance. If I get much different results I will let you know.\",\n \"Product: Scotts Liquid Turf Builder with Plus 2 Weed Control gives your lawn a quick boost of nitrogen while controlling weeds. Simply attach hose and spray. Kills dandelions, clover and other listed lawn weeds. See label for listed weeds.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This is definitely my preferred broadleaf weed killer and fertilizer. Been using it for years.\\n\\nReview: I have been taking care of my lawn for the past two decades. There are a lot of misunderstandings surrounding proper lawn care. Since this is a review about a specific product I will focus on that. I live in the northeast. It is important to use this spray after the broadleaf weeds have already emerged. That is how this works. It gets on the leaves and winds up migrating to the roots. It is not a crabgrass preventer. That is a separate procedure and something that needs to be applied as a pre-emergent as in before it sprouts. Then six weeks later this Scotts is to be applied.\\nI have tried quite a few of the granulated weed control products and they present a challenge for two reasons.\",\n \"Product: The rumford gardener expanding hose is durable and kink free. expands to 75ft with water pressure and shrinks back for easy storage in the provided cinch bag. no more straining with heavy hoses, the rumford gardener expanding hose weighs less than 1lb.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Extremely high water pressure in an extremely low pressure hose.\\n\\nReview: I saw this on TV and was excited about how compact it was for storage and yet it gave you 75 feet of range. I have a 50 foot heavy duty industrial hose now that I bought about 6 or 7 years ago and it is still going strong. It is heavy and a bit of a chore to unravel and put away. I should have read the reviews before acquiring this hose because in my township the water pressure is really, really high. So I guess you know how this turned out.\\n\\nLooks like I am not the only one who didn't bother to read the reviews first. I can't believe how many one and two star reviews there are. When you look at the review totals 56% of them are 1, 2, or 3 stars, and of those 1,2's, and 3's 71% are only 1 star. I am sorry that I ever ordered it.\\n\\nAdditionally in order to make it the dream lightweight hose that you receive after every use you have to drain the water out. That in and of itself is a chore.\",\n \"Product: Champion all-in-one tune-up kits include everything needed for a quality lawn mower tune-up. The top of the package serves as the oil funnel and the base as the drain pan for used oil. Includes Champion spark plug, air filter, oil and fuel stabilizer.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Unit. Make sure you get the right kit.\\n\\nReview: I ordered this for my 4.5 hp Briggs and Stratton Engine on my lawn edger. Make sure you have the right model; mine wasn't. I should not have just assumed it would work. All in all this is a very handy kit because it contains all of the servicing parts; oil, carb filter, spark plug as well as the gas stabilizer. Gas stabilizer should be placed in your main fuel container so it is used on all of your garden equipment starting in mid to late summer. Gasoline with alcohol in it tends to absorb moisture, and has a shelf life that is far less than the olden days of non-alcohol gas. You never know when you are going to do a fill up in late season that will be the last for the season, so it is a good idea to start using the fuel stabilizer early. The real challenge is that trying to drain fuel from a mower is near impossible. You could however put a little in the tank, shake it up, and then run it for 5 minutes in order for it to go completely into your system/carburetor.\\n\\nThe reason why I mentioned to get the right kit is that even though it was a Briggs and Stratton 4.5hp the spark plug was wrong, the filter was wrong, and the fill funnel top wouldn't work as in you could not get access properly. It is handy that they place this in a container that is housed with a drain bucket bottom, and a funnel top. So it is a well engineered kit. The convenience of having all of the parts right there instead of having to shop for them individually is a big benefit.\",\n \"Product: The Perky-Pet 2 In 1 Bird Feeder holds 1 lb of seed, has four feeding stations. This copper finish metal bird feeder will allow you to enjoy more birds with its patented 2-in-1 feeder which features ports that rotate easily and quickly allowing you to dispense either thistle (Nyjer) or mixed seed. With its new removable base, it makes it easier than ever to clean your feeder. Remember to clean your wild bird feeders every two weeks with a mild soap and water solution.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: The quality brushed lacquer sealed copper makes this one stand out above the rest.\\n\\nReview: First off let me say this is a REALLY nice bird feeder. The copper is distinguished, it is that nice. It reminds you of that hammered copper quality although it is not hammered but still has that shading at the edges. It has that handmade copper look to it. They also took the time to protect it with a clear coating of some sort, so it should keep its golden look for quite some time.\\n\\nI recently went bird feeder shopping, and one of my primary requisites is to have a feeder that squirrels could not get into. The only problem with that is that you are detracting away some of the most gorgeous birds like the big blue jays, red cardinals and more. So I was at a toss between getting a bird feeder that would attract big birds and giving away a ton of feed to the squirrels. My neighbor feeds them all. So I chose the feeder with the drop down perches that squirrels can't get into.\\n\\nThe nice thing about this feeder, and makes it rather unique is that it is a dual feeder. You can put in the tiny seed like millet etc. and spin the mouths so only the little slit allows the feed out, or spin in around the has the much larger opening with the half cup at the bottom so you can use the popular sunflower seed mixture for the larger birds. So if you have it positioned into a spot where the squirrels can get at it, and you are losing too much feed, you can spin it and use the smaller seed. The smaller slit requires a pointed beak to access the food for the most part.\\nAs the other reviewers have mentioned the bottom is not easily removable for cleaning; as a matter of fact it is close to impossible. I have figured out a way that requires two people to do it, one using both of their hands to squeeze each side of the outer plastic, and the other to use both hands, one holding the tube, and the other pulling down on the inserted base. However continual use of this procedure can only weaken the bond holding the bottom in. So in plain words it wasn't designed to be removed.\\n\\nI just had a cardinal and now a pigeon land on my bird feeder post that I have the other bird feeder on the one side, and the other perch waiting for this one, and of course they cannot access the feed on my feeder. The pigeons are willing to ground feed getting fallen seed from the feeder. I haven't witnessed any cardinals willing to do that. I have to go to the store and get some sunflower mix. I am glad to have both type of feeders to mount. The perches are a little over 2 inches long so they will accommodate most small to medium sized birds. I will use it for a while, and if anything noteworthy occurs I can come back and edit. Just for the looks alone I prefer this one over the green painted one I am using now.\\n\\nUpdate: After using this feeder next to my other one, the birds definitely prefer this one ten to one for some reason. Even when you flip the mouth over to a slit instead of the open cup, they still prefer it. So not only does it look great, it is the most successful feeder I have out of 3 altogether. PS: Get ready to see more birds and buy more feed.\",\n \"Product: Bundle includes 1 quart spray of Terro Home Insect Killer, 12 month Non-Staining, Odorless, Indoor/Outdoor\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: I'm squeamish when it comes to spraying toxic substances in the kitchen and inside the house. But...\\n\\nReview: I consider myself to be a macho guy, or at least having a sensible amount of bravery, but I think we get exposed too much already, to a bunch of stuff that isn't good for us. The way I look at it, whatever kills, kills. Therefore I am always looking for a benign method of getting rid of pests. I noticed that some of the ant products have boric acid in them, and then I came across a homemade cure on Facebook. <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Boric-Acid-Powder-4-OZ/dp/B006EXBQGE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Boric Acid Powder 4 OZ.</a> mixed with peanut butter, or jelly is ideal because the ants ingest it, and bring it back to the nest, and feed the queen. That way it takes out the whole nest instead of just getting a few. There are different types of ants; some like sweets, and others like proteins, so peanut butter, or jelly covers them both. You can Google this homemade recipe by typing in, \\\"Boric acid and sugar to kill ants\\\". I have seen Boric acid used, or claim to be used for an eye wash or personal hygiene for women. READ the label on the container whereas I am not an expert on boric acid. I like what one article said, \\\"Even too much water can be toxic.\\\" :-)\\n\\nSo anyhow I use the boric acid and sugar mix when I want to get rid of those kinds of ants in the house. Fortunately I don't have cock roaches etc. at least so far I haven't had a problem with them. On the outside of the house I like to use a spray as long as I am not spraying down areas that have run off into a gardening area where I grow vegetables. So a good home insect killer in a handy spray such as the Terro T3400 is great for outdoors, and the boric acid combo is great for indoors.\\n\\nI would like to say that I used the TERRO and say ants and other insects high tailing it out of there, but I can't really say that. This is later in the season, and not when ants go nuts and seem to be everywhere. So now is not the best time for me to give you immediate results. The thing I like about TERRO is how long lasting it is.\\n\\nI saw rows of the very tiny ants making their way from a window sill down an outside wall and into the ground. They were on the march. That too was early in the season. I am saying that because they need some contact with the ground. So spraying along your homes base edge is going to be effective in holding them from entering the house in the first place.\\nThere are a lot of reviews here about direct results. I just wanted to share with you what I have found to be a good solution, and a way of not having to ingest toxic substances into your system. Hope this helps.\",\n \"Product: BKC90 Features: -Insect zapper.-Perfect for patios, decks and camping spaces.-Cordless and rechargeable.-Provides decorative lantern design to complement outdoor decor.-15.08" H x 7.99" W x 7.99" D, 3.18 lbs. Includes: -Includes UV light and octenol lure to attract and kill mosquitoes and other flying insects. Specifications: -Quiet operation and coverage up to 625 sq. ft. with 3.2 hours run time.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: No easy fix for mosquitos. As an overall bug zapper this unit works fine. Did a lot of research, sharing the options with you.\\n\\nReview: Did you know that more people die each year as a result of mosquitos than any other cause? (Malaria etc.) They truly are demons from hell. Nothing seems to abate them. I have a yard fogger and that makes them go away for only 6 hours. I am a mosquito magnet. I go out to empty the trash and come back with 2 bites. My brother lounges outside for hours without a single bite. Many causes for this, blood type, size of the person, day old cholesterol sweat on the skin, etc. Okay so in my preliminary test on this Stinger Cordless Zapper how did it do against mosquitos. Looking at the remains on the bottom pull out drawer it may have gotten 2. Harder to distinguish such a little bug after it is zapped. So here is my review on the Stinger.\\n\\nAt first I was excited about it being cordless. Then I found out it only is good for 3.2 hours. You have the option of keeping it plugged in so it will work all night, but the directions say it is best to move it indoors if it rains. So I am assuming the voltage adapter doesn't like the rain so well, and or the unit is not designed for the elements. So for outside use this becomes a maintenance issue. The directions say for outside use only, but I feel like that is probably because the Octenol that comes with the unit is a lethal chemical. There are all kinds of warnings about don't breathe it, touch it, or ingest it in any way. If it gets on your skin wash for 20 minutes. BUT without that chemical I can see, and don't hold me to this, but it should be okay for inside use.\\n\\nSo let me get right to the results. I put it outside right at dusk when the bugs come out especially the mosquitos. In the 3.2 hours it was active I got 36 bugs. Almost all of them were those small mothy types that get in your cereal boxes and multiply like crazy. Once the home gets infested with them, all they do is eat, and reproduce. You turn a light on in a room late at night and sure enough there is a pair mating on the wall. I know that sounds funny but it is true. So getting this unit to take care of them alone is worth it. However are they attracted without the Octenol? Not sure. I will put it out tonight without the Octenol and if I don't get similar results I will come back and update this review.\\n\\nFor dedicated inside use the <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Aspectek-20W-Electronic-Bug-Zapper-Insect-Killer-for-Residential-Commercial-use/dp/B00I0G0JXE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Aspectek 20W Electronic Bug Zapper, Insect Killer for Residential & Commercial use</a> is the number one best seller. For outside use currently the number one seller is the <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Flowtron-BK-15D-Electronic-Insect-Killer-1-2-Acre-Coverage/dp/B00004R9VZ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Flowtron BK-15D Electronic Insect Killer, 1/2 Acre Coverage</a>. There are mixed reviews for the Flowtron mostly in the smaller 1/2 acre units. The big 1 1/2 acre units have the most amount of favorable votes, but by the time you are done buying the unit and the Octenol you are out a hundred bucks. However many claim it works against mosquitos though, some do not. Plus the reliability is a question with many having less than long term results?\\n\\nOkay so this Stinger is a compact unit that puts out a little bit of light with a 2W replaceable bulb. The Flowtron has a 15 Watt replaceable bulb. So obviously the Flowtron is making over 7 times the impression on the bugs. The Flowtron also states it is for outside use only.\\n\\nThe two biggest times for mosquitos is when it just gets dark/dusk and for about an hour afterwards or more, and then right before it gets light in the morning. The main mosquito types we had in the US would only come out at night. Then the tiger mosquitos arrived and they are active all day long; shucks. As a boater you come to realize the schedule I just stated about feeding times. I guess they are hungry after not eating all day, and know that the whole day may go by without a bite, so in the hour before sunrise they are at it again. This is just a supposition on my part. So having a rechargeable bug zapper that misses that morning meal time is not ideal.\\n\\nSo let's wrap this up. This unit is great if you want portability, think camping. I question its real effectiveness a distance away from you at night with such a low wattage bulb. The number one defense I found for outside use is DEET, and lemon eucalyptus, and Picaridin Insect repellent. The foggers give you some temporary relief, but you have to be creating a huge fog of poisonous chemicals in order to use it. Just how practical is it to always be upwind of such a device. <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Repel-190397-Propane-Insect-Fogger-for-Killing-and-Repelling-Mosquitoes-Flies-and-Flying-Insects-in-Your-Campsite-or-Yard/dp/B00V3H7T80/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Repel 190397 Propane Insect Fogger for Killing and Repelling Mosquitoes, Flies, and Flying Insects in Your Campsite or Yard</a> is a really good fogger, and a less expensive top seller is the <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Burgess-1443-Propane-Insect-Fogger-for-Fast-and-Effective-Mosquito-Control-in-Your-Yard/dp/B000HMA7OK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Burgess 1443 Propane Insect Fogger for Fast and Effective Mosquito Control in Your Yard</a> Wear a mask if you are going to fog, a real mask such as the <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/MSA-Safety-Works-817662-Paint-and-Pesticide-Respirator/dp/B0009XAIGY/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">MSA Safety Works 817662 Paint and Pesticide Respirator</a> which is rated for pesticide use.\\n\\nSo I gave this Stinger 4 stars because it is very effective at catching moths, and a few mosquitos. Like the portability. I have a Veranda addition which is as much a greenhouse as anything else, and this will be very effective there since it has screen storm windows all the way around. You need a battalion if your quest is to eradicate mosquitos, and the whole flotilla I mentioned will only make a dent in the population. I also think this will be handy in the garage to tame those critters waiting for you to open a door and enter. The price is right, and it does have some effectiveness.\\n\\nUPDATE: The second night with 3.2 hours of use I got 50 bugs instead of 36 like on the first night and about 10 of them were mosquitos. The interesting thing is that I had removed the Octenol packet because the odor was offensive and I didn't want it stinking up my garage. I also mentioned I would try it in the above review without it to see how it did. The only problem is that odor is so strong after leaving it in there for a day, the zapper still smelled like Octenol. So the increase in mosquitos was maybe because the odor was there plenty strong but not overbearing. Not sure, but those are the results.\",\n \"Product: The Cuisinart Taco Grilling Rack is the perfect way to fire up a fiesta at your grill. The rack is contoured to hold 4 tacos for assembly and melting right at the grill. Grill up your meats on the grill then drop the rack on for assembly and melting. Simply fill the slots with your favorite tortilla and fill it up. Drop the lid and let it melt for a minute and you'll have toasty, melted tacos ready to serve.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Heavier and more substantial than I originally anticipated\\n\\nReview: Let me clarify. This is not thick cast iron and you wouldn't want it to be, but for sheet steel this weighs more than you would expect. When you first pick this up by itself you get this hmmm... impressive feeling to it. Okay enough about the minor attributes, onto the usage.\\n\\nI love tacos. They are sort of a health food depending on the meat you stuff into them and what kind of cheese you put on. I have been putting the shells in the oven upside down, watching them carefully, and it seems that no matter how careful I am I either wind up with some cracked shells, or one or two that make it to the oven floor; it's a challenge to say the least.\\n\\nOkay so we make it through the challenge of warming up the shells which is usually spotty, or at least less than perfect and now we are onto stuffing them with contents. I try to put 3 of the shells down in a wooden bowl which is then trying to close the top of the shell making it difficult to stuff. Trying to spread the top with one hand, and stuff with the other is another challenge. Then trying to keep them all upright in the stuffing process isn't the least of your worries, one flopping over sideways spilling its contents is. When that happens you are then now trying to hold them all upright while you scoop spilled contents with your fingers and back into the shell, making for a less than tempting looking entree.\\n\\nOkay so without going through all of the steps in stuffing, you may have some preferences of your own of course, now the trick is to pick one up and not have the next one over spill out. In plain words without one of these it is a mess; at least it is for me.\\n\\nAlong comes the Cuisinart CTR-140 and you have the solution to all of your problems. It is non-stick and it holds the shells in an upright position while you bake them, and get this, in a spread apart position. The two little curved handle sections on the end make for a great tool, and aid in the presentation on the table. Additionally they never fall over as you remove the others. Also it keeps the shell hot, or warm. Now let's get onto the really neat stuff.\\n\\nYou can enter into a whole new level of Taco-cookery with this tool. For example you lightly toast the shells to perfection, and then add your meat and cheese putting it back in the oven for those two to melt together gloriously. When ready to serve, you could present the Taco this way and let your guests put on their own toppings to suit, or you could add the lettuce, and tomato, not to mention onion if you prefer, and taco sauce and serve ready to eat.\\n\\nI am sure there are some people out there who have learned how to make Tacos more efficiently than I, but for me, real Taco enjoyment started with the CTR-140. On top of that cleanup is a snap due to the non-stick surface. The little bugger will take up some room in a cabinet, but it can be stood up on its side, and after using it, any space it takes is more than worth it. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The SCOTTS SYNC System Cordless Lithium-Ion Blower is the perfect addition to all of your SCOTTS lawn care products. The innovative charging station allows the user to charge the battery on the tool or alone like a traditional charger. The wall mounting charger doubles as a hanger for the tool; no more excuses for an unorganized workspace. Powered by the SCOTTS 20V, 2.0 Amp Hour battery, this blower is perfect for all of your light clearing needs. Ideal for hard surfaces, the SCOTTS SYNC System blower is great for clearing walkways, decks, garages and driveways. No brooms, cords or gas cans are needed when you have this unit. Backed by a 3-year warranty, the SCOTTS SYNC System Blower is engineered for performance and durability.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Get the Scotts Lithium-Ion cordless and get the Toro corded one too. The Scott's is the one you will use all of the time.\\n\\nReview: I give it 5 stars because I knew what I was expecting. It's all about convenience and light duty with these 20 volt lithium battery cordless blowers. I had previously purchased the Black and Decker blower as well as their hedge trimmer which gave me 2 batteries. (One each) Yes at first I was surprised at how little run time it gave me about 15 minutes just like this one. I have come to realize the incredible convenience of using these whereas I have the Toro 51619 Ultra Blower/Vac, Red that blows 250 mph but is corded. If you have wrestled with a corded vac before you know the hassles of first having to unravel the cord, then pull the 100 foot cord out by walking it across the driveway, and then there is the navigation around trees or bushes, and you always wind up with that last pile that is just out of reach of the cord. Mind you the power is great and necessary for cleaning leaves from your yard and anything else that requires a force so strong that your hand can hurt just holding it in position after a while. The price is really cheap also.\\n\\nSo what is the ultimate? Having both. For the standard lawn cutting procedure where you want to clear the cuttings from your driveway, sidewalk, and paved areas near your home this is just what the doctor ordered. In my Black and Decker combo I can go a couple of hours trimming hedges with the same battery charge, but when I use the blower it is good for about 15 minutes. It drains the battery a lot faster having to move a lot of air. That is more to do with physics than any individual unit.\\n\\nSo why do I love this Scotts so much? It is even more convenient than the Black and Decker which has the battery charger as a standalone unit that takes up storage space, or worse yet, bench top space. With the B&D you have to fight to get the battery removed (not all that hard though) and then plug it into the charger. Once charged, you remove it from the charger and plug it back into the blower. With this Scotts you eliminate all of that hassle. PLUS it does not take up valuable space to store it. With this Scotts the charger base can be mounted on a wall in your garage, shed, or otherwise. The cord is attached to the wall base. The battery sits neatly tucked under the handle on the back of the machine, and the whole package snaps into the wall mount battery charger. So there is nothing to take apart and fuss with. There is nothing clogging up your valuable bench top space. It all sits as one handy, readily available package mounted to the wall, up and out of the way. Great stuff.\\nI don't have any problem clearing the debris from my garage, driveway, front side walk, side entryway walk, side patio, and rear patio with a 20 volt but it does run out right after doing it. I mean I am cleaning the very last of it when it quits.\\n\\nThese are not meant to be digging leaves intertwined in your grass. Get the Toro corded for that. This Scotts is for hard surfaces only like sidewalks, garage floors, and driveways. Solid surfaces offer little or no resistance to debris when clearing them.\\n\\nIt's kind of funny but when I first took it out of the box I installed the battery by snapping it in, and did the same with the air extension tube and aimed it at the corner of the wall in the bedroom and along the ceiling. I was surprised at how well it cleared the little cob webs and such that usually require dusting with an extension pole. So just sitting on the floor this thing becomes a powerful duster for those sort of tasks, although I wouldn't be blowing air on your fine China with it because it would send it flying.\\n\\nThe base charger is designed for a full time mount as in some batteries and units are not intelligently controlled as far as charging is concerned. This Scotts is. When it is charging the red light is on, and the green light is blinking. Once the red light goes off and the green light is on without blinking you know it is fully charged. You don't have to do anything at that point, just simply leave it in the charger on the wall. What happens next is the green light starts to blink and fade, finally turning off completely. That is a sign that the intelligent charger has now stopped charging the unit.\\nHaving a charging cycle like that means it is always at the ready, topped off and no need to put the batteries on the charger before use in order to make sure they are topped off like you have to do with the Black and Decker.\\nSo all in all the Scotts gets my nod for convenient, light weight Lithium-Ion cordless blowers. Do yourself a favor and get the Toro too for a corded model in case you have to move a ton of leaves. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The Perky-Pet Premium Squirrel-Be-Gone Breakaway Wild Bird Feeder offers an attractive means of drawing in a wide variety of birds while keep squirrels away - saving you time and money on seed and feeders. Breakaway's superior design boasts five collapsible perches. Each perch is individually designed to hold the weight of birds to allow them to perch and eat comfortably, but will collapse under the weight of a squirrel. In addition to the collapsible perches, the Breakaway components include a thick-gauge, extrusion-molded, UV-treated polycarbonate tube that resists clouding, discoloring, weather cracking and impact breakage. The zinc die-cast cap and base on this feeder are powder coated for rust resistance and the stainless steel hanger allows the feeder to hang in your bird feeding oasis.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Definitely deserves 5 stars. I love it.\\n\\nReview: I've only had this for a few days, and already my objective is being achieved. I moved my office into my bedroom and right outside of the double windows are some large bushes that I plan on trimming down in late winter/early spring. For now the bushes block my view of the front yard.\\n\\nAnyhow in my bedroom it would be nice to have a bird feeder hanging out right outside of the window so I have some birds keeping me company during the day. That is why I grabbed the chance at this feeder. I have been feeding birds for quite some time in the back yard. I bought a metal feeder with a drop down platform to keep the squirrels out; it really works. Well I am happy to report that this one works great also. I already had a squirrel work the whole situation over and couldn't even get at one piece of seed. After he got steamed up seeing a huge clear cylinder full of fresh feed and no way to get to it, quite a few small birds showed up. They normally visit this bush so I thought even though the directions say not to put it near bushes I thought I would give it a try. I must admit they are apprehensive because it sits too low. Only a few perch on it to feed. I bought a metal hook at Home Depot that was over 6 feet but that still isn't tall enough. I can't see the perch area at the bottom, only the top half of the feeder. I am going to look into acquiring a wall mount arm that will keep it perched a lot higher. I think both the birds and I will both be happier that way. They will be well above the bushes so it will be easy to keep an eye out for predators.\\n\\nNow onto this specific feeder. Oddly enough the toughest part of setting up this feeder is getting the single sheet of paper, an advertising flyer out of the bottom of it. That is the way it ships. I didn't want to disassemble the bottom with the 3 screws to access it. Finally I found a rod that would catch it and bring it out the top. This feeder loads from the top. The top is made of cast metal that is powder coated. It feels very substantial for a feeder and should last a very long time.\\n\\nThe large feed tube is clear plastic but it may as well be glass from the way it looks, and plastic has a better safety record. The stainless hook that it perches from is a good idea because the wind blows it easily rocks back and forth, and you don't want regular steel painted over for that because it would rub through.\\n\\nOne other thing worth mentioning is that I have noticed in my other squirrel proof feeder that the birds have a habit of swishing their beaks sideways purposely spilling seed out onto the ground. Maybe they are helping out the pigeons that way. Anyhow the way this feeder is designed it is not amenable to that. Fortunately I have a neighbor who feeds everything; the squirrels, the pigeons, the birds of different types and sizes. She has a smorgasbord of different feeders going on out there all of the time. She has a few like this, maybe even the same one.\\n\\nSo in conclusion I have to give this feeder 5 stars. It is well built, should last a long time, easy to put feed in, and the birds love it, and the squirrels hate it. (Hey that's half the fun.) Wish I could find something wrong with it, but I can't. Definitely deserves 5 stars.\",\n \"Product: \\\"Stretch out your nights in the back yard with the Aegean Steel Fire Pit, a decorative fire pit from CobraCo. With an assembly time of less than one hour, this fire pit can be ready for entertaining the day it arrives. Featuring a disc-shaped fire bowl, decorative scroll base and open, clean lines, the Aegean Steel Fire Pit makes a perfect centerpiece for outdoor activities throughout the year. As a freestanding fire pit, the Aegean Steel Fire Pit can be moved around the yard or packed up for a vacation party. The fire pit is made of lightweight steel. Its scroll base features an attractive bronze finish. The fire bowl has a black powder coat for easy cleaning. CobraCo fire pits are designed for year-round use. In the spring and summer, use the Aegean Steel Fire Pit to provide a campfire-feel without damaging your lawn with an in-ground pit. In the fall and winter, a long-lasting fire in the Aegean Steel Fire Pit makes for a cozy backyard retreat.\\\"\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Very nice fire pit at an affordable price.\\n\\nReview: In the past I purchased a small economical portable fire pit but it was kind of flimsy, and didn't hold much wood. This is definitely a step up. Not that it is designed to hold large fireplace logs in it but ample enough to handle all kinds of branches. I have an elaborate wood working shop and create a lot of scrap. I hate to throw it out and since I have a wood stove in the living room it does not get wasted. During the summer months though a wood stove would turn the house into a sauna. So an outside fire pit is ideal. I used to date someone who had a place at the shore and her nightly fires were a great excuse for the neighbors to come around.\\n\\nIf you want an even larger fire pit CobraCo also makes one out of hammered copper and steel. It is called CobraCo FTCOPVINT-C Vintage Copper Fire Pit. That one will take full sized fireplace type logs. That's 26 x 26 x 23 inches.\\nFor these kind of fire pits a screen removal tool is a necessity and one is included in the kit. The powder coated finish is probably the most durable finish you can put on metal giving you years of use. Another thing I really love is that it also has a vinyl cover which keeps it fresh.\\n\\nThere is just something about a fire that makes the world go away. It is as if your concerns are being burnt in the embers, and it warms you besides.\\n\\nAn important part of this whole equation is that the fire is covered by protective mesh fire screen. With woods such as poplar they have a tendency to pop, maybe something to do with trapped steam, but nevertheless sometimes they explode right down into the embers sending white hot glowing embers into the air. The spark screen is essential to keep those out of the air. I have maple trees in my back yard and I don't want glowing embers parking themselves on the branches. Having a nearby hose that can be brought out in an emergency is not a bad idea. All the years I spent during the summer nights at my girlfriends completely surrounded by woods we never had an incident so maybe I am being a little too cautious.\\n\\nI know there are those back yard conversation centers with a stone surrounded fire pit fueled by propane which are very nice and convenient, but nothing takes the place of a real fire with real wood. Overall very nice pit at an affordable price point.\",\n \"Product: Completely portable, this lightweight propane-powered fogger is the most economical way to kill mosquitoes, biting flies, and flying insects. The secret is in the microscopic particles it produces - up to 7 times finer than mist! The fog floats and penetrates deep into landscaped areas where mosquitoes hide - killing mosquitoes on contact and creating a 'mosquito-free' zone for up to 6 hours. In about 5 minutes, the fog is gone so you can start enjoying the outdoors again. Takes an average of 10 minutes to treat a 5,000 square foot yard. Ideal for use in your campsite or before backyard picnics, barbecues, outdoor parties. This is the same effective system used by professionals to kill mosquitoes For best results, use only with Repel, Black Flag, or Cutter branded Fogging Insecticides. For outdoor use only.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The Repel 190397 Propane Insect fogger is a welcome addition to your arsenal\\n\\nReview: I am one of those unfortunate people that mosquitos love. I can go out to park the trash curbside and come back in with 2 bites. My brother sits outside on a chair for an hour and not one bite. They did studies where the air passed through a clear plastic tube with a screen on the end, and they had different subjects sit in a chair and breathe into the tube area. Some people the mosquitos raced through the tube to get to, others they stayed away. I guess if I was a mosquito I would be particular about how the breath smelled on my dinner too. Anyhow I digress, but it is relevant because I have tried every form of insect repellant and means to get rid of these critters and nothing is a perfect solution. They are incredibly resolute in doing their thing. I hate having to put DEET on just to go outside for 15 minutes. With the new viruses going around something has to be done.\\n\\nI have to say the Repel propane insect fogger is very effective, although for a limited amount of time (up to 6 hours) at getting rid of the pests. The propane tank which is not included but normally sells for even less than 3 dollars, and the insecticide is available separately also. Of course Repel pushes their insecticide on the front of the box, but there are some cheaper alternatives available like Black Flag.\\n\\nLet's face it this stuff if poison and should be handled accordingly. They suggest that you get upwind of the sprayer when using it, but we both know that wind is finicky and can change direction. To me wearing a carbon filter face mask like the relatively 3M model is advised. Also were nitrile gloves because the warnings are there to not get it on your skin, in your eyes, and of course most especially to not ingest it. Therefore be sure and wash your hands before eating, and it is best to throw the clothes in the washer right away as well. Now that I put the fear of God in you, I remember as a child when the bug spray truck came around from the township we used to ride out bikes when it was coming out of the sprayer because it would make our bikes shiny. However caution is advised.\\n\\nIt is best applied right before dusk when the mosquitoes are getting ready to come out. Life was a lot easier for me during the daytime before the arrival of the Asian variety. They have stripes on their legs, and direct sunlight doesn't bother them very much, at least not enough for them to come out and bite you in the middle of the say. Heretofore I was able to be out during the day without getting bit. The American strains would not feed during a sunny day at all. I'm a boater so I know mosquito behavior well. They are especially atrocious right after dusk. They have been sitting under a leaf somewhere waiting all day, and they are hungry. So for an hour or two there is a flurry of activity, and then it dies down somewhat overnight, and then picks back up right before sunrise in the morning. I guess they have figured out that the daytime is a long ride to go without any food, our blood, so they load up right before sunrise.\\n\\nSo if you are having an outside party for example you want to spray pre-dusk while they are still parked in your bushes and lawn so you can get them rather than relying on open air spraying which although it is helpful doesn't get them like doing the bushes and low lying trees. To tell you the truth I didn't even know these were made. I have been studying how to get rid of them for a long time, and nothing really works. There are contributory methods like eliminating standing pools of water, but nothing works like DEET or the other effective put it on your skin type of applications. It's a drag that they own the outside world. With the Repel you have a method of clearing some space, at least for up to 6 hours. It should be noted that mosquitos are territorial so they tend to set up shop somewhere and want to stay. So clearing your area does have somewhat of a longer term remedial effect. I have a bug zapper but of course that attracts them far and wide, and if you are near the bug zapper they stop by for a snack. :-) Oh well keep up the fight. The Repel 190397 Propane Insect fogger is a welcome addition to your arsenal.\",\n \"Product: The Ravenna collection from classic accessories combines a striking style with durability, fade-resistance and convenient features. Reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent. Structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers. Waterproof backing keeps your table and chairs dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit. Striped webbing adds an attractive accent and is unique to the Ravenna collection. Available in several sizes to fit a variety of furniture and grills, the Ravenna covers collection adds style to your patio and will protect for years to come. 4-Year replacement warranty through manufacturer.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice looking grille cover but look at the other photo. Most grilles are peaked in the middle.\\n\\nReview: I have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system, and now this grille cover. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too. This cover is a medium dark brown but very soft color though so as to not offend.\\n\\nA word of caution though. If you have anything sitting on top of what is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for something with a natural peak like the photo illustrates. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good. I have come to really appreciate covering my outside patio furniture. I had a somewhat expensive set with very comfortable chairs in white. Well the weather got to it, and the stains after a few years wouldn't even power wash out. So a cover for all your outdoor gear is a wise investment.\",\n \"Product: This rugged, powerful maul allows you take on intense wood splitting jobs while helping to reduce muscle fatigue and joint pain. Premium steel is forged into a concave shape thats optimal for splitting, helping to make every swing your best. Fiskars patented, industry-leading IsoCore Shock Control System absorbs strike shock and vibration, reducing the punishment your body takes, and a dual-layer handle captures any lingering vibration. Optimized blade geometry blasts tough logs apart, and an inseparable riveted head will not slide down or snap off, even when swinging with maximum force. A performance handle design fits your hand securely and comfortably and features a pronounced handle flare for security. Strategic handle texturing helps improve grip while reducing blisters. This design has been tested to exceed U.S. standards for striking tool durability to withstand the toughest work environments\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Every 5 star review is well deserved.\\n\\nReview: Wall to wall 5 star reviews and for a very good reason. Many years ago I purchased a wood splitting axe from Sears and it had this gizmo system of giving you two spring loaded claws that would swing out and grab the top edge of the wood to help pull it apart. It wasn't long after that one of those stopped working. On the other side of that Searss model was a rectangular face that was designed to give you a sledge for driving a wedge. The surface area was benign. I haven't been doing as much wood splitting as I used to so I figure it would suffice.\\n\\nThen along came this Fiskars Garden ISO Core 8 lb. Maul. The 36\\\" is the perfect handle length for doing everything from hand chopping into finer splinters of something already split, all the way up to a whole round being attacked with an overhead swing. The tool feels well balanced. I measured it on a home scale and the overall weight is 10.2 ounces just like the description says. So the 8 lb. weight is just the head. I like the way it splits with the curve of the expanded width designed to allow the blade to enter the wood somewhat, all the while expanding it, but by the time it gets in there deeper the curve gets real radical. That insures more single blow splits.\\n\\nAnother thing I like is the very wide round hammer face on the other side. It is so wide, and at just the right weight, that don't be surprised that you don't grab it for driving in stakes, and even some types of fencing, or for that matter anything you want to use an 8 lb. sledge for. The shock absorbing handle is important if you do a lot of splitting. I also like at the end of the handle there is an expanded lip so you can do full width swings without it slipping out of your hands.\\n\\nI have a woodworking shop and a lot of tools, but this one is oddly enough something you will grab with pride. It's impressive just to look at it. Every 5 star review is well deserved.\",\n \"Product: Shakespeare Pro Torque .105\\\" 3-Pound Spool, 747'. Prevent less downtime changing out trimmer line with Torque twist line. It's aerodynamic twist shape helps reduce drag allowing for a longer runtime. The Torque twist line is made in the USA under tight quality controls and is strong enough to also be used for edging. Plus, it's universal and will fit most gas trimmers.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This is the real McCoy.\\n\\nReview: Where is the six star option? Okay I don't want to make this out to be God, so let me share this with you without exaggeration. I was skeptical reading the reviews. I have a Ryobi string trimmer which was rated #2 by the leading consumer magazine. I have been using it for years. It's a 4 cycle so it isn't so picky. You start it up and it purrs. Okay now onto this trimmer string. I took the spool off of the bottom, threw away lasts years load, and wound it with this Shakespeare Pro Torque. (Old string gets stiff and creates extra challenging breaking problems too.)\\n\\nSo all loaded I thought I would put it to the test. So I went over to the South side of my house where it gets full sun and the weeds go nuts. They are already about 6\\\" high and thick as all get out. The challenge is that mixed in there are some sticks, and the entire bed is rimmed with large sharp edged stones. I did a dry laid wall many years ago over there. The stones aren't razor sharp but they are squared rectangular about a foot and a half or so; so those kind of edges.\\n\\nAnyhow I have tried all kinds of strings over the years, and that part of the property inevitably winds up forcing me to have to go back to the garage, break out the pliers, and get the string to begin coming out of the spooler again. It turns a nuisance job into an unbearable one. I don't mind so much trimming, what I hate is having to nursemaid the tool. Well let me tell you I went through this super thick brush and it didn't falter. I was pushing it, and running it longer than I should but the shortest the string got was about 3 or 4 inches from the hub. I was shocked, and purposely would let it idle and rest it against the lawn so it would slow down to a stop, and sure enough, there were pieces continuing to stick out of both sides.\\nSo then I decided why push it, let's do some trimming and periodically bang the head to make it come out to a further length.\\n\\nWhat I found was the shorter the string the more durable it was. There is some physics in there, exactly what I am not sure, well actually the longer pieces can wrap themselves around something. Shorter ones poke but not wrap.\\n\\nAnyhow I strongly suggest using this. I got this urge to go around to my neighbors and say, \\\"Let me put a spool of this on your trimmer so you can try it out.\\\" Yes it is that good. Is it God? No, but when it comes to string trimmer wire it comes close. Just treat it with respect, and you won't have to change the wire early again.\",\n \"Product: This water-resistant cover protects your patio furniture and also makes moments spent with family and friends more convenient and easier than ever, saving you from dragging your grill into the garage or wiping it down before every use. When you buy a grill or patio furniture cover from us you are not just getting a cover, you're also purchasing peace of mind. Not only will your grill and patio furniture be protected from the elements, but you will be protected with the easiest 1 year warranty in the industry. If your cover fails, for any reason, just look for us online and email our warranty department a picture of the problem and we'll send you a new one. Guaranteed.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice cover. Very practical approach to using your outside fire pit.\\n\\nReview: This makes a fire pit more practical. One that is left open to the elements may wind up with soggy wood in it. Or you could let it cool off, clean it out and store it away. With this you use the pit, let it cool, and cover it.\\n\\nThis cover has an elastic band that goes all the way around the perimeter. One side of it is the bunched up tufted material and the other side is smooth. There is a vent flap facing downwards to allow air to get in. The material is a waterproof canvas so it looks good. It's got the classic accessories logo emblazoned on it which gives it a touch of class rather than a no name. No I am not into designer fire pit covers but it is worth mentioning. :-) I'm writing this review for the 30\\\" and 36\\\" because they are the same except for the size. Very nice cover for the money.\",\n \"Product: This water-resistant cover protects your patio furniture and also makes moments spent with family and friends more convenient and easier than ever, saving you from dragging your grill into the garage or wiping it down before every use. When you buy a grill or patio furniture cover from us you are not just getting a cover, you're also purchasing peace of mind. Not only will your grill and patio furniture be protected from the elements, but you will be protected with the easiest 1 year warranty in the industry. If your cover fails, for any reason, just look for us online and email our warranty department a picture of the problem and we'll send you a new one. Guaranteed.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Good cover. Does and nice job. Reduces the chore count on using fire pits.\\n\\nReview: This makes a fire pit more practical. One that is left open to the elements may wind up with soggy wood in it. Or you could let it cool off, clean it out and store it away. With this you use the pit, let it cool, and cover it.\\n\\nThis cover has an elastic band that goes all the way around the perimeter. One side of it is the bunched up tufted material and the other side is smooth. There is a vent flap facing downwards to allow air to get in. The material is a waterproof canvas so it looks good. It's got the classic accessories logo emblazoned on it which gives it a touch of class rather than a no name. No I am not into designer fire pit covers but it is worth mentioning. :-) I'm writing this review for the 30\\\" and 36\\\" because they are the same except for the size. Very nice cover for the money.\",\n \"Product: Ultra-heavy duty grill cover is our toughest, most-dependable, and highest-performing against damage from the elements. Designed to fit grills with 5 or more burner, up to 72-inches in width. 600D x 300D polyester Rip-Stop material with PE coating. Convenient side closure straps keep cover securely fastened.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great cover, looks sophisticated.\\n\\nReview: Well made. Of course it fits perfect because it is made by Char Broil. By the way the Char Broil number one seller 4 burner here at Amazon is an incredible unit. When you see what Home Depot is offering at twice the price it puts them to shame. I like the look of the black cover with the logo of Char Broil emblazoned on the front. It's a touch of poo-pah if you are into that sort of thing.\\nWith the two Velcro clasps, one on each side that keeps it from coming off in a wind storm, yet it is easily removable. I just take the whole cover and lift up on one side and it comes off. This is made from a thick canvas type of material so it should last a long time.\",\n \"Product: A customer favorite for its fashionable design, durability and extensive collection of matching products, the Veranda line features our heavyweight Gardelle woven polyester fabric and special water-repellent and resistant backing. All Veranda covers are backed by a three year warranty. Find out below why buying a cover from us is one of the best choices you can make. When you buy a Classic Accessories grill or patio furniture cover you are not just getting a cover; you're also purchasing peace of mind. Not only will your grill and patio furniture be protected from the elements, but you'll be protected with the easiest warranty in the industry. If your cover fails, for any reason, just look for us online and email our warranty department a picture of the problem and we'll send you a new one. Guaranteed.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Classic Accessories makes great covers and this is no exception\\n\\nReview: I have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too.\\n\\nA word of caution though. If you have a flat table top and is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for something with a natural peak. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good. The clasp that holds the bottom rim is a well made snap together which is just as easy to snap together as it is to remove. The color is just a little bit different than the photo. It has more of a mild gold color to it instead of so bright. I like it even better than the photo. All in all a great cover.\",\n \"Product: Terrazzo patio furniture covers by Classic Accessories offer high end style in medium weight protection. Designed to keep your patio furniture looking it's best year round. All Terrazzo covers are backed by a one year warranty. Find out below why buying a cover from us is one of the best choices you can make. When you buy a Classic Accessories grill or patio furniture cover you are not just getting a cover; you're also purchasing peace of mind. Not only will your grill and patio furniture be protected from the elements, but you'll be protected with the easiest warranty in the industry. If your cover fails, for any reason, just look for us online and email our warranty department a picture of the problem and we'll send you a new one. Guaranteed.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Looks great, well designed. Saves your stuff from the ravages of UV rays and weather.\\n\\nReview: I have both the square and round 30\\\" fire pit covers. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic that is normally supplied with fire pits. The color is really nice too.\\n\\nA word of caution though when using this over anything other than a fire pit. If you have cushions sitting on top of what is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for what it was intended; a fire pit cover. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. For example I have a larger one covering my outside air conditioning unit that is mounted on the patio.\",\n \"Product: Terrazzo patio furniture covers by Classic Accessories offer high end style in medium weight protection. Designed to keep your patio furniture looking it's best year round. All Terrazzo covers are backed by a one year warranty. Find out below why buying a cover from us is one of the best choices you can make. When you buy a Classic Accessories grill or patio furniture cover you are not just getting a cover; you're also purchasing peace of mind. Not only will your grill and patio furniture be protected from the elements, but you'll be protected with the easiest warranty in the industry. If your cover fails, for any reason, just look for us online and email our warranty department a picture of the problem and we'll send you a new one. Guaranteed.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Looks great, works great, and saves your equipment from natures perils.\\n\\nReview: I have both the square and round 30\\\" fire pit covers. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic that is normally supplied with fire pits. The color is really nice too.\\n\\nA word of caution though when using this over anything other than a fire pit. If you have cushions sitting on top of what is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for what it was intended; a fire pit cover. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. For example I have a larger one covering my outside air conditioning unit that is mounted on the patio.\",\n \"Product: With the Char-Broil Gas2Coal, you can easily switch from a gas grill to a charcoal grill in under 60 seconds, without the use of tools. Enjoy the speed and convenience of grilling with gas, or savor the signature flavors of cooking over charcoal, both on one grill.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Having a charcoal and gas option is a tough one to beat.\\n\\nReview: Sweet idea. Sometimes you want to go out and just twist a dial and cook away. Other times you don't mind waiting the extra time to ignite the charcoals, but with the extra times comes the extra flavor. Love the fact that the charcoal is lit by the propane instead of having to use a petrol product which affects the flavor.\\n\\nAlso the charcoal tray is ideally designed to allow flames through the weep holes to light the charcoal, and the lowest part of the tray, its base is designed to completely trap the charcoal dust from getting into the internals. In plain words after the charcoal cools, the next day you simply lift out the whole tray and dump. A word of caution: Don't just dump it into a trash can without checking to make sure the coals are completely extinguished. (Sorry for mentioning the obvious)\\n\\nAssembly is pretty straightforward; use a #3 phillips head bit. A cordless drill will speed up assembly, an impact gun is overkill and could wind up stripping out some nuts unless you are super careful. I found the regular cordless does just fine; even a 12 volt.\\n\\nThe box is marked as weighing 125 pounds and it sure feels like it. Opening and removing individual parts eases moving it into your place. This Char Broil grill is a 3 burner making it a little smaller than the top selling grille which is also a Charbroil but a 4 burner and comes with stainless uppers instead of the all black like this model. Both models have the side burner as well. I had purchased the number one seller and love it. Here it is here. <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Char-Broil-Classic-4-Burner-Gas-Grill/dp/B00BC3UVDK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Char-Broil Classic 4-Burner Gas Grill</a> I absolutely love the stainless but it doesn't have the charcoal option. Charcoal with hickory chips imparts a flavor you just don't get out of gas. So no need to overload the food with fat, salt, and/or sugar to get the flavor.\\nNext to the #1 selling stainless for less money and no charcoal option this one has a cheaper feel, but I am certain that it is because the stainless imparts a quality look. Both are sheet metal, and stainless generally speaking is more expensive than painted black metal. The fact that there is less grilling area in this black 3 burner making this look smaller contributes to the cheaper look as well.\\n\\nThe real saving grace with this black one is how great the colors are with the contrasting red panel with the words, \\\"Gas 2 Coal\\\" emblazoned across the front, and then the black with silver metallic assembly and extension tubes is really attractive. You can see that in one of the other photos on the sales page.\\n\\nI love that this does coal. Lay the full coverage stainless tray (that conveniently stores under the burner) into the compartment. Then you lay the charcoal in an even pattern one coal thick across the tray, and then fire up the gas. Within minutes the coal is lit and within 10 or 15 more you have coals ready for grilling. All in all this is a very nice unit for the money considering it does both.\",\n \"Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Well made. Love the coloring of the Veranda collection.\\n\\nReview: The thing I really like about this cover is that it is a fine grade of a canvas type of material instead of being a flimsy plastic. The waterproofing treatment keeps the moisture out, and the open bottom allows fresh air to come in. It has a totally high quality feel to it. With a 3 year warranty you're good to go.\\n\\nThe clasps are the snap together type with side tabs you can easily release, and a simple push together for re-securing. The color is really nice because I would like to call it a soft gold with desert tan flavors in the main fabric. Desert tan is famous for begging to be alongside other dominant colors. The bottom border shows a lot more neutral color than the photographs as well in the direction once again of desert tan. It doesn't have the brownish-greenish cast that the photographs show. So it will go with a lot of different colors.\\n\\nThese do fit a wide range of chairs. So see the dimensions. When I first got turned onto Classic Accessories Veranda collection was when I had finally found some white plastic patio furniture that truly felt great even though it was just hard plastic. The chairs were more comfortable, and lounge was something you felt like going to sleep in; they were just sculpted right. Well after a few seasons of being outside they were shot. The acid rain stained the surface so strong even a high power pressure washer, or bleach wouldn't bring them back. I haven't found chair and chaises that felt that good since. I wish I had these covers back then. I still have two of those chairs inside of my Veranda so I will have to be happy that at least they survived. I really like these and will be buying the complete set when I get the chairs that are on a par with the ones I had. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Love the Classic Accessories Veranda Collection. This fits the CharBroil 4 burner gas grille wonderfully\\n\\nReview: I have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too.\\n\\nA word of caution though. If you have a flat surface on top and is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe but that presents a challenge if it is a barbecue with a rounded dome top. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good. The clasp that holds the bottom rim is a well made snap together which is just as easy to snap together as it is to remove.\\n\\nThe color is just a little bit different than the photo. It has more of a mild gold color to it instead of so bright. They provide a warm natural feeling that does not impede on natural surroundings. The material is made out of a nice canvas type and waterproofed. The bottom has a tightening draw cord so you can snug it around the bottom preventing you from losing it in a windstorm. The Veranda collection looks good and each piece is reasonably priced especially when you want your furniture to last. I like it even better than the photo. All in all a great cover.\",\n \"Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: For wider chairs. Love the Veranda collection colors. Very well made.\\n\\nReview: The thing I really like about this cover is that it is a fine grade of a canvas type of material instead of being a flimsy plastic. The waterproofing treatment keeps the moisture out, and the open bottom allows fresh air to come in. It has a totally high quality feel to it. With a 3 year warranty you're good to go.\\n\\nThe clasps are the snap together type with side tabs you can easily release, and a simple push together for re-securing. The color is really nice because I would like to call it a soft gold with desert tan flavors in the main fabric. Desert tan is famous for begging to be alongside other dominant colors. The bottom border shows a lot more neutral color than the photographs as well in the direction once again of desert tan. It doesn't have the brownish-greenish cast that the photographs show. So it will go with a lot of different colors.\\n\\nThese do fit a wide range of chairs. So see the dimensions. When I first got turned onto Classic Accessories Veranda collection was when I had finally found some white plastic patio furniture that truly felt great even though it was just hard plastic. The chairs were more comfortable, and lounge was something you felt like going to sleep in; they were just sculpted right. Well after a few seasons of being outside they were shot. The acid rain stained the surface so strong even a high power pressure washer, or bleach wouldn't bring them back. I haven't found chair and chaises that felt that good since. I wish I had these covers back then. I still have two of those chairs inside of my Veranda so I will have to be happy that at least they survived. I really like these and will be buying the complete set when I get the chairs that are on a par with the ones I had. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Love the Classic Accessories Veranda Collection. The color, the style, the quality of the build.\\n\\nReview: I have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too.\\n\\nA word of caution though. If you have a flat area that is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for something with a natural peak like an outside chair. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good. The clasp that holds the bottom rim is a well made snap together which is just as easy to snap together as it is to remove. The color is just a little bit different than the photo. It has more of a mild gold color to it instead of so bright. I like it even better than the photo. All in all a great cover.\\n\\nI made the mistake of buying a very nice set of white plastic chairs, these were really sculpted just right and made you want to sit in them. The problem is that I left them out for the winter, and they turned dingy gray. I cleaned them the first year which was a huge chore, and eventually had to throw them out. So from now on I would rather cover them.\\n\\nThe material is made out of a nice canvas type and waterproofed. The bottom has a tightening draw cord so you can snug it around the bottom preventing you from losing it in a windstorm. The Veranda collection looks good and each piece is reasonably priced especially when you want your furniture to last.\",\n \"Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fell in love with the colors in the Veranda collection. These are well made.\\n\\nReview: The thing I really like about this cover is that it is a fine grade of a canvas type of material instead of being a flimsy plastic. The waterproofing treatment keeps the moisture out, and the open bottom allows fresh air to come in. It has a totally high quality feel to it. With a 3 year warranty you're good to go.\\n\\nThe clasps are the snap together type with side tabs you can easily release, and a simple push together for re-securing. The color is really nice because I would like to call it a soft gold with desert tan flavors in the main fabric. Desert tan is famous for begging to be alongside other dominant colors. The bottom border shows a lot more neutral color than the photographs as well in the direction once again of desert tan. It doesn't have the brownish-greenish cast that the photographs show. So it will go with a lot of different colors.\\n\\nThese do fit a wide range of chairs. So see the dimensions. When I first got turned onto Classic Accessories Veranda collection was when I had finally found some white plastic patio furniture that truly felt great even though it was just hard plastic. The chairs were more comfortable, and lounge was something you felt like going to sleep in; they were just sculpted right. Well after a few seasons of being outside they were shot. The acid rain stained the surface so strong even a high power pressure washer, or bleach wouldn't bring them back. I haven't found chair and chaises that felt that good since. I wish I had these covers back then. I still have two of those chairs inside of my Veranda so I will have to be happy that at least they survived. I really like these and will be buying the complete set when I get the chairs that are on a par with the ones I had. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Veranda Collection patio furniture covers by Classic Accessories offer maximum protection with style. The dark splashguard hides stains and water spots while high-flow air vents protect furniture from mold and mildew. Buckled straps attach to furniture legs and help covers hold on in the worst weather. Water-resistant undercoating keeps the rain from penetrating, ensuring that your furniture stays high and dry. A convenient draw string hem affords a tight, custom fit while large padded handles make removal and adjustment of your cover convenient and hassle-free. All Veranda Collection covers feature a 3-year warranty guaranteeing replacement if damaged by dry-rot, the sun, or mold and mildew. You'll be sure to find the right covers to fit your needs with over 140 shapes and styles in the Veranda Collection from Classic Accessories.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The Classic Accessories Veranda Collection is my Favorite. Love the colors and the quality.\\n\\nReview: I have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too.\\n\\nA word of caution though. If you have a flat surface on top and is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good. The clasp for the straps that hold it together is a well made snap together which is just as easy to snap together as it is to remove.\\n\\nThe color is just a little bit different than the photo. It has more of a mild gold color to it instead of so bright. They provide a warm natural feeling that does not impede on natural surroundings. The material is made out of a nice canvas type and waterproofed. The Veranda collection looks good and each piece is reasonably priced especially when you want your furniture to last. I like it even better than the photo. All in all a great cover.\",\n \"Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Well built attractive table cover. Be sure not to trap moisture by not putting on a wet table.\\n\\nReview: I have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too.\\n\\nA word of caution though. If you have cushions sitting on top of what is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for something with a natural peak. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good.\",\n \"Product: Terrazzo patio furniture covers by classic accessories offer high end style in medium weight protection. Designed to keep your patio furniture looking it's best year round. When you buy a classic accessories grill or patio furniture cover you are not just getting a cover; you're also purchasing peace of mind. Not only will your grill and patio furniture be protected from the elements, but you'll be protected with the easiest warranty in the industry. If your product fails within the warranty period, look for us online and take advantage of our hassle-free warranty program supported by our us-based customer service team.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great covers. Well built. Will save your furniture.\\n\\nReview: I had originally purchased the Char-Broil 4 burner grille cover in black. However I wanted to do 2 things. One is that I wanted to have a cover that matched the Classic Accessories Veranda collection of covers, and I also wanted to have an off season cover to get me through the harsh winter.\\nI have several Classic Accessories covers for tables, fire pit covers and even one for my off season outside central air system. They are well made. Nothing shoddy in the stitching at all. The inner surface is smooth so as to not abrade whatever it is being installed on, yet the outside has a fine grade cloth texture to it providing a much better quality feel than the usual smooth vinyl plastic. The colors are really nice too.\\n\\nA word of caution though. If you have cushions sitting on top of what is being covered and this cover with its waterproof smooth underside trapped moisture could lead to mildew. You could always put something under it to lift it off of the surface so it could breathe. This of course is not a problem if you are using it for something with a natural peak. With that consideration in mind these become a very nice general purpose cover. The stitching is well done and the overall feeling of the quality build is very good.\\n\\nThese classic accessories covers will pay for themselves over time when you see how well they protect your outside furniture. I had a pair of relatively expensive white plastic outdoor chairs that were sculpted so well sitting in them was like a dream. After the first year out in the weather I was able to use strong detergents and a power washer to get them clean. After a while though the stains, grayish color got so deep in the plastic that I would have had to sand them down including every nook and cranny, and clear coat them with lacquer or something. It just wasn't worth it. I wound up with getting new chairs, but this time Classic Accessories will take the wear and tear of a harsh winter; the chairs will stay like new.\",\n \"Product: The veranda covers collection from classic accessories is made from a durable woven polyester fabric with an added UV-stabilized coating and a water-resistant laminated undercoating - water-resistant backing keeps your barbecue dry while elastic hem cords move easily through a special channel for a snug fit - reinforced padded handles make removal easy while double-stitched seams add strength and a stylish accent - structured vents stay open to prevent wind lofting and mildew and are lined with mesh barriers - scroll down for additional cover fit information by grill model - four (4) custom-colored buckles keep your cover secure in any weather - adjustable webbing belts slide easily for a tailored look - zippered top pocket for grill accessories - not designed to entirely cover the wheels or leg bottoms.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Well made, love the colors of the Veranda Collection\\n\\nReview: The thing I really like about this cover is that it is a fine grade of a canvas type of material instead of being a flimsy plastic. The waterproofing treatment keeps the moisture out, and the open bottom allows fresh air to come in. It has a totally high quality feel to it. With a 3 year warranty you're good to go.\\n\\nThe clasps are the snap together type with side tabs you can easily release, and a simple push together for re-securing. The color is really nice because I would like to call it a soft gold with desert tan flavors in the main fabric. Desert tan is famous for begging to be alongside other dominant colors. The bottom border shows a lot more neutral color than the photographs as well in the direction once again of desert tan. It doesn't have the brownish-greenish cast that the photographs show. So it will go with a lot of different colors.\\n\\nThese do fit a wide range of chairs. So see the dimensions. When I first got turned onto Classic Accessories Veranda collection was when I had finally found some white plastic patio furniture that truly felt great even though it was just hard plastic. The chairs were more comfortable, and lounge was something you felt like going to sleep in; they were just sculpted right. Well after a few seasons of being outside they were shot. The acid rain stained the surface so strong even a high power pressure washer, or bleach wouldn't bring them back. I haven't found chair and chaises that felt that good since. I wish I had these covers back then. I still have two of those chairs inside of my Veranda so I will have to be happy that at least they survived. I really like these and will be buying the complete set when I get the chairs that are on a par with the ones I had. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Our adventurous Toscano-exclusive brown squirrel collectible has hung up his wildlife welcome sign and is ready to move his stash of acorns and nuts into your favorite tree! With a woodland wave and a wide smile, our furry animal friend is cast in quality designer resin and individually hand painted. Don't miss his adorable profile side view! 7½\\\"Wx4½\\\"Dx11\\\"H. 3 lbs.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: It's a happy toy for your garden. Welcomes everyone who sees it.\\n\\nReview: My immediate impression when taking it out of the box was that this is a lot larger than I had imagined. For some reason I imagined it being more like an ornament than a sign. So it approximately 11 inches high, and 7 inches wide stance is a good size. It is all made from color shaded plastic to it will last indefinitely outside. They call it a garden greetings design. I was immediately attracted to this because of the feeling I got when looking at it. Dare I call it love? Maybe it is a mix of that with a touch of humor. Squirrels are usually the one thing gardeners can grow to hate, those ingenious SOB's, but underneath it all they are an integral part of the experience, and you have to admit they are geniuses at figuring out the maneuvers to get what they want. Combine that with Olympic quality aerial acrobats and they definitely create a show.\\n\\nSo now how do I mount this? There is no hook, screw hole, plate etc. There are two ways of looking at that. One is the it leaves you wide open to mount it any way you choose, and the other is that you have to get creative in mounting it. Do I drill a small hole and attach a screw? For some reason I keep thinking this would really be cute if you had a gate door to go into your side or back yard, and this guy would be your gate keeper mounted on the door. It creates a warm and inviting message saying hello to every passerby.\\n\\nI've always had a little rabbit near the entrance sitting in the earth of the garden. This is way more dramatic, and I like it. The plastic gives off a bit of an odor so don't store it in your bedroom when you first open it. I guess like a memory foam mattress it takes a while to de-fumigate. Now I have to figure out where to put it. I don't have a gate into the backyard, and this thing is too cool to bury it in some unseen place.\",\n \"Product: The power of baking soda and oxi clean dirt fighters absorbs odors and removes dirt from smoke, mold, and mildew. Easy pet hair pick up. Does not remove carpet stains. Leaves behind a pleasant fragrance for long lasting freshness.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Put a fan in the window, open a second window, close the door and let it blow. It works to get rid of the smell.\\n\\nReview: I hate it too. If I never smell this stuff again for the rest of my life it will be too soon. I have a couple of wool oriental rugs that were a bit musty from being stored in the basement, and I wanted to freshen then up. They already were improving just being in the upstairs room. Mother nature takes care of these things. So I thought why not knock out that least little bit of odor when you put your nose up to it. Using this stuff was one of the worst mistakes I ever made. The stench is unbelievable, and it permeates everything. I vacuumed repeatedly in all different directions and it still didn't help, no not even a little bit.\\nOkay now that I am done venting let me be of some help. I called the company and asked them what I could do to get rid of the smell. They said, of course, put baking soda on it. Well I applied two times on a small test entry rug let it sit first for 15 minutes, and the second time for 30 minutes and it made absolutely no difference at all. What was I going to do? Go out and spend thousands of dollars to have my rugs cleaned professionally. I was depressed.\\nThen I realized that these rugs musty smell was dissipating from being in fresh air, so I thought why not put this in turbo drive. It was 37 degrees out last night, but that didn't stop me. I put a 20 inch box fan in the window blowing in, and had the other window open with a screen in it letting air out. It ran all night, and guess what? The smell is almost gone. I read where another review or two said it goes away pretty much in about 5 days to a week. Here is what is interesting. I took the one sectional rug out onto my Veranda with a screen window open right next to it, but without a fan, and the smell was still there. I don't know if it was as strong as the day before, but this I do know, the removing of the scent is in direct proportion to how much air you move over the carpet. Even in the second room where I had a pair of only 8\\\" fans, one drawing out, and the other blowing in, it was way more effective than the passive air with the screen open on the Veranda. I have since moved that sectional carpet back into the room with the fan. Hopefully by tomorrow I will see a vast improvement on that one as well.\\nSo all is not lost. I was getting depressed yesterday only to realize today that there is a solution. I threw the other two boxes out in the 3 pack, and tossed the bag that had the vacuum dumpings out too, even though there was nothing else in the bag. It was stinking up my entire garage. Oddly enough the 3 pack listing which is the one I bought had a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews. I guess if someone is living in doggy doo, and pet vomit, this stuff may appear as a welcome relief.\\nFinally if you really do have a problem what absolutely must be addressed this stuff will work, BUT do not use it liberally. You may be thinking like I did, \\\"How can this stuff eliminate odors if it never even gets on all of the spots\\\"? Don't worry about it. It is so strong you could use it in the next door neighbors house and you could still smell it. (Hyperbole)\\nNow whether the smell comes back after re-vacuuming is something I have yet to determine. Right now I want to bathe in the success of getting rid of the smell. I will be treating those rooms with moving air for the next few nights also.\",\n \"Product: 5134GSEL Features: -Better system communication. -Largest containment area up to 11 acres. Finish: -Metal/Plastic. Material: -Metal. Number of Items Included: -12.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Huge advantage not having to dig a trench all the way around the perimeter of your property, But read the description first.\\n\\nReview: Comes with one collar but since it can contain up to two dogs a second collar option is available. The main unit can control up to two. Wireless signals do not penetrate so well through aluminum siding. You need a clear line of signal for this to work. So if you have a sloping hill home and locate the sending unit on the ground floor it will not go through earth to reach your dogs collar on the other side of the property.\\n\\nHavahart makes good products. I use their humane mouse traps that captures the mouse and allows me to release them. This wireless dog fence manual is available for you to see right here on this Amazon page. When you click on manual, at least what happened to me was that it showed up with teeny tiny letters. By scrolling your mouse over to the right side you will see a plus and minus sign, by clicking on the + sign a few times it expands it to whatever level you feel comfortable reading it. Inside of there they have an 800 number for customer support with what they call 360 degree customer support. Considering the variety of reviews you can easily see it works great for some, and not so great for others. With the manual available with the 800 number you can even call before you buy, or after you buy with any questions.\\n\\nIncluded in the box is a quick setup guide as well as the full sized instruction manual. Setup time takes an hour. Just as importantly is the section on training your dog. The roaming area can be set for 40 feet up to 400 feet. The trigger zone is 3 to 6 feet wide and can be only a tone or a static correction. Even with the static correction levels there are 5 of them with 5 being the highest. You can independently adjust up to two collars as I mentioned with each one having its own settings. There are 75 small white training flags included in the box.\\n\\nI have a suggestion for Havahart. The settings allow for tone or static. (Static electricity is annoying but not like a real electrical jolt). If you have ever studied operant conditioning or read about Pavlovs dog who he would ring a bell every time he fed the dog. After a while even without food present he would ring the bell and the dog started salivating. So the trigger, the bell ringing became associated with food. I wish they had a more sophisticated program whereby the tone could stay on and well let me explain it this way. You have your roaming zone without any triggers. That is followed by a tone zone where the tone would go off, and then beyond that you have outer zones that would intensify the static. In the beginning the flags act to alert your dog where his boundaries are but after a while they become a spectacle. So you remove them hoping the dog remembers. When you take away the flags, and lets say only have the collar set to tone, he re-learns after a while that running through the tone zone has no consequences.\\n\\nMy home was built in 1955 and is made from cinder block and stucco siding all the way around so unfortunately this wireless collar signal is blocked somewhat and therefore not effective. I see now that the stucco warning was right on the page as well as the aluminum siding warning. The huge advantage to this system if you have a standard built house without stucco or aluminum siding is that you don't have to dig a trench all the way around the outside perimeter of your home. That is no small task. So if you home falls into the category of one that is useful for this system this is the one to get.\",\n \"Product: IRIS 3-Tier Cat Tree Condo has sturdy wood components and heavy-duty hardware. The IRIS 3-Tier Cat Tree Condo is built to give many years of safe, playful fun. It assembles in minutes, and will provide a great space for your cat friend to explore and play. Cleanup is easy with a soft brush or vacuum.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Very nice cat tree stand from a leader in the industry.\\n\\nReview: I have the 5 and this 3 Tier. I must say that for only less than a 20% difference in price at the current pricing you are getting with the 5 tier a larger stand with heavy duty thick rope twine wrapping the upright posts which are an ideal scratching post. Both of these are assembled using 3/8\\\" threaded rods and bolt inserts. You could easily consider that overkill.\\n\\nThis 3 Tier and why I wanted both is covered completely with a very soft furry material. It is so soft and comfortable that it's as much a cat nap machine as anything else. My cats have been tearing up my natural black walnut coffee table with bark sides. They love that bark. So that is why I wanted the 5 tier the most. You could get both of these and put one on different floors. I see that there is the rare review stating that this is not built strongly enough. I researched this and found the most common word to describe this stand is the word sturdy. This 3 tier tree stand is garnering 5 star reviews from over 70% of those reviewing it.\\n\\nI think part of the problem experienced by the few pertaining to assembly is that the directions are a simply illustration type. So detailed explanations about how to assemble are few. If you are not handy or mechanically inclined you may want to have someone assist you. Hey sometimes it can be rough enough assembling something with intricate thorough instructions let alone something with such scant directions.\\n\\nThe fabric is made from a very soft and plush material that is waterproof and vacuums very easily. So the cat hair challenge doesn't present much of a problem. This company, Iris makes a lot of cat stands so this is not someone new to the industry cutting their eye teeth. These are seasoned designers and builders. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: IRIS 5-Tier Cat Tree Condo has sturdy wood components and heavy-duty hardware. The IRIS 5-Tier Cat Tree Condo is built to give many years of safe, playful fun. It assembles in minutes, and will provide a great space for your cat friend to explore. Cleanup is easy with a soft brush or vacuum.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Sturdily built. Very nice at an attractive price.\\n\\nReview: This thing is sturdily built. I was a licensed state inspection mechanic. I know what quality construction is. This 5-tier cat tree is assembled not using 1/4\\\" bolts which would be more than enough, it is assembled using 3/8\\\" bolts which to some degree is overkill. I must admit that I was taken aback and hesitated to order it after reading a single review to the contrary. So then I read all of the other reviews, and went out on the web and researched even more reviews and the number one word that is used is sturdy.\\n\\nWhen the box first arrived I was surprised at how heavy it is. The shipping weight is on the label, and when it says 50 pounds they mean it. This 5 tier model is the one to get. The 3 tier is nice and if you are looking for an add-on that one is good also, but for the difference in price the 5 =tier gives you scratching poles with heavy duty rope that the cats love to get into. My cats for years had a hay day clawing at the natural bark on my highly finished coffee table. This really tightly wrapped, heavy duty rope will provide long term use. They naturally will be clawing at it because the whole nature of the unit is for climbing.\\n\\nThe box measures 21.5 x 22 x 14 inches. The directions are abbreviated in terms of the way most directions are provided these days; there is a simply illustration showing you which piece goes where with a step by step, 1, 2, 3, diagram to follow. If you are not mechanically inclined in the least, as in mechanically challenged then have someone who is breeze right through the construction. Complete assembly can be accomplished in as little as 15 minutes. The cats are loving it, and I am amused because they can keep themselves busy, at least part of the time instead of walking on my keyboard. Nice unit. Well built. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The Dial-A-Width Dado set performs like a stacked dado, but we have replaced the shims with a patented dial system and with our exclusive Dial hub, ensures accurate adjustments. Each 'click' of the dial adjusts the blade by .004\\\". The Dial-A-Width dado set is easy to use, and very precise. For the serious woodworker, theres nothing better.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: It's as good as it gets\\n\\nReview: I bought this Freud 8\\\" Super Dado set, hoping to improve on my Sears Excalibur adjustable. Success! The adjustable Sears blade left a slight roundness at the bottom of the cut. When making finger joints, you could see a slight belly where the bottom of the groove met the flats of the adjoining finger. With the Freud Super Dado, it makes a perfectly flat mating. Not even a thousandths of a gap anywhere along the edge of it.\\nCritically speaking, their is a tiny ridge that is made when you look down into the groove at the bottom, but it is so small, that you have to scratch it up to a moving blade, or should I say multiple blades. It does not result in any edge imperfections whatsoever. At first notice, I was relieved to see a perfectly smooth cut. After using it multiple times, and looking too deeply, I noticed the tiniest ridges. I believe these ridges are a result of having to move the board across the blade, and all it takes is the slightest movement as to the heighth of the board, to cause it to get closer to the blade, and thereby giving you the tiniest ridge midstream. Even with that, their isn't anything less than a perfect seam along the outside edge, without having to do any sanding, filing, chiseling etc. It is perfect right off of the blade.\\nThe dado this blade makes is perfectly flat, smooth, and at a perfect right angle. I just went into inspect a job that I just did in large sized wood, and did not notice even a slight edge imperfection in all of the joints I inspected.\\nIn plain words, perfect joints, great price for a tool of this quality (zero tearout as well).\\nI haven't tried every dado blade out there, but I feel comfortable saying that if I had to do it all over again, I would buy this again. How do you improve on the best. Hope this helps.\",\n \"Product: Board Buddies Yellow Board Buddies W1104\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Serves a much needed function ideally\\n\\nReview: I had the experience of cutting a piece of stock, and it got trapped between the fence and the blade. It wouldn't matter except that the wood lifted slightly, and that caused an off angle into the blade. Consequently it binded, and sent a piece of wood flying into my stomach at about 50 mph. Okay maybe it was 40, but the speed was irrelevant. What did matter is that it was painful, and forceful enough to leave a welt and scraped the skin. If it wasn't a square ended board, but rather a sharp pointed one, it would be of even greater concern.\\n After that experience, I broke out the hold down that originally came with the saw. Since it is a circa 1950's Sears, the hold down wasn't in the best of shape. It was the kind that sits at the back of the table. I didn't like the arm sticking up, and having to pass through the thin slit of the freshly cut wood. What if I was using a thin kerf blade? I decided instead to take the advice of a professional, and concentrate on not letting the back side of the piece of wood lift up on the fence. With a push stick that has a long tail I was able to do that. I recognize that this is just one more angle priority I have to remember when pushing stock through. Then I got the board buddies.\\n At first I hesitated because Incra who makes my TSIII-32 table saw fence said that board buddies are not compatible with the Incra fence. Knowing the engineering principles involved with the board buddies, and Amazon's generous return policy, I decided to go ahead and order them. I'm glad I did.\\n The reason why Incra stated that the fence did not work was because the center plate that mounts the adjusting arm to the fence, sat above the upper surface of the fence. That is easily solved by using a 1/4\\\" shim made of wood, or Masonite etc and simply kerfing out the section where the adjusting arm center plate edge sits proud. That makes a completely flat surface area all across the top of the fence for the board buddy to sit on. I also ordered the Woodstock mounting bracket-plate made for these board buddies. That enables me to be able to remove and reinstall the board buddies with the least amount of effort.\\n The universal advantages of the board buddies, is that they are built a lot more substantially than the pictures show. They are large. That is great because they can handle the type of rigor required for a 4x8 sheet of 3/4\\\" plywood.\\n I couldn't figure out how they mounted from the pictures, but they attach across the top of your fence. The yellow plastic-rubber like bumpers extend out and press down on your work and are adjustable thanks to the spring loaded tensioner. So you can fine tune them for different size stock thicknesses.\\n Another nice feature is that the cylindrical drums roll in only one direction. That allows you to freely feed the work in, but if the work piece wants to start to back up it instantly stops it. That back roll is nipped in the bud, and that is the movement, that leads to the binding that I was telling you about. Combined with the hold down effect, that stops it altogether. So it actually performs a double protection effort.\\n In terms of creating perfect cuts, the board buddies help to maintain an even surface angle. Beneficial when your shooting for smooth finish grade cuts.\\n One more thing to note is that these mount freely anywhere along the top surface of your fence. The best position is one immediately before your blade, and the other immediately after it. For some reason I was imagining that they projected directly over the blade, and therefore were only good for stock that was wide enough to meet with the buddy. NOT. By placing them in front and behind the blade, you can adjust them for anything from small to large stock.\\n If I had to be critical of the buddies, I would be concerned for certain fence types that can not accept the challenge of the buddies creating lift on the fence. With the buddies set to press down on the work piece, when it enters the buddy it will press them up, and that creates a lifting. A less than substantial fence with a tie down only on the side, closest to you, may create a lifting concern. If your fence, when fastened holds on the rear and front, then the lift is of no concern. If your fence only holds down on one end, an easy way to determine the buddies usability is to simply fasten it, then use something to pry on it to test the level of resistance. The buddies are spring loaded and adjustable. To get the maximum usability without more frequent adjusting, a front and rear hold down fence is preferred.\\n Overall I highly recommend the buddies. They add to the safety and precision of making table saw cuts, and could be used on router tables with a compatible fence. The heavy castings, and industrial grade rubber should give you years of use.\",\n \"Product: A great compromise between the harder-to-use block style jigs and the Kreg Jig. Features a hollow recess on the back side of the jig for the large washer of the face clamp. A gate covers the opening which locks the clamp into the jig. Once the pockets are bored, the gate slides open and the clamp can be used to align the workpiece as the screws are driven. Kit includes the dual purpose clamp, extension plate for working thicker materials, face clamp, drill bit with depth collar and a lifetime guarantee.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Kreg Pocket Hole Jigs Number 1 across the board\\n\\nReview: I bought the Kreg Pocket Hole Pro Pack, which has all of the components on this set, plus the workpiece holder. You could make your own using a toggle clamp. What I wanted to share with you is that the Kreg Pocket Hole offerings made the number one spot across the board in the November 2003 issue of Better Homes and Gardens \\\"Wood\\\" magazine. Everything from the mini on through to the automated production machine were given the top ratings. It was a clean sweep for Kreg. They tested a lot of machines too. Some of the advantages are the flush edge joining to the workpiece prevented tearout. The case hardened steel guides didn't show wear or metal shavings. Easy to make or buy the premade plug holes out of wood. (Some were an odd shape, and wouldn't accept plugs very well)\\n Even though the body is made out of plastic, which is substantial and well done, the steel guides are the only thing the drill bit touches.\\n Pocket hole joinery is a nice addition to your arsenal. You will find yourself incorporating it more and more into your projects, and the Kreg system is the best. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: These Heavy Duty Sawhorses hold up to 1200 pounds per pair, yet one weighs only 12 pounds. A removable top protector allows for any 2x lumber to be used with the tray to eliminate cutting into the plastic. Folds flat to 2 inches for easy storage and includes a rugged parts tray. Made with high impact, durable plastic.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: These are the best option\\n\\nReview: A popular competitor makes one comparable that is 34 inches high. This one is 30 or 31 depending if you leave the upper half of the top on. A comfortable work height is 34 inches. The advantage to these storehorse 10008-1's is that you can easily remove the upper half of the top cap, and neatly and snugly fit a 2x4 into the top of it, to bring it up to 34 inches. You could also make two small holes in each side of the black top cupping the two by's and add a couple of short decking screws to give it all the more stability. I have seen the competitors model at 34 inches of plastic, and unfortunately it is all chewed up due to saw blades running into it. This Storehorse, has the advantage of the 2x4 that you supply being the sacrificial, and easily replaceable work surface. You could use a 2x6, and shorten it to the exact height that you need. That is nice when you are using it to support and outfeed plank for example on your table saw.\\n These have the advantage of holding up to 1500 pounds per pair, which is 500 more than most of the competitors. Yet they are surprisingly light, and store away taking up only 2\\\" of depth.\\n They look good, fold away very easy, and definitely deserve 5 stars.\",\n \"Product: The Porter-Cable US58 1/4-Inch to 5/8-Inch, 22-Gauge C-Crown Upholstery Stapler is an easy to use pneumatic stapler with plenty of useful features. It uses standard Senco C Type 22-gauge, 3/8-inch crown staples to get the job done right, and it includes a 1-inch nose extension for those tough to reach areas. The high-capacity bottom-load magazine handles 185 staples, and the driver guide moves back to easily clear jams from the magazine. The US58 stapler requires 70-120 PSI air pressure, so it will work with most air compressors.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Boldly goes where no finish nailer has gone before\\n\\nReview: This Porter Cable upholstery stapler is as comfortable to use, as it is to buy; great price point. I did buy it with the intention of using it for attaching fabric to seat bottoms, and I have some early French provincial furniture that will need reupholstering. What I found was that it is usable for a lot of other things as well. I make cabinetry. In order to transport the finish pieces, I use the single sided corrugated cardboard, which is inexpensive to wrap it. These staples work great to attach the cardboard to the back seam of the cabinet. This stapler will take up to 5/8\\\" staples. I didn't find them here at Amazon so I bought up to the 1/2\\\" size. They are wider than the narrow crown staples.\\n The stapler fires well without any misfires since I have been using it. It doesn't have a safety plunge mechanism, as do the finish nailers. That enables you to get into tight corners whereas the tip is a lot smaller.\\n The only downside is that it does not come with a case, and I did not find staples for it available locally. All in all it is a very nice tool. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Milwaukee introduces the new Lok-Tor series of cordless driver/drills and hammer-drills. The rugged Lok-Tor series delivers higher torque, higher speeds, longer run-time and the increased durability and quality expected from Milwaukee Electric Tools. All Lok-Tor models feature an exclusive all-metal, single-sleeve ratcheting chuck with carbide jaws to provide the highest grip torque on bits of any competitive product. A new Milwaukee-built high efficiency motor delivers up to 460 in.-lbs. of torque. The high efficiency motor and superior battery technology combine to provide the ultimate run-time. Another Milwaukee exclusive is the dampened or 'quiet' spindle lock mechanism which relieves the stress of metal slamming on metal for increased durability and smooth operation.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This drill is top of the heap-Compare\\n\\nReview: I have been looking to upgrade my 14.4 cordless when the batteries expire. For the cost of two batteries, you might as well buy a kit with a new drill. The new Makita with NMH batteries got my attention. They were giving more drill time and charged in 45 minutes instead of 90 minutes like the NiCads. I also liked the ergonomically designed handle. It felt good in my hands-very comfortable.\\n Then my brother got wind of this Milwaulkee, and now I am sold. I own a corded hammer drill from Milwaukee, and never experienced that level of torque before. It caught a bit, and almost broke my wrist. When I went over to the local Milwaukee factory store, I got a better introduction to this cordless 14.4. First it had the ergonomics that I like in the handle grip, just like the Makita. At 460 in/lbs of torgue it outperfoms the Makita which is only 340. The 14.4 and the 18 volt are simply the highest torques-strongest cordless drills on the market today in their respective voltages. Additionally this newly introduced Milwaukee has advanced battery technology. They took the NiCads to the next level. Milwaukee is able to get the recharge time down to 1 hour, while still maintaining the longer life expectancy of NiCads. The NiMh batteries have a shorter shelf-usage life. Something to consider with the hefty cost of replacement.\\n So some technical stuff. The Milwaukee has ALL copper windings in the motor. The yellow guys have a metal mix in the coils. Net result, more cost to build one but yielding more reliability and muscle. Additionally it has more gears. More gears with finer teeth, result in less polish-sliding-resistance on the gears. The gears are all metal, with a metal housing. A big competitor gives you metal gears in a plastic housing.\\n Another interesting note is that is does not weigh any more than its competitors in the 14.4 range.\\n The large 1/2\\\" capacity chuck jaws are serrated carbide. Imagine that carbide teeth in a drill. No slip there, and they have a single sleeve on the outside, so you can run the drill to tighten the bit. No having to stop and grab two sleeves to get a good grip.\\n So there you have it. Reversing drill, two speed capabilities, more power, more reliability, quicker recharge times, great ergonomics in the handle, a nice price, and now even better with the special going on for a free extra battery or car charger. I'm becoming a devout Milwaukee fan, and the big red is easy to differentiate on the job site, when everyone else has their yellows recharging. Helps to not have your new battery \\\"accidentally\\\" swapped out with an old one. Just don't tell your buddies about the torque, otherwise you will start to see a lot of big reds showing up. :-)\",\n \"Product: The Starrett 505A-12 Aluminium Miter Protractor is part of the popular ProSite 505 Protractor family. The 5-in-1 combination protractor performs miter cuts, single cuts, compound cut conversion table, protractor and roof pitches.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A Must Have for Every Trim Carpenter\\n\\nReview: Trim carpenters are forever measuring angles and making cuts with a miter saw. The advantage of the Starrett 505A is that it makes the job easier. You simply place the protractor into the corner, and it does all of the calculations for you. It reads the angle and the miter saw setting at the same time, with two different sets of arrows.\\n The thing I like about it, is that it holds a setting, and that is adjustable. There is a setting screw in the back that enables you to adjust the amount of play. The way it comes out of the box, it is almost too tight. If you are laying it up against something, then it is fine, but when you want to pre-set it to an angle, then, use it to align something, it is a little tricky to pre-set. It is so snug that a gentle push will not change it, then with a little more effort, it will change a lot. I used a little WD 40 and loosened the screw just a hair, and now it adjusts perfectly, and still holds a setting. If you are a trim carpenter, and are taking measurements off of walls, the way it is right out of the box is great.\\n Another thing I like about it, is how ruggedly it is built. Thick aluminum and with this new model, large easy to read numbers.\\n I checked the accuracy with an expensive Bosch digital protractor, which is accurate to 1/10th of one degree. (Like having 3600 dots in a circle instead of 360) Every setting was either dead on accurate or was accurate to within a few tenths of a degree. That's accurate, although with a paste on measurement face, it is entirely possible for them to make them with less accuracy than the results I am getting on this one as has been mentioned in some of the other reviews.\\n I like it better than the Bosch digital protractor, because it is beefy, and easy to use and store. The Bosch with its glass LED readout, and bulky frame is great for setting up tools and the like, but not as practical for the job site. That is why I have both. I also use the Starrett combination square for setting up saw blades and other tools that require a perfect ninety. Starrett makes great stuff.\\n I spoke to Starrett in an email about this protractor, and they said this 505A was specifically designed for the job site, every day use in the shop, and to come in at a price that everybody could afford. It's a great unit for the money. Highly recommended. A great addition to your arsenal.\",\n \"Product: The improved next generation of PUR faucet water filter is at your service with the PUR Advanced Faucet Water Filter - Chrome FM-3700B. With 1-click installation, superior contaminant removal, and a Two-year warranty, there's never been an easier or more reliable way to get PUR water. Each PUR faucet water filter gives you up to 100 gallons (2 3 months) of clean, healthy, great-tasting water.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A 4 for functionality, but the physics of it requires a little pampering\\n\\nReview: I have a water filter on my refrigerator doors water dispenser. I use it all of the time. The junk that you find in water is unbelievable. I will never forget I saw a truck going down the street with 55 gallon drums with a skull and cross bones on them, and all kinds of federal requirement warnings of poisonous substance onboard. It was marked chlorine, and on the way to the municipal water supply to add to our drinking water. Of course they only add a little bit at a time, and it is necessary to destroy the bacteria and other nasty critters that get in our drinking water, but when it is done doing its job, I want it out of my water that makes it to the cup. In addition there is lead in the solder for the pipes, and God knows what kind of bug spray, fertilizers, and septic tank run off that makes it into our water supply, not to mention acid rain, and all kinds of pollutants that come out of the sky and land smack dab in the middle of our drinking water.\\n\\nSo filtering is important. How you achieve that filtering is another matter. I used to use the inexpensive <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Brita-42629-Slim-Pitcher/dp/B0000AP7NV/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Brita 42629 Slim Pitcher</a>. It is an amazing what a carbon filter will get out, and like this PUR system it gets out high 90 some percent of it. So some kind of system is too inexpensive not to get. The disadvantage to the Brita system is that you have to remember to fill it all of the time, and then there is the lugging it around, opening the fridge and putting it back every time you want a drink of water. With the PUR system it is always at the ready right at the tap.\\n\\nNow let's get into the problem that so many are speaking of with this PUR 3-Stage, and that is the mount leaking. I think that because of the nature of the physics of attaching a larger device to the end of a faucet and having all kinds of people in the house using it, and maybe some not caring that it is attached in only one spot making it easy to break can lead to early gasket or mounting failure. I have been using it for only two weeks and so far not a drop is wasted. I really don't plan on taking it on and off. It will just stay there. There isn't any need to even swivel it around either. It works just like a regular faucet, unless you flip the little black plastic flap/valve on the right side, and then directs the water to go through the filter like you see in the picture. That flap turns so easily it almost moves itself. So no torque is involved with changing the positions. I like to say that a good mechanic never forces anything. There is no need to exert force on this unit.\\n\\nSo essentially the mounting setup is quite easy and only takes a minute or two. You remove the little screen and round screw on threaded end on your faucet, and then install the plastic threaded adapter on the end of your faucet. Then the two buttons on the unit are squeezed to allow a spring loaded grasping mechanism to hold it onto the adapter. You let go and you are done. Oh yeah you have to install the filter first into the cartridge area, and screw that on first. Let the water run for 5 minutes in order to purge the system of carbon filter dust and you are ready to go.\\n\\nI really like the idea of being able to get drinking water out of my bathroom faucet instead of having to go out to the kitchen all of the time, so this unit is really handy. I can definitely taste a difference in the filtered water and the non-filtered no matter what type of filtration system you use, and the water here in \\\"Springfield\\\" has always been the best. So far I think the PUR system is great. If I run into the leaking problem that others have experienced I will come back and edit this review, but for now, I have to highly recommend it. Check the date of this review, if you haven't heard from me back it is purring along. :-) (No pun intended)\",\n \"Product: NT65M2S Features: -Integrated air duster button allows air from the compressor to bypass the nailing function and expel from a hole in the front of the tool allowing the user to clear away dust and debris from the work surface in preparation for the nail. -Tool - less, easy-to-clear nose for quick and simple nail extraction should a nail jam during use. -Simple flip of the selective actuation switch allows for either sequential or contact fastening, depending upon the application, with no additional parts or tools required. -360 degree, fully adjustable exhaust port directs air exhaust away from the user during use. Type of Nailer: -Finish Nailers. Type of Fastener: -Finish Nails. Fastener Size Range: -1.25\\\" - 2.5\\\". Fastener Gauge: -16. Dimensions: Overall Height - Top to Bottom: -10.88 Inches. Overall Width - Side to Side: -2.85 Inches. Overall Product Weight: -3.7 Pounds.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Hitachi NT65MA4 vs Bostitch with notes about the MA2\\n\\nReview: I posted this review over in the Hitachi MA2 version, a long standing favorite amongst the pros. I wanted to post it here as well considering it really is about the MA4. Here it is.\\n\\nI've done/doing some professional woodworking and have a lifetime of experience. In air driven nailers I have Porter Cables upholstery stapler, their 23 gauge pin nailer, an 18 gauge, two of their 16 gauge nailers. I impulsively bought the Bostitch after reading the first page reviews, and then spent a couple of hours researching the Hitachi vs. the Bostitch. After comparing, this is what I found.\\n\\nA lot of people are jumping on the Bostitch band wagon because it is the lightest at 3.8 pounds, it is dry as in no oil, and it has class leading 400 inch pounds of power. I was dazzled and bought right away. After digging deeper, I am refusing the Bostitch and getting the Hitachi. They both have the \\\"durable composite magazine\\\" (plastic) that holds the nails. The Hitachi with its aluminum housing only weighs .4 pounds more as in 4.2 instead of 3.8. That extra .4 is not going to make a difference. The oil issue is seemingly an advantage in that the Bostitch runs dry, but my other nailers are all oiled, and all I do is drive 2 or 3 nails into a piece of scrap to blow out the excess oil when first putting a couple of drops in the gun, and the rest of the time it is dry. Also the 400 pounds of torque is not an issue because the 15 gauge nailers have tons of power as compared to the 16 gauge, so much so that a small difference in power is irrelevant. When I borrowed a PC 15 gauge and first fired it, it went off with a POW instead of a pop like the 16. Substantially more power resulted in me being able to drive the nails into the tongue side of a 7/8\\\" board deep enough that I didn't have to get out my center punch and tap it in the rest of the way; it drove deep and flush on the first try every time after setting it properly.\\n\\nI am concerned about the many reviews that appear mostly all on the secondary pages on the Bostitch about having driver failure problems. Professionals who hit nails when driving a nail complain of having to go back and spend $35 to have the driver replaced every time they do. On the other hand the Hitachi has a ton of reviews many from deeply seasoned pro's that use it daily, for years, and never had a hiccup, other than an occasional, easily correctable nail jam. I'm using this right away on driving nails into crown moldings in a circa 1955 house with plaster walls, and the corners are all strengthened with lath wire so it is probable that I will be hitting metal more than just a few times. I don't want to worry about having to send it back to the shop to replace a driver every time I do.\\n\\nThis Hitachi NT65MA2 15 gauge has been updated twice. The 3 was out before in a lime green, and now the new item is the same model with a 4, as in NT65MA4. It has the same layout, but a slightly different look with the same industrial feel to it, and it is not lime green or gray, but silver. It appears that the main body is also a little bit larger.\\nThe Bostitch is a fine tool but you will notice that the home hobbyist is praising it more and the pro's are booing it more. All you have to do is look down the review results and you will see the Bostitch has a wide spread review base with a liberal amount of 3's, 2's, and 1's as well as the 4's and 5's. The Hitachi is mostly 5's, and some 4's with no 3's, 2's, or 1's at all. That's quite a drastic difference. With reviews going all the way back to 2004 that is quite a lot of time for someone to hate the tool, and nobody does.\\n\\nI wanted to say that the MA4 is only available at the time of writing this review through an Amazon merchant and not an Amazon in stock item, but I am sure Amazon will be picking it up directly soon. That was another decision I had to make. Do I buy the older tried and true, super reviewed MA2 model, or go for the newest version from Hitachi and get the MA4. After speaking to the rep he mentioned that it was the same industrial grade piece of equipment as the MA2 so I went for it. The body of the MA4 is even a little beefier.\\n\\nNow onto the Hitachi and some of the things I love about it. First off it has an air blowing feature. You may think that is trivial, but it is a great feature that everyone is raving about. When I bought my Bosch jig saw it had an air blowing line that would remove the dust from where the blade meets the wood so you can see the line. After using lesser jig saws and not being able to see the line due to instant dust buildup, that was quite an improvement, so I am partial to air blowing capabilities. Even though with a nailer you don't wind up with the same problem, this thing has an air blower that is so strong that you can clean off a large workbench in only a few seconds; it comes in handy. It also has an interesting air input connection that is configured so you can keep the air line out of the way, and suspended in air so it is not so likely to bump into things. The Hitachi also has the continuous firing option whereas the Bostitch has the single firing option only. With continuous firing you can squeeze the trigger, and as fast as you plunge the head into the workpiece it fires repeatedly. You may have seen this feature on guns that are used to place tar paper on the side of buildings. Once up on the ladder they spread out a sheet, and pow, pow, pow. None of this stuff of positioning the gun, depress the nose, and then fire. That is great when you are doing precision work, but when you have larger areas that require multiple shots the multiple fire feature is great.\\n\\nNail availability. The Bostitch is the odd man out when it comes to nails in the industry; they only accept Bostitch nails. So Bostitch is proprietary forcing you to buy their nails. The Hitachi accepts the popular standard size from other manufacturers so when you are in the middle of a job you can access them locally, and not have to worry about overstocking everything all of the time. I normally would still prefer to use Hitachi nails in the Hitachi gun just in case but when viewing the ads for B&C Eagle nails they state, \\\"Fits Senco, Hitachi, PC, Rigid, Milwaukee, Makita, Craftsman, Dewalt, and most other 15 gauge angled finish nailers.\\\" So you can see that you will never be stuck finding a compatible nail for the Hitachi 15 gauge nailer.\\n\\nOverall the Bostitch is not a bad gun, but it appears that jams are more frequent after some use, and of course when they occur they bend over and mar the wood. Maybe this feature of having more power may be the reason why the driver gets broken. Combining that with a no oil environment may be the culprit.\\n\\nI've also seen some pretty high priced Hitachi equipment, and with the discount I was able to purchase it for a price super close to the Bostitch. Bostitch is a good name, but in this case, I like the Hitachi better. Hitachi includes a nice case, and even a pair of safety glasses; nice touch. I just wish they included a small bottle of the oil. Maybe they didn't want to deal with the oil spill creating a mess problems. Oh well, no biggie. The bottom line to me is ease of use with multiple nail driving options and reliability.\",\n \"Product: The IRWINQUICK-GRIPOne-Handed Bar Clamp, Medium-Duty, provides up to 300 lbs. of sustained clamping force evenly distributed across removable swivel jaws. It is constructed with an I-beam bar to reduce flexing and bowing, non-marring pads that protect workpieces and can be removed quickly, and a unique pistol grip design with a Quick-Release() trigger for one-handed operation. This clamp easily converts to a spreader with a few simple turns of the quick-change button.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Quick Grip tops the charts on usability plus\\n\\nReview: The big benefit to these is that you get true mobility out of them. While holding a piece of work, lined up, in one hand, you use these quick grips in the other hand to secure the work. If it slips while clamping, it is still a one handed tool to release it, and reclamp it again. Enables you to maintain a professional flow to your work. I feel awkward when using regular clamps in comparison. They require two hands. You could use a spring clamp to hold it together, then get another clamp to give it a final hold, but the quick grip saves you from having to do that.\\nHaving these clamps in a few different sizes is beneficial as well. Small ones are more frequently used, and don't get in the way. The 33 1/2\\\" is great when you need to hold larger projects together, and you can't effectively use two smaller ones to substitute. Additionally the macro clamps give you deeper jaws for a farther reach, enabling you to use them for securing work, to your radial arm saw table for example. They are fast enough to be used for almost any application. Sometimes I use them to secure work when sanding with a power sander. A couple squeezes and they are on, and one squeeze and they pop off.\\nAfter getting the smaller ones, and using them, I immediately order two of the 33 1/2\\\" for larger projects, and for tie downs on equipment, including the drill press, and occasionally the radial arm saw.\\nTheir is a small rubber stopper, which you can readily remove, in order to reverse the end, and make it a spreader as well. Something not needed very often, but difficult to achieve without one of these.\\nOne note is that these have built in rubber pads, that completely cover the metal internal end. That is an advantage when you do not want to mar the wood. That and the fact that you can squeeze these with one hand, creates a mechanism that is easy to use, but not something that you would want to use for strength clamping. As a safety measure, these clamp sufficiently for most operations, but a threaded bar clamp, is stronger. So for those operations where extreme strength is needed, these are not the clamps to use. You sacrifice mountain holding strength for the ease of use. For example if I was using a large bit on the drill press, and drilling into metal, I would clamp it with something more. Even the slightest movement in an operation like that, could cause a snag, sending the piece into movement. If you are using just one of them, at the end of a 24\\\" board, and decide to rout the other end, it will move on you. Securing it with two of them, and it is super tied down. You get my drift.\\nThe big advantage of quick grip clamps, is that they handle wood beautifully, even for glue up operations. Hold workpieces more than securely to do the job in most applications, and are so handy that they deserve more than 5 stars. I would feel lost without them. It is another tool in the must have category.\",\n \"Product: The ultra precision 1-2-3 Block, is hardened steel, ground flat and square to +/- 0.0002\\\". The block measures 1 inch thick, 2 inches wide and 3 inches high. The on-board dial indicator has a 1.0\\\" travel, accurate to 0.001\\\". The indicator comes with a round tip, ideal for checking flat surfaces. Included is a 3/8\\\" diameter flat tip, perfect for checking round surfaces, knife edges and router bit heights. The dial indicator/carriage has two embedded rare earth magnets that allow the carriage to move smoothly over the full length of the 1-2-3 Block. A positive lock screw secures the dial indicator/carriage at any desired location on the 1-2-3 Block four edges. Bring machine shop accuracy to your workshop. Combine a dial indicator with a hardened, precision ground 1-2-3 Block - add silk smooth adjustment capability over 3 inches and you get outstanding measuring accuracy in a compact package. Here are just a few applications. Measure/set router bit heights on your hand held router, router table. and router bit heights used on dovetail jigs. Adjust and calibrate jointer knife heights. Measure jointer in-feed out-feed table offsets. Measure table saw blade heights. Measure/set planer and drum sander in-feed roller heights. Measure drill bit diameters. Square all machine fences with the precision 1-2-3 Block. Vertical and horizontal measurements are made with ease - to within 0.001 of an inch.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Precision Instruments Cost More But They Are Worth It\\n\\nReview: They say a picture says a thousand words, check out the photos posted of this tool on the Amazon page to illustrate what I am saying. This is in my opinion the measuring tool that is worth its weight in gold.\\n\\nDo you need an Incra table saw fence to get accurate, effortless cuts to within .001 of an inch? Yes, but you can also get cuts that accurate by making a single pass on your table saw slightly oversized (1/4\\\") re-joint one side (wood moves after you cut it) then take a quick measurement with a handheld dial caliper of the cut piece. Whatever the difference is you can lay the 1-2-3 MicroGage against your fence and set the fence to the precise setting accurate to .001\\\". No need to make approximate sample cuts. Get it perfectly true, first time, every time.\\n\\nDo you need 3 router tables to do a multi-bit production, like when you are making raised panels? Well yes, but with the MicroGage 1-2-3 you can dial in the height of every bit setting, and if you do an oops on a piece sometime after routing it, you can come back to that bit setting with dead on accuracy by simply dialing in your setting.\\n\\nI could go on for hours explaining the advantages of having a perfectly squared block with an .001\\\" micro gage attached to it, but let me just mention a few.\\n\\nSetting up your jointer, to not only be able to quickly check the in feed and out feed tables, that they are co-planar, but also being able to more easily set the jointer blades to the proper height. I find it challenging to use a straight edge off of the out feed table to set the blades, there is always a little creep where the blade, spring loaded and at an off angle, wants to move into a further slight off angle under the straight edge, and after tightening, you find that it is set too high. Then you have to do it over again. With the Micro Gage you already know the setting, so you can leave the gage sitting on the blade, and have your other hand free to position the blades depth, and prevent it from any off angle settings. Once again, get it right the first time.\\n\\nCheck \\\"run out\\\" on your table saw, router, drill press, and more with the included \\\"flat\\\" dial indicator tip. Also, align your table saw blade to the miter slot, and then set your fence up properly so that it is perfectly parallel with your blade. That helps to eliminate burning wood, and tooth marks. Did you know that the instructions that come with the Forrest WWII blade tell you to set the back of the blade edge .001\\\" wider than the leading edge?\\n\\nIf I had to get critical of the unit, at first I thought I wished there was a locking knob that would hold the extended rod at a fixed setting, then after using it for awhile, I realized that it is engineered properly, because it is better let the dial spin as you are approaching a setting, until you arrive at the perfect spot, rather than trying to pre-set it, and then have to determine if it is snug against the item you are measuring.\\n\\nMeasuring the 1-2-3 for squareness with a Starret square, checked with a Bosch digital protractor that measures in tenths of a degree, equivalent to 3600 dots in a circle, no matter how small the circle, and the MicroGage 1-2-3 is a perfect 90 degree angle on every plane.\\n\\nFirst you come to the realization that super precise aligning of your tools not only creates better results, it's also important for safety reasons. Then you realize that the MicroGage 1-2-3 providing settings accurate to .001\\\" takes the same, or less time than winging it, and only getting it close. There are cheaper solutions but for total accuracy, this is the one to have. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: KREG KMA3200 Shelf Pin Drilling Jig\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: I always wanted a shelf pin jig but they were too expensive until now\\n\\nReview: Most of the shelf pin jigs were more money than I wanted to spend for an operation that I rarely use. They were also too big taking up too much valuable space. If you drill shelf pin holes all of the time they are well worth it though, and you will get perfect registration each time without having to remove and reinsert this jig multiple times. You could even use this Kreg to make up a temporary full size jig out of a three inch wide piece of stock and then throw it away.\\n\\nI am not dissuading others from using this as a perfectly good stand alone jig for creating finish pin projects. This will do the job all by itself. They give you a drill block with 6 pin hole metal sheathed guides. The idea is to use a reference pin in the last hole, after moving the jig up the line. They also give you an edge guide piece that you can snap into either side to you have the option of creating a 1\\\" or 2\\\" offset from the edge for your pins. You simply flip the jig and place the edge guide on the proper side.\\n\\nThey also give you an end bracket in the event you wanted to daisy chain these thereby making a longer unit, one that you wouldn't have to reposition, and reclamp so many times. That is a cool feature because with this unit being so inexpensive, you could connect as many as you want to give you the ideal length, and make storage of the overall unit something you can stack up in a very small box.\\n\\nThey also provide a brad point bit with an adjustable collar secured by an Allen bolt so you can adjust the depth of the hole. They give you a depth gauge on the back that is actually two troughs that the bit falls into, and a securing lever so it doesn't fall out while you are securing the collar.\\nSince drilling shelf pins is something you want to do accurately, but not something that requires .001 tolerances, utilizing this jig with multiple positions as you moves up a work piece, the accuracy of a guide pin will give you consistent results. The real bottom line is that at this price point, you can't afford not to have one. I consider it a welcome addition to the arsenal.\",\n \"Product: The ProGrip Shark Clip with Screw for Tarp, Camping and Cargo Tie Down Extension is a clip with clamp down application and opening for hook used to aid in holding down material such as tarps, boat and auto covers, temporary shelters, or any fabric cover needing extra hold down points. Ideal for commercial use such as construction, truck and vehicle owners who frequently transport cargo, as well as recreation use such as camping, hunting, and fishing where a tarp cover is used. Tarp clip is constructed of durable plastic material with strong holding power, designed to last. To use, slip material between clamp ending and twist shark fin on top to screw clamp and secure in clip; open ending with opening for hook creates additional anchor point to hold down material. Shark Clip with Screw for Tarp, Camping and Cargo Tie Down Extension comes in grey, pack of 4.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Superior Design, Smaller Footprint\\n\\nReview: I like the fact that these have a threaded screw mechanism with a large paddle knob on the back in order to adjust the tightness in which you use them. This allows for a variety of materials to be used and accounted for. Other cover clips such as the ones that my brother has are made of a rubbery type of material, and consist of a circle with an inner circle that \\\"snaps\\\" in to hold the material. I italicized the snaps because the plastic is flexible enough to consider it being squished in instead. These Pro Grips are made of tough hard plastic. You could flatten a dime with these suckers. :-) Ok that is an exaggeration but you get the idea, they are made of tough hard plastic and should give you a lot of years of use.\\n\\nThe other thing worth mentioning is the multilayer serrated teeth that make up the teeth. With about a whole one eighth of an inch opening or more this enables you to multi-fold the material that it is holding, or to be able to supplement the material with a secondary material designed to protect your tarp. The footprint is smaller however, but when you consider how small a grommet is which is the customary method for securing tarps these things are huge.\\n\\nWith the closed ring on the back, something you can easily tie a cord onto, or use a rubber tie down with that makes these all the more desirable. The ones my brother has and is using over his classic Miata right now only have a half loop, with one side open. Considering how soft the material is that is a much weaker system than these Pro Grips have with as they put it \\\"Prehistoric holding power\\\".\\n\\nSo that about sums it up. I find the convenience, holding power, and adjust ability to accommodate different types of material the shining stars on these tarp clips. The face or mouth could be even larger but the existing size will suffice for most jobs. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The new Bosch IDS181BL 18-volt Lithium-Ion Compact Tough 1/4-Inch Hex Impact Driver- Bare Tool with L-Boxx-2 and Exact-Fit Insert Tray features an ultra-compact design, while delivering best-in-class application control. Plumbers, electricians, carpenters, HVAC professionals and other tradesmen can take advantage of the tools optimized performance for fast and great results. Tools in the new IDS181 Impactor line feature a compact head length of just 5.4-Inch and a lightweight design of just 2.9-Pound to deliver the best balance and control for 18-volt small- to medium-duty applications. The tools compact size also facilitates work in hard-to-reach spaces. The IDS181 line delivers 42 percent more runtime compared to similar in-class competitors, along with 15-Percent less torque and 10-Percent more speed for the best application control. The Bosch-built hammer and anvil system provides maximum impact endurance, increasing tool life and performance. The new impact drivers also feature an intelligent electronic protection system, including electronic motor protection, which increases motor life by protecting the motor in overload and stall situations, and electronic cell protection, which doubles battery life. The Bosch IDS181BL bare tool includes the L-Boxx-2 and Exact-Fit insert tray, which allows for complete organization, storage and mobility solution for professionals on the go. The Bosch L-BOXX system is a convenient way to expand your storage options as your tool collection grows. Fill the cases with tools and lock them together for easy transport, handling, and protection against damage. You can also stack and store them in your home shop to keep tools dust-free and easily accessible. The innovative click system allows for easy connection and disconnection of any number of L-Boxxs. With the ease of single-click stacking, each L-Boxx easily locks together for easy transport and handling.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Bosch makes the best stuff. This drill driver is no exception.\\n\\nReview: This Bosch Bare Tool does not come with batteries. I have a Bosch DDH181-01 18-Volt Lithium-Ion Brute Tough 1/2-Inch Heavy Duty Drill/Driver Kit with 2 Batteries, Charger and Case which has quickly become my favorite drill. It is amazing in that the total recharge time for a flat dead battery is only about 30 minutes. The charging lasts me a whole day though, or sometimes two days on a single charge. That is a major breakthrough in 18 volt cordless technology. The charger is so heavy duty a fan kicks on after a couple of minutes just to cool it down. So what does this have to do with this Bosch Bare Tool 1DS181BL? Namely this; the battery from the DDH181 fits it perfectly. So if you already have a Bosch drill that takes the same battery, and has two of them, with the way these are charging, the bare tool model is all you need.\\n\\nBeware of comparing this package to the combo pack of drill and driver, and charger, and case, and two batteries and all for about a quarter of what this bare tool sells for additional. You will notice the driver in that one is a different number. That one is a DDS181-02 and this one is a DDS181BL. I have not done an exhaustive search on the internal workings of each but I have found in the past without exception when someone is way less money from the same manufacturer, it is also way less tool. This really is an example of you get what you pay for.\\n\\nI have been using cordless drills since their inception. I had a professional body shop for 20 years, and for the last 15 I setup a professional woodworking shop in the basement and have done professional projects for customers. I learned woodworking at a very early age. These Bosch 18 volts are part of a breakthrough in technology that enables them to be stronger and weigh a lot less than an 18 volt used to weigh. The other nice thing about the Bosch batteries is that they come in two different sizes like the ones that came with my drill. One is larger, and a bit heavier, and the other is slimmer. So if you are going to be doing a lot of overhead work, the lighter battery is a nice option. If you are building a deck, the heavier battery is very manageable. Like I said, either one of them is very light next to what they used to be.\\n\\nAnother thing I love about these Bosch drills, or driver is that they have the LED lights that go on when you gently press the trigger. You don't have to have a spinning chuck in order to illuminate something. This is super handy even when in well lit quarters because inevitably sooner or later you will find yourself in a corner blocking your own light. It makes me smile every time I use it in those situations.\\n\\nAnother convenience item built in is the battery comes with a small on button on its heel so with a touch it illuminates one of three lights to tell you how much charge/capacity the battery has left. With the generous non-memory of a lithium ion battery that adds up to being able to take a partially charged battery and place it back in the charger and not have to worry about shortening the useable duration of the battery. So if you click the button and only see a single light, feel free to pop that one in the charger while you work with the fully charged one. With such a long battery life, and short recharge time you can easily get through the day without running short.\\n\\nSo if you already have a Bosch drill that takes the same batteries you can buy this Bare Tool and save the difference of having to buy two more batteries in a kit, and have 4 batteries when 4 is not needed with the mind blowing recharge time that these Bosch models have.\\n\\nI also want to say that adding an impact driver to your arsenal is a wise move because the nature of impact drivers is like a jack hammer in the street. It is not a constant pressure but rather a building up of strength and then hitting an impact head internally. It is like a 100 hammer blows per minute of force driving the lag bolt or whatever home. Due to the nature of the way it works it opens up another whole level of function. I was driving dry wall screws overhead into some sheet rock, and did not have a dry wall drill handy so I used the driver instead. I was able to much more neatly judge just how far I needed to sink the screw with the driver than I was just using a cordless drill. You know with dry wall you have to get them just right. Too deep and you break the paper, too shallow and the mud guys are yelling at you because they have to hammer them flush.\\n\\nThe one last thing worth mentioning is that this driver comes with the L-Boxx-2 case. That is a great invention because they join together so if you need let's say three different tools for a job they become a stack on tool box with a side/center lift single handle. So let's say you needed three cordless tools, and a circular saw, you could easily carry the 3 cordless with one handle on the LBoxx-2 (see photo) and carry the circular saw in the other.\\nI have some Porter Cable routers that I have been using for a few years, and two out of three are not working properly. The Bosch routers, all three of them that I have are still working as perfectly as the day I bought them. So I guess you know I am a fan of Bosch not only for their superior engineering, but for the built tough standards. All in all, highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The DEWALT DCF680N1 8V MAX Gyroscopic Screwdriver 1-Battery Kit features motion activation which allows the user to control variable speed, along with forward and reversing action by simply twisting the tool left or right. Motion activated variable speed ranges from 0-430 rpm; intuitive motion activated control allows for precise fastening into wood, plastic and light-gauge metal. Adjustable two-position handle allows the user to choose either the straight in-line position or pistol-grip configuration and the 15 clutch position settings allow control when completing light fastening applications. This work light also features 2 LED headlights which enables illumination in confined areas without shadowing. Battery indicator on the tool allows end users to know when to charge packs - one pack covers 5 days of runtime with the typical user. 8V MAX battery pack allows for longer run-time and charges in one hour. One-handed loading 1/4\\\" hex-shank chuck allows for quick screwdriver bit change and holds 1\\\" bit tips. This is an Ideal tool for any professional end user looking for a compact, portable screwdriver with precise speed control. Applications include: #8x1 5/8\\\" Drywall Screw into 2\\\" x 4\\\" SPF, #8 & #6 Machine screw insertion and removal, #6 & #8 Cabinet hardware screws, electrical switch and outlet wall plate screws. Kit includes (1) 1 hour charger, (1) 8V MAX compact battery and Kit Bag.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Mixed feelings but overall a nice tool\\n\\nReview: At first I was impressed with the kit including the bag it came in. I am usually not a big fan of Dewalt equipment although I have a nice set of their drill bits. DeWalt is known as a price point champion but some of the sacrifices drove me into the arms of the more expensive elite.\\n\\nThis gyroscopic screwdriver takes some getting used to; it is totally unconventional. Every change usually has associated with it some advantages and some disadvantages. First the advantages. I love the combination straight handle, and almost 90 degree handle with a twist of the body. That enables you to get leverage when you need it, and accessibility when straight for those not so easy to access areas. It is lightweight and for a battery in the handle piece of equipment it has plenty of juice. I also like the idea that when driving a screw if for some reason you want to back it out all you need is a twist of the wrist in order to get it going in the opposite direction. Normally you would need to withdraw the screwdriver, snap it into reverse, and then reseat it on the screw and press the trigger; so the Dewalt saves time that way. The fact that it comes with 2 batteries which of course is a common trait amongst power drill/drivers nonetheless it guarantees you are not going to run out of power.\\n\\nNow the disadvantages. Maybe it is a familiarity thing but squeezing a trigger and having to twist the wrist a certain amount in order to get it going has some logistical challenges. For one you have to have one hand on the screw stopping it from turning so you can create a resistive action on the driver. Squeezing a threaded 2 1/2\\\" screw and have it spin in your hands is not the ideal. With a normal power drill you are lightly holding the screw in place and allowing the lineup of the drill to initiate the process. It is like barely holding on to start as compared to being forced to take a more forceful grip in order to initiate. Let me say that this one disadvantage is more of a result of me being a traditionalist and slow to change. In reality it is a very useful feature, and does allow you a great deal of precision in just how much force is being exerted in order to drive a screw. Combining that with a very effective clutch allowing a star drag condition so as to not overdrive and strip out screws.\\n\\nOne thing that I absolutely love is the twin headlights built into the drill business end illuminating the work every time you begin to squeeze the trigger. I have that on one of my Bosch drills and absolutely love it. It comes in handy when you are in the most difficult positions and are crowding out the light, and one light squeeze and zingo; complete illumination.\\n\\nSo overall I must admit I do love the powered screwdriver. I have had others that I used to build PC's with and this one is a lot stronger, and yet just as agile. The big thing is the precision with which you can feather how much pressure is being given. The more I think about it, I should have really given it 5 stars.\",\n \"Product: The Jackson Safety brand is the go-to for personal eyewear protection. The Jackson Safety Calico Safety Eyewear gives you and your workers a lightweight protective solution that offers excellent wrap around and anti-fog protection in a stylish and comfortable design. The eyewear comes with temples that can be interchanged with a head strap for a closer fit. The impact-resistant polycarbonate lens meets EN166 1FT, CSA and ANSI Z87.1+ standards. They are ideal for environments where there is a risk of impact or airborne debris. These Jackson Safety glasses have smart features like a cushioned brow bar for additional comfort and ventilation, lenses with 99.9% UV protection to reduce eye strain and prevent eye damage like cataracts, retinal damage, and other conditions that can cause temporary vision loss, and a fog shield and EN166 N anti fog coating for reducing lens fogging. They're so comfortable your employees won't be tempted to remove them when doing tasks that require eye protection. You can trust your team's eye safety to Jackson Safety Eyewear.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Pretty complete package and a definite step above your normal safety glasses.\\n\\nReview: These come with a nice silky smooth soft case so as to protect the lenses from scratches. They also include an adjustable strap so you can remove the side arms that go over your ears and wear these strapped to your head instead. If you are into action and want a no-fault slip off pair this is the one for you.\\nThe regular side arms feel really comfortable on my head, and I have a very large head; actually 9 3/4\\\". They hug my head but not offensively so.\\nThe other cool thing that sets these apart is that they are padded on the inside around the frame of the lens. So just like having on a pair of studio grade headphones these not only make the fit super comfortable, they also limit the amount of dust that can get into your eyes. No fit is going to be perfect unless you are buying a full blown dust face mask that covers your eyes also. These also look good, and the fact that they double as a pair of sunglasses makes them almost too nice to use when you go out and trim your bushes etc; they are that nice.\\nI can't find anything wrong with them. If I go after getting more use out of them I will come back and update, but so far they are highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: If you own a drill press, you owe it to yourself to see just how easy this Bora 4 Drill Press Clamp makes your projects. It fastens to the table of virtually any make and model drill press, and holds fast whatever it is you are working on. This allows for increased precision and ease of drilling, without you worrying about previously-used vise grips or c-clamps never quite getting the job done. Weve added a host of features that customers love, and designed this woodworkers and DIY enthusiasts everywhere. The slotted bottom is designed to easily bolt to virtually any drill press base; the oversize grip is comfortable and pivots 90 degrees for increased clamping power; the steel jaws are rock solid, and will hold your material fast without marring it; and the quick release makes it a pleasure to use you can quickly and easily reposition your material, making drilling multiple holes simple. Its lightweight, yet super strong, and comes with a lifetime warrantee, making this drill press vise a great value.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: I love this thing. Let me give you some ad\\\"vise\\\"\\n\\nReview: I have a woodworkers full upright drill press that extends an enables me to angle the head as well. After using this vise I am no longer too crazy about the cast iron one that I already have. For one this one is made from thick cast aluminum, and although it is strong it is somewhat lighter than cast iron. I was expecting it to be super light but when I first took it out of the box I was shocked how heavy and substantial it was; I let out a Woahhhh this thing is heavy.\\n\\nSo why do I like it better than my cast iron vise for drill presses? Because with this one you have a quick changing platen. (The face of the vise with the adjuster attached to it) You just press down the button and slide it into place snug up against your work project, and then as a final step you turn the threaded rod, which is not aluminum by the way. When you are done with your procedure of drilling etc. you simply do a small untwist of the handle, and then press down on the button in order to get the platen out of the way.\\n\\nIf you have used a typical drill press vise and spent countless time screwing and unscrewing the thing in order to get to different sizes for different stock you can understand why I quickly fell in love with this thing. Also my Dad had and I now have his woodworking bench vise which has the same feature just without the button press. You just loosen it and give it a wiggle and it allows you to pull it in or out.\\n\\nI tried doing a full range screw from all the way out to all the way in and I admit it did a tiny bit of binding. As the platen travels with two rods going through it the possibility of the platen angling a little bit, only a smidgen is all it takes for it to bind a little. If you keep on turning it goes right past those binding spots. So then I figured why don't I disassemble this and get out the fine file and polish the inside of the platen tube area where the sold steel rods go through. Then it dawned on me. When pushing down the button and sliding the platen back and forth there is no binding whatsoever. So if you use this vise the way it was designed, in all its glory by the way, there is no binding, and no need to do anything other than slide it up to your work face, tighten it down, and the slide it completely away using the magic button. Then everything works perfect.\\n\\nNow onto tightening it down to the drill press. I can understand that different drill press mfrs. and different sized drill presses have different needs in terms of securing bolts to the table. Therefore the manufacturer does not supply them, or should I say all of the different possibilities of them. Even if they supplied let's say a popular size used there would be people complaining that they supplied the wrong bolts. I am now dedicated to the idea of going into the supply store and dreaming up the fastest on-off scenario for using this. So not only would the work piece be ideally mounted and dismounted, the whole vise would do the same.\\n\\nAnother really great feature is the handle. It is spring loaded so it stays in place when using it, but if you want to really torque the work piece down just pull back on the handle and it extends and allows you to extend it at a 90 degree angle giving you a lot more leverage. So the handle works straight on for quick tightens, and also flips out to a 90 for more leverage.\\n\\nI know this is vanity, but this thing looks good. It has a span of up to 4\\\" which is ideally wide enough for anything you would want to clamp onto a drill press table. Anything larger than that and you begin to run out of table space and need to resort to another form of over-under table clamping. I have a feeling my old cast iron one is going to be collecting more than rust, it now will be collecting some dust as well. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The Home Design wireless book / computer light comes with sixteen super bright white LED that last up to 100,000 hours. This light can be operated by plugging it into the usb port on a computer or other device, or by plugging it directly into the provided computer mouse base (which is battery operated). Light head adjusts for ideal lighting. This light has an 8" flexible neck for positioning at almost any angle. Perfect for school, home, the office, travel and much more! Makes tasks like sewing, knitting, writing, little household repairs so much easier on the eyes. Please have a look at our reviews! "This light is nothing short of awesome! It is very bright and is so versatile." J.Foster "In short, this is an awesome USB light." Terrance S.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: For the price, buy two.\\n\\nReview: Not a lot you can say about this light. It is superbly inexpensive, throws a lot of light, can be used in a myriad of ways. Anything that has a USB port can be used to power it. In addition you can use three AA batteries that you install in the included mouse look-alike stand that you plug the light into so you can take it anywhere you need light. It is a great option for a room light if you should lose power.\\nThe adjustable neck is nice because you can flex it close to the keyboard on a laptop or portable device, or do what I prefer and that is bend the flexible neck upwards to give a more even and gentler light. It does not have any light settings, or ability to turn on more or less lamps, it is just full on but with the flex neck it achieves the same result. It appears to be sturdily made and should give you many years of reliable use just based on how sturdy it all is. For the money it is a great deal.\\nThe one other advantage of this light is that it throws light in a single arc or direction. So if you significant other wants to sleep and you want to work at a desk you can position it ideally to throw light in a specific direction. It doesn't illuminate the whole room the way a single light bulb would. Another example is that someone wants to watch TV with the lights out, and you want to sit in a different chair with your portable device and so some work while watching; this would make all but the pickiest person happy that there isn't any light shining on the screen.\\nIt is just something that will come in handy in a lot of ways. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: When youre looking for an economical way to help protect your workers during hazardous tasks, the Kleenguard brand A35 Disposable Coveralls, for Liquid and Particle Protection, are an excellent choice. The lightweight coveralls are made of microporous film-laminated material that helps protect against dry particulates and liquids. This hooded protective suit has elastic wrists and ankles to help reduce exposure. Personal protective clothing (PPE), such as this, is appropriate for protecting clothing and skin during tasks like pressure washing, painting, general industrial manufacturing and maintenance, protecting from liquids, dust and dirt. It meets American National Standards Institute and International Safety Equipment Association ANSI/ISEA 101-1996 sizing standard and comes in sizes from small to 5LX.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Very nice. Up there with the good ones. When in doubt, move up to the next size.\\n\\nReview: Lightweight silky smooth material so it won't trap dust. Many think of these are a good way to prevent getting your clothes dusty/dirty while working on a project and they are correct in doing so. You can easily slip in and out of these, and they are good for more than one use. I had a body shop for 20 years and I used to get these in bulk because I not only wanted to protect my clothes when in the spray booth, but I also didn't not want lint, dust, etc. from getting in the paint finish.\\nOne thing about these is that it is always a good idea, when in doubt, to move up to the next size. You can always very easily add some masking tape to the sides in order to take it in some, but you can't create more material if you are too large to fit in the size you ordered. I know it sounds tacky to think in terms of adding masking tape to the sides, and if you have the option of knowing exactly the proper size for your fit, then by all means get your size. When you go through the frustration of getting your project all setup for a shoot, and then you open the coveralls and they don't fit you learn the hard way that if you must choose, or are at the upper end of one size, then go for the next size up. Or even worse yet you buy a pack of 18, open them, take one and try to get it on and it doesn't fit, and now it is unreturnable because it is no longer a resalable product. Ouch.\\nThese are great. I have used a lot of different ones over the years, and these are up there with the good ones.\",\n \"Product: Bertech ESD Mat Kits are made of a single layer polymer mix. They are designed to provide a static safe work surface for static sensitive products. These ESD Mat Kits are low cost, durable, easy to cut and are reversible. Surface resistivity is 10^8 10^9. Meets ASTM D412, D1004, D2240-75 and ESD S4.1-1997 standards. Service temperature is -20 Degrees to 160 Degrees Fahrenheit.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice mat should last a very long time.\\n\\nReview: I've built many PC desktops over the years and the number one concern was for example wearing a wool sweater, or walking across the floor building up a static charge in your body and then touching a sensitive electronic component thereby using that component as a grounding spot. ZAP an arc would jump across creating a sufficient enough charge to render the component no longer useful. What I used to do is take a gym floor rubber mat and placed it under the PC case and then whenever I was going to insert something into the new build I would first touch the outer case of the PC so I was grounded to it. I had the outer case grounded. So having a dedicated anti-static mat is a nice step up for me. I'm still going to do my touch the case method even with the mat just to be sure.\\n\\nThere are two suggested methods to properly ground yourself.\\nOne is that u first install the power supply into the computer case. Then by plugging it into a surge protector that is connected to a grounded plug on the wall you turn the surge protector off. To be sure there isn't any live charge going into the case while using it you turn the on/off switch on the back of the power supply off. Then you put on the wrist strap and the metal piece under the strap case touches your skin. The alligator clip then connects to a non-painted metal surface of the case. Then any electrical static goes back to the earth.\\nAnother way is you just connect the anti-static wristband to the computer case on a metal non-painted surface and don't both plugging the power supply into the wall. Please consult with an electrical engineer about safety when using electricity because I am not an electrician. This is only the way I do it.\\n\\nI like to have something rubbery to sit the PC on while working so I don't have to worry about any other sources of static invading the case. This mat kit goes beyond that.\\n\\nThere isn't a lot you can say about this mat other than it is huge. You could easily fit two full sized towers on this and have plenty of room to dance around. It also smells. I'm kind of accustomed to that with memory foam mattresses, but this is a lot stronger; not anything that won't dissipate over time and with some air exposure.\\n\\nIt comes with a grounding strap in order to ground the overall mat that actually snaps on like a button snap on a jacket, or for a boat tonneau cover, and it also comes with a wrist strap that snaps onto the mat the same way. So you will want to attach the grounding strap to a good ground. That way the static electricity has somewhere to go.\\n\\nThey roll it up into a square rather slim cardboard box with the straps enclosed inside of the wrapped up tube it creates. It unravels very nicely and lays very flat; there is no curled up memory going on at all. Nice mat should last a very long time.\",\n \"Product: The Bosch PS32-02 12 V Max EC Brushless 3/8 In. Drill/Driver is only 2 Lbs. and has a head-length of only 6.5 in. This lightweight powerhouse is a terrific solution for contractors or MEP professionals who have extended overhead or hard-to-reach applications. And this cordless drill provides an EC Brushless motor that delivers 180 In.-Lbs. of torque. This is outstanding power for the most compact and lightest weight Drill/Driver in its class. It has a two-speed setting, with a high-torque setting for driving and a high-speed drilling setting, and it has 20+1 clutch settings for max versatility. The kit includes two 12 V batteries and a charger for all-day work\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This little puppy soon becomes your favorite tool.\\n\\nReview: I have more tools than I care to admit. My woodworking shop took over a decade to fully equip. Names like Bosch, Makita, Fein, and even Porter Cable are there. (Had some problems with Porter Cable that is why I mention it by saying even.) All of my Bosch equipment has been performing superbly all along which is a 19 year span. Bosch routers have been one of my main stays. Anyhow onto this drill.\\n\\nI had purchased a heavy duty Milwaukee 18 volt that had copper windings in the motor and serrated carbide teeth in the chuck so it was a monster, and just as heavy. Near the same time I purchased a Makita compound miter saw that had a special bonus and that was a relatively inexpensive Makita power drill; a 14:4. It was very lightweight, had plastic gears in it, and the chuck would not hold a bit anywhere nearly as well as the Milwaukee, but it soon became the one I would reach for 90% of the time. Why? Because it was so lightweight. I've done a lot of work with it. So this Bosch PS32-12 takes it a step further because it is so light weight, yet is truly a superb piece of equipment. Once again it has metal gears. It is compact. The LED light is worth its weight in gold when you are tucked down into a wall somewhere, and bringing a spotlight is impractical. Again and again you are loving that little light, and this tool. It has all of the features of the grand daddies including two speeds, forward and reverse, superbly rigid teeth in the chuck grabbing a bit. It is so smooth with the brushless motor if I had to explain it in one word; precision. It sounds like a dentist drill but with a deeper full bodied tone.\\n\\nThe Bosch lithium ion batteries are so incredible in that they charge up super fast, and last a long, long time. My 18 volt Bosch drill which is last years non-brushless model has batteries that go all day, and even more on a single charge. Then if one needs recharging it only takes 20 minutes to a half hour.\\n\\nThis drill also has sufficient power to do most every task you can throw at it. Try grabbing the chuck and stopping it. Don't hurt yourself it is that strong.\\n\\nOne of the ways to make it more compact, balanced, and easy to use is to shrink the size of the battery, and place it into the handle. I love it that way but I am sure that using it for a whole day driving 3\\\" decking screws is not what it is designed for. It will easily drive in the screws, but the battery capacity to run all day would require more weight, and a larger base/battery making the drill heavier. I like it just the way it is. How often am I building a deck? This design is why it is the lightest and most compact drill in its class. If you need more juice/run time this drill is compatible with the fat pack battery pack from Bosch as well. With the slim pack batteries it comes with will provide you with sufficient run times for most tasks and quick recharging for extended projects.\\n\\nI keep my Bosch 18 volt that comes with two different battery types one for more extended use, and a slightly smaller one for lightening up the tool in the basement shop. This 12 volt with its cloth style case is something I keep in the upstairs closet because you never know when you may need to secure something. Its a handy tool to keep at the ready. The built in clutch is adjustable with a spin in order to give you super light feather control when driving smaller screws, or a no holds barred locked in full force setting.\\n\\nI think Bosch equipment is in that sweet spot of being superbly crafted and engineered, yet costing a little more than the competition, but putting the extra money into the tool. There are a few manufacturers that are incredibly expensive and may throw a few features at you, but overall Bosch gets my vote. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The SmartCode 913 touchpad electronic deadbolt is a one-touch locking motorized deadbolt. With your personalized code, you can enter your home with the convenience of keyless entry and the back-lit keypad provides increased visibility. SmartCode is easy to install, program and use, and operates on 4 AA batteries. It also features SmartKey Security as the back-up keyway. The Lifetime Polished Brass finish adds to the traditional look and feel of the product and makes a classic statement.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Almost as Convenient as an Unlocked Door\\n\\nReview: Almost as convenient as an unlocked door.\\nBurglars these days have learned that breaking and entering is not a smart way to engage in their craft; now they look for unlocked doors. Think about this. A burglar breaks into a home and the homeowner shoots him. The cops arrive and see that a kicked in door, or a window smashed out as a sure sign of entry. On the other hand a burglar checks around the back of a bunch of houses and finds one with an unlocked door. Now in front of the judge the burglar says that he was invited in and then the guy shot him. The judge gives the homeowner 20 years for attempted murder.\\n\\nThis may seem like an extreme way to review this lock but in reality it sheds light on unique advantages of it. Some family members want the convenience of having the doors unlocked all the time. On the other hand when I was growing up my mom used to lock the door if I was taking the trash out to the curb.\\n\\nBy the way I live in a nice neighborhood that is relatively burglary free except the rash of three incidences where the intruder was going around the back of homes and looking for an unlocked door; that is what turned me onto this line of thinking.\\n\\nThe beauty of this lock is that you do not need a key. I love the autolock feature. After 30 seconds the shaft automatically comes out. This can be defeated by programming. One caveat is that you need a door that closes completely, or install some sort of automatic closing. If the door does not close all the way, the shaft will not go into the latch.\\n\\nWith as little as a four digit code, or up to eight, whichever you choose, you can gain entry. Come on how inconvenient is that? Beep, beep, beep, beep, and you are in. Also another thing I like is that this new model has the change codes feature that is only available to the bearer of the master code. There is nothing chintzy about this lock. As soon as you take even one section out of the box, your immediate thought is that this is heavy.\\n\\nWith the simple installation into your existing hole for your deadbolt lock using just a screwdriver, your household will be much more secure, while not being inconvenienced with locked doors. Every time I go out in the garage without my keys, and the door closes behind me, I will no longer be afraid of being locked out. I have electronic keyless entry on my car so a single key fob I can go out and not have to worry about bringing any keys. No more displacing or worrying about losing my keys. No chance of getting locked out of your own home. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: TEKTON 30603 Fiberglass Handle Rubber Mallet, 16-Ounce\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Well made. Both ends seem to be the same density to me, or so close it is hard to see the difference. Great handle, recommended\\n\\nReview: I have been woodworking for decades and use rubber mallets to help align pieces when assembling a glue up. The white side is favored to eliminate having any black marring stains in the wood. From the description it stated that one side is harder than the other. For the life of me I can't see or feel any difference between the two sides. Banging it against a sharp corner of a wooden desk it feels exactly the same. Using a fingernail to dig into each side it feels exactly the same. Technically the edge on the white side is a sharper edge so it creates the illusion of being harder, but when you get into the flat areas and do the fingernail test they both seem the same. Okay I am sure the one side is at least a little bit softer than the other, but what is important is that it is not soft. I don't really need a softer and harder mallet anyway so I am not going to focus on that any more.\\nWhat I would like to talk about is how well this mallet is put together. The fiberglass handle with a very comfortable black rubber outer grip is superb. The bottom of it is flared out which eliminates the possibility of it leaving, or sliding off of your hand. It also makes for a very comfortable grip. It smacks quality. The entire mallet is well made.\\n\\nI have two other rubber mallets/hammers. One is just that a hammer made out of weighted metal and it has two thick rubbery ends covering the ends. The black end of that one is harder rubber, and the other end of the face is white rubber which is softer. My other mallet is one built like this Tekton but has a wooden handle. Unfortunately that one got one of its faces chewed by hitting something that has a more pointed face. So be careful with these mallets that you only hit smooth surfaces or one that will not affect the face.\\n\\nThe weighted metal hammer with rubber covers is heavier in the head therefore is more appropriate for projects requiring more thrust, but this Tekton does not fall far behind. It is hefty and feels pretty ample in your hands and I wouldn't hesitate to use it for high demand projects. My advice is to buy one. You won't be sorry.\",\n \"Product: The IW600K self-adjusting wall switch timer by Intermatic allows you to set it once and forget it. Never bother with resetting again. Use with decorator style wall plate (sold separately). Controls LED, CFL and Incandescent lighting. This timer utilizes an astronomic feature to keep track of daily sunrise/sunset changes and automatic daylight saving time adjustment. The large LCD display provides an easy readout of time of day, mode and load status. The random feature can vary the time your lights turn on by a few minutes for a 'lived in' look. Neutral wire required. Includes a built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery with a minimum 7-day backup to retain date and time. Programs will not be lost in the event of a power failure. UL listed. 125 VAC, 60 Hz. General: 15A; Resistive: 15A; Tungsten: 1000W; Ballast: 1100 VA, Motor: HP.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: What a time saver and aggravation eliminator this is. Programming is simple if you do each section at a time.\\n\\nReview: Huge time saver and the pinnacle of feel good devices. It seems like a part time job having to constantly reset timers for outside lights. Every time there is a power outage you need to do a major reset. As daylight savings changes it keeps creeping up on you to reset the timer. So with one of these all of that is taken care of for you. You set it once and forget it. The rechargeable lithium ion battery which is recharged by drawing on power from within the switch takes care of those times when the power goes out.\\n\\nIt comes with 4 wires that are integrated right into the unit. So when it says that it requires a neutral it doesn't mean it means one in addition to the white wire. So if you don't have a bare ground also that is not the way this switch is intended to be used. Since all house grounds all wind up on the same grounding strips in the service panel it can be said that you could combine the white and green bare together but that would be violating having a separate ground for the box eliminating any wire loop power problems.\\n\\nThe timer comes with a black, red, green, and white wire. The black wire goes to the power source, the red wire goes to the light source, the white connects to both the power source ground and the fixture ground, and yes the green goes to the neutral or bare wire ground.\\nMany reviews complain about having to take out a magnifying glass in order to program the timer but due to the constraints of having a limited amount of space in order to put an LCD screen that has to be the case with all of these. With the timer electronics built into it the depth of the box it is going into comes into play. Shallow boxes don't qualify. The depth of the unit measures about 2 1/2\\\" deep. It is meant for indoor use only.\\n\\nProgramming is not difficult as long as you look at it as tackling each setting group/procedure at a time. So first you tell the timer which Date, DST, and Time it is. It is relatively easy. All you do is hit the reset button which erases all previous settings and places you into the settings menu. Then you just press time repeatedly and use the + or - buttons to set the year, current month, current day, and choose to enable DST if you so choose. That way it automatically adjusts for Daylight Savings Time. You also set your current zone with the handy little map in the instructions. Okay so that is that part.\\n\\nNext you need to set the Sunrise/Sunset schedule specific to your area. Press the Sunshine button and use the + or - buttons to set the sunrise, and sunset times. Done.\\n\\nNext you have to set the on-off events of which you can have up to 7 different ones with this timer. There is also a random on/off option in order to give your home a lived in feel for any potential burglars scoping out the house. It is just as easy as the other settings as long as you take them one at a time. First you tell it which days you want the event to occur, then you set the time you want it to occur, or you can simply choose sunrise or sunset that you already programmed in during the previous step. Then you do the same thing to set when you want it to shut off either to the time you choose, or simply sunset. If you press the Program button again you go to advance to event 2 on.\\n\\nYou can press the Mode button at any time when using it to choose the manual option over riding all programming. So if you do not have the lights on with auto programming, and hear a noise you can quickly override the auto mode, and set it to manual.\\n\\nI think that these steps are required in order to set any timer up successfully especially if they have the individual options that this one has. Yes it is not as easy as spinning a dial to the desired time, and poking a green tab in the on time, and a black or red tab in the off time, but this timer does so much more than that. So save yourself a lot of time nurse-maiding a dial timer on a regular basis. This is also nice because you can insert it into a light switch outlet and be able to control it or change programming at will. Very nice. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Healthier and great tasting water has never been so convenient with the Pelican premium Countertop Drinking Water Filtration and Purification System. Addresses chlorine, chloramines, lead, cysts, VOC's and THM's. One of the most important things we can do is protect ourselves from the long-term and damaging effects dangerous chemicals such as chlorine has in our water. The state-of-the art Pelican Countertop Drinking Water Filtration and Purification System, with its unique modern design can alleviate your worries and get your on your way to a cleaner, safer and healthier lifestyle.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Brushed nickel looks more like polished stainless. It's beautiful, but get one just for the health of it. :-)\\n\\nReview: My initial thought was that this would be a great addition to have in my bathroom. I already have an in-door water and ice supply that is filtered in my refrigerator. Im a frequent water drinker using my Contigo auto-seal container which is always with me. So refills are frequent. Having one in the bedroom which is large with great views to the outside is where I spend a lot of time. The master bath is accessible exclusively from my room. Having a water supply right here is very convenient.\\n\\nSeeing how easy it was to install this above the counter unit made me jump at the chance. However the more I look into it, the more I think for my specific situation, even though the installation can be more troublesome, the under the counter model may be more to my liking.\\n\\nOn this one you have dual hoses coming off of the faucet attachment. Since your faucet is the direct source for the water supply, one exits out the back of the control handle, and goes through the filtering unit and then back again. Naturally having to go through a filtering chamber is going to affect your water pressure, however anything is faster than the small stream that exits the refrig.\\n\\nI have been remodeling my kitchen so the fresh water supply is no longer attached. Consequently I am drinking tap water. I live where the water is good quality except you have chlorine, lead from pipe seams, and anything else that may be leached into it. I even went so far as to purchase a shower filtration system so the chlorine is not drying my skin out.\\n\\nAnyhow the more I look at it for my purposes, even though the installation would be more challenging, I think the under the sink model may be more to my liking. I know I have to drill a hole in the countertop in order to install the hand pull spray nozzle since that is the way I would like to go to me it is worth it.\\n\\nThe under the counter model does tie up some space in order to install the spray/outlet nozzle, but then again the over the counter model does also because the filtration unit is topside. Topside of course is easy access for filter changes etc. Maybe I should get both? One for the fitness room, and one for the bedroom.\\n\\nThis brushed nickel has more like a polished stainless steel look to it. The angled tear drop shape is nice and adds a nice accent to the room without being any one style. So it goes with whatever you already have in your décor.\\n\\nThis is very important. I have NEVER met a charcoal filtration system that didn't need to be cleaned out. The fine charcoal powder residue is always present in a new filter, and requires that you rinse it thoroughly before your first use. The comment about it having more particulate than the original water is just such an example. Every time I replace my refrigerator filters I need to run a couple of quarts through them first. The instructions that come with this Pelican system tell you to run water through it for 10 minutes before using it for drinking water.\\n\\nI had a couple of Pur system add on faucet filters but they create a feeling of limited capacity. I used them for a while but never replaced the filters. This Pelican is something that will provide a lot more capacity per filter change.\\n\\nWith its brushed nickel that is more like polished stainless, and the space age creative shape/design it is certain to emit a Wow what is that? from your guests. Its impressive looking.\",\n \"Product: Black & Decker BDERO100 5-inch Random Orbit Sander features random orbital action for high removal rate and a high quality finish. This sander offers a hook and loop system for fast and easy paper changes. It also has a dust sealed switch to keep all dust and debris out, to extend tool life.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Side by side comparison with the Bosch 3107 DVS random orbit sander also which uses the same paper.\\n\\nReview: Let's talk about this Black and Decker 5\\\" random orbit sander vs the Bosch 5\\\" 3107 DVS. Fortunately they both use the same exact 8 hole sanding discs with Velcro attachment. There are 2 big differences between the 2 sanders; one is weight, and the other is speed, and both have their advantages regarding such. The Bosch weighs 6.3 pounds and the B&D weighs 3.2 pounds. So the Bosch is twice as heavy. Sometimes you want a big heavy tool, but oddly enough the tool you reach for the most is the light one.\\n\\nPower and performance. The B&D has a motor rated at 2 amps, the Bosch at 3.3. The B&D has a rotation, or should I say Oscillations per minute (OPM and I don't mean other peoples money.) on the B&D is a fixed 12,000 and the Bosch is a variable 4500-13,000. At first I thought the variable speed is a must have because on the Bosch I do use the varying speeds a lot, but the B&D is built differently, and there is no disadvantage to running it wide open. Its quieter performance, and oscillation variation running in a tighter circle makes 12,000 OPM's seem normal, the same way it would with a square pad sander; my pad sanders don't have variable speed and I think it would be a waste if they did. After using the B&D the Bosch is a lot more aggressive to the point of being too much; almost like a car floored when in neutral. My most aggressive setting on the Bosch is at 4 out of 6. Beyond that it is just spinning a lot more but creating an out of control tool. I have both the 5\\\" and 6\\\" Bosch that I bought both of them many years ago. I do love the 6 more than the 5. It has a lower profile in comparison to the 5. Okay back to the B&D.\\n\\nThe B&D even at a fixed 12,000 OPM is a lot quieter and smoother at that speed than the Bosch. If you are working on a flat board on a bench for example the additional weight of the Bosch, and there is quite a difference, would be an asset because it is pressing down on the wood. The B&D would do the same thing but you would need to press it down a little more with your arm. On the other hand if you were sanding walls, or side panels you are going to love the B&D for its lighter weight. The Bosch also has a slightly wider arc to the oscillations which is designed to cut more material faster; however that translates to more vibration in the tool. As a matter of fact this specific model of Bosch had a defect in that the allen bolt in the center would vibrate loose causing damage to the tool. I purposely used thread lock on mine the aggressive type to prevent this from happening.\\n\\nThe B&D is a nicely built sander that performs well as is witnessed by the fact that it is currently the number one seller here at Amazon, and has a ton of 5 star reviews. It is quiet and smooth and strong enough to handle aggressive material removal with coarser grit, and gently enough to do your finessing on the final passes with finer grits.\\n\\nIt comes with a dust collection bib out the back but none of these do a job that is as thorough as you might expect. Invariably if you are looking for a cleaner work environment, a shop vac attachment actively sucking dust is much better.\\n\\nI'm not into yey this and boo that. There are times when I would prefer one or the other, and therefore at this kind of price point, I have to say, it's ideal to have both of them. It will make a nice addition to your arsenal.\",\n \"Product: Covered by Hitachi's Lifetime Lithium Ion tool warranty, the WH18DGL 18-Volt impact driver is a powerful, yet compact addition to the 18-Volt Lithium Ion cordless tool series. Even at about six and half inches in length and just 3.1 lbs, this impact driver has the power to drive stubborn screws and bolts, and can do so in tight quarters. With 1280 in/lbs of torque, up to 2400 RPM and 3200 impacts per minute, there are few jobs the WH18DGL can't handle. This tool comes standard with two BSL1815S lithium Ion slide-type batteries.Throw in a built-in LED light, an extremely ergonomic design, and a free standing battery design-for sitting upright between uses-and you have an impact driver with the power, quality, and design that users have come to expect from Hitachi.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Incredible price point for all that you are getting in a quality tool.\\n\\nReview: In addition to this Hitachi I also have the Bosch Bare-Tool IDS181BL 18-volt Lithium-Ion Compact Tough 1/4-Inch Hex Impact Driver with L-BOXX-2 and Exact-Fit Insert Tray\\n\\nBosch a little bit lighter by two tenths of one pound, snub nose for tighter places, brushless motor which generally causes less battery drain.\\nImpact drivers are different than drill drivers. Drills usually have 20+ clutch settings and two speeds. They also have a chuck on the end that accepts drills etc. Impact drivers like these have a female clasping head designed to fit male adapters or tools. The impact is where the real advantage is for these in that there are hammers built inside that not only allow for the torque of the turning head, they also build up momentum and then hit making the impact and torque all the more.\\n\\nYou can use a driver to act like a drill if you buy special drill bits with the shank on the end.\\n\\nMy Bosch impact driver is a brushless and therefore has less drain on the battery, theoretically resulting in longer run times per charge, but with two batteries and quick charge times that does not make for a big difference. I cant quote actual run times because I find published finding to be unreliable.\\n\\nThis Hitachi has 1280 foot pounds of torque and the Bosch has 1150. The weight is very similar only the Hitachi is only 2 tenths of a pound heavier with a full sized head on it instead of the snub nose like the Bosch. However the Bosch proudly states this as follows: The IDS181 line delivers 42 percent more runtime compared to similar in-class competitors, along with 15-Percent less torque and 10-Percent more speed for the best application control. So according to Bosch the faster run time is preferred in order to get where you want to be in the final tightening, but slightly less torque so as to not strip it out, or over drive the final twist.\\n\\nThis Hitachi is at a very nice price point for a full set including two 18 volt lithium ion batteries, and charger, and a very nice case. The Bosch IDS181BL only comes with the driver, and a case, but has no batteries or a charger for the same amount of money approximately as this Hitachi costs with all of that included.\\n\\nIn order to eliminate some confusion I have to make some corrections on reviews that are published at the time of this post. Maybe the reviewers will edit them:\\nThis Hitachi WH18DGL comes with two batteries instead of one like the description states, and they are both the same battery with part number BSL 185S. It does not have a short duty, and long duty battery as was mentioned elsewhere. In my experience it is very rare to see a drill come with bits, let alone an impact driver so I wouldnt let comments to that affect sway you. Some super cheapy Pep Boys impact drivers may have bits but professional drivers usually dont.\\n\\nAlso contrary to another post is that this Hitachi driver does not have two speeds. Drivers usually dont, drills do. The confusion may have set in when in the listing it says, up to 2400 RPM and 3200 impacts per minute. Impacts per minute does not equal RPMs.\\n\\nAnother post states that it has a clutch for adjusting the torque. That is not accurate. It has no clutch, but with the variable speed trigger you can go as gentle or as aggressive as you like. A light touch and you could install screws in a circuit board with this thing, and with a full squeeze you could be installing decking bolts. Not to go overboard because they make units that are a lot more heavy duty than these, but are more of a specialty item for extra-large bolts, lugs, etc. You cant change tires with one of these.\\n\\nOkay enough of the anecdotal boo-boos. A built in LED light is priceless. Both the Hitachi and Bosch drivers have that. When you are snuggled down in a tight corner, and the light cant even get in, you just start to apply the tiniest bit of pressure on the trigger and the light kicks on. Every time I get into a scenario like that, I always walk away from the corner blessing the tool for having a light. LED lights last the lifetime of the tool generally.\\n\\nTwo other things I like about this Hitachi is that the forward and reverse paddle is super slim so you less frequently bump into it when using the tool. It is there easily accessible but accidental bumps on a fatter button can be problematic. Sometimes you set yourself up for a drive, get everything lined up, and squeeze the trigger and nothing happens because the forward-reverse button was accidentally bumped a little, and it is set somewhere between forward and reverse which is nowhere as far as the tool is concerned. So you back the tool out, make the change and hopefully don't need to set the work project back into proper alignment again. Nice touch. Secondly the green is starting to grow on me. Initially I was put back preferring the Bosch blue but I am starting to think that belonging the Hitachi club is sort of MAC like; different but unique.\\n\\nIn conclusion I would say that if you need an impact driver to drive in heavier duty applications this is a very nice unit for the money. It includes two batteries, charger and case for the same money as the Bosch which purposely has less torque and no batteries or charger but comes with the stackable and locking L-BOXX-2 case. So I have to highly recommend it. If you only have drills this makes a nice addition to your arsenal.\",\n \"Product: 15w A19 Daylight non-dim\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: It's an investment in the future for the price, and a great convenience if you need a bulb in a hard to access area for changing\\n\\nReview: I don't know which is better, the soft white light, or the tender way it takes care of your electric bill? Knowing you are getting 2700K of light from a bulb rated at 15 watts, and how much money it saves you in the long run, and I mean lonngggg run :-) makes this bulb a joy to own. If you are not into spending this much money for a bulb that could takes years of use to recover the investment, it may be a better idea to buy one, two, or a few so you don't have to go changing bulbs so much. That is what I did with this one; I put it over the sink in the kitchen. That light gets more use than any other. I leave it on often at night to give the impression that someone is home, and it also creates illumination for the entire kitchen if someone is entering or exiting, or just waking up for some water. The challenge over the sink is that it is not very easily accessible, and quite honestly a pain to change. That is what makes this bulb so valuable in addition to it's long term cost; it lasts forever almost.\\n\\nThe brightness is excellent. I replaced a fluorescent bulb with this one and the fluorescent appeared to give more of a faded light, and this one provided better overall brightness. If I am in the mood for soft atmosphere type of lights that is accomplished by using the dimmable under cabinets lights that are connected to the same circuit as the wall sconce. If I need to wash some dishes, or work around the sink I want a slightly more concentrated light, and that is exactly what this bulb supplies.\",\n \"Product: Amprobe products range from an extensive line of clamp meters and digital multimeters to industry-specific tools for residential/commercial electricians, HVAC/R technicians, utilities and industrial maintenance professionals. All Amprobe tools undergo rigorous testing to ensure full compliance with the latest IEC and CE safety regulations in Fluke Safety labs for quality and safety you can trust.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Light weight and well built\\n\\nReview: The AmpProbe AMP-210 measures AC and the model 220 measures both AC and DC. The current number one seller in Oscilloscope Accessories is the Fluke 323 True-RMS Clamp Meter. Both AmpProbe and Fluke are owned by the same parent company Danaher Corporation. The price difference between two is only about a 10% difference. However the accuracy measurements on the 210 exceed the comparably priced Fluke.\\n\\nThe Amp-210 comes with standard contact test leads. The alligator clip set comes with the 310, and 320 models. The AAA batteries are included and pre-installed. Enclosed in the box is also the user manual, and a carrying case. I have to say the LCD panel is easy to read when in standard mode at every angle. By pressing and holding the select button the panel is back lit. In the back lit mode it is well lit but the angle of use is limited to being below the unit or right on top of it which are the common positions of use. If you tilt the unit up and try reading the LCD from above the unit it is unreadable.\\n\\nAccuracy: the amp tip provides a measurement down to a tenth of an amp. The true RMS AC voltage range is 0 to 600 volts. The AC current accuracy 1.0% + 5LSD (50 to 60 Hz) The AC current range is 0 to 600.0 A with an accuracy of 1.8% + 5LSD (50 to 60 Hz) 2.0% + 5LSD (100 to 400 Hz)\\n\\nThe jaw opening is 1.18 inches. The 210 does have an auto-power off feature. It does not include a work light. It does provide the max/min/ and average feature. It is lightweight and well-built and should give you many years of good service.\",\n \"Product: The Bora Portamate WTX clamp edge saw guide is the perfect addition to your circular saw, router or jig saw allowing you to make straight cuts with ease. Made out of heavy gauge, extruded aluminum, the WTX clamp edge is tough and durable. The adjustable end clamp slides easily along the precise channels eliminating the need for the internal channel bar reducing weight and wear. The locking handle grabs work surfaces and won't let go giving you a secure edge that won't budge so you can make precise track saw like cuts with a circular saw, jig saw or router. The WTX clamp edge is 50 inch's long and with the connector accessories you can add an additional 50 inches of cutting capacity. The handle is molded with a hanging notch for convenient storage while it's not in use.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Easy to lock and no shift when tightening down\\n\\nReview: This comes with T-track slots along both edges along the top. All kinds of creative uses for that. For example installing a stop so your cut or rout only goes so far.\\n\\nRe-positioning and locking much improved over the types of clamps in that you can fine adjust with one finger the end stop while holding it up to a panel and then the longer handle easily clamps shut without any side to side movement.\\n\\nClamp edge guides come in handy with large sheet goods. They are the best way to achieve a portable solution.\\nWidths: my Tru-Clamps are 5.25\\\" wide, large and heavy. They provide a baseplate groove for mounting onto a baseplate a router, or circular saw for example. I have a skinny 2\\\" clamp in this length which feels like it is a little too thin for some applications. The 3\\\" wide Bora Wide Track is just right. It is substantial enough to not bend when under pressure, yet light enough to feel very comfortable when moving it around.\\n\\nYou may think that getting the Bora angle adjustable model would be a good one to get because it cuts not only 90 degrees but beyond that. The problem is that flexibility comes with a price. When you go to clamp it down it moves. (You have to try and have the head aiming exactly at the 90 degree angle otherwise it moves over when clamping. It's a guessing game. Try it, it's wrong, try it again, wrong again, or take out a square and hold it against it, and then hope it works to be a true 90 and on your marks.)\\nSo for example let's say you make two marks, you line up the saw guide to those two marks and squeeze the clamp. Net result it shifts and is no longer aligned with those marks. This Bora clamp doesn't provide angle flexibility, but what it does give you is even more valuable. When you align it with your marks it stays true to the line. So this straight model is the one to reach for. Over 95+% of the time you are making straight 90 degree cuts. In the rare instance that you have a slight angle cut, having the other one is nice as well.\\n\\nThe thing I am really impressed with is how easy, intuitive, and reliable this clamp is. Even the amount of tension exerted to hold it in place is superbly engineered. I have over a half dozen edge guide clamps and this one will be my go to clamp for sure. I wish I could find something wrong with it but I can't; definitely 5 stars.\",\n \"Product: Sunlite 49065 LFX/AM/15/M/E/D/30K 12\\\" 15 Watt 120 Volt LED Mushroom Style Fixture, White Finish, Acrylic Lens, Energy Star Dimmable\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Does a very nice job. Warm white glowing light for pennies in electricity.\\n\\nReview: The space age has arrived. I have been very excited about the possibilities with LED lighting as of late, and bought quite a few of them to install in my home. The electricity savings is phenomenal. Why is this one a next step up in LED technology? Because instead of a replaceable bulb it has around 34 tiny, what look like micro-chips that are actually lights. They give off a very nice white glow even though the chips are golden. You may be thinking what do you mean the bulb is not replaceable? Well with a 35,000 hour burning life I don't think you will be in need for a replacement, at least not one that will be as inexpensive, and futuristic as the ones available when this one burns out in my years from now.\\n\\nAnyhow with the dome on it does give out a very nice white glow, it is not offensive at all. With a dimmer it can be toned down even more. LED\\\"s have been very temperamental as to dimming. Most require a special series of dimmers. Using standard dimmers on many will cause flickering. I bought dimmers that you can adjust, but the only problem is that you are nipping off either the bottom of the dimming range or the top. This Sunlite LFX mentions in the instructions that it works with most dimmers but...\\n\\nInstallation is a breeze. With the dome cover twisted off like you would with a lid to a jar of peanut butter, you simply use the pre-punched out slots to mount two screws into your ceiling electrical box. Most often they are round, but the base of this is so large it doesn't matter if it is a square one. The three wires are simply black, white, and a ground which is typical. Screw the dome back on and you are done. I also appreciate the fact that it is an enclosed dome to bugs will not migrate and wind up requiring periodic maintenance to clean them out. It only burns 15 watts of energy yet produces 75 watts worth of light. Not only does that add up to a cost savings over time, but it also eliminates the hassle of having to buy bulbs and replace them. All in all highly recommended. Can't find anything wrong with it.\",\n \"Product: The BOSTITCH BTFP1KIT 1-Tool and Compressor Combo Kit is ideal for interior and exterior finishing and trimming project for a variety of crafts like furniture, cabinets, and staircases. It features a 150 max PSI 6.0 gallon tank (22.7 L) and 2.6 SCFM* delivered @ 90 PSI pump, which enables long tool run time with quick recovery. The compressor features long-life oil-free, maintenance-free pump for convenient use. It has a BOSTITCH high efficiency motor for easy start up in cold weather or extension cord application [14 ga or larger, 50 ft. (15.2 m) or less]. At only 78.5 dBA** operational noise level it offers you a quiet work environment. The SB-1850BN 18 GA brad nailer drives 18GA brad nails from 5/8\\\" to 2\\\". 1/4\\\" x 15' PVC air hose with fittings and 1-1/4\\\" 18GA brad nails are included. specs: Depth Adjustment - Yes, Adjustable Exhaust, Magazine Capacity - 100, No Mar Pad, Power Source - Pneumatic, Tool Weight only 2.7 lbs.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Love this Bostitch compressor and the guns are great for the weekend warrior who wants to have full capacity\\n\\nReview: It is always great to hear from somebody who really knows tools and has had compressors throughout his lifetime including a pair of 80 gallon 175 PSI at 175 lbs of pressure. They ran my 5000 sq. ft. shop with 11 full time people. There are all different sized compressors for different needs and purposes.\\n\\nThat being said this Bostitch is a sweetheart most especially for contractors, installers, and home hobbyists. The fact that it has a 6 gallon tank and provides 150PSI max pressure is a good thing. You are not going to spray paint a car with this but for nail guns, and general purposes it is great.\\n\\nMost of these smaller compressors are the diaphragm type. They have an oscillating rubber or heavy duty plastic diaphragm that is driven to move back and forth creating a vacuum and then pressure the same way a heart works. The one way valves only allow the air to move one way. The disadvantage to diaphragm compressors are they are noisy. My old fashioned 80 gallon pumps used to run slow but strong and were rather quiet. They weighed a ton; so much so in order to just lift the compressor head out of a trunk required a chain winch. The diaphragms are of course much lighter.\\n\\nEven though this unit builds up to 150 PSI its SCFM rating is based on 90 PSI of pressure. This is key to know when rating compressors. You can even hear it in this one. When the tank is empty and it first starts up it is buzzing along at a rapid pace. As the air in the tank increases, and the pump has to work harder in order to compress air into an already compressed air tank the resistance keeps building. So it creates a lot more air at lower pressures than it does at high. So getting a SCFM rating is always provided at so many pounds per square inch of pressure.\\n\\nNow onto the guns. This is a brand new release from Bostitch and as such there are not many reviews on it already. Surely there will be reviews coming touting the greatness of the compressor but not so excited about the guns that are with it in the kit. You will notice that Bostitch has different grade levels of the same guns available, and yes at different price points. As a matter of fact this kit in the 3 tool version that came out before is only a little bit more money and includes an air driven stapler.\\n\\nSo even the pros like the compressor. If you are a weekend warrior when it comes to remodeling your home you have to decide if you want to spend more for a gun that is designed for daily professional use and will hold up under those kind of demands, or whether you want a kit for not much money at all beyond the price of the bare bones compressor that will give you capabilities to do finish carpentry installations, but not give you the kind of day to day repeat-ability in a more expensive tool.\\n\\nI have been remodeling my house for the past two years. Although I have a 60 gallon 6 hp (not industrial horsepower there is a big difference) in the garage that has also a 3/4\\\" copper line feeding my downstairs wood shop, I know I can drag in a 50 foot hose through the garage into the kitchen door, I keep using my brothers portable compressor so I don't have to do that. Not only is it a hassle to unravel 50 feet of heavy grade hose, it also keeps the door open. So having a small compressor that does most of what you want it to do for remodeling is just what the doctor ordered. Having a 25 foot line is ideal also because it reaches everywhere inside of that room. Stringing a couple of 50's so it goes all the way around the house is no fun. A short nearby extension cord and this compressor does the trick.\\n\\nLet's talk about leaks. The unit I received has a very slow leak coming from the connecting tube between the regulator and the tank. That tube is the only connect the regulator has to the tank. On that regulator are two female connectors so every time an airline is plugged into the regulator there is going to be some lateral pressure on it. If it was just sealed with Teflon tape it would make the top spin. So I called the local Bostitch Factory Authorized Repair and they said use Loctite Thread Lock in red. Once that cures it really locks it on.\\n\\nNormally buying one of these through Amazon and if you have any problem they immediately send you a replacement order, and you have 30 days to return the first one. They don't even charge your card for the replacement as long as the other is returned within 30. You can't beat Amazon for customer service.\\n\\nI noticed that the Porter Cable comparable unit was the top sellers here at Amazon and also noticed that consequently they sold for about 20 or 30 dollars less than the Bostitch. So I asked the factory repair center what was the difference between the two and he replied it must be in the quality of the components in the motor. He said that it is all the same company that owns Bostitch, Porter Cable, DE Walt, and Black and Decker.\\n\\nA few final notes. If you want a leak proof compressor use Milton M type fittings everywhere. They simply don't leak. Read the reviews. Get the 12 pack here at Amazon with twin female couplers, and two female hose end connectors, and 8 male connectors to go into your tools. If you study the connecting ends for example by placing an Amflo next to a Milton you will see that although they have compatible distances and will work together, their surfaces are entirely different. One is concave as it climbs up to the ridge, the other is flat. If you study them closely you could see why using another manufacturers fittings could for example cause ring failure over time, and or what is most common is leakage right away. The fittings you get at the big box store for construction type leak right away most of the time.\\n\\nThe hose that is supplied is not a changeable hose. The fittings are pressure fitted together and you can't remove them. The thin hose also is made out of a rigid vinyl so it will not behave as far as unwinding or winding is concerned. I just bought a good rubber based commercial grade hose that will flex easily, comes in a 3/8\\\" for better air flow and is yellow to match the compressor. It's the Goodyear EP 46501 3/8-Inch by 25-Feet 250 PSI Rubber Air Hose with 1/4-Inch MNPT Ends. I know from shop experience when you are dealing with less expensive vinyl hoses for example in the winter time they hold their shape. If you have hoola-hoops on the floor and move across the room they will drag your tools from off of the work bench onto the floor. A good rubber hose flexes in all temperatures and is a dream to wind and unwind.\\n\\nHere is an important point about nail guns. First you have to oil them before you use them every time. Only a few drops is necessary at a time. If they are dry they can jam. Don't worry about oil getting on your bare wood for example. All you have to do is drive about 5 nails and if any over oiling is going to come out it will by then. This is assuming you didn't put 15 drops in the gun instead of 3. Oil tends to get spilled and causes headaches for manufacturers so in this case they don't ship oil with the guns. General purpose air tool oil will do, and it is available everywhere.\\n\\nThe other thing to watch out for is that be sure to load the nails in the gun in the proper direction. If there are heads on the nails you will feel and see which side is up. If there are no heads like with a 23 gauge pin nail be sure to follow the arrow on the side of the nail strip. All it takes is loading the gun once in the wrong direction and when the hammer head comes down to hit the nail it will glance off the hammer and get pinched in the tube between the hammer and the tube scoring the shaft all the way down. Ouch! I can't help but feel some of those who are having problems may have done just that, but then again guns do misfire on occasion. The very best ones it is a rarity.\\n\\nThis unit comes with 500 packs of the nails in one size for each. With the nail ranges in length and nail size you are pretty well equipped to handle most of the common finish work tasks. Now I just have to get this Bostitch out of my bedroom and into the shop for storage. It looks too good to get it dusty.\",\n \"Product: Put bright light where it is needed, with no wiring. Up to 20 lights can be linked to the same remote control switch, which features a variable dimmer and an automatic battery-saving shutoff. Up to eight separate groups of lights can be programmed to operate independently. These are ideal for improving visibility on stairs, landings, closets, and crawlspaces. This light also detaches from bracket for portable and handheld use.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Very convenient considering there is no wiring to run, and with LED lights no need to replace bulbs all of the time.\\n\\nReview: Very convenient. I have been converting my entire house over to LED lighting because of the pennies on the dollar expense for the electricity, and they provide a lot of light. I have a master bedroom closet that I build 3/4\\\" oak stand as a shoe rack that doubles as a stepping ladder into my attic. I have a full set of fluorescent lights throughout the attic and have one switch to control that from the kitchen. If I do a lot of work up there that is what I use. But sometimes I need to access something up the other end from my bedroom ceiling door. That door is custom built 2 1/4\\\" thick and locked with a deadbolt. Needing easy access and a handy light would normally require a lot of wiring work. Also I would have to cut a hole in my closet wall, fish some romex down there and install a switch, not to mention that I would need a power supply wire either all the way from the box on the opposite end of the house, or tie into a source more local.\\n\\nSo this Wireless Remote Control LED seemed like a dream come true. Combining how incredibly efficient LED lights are with it using 3 C batteries which are a pretty good size totally eliminates the installation hassles, and gives me a remote controlled light from within the closet. Unlike the fluorescent switch from the kitchen area that is illuminated to tell me the lights are on in the attic, this one has an auto-off feature that is easily settable for 30, 60, or 120 minutes. You can either use the remote control or use the button right on the light.\\n\\nI was surprised at how large this light is when I first opened the shipping box. I know it said 5.8 inches but for some reason I wasn't expecting it to be this large. I am also impressed with just how far the range is for the remote control. I won't need to use it up to 60 feet away but it is a nice option to have. It also has a variable dimmer so you can set it for the ideal amount of light you need which also saves some battery life. The LED lights last next to forever so it is a lot better than the fluorescents I have to replace all too often. Overall highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The Yost 855-D2 Industrial Grade Reversible Vise is designed for mechanics that need a vise with large jaw opening capabilities. This updated design of our reversible vise is now stronger than ever! Built from 60,000 PSI ductile iron, this vise is 2x stronger than competitor models. A redesigned nut and screw allow for increased clamping force. For unmatched versatility this vise features a reversible main jaw. When the front jaw is reversed, the jaw capacity is increased to a phenomenal 9-3/4\\\". 5.5\\\" Serrated Jaws are designed to grip products securely. The two machined anvils provide a smooth work surface for forming or shaping.The 360 degree swivel base allows the vise to be rotated to any position for easy operation. The base features two lockdowns that will prevent the vise from rotating once the lockdowns have been tightened. The base also features four mounting tabs to secure the vise to the workbench (mounting hardware not included). Built to Yost Specifications, made in China.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Good general purpose all around vise. It is now my favorite.\\n\\nReview: I bought the Wilton 63302 6-Inch Shop Vise back on December 21, 2004. It is a really good vise and has a 6 inch jaw face with a 3 throat depth (how wide the jaws will open) It also has one small area that can be used as an anvil platform. It has a 25,000 pound casting strength. It weighs 42 pounds and cost me half again as much as this Yost vise.\\n\\nThis Yost vise is made with 30,000 PSI cast iron has a 5.5 jaw face but when the jaw is reversed it has a phenomenal 9 jaw capacity. Both of them have a swivel base with twin lock downs. The Yost weighs 48 pounds and costs a third less than the Wilton. You can buy a Wilton tradesman vise for many times the price of this one. Some models are over a thousand dollars.\\n\\nFirst impressions. As soon as I opened the box my immediate thoughts were WOW this thing is huge. See the photo I uploaded. Maybe it is due to having twin anvil flat top surfaces. Both are directly above the base so they should withstand some abuse. The pipe jaws can handle pipe up to 3 thick. The pipe grabbing capability is designed so that you can saw through a pipe or do other tasks that don't require you to bend it. If you had a 4 foot long cast iron pipe for example you can expect to bend it in this vise. The swivel base is a friction only base and stays in position well for normal use, but with a 4 foot pipe used as a leverage tool a friction base is not going to maintain sufficient grab.\\n\\nThe ground cast iron surfaces have a coat of something like cosmolene on them to prevent rust but it is not a gummy type. It is something you won't mind leaving on the surface. The point worth making is that this is a good vise that comes in at a good price point. There are lesser vices of course at cheaper prices, and better ones at much more money. Trying to compare this to a vice that cost many times as much is not a fair comparison. Are you a machinist, or a wrought iron worker for a living? Then of course you should get a better vise, but with that being said, my opinion is that this vise is worthy of most tasks you could ever want to throw at it. I am excited to install this in my woodworking shop. I have a dedicated vise for woodworking which is quite a bit different than this one. There are specific types of procedures that you need a good mechanics vise for, and I really like this one for that purpose. I even like it better than the Wilton that cost more. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: PortaMate has been a pioneer in developing strong, sturdy mobile bases for woodworking and machine shop tools, so it's no surprise that we're again leading the pack with this 1500lb universal mobile base. It's an industrial strength, fully-adjustable rolling platform, with a capacity that exceeds the competition by hundreds of pounds. Like our other mobile bases, this one increases and decreases size in one-inch increments, from 18.25 x 23.5 to 28 x 33.5. The all steel construction, solid corner brackets and \\\"smooth as silk\\\" casters and wheels (with foot control locking levers) ensure the strength and stability you are looking for. The PM-3500 is ideal for virtually all larger machines (like band saws, planers, jointers and many more) and also the perfect rolling base for cabinets, that giant safe you have, large tool boxes and anything else you need to make \\\"mobile\\\". Everything you need is included and we back it with a full one year warranty.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Really nice mobile base. Here are some assembly tips.\\n\\nReview: Shopping cart wheel configuration for easy mobility. Assembly instructions have a typical setup for a jointer, and another one for a drill press. Even though the directions don't specify it, you really want to measure the base of your piece of machinery ahead of time. This accomplishes two things.\\n1. It provides you with the overall dimensions of the base.\\n2. It enables you to ideally balance the base using their mounting bolts in a balanced way. So instead of having one foot in position 3, and the other in position 1, you could instead use position 2 on both sides.\\n\\nMy Powermatic Model 60B 8 inch 2 horsepower jointer weighing in at 364 pounds is what I parked on this mobile stand. It has a base of 18\\\" x 24\\\". The width and length are at the minimum settings as in drawn up completely together. The 18\\\" depth fits with only 1/2\\\" of an inch left over. So my jointer can go metal to metal with its 18\\\" depth (thin side) and 24\\\" wide (wide side). It took the minimum settings bolted of 18 1/2\\\" one way, and 25 1/2\\\" the other way with only 1/4\\\" clearance one way, and 3/4\\\" each side the other way.\\n\\nThis is really a well-built stand. The welds, paint and finish are well done. The metal welded together must have been done mounted in an accurate jig; none of the seams are misaligned.\\n\\nOn the other hand my Shop Fox mobile base that I have my 1948 Walker Turner band saw weighing in at 625 pounds of cast iron mounted on, the Shop Fox base had flaking paint with rust patches underneath. So obviously Shop Fox skipped the acid/pickling phase of prepping the metal or worse.\\n\\nYou will meet up with a tiny bit of frustration during the installing of the lifting flaps. They provide 4 washers mounted in the mounting bolt and nut. You have to assume that is for putting washers on the outside as well as the inside to prevent the rub. Well there isn't enough clearance. So after wrestling with it for a while you will realize, just use one washer on each of the outsides will suffice.\\n\\nI really like their slide together method of mounting it under your equipment. You leave the corners off of one side, or end and lift one side and slide it together. Then you lift the other side and slide the other two corners on and insert the 4 bolts. You never have to lift your whole machine. This method is another good reason to dry assemble the entire base first. (Preferably up on an easy access stand) That way you are not finagling around figuring out the fit with your heavy machine on it. Believe me it is a lot easier tilting your machine on one side then lifting it. If you tool is over a thousand pounds then you will need a more complicated approach.\\n\\nOne thing that is common with these mobile bases is that the machine slides around in the base when you move it. My Powermatic base, as well as my less expensive ones all do the same thing. There is no way they can know exactly which machine it is being mounted to so no holes are drilled in the corner plates; that is if you piece of machinery even has mounting nuts underneath which I doubt that it has. So the most common scenario is that the metal base of your piece of equipment is able to slide around on the flat metal corners of the mobile base. I have tried using wood as a shim on the sides, and that works to a limited degree. I'm kind of into striving for perfection so I am dreaming up a method of something like rubber plates to mount in the corners.\\n\\nAnyhow this is a superb mobile base. The plates in the corners measure 1/8\\\" thick of solid plate steel. The wheels are heavy ball bearings. It should stand up to years of use. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Say hello to LUX/GEO the first WiFi thermostat with true-battery power. This universal system compatible thermostat offers 3-power options: 2 AA Lithium batteries, a micro-USB, or the C-wire. The LUX/GEO delivers flexibility and control all with the touch of your smartphone screen or with the intuitive control wheel interface. This 7-day programmable thermostat is packed with features, including radius geofencing.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Easy setup. Money Saver. Increased comfort. Pays for itself by not wasting energy.\\n\\nReview: I have been eyeballing the Nest thermostat for quite some time. This Lux Geo-WH Wi-Fi Thermostat provides all the automation plus the remote access whether in the house or from another location. There is a downloadable app for an Android or iOS phone or tablet. You can also control it intuitively right from the dial.\\n\\nHere comes the good part; installation is a breeze. You can visit the Lux-Geo website and they have multiple installation videos. After seeing one of those short videos depending if you have a heat pump with or without aux, or a conventional furnace with gas/oil/electric & air conditioning you will instantly be confident in just how easy this is to install. You want to be sure to shut off the main breaker servicing your heater so you don't short out a live line connect while disassembling the connections on your thermostat. That would take an easy install, and possibly turn it into a headache requiring you to purchase a new control panel for your furnace. Just be sure to shut off the breaker to your furnace. If you have a line tester just to verify you disconnected the proper breaker that would be good.\\n\\nThen it becomes as easy as drilling two holes in your wall, installing the screw/wall plugs and installing the thermostat. It comes with a really nice backing plate so if your thermostat was from days of old like mine is it covers up a world of sins without you have to spackle and paint your wall.\\n\\nBy watching the online video for your type of furnace it is as easy as connect the dots. With a clear up close video they tell you to put for example the blue wire in terminal X, and the yellow wire in Terminal X etc. etc. etc. I purposely did not provide any of the real options because someone may read my review and look at it like the actual instructions. The online video provides exactly which wire goes where.\\n\\nIf at any time during the installation you require any additional support you can call Lux-Geo at their 856 phone number. The easiest thing to do is visit the site, but it is good to know someone is standing by ready to help. You do not need to use the Wi-Fi app in order to control the thermostat, you can actually skip Wi-Fi altogether and simply use the scroll wheel on the unit.\\n\\nYou set your comfort at home settings, and your away settings so when used in concert with the Geo-fencing via GPS through your phone or device it knows when you are away from home, or at home, and can set the thermostat to the appropriate settings. It is kind of like you are on your way home and it kicks on to the warm at home setting before you get there. You can also set up guests who can achieve the same thing.\\n\\nSo for all intents and purposes it does what the Nest does and at a much better price. It looks good on the wall. The LCD screen is easy to read. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Adds rustic appeal to interior sliding barn door openings in a cost effective way to add style and privacy to an open doorway. Includes all mounting barn door hardware and components to hang one interior door for easy installation. For single sliding barn doors 1 3/8-in and 1 3/4-in thick up to 250 lbs. For double barn door kits or larger openings, use track extension: N187-060 and connecting adaptor: N187-001. Works with bypass bracket: N187-100 and soft close kit: N187-080.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Heavy duty at a very attractive price.\\n\\nReview: I used to occupy a barn for 8 years that I had a shop in. There were two huge doors and they were sliding doors with similar style of hardware. There is nothing more rustic and peaceful than a country style door on sliders. However it does not create a weather or air block. Also if you want to lock it so someone cannot enter you need to create a floor mounted pinion, and a clasp on the door. I had that on the shop door, but at home these are very popular for closet doors that doesn't require any clasps, and air passing around the edges of the doors is not a detriment.\\nThere is nothing shabby about this kit. The metal is thick. Buying a competing product would cost you easily twice as much. It fits doors up to 1 3/4\\\" thick and 36\\\" wide.\\nI do woodworking professionally and made some free hanging oak doors for a customer out of 1 3/4\\\" oak. She wanted some privacy between the living room and her bedroom in a small condo in Philadelphia. The hardware that I used was nowhere near as sturdy as this National Hardware Set. She didn't want to spring for an expensive roller. I wish I knew about this set at the time I did that job. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Get hot water where it's needed, when it's needed with the Bosch ES4 Tronic 3000 T Electric water heater. This 2.5-gallon capacity point-of-use mini-tank fits right under your sink and provides a practical and effective solution to your hot water needs. This smaller model can be plugged right into a 120-volt outlet with the 36-37\\\" cord, or can be installed in-line with a larger hot water source to provide \\\"on-demand\\\" use. The glass-lined tank offers great insulation and added durability, while the heater's fast recovery rate eliminates long waits for hot water. An external dial allows you to easily control the temperature range, and the temperature-and-pressure relief valve enhances your safety. The ES4 Tronic 3000 T from Bosch has a sleek and attractive exterior design that blends in seamlessly with existing dcor when installed in a visible location, making this heater a great option in any room.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: No more having to wait a long time for warm water to arrive in the bathroom so I wash them in ice cold water until now.\\n\\nReview: Been doing a lot of research on this so I would like to share with you specifics on the Bosch Tronic, and also comment on some of the alternatives. First about the Bosch. This appears to be a very well made unit. Even just taking the foam end packing you immediately recognize it is built for strength and durability. I was concerned before getting it about having to install a box for wiring since the 7 gallon requires hard wiring instead of a plug in. Well the top of the unit has a built in box for attaching the final connection. (Even though you still need a box where the power source exits the wall. On the top of the unit is a hot water outlet threaded female coupler pipe connection as well as a cold water, or hot water inlet of the same type of connection. You can hook it up to either hot or cold inlets. Hooked up to the hot inlet would be immediately drawing water from your main hot water heater with the advantage being you get instant hot water to the faucet it is hooked to. However even to just wash your hands the hot water is leaving your main tank, and running through your water lines having to heat them up, and then if it is only for a short hand wash, you are then committing yourself to wasting energy every time you use it.\\n\\nOn the other hand if you hook it up to the cold water line you will not be drawing heated water from your main water heater thereby not wasting that energy every time you turn on the faucet. Someone could make a valid argument that set up to the cold infeed you are limited to how much hot water reserve you have in this Bosch tank. Therefore if you do want to hook it up that way I suggest you get the 7 gallon tank which will give you more hot water than you would probably ever need coming out of a sink. The 7 gallon unit is also rated to provide hot water for two sinks instead of one. So you can surmise the different options and hookups from that information and choose the best model and hookup for your needs.\\n\\nI was also taken back at the idea of having a storage tank under the sink that is always on heating up the water. Wasted energy is always a concern. However then I discovered that this is a glass lined insulated tank. If you ever used a glass lined Thermos, remember the red checkered ones on the outside, you know from firsthand experience that when you open it up with hot soup in it, it is still hot at lunch time, and the thermos is not even warm on the outside; it is that efficient at maintaining heat. So the wasted heat concern is not very great.\\n\\nOkay so we all know about the instant hot water heater that is tank less and is an alternative and pretty popular. The downside to those is the increased electrical demand to instantly change cold water to hot on demand. In order to do that they purposely restrict, or turn down the amount of water flow. The slow flow gives you the kind of temperatures you need, but gives you a slow flow. There are no such restrictions on this Bosch Mini-tank model. On the instant on types there are even horror stories where the electric company charged someone 32,000 dollars in order to increase the service capacity leading up to their house in order to accommodate the huge amount of amperage a whole house system like that draws. (Thats unusual, and is only there for clarification of the issue) An under the sink instant on model is not that bad, but does however usually require a higher amp 220 line instead of a single 120 volt 12 amp like this Bosch does. Since it can take more time to get the tank up to heat the current draw isn't as much.\\n\\nThe three models are the ES2.5, or the ES4, or the ES8 which is the 7 gallon that I have. The ES8 has a dual option installation. You can install it either way horizontally, or vertically. Therefore on the ES8 you get two choices where you want to install the pressure relief valve. Horizontal installations requires the pressure relief valve on the top, and water connections on the right side. I am going to use it vertically so the pipe connections go on the top as well as the pressure relief valve but also the supplied brass plug will need to be installed on the side.\\n\\nThe dial on the face gives you instant access on the outside of the unit to set the temperature which has a range of 65 degrees to 145 degrees Fahrenheit. Based on your preference, and the amount of water usage you can custom tailor this to your needs.\\n\\nSo essentially you have 4 connections. You have a water inlet pipe, outlet pipe, temperature pressure relief valve, and your electrical connection. As I mentioned you can hook the inlet up to your cold water feed so as to not disturb you main water heater, or hook it up to the hot water line coming from the main heater to have a much more endless stream of hot water.\\n\\nI plan on installing the output of the pressure relief valve into the drain assembly of the sink. Otherwise any discharge would be unfortunate. A complete printed instruction manual is included. After continued use if I find anything out of the ordinary worth mentioning I will come back and edit this review. All of my Bosch tools that I have been buying for a decade as an adamant wood worker have all been top class and reliable, so I am expecting the same from this Mini-tank heater. Great stuff, and I am so happy not having to wait 2 minutes for the warm water to arrive at my faucet in the bathroom. The main water heater is at the opposite end of the house, and the new Moen faucet is designed to conserve water to it so it seems like forever for it to get warm. Consequently I have been washing my hands in ice cold water. This is a dream in comparison. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Philips Hue White A19 60W Equivalent Smart Bulb Starter Kit (Compatible with Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, and Google Assistant)\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This works great. It couldn't be easier.\\n\\nReview: This works great. It couldn't be easier. All you do is take the hub out of the box and plug in the A/C adapter and then the included Ethernet cable into your router. Then you download the app into your device; in this case that means my Amazon Fire HDX tablet. It also works great with iOS iPad's iPhone's etc. There is an app in the Google Play Store as well for Android.\\n\\nThen you open the app and it tells you to press the button on the hub, and then it automatically connects. Then on the next screen you have the lights that come with the kit. Turning them on via the switch on the light, and leaving it on makes it active in your Phillips Hue App. So it shows up in the device window. Then you can slide the bar across to fade or brighten the lamp as well as turn on/off.\\n\\nNow it gets interesting because you can use it with the Amazon Alexa to be able to control devices, lights in this example with just a voice command. So you actually go through the same pairing procedure with Alexa by telling her to discover devices. She then says, \\\"Push the button on the Hue hub\\\" and you do, and then let it go, and within 5 or 10 seconds she acknowledges that you are now connected.\\n\\nYou can then say to her, \\\"Alexa turn on Phillips Hue Bulb 1\\\" and she will. You can also tall her to make it softer, or brighter and she incrementally does so in small steps. Of course you can tell her to turn it on or off. However I renamed the bulbs in the Phillips Hue app in the Fire HDX and when I told Alexa to do the following with the renamed light of, \\\"Alexa turn off my bedroom light\\\" she said no such device found. So I had to re-pair with Alexa. That is super easy, just tell her to find devices, and she say press the button the Hue hub, and you only need to do so for a second, and then she now re-pairs, and uploads the new device names. So then I said, \\\"Alexa turn on my bedroom light\\\" and presto she did. I know this is going to make me sound like a dork but my favorite thing has become to get ready for bed, tuck myself under the covers, and say, \\\"Alexa turn off the bedroom light\\\", and her sweet caring affectionate voice says, \\\"Okay\\\". It's the last thing I hear before going to sleep at night. Sorry but I love it when a female voice says that. :-) I'm hooked.\\n\\nThis is just the beginning for me with automating my home. I'm looking forward to advancing to a comprehensive smart home. I like that I can download the Phillips Hue app to work in everything including my Android based phone, to my Amazon tablet, to my Apple iPad air. I kind of went crazy buying tablets mostly because I grew tired of being locked out of Android for example when I had my Windows based phone. The Amazon tablets are incredible for clarity, and entertainment purposes, as well as a myriad of different uses.\\nSo I don't know about how this has worked for others, but all I know is it worked perfect for me right out of the box, no hassles, hiccups, or burps.\\n\\nOne last thought is that I have a projector screen that is used ideally in a totally black room. So unfortunately when I am done watching Amazon Prime movies for example, and I am remodeling my house, I have to get up while the projector is still on, climb over stacked rugs and more, turn a light on, and then climb back to the viewing chair, and then turn the projector off, finally leaving the room turning the light back off. So now with the tablet I just turn the light on in the chair, shut the projector down, and then leave the room.\\n\\nYou can also say, \\\"Alexa turn on my bedroom light in one minute\\\" and Alexa responds, \\\"Turning on bedroom light in one minute starting now.\\\" She started lighting up with the colors swirling and a pleasant tone so I said, \\\"Alexa what are you doing?\\\" and she replied, \\\"I am answering questions and learning more.\\\" So I guess she was updating. Okay maybe this review is starting to drift a little more into the Alexa realm, but the exciting thing is she becomes the main helper in complete home automation, and works beautifully with this Phillips Hue Lighting kit. No problems at all so far so I highly recommend it.\\n\\nUpdate: Read my comment/reply below that shares with you how cool it is to use Alexa with Ooma to be your secretary, handling your phone chores.\",\n \"Product: Transform your home into a smart home with the GE Bluetooth In-Wall Smart Switch. Control and program your lighting directly from your phone or tablet - no need for a gateway, hub or even a router. This one-of-a-kind smart switch allows you to schedule and control of any hard-wired light sources in your home. The switch replaces your current light switch and is easy to install by using your home's existing wiring and is equipped with screw terminals instead of flying leads. It features multiple scheduling options including seven-day, sunrise and sunset, random and vacation and custom countdowns.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Instructions say you need to be within 30 feet with your smartphone or tablet for the bluetooth function to work.\\n\\nReview: Smart homes are here to stay and are simply going to be an ever evolving wave of the future. This switch works great. I do not have more than one switch so I can't comment on the daisy chain feature. These switches are good as a standalone switch or a leg in the three way. However the GE add on switch is required for the multi-switch 3-way or 4-way. You can't connect this switch through the traveler connection on the back of the switch to a non-GE switch because it will cause damage and improper function.\\n\\nThe instructions tell you that the smart switch may need to be within 10 feet of the smartphone or tablet to be included. That sort of negates the luxury of being able to sit in your easy chair and control your switch or switches. For that reason I knocked off two stars. You can download the avi-on app for free for Apple or Android smartphones or tablets. It requires iOS 7.0 and above or Android 4.4 and above.\\n\\nThe instructions that are included are very thorough. I hate it when you open a box and they have a simple drawing diagram without any explanations. This is the exact opposite of that. They left no stone un-turned.\",\n \"Product: A revolutionary, patented tool that does all the work of a pry bar and claw but without the damage. The Trim Puller is designed specifically for repair or remodel projects where you aren't destroying but rather reusing your trim, baseboard, cabinets, molding, flooring and other materials. Does an awesome job at removing tile, backsplash and hardwood floors.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A welcome addition to your arsenal. You probably will wish you had it all along.\\n\\nReview: There are a myriad of different pry bar options, but this one is unique in all that I have seen. It has a large 4\\\" wide face made from 1/8\\\" thick steel. It has a real sharp leading edge so unlike a typical wonder bar it will not damage the molding when taking it off. The wide face also does two things. First there is an inch and a half curved piece of steel that assists in causing the baseboard molding for example to pull away from the wall instead of just inserting the face blade. Then with this pull away from the wall you are better able to move the device sideways freeing it from the wall.\\n\\nSo in contrast the wonder bar not only isn't nice to the molding with its thick edge and flat surface not pulling it at all away from the wall, then you are stuck with the full throttle of the nails still going in deep, and then when you tilt it sideways it is much more narrow in the face department. All of this adds up to the wonder bar not only possibly damaging the molding, but also put dents in the wall when prying it sideways.\\nSo how sharp is the edge on this Zenith Industries Trim Puller. It is crazy sharp but dull enough to know when to quit. If it got any sharper you could cut your steak with it at dinnertime.\\n\\nSo how does it compare to some other popular tools in this arena. I have of course the wonder bar which has been a staple for a long time. <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Stanley-55-515-12-3-4-inch-Wonder-bar-Pry-Bar/dp/B00002X1XT/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Stanley 55-515 12-3/4-inch Wonder bar Pry Bar</a> No one tool does it all. In this case the Wonder bar has two ends; one that is at a 90 degree angle and the other is a long slow slope for being able to reach in to areas that may not be accessible with a right angle tool. So that is a keeper.\\n\\nIn addition I discovered the Shark Industries molding bar which is a miracle tool. I couldn't find the Shark model here at Amazon, but here is the same tool in a 10 inch variety. <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Stanley-55-117-10-Inch-Molding-Bar/dp/B000A27XG2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Stanley 55-117 10-Inch Molding Bar</a> The 10 inch is good to have but if I had to choose just one I would pick the 8 inch. http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-55-116-8-inch-Nail-Puller/dp/B000A26NG8/ref=sr_1_6_m?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1454515512&sr=1-6&keywords=Inch+Molding+Bar It sits comfortably in the tool pouch always at the ready, and that is good because once you start to use one of these you will never be happy without it. I bought my brother one for Christmas, and he is a professional remodeler/contractor. He acted like he had so-so interest. Sure enough after using it he can't rave about it enough. Why? Because the face is smaller, and sharper so it can handle even very delicate molding faces, and it has just the right curve for prying against the wall, and on the other end is a very handy nail puller which has got to be THE most common task when pulling moldings.\\n\\nSo back to this Zenith Industries Trim Puller. It is a heavier version of trim pullers. It is substantially made. It has a rubberized handle on one end, and the business end not only has the 4\\\" wide flat face but it also has a V-Groove notch for pulling nails. Since the face is 3 inches deep you can pull all but the railroad tie nails. (Okay that is a bit of an exaggeration, but only a little bit.) In plain words you won't be starting nails with this, and then have to switch over to a hammer in order to finish the job. This tool is large enough to do the whole job.\\n\\nI'm getting ready to tear out a section of wall that has 7/8\\\" cedar decking boards that are finished in clear lacquer, and install a double slider going into the adjoining room. Between the moldings top and bottom and in the corners, and the boards themselves this tool will get a serious workout; yes even way more than my wonder bar, and Shark style 8\\\" trim puller. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: KING'S 12\\\" Steel Toe Dipped Neoprene Work Boots offer 100% waterproof protection and good chemical resistance at a value price. Ideal for most wet and messy workplaces, these men's work boots have a durable fabric lining that wicks away moisture to keep your feet cool and dry. Featuring a seamless, dipped construction that is soft and pliable, these neoprene boots also have a tough, slip-resistant outsole that squeegees liquid and debris out from underfoot. A scalloped edge prevents chafing and rubbing against your legs.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Waterproof, mudproof, and built to last. As heavy duty as a Goodyear tire.\\n\\nReview: When you are putting these on think cowboy boots. They are snug to get on, real snug but once you get there they fit like a glove; well almost. I normally take a size 9 and they sent me a size 10. With steel toe work boots I prefer that. Why? Because with regular shoes you have some stretching capabilities, but with steel toes the limit is the limit. There was of course so extra room in the toe area because of the additional size, but that could be beneficial if you are wearing these in the winter with heavy socks. I'm sure the collar/tube right above the ankle area will stretch a little more over time enabling me to wear extra heavy socks. As it is a tried these on with regular white sweat thicker socks. Due to the fact that I have high arches all is part of the reason why I have a challenge getting them on. Once on there was this immediate feeling of these are comfortable. The high arch touched the upper surface of the foot area making them fit nice and stay put even if I was slow running. However there was about an extra half inch in the toe.\\n\\nOkay enough about that. The thing that really impressed me is these things are built like a Sherman tank. Well actually more like a vulcanized Goodyear rubber highway tire. There is no way any water is going to get through these no how. Every square inch of this is seam sealed and welded together so to speak. They come with a slight oiled glaze on the outside but it is pretty strong and doesn't even come off on your fingers, so I think it is to be ignored, and look at it like they put that on there to keep the rubber supple instead of drying out.\\n\\nI have to do some digging around my storage shed in order to move it over some. The maple tree is squeezing against the roof edge. I have clay soil and the only way you are going to dig through that is if you first give the ground a good soaking. I don't mean a sprinkle with the hose either. That moisture may take a few hours to go down deep. Then you can dig it out. Needless to say the mud/muck will be a challenge. With these boots it is just what the doctor ordered. My feet will stay dry and warm the whole time. The outside may look like a mess.\\n\\nI also like that these are rated for electrical work. I have a generator in the shed in order to supply the house with electricity in a power outage. Running those underground cables once again is going to be a challenge, and the mud will be everywhere. If you are in the trades, and need to be on the work site with new construction these are ideal. You can climb through the mud, and the puddles and not get your feet wet.\\n\\nI have some yellow vinyl boots that are real flimsy next to these, and what is even more important is that they do not have a steel toe like these do as well. I've dropped a heavy object on my toes before. That alone makes it worth it. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Built to last, these KING'S 6\\\" Leather Steel Toe Work Boots with Goodyear Welt feature an oiled full-grain leather upper that can bend and flex without cracking. Ideal for outdoor job sites, these men's work boots have a welt construction for increased durability and longer boot life. It also affords better torsion control and increased stability while walking on uneven surfaces. A removable, dual density EVA insole provides lightweight cushioning with the option of adding custom orthotics or gel liners. These men's work boots have speed lace metal hardware for quick lacing and adjusting.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The comfort, the quality build and materials make these a 5 star addition to your footwear collection\\n\\nReview: Hands down this is my favorite steel toe boot. I have summer sneakers in the steel toe and they have some fabric breathing holes on the side, and are lighter than these KGEO02's. My first impression when opening the box was that these are definitely a darker shade of this color. I really was excited because the photo showed them so well. Upon further inspection, when you look at these boots in direct sunlight I would have to be a nit picking crazy man to think they are in any way significantly different than the photo. The color is the same, but in the shade they appear darker which is to be expected.\\n\\nI really love the fast open back eyelets that enable you to quick lace these up and still get the desired fit. These things look fabulous. They are every bit as good looking as the photo. The beauty is in the proportions, and these are proportioned perfectly. The insole has a thick rubber pad toward the heel, and the entire bottom is padded with a real nice golden tan material that is the same as the entire inside of the boot. The bottom liner is such a perfect fit that unless you knew it was removable you would consider it having been sewn or glued in. It's almost tempting to order a backup but it very well could last as long as the boot does which I expect to be many years. There isn't anything shoddy about this boot. It's macho powerful all the way from the Goodyear style rubber sole and the lower sides glued and stitched to provide a water tight seal against splashes.\\n\\nThe thing I noticed on this 90 degree day even though I was inside is that these boots are very warm. That is a great thing for cold weather, and even moderate weather, but I could see these boots coming up over the ankle, with heavy socks being a cooker on a hot summer street. Even the slightly padded lining is a thermal lining type. If you are on a hot roof, or even for general construction and manufacturing during the summer, my pick is the <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/King-s-by-Honeywell-Steel-Toe-Low-Hiker/dp/B015SPPXAS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">King's by Honeywell Steel Toe Low Hiker</a>. They are much lighter, and as I mentioned breathe through the fabric breathable vents on the sides. Notwithstanding during the cooler months I am looking forward to making these HGEO02's my favorite wear every day boot.\\n\\nI normally wear a size 9 but these 10's fit me just fine due to the good grip of the laced tongue over the arch area. There is a little extra wiggle room in the toes, but in a steel toe it is better to have a little wiggle room than for them to be too tight in the toes. These are not going to relax lengthwise like a sheepskin shoe, or sneaker will. So if you are in between sizes, or close to the upper reaches of a size, move up one size.\\n\\nThose sneakers I included the link to are also Honeywell steel toes but their sole, where the rubber meets the road is a different configuration. The sneakers have a rocking chair so to speak design, so if you are running the heel comes down on a rounded back ready to roll toward the front, and when you get toward the front the toe area of the sole is like a rocking chair in that is curls upward eliminating any resistance. These leather boots on the other hand have more of a standard pattern with the heels somewhat flat across the bottom, and the toe section gradually moving upward. Of course you can run with these but you would be landing on a sharp rubber heel edge. So if you have any warrants out get the sneakers. :-) Okay, okay that was a joke.\\n\\nI really am serious when I say these are my favorite steel toe boot. I say steel toe because I wear sheepskin shoes a lot and those are meant to provide pillow like comfort, yet they have zero support. On the other hand these brown leather steel toes are all about support. Yet the moment I tried them on the overall feeling was that these feel great. So between the comfort, the quality of the build and stitching, and materials looking like real handmade leather from eons ago, I have to say these are definitely a 5 star addition to your footwear collection. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: KING'S Industrial Series 4\\\" Leather & Mesh Steel Toe Hikers offer plenty of stability on uneven surfaces, helping you stay safe on the jobsite. The sporty suede and mesh upper allows them to double as steel toe sneakers during off hours. A dual density EVA cushion insole provides all-day comfort. The durable rubber outsole helps you keep your footing on slick surfaces and can stand up to everyday exposure to organic and mineral oils, making these mens work shoes perfect for construction and manufacturing.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Well designed, comfortable fit, if you are at the upper reaches of your size, move up one.\\n\\nReview: I usually wear size 9's and I got 10\\\"s and glad I did. I find with steel toe work boots, sneakers, and shoes to be a little confining if you are trying to fit into them with a snug fit to begin with. Regular shoes can stretch and will relax with use but not a steel toe. The whole front nose section is locked into place. The 10's fit me just fine, and there is a little bit of wiggle room left over, but an eighth of an inch shorter and the front of my toes other than the big one are almost touching. The nose taper off to the side makes it that way.\\n\\nSo now onto the shoe. To look at them you would never know that they double as a construction or manufacturing boot. They look like walking or running sneaker with the heel rounded at the back, and the whole front section rounded upwards toward the toe. So if you imagine a rocking chair with the bottom curved to eliminate resistance in the rocking motion. That makes running or walking real easy. No reason why these could not be used as a regular everyday wear sneaker as well. Of course the steel toe is worth it's weight in gold if you have ever dropped a board, or accidentally dropped a hammer or other tool on your toes.\\n\\nThe uppers are made from leather and there are black fabric patches that enable them to breathe. The bottom sole is rubber with a traction pattern like an off road truck tire. So you are sure not to slip in the muddy terrain. In the looks department they are really a nice design artfully speaking. They have a rugged appeal to them but the sculpting is well thought out. Overall I don't have anything negative to say about them. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: KING'S Industrial Series 6\\\" Synthetic Leather Steel Toe Hikers offer the impact protection you need to stay safe during work hours. Their casual appearance allows them to do double duty as steel toe sneakers for off the job usage. They feature a slip-resistant rubber outsole that helps you keep your footing on slick and uneven terrain. It's also tough enough to endure everyday exposure to organic and mineral oils. Designed for all-day comfort, these mens work shoes have a lightweight EVA insole for cushioning and support (removable if you want to add your own custom orthotics).\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Excellent steel toe. Comparing two models that King's by Honeywell makes.\\n\\nReview: The <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/King-s-by-Honeywell-Steel-Toe-Low-Hiker/dp/B015SPPXAS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">King's by Honeywell Steel Toe Low Hiker</a> has a slightly lower profile is made of real leather, and has some side vent holes to allow for more perspiration breathing. I consider that one to be more of a summer type.\\n\\nThis Honeywell Mid Hiker has a higher profile, is made from synthetic leather which is more waterproof, and with the lack of vent holes on the side makes it more of a waterproof model although the lace area has a fabric cover making deep immersion in water not advisable.\\n\\nTo look at them you would never know that they double as a construction or manufacturing boot. Both models have a running shoe configuration along the sole. Its like a rocking chair with a nose that curves up, and a heel that does as well. So when you run you are not getting a flop-flop front of the shoe type of experience. It makes it very smooth with great walking ease. No reason why these could not be used as a regular everyday wear sneaker as well. Of course the steel toe is worth its weight in gold if you have ever dropped a board, or accidentally dropped a hammer or other tool on your toes.\\n\\nI usually wear size 9's and I got 10\\\"s which is okay. Your normal size is best, but I find with steel toe work boots, sneakers, and shoes to be a little confining if you are trying to fit into them with a snug fit to begin with. Regular shoes can stretch and will relax with use but not a steel toe. The whole front nose section is locked into place. The 10's fit me just fine, and there is a little bit of wiggle room left over, but an eighth of an inch shorter and the front of my toes other than the big one are almost touching. The nose taper off to the side makes it that way.\\n\\nThe bottom sole is rubber with a traction pattern like an off road truck tire. So you are sure not to slip in the muddy terrain. In the looks department they are really a nice design artfully speaking. They have a rugged appeal to them but the sculpting is well thought out. Overall I don't have anything negative to say about them. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Cable Barrel Key Lock\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A great addition to your security arsenal.\\n\\nReview: These type of locks are designed to keep the honest people out. Securing your laptop bag, or tent for that matter at least imparts a feeling of security. At the very least it enables you to know if someone placed a precursory visit to your belongings. I say that because laptop bags can be lifted in their entirety, a tent can easily be sliced into with a razor blade so this is not exactly Fort Knox. It is an inexpensive device that enhances your security.\\n\\nIt's pretty straightforward. It is a barrel lock with a multi-strand steel cable providing way more strength than is needed in tautness. On the end is a piece of what appears to be a hard black plastic. On the other end of that steel cable is a pressure applied steel ball that slides into the barrel lock. They supply two keys to open the internal grip on the barrel steel head on the end of the cable. It looks good. It is something small enough that you could place it in your pocket without a second thought of it even being there. A great addition to your security arsenal.\",\n \"Product: Sylvania 3-way LED bulb replaces 40/60/100W incandescent bulbs using only 4.5/8.5/15 watts of energy. Daylight 5000K, non-dimmable 74086\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great to have three levels of light. You don't need a wall switch or in line dimmer to be able to adjust it right on the lamp\\n\\nReview: I had just purchased a pack of standard daylight rated bulbs that were LED and for a nice price. I came home and put two of them in the garage door opener and hated the bleached out white. I purchased two warm whites here from Amazon, and they are fantastic. They don't throw as much light but the warm golden glow is perfect. They light the garage up well enough that I don't even use the installed ceiling lighting anymore especially since they come one automatically.\\nSo why did I share all of that with you? Because this bulb is a warm white. That means you are going to be happy with it if you are looking for a cozy room. The fact that it is a 3 way means you can use it in any lamp, as long as this oversize will fit in your lamp, and be able to control the dim in any of three positions. You don't need to have a dimmer wall switch, or one in line, you simply click it into whatever level within the 3 levels right at the lamp.\\nThe bulb base screws into the regular bulb base size. It is only the top that is larger so if you have a lamp with a snap on shade that mounts directly to the bulb you will want to make sure the wire clamp has some extra give to it. I have been changing my entire house over to LED's. Not only are they penny pinchers on the electricity, they also last a crazy long period of time. It's almost a bulb for life. (Depending on your age) So bite the bullet and go LED. Every day that goes by you are recovering the cost of the investment. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Energy efficient replacement for a standard incandescent household light bulb but uses only 8 watts! The bulbs emit a soft white color of 2700K which is perfect for indoor lighting as it mimics the glow of standard incandescent bulbs. These are suitable for use in indoor or outdoor enclosed fixtures. The bulbs are not dimmable and can directly replace 65 watt incandescent bulbs while providing a soft white light that is perfect for illuminating living spaces such as kitchen and bathroom downlights.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: These work great and give you a lot of light for a little bit of money.\\n\\nReview: Just compared these to my old energy hog bulbs. These throw a lot more light at a fraction of the cost for electricity. They also have a predicted usage of 20,000 hours which is equivalent to 18.3 years. The one thing about these particular bulbs is that they are non-dimmable. My other LED's of the same type are dimmable. So why is that such a big deal? Well when you are dealing with a daylight type of bulb they throw a lot of light, but it is a very sterile bright white light without any golden overtones like the old energy hog bulbs throw. So they are not as warm. The old bulbs don't put out anywhere near as much light though. So by getting these in a warmer version, or a dimmable version enables you to set them either for all the way on bright light, or dim them down to something a little warmer.\\n\\nThe huge advantage of using these non-dimmable bulbs however is that you don't need to put in a new wall switch if it is strictly an on-off switch. Beware though if you are using an old dimmable switch with LED bulbs that do dim because they can overheat. You need a special LED switch. The exact one that is compatible, or ones that are compatible is often listed by the bulb manufacturer on the box or in the advertisement.\\n\\nSo to me these are idea for using outside, or in a garage etc. Inside I want the dimmable version to soften things up a bit by dimming. These work great and give you a lot of light for a little bit of money.\",\n \"Product: The BORA WTX Clamp Edge and Saw Guide kit is the perfect addition to your woodworking and home projects. In plain terms, it provides an easy way to get straight cuts every time. The saw plate / saw sled attaches right to your circular saw, the clamp edge clamps down tightly to your material to be cut, and the saw plate slides right into it via a channel-lock system. This makes it a rigid, unwavering guide that keeps your blade straight and true. The saw plate attaches easily to most make and model circular saws, and works for both right handed and left handed models. The included clamp edge is 100 (big enough to fit across a standard 4x8 sheet) Straight cuts were never so easy, or affordable get one today and get better results with Bora Tool.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The clamp edge is better and more flexible than my expensive Tru-Grip system I bought years ago.\\n\\nReview: The Bora WTX clamp edge is useful for a wide range of tools including routers, jig saws, and circular saws. The challenge of using a clamp edge only for alignment is that most shop tools have not only different widths from the bit depending on which edge you use, they also often have base plates which are not perfectly parallel to the blade. So by simply using the edge guide you have to use the side most parallel to the blade, or in the cast of a router the side you measured the offset from.\\n\\nThis is especially a challenge when using a circular saw because they often have both problems. This is where the clamp edge comes in. First let me say that I have the Bora saw guide, the one that the end swivels a little bit so you can do slight angle cuts that are not on the 90. For that purpose it is very helpful, but for straight cuts it presents a setup challenge. You are navigating getting the clamp secured down on your marks fore and aft while at the same time trying to keep the clamp dead center so you use a square, which is a third thing to control. So if you are getting just one clamp get the same one that comes in this kit. It stays perfectly straight when you are doing your clamp down procedure.\\n\\nNow onto the clamp edge. I have purchased in the past an array of Tru-Grip clamps and their separate router and circular saw plates. They are a one shot deal. Once you fix the position on a saw blade and mount it, you pretty much need to leave it on there. If you have real tight drill hole collars you can remove and get it real close when remounting. The problem is that there is no forgiveness if you need to adjust. Once that blade pierces the white plastic base that is it, unless you play on re-piercing and then you have lots of slices in your base.\\n\\nThat is where this Bora comes in. It is predominantly used for your circular saw. The independent clamps eliminates the need to do any drilling. You can use either side of your saw because the hold down clamps are adjustable. You could make a mark where your saw goes depending on which side of the baseplate you are using so you could use it either way.\\n\\nA real easy way to set this up and you don't even need to make any marks is to have a short run piece of perfectly parallel stock, cut to whichever offset from the edge of the base you prefer for example a half inch or less. Slide that up between your circular saw base, and the WTX clamp edge base and then tighten down the clamps. Now we are assuming that your saw edge is perfectly parallel to the blade. Check it. If it is off you can make your custom guide piece of stock a little offset in order to accommodate the custom angle. So it is real easy. Slide both bases together with the piece of stock in between and tighten up.\\n\\nThe huge advantage of having this saw guide is that you are not hauling down the entire sheet of plywood to your cabinet saw, or you need the flexibility to be on a job site and get a good parallel cut. Overall the quality of the clamp and edge guide are built well and should last you a long time. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Portamate has been a pioneer in developing strong, sturdy mobile bases for woodworking and machine shop tools, so it's no surprise that we're again leading the pack with this 1500lb universal mobile base. It's an industrial strength, fully-adjustable rolling platform, with a capacity that exceeds the competition by hundreds of pounds. Like our other mobile bases, this one increases and decreases size in one-inch increments, from 18.25 x 23.5 to 28 x 33.5. The all steel construction, solid corner brackets and \\\"smooth as silk\\\" casters and wheels (with foot control locking levers) ensure the strength and stability you are looking for. The PM-3500 is ideal for virtually all larger machines (like band saws, planers, jointers and many more) and also the perfect rolling base for cabinets, that giant safe you have, large tool boxes and anything else you need to make \\\"mobile\\\". Everything you need is included and we back it with a full one year warranty. This works with Grizzly, Delta, Shop fox, Powermatic, Jet, Sawstop, Woodtek, Laguna, Rikon, Craftsman, General, Steel City, General International, Delta Unisaw, Contactor Cabinet Table Saws with extension legs.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Portamate not only is this stand a brute it is also superbly well made. Fit, finish, welds are top notch.\\n\\nReview: Another perfect example of super heavy duty construction. I have the Portamate Mobile stand under my 425 pound Powermatic 8\\\" jointer. The collars that hold the extension bars are 1/16\\\" thick and when it counts like on the mounting plate and lift feet the steel plate is a full 1/8\\\" thick. Just like the other Portamate stand that I have this one is really well built. The welds, paint, and finish are all well done. The metal welded together must have been done mounted in an accurate jig; none of the seams are misaligned.\\n\\nOn the other hand my Shop Fox mobile base that I have my 1948 Walker Turner Bandsaw weighing in at 625 pounds of cast iron mounted on, the Shop Fox base had flaking paint with rust patches underneath. So obviously Shop Fox skipped the acid pickling phase of prepping the metal or worse.\\n\\nThis not only has the flexibility of two different roll directions/patterns, it also allows you to create the ideal type of footprint; a wider footprint to create additional stability for the tools like a drill press with the wheels splaying out to the left and right sides, or wheels straight out the front when using it for something like a jointer or in this case a table saw that already has all the wider of a footprint it needs is best accomplished this way.\\n\\nThe HUGE thing I love about the Portamate Mobile Base is and this is the way the directions tell you, is to assemble for example the two rear corners with rear and side arms attached and then slide your heavy machine onto it. A simply back sided tilt is a lot easier than a complete lift. Since the front corners aren't yet in place it makes the lifting of one side of the machine to a tilt way easier than having to lift your entire machine onto a finished stand. When you are dealing with machinery that is well north of 200 pounds this is a huge advantage. Then assembling the other corners, for example in the front is a breeze. You measure and assemble the second group of corners, then with using something as universal as a heavy duty hand truck you lift the other side while someone slides the second half together. Tweak the alignment a little for the bolts to align, snug it up and you are done.\\n\\nThis universal base is just right for my Powermatic 66 5 hp table saw with side extension table. Fortunately since the plate the machine mounts on is only a little bit off of the floor in rise height it won't affect the alignment of my attached outfeed table. I purchased adjustable feet for that outfeed to level it, and now will come in handy tweaking the alignment with the slight lift of the Porta Mate Mobile base. The outfeed table is held on my two machine thread bolts which are easily removable, and the outfeed doesn't need a mobile base because it is light enough. I'm getting ready to remove the vinyl tile floor in my workshop so having the universal base will make that job doable. Having to slide around something that heavy runs the risk of grinding the paint off of the bottom leading to future rust problems. This way not only does it prevent that, it also enables me to be able to move the saw whenever needed. My hat is off to Porta Mate for making a great mobile base. My other one has been giving me zero problems.\",\n \"Product: South Main Hardware airless spray tips are available in a wide selection of orifice sizes and fan spray widths. See our helpful spray tip guide to find out which airless spray tip is best suited for your job. This 311 tip has a 0.011-Inch diameter and a 6 inch -8 inch spray fan.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Extra tips are good to have in a variety of sizes up to the maximum orifice that your sprayer can handle.\\n\\nReview: The Graco airless paint sprayers are one of the most popular sprayers since they not only have the professional grade models, but also the pro-sumer models as well. Their X5 and X7's are the ones for those spraying up to 125 gallons per year. They also make a project painter plus for even less money. Those and the pros are the ones that use these tips. The tips are interchangeable so you can adjust the flow depending on the orifice size, and the spray pattern width as well.\\n\\nYou want to have several sizes although the 515 and 310 are the most popular. The 3 digit model number starts off with the first digit signifying the width of the spray pattern. So a 515 has a 10 inch spray pattern. Yes, you double the first number to see what the spray pattern is in width. The listing states a 10\\\" to 12\\\" spray pattern for the 515 which of course depends on how close you hold the spray gun to the work surface. The second number as in this example the 15 of the 515 is the orifice size. So a 515 has a 15 thousandths or .015 orifice. Generally speaking you want to use the largest orifice size that your sprayer allows. So when using the X5 for example you use the spray tip that ends in 15, and with the X7 you use a spray tip that ends in 17. More powerful sprayers not only allow more paint flow, they also are capable of creating larger fans with that additional material. The more professional Graco sprayers use even larger tips than the 17's.\\n\\nIf you are doing trim work and are using an oil based paint you can use the 310 tips for a finer finish. Latex paints generally need to be thinned, AND strained to guarantee uniform consistency. Bag strainers are advisable with 5 gallon pails that you lift out, or you can use a used pair of womens nylons in order to strain lesser quantities. Do not use automotive cone strainers. They are designed for real thin oil based paints only. The water to latex paint reduction is 2 quarts of water to a 5 gallon bucket, or you can use Flotrol and less water.\\n\\nThe huge advantage of using sprayers is that they cover a lot more area in half of the time. However the time it takes to prepare for using them is far greater because you have overspray to deal with. You need to use the large rolls of inexpensive painters clear plastic to cover everything. Hoping that there won't not only be any overspray in the adjacent areas, but in addition the clouds of billowing overspray into the room is a myth. You have to accommodate for both. Spraying the interior of a house you have to expect silica dust settling on everything. So when doing vacant/unoccupied properties, especially before the floor is laid is the huge advantage with a sprayer, or if you are doing the outside of your house, your garage door, walls, shed, or even a removed door on horses a sprayer is a big savings in time. No matter where you use it preparation is still required taping off windows, doors, or anything you don't want to get overspray paint on. Maybe my billowing clouds of overspray is a bit much in the explanation, but if you live like I do on a lot that is only 1/8 of an acre you have a overspray concern directly into your neighbor's house that is only 20 feet away.\\nThese South Main Hardware tips do a nice job. Be sure and get the orifice size that does not exceed the maximum allowable for your model sprayer. All in all nice tips. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: The Rio hand shower is our most versatile creation to date. Featuring 147 spray outlets and 5 distinct settings, the Rio can be customized to deliver intense, massage, rain, pulsate and pause spray patterns. The handle has been meticulously shaped to fit perfectly in your hands. Its clean, matte spray face will fit beautifully in any modern bathroom. The Rio hand shower includes a 5-foot metal hose and coordinating bracket for simple installation.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Very nice shower head, and at 2.5GPM and a wide head you enjoy lots of water for a very nice price.\\n\\nReview: Live in a household with 3 or 4 people taking showers and you need to crank your hot water heater up to the next setting of how hot the water is. With my 50 gallon tank that change resulted in a $50 per month difference in my natural gas bill. Other variables are going on so that is not a scientific analysis/measurement, but one thing is sure, hot water is your second most expensive utility.\\n\\nSo what does that have to do with this showerhead? Namely this it put out 2.5 GPM which equates to using a lot less water than your old fire hose showerhead. That doesn't make this one unique because there are a lot of them at that flow rate available. I just thought you would be interested in that. The problem with lower flow rates is that if you have a standard width face on your showerhead, you not only are not getting as much water, you are also receiving it in a small pattern. The secret is to have a wide head like this Rio with several different patterns of spray. That gives you the feeling like you are still getting a lot of water on you just because there is such a wide array of it.\\n\\nSo now onto this specific model. They advertise it as polished chrome and it sure as heck looks like a polished chrome bumper at a classic car show. However it is made from plastic, so the chrome is plastic, albeit a very high quality of plastic. It looks like flowed polished glass. The gray rubber side panels give you a good grip even if your hands are full of soap.\\n\\nI really like that it has a 5 foot long hose that comes with it because some come with these extra-long hoses that take up too much space in the shower. A 5 footer is just right.\\n\\nThis Rio comes in at a very nice price point because they can afford to make you a quality shower head, but unlike some of the comparable models they come in at a higher price. So overall this is a nice quality and price ratio. I've bought quite a few shower heads, and this one is one that is part of the better half. All in all highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Bosch Starlock oscillating multi-tool accessories deliver a three-dimensional fit designed to provide a completely integrated system between multi-tool and accessory. This is a new dimension in torque for oscillating multi-tools. By using a three-dimensional shape instead of a flat interface, Starlock provides the highest-torque transfer, reduced vibration and the ability for higher performance applications. These accessories continue to be OIS compatible and fit existing tools, as well as the next generation of high-performance Starlock tools. Bosch multi-tool accessories are Swiss made for precision accuracy and long life in the most demanding professional applications. Bosch has a heritage of innovation including the SDS-plus and SDS-max shank systems for concrete hammers and the T-Shank professional blade standard interface for jig saws. The Starlock interface is the new professional standard in oscillating multi-tool systems.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Works on my old Fein Multimaster perfectly.\\n\\nReview: Bosch makes scary sharp cutting blades. I have their famous jig saw and ignored the warnings about wearing gloves when changing blades. Sure enough just the slightest glance resulted in my creating a slice in my skin on the surface. Thank goodness that it was only a glance. So I have a lot of respect for Bosch.\\n\\nI purchased a Fein Multi-tool about 10 years ago, the exact year I am not sure, but it comes in incredibly handy. I don't use it daily but when I am remodeling the house it is a well appreciated tool. When I saw the Bosch blade was compatible with Fein Multimaster amongst others I thought I would take a chance, and I am glad it did. It works perfect with my Fein even though it is a Bosch blade. My Fein Multimaster has the following model number on the side: MS+e 636 II. A while after I purchased the Fein I saw they had improved it by using a different blade configuration where it meets the tool mounting head.\\n\\nKnowing that when I use my old Fein for extended periods of time the blade has a habit of shifting position which requires me to loosen and retighten. I bought several packs of blades when I first got the Fein, as well as their large multipack so I have not had any need for more blades. I heard that you can change the head in order to update it but don't hold me to that.\\n\\nAnyhow this Bosch blade goes onto my Fein perfectly even with the old smooth head mount on my Fein. Bosch and Fein have recently teamed up to jointly develop and patent a first of its kind tool-less blade changing interface, which they have named Starlock. There is the Starlock, the Starlock Plus, and the Starlock Max. They are interchangeable with any Starlock tool, but differ with respect to backwards compatibility with various other brands. An accessory that works with the Festool Vecturo OS 400 multitool and anything requiring a slot. The totally cool thing is with dedicated Starlock tools you can change a blade with only a whisper. Push it down onto a blade, and for removal a simple lever and it's off.\",\n \"Product: TCP LED general purpose A19 light bulbs are a great way to upgrade the lighting in your home while saving energy and money. The TCP RLA6027ND is a general purpose light bulb that is a direct replacement for a 60 watt incandescent light bulb. These bulbs can be used indoors anywhere a 60 watt incandescent bulb can be used. TCP RLA6027ND illuminates a soft white color when lit that is very similar to that of incandescent bulbs and are non dimmable. Replace your old incandescent in your table lamps, sconce lights, and anywhere else you currently have a 60 watt incandescent and start saving energy and money today.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: These throw out so much more light than the old bulbs it isn't even funny.\\n\\nReview: Just wrote a review on the RCP flood lamps and even though these are soft white instead of daylight like the flood lamps bulbs many of the same rules apply. Both bulbs have that bright white look to them instead of the old golden glow that doesn't produce much light. Here is a copy and paste.\\n\\nJust compared these to my old energy hog bulbs. These throw a lot more light at a fraction of the cost for electricity. They also have a predicted usage of 20,000 hours which is equivalent to 18.3 years. The one thing about these particular bulbs is that they are non-dimmable. My other LED's of the same type are dimmable. So why is that such a big deal? Well when you are dealing with a daylight type of bulb they throw a lot of light, but it is a very sterile bright white light without any golden overtones like the old energy hog bulbs throw. So they are not as warm. The old bulbs don't put out anywhere near as much light though. So by getting these in a warmer version, or a dimmable version enables you to set them either for all the way on bright light, or dim them down to something a little warmer.\\n\\nThe huge advantage of using these non-dimmable bulbs however is that you don't need to put in a new wall switch if it is strictly an on-off switch. Beware though if you are using an old dimmable switch with LED bulbs that do dim because they can overheat. You need a special LED switch. The exact one that is compatible, or ones that are compatible is often listed by the bulb manufacturer on the box or in the advertisement.\\n\\nSo to me these are idea for using outside, or in a garage etc. Inside I want the dimmable version to soften things up a bit by dimming. These work great and give you a lot of light for a little bit of money.\",\n \"Product: KREG TOOL KBC3 Kreg Automaxx Bench Clamp, 3\\\"\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: You have to appreciate just what this tool does with the Automaxx feature. Nothing short of incredible.\\n\\nReview: Far and away the mind blowing feature of the Kreg Automaxx line is just that; automatically adjusting to different thicknesses with the same amount of clamping pressure no matter how wide or thin within the range. So you take the tool and spin the adjusting knob which is recessed into the handle similar to the way you turn the knob on the base of a vice grip. The analogy ends there because with the Automaxx ones the tension is set, no matter what thickness within the tools range and that is 3 1/4\\\" on the KBC3, it will clamp with that same pressure. So for all intents and purposes it most likely is a set once and forget it. Of course you can always tweak it for different projects.\\n\\nYou will see in the Kreg Tool Automax line they have several that have the wide paddle plates on each side. The interesting thing about this KBC3 is that it is designed to work with Kregs tracking systems such as the Kreg KKS1020 Klamp Trak. <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Kreg-KKS1020-Klamp-Trak/dp/B000SRI4JE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Kreg KKS1020 Klamp Trak</a>. As you can see from the link that is a heavy duty extruded aluminum track that will hold up to more extreme clamping pressure than a standard feather board track. I have built several router tables and fences using those standard tracks and if secured properly they and hold their own for most tasks. Ideally the Kreg track system is built to withstand the rigors of daily use. This clamp works very well though in a 1/4\\\" track by adding a simple washer that is thick enough. It will almost work with the attaching screw on the bottom but it will scar your track without the added washer and provide no real strength because it is so close to the width of the track.\\n\\nMy intended use is to create a drill press board that can be secured to the cast iron top on my drill press. Having a clamp on the standby reading to grip varying thicknesses of stock is a huge advantage when using a large pedestal floor standing press, or any press for that matter. My current clamp designed for that purpose that secures right to the cast iron top is the old vice grip version of adjusting. So it takes some finagling to get it set right.\\n\\nOf course using this for its intended purpose built right into a table with the Kreg track sets you up for production and always at the ready. The one thing you have to do is place some plastic under the seam you are gluing while using the Kreg system of pocket holes otherwise you could be gluing your workpiece to the bench if you don't remove it. Once screwed together using the pocket hole jigs it is securely held so well you may wonder why glue it, but glue rules for permanent, ain't no way it is coming apart joints. The huge advantage of pocket hole screws is that you can keep on assembling and not be restricted to waiting for the glue to setup before going onto the next sequence. You glue the seam, clamp it up, screw it together and go right on with the next step.\\n\\nI have the main Kreg Pocket Hole system that I bought many years ago and think it is an extremely great tool to have in your arsenal. They also make this Bench Clamp in a 6\\\" version. https://www.amazon.com/Kreg-KKS1140-Automaxx-6-Inch-Bench/dp/B00D3IQLZO/ref=pd_bxgy_469_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=G4H6K6E84PR91CJ3CQ16 and as I mentioned they have the extended reach 6\\\" clamp version; <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/New-Kreg-Tool-Khc1420-Automaxx-6-34-Face-Clamp-System-Clamp-Sale-4803698/dp/B01D8UF90Y/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">New Kreg Tool Khc1420 Automaxx 6\\\" Face Clamp System Clamp Sale 4803698</a> When you see how easily these AutoMaxx clamps work it will make you wonder why someone didn't develop this before.\",\n \"Product: KREG TOOL KHC6 Kreg Wood Project Clamp With Automaxx, 6\\\"\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A marvel of a tool. The Auto-Maxx auto adjusting feature has to be seen to believe. It really, really works.\\n\\nReview: This tool belongs on another planet. The auto-adjust feature is nothing short of incredible. Maybe someone else did it first, I am not sure, but this is the first that I have seen it. An engineering marvel. So how it works. You can adjust the final clamping pressure with the spin knob at the clamp base convenient to reach at the handle, but get this. You can clamp nothing, and have the two jaw faces mate together and they will clamp with pressure.\\nYou can then go directly to a 3/4\\\" or even 2\\\" on up to 5\\\" piece of stock and without any additional adjusting you can clamp them with the same pressure. So unlike a vice grip that you have to keep fiddling with the depth setting; you know try it, loosen it, adjust it again, and keep doing it until it gets to the proper pressure for the size of the item you are using. Not with this. It does the adjusting automatically for you. It's phenomenal. I can't believe it.\\n\\nOkay so onto the tool. <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Kreg-R3-Jr-Pocket-Hole-Jig-System/dp/B000J43A7W/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Kreg R3 Jr. Pocket Hole Jig System</a> is the number one best seller currently here at Amazon amongst the Kreg Pocket hole line. It is the least amount of money, and enables you to make Pocket holes. All you need is the clamp, and instead of the standard clamp that is available, and also automatically included in the Master kit, get this one instead. I have the large kit with carrying case, and that R3 gives you all of the capabilities you need. Pocket hole joinery has the distinct advantage for building cabinets for example in that you can glue up a piece, and by using the pocket hole screws there are no clamping headaches, and having to wait for one section to dry overnight before you can glue up additional sections. As long as you drill your pocket holes on the inside they are invisible from the outside. So think about instantly drawing a glue joint together with two wood screws holding it in place. That's rock solid. You move right onto the next procedure with no glue wait time. The key to getting a good mating surface are these wide mouth clamps. You first drill out the pocket hole on one side, and then align the pieces and clamp them together. Then you install the screws. With the wide face clamp you are guaranteed to get a flush mount. With clamps you have to fiddle with the clamping pressure while getting your fingers covered in glue feeling the alignment edges.\\n\\nThis clamp is also great for general glue ups with clamps in that it has a large reach, and you can for example glue up two 6\\\" pieces with the clamp squeezing the surfaces together. Then you apply pressure with for example your Bessey clamp or whatever, and then move this Kreg clamp further down the piece and do it again. Actually it is a great all around tool for clamping anything that you need a long reach for. That really comes in handy, and with a 6\\\" reach wide range of opening capability it also becomes a great clamp it down to your bench tool. I sincerely think this will become one of your number one most favorite tools in your shop. It is built sturdy. Unlike the cheap clamps with wobbly alignment, this one is pleasantly firm even at a 6\\\" outreach. It lines up equally on both sides every time. Since there is a wider face, and a smaller face, what Kreg did was make it line up all the way out on the tip for the edge bite while centering both sides equally off of the face. All in all a great tool.\",\n \"Product: Kreg KHCRA Automaxx Right Angle Clamp\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Great tool. Fearless no holes barred mistake proof way of assembling right angle pieces.\\n\\nReview: Love the tool. It was just hanging up a little bit when I first got it. A few drops of oil and a little urgency on adjusting the threaded knob and all is well now. I have a Dowelmax for assembling cabinets with panels at right angles to one another. I also have a Freud Biscuit Joiner. The Dowelmax does a great job but there is always the threat of a dowel hole not being drilled exactly at the right spot so when you glue it up, if there is one misaligned dowel you have to pull it back apart, and with glue on everything that can get messy. The biscuit joiner has the same scenario in terms of having to properly mark your spots but is a bit more forgiving at the expense of having a looser joint.\\n\\nSo I have been using the Kreg Pocket hole system for quite a few years and it solves that problem. It does leave on the inside of the cabinet the drill holes going in at angles. They do sell precut plugs to fill those holes in oak, and other woods. Okay to onto why this is an ideal tool.\\nWhen you are joining two pieces together at a right angle, let's say a cabinet back and a side it is difficult to hold the piece in place while you drive the screw. The right angle clamp ideally does the job because you can clamp the Kreg drill body onto the piece of wood while it is off of the cabinet. Then you drill a double hole in that piece only, and do so every so many inches to make a good hold. Then when you assemble the back and sides you have one hole to use this clamp in, and the other hole you insert and screw in the screw with a cordless drill for example.\\n\\nThe huge advantage is that you don't have to worry about any misaligned markings. Since the pocket hole screw is self-tapping, as it enters the mating surface it is creating its own pilot. In plain words you can't miss.\\nOf course the advantage to pocket hole joinery when you are gluing up is that you don't need to break out the huge Bessey clamps to hold it in place while the glue dries. As a matter of fact you don't even have to wait for the glue to dry because you are creating a screwed together piece of joinery that holds itself while the glue dries for an even tighter bond.\\n\\nIn the past you could use large clamps to hold the panel in place while you secure the screws but this is so much easier. You may want to get the Kreg Automax 6\\\" reach model as well for those less accessible joints. Both of these have the Auto max feature which really flipped me out when I first saw what it does. Just like a vice grip you preset the amount of tension you want when fully clamped, but unlike the vice grip you can use it on different widths of stock and still have that same tension on the close without having to readjust it. That's insane, and a huge time saver. It's like set the tool once to your desired tension and then forget about it no matter what size stock you are going to use it on up to the max limit the tool can handle. All in all great stuff. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: 6 ft. LED SHOPLIGHT-SINGLE MODE- 6000LM-White Finish Aluminum/ Plastic Construction Aluminum housing Finished in White 6000 Lumen Output 69.76\\\" LONG, 6\\\" WIDE, 2.75 DEEP 192 High Out Put LEDS, 96 LED Per Row With Clear Plastic Tube Protector Natural White Light 5000K 50 Watt CRI >80 50,000 Hour LED Life 5.25' UL Certified Wire 4-PC 13\\\" Hanging Chain and Hardware, 8 x \\\"S\\\" Hooks Included 5 ft. 3 prong 120V with grounded plug $6.02 Estimated Energy Cost per year (Based on $0.11 kilowatt hour and 3 hour average daily use Quiet Operation (no humming) Contains no Mercury On/Off pull chain switch Energy star Used in both commercial and Residential Applications.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Lasts forever, the fixture looks like brushed stainless instead of aluminum, and it is bright as all heck.\\n\\nReview: The housing must be a high grade of aluminum because it shines like stainless steel. The amount of light this puts out is amazing. I have a wood working shop of about 725 sq. ft. and I have, all told 16 fixtures with quad 40 watt fluorescent bulbs in them. They are all on separate pull chains in sets of two. The middle two are the most frequently used/turned on because they are over the table saw, and outfeed table. Unfortunately those two sets no longer go on. I tested the power right up to the fixture, so guess what? The ballasts are shot. They generally run between eight to twenty dollars to replace, and with this being a quad fixture the latter applies.\\n\\nSo I looked into getting LED replacement bulbs that do not require anything but straight through electricity. They would run me about 40 dollars just for the bulbs, and then there is the modification of the fixture. So this Honeywell 6' LED shop fixture is a noteworthy replacement. The amount of light it puts out is amazing. I know I already said that. At first I thought it was too much, but then I grew accustomed to it. I have a second set of lights dispersed through the area that are dual 4' bulb fluorescents so every time I go in the shop I am not turning on Madison Square Garden. Next to those fixtures this Honeywell look like it is putting out about ten times the amount of light.\\n\\nOkay to now strictly onto the shop light LED. It comes with 4 chains to hang it from the ceiling. You can use all four individually because you can tell from the picture the holes for the chains to be attached are two per side. What I did was simply use two chains altogether; one for each side, and mounted each end onto a ceiling hook. They also supply you with 8 S hooks, and two screw eye round hook to install it into your ceiling into wood etc.\\n\\nThe fixture is completely assembled including the 5 foot plug in cord, and yes it comes with the plug already attached as well.\\nIt is interesting to see a gazillion individual LED tiny bulbs all close together making up the one light tube. Which is really a clear plastic tube that covers the row of LEDs. You're going to feel like you are on stage with this because the light is that bright. I tried using a dimmer, but it only responds a little bit, and once you go below 50% you can tell it wasn't designed for it. Maybe an LED special dimmer which is usually the case would be needed, or maybe they are meant for full on all of the time?\\n\\nSo to wrap this up. The fixture is nice like stainless. Did I mention that it is bright as all heck? :-) The pull chain to turn it on or off works smoothly, unlike the cheapies that have a jerky switch to them. So overall this is a very nice fixture. I wish I had something negative to say about it, but with 50,000 hours of usage time before you need to replace, who's complaining?\",\n \"Product: The Bahco heavy-duty triple-edged scraper features a durable 1-inch blade that quickly and efficiently removes paint, glue, finish, varnish, rust and more off of all kinds of surfaces. The extra strong handle is made of high-impact plastic and is specially designed for comfortable use. The fine tungsten cemented-carbide blade stays sharp and productive up to 50 times longer than a conventional steel blade, and this blade features a compact, triangular design with 3 precision-ground convex edges ideal for scraping in confined areas. When the original blade finally wears down, it is easily replaceable. This scraper is backed by a lifetime limited warranty.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great for Woodworking Too\\n\\nReview: I'm into woodworking. These Bahco scrapers come in handy. Great for getting into corners to remove glue squeeze out after it has hardened. The 1\\\" model has a triangulated blade with three sharpened edges. (So you can spin it around to change the outer edge to a fresh side) So it has a nice point to it for getting into corners without having to rub the sides of your project. I cut a kerf of 3/4\\\" to make a crosscut miter sled, for the runner, and needed to clean up the bottom. I turned the scraper to an angle, and it cleaned it up beautifully.\\n\\n I bought the 2 1/2\\\" as well. It acts like a cabinet scraper, and you don't have to resharpen it much. If you need to take a hair off of a surface, clean it up remove something from the surface it is a handy tool. The large plastic handle makes it easy to hold. Overall does a very nice job. I recommend the 1\\\" and the 2 or 2 1/2\\\" as well.\",\n \"Product: The unique pistol-grip handle lets you hold the clamp and slide the jaw to the work. 6 in. maximum jaw opening, 3-14 in. throat depth capacity.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A great clamp in any size\\n\\nReview: The big benefit to these is that you get true mobility out of them. While holding a piece of work, lined up, in one hand, you use these quick grips in the other hand to secure the work. If it slips while clamping, it is still a one handed tool to release it, and reclamp it again. Enables you to maintain a professional flow to your work. I feel awkward when using regular clamps in comparison. They require two hands. You could use a spring clamp to hold it together, then get another clamp to give it a final hold, but the quick grip saves you from having to do that.\\nHaving these clamps in a few different sizes is beneficial as well. Small ones are more frequently used, and don't get in the way. The 33 1/2\\\" is great when you need to hold larger projects together, and you can't effectively use two smaller ones to substitute. Additionally the macro clamps give you deeper jaws for a farther reach, enabling you to use them for securing work, to your radial arm saw table for example. They are fast enough to be used for almost any application. Sometimes I use them to secure work when sanding with a power sander. A couple squeezes and they are on, and one squeeze and they pop off.\\nAfter getting the smaller ones, and using them, I immediately order two of the 33 1/2\\\" for larger projects, and for tie downs on equipment, including the drill press, and occasionally the radial arm saw.\\nTheir is a small rubber stopper, which you can readily remove, in order to reverse the end, and make it a spreader as well. Something not needed very often, but difficult to achieve without one of these.\\nOne note is that these have built in rubber pads, that completely cover the metal internal end. That is an advantage when you do not want to mar the wood. That and the fact that you can squeeze these with one hand, creates a mechanism that is easy to use, but not something that you would want to use for strength clamping. As a safety measure, these clamp sufficiently for most operations, but a threaded bar clamp, is stronger. So for those operations where extreme strength is needed, these are not the clamps to use. You sacrifice mountain holding strength for the ease of use. For example if I was using a large bit on the drill press, and drilling into metal, I would clamp it with something more. Even the slightest movement in an operation like that, could cause a snag, sending the piece into movement. If you are using just one of them, at the end of a 24\\\" board, and decide to rout the other end, it will move on you. Securing it with two of them, and it is super tied down. You get my drift.\\nThe big advantage of quick grip clamps, is that they handle wood beautifully, even for glue up operations. Hold workpieces more than securely to do the job in most applications, and are so handy that they deserve more than 5 stars. I would feel lost without them. It is another tool in the must have category.\",\n \"Product: It's a power-tool guide, a fence, and a bar clamp. This innovative, multipurpose, low-profile mechanism will soon be one of your favorite tools. It provides instant accuracy for crosscutting and routing up to 50 inches, and it's fully adjustable, fitting any drill press or band saw. With edge-to-edge grip, it holds material flat and clamps quickly without bowing.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: These clamps are tops, and pressure is adjustable\\n\\nReview: When I use these clamps, I adjust the pressure by how snugly I fit the foot of the clamp. If I have thicker material and want to clamp real tight, I slide the foot up tight against the edge, and then push down the lever. If I want a slightly lighter clamping pressure, then I leave a hair gap offset, before clamping it down.\\n If I had to get critical of working with these, I would say two things. 1) You have to be working on a relatively flat surface underneath. If you are on two horses, and you have a sheet of plywood, it tends to bow. Then the clamp can not create a flat workedge. Wherever it is low, their is a valley, or a loss of the clamp edge flat on the material. This is to be expected, of course, and is not a problem, if you have a supporting sheet, or a couple of two by's on top of the horses. 2) In order to create a square cut (90 degrees) you need to use a carpentars square to line it up. (As compared to a table saw, with large tables, which is preconfigured to be square.) Be that as it may, you can't beat these for giving you a great tool guide for lots of different purposes. These make a very good, far reaching clamp. It will not creep a setting, if you are using it for an overnight glue up.\\n Their lightweight, yet strong. If your careful, you can keep your saw tight against the edge. For a heftier version, check out Tru-Grips pro series. They are over 5 inches wide, and have t-tracks, and a special indentation to accomodate their router base, circular saw base, and stop. That creates error free straight lines out on the job. The come in 2, 4, and 8 foot sizes. All of them are a few inches larger than their stated size. For example the 4 foot, will handle workpieces up to 54 inches.\\n I highly recommend Tru-Grip products, both for their usability, engineering, and quality build.\",\n \"Product: The Tru-Grip heavy-duty straight edge provides maximum stiffness for straight cutting and routing up to 8 feet. You can attach or slide fixtures or templates along the bar with the handy T-slots and key slots. One end also features Tru-Grip's famous cam lever tightening, which eliminates the need for C-clamps.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Tru Grip Pro Series is a first class product\\n\\nReview: The Tru Grip Pro FTR series is a first class product. The thing that is very important is that they grip well (you can adjust it) and they are very true and accurate when using the Stop, or Router Guide, or Saw guide. No wobble, no play, just tight, smooth, snag free accuracy.\\nWhen you consider the tools they replace, they are also a bargain. With a 4 foot and an 8 foot model, you can cut 4 x 8 sheets of plywood, without having to shell out twenty times the money for a panel cutter. If I was cutting plywood sheets all day long, of course the panel cutter has some setup advantages. For example you don't have to bother to use a square when cutting with a panel cutter. But for portability, and accurate use, the Tru Grip system can't be beat.\\nThe pro series is a lot wider than their regular guide clamps, that is to allow for the mitre T slots on both sides. That way the accessories can ride along those tracks. Their regular guide clamps are great for doing dadoes with a router for example. Use two of them, and you have an instant routing guide.\\nThe circular saw accessory is very accurate. You just drill holes in the plate, which is phenolic plastic, and mount your saw. Then you drop your saw down through the plate, giving you an extremely tight fit, which prevents tear out, when cutting through finish work. So you wind up dedicating a circular saw to it.\\nThe stop piece is great for all sorts of uses, like when routing blind dadoes, or for making repeated cuts at a certain depth.\\nHaving the 4' and the 8 foot model is convenient. Using an 8' for everything is not advised. The long overhang left by an 8' on a short piece of work is not easy to deal with.\\nI use the 8' when trimming door edges. How else can you run an 80 inch door through a machine in order to get an adjusted edge?\\nThe router plate is already machined out with a circle in the middle that is oversize, so as to keep the bit at a maximum clearance for plunging. Once again, you drill it yourself to accomodate your specific router.\\nThe router , saw, and stop accessories are premade to fit into the specific configuration on the edge of the guide, as well as the T slot, creating a very snug fit, with no play, yet not binding.\\nThe days of finding a left over edge of a plywood sheet, then figuring out how to clamp it down, in order to cut larger sheets are over. This system is lightweight, made out of thick aluminum, which makes it substantial, yet a breeze to carry around.\\nIt may seem expensive at first, but the equipment it replaces, and the accurracy it creates in your work, make it well worth the price. Highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: This 14 Function Micro tool has an all stainless steel construction and features spring loaded pliers and titanium handles for long life.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Very Nice Pocket Sized Tool\\n\\nReview: This Pro Series 12 function tool is rightly called a micro-tool. It is quite a bit smaller than its bigger brothers out there. None the less it is substantially made. The stainless steel appears to be of a good quality, the knife on mine was super sharp, and I love the carry bag it comes with. You could easily carry this in your pocket. It also makes for a smart addition to the glove box in the car.\\nI wish there was some way I could get critical of the tool, but I haven't found any flaws with it. This is definitely not a foreign cheapy made piece of junk. I believe with proper use it can last a long time. I wouldn't put it in the same category with the finer ones made out there, but at this price point it's a nice tool. You just have to remember it is for micro purposes so I wouldn't be fighting large screw heads with it.\",\n \"Product: This 21 Piece 3/8-Inch Drive SAE and Metric Socket Set with Ratchet includes the following sockets: SAE:5/16-Inch, 3/8-Inch, 7/16-Inch, 1/2-Inch, 9/16-Inch, 5/8-Inch, 11/16-Inch, 3/4-Inch, 13/16-Inch, 7/8-Inch Metric: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 22mm.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Thumbs up from a pro\\n\\nReview: I had a body shop for twenty years, was a licensed state inspection mechanic. We did a lot of high end cars, and were the largest shop in Western Delaware County so this isn't just a casual review. I wanted to spend some time with this set before I wrote a review on it. The things that immediately impressed me were that the sockets were true to size. I remember a long time ago getting cheaply made sockets and they didn't even fit. These had the same snug fit as the Craftsman's. I love Craftsman sockets, but I don't care for their air tools much, nor their wood working tools either. So anyhow, these sockets fit the nuts with the same fit as Craftsman. I did a side by side comparison. Oddly enough some nuts fit super snug, and others fit a little more loosely, and that is because of the nut, not these sockets because the Craftsman in every instance fit exactly the same; the ones that were a little loose were so with both makes of sockets, as well as those that were super snug the same.\\n\\nI heard a lot of people complaining about the carrying case; I disagree. When you first get these, lay the pack down on its side, and use a pair of wire cutters, or needle nose and pry up the plastic assembly that is holding it into the pack one socket at a time. The whole assembly is removable and you can then throw it away. The sockets still stay on the carrying case because the square 3/8ths stub keeps them there. The advantage to that system is that you can instantly see the business end opening of the socket to judge what size you need. Most sockets are in their carrying cases and you have to guess which size would fit. With these you see the actual hole which is much more accurate.\\n\\nNext item up for bid... The ratcheting arm that comes with it is something I would attach a pry bar to; it is that strongly made. Also the ratcheting is very fine. You know some crudely made ratchets have a real coarse ratcheting sound when you are unwinding for the next tighten. Not this one, it is more like a precision watch. It purrs. I'm serious it has a very fine clicking sound to it. The ratcheting arm sits in the wall mount or tool box lay down in a drawer case very securely, whereas the two plastic clips hold it in side by side, and the hole in the case allows it to slip in so it won't slip down.\\n\\nThe markings for the sizes are clearly marked like they are large and etched in the sides. Considering that these go for a very nice price I have to highly recommend them. Since they are most of the popular sizes this puppy would be a nice addition to your light tool box, kitchen drawer, storage shed, or even in your main box. They come with a lifetime warranty which I can't comment on because I don't have any experience with that. The lifetime warranty has always been a draw for the Craftsman sockets. Knowing that these are being sold through Amazon gives me confidence that the warranty is for real.\\n\\nOverall I give them a thumbs up. Highly recommended, and I am not just saying that. If you read through some of my other reviews, I just slammed another tool set. I also like the cushioned handle. Get a set. They are ok by me.\",\n \"Product: 4Pc LED Book Light with Magnifier. Convertible from desk to clip lamp.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: The perfect tool for removing splinters and more. It's just not a book reader. Change the listing title here at Amazon.\\n\\nReview: I think it is unfortunate that they labeled this item as a book light. The magnification is intense; so much so that you can see the hairs on gnat's legs but can't see the page because it appears blurred, and that is the regular intensity. The light follows suit. It is a narrow beam with a concentrated light that measures about 3 or 4 inches in diameter. So between blurry over intensity for reading a page in a book (unusable for that) and the narrow beam of intense light, my advice is that if you are getting this in order to clip on your headboard at night, or use it on your desk to read forget it.\\n\\nOk now that we have that out of the way let's look at what good this lamp and magnifier is good for. I noticed on the box it says, \\\"Elite LED Magnifier Lamp\\\". That is a very accurate description. So I am shouting out to the manufacturer, or vendor to change the title here at Amazon. Instead of saying Book Light, say the same thing the box has on it because it really is an excellent, excellent magnifier lamp. If you have ever dealt with the chore of removing a splinter out of your finger, do the job just one time with this magnifier and you will never want to do it again without one. Imagine someone holding a concentrated lamp, and a magnifier at the same time while you are trying to get the perfect distance from the lenses in order to see clearly, and all they have to do is move an inch and you are out of focus. This Normande does it perfectly. If you are working around wood on a regular basis this thing is a must have.\\n\\nSome additional magnificent uses(no pun intended)would be for soldering wires, or for working on watches in order to insert a screw, or anything that you need magnification for. Don't let the bad reviews over weighted with book reading concerns fool you, this thing works great and is superbly engineered as a magnifier.\\n\\nAdditional comments. At first I was disappointed that it is powered by two AAA batteries. (Not included) I was hoping for a USB power source or a plug in adapter into 110 AC but it only runs on the batteries. However since this is a specialty magnifier instead of a book reader you are only going to be using it sporadically and usually for a short period of time. If you are into rechargeable batteries then that is an option also.\\n\\nAt first I gave it three stars because of how useless it is as a book reader, but then after some additional consideration I moved it up to four because of how well it handles magnification chores, and for that purpose it is highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Each piece in the Via collection features a unique, d-shape design with razor thin accents. The streamlined look creates a compact, modern design that makes an impact without overwhelming a bath.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: It has the beautiful hand crafted look to it.\\n\\nReview: Amazingly beautiful in person. The picture doesn't do it any justice. (Not that the picture is ugly) This is somewhat of a lower profile faucet that some others. The build quality is remarkable. It is like forged and then sanded and polished, and then dipped, and polished again; it has that kind of look to it. The finish is spotless.\\n\\nMoen has come up with a really easy method for installation. The challenge of having to work behind the bottom of the sink tub to secure it is greatly alleviated. However depending on your sink installation it is often better to remove the sink basin with the faucet mounted on it, and do you work on a workbench, or plastic collapsible set of stands. So by removing the two water source lines by undoing their coupling, removing the whole top by undoing the few and WAY more accessible top mount screws the whole thing lifts off with super easy access. Make sure you line up the faucet perfectly before reinstalling it.\\n\\nThis faucet has an economy water flow level that is increased in its effectiveness by being an aerated system. We don't really need to have excessive amounts of water flowing from our bathroom faucets. I had a waterfall type of faucet in my bathroom and that one between the reduced water flow, and having it spread out across a wider face and no aeration made the whole experience feeling like you wanted to see some more flow.\\nThis Moen S8001 is not like that. The opening is not spread out, and the aeration bulks up the flow appearance a bit.\\nThis faucet is more like a sculpted work of art than it is a faucet. It has the beautiful hand crafted look to it.\",\n \"Product: Doors and drawers really make a cabinet. They are fundamental to the design and utility of any piece of cabinetry. They are also the bane of many a woodworker. This book offers detailed infortmation on the construction and installation of a wide variety of doors and drawers. Step-by-step photographs and text explain all about: building traditional drawers; calculating drawer sizes; melamine drawers; cabinet-grade plywood drawers; inset cabinet drawers; slab drawers; frame and flat-panel doors; multi-panel cope and stick doors; tambour doors; pocket doors; and glass doors.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: All the stuff that really matters. Buy this one first.\\n\\nReview: Danny Proulx created a book that has all the ingredients that really matter. He covers all the different types of doors and drawers, and the essential techniques required to build them. Combining this book with experience at woodworking basics, and you are on your way to making first class custom cabinets and doors. I like his tips, notes, and safety notes. Gleaning from 30 years of experience, he mentions the common pitfalls in many of the applications.\\n I had bought some router bits from a gentleman in Canada, who was very helpful. He referred me to someone he knew, who really knew what they were talking about. He referred me to Danny Proulx the author. I coincidentally had bought his book the week before, and was then recommended to him. So I wrote to him about some questions I had. He was kind enough to get back to me with specific answers. I was impressed that a renowned author with many publications to his name, would take the time out to respond to my questions. The nice thing about the author is that he really cares.\\n This book is a keeper. One to keep at the ready to refer to again and again when developing your next project, or for reviewing the specifics of one. It's an easy read. Engineered to simplicity. All in all I give it 5 stars.\",\n \"Product: Richard Raffan is an internationally respected woodturning artisan and teacher. Collectors prize Raffan's gallery-quality production pieces, and he is the author of \\\"Turning Wood, Turning Boxes, \\\"and \\\"The Complete Illustrated Guide to Turning,\\\"\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Out of all the woodturning books I bought, this is number 1\\n\\nReview: Turning Wood with Richard Raffan is my number one pick out of the several books I bought on wood turning. He went into the lathe, its components, safety, and techniques. The editorial reviews go into all of the subjects covered in this book, so I will not reapeat them all. What I wanted to share with you is the overall feeling of the book. You know the frustration of buying a book, and it doesn't feel right. I guess you could analyze some of the reasons why. This book feels right. The photos, the explanations, the way it is laid out, all are done in a way that makes me say, I really like this book.\\n I turned wood when I was in high school. Recently acquired a lathe, and wanted someone to walk me through the essentials. This book covers that. Safety is a primary concern. For example he explains, that you always want to use your wood turning chisel from the higher areas, into the shallower. If you do it the other way around, you could have a piece of wood flying into your face. It is like your skiing down the side of the mountain. I know this sounds trivial, but he is not afraid to cover the essetials for those of us renewed in the hobby.\\n Great book, highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: For over 40 years, Kaplan Medical has been dedicated to helping aspiring doctors prepare for and pass their medical licensing exams. We are proud to offer the most innovative study tools available on the market and our dedicated staff of expert advisors and faculty ensures that doctors and medical students receive the guidance and support they need. At Kaplan Medical, our students’ success is our goal.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: May seem a bit expensive but considering many medical students sell their books used with a very high resale rate it's a bargain\\n\\nReview: The price may seem kind of daunting for a set of books but when you consider it is the price of admission recoverable from one office visit makes it very nice. Also considering that their use is so widespread and necessary that selling the set used afterwards oftens garners as much as 75% of the initial cost. For those needing to pass the USMLE or United States Medical Licensing Exam it is a set of lecture notes with a separate textbook for each of the following: 1. Internal medicine, 2. Pediatrics, 3. Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Ethics, Patient Safety, 4. Surgery 5. Obstetrics and Gynecology. These are the brand new lecture notes for use in 2017.\\nThese books are by no means a comprehensive study on any one of the topics. They encapsulate a synopsis of the all too often main component, and usage of each of the diseases and topics. Covering patient symptoms, diagnosis and treatment suggestions but not including an exhaustive library of photographs especially for those conditions that are not sympathetic to that approach. Skin diseases are covered with photos.\\nThe topics covered go over some of the more salient points and successfully provide a road map of a wide range of conditions, and then if additional information is needed it creates a good guidebook as to the core of what is important.\",\n \"Product: From Publishers Weekly\\nChatzky, a Today show contributor and columnist for Money, Time and USA Weekend, acknowledges that the combined impact of the declining stock market, war and continuing unemployment have led people to worry about money more than in the recent past. However, Chatzky says, they don't know what to do with their concerns. The solution: \\\"It's time to take back our lives. And in order to do that we need to take back our money.... We need to regain our financial power if we feel we've ceded it. Or to grab hold of that power, even if we've never paid much attention before.\\\" To find out what steps people should take, Chatzky and the Roper Center surveyed 1,505 people about the impact of money on their happiness, and how prepared they feel with their financial plans for the future. Chatzky uses the survey responses as chapter openers and then goes on to offer anecdotes and advice. She discusses finding the right job, saving, setting realistic goals, planning for emergencies and more. Chatzky's style is friendly and her counsel sound, though less extensive than some readers may need. Those struggling with basic money woes, like debt or trying to put away savings for their children's college education, will find this book helpful, but people wanting more in-depth or sophisticated information would do better with other investment guides.\\nCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Grreat Book, It Will Help You Get Organized\\n\\nReview: I saw Jean Chatsky on TV. Her approach to financial security was refreshing. Instead of \\\"waiting\\\" until you become a millionaire in order to solve all of your financial concerns, she rather teaches us that you don't have to be rich. Instead of trying to stare at the big picture, realize that the big picture is nothing more than a lot of little pictures. When you get the little pictures in order, the big picture changes. For example by observing for two weeks, where your cash in pocket goes, you can find ways to reduce annual expenses by even several thousand dollars per year. Figuring that amount of money, invested over ten years, you come up with a substantial amount of money.\\n\\nBy sitting down and figuring out a budget, or allotment of monies, you can help rid yourself of the irrational spending. Start to figure out what makes you incessantly spend, spend, spend. Counting your money can be fun. Instead of enjoying your new toy for only a day or two after you buy it, then on to the next buy, you rather find joy in the ongoing financial strategy that you employ.\\n\\n By setting new goals and dreams, you focus your income on value pursuits, rather than buying a whole lot of junk.\\n\\n This book is chock full of great advice. I'm going to work hard at the suggestions. Enjoy the freedom of knowing that your financial well being is in order.\\n\\n Hey if your books all balance, even though you are not a millionaire, you can begin to enjoy life. Instead of that aching feeling in the background telling you that something is wrong. Your new value dream that replaces your nonsense spending will fulfill your need to buy.\\n\\n This book will take you step by step as to how to \\\"clean out the garage\\\" of your personal finances. Highly recommended, and personally I think Jean Chatsky is hot, hot, hot.\",\n \"Product: Edic is a writer and small business owner.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Soup to Nuts, This is the book to get\\n\\nReview: I bought Kitchens that Work at the same time I bought Great Kitchens, At Home with America's Top Chefs. I love Kitchens That Work, and am disappointed in the one about America's top chefs. If you are wondering what Mario Andretti's garage looks like, it is nothing like you would imagine. Probably more like a GM assembly plant. Top chefs think in terms of production, not beauty. One of the kitchens has bare cinderblock, unfinished on the wall. Very utilitarian with little warmth. Others are better than that, but I did not find anything inspiring in there.\\n Kitchens that work on the other hand, has every level of kitchen pictured. Some high end kitchens to dream of, as well as some a little more practical. The important thing as they mention is an intelligent design, that incorporates what you need, rather than the latest trend.\\n When I read some of the reviews on Kitchens that Work, I thought it would be lacking something, NOT! It has every consideration covered. Planning, layout, design, considerations when dealing with contractors, things to look out for when opening up walls, like hidden pipes for example, and the list goes on and on.\\n All I can say, \\\"Soup to Nuts, This is the Book to Get\\\" You could spend a year pondering all of the considerations they give you. Well done, definitely five stars.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":200,"string":"200"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1979,"string":"1,979"}}},{"rowIdx":1980,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"AAX387K7441BL"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"4.0\" for a product with description \"The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books. The classic novel of a post-literate future, 'Fahrenheit 451' stands alongside Orwell's '1984' and Huxley's 'Brave New World' as a prophetic account of Western civilization's enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity. Bradbury's powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny insight into the potential of technology to create a novel which over fifty years from first publication, still has the power to dazzle and shock.\". The summary of the review text is \"Passionate Defense of Ideas\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Many people have pointed out that this isn't a book about censorship but rather the negative effect that popular culture, and television in particular, have on society when entertainment and mindless fun are the only goals. Bradbury has stated this in numerous interviews but his book has struck a chord with those who vehemently oppose censorship for obvious reasons. Bradbury wrote the book during the McCarthy witch hunts and he also says in interviews that he was profoundly affected by images of Nazi's burning books. These things have found many echoes in the book. The question of what an author intends on a conscious level and what his or her writing evokes in a reader is a fascinating one and I don't think interpretations should be limited to what the author believes the book is about. Writing is a very subconscious process that even the author doesn't have control over and when a book is released into the world it becomes the readers to make meaning from.\n\nThis book-lovers book is a compelling portrayal of a dystopian society. Unlike many books in this genre, a tyrannical government has not set out to brainwash people and take control. Instead people have gradually drifted away from intellectual pursuits like reading in favor of television and things that make them feel good, to the point that anything that raises hard questions or reminds people of the harsher aspects of life is banned, and in the case of books, burned. All of this is outlined most succinctly in Captain Beatty's monologue: \"It didn't come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. Today, thanks to them, you can stay happy all the time, you are allowed to read comics, the good old confessions, or trade journals.\"\n\nThe rants about minority interest groups being partly responsible for this dumbing-down of culture is controversial and Bradbury seems to be taking a shot at \"political correctness\" (a term which hadn't even been coined then). I think what he is getting at here is the tendency to stifle anything unpleasant or disagreeable and pretend it doesn't exist instead of shining a light on it. The portrayal of all of popular culture as degenerate is obviously a gross exaggeration but there is so much in this book that is relevant today and that's why it still resonates so strongly. Our TVs get bigger every year and will soon be the size of walls while news has been reduced to sound-bytes and entertainment pieces and we spend hours online each day filling our brains with the mental equivalent of candy-floss. The whole spectacle of Montag's pursuit by the police and the \"scapegoat\" who was found to bring closure for the audience is very pertinent.\n\nUltimately for me this book is a passionate defense of the power of ideas to change the world for the better. The portrayal of people memorising books to pass these ideas onto future generations, even as the world goes to hell around them, is so poignant. Bradbury even touches on environmental devastation: \"When we forget how close the wilderness is in the night, my grandpa said, some day it will come in and get us, for we will have forgotten how terrible and real it can be.\"\n\nThis quote from Granger, one of the memory-keepers, best sums up what Fahrenheit 451 is about: \"We're remembering. That's where we'll win out in the long run. And some day we'll remember so much that we'll build the biggest goddam steam-shovel in history and the dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in and cover it up.\"\n\nAmen to that."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Many people have pointed out that this isn't a book about censorship but rather the negative effect that popular culture, and television in particular, have on society when entertainment and mindless fun are the only goals. Bradbury has stated this in numerous interviews but his book has struck a chord with those who vehemently oppose censorship for obvious reasons. Bradbury wrote the book during the McCarthy witch hunts and he also says in interviews that he was profoundly affected by images of Nazi's burning books. These things have found many echoes in the book. The question of what an author intends on a conscious level and what his or her writing evokes in a reader is a fascinating one and I don't think interpretations should be limited to what the author believes the book is about. Writing is a very subconscious process that even the author doesn't have control over and when a book is released into the world it becomes the readers to make meaning from.\n\nThis book-lovers book is a compelling portrayal of a dystopian society. Unlike many books in this genre, a tyrannical government has not set out to brainwash people and take control. Instead people have gradually drifted away from intellectual pursuits like reading in favor of television and things that make them feel good, to the point that anything that raises hard questions or reminds people of the harsher aspects of life is banned, and in the case of books, burned. All of this is outlined most succinctly in Captain Beatty's monologue: \"It didn't come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. Today, thanks to them, you can stay happy all the time, you are allowed to read comics, the good old confessions, or trade journals.\"\n\nThe rants about minority interest groups being partly responsible for this dumbing-down of culture is controversial and Bradbury seems to be taking a shot at \"political correctness\" (a term which hadn't even been coined then). I think what he is getting at here is the tendency to stifle anything unpleasant or disagreeable and pretend it doesn't exist instead of shining a light on it. The portrayal of all of popular culture as degenerate is obviously a gross exaggeration but there is so much in this book that is relevant today and that's why it still resonates so strongly. Our TVs get bigger every year and will soon be the size of walls while news has been reduced to sound-bytes and entertainment pieces and we spend hours online each day filling our brains with the mental equivalent of candy-floss. The whole spectacle of Montag's pursuit by the police and the \"scapegoat\" who was found to bring closure for the audience is very pertinent.\n\nUltimately for me this book is a passionate defense of the power of ideas to change the world for the better. The portrayal of people memorising books to pass these ideas onto future generations, even as the world goes to hell around them, is so poignant. Bradbury even touches on environmental devastation: \"When we forget how close the wilderness is in the night, my grandpa said, some day it will come in and get us, for we will have forgotten how terrible and real it can be.\"\n\nThis quote from Granger, one of the memory-keepers, best sums up what Fahrenheit 451 is about: \"We're remembering. That's where we'll win out in the long run. And some day we'll remember so much that we'll build the biggest goddam steam-shovel in history and the dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in and cover it up.\"\n\nAmen to that."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: dvd\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Doesn't Live Up To The Hype\n\nReview: There was so much hype surrounding this film that I really wasn't sure what to expect. The film is a great satire of reality television and it takes the concept behind shows like Survivor to the most extreme conclusion. I really enjoyed this aspect of it, but I didn't think it was critical enough of the horrifying spectacle of children killing each other for sport.\n\nApart from one character right at the beginning (I can't remember his name) who says that people should stop watching the Hunger Games, no one else in the entire film raises any kind of moral objection to the show or suggests any way of putting an end to the madness. I know viewers are meant to know the Hunger Games are barbaric and disgusting without it being spelled out, but I found it very hard to relate to characters like Woody Harrelson, who we are supposed to like, when they are so complicit with the murder of children. Katniss also never contemplates trying to escape, or does anything to stop the killings. Personally I'd prefer a heroine with more guts.\n\nIt also seems ironic, not to mention hypocritical, to make a film about the horror of mudering children for entertainment when the movie itself is based on the murder of children for entertainment. We see them sliced and diced, and apart from the few characters we get to know, their deaths are not seen as tragic or horrifying. To make it more palatable many of the other tribues are portrayed as evil sadists who totally enjoy murdering their competitors. They band together and laugh and joke as they kill people, seemingly oblivious to the fact that they will be next. This wasn't realistic at all.\n\nI'm told the book is much better than the film, and I can see how some of the faults of the film come from adapting it from a novel. I really wanted more background history for this society which could be civilised in some ways and barbaric in others. Without this context it just doesn't ring true. I also found the characters pretty one-dimensional to be honest. Despite the fact that it's quite a long movie I never felt it delved very deeply into their psyches and I really didn't care that much for them.\n\nIt sounds like I hated this movie, but I didn't. I thought it was okay, even if it didn't live up to the hype. I'll watch the next one that comes out just to find out where it is going because the ending was quite ambiguous. 2.5 stars.","Product: Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Portrait of a Young Lady\n\nReview: Not being much of a reader of historical fiction I wasn't sure if I was going to like this but it's a very interesting read.\n\nThe idea of weaving around a story around a famous painting is a great one and Chevalier has conveyed both a sense of place and time very well in the book. The prose is simple but effective. Griet, the narrator, is forced to take a job as a maid to the painter Vermeer's family after her father is blinded in an accident at work. She immediately develops a huge crush on the man of the house and believes that he has some feelings for her. Let's get one thing straight though, Griet is an unreliable narrator and her perceptions of Vermeer can't be trusted. She obsesses over every tiny gesture he makes and word he speaks in a way that was very believable for a teenage girl. She is drawn to him because he is mysterious, powerful and treats her better than everyone else. She also needs something to distract her from her miserable life as a house maid. She fantasises about usurping his horrible wife, and Catharina recognises the threat this attractive young woman poses to her household.\n\nLet's get another thing straight - this is no love story (in the same way The Great Gatsby isn't a love story, Baz Luhrmann). It's a study of class relations and power, and the way these things warp people and relationships. Griet's family are at the bottom of the social ladder after her father's accident. The Vermeer's are clearly much better off than Griet's family but they have money problems too and are reliant on the wealthy but sleazy benefactor who buys most of Vermeer's paintings. This is a very distressful situation for Vermeer, especially when the man wants a painting of Griet as an excuse to seduce her, and tries to force himself on her every time he comes to the house. Pieter is a decent man who wants to marry Griet but she resists the life of drudgery and servitude she knows will be hers as a butcher's wife, instead escaping into her fantasies about Vermeer. Marriage was the only escape for a woman back then, and Griet never even considers that she too could be an artist despite her obvious gift because it just wasn't in the realm of possibility. She also resents the power Pieter has over her family who are unable to afford decent cuts of meat without him.\n\nIn the house Griet is also at the bottom of the heap until Vermeer stands up for her and everyone, including his wife, must start treating her with more deference. Although Vermeer is portrayed as a good man who teaches Griet how to mix paints so she can be his assistant, I don't think he has any real romantic interest in her beyond a slight attraction that he resists. He inadvertently makes Griet's life more miserable by turning Catharina and Taanneke against her because he is obsessed with his art above all else and isn't tuned into the tensions in the house. Because the women are dependent upon Vermeer they are constantly watching, listening and trying to assert themselves over the others. To people with no power the smallest gestures are laced with significance and that's why the earrings represent such a betrayal to Catharina. (You'd think that installing Griet in the attic above his studio where he had access to her at all time would have been much worse for Catharina. Maybe she assumed he was sleeping with her and was willing to turn a blind eye, but allowing the lowly housemaid to wear her earrings was putting them on equal footing, something she couldn't tolerate).\n\nIn the end, Vermeer's absorption in his art makes him just as selfish in his own way as the philanderer he could have been. This is obvious when he forces the pearl earring through Griet's infected earlobe and then makes her pierce her other ear even though it's not even seen in the painting, remembering that infections could be deadly at this time. (Maybe I just have a dirty mind but I thought the sexual innuendo was a bit clunky in this section. After he's put the final touches on the painting he wipes his palette knife which is covered in white paint. She waits for him to come into the storeroom and touch her when she is getting changed but \"now that the painting was finished he no longer wanted me.\")\n\nThe petty jealousies and intrigues were the strongest part of the book for me because Chevalier shows a real understanding of how it would have been in the past when servants were such an intimate part of family life, but at the same time so separate due to their lower status. The weakest parts were the characterisation of Catharina and Cornelia who were too one-dimensional, but to be fair we only see them through Griet's eyes and she is very biased. The whole hair thing didn't make much sense and should have been left out because it seemed ridiculous that Griet would run off and have sex with Pieter just because Vermeer had seen her hair uncovered. Like the other symbolism with the knife the wild hair (representing desire) that she had to keep contained was too clunky.\n\nThe fact that this book is at its core about money and power is reinforced by the ending when Griet sells the earrings Vermeer left to her, clearing the Vermeer family's debt with Pieter for their meat. She has been brought and sold like a piece of meat and even Vermeer was guilty of treating her like a commodity, while at the same time giving her glimpses into a world of art and beauty she could never be part of, except in her dreams. 4.5 stars","Product: Flora Poste, orphaned at twenty, decides to go and live with her relatives at Cold Comfort Farm. Once there she discovers they exist in a state of chaos and feels it is up to her to bring order. From the author of LIGHT AND EASY.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Highly Entertaining, Disappointing Ending\n\nReview: This book is a parody of all the great \"rural\" writers like DH Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, the Brontes and Jane Austen. There's something of all of them in its pages. I knew I was in for a treat early on when Flora receives a strange letter back from her relatives at Cold Comfort farm. She's expecting them to tell her train times so she can plan her journey, but she gets something very different: \"It says nothing about trains,\" replied Flora with reserve. \"So far as I can make out it appears to be some verses, with which I must confess I am not familiar, from the Old Testament....It gather that it is from some member of the family who does not welcome the prospect of my visit. I can distinguish, among other things, a reference to vipers.\"\n\nThe characters at Cold Comfort Farm are hilariously creepy and very well-drawn. My favourites are the sexually charged, brooding Seth, the sylph-like Elfine who likes to flit about in the meadows in weird clothes until Flora takes her in hand, Urk, who claimed Elfine as his future wife on the day she was born by putting a cross in water-vole's blood on her feeding bottle, and Amos, who strikes fear into the hearts of the Quivering Brethren through his fire-and-brimstone sermons. Last but not least who could forget reclusive Aunty Ada Doom, who rules the house from her bedroom and whose life has been marred since she \"saw something nasty in the woodshed,\" when she was two.\n\nI love the parody of literary fiction which can be seen in the names of the characters and also the ridiculously overblown prose: \"His huge body, rude as a wind-tortured thorn, was printed darkly against the thin mild flame of the declining winter sun that throbbed like a sallow lemon on the westering lip of Mockuncle Hill, and sent its pale, sharp rays into the kitchen through the open door. The brittle air, on which the fans of the trees were etched like ageing skeletons, seemed thronged by the bright, invisible ghosts of a million dead summers.\" There are also references to psychoanalysis, art films, intellectuals which have not dated at all, and Flora is surprisingly modern in her views, offering advice on contraception to the maid. It's this clash between the modern world represented by Flora and the mediaeval world of the Starkaadders that makes it so funny.\n\nAlthough I loved this book the ending really lets it down. When Flora's plans to get Efline engaged to Richard Hawke-Monitor come off so easily the storyline goes downhill rapidly. All of the characters are dealt with very quickly and easily which was quite boring and unrealistic (I know realism doesn't really come into it with a book like this, but some authenticity wouldn't go astray). I wanted Flora to encounter opposition to her plans and I didn't want the eccentric Starkadders to be tamed so easily. I think the author tried to bring in too many story lines which she had to tie up, making the ending seem very rushed.\n\nThere's a lot of debate about why this book isn't considered a fully-fledged classic and I think the ending is definitely one of the reasons. It's a very good book but it could so easily have been a great one, and that is a real shame. It's still highly entertaining and well worth a read.\n\nPS. I love the fact that Charles' plane is called Speed Cop II, making it sound like an action movie...Very prescient considering this book was published in 1932!","Product: When the new teacher first arrives, Barbara immediately senses that this woman will be different from the rest of her staff-room colleagues. But Barbara is not the only one to feel that Sheba is special, and before too long Sheba is involved in an illicit affair with a pupil. Barbara finds the relationship abhorrent, of course, but she is the only adult in whom Sheba can properly confide. So when the liaison is found out and Sheba's life falls apart, Barbara is there...\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Sheba's Tragedy is Barbara's Triumph\n\nReview: This book is about a teacher's \"affair\" with a young student and the devastating consequences that flow from this, but it's the insights into the narrator Barbara's mind which are most fascinating.\n\nSheba, the philandering teacher, is portrayed as reckless and impulsive, embarking on the dalliance with little thought for herself, her family or the student who seduces her. Her marriage to an older man is pleasant, if a little staid, and her upper-middle class life is very comfortable. Sheba is attractive and admired by all the men at the school where she begins working as a pottery teacher, but for some unfathomable reason she falls under the spell of a snotty 15 year old boy. She convinces herself that she's in love with him and her entire self-worth comes to hinge on keeping his attention. Such is her obsession that even when her life is falling apart around her and she has lost her family and career, all she really cares about is losing Stephen. She has a self-destructive streak a mile wide that can be traced back in part to her cold relationship with her critical mother. She also seems to have a deep-seated resentment towards her husband and a desire to shake him up combined with a feeling of failure for never achieving anything in her life. The fact that she's attracted to someone so much younger implies that she is trying to recapture her youth through him, then there's her sense of entitlement and deluded belief that her secret will never be revealed which could stem from her privileged background.\n\nDespite all these facets to Sheba, I never felt that the question, \"What was she thinking?\" was completely answered. Barbara on the other hand is much easier to understand. She is driven by loneliness and envy to insinuate her way into Sheba's life by becoming her confidante and co-conspirator. Later as the book reaches its climax, Barbara is deeply hurt when, after all the time and energy she has put into being there for Sheba, she is not there to support her when she needs a friend. It is true that Sheba is incredibly self-absorbed, using people for her own ends, but what Barbara cannot recognise is that she is every bit as selfish. When she learns of the affair she makes no attempt to talk sense into Sheba to prevent her from destroying her life and she doesn't even contemplate her own moral responsibility to report her. Instead she sees it as an opportunity to get closer to her and by the end Sheba is completely in her grasp. Sheba's tragedy is Barbara's triumph because finally she is not alone and her life has a sense of meaning and purpose it has always lacked.\n\nI found Barbara to be more of a sympathetic character than many other reviewers because I don't think she set out to deliberately help destroy Sheba's life for her own benefit. I think she really just wanted to feel like she belonged somewhere but it was her excruciating date with Bags that caused her to impulsively betray Sheba out of jealousy and anger. Heller has done an exceptional job in these scenes of portraying Barbara's desperation and also her rage that she has to seriously consider a man like Bags in a romantic way because she has no other options.\n\nWhile I felt some sympathy for Barbara she is an impossible character to like due to her cruel (but often very funny) observations of her colleagues, her selfishness and moral vacuity. Her lucid understanding of her own pain and loneliness stands in stark contrast to her lack of compassion for anyone else. Barbara is just as blind to herself in some ways as Sheba, especially when it comes to recognising why she is so alone. The brief glimpses into her childhood provide some clues as to why she is so bitter and repressed, making her a character with depth and complexity rather than a caricature.\n\nThis is a very skillfully written book with many layers of meaning, brilliant characterisation and excellent pacing. Well done, Zoe Heller!","Product: A gangster is murdered during a blistering Manhattan heat wave. City cop Andy Rusch is under pressure to solve the crime and captivated by the victim's beautiful girlfriend. But it is difficult to catch a killer, let alone get the girl, in crazy streets crammed full of people. The planet's population has exploded. The 35 million inhabitants of New York City run their TVs off pedal power, riot for water, loot and trample for lentil 'steaks' and are controlled by sinister barbed wire dropped from the sky. Written in 1966 and set in 1999, \"Make Room! Make Room!\" is a witty and unnerving story about stretching the earth's resources, and the human spirit, to breaking point.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Fear of the Great Unwashed\n\nReview: *spoilers*\n\nThis book, which I discovered after watching the film Soylent Green, is interesting as an historical account of what some were worried about in the 1960s. The problem of overpopulation and the resulting shortages in resources are Harrison's major concerns and he places the blame squarely on birth control restrictions. In the book these restrictions are the outcome of religious beliefs that have led to an explosion in the population on the eve of the twenty-first century that condemns the vast majority of people to lives of deprivation and misery.\n\nIn some ways the book taps into concerns that are still very relevant today. The stifling temperature in city of New York portrayed in the first half of the book foreshadows global warming and Harrison makes many references to the violation of the planet for short-term gain. Grinding poverty is unfortunately becoming a fact of life for many in western countries and water and food shortages loom in the near future. That's where the relevance ends though.\n\nThe problems facing the world don't stem from a lack of resources but are the result of obscene wastefulness of the current economic system and the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few. Politicians would have us believe that there isn't enough to go round and that the welfare state is unsustainable while handing out massive tax breaks to corporations and turning a blind eye to white collar criminals who plunder and pillage with ease, as the GFC showed so strikingly.\n\nWhile portraying corruption and greed, Harrison is largely uncritical of this economic system and he reserves his true horror for the masses who are represented by the degenerate family that take over Andy and Shirl's cramped apartment at the end of the book, driving Shirl away. The police force, through Andy are portrayed as honest hardworking men (although this book is set in 1999 the gender roles are from the 1950s) who are trying to hold back chaos. While I'm sure there are many police officers who are honest and idealistic, the reality is that in times of economic turmoil and growing inequality, the police become increasingly blatant forces of state repression against the poor. The lieutenant's order to his officers not to use violence when dealing with protesters and rioters seemed nave and unrealistic. The concerns of the \"oldsters\" and farmers are treated as selfish and irrational, meaning that there is no significant resistance in the book or prospect of change.\n\nHarrison's true purpose in writing this book becomes clear towards the end through Sol's diatribe about birth control. \"I blame the stinking politicians and so-called public leaders who have avoided the issue and covered it up because it was controversial....all we have to show for this is seven billion people fighting over the scraps that are left, living a miserable existence-and still breeding without control. So I say the time has come to stand up and be counted.\"\n\nShirl parrots all of the arguments against birth control put forward by the church, particularly the view that preventing pregnancies is equivalent to \"killing babies.\" She seems to share this view despite the fact that she has survived since leaving her father's house by exchanging her body for food and shelter. How has she managed to avoid pregnancy and why doesn't this come up in the conversation? How can she express these views when she clearly doesn't follow them in practice? This gap in logic was very frustrating.\n\nAlthough Harrison attempts to portray both Shirl and Billy Chung in a sympathetic way by showing that circumstances have forced them to become what they are, all of the characters are very one-dimensional, especially Shirl. I thought this was going to be more of a detective story but the murder investigation was unsatisfying and never took off. The story has no real momentum as Harrison seems more interested in describing the terrible conditions that people live in rather than creating suspense or a decent story arc. The descriptions of the over-crowded city were compelling at times but the writing just didn't flow well.","Product: Sara Berelsman has a BA in English from Eastern Michigan University, and an MA in literature from there as well. She has taught college level courses in the humanities at several schools over the years. Her lifelong love of writing led her back to that, as she now writes regular columns for a couple of newspapers in her area. In addition to writing for the papers, Sara also writes the blog and newsletter for a mental health organization. Her short story, Answers in an Ice Storm, has been featured in a book which was released in June 2012,Spectral Hauntings: Anthology of the Supernatural. A few of her other short stories have won or placed in various writing contests. Besides writing, Sara enjoys playing with her two young daughters and two rescue dogs, and spending time with her husband. She also enjoys hula hooping, bike riding, listening to P!nk, watching thunderstorms, and being sarcastic. In her free time, Sara has been tossing around the idea of going back to school to be a counselor.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Shines A Light In Dark Places\n\nReview: When I first started reading this book I thought that the author sounded like a typical teenager/young adult rather than an alcoholic. Binge drinking is a rite of passage in many cultures and her experiences sadly seemed quite ordinary to me. As I got further into the book it became apparent that Ms Berelsman does have a serious dependency problem which was masking other issues such as depression and bipolar disorder. One of the reasons it took her so long to realise this is because her behaviour wasn't seen as particularly unusual.\n\nShe makes some very important observations about how pervasive alcohol is and how accepting/forgiving people are of its horrible effects, including blackouts and recklessness behaviour. It's common to hear people telling their war stories about the stupid things they've gotten up to when drunk as if these things are something to be proud of. Meanwhile on a worldwide scale alcohol kills more than one person in twenty each year.\n\nThis is a very honest account of a young woman's struggle to face her demons and turn her life around. It will resonate with people suffering any kind of dependency or depression. I like the fact that the author doesn't attempt to sugar-coat her recovery and reinforces that it's a day-by-day process. By shining a light into her own darkest places she has helped to illuminate the way for many others. A very worthwhile read."],"string":"[\n \"Product: dvd\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Doesn't Live Up To The Hype\\n\\nReview: There was so much hype surrounding this film that I really wasn't sure what to expect. The film is a great satire of reality television and it takes the concept behind shows like Survivor to the most extreme conclusion. I really enjoyed this aspect of it, but I didn't think it was critical enough of the horrifying spectacle of children killing each other for sport.\\n\\nApart from one character right at the beginning (I can't remember his name) who says that people should stop watching the Hunger Games, no one else in the entire film raises any kind of moral objection to the show or suggests any way of putting an end to the madness. I know viewers are meant to know the Hunger Games are barbaric and disgusting without it being spelled out, but I found it very hard to relate to characters like Woody Harrelson, who we are supposed to like, when they are so complicit with the murder of children. Katniss also never contemplates trying to escape, or does anything to stop the killings. Personally I'd prefer a heroine with more guts.\\n\\nIt also seems ironic, not to mention hypocritical, to make a film about the horror of mudering children for entertainment when the movie itself is based on the murder of children for entertainment. We see them sliced and diced, and apart from the few characters we get to know, their deaths are not seen as tragic or horrifying. To make it more palatable many of the other tribues are portrayed as evil sadists who totally enjoy murdering their competitors. They band together and laugh and joke as they kill people, seemingly oblivious to the fact that they will be next. This wasn't realistic at all.\\n\\nI'm told the book is much better than the film, and I can see how some of the faults of the film come from adapting it from a novel. I really wanted more background history for this society which could be civilised in some ways and barbaric in others. Without this context it just doesn't ring true. I also found the characters pretty one-dimensional to be honest. Despite the fact that it's quite a long movie I never felt it delved very deeply into their psyches and I really didn't care that much for them.\\n\\nIt sounds like I hated this movie, but I didn't. I thought it was okay, even if it didn't live up to the hype. I'll watch the next one that comes out just to find out where it is going because the ending was quite ambiguous. 2.5 stars.\",\n \"Product: Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Portrait of a Young Lady\\n\\nReview: Not being much of a reader of historical fiction I wasn't sure if I was going to like this but it's a very interesting read.\\n\\nThe idea of weaving around a story around a famous painting is a great one and Chevalier has conveyed both a sense of place and time very well in the book. The prose is simple but effective. Griet, the narrator, is forced to take a job as a maid to the painter Vermeer's family after her father is blinded in an accident at work. She immediately develops a huge crush on the man of the house and believes that he has some feelings for her. Let's get one thing straight though, Griet is an unreliable narrator and her perceptions of Vermeer can't be trusted. She obsesses over every tiny gesture he makes and word he speaks in a way that was very believable for a teenage girl. She is drawn to him because he is mysterious, powerful and treats her better than everyone else. She also needs something to distract her from her miserable life as a house maid. She fantasises about usurping his horrible wife, and Catharina recognises the threat this attractive young woman poses to her household.\\n\\nLet's get another thing straight - this is no love story (in the same way The Great Gatsby isn't a love story, Baz Luhrmann). It's a study of class relations and power, and the way these things warp people and relationships. Griet's family are at the bottom of the social ladder after her father's accident. The Vermeer's are clearly much better off than Griet's family but they have money problems too and are reliant on the wealthy but sleazy benefactor who buys most of Vermeer's paintings. This is a very distressful situation for Vermeer, especially when the man wants a painting of Griet as an excuse to seduce her, and tries to force himself on her every time he comes to the house. Pieter is a decent man who wants to marry Griet but she resists the life of drudgery and servitude she knows will be hers as a butcher's wife, instead escaping into her fantasies about Vermeer. Marriage was the only escape for a woman back then, and Griet never even considers that she too could be an artist despite her obvious gift because it just wasn't in the realm of possibility. She also resents the power Pieter has over her family who are unable to afford decent cuts of meat without him.\\n\\nIn the house Griet is also at the bottom of the heap until Vermeer stands up for her and everyone, including his wife, must start treating her with more deference. Although Vermeer is portrayed as a good man who teaches Griet how to mix paints so she can be his assistant, I don't think he has any real romantic interest in her beyond a slight attraction that he resists. He inadvertently makes Griet's life more miserable by turning Catharina and Taanneke against her because he is obsessed with his art above all else and isn't tuned into the tensions in the house. Because the women are dependent upon Vermeer they are constantly watching, listening and trying to assert themselves over the others. To people with no power the smallest gestures are laced with significance and that's why the earrings represent such a betrayal to Catharina. (You'd think that installing Griet in the attic above his studio where he had access to her at all time would have been much worse for Catharina. Maybe she assumed he was sleeping with her and was willing to turn a blind eye, but allowing the lowly housemaid to wear her earrings was putting them on equal footing, something she couldn't tolerate).\\n\\nIn the end, Vermeer's absorption in his art makes him just as selfish in his own way as the philanderer he could have been. This is obvious when he forces the pearl earring through Griet's infected earlobe and then makes her pierce her other ear even though it's not even seen in the painting, remembering that infections could be deadly at this time. (Maybe I just have a dirty mind but I thought the sexual innuendo was a bit clunky in this section. After he's put the final touches on the painting he wipes his palette knife which is covered in white paint. She waits for him to come into the storeroom and touch her when she is getting changed but \\\"now that the painting was finished he no longer wanted me.\\\")\\n\\nThe petty jealousies and intrigues were the strongest part of the book for me because Chevalier shows a real understanding of how it would have been in the past when servants were such an intimate part of family life, but at the same time so separate due to their lower status. The weakest parts were the characterisation of Catharina and Cornelia who were too one-dimensional, but to be fair we only see them through Griet's eyes and she is very biased. The whole hair thing didn't make much sense and should have been left out because it seemed ridiculous that Griet would run off and have sex with Pieter just because Vermeer had seen her hair uncovered. Like the other symbolism with the knife the wild hair (representing desire) that she had to keep contained was too clunky.\\n\\nThe fact that this book is at its core about money and power is reinforced by the ending when Griet sells the earrings Vermeer left to her, clearing the Vermeer family's debt with Pieter for their meat. She has been brought and sold like a piece of meat and even Vermeer was guilty of treating her like a commodity, while at the same time giving her glimpses into a world of art and beauty she could never be part of, except in her dreams. 4.5 stars\",\n \"Product: Flora Poste, orphaned at twenty, decides to go and live with her relatives at Cold Comfort Farm. Once there she discovers they exist in a state of chaos and feels it is up to her to bring order. From the author of LIGHT AND EASY.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Highly Entertaining, Disappointing Ending\\n\\nReview: This book is a parody of all the great \\\"rural\\\" writers like DH Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, the Brontes and Jane Austen. There's something of all of them in its pages. I knew I was in for a treat early on when Flora receives a strange letter back from her relatives at Cold Comfort farm. She's expecting them to tell her train times so she can plan her journey, but she gets something very different: \\\"It says nothing about trains,\\\" replied Flora with reserve. \\\"So far as I can make out it appears to be some verses, with which I must confess I am not familiar, from the Old Testament....It gather that it is from some member of the family who does not welcome the prospect of my visit. I can distinguish, among other things, a reference to vipers.\\\"\\n\\nThe characters at Cold Comfort Farm are hilariously creepy and very well-drawn. My favourites are the sexually charged, brooding Seth, the sylph-like Elfine who likes to flit about in the meadows in weird clothes until Flora takes her in hand, Urk, who claimed Elfine as his future wife on the day she was born by putting a cross in water-vole's blood on her feeding bottle, and Amos, who strikes fear into the hearts of the Quivering Brethren through his fire-and-brimstone sermons. Last but not least who could forget reclusive Aunty Ada Doom, who rules the house from her bedroom and whose life has been marred since she \\\"saw something nasty in the woodshed,\\\" when she was two.\\n\\nI love the parody of literary fiction which can be seen in the names of the characters and also the ridiculously overblown prose: \\\"His huge body, rude as a wind-tortured thorn, was printed darkly against the thin mild flame of the declining winter sun that throbbed like a sallow lemon on the westering lip of Mockuncle Hill, and sent its pale, sharp rays into the kitchen through the open door. The brittle air, on which the fans of the trees were etched like ageing skeletons, seemed thronged by the bright, invisible ghosts of a million dead summers.\\\" There are also references to psychoanalysis, art films, intellectuals which have not dated at all, and Flora is surprisingly modern in her views, offering advice on contraception to the maid. It's this clash between the modern world represented by Flora and the mediaeval world of the Starkaadders that makes it so funny.\\n\\nAlthough I loved this book the ending really lets it down. When Flora's plans to get Efline engaged to Richard Hawke-Monitor come off so easily the storyline goes downhill rapidly. All of the characters are dealt with very quickly and easily which was quite boring and unrealistic (I know realism doesn't really come into it with a book like this, but some authenticity wouldn't go astray). I wanted Flora to encounter opposition to her plans and I didn't want the eccentric Starkadders to be tamed so easily. I think the author tried to bring in too many story lines which she had to tie up, making the ending seem very rushed.\\n\\nThere's a lot of debate about why this book isn't considered a fully-fledged classic and I think the ending is definitely one of the reasons. It's a very good book but it could so easily have been a great one, and that is a real shame. It's still highly entertaining and well worth a read.\\n\\nPS. I love the fact that Charles' plane is called Speed Cop II, making it sound like an action movie...Very prescient considering this book was published in 1932!\",\n \"Product: When the new teacher first arrives, Barbara immediately senses that this woman will be different from the rest of her staff-room colleagues. But Barbara is not the only one to feel that Sheba is special, and before too long Sheba is involved in an illicit affair with a pupil. Barbara finds the relationship abhorrent, of course, but she is the only adult in whom Sheba can properly confide. So when the liaison is found out and Sheba's life falls apart, Barbara is there...\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Sheba's Tragedy is Barbara's Triumph\\n\\nReview: This book is about a teacher's \\\"affair\\\" with a young student and the devastating consequences that flow from this, but it's the insights into the narrator Barbara's mind which are most fascinating.\\n\\nSheba, the philandering teacher, is portrayed as reckless and impulsive, embarking on the dalliance with little thought for herself, her family or the student who seduces her. Her marriage to an older man is pleasant, if a little staid, and her upper-middle class life is very comfortable. Sheba is attractive and admired by all the men at the school where she begins working as a pottery teacher, but for some unfathomable reason she falls under the spell of a snotty 15 year old boy. She convinces herself that she's in love with him and her entire self-worth comes to hinge on keeping his attention. Such is her obsession that even when her life is falling apart around her and she has lost her family and career, all she really cares about is losing Stephen. She has a self-destructive streak a mile wide that can be traced back in part to her cold relationship with her critical mother. She also seems to have a deep-seated resentment towards her husband and a desire to shake him up combined with a feeling of failure for never achieving anything in her life. The fact that she's attracted to someone so much younger implies that she is trying to recapture her youth through him, then there's her sense of entitlement and deluded belief that her secret will never be revealed which could stem from her privileged background.\\n\\nDespite all these facets to Sheba, I never felt that the question, \\\"What was she thinking?\\\" was completely answered. Barbara on the other hand is much easier to understand. She is driven by loneliness and envy to insinuate her way into Sheba's life by becoming her confidante and co-conspirator. Later as the book reaches its climax, Barbara is deeply hurt when, after all the time and energy she has put into being there for Sheba, she is not there to support her when she needs a friend. It is true that Sheba is incredibly self-absorbed, using people for her own ends, but what Barbara cannot recognise is that she is every bit as selfish. When she learns of the affair she makes no attempt to talk sense into Sheba to prevent her from destroying her life and she doesn't even contemplate her own moral responsibility to report her. Instead she sees it as an opportunity to get closer to her and by the end Sheba is completely in her grasp. Sheba's tragedy is Barbara's triumph because finally she is not alone and her life has a sense of meaning and purpose it has always lacked.\\n\\nI found Barbara to be more of a sympathetic character than many other reviewers because I don't think she set out to deliberately help destroy Sheba's life for her own benefit. I think she really just wanted to feel like she belonged somewhere but it was her excruciating date with Bags that caused her to impulsively betray Sheba out of jealousy and anger. Heller has done an exceptional job in these scenes of portraying Barbara's desperation and also her rage that she has to seriously consider a man like Bags in a romantic way because she has no other options.\\n\\nWhile I felt some sympathy for Barbara she is an impossible character to like due to her cruel (but often very funny) observations of her colleagues, her selfishness and moral vacuity. Her lucid understanding of her own pain and loneliness stands in stark contrast to her lack of compassion for anyone else. Barbara is just as blind to herself in some ways as Sheba, especially when it comes to recognising why she is so alone. The brief glimpses into her childhood provide some clues as to why she is so bitter and repressed, making her a character with depth and complexity rather than a caricature.\\n\\nThis is a very skillfully written book with many layers of meaning, brilliant characterisation and excellent pacing. Well done, Zoe Heller!\",\n \"Product: A gangster is murdered during a blistering Manhattan heat wave. City cop Andy Rusch is under pressure to solve the crime and captivated by the victim's beautiful girlfriend. But it is difficult to catch a killer, let alone get the girl, in crazy streets crammed full of people. The planet's population has exploded. The 35 million inhabitants of New York City run their TVs off pedal power, riot for water, loot and trample for lentil 'steaks' and are controlled by sinister barbed wire dropped from the sky. Written in 1966 and set in 1999, \\\"Make Room! Make Room!\\\" is a witty and unnerving story about stretching the earth's resources, and the human spirit, to breaking point.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Fear of the Great Unwashed\\n\\nReview: *spoilers*\\n\\nThis book, which I discovered after watching the film Soylent Green, is interesting as an historical account of what some were worried about in the 1960s. The problem of overpopulation and the resulting shortages in resources are Harrison's major concerns and he places the blame squarely on birth control restrictions. In the book these restrictions are the outcome of religious beliefs that have led to an explosion in the population on the eve of the twenty-first century that condemns the vast majority of people to lives of deprivation and misery.\\n\\nIn some ways the book taps into concerns that are still very relevant today. The stifling temperature in city of New York portrayed in the first half of the book foreshadows global warming and Harrison makes many references to the violation of the planet for short-term gain. Grinding poverty is unfortunately becoming a fact of life for many in western countries and water and food shortages loom in the near future. That's where the relevance ends though.\\n\\nThe problems facing the world don't stem from a lack of resources but are the result of obscene wastefulness of the current economic system and the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few. Politicians would have us believe that there isn't enough to go round and that the welfare state is unsustainable while handing out massive tax breaks to corporations and turning a blind eye to white collar criminals who plunder and pillage with ease, as the GFC showed so strikingly.\\n\\nWhile portraying corruption and greed, Harrison is largely uncritical of this economic system and he reserves his true horror for the masses who are represented by the degenerate family that take over Andy and Shirl's cramped apartment at the end of the book, driving Shirl away. The police force, through Andy are portrayed as honest hardworking men (although this book is set in 1999 the gender roles are from the 1950s) who are trying to hold back chaos. While I'm sure there are many police officers who are honest and idealistic, the reality is that in times of economic turmoil and growing inequality, the police become increasingly blatant forces of state repression against the poor. The lieutenant's order to his officers not to use violence when dealing with protesters and rioters seemed nave and unrealistic. The concerns of the \\\"oldsters\\\" and farmers are treated as selfish and irrational, meaning that there is no significant resistance in the book or prospect of change.\\n\\nHarrison's true purpose in writing this book becomes clear towards the end through Sol's diatribe about birth control. \\\"I blame the stinking politicians and so-called public leaders who have avoided the issue and covered it up because it was controversial....all we have to show for this is seven billion people fighting over the scraps that are left, living a miserable existence-and still breeding without control. So I say the time has come to stand up and be counted.\\\"\\n\\nShirl parrots all of the arguments against birth control put forward by the church, particularly the view that preventing pregnancies is equivalent to \\\"killing babies.\\\" She seems to share this view despite the fact that she has survived since leaving her father's house by exchanging her body for food and shelter. How has she managed to avoid pregnancy and why doesn't this come up in the conversation? How can she express these views when she clearly doesn't follow them in practice? This gap in logic was very frustrating.\\n\\nAlthough Harrison attempts to portray both Shirl and Billy Chung in a sympathetic way by showing that circumstances have forced them to become what they are, all of the characters are very one-dimensional, especially Shirl. I thought this was going to be more of a detective story but the murder investigation was unsatisfying and never took off. The story has no real momentum as Harrison seems more interested in describing the terrible conditions that people live in rather than creating suspense or a decent story arc. The descriptions of the over-crowded city were compelling at times but the writing just didn't flow well.\",\n \"Product: Sara Berelsman has a BA in English from Eastern Michigan University, and an MA in literature from there as well. She has taught college level courses in the humanities at several schools over the years. Her lifelong love of writing led her back to that, as she now writes regular columns for a couple of newspapers in her area. In addition to writing for the papers, Sara also writes the blog and newsletter for a mental health organization. Her short story, Answers in an Ice Storm, has been featured in a book which was released in June 2012,Spectral Hauntings: Anthology of the Supernatural. A few of her other short stories have won or placed in various writing contests. Besides writing, Sara enjoys playing with her two young daughters and two rescue dogs, and spending time with her husband. She also enjoys hula hooping, bike riding, listening to P!nk, watching thunderstorms, and being sarcastic. In her free time, Sara has been tossing around the idea of going back to school to be a counselor.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Shines A Light In Dark Places\\n\\nReview: When I first started reading this book I thought that the author sounded like a typical teenager/young adult rather than an alcoholic. Binge drinking is a rite of passage in many cultures and her experiences sadly seemed quite ordinary to me. As I got further into the book it became apparent that Ms Berelsman does have a serious dependency problem which was masking other issues such as depression and bipolar disorder. One of the reasons it took her so long to realise this is because her behaviour wasn't seen as particularly unusual.\\n\\nShe makes some very important observations about how pervasive alcohol is and how accepting/forgiving people are of its horrible effects, including blackouts and recklessness behaviour. It's common to hear people telling their war stories about the stupid things they've gotten up to when drunk as if these things are something to be proud of. Meanwhile on a worldwide scale alcohol kills more than one person in twenty each year.\\n\\nThis is a very honest account of a young woman's struggle to face her demons and turn her life around. It will resonate with people suffering any kind of dependency or depression. I like the fact that the author doesn't attempt to sugar-coat her recovery and reinforces that it's a day-by-day process. By shining a light into her own darkest places she has helped to illuminate the way for many others. A very worthwhile read.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":6,"string":"6"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1980,"string":"1,980"}}},{"rowIdx":1981,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A1J1QS7I60O018"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"1.0\" for a product with description \"A perfect demonstration of the cordless, quick-heat/quick-cool application of Cold Heat technology, the Cold Heat soldering tool revolutionizes the soldering industry for hobbyists, DIY-ers, technicians, electricians, engineers and the military. The Cold Heat Soldering tool, winner of the prestigious Red Dot international design competition has a number of benefits over the traditional soldering iron, including:\". The summary of the review text is \"TOO GOOD (to be true)\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"When I saw the Cold Heat commercial on TV, I thought it seemed too good to be true.\n\nI was right.\n\nFirst off, forget the word \"IRON.\" This is a soldering CARBON. (Think 'pencil lead')\n\n\"IRON\" implies a certain degree of strength. Within the first five minutes of owning this piece of garbage, the ends of the carbon tip spread apart and split completely in two.\n\nHaving read some reviews (and the directions) that implied that one needs to be gentle with this thing, I was NOT using a ton of pressure.\n\nI suppose I might have received a defective tip, but frankly, I'm not impressed enough with the way it worked in the FIRST four minutes to try to get them to send me a free replacement.\n\nNot that I think I'd GET a free replacement, mind you. The tips (and there are several sizes available), are advertised on their website for $9.95 EACH. So given the fact that MY experience shows they'll last about five minutes, you could easily spend 40 or 50 thousand dollars a year on replacement tips, given a moderate amount of usage!\n\nI'm returning my \"IRON\" tomorrow. I'll stick with an actual soldering iron (or gun)."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"When I saw the Cold Heat commercial on TV, I thought it seemed too good to be true.\n\nI was right.\n\nFirst off, forget the word \"IRON.\" This is a soldering CARBON. (Think 'pencil lead')\n\n\"IRON\" implies a certain degree of strength. Within the first five minutes of owning this piece of garbage, the ends of the carbon tip spread apart and split completely in two.\n\nHaving read some reviews (and the directions) that implied that one needs to be gentle with this thing, I was NOT using a ton of pressure.\n\nI suppose I might have received a defective tip, but frankly, I'm not impressed enough with the way it worked in the FIRST four minutes to try to get them to send me a free replacement.\n\nNot that I think I'd GET a free replacement, mind you. The tips (and there are several sizes available), are advertised on their website for $9.95 EACH. So given the fact that MY experience shows they'll last about five minutes, you could easily spend 40 or 50 thousand dollars a year on replacement tips, given a moderate amount of usage!\n\nI'm returning my \"IRON\" tomorrow. I'll stick with an actual soldering iron (or gun)."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: VideoStudio Pro X7 EN Mini-Box. Enjoy the faster easier way to make great-looking videos and slideshows. Corel VideoStudio Pro X7 offers new time-saving 64-bit power faster 4K and HD render times fresh creative content and the new movie-making mode FastFlick. Immerse yourself in the creativity of streamlined workspaces including the improved multi-track timeline. Create a huge range of video projects from action-cam and personal videos to slideshows video blogs screen recordings stop motion animation and much more. Whether creating for YouTube or DVD business or pleasure VideoStudio Pro X7 makes it simple and fun to bring your video vision to any screen.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: POWERFUL TOOL... but be aware that there's a big learning curve!\n\nReview: I had COREL VIDEOSTUDIO PRO X7 loaded on my computer for several months before I made a serious effort to learn how to use it. And that's my first comment: if you've never used any real video-editing software, be prepared to spend some time figuring things out, because it is not \"super-intuitive\" like using an inexpensive smartphone app.\n\nWhen I first received it, I loaded a movie clip and ended up being able to... well... do virtually nothing with it.\n\nCoincidentally, I had the opportunity at work to spend some time using Camtasia, which as it turns out, features tools that are fairly similar. And once I got the hang of Camtasia to produce some tutorial videos for my work, I went back to Corel VideoStudio and was able to create something that people might want to watch. (Here's a sample of what I did: http://vimeo.com/111300816)\n\nOn the plus side, once you know what you're doing, it's a lot of fun to create videos. I also really like the fact that there's a ton of built-in music that can be \"fit\" to your final edit... in other words, if you add some clips to your 2 1/2 minute video and make it into a 3-minute movie, you can \"stretch\" the music and it will continue to play until the video is over. The other advantage to the included music is that there are no copyright concerns if you want to publicly post your video.\n\nYou *can* use music you own (whether it's from iTunes or a CD) when creating the soundtrack for your video, but just remember that it limits where you can present your video. Unless you want to test how strictly copyright laws are enforced!\n\nAll in all, it's a great program and I'm fully aware that I've barely begun to scratch the surface of what I can do. I'm looking forward to learning more about it, and producing much better videos in the future!\n\nA solid four stars","Product: The OXO Good Grips Kitchen Pump Dispensers offers an easy-dispensing mechanism combined with elegant design. A non-slip top button makes it easy to squirt hand soap, lotion or dish soap using one or two hands and the extended spout easily dispenses onto a sponge or directly into the sink. The brushed stainless body features a non-slip foot to keep the Pump Dispenser stable during use and a clear window to show the contents. When it's time to refill, simply unscrew the top and pour into the wide-mouth body.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Go back to the drawing board, OXO!\n\nReview: It's not as if our kitchen is FILLED with OXO products, but we've had quite a few over the years, and I can't think of any other OXO product that bit the dust like this.\n\nI bought this dispenser to use by the kitchen sink, partly because I liked the way it looked, and also because I trusted the brand.\n\nAfter just a few months of \"normal\" use (perhaps 10-20 pumps/day), the molded plastic pump \"button\" on top broke off, and was simply not repairable.\n\nIf you're looking to buy this thing, bear in mind that there are a LOT of one-star reviews, and most of us seem to have the same complaint. In fact, I'd be willing to wager that most of the good reviews are from people whose dispensers have not broken --yet!\n\nSo unless OXO comes up with a sturdier design... do yourself a favor and look elsewhere for a liquid soap dispenser.\n\n- Jonathan Sabin","Product: Ask any chef about their most treasured kitchen tools and they don't even blink before they answer. The answer is always the same - knives. Most chefs have their own knife set and it might be wise not to get caught touching it. Chefs don't share knives even if they're usually reasonably nice people. Knives are strictly personal. Well, all right then, you'll have to get your own. This is where our Bistro Ceramic Knife line comes in. Ceramic Knives are a dream come true. Tomatoes part miraculously, boneless meat falls apart, and cutting up fruit and vegetables become a joy instead of a chore. In this regard you might say, good knives are key to a healthier lifestyle. Bodum Ceramic Knives are of exquisite quality as they're made of extremely hard and acid resistant ceramic material, which keeps the knives' sharpness a lot longer. They're very light, absolutely corrosion-proof and neutral in taste. Their ergonomically shaped handles in soft, anti-slip silicone makes for a safe and comfortable cutting experience. Available in black, orange, red, green, and white.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: I love it... and fear it\n\nReview: ***UPDATE: June 11, 2011***\n\nI have had this knife for not quite six months, using it perhaps a couple of times per week. It has ALWAYS been hand-washed, and set down horizontally on our rack to dry before being reinserted into its protective sleeve and placed in the drawer.\n\nDespite this level of care, when I removed it from the sleeve to use it today, I noticed that there was a \"chip\" at the very tip of the blade. Despite this damage, it's still usable (and still exceedingly sharp), but it points to a problem.\n\nA good knife should not have to be handled like a premature infant in the neonatal unit. Knives should be very sharp, well-balanced, sturdy and durable.\n\nThis one fails the \"durable\" test pretty handily. I've dropped my rating from 4 down to 3 stars. Until the thing simply shatters on me, I'm still using (and enjoying) it. But I can't give it a four-star recommendation.\n\n(End update... original review follows)\n\nOne cannot underestimate the importance of a good knife.\n\nA very sharp, well-balanced knife with a comfortable handle will not only make your life in the kitchen easier, but they're also safer. Dull knives are more likely to tug on the food you're cutting, thus increasing the likelihood of a \"messy\" (i.e., bloody) accident.\n\nFor this reason, a few years ago my wife and I invested in a nice set of Wusthof knives. I haven't regretted the purchase for a moment.\n\nI had the opportunity, (thanks to the VINE program), to add the BODUM BISTRO SANTOKU knife to our drawer... and it is by far the most interesting knife I've ever used.\n\nThe first impression is of course a visual one. With its lime-green rubber handle (with little nubby bumps to make the grip even more sure), and its white ceramic blade, it looks more like some sort of rubber-white vinyl pastry scraper.\n\nThe \"white vinyl\" appearance of the ceramic blade aside, in practice the thing is absolutely razor sharp, and despite the fact that it's considerably lighter than a similarly-sized steel knife, the balance is very good, and the rubber grip make the knife a joy to work with. If there's a downside to how sharp it is, it's that there's a tendency to want to cut things ridiculously-thin, simply because you can.\n\nI also really like the vertical indentations in the blade, which help to prevent the food from sticking to the blade. Furthermore, being ceramic, the blade is corrosion-proof and acid resistant. It also won't add off-flavors to food, but I've never once in my entire life found myself going \"bleahh... this tastes like a chef's knife,\" so I'm not too sure that this should be considered a major selling point.\n\nI would rate it five stars if not for two considerations. First, unlike steel, if this were to ever drop on our floor, it will likely shatter into an unusable pile of ceramic shards. (The instruction manual specifically cautions about dropping the knife against a hard surface for this very reason.) Second, when it does come time to sharpen it, our sharpening tools are useless, according to the manual. It will have to be professionally sharpened. Supposedly it will keep its fine edge quite a bit longer than steel, but I don't know for how long... and at this point I don't know how much it will cost to have it professionally done.\n\nIt's a great tool, but I joked with my wife this afternoon that it's so sharp that I'm a little afraid of getting distracted and inadvertently lopping off my left hand!\n\n- Jonathan Sabin","Product: The Torpedo is a multi purpose appliance designed to take the place of most other kitchen appliances. The Smart, All-in-one kicthen appliance juices, chops, mixes grinds and more. You can now unleas your culinary creativity with the Torpedo - the ultimate kitchen assistant your money can buy. With the Torpedo you can chop, mix, blend, grind and more in seconds. Save time in the kitchen without sacrificing the taste.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Works well...but lots of parts to keep track of\n\nReview: I received the BIG BOSS TORPEDO MULTI-PURPOSE 10-IN-ONE KITCHEN APPLIANCE via the Vine program, and it is just as powerful as the blender we've been using for the past couple of years: a Kitchen Aide 5 speed [...]\n\nThat being said, there are a number of differences that give the edge to the Kitchen Aide, though in one regard, the Torpedo wins, no contest.\n\nWhere does the Torpedo beat the Kitchen Aide? Juicing. The Kitchen Aide is not designed to be a juicer and I'm not even aware of there being any sort of optional attachment for it. I tried making a carrot/apple/ginger juice with the Torpedo and using the \"fine\" screen (there are two... the \"medium\" screen yields more pulp), I ended up with about three ounces of very tasty juice from a single apple, three carrots, and a bit of ginger. It seemed like a LOT of raw materials to make very little juice (a pretty significant amount of \"solids\" are left behind in the process), and it also required a lot of cleaning afterwards.\n\nAbout the cleaning. No parts of the Torpedo are dishwasher-safe, and depending upon what you make, there can be a lot of parts to hand wash. I'll try juicing with it again at some point, but my initial reaction is that is that it wasn't worth the effort.\n\nThe carafe is a polycarbonate plastic though it is noticeably thinner than that of the Kitchen Aide. The Kitchen Aide also has a feature which the Torpedo lacks --the base of its carafe has drain holes which prevent the water from pooling in the bottom when cleaning.\n\nBecause it's useable as a juicer, there is a spigot at the bottom of the carafe which does not get attached when using it as a blender. In place of the spigot is a screw-in plug. It's well-fit and nothing leaks, but it's another (small) part to keep track of. The cap of the carafe has a center insert (as do most other blenders), though this one has a nice \"venting\" feature that prevents air pressure from building up when blending hot liquids.\n\nIn addition to the insert for the cap, there is also an oversized plastic \"funnel\" cap that can be used in place of the insert. (The insert fits into the funnel upside down, again, to prevent things from splattering up through the hole.)\n\nThere are also, as I mentioned previously, two juicing screens.\n\nThe Torpedo can be used for making things like tuna and egg salad, omelettes, and even pancake batter. I'm not sure I have any desire to have \"blended\" tuna salad, and I can whip up an omelette without having to clean so many things, but I was curious as to how the pancake batter would turn out. I must say, that it was great! I ended up using a large baster to suck the batter out of the carafe and make perfectly circular and consistently-sized pancakes; this worked better than trying to pour the batter directly from the carafe onto the griddle.\n\nI also used the torpedo to turn a (disappointingly) \"liquidy\" garbanzo bean soup into a very wonderful puree.\n\nOne thing I will not be using the Torpedo for is grinding coffee. I simply cannot see there being any advantage to using such a large device to grind the (relatively) small amount of beans for a single pot of coffee. And there is no point grinding an entire bag at once since the reason for using whole-bean coffee is to only grind what you're just about to use.\n\nAll in all, it's a good machine, though not quite as sturdy as the equally-priced Kitchen Aide. I would also weigh the number of parts to keep track of and clean... if that's not an issue, this may be the device for you.\n\n- Jonathan Sabin","Product: Upscale Black SofThread leather matches any environment, allowing you to change your aesthetics without changing your chair. Mid-back chair design with a sleek Silver finish base. Swivel and tilt features allow the chair to recline effortlessly, promoting movement and comfort throughout the day. Fixed padded armrests provide additional comfort and support. Simple four-step assembly allows you to enjoy your chair almost immediately. Tilt tension and tilt lock allow for greater personalization of comfort. basyx by HON 5-year Limited Warranty ensures long-term, worry-free ownership.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Solid, Attractive, and Comfortable\n\nReview: I have had the BASYX by HON chair in my office at work for about a month and have been very happy with it.\n\nThe chair arrives at your front door requiring a good half-hour of assembly time, though your results may vary depending upon how handy you are! I was pleased with the fit and finish; there were no damaged pieces in the box and there were even a handful of spare parts included on the blister-packed parts card. (I really like it when manufacturers do that rather than stuffing dozens and dozens of little pieces in a plastic bag--I suspect it makes it far more likely that there will be no missing parts.)\n\nThe leather on the chair is nice, though nothing special... it seems like it will be rather durable. The five rollers on the base make it very easy to move around; in fact, until I got this chair, I hadn't realized how 'stiff' my old chair had become.\n\nAs for comfort, it's firm but good. If I can fault anything, I'd say that it could use a bit more stuffing, but it's still quite comfortable.\n\nAll in all, a very nice and good looking piece of office furniture.\n\nRecommended.\n\n- Jonathan Sabin","Product: 7headz weatherproof trooper hats for men and women are the perfect combination. Looking for something that has a complete inner faux fur lining and will keep both your head and cheeks warm ? Ideal for that blizzard when it strikes. Stay comfy! 7headz\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Yes, you'll look like a doofus. But a WARM doofus!\n\nReview: I have a problem.\n\nKnit caps slide right off my head*. This isn't any sort of life-changing problem here in Florida, as there are usually only a few days out of the year that any sort of head-gear is necessary, but still --when it does get cold, it's frustrating to have the one thing that keeps my ears toasty work its way up past my lobes after just a few minutes.\n\nSo when I was planning a trip to somewhere REALLY cold, I knew that I should probably find a better head-warming solution. And I saw this ridiculous looking hat. And just like the old jelly commercial (\"With a name like Smuckers, it's gotta be good!), I figured that a hat THAT goofy-looking had to be warm.\n\nAnd boy was I right. Though I haven't taken my trip yet, we recently had a decent cold snap in Florida. (29 is REALLY cold when you're accustomed to 9 months of the thermometer reading anywhere from 80 to 98 degrees!) So I had a chance to test the hat for a few days, and by gosh it is WARM. Not only that, it STAYS ON MY HEAD! (Bonus points for that!)\n\nAnd to add to my enjoyment, I actually had a TOTAL stranger approach me and state, \"now THAT'S an awesome hat!\" (Yeah, he's probably still laughing, but I'm okay with that.)\n\nIn fact, I had only one tiny issue that I'm bringing up ONLY because of the response received from the seller. When I received the hat, an elastic loop that attaches one of the ear-flaps to a button was half-undone. In fact, it came completely off in my wife's hand when she took a look at it to see if it could be re-attached. In any event, she was able to sew it back on, and it's just fine now, but I made a \"SELLER COMMENT\" earlier today and mentioned what I thought was a tiny 'quality control' issue.\n\nAnd the seller (in this case Ratesh from 7Headz), wrote me an e-mail less than 2 hours later saying they would be happy to replace the hat, or do whatever else it took to make me happy. I was already happy. And now I'm THOROUGHLY impressed with the company as well.\n\n****UPDATE**** I have returned from my trip, and it worked like a champ. My FEET were cold, but I can't blame the hat for that. ;-)\n\n- Jonathan Sabin\n\n* I recognize the fact that this could be my fault for being bald.","Product: Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Etheline (Anjelica Huston), had three children -- Chas, Margot, and Richie -- and then they separated. Chas (Ben Stiller) started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright and received a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the ninth grade. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior champion tennis player and won the U.S. Nationals three years in a row. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Wes Anderson's hilarious, touching, and brilliantly stylized study of melancholy and redemption.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Aren't audiences supposed to LAUGH\n\nReview: during comedy films?\nOh. I guess this wasn't actually a comedy.\nWhile I didn't notice much laughter going on during this movie, I DID see a number of people walk out. That's not typically a good sign.\nIt's not that I don't enjoy \"quirky\" comedies. It's just that I expect to laugh more than twice during a film. The trailer that makes reference to Ben Stiller's character making a fortune as a youngster by breeding \"Dalmatian mice\" was not an indicator of the level of laughs. For me, that scene was the film's comedic highlight.\nTo sum up an already BRIEF review, I'll defer to the reaction of a 7/8-full-theatre. Not once during the movie was dialogue interrupted by laughter. In fact, the only time I remember a more subdued crowd was during \"Schindler's List.\"","Product: The emotionally and physically charged lives of three people, a college professor (Sean Penn), an ex-con (Benicio Del Toro) and a young mother with a reckless past (Naomi Watts), collide unexpectedly in this gripping suspense thriller. Fate brought them together. Now vengeance will take them to the heights of love, the depths of revenge and the promise of redemption. Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Naomi Watts give the finest performances of their careers in the film that is \"tantalizingly alive!\" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly)\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Enjoyable flic... but PAY ATTENTION!\n\nReview: I hate those reviews of \"eclectic\" films that not only gush about how great the picture was, but take the time to belittle anyone who doesn't 'get it.'\nThis is one of those films... but not one of those reviews. In fact, I'll offer a cautionary statement of a sort: If you couldn't stand \"Memento\" because of the fact that is runs (kind of) in reverse, then you might want to avoid \"21 Grams.\" And I won't think you're either stupid, or a bad person.\nTo continue with the \"Memento\" comparison, if \"Memento\" was like a ladder, in which the film started at the top, went down two rungs, climbed up one, stepped down two, climbed up one... and so on; then \"21 Grams\" is more like snippets of a slow-motion explosion. In reverse. And your job is to figure out what it is that exploded.\nI'll admit that my initial reaction to the discordant pace of the film was rather negative. But eventually, enough pieces start to come together that it all begins to make sense. And of course, the acting is superb... so even when I did feel rather confused about what was going on, I could at least enjoy the performances.\nOthers have pointed out that it's almost impossible to give a synopsis of this film without giving away too much. In brief, Sean Penn plays a desparately-ill man who is very unhappily married to an English woman. Naomi Watts is a very happily married mother of two young girls, and Benicio del Toro (who won an Oscar for his role), plays a born-again, bible-quoting, fundamentalist, ex-con.\nHow these people's lives become completely intertwined could have been done in the standard chronological way... but in the end, I thought that sometimes being able to see a little bit (and sometimes quite far) into the future, made for a fascinating film.","Product: In the spirit of WHEN HARRY MET SALLY comes A LOT LIKE LOVE, the romantic comedy about destiny and the possibilities of a chance encounter evolving into a close encounter of the happily-ever-after kind. Ashton Kutcher (GUESS WHO) and Amanda Peet (SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE) set off sparks as opposites who attract and have a one-flight stand from LA to New York. When the trip's over, they are too -- and both move on but can't really let go. As they search for love that doesn't end in disaster, they keep finding each other. And while the chemistry that first brought them together keeps generating heat, the timing is always wrong. This funny and disarming story of modern romance will have you falling in love over and over again.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: The Weeny and the Mental Case\n\nReview: THAT is, in my opinion, a more descriptive title for this film.\n\nAmanda Peet, attractive though she might be, plays a character who is downright disturbed, although, thankfully, slightly less so than say, Glenn Close's psychotic 'Alex' in \"Fatal Attraction.\"\n\nPeet's character isn't dangerous per se, although her initial meeting with Kutcher involves her exchanging a couple of furtive glances while waiting for a plane... followed by her knocking on the bathroom door once they're ON the plane, and joining him for a 'quickie.'\n\nShe then acts as if it never happened, and all of Kutcher's feeble attempts to engage her in conversation following this interesting liaison fall on deaf ears.\n\nThey part ways, and encounter one another a number of times during the next seven years... and each time, I was sitting there thinking to myself: \"IDIOT!! If you WANT the girl, ACT LIKE A MAN and you'll GET the girl.\"\n\nBut no. His character is an utter weeny, and I am dumbfounded as to how he managed to start a somewhat successful dot.com business. The film also lost a golden opportunity for an obvious-but-funny line, regarding this business venture. (He sell's diapers on-line.) When Peet's character admonishes him not to tell her friends what kind of business he's in, he just goes and TELLS them, \"I sell diapers.\" And that's the end of it. It was like watching a balloon slowly deflate.\n\nIf *I* sold diapers, I'd be champing at the bit waiting for people to ask me what I did so I could tell them \"I'm in diapers.\" After waiting a moment to gauge their reaction, THEN I'd explain myself. It was one of many lost opportunities in the film.\n\nHOWEVER. For some reason that I can't quite put my finger on, to a certain degree I enjoyed the movie. Thus the two star rating.","Product: The first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole of his life and work through interviews, clips from his films, and conversations with his family and superstar friends. Andy Warhol, the son of poor Czech immigrants, grew up in the industrial slums of Pittsburgh, while dreaming of Hollywood stars. He went on to become a star himself--the most famous and controversial artist of modern times.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Looking for a BIO? Look elsewhere.\n\nReview: This DVD is reminiscent of those awful grade-school filmstrips millions of us endured in the 60s. (And I'm assuming the 50s and 70s, too!)\n\nHere's a sample of the narration (I might not get it exact, as I watched the DVD a week ago):\n\n\"Marilyn, Number 3. 1963. Marilyn, Number 5. 1963. Liz, Number 7. 1959. Marilyn, Number 2. 1961. Elvis, Number 4. 1966.\"\n\nAnd so on, and so on, and so on.\n\nThe only thing missing was the interminable \"beep\" that alerted a bored kid on the AV squad to advance the filmstrip to the next frame.\n\nSeveral points:\n\nWarhol died in 1987. Not in 1798. There IS some actual film footage of the man, that given the DVD format, COULD have been used.\n\nHe led a rather interesting life. More than a few minutes could have been spent discussing it, and rather than showing still images of artwork he had created, I would rather have seen more photographs of him and his family.\n\nWhile he was known for producing multiple versions of the same artwork, perhaps a little more effort could have been made in showing the evolution from one image to the next. (Like a smooth cross-fade from one image to the next.) I didn't understand the point of showing 3 Marilyns, then 2 of Liz, then an Elvis, then back to Marilyn, and so on, ad nauseum.\n\nAll in all, the only reason I'm going 2 stars on this, is the fact that I thought he was a uniquely interesting character and I can't bring myself to hang a 1-star review on anything associated with him!","Product: The premier Original Absolute Squirrel Resistant single-sided feeder is for the serious bird enthusiast. This attractive feeder will attract a wide array of birds to your yard, with a locking top and spring-activated perch that work together to keep squirrels away. This rugged, all-metal squirrel-resistant feeder has a counter balanced perch, adjustable to three positions to allow light, medium or heavy birds on the perch. The wrong bird or squirrel closes access to seed. Holding up to 15 lbs of birds favorite mixed seed, sunflower seeds, peanut halves or safflower, this extra large capacity requires less frequent filling. Stop birds from shoveling food out with the no waste seed saver baffle. Durable, chew-resistant green powder coated steel body with a zinc-plated steel hanger and black powder coated pole. Simply unlatch the squirrel resistant roof and lift for easy filling and cleaning, while seed level indicator window show when feeder is empty. The overhanging roof and hopper keeps the seed dry and protected from the elements and the all- steel body ensures it will withstand all types of weather and unwanted critters in your backyard for many seasons. Top locks down securely preventing squirrel access and when a squirrel steps onto the perch, a metal shield immediately covers the seed tray, shutting off the seed supply. Bird feeder is fully assembled, includes a steel hanging rod for hanging, and a 5 foot sectional pole kit with metal mounting bracket and ground socket for optional pole mounting. .\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: A GREAT feeder... ***UPDATED REVIEW***\n\nReview: ***UPDATE*** It appears that I can't change the actual 'star-rating' but having had this feeder for about six weeks, I'm upping my rating to 4 and a half stars.\n\nFor many years, I've used the \"tube-type\" feeders and though I liked them, I found they were somewhat of a pain to fill. There was always a lot of spilled seed, and removing the top was a multi-step process.\n\nOn this feeder, the roof is hinged and remains upright without having to hold it while it's being filled. Filling it requires no finesse --Open the top, dump in a car-wash-bucket-full of seed, close the top and you're done.\n\nThe squirrel-thing. Despite my initial disappointment (noted in the original review, below), it does appear that having increased the sensitivity on the perch has COMPLETELY discouraged the squirrels from attempting to get any bird seed. It took about two weeks from them to give up on the idea that they could get in --now they hang out on the ground waiting for sloppy birds to spray seed on them. (Which is fine by me, and will likely cut down on the amount of sprouting seedlings!)\n\nAll in all... a great feeder, and despite my initial doubts, I've come to like it quite a bit.\n\n*******************************\nHERE IS THE ORIGINAL REVIEW....\n\nThe good:\n - Fairly well constructed, with a big exception noted below, under \"the bad\" things about this feeder.\n\n - The hanger is well designed, and while I was concerned that it would quickly tilt, the three points of attachment (on each side) of the feeder keep it perfectly level.\n\n - The \"squirrel bar\" (that drops a barrier in front of the feeding holes) is adjustable. It can be shifted so that very little weight causes the bar to drop --helpful, as if in my case, the squirrels have figured out how to \"straddle\" the bar and the feeder so as to put as little weight as possible on the bar. Yes, apparently I have very smart squirrels! :)\n\nThe BAD -\n - For the first several weeks, I had the feeder mounted on a pole. While my pole was perfectly vertical, the feeder seemed to be tilting further and further back every single day, to the point that I thought it would snap off the pole and fall to the ground. It turns out that the pole adapter (which is a metal plate that attaches to the bottom) is made of rather THIN METAL that quickly deformed and caused the feeder to tilt. (For the record, the mounting pole itself remained vertical the whole time.)\n\n - The \"squirrel-proof\" feature works in theory (and perhaps for \"developmentally challenged\" squirrels), but for my Mensa-level squirrels, they figured out how to put most of their weight on the feeder so as to prevent the bar from dropping down. (I'VE POSTED A PHOTO OF ONE OF THESE EINSTEIN/HAWKING SQUIRRELS IN THE PRODUCT PHOTOS, ABOVE.) I have since adjusted the bar to make it more weight sensitive, and it SEEMS to be working, but I suspect my squirrels are drawing up plans to overcome this new obstacle even as this is written!\n\n- Jonathan Sabin","Product: Award-winning, high-quality fetch toy that gives your dog a giant cartoon tongue when he has the ball in his mouth! Its a ball! Its a tongue! Its Humunga Tongue! This huge, curly, cartoon tongue hanging out of your dogs mouth will crack up the entire hood. Great for a game of tongue o war, and of course, fetch. Hold it via the tongue to propel the ball farther, and to avoid the dreaded slobberball. Sure to make your pooch the star of the park. Speaking of which, the dogs of Bruce Springsteen, Liv Tyler, and Chevy Chase have been seen sporting Humunga Tongues! Stick out your tongue, and say, Awesome! Made of solid, non-toxic, natural rubber. This is a size Large ideal for Large to Largest Dogs 65 lbs and up.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Unless you have a toothless dog... stay away\n\nReview: I purchased this toy for our 60lb lab mix, and though he's enjoying playing with (what's left of) it, it's only taken him about 15 minutes to get it to this point: Shredded to pieces.\n\nBy my estimate, having paid around $15 for the thing, this is a $60/hour toy, as you would need four of them to last a full hour.\n\nAs an aside, I'm a little annoyed at the fancy \"boutique\" pet shop that sold it to me. It's one thing if I picked it up at Kmart or some other discount store where I would never expect the person who rings up the sale to alert me to the fact that I was buying a piece of crap...but in this case, I think it's incumbent upon the owner/operator who actually asked me what kind of dog we had, to be candid about just how delicate this item is. I'd be much more inclined to patronize his business if he had done so.","Product: Strong quality pet waste bags. Very easy to open, each bag is marked at perforation for easy separation, no fumbling for where to tear the next bag. Guaranteed to be Leak-proof. Bags are Long and wide for easy pick up. Size: 12 1/2\" L x 8 1/2\" W. Each bag is carefully marked with the Downtown Pet Supply Trademark, the mark of the best bags on the market today.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: I'm DONE with newspaper bags\n\nReview: For many, many years, I've been saving the plastic bag the newspaper comes in to use as a bag to pick up after my dogs. And for many, many years, I've thought \"one of these days, I'm going to BUY bags.\"\n\nThis thought would usually come following a pickup-gone-bad. In other words, one of those mornings where I discovered that the newspaper bag actually had a few holes in it as a result of the newspaper sliding on the concrete driveway when it was delivered.\n\nI finally decided I would check on Amazon to see what kind of dog waste bags were available and settled on these. I figured that 700 bags would last close to a year (two dogs... do the math), but I didn't want to buy a larger supply as I wasn't sure where I was going to store all those rolls of bags.\n\nI shouldn't have worried. In fact, when my 700 bags arrived, I initially thought that they had screwed up the order, because I couldn't believe that there were THAT many bags in THAT small a box. But they really take up almost no room at all. (I HAVE POSTED PRODUCT PHOTOS SHOWING JUST HOW SMALL THESE BAG-ROLLS ARE.)\n\nDespite the small size of the rolls, each individual bag is more than ample in size. In fact, I have two dogs --a 60-pound border collie, and a 100-pound lab, and neither of them can \"produce\" anything that can't be cleanly picked up. And let's be honest. That IS the most important attribute of a dog-waste-bag. A CLEAN pick up. Because a \"dirty\" pickup with wreck your whole morning!\n\n- Jonathan Sabin","Product: Keep your pet neatly groomed with the Oster A6 Cool Comfort Heavy Duty Pet Grooming Clippers. Combining a compact ergonomic design with a high-efficiency, precision-tuned, heavy-duty motor that runs at over 4,000 strokes per minute (SPM), these dog clippers feature an innovative drive system for an ultra-smooth, efficient cutting experience. These lightweight clippers weigh just 12.9 ounces and offer three speeds for ideal versatility. Specially designed faceplate keeps hair out while maintaining access to drive lever for easy maintenance, while vibration isolators centered around the motor help absorb vibration and noise for comfortable all-day grooming. The 12-foot power cord with pig-tail extension occupies minimal space on a power strip. Compatible with all Oster A5 detachable blades and guide combs, these heavy-duty clippers come with a detachable #10 CryogenX blade that is handcrafted from high-quality steel using a 12-step process. This results in a harder blade with a smooth-cut finish for enduring precision and performance.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: More than I'll ever need\n\nReview: I was going to title this review \"As good as it gets,\" but that implies that I know for a fact that their are no better clippers out there. And maybe there are...though it seems unlikely!\n\nBut for my needs, as someone who is not in the business to groom dogs, I feel comfortable stating that this superb device is all I'll ever need.\n\nOver the years I've purchased a handful of electric clippers to handle my occasional dog-grooming needs. I started out pretty cheap: little more than ten dollars at a discount store. The clippers were noisy (the dog hated it!) and didn't actually do a very good job at cutting hair. The last clippers I bought ran roughly $50 and did a decent job, but then I had the opportunity to try the OSTER A6 HEAVY DUTY PET CLIPPER via the Amazon Vine program and decided to see how much of a difference there would be.\n\nOne of the first things I noticed right out of the box was the ultra-long cord. At 12 feet, it's easily double the length of any of the clippers I've owned, and the extra six feet comes in quite handy. The other notable feature is that there is an AC adapter (the cord doesn't plug directly into a wall socket... like a telephone, there is an adapter plug.) I'm no electrician, but my understanding is that there are quite a few advantages to this setup, including cooler operation, lighter weight, reduced shock hazard and and even ease of replacement. (Apparently, the power supply on motorized devices is one of the first things to fail... since the power is supplied and converted before it reaches the device, if it 'blows' it is a fairly inexpensive item to replace.)\n\nIn use, the OSTER is quiet --a huge advantage for my dog, who despises the sound of almost anything motorized-- and very sharp. It comes with a single, high quality #10 blade that will cut the fur very short (if desired), but there are 16 other size blades available from the manufacturer. The blades themselves seem to run from about $25 to $40 or so.\n\nAll in all, a five-star product--though probably more than an occasional home-groomer will ever need.\n\n- Jonathan Sabin","Product: The MB572 Motion-Sensing Light-Sensing Battery Powered LED Path Light 2-Pack is part of the Mr. Beams line of intelligent wireless LED lights. These lights are the perfect lighting solution for sidewalks, steps, yards, porches, gardens and more. Each MB572 uses the best LEDs on the market to put out 35 Lumens of bright white light, covering over 120-Square Feet. The stair lights instantly turn on when motion is detected after dark, and can detect motion from as far as 12-Feet away, with 180-Degree of motion. Auto Shut-Off deactivates lights after 20 seconds or 60 seconds of no motion detection, conserving battery life. The bright LEDs never needs replacing and are so efficient that you will get more than 5000 activations from each light on one set of batteries. Attach anywhere, inside or outside the home using screws or mount by driving stakes into the ground, both included. Tight seals and weather resistant materials allow a Mr. Beams Spotlight to work in all weather conditions. MB572 includes 2 MB520 Motion-Sensing Light Sensing Battery Powered LED Stair Lights 4 screws, 2 stakes, 2 stake brackets and a user manual. 6 C-Cell Batteries Not Included\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Handy lights serve their purpose well\n\nReview: I received a two pack of Mr. Beams MB572 Battery Powered Motion Sensing LED Path Lights as part of the Amazon \"Vine\" promotion, and though I have every corner of my home wired with a high quality, motion-sensing flood light, the one \"dark\" spot was right by our front door.\n\nI don't really like the idea of \"leaving the porch light on\" 24/7, and I hadn't really considered the front door when we put in 8 sets of flood lights when building the house 14 years ago.\n\nI saw the MR. BEAMS lights and decided it was worth a shot.\n\nEach battery-powered light sits in a plastic housing that nests in a holder with a short shaft at the bottom. A spiked ground stake is also included for each light... the stake slides onto the cylindrical shaft at the bottom of the holder.\n\nBefore inserting the 3 \"C\" cell batteries, you should decide whether you want the light to remain on for either 20 seconds *OR* 5 minutes when activated. (This is not a sliding scale, it's one or the other. I think it would have been helpful to have more options, but it would no doubt increase the cost.)\n\nThe lights activate when someone (or something) approaches within 12 feet or so. I've found this to be fairly accurate. Because they also have a photocell built in, they will not turn on during the daylight hours... obviously, this will conserve battery life.\n\nI mounted one light in the ground using the supplied stake mount near my front entrance in a way that it will only turn on if someone actually comes up to the front door. The other light, I mounted above the door itself. It casts a modestly-bright light on anyone standing by the door... and furthermore, to anyone who doesn't know any better, it looks a little like it might contain some sort of webcam. Needless to say, I have no problem whatsoever with a stranger coming up to my door late at night MISTAKENLY thinking he's already had his picture taken!\n\nI can't say much for durability (or battery life) just yet... the lights have only been in place for a few weeks. One is subject to the elements and will be the \"true\" test. The other light, mounted above the door is completely protected from the weather, so my guess is that it may last longer.\n\nAll in all, I'd say it's a pretty good product. Certainly, it'll save a lot of time and money over having an electrician come and wire up a security light.\n\n- Jonathan Sabin","Product: Charlotte's Story: A Florida Keys Diary 1934 & 1935 [Paperback] Charlotte Arpin Niedhauk Charlotte Arpin Niedhauk (Author)\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A trip back in time\n\nReview: I took my first trip to the Florida Keys with my parents in 1976 when I was a teenager. We drove down from the Tampa Bay area (where we had recently relocated from New York), and even then, it seemed as if we were turning back the clock.\n\nOf course, to a 15-year-old, you can only turn the clock back so far!\n\nBut still, the Keys had a laid-back appeal, and it was obvious that this was NOT New York or Miami!\n\nCharlotte Arpin Niedhauk was there some 40-odd years before my parents and I ventured down the Overseas Highway in a '74 Plymouth Valiant with cold a/c. In fact, the Key that SHE settled on with her husband Russ in the 1930s was not (and to this day, still isn't) connected to any other landmass. Elliott Key may be considered part of the Florida Keys, but it's accessible only by boat.\n\nCHARLOTTE'S STORY is a memoir of her time spent on Elliott Key with Russ; ostensibly to oversee, maintain, and harvest a grove of lime trees. This was no \"South Florida Resort.\" This wasn't even camping. Spending a WEEK on Elliott Key, let alone a couple of years, was not an adventure for wimps. Or the uninformed.\n\nAnd about that... as much as I enjoyed the story, there was an aspect of CHARLOTTE'S STORY that bothered me somewhat (though I recognize it was more than likely a reflection of the times): Charlotte's husband Russ appears to have been an expert on EVERYTHING. Nothing couldn't be fixed. No variety of driftwood could wash ashore without him knowing what it was, or knowing what it could be used for. Every fish swimming in the waters around them was known to him, and of course, he knew which were edible, and had recipes for every one. The guy seemed like he could have taught a doctorate level class for survivalists.\n\nThe flip side of this coin was Charlotte. She writes about him with love and adulation, and it's pretty clear that she was one \"tough cookie\" herself as there was virtually nothing that she couldn't do. Yet over and over again, Russ would belittle her lack of abilities, knowledge, or cooking skills.\n\nAs I read some of these passages, I was thinking to myself \"are you crazy?! You could not have brought a woman who was more open to adventure, and adaptable to an incredibly inhospitable environment, and you're treating her like she's some kind of whining prima donna.\"\n\nBut again. Who am I to question how they interacted? It's pretty clear that she was fine with it, and indeed, after they ended up leaving Elliott Key following the infamous 1935 hurricane (which killed hundreds of people in the Keys all around them), they went on (together) to live long and still-pretty-interesting lives.\n\nIt's definitely a fascinating trip back in time.\n\n- Jonathan Sabin"],"string":"[\n \"Product: VideoStudio Pro X7 EN Mini-Box. Enjoy the faster easier way to make great-looking videos and slideshows. Corel VideoStudio Pro X7 offers new time-saving 64-bit power faster 4K and HD render times fresh creative content and the new movie-making mode FastFlick. Immerse yourself in the creativity of streamlined workspaces including the improved multi-track timeline. Create a huge range of video projects from action-cam and personal videos to slideshows video blogs screen recordings stop motion animation and much more. Whether creating for YouTube or DVD business or pleasure VideoStudio Pro X7 makes it simple and fun to bring your video vision to any screen.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: POWERFUL TOOL... but be aware that there's a big learning curve!\\n\\nReview: I had COREL VIDEOSTUDIO PRO X7 loaded on my computer for several months before I made a serious effort to learn how to use it. And that's my first comment: if you've never used any real video-editing software, be prepared to spend some time figuring things out, because it is not \\\"super-intuitive\\\" like using an inexpensive smartphone app.\\n\\nWhen I first received it, I loaded a movie clip and ended up being able to... well... do virtually nothing with it.\\n\\nCoincidentally, I had the opportunity at work to spend some time using Camtasia, which as it turns out, features tools that are fairly similar. And once I got the hang of Camtasia to produce some tutorial videos for my work, I went back to Corel VideoStudio and was able to create something that people might want to watch. (Here's a sample of what I did: http://vimeo.com/111300816)\\n\\nOn the plus side, once you know what you're doing, it's a lot of fun to create videos. I also really like the fact that there's a ton of built-in music that can be \\\"fit\\\" to your final edit... in other words, if you add some clips to your 2 1/2 minute video and make it into a 3-minute movie, you can \\\"stretch\\\" the music and it will continue to play until the video is over. The other advantage to the included music is that there are no copyright concerns if you want to publicly post your video.\\n\\nYou *can* use music you own (whether it's from iTunes or a CD) when creating the soundtrack for your video, but just remember that it limits where you can present your video. Unless you want to test how strictly copyright laws are enforced!\\n\\nAll in all, it's a great program and I'm fully aware that I've barely begun to scratch the surface of what I can do. I'm looking forward to learning more about it, and producing much better videos in the future!\\n\\nA solid four stars\",\n \"Product: The OXO Good Grips Kitchen Pump Dispensers offers an easy-dispensing mechanism combined with elegant design. A non-slip top button makes it easy to squirt hand soap, lotion or dish soap using one or two hands and the extended spout easily dispenses onto a sponge or directly into the sink. The brushed stainless body features a non-slip foot to keep the Pump Dispenser stable during use and a clear window to show the contents. When it's time to refill, simply unscrew the top and pour into the wide-mouth body.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Go back to the drawing board, OXO!\\n\\nReview: It's not as if our kitchen is FILLED with OXO products, but we've had quite a few over the years, and I can't think of any other OXO product that bit the dust like this.\\n\\nI bought this dispenser to use by the kitchen sink, partly because I liked the way it looked, and also because I trusted the brand.\\n\\nAfter just a few months of \\\"normal\\\" use (perhaps 10-20 pumps/day), the molded plastic pump \\\"button\\\" on top broke off, and was simply not repairable.\\n\\nIf you're looking to buy this thing, bear in mind that there are a LOT of one-star reviews, and most of us seem to have the same complaint. In fact, I'd be willing to wager that most of the good reviews are from people whose dispensers have not broken --yet!\\n\\nSo unless OXO comes up with a sturdier design... do yourself a favor and look elsewhere for a liquid soap dispenser.\\n\\n- Jonathan Sabin\",\n \"Product: Ask any chef about their most treasured kitchen tools and they don't even blink before they answer. The answer is always the same - knives. Most chefs have their own knife set and it might be wise not to get caught touching it. Chefs don't share knives even if they're usually reasonably nice people. Knives are strictly personal. Well, all right then, you'll have to get your own. This is where our Bistro Ceramic Knife line comes in. Ceramic Knives are a dream come true. Tomatoes part miraculously, boneless meat falls apart, and cutting up fruit and vegetables become a joy instead of a chore. In this regard you might say, good knives are key to a healthier lifestyle. Bodum Ceramic Knives are of exquisite quality as they're made of extremely hard and acid resistant ceramic material, which keeps the knives' sharpness a lot longer. They're very light, absolutely corrosion-proof and neutral in taste. Their ergonomically shaped handles in soft, anti-slip silicone makes for a safe and comfortable cutting experience. Available in black, orange, red, green, and white.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: I love it... and fear it\\n\\nReview: ***UPDATE: June 11, 2011***\\n\\nI have had this knife for not quite six months, using it perhaps a couple of times per week. It has ALWAYS been hand-washed, and set down horizontally on our rack to dry before being reinserted into its protective sleeve and placed in the drawer.\\n\\nDespite this level of care, when I removed it from the sleeve to use it today, I noticed that there was a \\\"chip\\\" at the very tip of the blade. Despite this damage, it's still usable (and still exceedingly sharp), but it points to a problem.\\n\\nA good knife should not have to be handled like a premature infant in the neonatal unit. Knives should be very sharp, well-balanced, sturdy and durable.\\n\\nThis one fails the \\\"durable\\\" test pretty handily. I've dropped my rating from 4 down to 3 stars. Until the thing simply shatters on me, I'm still using (and enjoying) it. But I can't give it a four-star recommendation.\\n\\n(End update... original review follows)\\n\\nOne cannot underestimate the importance of a good knife.\\n\\nA very sharp, well-balanced knife with a comfortable handle will not only make your life in the kitchen easier, but they're also safer. Dull knives are more likely to tug on the food you're cutting, thus increasing the likelihood of a \\\"messy\\\" (i.e., bloody) accident.\\n\\nFor this reason, a few years ago my wife and I invested in a nice set of Wusthof knives. I haven't regretted the purchase for a moment.\\n\\nI had the opportunity, (thanks to the VINE program), to add the BODUM BISTRO SANTOKU knife to our drawer... and it is by far the most interesting knife I've ever used.\\n\\nThe first impression is of course a visual one. With its lime-green rubber handle (with little nubby bumps to make the grip even more sure), and its white ceramic blade, it looks more like some sort of rubber-white vinyl pastry scraper.\\n\\nThe \\\"white vinyl\\\" appearance of the ceramic blade aside, in practice the thing is absolutely razor sharp, and despite the fact that it's considerably lighter than a similarly-sized steel knife, the balance is very good, and the rubber grip make the knife a joy to work with. If there's a downside to how sharp it is, it's that there's a tendency to want to cut things ridiculously-thin, simply because you can.\\n\\nI also really like the vertical indentations in the blade, which help to prevent the food from sticking to the blade. Furthermore, being ceramic, the blade is corrosion-proof and acid resistant. It also won't add off-flavors to food, but I've never once in my entire life found myself going \\\"bleahh... this tastes like a chef's knife,\\\" so I'm not too sure that this should be considered a major selling point.\\n\\nI would rate it five stars if not for two considerations. First, unlike steel, if this were to ever drop on our floor, it will likely shatter into an unusable pile of ceramic shards. (The instruction manual specifically cautions about dropping the knife against a hard surface for this very reason.) Second, when it does come time to sharpen it, our sharpening tools are useless, according to the manual. It will have to be professionally sharpened. Supposedly it will keep its fine edge quite a bit longer than steel, but I don't know for how long... and at this point I don't know how much it will cost to have it professionally done.\\n\\nIt's a great tool, but I joked with my wife this afternoon that it's so sharp that I'm a little afraid of getting distracted and inadvertently lopping off my left hand!\\n\\n- Jonathan Sabin\",\n \"Product: The Torpedo is a multi purpose appliance designed to take the place of most other kitchen appliances. The Smart, All-in-one kicthen appliance juices, chops, mixes grinds and more. You can now unleas your culinary creativity with the Torpedo - the ultimate kitchen assistant your money can buy. With the Torpedo you can chop, mix, blend, grind and more in seconds. Save time in the kitchen without sacrificing the taste.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Works well...but lots of parts to keep track of\\n\\nReview: I received the BIG BOSS TORPEDO MULTI-PURPOSE 10-IN-ONE KITCHEN APPLIANCE via the Vine program, and it is just as powerful as the blender we've been using for the past couple of years: a Kitchen Aide 5 speed [...]\\n\\nThat being said, there are a number of differences that give the edge to the Kitchen Aide, though in one regard, the Torpedo wins, no contest.\\n\\nWhere does the Torpedo beat the Kitchen Aide? Juicing. The Kitchen Aide is not designed to be a juicer and I'm not even aware of there being any sort of optional attachment for it. I tried making a carrot/apple/ginger juice with the Torpedo and using the \\\"fine\\\" screen (there are two... the \\\"medium\\\" screen yields more pulp), I ended up with about three ounces of very tasty juice from a single apple, three carrots, and a bit of ginger. It seemed like a LOT of raw materials to make very little juice (a pretty significant amount of \\\"solids\\\" are left behind in the process), and it also required a lot of cleaning afterwards.\\n\\nAbout the cleaning. No parts of the Torpedo are dishwasher-safe, and depending upon what you make, there can be a lot of parts to hand wash. I'll try juicing with it again at some point, but my initial reaction is that is that it wasn't worth the effort.\\n\\nThe carafe is a polycarbonate plastic though it is noticeably thinner than that of the Kitchen Aide. The Kitchen Aide also has a feature which the Torpedo lacks --the base of its carafe has drain holes which prevent the water from pooling in the bottom when cleaning.\\n\\nBecause it's useable as a juicer, there is a spigot at the bottom of the carafe which does not get attached when using it as a blender. In place of the spigot is a screw-in plug. It's well-fit and nothing leaks, but it's another (small) part to keep track of. The cap of the carafe has a center insert (as do most other blenders), though this one has a nice \\\"venting\\\" feature that prevents air pressure from building up when blending hot liquids.\\n\\nIn addition to the insert for the cap, there is also an oversized plastic \\\"funnel\\\" cap that can be used in place of the insert. (The insert fits into the funnel upside down, again, to prevent things from splattering up through the hole.)\\n\\nThere are also, as I mentioned previously, two juicing screens.\\n\\nThe Torpedo can be used for making things like tuna and egg salad, omelettes, and even pancake batter. I'm not sure I have any desire to have \\\"blended\\\" tuna salad, and I can whip up an omelette without having to clean so many things, but I was curious as to how the pancake batter would turn out. I must say, that it was great! I ended up using a large baster to suck the batter out of the carafe and make perfectly circular and consistently-sized pancakes; this worked better than trying to pour the batter directly from the carafe onto the griddle.\\n\\nI also used the torpedo to turn a (disappointingly) \\\"liquidy\\\" garbanzo bean soup into a very wonderful puree.\\n\\nOne thing I will not be using the Torpedo for is grinding coffee. I simply cannot see there being any advantage to using such a large device to grind the (relatively) small amount of beans for a single pot of coffee. And there is no point grinding an entire bag at once since the reason for using whole-bean coffee is to only grind what you're just about to use.\\n\\nAll in all, it's a good machine, though not quite as sturdy as the equally-priced Kitchen Aide. I would also weigh the number of parts to keep track of and clean... if that's not an issue, this may be the device for you.\\n\\n- Jonathan Sabin\",\n \"Product: Upscale Black SofThread leather matches any environment, allowing you to change your aesthetics without changing your chair. Mid-back chair design with a sleek Silver finish base. Swivel and tilt features allow the chair to recline effortlessly, promoting movement and comfort throughout the day. Fixed padded armrests provide additional comfort and support. Simple four-step assembly allows you to enjoy your chair almost immediately. Tilt tension and tilt lock allow for greater personalization of comfort. basyx by HON 5-year Limited Warranty ensures long-term, worry-free ownership.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Solid, Attractive, and Comfortable\\n\\nReview: I have had the BASYX by HON chair in my office at work for about a month and have been very happy with it.\\n\\nThe chair arrives at your front door requiring a good half-hour of assembly time, though your results may vary depending upon how handy you are! I was pleased with the fit and finish; there were no damaged pieces in the box and there were even a handful of spare parts included on the blister-packed parts card. (I really like it when manufacturers do that rather than stuffing dozens and dozens of little pieces in a plastic bag--I suspect it makes it far more likely that there will be no missing parts.)\\n\\nThe leather on the chair is nice, though nothing special... it seems like it will be rather durable. The five rollers on the base make it very easy to move around; in fact, until I got this chair, I hadn't realized how 'stiff' my old chair had become.\\n\\nAs for comfort, it's firm but good. If I can fault anything, I'd say that it could use a bit more stuffing, but it's still quite comfortable.\\n\\nAll in all, a very nice and good looking piece of office furniture.\\n\\nRecommended.\\n\\n- Jonathan Sabin\",\n \"Product: 7headz weatherproof trooper hats for men and women are the perfect combination. Looking for something that has a complete inner faux fur lining and will keep both your head and cheeks warm ? Ideal for that blizzard when it strikes. Stay comfy! 7headz\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Yes, you'll look like a doofus. But a WARM doofus!\\n\\nReview: I have a problem.\\n\\nKnit caps slide right off my head*. This isn't any sort of life-changing problem here in Florida, as there are usually only a few days out of the year that any sort of head-gear is necessary, but still --when it does get cold, it's frustrating to have the one thing that keeps my ears toasty work its way up past my lobes after just a few minutes.\\n\\nSo when I was planning a trip to somewhere REALLY cold, I knew that I should probably find a better head-warming solution. And I saw this ridiculous looking hat. And just like the old jelly commercial (\\\"With a name like Smuckers, it's gotta be good!), I figured that a hat THAT goofy-looking had to be warm.\\n\\nAnd boy was I right. Though I haven't taken my trip yet, we recently had a decent cold snap in Florida. (29 is REALLY cold when you're accustomed to 9 months of the thermometer reading anywhere from 80 to 98 degrees!) So I had a chance to test the hat for a few days, and by gosh it is WARM. Not only that, it STAYS ON MY HEAD! (Bonus points for that!)\\n\\nAnd to add to my enjoyment, I actually had a TOTAL stranger approach me and state, \\\"now THAT'S an awesome hat!\\\" (Yeah, he's probably still laughing, but I'm okay with that.)\\n\\nIn fact, I had only one tiny issue that I'm bringing up ONLY because of the response received from the seller. When I received the hat, an elastic loop that attaches one of the ear-flaps to a button was half-undone. In fact, it came completely off in my wife's hand when she took a look at it to see if it could be re-attached. In any event, she was able to sew it back on, and it's just fine now, but I made a \\\"SELLER COMMENT\\\" earlier today and mentioned what I thought was a tiny 'quality control' issue.\\n\\nAnd the seller (in this case Ratesh from 7Headz), wrote me an e-mail less than 2 hours later saying they would be happy to replace the hat, or do whatever else it took to make me happy. I was already happy. And now I'm THOROUGHLY impressed with the company as well.\\n\\n****UPDATE**** I have returned from my trip, and it worked like a champ. My FEET were cold, but I can't blame the hat for that. ;-)\\n\\n- Jonathan Sabin\\n\\n* I recognize the fact that this could be my fault for being bald.\",\n \"Product: Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Etheline (Anjelica Huston), had three children -- Chas, Margot, and Richie -- and then they separated. Chas (Ben Stiller) started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright and received a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the ninth grade. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior champion tennis player and won the U.S. Nationals three years in a row. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Wes Anderson's hilarious, touching, and brilliantly stylized study of melancholy and redemption.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Aren't audiences supposed to LAUGH\\n\\nReview: during comedy films?\\nOh. I guess this wasn't actually a comedy.\\nWhile I didn't notice much laughter going on during this movie, I DID see a number of people walk out. That's not typically a good sign.\\nIt's not that I don't enjoy \\\"quirky\\\" comedies. It's just that I expect to laugh more than twice during a film. The trailer that makes reference to Ben Stiller's character making a fortune as a youngster by breeding \\\"Dalmatian mice\\\" was not an indicator of the level of laughs. For me, that scene was the film's comedic highlight.\\nTo sum up an already BRIEF review, I'll defer to the reaction of a 7/8-full-theatre. Not once during the movie was dialogue interrupted by laughter. In fact, the only time I remember a more subdued crowd was during \\\"Schindler's List.\\\"\",\n \"Product: The emotionally and physically charged lives of three people, a college professor (Sean Penn), an ex-con (Benicio Del Toro) and a young mother with a reckless past (Naomi Watts), collide unexpectedly in this gripping suspense thriller. Fate brought them together. Now vengeance will take them to the heights of love, the depths of revenge and the promise of redemption. Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Naomi Watts give the finest performances of their careers in the film that is \\\"tantalizingly alive!\\\" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly)\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Enjoyable flic... but PAY ATTENTION!\\n\\nReview: I hate those reviews of \\\"eclectic\\\" films that not only gush about how great the picture was, but take the time to belittle anyone who doesn't 'get it.'\\nThis is one of those films... but not one of those reviews. In fact, I'll offer a cautionary statement of a sort: If you couldn't stand \\\"Memento\\\" because of the fact that is runs (kind of) in reverse, then you might want to avoid \\\"21 Grams.\\\" And I won't think you're either stupid, or a bad person.\\nTo continue with the \\\"Memento\\\" comparison, if \\\"Memento\\\" was like a ladder, in which the film started at the top, went down two rungs, climbed up one, stepped down two, climbed up one... and so on; then \\\"21 Grams\\\" is more like snippets of a slow-motion explosion. In reverse. And your job is to figure out what it is that exploded.\\nI'll admit that my initial reaction to the discordant pace of the film was rather negative. But eventually, enough pieces start to come together that it all begins to make sense. And of course, the acting is superb... so even when I did feel rather confused about what was going on, I could at least enjoy the performances.\\nOthers have pointed out that it's almost impossible to give a synopsis of this film without giving away too much. In brief, Sean Penn plays a desparately-ill man who is very unhappily married to an English woman. Naomi Watts is a very happily married mother of two young girls, and Benicio del Toro (who won an Oscar for his role), plays a born-again, bible-quoting, fundamentalist, ex-con.\\nHow these people's lives become completely intertwined could have been done in the standard chronological way... but in the end, I thought that sometimes being able to see a little bit (and sometimes quite far) into the future, made for a fascinating film.\",\n \"Product: In the spirit of WHEN HARRY MET SALLY comes A LOT LIKE LOVE, the romantic comedy about destiny and the possibilities of a chance encounter evolving into a close encounter of the happily-ever-after kind. Ashton Kutcher (GUESS WHO) and Amanda Peet (SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE) set off sparks as opposites who attract and have a one-flight stand from LA to New York. When the trip's over, they are too -- and both move on but can't really let go. As they search for love that doesn't end in disaster, they keep finding each other. And while the chemistry that first brought them together keeps generating heat, the timing is always wrong. This funny and disarming story of modern romance will have you falling in love over and over again.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: The Weeny and the Mental Case\\n\\nReview: THAT is, in my opinion, a more descriptive title for this film.\\n\\nAmanda Peet, attractive though she might be, plays a character who is downright disturbed, although, thankfully, slightly less so than say, Glenn Close's psychotic 'Alex' in \\\"Fatal Attraction.\\\"\\n\\nPeet's character isn't dangerous per se, although her initial meeting with Kutcher involves her exchanging a couple of furtive glances while waiting for a plane... followed by her knocking on the bathroom door once they're ON the plane, and joining him for a 'quickie.'\\n\\nShe then acts as if it never happened, and all of Kutcher's feeble attempts to engage her in conversation following this interesting liaison fall on deaf ears.\\n\\nThey part ways, and encounter one another a number of times during the next seven years... and each time, I was sitting there thinking to myself: \\\"IDIOT!! If you WANT the girl, ACT LIKE A MAN and you'll GET the girl.\\\"\\n\\nBut no. His character is an utter weeny, and I am dumbfounded as to how he managed to start a somewhat successful dot.com business. The film also lost a golden opportunity for an obvious-but-funny line, regarding this business venture. (He sell's diapers on-line.) When Peet's character admonishes him not to tell her friends what kind of business he's in, he just goes and TELLS them, \\\"I sell diapers.\\\" And that's the end of it. It was like watching a balloon slowly deflate.\\n\\nIf *I* sold diapers, I'd be champing at the bit waiting for people to ask me what I did so I could tell them \\\"I'm in diapers.\\\" After waiting a moment to gauge their reaction, THEN I'd explain myself. It was one of many lost opportunities in the film.\\n\\nHOWEVER. For some reason that I can't quite put my finger on, to a certain degree I enjoyed the movie. Thus the two star rating.\",\n \"Product: The first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole of his life and work through interviews, clips from his films, and conversations with his family and superstar friends. Andy Warhol, the son of poor Czech immigrants, grew up in the industrial slums of Pittsburgh, while dreaming of Hollywood stars. He went on to become a star himself--the most famous and controversial artist of modern times.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Looking for a BIO? Look elsewhere.\\n\\nReview: This DVD is reminiscent of those awful grade-school filmstrips millions of us endured in the 60s. (And I'm assuming the 50s and 70s, too!)\\n\\nHere's a sample of the narration (I might not get it exact, as I watched the DVD a week ago):\\n\\n\\\"Marilyn, Number 3. 1963. Marilyn, Number 5. 1963. Liz, Number 7. 1959. Marilyn, Number 2. 1961. Elvis, Number 4. 1966.\\\"\\n\\nAnd so on, and so on, and so on.\\n\\nThe only thing missing was the interminable \\\"beep\\\" that alerted a bored kid on the AV squad to advance the filmstrip to the next frame.\\n\\nSeveral points:\\n\\nWarhol died in 1987. Not in 1798. There IS some actual film footage of the man, that given the DVD format, COULD have been used.\\n\\nHe led a rather interesting life. More than a few minutes could have been spent discussing it, and rather than showing still images of artwork he had created, I would rather have seen more photographs of him and his family.\\n\\nWhile he was known for producing multiple versions of the same artwork, perhaps a little more effort could have been made in showing the evolution from one image to the next. (Like a smooth cross-fade from one image to the next.) I didn't understand the point of showing 3 Marilyns, then 2 of Liz, then an Elvis, then back to Marilyn, and so on, ad nauseum.\\n\\nAll in all, the only reason I'm going 2 stars on this, is the fact that I thought he was a uniquely interesting character and I can't bring myself to hang a 1-star review on anything associated with him!\",\n \"Product: The premier Original Absolute Squirrel Resistant single-sided feeder is for the serious bird enthusiast. This attractive feeder will attract a wide array of birds to your yard, with a locking top and spring-activated perch that work together to keep squirrels away. This rugged, all-metal squirrel-resistant feeder has a counter balanced perch, adjustable to three positions to allow light, medium or heavy birds on the perch. The wrong bird or squirrel closes access to seed. Holding up to 15 lbs of birds favorite mixed seed, sunflower seeds, peanut halves or safflower, this extra large capacity requires less frequent filling. Stop birds from shoveling food out with the no waste seed saver baffle. Durable, chew-resistant green powder coated steel body with a zinc-plated steel hanger and black powder coated pole. Simply unlatch the squirrel resistant roof and lift for easy filling and cleaning, while seed level indicator window show when feeder is empty. The overhanging roof and hopper keeps the seed dry and protected from the elements and the all- steel body ensures it will withstand all types of weather and unwanted critters in your backyard for many seasons. Top locks down securely preventing squirrel access and when a squirrel steps onto the perch, a metal shield immediately covers the seed tray, shutting off the seed supply. Bird feeder is fully assembled, includes a steel hanging rod for hanging, and a 5 foot sectional pole kit with metal mounting bracket and ground socket for optional pole mounting. .\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: A GREAT feeder... ***UPDATED REVIEW***\\n\\nReview: ***UPDATE*** It appears that I can't change the actual 'star-rating' but having had this feeder for about six weeks, I'm upping my rating to 4 and a half stars.\\n\\nFor many years, I've used the \\\"tube-type\\\" feeders and though I liked them, I found they were somewhat of a pain to fill. There was always a lot of spilled seed, and removing the top was a multi-step process.\\n\\nOn this feeder, the roof is hinged and remains upright without having to hold it while it's being filled. Filling it requires no finesse --Open the top, dump in a car-wash-bucket-full of seed, close the top and you're done.\\n\\nThe squirrel-thing. Despite my initial disappointment (noted in the original review, below), it does appear that having increased the sensitivity on the perch has COMPLETELY discouraged the squirrels from attempting to get any bird seed. It took about two weeks from them to give up on the idea that they could get in --now they hang out on the ground waiting for sloppy birds to spray seed on them. (Which is fine by me, and will likely cut down on the amount of sprouting seedlings!)\\n\\nAll in all... a great feeder, and despite my initial doubts, I've come to like it quite a bit.\\n\\n*******************************\\nHERE IS THE ORIGINAL REVIEW....\\n\\nThe good:\\n - Fairly well constructed, with a big exception noted below, under \\\"the bad\\\" things about this feeder.\\n\\n - The hanger is well designed, and while I was concerned that it would quickly tilt, the three points of attachment (on each side) of the feeder keep it perfectly level.\\n\\n - The \\\"squirrel bar\\\" (that drops a barrier in front of the feeding holes) is adjustable. It can be shifted so that very little weight causes the bar to drop --helpful, as if in my case, the squirrels have figured out how to \\\"straddle\\\" the bar and the feeder so as to put as little weight as possible on the bar. Yes, apparently I have very smart squirrels! :)\\n\\nThe BAD -\\n - For the first several weeks, I had the feeder mounted on a pole. While my pole was perfectly vertical, the feeder seemed to be tilting further and further back every single day, to the point that I thought it would snap off the pole and fall to the ground. It turns out that the pole adapter (which is a metal plate that attaches to the bottom) is made of rather THIN METAL that quickly deformed and caused the feeder to tilt. (For the record, the mounting pole itself remained vertical the whole time.)\\n\\n - The \\\"squirrel-proof\\\" feature works in theory (and perhaps for \\\"developmentally challenged\\\" squirrels), but for my Mensa-level squirrels, they figured out how to put most of their weight on the feeder so as to prevent the bar from dropping down. (I'VE POSTED A PHOTO OF ONE OF THESE EINSTEIN/HAWKING SQUIRRELS IN THE PRODUCT PHOTOS, ABOVE.) I have since adjusted the bar to make it more weight sensitive, and it SEEMS to be working, but I suspect my squirrels are drawing up plans to overcome this new obstacle even as this is written!\\n\\n- Jonathan Sabin\",\n \"Product: Award-winning, high-quality fetch toy that gives your dog a giant cartoon tongue when he has the ball in his mouth! Its a ball! Its a tongue! Its Humunga Tongue! This huge, curly, cartoon tongue hanging out of your dogs mouth will crack up the entire hood. Great for a game of tongue o war, and of course, fetch. Hold it via the tongue to propel the ball farther, and to avoid the dreaded slobberball. Sure to make your pooch the star of the park. Speaking of which, the dogs of Bruce Springsteen, Liv Tyler, and Chevy Chase have been seen sporting Humunga Tongues! Stick out your tongue, and say, Awesome! Made of solid, non-toxic, natural rubber. This is a size Large ideal for Large to Largest Dogs 65 lbs and up.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Unless you have a toothless dog... stay away\\n\\nReview: I purchased this toy for our 60lb lab mix, and though he's enjoying playing with (what's left of) it, it's only taken him about 15 minutes to get it to this point: Shredded to pieces.\\n\\nBy my estimate, having paid around $15 for the thing, this is a $60/hour toy, as you would need four of them to last a full hour.\\n\\nAs an aside, I'm a little annoyed at the fancy \\\"boutique\\\" pet shop that sold it to me. It's one thing if I picked it up at Kmart or some other discount store where I would never expect the person who rings up the sale to alert me to the fact that I was buying a piece of crap...but in this case, I think it's incumbent upon the owner/operator who actually asked me what kind of dog we had, to be candid about just how delicate this item is. I'd be much more inclined to patronize his business if he had done so.\",\n \"Product: Strong quality pet waste bags. Very easy to open, each bag is marked at perforation for easy separation, no fumbling for where to tear the next bag. Guaranteed to be Leak-proof. Bags are Long and wide for easy pick up. Size: 12 1/2\\\" L x 8 1/2\\\" W. Each bag is carefully marked with the Downtown Pet Supply Trademark, the mark of the best bags on the market today.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: I'm DONE with newspaper bags\\n\\nReview: For many, many years, I've been saving the plastic bag the newspaper comes in to use as a bag to pick up after my dogs. And for many, many years, I've thought \\\"one of these days, I'm going to BUY bags.\\\"\\n\\nThis thought would usually come following a pickup-gone-bad. In other words, one of those mornings where I discovered that the newspaper bag actually had a few holes in it as a result of the newspaper sliding on the concrete driveway when it was delivered.\\n\\nI finally decided I would check on Amazon to see what kind of dog waste bags were available and settled on these. I figured that 700 bags would last close to a year (two dogs... do the math), but I didn't want to buy a larger supply as I wasn't sure where I was going to store all those rolls of bags.\\n\\nI shouldn't have worried. In fact, when my 700 bags arrived, I initially thought that they had screwed up the order, because I couldn't believe that there were THAT many bags in THAT small a box. But they really take up almost no room at all. (I HAVE POSTED PRODUCT PHOTOS SHOWING JUST HOW SMALL THESE BAG-ROLLS ARE.)\\n\\nDespite the small size of the rolls, each individual bag is more than ample in size. In fact, I have two dogs --a 60-pound border collie, and a 100-pound lab, and neither of them can \\\"produce\\\" anything that can't be cleanly picked up. And let's be honest. That IS the most important attribute of a dog-waste-bag. A CLEAN pick up. Because a \\\"dirty\\\" pickup with wreck your whole morning!\\n\\n- Jonathan Sabin\",\n \"Product: Keep your pet neatly groomed with the Oster A6 Cool Comfort Heavy Duty Pet Grooming Clippers. Combining a compact ergonomic design with a high-efficiency, precision-tuned, heavy-duty motor that runs at over 4,000 strokes per minute (SPM), these dog clippers feature an innovative drive system for an ultra-smooth, efficient cutting experience. These lightweight clippers weigh just 12.9 ounces and offer three speeds for ideal versatility. Specially designed faceplate keeps hair out while maintaining access to drive lever for easy maintenance, while vibration isolators centered around the motor help absorb vibration and noise for comfortable all-day grooming. The 12-foot power cord with pig-tail extension occupies minimal space on a power strip. Compatible with all Oster A5 detachable blades and guide combs, these heavy-duty clippers come with a detachable #10 CryogenX blade that is handcrafted from high-quality steel using a 12-step process. This results in a harder blade with a smooth-cut finish for enduring precision and performance.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: More than I'll ever need\\n\\nReview: I was going to title this review \\\"As good as it gets,\\\" but that implies that I know for a fact that their are no better clippers out there. And maybe there are...though it seems unlikely!\\n\\nBut for my needs, as someone who is not in the business to groom dogs, I feel comfortable stating that this superb device is all I'll ever need.\\n\\nOver the years I've purchased a handful of electric clippers to handle my occasional dog-grooming needs. I started out pretty cheap: little more than ten dollars at a discount store. The clippers were noisy (the dog hated it!) and didn't actually do a very good job at cutting hair. The last clippers I bought ran roughly $50 and did a decent job, but then I had the opportunity to try the OSTER A6 HEAVY DUTY PET CLIPPER via the Amazon Vine program and decided to see how much of a difference there would be.\\n\\nOne of the first things I noticed right out of the box was the ultra-long cord. At 12 feet, it's easily double the length of any of the clippers I've owned, and the extra six feet comes in quite handy. The other notable feature is that there is an AC adapter (the cord doesn't plug directly into a wall socket... like a telephone, there is an adapter plug.) I'm no electrician, but my understanding is that there are quite a few advantages to this setup, including cooler operation, lighter weight, reduced shock hazard and and even ease of replacement. (Apparently, the power supply on motorized devices is one of the first things to fail... since the power is supplied and converted before it reaches the device, if it 'blows' it is a fairly inexpensive item to replace.)\\n\\nIn use, the OSTER is quiet --a huge advantage for my dog, who despises the sound of almost anything motorized-- and very sharp. It comes with a single, high quality #10 blade that will cut the fur very short (if desired), but there are 16 other size blades available from the manufacturer. The blades themselves seem to run from about $25 to $40 or so.\\n\\nAll in all, a five-star product--though probably more than an occasional home-groomer will ever need.\\n\\n- Jonathan Sabin\",\n \"Product: The MB572 Motion-Sensing Light-Sensing Battery Powered LED Path Light 2-Pack is part of the Mr. Beams line of intelligent wireless LED lights. These lights are the perfect lighting solution for sidewalks, steps, yards, porches, gardens and more. Each MB572 uses the best LEDs on the market to put out 35 Lumens of bright white light, covering over 120-Square Feet. The stair lights instantly turn on when motion is detected after dark, and can detect motion from as far as 12-Feet away, with 180-Degree of motion. Auto Shut-Off deactivates lights after 20 seconds or 60 seconds of no motion detection, conserving battery life. The bright LEDs never needs replacing and are so efficient that you will get more than 5000 activations from each light on one set of batteries. Attach anywhere, inside or outside the home using screws or mount by driving stakes into the ground, both included. Tight seals and weather resistant materials allow a Mr. Beams Spotlight to work in all weather conditions. MB572 includes 2 MB520 Motion-Sensing Light Sensing Battery Powered LED Stair Lights 4 screws, 2 stakes, 2 stake brackets and a user manual. 6 C-Cell Batteries Not Included\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Handy lights serve their purpose well\\n\\nReview: I received a two pack of Mr. Beams MB572 Battery Powered Motion Sensing LED Path Lights as part of the Amazon \\\"Vine\\\" promotion, and though I have every corner of my home wired with a high quality, motion-sensing flood light, the one \\\"dark\\\" spot was right by our front door.\\n\\nI don't really like the idea of \\\"leaving the porch light on\\\" 24/7, and I hadn't really considered the front door when we put in 8 sets of flood lights when building the house 14 years ago.\\n\\nI saw the MR. BEAMS lights and decided it was worth a shot.\\n\\nEach battery-powered light sits in a plastic housing that nests in a holder with a short shaft at the bottom. A spiked ground stake is also included for each light... the stake slides onto the cylindrical shaft at the bottom of the holder.\\n\\nBefore inserting the 3 \\\"C\\\" cell batteries, you should decide whether you want the light to remain on for either 20 seconds *OR* 5 minutes when activated. (This is not a sliding scale, it's one or the other. I think it would have been helpful to have more options, but it would no doubt increase the cost.)\\n\\nThe lights activate when someone (or something) approaches within 12 feet or so. I've found this to be fairly accurate. Because they also have a photocell built in, they will not turn on during the daylight hours... obviously, this will conserve battery life.\\n\\nI mounted one light in the ground using the supplied stake mount near my front entrance in a way that it will only turn on if someone actually comes up to the front door. The other light, I mounted above the door itself. It casts a modestly-bright light on anyone standing by the door... and furthermore, to anyone who doesn't know any better, it looks a little like it might contain some sort of webcam. Needless to say, I have no problem whatsoever with a stranger coming up to my door late at night MISTAKENLY thinking he's already had his picture taken!\\n\\nI can't say much for durability (or battery life) just yet... the lights have only been in place for a few weeks. One is subject to the elements and will be the \\\"true\\\" test. The other light, mounted above the door is completely protected from the weather, so my guess is that it may last longer.\\n\\nAll in all, I'd say it's a pretty good product. Certainly, it'll save a lot of time and money over having an electrician come and wire up a security light.\\n\\n- Jonathan Sabin\",\n \"Product: Charlotte's Story: A Florida Keys Diary 1934 & 1935 [Paperback] Charlotte Arpin Niedhauk Charlotte Arpin Niedhauk (Author)\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A trip back in time\\n\\nReview: I took my first trip to the Florida Keys with my parents in 1976 when I was a teenager. We drove down from the Tampa Bay area (where we had recently relocated from New York), and even then, it seemed as if we were turning back the clock.\\n\\nOf course, to a 15-year-old, you can only turn the clock back so far!\\n\\nBut still, the Keys had a laid-back appeal, and it was obvious that this was NOT New York or Miami!\\n\\nCharlotte Arpin Niedhauk was there some 40-odd years before my parents and I ventured down the Overseas Highway in a '74 Plymouth Valiant with cold a/c. In fact, the Key that SHE settled on with her husband Russ in the 1930s was not (and to this day, still isn't) connected to any other landmass. Elliott Key may be considered part of the Florida Keys, but it's accessible only by boat.\\n\\nCHARLOTTE'S STORY is a memoir of her time spent on Elliott Key with Russ; ostensibly to oversee, maintain, and harvest a grove of lime trees. This was no \\\"South Florida Resort.\\\" This wasn't even camping. Spending a WEEK on Elliott Key, let alone a couple of years, was not an adventure for wimps. Or the uninformed.\\n\\nAnd about that... as much as I enjoyed the story, there was an aspect of CHARLOTTE'S STORY that bothered me somewhat (though I recognize it was more than likely a reflection of the times): Charlotte's husband Russ appears to have been an expert on EVERYTHING. Nothing couldn't be fixed. No variety of driftwood could wash ashore without him knowing what it was, or knowing what it could be used for. Every fish swimming in the waters around them was known to him, and of course, he knew which were edible, and had recipes for every one. The guy seemed like he could have taught a doctorate level class for survivalists.\\n\\nThe flip side of this coin was Charlotte. She writes about him with love and adulation, and it's pretty clear that she was one \\\"tough cookie\\\" herself as there was virtually nothing that she couldn't do. Yet over and over again, Russ would belittle her lack of abilities, knowledge, or cooking skills.\\n\\nAs I read some of these passages, I was thinking to myself \\\"are you crazy?! You could not have brought a woman who was more open to adventure, and adaptable to an incredibly inhospitable environment, and you're treating her like she's some kind of whining prima donna.\\\"\\n\\nBut again. Who am I to question how they interacted? It's pretty clear that she was fine with it, and indeed, after they ended up leaving Elliott Key following the infamous 1935 hurricane (which killed hundreds of people in the Keys all around them), they went on (together) to live long and still-pretty-interesting lives.\\n\\nIt's definitely a fascinating trip back in time.\\n\\n- Jonathan Sabin\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":16,"string":"16"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1981,"string":"1,981"}}},{"rowIdx":1982,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A260HPXUTLD8VV"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"1.0\" for a product with description \"Every $25 spent, takes $5 off!\n15% Student Discount.\n\nObvious Shelf Wear.\". The summary of the review text is \"And I Could Have Had A V-8!\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"If there is one movie that is worse than the \"Texas Chainsaw Massacre\" then this has to be it. A story of a scheming woman who intentionally sleeps with her \"best friend's\" (Tara) husband on the day of Tara's wedding and then doesn't have the sesne to keep quiet about it in revenge for Tara's crime of being born in a higher caste than she. Maya gets everyhting she deserves as everyone else is left cleaning up the mess that she creeated. One of the central ideas of the film is that if a lady isn't aware of the \"Kama Sutra\" then she'll never be able to keep a man, which is as silly as cooking bricks. The guru who supposedly teaches this art to her young pupils is so stupid that she can't even seem to tell the difference between love and sex, but is nevertheless portrayed as being a \"wise\" woman. The scenery is OK, but far outdoes the plot and the acting. Save your money. If you want real porno, try some X-rated stuff, and if you want a better story, try the daytime soap-operas."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"If there is one movie that is worse than the \"Texas Chainsaw Massacre\" then this has to be it. A story of a scheming woman who intentionally sleeps with her \"best friend's\" (Tara) husband on the day of Tara's wedding and then doesn't have the sesne to keep quiet about it in revenge for Tara's crime of being born in a higher caste than she. Maya gets everyhting she deserves as everyone else is left cleaning up the mess that she creeated. One of the central ideas of the film is that if a lady isn't aware of the \"Kama Sutra\" then she'll never be able to keep a man, which is as silly as cooking bricks. The guru who supposedly teaches this art to her young pupils is so stupid that she can't even seem to tell the difference between love and sex, but is nevertheless portrayed as being a \"wise\" woman. The scenery is OK, but far outdoes the plot and the acting. Save your money. If you want real porno, try some X-rated stuff, and if you want a better story, try the daytime soap-operas."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2 takes ease of use, reliability, and security to the next level. New GNOME 1.4 with the Nautilus file manager provides a cleaner, more intuitive interface, while graphical tools make administration easy. Updates from Red Hat Network keep systems current and secure. With expanded device support, security, and tools, Red Hat Linux 7.2 is the Linux standard built for technical workstations. Red Hat Linux 7.2 gives you a complete version of StarOffice 5.2 and Loki game demos. Basic Red Hat services are included to help users get started.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The Best There Is\n\nReview: I just recently installed this distro on my box at work and again on my home box and I couldn't be happier. Installation took about 40 minutes, and was the easiest that I have ever seen. When I started out with Linux, I decided to use Caldera's eDesktop 2.4, and was pleased with it, but RH 7.2 makes it seem quite old-fashioned and out of date. Unlike with OpenLinux, RH 7.2 got my sound card to work as soon as it was installed, and the X Windows system was configured practically automatically, unlike with Caldera, where I had to play around with XF86Setup and lizardx quite a bit. I even managed to get a higher resolution than I have with my Windows ME OS, which resides on a separate partition at home. The default boot loader, GRUB, worked so well with both OS's that I uninstalled Partition Magic as I felt that I did not need it anymore. For the people who are not overly fond of the command line, this is a perfect distro, as pretty much everything that you can do with the command line, you can also do with the GUI tools that are provided with this distro. Although an experienced Linux user, I did not even have to read any of the instructions prior to installing and all of my hardware (except for my WinModem) was detected at startup. My old trusty Rockwell hardware modem works fine with it though. The KDE 2 desktop is clean and crisp, Konqueror works as fine on the Web as it does on local files and KOffice has all the productivity tools that anyone could want, and behind it all are the tools that any old UNIX user will find necessary in a server. The only things that I actually had to configure was my Internet connexion (and even that was done mainly through GUI tools) and import my config files to get my shell and rc commands for some apps to get them working the way I wanted them to. On my web servers at work, the web services were extrememly easy to configure and have been running fine ever since I upgraded. So far this is the best version of Linux that I have ever come across and will be using it from now on.","Product: In 16th-century Prague, a Jewish rabbi creates a giant creature from clay, called the Golem, and using sorcery, brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: One of the Best\n\nReview: The cinematography in this movie is STUNNING. One feels as though one were a captive in an alternate dimension of reality; an almost Lovecraftian world where the very geometry of the buildings seems to writhe and come to life. The atmosphere of Budapest in the Middle Ages seems to be captured perfectly. After the Jews being ousted from the town by royal decree, the leader of the Jewish community crafts the Golem out of clay and brings him to life in a black magical ceremony (interesting to note that among the crimes accused of the Jews in the edict, one was witchcraft). The Golem then is brought before the king and results in the Jews being allowed to remain. But the Golem falls in love(!) with a young lady and runs amok. The story is a classic and there is a considerable amount of drama here, but the real gem of this movie are the incredible visuals and the atmosphere. One of the greatest expressionist classics ever made. Far superior to \"Caligari\" in my opinion.","Product: Fritz Lang's Expressionistic masterwork continues to exert its influence today, from Chaplin's Modern Times to Dr. Strangelove, and into the late 1990s with Dark City. In the stratified society of the future (Y2K no less), the son o\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The Shape of Things To Come?\n\nReview: Metropolis is one of may all-time favourite movies. The plot concerns a man, Freder Fredersen, who is the son of the mastermind behind an ultramodern city. The city is completely mechanised but is supported by a mass of workers who operate the machines that keep the city alive and who live underground (a little improbable but literalism isn't always important in expressionistic films). Freder is unaware of the underground workers until a daughter of one of the slaves comes above ground and Freder sees her. He is struck with compassion for these people and asks his father about them, who, as the leader of the city, is happy for things to remain as they are. The master of Metropolis consults with Rotwang, a mad scientist of sorts (the allusion to the evil magician is only slightly masked), who comes up with a robot that when mass produced, will ultimately replace all of the humans below, making the city completely automated. The robot is made in the likeness of the young woman and sows the seeds of sedition, which casues the workers below to destroy all of the machines, and thus ruining the city. A truce is reached at the end. The cinematography of this move is stunning, the acting is beautiful and the message is even more real today than it was when the movie was made in 1926. The idea of a fully automated society in which machines are more important thatn human beings seems all to real today, whereas it was only a distant fabtasy in the twenties. While the literal torture that the workers lived in seems out of place now, the possibility of total mechanisation still remains a fearful spectre. A very disturbing, but very rewarding film.","Product: Factory Sealed Polygram Records 116.00 Minute VHS Tape in Black Clam Shell Case\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Verdi's Adaptian of Hugo's Story\n\nReview: This is an excellent performance of Verdi's \"Rigoletto\" based upon Vicor Hugo's \"L'Roi S'Amuse (The King Amuses Himself) and is one of his finest operas. From start of finish this is a masterpiece. All the singers are well-polished and highly convincing. Ingvar Wixell's portrayal of the deformed court jester Rigoletto (renamed from Hugo's \"Triboletto\") in the court of Mantua was the best that I have ever seen. Pavarotti, who plays the Duke himself, is in top form as always (although such a pudgy Don Juan may seem slightly out-of-place, his acting is superb), and Edita Gruberova does as astounding job as Gilda, Rigoletto's daughter. The settings look genuine, the music is excellent and Wixell truly manages to capture the pain and humiliation of a man forced into being a fool by his deformities and social position. The history of the opera makes for an interesting study in censorship as well. Hugo himself preferred this opera to his own story that it was based on! The quartet at the end is partuclalry memorable and the murderer was so scuzzy and grungy looking that he was almost comical, although his deep bass was beautiful. Finely acted, visually appealing and great music. What more could one ask for?","Product: \"This edition is a pleasure both to handle...and to look at....the new Cambridge third edition issues a most inviting and stimulating welcome to everyone to begin the study of Latin and the ancient world.\" Anne Shaw, Classical World\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Easy, But Leave One Ill Prepared\n\nReview: This was one of the texts that were used in my freshman Latin courses at college. I found the first book to be very easy, almost ridiculously so, but appropriate for beginners of any age. There is little emphasis on grammar, with vocabulary and intuitive understanding of the language given greater importance. This makes the course move along more quickly and makes it much more fun, but it caused me problems later on when I began to move to advanced Latin. This book makes the Latin language look quite easy, and it ISN'T! The five declensions are really not covered in nearly enough detail and the lack of emphasis on grammar makes future Latin courses much more difficult than they would if one started out with a more soild introduction. Fun, easy, but it doesn't prepare one well for additional study. The skits were quite amusing, however, and a great deal of information of Roman culture was included. Might be better for elementary school students ot those who have no experience at reading classical Latin rather than college students or those who have had such courses in elementary or high school.","Product: excerpt\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Inkeles At His Best\n\nReview: This is one of the better massage manuals that I have been fortunate enough to get hold of. While not quite equal to the author's \"The New Sensual Massage\", it is nevertheless an important addition to any amateur masseuse's library. The massage type that this book primarily deals with is SENSUAL massage -- a type massage that concentrates on relaxing the body and releiving tensions (excellent fot hose of us who work in high-stress jobs, by the way) -- NOT erotic or therapeutic massage. Erotic massage is touched on, albeit very briefly, but the focus of the book is on relaxing sensual massage. The reading style is quick and easy, and the photographs (explicit, but tasteful) aid one in doing the exercises. This is really an exquisite feast for the senses!","Product: Book by Griffiths, Bede\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: One of the World's Greatest Spiritual Autoiographies\n\nReview: This book is a very truthful look at one man's struggle to find the meaning of life. It is a fascinating look at a very complicated and sensitive individual. He describes his spiritual journey from agnostic to Roman Catholic monk in candid detail. He details his early agnsoticim, his epiphany during his final year at Oxford, his friendship with C.S. Lewis, his Waldenesque experiment. his pantheistic pagan nature worship along with the poets who he was inlfuenced by and finally his discovery of the orthodox Christian tradition, rebellion against rationality and journey to India. Griffiths reveals himself to be an unusually ecumenical man, finding wisdom in the Gita, Dhammapada and Dao de King as well as the gospels. he makes no attempt to gloss over the inconsistencies in the gospels, but intimates how they echoed the things that he had come to believe independently of the Bible. The main fault of the book was that his eventual conversion to orthodoxy seemed to be somewhat improbable -- we are still left wondering how it is that such a man was eventually able to reconcile the butchery and savagery in so much of the Bible as well as much of the moral corruption with the mystical god that he claims to have known. he also identified the Catholic church with the \"mystical body of Christ\" (Hooker) but fails to reconcile this with the church's history as one of the most brutal and repressive institutions in western history. He mentions that the 12th century was the height of human intellect and creativity, that Giotto and the medeival thinkers and artists were far superior to those of the renaissance (which he absurdly regards as the \"beginning of the decline\" of human acheivement) without giving a very good notion as to why he thinks this. The problem of his conversion was really still a mystery after I had finished the book -- it just didn't seem to fit somehow. Readers may do well to keep in mind that this book was written while he was in his late 40's and that he still had not assimilated the wisdom that he was to learn in his 40+ years in India -- this book, therefore, is a rather immature work, but is essential readers for all interested in modern religion, mysticism or comparative religion. I personally found this book of more value than Augustine's \"Confessions\". I think you will too."],"string":"[\n \"Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2 takes ease of use, reliability, and security to the next level. New GNOME 1.4 with the Nautilus file manager provides a cleaner, more intuitive interface, while graphical tools make administration easy. Updates from Red Hat Network keep systems current and secure. With expanded device support, security, and tools, Red Hat Linux 7.2 is the Linux standard built for technical workstations. Red Hat Linux 7.2 gives you a complete version of StarOffice 5.2 and Loki game demos. Basic Red Hat services are included to help users get started.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The Best There Is\\n\\nReview: I just recently installed this distro on my box at work and again on my home box and I couldn't be happier. Installation took about 40 minutes, and was the easiest that I have ever seen. When I started out with Linux, I decided to use Caldera's eDesktop 2.4, and was pleased with it, but RH 7.2 makes it seem quite old-fashioned and out of date. Unlike with OpenLinux, RH 7.2 got my sound card to work as soon as it was installed, and the X Windows system was configured practically automatically, unlike with Caldera, where I had to play around with XF86Setup and lizardx quite a bit. I even managed to get a higher resolution than I have with my Windows ME OS, which resides on a separate partition at home. The default boot loader, GRUB, worked so well with both OS's that I uninstalled Partition Magic as I felt that I did not need it anymore. For the people who are not overly fond of the command line, this is a perfect distro, as pretty much everything that you can do with the command line, you can also do with the GUI tools that are provided with this distro. Although an experienced Linux user, I did not even have to read any of the instructions prior to installing and all of my hardware (except for my WinModem) was detected at startup. My old trusty Rockwell hardware modem works fine with it though. The KDE 2 desktop is clean and crisp, Konqueror works as fine on the Web as it does on local files and KOffice has all the productivity tools that anyone could want, and behind it all are the tools that any old UNIX user will find necessary in a server. The only things that I actually had to configure was my Internet connexion (and even that was done mainly through GUI tools) and import my config files to get my shell and rc commands for some apps to get them working the way I wanted them to. On my web servers at work, the web services were extrememly easy to configure and have been running fine ever since I upgraded. So far this is the best version of Linux that I have ever come across and will be using it from now on.\",\n \"Product: In 16th-century Prague, a Jewish rabbi creates a giant creature from clay, called the Golem, and using sorcery, brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: One of the Best\\n\\nReview: The cinematography in this movie is STUNNING. One feels as though one were a captive in an alternate dimension of reality; an almost Lovecraftian world where the very geometry of the buildings seems to writhe and come to life. The atmosphere of Budapest in the Middle Ages seems to be captured perfectly. After the Jews being ousted from the town by royal decree, the leader of the Jewish community crafts the Golem out of clay and brings him to life in a black magical ceremony (interesting to note that among the crimes accused of the Jews in the edict, one was witchcraft). The Golem then is brought before the king and results in the Jews being allowed to remain. But the Golem falls in love(!) with a young lady and runs amok. The story is a classic and there is a considerable amount of drama here, but the real gem of this movie are the incredible visuals and the atmosphere. One of the greatest expressionist classics ever made. Far superior to \\\"Caligari\\\" in my opinion.\",\n \"Product: Fritz Lang's Expressionistic masterwork continues to exert its influence today, from Chaplin's Modern Times to Dr. Strangelove, and into the late 1990s with Dark City. In the stratified society of the future (Y2K no less), the son o\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The Shape of Things To Come?\\n\\nReview: Metropolis is one of may all-time favourite movies. The plot concerns a man, Freder Fredersen, who is the son of the mastermind behind an ultramodern city. The city is completely mechanised but is supported by a mass of workers who operate the machines that keep the city alive and who live underground (a little improbable but literalism isn't always important in expressionistic films). Freder is unaware of the underground workers until a daughter of one of the slaves comes above ground and Freder sees her. He is struck with compassion for these people and asks his father about them, who, as the leader of the city, is happy for things to remain as they are. The master of Metropolis consults with Rotwang, a mad scientist of sorts (the allusion to the evil magician is only slightly masked), who comes up with a robot that when mass produced, will ultimately replace all of the humans below, making the city completely automated. The robot is made in the likeness of the young woman and sows the seeds of sedition, which casues the workers below to destroy all of the machines, and thus ruining the city. A truce is reached at the end. The cinematography of this move is stunning, the acting is beautiful and the message is even more real today than it was when the movie was made in 1926. The idea of a fully automated society in which machines are more important thatn human beings seems all to real today, whereas it was only a distant fabtasy in the twenties. While the literal torture that the workers lived in seems out of place now, the possibility of total mechanisation still remains a fearful spectre. A very disturbing, but very rewarding film.\",\n \"Product: Factory Sealed Polygram Records 116.00 Minute VHS Tape in Black Clam Shell Case\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Verdi's Adaptian of Hugo's Story\\n\\nReview: This is an excellent performance of Verdi's \\\"Rigoletto\\\" based upon Vicor Hugo's \\\"L'Roi S'Amuse (The King Amuses Himself) and is one of his finest operas. From start of finish this is a masterpiece. All the singers are well-polished and highly convincing. Ingvar Wixell's portrayal of the deformed court jester Rigoletto (renamed from Hugo's \\\"Triboletto\\\") in the court of Mantua was the best that I have ever seen. Pavarotti, who plays the Duke himself, is in top form as always (although such a pudgy Don Juan may seem slightly out-of-place, his acting is superb), and Edita Gruberova does as astounding job as Gilda, Rigoletto's daughter. The settings look genuine, the music is excellent and Wixell truly manages to capture the pain and humiliation of a man forced into being a fool by his deformities and social position. The history of the opera makes for an interesting study in censorship as well. Hugo himself preferred this opera to his own story that it was based on! The quartet at the end is partuclalry memorable and the murderer was so scuzzy and grungy looking that he was almost comical, although his deep bass was beautiful. Finely acted, visually appealing and great music. What more could one ask for?\",\n \"Product: \\\"This edition is a pleasure both to handle...and to look at....the new Cambridge third edition issues a most inviting and stimulating welcome to everyone to begin the study of Latin and the ancient world.\\\" Anne Shaw, Classical World\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Easy, But Leave One Ill Prepared\\n\\nReview: This was one of the texts that were used in my freshman Latin courses at college. I found the first book to be very easy, almost ridiculously so, but appropriate for beginners of any age. There is little emphasis on grammar, with vocabulary and intuitive understanding of the language given greater importance. This makes the course move along more quickly and makes it much more fun, but it caused me problems later on when I began to move to advanced Latin. This book makes the Latin language look quite easy, and it ISN'T! The five declensions are really not covered in nearly enough detail and the lack of emphasis on grammar makes future Latin courses much more difficult than they would if one started out with a more soild introduction. Fun, easy, but it doesn't prepare one well for additional study. The skits were quite amusing, however, and a great deal of information of Roman culture was included. Might be better for elementary school students ot those who have no experience at reading classical Latin rather than college students or those who have had such courses in elementary or high school.\",\n \"Product: excerpt\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Inkeles At His Best\\n\\nReview: This is one of the better massage manuals that I have been fortunate enough to get hold of. While not quite equal to the author's \\\"The New Sensual Massage\\\", it is nevertheless an important addition to any amateur masseuse's library. The massage type that this book primarily deals with is SENSUAL massage -- a type massage that concentrates on relaxing the body and releiving tensions (excellent fot hose of us who work in high-stress jobs, by the way) -- NOT erotic or therapeutic massage. Erotic massage is touched on, albeit very briefly, but the focus of the book is on relaxing sensual massage. The reading style is quick and easy, and the photographs (explicit, but tasteful) aid one in doing the exercises. This is really an exquisite feast for the senses!\",\n \"Product: Book by Griffiths, Bede\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: One of the World's Greatest Spiritual Autoiographies\\n\\nReview: This book is a very truthful look at one man's struggle to find the meaning of life. It is a fascinating look at a very complicated and sensitive individual. He describes his spiritual journey from agnostic to Roman Catholic monk in candid detail. He details his early agnsoticim, his epiphany during his final year at Oxford, his friendship with C.S. Lewis, his Waldenesque experiment. his pantheistic pagan nature worship along with the poets who he was inlfuenced by and finally his discovery of the orthodox Christian tradition, rebellion against rationality and journey to India. Griffiths reveals himself to be an unusually ecumenical man, finding wisdom in the Gita, Dhammapada and Dao de King as well as the gospels. he makes no attempt to gloss over the inconsistencies in the gospels, but intimates how they echoed the things that he had come to believe independently of the Bible. The main fault of the book was that his eventual conversion to orthodoxy seemed to be somewhat improbable -- we are still left wondering how it is that such a man was eventually able to reconcile the butchery and savagery in so much of the Bible as well as much of the moral corruption with the mystical god that he claims to have known. he also identified the Catholic church with the \\\"mystical body of Christ\\\" (Hooker) but fails to reconcile this with the church's history as one of the most brutal and repressive institutions in western history. He mentions that the 12th century was the height of human intellect and creativity, that Giotto and the medeival thinkers and artists were far superior to those of the renaissance (which he absurdly regards as the \\\"beginning of the decline\\\" of human acheivement) without giving a very good notion as to why he thinks this. The problem of his conversion was really still a mystery after I had finished the book -- it just didn't seem to fit somehow. Readers may do well to keep in mind that this book was written while he was in his late 40's and that he still had not assimilated the wisdom that he was to learn in his 40+ years in India -- this book, therefore, is a rather immature work, but is essential readers for all interested in modern religion, mysticism or comparative religion. I personally found this book of more value than Augustine's \\\"Confessions\\\". I think you will too.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":7,"string":"7"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1982,"string":"1,982"}}},{"rowIdx":1983,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A2ACUB2881HW0X"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"4.0\" for a product with description \"Drawn to the spectacular south of France to research the late composer Henry Ryman, music student Susan Roberts (Stefanie Powers) encounters his son, drug-addicted Georges (James Olson) and his eccentric family. Investigating the haunting strains of an unfinished Ryman concerto leads Susan to discover an empty piano... and a brutally savaged mannequin! Georges tells her she's the lookalike of his lost love. But Susan may not be the only one at the villa with an eerie doppelgnger. Famous for their gory horror tales, British studio Hammer Films shows a subtler side with this romantic, atmospheric thriller, available here in its Unedited International Version.\". The summary of the review text is \"Fine suspense/thriller from Hammer studios circa 1972\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Fairly early on I was able to deduce a couple of scenarios that would explain the events happening in this increasingly implausible but highly entertaining , retro viewership fun and very unusual film . By no means was I fully correct though and , as a Hammer enthusiast , the journey was the point and ownership was the outcome .\nWith fully 35 minutes to go while watching Crescendo (via Warner Archive) I found myself looking up yet again and hooking up with this now (7-20-14) very reasonably priced copy of a Hammer essential .\nJoss Ackland (The House That Dripped Blood , Lethal Weapon 2 , Rasputin : The Mad Monk) part of the film's micro cast , Is an actor I've not seen often but always enjoyed greatly . He's grand here as seemingly always . A unique looking , sort of jowly fellow with a great countenance and real screen presence .\nJames Olson (Andromeda Strain) was an actor's actor to me . Increasingly , as I've grown older , I discover new Olsen performances that knock me out . This one included . He's outstanding here .\nStefanie Powers (Hart To Hart) is fetching and terrific as the film's female protagonist and does excellent work in a difficult role .\nBoth other players , Margaretta Scott (as Olson's character's mother) and Jane Lapotaire are superb as well .\nYou'll no doubt have noticed that I've elected to tell you virtually nothing of the film itself . Others do that better than I to be certain . Additionally , I favor discovery through desire . Seek it out for the thriller it is , if inclined . Enjoy the locations , sets , phonographs , reel to reel , namesake musical score(s) and all the early 70's trappings it will delight your senses with as part and parcel of discovery . See the Eccentric Cinema review for further insights ."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Fairly early on I was able to deduce a couple of scenarios that would explain the events happening in this increasingly implausible but highly entertaining , retro viewership fun and very unusual film . By no means was I fully correct though and , as a Hammer enthusiast , the journey was the point and ownership was the outcome .\nWith fully 35 minutes to go while watching Crescendo (via Warner Archive) I found myself looking up yet again and hooking up with this now (7-20-14) very reasonably priced copy of a Hammer essential .\nJoss Ackland (The House That Dripped Blood , Lethal Weapon 2 , Rasputin : The Mad Monk) part of the film's micro cast , Is an actor I've not seen often but always enjoyed greatly . He's grand here as seemingly always . A unique looking , sort of jowly fellow with a great countenance and real screen presence .\nJames Olson (Andromeda Strain) was an actor's actor to me . Increasingly , as I've grown older , I discover new Olsen performances that knock me out . This one included . He's outstanding here .\nStefanie Powers (Hart To Hart) is fetching and terrific as the film's female protagonist and does excellent work in a difficult role .\nBoth other players , Margaretta Scott (as Olson's character's mother) and Jane Lapotaire are superb as well .\nYou'll no doubt have noticed that I've elected to tell you virtually nothing of the film itself . Others do that better than I to be certain . Additionally , I favor discovery through desire . Seek it out for the thriller it is , if inclined . Enjoy the locations , sets , phonographs , reel to reel , namesake musical score(s) and all the early 70's trappings it will delight your senses with as part and parcel of discovery . See the Eccentric Cinema review for further insights ."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: Five Years Later is an album by guitarists John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label.[1]\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Favor it over Sargasso Sea\n\nReview: Much as i'm fond of Sargasso Sea , my ear was bent owing to numerous listens to this follow up project over several days . Starting lovely enough with both Ralph and John on acoustic guitars , the first song also has a very discreet underpinning of john's super judiciously treated electric .\nThis gives way to a very pretty all acoustic number with it's primary themes played in precision unison . The duel acoustics may remind many of Friday Night In San Francisco courtesy of several \"other\" like minded acoustic masters .\nThen things really start to get interesting . I'm an enormous fan of both musicians and have heard a great deal of their work (solo and otherwise) . I've never heard Ralph play his guitar as percussively as he will begin to going forward . Laying a lengthy bed here for John to skitter over on modestly amplified guitar as a stone across a crystal water . Both musicians do rhythmic things in order to complement the other fellow's playing that are deeply rewarding and advanced .\nI posit that this is , indeed , the preferential meeting of the five years in question . It's at least as desirable . Check it \"in\" .","Product: Dracula a.D. 1972 [VHS] [VHS Tape] [1972]\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: 1/2 mod , 1/2 goth , ALL fun and scary too\n\nReview: All the action that takes place in and around the Church and Churchyard and the fairly brief Gothic era intro to this fun and exciting picture , I'd characterize as \"goth\" (admittedly I'm no authority) . That's a pretty good share and includes more than just Christopher Lee in it's descriptive parameters .\nAn attractive , intelligent and solid set of young actors and actresses guides us on our transition into a fascinating , hip and groovy snapshot of modern London circa 1972 . Led (both literally and figuratively) by a handsome but menacing looking young fellow portrayed by Christopher Neame . Mr. Neame , like Mr. Cushing (Peter) , portrays his character both in olden times and new as a descendant . The young actor goes all in and truly relishes his dark hearted , ill intentioned character .\nLikewise , Peter Cushing is , well , Peter Cushing . Born in 1913 , Peter is 58 or 59 years of age here and looks and performs wonderfully .\nNever the slouch , Christopher Lee gets into character and does not disappoint .\nTo my eyes , this admittedly dated (I love it) and somewhat flawed horror film is preferential to about 90 + percent of what is currently regarded as scary now . Good direction , swell photography retro fun and thrills . Subtitles in English , French and Spanish . 96 minutes","Product: Original vhs release in hard plastic case from 1984.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: I've revisited this \"dusky jewel\" twice in the last six months\n\nReview: Thank's to \"streaming\" , i've been able to watch this \"sputtering\" gem , starring the one and only DAKTARI , Marshall Thompson , a couple of times in fairly rapid succession now . This film made a BIG impression on my young mind when i first saw it on television . Similar to THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE , FEIND WITHOUT A FACE , saved the best (and oh , what a best) for it' final ten to twelve minutes or so . Who can forget the creature in the closet in TBTWD , tearing the doctor's arm off . The Doc stammering along the wall and leaving a lengthy snail trail of BLOOD for all us young people to marvel at . You'll get similar goods here , circa 1958 . Enjoy . They'll NEVER remake this one because it can't be equaled , let alone improved upon . FANtastic .","Product: The infant daughter of Jack the Ripper is witness to the brutal murder of her mother by her father. Fifteen years later she is a troubled young woman who is seemingly possessed by the spirit of her father. While in a trance she continues his murderous killing spree but has no recollection of the events afterwards. A sympathetic psychiatrist takes her in and is convinced he can cure her condition. Soon, however, he regrets his decision.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: BD image and features a 5 . Film a 3 .\n\nReview: The print and it's Blu-ray representation here prompted me to put several Hammer horror Blu-ray titles that I already own on DVD in my wish list in a hurry . That's some of the very good news . I'd acquired several other similar titles on Blu including Twins Of Evil and Vampire Circus as well as the Amicus film Horror Express . I had not visited these films on Blu-ray yet as I'd seen them (at least once) and now own them . Having tried to watch this particular picture via streaming and having jumped ship about half way through , I didn't fancy myself a candidate for ownership . Ultimately , I'm a Hammer cat though and finally relented owing to all the favorable reviews here , on the internet and in a couple of quarterly publications I receive . I'm glad I did . As to the film itself , that's subjective . I \"liked\" it but was not blown away . To each their own . Again though , prior to owning and seeing this set , I considered it silly (for myself) to upgrade any Hammer title I own on DVD to Blu-ray . That changed dramatically within about thirty minutes of so . Very impressed indeed and the features are fascinating .","Product: Video Cassette Tape\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: colorful , well cast , literate\n\nReview: Streamed this fun and interesting seafaring adventure . Honestly , what's not to like ? James Mason was born to play smart , authoritative leaders . The predictable but erudite rich script and it's dialog provide James ample opportunity to do his thing . Well . If i had to select a leading man of the era (50's) who best exemplified the finest qualities of an Amarican , Alan Ladd would certainly make that short list . Although set in the 1780's/90's , his laconic , integrity exuding confidence has the SHANE appeal this film needs . You'll see some familiar faces and some good sets . Averaging 2 and 1/2 out of 4 stars from a couple of different synoptic film guides (including Leonard's) , you may find yourself being more forgiving of this 1953 semi-gem than the critics . After all , they've got their contemporaries looking over their shoulders and into their books . Quite good ancillary characters as well . Fun .","Product: like new\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Am an Amicus and Hammer completist\n\nReview: Until some months ago , when i streamed this fun little anthology , i had forgotten it even existed . I LOVE all the horror anthology pictures made by both Amicus and Hammer studios . Agreed , some are better than others and several titles have quite modest charms to recommend them . With this release , the United States has only the wonderful DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS yet to be released on dvd/bd in our region 1 format . These various films are seldom actually very scary by today's standards . They have history , assorted constaints , casts , writers , directors and so forth distilled into each delightful time capsule though . If retro horror fun IS your cup of tea ?","Product: Beast Must Die! (VHS)\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Packaging won't tell you but this has lovely medium sized subtitles at the screen's bottom\n\nReview: If you want them , just click SUBTITLES on your remote control and they're there . As far as the film itself goes , i'll defer to a 2004 copy of Leonard maltin's movie and video guide . *** out of **** stars . \"New twists on the old werewolf theme make the difference\" and \"Millionaire sportsman Lockhart invites guests to his electronically bugged mansion , knowing one of them is a werewolf\" adding \"Lockhart is overly mannered , while Cushing gains sympathy in his usual guiet but effective way\" . This sort of thing is my bag and i love the cast , so ***** out of ***** stars . Enjoy . I'm just glad i've got my copy . FUN .","Product: VHS Tape\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: For those who love quality retro horror\n\nReview: I've been revisiting these Dracula vampire films in reverse order of release recently . A while back I streamed The Satanic Rites Of Dracula over at Warner Archive Instant . That was like my third viewing of that picture and prompted my reverse viewing notion . Having delighted in the many charms of my second viewing of Dracula A.D. 1972 on physical media , I arrived here eager and excited . I have the great good fortune to own the Anchor Bay double disc version of Scars Of Dracula and upon this eve's second viewing am thrilled to report that the film and print are grand indeed .\nOne of the things i really enjoy about Scars , similar to 1966's The Deadly Bees , is studying all the murals , matte paintings , animation and so on that stand in for authentic locations , backdrops , etc . Equally fun for me are the practical physical effects such as an actual torched person with protective gloves , facial mask replica , burn cape , etc . The giant bats (including one that regurgitates blood) are fun , funny and thrilling all at once . There's a pecking order(s) to these huge devil bats that's wicked and wild . Klove is another great Hammer creation and Lee himself gets more screen time and certainly more dialog than any other Dracula picture in the series . Great stuff . I love Roy Ward Baker and his films . This furthers his triumphs in my book .","Product: Horror Classic Movie\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: I didn't know of this film . Not under this title that is\n\nReview: Argento's Creeper's is actually his film Phenomena , shorn of 26 minutes and repackaged for the \"American\" consumer . What did they think we were ? Stupid ? Evidently the folks who slashed the film for our consumption seem to have felt so . That's too bad .\nI streamed this gory , errie , peculiar , funny , fascinating sweetheart (Creepers) and leapt into action . My burning desire to acquire the 110 minute Phenomena . Just as Dario had intended it to be seen .\nAdmittedly , i'd seen this film on the racks and in the bins with the Phenomena cover art . Ironically , i came to first visit it as a film called Creepers . If you like horror and grue and suspense and oddness , like i do , come to this film any way you can .\nI'd probably award the more coherent Phenomena the full measure . First i gotta find a \"reasonably\" priced copy . Nudge , nudge , wink , wink.....say no more . SAY NO MORE!!!","Product: suspense thriller horror monster\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Blue ray image about a 3 and 1/2 . Film itself a 4 for me\n\nReview: This BD image is probably not going to knock your socks off . I'm not a videophile (or audio) but can discern that a few scenes of footage within this particular print are sometimes no better than a mediocre DVD . That written , I hasten to add that \"most\" of the film looks FAR better than either of the two DVD versions I own .\nAs to the film itself , I really enjoy this one . This viewing marks my fourth viewing and I just love this show . The cast is great and the story unique and involving . The scar face makeup on the twisted young lass is very good to my mind . The baddies are truly bad and horrid . The man who portrays young Hanns the protagonist is quite compelling and committed in his portrayal to my mind . The whole cast is quite good . Truly .Additionally , who can fail to LOVE solid Cushing and Walters ? Particularly in such zesty performances in a strong retribution picture . Therein lies the love . Is the Blu ray worth the upgrade ? Absolutely . You're never going to see the lion's share of this film looking better than this (in all probability) . And the features are fun and plentiful . Subtitles included .","Product: A Tobe Hooper classic!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Freaks(ishly) fun , tripped out , black comedy/horror\n\nReview: If this is your first(or one of your first) horror Rodeos , it may be difficult to appreciate all the bizarre and freakish touches that go into a deranged project such as this . From the gloriously run down sets to the amazing cast of odd denizens . The hotel has wonderfully (large) stained walls and a brilliant atmosphere all it's own . What with the chronic old school Country And Western soundtrack and the splendid casting of Neville Brand as the proprietor of the fascinatingly designed hotel at the center of our mayhem . That's before the outrageous happenings even get under way though . How much make up must the film's creators have slathered on Carolyn Jones (Miss Hattie) ? Where on Earth did they find the slap happy geek at the pool hall ? Who (Tobe Hooper ?) extracted the incredibly perverse performance of the father of the wife/girl/dog ? Man , the writers of this film must have had a ball writing this one ? Nearly every line in the film is a hoot or a gas . I'd never seen this twisted Carnival before today (thanks to streaming) . All i can add is , my two disc copy is already en-route . Crazy man ! Crazy . I love it . Stuart Whitman rocks as a cop as well . If not inclined , i can't sell you on this insane picture . If you like things SUPER weird however , you've come to the right place .","Product: Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Etheline (Anjelica Huston), had three children -- Chas, Margot, and Richie -- and then they separated. Chas (Ben Stiller) started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright and received a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the ninth grade. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior champion tennis player and won the U.S. Nationals three years in a row. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Wes Anderson's hilarious, touching, and brilliantly stylized study of melancholy and redemption.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Briliant film marred but not undone by disconcerting sequences\n\nReview: The Mrs. has this subtle-funny-understated film in the Criterion collection format . I watched it with her this eve , as i have several times before , and was quite knocked out by it's skill , wit and gentle insights . This certainly is NOT for everyone . I'd strongly recommend you either check it out and/or revisit it though . Mrs. Starbuck was very keen on seeing Mr. Anderson's newest film , MOONRISE KINGDOM theatrically . It only played a distant arthouse cinema though . We're eagerly anticipating it's dvd/bd release though as we're also certified STEVE ZISSOU nutbags . Hope you like this one in spite of the cringe inducing self mutilation shots and such . take the long view , if possible .","Product: Two of the biggest Hollywood directors are featured in the film Double Dare, a double-barreled, action-packed documentary about two Hollywood stuntwomen. Jeannie Epper, who refuses to retire at sixty-two, doubled for\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Pretty darn interesting documentary about women who do film and t.v. stunt work\n\nReview: Seeing Zoe Bell get a mentor and champion (in the states) was a very interesting story to me . I didn't know she had been Lucy Lawless's stunt double for the run of Xena warrior princess . I did not know the program was not made in the states . I first saw Zoe in Q.T.s DEATHWISH half of GRINDHOUSE when i saw (with a handful of other people) that film theatrically . The woman who helps zoe get her foot in Hollywood is a really fantastic woman . Her story is as interesting as Zoe's . I want to get a copy of Hal Needham's stuntman book when it gets into my price range . If , like me, you know relatively little about the folk who do the stuntwork for film and television , i think you'll really enjoy this film and its two lovely ladies .","Product: Prepare to be shocked out of your skin with four grisly tales of terror in one small town! Legendary king of horror Vincent Price \"gives his fullest, most sepulchral tones of macabre camp\" (Los Angeles Times) to this gruesome anthology that will haunt you for days!On the night his niece is executed for committing a string of brutal killings, historian Julian White (Price) reveals the sinister secrets of her hometown, Oldfield, Tennessee, a horrific hamlet that spawns evil! But asthe town's murderous legacy is exposed with White's chilling accounts - including stories of a necrophiliac madman, a voodoo priest with life-prolonging powers, and a legion of children with an appetite for flesh - White doesn't realize that he is about to write the final chapter of Oldfield's morbid history...in his own blood!\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A very good stateside 80s horror anthology\n\nReview: With an unrecognizable Clu Gulager (but for his voice) . A terrific Vincent Price . Cameron Mitchell turning in good work and so on . Unfortunately , the various women (by and large) are often either underwritten or poorly written . That said , i'm going to get a copy of this fun and scary picture on dvd , after having streamed it . I love anthologies , and this is a pretty darn good one . It took me several weeks to see . Watching it , bit by bit and it still left me quite pleased and gratified . If you are a fan of this sort of film , i'll readily concede that the stories seem not much more than good comic book tales woven together . I like good comic books too . Must like moderate gore in order to enjoy . Here's bobbing at you .","Product: Triple Feature: Missing In Action, Missing In Action 2: The Beginning, Braddock: Missing In Action III\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: When you care enough to spend the very least\n\nReview: you've got to love GOLAN and GLOBUS . they financed so many crumby and mediocre pictures during their heyday , they truly earned the schlock king crown . make no mistake , these are fun pictures (especially the 2nd feature) and for most of the wrong reasons . if you're reading this , you're probably aquainted with these films already . if you've only seen these pictures in their edited forms on television , i can assure you they are worth the investment just to see if you can discern the pained look of CHUCK NORRIS having to speak profanity . there are many other delights to be had here . the gratuitous nudity sprinkled throughout the first two films . the mega-fun slow motion water emergence sequence . the acting that makes a certain theme park's \"THE HALL OF PRESIDENTS\" look graceful and fluid . things blow up real good too . you know you want the complete saga . hell , we all do .","Product: Triple Feature: Missing In Action, Missing In Action 2: The Beginning, Braddock: Missing In Action III\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: When you care enough to spend the very least\n\nReview: you've got to love GOLAN and GLOBUS . they financed so many crumby and mediocre pictures during their heyday , they truly earned the schlock king crown . make no mistake , these are fun pictures (especially the 2nd feature) and for most of the wrong reasons . if you're reading this , you're probably aquainted with these films already . if you've only seen these pictures in their edited forms on television , i can assure you they are worth the investment just to see if you can discern the pained look of CHUCK NORRIS having to speak profanity . there are many other delights to be had here . the gratuitous nudity sprinkled throughout the first two films . the mega-fun slow motion water emergence sequence . the acting that makes a certain theme park's \"THE HALL OF PRESIDENTS\" look graceful and fluid . things blow up real good too . you know you want the complete saga . hell , we all do .","Product: Best Buy exclusive, dvd and case in EXCELLENT condition, comes from a NON-smoking household\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: English and French subtitles for both films . Matted widescreen 1:85.1 aspect ratios are correct for both films as well\n\nReview: This information courtesy of DVD Drive-in! web site . While I've only seen The Ultimate Warrior recently thanks to Warner Archive Instant streaming channel , I'm of the opinion that this is a five star get for me . That picture features the always excellent and enigmatic Yul Brynner and Max Von Sydow and a top 70's and 80's villain in the person of big William Smith (Rich Man , Poor Man's Falconetti circa 1976) .\nKerwin Mathews is a safe bet for me as a film collector as well as I own and appreciate Hammer's Maniac (1963) and The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958) . In reading , it's my understanding that Mathews co-star in Battle Beneath The Earth (Peter Arne) is a fellow he has good chemistry with and previously acted with him in Hammer's Pirates Of Blood River (1962) .","Product: Heroic Hugh Jackman breathes the fire into Wolverine (Miami Herald) with a vengeance! This pulse-pounding action thriller sinks razor-sharp adamantium claws into the mysterious origins of Logan/Wolverine: his epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber), and the ominous Weapon X program that unleashes his primal fury. Along the way, Wolverine also encounters legendary new mutants, including Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Gambit (Taylor Kitsch). Youll go berserker for this deeper, darker, more-spectacular-than-ever chapter of the X-Men saga!\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: I like it ! Particularly on Blu\n\nReview: I had read the graphic novel Wolverine Origins some years ago . I thought it was one of the better graphic novels out there . Having written that , agreed , this film has absolutely nothing in common with it . I sure like the cast and story though . To me , Ryan Reynolds (THE PROPOSAL) was very funny and a real scene stealer with his mercenary character and beyond (he may well have stolen a good portion of this film) . Not an easy thing to accomplish in this field of fine actors . I enjoyed all the guys in that crew . I'm a huge fan of Danny Huston (JOHN ADAMS , THE NUMBER 23 , 30 DAYS OF NIGHT , EDGE OF DARKNESS and so on) . Hugh is , well , Hugh . I've really enjoyed his various performances and this one is no exception . I like the unintentionally funny shots as well as the humorous script . I like this dark but flawed story a good deal . Sad stuff happens . It's wrenching . If you like any or all of the folks involved , give it a try on BLU-ray . At least Red Box it . It's great entertainment , to my mind . Oh , and its got the always excellent Liev Shreiber in a juicy role he really sinks his teeth into . Zero is fun . There again , i like the whole cast . Check it out .","Product: Possessed by an ominous creative vision and a chilling ability to keep audiences guessing until the very end, director John Carpenter is justifiably known as the Master of Fear for his body of mind-altering horror films that helped introduce the slasher genre to American audiences. The John Carpenter: Master of Fear Collection, featuring The Thing, Prince of Darkness, They Live and Village of the Damned, delivers all the shocks, suspense and sinister twists fans have come to expect. Dare to enter the world of John Carpenter: its a journey to the dark side of humanity that you wont soon forget... The Thing In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing alien wreaks havoc, creates terror and takes on the appearance of those it kills. They Live Aliens are gaining control of the earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission. Humanity's last chance lies with a lone drifter who stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal the terrifying and deadly truth. Prince of Darkness A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister and inadvertently unleash a strange liquid from it. As the substance turns their co-workers into zombies, the remaining members realize they have released Satan himself. Village of the Damned After an unseen force invades a quiet coastal town, ten women mysteriously find themselves pregnant. A local physician and a government scientist join forces when the women simultaneously give birthand the reign of terror begins.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: I can't write for other reviewers but i'd characterize English subtitles as a feature\n\nReview: Yes , each film has English subtitles . Now , if you are deaf or hard of hearing or just like to read the script dialog while you watch (like me) , you have that ability to do so here . Perhaps you have to keep the volume low ? Besides , if you are a TRUE horror fan , how many Anchor Bay or other film distribution companies have made you pay through-the-nose for pictures , but have failed to provide subtitles or encode closed captions ? I won't extol the various virtues of these films (all presented in their proper aspect ratios) , as that's subjective . Read um and don't weep though . Less than 4 dollars a film ? Wow . Great-value-fun .","Product: William Marshall. His bite is outta sight! Cursed by Count Dracula, an African prince is released from his coffin to terrorize Watts in the blaxploitation classic Blacula (Vonetta McGee. 1972/92 min.). In the soulful scary sequel Scream, Blacula, Scream (Pam Grier. 1973, 95 min.), Prince Mamuwalde meets his match in a voodoo priestess. 2 DVDs. Color/R/widescreen.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: GREAT fun with bells and whistles\n\nReview: YES , my man William Marshall in VERY dignified!!! That does not prevent these movies from being both fun and funny though . It helps immensely . Yeah , i DO wish this double header was rated R . I'm just awfully pleased to have them both in one package . Both films are 1.85:1 aspect ratioed . Both films have English SUBTITLES and CLOSED CAPTIONS . Each film has it's own disc . BLACULA is a 1972 film that runs 93 minutes . SCREAM , BLACULA , SCREAM , is a 1973 film that runs 96 minutes . Both are rated PG . Are they scary ? not really . Who cares . Lots of fun to be had here people . In or out ?","Product: From director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes) comes the new action thriller PIRANHA 3D. Every year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 for Spring Break, a riot of sun and drunken fun. But this year, there's something more to worry about than hangovers and complaints from local old timers; a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria. After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the areas new razor-toothed residents. The film stars Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl), Steven R. McQueen (The Vampire Diaries), Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Ving Rhames, Adam Scott, Richard Dreyfuss, Christopher Lloyd, and Kelly Brook.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Otherwise fun and darkly funny picture undone by too much gore and grue\n\nReview: This looked like a good one for me . Lot of actors (Shue , Rhames , O'Connell , Lloyd , Dreyfuss) approximately my age . Lots of beautiful young women doing wild things . A director i like . A setting i liked . Lots of things appealed to me . Too much carnage and killing though . Too much killing shown . Too bad , because my old , kinda husky self was diggin' the proceedings . I'm certain it was all meant to be darkly funny ? That wore off though and it just got gross . Perhaps i'm getting too long in the tooth ? Seemed like too much of a gnarly thing to these eyes . i've seen a lot of gnarly as of late and it's gettin' kinda stale . There's more than one way to scare a cat .","Product: After the death of his father King George V (Michael Gambon) and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce), Bertie (Colin Firth) who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of England. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife, Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter), the future Queen Mother, arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). After a rough start, the two delve into an unorthodox course of treatment and eventually form an unbreakable bond. With the support of Logue, his family, his government and Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall), the King will overcome his stammer and deliver a radio-address that inspires his people and unites them in battle. Based on the true story of King George VI, \"The King's Speech\" follows the Royal Monarch's quest to find his voice.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Objectively , the best of the ten films nominated\n\nReview: I saw this film theatrically today . With my eighty year old mother (who wished to see it again) and one of my brothers . This film is an instant classic and i feel the academy folks got it right . I've yet to see THE FIGHTER and loved TRUE GRIT (another instant classic in my opinion) . Some of the ten nominations for best picture did not belong in the top ten (in my opinion) . Films such as the deeply flawed THE KIDS ARE ALLRIGHT , The overratted INCEPTION as well as the over praised but very good WINTER'S BONE . This is a brilliant film though and truly earned it's various awards and nominations . Quite awesome .","Product: Ben Affleck worked triple-time on The Town, in which he directs, stars, and co-adapts Chuck Hogan's Prince of Thieves. Affleck's Doug MacRay comes from a line of Boston bank robbers. With his father (Chris Cooper) behind bars, he spent most of his childhood in Charlestown with loyal hothead Jem (The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner). Doug had a chance to go legit as a pro hockey player, but he threw it away on drugs and bad behavior. After the armed robbery that opens the film, Jem becomes convinced that bank manager Claire (Vicki Cristina Barcelona's Rebecca Hall) saw something, so Doug, who wore a disguise at the time, sets out to make sure she doesn't tell FBI agent Frawley (Mad Men's Jon Hamm) anything incriminating (Titus Welliver plays Frawley's partner). Doug starts by asking Claire out, and finds she's more shaken than stirred--and that he likes her better than Jem's oxy-addicted sister, Krista (Gossip Girl's Blake Lively), his sometime girlfriend. Unfortunately, neither Jem nor vicious enforcer Fergie (Pete Postlethwaite) will cut him loose until he orchestrates two more scores--the last to take place at Fenway Park. If The Town offers fewer surprises than Affleck's directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, he raises the stakes with well-planned heists, nerve-jangling car chases, and deadly shootouts. Though Affleck looks too clean-cut to portray a thug, he gives a nicely understated performance, while Hall proves an inspired choice as a woman who could make a bad guy turn good--or die trying. --Kathleen C. Fennessy\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Very compelling film falters so bad and gets so rote in it's last 20 minutes that it pains me\n\nReview: I really like the new Ben Affleck . I thought his directorial debut GONE BABY GONE was one of the very finest pictures of its year . I thought he was teriffic in STATE OF PLAY and that that film was quite a good picture . I'm old enough and film curious to have seen a lot of similar films to THE TOWN over the decades . My wife and i watched all but about a half an hour of the film and really dug it (then had to crash) . It was very successful in ratcheting up the tension during this period . The following day , \"Boom\" , it's HEAT (and a thousand others) and the career criminal with a heart-a-gold . Time to leave Beantown Ben . Solid effort undermined . It happens . No ill will . Brilliant cast . Three quarters of a very good film . 3 and 1/2 star out of five .","Product: Hollywood legend JOAN COLLINS teams up with cult stars DONALD PLEASENCE and CAROLINE MUNRO in this terrifying tale of a demonic baby! Lucy (Collins, DYNASTY, LAND OF THE PHAROAHS) is a former dancer, having moved up in the world via marriage to the wealthy Gino Carlesi (Ralph Bates, HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN, TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA), and now comfortably settled down. Lucy is expecting and when the time comes, she goes to the hospital to give birth to the baby. The new-born infant is no ordinary baby, either, as it slashes Lucy upon leaving the womb.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Some impressions while i watch the picture's first forty minutes\n\nReview: The first couple of minutes (although certainly not intended) put me in mind of what it might be like to be intimate with Ms. Collins . Acting never was her strong suit . Ralph Bates is a poor parallel parker . I can portray a German person about as well as Mr. Bates portrays an Italian one here . It may be best to succumb to \"little people\" . Joan Collins is pretty . \"Seedy and nasty\" workplace her's . I like Donald Pleasence . He's always solid and fun to listen to and watch act . Nuns can be quite demonstrative (no pun intended) . Some children are just plain bad . \"Accident's get stranger every day\" . Handwringing seems to be cathartic . I need a copy of this film . It's a truly BAD film (in the best sense of the word) . Worth a fish in the stream Netflix . Nice dancing sequences . It does not hurt to be an Anglophile . I'll be resuming my review of this film presently . I do recollect the hilarious stock footage of an adorable baby from yesterday . Let's finish up . The lengthy dream sequence is a hoot , with vaseline on the camera lens (like Penthouse mag) and culminating with Mr. Bates in drag as his Nun sister . Eyes rolled up to show his whites only . Very fun + amusing . More nude dancing (with a whip this time out) . Absolutely marvelous T and A picture . Mediocre television score . Perfect . Sudden wind sounds like an Italian horror picture . Malevolent little person in a tree . Running . Dialing . \"Lucy\" . Acting for the fences while perspiring . Knife . Cut back to dance club . Cut to walking Nun . Rites at cribside . I'll close out now . If you LOVE bad cinema (like myself) , you MUST see this picture . Load of laughs .","Product: An indebted con man persuades a crime boss to bankroll a heist on a small town bank, posing as a married couple with the bosses girl.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: The handsome guy , the tough guy and the inebriate\n\nReview: When i saw who headlined this tight little caper film , i kept thinking , Rory Calhoun ? Rory Calhoun ? Well after i'd settled into the film , beyond the mid point to be sure , it hit me! \"It Takes All Kinds Of Critters To Make Farmer Vincent's Fritters\" . HOTEL HELL . I'd never seen Mr. Calhoun so young before (to my knowledge) . Good looking young guy he was too . I've always been a fan of James Gregory and got a kick out of watching him do his thing . I can't summon the name of Uncle \"gin mill\" , the explosives expert ? No matter . I think that gentleman made a pretty fine living playing the lush on the big and small screen , if memory serves ? The film has a few unintended laughs but was obviously shot on a tight budget in about nine days or so . The other characters are interesting too . The homicidal , blond fitness freak . The bad girl spoiling to go good . The kind and inviting community our heist folk insinuate themselves into . The vault cracker who settles for fifteen grand rather than listening to the value of 10 percent . The film's all B-movie gold . Brisk , involving and fun . You can stream it for free (thanks to Netflix) and see if you'd enjoy a copy . Flawed ? Sure . Fun ? Oh yeah!!","Product: Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch encounters financial difficulties, Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) shows up with his new fiancee, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez). It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over as he pledges to settle all debts his father has incurred. But when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul's business dealings turn out to be less than legit, all hell breaks loose as they find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord, the mighty Onza (Gael Garcia Bernal).\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A funny film that asks something of it's audience\n\nReview: Both MACHETE and CASA DE MI PADRE go way over the top in trying to become instant cult classics . For me , the thing that has CASA picking up an extra star is it's commitment to Spanish . It's an understatement to write that i'm extremely proud of Will Ferrell for going the extra miles(s) . Yes , the film could have been a bit subtler . I think it would have benefited from some restraint . That written , i laughed often and hard with the picture and it's many delights . I found it refreshing that i only recognized two other guys . One from NAPOLEON DYNAMITE and another from PARKS AND RECREATION . Few Caucasian Hollywood actors have the fortitude and (there again) commitment to go \"full\" Spanish . Bravo . This will , deservedly , be a cult film .","Product: Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Tye Sheridan, Reese Witherspoon, Matthew McConaughey.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A perfect B movie to me . My favorite fiction film of 2013\n\nReview: While the denizens of Hollywood were fawning , cooing and lavishing praise on their favorite political film selected for best picture sainthood , I stood my ground and never looked back . My parents had strongly encouraged me to read about and see this wonderful story as they prepared to catch it on the art house circuit . I read and was intrigued but elected to wait for a rental release .\nI've been enjoying Matt's growing body of swell work , in my estimation , back to Tropic thunder . Through Lincoln Lawyer , Bernie and so on .\nIf you've really enjoyed Matt in pictures like Contact , Dazed And Confused , A Time To Kill among others , prepare to be knocked out and delighted . I'll take this jewel over any of the \"nominees\" of 2013 . A number of them were excellent also .","Product: Priscilla Lane, Jack Carson. This early film noir starts with a blues band aspiring to make enough scratch to get by. After tangling with a gangster and a man-eating moll, the band's simple dream is corrupted and their lives are in jeopardy. 1941/b&w/92 min/NR/fullscreen.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Rip Roaring swell jazz times , high drama and extra dark film noir all compressed into a tight 88 minutes\n\nReview: I first streamed this fascinating film on the Warner Archive channel available via the newest edition of ROKU received as a coveted Christmas gift December of 2013 .\nYesterday I watched the picture again (I bought a copy) with my parents who were 10 (dad) and 13 (mom) when this picture sprang to life theatrically in 1941 . I was thrilled and excited all over again and my folks loved it .\nYou'll find Howard Da Silva here . Jack Carson and Lloyd Nolan as well (in the role of a lifetime) The whole cast is fantastic in service of a super-duper-hyper-rat-a-tat script loaded with great enthusiasm and encouragement and hard truths and harsher actions . This picture screams life with spectacular montages and sweet and lovely playing and singing . The acting's uniformly superb and dynamic . See it if you can friends . See it if you can .","Product: .\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: I really love this great pop record\n\nReview: When i was growing up , working and listening , i heard a terrific amount of pop and rock music . Obviously , i was not much of a power chord guy . Fairly often , i'd hear an instrumental song from this lovely record . When listering to such radio stations , it's pretty seldom that one would hear instrumental songs . After a while , i remembered a couple of the instrumental songs so well , i could approximate them through humming and other vocal methods . I asked a number of friends who the artist was ? This was WELL before home computers . It took awhile for me to stumble across someone who knew the artist . When i learned it was Dan Fogelberg and Tim Weisberg , i was knocked out . Dan Fogelberg ? Sure enough . Dan was a great player and songwriter as well as an oft brilliant lyric writer . I've listened to the disc five or six times over the last couple of days . I was trying to determine if i felt the record deserved four or five stars . It's not without flaw . But it sure was and remains hugely influential for me . I love these two gentlemen and their beautiful recording . All in for me .","Product: Songs Include : DISC # 1 : Your Starter For / Tonight / One Horse Town / Chameleon / Boogie Pilgrim / Cage The Songbird / Crazy Water / Shoulder Holster / DISC # 2 : Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word / Out Of The Blue / Between Seventeen And Twenty / The Wide Eyed And Laughing / Someone's Final Song / Where's The Shoorah / If There's A God In Heaven - What's He Waiting For / Idol / Theme From A Non Existent TV Series / Bite Your Lip - Get Up And Dance\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Years before Elton voiced it , i knew this was his favorite record , It's also mine\n\nReview: I used to cut my parents lawn while listening to this double recording cassette . I wore several vinyl and cassette tapes out digging what i consider to be Elton's masterwork . I give all his 70's recordings the full measure . I reserve a special spot for this one though . It was interesting to hear him (Elton John) say , many years after having made it , that he felt it was his best effort . I concur totally . An additional but even greater work of genius and sophistication in his song craft . Magnificent . My nearest (in age) brother , quickly grew to feel the same way . He was seldom a rocker (Elton) , But his pop credentials really were totally singular and awesome .","Product: A brilliant 1964 quartet session with McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones. Green cooks from first note to last with some of his purest jazz playing.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Wonderfully exuberant date with one personnel quibble\n\nReview: This is my third Grant Green purchase . IDLE HANDS and GREEN STREET being the first two . A fourth (THE COMPLETE QUARTETS) is en route . I'm an instant and deeply enthusiastic Green supporter and fan . The players here are exceptional (with one personal caveat) . Unless i find McCoy Tyner in ballad mode (Coltrane's BALLADS or JOHN COLTRANE AND JOHNNY HARTMAN) for example , the gentleman does not crack my top 50 (jazz pianists) . I find his style on this uptempo date too meandering . Mr. Tyner's got a LOT of solo space here too . It makes me wish this were a trio date and/or that Tyner had been more sparingly utilized . The cover art is fantastic . The players (sans Tyner) absolutely cook . This session needed a Hank Jones . A Tommy Flanagan . A Kenny Barron . An Anthony Wonsey .","Product: After 10 years and 6 albums on the indie label, Candid, Stacey Kent finally releases her major label debut on Blue Note Records. A multi-award winner (2001 British Jazz Award, 2002 BBC Jazz Award Best Vocalist, etc) Stacey has built a huge fanbase for her cool, classy interpretations of the Great American Songbook, all recorded with husband, arranger, producer and now songwriter Jim Tomlinson (himself a winner of the 2006 Album of the Year British Jazz Award). On \"Breakfast...\" Jim contributes 4 new songs written with the writer Kazuo Ishiguro - one of a legion of fans that Stacey has attracted over the years (they met after he played one of her songs on Desert Island Discs!!) and this is the first time that they have featured their own songs on an album. Stacey tours constantly - she even turned down an appearance on Parkinson because she was playing a gig (admittedly this would have been her second performance on Parkinson, which in itself is quite unique) - and has built up a very sizeable fanbase which will be determined to get the album as soon as possible. However, since Stacey is out of the UK through September we will be focusing our promotion and marketing push at the start of October as a preview to the forthcoming residency at Ronnie Scotts in November 1st - 3rd. Stacey will be available for press and promotion in late September/early October and we fully expect to find her on some major shows. In the past, her appearances on shows such as Parkinson, CBS Sunday Morning in the USA and even Swedish tv have driven an immediate and impressive sales response pushing her to number 1 and 2 in the Amazon.com charts as an example. As well as the Ronnie Scott dates in November Stacey will play a significant number of dates in the UK both this year. See below for information.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Not quite \"jazzy\" enough for my palette\n\nReview: What an absolutely lovely and supple voice ex-pat Stacy Kent has . I keep listening to this recording and waiting for it to morph into something swinging . To sing in French as well (and in such a lovely and effortless manner) . The woman can certainly sing and has a beautiful voice . Instrumentally , i part company with the Brit authors of the various PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ volumes . To me , this is folk/pop . I like popular music . At NO time are my socks , even remotely , threatened with being knocked off . Semi faux jazz for someone ? you decide . Great musicians as well (i'm told) . To each their own .","Product: 2008 limited four disc (CD + two CD singles + PAL/Region 0 DVD) set. This special edition of the Jazz vocalist's Blue Note album contains the original album that includes a bonus live track, two CD singles ('Samba Saravah' and 'The Ice Hotel') as well as a 50 minute DVD that includes video clips, in concert performance and more PLUS a special booklet. A multi-award winner (2001 British Jazz Award, 2002 BBC Jazz Award Best Vocalist, etc.) Stacey has built a huge fanbase for her cool, classy interpretations of the Great American Songbook, all recorded with husband, arranger, producer and songwriter Jim Tomlinson. On Breakfast... Jim contributes four new songs written with the Kazuo Ishiguro, one of a legion of fans that Stacey has attracted over the years (they met after he played one of her songs on Desert Island Discs!!) and this is the first time that they have featured their own songs on an album. Blue Note.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Not quite \"jazzy\" enough for my palette\n\nReview: What an absolutely lovely and supple voice ex-pat Stacy Kent has . I keep listening to this recording and waiting for it to morph into something swinging . To sing in French as well (and in such a lovely and effortless manner) . The woman can certainly sing and has a beautiful voice . Instrumentally , i part company with the Brit authors of the various PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ volumes . To me , this is folk/pop . I like popular music . At NO time are my socks , even remotely , threatened with being knocked off . Semi faux jazz for someone ? you decide . Great musicians as well (i'm told) . To each their own .","Product: 2008 limited four disc (CD + two CD singles + PAL/Region 0 DVD) set. This special edition of the Jazz vocalist's Blue Note album contains the original album that includes a bonus live track, two CD singles ('Samba Saravah' and 'The Ice Hotel') as well as a 50 minute DVD that includes video clips, in concert performance and more PLUS a special booklet. A multi-award winner (2001 British Jazz Award, 2002 BBC Jazz Award Best Vocalist, etc.) Stacey has built a huge fanbase for her cool, classy interpretations of the Great American Songbook, all recorded with husband, arranger, producer and songwriter Jim Tomlinson. On Breakfast... Jim contributes four new songs written with the Kazuo Ishiguro, one of a legion of fans that Stacey has attracted over the years (they met after he played one of her songs on Desert Island Discs!!) and this is the first time that they have featured their own songs on an album. Blue Note.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Not quite \"jazzy\" enough for my palette\n\nReview: What an absolutely lovely and supple voice ex-pat Stacy Kent has . I keep listening to this recording and waiting for it to morph into something swinging . To sing in French as well (and in such a lovely and effortless manner) . The woman can certainly sing and has a beautiful voice . Instrumentally , i part company with the Brit authors of the various PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ volumes . To me , this is folk/pop . I like popular music . At NO time are my socks , even remotely , threatened with being knocked off . Semi faux jazz for someone ? you decide . Great musicians as well (i'm told) . To each their own .","Product: With regular spots on David Letterman, a syndicated radio show and a TV series (Night Music), 5-time Grammy-winner David Sanborn has received the kind of massive exposure most jazz artists can only dream of. Songs from the Night Before finds David in peak form, with playing that ranges from crisp to wistful. Featuring a stellar line-up of musicians and guest appearances by Steve Jordan, Randy Brecker and others, this album is highlighted by the first single, a rendition of the Classics IV hit \"Spooky.\" [Note: This product is an authorized CD-R and is manufactured on demand]\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: I used to believe David when he said he was not a \"jazz\" guy\n\nReview: Then , i had opportunities to hear recording such as this one (before buying) and ANOTHER HAND . David certainly has his own lovely and soulful voice though . Some folks might not call this \"jazz\" . They may be correct . With folks like John Purcell (bass clarinet , alto flute) , Randy Brecker (trumpet) , and the late Don Alias (percussion) , i'll take my chances though . No , it's NOT strait ahead/traditional jazz . I like it though . Pino Palladino (bass on one song) was great all over Joan Armatrading's THE SHOUTING STAGE . Will Lee (bass on one song) was killin' all over Gary Burton's REUNION with Pat Metheny , Mitch Foreman and Peter Erskine . Call it what you wish , i got me a copy . Does need some acoustic piano though . Soulful .","Product: Kisses in the Rain by John Pizzarelli | Format: Audio CD. This is a diverse set of standards and original tunes that aims at the intimacy and spontaneity of John Pizzarelli's live performance with a studio setting. The singer-guitarist's long-established trio with pianist Ray Kennedy and brother Martin Pizzarelli on bass just keeps getting better, working with an instrumentation that Nat \"King\" Cole first perfected in the '40s and which also served Oscar Peterson well in the '50s.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: \"Aw , give the man four stars---he's earned them\"\n\nReview: So say the oft brilliant authors of THE PEGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ (sixth edition) . I fully agree . Along with KNOWING YOU and AFTER HOURS , one of my favorite recordings by the wonderful John P. . After Kurt Elling , Mr. Pizzarelli is my second most favored male jazz vocalist . That John can play guitar(s) as he does is truly fantastic . The depth and quality of John's recordings is so very strong , swinging and moving as well . Joined , as almost always , by the superb Ray Kennedy (piano) and John's brilliant bio bro Martin (acoustic bass) , it seldom gets this good and sustained (swing) as these cats can conjure . Required .","Product: Things sure were swingin' on this 1958 Capitol album, one of Peggy's finest and most overlooked jazz outings! Accompanied by an all-star tentet that featured Pete Candoli, Barney Kessel and Shelly Manne among its members, she tackled two originals and 10 great standards including It's a Wonderful World; Ridin' High; I'm Beginning to See the Light; Alone Together , and more. This reissue adds the smash Fever/You Don't Know single that came from the same sessions!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Sexy lady makes GREAT records\n\nReview: First i aquired Ms. Lee with Benny Goodman . A two disc set of 40's era swing . It's wonderful . Next i got the double session BLACK COFFEE & DREAM STREET . It is swell as well . This sexy , subtle , swingin' 1958 date is perhaps my favorite yet . The musicians include ; Conrad Gozzo , Don Fagerquist and Mannie Klein (trumpets) , Bob Enevoldsen (valve trombone) , Milt Bernhardt (trombone) , Justin Gordon and George Smith (reeds) , Joe Harnell (piano) , Howard Roberts (guitar) , Joe Mondragon (bass) and Shelly Manne (drums) . The arrangements are lovely . The singing sensuous . The solos brief and few but nice . The overrall effect transporting . There's Barney Kessel (guitar) and Pete Candoli and Uan Rasey (trumpets) replacing folks on several songs here . Enjoy . FEVER .","Product: First time worldwide CD release for this 1976 Jazz Fusion album by keyboardist/songwriter Jan Hammer. Featuring musical assistance from bassist Fernando Saunders, drummer Tony Smith and violinist/guitarist Steve Kindler. The album reached #22 on the Billboard Jazz Album charts. Wounded Bird. 2006.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Oh , Well ?\n\nReview: Granted the musicianship here is excellent . It's fine fusion stuff . What's with the R&B vocals though ? The version of Red and Orange heard here is far less impressive than it is on John Abercrombie's TIMELESS recording of 1979 . I've listened to the recording at least four times now . Apart from the superb drumming and all around great playing (as stated earlier) , how does this record come by five star consensus from so many folk though ? Good will ? I'm aware AllMusic.com gives this record 4 and 1/2 out of 5 . This is good , often very good , fusion with some bad vocal decisions (in my opinion) . I call them as i hear them . This is NOT a remarkable recording . 3 and 1/2 out of 5 . I do wonder how many folks came here to write about this session and either crept away or fell in lockstep ?","Product: Solo and duo performances with Denmark's leading percussionist on a fascinating album, produced by Manfred Eicher in Copenhagen. For more than half of this set, Marilyn Mazur is joined by former employer Jan Garbarek in a program of poetic improvisations. Mazur was a member of Garbarek's band for 14 years, on Elixir she invites the great saxophonist to enter her sound world.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Needed to live with this session a couple of months\n\nReview: Today , out and about in my courier capacity , i finally fully embraced the intimacy and deliberately minimalist beauty of this recording .\nThis record caught my eye awhile back and it haunted me . I knew Ms. Mazur was a percussion artist on the ECM record label . I observed that Jan Garbarek was on the recording (he co-wrote a third of it's 21 songs) . Jan (tenor and soprano saxophones and flute) appears on about half of the recording . It was not until i sought out more information at Allmusic , that i realized (that's right!) that Marilyn has been a part of Jan's working and recording group(s) for 15 years or so .\nI listened to this often subtle , quiet but also full dynamic range encompassing session many times . Or at least tried to .\nToday , i really \"tanked up on the bean\" (thank you Kurt Elling) and delved my deepest into this wonderful (55 minute) session 3 times .\nJan has a knack for selecting the perfect instrument for each song and the mood it creates . Getting to the song's essence and embellishing while revealing it's spare form(s) .\nMs. Mazur is just wonderful on ALL her various percussion . There's only one instrument she plays a couple of times that is not my cup of tea . It sort of sounds like a saw with a string and cymbal . Fortunately , she does not use this instrument but on a couple of brief (albeit irritating) tracks . I dislike it's sound and it does tend to take me out of the moment and flow when summoned .\nThat small caveat aside , i do think time and multiple listens will reveal to most the very worthwhile nature of this collaboration .\nFor you , it may be a frosted mug of Guinness Stout , poolside , that is the available time for you ?\nI can only hope you and this recording coalesce eventually . After your fashion .","Product: On Gary Burton's debut release on Mack Avenue Records Common Ground, the Grammy-winning pioneer of the four-mallet technique of playing the vibes is not only delivering his first studio album since 2005, but is also introducing his latest band. Well-known throughout his five-decade career for his quartets (beginning with his 1967 group featuring Larry Coryell, Roy Haynes and Steve Swallow), Burton is returning to the configuration for the first time since the mid 90s. He expresses great enthusiasm for the new band's alchemy. I've always liked the vibraphone-guitar sound, says Burton, whose masterful vibes glisten throughout Common Ground. It's something that I discovered when Nashville country guitarist Hank Garland invited me in the 60s to record with him. The sound of the two instruments together has an ideal timbre and coolness.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: One of Burton's best . One of the year's best jazz recordings\n\nReview: It's been since Gary's duet albums (with Ralph Towner for example) that he's led such an open , supple , subtly complex session as this to my ears . Several \"road\" listens today , convinced me that this IS a remarkable date . With Antonio Sanchez on drums and contributing two songs , Scott Colley (acoustic double bass and a song) and the extraordinary Julian Lage (slightly amplified electric guitar and two songs) , things are off and running . Colley is a third and substantial solo voice on the recording . These songs are VERY good and given VERY thoughtful consideration in every way . The playing is super deep and passionate (by all) and as rewarding as any authentic jazz fan could hope for . I'm fairly certain this disc will turn up on a LOT of jazz top lists of it's year . If you think you've heard your fill of Gary ? Think again . Brilliant . Classic . Masterfully recorded as well . Even folks fairly new to jazz music should be able to discern the effortless virtuosity of all involved . Essential ."],"string":"[\n \"Product: Five Years Later is an album by guitarists John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label.[1]\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Favor it over Sargasso Sea\\n\\nReview: Much as i'm fond of Sargasso Sea , my ear was bent owing to numerous listens to this follow up project over several days . Starting lovely enough with both Ralph and John on acoustic guitars , the first song also has a very discreet underpinning of john's super judiciously treated electric .\\nThis gives way to a very pretty all acoustic number with it's primary themes played in precision unison . The duel acoustics may remind many of Friday Night In San Francisco courtesy of several \\\"other\\\" like minded acoustic masters .\\nThen things really start to get interesting . I'm an enormous fan of both musicians and have heard a great deal of their work (solo and otherwise) . I've never heard Ralph play his guitar as percussively as he will begin to going forward . Laying a lengthy bed here for John to skitter over on modestly amplified guitar as a stone across a crystal water . Both musicians do rhythmic things in order to complement the other fellow's playing that are deeply rewarding and advanced .\\nI posit that this is , indeed , the preferential meeting of the five years in question . It's at least as desirable . Check it \\\"in\\\" .\",\n \"Product: Dracula a.D. 1972 [VHS] [VHS Tape] [1972]\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: 1/2 mod , 1/2 goth , ALL fun and scary too\\n\\nReview: All the action that takes place in and around the Church and Churchyard and the fairly brief Gothic era intro to this fun and exciting picture , I'd characterize as \\\"goth\\\" (admittedly I'm no authority) . That's a pretty good share and includes more than just Christopher Lee in it's descriptive parameters .\\nAn attractive , intelligent and solid set of young actors and actresses guides us on our transition into a fascinating , hip and groovy snapshot of modern London circa 1972 . Led (both literally and figuratively) by a handsome but menacing looking young fellow portrayed by Christopher Neame . Mr. Neame , like Mr. Cushing (Peter) , portrays his character both in olden times and new as a descendant . The young actor goes all in and truly relishes his dark hearted , ill intentioned character .\\nLikewise , Peter Cushing is , well , Peter Cushing . Born in 1913 , Peter is 58 or 59 years of age here and looks and performs wonderfully .\\nNever the slouch , Christopher Lee gets into character and does not disappoint .\\nTo my eyes , this admittedly dated (I love it) and somewhat flawed horror film is preferential to about 90 + percent of what is currently regarded as scary now . Good direction , swell photography retro fun and thrills . Subtitles in English , French and Spanish . 96 minutes\",\n \"Product: Original vhs release in hard plastic case from 1984.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: I've revisited this \\\"dusky jewel\\\" twice in the last six months\\n\\nReview: Thank's to \\\"streaming\\\" , i've been able to watch this \\\"sputtering\\\" gem , starring the one and only DAKTARI , Marshall Thompson , a couple of times in fairly rapid succession now . This film made a BIG impression on my young mind when i first saw it on television . Similar to THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE , FEIND WITHOUT A FACE , saved the best (and oh , what a best) for it' final ten to twelve minutes or so . Who can forget the creature in the closet in TBTWD , tearing the doctor's arm off . The Doc stammering along the wall and leaving a lengthy snail trail of BLOOD for all us young people to marvel at . You'll get similar goods here , circa 1958 . Enjoy . They'll NEVER remake this one because it can't be equaled , let alone improved upon . FANtastic .\",\n \"Product: The infant daughter of Jack the Ripper is witness to the brutal murder of her mother by her father. Fifteen years later she is a troubled young woman who is seemingly possessed by the spirit of her father. While in a trance she continues his murderous killing spree but has no recollection of the events afterwards. A sympathetic psychiatrist takes her in and is convinced he can cure her condition. Soon, however, he regrets his decision.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: BD image and features a 5 . Film a 3 .\\n\\nReview: The print and it's Blu-ray representation here prompted me to put several Hammer horror Blu-ray titles that I already own on DVD in my wish list in a hurry . That's some of the very good news . I'd acquired several other similar titles on Blu including Twins Of Evil and Vampire Circus as well as the Amicus film Horror Express . I had not visited these films on Blu-ray yet as I'd seen them (at least once) and now own them . Having tried to watch this particular picture via streaming and having jumped ship about half way through , I didn't fancy myself a candidate for ownership . Ultimately , I'm a Hammer cat though and finally relented owing to all the favorable reviews here , on the internet and in a couple of quarterly publications I receive . I'm glad I did . As to the film itself , that's subjective . I \\\"liked\\\" it but was not blown away . To each their own . Again though , prior to owning and seeing this set , I considered it silly (for myself) to upgrade any Hammer title I own on DVD to Blu-ray . That changed dramatically within about thirty minutes of so . Very impressed indeed and the features are fascinating .\",\n \"Product: Video Cassette Tape\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: colorful , well cast , literate\\n\\nReview: Streamed this fun and interesting seafaring adventure . Honestly , what's not to like ? James Mason was born to play smart , authoritative leaders . The predictable but erudite rich script and it's dialog provide James ample opportunity to do his thing . Well . If i had to select a leading man of the era (50's) who best exemplified the finest qualities of an Amarican , Alan Ladd would certainly make that short list . Although set in the 1780's/90's , his laconic , integrity exuding confidence has the SHANE appeal this film needs . You'll see some familiar faces and some good sets . Averaging 2 and 1/2 out of 4 stars from a couple of different synoptic film guides (including Leonard's) , you may find yourself being more forgiving of this 1953 semi-gem than the critics . After all , they've got their contemporaries looking over their shoulders and into their books . Quite good ancillary characters as well . Fun .\",\n \"Product: like new\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Am an Amicus and Hammer completist\\n\\nReview: Until some months ago , when i streamed this fun little anthology , i had forgotten it even existed . I LOVE all the horror anthology pictures made by both Amicus and Hammer studios . Agreed , some are better than others and several titles have quite modest charms to recommend them . With this release , the United States has only the wonderful DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS yet to be released on dvd/bd in our region 1 format . These various films are seldom actually very scary by today's standards . They have history , assorted constaints , casts , writers , directors and so forth distilled into each delightful time capsule though . If retro horror fun IS your cup of tea ?\",\n \"Product: Beast Must Die! (VHS)\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Packaging won't tell you but this has lovely medium sized subtitles at the screen's bottom\\n\\nReview: If you want them , just click SUBTITLES on your remote control and they're there . As far as the film itself goes , i'll defer to a 2004 copy of Leonard maltin's movie and video guide . *** out of **** stars . \\\"New twists on the old werewolf theme make the difference\\\" and \\\"Millionaire sportsman Lockhart invites guests to his electronically bugged mansion , knowing one of them is a werewolf\\\" adding \\\"Lockhart is overly mannered , while Cushing gains sympathy in his usual guiet but effective way\\\" . This sort of thing is my bag and i love the cast , so ***** out of ***** stars . Enjoy . I'm just glad i've got my copy . FUN .\",\n \"Product: VHS Tape\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: For those who love quality retro horror\\n\\nReview: I've been revisiting these Dracula vampire films in reverse order of release recently . A while back I streamed The Satanic Rites Of Dracula over at Warner Archive Instant . That was like my third viewing of that picture and prompted my reverse viewing notion . Having delighted in the many charms of my second viewing of Dracula A.D. 1972 on physical media , I arrived here eager and excited . I have the great good fortune to own the Anchor Bay double disc version of Scars Of Dracula and upon this eve's second viewing am thrilled to report that the film and print are grand indeed .\\nOne of the things i really enjoy about Scars , similar to 1966's The Deadly Bees , is studying all the murals , matte paintings , animation and so on that stand in for authentic locations , backdrops , etc . Equally fun for me are the practical physical effects such as an actual torched person with protective gloves , facial mask replica , burn cape , etc . The giant bats (including one that regurgitates blood) are fun , funny and thrilling all at once . There's a pecking order(s) to these huge devil bats that's wicked and wild . Klove is another great Hammer creation and Lee himself gets more screen time and certainly more dialog than any other Dracula picture in the series . Great stuff . I love Roy Ward Baker and his films . This furthers his triumphs in my book .\",\n \"Product: Horror Classic Movie\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: I didn't know of this film . Not under this title that is\\n\\nReview: Argento's Creeper's is actually his film Phenomena , shorn of 26 minutes and repackaged for the \\\"American\\\" consumer . What did they think we were ? Stupid ? Evidently the folks who slashed the film for our consumption seem to have felt so . That's too bad .\\nI streamed this gory , errie , peculiar , funny , fascinating sweetheart (Creepers) and leapt into action . My burning desire to acquire the 110 minute Phenomena . Just as Dario had intended it to be seen .\\nAdmittedly , i'd seen this film on the racks and in the bins with the Phenomena cover art . Ironically , i came to first visit it as a film called Creepers . If you like horror and grue and suspense and oddness , like i do , come to this film any way you can .\\nI'd probably award the more coherent Phenomena the full measure . First i gotta find a \\\"reasonably\\\" priced copy . Nudge , nudge , wink , wink.....say no more . SAY NO MORE!!!\",\n \"Product: suspense thriller horror monster\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Blue ray image about a 3 and 1/2 . Film itself a 4 for me\\n\\nReview: This BD image is probably not going to knock your socks off . I'm not a videophile (or audio) but can discern that a few scenes of footage within this particular print are sometimes no better than a mediocre DVD . That written , I hasten to add that \\\"most\\\" of the film looks FAR better than either of the two DVD versions I own .\\nAs to the film itself , I really enjoy this one . This viewing marks my fourth viewing and I just love this show . The cast is great and the story unique and involving . The scar face makeup on the twisted young lass is very good to my mind . The baddies are truly bad and horrid . The man who portrays young Hanns the protagonist is quite compelling and committed in his portrayal to my mind . The whole cast is quite good . Truly .Additionally , who can fail to LOVE solid Cushing and Walters ? Particularly in such zesty performances in a strong retribution picture . Therein lies the love . Is the Blu ray worth the upgrade ? Absolutely . You're never going to see the lion's share of this film looking better than this (in all probability) . And the features are fun and plentiful . Subtitles included .\",\n \"Product: A Tobe Hooper classic!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Freaks(ishly) fun , tripped out , black comedy/horror\\n\\nReview: If this is your first(or one of your first) horror Rodeos , it may be difficult to appreciate all the bizarre and freakish touches that go into a deranged project such as this . From the gloriously run down sets to the amazing cast of odd denizens . The hotel has wonderfully (large) stained walls and a brilliant atmosphere all it's own . What with the chronic old school Country And Western soundtrack and the splendid casting of Neville Brand as the proprietor of the fascinatingly designed hotel at the center of our mayhem . That's before the outrageous happenings even get under way though . How much make up must the film's creators have slathered on Carolyn Jones (Miss Hattie) ? Where on Earth did they find the slap happy geek at the pool hall ? Who (Tobe Hooper ?) extracted the incredibly perverse performance of the father of the wife/girl/dog ? Man , the writers of this film must have had a ball writing this one ? Nearly every line in the film is a hoot or a gas . I'd never seen this twisted Carnival before today (thanks to streaming) . All i can add is , my two disc copy is already en-route . Crazy man ! Crazy . I love it . Stuart Whitman rocks as a cop as well . If not inclined , i can't sell you on this insane picture . If you like things SUPER weird however , you've come to the right place .\",\n \"Product: Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Etheline (Anjelica Huston), had three children -- Chas, Margot, and Richie -- and then they separated. Chas (Ben Stiller) started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright and received a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the ninth grade. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior champion tennis player and won the U.S. Nationals three years in a row. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Wes Anderson's hilarious, touching, and brilliantly stylized study of melancholy and redemption.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Briliant film marred but not undone by disconcerting sequences\\n\\nReview: The Mrs. has this subtle-funny-understated film in the Criterion collection format . I watched it with her this eve , as i have several times before , and was quite knocked out by it's skill , wit and gentle insights . This certainly is NOT for everyone . I'd strongly recommend you either check it out and/or revisit it though . Mrs. Starbuck was very keen on seeing Mr. Anderson's newest film , MOONRISE KINGDOM theatrically . It only played a distant arthouse cinema though . We're eagerly anticipating it's dvd/bd release though as we're also certified STEVE ZISSOU nutbags . Hope you like this one in spite of the cringe inducing self mutilation shots and such . take the long view , if possible .\",\n \"Product: Two of the biggest Hollywood directors are featured in the film Double Dare, a double-barreled, action-packed documentary about two Hollywood stuntwomen. Jeannie Epper, who refuses to retire at sixty-two, doubled for\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Pretty darn interesting documentary about women who do film and t.v. stunt work\\n\\nReview: Seeing Zoe Bell get a mentor and champion (in the states) was a very interesting story to me . I didn't know she had been Lucy Lawless's stunt double for the run of Xena warrior princess . I did not know the program was not made in the states . I first saw Zoe in Q.T.s DEATHWISH half of GRINDHOUSE when i saw (with a handful of other people) that film theatrically . The woman who helps zoe get her foot in Hollywood is a really fantastic woman . Her story is as interesting as Zoe's . I want to get a copy of Hal Needham's stuntman book when it gets into my price range . If , like me, you know relatively little about the folk who do the stuntwork for film and television , i think you'll really enjoy this film and its two lovely ladies .\",\n \"Product: Prepare to be shocked out of your skin with four grisly tales of terror in one small town! Legendary king of horror Vincent Price \\\"gives his fullest, most sepulchral tones of macabre camp\\\" (Los Angeles Times) to this gruesome anthology that will haunt you for days!On the night his niece is executed for committing a string of brutal killings, historian Julian White (Price) reveals the sinister secrets of her hometown, Oldfield, Tennessee, a horrific hamlet that spawns evil! But asthe town's murderous legacy is exposed with White's chilling accounts - including stories of a necrophiliac madman, a voodoo priest with life-prolonging powers, and a legion of children with an appetite for flesh - White doesn't realize that he is about to write the final chapter of Oldfield's morbid history...in his own blood!\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A very good stateside 80s horror anthology\\n\\nReview: With an unrecognizable Clu Gulager (but for his voice) . A terrific Vincent Price . Cameron Mitchell turning in good work and so on . Unfortunately , the various women (by and large) are often either underwritten or poorly written . That said , i'm going to get a copy of this fun and scary picture on dvd , after having streamed it . I love anthologies , and this is a pretty darn good one . It took me several weeks to see . Watching it , bit by bit and it still left me quite pleased and gratified . If you are a fan of this sort of film , i'll readily concede that the stories seem not much more than good comic book tales woven together . I like good comic books too . Must like moderate gore in order to enjoy . Here's bobbing at you .\",\n \"Product: Triple Feature: Missing In Action, Missing In Action 2: The Beginning, Braddock: Missing In Action III\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: When you care enough to spend the very least\\n\\nReview: you've got to love GOLAN and GLOBUS . they financed so many crumby and mediocre pictures during their heyday , they truly earned the schlock king crown . make no mistake , these are fun pictures (especially the 2nd feature) and for most of the wrong reasons . if you're reading this , you're probably aquainted with these films already . if you've only seen these pictures in their edited forms on television , i can assure you they are worth the investment just to see if you can discern the pained look of CHUCK NORRIS having to speak profanity . there are many other delights to be had here . the gratuitous nudity sprinkled throughout the first two films . the mega-fun slow motion water emergence sequence . the acting that makes a certain theme park's \\\"THE HALL OF PRESIDENTS\\\" look graceful and fluid . things blow up real good too . you know you want the complete saga . hell , we all do .\",\n \"Product: Triple Feature: Missing In Action, Missing In Action 2: The Beginning, Braddock: Missing In Action III\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: When you care enough to spend the very least\\n\\nReview: you've got to love GOLAN and GLOBUS . they financed so many crumby and mediocre pictures during their heyday , they truly earned the schlock king crown . make no mistake , these are fun pictures (especially the 2nd feature) and for most of the wrong reasons . if you're reading this , you're probably aquainted with these films already . if you've only seen these pictures in their edited forms on television , i can assure you they are worth the investment just to see if you can discern the pained look of CHUCK NORRIS having to speak profanity . there are many other delights to be had here . the gratuitous nudity sprinkled throughout the first two films . the mega-fun slow motion water emergence sequence . the acting that makes a certain theme park's \\\"THE HALL OF PRESIDENTS\\\" look graceful and fluid . things blow up real good too . you know you want the complete saga . hell , we all do .\",\n \"Product: Best Buy exclusive, dvd and case in EXCELLENT condition, comes from a NON-smoking household\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: English and French subtitles for both films . Matted widescreen 1:85.1 aspect ratios are correct for both films as well\\n\\nReview: This information courtesy of DVD Drive-in! web site . While I've only seen The Ultimate Warrior recently thanks to Warner Archive Instant streaming channel , I'm of the opinion that this is a five star get for me . That picture features the always excellent and enigmatic Yul Brynner and Max Von Sydow and a top 70's and 80's villain in the person of big William Smith (Rich Man , Poor Man's Falconetti circa 1976) .\\nKerwin Mathews is a safe bet for me as a film collector as well as I own and appreciate Hammer's Maniac (1963) and The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958) . In reading , it's my understanding that Mathews co-star in Battle Beneath The Earth (Peter Arne) is a fellow he has good chemistry with and previously acted with him in Hammer's Pirates Of Blood River (1962) .\",\n \"Product: Heroic Hugh Jackman breathes the fire into Wolverine (Miami Herald) with a vengeance! This pulse-pounding action thriller sinks razor-sharp adamantium claws into the mysterious origins of Logan/Wolverine: his epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber), and the ominous Weapon X program that unleashes his primal fury. Along the way, Wolverine also encounters legendary new mutants, including Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Gambit (Taylor Kitsch). Youll go berserker for this deeper, darker, more-spectacular-than-ever chapter of the X-Men saga!\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: I like it ! Particularly on Blu\\n\\nReview: I had read the graphic novel Wolverine Origins some years ago . I thought it was one of the better graphic novels out there . Having written that , agreed , this film has absolutely nothing in common with it . I sure like the cast and story though . To me , Ryan Reynolds (THE PROPOSAL) was very funny and a real scene stealer with his mercenary character and beyond (he may well have stolen a good portion of this film) . Not an easy thing to accomplish in this field of fine actors . I enjoyed all the guys in that crew . I'm a huge fan of Danny Huston (JOHN ADAMS , THE NUMBER 23 , 30 DAYS OF NIGHT , EDGE OF DARKNESS and so on) . Hugh is , well , Hugh . I've really enjoyed his various performances and this one is no exception . I like the unintentionally funny shots as well as the humorous script . I like this dark but flawed story a good deal . Sad stuff happens . It's wrenching . If you like any or all of the folks involved , give it a try on BLU-ray . At least Red Box it . It's great entertainment , to my mind . Oh , and its got the always excellent Liev Shreiber in a juicy role he really sinks his teeth into . Zero is fun . There again , i like the whole cast . Check it out .\",\n \"Product: Possessed by an ominous creative vision and a chilling ability to keep audiences guessing until the very end, director John Carpenter is justifiably known as the Master of Fear for his body of mind-altering horror films that helped introduce the slasher genre to American audiences. The John Carpenter: Master of Fear Collection, featuring The Thing, Prince of Darkness, They Live and Village of the Damned, delivers all the shocks, suspense and sinister twists fans have come to expect. Dare to enter the world of John Carpenter: its a journey to the dark side of humanity that you wont soon forget... The Thing In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing alien wreaks havoc, creates terror and takes on the appearance of those it kills. They Live Aliens are gaining control of the earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission. Humanity's last chance lies with a lone drifter who stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal the terrifying and deadly truth. Prince of Darkness A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister and inadvertently unleash a strange liquid from it. As the substance turns their co-workers into zombies, the remaining members realize they have released Satan himself. Village of the Damned After an unseen force invades a quiet coastal town, ten women mysteriously find themselves pregnant. A local physician and a government scientist join forces when the women simultaneously give birthand the reign of terror begins.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: I can't write for other reviewers but i'd characterize English subtitles as a feature\\n\\nReview: Yes , each film has English subtitles . Now , if you are deaf or hard of hearing or just like to read the script dialog while you watch (like me) , you have that ability to do so here . Perhaps you have to keep the volume low ? Besides , if you are a TRUE horror fan , how many Anchor Bay or other film distribution companies have made you pay through-the-nose for pictures , but have failed to provide subtitles or encode closed captions ? I won't extol the various virtues of these films (all presented in their proper aspect ratios) , as that's subjective . Read um and don't weep though . Less than 4 dollars a film ? Wow . Great-value-fun .\",\n \"Product: William Marshall. His bite is outta sight! Cursed by Count Dracula, an African prince is released from his coffin to terrorize Watts in the blaxploitation classic Blacula (Vonetta McGee. 1972/92 min.). In the soulful scary sequel Scream, Blacula, Scream (Pam Grier. 1973, 95 min.), Prince Mamuwalde meets his match in a voodoo priestess. 2 DVDs. Color/R/widescreen.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: GREAT fun with bells and whistles\\n\\nReview: YES , my man William Marshall in VERY dignified!!! That does not prevent these movies from being both fun and funny though . It helps immensely . Yeah , i DO wish this double header was rated R . I'm just awfully pleased to have them both in one package . Both films are 1.85:1 aspect ratioed . Both films have English SUBTITLES and CLOSED CAPTIONS . Each film has it's own disc . BLACULA is a 1972 film that runs 93 minutes . SCREAM , BLACULA , SCREAM , is a 1973 film that runs 96 minutes . Both are rated PG . Are they scary ? not really . Who cares . Lots of fun to be had here people . In or out ?\",\n \"Product: From director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes) comes the new action thriller PIRANHA 3D. Every year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 for Spring Break, a riot of sun and drunken fun. But this year, there's something more to worry about than hangovers and complaints from local old timers; a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria. After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the areas new razor-toothed residents. The film stars Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl), Steven R. McQueen (The Vampire Diaries), Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Ving Rhames, Adam Scott, Richard Dreyfuss, Christopher Lloyd, and Kelly Brook.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Otherwise fun and darkly funny picture undone by too much gore and grue\\n\\nReview: This looked like a good one for me . Lot of actors (Shue , Rhames , O'Connell , Lloyd , Dreyfuss) approximately my age . Lots of beautiful young women doing wild things . A director i like . A setting i liked . Lots of things appealed to me . Too much carnage and killing though . Too much killing shown . Too bad , because my old , kinda husky self was diggin' the proceedings . I'm certain it was all meant to be darkly funny ? That wore off though and it just got gross . Perhaps i'm getting too long in the tooth ? Seemed like too much of a gnarly thing to these eyes . i've seen a lot of gnarly as of late and it's gettin' kinda stale . There's more than one way to scare a cat .\",\n \"Product: After the death of his father King George V (Michael Gambon) and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce), Bertie (Colin Firth) who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of England. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife, Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter), the future Queen Mother, arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). After a rough start, the two delve into an unorthodox course of treatment and eventually form an unbreakable bond. With the support of Logue, his family, his government and Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall), the King will overcome his stammer and deliver a radio-address that inspires his people and unites them in battle. Based on the true story of King George VI, \\\"The King's Speech\\\" follows the Royal Monarch's quest to find his voice.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Objectively , the best of the ten films nominated\\n\\nReview: I saw this film theatrically today . With my eighty year old mother (who wished to see it again) and one of my brothers . This film is an instant classic and i feel the academy folks got it right . I've yet to see THE FIGHTER and loved TRUE GRIT (another instant classic in my opinion) . Some of the ten nominations for best picture did not belong in the top ten (in my opinion) . Films such as the deeply flawed THE KIDS ARE ALLRIGHT , The overratted INCEPTION as well as the over praised but very good WINTER'S BONE . This is a brilliant film though and truly earned it's various awards and nominations . Quite awesome .\",\n \"Product: Ben Affleck worked triple-time on The Town, in which he directs, stars, and co-adapts Chuck Hogan's Prince of Thieves. Affleck's Doug MacRay comes from a line of Boston bank robbers. With his father (Chris Cooper) behind bars, he spent most of his childhood in Charlestown with loyal hothead Jem (The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner). Doug had a chance to go legit as a pro hockey player, but he threw it away on drugs and bad behavior. After the armed robbery that opens the film, Jem becomes convinced that bank manager Claire (Vicki Cristina Barcelona's Rebecca Hall) saw something, so Doug, who wore a disguise at the time, sets out to make sure she doesn't tell FBI agent Frawley (Mad Men's Jon Hamm) anything incriminating (Titus Welliver plays Frawley's partner). Doug starts by asking Claire out, and finds she's more shaken than stirred--and that he likes her better than Jem's oxy-addicted sister, Krista (Gossip Girl's Blake Lively), his sometime girlfriend. Unfortunately, neither Jem nor vicious enforcer Fergie (Pete Postlethwaite) will cut him loose until he orchestrates two more scores--the last to take place at Fenway Park. If The Town offers fewer surprises than Affleck's directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, he raises the stakes with well-planned heists, nerve-jangling car chases, and deadly shootouts. Though Affleck looks too clean-cut to portray a thug, he gives a nicely understated performance, while Hall proves an inspired choice as a woman who could make a bad guy turn good--or die trying. --Kathleen C. Fennessy\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Very compelling film falters so bad and gets so rote in it's last 20 minutes that it pains me\\n\\nReview: I really like the new Ben Affleck . I thought his directorial debut GONE BABY GONE was one of the very finest pictures of its year . I thought he was teriffic in STATE OF PLAY and that that film was quite a good picture . I'm old enough and film curious to have seen a lot of similar films to THE TOWN over the decades . My wife and i watched all but about a half an hour of the film and really dug it (then had to crash) . It was very successful in ratcheting up the tension during this period . The following day , \\\"Boom\\\" , it's HEAT (and a thousand others) and the career criminal with a heart-a-gold . Time to leave Beantown Ben . Solid effort undermined . It happens . No ill will . Brilliant cast . Three quarters of a very good film . 3 and 1/2 star out of five .\",\n \"Product: Hollywood legend JOAN COLLINS teams up with cult stars DONALD PLEASENCE and CAROLINE MUNRO in this terrifying tale of a demonic baby! Lucy (Collins, DYNASTY, LAND OF THE PHAROAHS) is a former dancer, having moved up in the world via marriage to the wealthy Gino Carlesi (Ralph Bates, HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN, TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA), and now comfortably settled down. Lucy is expecting and when the time comes, she goes to the hospital to give birth to the baby. The new-born infant is no ordinary baby, either, as it slashes Lucy upon leaving the womb.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Some impressions while i watch the picture's first forty minutes\\n\\nReview: The first couple of minutes (although certainly not intended) put me in mind of what it might be like to be intimate with Ms. Collins . Acting never was her strong suit . Ralph Bates is a poor parallel parker . I can portray a German person about as well as Mr. Bates portrays an Italian one here . It may be best to succumb to \\\"little people\\\" . Joan Collins is pretty . \\\"Seedy and nasty\\\" workplace her's . I like Donald Pleasence . He's always solid and fun to listen to and watch act . Nuns can be quite demonstrative (no pun intended) . Some children are just plain bad . \\\"Accident's get stranger every day\\\" . Handwringing seems to be cathartic . I need a copy of this film . It's a truly BAD film (in the best sense of the word) . Worth a fish in the stream Netflix . Nice dancing sequences . It does not hurt to be an Anglophile . I'll be resuming my review of this film presently . I do recollect the hilarious stock footage of an adorable baby from yesterday . Let's finish up . The lengthy dream sequence is a hoot , with vaseline on the camera lens (like Penthouse mag) and culminating with Mr. Bates in drag as his Nun sister . Eyes rolled up to show his whites only . Very fun + amusing . More nude dancing (with a whip this time out) . Absolutely marvelous T and A picture . Mediocre television score . Perfect . Sudden wind sounds like an Italian horror picture . Malevolent little person in a tree . Running . Dialing . \\\"Lucy\\\" . Acting for the fences while perspiring . Knife . Cut back to dance club . Cut to walking Nun . Rites at cribside . I'll close out now . If you LOVE bad cinema (like myself) , you MUST see this picture . Load of laughs .\",\n \"Product: An indebted con man persuades a crime boss to bankroll a heist on a small town bank, posing as a married couple with the bosses girl.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: The handsome guy , the tough guy and the inebriate\\n\\nReview: When i saw who headlined this tight little caper film , i kept thinking , Rory Calhoun ? Rory Calhoun ? Well after i'd settled into the film , beyond the mid point to be sure , it hit me! \\\"It Takes All Kinds Of Critters To Make Farmer Vincent's Fritters\\\" . HOTEL HELL . I'd never seen Mr. Calhoun so young before (to my knowledge) . Good looking young guy he was too . I've always been a fan of James Gregory and got a kick out of watching him do his thing . I can't summon the name of Uncle \\\"gin mill\\\" , the explosives expert ? No matter . I think that gentleman made a pretty fine living playing the lush on the big and small screen , if memory serves ? The film has a few unintended laughs but was obviously shot on a tight budget in about nine days or so . The other characters are interesting too . The homicidal , blond fitness freak . The bad girl spoiling to go good . The kind and inviting community our heist folk insinuate themselves into . The vault cracker who settles for fifteen grand rather than listening to the value of 10 percent . The film's all B-movie gold . Brisk , involving and fun . You can stream it for free (thanks to Netflix) and see if you'd enjoy a copy . Flawed ? Sure . Fun ? Oh yeah!!\",\n \"Product: Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch encounters financial difficulties, Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) shows up with his new fiancee, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez). It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over as he pledges to settle all debts his father has incurred. But when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul's business dealings turn out to be less than legit, all hell breaks loose as they find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord, the mighty Onza (Gael Garcia Bernal).\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A funny film that asks something of it's audience\\n\\nReview: Both MACHETE and CASA DE MI PADRE go way over the top in trying to become instant cult classics . For me , the thing that has CASA picking up an extra star is it's commitment to Spanish . It's an understatement to write that i'm extremely proud of Will Ferrell for going the extra miles(s) . Yes , the film could have been a bit subtler . I think it would have benefited from some restraint . That written , i laughed often and hard with the picture and it's many delights . I found it refreshing that i only recognized two other guys . One from NAPOLEON DYNAMITE and another from PARKS AND RECREATION . Few Caucasian Hollywood actors have the fortitude and (there again) commitment to go \\\"full\\\" Spanish . Bravo . This will , deservedly , be a cult film .\",\n \"Product: Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Tye Sheridan, Reese Witherspoon, Matthew McConaughey.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A perfect B movie to me . My favorite fiction film of 2013\\n\\nReview: While the denizens of Hollywood were fawning , cooing and lavishing praise on their favorite political film selected for best picture sainthood , I stood my ground and never looked back . My parents had strongly encouraged me to read about and see this wonderful story as they prepared to catch it on the art house circuit . I read and was intrigued but elected to wait for a rental release .\\nI've been enjoying Matt's growing body of swell work , in my estimation , back to Tropic thunder . Through Lincoln Lawyer , Bernie and so on .\\nIf you've really enjoyed Matt in pictures like Contact , Dazed And Confused , A Time To Kill among others , prepare to be knocked out and delighted . I'll take this jewel over any of the \\\"nominees\\\" of 2013 . A number of them were excellent also .\",\n \"Product: Priscilla Lane, Jack Carson. This early film noir starts with a blues band aspiring to make enough scratch to get by. After tangling with a gangster and a man-eating moll, the band's simple dream is corrupted and their lives are in jeopardy. 1941/b&w/92 min/NR/fullscreen.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Rip Roaring swell jazz times , high drama and extra dark film noir all compressed into a tight 88 minutes\\n\\nReview: I first streamed this fascinating film on the Warner Archive channel available via the newest edition of ROKU received as a coveted Christmas gift December of 2013 .\\nYesterday I watched the picture again (I bought a copy) with my parents who were 10 (dad) and 13 (mom) when this picture sprang to life theatrically in 1941 . I was thrilled and excited all over again and my folks loved it .\\nYou'll find Howard Da Silva here . Jack Carson and Lloyd Nolan as well (in the role of a lifetime) The whole cast is fantastic in service of a super-duper-hyper-rat-a-tat script loaded with great enthusiasm and encouragement and hard truths and harsher actions . This picture screams life with spectacular montages and sweet and lovely playing and singing . The acting's uniformly superb and dynamic . See it if you can friends . See it if you can .\",\n \"Product: .\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: I really love this great pop record\\n\\nReview: When i was growing up , working and listening , i heard a terrific amount of pop and rock music . Obviously , i was not much of a power chord guy . Fairly often , i'd hear an instrumental song from this lovely record . When listering to such radio stations , it's pretty seldom that one would hear instrumental songs . After a while , i remembered a couple of the instrumental songs so well , i could approximate them through humming and other vocal methods . I asked a number of friends who the artist was ? This was WELL before home computers . It took awhile for me to stumble across someone who knew the artist . When i learned it was Dan Fogelberg and Tim Weisberg , i was knocked out . Dan Fogelberg ? Sure enough . Dan was a great player and songwriter as well as an oft brilliant lyric writer . I've listened to the disc five or six times over the last couple of days . I was trying to determine if i felt the record deserved four or five stars . It's not without flaw . But it sure was and remains hugely influential for me . I love these two gentlemen and their beautiful recording . All in for me .\",\n \"Product: Songs Include : DISC # 1 : Your Starter For / Tonight / One Horse Town / Chameleon / Boogie Pilgrim / Cage The Songbird / Crazy Water / Shoulder Holster / DISC # 2 : Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word / Out Of The Blue / Between Seventeen And Twenty / The Wide Eyed And Laughing / Someone's Final Song / Where's The Shoorah / If There's A God In Heaven - What's He Waiting For / Idol / Theme From A Non Existent TV Series / Bite Your Lip - Get Up And Dance\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Years before Elton voiced it , i knew this was his favorite record , It's also mine\\n\\nReview: I used to cut my parents lawn while listening to this double recording cassette . I wore several vinyl and cassette tapes out digging what i consider to be Elton's masterwork . I give all his 70's recordings the full measure . I reserve a special spot for this one though . It was interesting to hear him (Elton John) say , many years after having made it , that he felt it was his best effort . I concur totally . An additional but even greater work of genius and sophistication in his song craft . Magnificent . My nearest (in age) brother , quickly grew to feel the same way . He was seldom a rocker (Elton) , But his pop credentials really were totally singular and awesome .\",\n \"Product: A brilliant 1964 quartet session with McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones. Green cooks from first note to last with some of his purest jazz playing.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Wonderfully exuberant date with one personnel quibble\\n\\nReview: This is my third Grant Green purchase . IDLE HANDS and GREEN STREET being the first two . A fourth (THE COMPLETE QUARTETS) is en route . I'm an instant and deeply enthusiastic Green supporter and fan . The players here are exceptional (with one personal caveat) . Unless i find McCoy Tyner in ballad mode (Coltrane's BALLADS or JOHN COLTRANE AND JOHNNY HARTMAN) for example , the gentleman does not crack my top 50 (jazz pianists) . I find his style on this uptempo date too meandering . Mr. Tyner's got a LOT of solo space here too . It makes me wish this were a trio date and/or that Tyner had been more sparingly utilized . The cover art is fantastic . The players (sans Tyner) absolutely cook . This session needed a Hank Jones . A Tommy Flanagan . A Kenny Barron . An Anthony Wonsey .\",\n \"Product: After 10 years and 6 albums on the indie label, Candid, Stacey Kent finally releases her major label debut on Blue Note Records. A multi-award winner (2001 British Jazz Award, 2002 BBC Jazz Award Best Vocalist, etc) Stacey has built a huge fanbase for her cool, classy interpretations of the Great American Songbook, all recorded with husband, arranger, producer and now songwriter Jim Tomlinson (himself a winner of the 2006 Album of the Year British Jazz Award). On \\\"Breakfast...\\\" Jim contributes 4 new songs written with the writer Kazuo Ishiguro - one of a legion of fans that Stacey has attracted over the years (they met after he played one of her songs on Desert Island Discs!!) and this is the first time that they have featured their own songs on an album. Stacey tours constantly - she even turned down an appearance on Parkinson because she was playing a gig (admittedly this would have been her second performance on Parkinson, which in itself is quite unique) - and has built up a very sizeable fanbase which will be determined to get the album as soon as possible. However, since Stacey is out of the UK through September we will be focusing our promotion and marketing push at the start of October as a preview to the forthcoming residency at Ronnie Scotts in November 1st - 3rd. Stacey will be available for press and promotion in late September/early October and we fully expect to find her on some major shows. In the past, her appearances on shows such as Parkinson, CBS Sunday Morning in the USA and even Swedish tv have driven an immediate and impressive sales response pushing her to number 1 and 2 in the Amazon.com charts as an example. As well as the Ronnie Scott dates in November Stacey will play a significant number of dates in the UK both this year. See below for information.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Not quite \\\"jazzy\\\" enough for my palette\\n\\nReview: What an absolutely lovely and supple voice ex-pat Stacy Kent has . I keep listening to this recording and waiting for it to morph into something swinging . To sing in French as well (and in such a lovely and effortless manner) . The woman can certainly sing and has a beautiful voice . Instrumentally , i part company with the Brit authors of the various PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ volumes . To me , this is folk/pop . I like popular music . At NO time are my socks , even remotely , threatened with being knocked off . Semi faux jazz for someone ? you decide . Great musicians as well (i'm told) . To each their own .\",\n \"Product: 2008 limited four disc (CD + two CD singles + PAL/Region 0 DVD) set. This special edition of the Jazz vocalist's Blue Note album contains the original album that includes a bonus live track, two CD singles ('Samba Saravah' and 'The Ice Hotel') as well as a 50 minute DVD that includes video clips, in concert performance and more PLUS a special booklet. A multi-award winner (2001 British Jazz Award, 2002 BBC Jazz Award Best Vocalist, etc.) Stacey has built a huge fanbase for her cool, classy interpretations of the Great American Songbook, all recorded with husband, arranger, producer and songwriter Jim Tomlinson. On Breakfast... Jim contributes four new songs written with the Kazuo Ishiguro, one of a legion of fans that Stacey has attracted over the years (they met after he played one of her songs on Desert Island Discs!!) and this is the first time that they have featured their own songs on an album. Blue Note.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Not quite \\\"jazzy\\\" enough for my palette\\n\\nReview: What an absolutely lovely and supple voice ex-pat Stacy Kent has . I keep listening to this recording and waiting for it to morph into something swinging . To sing in French as well (and in such a lovely and effortless manner) . The woman can certainly sing and has a beautiful voice . Instrumentally , i part company with the Brit authors of the various PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ volumes . To me , this is folk/pop . I like popular music . At NO time are my socks , even remotely , threatened with being knocked off . Semi faux jazz for someone ? you decide . Great musicians as well (i'm told) . To each their own .\",\n \"Product: 2008 limited four disc (CD + two CD singles + PAL/Region 0 DVD) set. This special edition of the Jazz vocalist's Blue Note album contains the original album that includes a bonus live track, two CD singles ('Samba Saravah' and 'The Ice Hotel') as well as a 50 minute DVD that includes video clips, in concert performance and more PLUS a special booklet. A multi-award winner (2001 British Jazz Award, 2002 BBC Jazz Award Best Vocalist, etc.) Stacey has built a huge fanbase for her cool, classy interpretations of the Great American Songbook, all recorded with husband, arranger, producer and songwriter Jim Tomlinson. On Breakfast... Jim contributes four new songs written with the Kazuo Ishiguro, one of a legion of fans that Stacey has attracted over the years (they met after he played one of her songs on Desert Island Discs!!) and this is the first time that they have featured their own songs on an album. Blue Note.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Not quite \\\"jazzy\\\" enough for my palette\\n\\nReview: What an absolutely lovely and supple voice ex-pat Stacy Kent has . I keep listening to this recording and waiting for it to morph into something swinging . To sing in French as well (and in such a lovely and effortless manner) . The woman can certainly sing and has a beautiful voice . Instrumentally , i part company with the Brit authors of the various PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ volumes . To me , this is folk/pop . I like popular music . At NO time are my socks , even remotely , threatened with being knocked off . Semi faux jazz for someone ? you decide . Great musicians as well (i'm told) . To each their own .\",\n \"Product: With regular spots on David Letterman, a syndicated radio show and a TV series (Night Music), 5-time Grammy-winner David Sanborn has received the kind of massive exposure most jazz artists can only dream of. Songs from the Night Before finds David in peak form, with playing that ranges from crisp to wistful. Featuring a stellar line-up of musicians and guest appearances by Steve Jordan, Randy Brecker and others, this album is highlighted by the first single, a rendition of the Classics IV hit \\\"Spooky.\\\" [Note: This product is an authorized CD-R and is manufactured on demand]\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: I used to believe David when he said he was not a \\\"jazz\\\" guy\\n\\nReview: Then , i had opportunities to hear recording such as this one (before buying) and ANOTHER HAND . David certainly has his own lovely and soulful voice though . Some folks might not call this \\\"jazz\\\" . They may be correct . With folks like John Purcell (bass clarinet , alto flute) , Randy Brecker (trumpet) , and the late Don Alias (percussion) , i'll take my chances though . No , it's NOT strait ahead/traditional jazz . I like it though . Pino Palladino (bass on one song) was great all over Joan Armatrading's THE SHOUTING STAGE . Will Lee (bass on one song) was killin' all over Gary Burton's REUNION with Pat Metheny , Mitch Foreman and Peter Erskine . Call it what you wish , i got me a copy . Does need some acoustic piano though . Soulful .\",\n \"Product: Kisses in the Rain by John Pizzarelli | Format: Audio CD. This is a diverse set of standards and original tunes that aims at the intimacy and spontaneity of John Pizzarelli's live performance with a studio setting. The singer-guitarist's long-established trio with pianist Ray Kennedy and brother Martin Pizzarelli on bass just keeps getting better, working with an instrumentation that Nat \\\"King\\\" Cole first perfected in the '40s and which also served Oscar Peterson well in the '50s.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: \\\"Aw , give the man four stars---he's earned them\\\"\\n\\nReview: So say the oft brilliant authors of THE PEGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ (sixth edition) . I fully agree . Along with KNOWING YOU and AFTER HOURS , one of my favorite recordings by the wonderful John P. . After Kurt Elling , Mr. Pizzarelli is my second most favored male jazz vocalist . That John can play guitar(s) as he does is truly fantastic . The depth and quality of John's recordings is so very strong , swinging and moving as well . Joined , as almost always , by the superb Ray Kennedy (piano) and John's brilliant bio bro Martin (acoustic bass) , it seldom gets this good and sustained (swing) as these cats can conjure . Required .\",\n \"Product: Things sure were swingin' on this 1958 Capitol album, one of Peggy's finest and most overlooked jazz outings! Accompanied by an all-star tentet that featured Pete Candoli, Barney Kessel and Shelly Manne among its members, she tackled two originals and 10 great standards including It's a Wonderful World; Ridin' High; I'm Beginning to See the Light; Alone Together , and more. This reissue adds the smash Fever/You Don't Know single that came from the same sessions!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Sexy lady makes GREAT records\\n\\nReview: First i aquired Ms. Lee with Benny Goodman . A two disc set of 40's era swing . It's wonderful . Next i got the double session BLACK COFFEE & DREAM STREET . It is swell as well . This sexy , subtle , swingin' 1958 date is perhaps my favorite yet . The musicians include ; Conrad Gozzo , Don Fagerquist and Mannie Klein (trumpets) , Bob Enevoldsen (valve trombone) , Milt Bernhardt (trombone) , Justin Gordon and George Smith (reeds) , Joe Harnell (piano) , Howard Roberts (guitar) , Joe Mondragon (bass) and Shelly Manne (drums) . The arrangements are lovely . The singing sensuous . The solos brief and few but nice . The overrall effect transporting . There's Barney Kessel (guitar) and Pete Candoli and Uan Rasey (trumpets) replacing folks on several songs here . Enjoy . FEVER .\",\n \"Product: First time worldwide CD release for this 1976 Jazz Fusion album by keyboardist/songwriter Jan Hammer. Featuring musical assistance from bassist Fernando Saunders, drummer Tony Smith and violinist/guitarist Steve Kindler. The album reached #22 on the Billboard Jazz Album charts. Wounded Bird. 2006.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Oh , Well ?\\n\\nReview: Granted the musicianship here is excellent . It's fine fusion stuff . What's with the R&B vocals though ? The version of Red and Orange heard here is far less impressive than it is on John Abercrombie's TIMELESS recording of 1979 . I've listened to the recording at least four times now . Apart from the superb drumming and all around great playing (as stated earlier) , how does this record come by five star consensus from so many folk though ? Good will ? I'm aware AllMusic.com gives this record 4 and 1/2 out of 5 . This is good , often very good , fusion with some bad vocal decisions (in my opinion) . I call them as i hear them . This is NOT a remarkable recording . 3 and 1/2 out of 5 . I do wonder how many folks came here to write about this session and either crept away or fell in lockstep ?\",\n \"Product: Solo and duo performances with Denmark's leading percussionist on a fascinating album, produced by Manfred Eicher in Copenhagen. For more than half of this set, Marilyn Mazur is joined by former employer Jan Garbarek in a program of poetic improvisations. Mazur was a member of Garbarek's band for 14 years, on Elixir she invites the great saxophonist to enter her sound world.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Needed to live with this session a couple of months\\n\\nReview: Today , out and about in my courier capacity , i finally fully embraced the intimacy and deliberately minimalist beauty of this recording .\\nThis record caught my eye awhile back and it haunted me . I knew Ms. Mazur was a percussion artist on the ECM record label . I observed that Jan Garbarek was on the recording (he co-wrote a third of it's 21 songs) . Jan (tenor and soprano saxophones and flute) appears on about half of the recording . It was not until i sought out more information at Allmusic , that i realized (that's right!) that Marilyn has been a part of Jan's working and recording group(s) for 15 years or so .\\nI listened to this often subtle , quiet but also full dynamic range encompassing session many times . Or at least tried to .\\nToday , i really \\\"tanked up on the bean\\\" (thank you Kurt Elling) and delved my deepest into this wonderful (55 minute) session 3 times .\\nJan has a knack for selecting the perfect instrument for each song and the mood it creates . Getting to the song's essence and embellishing while revealing it's spare form(s) .\\nMs. Mazur is just wonderful on ALL her various percussion . There's only one instrument she plays a couple of times that is not my cup of tea . It sort of sounds like a saw with a string and cymbal . Fortunately , she does not use this instrument but on a couple of brief (albeit irritating) tracks . I dislike it's sound and it does tend to take me out of the moment and flow when summoned .\\nThat small caveat aside , i do think time and multiple listens will reveal to most the very worthwhile nature of this collaboration .\\nFor you , it may be a frosted mug of Guinness Stout , poolside , that is the available time for you ?\\nI can only hope you and this recording coalesce eventually . After your fashion .\",\n \"Product: On Gary Burton's debut release on Mack Avenue Records Common Ground, the Grammy-winning pioneer of the four-mallet technique of playing the vibes is not only delivering his first studio album since 2005, but is also introducing his latest band. Well-known throughout his five-decade career for his quartets (beginning with his 1967 group featuring Larry Coryell, Roy Haynes and Steve Swallow), Burton is returning to the configuration for the first time since the mid 90s. He expresses great enthusiasm for the new band's alchemy. I've always liked the vibraphone-guitar sound, says Burton, whose masterful vibes glisten throughout Common Ground. It's something that I discovered when Nashville country guitarist Hank Garland invited me in the 60s to record with him. The sound of the two instruments together has an ideal timbre and coolness.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: One of Burton's best . One of the year's best jazz recordings\\n\\nReview: It's been since Gary's duet albums (with Ralph Towner for example) that he's led such an open , supple , subtly complex session as this to my ears . Several \\\"road\\\" listens today , convinced me that this IS a remarkable date . With Antonio Sanchez on drums and contributing two songs , Scott Colley (acoustic double bass and a song) and the extraordinary Julian Lage (slightly amplified electric guitar and two songs) , things are off and running . Colley is a third and substantial solo voice on the recording . These songs are VERY good and given VERY thoughtful consideration in every way . The playing is super deep and passionate (by all) and as rewarding as any authentic jazz fan could hope for . I'm fairly certain this disc will turn up on a LOT of jazz top lists of it's year . If you think you've heard your fill of Gary ? Think again . Brilliant . Classic . Masterfully recorded as well . Even folks fairly new to jazz music should be able to discern the effortless virtuosity of all involved . Essential .\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":40,"string":"40"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1983,"string":"1,983"}}},{"rowIdx":1984,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A3KCWQMEOLRC2U"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"4.0\" for a product with description \"Easily re-use your K-cups by cleaning out the grounds and placing one of our lids on top.\". The summary of the review text is \"Good but could be better\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"They work. They should be cheaper. $0.15/ea is too much (that did include Prime shipping), but so far haven't seen any alternatives. The tops are sturdy - almost too sturdy. It takes more pressure to puncture the top. Not sure if this will harm the top puncture needle. A better design would have been to make the center of the lid that gets punctured out of foil, or thinner material that would puncture easier.\n\nCan be hard to put on reused Kcups, but that isn't really a bad thing. Some go on very easily, others require a little more pressure. Occasionally,the top will come off and stick to the top part of the machine. I think it happens because when it punctures the top it requires such extra pressure, it may slightly bend the top enough to have it slip off the Kcup. This is not a big deal, but is a little messy.\n\nGreat idea.... hoping someone else decides to make a better and cheaper mousetrap. Even at 15 cents each, they do save us money and I don't feel as guilty having that 3rd cup of coffee. We put the letter \"D\" on the lids that have decafe and the initial of the regular coffee so we know what we are drinking (\"K\" for Kirkland, \"V\" for Verona, etc.)"},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"They work. They should be cheaper. $0.15/ea is too much (that did include Prime shipping), but so far haven't seen any alternatives. The tops are sturdy - almost too sturdy. It takes more pressure to puncture the top. Not sure if this will harm the top puncture needle. A better design would have been to make the center of the lid that gets punctured out of foil, or thinner material that would puncture easier.\n\nCan be hard to put on reused Kcups, but that isn't really a bad thing. Some go on very easily, others require a little more pressure. Occasionally,the top will come off and stick to the top part of the machine. I think it happens because when it punctures the top it requires such extra pressure, it may slightly bend the top enough to have it slip off the Kcup. This is not a big deal, but is a little messy.\n\nGreat idea.... hoping someone else decides to make a better and cheaper mousetrap. Even at 15 cents each, they do save us money and I don't feel as guilty having that 3rd cup of coffee. We put the letter \"D\" on the lids that have decafe and the initial of the regular coffee so we know what we are drinking (\"K\" for Kirkland, \"V\" for Verona, etc.)"},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: Devcon Duco Cement is a multi-purpose, water resistant, fast-drying, nitro-cellulose household cement that dries clear and tough. Duco Cement is extremely flammable in cured and uncured state. For non-porous surfaces, apply one coat to each surface, hold or clamp until cement sets and let dry. For porous surfaces, coat each piece and let dry, when dry apply a second coat and hold or clamp until set. It is good to use removable tape on surfaces you do not want any cement to get on. Before the cement sets, remove the tape. Bonds wood, china, leather, glass, paper, ceramic, and metal. Not recommended for use on polyethylene or polypropylene plastics. Tensile Strength: 200 psi (glass to glass); 1200 psi (wood to wood); 700 psi (metal to metal). Note: Flammable. Keep away from heat, sparks, and open flame. Do not use on repairs that will come in contact with food related items.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fixed my Coffee Cup Handle - highly recommend!\n\nReview: I bought this to glue a ceramic coffee cup handle back on the cup. It worked like a charm! My favorite coffee cup handle broke off - luckily in one piece. I tried this magic \"as seen on TV\" putty that I had in the drawer. it seemed to work. Looked a little messy - it was dark grey and got on the handle and cup but the handle seemed to hold. Two weeks later it snapped off again at the puttied joints. I cleaned off the putty using my dremel tool and fingernail, got the surface clean. Bought this glue on Amazon due to the raves.\n\nThe cement was thick enough that it didn't run all over the place. I put a little on both surfaces of the ceramic. Then I positioned the handle on the cup. I was able to slide around until I got it perfect. I held it there for about a minute. The grabbing power of the cement was great. I probably didn't even need to hold it in place (but I did). I let it cure overnight, even though it felt strong enough to hold after a couple hours.\n\nThe glue is clear. I cleaned excess when it was still in liquid form. My favorite coffee cup looks good as new! It has been washed and used many times and after a month it is still holding strong. I highly recommend getting this glue. Even if you don't need it now... it is indispensable to have in your drawer for emergencies.","Product: The LUCID encasement mattress protector offers quiet, breathable comfort while eliminating the passage of bed bugs to and from your mattress. The waterproof zipper completely locks out allergens and dust mites, ensuring the best allergy protection available. This 100 percent waterproof protector surrounds the mattress with quiet, breathable fabric for a comfortable and healthy sleep environment. The waterproof barrier allows air to pass for breathable comfort while protecting the mattresses from fluids, spills and stains on all sides. Surface fabric: 100 percent polyester, Backing: 100 percent polyurethane\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Sleeps hot and noisy when moving around\n\nReview: This Mattress protector did not work out for us. It made noise when moving or rolling over on our CA King bed. Very subtle noise but enough that it was annoying. We also found it hot to sleep on. I don't think it let the mattress breath enough and our body heat was not absorbed. At first, I thought it was just me, but then my wife mentioned she felt it slept \"hot.\" She was not aware of the noise until I pointed it out to her. After a few nights, we removed the protector and the noise went away and we both slept \"cooler.\"\n\nThe quality of the mattress protector/encasement was good, no complaints. We did not test the waterproof claim. Being waterproof may be why it didn't \"breath\" enough and caused our body heat not to dissipate. It went onto the 14.5\" CA King mattress pretty easy (two of us put it on). The zipper is on 3 sides (actually 2.5 sides), which helps. Pockets are plenty deep. Would probably fit up to 18\" mattress. So if you have a foam topper or feather topper on your bed, it should still fit. The material is stretchy which also helps when putting it on and pulling it this way and that way.\n\nWe did not wash it first, which may have helped with the noise. Hard to describe the noise. It was not a crinkly noise you get with vinyl, but a more subtle noise - like a friction noise.\n\nI returned it to Amazon. Free return. Easy. Amazon provided a label to print and I reboxed and dropped off at the local UPS store.\n\nFor a child's bed it may be fine - waterproof. We got a mattress protector (not encasement) <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Cal-King-Size-SafeRest-Premium-Hypoallergenic-Waterproof-Mattress-Protector-Vinyl-Free/dp/B003PWPHPI/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Cal King Size SafeRest Premium Hypoallergenic Waterproof Mattress Protector - Vinyl Free</a> which so far is great. The top is a thin terry cloth material. Haven't tested waterproof yet. I will still look for an encasement for the mattress for further protection and bed bug protection. I'm not worried about bed bugs, but my wife is.\n\nBottom line: this product did not work out for us (3 stars), but may work for you.","Product: Dirt Bin Lower Door Replacement Part for Dyson DC07 Upright Vacuum. 10-0705-08\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This is the one to buy if you need this part!\n\nReview: Perfect! Fit our Dyson. Great price. Lousy picture on Amazon - actual product is clear, heavy duty plastic, with rubber gasket seal. I was careful snapping it in place, didn't want to break the little nubbies. Another reviewer mentioned the slots on the canister - wasn't sure what he meant. But after close examination, I saw and felt the barely visible indents on the hinge where this door was going to snap into. I don't know if it helped or not, but I positioned the door nubbies inline with the slight grooves and snapped it on.\n\nThis replacement door is exactly what you need. It is quality. It is clear. It is half the price of any other replacement doors. If you are thinking of one of the other doors shown on Amazon because the picture and write up are better than this vendor... don't. Get this one. I almost bought from another vendor. The description said \"Clear\" and the writeup seemed more professional. The cost was just a little bit more. I am glad I took a chance and got this one. (I figured I could return if it wasn't as expected.) Like I said, the door I received was clear (not gray as in photo) and very sturdy - not flimsy or thin plastic.","Product: An ideal choice for people on the go, the Stainless King Vacuum Insulated Travel Tumbler is built to last and loaded with features to make for a more enjoyable drinking experience. Thermos vacuum insulation technology virtually eliminates temperature change within the beverage container by creating an airless space between two stainless steel walls. The result is an insulation layer that performs better than any other. A superior insulated container you can depend on to keep your beverages hotter, colder, fresher, longer. This travel tumbler keeps beverages hot for 5 hours or cold for 9, making it a great choice for long days out and about or in the office. Constructed with double wall stainless steel, this 16 ounce travel tumbler is virtually durable, yet its sleek design is both eye-catching and functional. The contoured body shape is easy to grip and fits most automobile cup holders and is single serve compatible. For tea drinkers, a built-in tea hook is just the ticket to brew tea on the go. The tea hook can also accommodate most loose leaf infusers. The Stainless King Travel Tumbler comes equipped with a 100% leak-proof Drink Lock sealing lid which operates simply by pushing the lever 45 degrees right or left to open and close. And because of the double wall insulation, the stainless steel body stays cool to the touch with hot beverages and condensation-free with cold beverages. In order to maximize the incredible insulation technology, it is recommended to either pre-chill or pre-heat the travel tumbler just prior to use. This can be accomplished by filling the tumbler with cold or hot tap water, attaching the lid and letting it rest for a few minutes. Before you are ready to use, simply empty the water and fill with your favorite beverage. The Stainless King Vacuum Insulated Travel Tumbler is made of BPA-free materials and is backed by a five-year limited warranty.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Absolutely the BEST Thermos on the market!\n\nReview: Best thermos you can buy. I've tried other name brand thermoses but this is the best. It keeps my coffee hot for hours and hours. Even when I pour out my coffee the following day, it is still warm. I have a silver Thermos King thermos that I have had for over 10 years. Still works great. Some of the clearcoat finish is starting to wear off from use. Doesn't affect the performance, just the looks, so I decided to buy a new one since it was on sale on Amazon. Got a red one.\n\nOn road trips, my routine is to stop by Starbucks and have them fill my thermos with black coffee ($1.95). I sip the coffee for hours while driving. It stays piping hot for at least 4 hours and remains hot for another couple hours. The size is perfect. Fits in my cup holder.\n\nThere is a lever on the top that you move to open or close the small opening to allow coffee to be drunk. There is a 1/4\" lip that helps prevent any coffee spills. I normally leave the top set on Open (instead of constantly opening and closing). And it still stays really hot for over 4 hours. The opening in small and the way it is designed, very little heat will escape. Warning... for first half hour or so, take very small sips or you will burn your lips and tongue!\n\nThe top unscrews (obviously) and both the top and container are easily washed. I just rinse with water. The top can be disassembled for a more thorough cleaning by twisting the bottom of the top. I've only cleaned mine a couple time over the years.\n\nOne possible negative (at least for my wife) is when you screw the top on, it creates a seal that must expand slightly. Because unscrewing the top can be difficult and requires some strength. Even when I try not to screw the top on too hard, it still requires some elbow grease to unscrew it. In the mornings, we make a pot of coffee. I drink a cup and eat my cereal. Then I fill my Thermos with the leftover coffee and go to my home office to work (about 9am). I sip on the coffee during the day. I stop drinking coffee at 3pm (otherwise it interferes with my sleep). At 3pm the remaining coffee is still hot in my Thermos. Sometimes I don't get around to emptying it until the next morning - it is still lukewarm! and that is with me leaving the top to the \"open\" position.\n\nCan't say enough good things about this Thermos. To me it is a Must Buy item... even if not on special.","Product: USB\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Give it a week and you'll Love it!\n\nReview: Took me about a week to get used to this keyboard. Now I love it. If I wrote a review right after I got it, I would say it was awkward, keys are a little stiff, and keyboard is large. Now after a few weeks, I say, I like the feel of the keys, stiffer than my old Logitech keyboard, but I get better feedback that I have fully hit the key and I have less accidental partially hit key errors.\n\nPros: less keyboard typing errors, comfortable hand positioning, good tactile feel to keys, love the middle Zoom button, nice aux key layout, easy volume control buttons at top, nice quality feel to it, not wireless, no batteries to replace.\n\nCons: took a little while to get used to it, a little larger on my desk, not wireless (also a Pro), no sound indicator when I hit the caps lock (does light a light on front center indicating on/off which is nice), Home & End keys took awhile to get used to - different from previous keyboard... but now not a problem, keys & space bar a little stiff - also a pro - depending on what you like.\n\nI had a Bluetooth Logitech keyboard prior. OK board. Did not like it being Bluetooth. Had to use a USB dongle, on boot up, keyboard was not immediately recognized. I rarely move my keyboard more than a few inches now & then so wireless/Bluetooth is not really needed. The wire is attached to the keyboard (can't be removed) and is about 5' long. Fortunately, my monitor has 2 USB ports - because my computer is behind me and would require about 10' cord (you can always get a USB extension if needed).\n\nI don't find the keys to be noisy. There is a slight click when pushed - which I like. I work at home, alone... so any keyboard noise is irrelevant to me. But even in an office situation, I doubt this keyboard is any louder than most other alternatives.\n\nFor the money - got it on sale - this is a great keyboard. Has \"favorite\" keys which I haven't programmed yet, and other features I haven't used... my typos have decreased significantly, and I really like the feel of the keys.\n\nIn the area between the two keyboards is a little button that if you push it up it will zoom in on your web page, push it down it will zoom out. I wish it would go to 100% if pushed down... but there is a little box that pops up showing the zoom %. Very handy when viewing small text or videos in websites that won't let you resize.\n\nThe Home key is in the middle of the 6 keys top right - to the right of the Insert key. The End key is in middle bottom row just under the Home key. The Page Up and Page Down keys are on far right of the group of 6. Delete is below the Insert key. The Home & End keys are in different location than my Logitech board, at first I thought it awkward, but now find it as a better layout.\n\nThe volume up, down, mute buttons are silver and on top row on right end. They are well spaced so mute is easy to find and volume up/down are right next to each other for easy volume control. The video/audio play/pause button is to the right of the sound buttons. I found this button does not always work - depending what you are watching.\n\nThe F keys have multi-functions, I rarely, if ever use them for the alternate function - such as Undo, Redo, Close, Send, Spell, Save, etc.... I'm too used to keyboard shortcuts ctrl+c copy, ctrl+v paste, ctrl+z undo, ctrl+s save, ctrl+x cut, etc... no need to move my hand to find the right F key.\n\nCap Lock - at first I was disappointed that it did not make a beep when selected like my Logitech board which had one tone for on, one for off.... instead the MS board has 4 lights in the silver area center bottom of board. The top like is green when there is power on. The 2nd light lights up when Caps Lock is pushed on and goes off when Caps are off. Actually like it better than the sounds. The sounds were nice to alert you that you accidentally hit the Caps key not the Tabs key... but was harder to remember if Caps were on or off... the light makes that easier.\n\nThere is a forward/back arrows on the front center silver area above the lights... could be nice when browsing on the web. I tried them and they work fine... I use a Logitech Revolution wireless mouse that has fwd/back buttons on the side of the mouse. So I don't use the keyboard.\n\nNumber Keys are standard... but just above them are 4 keys which if you get used to using could save time: = ( ) <\n\nI recommend this Keyboard.","Product: This cassette adaptor allows you to connect your minidisc or CD player to a vehicle cassette player. This product works well with any audio players, the adaptor will operate with non-Sony products as well. There are a couple of key features to this adaptor which make it a fine choice.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Nice accessory to have\n\nReview: Tough to review. The one I received from BargainCell did not work. It was to replace one I got from Meritline that broke. I did not contact BargainCell - I'm sure they would replace, just too much hassle for the money... plus BargainCell is smart, they charged $.25 for cassette and $2.98 shipping. They do not refund shipping. Sneaky on their part. Like phone companies quoting low rates, but tagging on tons of fees...\n\nI did rate this because I ordered another from Overstock via Amazon. It worked like my old one. I use this to listen to mp3 audiobooks. I can load a whole book (actually several books) on my MP3 plug in this adapter and insert in cassette slot in car radio. Plays great. A slight hiss and clicking which is not noticeable while playing - only when nothing is playing but tape still on. Sound quality is OK for audio books, not as good for music. I end up turning treble up, bass down until voices sound good. Great for long trips - books pass the time faster.\n\nWorth getting just to have on hand... especially under $4. Although music isn't as good as radio or CD, it isn't terrible and to be able to play all your favorites from your MP3 is worth having this little cassette adapter.","Product: Use this high quality Cat6 ethernet cable to connect computers, switches, routers, cable modems, set top boxes, etc. Any place you see a Cat5, Cat5e, or Cat6 port you can rely on this cable.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Works well - cheap price.\n\nReview: This cable does what it is supposed to do, carry signal to other computer. I've seen higher quality cable with better outer skin, but at the end of the day, all I need is the signal from router to reach the computer on other end and vice versa - in that regard, this cable did the job and at a very low price.\n\nI was having intermittent problems with the wireless card in my wife's computer in the other room. I decided to hardwire her computer for the internet connection. Calculated that I needed 40-50 feet of cable to run along the wall, through the closet walls, into the other room, around the baseboards and into her computer. I drilled the holes in the walls, fed the cable through, connected to her computer and to the router in my office, removed her wireless card, turned her computer on, and voila - she was instantly connected to the internet. So far after a month or so, no problems.\n\nI deducted 1 star because the blue skin of the cable is very thin, and when bent, turns white. Shouldn't be a problem since there is no reason to disturb the cable now that it is in place. But, I would have preferred a better, heavier skin that resisted kinking. This cable has the potential to kink and if done repeatedly, may have potential to weaken or break a wire inside the wrap. Just handle with care and you should have no problems. For the price, you can not go wrong.\n\nI always measure the distance I need and add about 5-10 feet.... nothing is worse than coming up 1-2 feet short!","Product: pRecord more delete less. Add My DVR Expander from WD to your eSATA enabled DVR and youll instantly add space for up to 60 hours of high-definition or 300 hours of standard definition TV./p\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: More storage with a glitch - EDITED\n\nReview: Pretty easy to install on Scientific Atlanta HD DVR (Time Warner). Took me a couple tries... first time had TV off. 2nd Try had TV on and saw the screen that asked if I wanted to Format the external drive. All great after set up... haven't seen an hour glass \"soon to expire\" since installing. But am having pixelation stutters during playback. Just a quick picture and sound break-up for 1 second several times during playback. If I rewind and play that part again, no stutter... so is not in recording. I'm using HDMI from DVR to TV. I will try switching to Component Out to see if that helps. I tried new ESata II cable from DVR to Extender Drive... didn't help. It is getting annoying - seems to happen right when someone is saying something important. May just be coincidence that it started after installing the WD DVR Expander. I deducted one star for this problem.\n\nEDIT: I changed from HDMI to Component output from DVR to TV - still had break-up problem. I disconnected the WD Expander (you lose all recordings) and ran w/o Expander and playback worked perfect. Have to assume it was the unit. Sending it back. Amazon has great return policy.","Product: Transform your obsolete 3.5\" floppy bay in your Windows desktop PC into a useful memory card reader. With the ability to read and write 17 popular memory card formats including Memory Stick/Duo/Pro/Micro, SD, MiniSD, Xd, Compact Flash (types I/II), MicroDrive, MultiMediaCard, RS-MMC and SmartMedia, the MRW620/U1/181 internal reader/writer enables you to access memory cards used in electronic devices such as digital cameras, mobile phones, camcorders, MP3 players and digital picture frames. This reader/writer connects to your PC via internal USB connection and adds a standard USB port on the front panel. It also comes with black and ivory colored faceplates so you can easily match to the casing of your PC.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Nice addition to my computer case\n\nReview: I got tired of dangling USB card readers so on this computer build, added this card reader to the case. My case (Antec P280) did not have a 3.5 external drive bay, so I had to buy a 5.25 adaptor to fill the space (added $17). I deducted 1 star because it didn't come with a 5.25 adaptor. It works fine and looks like it is part of the computer (not just an add-on). Plugs into the USB connector on my Motherboard. I mainly only need the SDHC slot, but as a graphic designer, sometimes get files on other cards... this does the job. Most people today just use Flash drives (thumb drives) to transport files. I have plenty of USB external ports, but it is nice that this adds an extra port. For the price, this is a great deal - especially if you are building your own computer system. Just wish it came with a 5.25 adaptor.","Product: Canon 2805B002 Speedlite 430Ex Ii Flash.The fully swiveling bounce head zooms automatically over a range of 24mm-105mm. Its Wireless E-TTL II compatibility permits it to function as a slave unit, triggered by a 580EX, ST-E2, or MR-14EX. Any number of 430EX and 550EX Speedlites can be combined as slave units for creative.Compatibility: All Canon EOS cameras; PowerShot G series cameras.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Glad I splurged on this flash\n\nReview: I agonized whether to spend my money on this flash or a lower priced 3rd party (Sigma). Couldn't afford the 580 EX II. This is probably more flash than I need and the Sigma or other probably would have sufficed. But psychologically, I feel I have the best and will not be thinking I should have spend an extra $100 for the real deal.\n\nEasy to use... slid it on my new Canon T1i dSLR and started shooting. Refresh times between flash is fast. Flash is quiet... tooks some shots of a possum on the wall at night - so silent flash was good. TTL measures flash distance and exposure so shots are not overblown or under exposed. I haven't fooled with manual settings or slave settings... but on automatic, I'm impressed and glad I have the Canon 430 EX II - even if it is overpriced as its competitors claim. As an amateur photographer, I don't plan on buying another flash for quite awhile... I splurged on my camera and didn't want to skimp on something as important as the flash. This flash has a long range, so getting shots of the school stage, or across a large room - the 430 EX will do well.\n\nThe Canon T1I is great with no flash, low light shots, and the on camera flash is not too bad for less than 6' shots. But, for even better shots indoors, I use the 430 EX II and bounce it off the ceiling - which helps minimize harsh shadows and produces a nice natural looking shot. I've just scratched the surface and look forward to doing more with this flash.\n\nIf you are on the fence, like I was... I would highly recommend this flash. I watched eBay for deals and looked at other websites that advertised low price then bait & switch ([...]). In the end, Amazon had best price, free shipping, no tax, and great reputation for returns...","Product: The ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 motherboard features the Intel Z68 chipset supporting the 2nd Generation Intel Core i7/Core i5/Core i3 Processors. The all-new GEN3 series is fully ready for true PCIe 3.0, built to be future-proof with native BIOS support for 22nm next-gen Intel processors as well as PCIe 3.0 switching IC for SLI support. ASUS ground breaking UEFI BIOS simplifies platform settings for users with an EZ tuning mode.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great Board so far!\n\nReview: Built my dream computer over Christmas holidays using this board w/i7-2600k CPU, 16 gigs Corsair Vengence memory, OCZ 120 SSD Vertex 3 boot drive. So far no problems. I plan to overclock from 3.3 mhz to 4.5 mhz in next week or so now that I know everything is stable. Installed in Antec P280 case (quiet). Using a Zalman CPU cooler and ATI HD5870 graphics card. Runs cool and quiet. Went with OCZ 850 Gold power supply - overkill, I know - but got it on sale & w/rebate. Very efficient PS. I'm a graphic designer and don't play games on computer (yet)... Running Win 7 Pro 64bit to take full advantage of memory.\n\nDidn't really need the /Gen3 model board but was only $20 more - I've found that after about 3 yrs, enough has changed that you might as well do a new build. The Gen3 makes the PCI slots upgradeable to the faster PCI 3 standard which is not available yet. I'll probably never use it prior to new build, but for $20 got the Gen3 model anyway.\n\nAlso didn't really need the Z68 version. P67 would have been fine since I am using a dedicated graphics card. Z68 lets you use onboard cpu graphics & dedicated graphics card. Again, price difference wasn't that great, so decided to go with the newer board. P67 model allows for easy overclocking. H67 model allows for onboard graphics option, Z68 does both. I assume if you are buying a MB that you have a graphics card. So if you want to save money go with P67 board.\n\nManual seems better than most... good details. I haven't read too much yet. Nice to have 4 Sata 3 (6gig) drive capability. Right now I have all drive 8 drive connectors full (only 1 Sata 6gb drive) - but plan to upgrade drives with new hybred Sata3 6gig drives when drive prices come down. Would like to have 10 drive connectors, but 8 is still good (4 Sata 2 & 4 Sata 3s). Lot of USB (2 & 3) connectors plus internal USB 3 connector is nice for case front USB 3 ports.\n\nBoard is nicely laid out, memory slots far enough away from CPU that didn't have any problem with Zalman 9700 CPU cooler hitting memory. CPU avgs 25 C temp with fan running at a quiet speed of 1800 rpm. System stays at a cool avg 28c temp. GPU 51c. So board is quality made with good heat dispersement.\n\nBottom Line: good quality board. Easy to overclock. Good documentation. Good online help. Lot of connectors (drives & USB). Probably don't need Gen3 for future proofing yet to come PCI 3 cards. Probably would have been just as happy with a P67 card for $20-$30 less. But since the board is something you don't replace often (opposed to drives), I am glad I went with this board - even though it was about $40 more than I needed to spend. If you are like me and reviewing lots and not sure what to buy... get this board, you will not be sorry.","Product: Upgrading your PC with a Samsung SSD is the most economical way to breathe new life into an aging PC. The 840 EVO reads, writes and multi-tasks at incredible speeds, enhancing boot-up speed, application loading and multi-tasking performance. It's more than an upgrade, it's a complete transformation of your PC.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great Drive! Fast & Easy Install\n\nReview: Just installed, cloned my boot drive (Windows 7) to the new drive, all worked without a hitch. Old SSD drive was 120GB so when I cloned it to this drive it left about 100GB unallocated space on drive. Used EaseUS Partition Manager and resized the C: partition to use all the drive. Rebooted and all is good. Keeping the old 120GB as a backup in the event of a HD crash if my backups don't work - I'll at least be able to plug the old drive in and boot up.\n\nCan't comment on speed yet, too soon. Boot time did seem a tad faster than my OCZ Vertex 3 SSD drive it replaced, but may be my imagination. The OCZ is a very fast drive. If you are going from a regular IDE drive to this SSD drive you will be blown away by the boot speed.\n\nNever worry about defragging an SSD drive. No platters or arms to crash drive. Not sure of SSD drive lifespans, but would assume longer than IDE drives.","Product: The Pivotal Tracker 1 is an affordable health and wellness wearable. Working in conjunction with the Pivotal Living mobile app, the Pivotal Living Tracker 1 uses sensor technology to track daily activities, such as steps walked, daily activity, calories burned, and the amount (and quality) of sleep. The wristband sends information wirelessly to the Pivotal Living mobile app to provide real time health and wellness reporting to help make smarter lifestyle choices. Life begins now. The Pivotal Tracker 1 and Pivotal Living companion app allows people to join as many different Teams as they like, and gives members full control over which data -and how much data- is shared with others. User manual - www.PivotalLiving.com. Just head to the Support Page to see posted content, the first section of which is Setup and includes two online video tutorials as well as written/visual content.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Inaccurate, sync stopped working, poor support\n\nReview: I wanted to like this. Software may improve since this is a new product, but for now, very disappointed. Initial sync to my Android HTC One phone worked fine, but after a few days it would get stuck on recording data... would sync, then said reading data, then would enter a never ending loop.\n\nInitially, I had trouble entering in my goal weight and goal steps. I would enter them but couldn't get it to stick... probably user error but lack of detailed instructions didn't help. Finally got goals to stick. I emailed Pivotal when I was having problems... never got a reply.\n\nI have a Strive pedometer that I carry in my pocket (about the size of a key car alarm FOB. It works great and is fairly accurate. Doesn't record sleep patterns, but does record steps using an altimeter.\n\nThe Pivotal and Strive never came close in matching steps. Pivotal would show 500, Strive would be closer to 1000. One day sitting in my recliner watching TV I checked my steps on the Pivotal... read 850. I swung my arm around while still sitting in chair and checked steps again... read 926. If I kept that up I could reach my step goal while sitting in my recliner!\n\nSleep mode didn't work for me. I was looking forward to the sleep reports. First, you have to remember to push the button on device twice quickly to enter sleep mode. Most nights I forgot to do that. Reports were useless and not accurate. That was at beginning when I was able to sync to my phone.\n\nMany times I accidently turned device off by inadvertently holding button down for a few seconds. Would happen when my arm pressed up against something (like my chair arm).\n\nInaccurate, no auto-sleep recording, failure to sync to phone, easy to accidentally turn off, cryptic icons, lack of detailed instructions on website, minimal instructions came with device, poor support. Maybe Pivotal software will improve and fix some of the shortcomings. All in all, I can not recommend this. I'll stick to my Strive for now.","Product: Experience all the vividness of HD while playing games or watching movies with a Verto GeForce 9600GSO HDCP-capable graphics card. It supports DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 for games, as well as delivering stunning HD-DVD or Blu-Ray playback capabilities. Product Specifications: BUS Technology: PCI Express 2.0; Memory Amount: 768MB DDR3; Memory Interface: 192-bit; Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec.): 38.4; Fill Rate (billion pixels/sec.): 26.4; Core Clock (MHz): 550MHz; Memory Frequency (effective): 1600MHz; Memory Clock: 800MHz; Shader Speed: 1375MHz; Stream Processors: 96. Key Features: NVIDIA unified architecture with GigaThread technology; Full Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 support; NVIDIA SLI -Ready1; 16x full-screen anti-aliasing; True 128-bit floating point high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting; NVIDIA Quantum Effects physics processing technology; Two Dual-Link DVI outputs supporting dual 2560x1600 resolution displays; NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology1; HDCP Capable2; PCI Express 2.0 support; OpenGL 2.1 support; NVIDIA ForceWare Unified Driver Architecture (UDA); Built for Microsoft Windows Vista; Outputs: DVI + DVI + HDTV.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Doesn't work with Photoshop CS4 Open GL (see edit)\n\nReview: This is a gamer's card and I'm not a gamer. [...] Card is much longer - barely fit in my Antec P180 case - almost interfered with the bottom SATA connector on MB.. but got it in there. I run dual monitors... all set up went fine, colors good. But was disappointed when I opened Photoshop CS4 and under Preferences - Performance - the OpenGL was grayed out. The enhanced zoom and move enhancements were not available. They were on my 7300GT card. Not a big deal - but I spend a lot of time in Photoshop and the enhanced features were nice... when upgrading, you don't want to lose features. I may return because of this. PNY and Nvidia website was not helpful with this shortcoming of this card. I downloaded latest Nvidia driver - maybe this is a shortcoming of this driver? So far can't tell much difference in performance in watching videos, or in graphic programs (Photoshop, Illustrator). For gamers, you may see good improvements, for graphic designers... the 7300GT seems just as good.\n\nEDIT: I downgraded driver and now works with OpenGL acceleration in Photoshop. Current driver has a glitch which should be fixed in next driver update. I will keep this card. I would add a star to rating but system won't let me.(see comments)","Product: Keep track of the time while participating in your favorite sport of everyday with casual style wearing the Casio Men's Slim Solar Multi-Function Analog-Digital Watch. This durable men's sports wrist watch features a sturdy, flexible band with a secure buckle closure; a matte black resin case; a classic round face with bright, contrasting orange Arabic numeral indices and hands; and both digital and analog functioning. It's solar-powered and water resistant up to 330 ft., and it includes a 1100-second stopwatch; a countdown timer; and five alarms.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Nice watch but some flaws in design\n\nReview: Thin & lightweight. Solar powered means never replacing batteries. The led area is very hard to read. Very small numbers/letters so basically useless for me - I'm over 40 and eyesight not what it used to be for reading. The light function lights the led box so again, doesn't help me. The dark orange numbers on black background looks good during the day but is difficult to see at night. The face of watch does not light up, so not a good watch in the dark. I wish it had a second hand. I've wanted to time something and a second hand would have come in handy. Especially since you can not read the seconds in the little led box.\n\nThe best things about the watch: solar powered, very light weight, waterproof, attractive, thin - not bulky on your wrist.\n\nThe bad things about the watch: hard to see at night, very small led area and numbers, no face light, glow in dark hands barely visible, changing time zones not intuitive, setting alarms difficult without magnifying glass. No second hand.\n\nI thought about returning it, but decided it was worth the $30 I paid to have as an occasional watch to wear during the day.\n\nUpdate 10/5/14: after having this watch for a month I am increasing it from 3 stars to 4 stars. Main reason is the thinness and lightweight. I find myself going for this watch over my longtime favorite G-Shock, mainly because it is so comfortable and lightweight. I still find the led hard to see and it is not that great in the dark, but for daytime wear it is very comfortable and I've enjoyed the traditional face with hour hands and numbers. Very glad I bought this.","Product: Stay cool under pressure. When you work hard, you need hardworking gear. Meet the stainless king vacuum insulated beverage bottle. This non nonsense workhorse gets the job done with durable stainless steel, double wall vacuum insulation and a simple twist and pour stopper. Thermos Stainless Steel King Product features include: Easy open - an easy to use twist and pour stopper lets you pour your dink without removing the stopper. 100% Stainless Steel -durable from the serving cup to the base. And better temperature regulation too. Hotter, colder, longer - we just want to keep hot liquids hot and cold ones cold and with Thermos patented vacuum insulation, you've got just that. No burn, no sweat exterior - cool technology keeps the Stainless King bottle cool to the touch with hot liquids and sweat-free with ice cold.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Absolutely the BEST Thermos on the market!\n\nReview: Best thermos you can buy. I've tried other name brand thermoses but this is the best. It keeps my coffee hot for hours and hours. Even when I pour out my coffee the following day, it is still warm. I have a silver Thermos King thermos that I have had for over 10 years. Still works great. Some of the clearcoat finish is starting to wear off from use. Doesn't affect the performance, just the looks, so I decided to buy a new one since it was on sale on Amazon. Got a red one.\n\nOn road trips, my routine is to stop by Starbucks and have them fill my thermos with black coffee ($1.95). I sip the coffee for hours while driving. It stays piping hot for at least 4 hours and remains hot for another couple hours. The size is perfect. Fits in my cup holder.\n\nThere is a lever on the top that you move to open or close the small opening to allow coffee to be drunk. There is a 1/4\" lip that helps prevent any coffee spills. I normally leave the top set on Open (instead of constantly opening and closing). And it still stays really hot for over 4 hours. The opening in small and the way it is designed, very little heat will escape. Warning... for first half hour or so, take very small sips or you will burn your lips and tongue!\n\nThe top unscrews (obviously) and both the top and container are easily washed. I just rinse with water. The top can be disassembled for a more thorough cleaning by twisting the bottom of the top. I've only cleaned mine a couple time over the years.\n\nOne possible negative (at least for my wife) is when you screw the top on, it creates a seal that must expand slightly. Because unscrewing the top can be difficult and requires some strength. Even when I try not to screw the top on too hard, it still requires some elbow grease to unscrew it. In the mornings, we make a pot of coffee. I drink a cup and eat my cereal. Then I fill my Thermos with the leftover coffee and go to my home office to work (about 9am). I sip on the coffee during the day. I stop drinking coffee at 3pm (otherwise it interferes with my sleep). At 3pm the remaining coffee is still hot in my Thermos. Sometimes I don't get around to emptying it until the next morning - it is still lukewarm! and that is with me leaving the top to the \"open\" position.\n\nCan't say enough good things about this Thermos. To me it is a Must Buy item... even if not on special.","Product: Protect Your HTC One Smartphone, The TECH ARMOR Way! Tech Armor Premium HD Clear Screen Protectors provide the highest transparency while still delivering scratch resistant protection for your HTC One SmartphoneOs High Definition Display! All Tech Armor Screen protectors are made of the highest quality Japanese PET Film available with 100% Bubble-Free Silicon Adhesives. Every Tech Armor Screen Protector is backed by the TECH ARMOR LIFETIME REPLACEMENT WARRANTY! COMPATIBILITY: HTC One Smartphone, All Carrier Models ALSO AVAILABLE: TECH ARMOR Antiglare Screen Protector for the HTC One, Amazon Part: B00BO2OX7O The TECH ARMOR Screen Protector Kit Includes: - Three (3) HD Clear Screen Protectors - Installation Instructions - Smoothing Card - Lint-Free Polishing Cloth - Bubble Removal Tape - Retail Packaging - TECH ARMOR LIFETIME REPLACEMENT WARRANTYINSTALLATION: Please read the instructions and watch the installation video to get the most of your screen protection investment and to get a Bubble Free Install!TECH ARMOR LIFETIME REPLACEMENT WARRANTYWe are committed to your satisfaction and will send you replacements free of charge for:- Installation Problems such as bubbles or other user error- Scratched or damaged screen protectors- Wear and TearOur commitment to you is that we will keep your device protected, the TECH ARMOR WAY, or your money back.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Nice but a couple problems\n\nReview: Glad 3 come to a pack. The first one I tried to put on was a little crooked - I tried to get it on straight and gave up and threw it away. The next one I was even more diligent and it went on pretty straight. The only problem was the very bottom isn't sticking to the screen. Barely noticeable, but for all my fastidious work trying to be perfect, it annoys me that the very bottom edge and corners did not stick - or have air under it that I can not squeegee out. I have one left if this one peels off.\n\nQuality seems to be good. I feel my screen is protected. Nice smooth, glossy feel... actually doesn't feel like anything is on the screen - which is good. Crystal clear. I've had it on my HTC One about a week now. I carry the phone in my front pocket, so lots of chances of scratches from my jeans or wallet... so far so good.\n\nI recommend this product. Good price, good quality. Watch the online installation videos. Clean screen really well. Go slow.\n\nUPDATE 6-25-14: So far so good. Screen protector is still sticking. Had someone look at my phone last week and asked me if I use screen protectors... they couldn't tell it was there. Crystal clear.","Product: This product delivers a dry-to-the-tough high shine finish to vinyl, rubber and tires fast and easy. Developed for dealerships and detailing professionals. It is a premium dressing designed for use on both exterior and interior surfaces of automobiles, trucks, RV's and boats. This has been refined to OEM standards the all new formation contains a special patented ingredient that enables it to rapidly penetrate leather, vinyl, plastic and rubber surfaces delivering a high shine durable finish that is dry to the touch and non-greasy.The result is maximum protection and long-lasting, rich gloss. In addition, the pleasant scent incorporated in this product. This product delivers durable UV protection to dashboards, vinyl, rubber, tires and even dark plastic surfaces.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great product - great price!\n\nReview: Great deal! I was skeptical how this product would perform considering the low price. But I am pleasantly surprised. I used it on my exterior vinyl trim on my 2003 Expedition. It is thick, like hair conditioner, so stays on your rag and doesn't drip. I applied a generous amount to my charcoal gray trim and it brought them back to a nice luster and dark gray color - like new. After three weeks in the hot CA sun, the trim still looks great.\n\nI tried it on my vinyl dash. For me, it is a little too shiny. It made the black dash look new, went on easy and wiped off easy, but the shine did not go away as I hoped it would after a few days. If you like a little shine to your interior dash, then you will love this. I prefer Maguire's #40 vinyl spray.\n\nI have not used on my tires yet, they still look good from local car wash Armoral treatment. Based on other reviews, this product does a great job on tires.\n\nI love the gallon size! For a price less than many charge for 16oz, you get a gallon. I highly recommend Chemical Guys TVD 102.","Product: Blower Motor Resistor\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Worked Perfectly! Saved me $$!\n\nReview: Worked like a charm. Very easy to install. 10 minutes and I had all fan speeds back. There is a helpful video on Youtube. For my 2003 Expedition, I popped out the glove box (easy), saw the resister on the left. Unplugged it - it was a little tight, had to push on the center bottom and wiggle it loose. (Used #8 socket to unbolt the resister - 2 bolts). Slipped new resister in, rebolted, replugged in wire harness and snapped glove box back and I was back in business. Your installation may vary depending on the model of your car/truck.\n\nFor a few dollars more I splurged on the Motorcraft brand. The less expensive brands may work fine, but in this price range, I didn't want to take a chance.","Product: The wall whale is a swimming pool brush with a spoiler. The tail works like the spoiler on a car to hold the brush against the wall with more than 10x the force of a normal brush.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Works Great! Saves Time!\n\nReview: I was all ready to buy a cheap brush but decided to splurge on this one due to good reviews. I've only used it a few times now, but have to say, it works as everyone else says! I can now clean the walls using only one hand (If I wanted to). The unique design keeps it against the wall - better than I could with my old brush! Pulling brush back up is easy as the flap releases the pressure. Also keeps brush on bottom of pool when brushing bottom. All in all, I am glad I splurged. I've learned my lesson from other brushes loosing bristles due to leaving out in sun. I now keep this in my shed between uses - hopefully it has a long life. If you are on the fence, splurge for this, you won't be sorry.","Product: Clean pool corners with ease with the Brush Around 360 Wall & Floor Brush. No dirt will escape your reach with this innovative pool brush with 360 degree cleaning capability. Built-in corner brushes help you to clean in the tight corners of walls and steps. Simply attach to your tele pole (not included) and scrub dirt from virtually anywhere in or around your pool.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Poor Quality. Broke in two after a few months.\n\nReview: Great idea, poor quality. Worked great for about 4 months then broke in half. It just snapped in two while normal brushing. Very disappointed because before it broke, it did a good job - especially in corners. It has a plastic core where the bristles attach. After being in the pool water and in the sun, the plastic core must become brittle causing it to snap in half without any undue pressure put on it. Read the other reviews and see how many say it broke in half. Many of the good reviews are from people that have not had it long enough. Two months ago I would have given it 5 stars and told you how great it is. That is why I normally like to wait awhile before writing a review. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT.\n\nEDIT: Just checked warranty:\nThis product is warranted to the original purchaser to be free from defects in material or\nworkmanship for a period of ninety days from the date of the original retail purchase.","Product: Training collar for dogs with patented humane design.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Better than I expected.\n\nReview: I was looking for something to deter my 1 yr old 65lb Doberman from pulling on walks. The metal prong collar worked well, but I felt the prongs were dangerous in certain circumstances. This collar's teeth seem more gentle than the prongs, yet pointy enough to get the message across. I've only used it a handful of times... he is walking without pulling most of the time. Plus I got a harness that also seems to work better than just a collar.\n\nHad a bad experience with the prong collar. When he was about 7-8 months old we walked to the park and 4 lab mix dogs attacked us. When they charged at us, my dog tried to run, but I had hold of the leash. The prongs squeezed into his neck causing him to cry out as I was busy kicking the dogs away from us. The more my dog pulled, the more the prongs hurt, the more scared he got. Luckily the owner of the 4 dogs got there in time. But from that day on, I have not put that prong collar back on. I don't think this collar would have hurt near as much.\n\nThe construction is actually better than expected, especially in this price range. Seems pretty sturdy. Color is a dark blue that doesn't look as bad as I thought it might. Was hoping for color selections like black or camo or dark brown. But the blue isn't that bad. It also doesn't look quite as menacing on the dog as prong collars do. Just a little thick and heavy looking (although collar is very light weight.\n\nNow I sometimes just carry in my pocket on long walks in case he gets in a pulling mood. If considering a prong collar to stop the pulling, I would highly recommend trying this one first. We also have a gentle leader - which works pretty well, but he really doesn't like the strap on his nose. And tried the Easy Walk harness where leash attaches to the front opposed to the back. It works OK. Cuts down on pulling. The current harness is great - light weight, comfortable (at least seems to be, Brody likes it). It is an EzyDog Padded Chest Harness. Would recommend - got it at TheDogOutdoors.com about $24.","Product: Ziwi is a small team whose love for our dogs is pure and simple, just like our recipes. We put the best of New Zealand into our authentic farm-to-bowl products. Our gentle, twin-stage, air-drying process naturally preserves all ingredients, and eliminates pathogenic bacteria. Our air-dried food contains more moisture than dry kibble, so there is no need to re-hydrate. And because there is no need for preservatives, sugars or glycerines, our food is safe, clean to handle, and as nutritious and digestible as a completely raw diet.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Food pieces too small, messy to handle.\n\nReview: My dog loves it. Too expensive to feed as a meal, but great as a meal enhancer. I looked all over but couldn't find the size of the food pieces... they are about 3/8\" square and about 1/16\" thick. Too small for my large Doberman. I put some in a baggy and use for treats during our walks... problem is the food sweats and gets messy to handle.\n\nFor my use, I will not be repurchasing. I found the pieces too small, messy to handle as treats, and very rich.\n\nMy Doberman has sensitive digestive system and this food is a little too rich. If I give him too much his stools get soft. Given as treats or a small handful mixed with his food seems to be OK.","Product: It's SAFETY FIRST with our Rogz Highly Reflective Utility Range, which is both the black tie and the 4x4 of the Rogz range.Timeless and classic, hardy but cool. Never shaken - or stirred. The 3/4\" Fanbelt Half Check Obedience Collar combines a limited choke chain with high grade nylon webbing. Woven reflective threads are stitched into the webbing (not painted or screen printed on) to ensure extreme durability . Don't go out at night or into the woods without one! Note that this range needs to be turned inside out when operating in stealth mode as the reflective stitching is only on the one side. The 3/4\" Fanbelt Obedience Half Check collar adjusts for a neck size of 16-22\". It's suitable for Dalmation, Spaniel, Doberman, Boxer, Staffie and similar sized Breeds. Chain Strength can take up to 921lbs direct pull. Suitable for Dogs weighing up to a maximum of 131lbs.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great Collar - Best of both worlds\n\nReview: A choker and a colar in one. Works great on my Doberman. Started off using as a puppy and got the larger size now that he is 90lbs. is loose around his neck, but when I hook him up for a walk, it tightens if he pulls. Also will not slip off like fixed size collars.\n\nThis collar does not stop him from pulling. It does give me more control than a regular collar. We got the blue training collar here on Amazon for the pulling - it has little wedges that pinch into his neck if he pulls. Like a pinch collar, but gentler. My wife can control him with that collar. She uses that collar for walking him... I just use this collar most of the time (it is always on him - has his tags attached to it). He walks pretty well with me.\n\nGood general use collar and also good training collar. Highly recommend. Good quality, will not slip off. Make sure you do not make it too tight when in relaxed state. Highly recommend.","Product: The EzyDog Standard Extensions add length to your leash. They can also be used as a tie out. When 2 are added to a Cujo or Mutley Leash you have the best system for walking 2 dogs tangle free.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Nice way to extend your leash\n\nReview: My EZ dog bungee leash was a little short for my preference (about 4'). I thought about making my own extension, but this extension works perfect and has quality hardware on each end. Has a ring on one end and a clip on other. Used as a straight extension made my leash a little longer than I like, plus where my leash clipped onto the extension ring would sag due to weight of hardware. What I ended up doing is to loop the extension through my dog's collar and clip it back onto itself on the ring - and clip my leash to the ring. This made the extension just half its length which works perfect for me. Another benefit of doing it this way is if I need to keep my dog (80lb Dobie) close to me (in crowds or passing other dogs), I can just reach down and grab the extension which now forms a loop to hold on to.\n\nThis extension is strong, well constructed, good quality hardware. For the money it is a perfect buy if you want to add 24\" or 12\" to your current leash length.","Product: ZiwiPeak Daily Cuisine Grain-Free Air-Dried Dog Food, at Only Natural Pet Store, is a super premium food made with natural ingredients similar to a raw food diet from New Zealand for your canine pet.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Food pieces too small, messy to handle.\n\nReview: My dog loves it. Too expensive to feed as a meal, but great as a meal enhancer. I looked all over but couldn't find the size of the food pieces... they are about 3/8\" square and about 1/16\" thick. Too small for my large Doberman. I put some in a baggy and use for treats during our walks... problem is the food sweats and gets messy to handle.\n\nFor my use, I will not be repurchasing. I found the pieces too small, messy to handle as treats, and very rich.\n\nMy Doberman has sensitive digestive system and this food is a little too rich. If I give him too much his stools get soft. Given as treats or a small handful mixed with his food seems to be OK.","Product: We took the standard keychain multi-tool and made it better. In addition to stainless steel pliers, wire cutters, a fine edge blade, spring-loaded scissors, flathead screwdriver, crosshead driver, tweezers and file, the Dime includes a unique blade designed to safely cut and score plastic packaging and a bottle opener that is exposed even when the tool is closed. Compact and lightweight, the Dime is the most valuable change you'll find in your pocket.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great pocket tool - Great Quality\n\nReview: I did a lot of research. The Leatherman PS4 sounds like it may edge out the Gerber Dime ever so slightly but at a premium in price. I carry this loose in my pocket with my keys. It was a little heavy to attach to key chain. I've used it a handful of times in the last 2 months - mostly the pliers and package opening tool. This is a well made quality tool. Not meant for heavy duty tasks - it is a pocket tool. The package opening tool is great! Opens those hard to open plastic sealed items with ease. The knife was OK sharp but I sharpened it with my Spyderco sharpening rods and in a couple minutes had it very sharp.\n\nThis is small enough to comfortably carry in your pocket and forget it is there (don't forget to remove if going to airport!). The tools were a little tight opening, but not too bad. I could easily open each tool with fingernail. I got the red/black Gerber Dime. A Youtube video reviewer mentioned the black one was a little more difficult to open tools possibly due to the black coating on the blades.\n\nThis is not a cheapy $8 tool you buy at Khols or in the discount bend at your local hardware store. This is the real deal. There are several Youtube reviews on this and the Leatherman. For an occasional use tool, I was more comfortable spending $18 rather than $29 for basically the same thing... plus the Leatherman does not have the package opener.\n\nHaven't used the bottle opener yet, but I'm sure it will do the job. Nice that it is a double prong opener. I was a little concerned that it sticking out of the end would get in the way or catch in my pocket. It does neither. It actually makes it easier to open the pliers. Instead of a negative, I give the bottle opener an extra star.\n\nIf you are a tradesman that uses this type of tool on a regular basis, I would assume you have the larger Leatherman multi-tools. But for a handy little utility tool, easily carried in your pocket I give the Gerber Dime 5 starts... a must have tool.","Product: The Cryo was made in successful collaboration between custom knifemaker Rick Hinderer and Kershaw experts. The 2.75-inch blade, accessible with the built-in flipper or the thumbstud, is made of 8Cr13MoV steel, known for its toughness, edge retention and resistance to corrosion and wear. The Cryo is coated with matte gray titanium carbo-nitride, increasing the blades hardness, helping maintain the edge, increasing longevity of the blade, and providing a sleek no-fuss look. The Cryo offers a tough frame lock and lockbar stabilizer for secure blade lockup, SpeedSafe assisted opening for fast and easy one-handed opening and a user adjustable, 4-position deep-carry pocketclip for convenient low-in-the-pocket carry. Like all Hinderer knives, the Cryo is designed to be a sturdy, aesthetically pleasing knife with good in-hand feel. The Cryo is the ideal EDC with the tactical quality and hard-use looks of a Hinderer and the expertly engineered construction of Kershaw, at an affordable price.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Nice knife - a little heavy\n\nReview: Solid knife, very sharp, cool looking, fast open. When I carry this knife it makes me feel like I'm in the military (which I never was). It is a solid knife, feels quality in your hand. I opens very fast with just a push on the top flipper. The assist opening works well. Blade locks open with a snap and has no play... nice and solid. It has jimping (ridges) on handle and base of blade which also gives a nice secure feel to the knife.\n\nVery sharp right out of the package. Also has a low profile clip - which I really like. Allows knife to sit low in pocket so it is not obvious you are carrying a pocket knife. This was a big reason I got this knife. (plus it was on sale at Amazon).\n\nThe only reason I don't reach for it as my EDC (every day carry) is it is a little heavy. Heavy isn't all that bad for camping, or around the house uses... but to stick in my jean pocket to carry around just in case I need a knife, it is a little heavy - I know it is there. For my EDC I carry the Kershaw Skyline - very light weight and very nice knife. You can see my Skyline review here http://www.amazon.com/review/R3K9N6HJ6COG80.\n\nI deducted 1 star only because it is too heavy for me as an EDC. Otherwise, this may be just the knife for you."],"string":"[\n \"Product: Devcon Duco Cement is a multi-purpose, water resistant, fast-drying, nitro-cellulose household cement that dries clear and tough. Duco Cement is extremely flammable in cured and uncured state. For non-porous surfaces, apply one coat to each surface, hold or clamp until cement sets and let dry. For porous surfaces, coat each piece and let dry, when dry apply a second coat and hold or clamp until set. It is good to use removable tape on surfaces you do not want any cement to get on. Before the cement sets, remove the tape. Bonds wood, china, leather, glass, paper, ceramic, and metal. Not recommended for use on polyethylene or polypropylene plastics. Tensile Strength: 200 psi (glass to glass); 1200 psi (wood to wood); 700 psi (metal to metal). Note: Flammable. Keep away from heat, sparks, and open flame. Do not use on repairs that will come in contact with food related items.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fixed my Coffee Cup Handle - highly recommend!\\n\\nReview: I bought this to glue a ceramic coffee cup handle back on the cup. It worked like a charm! My favorite coffee cup handle broke off - luckily in one piece. I tried this magic \\\"as seen on TV\\\" putty that I had in the drawer. it seemed to work. Looked a little messy - it was dark grey and got on the handle and cup but the handle seemed to hold. Two weeks later it snapped off again at the puttied joints. I cleaned off the putty using my dremel tool and fingernail, got the surface clean. Bought this glue on Amazon due to the raves.\\n\\nThe cement was thick enough that it didn't run all over the place. I put a little on both surfaces of the ceramic. Then I positioned the handle on the cup. I was able to slide around until I got it perfect. I held it there for about a minute. The grabbing power of the cement was great. I probably didn't even need to hold it in place (but I did). I let it cure overnight, even though it felt strong enough to hold after a couple hours.\\n\\nThe glue is clear. I cleaned excess when it was still in liquid form. My favorite coffee cup looks good as new! It has been washed and used many times and after a month it is still holding strong. I highly recommend getting this glue. Even if you don't need it now... it is indispensable to have in your drawer for emergencies.\",\n \"Product: The LUCID encasement mattress protector offers quiet, breathable comfort while eliminating the passage of bed bugs to and from your mattress. The waterproof zipper completely locks out allergens and dust mites, ensuring the best allergy protection available. This 100 percent waterproof protector surrounds the mattress with quiet, breathable fabric for a comfortable and healthy sleep environment. The waterproof barrier allows air to pass for breathable comfort while protecting the mattresses from fluids, spills and stains on all sides. Surface fabric: 100 percent polyester, Backing: 100 percent polyurethane\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Sleeps hot and noisy when moving around\\n\\nReview: This Mattress protector did not work out for us. It made noise when moving or rolling over on our CA King bed. Very subtle noise but enough that it was annoying. We also found it hot to sleep on. I don't think it let the mattress breath enough and our body heat was not absorbed. At first, I thought it was just me, but then my wife mentioned she felt it slept \\\"hot.\\\" She was not aware of the noise until I pointed it out to her. After a few nights, we removed the protector and the noise went away and we both slept \\\"cooler.\\\"\\n\\nThe quality of the mattress protector/encasement was good, no complaints. We did not test the waterproof claim. Being waterproof may be why it didn't \\\"breath\\\" enough and caused our body heat not to dissipate. It went onto the 14.5\\\" CA King mattress pretty easy (two of us put it on). The zipper is on 3 sides (actually 2.5 sides), which helps. Pockets are plenty deep. Would probably fit up to 18\\\" mattress. So if you have a foam topper or feather topper on your bed, it should still fit. The material is stretchy which also helps when putting it on and pulling it this way and that way.\\n\\nWe did not wash it first, which may have helped with the noise. Hard to describe the noise. It was not a crinkly noise you get with vinyl, but a more subtle noise - like a friction noise.\\n\\nI returned it to Amazon. Free return. Easy. Amazon provided a label to print and I reboxed and dropped off at the local UPS store.\\n\\nFor a child's bed it may be fine - waterproof. We got a mattress protector (not encasement) <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Cal-King-Size-SafeRest-Premium-Hypoallergenic-Waterproof-Mattress-Protector-Vinyl-Free/dp/B003PWPHPI/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Cal King Size SafeRest Premium Hypoallergenic Waterproof Mattress Protector - Vinyl Free</a> which so far is great. The top is a thin terry cloth material. Haven't tested waterproof yet. I will still look for an encasement for the mattress for further protection and bed bug protection. I'm not worried about bed bugs, but my wife is.\\n\\nBottom line: this product did not work out for us (3 stars), but may work for you.\",\n \"Product: Dirt Bin Lower Door Replacement Part for Dyson DC07 Upright Vacuum. 10-0705-08\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This is the one to buy if you need this part!\\n\\nReview: Perfect! Fit our Dyson. Great price. Lousy picture on Amazon - actual product is clear, heavy duty plastic, with rubber gasket seal. I was careful snapping it in place, didn't want to break the little nubbies. Another reviewer mentioned the slots on the canister - wasn't sure what he meant. But after close examination, I saw and felt the barely visible indents on the hinge where this door was going to snap into. I don't know if it helped or not, but I positioned the door nubbies inline with the slight grooves and snapped it on.\\n\\nThis replacement door is exactly what you need. It is quality. It is clear. It is half the price of any other replacement doors. If you are thinking of one of the other doors shown on Amazon because the picture and write up are better than this vendor... don't. Get this one. I almost bought from another vendor. The description said \\\"Clear\\\" and the writeup seemed more professional. The cost was just a little bit more. I am glad I took a chance and got this one. (I figured I could return if it wasn't as expected.) Like I said, the door I received was clear (not gray as in photo) and very sturdy - not flimsy or thin plastic.\",\n \"Product: An ideal choice for people on the go, the Stainless King Vacuum Insulated Travel Tumbler is built to last and loaded with features to make for a more enjoyable drinking experience. Thermos vacuum insulation technology virtually eliminates temperature change within the beverage container by creating an airless space between two stainless steel walls. The result is an insulation layer that performs better than any other. A superior insulated container you can depend on to keep your beverages hotter, colder, fresher, longer. This travel tumbler keeps beverages hot for 5 hours or cold for 9, making it a great choice for long days out and about or in the office. Constructed with double wall stainless steel, this 16 ounce travel tumbler is virtually durable, yet its sleek design is both eye-catching and functional. The contoured body shape is easy to grip and fits most automobile cup holders and is single serve compatible. For tea drinkers, a built-in tea hook is just the ticket to brew tea on the go. The tea hook can also accommodate most loose leaf infusers. The Stainless King Travel Tumbler comes equipped with a 100% leak-proof Drink Lock sealing lid which operates simply by pushing the lever 45 degrees right or left to open and close. And because of the double wall insulation, the stainless steel body stays cool to the touch with hot beverages and condensation-free with cold beverages. In order to maximize the incredible insulation technology, it is recommended to either pre-chill or pre-heat the travel tumbler just prior to use. This can be accomplished by filling the tumbler with cold or hot tap water, attaching the lid and letting it rest for a few minutes. Before you are ready to use, simply empty the water and fill with your favorite beverage. The Stainless King Vacuum Insulated Travel Tumbler is made of BPA-free materials and is backed by a five-year limited warranty.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Absolutely the BEST Thermos on the market!\\n\\nReview: Best thermos you can buy. I've tried other name brand thermoses but this is the best. It keeps my coffee hot for hours and hours. Even when I pour out my coffee the following day, it is still warm. I have a silver Thermos King thermos that I have had for over 10 years. Still works great. Some of the clearcoat finish is starting to wear off from use. Doesn't affect the performance, just the looks, so I decided to buy a new one since it was on sale on Amazon. Got a red one.\\n\\nOn road trips, my routine is to stop by Starbucks and have them fill my thermos with black coffee ($1.95). I sip the coffee for hours while driving. It stays piping hot for at least 4 hours and remains hot for another couple hours. The size is perfect. Fits in my cup holder.\\n\\nThere is a lever on the top that you move to open or close the small opening to allow coffee to be drunk. There is a 1/4\\\" lip that helps prevent any coffee spills. I normally leave the top set on Open (instead of constantly opening and closing). And it still stays really hot for over 4 hours. The opening in small and the way it is designed, very little heat will escape. Warning... for first half hour or so, take very small sips or you will burn your lips and tongue!\\n\\nThe top unscrews (obviously) and both the top and container are easily washed. I just rinse with water. The top can be disassembled for a more thorough cleaning by twisting the bottom of the top. I've only cleaned mine a couple time over the years.\\n\\nOne possible negative (at least for my wife) is when you screw the top on, it creates a seal that must expand slightly. Because unscrewing the top can be difficult and requires some strength. Even when I try not to screw the top on too hard, it still requires some elbow grease to unscrew it. In the mornings, we make a pot of coffee. I drink a cup and eat my cereal. Then I fill my Thermos with the leftover coffee and go to my home office to work (about 9am). I sip on the coffee during the day. I stop drinking coffee at 3pm (otherwise it interferes with my sleep). At 3pm the remaining coffee is still hot in my Thermos. Sometimes I don't get around to emptying it until the next morning - it is still lukewarm! and that is with me leaving the top to the \\\"open\\\" position.\\n\\nCan't say enough good things about this Thermos. To me it is a Must Buy item... even if not on special.\",\n \"Product: USB\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Give it a week and you'll Love it!\\n\\nReview: Took me about a week to get used to this keyboard. Now I love it. If I wrote a review right after I got it, I would say it was awkward, keys are a little stiff, and keyboard is large. Now after a few weeks, I say, I like the feel of the keys, stiffer than my old Logitech keyboard, but I get better feedback that I have fully hit the key and I have less accidental partially hit key errors.\\n\\nPros: less keyboard typing errors, comfortable hand positioning, good tactile feel to keys, love the middle Zoom button, nice aux key layout, easy volume control buttons at top, nice quality feel to it, not wireless, no batteries to replace.\\n\\nCons: took a little while to get used to it, a little larger on my desk, not wireless (also a Pro), no sound indicator when I hit the caps lock (does light a light on front center indicating on/off which is nice), Home & End keys took awhile to get used to - different from previous keyboard... but now not a problem, keys & space bar a little stiff - also a pro - depending on what you like.\\n\\nI had a Bluetooth Logitech keyboard prior. OK board. Did not like it being Bluetooth. Had to use a USB dongle, on boot up, keyboard was not immediately recognized. I rarely move my keyboard more than a few inches now & then so wireless/Bluetooth is not really needed. The wire is attached to the keyboard (can't be removed) and is about 5' long. Fortunately, my monitor has 2 USB ports - because my computer is behind me and would require about 10' cord (you can always get a USB extension if needed).\\n\\nI don't find the keys to be noisy. There is a slight click when pushed - which I like. I work at home, alone... so any keyboard noise is irrelevant to me. But even in an office situation, I doubt this keyboard is any louder than most other alternatives.\\n\\nFor the money - got it on sale - this is a great keyboard. Has \\\"favorite\\\" keys which I haven't programmed yet, and other features I haven't used... my typos have decreased significantly, and I really like the feel of the keys.\\n\\nIn the area between the two keyboards is a little button that if you push it up it will zoom in on your web page, push it down it will zoom out. I wish it would go to 100% if pushed down... but there is a little box that pops up showing the zoom %. Very handy when viewing small text or videos in websites that won't let you resize.\\n\\nThe Home key is in the middle of the 6 keys top right - to the right of the Insert key. The End key is in middle bottom row just under the Home key. The Page Up and Page Down keys are on far right of the group of 6. Delete is below the Insert key. The Home & End keys are in different location than my Logitech board, at first I thought it awkward, but now find it as a better layout.\\n\\nThe volume up, down, mute buttons are silver and on top row on right end. They are well spaced so mute is easy to find and volume up/down are right next to each other for easy volume control. The video/audio play/pause button is to the right of the sound buttons. I found this button does not always work - depending what you are watching.\\n\\nThe F keys have multi-functions, I rarely, if ever use them for the alternate function - such as Undo, Redo, Close, Send, Spell, Save, etc.... I'm too used to keyboard shortcuts ctrl+c copy, ctrl+v paste, ctrl+z undo, ctrl+s save, ctrl+x cut, etc... no need to move my hand to find the right F key.\\n\\nCap Lock - at first I was disappointed that it did not make a beep when selected like my Logitech board which had one tone for on, one for off.... instead the MS board has 4 lights in the silver area center bottom of board. The top like is green when there is power on. The 2nd light lights up when Caps Lock is pushed on and goes off when Caps are off. Actually like it better than the sounds. The sounds were nice to alert you that you accidentally hit the Caps key not the Tabs key... but was harder to remember if Caps were on or off... the light makes that easier.\\n\\nThere is a forward/back arrows on the front center silver area above the lights... could be nice when browsing on the web. I tried them and they work fine... I use a Logitech Revolution wireless mouse that has fwd/back buttons on the side of the mouse. So I don't use the keyboard.\\n\\nNumber Keys are standard... but just above them are 4 keys which if you get used to using could save time: = ( ) <\\n\\nI recommend this Keyboard.\",\n \"Product: This cassette adaptor allows you to connect your minidisc or CD player to a vehicle cassette player. This product works well with any audio players, the adaptor will operate with non-Sony products as well. There are a couple of key features to this adaptor which make it a fine choice.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice accessory to have\\n\\nReview: Tough to review. The one I received from BargainCell did not work. It was to replace one I got from Meritline that broke. I did not contact BargainCell - I'm sure they would replace, just too much hassle for the money... plus BargainCell is smart, they charged $.25 for cassette and $2.98 shipping. They do not refund shipping. Sneaky on their part. Like phone companies quoting low rates, but tagging on tons of fees...\\n\\nI did rate this because I ordered another from Overstock via Amazon. It worked like my old one. I use this to listen to mp3 audiobooks. I can load a whole book (actually several books) on my MP3 plug in this adapter and insert in cassette slot in car radio. Plays great. A slight hiss and clicking which is not noticeable while playing - only when nothing is playing but tape still on. Sound quality is OK for audio books, not as good for music. I end up turning treble up, bass down until voices sound good. Great for long trips - books pass the time faster.\\n\\nWorth getting just to have on hand... especially under $4. Although music isn't as good as radio or CD, it isn't terrible and to be able to play all your favorites from your MP3 is worth having this little cassette adapter.\",\n \"Product: Use this high quality Cat6 ethernet cable to connect computers, switches, routers, cable modems, set top boxes, etc. Any place you see a Cat5, Cat5e, or Cat6 port you can rely on this cable.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Works well - cheap price.\\n\\nReview: This cable does what it is supposed to do, carry signal to other computer. I've seen higher quality cable with better outer skin, but at the end of the day, all I need is the signal from router to reach the computer on other end and vice versa - in that regard, this cable did the job and at a very low price.\\n\\nI was having intermittent problems with the wireless card in my wife's computer in the other room. I decided to hardwire her computer for the internet connection. Calculated that I needed 40-50 feet of cable to run along the wall, through the closet walls, into the other room, around the baseboards and into her computer. I drilled the holes in the walls, fed the cable through, connected to her computer and to the router in my office, removed her wireless card, turned her computer on, and voila - she was instantly connected to the internet. So far after a month or so, no problems.\\n\\nI deducted 1 star because the blue skin of the cable is very thin, and when bent, turns white. Shouldn't be a problem since there is no reason to disturb the cable now that it is in place. But, I would have preferred a better, heavier skin that resisted kinking. This cable has the potential to kink and if done repeatedly, may have potential to weaken or break a wire inside the wrap. Just handle with care and you should have no problems. For the price, you can not go wrong.\\n\\nI always measure the distance I need and add about 5-10 feet.... nothing is worse than coming up 1-2 feet short!\",\n \"Product: pRecord more delete less. Add My DVR Expander from WD to your eSATA enabled DVR and youll instantly add space for up to 60 hours of high-definition or 300 hours of standard definition TV./p\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: More storage with a glitch - EDITED\\n\\nReview: Pretty easy to install on Scientific Atlanta HD DVR (Time Warner). Took me a couple tries... first time had TV off. 2nd Try had TV on and saw the screen that asked if I wanted to Format the external drive. All great after set up... haven't seen an hour glass \\\"soon to expire\\\" since installing. But am having pixelation stutters during playback. Just a quick picture and sound break-up for 1 second several times during playback. If I rewind and play that part again, no stutter... so is not in recording. I'm using HDMI from DVR to TV. I will try switching to Component Out to see if that helps. I tried new ESata II cable from DVR to Extender Drive... didn't help. It is getting annoying - seems to happen right when someone is saying something important. May just be coincidence that it started after installing the WD DVR Expander. I deducted one star for this problem.\\n\\nEDIT: I changed from HDMI to Component output from DVR to TV - still had break-up problem. I disconnected the WD Expander (you lose all recordings) and ran w/o Expander and playback worked perfect. Have to assume it was the unit. Sending it back. Amazon has great return policy.\",\n \"Product: Transform your obsolete 3.5\\\" floppy bay in your Windows desktop PC into a useful memory card reader. With the ability to read and write 17 popular memory card formats including Memory Stick/Duo/Pro/Micro, SD, MiniSD, Xd, Compact Flash (types I/II), MicroDrive, MultiMediaCard, RS-MMC and SmartMedia, the MRW620/U1/181 internal reader/writer enables you to access memory cards used in electronic devices such as digital cameras, mobile phones, camcorders, MP3 players and digital picture frames. This reader/writer connects to your PC via internal USB connection and adds a standard USB port on the front panel. It also comes with black and ivory colored faceplates so you can easily match to the casing of your PC.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice addition to my computer case\\n\\nReview: I got tired of dangling USB card readers so on this computer build, added this card reader to the case. My case (Antec P280) did not have a 3.5 external drive bay, so I had to buy a 5.25 adaptor to fill the space (added $17). I deducted 1 star because it didn't come with a 5.25 adaptor. It works fine and looks like it is part of the computer (not just an add-on). Plugs into the USB connector on my Motherboard. I mainly only need the SDHC slot, but as a graphic designer, sometimes get files on other cards... this does the job. Most people today just use Flash drives (thumb drives) to transport files. I have plenty of USB external ports, but it is nice that this adds an extra port. For the price, this is a great deal - especially if you are building your own computer system. Just wish it came with a 5.25 adaptor.\",\n \"Product: Canon 2805B002 Speedlite 430Ex Ii Flash.The fully swiveling bounce head zooms automatically over a range of 24mm-105mm. Its Wireless E-TTL II compatibility permits it to function as a slave unit, triggered by a 580EX, ST-E2, or MR-14EX. Any number of 430EX and 550EX Speedlites can be combined as slave units for creative.Compatibility: All Canon EOS cameras; PowerShot G series cameras.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Glad I splurged on this flash\\n\\nReview: I agonized whether to spend my money on this flash or a lower priced 3rd party (Sigma). Couldn't afford the 580 EX II. This is probably more flash than I need and the Sigma or other probably would have sufficed. But psychologically, I feel I have the best and will not be thinking I should have spend an extra $100 for the real deal.\\n\\nEasy to use... slid it on my new Canon T1i dSLR and started shooting. Refresh times between flash is fast. Flash is quiet... tooks some shots of a possum on the wall at night - so silent flash was good. TTL measures flash distance and exposure so shots are not overblown or under exposed. I haven't fooled with manual settings or slave settings... but on automatic, I'm impressed and glad I have the Canon 430 EX II - even if it is overpriced as its competitors claim. As an amateur photographer, I don't plan on buying another flash for quite awhile... I splurged on my camera and didn't want to skimp on something as important as the flash. This flash has a long range, so getting shots of the school stage, or across a large room - the 430 EX will do well.\\n\\nThe Canon T1I is great with no flash, low light shots, and the on camera flash is not too bad for less than 6' shots. But, for even better shots indoors, I use the 430 EX II and bounce it off the ceiling - which helps minimize harsh shadows and produces a nice natural looking shot. I've just scratched the surface and look forward to doing more with this flash.\\n\\nIf you are on the fence, like I was... I would highly recommend this flash. I watched eBay for deals and looked at other websites that advertised low price then bait & switch ([...]). In the end, Amazon had best price, free shipping, no tax, and great reputation for returns...\",\n \"Product: The ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 motherboard features the Intel Z68 chipset supporting the 2nd Generation Intel Core i7/Core i5/Core i3 Processors. The all-new GEN3 series is fully ready for true PCIe 3.0, built to be future-proof with native BIOS support for 22nm next-gen Intel processors as well as PCIe 3.0 switching IC for SLI support. ASUS ground breaking UEFI BIOS simplifies platform settings for users with an EZ tuning mode.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Board so far!\\n\\nReview: Built my dream computer over Christmas holidays using this board w/i7-2600k CPU, 16 gigs Corsair Vengence memory, OCZ 120 SSD Vertex 3 boot drive. So far no problems. I plan to overclock from 3.3 mhz to 4.5 mhz in next week or so now that I know everything is stable. Installed in Antec P280 case (quiet). Using a Zalman CPU cooler and ATI HD5870 graphics card. Runs cool and quiet. Went with OCZ 850 Gold power supply - overkill, I know - but got it on sale & w/rebate. Very efficient PS. I'm a graphic designer and don't play games on computer (yet)... Running Win 7 Pro 64bit to take full advantage of memory.\\n\\nDidn't really need the /Gen3 model board but was only $20 more - I've found that after about 3 yrs, enough has changed that you might as well do a new build. The Gen3 makes the PCI slots upgradeable to the faster PCI 3 standard which is not available yet. I'll probably never use it prior to new build, but for $20 got the Gen3 model anyway.\\n\\nAlso didn't really need the Z68 version. P67 would have been fine since I am using a dedicated graphics card. Z68 lets you use onboard cpu graphics & dedicated graphics card. Again, price difference wasn't that great, so decided to go with the newer board. P67 model allows for easy overclocking. H67 model allows for onboard graphics option, Z68 does both. I assume if you are buying a MB that you have a graphics card. So if you want to save money go with P67 board.\\n\\nManual seems better than most... good details. I haven't read too much yet. Nice to have 4 Sata 3 (6gig) drive capability. Right now I have all drive 8 drive connectors full (only 1 Sata 6gb drive) - but plan to upgrade drives with new hybred Sata3 6gig drives when drive prices come down. Would like to have 10 drive connectors, but 8 is still good (4 Sata 2 & 4 Sata 3s). Lot of USB (2 & 3) connectors plus internal USB 3 connector is nice for case front USB 3 ports.\\n\\nBoard is nicely laid out, memory slots far enough away from CPU that didn't have any problem with Zalman 9700 CPU cooler hitting memory. CPU avgs 25 C temp with fan running at a quiet speed of 1800 rpm. System stays at a cool avg 28c temp. GPU 51c. So board is quality made with good heat dispersement.\\n\\nBottom Line: good quality board. Easy to overclock. Good documentation. Good online help. Lot of connectors (drives & USB). Probably don't need Gen3 for future proofing yet to come PCI 3 cards. Probably would have been just as happy with a P67 card for $20-$30 less. But since the board is something you don't replace often (opposed to drives), I am glad I went with this board - even though it was about $40 more than I needed to spend. If you are like me and reviewing lots and not sure what to buy... get this board, you will not be sorry.\",\n \"Product: Upgrading your PC with a Samsung SSD is the most economical way to breathe new life into an aging PC. The 840 EVO reads, writes and multi-tasks at incredible speeds, enhancing boot-up speed, application loading and multi-tasking performance. It's more than an upgrade, it's a complete transformation of your PC.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Drive! Fast & Easy Install\\n\\nReview: Just installed, cloned my boot drive (Windows 7) to the new drive, all worked without a hitch. Old SSD drive was 120GB so when I cloned it to this drive it left about 100GB unallocated space on drive. Used EaseUS Partition Manager and resized the C: partition to use all the drive. Rebooted and all is good. Keeping the old 120GB as a backup in the event of a HD crash if my backups don't work - I'll at least be able to plug the old drive in and boot up.\\n\\nCan't comment on speed yet, too soon. Boot time did seem a tad faster than my OCZ Vertex 3 SSD drive it replaced, but may be my imagination. The OCZ is a very fast drive. If you are going from a regular IDE drive to this SSD drive you will be blown away by the boot speed.\\n\\nNever worry about defragging an SSD drive. No platters or arms to crash drive. Not sure of SSD drive lifespans, but would assume longer than IDE drives.\",\n \"Product: The Pivotal Tracker 1 is an affordable health and wellness wearable. Working in conjunction with the Pivotal Living mobile app, the Pivotal Living Tracker 1 uses sensor technology to track daily activities, such as steps walked, daily activity, calories burned, and the amount (and quality) of sleep. The wristband sends information wirelessly to the Pivotal Living mobile app to provide real time health and wellness reporting to help make smarter lifestyle choices. Life begins now. The Pivotal Tracker 1 and Pivotal Living companion app allows people to join as many different Teams as they like, and gives members full control over which data -and how much data- is shared with others. User manual - www.PivotalLiving.com. Just head to the Support Page to see posted content, the first section of which is Setup and includes two online video tutorials as well as written/visual content.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Inaccurate, sync stopped working, poor support\\n\\nReview: I wanted to like this. Software may improve since this is a new product, but for now, very disappointed. Initial sync to my Android HTC One phone worked fine, but after a few days it would get stuck on recording data... would sync, then said reading data, then would enter a never ending loop.\\n\\nInitially, I had trouble entering in my goal weight and goal steps. I would enter them but couldn't get it to stick... probably user error but lack of detailed instructions didn't help. Finally got goals to stick. I emailed Pivotal when I was having problems... never got a reply.\\n\\nI have a Strive pedometer that I carry in my pocket (about the size of a key car alarm FOB. It works great and is fairly accurate. Doesn't record sleep patterns, but does record steps using an altimeter.\\n\\nThe Pivotal and Strive never came close in matching steps. Pivotal would show 500, Strive would be closer to 1000. One day sitting in my recliner watching TV I checked my steps on the Pivotal... read 850. I swung my arm around while still sitting in chair and checked steps again... read 926. If I kept that up I could reach my step goal while sitting in my recliner!\\n\\nSleep mode didn't work for me. I was looking forward to the sleep reports. First, you have to remember to push the button on device twice quickly to enter sleep mode. Most nights I forgot to do that. Reports were useless and not accurate. That was at beginning when I was able to sync to my phone.\\n\\nMany times I accidently turned device off by inadvertently holding button down for a few seconds. Would happen when my arm pressed up against something (like my chair arm).\\n\\nInaccurate, no auto-sleep recording, failure to sync to phone, easy to accidentally turn off, cryptic icons, lack of detailed instructions on website, minimal instructions came with device, poor support. Maybe Pivotal software will improve and fix some of the shortcomings. All in all, I can not recommend this. I'll stick to my Strive for now.\",\n \"Product: Experience all the vividness of HD while playing games or watching movies with a Verto GeForce 9600GSO HDCP-capable graphics card. It supports DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 for games, as well as delivering stunning HD-DVD or Blu-Ray playback capabilities. Product Specifications: BUS Technology: PCI Express 2.0; Memory Amount: 768MB DDR3; Memory Interface: 192-bit; Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec.): 38.4; Fill Rate (billion pixels/sec.): 26.4; Core Clock (MHz): 550MHz; Memory Frequency (effective): 1600MHz; Memory Clock: 800MHz; Shader Speed: 1375MHz; Stream Processors: 96. Key Features: NVIDIA unified architecture with GigaThread technology; Full Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 support; NVIDIA SLI -Ready1; 16x full-screen anti-aliasing; True 128-bit floating point high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting; NVIDIA Quantum Effects physics processing technology; Two Dual-Link DVI outputs supporting dual 2560x1600 resolution displays; NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology1; HDCP Capable2; PCI Express 2.0 support; OpenGL 2.1 support; NVIDIA ForceWare Unified Driver Architecture (UDA); Built for Microsoft Windows Vista; Outputs: DVI + DVI + HDTV.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Doesn't work with Photoshop CS4 Open GL (see edit)\\n\\nReview: This is a gamer's card and I'm not a gamer. [...] Card is much longer - barely fit in my Antec P180 case - almost interfered with the bottom SATA connector on MB.. but got it in there. I run dual monitors... all set up went fine, colors good. But was disappointed when I opened Photoshop CS4 and under Preferences - Performance - the OpenGL was grayed out. The enhanced zoom and move enhancements were not available. They were on my 7300GT card. Not a big deal - but I spend a lot of time in Photoshop and the enhanced features were nice... when upgrading, you don't want to lose features. I may return because of this. PNY and Nvidia website was not helpful with this shortcoming of this card. I downloaded latest Nvidia driver - maybe this is a shortcoming of this driver? So far can't tell much difference in performance in watching videos, or in graphic programs (Photoshop, Illustrator). For gamers, you may see good improvements, for graphic designers... the 7300GT seems just as good.\\n\\nEDIT: I downgraded driver and now works with OpenGL acceleration in Photoshop. Current driver has a glitch which should be fixed in next driver update. I will keep this card. I would add a star to rating but system won't let me.(see comments)\",\n \"Product: Keep track of the time while participating in your favorite sport of everyday with casual style wearing the Casio Men's Slim Solar Multi-Function Analog-Digital Watch. This durable men's sports wrist watch features a sturdy, flexible band with a secure buckle closure; a matte black resin case; a classic round face with bright, contrasting orange Arabic numeral indices and hands; and both digital and analog functioning. It's solar-powered and water resistant up to 330 ft., and it includes a 1100-second stopwatch; a countdown timer; and five alarms.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice watch but some flaws in design\\n\\nReview: Thin & lightweight. Solar powered means never replacing batteries. The led area is very hard to read. Very small numbers/letters so basically useless for me - I'm over 40 and eyesight not what it used to be for reading. The light function lights the led box so again, doesn't help me. The dark orange numbers on black background looks good during the day but is difficult to see at night. The face of watch does not light up, so not a good watch in the dark. I wish it had a second hand. I've wanted to time something and a second hand would have come in handy. Especially since you can not read the seconds in the little led box.\\n\\nThe best things about the watch: solar powered, very light weight, waterproof, attractive, thin - not bulky on your wrist.\\n\\nThe bad things about the watch: hard to see at night, very small led area and numbers, no face light, glow in dark hands barely visible, changing time zones not intuitive, setting alarms difficult without magnifying glass. No second hand.\\n\\nI thought about returning it, but decided it was worth the $30 I paid to have as an occasional watch to wear during the day.\\n\\nUpdate 10/5/14: after having this watch for a month I am increasing it from 3 stars to 4 stars. Main reason is the thinness and lightweight. I find myself going for this watch over my longtime favorite G-Shock, mainly because it is so comfortable and lightweight. I still find the led hard to see and it is not that great in the dark, but for daytime wear it is very comfortable and I've enjoyed the traditional face with hour hands and numbers. Very glad I bought this.\",\n \"Product: Stay cool under pressure. When you work hard, you need hardworking gear. Meet the stainless king vacuum insulated beverage bottle. This non nonsense workhorse gets the job done with durable stainless steel, double wall vacuum insulation and a simple twist and pour stopper. Thermos Stainless Steel King Product features include: Easy open - an easy to use twist and pour stopper lets you pour your dink without removing the stopper. 100% Stainless Steel -durable from the serving cup to the base. And better temperature regulation too. Hotter, colder, longer - we just want to keep hot liquids hot and cold ones cold and with Thermos patented vacuum insulation, you've got just that. No burn, no sweat exterior - cool technology keeps the Stainless King bottle cool to the touch with hot liquids and sweat-free with ice cold.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Absolutely the BEST Thermos on the market!\\n\\nReview: Best thermos you can buy. I've tried other name brand thermoses but this is the best. It keeps my coffee hot for hours and hours. Even when I pour out my coffee the following day, it is still warm. I have a silver Thermos King thermos that I have had for over 10 years. Still works great. Some of the clearcoat finish is starting to wear off from use. Doesn't affect the performance, just the looks, so I decided to buy a new one since it was on sale on Amazon. Got a red one.\\n\\nOn road trips, my routine is to stop by Starbucks and have them fill my thermos with black coffee ($1.95). I sip the coffee for hours while driving. It stays piping hot for at least 4 hours and remains hot for another couple hours. The size is perfect. Fits in my cup holder.\\n\\nThere is a lever on the top that you move to open or close the small opening to allow coffee to be drunk. There is a 1/4\\\" lip that helps prevent any coffee spills. I normally leave the top set on Open (instead of constantly opening and closing). And it still stays really hot for over 4 hours. The opening in small and the way it is designed, very little heat will escape. Warning... for first half hour or so, take very small sips or you will burn your lips and tongue!\\n\\nThe top unscrews (obviously) and both the top and container are easily washed. I just rinse with water. The top can be disassembled for a more thorough cleaning by twisting the bottom of the top. I've only cleaned mine a couple time over the years.\\n\\nOne possible negative (at least for my wife) is when you screw the top on, it creates a seal that must expand slightly. Because unscrewing the top can be difficult and requires some strength. Even when I try not to screw the top on too hard, it still requires some elbow grease to unscrew it. In the mornings, we make a pot of coffee. I drink a cup and eat my cereal. Then I fill my Thermos with the leftover coffee and go to my home office to work (about 9am). I sip on the coffee during the day. I stop drinking coffee at 3pm (otherwise it interferes with my sleep). At 3pm the remaining coffee is still hot in my Thermos. Sometimes I don't get around to emptying it until the next morning - it is still lukewarm! and that is with me leaving the top to the \\\"open\\\" position.\\n\\nCan't say enough good things about this Thermos. To me it is a Must Buy item... even if not on special.\",\n \"Product: Protect Your HTC One Smartphone, The TECH ARMOR Way! Tech Armor Premium HD Clear Screen Protectors provide the highest transparency while still delivering scratch resistant protection for your HTC One SmartphoneOs High Definition Display! All Tech Armor Screen protectors are made of the highest quality Japanese PET Film available with 100% Bubble-Free Silicon Adhesives. Every Tech Armor Screen Protector is backed by the TECH ARMOR LIFETIME REPLACEMENT WARRANTY! COMPATIBILITY: HTC One Smartphone, All Carrier Models ALSO AVAILABLE: TECH ARMOR Antiglare Screen Protector for the HTC One, Amazon Part: B00BO2OX7O The TECH ARMOR Screen Protector Kit Includes: - Three (3) HD Clear Screen Protectors - Installation Instructions - Smoothing Card - Lint-Free Polishing Cloth - Bubble Removal Tape - Retail Packaging - TECH ARMOR LIFETIME REPLACEMENT WARRANTYINSTALLATION: Please read the instructions and watch the installation video to get the most of your screen protection investment and to get a Bubble Free Install!TECH ARMOR LIFETIME REPLACEMENT WARRANTYWe are committed to your satisfaction and will send you replacements free of charge for:- Installation Problems such as bubbles or other user error- Scratched or damaged screen protectors- Wear and TearOur commitment to you is that we will keep your device protected, the TECH ARMOR WAY, or your money back.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice but a couple problems\\n\\nReview: Glad 3 come to a pack. The first one I tried to put on was a little crooked - I tried to get it on straight and gave up and threw it away. The next one I was even more diligent and it went on pretty straight. The only problem was the very bottom isn't sticking to the screen. Barely noticeable, but for all my fastidious work trying to be perfect, it annoys me that the very bottom edge and corners did not stick - or have air under it that I can not squeegee out. I have one left if this one peels off.\\n\\nQuality seems to be good. I feel my screen is protected. Nice smooth, glossy feel... actually doesn't feel like anything is on the screen - which is good. Crystal clear. I've had it on my HTC One about a week now. I carry the phone in my front pocket, so lots of chances of scratches from my jeans or wallet... so far so good.\\n\\nI recommend this product. Good price, good quality. Watch the online installation videos. Clean screen really well. Go slow.\\n\\nUPDATE 6-25-14: So far so good. Screen protector is still sticking. Had someone look at my phone last week and asked me if I use screen protectors... they couldn't tell it was there. Crystal clear.\",\n \"Product: This product delivers a dry-to-the-tough high shine finish to vinyl, rubber and tires fast and easy. Developed for dealerships and detailing professionals. It is a premium dressing designed for use on both exterior and interior surfaces of automobiles, trucks, RV's and boats. This has been refined to OEM standards the all new formation contains a special patented ingredient that enables it to rapidly penetrate leather, vinyl, plastic and rubber surfaces delivering a high shine durable finish that is dry to the touch and non-greasy.The result is maximum protection and long-lasting, rich gloss. In addition, the pleasant scent incorporated in this product. This product delivers durable UV protection to dashboards, vinyl, rubber, tires and even dark plastic surfaces.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great product - great price!\\n\\nReview: Great deal! I was skeptical how this product would perform considering the low price. But I am pleasantly surprised. I used it on my exterior vinyl trim on my 2003 Expedition. It is thick, like hair conditioner, so stays on your rag and doesn't drip. I applied a generous amount to my charcoal gray trim and it brought them back to a nice luster and dark gray color - like new. After three weeks in the hot CA sun, the trim still looks great.\\n\\nI tried it on my vinyl dash. For me, it is a little too shiny. It made the black dash look new, went on easy and wiped off easy, but the shine did not go away as I hoped it would after a few days. If you like a little shine to your interior dash, then you will love this. I prefer Maguire's #40 vinyl spray.\\n\\nI have not used on my tires yet, they still look good from local car wash Armoral treatment. Based on other reviews, this product does a great job on tires.\\n\\nI love the gallon size! For a price less than many charge for 16oz, you get a gallon. I highly recommend Chemical Guys TVD 102.\",\n \"Product: Blower Motor Resistor\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Worked Perfectly! Saved me $$!\\n\\nReview: Worked like a charm. Very easy to install. 10 minutes and I had all fan speeds back. There is a helpful video on Youtube. For my 2003 Expedition, I popped out the glove box (easy), saw the resister on the left. Unplugged it - it was a little tight, had to push on the center bottom and wiggle it loose. (Used #8 socket to unbolt the resister - 2 bolts). Slipped new resister in, rebolted, replugged in wire harness and snapped glove box back and I was back in business. Your installation may vary depending on the model of your car/truck.\\n\\nFor a few dollars more I splurged on the Motorcraft brand. The less expensive brands may work fine, but in this price range, I didn't want to take a chance.\",\n \"Product: The wall whale is a swimming pool brush with a spoiler. The tail works like the spoiler on a car to hold the brush against the wall with more than 10x the force of a normal brush.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Works Great! Saves Time!\\n\\nReview: I was all ready to buy a cheap brush but decided to splurge on this one due to good reviews. I've only used it a few times now, but have to say, it works as everyone else says! I can now clean the walls using only one hand (If I wanted to). The unique design keeps it against the wall - better than I could with my old brush! Pulling brush back up is easy as the flap releases the pressure. Also keeps brush on bottom of pool when brushing bottom. All in all, I am glad I splurged. I've learned my lesson from other brushes loosing bristles due to leaving out in sun. I now keep this in my shed between uses - hopefully it has a long life. If you are on the fence, splurge for this, you won't be sorry.\",\n \"Product: Clean pool corners with ease with the Brush Around 360 Wall & Floor Brush. No dirt will escape your reach with this innovative pool brush with 360 degree cleaning capability. Built-in corner brushes help you to clean in the tight corners of walls and steps. Simply attach to your tele pole (not included) and scrub dirt from virtually anywhere in or around your pool.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Poor Quality. Broke in two after a few months.\\n\\nReview: Great idea, poor quality. Worked great for about 4 months then broke in half. It just snapped in two while normal brushing. Very disappointed because before it broke, it did a good job - especially in corners. It has a plastic core where the bristles attach. After being in the pool water and in the sun, the plastic core must become brittle causing it to snap in half without any undue pressure put on it. Read the other reviews and see how many say it broke in half. Many of the good reviews are from people that have not had it long enough. Two months ago I would have given it 5 stars and told you how great it is. That is why I normally like to wait awhile before writing a review. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT.\\n\\nEDIT: Just checked warranty:\\nThis product is warranted to the original purchaser to be free from defects in material or\\nworkmanship for a period of ninety days from the date of the original retail purchase.\",\n \"Product: Training collar for dogs with patented humane design.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Better than I expected.\\n\\nReview: I was looking for something to deter my 1 yr old 65lb Doberman from pulling on walks. The metal prong collar worked well, but I felt the prongs were dangerous in certain circumstances. This collar's teeth seem more gentle than the prongs, yet pointy enough to get the message across. I've only used it a handful of times... he is walking without pulling most of the time. Plus I got a harness that also seems to work better than just a collar.\\n\\nHad a bad experience with the prong collar. When he was about 7-8 months old we walked to the park and 4 lab mix dogs attacked us. When they charged at us, my dog tried to run, but I had hold of the leash. The prongs squeezed into his neck causing him to cry out as I was busy kicking the dogs away from us. The more my dog pulled, the more the prongs hurt, the more scared he got. Luckily the owner of the 4 dogs got there in time. But from that day on, I have not put that prong collar back on. I don't think this collar would have hurt near as much.\\n\\nThe construction is actually better than expected, especially in this price range. Seems pretty sturdy. Color is a dark blue that doesn't look as bad as I thought it might. Was hoping for color selections like black or camo or dark brown. But the blue isn't that bad. It also doesn't look quite as menacing on the dog as prong collars do. Just a little thick and heavy looking (although collar is very light weight.\\n\\nNow I sometimes just carry in my pocket on long walks in case he gets in a pulling mood. If considering a prong collar to stop the pulling, I would highly recommend trying this one first. We also have a gentle leader - which works pretty well, but he really doesn't like the strap on his nose. And tried the Easy Walk harness where leash attaches to the front opposed to the back. It works OK. Cuts down on pulling. The current harness is great - light weight, comfortable (at least seems to be, Brody likes it). It is an EzyDog Padded Chest Harness. Would recommend - got it at TheDogOutdoors.com about $24.\",\n \"Product: Ziwi is a small team whose love for our dogs is pure and simple, just like our recipes. We put the best of New Zealand into our authentic farm-to-bowl products. Our gentle, twin-stage, air-drying process naturally preserves all ingredients, and eliminates pathogenic bacteria. Our air-dried food contains more moisture than dry kibble, so there is no need to re-hydrate. And because there is no need for preservatives, sugars or glycerines, our food is safe, clean to handle, and as nutritious and digestible as a completely raw diet.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Food pieces too small, messy to handle.\\n\\nReview: My dog loves it. Too expensive to feed as a meal, but great as a meal enhancer. I looked all over but couldn't find the size of the food pieces... they are about 3/8\\\" square and about 1/16\\\" thick. Too small for my large Doberman. I put some in a baggy and use for treats during our walks... problem is the food sweats and gets messy to handle.\\n\\nFor my use, I will not be repurchasing. I found the pieces too small, messy to handle as treats, and very rich.\\n\\nMy Doberman has sensitive digestive system and this food is a little too rich. If I give him too much his stools get soft. Given as treats or a small handful mixed with his food seems to be OK.\",\n \"Product: It's SAFETY FIRST with our Rogz Highly Reflective Utility Range, which is both the black tie and the 4x4 of the Rogz range.Timeless and classic, hardy but cool. Never shaken - or stirred. The 3/4\\\" Fanbelt Half Check Obedience Collar combines a limited choke chain with high grade nylon webbing. Woven reflective threads are stitched into the webbing (not painted or screen printed on) to ensure extreme durability . Don't go out at night or into the woods without one! Note that this range needs to be turned inside out when operating in stealth mode as the reflective stitching is only on the one side. The 3/4\\\" Fanbelt Obedience Half Check collar adjusts for a neck size of 16-22\\\". It's suitable for Dalmation, Spaniel, Doberman, Boxer, Staffie and similar sized Breeds. Chain Strength can take up to 921lbs direct pull. Suitable for Dogs weighing up to a maximum of 131lbs.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Collar - Best of both worlds\\n\\nReview: A choker and a colar in one. Works great on my Doberman. Started off using as a puppy and got the larger size now that he is 90lbs. is loose around his neck, but when I hook him up for a walk, it tightens if he pulls. Also will not slip off like fixed size collars.\\n\\nThis collar does not stop him from pulling. It does give me more control than a regular collar. We got the blue training collar here on Amazon for the pulling - it has little wedges that pinch into his neck if he pulls. Like a pinch collar, but gentler. My wife can control him with that collar. She uses that collar for walking him... I just use this collar most of the time (it is always on him - has his tags attached to it). He walks pretty well with me.\\n\\nGood general use collar and also good training collar. Highly recommend. Good quality, will not slip off. Make sure you do not make it too tight when in relaxed state. Highly recommend.\",\n \"Product: The EzyDog Standard Extensions add length to your leash. They can also be used as a tie out. When 2 are added to a Cujo or Mutley Leash you have the best system for walking 2 dogs tangle free.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice way to extend your leash\\n\\nReview: My EZ dog bungee leash was a little short for my preference (about 4'). I thought about making my own extension, but this extension works perfect and has quality hardware on each end. Has a ring on one end and a clip on other. Used as a straight extension made my leash a little longer than I like, plus where my leash clipped onto the extension ring would sag due to weight of hardware. What I ended up doing is to loop the extension through my dog's collar and clip it back onto itself on the ring - and clip my leash to the ring. This made the extension just half its length which works perfect for me. Another benefit of doing it this way is if I need to keep my dog (80lb Dobie) close to me (in crowds or passing other dogs), I can just reach down and grab the extension which now forms a loop to hold on to.\\n\\nThis extension is strong, well constructed, good quality hardware. For the money it is a perfect buy if you want to add 24\\\" or 12\\\" to your current leash length.\",\n \"Product: ZiwiPeak Daily Cuisine Grain-Free Air-Dried Dog Food, at Only Natural Pet Store, is a super premium food made with natural ingredients similar to a raw food diet from New Zealand for your canine pet.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Food pieces too small, messy to handle.\\n\\nReview: My dog loves it. Too expensive to feed as a meal, but great as a meal enhancer. I looked all over but couldn't find the size of the food pieces... they are about 3/8\\\" square and about 1/16\\\" thick. Too small for my large Doberman. I put some in a baggy and use for treats during our walks... problem is the food sweats and gets messy to handle.\\n\\nFor my use, I will not be repurchasing. I found the pieces too small, messy to handle as treats, and very rich.\\n\\nMy Doberman has sensitive digestive system and this food is a little too rich. If I give him too much his stools get soft. Given as treats or a small handful mixed with his food seems to be OK.\",\n \"Product: We took the standard keychain multi-tool and made it better. In addition to stainless steel pliers, wire cutters, a fine edge blade, spring-loaded scissors, flathead screwdriver, crosshead driver, tweezers and file, the Dime includes a unique blade designed to safely cut and score plastic packaging and a bottle opener that is exposed even when the tool is closed. Compact and lightweight, the Dime is the most valuable change you'll find in your pocket.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great pocket tool - Great Quality\\n\\nReview: I did a lot of research. The Leatherman PS4 sounds like it may edge out the Gerber Dime ever so slightly but at a premium in price. I carry this loose in my pocket with my keys. It was a little heavy to attach to key chain. I've used it a handful of times in the last 2 months - mostly the pliers and package opening tool. This is a well made quality tool. Not meant for heavy duty tasks - it is a pocket tool. The package opening tool is great! Opens those hard to open plastic sealed items with ease. The knife was OK sharp but I sharpened it with my Spyderco sharpening rods and in a couple minutes had it very sharp.\\n\\nThis is small enough to comfortably carry in your pocket and forget it is there (don't forget to remove if going to airport!). The tools were a little tight opening, but not too bad. I could easily open each tool with fingernail. I got the red/black Gerber Dime. A Youtube video reviewer mentioned the black one was a little more difficult to open tools possibly due to the black coating on the blades.\\n\\nThis is not a cheapy $8 tool you buy at Khols or in the discount bend at your local hardware store. This is the real deal. There are several Youtube reviews on this and the Leatherman. For an occasional use tool, I was more comfortable spending $18 rather than $29 for basically the same thing... plus the Leatherman does not have the package opener.\\n\\nHaven't used the bottle opener yet, but I'm sure it will do the job. Nice that it is a double prong opener. I was a little concerned that it sticking out of the end would get in the way or catch in my pocket. It does neither. It actually makes it easier to open the pliers. Instead of a negative, I give the bottle opener an extra star.\\n\\nIf you are a tradesman that uses this type of tool on a regular basis, I would assume you have the larger Leatherman multi-tools. But for a handy little utility tool, easily carried in your pocket I give the Gerber Dime 5 starts... a must have tool.\",\n \"Product: The Cryo was made in successful collaboration between custom knifemaker Rick Hinderer and Kershaw experts. The 2.75-inch blade, accessible with the built-in flipper or the thumbstud, is made of 8Cr13MoV steel, known for its toughness, edge retention and resistance to corrosion and wear. The Cryo is coated with matte gray titanium carbo-nitride, increasing the blades hardness, helping maintain the edge, increasing longevity of the blade, and providing a sleek no-fuss look. The Cryo offers a tough frame lock and lockbar stabilizer for secure blade lockup, SpeedSafe assisted opening for fast and easy one-handed opening and a user adjustable, 4-position deep-carry pocketclip for convenient low-in-the-pocket carry. Like all Hinderer knives, the Cryo is designed to be a sturdy, aesthetically pleasing knife with good in-hand feel. The Cryo is the ideal EDC with the tactical quality and hard-use looks of a Hinderer and the expertly engineered construction of Kershaw, at an affordable price.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice knife - a little heavy\\n\\nReview: Solid knife, very sharp, cool looking, fast open. When I carry this knife it makes me feel like I'm in the military (which I never was). It is a solid knife, feels quality in your hand. I opens very fast with just a push on the top flipper. The assist opening works well. Blade locks open with a snap and has no play... nice and solid. It has jimping (ridges) on handle and base of blade which also gives a nice secure feel to the knife.\\n\\nVery sharp right out of the package. Also has a low profile clip - which I really like. Allows knife to sit low in pocket so it is not obvious you are carrying a pocket knife. This was a big reason I got this knife. (plus it was on sale at Amazon).\\n\\nThe only reason I don't reach for it as my EDC (every day carry) is it is a little heavy. Heavy isn't all that bad for camping, or around the house uses... but to stick in my jean pocket to carry around just in case I need a knife, it is a little heavy - I know it is there. For my EDC I carry the Kershaw Skyline - very light weight and very nice knife. You can see my Skyline review here http://www.amazon.com/review/R3K9N6HJ6COG80.\\n\\nI deducted 1 star only because it is too heavy for me as an EDC. Otherwise, this may be just the knife for you.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":28,"string":"28"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1984,"string":"1,984"}}},{"rowIdx":1985,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A2KMKGZDQYPSL8"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"4.0\" for a product with description \"Capturing the moment just got easier with koi water color field sketch kits. This portable watercolor set is perfect to bring along whether you're going to the countryside, relaxing at the beach or walking urban landscapes. The kit is lightweight and affordable. Half pan watercolors, formulated to blend easily and create and endless range of colors. A refillable koi water brush to transport and store water. A small, sleek design that fits into shirt or jacket pockets, perfect for painting onthego. Koi water color field sketch kits have the acmi ap seal of approval. Koi watercolor field sketch sets are recommended for ages 14 & over. Includes a refillable Koi water brush to transport and store water. The water brush technical qualities are polypropylene, transparent barrel and nib holder section, nylon fibers for brush tip, please keep cap and plug away from small children. Set consists of 12 colors.\". The summary of the review text is \"A Great Middle Ground Between Artist Grade And Student!\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"I've never tried the water color tubes before, and really wanted to as I would have more control over the palette and have a broader range of control. The colors are absolutely beautiful and vibrant. Especially the blues, they are deep and rich. I docked a star only because I feel even though the colors lay down richly and that a broad range of beautiful hues can be made with this set that these dry a bit duller than I'd like my water colors to dry (personal preference), but they are a great set for a great price. Doesn't compare to Caran D'ache Neocolors or Faber Castell Albrecht pencils. However, these are student grade water colors and they're great for practice and color theory and a zillion times better than hard half pans full of filler. These are great for art journaling and field sketching. They make excellent washes and layer nicely. They are wonderful paints, and worth using when your saving your artist grade colors for something special! I highly recommend this lovely set of paints, and a little squeeze goes a very long way!\n\nIf you felt this review was helpful, please click \"yes\"!"},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"I've never tried the water color tubes before, and really wanted to as I would have more control over the palette and have a broader range of control. The colors are absolutely beautiful and vibrant. Especially the blues, they are deep and rich. I docked a star only because I feel even though the colors lay down richly and that a broad range of beautiful hues can be made with this set that these dry a bit duller than I'd like my water colors to dry (personal preference), but they are a great set for a great price. Doesn't compare to Caran D'ache Neocolors or Faber Castell Albrecht pencils. However, these are student grade water colors and they're great for practice and color theory and a zillion times better than hard half pans full of filler. These are great for art journaling and field sketching. They make excellent washes and layer nicely. They are wonderful paints, and worth using when your saving your artist grade colors for something special! I highly recommend this lovely set of paints, and a little squeeze goes a very long way!\n\nIf you felt this review was helpful, please click \"yes\"!"},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: Faber Castell's Albrecht Durer Watercolor Pencils are highly versatile with the ability to draw, shade and paint. They have 3.8 mm thick, break-resistant leads that are fully water-soluble, and provide sharp fine lines. The vibrant colors are easily blended when wet and become permanent when dry. On some paper, the pigment will dissolve completely and react as traditional watercolor does. Dip the pencil tip into water and draw for unique lines. This set includes 12 colors packaged in a metal tin. Made In Germany.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Watercolor heaven! Vivid and easily dissolved!\n\nReview: Faber Castell is my #1 favorite art supplier so far. It's between Faber Castell and Caran D'ache depending on the product but I feel all Faber Castell products are long lasting, reasonably priced, they have high quality control so while Prisma Color is awesome we're all getting tired of uncensored lead and whatnot. Faber Castell never disappoints so when I began getting into water color pencils and crayons I wanted to give their line a shot first.\n\nI was not disappointed. Unlike many water soluble pencils this does not take quite so much effort to get it to spread. You can use a blender marker. Either alcohol or water color, water brushes, a touch of saliva, a spritz or a spray. If the lead broke you could throw water on it and use it as a water cake. You can dip them. You can color swatches and use as cakes and mix your own color palette. There is no end to how to use these.\n\nFor me vibrancy is important, but so is longevity. If i really put the scribble down will my pencil need to be replaced free stock already? With Faber Castell it's a no. The quality of the pigments and the level of their soluablity are genuinely the highest of grades. So, while a little goes a long way you can create art with some level of abandon that you're not just wasting art supplies on a perhaps not the best piece. That's the stuff I worry about. And while that's how we learn, they don't say \"Starving Artist\" for no reason. However, reasonably the longevity, consistency, and quality are well within reasonable price for artist grade art supplies. I have cheap water pencils and we have fun together, but it has nothing on the Albrecht Durer pencils. I highly recommend these for any level of water colorist, and will probably buy my own palette at Blick at some point. They're just that good!","Product: Ciao 72-piece Set A. Scores of anime, manga, and comics artists as well as landscape, product, architecture, and fashion designers prefer Copic markers because of their ultra-blendable, low odor, alcohol based inks. Unlike water-based inks, which tend to pill and oversoak the paper while blending, Copics mix on the surface to deliver the wonderfully rich blends they’re known for. This outstanding performance has distinguished Copic markers as the celebrated coloring tool within professional, semi-professional and hobby circles alike.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Big Fan Of Copic. Not the wait.\n\nReview: These are great markers and I got a great price for them. It's amazing the things copics can do. With layering blending and coloring. The product itself is great. The plastic packaging is also great. I have some annoyances with the shipping time, the fact it required a signature and I didn't know it would require a signature so I was lucky I happened to be home for it, and the lack of communication about why it had taken so long to arrive in a way I could understand, but I realize I got a quality art supply for a great price (for copic anyway). The packaging was great. I gave all a plus on packaging. I liked the silvery envelope and the plastic set I can keep my little basic kit in. As for the product, it's second to none in the market. We all know that. It's an amazing product. That's why we deal with the prices and the headaches of trying to collect them. No matter what art you do you're going to end up with a copic in your life. This little set obviously has a learning curve. This type of media is so versatile. You can even texturing your project. It's India ink so it's amazing. Pigment. Light fast. Non fading. Print ready. I like the ciaos. I've heard so much about them being bad or not as good as the sketch. However it's way better and cheaper for a student than the sketch. This is a perfect set to demo if you're become an alcohol marker artist. It gives u a real sense of what you could do. I wish it had more blendable Colors in the set but it's great for what it is and I am happy with my purchase. I would NOT recommend the shipping time though. It's quite a wait for such an expensive product.","Product: Blister card glaze 3dimensional glossy ink pen set. This 3dimensional ink leaves a distinct impression. The finished look is a raised, line for a remarkable style feature that you can feel. Elevate the status of handwritten lettering on diy paper craft projects. Selected surfaces for eyecatching results are nonporous surfaces such as plastics, coated papers, acetate, vellums and glass. Light catches color when it is used on translucent and transparent surfaces. Layering color elements and texture for shine and depth is easy. Glaze 3dimensional ink resists water and can achieve the look of batik. Rubber stamp and paper craft projects benefit with accents of color and texture. Applicable for ceramic and glass accents, rubberstamping flourishes, sticker embellishments, wedding invitations, card making and bookmark texture, write or draw on most cds, batik effects and anywhere 3dimensional texture is desired. Technical qualities are transparent pigmented ink 0.8mm ball producing a 0.70mm bold line width, water resistant, dries to a glossy glaze look, performs best on nonporous matte surfaces, 45 to 60 second drying time, does not bleedthrough most papers and vellum, meets astm and acmi nontoxicity standards, not recommended for use on fabrics intended to be washed, on food service or ceramics that are washed, and not evaluated for cosmetic use on skin. Set consist of 1 each gloss clear, gloss yellow, gloss orange, gloss red, gloss pink, gloss rose, gloss purple, gloss green, gloss blue, gloss black pens.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: I Cannot Exist Without This Product.\n\nReview: I never have enough nice things to say about Sakura Of America. I'm a fan girl. I first hated Souffle and Glaze at first zbecause I'm an impatient person and didn't read directions. OOPS. MY BAD.\n\nThis basically dry embosses your artwork. No heating tool or stress. Great for craters. Will be going through clears and blacks like crazy! Amazing product. It's magic. You couldn't tell by the way it pops and that 3D detail is all Sakura. I feel like I this is an art supply necessity! Who would not be able to use these and make amazing things? No one. Sakura once again has made the best of the best. Emboss edges. I wish I could share a photo demonstrating what I was able to do with these but at the moment don't see the option.\n\nGoogle and YouTube it though. You won't be sorry.","Product: The finest quality watercolors used by Japan's watercolor and Sumi-e painters. 21 colorfast colors in a reusable plastic container. They will add dimension and sparkle to all your paper crafts. Can be used alone or with other watercolors. Great for painting, stamping, greeting cards, and much more. Non-toxic: Conforms to ASTM D4236. Imported.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Really Fun Set For Play!\n\nReview: The Yasutomo Pearlescent paint has been the confusion of the arts and crafts world. We're all excited for something moderately new to happen to water color cakes, but even the less picky among us wish the pigments were a bit richer on these. I still really like the paints, and they make awesome fx paints on top of other water colors or water color pencils. If you are a beginner and you're investigating rich pigment sets or if you're picky and this will be something that is your main you might be a bit disappointed. If you're gunna use these for fancy fx or embellishments by all means these are inexpensive fun. Just remember these aren't fine art paints, but they are a lot of fun!","Product: Knit beautiful scarves, hats and much more with this plastic round knitting loom kit. The kit includes 4 looms in a variety of sizes for all your projects: 11-inch, 9-inch, 7-inch, and 5-1/2-inch. It also includes one yarn needle, one loom pick, instructions to make a hat and a clear plastic carrying case for simple transport. The carrying case holds all your project essentials and makes it a breeze to take your projects on the go. Made of durable and sturdy plastic, these round knitting looms are also lightweight and easy to use, making them a perfect choice for beginner knitters and even those more advanced, too! They come in 4 bright neon colors with small anchor pegs.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great Knit Kit! Very Sturdy!\n\nReview: Loom knitting is super fun to teach kids to do, and is super safe. It's a unique way to make knitted items without having to use knitting needles or being really crafty. This item is a great bargain for what it does. The pegs are stable and close enough together you don't have amateur looking products when you're done. The pegs are quite nice and sturdy and I enjoy the colors of the looms. If you need help getting started with this I highly recommend you look up The Crochet Crowd, and that will show you how diverse these little guys are.\n\nIf you have joint pain or carpel tunnel this is one of the best ways to knit, and they make the best presents for families, and babies.","Product: Art Advantage artist sketch/tote boards. Light-weight and durable, our masonite sketch boards feature a sturdy clip and rubber band that will hold anything from sheets of paper to a pad of paper to a prestretched canvas. Comfortable handle allows portability. Replacement rubber bands available. 13-inch by 17-inch.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This is a Necessity Not A Want.\n\nReview: I love this product for paper crafting. The rubber band and clip really help with water coloring and you have enough space to use painters tape. I clip a rechargeable led light on these as well so I don't miss anything and get to every detail with ease. I feel silly I waited so long to get an art board. Trying to paint on hard cover books and table tops was sort of ridiculous. This is what everyone starting out needs. The rubber band is so useful, and it really adds to the experience. You can tilt the board to run inks and paints. You can use it for washes. The board is a high grade material and is worth the investment as it will be with you a long time. If you do any diy it will be helpful, and it will save your surfaces. No more surprise textures from clumps either. It's very easy to clean and maneuver. It's light weight. I highly suggest for anyone doing paper crafts or painting (room for small palette.) Wonderful board.","Product: The standard sketch board for indoor or outdoor drawing. Made of masonite with two strong steel clips heavy duty rubber band and integral handle.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: I love this little board, very diverse functions.\n\nReview: This is awesome for doing crafts with the kids, water paint, or sketching with. It's the Art Supply equivalent to a laptop. It's mobile, and it does what you need it to do, but it doesn't take up much space either. You can probably fit it in a tote bag with no problem, and clip on a little bag of art supplies and go without feeling too loaded down. Or perhaps you want to sketch in bed as your significant other binge watches Mad Men and you don't really like Donald Draper enough to give him your full attention. Either way it's a quality product for a bargain, and I'd buy it again. :)\n\nConstructive Criticism Is: It needs a better clip handle and clip in general. It's not that easy to unclip, and it may be a little hard on card stock (leave indentations).","Product: Neutral pH, cold pressed watercolor sheets are an excellent value. Aquabee watercolor paper is a 100-Percent rag, 90-Pound watercolor paper. Pack contains 5 loose sheets.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Excellent Intermediate Watercolor Paper!\n\nReview: My affair with art papers has been a torrid search rife with confusion and angst. You can have the nicest sets of supplies in the world but using it on unworthy paper is a waste of supplies and time.\n\nI found this product because I'm tired of buying giant water color papers that don't fit most standard printers, or having to cut them down to size in small sad packs of 12 for $32 . Not with these! They blend both cost efficiency with supreme quality!\n\nI love one of the mainstream papers too (hint: it's not cason) but it seems water color paper either comes really small or really large. This size is just right, although I wouldn't complain if they made some standard 8x11 sizes.\n\nThis paper is great for beginners and intermediate levels, but can be finicky with embellishments before completely dry or if overdone (gel pens).\n\nThis paper is not only budget efficient but of much higher quality than many store brands. The cotton grain and way the paper was processed make it a joy to work with. It can take a lot of water abuse without warping, and the taping down is still needed to an extent but nothing like other paper, and it doesn't start to come apart if you really want to do some hard detailing! It's basically backless canvas, and it takes color in such a unique limitless way, so don't be afraid to layer. This is a case of you get much more than you pay for!\n\nOn the attached picture I used water pencils (the grain will be rough on your set, but if you use water color pencils it's nothing new to you), and liquid water color and both worked wonderfully. Best for intermediate students, and works fine with ink jet printers for doing digital stamping.\n\n I will be purchasing again as I'm quite tired of throwing gesso on card stock, dealing with warped papers, and I genuinely feel this is a step up from the basic paper I had been buying overpriced at hobby stores!\n\nThese also come in standard frame sizes, and ready to go upon opening. 100% would recommend and would buy again.\n\nI'd you feel this review was helpful please click \"yes\".","Product: Value Series Brushes like Liquitex BASICS are available at a more affordable price, making them perfect for students, amateurs, or professionals. These long-handled white nylon brushes are durable, easy to clean, and hold ample amounts of color. Their medium-soft bristles provide the ideal responsiveness for soft-bodied to medium-bodied acrylics. Liquitex BASICS Brushes are available in five popular shapes in a range of sizes: Round, Bright, Flat, Filbert and Fan. Set Contents: 6 Short Handle Brushes: Round 1, Round 4, Flat 2, Fan 4, Bright 3, Bright 6. Visit our Liquitex Amazon Storefront for full product assortment.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Synthetic Brushes That Rock. Brand you can trust.\n\nReview: I was stressing a ton over what brushes to get for some basic water coloring and I was browsing the Blick Art Supplies website. They only offer the best in student grade or artist grade stuff. Art students and artists run the business and duh, these Liquitex brushes were recommended for pencil water coloring and other stuff. I like the synthetic brushes as I don't want to accidentally contribute to any kind of animal suffering or make art with anything that contributes to animal suffering. These are great for people who are learning or are doing a craft project. They are affordable and hold their shape but if something awful were to happen to them its not too much to replace them. They're awesome little brushes. There is also a Princeton brand of brush that is equally awesome and I use both at the moment. I'm always looking for good synthetic brushes. These fit the bill, and one can never have too many brushes!\n\nI completely recommend these to crafters and new painters! They're awesome.","Product: Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay India inks offer powerful color in a convenient dropper-stopper glass bottle. These highly pigmented India inks not only remain lightfast and permanent, but are also totally waterproof when dry. They adhere to nearly all surfaces and are non-clogging when used in pens. Inks can be diluted with water and used with brushes in traditional watercolor techniques or in dip pens, technical drawing pens, and airbrushes. All colors are brilliant and transparent, except black and white, which are opaque and have excellent covering power. Each set includes 12 different colors in 1.0 oz (30 ml) glass bottles with droppers and a custom mixing palette. Set 1 Colors: Yellow, Red, Magenta, Green, Blue, Brown, Black, White, Violet, Bright Red, Teal, Grass Green.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect Inks For Anyone\n\nReview: These are phenomenal inks for the price. India Ink is light fast and archival. It can be used in so many ways. As paint, for mixed media effects, and of course the old fashioned way as a pen. I got really terrible fountain pen for my boyfriend off Wish App. I didn't think it would be terrible, but it was. I just figured I'd throw it out there as a tester pen anyway, to see if it inspired him to write or journal more because style. Well the inks came so beautifully packaged in their circle of joy, and now he's using the pen. Downside is I'll probably buy him a real fountain pen now.\n\nI always thought inside the box with inks. What would I do with ink? I don't do calligraphy or have fancy pens I'm going to redip. I only had a feather pen once, and I was annoyed more than I felt fancy. However these are things I've been doing with the inks in small amounts.\n\nUsing as paint. Archival water color! Yes.\nAdding bits of extra color to paper crafts. I've splotched in circles (dries fast). (No bleed through on card stock btw. Big dollops hold shape and dry.\n\nArt journal. Gesso and ink. So pretty.\n\nCanvas and mixed media.\n\nIf you're a budding or very advanced artist on a budget but you want awesome quality ink, this is your test kit. You get way more than you pay for.\n\nVery grateful for product's existence and will buy again. Wish they had the sparkly irredecent inks Liquitex has, because those are damn expensive. Maybe I need to buy mica powder and add?\n\n:)","Product: accessibly priced, but with the performance to deliver high quality results - even for less experienced colorists; ergonomic hexagonal barrel design for greater comfort when coloring; unique, no slip rubberized grip; marker caps are double-layered to prevent drying out designed to last a lifetime pens are refillable and both nibs can be replaced when worn or damaged fast -drying ink for smooth and effective work - these markers provide super-smooth coverage and seamless blending on paper and card. They will also work on paper, card, glass, wood, metal, ceramic and more.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Spectrum Noir Is Great For Crafters\n\nReview: These are beautiful markers. There is no other alcohol marker like this for the price. Sometimes the numbers don't make sense, and the gradient kind of goes nuts so make sure you do a scribble test first. The ink lays down like butter, and is a dream to do layers with. If you're mostly a crafter or a coloring fanatic you should use these to get the idea of what permanent alcohol markers can do. While they are not the quality of copic markers and you will find things that annoy you about them (I have a loose wobbly nib on one.) they're cheap and great to practice with so you're not wasting India ink on a learning curve. They're better student markers than prismacolor. All art supplies has its place for what you want it for. I always stress this. This will make seamless backgrounds. It will sketch, and blend. The ink is refillable and the nibs replaceable and they do make brush nibs for these guys. The ink refills can be a bit pricey, and sometimes on par with copic if you're looking on amazon, however keep in mind that those refill your pens several times over and can be used for other things. It sadly might be more economical to rebuy the markers than the ink. I've seen a few reviews about them drying out and whatnot. Remember that the caps need to snap into place. For the price, and the quality. The noir pens are a must buy for the novice artist. In its price range as well as it's quality it's more than a fair product and you can always find a use for them in the future. Perhaps, maybe these would be a great hold over while you slowly build up your copic stash. Blick supports them and Blick knows everything. Perhaps, you just craft, and you don't art. Then perhaps with new nibs a set of these will be all you need.","Product: Selling green heat gun tool.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Time Lapse Before Your Eyes Cool Effects!\n\nReview: I was expecting a disaster with this cheap heat tool. The more into painting and water color I get the more I realized my inpatience out shone my artistic integrity and I needed a heat gun. I actually love watching the paint set as if I'm watching a time lapse in front of my eyes. I love the effects it makes. I love not waiting for three hours for embossing, water color, gels, or markers to dry.\n\nIt has some tricks to it. You have to get a feel for it or you might burn the page or cause your medium to bubble up (which can look cool). Mine smokes quite a bit after every use and I hope it knocks that off. It's my first heat setter and for the price you can't beat it.\n\nI recommend this product to water colorist and impatient artists everywhere!","Product: Strathmore 500 series mixed media features professional quality paper that is internally sized for wet media with a durable vellum finish for drawing techniques. Excellent for watercolor, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pen & ink, colored pencil, marker, pastel and collage. 100percent cotton fiber, acid free, lignin free, archival, 90lb paper. Durable smyth-sewn binding allows pages to lay flatter inside the lightly textured, matte Dark Chocolate brown cover. This item is manufactured in United States.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Not Sixty Four Pieces Of Paper. Sixty Four \"Pages\". Know the difference buyers.\n\nReview: I need to quickly whine about something that every buyer should know. These are not filled with 64 sheets as the advertising suggests. They are counting the back of the paper. If you're a seasoned art journaler you know that sometimes multiple pages get used and the backs sometimes can't be used for anything more than a decorative wash if you used heavy media's on the prior part of the page. I believe the company should think of the paper as loose papers and not count the pages as double sided. This is misleading. If I buy 200 pages of cars stock I do not get 100 and have the seller tell me to use both sides. Just because it's in a bound book does not mean you're not purchasing the paper. I use Strathmore as my go to paper for water color so I'm miffed a company I put a lot of money into would advertise a product like this. Strathmore is doing just fine for itself. It has no reason to sell journals as 64 pages, especially art journal pages where things are crazy and messy, and tell us the other side counts as a piece of paper. That's misleading advertising. Just because some art styles allows you could use both sides doesn't mean you should have to. I've had many art journal pages end up sticking together and having archival art work ruined. So I'd have preferred just to use a wash to avoid that. Very frustrated.","Product: Green tea lovers no longer have to struggle to achieve the optimal steeping temperature, while darker tea drinkers can still expect impeccably boiling water. With an innovative temperature control system, this versatile device can heat to your preference. At last, an all-inclusive kettle for heating water for the perfect pot of tea. This durable stainless steel kettle is a must-have for tea lovers of all kinds. Perfect for foodservice, restaurant and other professional industrial uses. Bulk pricing available through Adagio Wholesale. Made in China. 30 oz (1L).\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The Beat Variable Temperature Kettle. Hands. Down.\n\nReview: <div id=\"video-block-R2TG1NTXROCW0A\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A14jTmJUipS.mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81hQUrkHCoS.png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\"> I have not had a bad cup of tea since switching to a variable voltage kettle. Knowing your boiled water Temps based on bubble rolls and old cookbook experience has nothing on the technology of this kettle. Now I know I'm truly experiencing the tea correctly. Adiago urges everyone to invest in a variable temperature kettle, and I was like, \"Oh, okay whatever. People have been being water in old school kettles for ages it's a gimmick.\", but if you're paying good money for good tea you want that tea to taste like what you invested in it and also if you're going to be using more delicate teas and want to experience them without being a water temperature helicopter brewer than this I'd the only way to do it in 2016. This also allows for the perfect temperature for preying coffee. Your water is done in five minutes. No more watched pot. There is a zillion ways to use this kettle, and if you look around at reviews it's the most cost effective one out there and the fancier variable temperature kettles are mixed bags of customer complaints. No thanks. Adiago is always about quality and fair prices so I'd much rather stick with them. They've done me no wrongs yet, and I assume you will be just as happy with the product as I am. Within minutes you will be enjoying cafe quality loose-leaf tea, and your life will forever be better for it. My only regret is I did not get one sooner. Thanks Adiago! You're making the world a better place cup by cup!","Product: For all the coffee drinkers and aficionados in search of an affordable, low maintenance coffeemaker that can brew a basic or premium roast coffee in a fraction of the time and cost as the coffeehouse: Meet the Hamilton Beach 2-Way Brewer.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: This coffee machine is great for usual drip coffee\n\nReview: I got mine in a $20 Kindle Fire sale. This coffee machine is great for usual drip coffee. It seems Hamilton Beach has trouble getting coffee hot without relying on the burner to do the work the initial water would have done. All their coffee products have this complaint and mine is not unlike the other reviews who want properly extracted and hot coffee. The machine does have upsides. It brews in a hurry and if someone didn't clean the grounds out of one half you have the single serve. Single serve is amazing if you need coffee NOW and you're in a hurry. The multiple cup brew side makes better tasting coffee. The single serve side has a thing that is supposed to make kcups happen. Like Fetch, kcups just aren't gunna happen kid, but it's still a nice feature. This is a good bargain for what it is a dual programmable coffee maker. But convenience will cost you taste. It's all in the needs you have in a maker. I think this is fine for general users. Just beware that to get your coffee piping hot you'll have to use the main carafe and let it sit a few minutes after brew. All in all its a good machine for a drip machine. It's still budget coffee though. As a mom of three I need convenience over perfect taste alot of the time and I love mine. Flaws and all!","Product: Use the Quiseen Coffee Grinder for all your grinding needs. Perfect for coffee, espresso, nuts and spices. With a strong durable motor, stainless steel blades, a grippable surface and compact modern design, this grinder is the perfect accessory for the coffee aficionado.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Electric Coffee Grinder That Rocks\n\nReview: This is about what you'd expect from a semi manual coffee grinder. No way to get an exact grind, but it does its job if you're a coffee snob on a budget. Makes excellent french press grinds, but you need the grind memorized from fancier grinders before you can get it right with this. Unless you're grinding into a fine espresso sand it isn't truly for beginners. I am not a beginner so I find this to be a helpful tool. I don't have the patience to hand grind coffee nor do I like pre ground coffee. The blades are sharp and accurate and it is easy to empty and clean. It can make a bit of a mess compared to Krups, but it is not a big deal. Good buy!","Product: GOODOG Treats Stainless steel cookie cutters are made from high quality 403 Durable stainless steel, cutting nice dog bone shapes, fun for crafts too! Dishwasher safe and easy to clean. Lifetime Guaranty By GOODOG Treats. We in GOODOG treats working hard to bring you the best high quality products that will last years to come, ones you get the product we would like to know if it was useful and if the cutter answered all your needs! check out all the other Dog products we have in our store. ***** PLEASE NOTE - THE SMALLEST BONE IS TOO SMALL TO USE. WE D'ONT WANT YOU TO BE DISAPPOINTED WITH IT... BUT - THE REST OF THE 5 CUTTERS ARE JUST GREAT! HOPE YOU WILL LOVE THEM :) Dog Treat Cutters\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Super Adorable Cookie Cutter Set!\n\nReview: These cookie cutters are so cute. They range from big to tiny skinny little bones. I surmise they're used to bake dog treats, and as someone who doesn't know much even about human baking, I know even less about dog baking, but I do a know a thing or two about sugar cookies and fudge. These make adorable shapes for both. They could be moderately higher quality all the way around but they're pretty great as is. Will last for some time before they grow old on you. Also make great craft molds too for clay and even paint. For every size bone. I assume will make a great Halloween decorative prop as well. Great buy! Very cute. Would recommend!","Product: High quality fully assembled CMOY headphone amplifier kit. This amplifier is constructed with only high quality components. Not all cmoy kits are created equal, others use cheap low quality parts and circuit boards. Formerly DIYourfaceoff, Now Lucid Labs. Not for use with use with headphones below 30 ohms, it will exceed the current limit of the amplifier and lead to distortion. Not recommended for most in ear headphones as many of them do not meet the minimum impedance requirements.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Curiously Strong For A Little Guy!\n\nReview: This is your man if you want portable audio and high end headphones not to sound like tin garbage. If you've gotten used to using real headphones and don't know how you're going do deal with low q streams on high q stuff or you're just curious if your headphones of choice could really use an amp than this is your new best friend. It's cheap. It works. It can drive lower resistance gear to high resistance gear without an issue. It's obviously a no frills amp. It will make your music sound way nicer mobile. The lab even custom orders for people. It's been voted one of the top five mobile amps out there on the market over at Life Hacker. If you want everything to sound better or new again and you don't mind a little extra gear for the trained ear to not have to listen to tinny or whacky audio get this and never look back. If you have more serious headphones than you're going into Fiios territory but honestly, this will never become unuseful to you. Must buy.\n\nIf this review has been helpful to you please click \"yes\".","Product: You demand quality sound performance when it comes to your music. It defines who you are. With the release of AKG Y45BTs, the advantage is yours - an on-ear headphone offering enhanced sound quality in a smaller package while enhancing your needs for multi-tasking with the wireless convenience of Bluetooth connectivity. Great sound, inventive design, extreme mobility in an headphone designed to travel. While dual, 40mm drivers provide crisp, AKG-quality sound, this smartphone-friendly headphone layers on the convenience with ear-cup-mounted controls and all the joys of living wirelessly - without the need for power. Add in their gift for comfort over the long haul - and you've got a true travel companion to take you to the next level. Choose from 2 cool colors and these smartly-branded AKG headset with distinctive looks and watch how heads will turn as you make a powerful statement.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Great Cans, Not The Best.\n\nReview: These headphones are surprising. I'm going to do a comprehensive review on them since there is probably a lot of interest from the Samsung Pre Order.\n\nDesign :\n\nDesign is nice. The headphones are plastic which I don't mind, and fit very comfortably on the ear. There is nothing uncomfortable about them when you wear you can wear for hours. However if you're going out for a walk or something these may be a bit bulky and awkward to wear out but then again that's style related. I usually feel odd wearing more than earbuds when I'm out and about. I'm disappointed they use micro usb. Anything new and premium should have USB C and it should have the port covered. I've written many head phone reviews in my day and the open charging port always annoys me as it cuts the life of the cans short. It does have a bypass cord and so the cans can be used blue tooth free which is always nice. I sure love having a headphone jack.\n\nSound:\n\nI'm giving these a 7 out of ten for the price range. They are clearly bass oriented and that annoys my inner purist. I saw people complaining it needed even more bass. People, let the studios mix the songs k? The mids can get washed out a bit but that's nothing a good equalizer can't fix and the highs and mids and lows are pretty evenly proportioned considered the low end tuning. I think for most people these will be sufficient boom unless they literally just think ear rattling means quality.\n\nVolume on these depends on what you're using. They're moderately set up for hi fi so don't expect much of you're streaming Pandora. You may need to get some losses audio or try a higher fi streaming service like Tidal. You will get a much fuller louder sound if you're actually listening to lossless. That's why sources are important. It works with Pandora but it will be weak and you didn't get these bad boys to listen to A Thousand Years right? So download some lossless. You know you want too. They really perform well with the hi fi source material.\n\nBattery Life :\n\nBattery life is decent. It could be a bit better, but it gets the job done. Depends on end user usage. The bypass cable will make sure you won't end up having to talk to anyone on the bus though.\n\nWhat You Need To Know:\n\nAkg is a reputable brand but it does tune closer to the low end. These have a great sound with lossless audio. Charge them carefully. They also come with a bag. For the price they are a pretty good deal and are more for beginner base heads. If you're purchasing out of pocket you may want to see what else is out there first, but if you want reputable blue tooth cans now than this might be your jam. I don't think you'd regret the purchase, but there are a lot more headphones in the sea at this price range.","Product: The 7.9\" Retina Display makes its debut on the iPad mini, maintaining its enormous 2048 x 1536 native resolution. At 326 pixels per inch, the Retina Display can show up to 3.1 million pixels at a time. The Retina Display is also a capacitive touchscreen so you'll be able to utilize all the multi-touch gestures of iOS 7. Its smaller form factor makes it easier to hold in one hand. The iPad mini comes in a silver finish.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great Tablet For Me!!!\n\nReview: I have a lot of love for this tablet. To give you background information I am a techie who is cross platform with all the flagship devices. I think the iPad mini 3 is overlooked as a device. The TouchID is all the difference for me when dealing with app downloads and making purchases.\n\nWho Would Benefit From This Device: If you want something to read on that can also do audiobooks and comics, do cross platform readers, shop, and have a rich mobile experience that you can take anywhere with your phone and not notice much of a weight difference that has an extremely long battery life so you go do even more and needs something that charges pretty fast this is your man. Also, Apple struck a deal with Nintendo so there will be lots of fun.\n\nPerks: As long as your slate boots you'll get the newest updates. Cool software on both android and iOS. Can download movies to watch later with Prime. Has night filter. Resale value. Great kids software.\n\nCons: Price for what is offered. If I bought when it came out or didn't get a great deal used I wouldn't have ever gotten this. Ever. The account manager leaves much to be desired. So, if sharing you may not like this.\n\nAudio: The Bluetooth could be better and the audio could be better. Wish it had a DAC.\n\nScreen is not as nice as super amoled or higher resolution screens but it does the job.\n\nPersonal Experience: It lags on some games and is not as fast as other tablets and devices with ram and better cores but it does an okay job trying to keep up. I use for reading, music, low impact games, shopping, writing, reviewing, and keeping with me mobile. It's trustworthy on battery life and performance. It's great for video and photo editing, it's not perfect. No slate is, but it's pretty great. Right now out of all the tiny tablets on the market I choose this for the above tasks. If you need a snappier tablet you might consider a Nexus old gen. They always get updates too. However, could be harder on the eyes than the retina glass.\n\nOf all the tablets I owned I used two the most, IPad 4 and my old HDX Kindle. Weird, considering I'm an android lover right? While my phone was fine for my eyes some of my other tablets we them down. Optical coating is never in the specs but it's more important than you'd think at first.\n\nThere is no real wrong choice in tablet buying, buy for what you need and is most compatible with your other devices and subscriptions. IPad3 does not have compatibility with (Roku) :( or obviously droid watches. Just depends what you're looking for. This will work great for me!!","Product: With its unique acoustical properties, Greenpointselect professional handmade dual driver headphones deliver a unique combination of deep bass with clean vocals and clear sound. Greepointselect PRO-1 earbuds consist of dual drivers that produce different pairs of the frequency spectrum and keep vocals clean while providing impressive bass. All metal housing(pure copper). You will feel the power and impact of our dual driver headphones while listening to your favorite tunes and enjoying this one-of-a-kind experience. With its superior strength and durability, excellent noise isolation, high-end quality sound, and strong bass, Greenpointslect earphones are perfect for your listening pleasure. Greenpointselect headphones work with all digital devices, including the latest generations of iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Choose Greenpointselect geniune bullet headphones for your listening pleasure, and we're sure you'll never go back to plastic headphones.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: HIGH Q HEADPHONES WITH LIFETIME GUARENTEE! UNIQUE! STYLISH! AHHH!\n\nReview: I always open reviews like this about the same way. No, it's not a Bose killer. No it's not beats either.\n\nNow that is out of the way.\n\nWhat they are:\n\n1.) Extremely, stylish. (They also give you the opportunity to say things like \"I gotta put some bullets in my head.\" and mean it.)\n2.) A LIFETIME WARRANTY. How many times have you purchased headphones from Target that were terrible. Skullcandy or Sony ear buds for the gym that stop working mid year or are not that good for the same price? These sound amazing. They really are noise canceling. The sound is well balanced and full. The bass isn't akin to beats, but it is nice. So, gives these guys a chance. They're guaranteed.\n3.) Well Packaged! You get a nifty carrying tin. You have beautiful cords that aren't easily breakable. It comes with a package of different sized ear pads.\n4.) Well rounded full sound and true noise cancelling ear phones. Block out complaining family members with ease.\n\nIs this worth a buy? YES. It's unique, its sounds amazing, and it's guaranteed for life.","Product: Compatible Models of TV: UN40K6250AF UN40K6250AFXZA UN40KU630DFXZA UN40KU6300F UN40KU6300FXZA UN43KU6300F UN43KU6300FXZA UN43KU630D UN43KU630DF UN43KU630DFXZA UN49K6250AF UN49K6250FXZA UN49K6250AFXZA UN49KU6500F UN49KU6500FXZA UN49KU650D UN49KU650DF UN49KU650DFXZA UN50KU6300F UN50KU6300FXZA UN50KU630D UN50KU630DFXZA UN55K6250AF UN55K6250AFXZA UN55KU6300F UN55KU6300FXZA UN55KU630D UN55KU630DFXZA UN55KU6500F UN55KU6500FXZA UN55KU650D UN55KU650DF UN55KU650DFXZA UN55KU6600F UN55KU6600FXZA UN60KU6300FXZA UN60KU630D UN60KU630DF UN60KU630DFXZA UN65KU6300F UN65KU6300FXZA UN65KU630D UN65KU630DF UN65KU630DFXZA UN65KU6500F UN65KU6500FXZA UN65KU650D UN65KU650DF UN65KU650DFXZA UN70KU6300F UN70KU6300FXZA UN70KU630D UN70KU630DF UN70KU630DFXZA UN60KU6300F\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Not what you'd have hoped for a UHD Flagship.\n\nReview: I hate this remote. It looks very sleek and very small which is totally and probably meant to reflect the amount technology has evolved through the years but it has flaws. It's hyper sensitivity to touch drives my family accumulatively insane. It's so small it's easily lost and if someone bumps the thing it almost always brings up the disability menu over whatever you're watching. The volume button mutes the TV super easily and fighting with the plastic volume rocker is annoying. If you sit on this thing the wrong way it will be no more. Even if you're a 80lb child. The buttons are clearly not going to withstand time. I think I may just buy myself a universal ir blaster because ugh.","Product: By popular demand, Cariloha is introducing its Viscose from Bamboo Boxer Briefs, making your bamboo wardrobe and lifestyle even more complete. From cheek to cheek, we now have your assets covered in ultra-soft comfort. These lightweight, incredibly breathable briefs make for less sweat and more comfort below the belt. With contrast trim on the sides and around the contoured pouch, the fabric's soft, smooth feel is tailored to be fitted and flexible. No fear for your rear, consider it bumper to bumper full-comfort coverage. It also features a designer Cariloha logo that's woven into a comfortable, tagless waistband. 4\" inseam and 11\" outseam. 95% Viscose from Bamboo / 5% Spandex\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Boxers From The Heavens!\n\nReview: These are the boxers you want to wear! They are very comfortable against the skin because of their bamboo derrived fabric. When you are wearing them you slowly become more and more aware of the other clothing on your body especially your pants since nothing is this soft against the body. I have a pair of very fine and soft polyester blend sweatpants and they are not as comfortable as this pair of boxer briefs that I have worn underneath. The bamboo derived fabric will truly deflect and disperse any sweat on the skin, which makes this a very healthy choice for summer or working out. I am sure many people who are looking at bamboo clothing have heard about their countless benefits regarding temperature. I know before trying these boxer briefs on I was told that bamboo helps keep the body cool when it is hot, and warm when it is cold and I feel that with these, which is 95% bamboo derived fabric and 5% spandex. There is no other article of clothing that makes the bamboo cooling benefits more apparent. The five percent addition of the spandex really helps to hold the cloth closer to the skin than it would have otherwise. That extra hold against the skin actually seems to allow the bamboo to divert even more moisture off the skin and allow the fibers to keep you more cool by wicking away more moisture allowing more cool air to flow against the body.","Product: These elegant vintage inspired women's cat eye sunglasses that feature high pointed corners are an absolute hit every season. A classic version of 50s-inspired cat eye sunglasses. Made with an acetate based frame, metal hinges and polycarbonate UV protected lenses.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The Most Beautiful Glasses I Got This Year!\n\nReview: Usually I buy the ridiculous over priced sunglasses in the local gas stations because I have too many things to obsess about so I forgot my sunglasses again! Often they look ridiculous and weird on my face. When I was buying my prescription glasses for the first time I bought a design rather than budget, and got cat eye frames for my face shape. I never figured I'd find such cuteness in shade form for such a great price value. Than these came into my life.\n\nThese glasses are budget friendly, look sexy, are face complimentary, but are perfectly dark and uv coated for light sensitive eyes! They even look good on the boyfriend they are just that nice. I cannot recommend them enough! They are very flexible and not easily breakable. They just make sense to have living in a extremely sunny climate like Southern California. Amazing even in direct sunlight! Great shade and protection against harsh bleating sun.","Product: Battle Ropes - Combat - Training - Slam - Fitness Ropes By Fitness Answered Training Products This IS The Optimal Size The 40' by 1.5\" diameter battle rope is the perfect most versatile rope that you can choose. This provides 20' of rope per arm HITT intervals for beginners to beasts. Battle Slam Ropes are intended to train your body from head-toe-heart! Fitness Slam Ropes are hands down the best alternative to running! Running causes EXTREME joint impact with every stride, while Battle Training Ropes are IMPACT FREE. You'll improve cardiovascular efficiency will increasing long lean muscle in less that 20 min a day! What YOU Get! Color: Black Rope Red Handles/Hashes, Dirt Resistant Material: 100% Poly Dacron, Wear Resistant and Durable 3-Strand Twisted PolyDac Strong Construction 600D Oxford Waterproof Sleeve Protect the Rope from Friction and Fray Heat Shrink 3M Caps on the Ends, Heavy and Appressed High Tensile Strength\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Gym Grade Core Rope!\n\nReview: This is a gym quality training rope. Work your core and your upper body in extremely high fashion with this weighted, beautiful training rope. It weighs quite a lot, so remember that when you order it, and have a designated space to use it! We use it outside because it is impressively big, but then we coil it back up and bring it inside to store. This is best in any home gym. Get immediate core results and upper body gains with this amazing work out rope. Perfect for crossfit! Absolutely excellent premium quality materials and this should last you for some time! Professionally made and commercial grade tool, and if you buy it, you'll have it right in your own home. You will not be disappointed!","Product: No Artificial Ingredients . Does not Contain Refined Sugar . This Product Is Manufactured In United States.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The Perfect Peanut Butter\n\nReview: Justin's Nut Butter is unrivaled by even the freshly pressed by you nut butters. It one ups Whole Foods nut butters. It is the absolute perfection of an age old beautiful thing. Justin's Nut Butter got me through two tough pregnancies without murdering anyone, and is also getting my children through the first five years with it's protein rich wonderfulness and great taste. I do not choose Jiff. I do not. I am a Mother who says Justin's is the cure for sadness and all the bad things in the world. If your child scraped a knee? Spoonful of Justin's. If your child is sad after a bad day at school? Justin's Peanut Butter Cookies. If your child won't eat their fruits and veggies? Spread Justin's over any of them.\n\nIt's a thick rich natural nut butter that is absolutely worth the extra money. Disclaimer: You will eat it faster than other peanut butters. I'm sorry.","Product: From Joss Whedon, acclaimed Director of The Avengers: Assemble, and a stand out cast of Whedon s regular actors, comes this stunning new vision of Shakespeare's classic comedy. When Leonato, the Governor of Messina is visited by his friend Don Pedro, he is accompanied by two of his officers: Benedick and Claudio. Claudio falls for Leonato s daughter Hero, while Benedick verbally spars with Beatrice , the governors niece. A series of comic and tragic events help keep the two couples from truly finding happiness - but then again perhaps love may prevail in the end!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Joss Whedon does no wrong.\n\nReview: Joss Whedon does a great rendition of the Shakespeare Classic \"Much Ado About Nothing\". It has actors from all his best projects including Buffy, Angel, Dollhouse and more. However, this is no science fiction geek fest, it's an artfully done, modernized take on the original play. I found it to be delightful and funny at times, and the romance between the two leads to be well portrayed as two stubborn matching wits. However, I also feel that Joss and crew found a way to underscore how dark parts of this storyline really are. Obviously, some of the stuff is over exaggerated and is supposed to be for comedic value, but you do see the real darkness in some of the foibles caused by bad assumptions that could have been easily rectified before it effected everybody on the film in terrible ways. One of the best actors in the film had to be Franz Kranz aka Topher Brink from Dollhouse. He really tackles a wide range of emotions from silly to very seriously dark.\n\nJoss Whedon actually filmed this at his Los Angeles home and many of the actors did their own wardrobe. It was a labor of love and it shows.\n\nI highly recommend giving this a watch.","Product: Ghostek Provides a Lifetime Warranty Exchange on All Their Cases.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A Work Of Art\n\nReview: I don't know why so many negative reviews when otterbox is the standard super case for premium phones, and this is clearly a beautiful upgrade from that.\n\nPersonally, I love the case. Waterproof is going to add bulk. Phone protection on an already large phone is going to add bulk.\n\nThe case is great for many reasons. The first thing that struck me is it felt premium. It is not cheap or flimsy. The second thing was the buttons. The silver control buttons feel so extremely premium that I feel it adds to the quality of an already beautiful device.\n\nThe third thing which I really like is the spen release. The phone has a compartment that snaps open with a touch to access the spen. What? This phone case is a work of art.\n\nThe closures for the bottom ports are all covered. If you're taking your phone into places where it can be seriously and easily damaged this is your case, and you're going to love it.\n\nThe port stops (the things that we pull aside to allow access to our ports) could be a little more sturdy but that's me being nit picky.\n\nIf you're looking for a super sturdy case that will keep your phone safe in any situation this is an amazing option. If you're looking for a fashion case or a bare minimum case you probably won't like the bulk of this.\n\nYou have a note five. Be aware your phone is huge. Of course full protection is going to add bulk.\n\nI think if you're going to the gym or hiking or doing things that you really need that extra protection for you would be really happy with this case. I personally will be using it for outdoors activities and gym use.\n\nOh, the finger sensor still works. Whoever made this case honestly put a lot of thought into it. I am a fan.","Product: For over 60 years Darice has prided itself on providing its customers with the best value and selection in crafting supplies, while always striving to exceed customer expectations with amazing customer service. It remains our goal to earn your trust through the traditional way we do business.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Didn't Hold The Embossing Powder At All\n\nReview: I thought these were going to be absolutely awesome. However some of the best embossing powders in the world did not stick well to the ink. I ended up with a bump random texture rather than a professional looking embossed design. I was going to use these for card making, art outlining, and other projects and I was SO absolutely disappointed with the product. Now, that I am learning how to work the Amazon Videos I wish I had taken video of the entire project gone wrong!!! Instead I ended up having to go with the old stand by Sakura Glaze pen (give an extremely professional embossing look without having to deal with heat setting or powder going everywhere) but was really hoping for something more in depth than the clear glaze pen ( I go through more of that than any other art product). I am sad to say this just doesn't work the way I need it to and am disheartened at all the positive reviews, because I honestly do not know how they're getting these pens to work for them. Boooo.","Product: Brighten up handwriting or artistic expressions for a playful, animated look. Gelly roll moonlight evokes the celebrations of halloween or day of the dead, with a fluorescent element making the ink glow under a black light source. Reveal the inner heat and energy that words and image express for a sensational effect. Writes on vellum a heavy creamycolored paper resembling parchment. Best effects on black paper and can be used on white paper. Fluorescent colors glow under a black light source and can fade if exposed to direct sunlight. Applicable for notes, scrapbooks, greeting cards, gift tags, blacklight art. Technical qualities are 1.0mm ball with a 0.5mm line. Patented, waterbased gel ink, ice cream smooth, consistent bold line 0.5mm, ultra vivid, opaque ink colors on white or dark paper, does not bleed through vellum and most papers, permanent, waterproof, fade resistant except fluorescent colors fade in direct sunlight, meets astm and acmi nontoxicity standards, not recommended for use on fabrics intended to be washed and not evaluated for cosmetic use on skin. Set consists 1 each of fluorescent yellow, fluorescent orange, fluorescent vermilion, fluorescent pink, fluorescent green, red, rose, purple, green and blue color pens. Fluorescent Moonlight colors are not fade-resistant.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The #1 Gel Pen Everywhere, Archival, Fade Resistant, and Beautiful.\n\nReview: Sakura Gelly Roller Classic are the Mercedes Benz of art/craft supplies. Archival quality ink chemically stable, waterproof, and fade resistant. These are very thick and write on anything. They will go over black lines. Which can be a good thing or a bad thing. I started with Sakura as I was an art supply hipster, and decided that I must have it. It definitely has a bit of a learning curve to it but they are my all time favorite Gelly Rollers. My second choice would be the Fiskars kit (less thick, good for coloring). If you're looking at this review you've probably done endless product research about what is the best Gelly Roller? Well, it's Sakura. It's honestly second to none.\n\nIt's not just for artists. It's for writers, note takers, office supplies, and everything else. \"Black, blue, royal blue, purple, and burgundy ink colors are excellent for writing checks due to the gel inks resistance to fraudulent washings.\"\n\nFor art? It's beautiful. It's my #1. I have number twos and number threes, but it will always be Sakura for me when it comes to the Gel Pens. However, this does not mean you should only use Sakura. Experiment for yourself, but are these worth the price? 100 times the yes. The picture below was made with Sakura Gelly Rollers & paint. Can you tell which is which? They're that smooth. The solid colors are the classic. The rest is other Sakura products.","Product: This threedimensional ink leaves a distinct impression. The finished look is a raised, line for a remarkable style feature that you can feel. Elevate the status of handwritten lettering on diy paper craft projects. Selected surfaces for eyecatching results are nonporous surfaces such as plastics, coated papers, acetate, vellums and glass. Light catches color when it is used on translucent and transparent surfaces. Layering color elements and texture for shine and depth is easy. Glaze 3dimensional ink resists water and can achieve the look of batik. Rubber stamp and paper craft projects benefit with accents of color and texture. Glaze 3dimensional glossy ink expresses emotions as well as bringing depth, texture and dimension. Make secret messages by writing with clear, then sponge on color to reveal the writing or drawing. Applicable for ceramic and glass accents, rubberstamping flourishes, sticker embellishments, wedding invitations, card making and bookmark texture, write or draw on most cds, batik effects and anywhere 3d texture is desired. Technical qualities are transparent pigmented ink 0.8mm ball producing a 0.70mm bold line width, water resistant and dries to a glossy glaze look, performs best on nonporous matte surfaces, 4560 second drying time, does not bleedthrough most papers and vellum, meets astm and acmi nontoxicity standards, not recommended for use on fabrics intended to be washed, on food service or ceramics that are washed, and not evaluated for cosmetic use on skin. Comes with 2 pen per pouch. Available in gloss black color.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Yaaaasss. Easiest emboss effect ever.\n\nReview: Glaze is one of the best products to come out yet. The glaze turns anything into a 3D embossed design with just a few strokes of the pen. The gel ink flows freely so it's easy to get an accurate trace on a coloring item or to add that extra something to a card you're making. The different colors are awesome to create or add to tints. I don't recommend using these over oil pencils or oils, but everything else it seems to work right on over. This is one of those art supplies you'll have on auto subscribe so you never ever run out. Nothing beats the look of these guys or the ease of use of this product when you want a 3D embossed embellishment without mess or worry.\n\n100% Recommended! The Katt is embossed with the Glaze. :)","Product: Enjoy hours of fun as you fill colors onto scrapbook pages with this Sargent Art colored pencils. You can use these assorted art pencils on a variety of surfaces to draw or doodle. These pre-sharpened colored pencils have 3.3mm leads that offer rich and pigmented colors. Use these 12 colored pencils to experiment with blending and shading.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: The Worst Colored Pencil I Have Ever Yet Tried.\n\nReview: I felt the need to update this review, as these pencils are the reason I am here today with the art supplies I have. Before we knew the joys of Marco Raffine being cheap and quality. When I was still in denial that I would ever get serious with irl art (rather than digital), there were these pencils.\n\nThe colors are so bad, the leads so hard, and the colors so light even with the kind of pressure force that would cause arthritis in otherwise healthy hands. There is absolutely nothing you can do to make these look even kind of good. Not even paint thinner or gamasol can save you from the badness of these pencils. They should be selling as five dollar children art supplies.\n\nI do have to say that these pencils made me hate colored pencils (even crayons would be better), wonder why I sucked so much, and cry a few times.\n\nThis launched me into a search for the best and the brightest art supplies, and I even branched out into new mediums because of them. In a way, I'm glad I bought these pencils. They honestly changed my life for the better, and because of that they will always have a special place in my heart.\n\nI suggest adult beginners avoid these and get some Marco Raffine or Faber Castell Eco pencils, for a better idea of how pencils should act in student grade. I suggest seller lessens price and markets to kids. My kids love these pencils and they're basically indestructible pencils even in the hands of toddlers. So, avoid these if you're a colorist or an artist of any kind. There's nothing to be gained here but a nasty colored pencil addiction you will never be able to shed!\n\nIf this review has been helpful please hit \"yes\"! Thank you!","Product: Enjoy hours of fun as you fill colors onto scrapbook pages with this Sargent Art colored pencils. You can use these assorted art pencils on a variety of surfaces to draw or doodle. These pre-sharpened colored pencils have 3.3mm leads that offer rich and pigmented colors. Use these 12 colored pencils to experiment with blending and shading.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: The Worst Colored Pencil I Have Ever Yet Tried.\n\nReview: I felt the need to update this review, as these pencils are the reason I am here today with the art supplies I have. Before we knew the joys of Marco Raffine being cheap and quality. When I was still in denial that I would ever get serious with irl art (rather than digital), there were these pencils.\n\nThe colors are so bad, the leads so hard, and the colors so light even with the kind of pressure force that would cause arthritis in otherwise healthy hands. There is absolutely nothing you can do to make these look even kind of good. Not even paint thinner or gamasol can save you from the badness of these pencils. They should be selling as five dollar children art supplies.\n\nI do have to say that these pencils made me hate colored pencils (even crayons would be better), wonder why I sucked so much, and cry a few times.\n\nThis launched me into a search for the best and the brightest art supplies, and I even branched out into new mediums because of them. In a way, I'm glad I bought these pencils. They honestly changed my life for the better, and because of that they will always have a special place in my heart.\n\nI suggest adult beginners avoid these and get some Marco Raffine or Faber Castell Eco pencils, for a better idea of how pencils should act in student grade. I suggest seller lessens price and markets to kids. My kids love these pencils and they're basically indestructible pencils even in the hands of toddlers. So, avoid these if you're a colorist or an artist of any kind. There's nothing to be gained here but a nasty colored pencil addiction you will never be able to shed!\n\nIf this review has been helpful please hit \"yes\"! Thank you!","Product: Create shimmering, translucent effects with Prismacolor Premier Water-Soluble Colored Pencils. Youll be treated to 24 watercolor colored pencils with cores of unparalleled solubility that can be paired with a brush to soak your sketches in glassy surfaces and dreamy textures. Prismacolor coloring book pencils have high-quality pigments that can be used dry to match the Prismacolor palette. Now you can flawlessly transition between lifelike liquids and precise details.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Definitely A Great Set\n\nReview: <div id=\"video-block-R3LT3YA53AXDS1\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A15MbOFt95S.mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91kiaotXPXS.png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\"> This is the smallest set of the Prisma Color Watercolor sets. The pencils blend beautifully with water, and create fantastic designs. They blend with alcohol and water. I recommend getting a much larger set for your artwork. I feel that for the price range these are the best, but if Price is not an issue recommend Albrect Durers by Faber Castell.\n\nThese will blend with your other Prisma Pencils. They will work in coloring books if you are using blending markers like Copic or Spectrum Noir so that the water doesn't mess up non water color paper. Or I suggest printing onto water color paper your design of choice. You can also try putting a thin gesso over coloring book pages to water color with, but you will need to learn to apply gesso in a delicate way.\n\nFor artist sketches, and water color journals these are awesome. I do feel that Prismacolor has quality control issues that are well known in the art community at this point, and hope that they can get their pencils back to their former premium states so we don't have broken lead, and cracking wood.\n\nThe colors are extremely bright and beautiful, and are easily layered.\n\nI would recommend these.","Product: Sargent Art 22-7224 24-Count Assorted Colored Pencils\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: The Worst Colored Pencil I Have Ever Yet Tried.\n\nReview: I felt the need to update this review, as these pencils are the reason I am here today with the art supplies I have. Before we knew the joys of Marco Raffine being cheap and quality. When I was still in denial that I would ever get serious with irl art (rather than digital), there were these pencils.\n\nThe colors are so bad, the leads so hard, and the colors so light even with the kind of pressure force that would cause arthritis in otherwise healthy hands. There is absolutely nothing you can do to make these look even kind of good. Not even paint thinner or gamasol can save you from the badness of these pencils. They should be selling as five dollar children art supplies.\n\nI do have to say that these pencils made me hate colored pencils (even crayons would be better), wonder why I sucked so much, and cry a few times.\n\nThis launched me into a search for the best and the brightest art supplies, and I even branched out into new mediums because of them. In a way, I'm glad I bought these pencils. They honestly changed my life for the better, and because of that they will always have a special place in my heart.\n\nI suggest adult beginners avoid these and get some Marco Raffine or Faber Castell Eco pencils, for a better idea of how pencils should act in student grade. I suggest seller lessens price and markets to kids. My kids love these pencils and they're basically indestructible pencils even in the hands of toddlers. So, avoid these if you're a colorist or an artist of any kind. There's nothing to be gained here but a nasty colored pencil addiction you will never be able to shed!\n\nIf this review has been helpful please hit \"yes\"! Thank you!","Product: Platinum Color Ink Fountain Pen, Ink Cartridge\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Preppy Peppy And Smooth!\n\nReview: I never thought I'd be a fountain person, but as I was reading the reviews on what pen to gift my boyfriend I ran across an article on someone raving about this cheap little pen, and I was like... Well, I have not yet explored pens for journaling yet. I've been using gel inks and microns. I'm a notorious typer (see my review catalog) but not a notorious scribbler. However as I have began to do some gratitude journaling and have been working on lettering I figured for the price... Why not? Well, sometimes it really is the little things in life. This pen is super cute and smooth. I had no idea at all that a pen could write quite that smoothly. I will eventually buy them in every color, and try other pens by this brand because they are awesome.\n\nThe little things mean a lot, and this little guy makes my day just a little bit better. I highly recommend to everyone. I never thought pens would be a thing of mine, but here I am. I'm happy to have another fun addiction!","Product: The Kohinoor Pencil Sharpener does triple duty with three hole for sharpening drawing pencils and colored pencils. Sharpens to three different tapered points. All-metal construction hand held sharpener.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: One Sharp To Rule Them All.\n\nReview: In the art world some sharps are just better than other sharps. If you put any thought at all into your supplies and have a variety then you'll have special need pencils that are triangular, or Luminance Pencils or Marco Renoir, and don't forget Pastel Pencils etc. We've got our charcoals and our regular cheapies, and we're all poor and want to ruin none of them. You'll hear people say different things like \"Electric sharpeners only.\" which is completely false and an easy way to waste your pencil. Then we have the \"Sharpen it with a knife or razor.\" crowd and I'd feel like Christian Slater in The Heathers doing this... There is a medium ground here and that's the Faber Castell three hole sharpener. Blick Art carries it, so you know it's real. However, for those of us who want to see what's going on and have complete control this is basically the tankless version of it. Few different sized holes for your art supplies. Which one is better? Both to be honest. If you got both until the sharpeners dulled all your sharp needs will be met.\n\nMay the sharps be with you.\n\nThank You!","Product: Save on Alcohol pens! Now you can color your stamped and printed images easily and professionally with the Spectrum Noir pens. Because they're transparent alcohol-based inks, it's easy to blend from lights to darks without overlap marks. And they're designed in shades of each color so you know just which pens work together. These pens from Crafter's Companion feature a chisel nib on one end to fill in large areas and a fine point on the other for all those details. And the pens are refillable, so you never have to purchase the pens more than once! You'll love the versatility and the colors! And you'll love the savings when you purchase the whole collection! Collection includes: Essentials Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Greens Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Reds Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Pinks Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Yellows Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Skin Tones Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Purples Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Browns Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Turquoises Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Cool Greys Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Blues Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Warm Greys Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link)\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This Is The Best Deal Ever\n\nReview: O. M. G. For all you art and craft junkies out there hesitating on this set deal because of a few bad reviews stop. This is not only the most affordable marker to learn on (actual product review in a second) when doing work with alcohol markers but Crafter's Companion just makes it super easy.\n\nI waited on this for awhile now. I tried the product free stock. I liked it. People saying they received one package and some bad defectives sort of scared me. After all this is a budget artist grade marker that acts like the higher quality ones like copic and are great to learn on or get the feel for. Yet have all the same perks (blending refillable, replacement nibs) except for probably the India ink aspect. So, getting the bang for your buck is important.\n\nI am here to tell you this is the best deal on a set of markers like this you're going to find. Here is why.\n\nMy babies came packaged very nicely. No doubt all markers are in perfect shape. The markers I've used so far are excellent. However, you also get two pouches for easy storage. Don't worry about the storage! I was thinking I'd need a box. You have enough space to store the whole lot in two portable pouches. They also provide thick card stick as a little extra to the deal. Even Blick can't do this for you.\n\nThis covers the basic sets. So brights and special sets you'll need to buy separately. Buying them in bulk like this will save you money in the long run, and you get very nice storage bags and card stock. If you've ever wanted to work with real artist grade alcohol blendable markers for a reasonable price. Here you go.\n\nThe product itself is amazing. Like painting you can blend them and make gradients. The colors aren't the full spectrum. So sometimes it goes 12468. You'd have to get those elsewhere or free stock. The company itself does this and I'm sure it has its reasons. It makes me sad when people nit pick like this because Copics Ciao and in general make it a manual experience to buy your colors and have very few sets with similar number colors in proper order. I got copic ciaos and they were just basic colors not gradients. Priorities.\n\nAs you guys know these are double sided markers. One side a fine nib the other a triangular nib I don't so much like on any markers and will probably pop out and throw on a real brush nib (personal preference).\n\nPerformance wise, they are amazing. I have used copics, sharpies, generic copic a likes, and a wide slew of alcohol based markers and the opacity on these makes amazing things possible. Most of us working with alcohol are doing so not only for permanence but because we use other mediums. Mixed media will not smear these beauties. Sketching with them and then water coloring the insides would look great.\n\nThis set was affordable and truly an investment as I am learning. If you're a Crafter more than an artist I doubt you'd need to go much further than spectrum noir for what you're doing. For future artists this will be the tool to teach you what you need to know about what artist grade alcohol markers are capable of, and it's none of the hassle of water based markers. I highly recommend not only the product but can't say enough nice things about Crafter's Companion as they made it as easy as possible to get started.\n\nI'm giving this a hard ultra five star review. I can be generous with reviews as I see where each thing sort of fits for the price and the different tiers they're on, but this is a hard five star ultra thankful super happy, omg I am in heaven five star review and will buy from this company again. Suffice it to say I recommend these. Price. Packaging. Seller. Product. If you're not pleased I'd be shocked.","Product: Neenah Exact Index, 110 lb, 8.5 x 11 Inches, 250 Sheets, White, 94 Brightness\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A Powerful Multimedia Paper. Neenah Is Life.\n\nReview: I've been using this paper now for a few months and I love it. I recently had to re order it as my children decided to blast it with a latte. This paper can handle gesso, media, paint, copic, spectum noir, sharpie, and even water color. I copy out pages of coloring books onto this paper. It's smooth so it's not rough on colored pencils. Great for sketching, illustration, pastels, and of course plain old fashioned office prints. I don't even bother with basic paper anymore. Coloring book paper also rips, bleeds, and is generally in malaise. Sometimes,coloring book paper can be too textured wearing out nibs, and pencil so much faster. This way I can keep my coloring books pristine and my art is clean and I can color with a multitude of things. Before I was using multi media paper and it was costly for what I was doing with it. Now, I only use that for specific projects. This is my daily driver. With summer coming up paper crafts are going to be all the rage and this product will be saving all our lives with it's sturdiness and composition!","Product: Crank up the color with limited Edition Sharpie color burst permanent markers! intensely bright, the supercharged shades create energizing visuals that always stand out. Each color burst Sharpie marker also features bold, vivid ink that's quick drying, water resistant and permanent for lasting impressions on almost any surface. Whether you're drawing on paper or marking on plastic, youll boldly ignite your Expressions with Sharpie color burst.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Super awesome!!! But of course they are.\n\nReview: These are nice alcohol markers. They have fine tips not chisel tips but are NOT fineliners, so they will bleed a bit in intricate designs. It's still worth it if you do any kind of art for bigger fill areas, and of you have really awesome motor control and a feel for how the ink moves. The colors range from the original sharpie colors with bursts of colors in the same package. I used literally every single color in the package on these cupcakes. The lighting doesn't do them justice. But you'll get a general idea of how they lay down. They're not as bright as spectrum noirs, or the Copics or Copic knock offs, but they're inexpensive, shade, dry quickly, and since they are Sharpies will probably last for forty years. If you have the 80s glam rock or the other recently limited edition marker sets these may not blow your socks off, but if you love sharpies and are an art supply/office supply junkie like me these and their fine liner counterparts will interest you. Sharpie is awesome for beginners and they do react to alcohol blender markers and isopropyl alcohol to add fx to your work. It's a no brainer must buy. I docked a star only because I was hoping for a little bit brighter shades with the name their under.","Product: This OH HAPPY DAY postcards book contains 30 beautifully illustrated postcards to color in. This very handy postcard book has a classy dull-finished coated cover in lovely baby pink and includes versatile elastic band to keep the postcard book secure. Each page is easily detached and features a different black and white drawing to color in. You can be artist and designer as you take up colored pencils, gel pens, or markers to color as you wish dark, bold, light and bright, or any combination you can dream up. Stroke by stroke, shade by shade, tension and worries fade away as you transform its black and white lines into your own unique, personal and beautiful keepsake art piece. The artwork is printed on just one side of the paper and the back side is for a message and address. Sent them to your very special people as a stunning and gorgeous gift for the artistically inclined. Also, you will find it easy to clip the finished page from the book, frame it, and put it on display it for all to see.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Finally, A Way To Make Coloring Feel Productive!\n\nReview: <div id=\"video-block-RHVX13P6BA7BG\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91KoRDQRAQS.mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31ZP6mJR42S.png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\"> Comes with many simple to color cards to make great gifts for friends and family. It's novel in today's world to get snail mail but it's triple fun to get stuff with a personal touch. These drawings are fabulous and range from pencil goodness to mixed media sorts of photographs, to obviously made for gel pen type things. You won't get bored easily. It won't take hours to Co plate and you get to send it to a friend. The paper quality is amazing compared to the normal paper quality for coloring. Thick card stock. Could be thicket. Can take some* marker without a bleed. The paper scars easily. Other than that worth the money and the joy it brings yourself and others. Definitely would buy again.","Product: Material : Plastic Size:about 2.5cm x 1.5cm x 1.0 cm Color : Green, Red, Yellow, Blue Application : School, Office, Gift ,For Standard Pencil Diameters, Easy to Use\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect For Artist Pencils Or School Supplies.\n\nReview: These are adorable and perfect. When I first started to do pencil art I tried to buy the fanciest sharpeners. Electric sharpeners and whatnot and that was a silly mess. Those are great for office supplies but not as art supplies. These guys do a great job, and when dill are recyclable and replacable. I know the best thing ever is to use a razor to shave your pencils but I'm not adept enough to do this. These work perfect and its better to be able to see where and what your pencil is doing during the sharpening. Also, if you use water color pencils you can use the shavings on water color paper for a cool effect, or save them for their pigment!\n\nThese are bright and cheerful and would be great school supplies for older kids as well. I recommend these awesome sharpeners to anyone. They are by Staedtler whom makes a ton of wonderful art supplies including the infamous fine liners, and they are a great artist grade company.\n\nI give these a huge and full recommendation to anyone who uses pencils for any reason.","Product: Pureness medium cat litter pan. Size 16-inch by 12-inch by 4-inch. Comes in assorted colors. High polished finish that is odor and stain resistant and easy to clean.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great Price For A Small Pan!\n\nReview: Great small litter pan. Great for crates or kittens. Great for rescue (the price is unbeatable) especially if for some reason you need to replace the pan (giardia, coccidiosis etc). Probably a bad idea for the only box in the house and for medium to large adult cats who might not quite fit in the pan. They might be a little claustrophobic. As you know if a cat doesn't like their pan they will happily not use it (lol) or feel free to poop over the side of it. If you're getting for a kitten or rescue or temporary crate situation you can't bear this. Good to have small boxes throughout the house. Will cut down work for you, especially in a multinational household! Recommended!","Product: Cat Dancer Compleat is a CatDancer interactive cat toy packaged with a soft paw-shaped wall-mount. When the owner is away, the cat can still play with its favorite toy.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Love This Old Fashioned Win\n\nReview: I love everything this company has for cats. It seems like such a cheap product, and we assume cheap means less quality. However this and its counterparts provided much entertainment with the kitties than some more expensive brands. These don't break easy and the way they move seem to tickle cats. They are somewhat easy to lose. I think the cat fairies steal them and hide them, but they're cost efficient to replace. You can add or clip baits from other toys at the end but the old fashioned little piece of wood seems to really work for cats. Perhaps this company knows the truth about cats, they enjoy the simple things in life. I enjoy the cats enjoying the simple things know life. Solid toy. Recommended.","Product: Vetoquinol Viralys Powder 100 Gram Jar are nutritional supplements containing a naturally occurring amino acid. Manufactured according to rigorous pharmaceutical standards and can be safely administered with no known side effects for as long as required.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Purrfect For Uri & Reoccuring Uri!\n\nReview: I highly recommend this for pets suffering a shelter sneeze and for cats who have been exposed to the herpes virus or have reoccurring uris. An unpleasant part of rescue is the constant exposure to uri. If I do a clean iso occasionally a sneeze still escapes and healthy vaccinated animals fight it off pretty easily, but this seems to help in a manner of different regards. I highly recommend Vetoquinol over almost any other brands and they also make other great stuff for kitties in need. If I bring in new fosters this makes it is super easy to mix into food properly for a multi cat household this goes a long way! Everyone doesn't mind the taste! Which is important. Don't skimp on money here and get this brand of lysine! They also make it loaded in a syringe, but the powder is great for getting it into everyone with little to no invasiveness!","Product: Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets FortiFlora Feline Probiotic Supplement contains a safe and effective strain of beneficial bacteria proven to promote normal intestinal microflora. FortiFlora is the #1 probiotic brand prescribed by veterinarians. The science behind our therapeutic products represents a collaboration between Purina nutritionists, researchers and veterinarians. Millward Brown Veterinary Tracker, 2016\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Helps Recovery, Digestion and Overall Health.\n\nReview: Probiotics are miracle workers on humans. So of course on animals they do the same. Replace the good bacteria caused by antibiotics, and help ply your beloved pet with what they need to feel much better.\n\nThis price is extremely reasonable, and to my shock came with many servings. You mix into their food and they don't even notice the taste. Great for animals with ibs, illnesses being treated by antibiotics, recovery from parasites, and great for all around health. Seniors really seem to benefit from these wonderful probiotics.\n\nIf you have a kitty with poo problems, stomach upset, and general malaise you might ask your vet or resident cat expert if these would be good for your kitty.\n\nThey've done wonderful things for my kitties so far, and I'm really happy more and more trusted brands are jumping on the holistic band wagon. Food and nutrition are integral to the thriving of your pets, and this product really adds to that quality without breaking the bank and coming from a trusted company.\n\nI learned about this product from a rescuer who advised me to try on a kitty having poo issues. It's helped tremendously.\n\nI think before starting any kind of medicine or supplement regime on a pet it's great to consult a responsible vet, but I bet you'll get the thumbs up.","Product: Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets FortiFlora Feline Probiotic Supplement contains a safe and effective strain of beneficial bacteria proven to promote normal intestinal microflora. FortiFlora is the #1 probiotic brand prescribed by veterinarians. The science behind our therapeutic products represents a collaboration between Purina nutritionists, researchers and veterinarians. Millward Brown Veterinary Tracker, 2016\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Helps Recovery, Digestion and Overall Health.\n\nReview: Probiotics are miracle workers on humans. So of course on animals they do the same. Replace the good bacteria caused by antibiotics, and help ply your beloved pet with what they need to feel much better.\n\nThis price is extremely reasonable, and to my shock came with many servings. You mix into their food and they don't even notice the taste. Great for animals with ibs, illnesses being treated by antibiotics, recovery from parasites, and great for all around health. Seniors really seem to benefit from these wonderful probiotics.\n\nIf you have a kitty with poo problems, stomach upset, and general malaise you might ask your vet or resident cat expert if these would be good for your kitty.\n\nThey've done wonderful things for my kitties so far, and I'm really happy more and more trusted brands are jumping on the holistic band wagon. Food and nutrition are integral to the thriving of your pets, and this product really adds to that quality without breaking the bank and coming from a trusted company.\n\nI learned about this product from a rescuer who advised me to try on a kitty having poo issues. It's helped tremendously.\n\nI think before starting any kind of medicine or supplement regime on a pet it's great to consult a responsible vet, but I bet you'll get the thumbs up.","Product: KONG Naturals Premium Catnip is North American grown catnip of the highest quality. KONG catnip is harvested at the peak of its flavor, color and fragrance and field-dried. KONG's premium leaf and flower cut gives you minimal stems and seeds and more of the essential oils that cause a reaction in most cats. Use as a stand-alone treat or in KONG refillable catnip toys. KONG Naturals are ecologically responsible cat products. All ingredients and oils come from natural, renewable resources. These products are designed to appeal to the natural instincts of the indoor cat, providing fun with a purpose.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: I Love This Catnip! Perfect!\n\nReview: This is amazing catnip. I'm now addicted to nipping my cats. In the past I had many fuddy daddy straight edgers who didn't enjoy the power of the nip and looked at me like I insulted their people with my offerings, but I realized they weren't square (all of them) my catnip quality was off. I got this as it seemed to be a bigger grind and I'm familiar with Kong products. Bigger grinds means they can chew on the bits and even eat it a bit. So it's not just a leaf explosion. I use it to attract cats to their set up spots and furniture, but I also admit to laying it down for my own enjoyment of watching them lose their minds and often really get active playing sessions afterwords. It's definitely not good to give a cat with anger management issues as it does seem to flip on their active switch but for the most part you will just have cats rolling around then giving their all to playing after using this particular nip. I was super surprised at the value of it and the strength. I love the tightly closing jar. Since I do cat rescue, tools like this are in valuable and the price, amount and quality brings us all joy. Will buy again and highly recommended.","Product: Sergeant's good behavior pheromone collar helps cats in fearful or stressful situations (separation anxiety, visitors, other household cats, Loud Noises, new baby, vet Visits, traveling). good behavior pheromone collar provides a convenient alternative to diffusers- the collar goes where your cat goes!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great For Certain Things\n\nReview: I hate the smell of these and the powdery feeling, but my rescue swears by them. It will not help hormonal animals. This is for scared or stressed cats. If your cat is unfixed or recently fixed then only time will get those hormones to back down. But if you have a fraidy cat in your life, or a cat that is stressed out these can make a difference. Use common sense. If your cat is a hulked out Tom Cat, clearly a calming collar and pheromones aren't going to calm him down. That's a call to the vet for advice and a neuter. I'm giving it four stars for helping stressed, scared, and transitioning cats (great for your new pet to acclimate to their new home)","Product: A lime sulfur concentrate for the treatment of non-specific dermatoses and parasites on dogs, cats, puppies and kittens which are responsive to lime sulfur.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Beautiful Product For Pet Skin Irritation!\n\nReview: This is an awesome way to treat pesky skin parasites and resolve itchiness issues. There are many pet brands on the market, but Vetoquinol is one of the best. If you are looking for this item there is absolutely no doubt it will be the best of the best. This relieves itchy skin, and irritations. It's best if you apply this consistently at consistent times. Some people dip but you can also dilute it and spray it with a very gentle mister. This was advice given to me by the head of a really cool rescue, and it was wonderful! Will absolutely keep this in my growing kitty medication arsenal.\n\nIf this review has been helpful to you in any way, please click yes. :)","Product: Catit Design Senses Drinking Fountain (replaces 55600) provides your cat with a continuous indoor source of cool, fresh-tasting, filtered water that encourages your pet to drink more. Drinking more water helps ensure proper kidney function, helping to prevent crystal formation that can lead to urinary diseases. The fountain includes a water softening filter that softens hard water by removing excess calcium and magnesium, typically found in tap water, to help maintain a healthy lower urinary tract. The fountain's surface is designed to retain water inside the unit while your cat drinks.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Stop Urinary Tract Problems Before They Happen With Catit\n\nReview: It's so important in a multi cat household to keep water clean. To keep the inevitable slime coat from saliva going into water bowls away, to keep water pure and tasty to encourage drinking for kidney function and healthy peeing, water consumption, and keeping inevitable debris out of their water. Hair, backwash, and other gross things end up in the big bucket bowls. We all know how sensitive cats are, and cats are mostly liquid (which is why vets recommend wet and dry food for renal health as they absorb a ton of water through their food.) We've also laid out filtered water in pristine bowls to have our cats ignore us for faucet water or toilet water (Am I Right?).\n\nHere is your solution. This keeps their water filtered and aerated, and it provides moving water for our jungle cats. Some cats (I've had cats like this) are ocd about their water and will think you're a terrible person for bringing a contraption into their life, but most cats will love this and thank you for it. I have three cats who now have made a home camping this device.\n\nIf you have cats with urinary issues, picky drinkers, or you're living in a multi cat household and hate scrubbing water bowls daily this is an awesome invention. I still keep normal water out too. If I have learned anything about cats is they need variety. Multiple litter pans. Choices of litter. Multiple toys and places to hide too. So why would water be different? It would not.\n\nThree cats now have found a lounging area around the fountain so they won't be too far for their next luxurious sip.","Product: \"the bird catcher pro is making my 8-year-old cat play like he has not in years \" cats just love this feather cat toy in fact, they are addicted to it will turn lazy, couch potato cats into active ones by giving them every cats obsession: To capture prey you will be in awe as you watch your cat jump, pounce and twirl through the air going after what they think is a real bird improvements over other cat feather wands: Increased strength and durability of the pole : Our rod is stronger and holds up to more aggressive cats no fiberglass splinters : Other poles break due to weakness and cause painful fiberglass splinters in hands and possibly cats paws/mouth we added a padded grip : Have more comfort and control to play longer the bird catcher pro cat feather wand is a huge step up get the most out of this toy by being the bird create erratic flight patterns to keep your cat guessing the more randomly the feather flies the more determined your cat will become to try to capture its prey ever see your cat get a good workout? Cats lose their mind stalking, doing flips, turns, twirls in the air until they run out of breath you will be in shock if you've never seen your own cat in the hunt before so much fun to watch highly recommended by veterinarians to keep cats active, energetic, healthy and happy if you have a cat you need the bird catcher pro will change you and your cats relationship + extend the life of your cat we guarantee your cat will love it or your money back (simply send it back within 30 days ) be one of the first in the world to own it order now before they are sold out...Again limited supply in stock only sold on amazon (usa only) sold out? Search for \"bird catcher pro plus\" (extendable version) available now .\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The Purrfect Cat Toy, No Jokes. It works.\n\nReview: The Bird Catcher Pro is awesome. It has the connection for the refills on the top so the strings don't snap the entire toy and render it useless with a heavy player. This toy will really catch your cats interest and have them even panting with excitement, and you know what that means, healthy worked out cat and long peaceful bad behavior free rest of the day. This toy had my cats doing flying ninja kicks, air dives, and wall flips. Add a little cat nip to the process and you will have some tired cats, which is so so healthy for your cat as it is bonding and destressing for both owner and kitty.\n\nI had the toy come undone a few times given that I'm in a multi cat household and a pack of lions were on this thing like crazy. However each time it came untied. I just tied it back on. It did not snap. THIS IS A HUGE PLUS. As cats are hard on toys, and these toys are built to satiate their prey drives. They want to hunt and kill the toy so don't think your toy is going to be damage free. That's why refills exist. However a toy that snaps is a useless toy. This toy is great. No snapping. Quick fixes if the toy becomes untied. It's a great investment and it isn't going to become useless to you like some of the other toys I have reviewed.\n\nThe pole is so sturdy. It feels like it is a premium build and it has a handy handle for humans as opposed to us gripping tiny skinny sticks. You can \"Go Fishing\" at some distance for your cats and you will probably be entertained for hours with it as you watch your cats lose their minds over it. The refills are huge, and long. The cats go absolutely bonkers for them and they are durable considering they are being bitten, kicked, clawed and grabbed mid air.\n\nI have absolutely nothing but nice things to say about this toy. I will be buying more in the future for the kitties and suggesting my rescue check it out. I will add photos and videos as soon I can!!!","Product: Fun and addictive! - enjoy hours playing with your cat in a super fun way with just a flick of your wrist! Watch them stalk and prey, leap and swipe, over and over, for hours and hours! The best cat toys are fun for people! What good is having a cat toy if you don't like using it to play with your cat? Enticing to cats! - Cats love birds and birds have feathers! The natural pet company feather dangler imitates a cat's natural prey and will bring out the most instinctive reactions in almost any cat! Watch your cat jump and pounce like a fully grown tiger! Cats are happiest and healthiest emotionally, physically and mentally when they are in touch with their basic hunting instincts. Safe for cats and safe for children - the length of the dangler keeps little fingers far away from sharp claws, preventing accidental scratching wherever possible. Interactive toys engage the pet with it's owner - this activity builds trust and companionship between you and your cat. Create an opportunity for you and your cat to bond in play by buying this feather dangler mega-pack! Compare our feather cat dangler to other top brands & you will see that our interactive feather dangler pack is not only great value, but in fact better value! We include two refill feathers to ensure longer shelf life and a greater variety of play for you and your cat! Click add to basket now to start having interactive fun with your cat! Watch them stalk and prey, leap and swipe, over and over, for hours and hours! The best cat toys are fun for people! What good is having a cat toy if you don't like using it to play with your cat? The natural pet company feather dangler imitates a cat's natural prey and will bring out the most instinctive reactions in almost any cat! Watch your cat jump and pounce like a fully grown tiger! Cats are happiest and healthiest emotionally, physically and mentally when they are in touch with their basic hunting instincts. Helps in preventing accidental scratching wherever possible.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Great Fun But Needs Tougher String\n\nReview: The first time I ordered this product it came apart rather quickly. As I have many foster cats, one of them being a kitten we really got to put t toy through it's paces. If u you have one lightly playing or a of couple lightly playful cats this item is a good bargain and should be great fun for them. However, for me the item cannot hold up. I understand purchasing feather cat toys means the ends won't last long but many interactive cat toy manufacturers make the same mistake (and have been since I was a child) with the dangle string. As cats tend to try to run off with their \"kill\". Or a fat cat might roll over on the string they snap quite fast. They do make interactive cats toys with tough strings and refills and I'd look into the Jackson Galaxy line. No cat toy, I repeat no cat toy lasts forever but you really want to get your money's worth out of the experience. Not have the toys snap the night of purchase or a day or two after.\n\nThat being said it is a great toy. The attachments are awesome. They drive the cats crazy. If you have a gentle cat or small kitten this toy should be more than enough, but if you have a really crazy player in the batch the toy might be done before you know it. I'm adding stars as the Natural Pet Company reached out to me with a replacement, listened to my concerns and feedback, and provided a replacement. The replacement lasted quite a bit longer (no snapping ten minutes after unwrapping.) But in the end I ran into the same problem. So I used the refills on the cloth wand (which is awe some but has no bait) and sort of Jerry rigged my own toy. Remember, I'm a foster. I have a lot of cats to satisfy and they all have differing needs. From ex Tom Cats to fat kittens. Toys here have to be hard and tough.\n\nThis is not my favorite cat toy. However, I believe The Natural Pet Company has plenty of other wonderful durable products and if you're unsatisfied you won't need to contact Amazon. The company reached out to me and are highly professional. Because they did that and provided a replacement I give the product extra stars. Since I got my bang for my buck which was a replacement and new refills, the value ended up being worth it.\n\nI'd still advise the buyer to beware and be a mindful buyer. If your cat is a hunting champion, look into something stronger. If you have gentle little kittens this will provide many laughs and memories.\n\nWould recommend to mindful buyers.","Product: RESCUE Pet is an alcohol-free formula made especially for your pet. These drops can be put on a treat, dropped into your pet's water bowl, or rubbed onto their belly to calm them down. Animals have emotions and can occasionally feel anxious too. The first thing to do is visit your vet even if you can't see anything physically wrong with them. Changes in behavior are sometimes the first symptoms of a problem that may require medical treatment. Once you have the all-clear you may find RESCUE Pet helps your pet cope with being separated from you, traveling in the car, or taking that next trip to the vet more easily. Directions: Place 4 drops of RESCUE Remedy on a treat and offer to your animal. Alternatively add 4 drops of RESCUE Remedy to drinking water. Repeat as required.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Amazing Product From An Amazing Recipe Guide!\n\nReview: I've had a long relationship with Bach Flower Remedies and did not realize they made this for animals too. I put a couple drops on a treat of choice and it seemed to help. Kitty seemed to like taste and others were sniffing it. It's always good to keep stress down. My favorite part of the product is that it is Veterinarian Approved! I see that it is quite popular, and comes highly recommended. I am a foster Mom for a great organization, and that multi cat life can lead to stress. I also have kids, and it's all action all the time. If you have animals who suffer from stress this would be a nice holistic approach before you jump to vet calming aids. I also recommend Sentry Calming collars and Felliway Diffusers and products. The pheromone technology seems to help a lot. I know everyone is looking for a magic cure. You have a trembling neurotic chihuahua, and you want a cure all, and honestly no product is really that. Some of it is socializing and working with your pet on their terms. However, the tax on the body from stress is the same on animals as it is humans. There are also plenty of herbal aids (no not that) that can help humans too. I for one have really seen benefits from Rhodiola for my own stress levels. It doesn't stop the stress but you do feel calmer and it helps the body to respond to the stress in a more beneficial way. It brings some relief. I believe these products do that, and Bach Flower Remedies, I just have nothing but nice things to say about them in general. Recommend!!! Always, when trying new things double check with your vet first. Etc.","Product: Can SmartCat Natural litter really out clump clay litters? YES! With the perfect combination of US farmed grasses, our all natural litter really does the job. Light in weight, but strong in performance it clumps so fast and hard that odors don't even have a chance to escape. You will love how lightweight it is and your kitty's will love that it is all natural with no fragrances. With SmartCat's All Natural litter you really do get the best of both worlds.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Say Goodbye To Ammonia Smell Forever\n\nReview: The rescue I belong to talks cat products all the time, and I noticed that this particular litter seems to have a cult following within the group. I thought why are people this excited about cat litter? So as I was ramping up to reoutfit the house with new boxes, I thought, no harm in giving this a try, if it doesn't work out Precious Cat will be there for me.\n\nI should disclose I'm allergic to cat pee, and have allergy induced asthma. Which is no big deal as long as I'm not huffing the cat box while they go, but if they're peeing in the same room sometimes I'll get a little choked up. Nothing I hadn't learned to live with.\n\nI'm a single Mom of three so I'm not rich, and I would not normally purchase a marked up litter as a rescue, but I've changed my mind. There is no trace of ammonia smell even as the cats had gone! What! Where has this been my whole life?\n\nThat's obviously the biggest advantage to having this litter. Eradicate cat smell forever. All the cats were immediately drawn to this litter. The texture is pleasant. It isn't thick or clay like. It's easy to scoop. It has more of a clean sand like texture. It's not unpleasant and clumpy to handle, which is important of you're pouring it in several different boxes! Many litters have dust that makes everybody sneeze or wince, but this has very little dust.\n\nIf you want a house that smells like you have no cats peeing in it, try this litter. There is definitely a reason it's a favorite in rescue groups and multicat households everywhere!","Product: Every day is a perfect day for delicious cat treats! TEMPTATIONS MixUps Treats for Cats BACKYARD COOKOUT Flavor feature a unique pocket shape that is delightfully crunchy on the outside and scrumptiously soft and creamy on the inside that your cat will love. Just shake the pack, and theyll come running! Your feline friend will adore the mouthwatering cookout taste. TEMPTATIONS brand is America's #1 cat treat,* and all our treats are 100% nutritionally complete and balanced for adult cat maintenance. At under 2 low calories per treat, our delicious cat treats are perfect for playtime or snack time. * Based on sales data\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Kitty Cat Addiction To Treats!! Means tasty!\n\nReview: I wish I could get my cats to eat healthier treats, and I avoid giving this in bulk or with any cat who has ever shown one sign of crystals in his urine (dry food, ash, crystals, ph paranoia). However my foster kitties, and female kitties, okay ALL the kitties regard these Temptation treats as he end all be all of life. They check my Amazon boxes for the containers and will happily fight me for the treats. I enclosed photos of cat reactions to this.\n\nI never had the kind with cat nip. Everyone went crazy. I thought I might need to hide. Instead I busted out my <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Best-Cat-Toys-The-Bird-Catcher-PRO-EX-1st-Ever-Fully-Extendable-Retractable-Interactive-Teaser-Wand-Rod-Super-Guinea-Fowl-Feather-Refills-Storage-Bag-Cats-LOVE-IT-100-Guaranteed/dp/B00GZFSISU/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Best Cat Toys The Bird Catcher PRO EX! 1st Ever Fully Extendable / Retractable Interactive Teaser Wand Rod + Super Guinea Fowl Feather Refills + Storage Bag! Cats LOVE IT 100% Guaranteed!</a> and they are super amped up to play.\n\nDefinitely, don't feed these in bulk, but I do recommend for an occasional treat.","Product: VESPER V-LINE cat furniture is the perfect convergence of innovative design, cat-friendly materials and meticulous workmanship. The result is an elegant yet practical line of cat furniture that satisfies the daily activity needs of fussy felines and the aesthetic tastes of cat lovers. Every stunning piece of furniture features varying combinations of cozy cubes, platforms and tunnels, as well as strategically placed scratching areas. Fans of Bauhaus-style furniture or pure, elegant shapes will love this special V-CUBE line. Each unique model features a roomy and comfortable cube cave mounted on a three dimensional curved tubular steel frame. Like the cave, the scratching mat is attached with straps to the side of the steel frame.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Best Cat Tree Ever.\n\nReview: I foster kitties and so I need something I can sterilize jic someone gets sick. This is a beautiful unique cat tree. You can add carpet with velcro or even insulated beds. The scratchers are super sturdy and it provides plenty of kitty shelter even if it is extremely compact and fits in any room big or small. I will be buying from this company again and again as do far they are officially my favorite makers of cat furniture. They seem to \"get\" what a cat wants, what a cat needs, what ever keeps them happy sets them free and I'm thanking them for knowing exactly...\n\nIt's easy to put together for people who can read directions and are not me. However, my boyfriend assembled it pretty easily. Looks like this is a perch cats will get a lot of use out of. Especially if placed next to a window. We got caves for cave dwelling cats. Perches. Beds. It's amazing.\n\nIt will really hold up against time and use too.\n\nHighly recommend this to all my cat people and friends.","Product: Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets FortiFlora Feline Probiotic Supplement contains a safe and effective strain of beneficial bacteria proven to promote normal intestinal microflora. FortiFlora is the #1 probiotic brand prescribed by veterinarians. The science behind our therapeutic products represents a collaboration between Purina nutritionists, researchers and veterinarians. Millward Brown Veterinary Tracker, 2016\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Helps Recovery, Digestion and Overall Health.\n\nReview: Probiotics are miracle workers on humans. So of course on animals they do the same. Replace the good bacteria caused by antibiotics, and help ply your beloved pet with what they need to feel much better.\n\nThis price is extremely reasonable, and to my shock came with many servings. You mix into their food and they don't even notice the taste. Great for animals with ibs, illnesses being treated by antibiotics, recovery from parasites, and great for all around health. Seniors really seem to benefit from these wonderful probiotics.\n\nIf you have a kitty with poo problems, stomach upset, and general malaise you might ask your vet or resident cat expert if these would be good for your kitty.\n\nThey've done wonderful things for my kitties so far, and I'm really happy more and more trusted brands are jumping on the holistic band wagon. Food and nutrition are integral to the thriving of your pets, and this product really adds to that quality without breaking the bank and coming from a trusted company.\n\nI learned about this product from a rescuer who advised me to try on a kitty having poo issues. It's helped tremendously.\n\nI think before starting any kind of medicine or supplement regime on a pet it's great to consult a responsible vet, but I bet you'll get the thumbs up.","Product: This collar prevents your dog from barking through the use of vibration. It is automatically triggered when your dog barks to gradually train them. This product also comes with a free night and travel light for your dogs collar.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Awesome Harness! Sizing Can Be Spotty!\n\nReview: This is an awesome harness for dogs! Unfortunately I can't seem to get the size right. I have a Pomeranian/Chihuahua mix and he is the harness hog in this family. He goes everywhere with us, and so he has a wardrobe of harnesses as he can't go anywhere in just a collar as he has a sensitive trachea. Sizing is always so hard isn't it? He is usually a medium at the retail stores as he is big for his breeds, and the medium was way way too big for him. I them received a small, and even on it's tightest settings it was still too big for my guy. He's pretty muscular as he walks a lot, but I assume we'd be an extra small in this harness, which I'd never guessed.\n\nSo if you're ordering a dog harness right now, don't despair. This is the opposite of the usual sizing charts, and is two sizes smaller than normal. I have a blonde German Spitz who fits the medium harness, and its an absolutely wonderful harness. Barely any pull or weight on the dog but you have enough control in an emergency and super easy and quick to slip on. It is made of high quality materials and beautiful reflective stitching adds a premium quality to it.\n\nIt's a beautiful piece harness. Just make sure you order the right size and you won't be disappointed at all!","Product: Mimibox dual : The cat-lovers scratching post which is made from heavy-duty materials blend and array of natural sea grass we make is strength tested for cats to pounce to ensure they are properly working. It features the personalized advanced technology: Real, fantastic, healthily, addictive and safety focused protection advantages. Play helps cats expend excess energy, which is important for appropriate behavior. Superior quality: The Mimibox cat scratching post takes great effort to satisfy each of cats owners. It's made of durable post. Excellent stretching resistance: Its high applicability hits. No more instruction needed : That is most of people favorite thing about this post. You would not want that to be your couch, table and chairs. To prevent the cat to learn this bad behavior, it is important to give a cat scratching post in the house. The cat scratching post offers several unique features that every dog owner would be appreciated: Material: Natural sea grass, measures 1.57-inch radius by 19-inch height. Quality: We accept the replacement for any breakage or fragmentary of the item with original package and related accessories within one week, but not include any damages to human factors. Unique feature : Specially design cat feather teaser please you and your pets , about Mimibox: Your support is our best motivation. Mimibox is specialized in any pet supplies like underwear, diapers, leashes, collars, grooming products, accessories with the latest concept design by our exquisite workmanship and high-grade engineering so that get high reputation from pet-lovers in overseas market. Click add to cart at the top of the page to get yours have fun faster .\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Wonderful Durable Corner Scratching Posts\n\nReview: Awesome scratching post that the cats were immediately attracted to. It is shaped in a way that fits neatly in any corner of your house and the lines are appealing. I had cats hanging off of it in no time. If your cats aren't scratching post people right away I highly recommend using a cat attract pheromone spray to get their interest. They will be sinking in their claws in no time. While I fully commit to opening my home to cats and animals and do not mind seeing cat enrichment toys everywhere I notice many many people seem to dislike space consuming cat enrichment toys. You could put one of these or more in each room and you wouldn't even notice it, but your kitties will mucky appreciate it.\n\nThe build is sturdy and the cats think it's neat, but I don't think the dangle toy is going to live a long life. These items are replaceable though, and you'd be surprised how many people buy scratching posts they expect to not get damaged and frayed over time.\n\nThis looks like it can take a lot of use before it will need replacement, however in my house the faster a thing falls apart means the better it is (multicat household). You're shopping for your kitties joy, not just to save your couch please remember that.\n\nThis brings kitties joy. A little cat nip at the base and you're a viral video waiting to happen.","Product: These premium pet tags are perfect for the fashionable pet owner. This pet tag is perfect for the most fashionable pooch! **PLEASE SELECT \"GIFT MESSAGE\" DURING CHECKOUT AND TELL US: (1) Shape: Star, Bone, Round, Rectangle, or Bone with artificial crystal; (2) Color: Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, or Black; (3) Personalization Info for the tag - Name and others - includes 4 lines of text with a max of 18 characters on each line.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: This Was Not The Best Of Experiences!\n\nReview: It pains me to leave critical reviews, but this was not a good shopping experience. The main tag came with a necklace like hook that was of poor quality and fell apart in shipment. Then a blank red star. The printing on the tag wasn't very clear and it didn't look very nice or easy to read as it should be for a pet tag. If you've ever tried to catch someone's loose pet sometimes they panic and you have a very small window to read the tag so visibility is important. Especially if you have a pet that you don't want to make a stop at the local shelter if the un thinkable ever happened and they were to get out. This tag is neither aesthetically pleasing nor is it of great quality. If i was tag shopping I'd skip it to be honest.","Product: Sunlite LED antique Vintage filament chandelier bulbs are extremely energy efficient and will greatly reduce your energy costs. These bulbs can last up to 15,000 hours making them virtually maintenance free. These tiny bulbs contain no mercury elements and do not release any hazardous gasses so there is no need to worry in case a bulb breaks and no need for any special recycling as with competing bulbs. With their high efficiency, sunshine Lighting's Vintage chandelier squirrel bulbs low wattage usage does not mean you lose out on brightness. This 120 Volts, 4 watt 40W Replacement, chandelier bulb features a candelabra (E12) base, which produces a comfortable 2700K warm white light at 400 lumens and can fit right into your highly retro stylized room, a modern backdrop, as well as any lighting design project. These lights have smooth dimming range, it should give you perfect ambiance light just like the original tungsten incandescent it replaces.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Save Energy In Your Chandelier Or Art Display!\n\nReview: This light bulb has a beautiful luminosity for an energy saving bulb. If I filled an entire chandelier with one it would be an upfront investment at first, but the technology of the energy saving LED would save my money in the long run. There is this Chandelier Tree in the Silverlake, California artist community, and they have quite a few chandeliers in their tree. I do believe they use bulbs like this to save a bit of money, but not dim the magic of the display. This bulb works well with the other bulbs I have like it,and you can't really see the difference. It's a well conceived product, and I think it's a great idea for people rocking old fashioned lighting decor to upgrade to LED and save some money without missing out on the glow.","Product: \"Alright everypony! Let's hop on Equestria's newest dance craze. do the Navigator!\" Vinyl Scratch, or DJ Pon-3 as she's known when she's not on the 1s and 2s, looks every bit the DJ you know and love fromMy Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Because of the My Little Pony DJ Pon-3 Vinyl Figure's perfect size, you can display her anywhere, whether it's at school, work, or at home. Measures about 4 1/2-inches tall. Ages 5 and up.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Super Cute DJ Pon3 Toy!\n\nReview: DJ PON-3 is a staple in our lives ever since the kids saw her in My Little Pony. She looks like Skrillex and has that WUBWUBWUB attitude. I might be biased but it is SUCH A CUTE TOY. The kids play with it and keep it pretty safe. My oldest son calls it Music Pony. He takes Music Pony to school with him. He's a complete Brony Boy!\n\nThe painting could have been a bit better for a collectible but as I use it as a toy I do not care very much about this. I am just glad that since it's so beloved in this house it's easy to clean, unlike the plushy or doll pony stuff.\n\nA clean toy is the best toy. This will delight any tiny pony fan and make them excited. I do recommend.","Product: Funko is a pop culture licensed-focused toy company located in Everett, WA. Funko currently holds more than 150 licenses including, but not limited to; Lucas Films, Marvel, Hasbro, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, DC Comics, NBA, Sanrio, and Disney. Funko's Pop! Vinyl is the number one stylized vinyl collectible in the world with over 10 million units sold in the last three years.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The Daring Do! Up In The Trees!\n\nReview: Very cute rendition of the Daring Do. My son prefers the Funko Pop figures to the actual Hasbro figurines because he likes me being poor. In all seriousness, I thought these would have shattered into a thousand pieces but it is actually very sturdy. I don't know who the Daring Do is and we had quote the time trying to get my son to explain it to us. The Daring Who? \"Up in the trees!\", and I googled it and found out it was a pony, and when I showed him all the options for the Daring Do he chose this one. We have not been disappointed with it form a toy perspective. I know from adult collectors there is some anger about the paint jobs, but I haven't found the paint jobs for the Funko Pop figurines to ever be better than toy quality.\n\nAnyway, the Daring Do goes everywhere with my son and makes him feel more brave, and it's held up to catastrophic droppings and accidents. Therefore I give it five adorable stars.","Product: All aboard! this kids classic toy train is ready to Chug into your home station! family, friends, and hobbyists alike will delight in the realistic train noises, working engine, and realistic smoke that blows out of the chimney. Whether for play or decoration, this nostalgic train set is sure to delight. Choo choo! specifications: package dimensions: 69(l) x 49(w) x 3(h); cabs (each): 7(l); weight: 2 lbs.; requires 4 AA batteries (not included); astm-certified; recommended for children 5+; color: Multicolor; some assembly required\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Amazing Train, How Sweet The Sound!\n\nReview: <div id=\"video-block-R1SYZS6XXOBGWD\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/B1xhK4q058S.mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/718zBOPk7OS.png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\"> This train is awesome to have. I assume it will be a Holiday thing for us as we don't have the space for it to be out all year round, but I do know that the trains are often a traditional tree decoration. My sons love trains. This train takes up a bit a of spoor space and is way too temperamental to be a young child's toy. However, depending on the collective maturity of your household it could be, unfortunately mine isn't there yet. (They want to derail it and play with it like a hot wheel).\n\nAs a decoration it is AWESOME. It makes realistic train sounds, does steam that even smells like smoke, and it's cargo compartment even hold toys and \"passengers\". It's extremely cool and I believe my family will use it around the tree. Very many thumbs up. I will be attaching a video of the train in action. I hope you enjoy it!","Product: Get ready to discover a world of surprises with this Furby Connect friend and the Furby Connect World app (see app details below). This Furby Connect friend has a light-up antenna that glows when there's something new to discover in the app -- including music and videos! This Furby Connect friend has lots to say! Even when Furby speaks in Furbish, it's not hard to figure out what Furby means. This Furby Connect friend has colorful eyes that display more than 150 animations to help express what Furby wants. Interact with a Furby Connect friend by petting, tickling, or shaking Furby, turning Furby upside down, or even moving its antenna like a joystick -- then see how Furby reacts! When this Furby Connect friend syncs with the Furby Connect World app, there are more physical and digital ways to interact and more surprises to discover. Does Furby need some beauty sleep? This Furby Connect friend comes with a sleep mask. Just put the sleep mask on, and it's good night Furby! To wake Furby up, remove the sleep mask -- Furby will be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for more fun! Get the Furby Connect World app to explore a world of surprises with a Furby Connect friend. Watch videos together, feed Furby with the app, and raise virtual Furblings in the app. The Furby Connect friend gets updates and new content by connecting to the app! Furby and all related properties are trademarks of Hasbro.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: No End To The Fun!\n\nReview: I was lucky enough to get this in a flash prime Holiday deal and I had no idea what I was doing. I had Furby when I was 18, but omigaw, I had no idea that the kids were gunna go bananas over it. If I'd known I'd have gotten them all one (and me). This worked out as they also got new Kindle Tablets and Furby Connects to the tablets. They can even play without the Furby so they can keep hatching the egg. New Furby sounds like Johnny Five from Short Circuit which is adorable. It dictates videos and sings along with songs. If Hasbro can keep up with the software updates this will truly be a toy for the ages. My worry would be that they drop support on them eventually and that would be awful. Stand alone without the app they are still fun for kids to play with and interact. It's fun for Mom and Babies and Siblings to play together. My special needs son seemed to really bond with it as his special friend. They did a great job on this guy. Would recommend. The fur is super soft. Different from the 90s fur I remember, and I love all the pop culture references they have built in. Spells out fun.","Product: Designed by young entrepreneurs, pocket ti plushiest with a pocket are cute animal pillow plushiest with a useful back pocket to hold your phone, notebook, eyeglasses, tooth fairy offerings, or other small treasures. Roxy the kitty is soft gray plush with pink and orange cotton fabric and details. Our limited edition series1 includes Sydney the penguin, Toni the bunny, Baxter the puppy, and roti the kitty. A perfect, unique gift for kids, tweens and teens designed by kidpreneurs .\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Very Cute Kitty Pillow For Anyone.\n\nReview: This is a super cute toddler pillow for your budding crazy cat lady or guy. It has an absolutely adorable pocket in the back where your kiddo can stash their favorite safety toy or figurine, or even a great place to do tooth fairy exchanges!!! I bought this for my daughter but my oldest son actually likes it the most because he is a fan of kitties, and in this house you'd have to be! :) It's absolutely an adorable style and I'd say it's Niko Suave. That's good. That should be my new name on the internet.\n\nThe pillow is very high quality and easy to wash even though it gets dirty easily. I highly recommend this for adults and kids alike. IT IS SO CUTE.","Product: This book is full of blank pages. Despite years of research, we could not find anything to say on this subject, so please feel free to use this book for notes.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: It's Brings Hope To A Hopeless World\n\nReview: I heard about this book and I thought that I could really work on my creative writing skills, and possibly begin my future as a journalist for the new world order offering up my expert opinions on Alternative Facts.\n\nHowever even in the alternative universe I can not find one reason, even as these fair scholars had warned, any information as to why Trump deserves anything.\n\nI can't find a word to transcribe onto these pages that would do this mission any justice. However, the build quality of the book is nice and the pages are pretty sturdy, which is important as it may take quite some many years to even find a sentence to add to the pages.\n\nIt's a good Hope item. Something to put in the corner of your house where your eye can wander and think \"Well, maybe things can change and I can fill that whole book up.\" It's a really great notion for the Think Positive crowd or people that really like The Secret.\n\nTotally recommend over the book Pence, Why He Should Be Our New King.\n\nDefinitely a winner.\n\nHaving this book makes the mind think that maybe we're just in that part of the story where the grinch hasn't had the revelation yet and his heart hasn't grown yet... But... It... Could. That's the hope. That's the reason. Amen."],"string":"[\n \"Product: Faber Castell's Albrecht Durer Watercolor Pencils are highly versatile with the ability to draw, shade and paint. They have 3.8 mm thick, break-resistant leads that are fully water-soluble, and provide sharp fine lines. The vibrant colors are easily blended when wet and become permanent when dry. On some paper, the pigment will dissolve completely and react as traditional watercolor does. Dip the pencil tip into water and draw for unique lines. This set includes 12 colors packaged in a metal tin. Made In Germany.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Watercolor heaven! Vivid and easily dissolved!\\n\\nReview: Faber Castell is my #1 favorite art supplier so far. It's between Faber Castell and Caran D'ache depending on the product but I feel all Faber Castell products are long lasting, reasonably priced, they have high quality control so while Prisma Color is awesome we're all getting tired of uncensored lead and whatnot. Faber Castell never disappoints so when I began getting into water color pencils and crayons I wanted to give their line a shot first.\\n\\nI was not disappointed. Unlike many water soluble pencils this does not take quite so much effort to get it to spread. You can use a blender marker. Either alcohol or water color, water brushes, a touch of saliva, a spritz or a spray. If the lead broke you could throw water on it and use it as a water cake. You can dip them. You can color swatches and use as cakes and mix your own color palette. There is no end to how to use these.\\n\\nFor me vibrancy is important, but so is longevity. If i really put the scribble down will my pencil need to be replaced free stock already? With Faber Castell it's a no. The quality of the pigments and the level of their soluablity are genuinely the highest of grades. So, while a little goes a long way you can create art with some level of abandon that you're not just wasting art supplies on a perhaps not the best piece. That's the stuff I worry about. And while that's how we learn, they don't say \\\"Starving Artist\\\" for no reason. However, reasonably the longevity, consistency, and quality are well within reasonable price for artist grade art supplies. I have cheap water pencils and we have fun together, but it has nothing on the Albrecht Durer pencils. I highly recommend these for any level of water colorist, and will probably buy my own palette at Blick at some point. They're just that good!\",\n \"Product: Ciao 72-piece Set A. Scores of anime, manga, and comics artists as well as landscape, product, architecture, and fashion designers prefer Copic markers because of their ultra-blendable, low odor, alcohol based inks. Unlike water-based inks, which tend to pill and oversoak the paper while blending, Copics mix on the surface to deliver the wonderfully rich blends they’re known for. This outstanding performance has distinguished Copic markers as the celebrated coloring tool within professional, semi-professional and hobby circles alike.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Big Fan Of Copic. Not the wait.\\n\\nReview: These are great markers and I got a great price for them. It's amazing the things copics can do. With layering blending and coloring. The product itself is great. The plastic packaging is also great. I have some annoyances with the shipping time, the fact it required a signature and I didn't know it would require a signature so I was lucky I happened to be home for it, and the lack of communication about why it had taken so long to arrive in a way I could understand, but I realize I got a quality art supply for a great price (for copic anyway). The packaging was great. I gave all a plus on packaging. I liked the silvery envelope and the plastic set I can keep my little basic kit in. As for the product, it's second to none in the market. We all know that. It's an amazing product. That's why we deal with the prices and the headaches of trying to collect them. No matter what art you do you're going to end up with a copic in your life. This little set obviously has a learning curve. This type of media is so versatile. You can even texturing your project. It's India ink so it's amazing. Pigment. Light fast. Non fading. Print ready. I like the ciaos. I've heard so much about them being bad or not as good as the sketch. However it's way better and cheaper for a student than the sketch. This is a perfect set to demo if you're become an alcohol marker artist. It gives u a real sense of what you could do. I wish it had more blendable Colors in the set but it's great for what it is and I am happy with my purchase. I would NOT recommend the shipping time though. It's quite a wait for such an expensive product.\",\n \"Product: Blister card glaze 3dimensional glossy ink pen set. This 3dimensional ink leaves a distinct impression. The finished look is a raised, line for a remarkable style feature that you can feel. Elevate the status of handwritten lettering on diy paper craft projects. Selected surfaces for eyecatching results are nonporous surfaces such as plastics, coated papers, acetate, vellums and glass. Light catches color when it is used on translucent and transparent surfaces. Layering color elements and texture for shine and depth is easy. Glaze 3dimensional ink resists water and can achieve the look of batik. Rubber stamp and paper craft projects benefit with accents of color and texture. Applicable for ceramic and glass accents, rubberstamping flourishes, sticker embellishments, wedding invitations, card making and bookmark texture, write or draw on most cds, batik effects and anywhere 3dimensional texture is desired. Technical qualities are transparent pigmented ink 0.8mm ball producing a 0.70mm bold line width, water resistant, dries to a glossy glaze look, performs best on nonporous matte surfaces, 45 to 60 second drying time, does not bleedthrough most papers and vellum, meets astm and acmi nontoxicity standards, not recommended for use on fabrics intended to be washed, on food service or ceramics that are washed, and not evaluated for cosmetic use on skin. Set consist of 1 each gloss clear, gloss yellow, gloss orange, gloss red, gloss pink, gloss rose, gloss purple, gloss green, gloss blue, gloss black pens.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: I Cannot Exist Without This Product.\\n\\nReview: I never have enough nice things to say about Sakura Of America. I'm a fan girl. I first hated Souffle and Glaze at first zbecause I'm an impatient person and didn't read directions. OOPS. MY BAD.\\n\\nThis basically dry embosses your artwork. No heating tool or stress. Great for craters. Will be going through clears and blacks like crazy! Amazing product. It's magic. You couldn't tell by the way it pops and that 3D detail is all Sakura. I feel like I this is an art supply necessity! Who would not be able to use these and make amazing things? No one. Sakura once again has made the best of the best. Emboss edges. I wish I could share a photo demonstrating what I was able to do with these but at the moment don't see the option.\\n\\nGoogle and YouTube it though. You won't be sorry.\",\n \"Product: The finest quality watercolors used by Japan's watercolor and Sumi-e painters. 21 colorfast colors in a reusable plastic container. They will add dimension and sparkle to all your paper crafts. Can be used alone or with other watercolors. Great for painting, stamping, greeting cards, and much more. Non-toxic: Conforms to ASTM D4236. Imported.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Really Fun Set For Play!\\n\\nReview: The Yasutomo Pearlescent paint has been the confusion of the arts and crafts world. We're all excited for something moderately new to happen to water color cakes, but even the less picky among us wish the pigments were a bit richer on these. I still really like the paints, and they make awesome fx paints on top of other water colors or water color pencils. If you are a beginner and you're investigating rich pigment sets or if you're picky and this will be something that is your main you might be a bit disappointed. If you're gunna use these for fancy fx or embellishments by all means these are inexpensive fun. Just remember these aren't fine art paints, but they are a lot of fun!\",\n \"Product: Knit beautiful scarves, hats and much more with this plastic round knitting loom kit. The kit includes 4 looms in a variety of sizes for all your projects: 11-inch, 9-inch, 7-inch, and 5-1/2-inch. It also includes one yarn needle, one loom pick, instructions to make a hat and a clear plastic carrying case for simple transport. The carrying case holds all your project essentials and makes it a breeze to take your projects on the go. Made of durable and sturdy plastic, these round knitting looms are also lightweight and easy to use, making them a perfect choice for beginner knitters and even those more advanced, too! They come in 4 bright neon colors with small anchor pegs.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Knit Kit! Very Sturdy!\\n\\nReview: Loom knitting is super fun to teach kids to do, and is super safe. It's a unique way to make knitted items without having to use knitting needles or being really crafty. This item is a great bargain for what it does. The pegs are stable and close enough together you don't have amateur looking products when you're done. The pegs are quite nice and sturdy and I enjoy the colors of the looms. If you need help getting started with this I highly recommend you look up The Crochet Crowd, and that will show you how diverse these little guys are.\\n\\nIf you have joint pain or carpel tunnel this is one of the best ways to knit, and they make the best presents for families, and babies.\",\n \"Product: Art Advantage artist sketch/tote boards. Light-weight and durable, our masonite sketch boards feature a sturdy clip and rubber band that will hold anything from sheets of paper to a pad of paper to a prestretched canvas. Comfortable handle allows portability. Replacement rubber bands available. 13-inch by 17-inch.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This is a Necessity Not A Want.\\n\\nReview: I love this product for paper crafting. The rubber band and clip really help with water coloring and you have enough space to use painters tape. I clip a rechargeable led light on these as well so I don't miss anything and get to every detail with ease. I feel silly I waited so long to get an art board. Trying to paint on hard cover books and table tops was sort of ridiculous. This is what everyone starting out needs. The rubber band is so useful, and it really adds to the experience. You can tilt the board to run inks and paints. You can use it for washes. The board is a high grade material and is worth the investment as it will be with you a long time. If you do any diy it will be helpful, and it will save your surfaces. No more surprise textures from clumps either. It's very easy to clean and maneuver. It's light weight. I highly suggest for anyone doing paper crafts or painting (room for small palette.) Wonderful board.\",\n \"Product: The standard sketch board for indoor or outdoor drawing. Made of masonite with two strong steel clips heavy duty rubber band and integral handle.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: I love this little board, very diverse functions.\\n\\nReview: This is awesome for doing crafts with the kids, water paint, or sketching with. It's the Art Supply equivalent to a laptop. It's mobile, and it does what you need it to do, but it doesn't take up much space either. You can probably fit it in a tote bag with no problem, and clip on a little bag of art supplies and go without feeling too loaded down. Or perhaps you want to sketch in bed as your significant other binge watches Mad Men and you don't really like Donald Draper enough to give him your full attention. Either way it's a quality product for a bargain, and I'd buy it again. :)\\n\\nConstructive Criticism Is: It needs a better clip handle and clip in general. It's not that easy to unclip, and it may be a little hard on card stock (leave indentations).\",\n \"Product: Neutral pH, cold pressed watercolor sheets are an excellent value. Aquabee watercolor paper is a 100-Percent rag, 90-Pound watercolor paper. Pack contains 5 loose sheets.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Excellent Intermediate Watercolor Paper!\\n\\nReview: My affair with art papers has been a torrid search rife with confusion and angst. You can have the nicest sets of supplies in the world but using it on unworthy paper is a waste of supplies and time.\\n\\nI found this product because I'm tired of buying giant water color papers that don't fit most standard printers, or having to cut them down to size in small sad packs of 12 for $32 . Not with these! They blend both cost efficiency with supreme quality!\\n\\nI love one of the mainstream papers too (hint: it's not cason) but it seems water color paper either comes really small or really large. This size is just right, although I wouldn't complain if they made some standard 8x11 sizes.\\n\\nThis paper is great for beginners and intermediate levels, but can be finicky with embellishments before completely dry or if overdone (gel pens).\\n\\nThis paper is not only budget efficient but of much higher quality than many store brands. The cotton grain and way the paper was processed make it a joy to work with. It can take a lot of water abuse without warping, and the taping down is still needed to an extent but nothing like other paper, and it doesn't start to come apart if you really want to do some hard detailing! It's basically backless canvas, and it takes color in such a unique limitless way, so don't be afraid to layer. This is a case of you get much more than you pay for!\\n\\nOn the attached picture I used water pencils (the grain will be rough on your set, but if you use water color pencils it's nothing new to you), and liquid water color and both worked wonderfully. Best for intermediate students, and works fine with ink jet printers for doing digital stamping.\\n\\n I will be purchasing again as I'm quite tired of throwing gesso on card stock, dealing with warped papers, and I genuinely feel this is a step up from the basic paper I had been buying overpriced at hobby stores!\\n\\nThese also come in standard frame sizes, and ready to go upon opening. 100% would recommend and would buy again.\\n\\nI'd you feel this review was helpful please click \\\"yes\\\".\",\n \"Product: Value Series Brushes like Liquitex BASICS are available at a more affordable price, making them perfect for students, amateurs, or professionals. These long-handled white nylon brushes are durable, easy to clean, and hold ample amounts of color. Their medium-soft bristles provide the ideal responsiveness for soft-bodied to medium-bodied acrylics. Liquitex BASICS Brushes are available in five popular shapes in a range of sizes: Round, Bright, Flat, Filbert and Fan. Set Contents: 6 Short Handle Brushes: Round 1, Round 4, Flat 2, Fan 4, Bright 3, Bright 6. Visit our Liquitex Amazon Storefront for full product assortment.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Synthetic Brushes That Rock. Brand you can trust.\\n\\nReview: I was stressing a ton over what brushes to get for some basic water coloring and I was browsing the Blick Art Supplies website. They only offer the best in student grade or artist grade stuff. Art students and artists run the business and duh, these Liquitex brushes were recommended for pencil water coloring and other stuff. I like the synthetic brushes as I don't want to accidentally contribute to any kind of animal suffering or make art with anything that contributes to animal suffering. These are great for people who are learning or are doing a craft project. They are affordable and hold their shape but if something awful were to happen to them its not too much to replace them. They're awesome little brushes. There is also a Princeton brand of brush that is equally awesome and I use both at the moment. I'm always looking for good synthetic brushes. These fit the bill, and one can never have too many brushes!\\n\\nI completely recommend these to crafters and new painters! They're awesome.\",\n \"Product: Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay India inks offer powerful color in a convenient dropper-stopper glass bottle. These highly pigmented India inks not only remain lightfast and permanent, but are also totally waterproof when dry. They adhere to nearly all surfaces and are non-clogging when used in pens. Inks can be diluted with water and used with brushes in traditional watercolor techniques or in dip pens, technical drawing pens, and airbrushes. All colors are brilliant and transparent, except black and white, which are opaque and have excellent covering power. Each set includes 12 different colors in 1.0 oz (30 ml) glass bottles with droppers and a custom mixing palette. Set 1 Colors: Yellow, Red, Magenta, Green, Blue, Brown, Black, White, Violet, Bright Red, Teal, Grass Green.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect Inks For Anyone\\n\\nReview: These are phenomenal inks for the price. India Ink is light fast and archival. It can be used in so many ways. As paint, for mixed media effects, and of course the old fashioned way as a pen. I got really terrible fountain pen for my boyfriend off Wish App. I didn't think it would be terrible, but it was. I just figured I'd throw it out there as a tester pen anyway, to see if it inspired him to write or journal more because style. Well the inks came so beautifully packaged in their circle of joy, and now he's using the pen. Downside is I'll probably buy him a real fountain pen now.\\n\\nI always thought inside the box with inks. What would I do with ink? I don't do calligraphy or have fancy pens I'm going to redip. I only had a feather pen once, and I was annoyed more than I felt fancy. However these are things I've been doing with the inks in small amounts.\\n\\nUsing as paint. Archival water color! Yes.\\nAdding bits of extra color to paper crafts. I've splotched in circles (dries fast). (No bleed through on card stock btw. Big dollops hold shape and dry.\\n\\nArt journal. Gesso and ink. So pretty.\\n\\nCanvas and mixed media.\\n\\nIf you're a budding or very advanced artist on a budget but you want awesome quality ink, this is your test kit. You get way more than you pay for.\\n\\nVery grateful for product's existence and will buy again. Wish they had the sparkly irredecent inks Liquitex has, because those are damn expensive. Maybe I need to buy mica powder and add?\\n\\n:)\",\n \"Product: accessibly priced, but with the performance to deliver high quality results - even for less experienced colorists; ergonomic hexagonal barrel design for greater comfort when coloring; unique, no slip rubberized grip; marker caps are double-layered to prevent drying out designed to last a lifetime pens are refillable and both nibs can be replaced when worn or damaged fast -drying ink for smooth and effective work - these markers provide super-smooth coverage and seamless blending on paper and card. They will also work on paper, card, glass, wood, metal, ceramic and more.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Spectrum Noir Is Great For Crafters\\n\\nReview: These are beautiful markers. There is no other alcohol marker like this for the price. Sometimes the numbers don't make sense, and the gradient kind of goes nuts so make sure you do a scribble test first. The ink lays down like butter, and is a dream to do layers with. If you're mostly a crafter or a coloring fanatic you should use these to get the idea of what permanent alcohol markers can do. While they are not the quality of copic markers and you will find things that annoy you about them (I have a loose wobbly nib on one.) they're cheap and great to practice with so you're not wasting India ink on a learning curve. They're better student markers than prismacolor. All art supplies has its place for what you want it for. I always stress this. This will make seamless backgrounds. It will sketch, and blend. The ink is refillable and the nibs replaceable and they do make brush nibs for these guys. The ink refills can be a bit pricey, and sometimes on par with copic if you're looking on amazon, however keep in mind that those refill your pens several times over and can be used for other things. It sadly might be more economical to rebuy the markers than the ink. I've seen a few reviews about them drying out and whatnot. Remember that the caps need to snap into place. For the price, and the quality. The noir pens are a must buy for the novice artist. In its price range as well as it's quality it's more than a fair product and you can always find a use for them in the future. Perhaps, maybe these would be a great hold over while you slowly build up your copic stash. Blick supports them and Blick knows everything. Perhaps, you just craft, and you don't art. Then perhaps with new nibs a set of these will be all you need.\",\n \"Product: Selling green heat gun tool.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Time Lapse Before Your Eyes Cool Effects!\\n\\nReview: I was expecting a disaster with this cheap heat tool. The more into painting and water color I get the more I realized my inpatience out shone my artistic integrity and I needed a heat gun. I actually love watching the paint set as if I'm watching a time lapse in front of my eyes. I love the effects it makes. I love not waiting for three hours for embossing, water color, gels, or markers to dry.\\n\\nIt has some tricks to it. You have to get a feel for it or you might burn the page or cause your medium to bubble up (which can look cool). Mine smokes quite a bit after every use and I hope it knocks that off. It's my first heat setter and for the price you can't beat it.\\n\\nI recommend this product to water colorist and impatient artists everywhere!\",\n \"Product: Strathmore 500 series mixed media features professional quality paper that is internally sized for wet media with a durable vellum finish for drawing techniques. Excellent for watercolor, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pen & ink, colored pencil, marker, pastel and collage. 100percent cotton fiber, acid free, lignin free, archival, 90lb paper. Durable smyth-sewn binding allows pages to lay flatter inside the lightly textured, matte Dark Chocolate brown cover. This item is manufactured in United States.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Not Sixty Four Pieces Of Paper. Sixty Four \\\"Pages\\\". Know the difference buyers.\\n\\nReview: I need to quickly whine about something that every buyer should know. These are not filled with 64 sheets as the advertising suggests. They are counting the back of the paper. If you're a seasoned art journaler you know that sometimes multiple pages get used and the backs sometimes can't be used for anything more than a decorative wash if you used heavy media's on the prior part of the page. I believe the company should think of the paper as loose papers and not count the pages as double sided. This is misleading. If I buy 200 pages of cars stock I do not get 100 and have the seller tell me to use both sides. Just because it's in a bound book does not mean you're not purchasing the paper. I use Strathmore as my go to paper for water color so I'm miffed a company I put a lot of money into would advertise a product like this. Strathmore is doing just fine for itself. It has no reason to sell journals as 64 pages, especially art journal pages where things are crazy and messy, and tell us the other side counts as a piece of paper. That's misleading advertising. Just because some art styles allows you could use both sides doesn't mean you should have to. I've had many art journal pages end up sticking together and having archival art work ruined. So I'd have preferred just to use a wash to avoid that. Very frustrated.\",\n \"Product: Green tea lovers no longer have to struggle to achieve the optimal steeping temperature, while darker tea drinkers can still expect impeccably boiling water. With an innovative temperature control system, this versatile device can heat to your preference. At last, an all-inclusive kettle for heating water for the perfect pot of tea. This durable stainless steel kettle is a must-have for tea lovers of all kinds. Perfect for foodservice, restaurant and other professional industrial uses. Bulk pricing available through Adagio Wholesale. Made in China. 30 oz (1L).\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The Beat Variable Temperature Kettle. Hands. Down.\\n\\nReview: <div id=\\\"video-block-R2TG1NTXROCW0A\\\" class=\\\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\\\"></div><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A14jTmJUipS.mp4\\\" class=\\\"video-url\\\"><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81hQUrkHCoS.png\\\" class=\\\"video-slate-img-url\\\"> I have not had a bad cup of tea since switching to a variable voltage kettle. Knowing your boiled water Temps based on bubble rolls and old cookbook experience has nothing on the technology of this kettle. Now I know I'm truly experiencing the tea correctly. Adiago urges everyone to invest in a variable temperature kettle, and I was like, \\\"Oh, okay whatever. People have been being water in old school kettles for ages it's a gimmick.\\\", but if you're paying good money for good tea you want that tea to taste like what you invested in it and also if you're going to be using more delicate teas and want to experience them without being a water temperature helicopter brewer than this I'd the only way to do it in 2016. This also allows for the perfect temperature for preying coffee. Your water is done in five minutes. No more watched pot. There is a zillion ways to use this kettle, and if you look around at reviews it's the most cost effective one out there and the fancier variable temperature kettles are mixed bags of customer complaints. No thanks. Adiago is always about quality and fair prices so I'd much rather stick with them. They've done me no wrongs yet, and I assume you will be just as happy with the product as I am. Within minutes you will be enjoying cafe quality loose-leaf tea, and your life will forever be better for it. My only regret is I did not get one sooner. Thanks Adiago! You're making the world a better place cup by cup!\",\n \"Product: For all the coffee drinkers and aficionados in search of an affordable, low maintenance coffeemaker that can brew a basic or premium roast coffee in a fraction of the time and cost as the coffeehouse: Meet the Hamilton Beach 2-Way Brewer.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: This coffee machine is great for usual drip coffee\\n\\nReview: I got mine in a $20 Kindle Fire sale. This coffee machine is great for usual drip coffee. It seems Hamilton Beach has trouble getting coffee hot without relying on the burner to do the work the initial water would have done. All their coffee products have this complaint and mine is not unlike the other reviews who want properly extracted and hot coffee. The machine does have upsides. It brews in a hurry and if someone didn't clean the grounds out of one half you have the single serve. Single serve is amazing if you need coffee NOW and you're in a hurry. The multiple cup brew side makes better tasting coffee. The single serve side has a thing that is supposed to make kcups happen. Like Fetch, kcups just aren't gunna happen kid, but it's still a nice feature. This is a good bargain for what it is a dual programmable coffee maker. But convenience will cost you taste. It's all in the needs you have in a maker. I think this is fine for general users. Just beware that to get your coffee piping hot you'll have to use the main carafe and let it sit a few minutes after brew. All in all its a good machine for a drip machine. It's still budget coffee though. As a mom of three I need convenience over perfect taste alot of the time and I love mine. Flaws and all!\",\n \"Product: Use the Quiseen Coffee Grinder for all your grinding needs. Perfect for coffee, espresso, nuts and spices. With a strong durable motor, stainless steel blades, a grippable surface and compact modern design, this grinder is the perfect accessory for the coffee aficionado.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Electric Coffee Grinder That Rocks\\n\\nReview: This is about what you'd expect from a semi manual coffee grinder. No way to get an exact grind, but it does its job if you're a coffee snob on a budget. Makes excellent french press grinds, but you need the grind memorized from fancier grinders before you can get it right with this. Unless you're grinding into a fine espresso sand it isn't truly for beginners. I am not a beginner so I find this to be a helpful tool. I don't have the patience to hand grind coffee nor do I like pre ground coffee. The blades are sharp and accurate and it is easy to empty and clean. It can make a bit of a mess compared to Krups, but it is not a big deal. Good buy!\",\n \"Product: GOODOG Treats Stainless steel cookie cutters are made from high quality 403 Durable stainless steel, cutting nice dog bone shapes, fun for crafts too! Dishwasher safe and easy to clean. Lifetime Guaranty By GOODOG Treats. We in GOODOG treats working hard to bring you the best high quality products that will last years to come, ones you get the product we would like to know if it was useful and if the cutter answered all your needs! check out all the other Dog products we have in our store. ***** PLEASE NOTE - THE SMALLEST BONE IS TOO SMALL TO USE. WE D'ONT WANT YOU TO BE DISAPPOINTED WITH IT... BUT - THE REST OF THE 5 CUTTERS ARE JUST GREAT! HOPE YOU WILL LOVE THEM :) Dog Treat Cutters\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Super Adorable Cookie Cutter Set!\\n\\nReview: These cookie cutters are so cute. They range from big to tiny skinny little bones. I surmise they're used to bake dog treats, and as someone who doesn't know much even about human baking, I know even less about dog baking, but I do a know a thing or two about sugar cookies and fudge. These make adorable shapes for both. They could be moderately higher quality all the way around but they're pretty great as is. Will last for some time before they grow old on you. Also make great craft molds too for clay and even paint. For every size bone. I assume will make a great Halloween decorative prop as well. Great buy! Very cute. Would recommend!\",\n \"Product: High quality fully assembled CMOY headphone amplifier kit. This amplifier is constructed with only high quality components. Not all cmoy kits are created equal, others use cheap low quality parts and circuit boards. Formerly DIYourfaceoff, Now Lucid Labs. Not for use with use with headphones below 30 ohms, it will exceed the current limit of the amplifier and lead to distortion. Not recommended for most in ear headphones as many of them do not meet the minimum impedance requirements.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Curiously Strong For A Little Guy!\\n\\nReview: This is your man if you want portable audio and high end headphones not to sound like tin garbage. If you've gotten used to using real headphones and don't know how you're going do deal with low q streams on high q stuff or you're just curious if your headphones of choice could really use an amp than this is your new best friend. It's cheap. It works. It can drive lower resistance gear to high resistance gear without an issue. It's obviously a no frills amp. It will make your music sound way nicer mobile. The lab even custom orders for people. It's been voted one of the top five mobile amps out there on the market over at Life Hacker. If you want everything to sound better or new again and you don't mind a little extra gear for the trained ear to not have to listen to tinny or whacky audio get this and never look back. If you have more serious headphones than you're going into Fiios territory but honestly, this will never become unuseful to you. Must buy.\\n\\nIf this review has been helpful to you please click \\\"yes\\\".\",\n \"Product: You demand quality sound performance when it comes to your music. It defines who you are. With the release of AKG Y45BTs, the advantage is yours - an on-ear headphone offering enhanced sound quality in a smaller package while enhancing your needs for multi-tasking with the wireless convenience of Bluetooth connectivity. Great sound, inventive design, extreme mobility in an headphone designed to travel. While dual, 40mm drivers provide crisp, AKG-quality sound, this smartphone-friendly headphone layers on the convenience with ear-cup-mounted controls and all the joys of living wirelessly - without the need for power. Add in their gift for comfort over the long haul - and you've got a true travel companion to take you to the next level. Choose from 2 cool colors and these smartly-branded AKG headset with distinctive looks and watch how heads will turn as you make a powerful statement.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Cans, Not The Best.\\n\\nReview: These headphones are surprising. I'm going to do a comprehensive review on them since there is probably a lot of interest from the Samsung Pre Order.\\n\\nDesign :\\n\\nDesign is nice. The headphones are plastic which I don't mind, and fit very comfortably on the ear. There is nothing uncomfortable about them when you wear you can wear for hours. However if you're going out for a walk or something these may be a bit bulky and awkward to wear out but then again that's style related. I usually feel odd wearing more than earbuds when I'm out and about. I'm disappointed they use micro usb. Anything new and premium should have USB C and it should have the port covered. I've written many head phone reviews in my day and the open charging port always annoys me as it cuts the life of the cans short. It does have a bypass cord and so the cans can be used blue tooth free which is always nice. I sure love having a headphone jack.\\n\\nSound:\\n\\nI'm giving these a 7 out of ten for the price range. They are clearly bass oriented and that annoys my inner purist. I saw people complaining it needed even more bass. People, let the studios mix the songs k? The mids can get washed out a bit but that's nothing a good equalizer can't fix and the highs and mids and lows are pretty evenly proportioned considered the low end tuning. I think for most people these will be sufficient boom unless they literally just think ear rattling means quality.\\n\\nVolume on these depends on what you're using. They're moderately set up for hi fi so don't expect much of you're streaming Pandora. You may need to get some losses audio or try a higher fi streaming service like Tidal. You will get a much fuller louder sound if you're actually listening to lossless. That's why sources are important. It works with Pandora but it will be weak and you didn't get these bad boys to listen to A Thousand Years right? So download some lossless. You know you want too. They really perform well with the hi fi source material.\\n\\nBattery Life :\\n\\nBattery life is decent. It could be a bit better, but it gets the job done. Depends on end user usage. The bypass cable will make sure you won't end up having to talk to anyone on the bus though.\\n\\nWhat You Need To Know:\\n\\nAkg is a reputable brand but it does tune closer to the low end. These have a great sound with lossless audio. Charge them carefully. They also come with a bag. For the price they are a pretty good deal and are more for beginner base heads. If you're purchasing out of pocket you may want to see what else is out there first, but if you want reputable blue tooth cans now than this might be your jam. I don't think you'd regret the purchase, but there are a lot more headphones in the sea at this price range.\",\n \"Product: The 7.9\\\" Retina Display makes its debut on the iPad mini, maintaining its enormous 2048 x 1536 native resolution. At 326 pixels per inch, the Retina Display can show up to 3.1 million pixels at a time. The Retina Display is also a capacitive touchscreen so you'll be able to utilize all the multi-touch gestures of iOS 7. Its smaller form factor makes it easier to hold in one hand. The iPad mini comes in a silver finish.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Tablet For Me!!!\\n\\nReview: I have a lot of love for this tablet. To give you background information I am a techie who is cross platform with all the flagship devices. I think the iPad mini 3 is overlooked as a device. The TouchID is all the difference for me when dealing with app downloads and making purchases.\\n\\nWho Would Benefit From This Device: If you want something to read on that can also do audiobooks and comics, do cross platform readers, shop, and have a rich mobile experience that you can take anywhere with your phone and not notice much of a weight difference that has an extremely long battery life so you go do even more and needs something that charges pretty fast this is your man. Also, Apple struck a deal with Nintendo so there will be lots of fun.\\n\\nPerks: As long as your slate boots you'll get the newest updates. Cool software on both android and iOS. Can download movies to watch later with Prime. Has night filter. Resale value. Great kids software.\\n\\nCons: Price for what is offered. If I bought when it came out or didn't get a great deal used I wouldn't have ever gotten this. Ever. The account manager leaves much to be desired. So, if sharing you may not like this.\\n\\nAudio: The Bluetooth could be better and the audio could be better. Wish it had a DAC.\\n\\nScreen is not as nice as super amoled or higher resolution screens but it does the job.\\n\\nPersonal Experience: It lags on some games and is not as fast as other tablets and devices with ram and better cores but it does an okay job trying to keep up. I use for reading, music, low impact games, shopping, writing, reviewing, and keeping with me mobile. It's trustworthy on battery life and performance. It's great for video and photo editing, it's not perfect. No slate is, but it's pretty great. Right now out of all the tiny tablets on the market I choose this for the above tasks. If you need a snappier tablet you might consider a Nexus old gen. They always get updates too. However, could be harder on the eyes than the retina glass.\\n\\nOf all the tablets I owned I used two the most, IPad 4 and my old HDX Kindle. Weird, considering I'm an android lover right? While my phone was fine for my eyes some of my other tablets we them down. Optical coating is never in the specs but it's more important than you'd think at first.\\n\\nThere is no real wrong choice in tablet buying, buy for what you need and is most compatible with your other devices and subscriptions. IPad3 does not have compatibility with (Roku) :( or obviously droid watches. Just depends what you're looking for. This will work great for me!!\",\n \"Product: With its unique acoustical properties, Greenpointselect professional handmade dual driver headphones deliver a unique combination of deep bass with clean vocals and clear sound. Greepointselect PRO-1 earbuds consist of dual drivers that produce different pairs of the frequency spectrum and keep vocals clean while providing impressive bass. All metal housing(pure copper). You will feel the power and impact of our dual driver headphones while listening to your favorite tunes and enjoying this one-of-a-kind experience. With its superior strength and durability, excellent noise isolation, high-end quality sound, and strong bass, Greenpointslect earphones are perfect for your listening pleasure. Greenpointselect headphones work with all digital devices, including the latest generations of iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Choose Greenpointselect geniune bullet headphones for your listening pleasure, and we're sure you'll never go back to plastic headphones.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: HIGH Q HEADPHONES WITH LIFETIME GUARENTEE! UNIQUE! STYLISH! AHHH!\\n\\nReview: I always open reviews like this about the same way. No, it's not a Bose killer. No it's not beats either.\\n\\nNow that is out of the way.\\n\\nWhat they are:\\n\\n1.) Extremely, stylish. (They also give you the opportunity to say things like \\\"I gotta put some bullets in my head.\\\" and mean it.)\\n2.) A LIFETIME WARRANTY. How many times have you purchased headphones from Target that were terrible. Skullcandy or Sony ear buds for the gym that stop working mid year or are not that good for the same price? These sound amazing. They really are noise canceling. The sound is well balanced and full. The bass isn't akin to beats, but it is nice. So, gives these guys a chance. They're guaranteed.\\n3.) Well Packaged! You get a nifty carrying tin. You have beautiful cords that aren't easily breakable. It comes with a package of different sized ear pads.\\n4.) Well rounded full sound and true noise cancelling ear phones. Block out complaining family members with ease.\\n\\nIs this worth a buy? YES. It's unique, its sounds amazing, and it's guaranteed for life.\",\n \"Product: Compatible Models of TV: UN40K6250AF UN40K6250AFXZA UN40KU630DFXZA UN40KU6300F UN40KU6300FXZA UN43KU6300F UN43KU6300FXZA UN43KU630D UN43KU630DF UN43KU630DFXZA UN49K6250AF UN49K6250FXZA UN49K6250AFXZA UN49KU6500F UN49KU6500FXZA UN49KU650D UN49KU650DF UN49KU650DFXZA UN50KU6300F UN50KU6300FXZA UN50KU630D UN50KU630DFXZA UN55K6250AF UN55K6250AFXZA UN55KU6300F UN55KU6300FXZA UN55KU630D UN55KU630DFXZA UN55KU6500F UN55KU6500FXZA UN55KU650D UN55KU650DF UN55KU650DFXZA UN55KU6600F UN55KU6600FXZA UN60KU6300FXZA UN60KU630D UN60KU630DF UN60KU630DFXZA UN65KU6300F UN65KU6300FXZA UN65KU630D UN65KU630DF UN65KU630DFXZA UN65KU6500F UN65KU6500FXZA UN65KU650D UN65KU650DF UN65KU650DFXZA UN70KU6300F UN70KU6300FXZA UN70KU630D UN70KU630DF UN70KU630DFXZA UN60KU6300F\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Not what you'd have hoped for a UHD Flagship.\\n\\nReview: I hate this remote. It looks very sleek and very small which is totally and probably meant to reflect the amount technology has evolved through the years but it has flaws. It's hyper sensitivity to touch drives my family accumulatively insane. It's so small it's easily lost and if someone bumps the thing it almost always brings up the disability menu over whatever you're watching. The volume button mutes the TV super easily and fighting with the plastic volume rocker is annoying. If you sit on this thing the wrong way it will be no more. Even if you're a 80lb child. The buttons are clearly not going to withstand time. I think I may just buy myself a universal ir blaster because ugh.\",\n \"Product: By popular demand, Cariloha is introducing its Viscose from Bamboo Boxer Briefs, making your bamboo wardrobe and lifestyle even more complete. From cheek to cheek, we now have your assets covered in ultra-soft comfort. These lightweight, incredibly breathable briefs make for less sweat and more comfort below the belt. With contrast trim on the sides and around the contoured pouch, the fabric's soft, smooth feel is tailored to be fitted and flexible. No fear for your rear, consider it bumper to bumper full-comfort coverage. It also features a designer Cariloha logo that's woven into a comfortable, tagless waistband. 4\\\" inseam and 11\\\" outseam. 95% Viscose from Bamboo / 5% Spandex\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Boxers From The Heavens!\\n\\nReview: These are the boxers you want to wear! They are very comfortable against the skin because of their bamboo derrived fabric. When you are wearing them you slowly become more and more aware of the other clothing on your body especially your pants since nothing is this soft against the body. I have a pair of very fine and soft polyester blend sweatpants and they are not as comfortable as this pair of boxer briefs that I have worn underneath. The bamboo derived fabric will truly deflect and disperse any sweat on the skin, which makes this a very healthy choice for summer or working out. I am sure many people who are looking at bamboo clothing have heard about their countless benefits regarding temperature. I know before trying these boxer briefs on I was told that bamboo helps keep the body cool when it is hot, and warm when it is cold and I feel that with these, which is 95% bamboo derived fabric and 5% spandex. There is no other article of clothing that makes the bamboo cooling benefits more apparent. The five percent addition of the spandex really helps to hold the cloth closer to the skin than it would have otherwise. That extra hold against the skin actually seems to allow the bamboo to divert even more moisture off the skin and allow the fibers to keep you more cool by wicking away more moisture allowing more cool air to flow against the body.\",\n \"Product: These elegant vintage inspired women's cat eye sunglasses that feature high pointed corners are an absolute hit every season. A classic version of 50s-inspired cat eye sunglasses. Made with an acetate based frame, metal hinges and polycarbonate UV protected lenses.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The Most Beautiful Glasses I Got This Year!\\n\\nReview: Usually I buy the ridiculous over priced sunglasses in the local gas stations because I have too many things to obsess about so I forgot my sunglasses again! Often they look ridiculous and weird on my face. When I was buying my prescription glasses for the first time I bought a design rather than budget, and got cat eye frames for my face shape. I never figured I'd find such cuteness in shade form for such a great price value. Than these came into my life.\\n\\nThese glasses are budget friendly, look sexy, are face complimentary, but are perfectly dark and uv coated for light sensitive eyes! They even look good on the boyfriend they are just that nice. I cannot recommend them enough! They are very flexible and not easily breakable. They just make sense to have living in a extremely sunny climate like Southern California. Amazing even in direct sunlight! Great shade and protection against harsh bleating sun.\",\n \"Product: Battle Ropes - Combat - Training - Slam - Fitness Ropes By Fitness Answered Training Products This IS The Optimal Size The 40' by 1.5\\\" diameter battle rope is the perfect most versatile rope that you can choose. This provides 20' of rope per arm HITT intervals for beginners to beasts. Battle Slam Ropes are intended to train your body from head-toe-heart! Fitness Slam Ropes are hands down the best alternative to running! Running causes EXTREME joint impact with every stride, while Battle Training Ropes are IMPACT FREE. You'll improve cardiovascular efficiency will increasing long lean muscle in less that 20 min a day! What YOU Get! Color: Black Rope Red Handles/Hashes, Dirt Resistant Material: 100% Poly Dacron, Wear Resistant and Durable 3-Strand Twisted PolyDac Strong Construction 600D Oxford Waterproof Sleeve Protect the Rope from Friction and Fray Heat Shrink 3M Caps on the Ends, Heavy and Appressed High Tensile Strength\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Gym Grade Core Rope!\\n\\nReview: This is a gym quality training rope. Work your core and your upper body in extremely high fashion with this weighted, beautiful training rope. It weighs quite a lot, so remember that when you order it, and have a designated space to use it! We use it outside because it is impressively big, but then we coil it back up and bring it inside to store. This is best in any home gym. Get immediate core results and upper body gains with this amazing work out rope. Perfect for crossfit! Absolutely excellent premium quality materials and this should last you for some time! Professionally made and commercial grade tool, and if you buy it, you'll have it right in your own home. You will not be disappointed!\",\n \"Product: No Artificial Ingredients . Does not Contain Refined Sugar . This Product Is Manufactured In United States.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The Perfect Peanut Butter\\n\\nReview: Justin's Nut Butter is unrivaled by even the freshly pressed by you nut butters. It one ups Whole Foods nut butters. It is the absolute perfection of an age old beautiful thing. Justin's Nut Butter got me through two tough pregnancies without murdering anyone, and is also getting my children through the first five years with it's protein rich wonderfulness and great taste. I do not choose Jiff. I do not. I am a Mother who says Justin's is the cure for sadness and all the bad things in the world. If your child scraped a knee? Spoonful of Justin's. If your child is sad after a bad day at school? Justin's Peanut Butter Cookies. If your child won't eat their fruits and veggies? Spread Justin's over any of them.\\n\\nIt's a thick rich natural nut butter that is absolutely worth the extra money. Disclaimer: You will eat it faster than other peanut butters. I'm sorry.\",\n \"Product: From Joss Whedon, acclaimed Director of The Avengers: Assemble, and a stand out cast of Whedon s regular actors, comes this stunning new vision of Shakespeare's classic comedy. When Leonato, the Governor of Messina is visited by his friend Don Pedro, he is accompanied by two of his officers: Benedick and Claudio. Claudio falls for Leonato s daughter Hero, while Benedick verbally spars with Beatrice , the governors niece. A series of comic and tragic events help keep the two couples from truly finding happiness - but then again perhaps love may prevail in the end!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Joss Whedon does no wrong.\\n\\nReview: Joss Whedon does a great rendition of the Shakespeare Classic \\\"Much Ado About Nothing\\\". It has actors from all his best projects including Buffy, Angel, Dollhouse and more. However, this is no science fiction geek fest, it's an artfully done, modernized take on the original play. I found it to be delightful and funny at times, and the romance between the two leads to be well portrayed as two stubborn matching wits. However, I also feel that Joss and crew found a way to underscore how dark parts of this storyline really are. Obviously, some of the stuff is over exaggerated and is supposed to be for comedic value, but you do see the real darkness in some of the foibles caused by bad assumptions that could have been easily rectified before it effected everybody on the film in terrible ways. One of the best actors in the film had to be Franz Kranz aka Topher Brink from Dollhouse. He really tackles a wide range of emotions from silly to very seriously dark.\\n\\nJoss Whedon actually filmed this at his Los Angeles home and many of the actors did their own wardrobe. It was a labor of love and it shows.\\n\\nI highly recommend giving this a watch.\",\n \"Product: Ghostek Provides a Lifetime Warranty Exchange on All Their Cases.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A Work Of Art\\n\\nReview: I don't know why so many negative reviews when otterbox is the standard super case for premium phones, and this is clearly a beautiful upgrade from that.\\n\\nPersonally, I love the case. Waterproof is going to add bulk. Phone protection on an already large phone is going to add bulk.\\n\\nThe case is great for many reasons. The first thing that struck me is it felt premium. It is not cheap or flimsy. The second thing was the buttons. The silver control buttons feel so extremely premium that I feel it adds to the quality of an already beautiful device.\\n\\nThe third thing which I really like is the spen release. The phone has a compartment that snaps open with a touch to access the spen. What? This phone case is a work of art.\\n\\nThe closures for the bottom ports are all covered. If you're taking your phone into places where it can be seriously and easily damaged this is your case, and you're going to love it.\\n\\nThe port stops (the things that we pull aside to allow access to our ports) could be a little more sturdy but that's me being nit picky.\\n\\nIf you're looking for a super sturdy case that will keep your phone safe in any situation this is an amazing option. If you're looking for a fashion case or a bare minimum case you probably won't like the bulk of this.\\n\\nYou have a note five. Be aware your phone is huge. Of course full protection is going to add bulk.\\n\\nI think if you're going to the gym or hiking or doing things that you really need that extra protection for you would be really happy with this case. I personally will be using it for outdoors activities and gym use.\\n\\nOh, the finger sensor still works. Whoever made this case honestly put a lot of thought into it. I am a fan.\",\n \"Product: For over 60 years Darice has prided itself on providing its customers with the best value and selection in crafting supplies, while always striving to exceed customer expectations with amazing customer service. It remains our goal to earn your trust through the traditional way we do business.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Didn't Hold The Embossing Powder At All\\n\\nReview: I thought these were going to be absolutely awesome. However some of the best embossing powders in the world did not stick well to the ink. I ended up with a bump random texture rather than a professional looking embossed design. I was going to use these for card making, art outlining, and other projects and I was SO absolutely disappointed with the product. Now, that I am learning how to work the Amazon Videos I wish I had taken video of the entire project gone wrong!!! Instead I ended up having to go with the old stand by Sakura Glaze pen (give an extremely professional embossing look without having to deal with heat setting or powder going everywhere) but was really hoping for something more in depth than the clear glaze pen ( I go through more of that than any other art product). I am sad to say this just doesn't work the way I need it to and am disheartened at all the positive reviews, because I honestly do not know how they're getting these pens to work for them. Boooo.\",\n \"Product: Brighten up handwriting or artistic expressions for a playful, animated look. Gelly roll moonlight evokes the celebrations of halloween or day of the dead, with a fluorescent element making the ink glow under a black light source. Reveal the inner heat and energy that words and image express for a sensational effect. Writes on vellum a heavy creamycolored paper resembling parchment. Best effects on black paper and can be used on white paper. Fluorescent colors glow under a black light source and can fade if exposed to direct sunlight. Applicable for notes, scrapbooks, greeting cards, gift tags, blacklight art. Technical qualities are 1.0mm ball with a 0.5mm line. Patented, waterbased gel ink, ice cream smooth, consistent bold line 0.5mm, ultra vivid, opaque ink colors on white or dark paper, does not bleed through vellum and most papers, permanent, waterproof, fade resistant except fluorescent colors fade in direct sunlight, meets astm and acmi nontoxicity standards, not recommended for use on fabrics intended to be washed and not evaluated for cosmetic use on skin. Set consists 1 each of fluorescent yellow, fluorescent orange, fluorescent vermilion, fluorescent pink, fluorescent green, red, rose, purple, green and blue color pens. Fluorescent Moonlight colors are not fade-resistant.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The #1 Gel Pen Everywhere, Archival, Fade Resistant, and Beautiful.\\n\\nReview: Sakura Gelly Roller Classic are the Mercedes Benz of art/craft supplies. Archival quality ink chemically stable, waterproof, and fade resistant. These are very thick and write on anything. They will go over black lines. Which can be a good thing or a bad thing. I started with Sakura as I was an art supply hipster, and decided that I must have it. It definitely has a bit of a learning curve to it but they are my all time favorite Gelly Rollers. My second choice would be the Fiskars kit (less thick, good for coloring). If you're looking at this review you've probably done endless product research about what is the best Gelly Roller? Well, it's Sakura. It's honestly second to none.\\n\\nIt's not just for artists. It's for writers, note takers, office supplies, and everything else. \\\"Black, blue, royal blue, purple, and burgundy ink colors are excellent for writing checks due to the gel inks resistance to fraudulent washings.\\\"\\n\\nFor art? It's beautiful. It's my #1. I have number twos and number threes, but it will always be Sakura for me when it comes to the Gel Pens. However, this does not mean you should only use Sakura. Experiment for yourself, but are these worth the price? 100 times the yes. The picture below was made with Sakura Gelly Rollers & paint. Can you tell which is which? They're that smooth. The solid colors are the classic. The rest is other Sakura products.\",\n \"Product: This threedimensional ink leaves a distinct impression. The finished look is a raised, line for a remarkable style feature that you can feel. Elevate the status of handwritten lettering on diy paper craft projects. Selected surfaces for eyecatching results are nonporous surfaces such as plastics, coated papers, acetate, vellums and glass. Light catches color when it is used on translucent and transparent surfaces. Layering color elements and texture for shine and depth is easy. Glaze 3dimensional ink resists water and can achieve the look of batik. Rubber stamp and paper craft projects benefit with accents of color and texture. Glaze 3dimensional glossy ink expresses emotions as well as bringing depth, texture and dimension. Make secret messages by writing with clear, then sponge on color to reveal the writing or drawing. Applicable for ceramic and glass accents, rubberstamping flourishes, sticker embellishments, wedding invitations, card making and bookmark texture, write or draw on most cds, batik effects and anywhere 3d texture is desired. Technical qualities are transparent pigmented ink 0.8mm ball producing a 0.70mm bold line width, water resistant and dries to a glossy glaze look, performs best on nonporous matte surfaces, 4560 second drying time, does not bleedthrough most papers and vellum, meets astm and acmi nontoxicity standards, not recommended for use on fabrics intended to be washed, on food service or ceramics that are washed, and not evaluated for cosmetic use on skin. Comes with 2 pen per pouch. Available in gloss black color.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Yaaaasss. Easiest emboss effect ever.\\n\\nReview: Glaze is one of the best products to come out yet. The glaze turns anything into a 3D embossed design with just a few strokes of the pen. The gel ink flows freely so it's easy to get an accurate trace on a coloring item or to add that extra something to a card you're making. The different colors are awesome to create or add to tints. I don't recommend using these over oil pencils or oils, but everything else it seems to work right on over. This is one of those art supplies you'll have on auto subscribe so you never ever run out. Nothing beats the look of these guys or the ease of use of this product when you want a 3D embossed embellishment without mess or worry.\\n\\n100% Recommended! The Katt is embossed with the Glaze. :)\",\n \"Product: Enjoy hours of fun as you fill colors onto scrapbook pages with this Sargent Art colored pencils. You can use these assorted art pencils on a variety of surfaces to draw or doodle. These pre-sharpened colored pencils have 3.3mm leads that offer rich and pigmented colors. Use these 12 colored pencils to experiment with blending and shading.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: The Worst Colored Pencil I Have Ever Yet Tried.\\n\\nReview: I felt the need to update this review, as these pencils are the reason I am here today with the art supplies I have. Before we knew the joys of Marco Raffine being cheap and quality. When I was still in denial that I would ever get serious with irl art (rather than digital), there were these pencils.\\n\\nThe colors are so bad, the leads so hard, and the colors so light even with the kind of pressure force that would cause arthritis in otherwise healthy hands. There is absolutely nothing you can do to make these look even kind of good. Not even paint thinner or gamasol can save you from the badness of these pencils. They should be selling as five dollar children art supplies.\\n\\nI do have to say that these pencils made me hate colored pencils (even crayons would be better), wonder why I sucked so much, and cry a few times.\\n\\nThis launched me into a search for the best and the brightest art supplies, and I even branched out into new mediums because of them. In a way, I'm glad I bought these pencils. They honestly changed my life for the better, and because of that they will always have a special place in my heart.\\n\\nI suggest adult beginners avoid these and get some Marco Raffine or Faber Castell Eco pencils, for a better idea of how pencils should act in student grade. I suggest seller lessens price and markets to kids. My kids love these pencils and they're basically indestructible pencils even in the hands of toddlers. So, avoid these if you're a colorist or an artist of any kind. There's nothing to be gained here but a nasty colored pencil addiction you will never be able to shed!\\n\\nIf this review has been helpful please hit \\\"yes\\\"! Thank you!\",\n \"Product: Enjoy hours of fun as you fill colors onto scrapbook pages with this Sargent Art colored pencils. You can use these assorted art pencils on a variety of surfaces to draw or doodle. These pre-sharpened colored pencils have 3.3mm leads that offer rich and pigmented colors. Use these 12 colored pencils to experiment with blending and shading.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: The Worst Colored Pencil I Have Ever Yet Tried.\\n\\nReview: I felt the need to update this review, as these pencils are the reason I am here today with the art supplies I have. Before we knew the joys of Marco Raffine being cheap and quality. When I was still in denial that I would ever get serious with irl art (rather than digital), there were these pencils.\\n\\nThe colors are so bad, the leads so hard, and the colors so light even with the kind of pressure force that would cause arthritis in otherwise healthy hands. There is absolutely nothing you can do to make these look even kind of good. Not even paint thinner or gamasol can save you from the badness of these pencils. They should be selling as five dollar children art supplies.\\n\\nI do have to say that these pencils made me hate colored pencils (even crayons would be better), wonder why I sucked so much, and cry a few times.\\n\\nThis launched me into a search for the best and the brightest art supplies, and I even branched out into new mediums because of them. In a way, I'm glad I bought these pencils. They honestly changed my life for the better, and because of that they will always have a special place in my heart.\\n\\nI suggest adult beginners avoid these and get some Marco Raffine or Faber Castell Eco pencils, for a better idea of how pencils should act in student grade. I suggest seller lessens price and markets to kids. My kids love these pencils and they're basically indestructible pencils even in the hands of toddlers. So, avoid these if you're a colorist or an artist of any kind. There's nothing to be gained here but a nasty colored pencil addiction you will never be able to shed!\\n\\nIf this review has been helpful please hit \\\"yes\\\"! Thank you!\",\n \"Product: Create shimmering, translucent effects with Prismacolor Premier Water-Soluble Colored Pencils. Youll be treated to 24 watercolor colored pencils with cores of unparalleled solubility that can be paired with a brush to soak your sketches in glassy surfaces and dreamy textures. Prismacolor coloring book pencils have high-quality pigments that can be used dry to match the Prismacolor palette. Now you can flawlessly transition between lifelike liquids and precise details.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Definitely A Great Set\\n\\nReview: <div id=\\\"video-block-R3LT3YA53AXDS1\\\" class=\\\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\\\"></div><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A15MbOFt95S.mp4\\\" class=\\\"video-url\\\"><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91kiaotXPXS.png\\\" class=\\\"video-slate-img-url\\\"> This is the smallest set of the Prisma Color Watercolor sets. The pencils blend beautifully with water, and create fantastic designs. They blend with alcohol and water. I recommend getting a much larger set for your artwork. I feel that for the price range these are the best, but if Price is not an issue recommend Albrect Durers by Faber Castell.\\n\\nThese will blend with your other Prisma Pencils. They will work in coloring books if you are using blending markers like Copic or Spectrum Noir so that the water doesn't mess up non water color paper. Or I suggest printing onto water color paper your design of choice. You can also try putting a thin gesso over coloring book pages to water color with, but you will need to learn to apply gesso in a delicate way.\\n\\nFor artist sketches, and water color journals these are awesome. I do feel that Prismacolor has quality control issues that are well known in the art community at this point, and hope that they can get their pencils back to their former premium states so we don't have broken lead, and cracking wood.\\n\\nThe colors are extremely bright and beautiful, and are easily layered.\\n\\nI would recommend these.\",\n \"Product: Sargent Art 22-7224 24-Count Assorted Colored Pencils\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: The Worst Colored Pencil I Have Ever Yet Tried.\\n\\nReview: I felt the need to update this review, as these pencils are the reason I am here today with the art supplies I have. Before we knew the joys of Marco Raffine being cheap and quality. When I was still in denial that I would ever get serious with irl art (rather than digital), there were these pencils.\\n\\nThe colors are so bad, the leads so hard, and the colors so light even with the kind of pressure force that would cause arthritis in otherwise healthy hands. There is absolutely nothing you can do to make these look even kind of good. Not even paint thinner or gamasol can save you from the badness of these pencils. They should be selling as five dollar children art supplies.\\n\\nI do have to say that these pencils made me hate colored pencils (even crayons would be better), wonder why I sucked so much, and cry a few times.\\n\\nThis launched me into a search for the best and the brightest art supplies, and I even branched out into new mediums because of them. In a way, I'm glad I bought these pencils. They honestly changed my life for the better, and because of that they will always have a special place in my heart.\\n\\nI suggest adult beginners avoid these and get some Marco Raffine or Faber Castell Eco pencils, for a better idea of how pencils should act in student grade. I suggest seller lessens price and markets to kids. My kids love these pencils and they're basically indestructible pencils even in the hands of toddlers. So, avoid these if you're a colorist or an artist of any kind. There's nothing to be gained here but a nasty colored pencil addiction you will never be able to shed!\\n\\nIf this review has been helpful please hit \\\"yes\\\"! Thank you!\",\n \"Product: Platinum Color Ink Fountain Pen, Ink Cartridge\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Preppy Peppy And Smooth!\\n\\nReview: I never thought I'd be a fountain person, but as I was reading the reviews on what pen to gift my boyfriend I ran across an article on someone raving about this cheap little pen, and I was like... Well, I have not yet explored pens for journaling yet. I've been using gel inks and microns. I'm a notorious typer (see my review catalog) but not a notorious scribbler. However as I have began to do some gratitude journaling and have been working on lettering I figured for the price... Why not? Well, sometimes it really is the little things in life. This pen is super cute and smooth. I had no idea at all that a pen could write quite that smoothly. I will eventually buy them in every color, and try other pens by this brand because they are awesome.\\n\\nThe little things mean a lot, and this little guy makes my day just a little bit better. I highly recommend to everyone. I never thought pens would be a thing of mine, but here I am. I'm happy to have another fun addiction!\",\n \"Product: The Kohinoor Pencil Sharpener does triple duty with three hole for sharpening drawing pencils and colored pencils. Sharpens to three different tapered points. All-metal construction hand held sharpener.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: One Sharp To Rule Them All.\\n\\nReview: In the art world some sharps are just better than other sharps. If you put any thought at all into your supplies and have a variety then you'll have special need pencils that are triangular, or Luminance Pencils or Marco Renoir, and don't forget Pastel Pencils etc. We've got our charcoals and our regular cheapies, and we're all poor and want to ruin none of them. You'll hear people say different things like \\\"Electric sharpeners only.\\\" which is completely false and an easy way to waste your pencil. Then we have the \\\"Sharpen it with a knife or razor.\\\" crowd and I'd feel like Christian Slater in The Heathers doing this... There is a medium ground here and that's the Faber Castell three hole sharpener. Blick Art carries it, so you know it's real. However, for those of us who want to see what's going on and have complete control this is basically the tankless version of it. Few different sized holes for your art supplies. Which one is better? Both to be honest. If you got both until the sharpeners dulled all your sharp needs will be met.\\n\\nMay the sharps be with you.\\n\\nThank You!\",\n \"Product: Save on Alcohol pens! Now you can color your stamped and printed images easily and professionally with the Spectrum Noir pens. Because they're transparent alcohol-based inks, it's easy to blend from lights to darks without overlap marks. And they're designed in shades of each color so you know just which pens work together. These pens from Crafter's Companion feature a chisel nib on one end to fill in large areas and a fine point on the other for all those details. And the pens are refillable, so you never have to purchase the pens more than once! You'll love the versatility and the colors! And you'll love the savings when you purchase the whole collection! Collection includes: Essentials Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Greens Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Reds Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Pinks Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Yellows Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Skin Tones Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Purples Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Browns Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Turquoises Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Cool Greys Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Blues Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link) Warm Greys Spectrum Noir Pen Set (link)\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This Is The Best Deal Ever\\n\\nReview: O. M. G. For all you art and craft junkies out there hesitating on this set deal because of a few bad reviews stop. This is not only the most affordable marker to learn on (actual product review in a second) when doing work with alcohol markers but Crafter's Companion just makes it super easy.\\n\\nI waited on this for awhile now. I tried the product free stock. I liked it. People saying they received one package and some bad defectives sort of scared me. After all this is a budget artist grade marker that acts like the higher quality ones like copic and are great to learn on or get the feel for. Yet have all the same perks (blending refillable, replacement nibs) except for probably the India ink aspect. So, getting the bang for your buck is important.\\n\\nI am here to tell you this is the best deal on a set of markers like this you're going to find. Here is why.\\n\\nMy babies came packaged very nicely. No doubt all markers are in perfect shape. The markers I've used so far are excellent. However, you also get two pouches for easy storage. Don't worry about the storage! I was thinking I'd need a box. You have enough space to store the whole lot in two portable pouches. They also provide thick card stick as a little extra to the deal. Even Blick can't do this for you.\\n\\nThis covers the basic sets. So brights and special sets you'll need to buy separately. Buying them in bulk like this will save you money in the long run, and you get very nice storage bags and card stock. If you've ever wanted to work with real artist grade alcohol blendable markers for a reasonable price. Here you go.\\n\\nThe product itself is amazing. Like painting you can blend them and make gradients. The colors aren't the full spectrum. So sometimes it goes 12468. You'd have to get those elsewhere or free stock. The company itself does this and I'm sure it has its reasons. It makes me sad when people nit pick like this because Copics Ciao and in general make it a manual experience to buy your colors and have very few sets with similar number colors in proper order. I got copic ciaos and they were just basic colors not gradients. Priorities.\\n\\nAs you guys know these are double sided markers. One side a fine nib the other a triangular nib I don't so much like on any markers and will probably pop out and throw on a real brush nib (personal preference).\\n\\nPerformance wise, they are amazing. I have used copics, sharpies, generic copic a likes, and a wide slew of alcohol based markers and the opacity on these makes amazing things possible. Most of us working with alcohol are doing so not only for permanence but because we use other mediums. Mixed media will not smear these beauties. Sketching with them and then water coloring the insides would look great.\\n\\nThis set was affordable and truly an investment as I am learning. If you're a Crafter more than an artist I doubt you'd need to go much further than spectrum noir for what you're doing. For future artists this will be the tool to teach you what you need to know about what artist grade alcohol markers are capable of, and it's none of the hassle of water based markers. I highly recommend not only the product but can't say enough nice things about Crafter's Companion as they made it as easy as possible to get started.\\n\\nI'm giving this a hard ultra five star review. I can be generous with reviews as I see where each thing sort of fits for the price and the different tiers they're on, but this is a hard five star ultra thankful super happy, omg I am in heaven five star review and will buy from this company again. Suffice it to say I recommend these. Price. Packaging. Seller. Product. If you're not pleased I'd be shocked.\",\n \"Product: Neenah Exact Index, 110 lb, 8.5 x 11 Inches, 250 Sheets, White, 94 Brightness\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A Powerful Multimedia Paper. Neenah Is Life.\\n\\nReview: I've been using this paper now for a few months and I love it. I recently had to re order it as my children decided to blast it with a latte. This paper can handle gesso, media, paint, copic, spectum noir, sharpie, and even water color. I copy out pages of coloring books onto this paper. It's smooth so it's not rough on colored pencils. Great for sketching, illustration, pastels, and of course plain old fashioned office prints. I don't even bother with basic paper anymore. Coloring book paper also rips, bleeds, and is generally in malaise. Sometimes,coloring book paper can be too textured wearing out nibs, and pencil so much faster. This way I can keep my coloring books pristine and my art is clean and I can color with a multitude of things. Before I was using multi media paper and it was costly for what I was doing with it. Now, I only use that for specific projects. This is my daily driver. With summer coming up paper crafts are going to be all the rage and this product will be saving all our lives with it's sturdiness and composition!\",\n \"Product: Crank up the color with limited Edition Sharpie color burst permanent markers! intensely bright, the supercharged shades create energizing visuals that always stand out. Each color burst Sharpie marker also features bold, vivid ink that's quick drying, water resistant and permanent for lasting impressions on almost any surface. Whether you're drawing on paper or marking on plastic, youll boldly ignite your Expressions with Sharpie color burst.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Super awesome!!! But of course they are.\\n\\nReview: These are nice alcohol markers. They have fine tips not chisel tips but are NOT fineliners, so they will bleed a bit in intricate designs. It's still worth it if you do any kind of art for bigger fill areas, and of you have really awesome motor control and a feel for how the ink moves. The colors range from the original sharpie colors with bursts of colors in the same package. I used literally every single color in the package on these cupcakes. The lighting doesn't do them justice. But you'll get a general idea of how they lay down. They're not as bright as spectrum noirs, or the Copics or Copic knock offs, but they're inexpensive, shade, dry quickly, and since they are Sharpies will probably last for forty years. If you have the 80s glam rock or the other recently limited edition marker sets these may not blow your socks off, but if you love sharpies and are an art supply/office supply junkie like me these and their fine liner counterparts will interest you. Sharpie is awesome for beginners and they do react to alcohol blender markers and isopropyl alcohol to add fx to your work. It's a no brainer must buy. I docked a star only because I was hoping for a little bit brighter shades with the name their under.\",\n \"Product: This OH HAPPY DAY postcards book contains 30 beautifully illustrated postcards to color in. This very handy postcard book has a classy dull-finished coated cover in lovely baby pink and includes versatile elastic band to keep the postcard book secure. Each page is easily detached and features a different black and white drawing to color in. You can be artist and designer as you take up colored pencils, gel pens, or markers to color as you wish dark, bold, light and bright, or any combination you can dream up. Stroke by stroke, shade by shade, tension and worries fade away as you transform its black and white lines into your own unique, personal and beautiful keepsake art piece. The artwork is printed on just one side of the paper and the back side is for a message and address. Sent them to your very special people as a stunning and gorgeous gift for the artistically inclined. Also, you will find it easy to clip the finished page from the book, frame it, and put it on display it for all to see.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Finally, A Way To Make Coloring Feel Productive!\\n\\nReview: <div id=\\\"video-block-RHVX13P6BA7BG\\\" class=\\\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\\\"></div><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91KoRDQRAQS.mp4\\\" class=\\\"video-url\\\"><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31ZP6mJR42S.png\\\" class=\\\"video-slate-img-url\\\"> Comes with many simple to color cards to make great gifts for friends and family. It's novel in today's world to get snail mail but it's triple fun to get stuff with a personal touch. These drawings are fabulous and range from pencil goodness to mixed media sorts of photographs, to obviously made for gel pen type things. You won't get bored easily. It won't take hours to Co plate and you get to send it to a friend. The paper quality is amazing compared to the normal paper quality for coloring. Thick card stock. Could be thicket. Can take some* marker without a bleed. The paper scars easily. Other than that worth the money and the joy it brings yourself and others. Definitely would buy again.\",\n \"Product: Material : Plastic Size:about 2.5cm x 1.5cm x 1.0 cm Color : Green, Red, Yellow, Blue Application : School, Office, Gift ,For Standard Pencil Diameters, Easy to Use\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect For Artist Pencils Or School Supplies.\\n\\nReview: These are adorable and perfect. When I first started to do pencil art I tried to buy the fanciest sharpeners. Electric sharpeners and whatnot and that was a silly mess. Those are great for office supplies but not as art supplies. These guys do a great job, and when dill are recyclable and replacable. I know the best thing ever is to use a razor to shave your pencils but I'm not adept enough to do this. These work perfect and its better to be able to see where and what your pencil is doing during the sharpening. Also, if you use water color pencils you can use the shavings on water color paper for a cool effect, or save them for their pigment!\\n\\nThese are bright and cheerful and would be great school supplies for older kids as well. I recommend these awesome sharpeners to anyone. They are by Staedtler whom makes a ton of wonderful art supplies including the infamous fine liners, and they are a great artist grade company.\\n\\nI give these a huge and full recommendation to anyone who uses pencils for any reason.\",\n \"Product: Pureness medium cat litter pan. Size 16-inch by 12-inch by 4-inch. Comes in assorted colors. High polished finish that is odor and stain resistant and easy to clean.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Price For A Small Pan!\\n\\nReview: Great small litter pan. Great for crates or kittens. Great for rescue (the price is unbeatable) especially if for some reason you need to replace the pan (giardia, coccidiosis etc). Probably a bad idea for the only box in the house and for medium to large adult cats who might not quite fit in the pan. They might be a little claustrophobic. As you know if a cat doesn't like their pan they will happily not use it (lol) or feel free to poop over the side of it. If you're getting for a kitten or rescue or temporary crate situation you can't bear this. Good to have small boxes throughout the house. Will cut down work for you, especially in a multinational household! Recommended!\",\n \"Product: Cat Dancer Compleat is a CatDancer interactive cat toy packaged with a soft paw-shaped wall-mount. When the owner is away, the cat can still play with its favorite toy.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Love This Old Fashioned Win\\n\\nReview: I love everything this company has for cats. It seems like such a cheap product, and we assume cheap means less quality. However this and its counterparts provided much entertainment with the kitties than some more expensive brands. These don't break easy and the way they move seem to tickle cats. They are somewhat easy to lose. I think the cat fairies steal them and hide them, but they're cost efficient to replace. You can add or clip baits from other toys at the end but the old fashioned little piece of wood seems to really work for cats. Perhaps this company knows the truth about cats, they enjoy the simple things in life. I enjoy the cats enjoying the simple things know life. Solid toy. Recommended.\",\n \"Product: Vetoquinol Viralys Powder 100 Gram Jar are nutritional supplements containing a naturally occurring amino acid. Manufactured according to rigorous pharmaceutical standards and can be safely administered with no known side effects for as long as required.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Purrfect For Uri & Reoccuring Uri!\\n\\nReview: I highly recommend this for pets suffering a shelter sneeze and for cats who have been exposed to the herpes virus or have reoccurring uris. An unpleasant part of rescue is the constant exposure to uri. If I do a clean iso occasionally a sneeze still escapes and healthy vaccinated animals fight it off pretty easily, but this seems to help in a manner of different regards. I highly recommend Vetoquinol over almost any other brands and they also make other great stuff for kitties in need. If I bring in new fosters this makes it is super easy to mix into food properly for a multi cat household this goes a long way! Everyone doesn't mind the taste! Which is important. Don't skimp on money here and get this brand of lysine! They also make it loaded in a syringe, but the powder is great for getting it into everyone with little to no invasiveness!\",\n \"Product: Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets FortiFlora Feline Probiotic Supplement contains a safe and effective strain of beneficial bacteria proven to promote normal intestinal microflora. FortiFlora is the #1 probiotic brand prescribed by veterinarians. The science behind our therapeutic products represents a collaboration between Purina nutritionists, researchers and veterinarians. Millward Brown Veterinary Tracker, 2016\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Helps Recovery, Digestion and Overall Health.\\n\\nReview: Probiotics are miracle workers on humans. So of course on animals they do the same. Replace the good bacteria caused by antibiotics, and help ply your beloved pet with what they need to feel much better.\\n\\nThis price is extremely reasonable, and to my shock came with many servings. You mix into their food and they don't even notice the taste. Great for animals with ibs, illnesses being treated by antibiotics, recovery from parasites, and great for all around health. Seniors really seem to benefit from these wonderful probiotics.\\n\\nIf you have a kitty with poo problems, stomach upset, and general malaise you might ask your vet or resident cat expert if these would be good for your kitty.\\n\\nThey've done wonderful things for my kitties so far, and I'm really happy more and more trusted brands are jumping on the holistic band wagon. Food and nutrition are integral to the thriving of your pets, and this product really adds to that quality without breaking the bank and coming from a trusted company.\\n\\nI learned about this product from a rescuer who advised me to try on a kitty having poo issues. It's helped tremendously.\\n\\nI think before starting any kind of medicine or supplement regime on a pet it's great to consult a responsible vet, but I bet you'll get the thumbs up.\",\n \"Product: Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets FortiFlora Feline Probiotic Supplement contains a safe and effective strain of beneficial bacteria proven to promote normal intestinal microflora. FortiFlora is the #1 probiotic brand prescribed by veterinarians. The science behind our therapeutic products represents a collaboration between Purina nutritionists, researchers and veterinarians. Millward Brown Veterinary Tracker, 2016\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Helps Recovery, Digestion and Overall Health.\\n\\nReview: Probiotics are miracle workers on humans. So of course on animals they do the same. Replace the good bacteria caused by antibiotics, and help ply your beloved pet with what they need to feel much better.\\n\\nThis price is extremely reasonable, and to my shock came with many servings. You mix into their food and they don't even notice the taste. Great for animals with ibs, illnesses being treated by antibiotics, recovery from parasites, and great for all around health. Seniors really seem to benefit from these wonderful probiotics.\\n\\nIf you have a kitty with poo problems, stomach upset, and general malaise you might ask your vet or resident cat expert if these would be good for your kitty.\\n\\nThey've done wonderful things for my kitties so far, and I'm really happy more and more trusted brands are jumping on the holistic band wagon. Food and nutrition are integral to the thriving of your pets, and this product really adds to that quality without breaking the bank and coming from a trusted company.\\n\\nI learned about this product from a rescuer who advised me to try on a kitty having poo issues. It's helped tremendously.\\n\\nI think before starting any kind of medicine or supplement regime on a pet it's great to consult a responsible vet, but I bet you'll get the thumbs up.\",\n \"Product: KONG Naturals Premium Catnip is North American grown catnip of the highest quality. KONG catnip is harvested at the peak of its flavor, color and fragrance and field-dried. KONG's premium leaf and flower cut gives you minimal stems and seeds and more of the essential oils that cause a reaction in most cats. Use as a stand-alone treat or in KONG refillable catnip toys. KONG Naturals are ecologically responsible cat products. All ingredients and oils come from natural, renewable resources. These products are designed to appeal to the natural instincts of the indoor cat, providing fun with a purpose.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: I Love This Catnip! Perfect!\\n\\nReview: This is amazing catnip. I'm now addicted to nipping my cats. In the past I had many fuddy daddy straight edgers who didn't enjoy the power of the nip and looked at me like I insulted their people with my offerings, but I realized they weren't square (all of them) my catnip quality was off. I got this as it seemed to be a bigger grind and I'm familiar with Kong products. Bigger grinds means they can chew on the bits and even eat it a bit. So it's not just a leaf explosion. I use it to attract cats to their set up spots and furniture, but I also admit to laying it down for my own enjoyment of watching them lose their minds and often really get active playing sessions afterwords. It's definitely not good to give a cat with anger management issues as it does seem to flip on their active switch but for the most part you will just have cats rolling around then giving their all to playing after using this particular nip. I was super surprised at the value of it and the strength. I love the tightly closing jar. Since I do cat rescue, tools like this are in valuable and the price, amount and quality brings us all joy. Will buy again and highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: Sergeant's good behavior pheromone collar helps cats in fearful or stressful situations (separation anxiety, visitors, other household cats, Loud Noises, new baby, vet Visits, traveling). good behavior pheromone collar provides a convenient alternative to diffusers- the collar goes where your cat goes!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great For Certain Things\\n\\nReview: I hate the smell of these and the powdery feeling, but my rescue swears by them. It will not help hormonal animals. This is for scared or stressed cats. If your cat is unfixed or recently fixed then only time will get those hormones to back down. But if you have a fraidy cat in your life, or a cat that is stressed out these can make a difference. Use common sense. If your cat is a hulked out Tom Cat, clearly a calming collar and pheromones aren't going to calm him down. That's a call to the vet for advice and a neuter. I'm giving it four stars for helping stressed, scared, and transitioning cats (great for your new pet to acclimate to their new home)\",\n \"Product: A lime sulfur concentrate for the treatment of non-specific dermatoses and parasites on dogs, cats, puppies and kittens which are responsive to lime sulfur.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Beautiful Product For Pet Skin Irritation!\\n\\nReview: This is an awesome way to treat pesky skin parasites and resolve itchiness issues. There are many pet brands on the market, but Vetoquinol is one of the best. If you are looking for this item there is absolutely no doubt it will be the best of the best. This relieves itchy skin, and irritations. It's best if you apply this consistently at consistent times. Some people dip but you can also dilute it and spray it with a very gentle mister. This was advice given to me by the head of a really cool rescue, and it was wonderful! Will absolutely keep this in my growing kitty medication arsenal.\\n\\nIf this review has been helpful to you in any way, please click yes. :)\",\n \"Product: Catit Design Senses Drinking Fountain (replaces 55600) provides your cat with a continuous indoor source of cool, fresh-tasting, filtered water that encourages your pet to drink more. Drinking more water helps ensure proper kidney function, helping to prevent crystal formation that can lead to urinary diseases. The fountain includes a water softening filter that softens hard water by removing excess calcium and magnesium, typically found in tap water, to help maintain a healthy lower urinary tract. The fountain's surface is designed to retain water inside the unit while your cat drinks.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Stop Urinary Tract Problems Before They Happen With Catit\\n\\nReview: It's so important in a multi cat household to keep water clean. To keep the inevitable slime coat from saliva going into water bowls away, to keep water pure and tasty to encourage drinking for kidney function and healthy peeing, water consumption, and keeping inevitable debris out of their water. Hair, backwash, and other gross things end up in the big bucket bowls. We all know how sensitive cats are, and cats are mostly liquid (which is why vets recommend wet and dry food for renal health as they absorb a ton of water through their food.) We've also laid out filtered water in pristine bowls to have our cats ignore us for faucet water or toilet water (Am I Right?).\\n\\nHere is your solution. This keeps their water filtered and aerated, and it provides moving water for our jungle cats. Some cats (I've had cats like this) are ocd about their water and will think you're a terrible person for bringing a contraption into their life, but most cats will love this and thank you for it. I have three cats who now have made a home camping this device.\\n\\nIf you have cats with urinary issues, picky drinkers, or you're living in a multi cat household and hate scrubbing water bowls daily this is an awesome invention. I still keep normal water out too. If I have learned anything about cats is they need variety. Multiple litter pans. Choices of litter. Multiple toys and places to hide too. So why would water be different? It would not.\\n\\nThree cats now have found a lounging area around the fountain so they won't be too far for their next luxurious sip.\",\n \"Product: \\\"the bird catcher pro is making my 8-year-old cat play like he has not in years \\\" cats just love this feather cat toy in fact, they are addicted to it will turn lazy, couch potato cats into active ones by giving them every cats obsession: To capture prey you will be in awe as you watch your cat jump, pounce and twirl through the air going after what they think is a real bird improvements over other cat feather wands: Increased strength and durability of the pole : Our rod is stronger and holds up to more aggressive cats no fiberglass splinters : Other poles break due to weakness and cause painful fiberglass splinters in hands and possibly cats paws/mouth we added a padded grip : Have more comfort and control to play longer the bird catcher pro cat feather wand is a huge step up get the most out of this toy by being the bird create erratic flight patterns to keep your cat guessing the more randomly the feather flies the more determined your cat will become to try to capture its prey ever see your cat get a good workout? Cats lose their mind stalking, doing flips, turns, twirls in the air until they run out of breath you will be in shock if you've never seen your own cat in the hunt before so much fun to watch highly recommended by veterinarians to keep cats active, energetic, healthy and happy if you have a cat you need the bird catcher pro will change you and your cats relationship + extend the life of your cat we guarantee your cat will love it or your money back (simply send it back within 30 days ) be one of the first in the world to own it order now before they are sold out...Again limited supply in stock only sold on amazon (usa only) sold out? Search for \\\"bird catcher pro plus\\\" (extendable version) available now .\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The Purrfect Cat Toy, No Jokes. It works.\\n\\nReview: The Bird Catcher Pro is awesome. It has the connection for the refills on the top so the strings don't snap the entire toy and render it useless with a heavy player. This toy will really catch your cats interest and have them even panting with excitement, and you know what that means, healthy worked out cat and long peaceful bad behavior free rest of the day. This toy had my cats doing flying ninja kicks, air dives, and wall flips. Add a little cat nip to the process and you will have some tired cats, which is so so healthy for your cat as it is bonding and destressing for both owner and kitty.\\n\\nI had the toy come undone a few times given that I'm in a multi cat household and a pack of lions were on this thing like crazy. However each time it came untied. I just tied it back on. It did not snap. THIS IS A HUGE PLUS. As cats are hard on toys, and these toys are built to satiate their prey drives. They want to hunt and kill the toy so don't think your toy is going to be damage free. That's why refills exist. However a toy that snaps is a useless toy. This toy is great. No snapping. Quick fixes if the toy becomes untied. It's a great investment and it isn't going to become useless to you like some of the other toys I have reviewed.\\n\\nThe pole is so sturdy. It feels like it is a premium build and it has a handy handle for humans as opposed to us gripping tiny skinny sticks. You can \\\"Go Fishing\\\" at some distance for your cats and you will probably be entertained for hours with it as you watch your cats lose their minds over it. The refills are huge, and long. The cats go absolutely bonkers for them and they are durable considering they are being bitten, kicked, clawed and grabbed mid air.\\n\\nI have absolutely nothing but nice things to say about this toy. I will be buying more in the future for the kitties and suggesting my rescue check it out. I will add photos and videos as soon I can!!!\",\n \"Product: Fun and addictive! - enjoy hours playing with your cat in a super fun way with just a flick of your wrist! Watch them stalk and prey, leap and swipe, over and over, for hours and hours! The best cat toys are fun for people! What good is having a cat toy if you don't like using it to play with your cat? Enticing to cats! - Cats love birds and birds have feathers! The natural pet company feather dangler imitates a cat's natural prey and will bring out the most instinctive reactions in almost any cat! Watch your cat jump and pounce like a fully grown tiger! Cats are happiest and healthiest emotionally, physically and mentally when they are in touch with their basic hunting instincts. Safe for cats and safe for children - the length of the dangler keeps little fingers far away from sharp claws, preventing accidental scratching wherever possible. Interactive toys engage the pet with it's owner - this activity builds trust and companionship between you and your cat. Create an opportunity for you and your cat to bond in play by buying this feather dangler mega-pack! Compare our feather cat dangler to other top brands & you will see that our interactive feather dangler pack is not only great value, but in fact better value! We include two refill feathers to ensure longer shelf life and a greater variety of play for you and your cat! Click add to basket now to start having interactive fun with your cat! Watch them stalk and prey, leap and swipe, over and over, for hours and hours! The best cat toys are fun for people! What good is having a cat toy if you don't like using it to play with your cat? The natural pet company feather dangler imitates a cat's natural prey and will bring out the most instinctive reactions in almost any cat! Watch your cat jump and pounce like a fully grown tiger! Cats are happiest and healthiest emotionally, physically and mentally when they are in touch with their basic hunting instincts. Helps in preventing accidental scratching wherever possible.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Fun But Needs Tougher String\\n\\nReview: The first time I ordered this product it came apart rather quickly. As I have many foster cats, one of them being a kitten we really got to put t toy through it's paces. If u you have one lightly playing or a of couple lightly playful cats this item is a good bargain and should be great fun for them. However, for me the item cannot hold up. I understand purchasing feather cat toys means the ends won't last long but many interactive cat toy manufacturers make the same mistake (and have been since I was a child) with the dangle string. As cats tend to try to run off with their \\\"kill\\\". Or a fat cat might roll over on the string they snap quite fast. They do make interactive cats toys with tough strings and refills and I'd look into the Jackson Galaxy line. No cat toy, I repeat no cat toy lasts forever but you really want to get your money's worth out of the experience. Not have the toys snap the night of purchase or a day or two after.\\n\\nThat being said it is a great toy. The attachments are awesome. They drive the cats crazy. If you have a gentle cat or small kitten this toy should be more than enough, but if you have a really crazy player in the batch the toy might be done before you know it. I'm adding stars as the Natural Pet Company reached out to me with a replacement, listened to my concerns and feedback, and provided a replacement. The replacement lasted quite a bit longer (no snapping ten minutes after unwrapping.) But in the end I ran into the same problem. So I used the refills on the cloth wand (which is awe some but has no bait) and sort of Jerry rigged my own toy. Remember, I'm a foster. I have a lot of cats to satisfy and they all have differing needs. From ex Tom Cats to fat kittens. Toys here have to be hard and tough.\\n\\nThis is not my favorite cat toy. However, I believe The Natural Pet Company has plenty of other wonderful durable products and if you're unsatisfied you won't need to contact Amazon. The company reached out to me and are highly professional. Because they did that and provided a replacement I give the product extra stars. Since I got my bang for my buck which was a replacement and new refills, the value ended up being worth it.\\n\\nI'd still advise the buyer to beware and be a mindful buyer. If your cat is a hunting champion, look into something stronger. If you have gentle little kittens this will provide many laughs and memories.\\n\\nWould recommend to mindful buyers.\",\n \"Product: RESCUE Pet is an alcohol-free formula made especially for your pet. These drops can be put on a treat, dropped into your pet's water bowl, or rubbed onto their belly to calm them down. Animals have emotions and can occasionally feel anxious too. The first thing to do is visit your vet even if you can't see anything physically wrong with them. Changes in behavior are sometimes the first symptoms of a problem that may require medical treatment. Once you have the all-clear you may find RESCUE Pet helps your pet cope with being separated from you, traveling in the car, or taking that next trip to the vet more easily. Directions: Place 4 drops of RESCUE Remedy on a treat and offer to your animal. Alternatively add 4 drops of RESCUE Remedy to drinking water. Repeat as required.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Amazing Product From An Amazing Recipe Guide!\\n\\nReview: I've had a long relationship with Bach Flower Remedies and did not realize they made this for animals too. I put a couple drops on a treat of choice and it seemed to help. Kitty seemed to like taste and others were sniffing it. It's always good to keep stress down. My favorite part of the product is that it is Veterinarian Approved! I see that it is quite popular, and comes highly recommended. I am a foster Mom for a great organization, and that multi cat life can lead to stress. I also have kids, and it's all action all the time. If you have animals who suffer from stress this would be a nice holistic approach before you jump to vet calming aids. I also recommend Sentry Calming collars and Felliway Diffusers and products. The pheromone technology seems to help a lot. I know everyone is looking for a magic cure. You have a trembling neurotic chihuahua, and you want a cure all, and honestly no product is really that. Some of it is socializing and working with your pet on their terms. However, the tax on the body from stress is the same on animals as it is humans. There are also plenty of herbal aids (no not that) that can help humans too. I for one have really seen benefits from Rhodiola for my own stress levels. It doesn't stop the stress but you do feel calmer and it helps the body to respond to the stress in a more beneficial way. It brings some relief. I believe these products do that, and Bach Flower Remedies, I just have nothing but nice things to say about them in general. Recommend!!! Always, when trying new things double check with your vet first. Etc.\",\n \"Product: Can SmartCat Natural litter really out clump clay litters? YES! With the perfect combination of US farmed grasses, our all natural litter really does the job. Light in weight, but strong in performance it clumps so fast and hard that odors don't even have a chance to escape. You will love how lightweight it is and your kitty's will love that it is all natural with no fragrances. With SmartCat's All Natural litter you really do get the best of both worlds.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Say Goodbye To Ammonia Smell Forever\\n\\nReview: The rescue I belong to talks cat products all the time, and I noticed that this particular litter seems to have a cult following within the group. I thought why are people this excited about cat litter? So as I was ramping up to reoutfit the house with new boxes, I thought, no harm in giving this a try, if it doesn't work out Precious Cat will be there for me.\\n\\nI should disclose I'm allergic to cat pee, and have allergy induced asthma. Which is no big deal as long as I'm not huffing the cat box while they go, but if they're peeing in the same room sometimes I'll get a little choked up. Nothing I hadn't learned to live with.\\n\\nI'm a single Mom of three so I'm not rich, and I would not normally purchase a marked up litter as a rescue, but I've changed my mind. There is no trace of ammonia smell even as the cats had gone! What! Where has this been my whole life?\\n\\nThat's obviously the biggest advantage to having this litter. Eradicate cat smell forever. All the cats were immediately drawn to this litter. The texture is pleasant. It isn't thick or clay like. It's easy to scoop. It has more of a clean sand like texture. It's not unpleasant and clumpy to handle, which is important of you're pouring it in several different boxes! Many litters have dust that makes everybody sneeze or wince, but this has very little dust.\\n\\nIf you want a house that smells like you have no cats peeing in it, try this litter. There is definitely a reason it's a favorite in rescue groups and multicat households everywhere!\",\n \"Product: Every day is a perfect day for delicious cat treats! TEMPTATIONS MixUps Treats for Cats BACKYARD COOKOUT Flavor feature a unique pocket shape that is delightfully crunchy on the outside and scrumptiously soft and creamy on the inside that your cat will love. Just shake the pack, and theyll come running! Your feline friend will adore the mouthwatering cookout taste. TEMPTATIONS brand is America's #1 cat treat,* and all our treats are 100% nutritionally complete and balanced for adult cat maintenance. At under 2 low calories per treat, our delicious cat treats are perfect for playtime or snack time. * Based on sales data\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Kitty Cat Addiction To Treats!! Means tasty!\\n\\nReview: I wish I could get my cats to eat healthier treats, and I avoid giving this in bulk or with any cat who has ever shown one sign of crystals in his urine (dry food, ash, crystals, ph paranoia). However my foster kitties, and female kitties, okay ALL the kitties regard these Temptation treats as he end all be all of life. They check my Amazon boxes for the containers and will happily fight me for the treats. I enclosed photos of cat reactions to this.\\n\\nI never had the kind with cat nip. Everyone went crazy. I thought I might need to hide. Instead I busted out my <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Best-Cat-Toys-The-Bird-Catcher-PRO-EX-1st-Ever-Fully-Extendable-Retractable-Interactive-Teaser-Wand-Rod-Super-Guinea-Fowl-Feather-Refills-Storage-Bag-Cats-LOVE-IT-100-Guaranteed/dp/B00GZFSISU/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Best Cat Toys The Bird Catcher PRO EX! 1st Ever Fully Extendable / Retractable Interactive Teaser Wand Rod + Super Guinea Fowl Feather Refills + Storage Bag! Cats LOVE IT 100% Guaranteed!</a> and they are super amped up to play.\\n\\nDefinitely, don't feed these in bulk, but I do recommend for an occasional treat.\",\n \"Product: VESPER V-LINE cat furniture is the perfect convergence of innovative design, cat-friendly materials and meticulous workmanship. The result is an elegant yet practical line of cat furniture that satisfies the daily activity needs of fussy felines and the aesthetic tastes of cat lovers. Every stunning piece of furniture features varying combinations of cozy cubes, platforms and tunnels, as well as strategically placed scratching areas. Fans of Bauhaus-style furniture or pure, elegant shapes will love this special V-CUBE line. Each unique model features a roomy and comfortable cube cave mounted on a three dimensional curved tubular steel frame. Like the cave, the scratching mat is attached with straps to the side of the steel frame.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Best Cat Tree Ever.\\n\\nReview: I foster kitties and so I need something I can sterilize jic someone gets sick. This is a beautiful unique cat tree. You can add carpet with velcro or even insulated beds. The scratchers are super sturdy and it provides plenty of kitty shelter even if it is extremely compact and fits in any room big or small. I will be buying from this company again and again as do far they are officially my favorite makers of cat furniture. They seem to \\\"get\\\" what a cat wants, what a cat needs, what ever keeps them happy sets them free and I'm thanking them for knowing exactly...\\n\\nIt's easy to put together for people who can read directions and are not me. However, my boyfriend assembled it pretty easily. Looks like this is a perch cats will get a lot of use out of. Especially if placed next to a window. We got caves for cave dwelling cats. Perches. Beds. It's amazing.\\n\\nIt will really hold up against time and use too.\\n\\nHighly recommend this to all my cat people and friends.\",\n \"Product: Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets FortiFlora Feline Probiotic Supplement contains a safe and effective strain of beneficial bacteria proven to promote normal intestinal microflora. FortiFlora is the #1 probiotic brand prescribed by veterinarians. The science behind our therapeutic products represents a collaboration between Purina nutritionists, researchers and veterinarians. Millward Brown Veterinary Tracker, 2016\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Helps Recovery, Digestion and Overall Health.\\n\\nReview: Probiotics are miracle workers on humans. So of course on animals they do the same. Replace the good bacteria caused by antibiotics, and help ply your beloved pet with what they need to feel much better.\\n\\nThis price is extremely reasonable, and to my shock came with many servings. You mix into their food and they don't even notice the taste. Great for animals with ibs, illnesses being treated by antibiotics, recovery from parasites, and great for all around health. Seniors really seem to benefit from these wonderful probiotics.\\n\\nIf you have a kitty with poo problems, stomach upset, and general malaise you might ask your vet or resident cat expert if these would be good for your kitty.\\n\\nThey've done wonderful things for my kitties so far, and I'm really happy more and more trusted brands are jumping on the holistic band wagon. Food and nutrition are integral to the thriving of your pets, and this product really adds to that quality without breaking the bank and coming from a trusted company.\\n\\nI learned about this product from a rescuer who advised me to try on a kitty having poo issues. It's helped tremendously.\\n\\nI think before starting any kind of medicine or supplement regime on a pet it's great to consult a responsible vet, but I bet you'll get the thumbs up.\",\n \"Product: This collar prevents your dog from barking through the use of vibration. It is automatically triggered when your dog barks to gradually train them. This product also comes with a free night and travel light for your dogs collar.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Awesome Harness! Sizing Can Be Spotty!\\n\\nReview: This is an awesome harness for dogs! Unfortunately I can't seem to get the size right. I have a Pomeranian/Chihuahua mix and he is the harness hog in this family. He goes everywhere with us, and so he has a wardrobe of harnesses as he can't go anywhere in just a collar as he has a sensitive trachea. Sizing is always so hard isn't it? He is usually a medium at the retail stores as he is big for his breeds, and the medium was way way too big for him. I them received a small, and even on it's tightest settings it was still too big for my guy. He's pretty muscular as he walks a lot, but I assume we'd be an extra small in this harness, which I'd never guessed.\\n\\nSo if you're ordering a dog harness right now, don't despair. This is the opposite of the usual sizing charts, and is two sizes smaller than normal. I have a blonde German Spitz who fits the medium harness, and its an absolutely wonderful harness. Barely any pull or weight on the dog but you have enough control in an emergency and super easy and quick to slip on. It is made of high quality materials and beautiful reflective stitching adds a premium quality to it.\\n\\nIt's a beautiful piece harness. Just make sure you order the right size and you won't be disappointed at all!\",\n \"Product: Mimibox dual : The cat-lovers scratching post which is made from heavy-duty materials blend and array of natural sea grass we make is strength tested for cats to pounce to ensure they are properly working. It features the personalized advanced technology: Real, fantastic, healthily, addictive and safety focused protection advantages. Play helps cats expend excess energy, which is important for appropriate behavior. Superior quality: The Mimibox cat scratching post takes great effort to satisfy each of cats owners. It's made of durable post. Excellent stretching resistance: Its high applicability hits. No more instruction needed : That is most of people favorite thing about this post. You would not want that to be your couch, table and chairs. To prevent the cat to learn this bad behavior, it is important to give a cat scratching post in the house. The cat scratching post offers several unique features that every dog owner would be appreciated: Material: Natural sea grass, measures 1.57-inch radius by 19-inch height. Quality: We accept the replacement for any breakage or fragmentary of the item with original package and related accessories within one week, but not include any damages to human factors. Unique feature : Specially design cat feather teaser please you and your pets , about Mimibox: Your support is our best motivation. Mimibox is specialized in any pet supplies like underwear, diapers, leashes, collars, grooming products, accessories with the latest concept design by our exquisite workmanship and high-grade engineering so that get high reputation from pet-lovers in overseas market. Click add to cart at the top of the page to get yours have fun faster .\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Wonderful Durable Corner Scratching Posts\\n\\nReview: Awesome scratching post that the cats were immediately attracted to. It is shaped in a way that fits neatly in any corner of your house and the lines are appealing. I had cats hanging off of it in no time. If your cats aren't scratching post people right away I highly recommend using a cat attract pheromone spray to get their interest. They will be sinking in their claws in no time. While I fully commit to opening my home to cats and animals and do not mind seeing cat enrichment toys everywhere I notice many many people seem to dislike space consuming cat enrichment toys. You could put one of these or more in each room and you wouldn't even notice it, but your kitties will mucky appreciate it.\\n\\nThe build is sturdy and the cats think it's neat, but I don't think the dangle toy is going to live a long life. These items are replaceable though, and you'd be surprised how many people buy scratching posts they expect to not get damaged and frayed over time.\\n\\nThis looks like it can take a lot of use before it will need replacement, however in my house the faster a thing falls apart means the better it is (multicat household). You're shopping for your kitties joy, not just to save your couch please remember that.\\n\\nThis brings kitties joy. A little cat nip at the base and you're a viral video waiting to happen.\",\n \"Product: These premium pet tags are perfect for the fashionable pet owner. This pet tag is perfect for the most fashionable pooch! **PLEASE SELECT \\\"GIFT MESSAGE\\\" DURING CHECKOUT AND TELL US: (1) Shape: Star, Bone, Round, Rectangle, or Bone with artificial crystal; (2) Color: Blue, Purple, Red, Pink, or Black; (3) Personalization Info for the tag - Name and others - includes 4 lines of text with a max of 18 characters on each line.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: This Was Not The Best Of Experiences!\\n\\nReview: It pains me to leave critical reviews, but this was not a good shopping experience. The main tag came with a necklace like hook that was of poor quality and fell apart in shipment. Then a blank red star. The printing on the tag wasn't very clear and it didn't look very nice or easy to read as it should be for a pet tag. If you've ever tried to catch someone's loose pet sometimes they panic and you have a very small window to read the tag so visibility is important. Especially if you have a pet that you don't want to make a stop at the local shelter if the un thinkable ever happened and they were to get out. This tag is neither aesthetically pleasing nor is it of great quality. If i was tag shopping I'd skip it to be honest.\",\n \"Product: Sunlite LED antique Vintage filament chandelier bulbs are extremely energy efficient and will greatly reduce your energy costs. These bulbs can last up to 15,000 hours making them virtually maintenance free. These tiny bulbs contain no mercury elements and do not release any hazardous gasses so there is no need to worry in case a bulb breaks and no need for any special recycling as with competing bulbs. With their high efficiency, sunshine Lighting's Vintage chandelier squirrel bulbs low wattage usage does not mean you lose out on brightness. This 120 Volts, 4 watt 40W Replacement, chandelier bulb features a candelabra (E12) base, which produces a comfortable 2700K warm white light at 400 lumens and can fit right into your highly retro stylized room, a modern backdrop, as well as any lighting design project. These lights have smooth dimming range, it should give you perfect ambiance light just like the original tungsten incandescent it replaces.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Save Energy In Your Chandelier Or Art Display!\\n\\nReview: This light bulb has a beautiful luminosity for an energy saving bulb. If I filled an entire chandelier with one it would be an upfront investment at first, but the technology of the energy saving LED would save my money in the long run. There is this Chandelier Tree in the Silverlake, California artist community, and they have quite a few chandeliers in their tree. I do believe they use bulbs like this to save a bit of money, but not dim the magic of the display. This bulb works well with the other bulbs I have like it,and you can't really see the difference. It's a well conceived product, and I think it's a great idea for people rocking old fashioned lighting decor to upgrade to LED and save some money without missing out on the glow.\",\n \"Product: \\\"Alright everypony! Let's hop on Equestria's newest dance craze. do the Navigator!\\\" Vinyl Scratch, or DJ Pon-3 as she's known when she's not on the 1s and 2s, looks every bit the DJ you know and love fromMy Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Because of the My Little Pony DJ Pon-3 Vinyl Figure's perfect size, you can display her anywhere, whether it's at school, work, or at home. Measures about 4 1/2-inches tall. Ages 5 and up.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Super Cute DJ Pon3 Toy!\\n\\nReview: DJ PON-3 is a staple in our lives ever since the kids saw her in My Little Pony. She looks like Skrillex and has that WUBWUBWUB attitude. I might be biased but it is SUCH A CUTE TOY. The kids play with it and keep it pretty safe. My oldest son calls it Music Pony. He takes Music Pony to school with him. He's a complete Brony Boy!\\n\\nThe painting could have been a bit better for a collectible but as I use it as a toy I do not care very much about this. I am just glad that since it's so beloved in this house it's easy to clean, unlike the plushy or doll pony stuff.\\n\\nA clean toy is the best toy. This will delight any tiny pony fan and make them excited. I do recommend.\",\n \"Product: Funko is a pop culture licensed-focused toy company located in Everett, WA. Funko currently holds more than 150 licenses including, but not limited to; Lucas Films, Marvel, Hasbro, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, DC Comics, NBA, Sanrio, and Disney. Funko's Pop! Vinyl is the number one stylized vinyl collectible in the world with over 10 million units sold in the last three years.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The Daring Do! Up In The Trees!\\n\\nReview: Very cute rendition of the Daring Do. My son prefers the Funko Pop figures to the actual Hasbro figurines because he likes me being poor. In all seriousness, I thought these would have shattered into a thousand pieces but it is actually very sturdy. I don't know who the Daring Do is and we had quote the time trying to get my son to explain it to us. The Daring Who? \\\"Up in the trees!\\\", and I googled it and found out it was a pony, and when I showed him all the options for the Daring Do he chose this one. We have not been disappointed with it form a toy perspective. I know from adult collectors there is some anger about the paint jobs, but I haven't found the paint jobs for the Funko Pop figurines to ever be better than toy quality.\\n\\nAnyway, the Daring Do goes everywhere with my son and makes him feel more brave, and it's held up to catastrophic droppings and accidents. Therefore I give it five adorable stars.\",\n \"Product: All aboard! this kids classic toy train is ready to Chug into your home station! family, friends, and hobbyists alike will delight in the realistic train noises, working engine, and realistic smoke that blows out of the chimney. Whether for play or decoration, this nostalgic train set is sure to delight. Choo choo! specifications: package dimensions: 69(l) x 49(w) x 3(h); cabs (each): 7(l); weight: 2 lbs.; requires 4 AA batteries (not included); astm-certified; recommended for children 5+; color: Multicolor; some assembly required\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Amazing Train, How Sweet The Sound!\\n\\nReview: <div id=\\\"video-block-R1SYZS6XXOBGWD\\\" class=\\\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\\\"></div><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/B1xhK4q058S.mp4\\\" class=\\\"video-url\\\"><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/718zBOPk7OS.png\\\" class=\\\"video-slate-img-url\\\"> This train is awesome to have. I assume it will be a Holiday thing for us as we don't have the space for it to be out all year round, but I do know that the trains are often a traditional tree decoration. My sons love trains. This train takes up a bit a of spoor space and is way too temperamental to be a young child's toy. However, depending on the collective maturity of your household it could be, unfortunately mine isn't there yet. (They want to derail it and play with it like a hot wheel).\\n\\nAs a decoration it is AWESOME. It makes realistic train sounds, does steam that even smells like smoke, and it's cargo compartment even hold toys and \\\"passengers\\\". It's extremely cool and I believe my family will use it around the tree. Very many thumbs up. I will be attaching a video of the train in action. I hope you enjoy it!\",\n \"Product: Get ready to discover a world of surprises with this Furby Connect friend and the Furby Connect World app (see app details below). This Furby Connect friend has a light-up antenna that glows when there's something new to discover in the app -- including music and videos! This Furby Connect friend has lots to say! Even when Furby speaks in Furbish, it's not hard to figure out what Furby means. This Furby Connect friend has colorful eyes that display more than 150 animations to help express what Furby wants. Interact with a Furby Connect friend by petting, tickling, or shaking Furby, turning Furby upside down, or even moving its antenna like a joystick -- then see how Furby reacts! When this Furby Connect friend syncs with the Furby Connect World app, there are more physical and digital ways to interact and more surprises to discover. Does Furby need some beauty sleep? This Furby Connect friend comes with a sleep mask. Just put the sleep mask on, and it's good night Furby! To wake Furby up, remove the sleep mask -- Furby will be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for more fun! Get the Furby Connect World app to explore a world of surprises with a Furby Connect friend. Watch videos together, feed Furby with the app, and raise virtual Furblings in the app. The Furby Connect friend gets updates and new content by connecting to the app! Furby and all related properties are trademarks of Hasbro.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: No End To The Fun!\\n\\nReview: I was lucky enough to get this in a flash prime Holiday deal and I had no idea what I was doing. I had Furby when I was 18, but omigaw, I had no idea that the kids were gunna go bananas over it. If I'd known I'd have gotten them all one (and me). This worked out as they also got new Kindle Tablets and Furby Connects to the tablets. They can even play without the Furby so they can keep hatching the egg. New Furby sounds like Johnny Five from Short Circuit which is adorable. It dictates videos and sings along with songs. If Hasbro can keep up with the software updates this will truly be a toy for the ages. My worry would be that they drop support on them eventually and that would be awful. Stand alone without the app they are still fun for kids to play with and interact. It's fun for Mom and Babies and Siblings to play together. My special needs son seemed to really bond with it as his special friend. They did a great job on this guy. Would recommend. The fur is super soft. Different from the 90s fur I remember, and I love all the pop culture references they have built in. Spells out fun.\",\n \"Product: Designed by young entrepreneurs, pocket ti plushiest with a pocket are cute animal pillow plushiest with a useful back pocket to hold your phone, notebook, eyeglasses, tooth fairy offerings, or other small treasures. Roxy the kitty is soft gray plush with pink and orange cotton fabric and details. Our limited edition series1 includes Sydney the penguin, Toni the bunny, Baxter the puppy, and roti the kitty. A perfect, unique gift for kids, tweens and teens designed by kidpreneurs .\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Very Cute Kitty Pillow For Anyone.\\n\\nReview: This is a super cute toddler pillow for your budding crazy cat lady or guy. It has an absolutely adorable pocket in the back where your kiddo can stash their favorite safety toy or figurine, or even a great place to do tooth fairy exchanges!!! I bought this for my daughter but my oldest son actually likes it the most because he is a fan of kitties, and in this house you'd have to be! :) It's absolutely an adorable style and I'd say it's Niko Suave. That's good. That should be my new name on the internet.\\n\\nThe pillow is very high quality and easy to wash even though it gets dirty easily. I highly recommend this for adults and kids alike. IT IS SO CUTE.\",\n \"Product: This book is full of blank pages. Despite years of research, we could not find anything to say on this subject, so please feel free to use this book for notes.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: It's Brings Hope To A Hopeless World\\n\\nReview: I heard about this book and I thought that I could really work on my creative writing skills, and possibly begin my future as a journalist for the new world order offering up my expert opinions on Alternative Facts.\\n\\nHowever even in the alternative universe I can not find one reason, even as these fair scholars had warned, any information as to why Trump deserves anything.\\n\\nI can't find a word to transcribe onto these pages that would do this mission any justice. However, the build quality of the book is nice and the pages are pretty sturdy, which is important as it may take quite some many years to even find a sentence to add to the pages.\\n\\nIt's a good Hope item. Something to put in the corner of your house where your eye can wander and think \\\"Well, maybe things can change and I can fill that whole book up.\\\" It's a really great notion for the Think Positive crowd or people that really like The Secret.\\n\\nTotally recommend over the book Pence, Why He Should Be Our New King.\\n\\nDefinitely a winner.\\n\\nHaving this book makes the mind think that maybe we're just in that part of the story where the grinch hasn't had the revelation yet and his heart hasn't grown yet... But... It... Could. That's the hope. That's the reason. Amen.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":68,"string":"68"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1985,"string":"1,985"}}},{"rowIdx":1986,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A3KUGUD8Y98CPC"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"4.0\" for a product with description \"This is a story of children from two small towns in Ireland who form small armies and battle against each other in a never-ending quest for supremacy. The film investigates the slightly surreal and powerfully emotional world we inhabit as children.\". The summary of the review text is \"Unrealistic Fictional French Tale Set in Eire\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"This film could have been a five star story had the script-writers done a better job of adapting this French tale to the realites of children in 1960s County Cork, Eire. It's so far-fetched, that only a young American audience would be gullible enough to swallow its fantastic plot. The script-writers did a poor job of allowing the children to be children with the values of children; instead they imposed adult values on them so that it is a film about children by adults. Rather than do a film for children, they did a film for adults about children. Telling is the absence of a single football throughout the film!\n\nIn short, it's the fictional confessional tale of the character Marie and her childhood growing up in a tiny village in West Cork called Ballydouse. The plot follows the antics, at times illegal and criminal, of two boys, Fergus and Jerome, from separates sides of the river who eventually end up in reform school - not for something they actually did, but for something they were responsible for causing (although they should have been disciplined long before things got out of hand, and would have in true life). One of those two boys is now her husband and the other is their oldest friend.\n\nIn long, the story begins with the boys from the Ballydouse side of the river confronting the boys from the Carrick side on the bridge that connects the two. An argument ensues with profanities unfamiliar to an American audience but very bad to an Irish one, and a Carrick boy nicknamed Gorilla grabs a Bally boy and dangles him upside down from the bridge. At any second the Bally boy may slip from the grasp of his tormentor and fall head first into the river below. While the life of this young lad is being threatened, the post man sits in his car and only timidly advances towards the lot. Fergus comes to the rescue, but not before Jerome (aka Geronimo) calls off the Carrick goons.\n\nInstead of realistically running home and telling their parents how the young Bally boy was nearly murdered, the Bally boys later quietly retaliate by conducting a guerilla mission to vandalize the church in Carrick. The destruction of private property is unsettling, especially against the church and if that really had happened in Cork, their own would of stopped them in their tracks.\n\nDuring the raid on the church, one of the lads is spotted by a Carrick man. The boy is so stunned with fear when he's seen, that he drops his basket of eggs. The scene is humorous as he is brought inside the man's home so his wife can tend to him, and it turns out to be the home of the Carrick leader Jerome. Jerome's father determines the boy to be in shock and funnels shots of whiskey down his throat - without any gagging, coughing, or screaming from the boy who presposterously sucks them down like a seasoned adult. When they send him home with a basket of eggs from their hen house, he asks \"one for the road?\" in very adult and unrealistic fashion.\n\nThe next day, the Bally boys row out to the middle of the river to spy through binoculars on the efforts of the Carrick priest to repair his sign. They are confronted with sling-shots (\"catapults\") by the Carrick boys on the other side. \"Murphy's Dunes after school\", says Fergus.\n\nAt Murphy's Dunes, the Ballys bait the Carricks with their youngest lads who taunt the Carricks into pursuing them into a trap, where the older ones capture one Carrick with a net. It turns out to be the same kid who endangered the life of the Bally boy the day before. In a horrible, illegal, and criminal scene, Fergus pulls out a pocket knife. They torture the boy and threaten to castrate him. Instead, they cut off his buttons, shoe laces, and belt. Then send him back. Hence, the war of the buttons.\n\nBack and forth it goes, each side taking their knives to the buttons of the other, until another very bad and unrealistic scene where the Ballys go to battle completely nude against the Carricks. Bare-bottomed boys running around outdoors indecently exposed. Just doesn't happen in County Cork! Idiotic and stupid are the script-writers. In real life, these boys (who never acted before) were actually made to indecently expose themselves for the camera people and directors filming them. These adults should be ashamed of themselves for imposing adult humour on what otherwise would have remained a sterling coming-of-age story.\n\nThings grow worse and worse, each side trying to trump the other until Marie is very nearly killed by an out-of-control downhill tractor. With the destruction of the tractor and threats of lawsuits against each parent of every child that participated in the wars for buttons, each kid got a thrashing from their parent and Fergus and Jerome were sent to reform school.\n\nWhy did they do it? \"...for the hell of it - what else is there\", explained Fergus. With no afterschool sport, not a single football, cricket bat, or rugby ball anywhere in this film, what did the parents of this fictional village expect their kids to do? A silly movie that can be enjoyed by those who can suspend their knowledge of reality."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"This film could have been a five star story had the script-writers done a better job of adapting this French tale to the realites of children in 1960s County Cork, Eire. It's so far-fetched, that only a young American audience would be gullible enough to swallow its fantastic plot. The script-writers did a poor job of allowing the children to be children with the values of children; instead they imposed adult values on them so that it is a film about children by adults. Rather than do a film for children, they did a film for adults about children. Telling is the absence of a single football throughout the film!\n\nIn short, it's the fictional confessional tale of the character Marie and her childhood growing up in a tiny village in West Cork called Ballydouse. The plot follows the antics, at times illegal and criminal, of two boys, Fergus and Jerome, from separates sides of the river who eventually end up in reform school - not for something they actually did, but for something they were responsible for causing (although they should have been disciplined long before things got out of hand, and would have in true life). One of those two boys is now her husband and the other is their oldest friend.\n\nIn long, the story begins with the boys from the Ballydouse side of the river confronting the boys from the Carrick side on the bridge that connects the two. An argument ensues with profanities unfamiliar to an American audience but very bad to an Irish one, and a Carrick boy nicknamed Gorilla grabs a Bally boy and dangles him upside down from the bridge. At any second the Bally boy may slip from the grasp of his tormentor and fall head first into the river below. While the life of this young lad is being threatened, the post man sits in his car and only timidly advances towards the lot. Fergus comes to the rescue, but not before Jerome (aka Geronimo) calls off the Carrick goons.\n\nInstead of realistically running home and telling their parents how the young Bally boy was nearly murdered, the Bally boys later quietly retaliate by conducting a guerilla mission to vandalize the church in Carrick. The destruction of private property is unsettling, especially against the church and if that really had happened in Cork, their own would of stopped them in their tracks.\n\nDuring the raid on the church, one of the lads is spotted by a Carrick man. The boy is so stunned with fear when he's seen, that he drops his basket of eggs. The scene is humorous as he is brought inside the man's home so his wife can tend to him, and it turns out to be the home of the Carrick leader Jerome. Jerome's father determines the boy to be in shock and funnels shots of whiskey down his throat - without any gagging, coughing, or screaming from the boy who presposterously sucks them down like a seasoned adult. When they send him home with a basket of eggs from their hen house, he asks \"one for the road?\" in very adult and unrealistic fashion.\n\nThe next day, the Bally boys row out to the middle of the river to spy through binoculars on the efforts of the Carrick priest to repair his sign. They are confronted with sling-shots (\"catapults\") by the Carrick boys on the other side. \"Murphy's Dunes after school\", says Fergus.\n\nAt Murphy's Dunes, the Ballys bait the Carricks with their youngest lads who taunt the Carricks into pursuing them into a trap, where the older ones capture one Carrick with a net. It turns out to be the same kid who endangered the life of the Bally boy the day before. In a horrible, illegal, and criminal scene, Fergus pulls out a pocket knife. They torture the boy and threaten to castrate him. Instead, they cut off his buttons, shoe laces, and belt. Then send him back. Hence, the war of the buttons.\n\nBack and forth it goes, each side taking their knives to the buttons of the other, until another very bad and unrealistic scene where the Ballys go to battle completely nude against the Carricks. Bare-bottomed boys running around outdoors indecently exposed. Just doesn't happen in County Cork! Idiotic and stupid are the script-writers. In real life, these boys (who never acted before) were actually made to indecently expose themselves for the camera people and directors filming them. These adults should be ashamed of themselves for imposing adult humour on what otherwise would have remained a sterling coming-of-age story.\n\nThings grow worse and worse, each side trying to trump the other until Marie is very nearly killed by an out-of-control downhill tractor. With the destruction of the tractor and threats of lawsuits against each parent of every child that participated in the wars for buttons, each kid got a thrashing from their parent and Fergus and Jerome were sent to reform school.\n\nWhy did they do it? \"...for the hell of it - what else is there\", explained Fergus. With no afterschool sport, not a single football, cricket bat, or rugby ball anywhere in this film, what did the parents of this fictional village expect their kids to do? A silly movie that can be enjoyed by those who can suspend their knowledge of reality."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: Made with Organic cocoa. USDA certified organic. Gluten Free. What's good about organic goodness? Good food, no synthetic pesticides, no synthetic herbicides, no preservatives or additives, no irradiation, good ecology, enriched drought resistant soil, less soil erosion, less groundwater pollution and improved farm diversity. Product of U.S.A.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Organic, Moderate Sodium Product\n\nReview: If you are skipping sodium in order to keep your sodium intake below the RDA of 500 mg, then this product has too much sodium for you despite its \"low sodium\" claim: Serving size: 3/4 cup (30g); 9 servings per box; 100 mg of sodium; 1 gram of total fat (0 g saturated or trans fat); 0 mg cholesterol; 26 g total carbohydrate (9 g sugars); and 2 g of dietary fiber.\n\nThat said, this is quite a yummy breakfast cereal, especially for a puffed corn cereal. The ingredients are organic corn meal, organic evaporated cane juice, and sea salt. It must be the cane juice that makes it taste so much better than its mainstream nonorganic competitors. My daughter and I finished off the box in one morning!\n\nThe box design is unusually informative and my daughter took it apart at the seam in order to spread it out like a poster. On the back of the box is \"The Story of Kureba\", a gorilla born on October 3, 1999 in the war-torn country of Rwanda. Readers are encouraged to help Kureba, his mother, and his family by contributing to an Adopt-A-Gorilla program. On the inside of the box are 4 stories: What Does The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Do?, Saving Gorillas, Isaro and Uncle Rano, and the Adopt-A-Gorilla program.","Product: Made with Organic cocoa. USDA certified organic. Gluten Free. What's good about organic goodness? Good food, no synthetic pesticides, no synthetic herbicides, no preservatives or additives, no irradiation, good ecology, enriched drought resistant soil, less soil erosion, less groundwater pollution and improved farm diversity. Product of U.S.A.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Organic, Moderate Sodium Product\n\nReview: If you are skipping sodium in order to keep your sodium intake below the RDA of 500 mg, then this product has too much sodium for you despite its \"low sodium\" claim: Serving size: 3/4 cup (30g); 9 servings per box; 100 mg of sodium; 1 gram of total fat (0 g saturated or trans fat); 0 mg cholesterol; 26 g total carbohydrate (9 g sugars); and 2 g of dietary fiber.\n\nThat said, this is quite a yummy breakfast cereal, especially for a puffed corn cereal. The ingredients are organic corn meal, organic evaporated cane juice, and sea salt. It must be the cane juice that makes it taste so much better than its mainstream nonorganic competitors. My daughter and I finished off the box in one morning!\n\nThe box design is unusually informative and my daughter took it apart at the seam in order to spread it out like a poster. On the back of the box is \"The Story of Kureba\", a gorilla born on October 3, 1999 in the war-torn country of Rwanda. Readers are encouraged to help Kureba, his mother, and his family by contributing to an Adopt-A-Gorilla program. On the inside of the box are 4 stories: What Does The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Do?, Saving Gorillas, Isaro and Uncle Rano, and the Adopt-A-Gorilla program.","Product: Vintage VHS tape\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A Very Good Comedy\n\nReview: This Munster movie is nearly as good as \"Munsters Go Home!\". There are quite a number of hilarious scenes in this film that make it a timeless work of comedy. This movie is funny!\n\nThe film begins with the Munster family checking out the local wax museum, where Herman tells his wife Lilly - \"Dear, you can get some good decorating ideas for our house\". When they see their replicas, they like them. But Lilly laments - \"Everybody's here except poor Marilyn\". Herman remarks \"You can't blame them, they don't want to scare away the customers\".\n\nA series of small robberies are later blamed on the Munsters, because the robbers look just like them. The cops arrest Herman and Grandpa. They later escape. Driving in a car, Grandpa tells Herman that somebody that looks just like them is doing these crimes. Herman says nobody is as handsome as he, except his reflection and his likeness at the wax museum. Grandpa shouts \"Herman, you got it\". Herman replys \"Got what\"? Grandpa explains that their answers are likely to be found at the wax museum.\n\nThey go to the wax museum and learn about the crime ring that has produced wax models that are also robots, and those robots are doing the crimes. Kinda like Marvin Bush blowing up the Twin Towers and blaming it on alleged Arabs - the baddies are having their robots do crimes and the Munsters are getting the blame.\n\nThe bad guys are planning a big robbery of an ancient Egyptian mummy's coffin. The Munsters foil the crime with a little help from Marilyn and her new beau - the police detective, and alot of help from The Phantom of the Opera. A good ending to a good movie.","Product: Two-Lane Blacktop\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A Concert of Muscle Cars\n\nReview: This is a classic road film back in \"the day\" of homegrown muscle cars and the growing groundswell of resentment toward the Vietnam War, draft slavery, and other forms of state terrorism such as the National Guard killings of students at Kent State University. For nearly two hours, government mayhem is forgotten while the viewer joins the drivers and passengers of cool muscle cars in their playful pursuits.\n\nA '55 Chevy is King of the Road and maintains its financial needs and reputation through illegal street races with other muscle cars foolish enough to contend. This is a cool no-frills muscle car with a honking big V-8 up front. They say behind every boxing champ is a dedicated trainer and a good manager - likewise the '55 Chevy has a dedicated driver and a skilled mechanic. Folk music star James Taylor and the late Dennis Wilson of the \"Beach Boys\" are the '55 Chevy's driver and mechanic. They are superb at maintaining their focus on finding the next race for the Chevy who then wins against the competition.\n\nThe '55 Chevy has been stripped of its non-essentials in order to reduce its curb weight and gain more speed. The heater and rear seats are gone. Fiberglass replaces steel. Plastic aircraft windows replace the original heavy glass ones. The radio stayed but is turned-off at race time. The Chevy is not only lighter, it has a lot more horsepower too. Four hundred and fifty-four cubic inches of AFB dual-carbed, tunnel-rammed V-8 engine is mated to a Muncie M22 Rockcrusher 4-speed transmission. To accommodate the extra horses and torque, the car has wider brake drums and shoes, a front suspension brace, a speedometer that goes up 140 mph, a 8,000-rpm tachometer, and a roll bar. Muscle car enthusiasts will love this car.\n\nThe movie begins in Los Angeles with a Golden Gloves competition of illegal street racing between some beautiful muscle cars including a Dodge Daytona, a Plymouth Barricuda, and a Pontiac GTO, among others. Before the cops arrive to draw a curtain on the show, we viewers get to see the '55 Chevy blow-off a Plymouth Barricuda. The story progresses to document an interesting competition between two great cars - the '55 Chevy and a factory-kitted '70 Pontiac GTO packing 500 stallions that the Chevy eventually encounters for a cross-country race to Washington, D.C. for each other's pink slips. The GTO is driven by a fast-talking pretender played by Warren Oates, who is constantly picking up hitchhikers so he can run his mouth at the expense of the hitchhikers' ears unfortunate to accept a ride. His mouth makes it difficult to enjoy the GTO's horsepower as the Goat attempts to out-hum its driver's mouth! Contrast the GTO's driver to the Chevy's Driver and Mechanic: together they don't do much talking other than talk cars and racing, and they pick up only one hitchhiker (played by the late Laurie Bird). Instead they drive and ride while the Chevy's 454 Big Block does the singing while it plays the whines from its Muncie transmission.\n\nIn short, this film is like going to a music concert - eventually it ends but it was a great respite from the absurdities of the world. Want to rest your mind from Adolf Bush's invasions of Afghanistan (for opium) and Iraq (for oil) or forget about America's slide down the slippery slope to Nazi Amerika? Jump into the back of this '55 Chevy while \"The Driver\" and \"The Mechanic\" take you for a exhilarating ride through the high-performance world of illegal street racing. But hold on, because there is no seat in the back!","Product: Unknown forces conspire to erase the identity of photographer Thomas Veil (Bruce Greenwood, I, Robot), and without warning, every aspect of his life is erased during the course of one evening. His wife acts as if he's a stranger, his credit cards are suddenly invalid, his keys no longer fit the door to his home and in one way or another, his family and friends are silenced. Completely alone, Veil sets out on a desperate cross-country quest for an answer while eluding his powerful and unknown enemy. His only clue to the possible motivation behind the harrowing ordeal is the disappearance of one of his photographs, \"Hidden Agenda,\" which depicts the execution of natives in a war-torn Third World country. SPECIAL FEATURES: - Audio and video commentaries (Larry Hertzog, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Dunne, Steve Rodman, Art Monterastelli and Ian Toynton) - Interviews (Larry Hertzog, Art Monterastelli, Guy Magar, Steve Rodman, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Levine, Megan Gallagher) - Deleted and extended scenes - Promotional spots - Outtakes - Featurette -- \"Networking\" (UPN executive Mike Sullivan and series creator Larry Hertzog reminisce) - Featurette -- \"Fact or Fiction?\" (an anonymous ex-CIA operative reveals real world government conspiracies, mind control techniques and how fragile our identity really is)\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Conspiracy Series Draws Masterfully Upon Predecessors\n\nReview: I left America for 5 years in June, 1995 and missed this when it came out. I discovered it recently through reading the reviews at Amazon. What a gem! Jewish-American writer Lawrence Hertzog is the creator of this sci-fi thriller. He drew upon classic masterpieces in this genre such as \"Three Days of the Condor\" and \"The Prisoner\" to create some of the episodes. But much is original. The 25 episodes on 9 discs revolve around the main character - Thomas Veil, played by Jewish-American actor Bruce Greenwood. Thomas Veil has been missing for some time, along with his memory. But this fact is not revealed until the last episode subtitled \"Gemini Man\".\n\nIn the first episode, the audience follows Thomas to a restaurant for dinner with his wife. When he returns from the restroom, another couple is sitting at his table and his wife is gone. His credit cards and keys don't work. His friend is murdered. No one recognizes him, including his wife. He ends up in a mental institution and spies his wife chatting with the shrink - Dr. Bellamy, which means she is in on whatever is happening. Somehow everything is connected to a photograph he took called \"Hidden Agenda\", which shows the hangings of Central American captives by what appears to be U.S. soldiers. And that is the genius of Hertzog - nothing is as it seems (except, perhaps, for Veil's wife).\n\nMy favorite episodes were the 7th - \"A Rough Whimper of Insanity\",the 22nd - \"Calaway\", and the astounding conclusion - \"Gemini Man\". Working as a pizza delivery man in the 7th episode, Veil encounters a computer genius recluse living off his patent royalties. The audience is introduced to the world of virtual reality, where the genius discovers a file on Veil and informs him - \"it's not what you think\". Before he can say more, he vanishes within a crumbling virtual reality room while Veil barely manages to escape. In the 22nd, Veil comes down with extreme insomnia and returns to the mental institution where he was first placed after he was erased. There he encounters a shrink who used to be an inmate, but the shrink has no recollection of his past life. This causes the viewer to ponder whether the same thing happened to Veil or not? The concluding episode \"Gemini Man\" unravels all. The mysteries and conspiracies are laid bare. The disinformation spun to keep Veil and the audience from the truth has been so effective in the previous 24 episodes that nothing is predictable. It's a great finish to a great series.","Product: Filled with intense action, ANNAPOLIS is an inspirational tale of courage and honor that will keep you riveted. As hard as it is to get into the most elite military academy in the country, surviving behind its walls is beyond belief. Young Jake Huard (James Franco) has always known he has what it takes to make the grade. But once inside, everything Jake thought he knew is challenged in ways he never could have imagined. Standing between him and his lifelong ambition of becoming an officer in the U.S. Navy is his company commander -- Midshipman Lt. Cole (Tyrese Gibson), a relentless and merciless battle-seasoned Marine. Thrilling and exhilarating, ANNAPOLIS reaffirms the power of believing in your dreams.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Rocky versus the Navy\n\nReview: Younger fans of Hollywood films will no doubt give this movie the thumbs up. But for those Hollywood film fans old enough to remember the 1982 film \"An Officer and a Gentleman\" starring Richard Gere, \"Annapolis\" is a poor imitation. \"An Officer and a Gentleman\" told the melodramatic story of Zack Mayo, played by Richard Gere, whose self-absorption came into harsh conflict with the communitarian values of his drill instructor Emil Foley played by Lou Gossett Jr . The extra-curricular affair between Zack and a local girl served to illuminate his self-interested attitude in which the interests of others were held in little regard. Only after Mayo's best friend Sid Worley commited suicide over an unhappy romance did Zack come out of his culturally-programmed adolescence and then mature into adulthood.\n\nThat said, younger audiences will like the melodramatic plot of \"Annapolis\". James Franco plays Jake Huard, an amateur boxer and shipyard worker who wants to climb the class ladder to become a midshipman. And this is where Jake Huard parts company with his predecessor Zack Mayo. Zack Mayo was always officer material, just pre-absorbed with getting ahead and not taking notice that others were trying to get ahead also. Jake Huard, however, is in search of his estranged father's approval and determines to suffer whatever it takes to become an officer. Whereas Mayo matured into an officer, Huard remains a self-absorbed boxer in a Navy uniform - although less self-absorbed because he is able to get the monkey off his back and win his father's approval.\n\nIn a style reminiscent of \"Boom Boom\" Mancini, Huard battered his Congressperson with requests for over 30 days straight in order to secure a letter of recommendation to Annapolis. Once there, he bunks with the loser Estrada played by Wilmer Calderon, the methodical Loo played by Roger Fan, and the misfit Twins masterfully played by Vicellous Reon Shannon. Twins and Huard are scorned and ridiculed by the other cadets who view them as misfits. The resulting chemistry between these two characters is superb, reinforced by Shannon's excellent acting in his portrayal of Twins. Huard continues to break rules and grate nerves until his opportunity for redemption arrives - a boxing showdown with the cadet menace Cole, played by Tyrese Gibson. The film quickly transforms itself into Rocky versus the Naval Dictator. Despite the canned character scripts and sea of clichs complained of by previous reviewers, the melodrama never sinks with the ship.\n\nThe so-called romance or lust attraction that develops between Huard and the officer Ali played by Jordana Brewster is pretty far-fetched. It is true that, in real American life, sometimes -rarely - American teachers fall for students. It happens. But Huard had one previous meeting with Ali in a bar prior to all this, so she had not always been his superior officer. Younger audiences will find the relationship between Huard and Ali plausible, while older audiences will find it preposterous.\n\n\"Annapolis\" is directed by Justin Lin and was filmed at a Philadelphia College rather than the actual Annapolis. It seems that the Navy does not cotton to disparaging Hollywood films - they said \"No\" to \"An Officer and a Gentleman\" too, which was mostly filmed on location at Port Townsend, Washington rather than the Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida.\n\nRated PG-13 for profanity, lust, alcohol and violence.","Product: Drag racing east from L.A. in a souped-up '55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic (singer-songwriter James Taylor and the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson in their only acting roles) accompanied by the tagalong Girl (Laurie Bird). Along the way they meet Warren Oates's Pontiac GTO-driving wanderer and challenge him to a cross-country race - at stake: their cars' pink slips. Yet no summary can do justice to the existential punch of Two-Lane Blacktop. Maverick director Monte Hellman's stripped-down narrative gorgeous widescreen compositions and sophisticated look at American male obsession make this one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema and possibly the greatest road movie ever made.System Requirements:Run time: 103 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/RURAL LIFE Rating: R UPC: 715515026925 Manufacturer No: CC1729DDVD\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A Concert of Muscle Cars\n\nReview: This is a classic road film back in \"the day\" of homegrown muscle cars and the growing groundswell of resentment toward the Vietnam War, draft slavery, and other forms of state terrorism such as the National Guard killings of students at Kent State University. For nearly two hours, government mayhem is forgotten while the viewer joins the drivers and passengers of cool muscle cars in their playful pursuits.\n\nA '55 Chevy is King of the Road and maintains its financial needs and reputation through illegal street races with other muscle cars foolish enough to contend. This is a cool no-frills muscle car with a honking big V-8 up front. They say behind every boxing champ is a dedicated trainer and a good manager - likewise the '55 Chevy has a dedicated driver and a skilled mechanic. Folk music star James Taylor and the late Dennis Wilson of the \"Beach Boys\" are the '55 Chevy's driver and mechanic. They are superb at maintaining their focus on finding the next race for the Chevy who then wins against the competition.\n\nThe '55 Chevy has been stripped of its non-essentials in order to reduce its curb weight and gain more speed. The heater and rear seats are gone. Fiberglass replaces steel. Plastic aircraft windows replace the original heavy glass ones. The radio stayed but is turned-off at race time. The Chevy is not only lighter, it has a lot more horsepower too. Four hundred and fifty-four cubic inches of AFB dual-carbed, tunnel-rammed V-8 engine is mated to a Muncie M22 Rockcrusher 4-speed transmission. To accommodate the extra horses and torque, the car has wider brake drums and shoes, a front suspension brace, a speedometer that goes up 140 mph, a 8,000-rpm tachometer, and a roll bar. Muscle car enthusiasts will love this car.\n\nThe movie begins in Los Angeles with a Golden Gloves competition of illegal street racing between some beautiful muscle cars including a Dodge Daytona, a Plymouth Barricuda, and a Pontiac GTO, among others. Before the cops arrive to draw a curtain on the show, we viewers get to see the '55 Chevy blow-off a Plymouth Barricuda. The story progresses to document an interesting competition between two great cars - the '55 Chevy and a factory-kitted '70 Pontiac GTO packing 500 stallions that the Chevy eventually encounters for a cross-country race to Washington, D.C. for each other's pink slips. The GTO is driven by a fast-talking pretender played by Warren Oates, who is constantly picking up hitchhikers so he can run his mouth at the expense of the hitchhikers' ears unfortunate to accept a ride. His mouth makes it difficult to enjoy the GTO's horsepower as the Goat attempts to out-hum its driver's mouth! Contrast the GTO's driver to the Chevy's Driver and Mechanic: together they don't do much talking other than talk cars and racing, and they pick up only one hitchhiker (played by the late Laurie Bird). Instead they drive and ride while the Chevy's 454 Big Block does the singing while it plays the whines from its Muncie transmission.\n\nIn short, this film is like going to a music concert - eventually it ends but it was a great respite from the absurdities of the world. Want to rest your mind from Adolf Bush's invasions of Afghanistan (for opium) and Iraq (for oil) or forget about America's slide down the slippery slope to Nazi Amerika? Jump into the back of this '55 Chevy while \"The Driver\" and \"The Mechanic\" take you for a exhilarating ride through the high-performance world of illegal street racing. But hold on, because there is no seat in the back!","Product: Drag racing east from L.A. in a souped-up '55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic (singer-songwriter James Taylor and the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson in their only acting roles) accompanied by the tagalong Girl (Laurie Bird). Along the way they meet Warren Oates's Pontiac GTO-driving wanderer and challenge him to a cross-country race - at stake: their cars' pink slips. Yet no summary can do justice to the existential punch of Two-Lane Blacktop. Maverick director Monte Hellman's stripped-down narrative gorgeous widescreen compositions and sophisticated look at American male obsession make this one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema and possibly the greatest road movie ever made.System Requirements:Run time: 103 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/RURAL LIFE Rating: R UPC: 715515026925 Manufacturer No: CC1729DDVD\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A Concert of Muscle Cars\n\nReview: This is a classic road film back in \"the day\" of homegrown muscle cars and the growing groundswell of resentment toward the Vietnam War, draft slavery, and other forms of state terrorism such as the National Guard killings of students at Kent State University. For nearly two hours, government mayhem is forgotten while the viewer joins the drivers and passengers of cool muscle cars in their playful pursuits.\n\nA '55 Chevy is King of the Road and maintains its financial needs and reputation through illegal street races with other muscle cars foolish enough to contend. This is a cool no-frills muscle car with a honking big V-8 up front. They say behind every boxing champ is a dedicated trainer and a good manager - likewise the '55 Chevy has a dedicated driver and a skilled mechanic. Folk music star James Taylor and the late Dennis Wilson of the \"Beach Boys\" are the '55 Chevy's driver and mechanic. They are superb at maintaining their focus on finding the next race for the Chevy who then wins against the competition.\n\nThe '55 Chevy has been stripped of its non-essentials in order to reduce its curb weight and gain more speed. The heater and rear seats are gone. Fiberglass replaces steel. Plastic aircraft windows replace the original heavy glass ones. The radio stayed but is turned-off at race time. The Chevy is not only lighter, it has a lot more horsepower too. Four hundred and fifty-four cubic inches of AFB dual-carbed, tunnel-rammed V-8 engine is mated to a Muncie M22 Rockcrusher 4-speed transmission. To accommodate the extra horses and torque, the car has wider brake drums and shoes, a front suspension brace, a speedometer that goes up 140 mph, a 8,000-rpm tachometer, and a roll bar. Muscle car enthusiasts will love this car.\n\nThe movie begins in Los Angeles with a Golden Gloves competition of illegal street racing between some beautiful muscle cars including a Dodge Daytona, a Plymouth Barricuda, and a Pontiac GTO, among others. Before the cops arrive to draw a curtain on the show, we viewers get to see the '55 Chevy blow-off a Plymouth Barricuda. The story progresses to document an interesting competition between two great cars - the '55 Chevy and a factory-kitted '70 Pontiac GTO packing 500 stallions that the Chevy eventually encounters for a cross-country race to Washington, D.C. for each other's pink slips. The GTO is driven by a fast-talking pretender played by Warren Oates, who is constantly picking up hitchhikers so he can run his mouth at the expense of the hitchhikers' ears unfortunate to accept a ride. His mouth makes it difficult to enjoy the GTO's horsepower as the Goat attempts to out-hum its driver's mouth! Contrast the GTO's driver to the Chevy's Driver and Mechanic: together they don't do much talking other than talk cars and racing, and they pick up only one hitchhiker (played by the late Laurie Bird). Instead they drive and ride while the Chevy's 454 Big Block does the singing while it plays the whines from its Muncie transmission.\n\nIn short, this film is like going to a music concert - eventually it ends but it was a great respite from the absurdities of the world. Want to rest your mind from Adolf Bush's invasions of Afghanistan (for opium) and Iraq (for oil) or forget about America's slide down the slippery slope to Nazi Amerika? Jump into the back of this '55 Chevy while \"The Driver\" and \"The Mechanic\" take you for a exhilarating ride through the high-performance world of illegal street racing. But hold on, because there is no seat in the back!","Product: Eleven all new recordings, plus seven of his greatest hits. Lounge music versions of your favorite rock and rap hits. More horns, more profanity, more Dick! Includes 'Rape Me', 'Baby Got Back', 'Bust A Move', 'Sunday Bloody Sunday', 'Nookie', 'Rock The Casbah', 'Hot For Teacher', and many more. Surfdog. 2006.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A Satire on Rap\n\nReview: This is by far the quirkiest music album I have ever heard - imagine Merv Griffin singing the words of today's rap songs in his Merv Griffin lounge style. The result is hilariously outrageous!\n\nRappers such as Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Snoop Dogg, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Nirvana, and Ying Yang Twins are satirized as well as rockers such as Pink Floyd and Van Halen. The Merv Griffin lounge style music sung by Richard Cheese is seriously performed and only serves to accentuate the preposterousity of the whole affair.\n\nThe only caveat is the explicit profanity in the remakes of the rap songs. I never cared for all the unnecessary expletives in regular rap music, but to hear Richard Cheese's Merv Griffin voice melodiously sing out every single lyric and expletive from original rap songs accompanied by background instruments from the Big Band era, just makes them even uglier. However, it doesn't mean that it didn't work - the songs are effective satire and outrageous! Filthy, foul-mouthed, obscene . . . and hilarious. I couldn't help myself from laughing.","Product: This blazing New Year's Eve performance at the legendary J & J Blues bar in Fort Worth, TX. is amazingly the veterans duo's first live recording in their 15 year career. Holiday cheer and roadhouse ambiance make for a uniquely satisfying taste of Joe and Bnois' trademark Texas blues.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: True Rock Jazz Jam\n\nReview: As a fan of mountain folk music, blues is ususally not my first choice. It's often too predictable because so many aging musicians have played this genre ragged. Having said that, this album was impressive. Fans of this genre will love the dynamic guitar of English cap-wearing Smokin' Joe Kubek and black-leathered Bnois King, reinforced by background percussion from their bespectacled drummer.\n\nRecording since 1989, the guitarists' albums now run into double digits. This album was recorded live at the J&J Blues Bar and presents a couple of fresh original tracks along with a mixture of previous songs. King brings sweet countryish blues, accentuated by Kubek's jazz-rock instrumentation. This is one rock jazz jam that listeners are sure to feel. I definitely was feeling it. Kubek and King are not afraid to push the parameters.","Product: \"The book gave me that rare, greedy feeling of: this is so good I want to read it all at once but I mustn't or it will be over too soon. Haddon pulls off something extraordinary . . .\" -- \"The Observer\" \"Always surprising and often hilarious.\" -- \"The Globe and Mail\" \"One of the most affecting things I've read in years . . . it's brilliant.\" -- \"The Guardian\" \"Mark Haddon's new novel comes with glowing endorsements from Ian McEwan and Oliver Sacks . . . For once, the pundits speak the truth.\" -- \"The Economist\" \"A stark, funny and original first novel . . . [with] one of the strangest and most convincing characters in recent fiction.\" -- \"The New York Times Book Review\" \"A brilliant autism novel has been overdue -- and this is it! The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Mark Haddon shows great insight into the autistic mind, and he brings his young narrator protagonist quite wonderfully to life. I found it very moving, very plausible -- and \"very\" funny.\" -- Oliver Sacks, author of Uncle Tungsten \"I have never read anything quite like Mark Haddon's funny and agonizingly honest book, or encountered a narrator more vivid and memorable. I advise you to buy two copies; you won't want to lend yours out.\" -- Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha \"The Curious Incident brims with imagination, empathy, and vision -- plus it's a lot of fun to read.\" -- Myla Goldberg, author of Bee Season \"Mark Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally disassociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy.\" -- Ian McEwan, author of Atonement \"From the Trade Paperback edition.\" \" A finely crafted debut ... conveys an astonishing intensity of emotion, almost Proustian in its sense of loss and regret.\" --\"Kirkus Reviews (Starred review) \"\" The assurance with which Mary Lawson handles both reflection and violence makes her a writer to read and watch ... has a resonance at once witty and poignant.\" \"-- The New York Times Book Review \"\" Crow Lake is the kind of book that keeps you reading well past midnight; you grieve when it' s over. Then you start pressing it on friends.\" \"-- The Washington Post Book World \"\" A touching meditation on the power of loyalty and loss, on the ways in which we pay our debts and settle old scores, and on what it means to love, to accept, to succeed-- and to negotiate fate' s obstacle courses.\" \"-- People \"\" Lawson' s tight focus on the emotional and moral effects of a drastic turn of events on a small human group has its closest contemporary analogue in the novels of Ian McEwan.\" \"-- The Toronto Star \" \"From the Hardcover edition.\" \"A finely crafted debut ... conveys an astonishing intensity of emotion, almost Proustian in its sense of loss and regret.\" --\"Kirkus Reviews (Starred review) \"\"The assurance with which Mary Lawson handles both reflection and violence makes her a writer to read and watch ... has a resonance at once witty and poignant.\" \"--The New York Times Book Review \"\"Crow Lake is the kind of book that keeps you reading well past midnight; you grieve when it's over. Then you start pressing it on friends.\" \"--The Washington Post Book World \"\"A touching meditation on the power of loyalty and loss, on the ways in which we pay our debts and settle old scores, and on what it means to love, to accept, to succeed--and to negotiate fate's obstacle courses.\" \"--People \"\"Lawson's tight focus on the emotional and moral effects of a drastic turn of events on a small human group has its closest contemporary analogue in the novels of Ian McEwan.\" \"--The Toronto Star \" \"From the Hardcover edition.\"\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Individuality, Asberger's, and Christopher Boone\n\nReview: This illuminating book, hindered by unnecessary profanity, is narrated by 15 year old Christopher John Francis Boone, who attends special school in Swindon where he lives with his supposedly widowed father. Christopher says of himself - \"I do not like people shouting at me. It makes me scared...and I do not know what is going to happen\". His response - \"I put my hands over my ears and close my eyes\". Sometimes he does \"groaning\" to generate white noise to drown out other noises, which sometimes come into his head from too many sources all at once creating an overload on his ability to process the plethora of details. He can't take crowds or being ordered, but he can take A-level maths. People are often unpredictable to Christopher, but animals are safe. He has a pet rat named Toby and he likes dogs - \"Dogs do not tell lies\", such as \"I laughed my sock off\". When Wellington, the neighbour lady's dog, is found killed by a garden fork, Christopher decides to do a Sherlock Holmes and track down the culprit. Christopher knows this will entail having to interact with people, which requires social skills that he has yet to understand let alone master. But before he learns who killed Wellington, he uncovers a family secret so shocking that he lies unconscious in his own \"sick\" for a few hours before awaking to learn the identity of the dog's killer. In fright for his personal safety, Christopher flees Swindon for London. The flight is fraught with problems peculiar to his developmental handicaps, which put him on an emotional roller coaster. The reader of this piece will no doubt cry during the plot at those times when Christopher, badly shaken, cannot because he's not in touch with his emotions that are however in touch with him. Besides generating a great deal of empathy, the author Mark Haddon will have the reader wondering if he/she is not a tad bit autistic as well. Lastly, the 3 doors incident in the story purportedly from Parade magazine is not accurate. When faced with choosing between the 2 remaining doors, you are either repicking the originally picked door or you are picking the other door; it's a new situation that has nothing to do with the previous one. So the chance is 50/50.","Product: any age can resist a book guaranteed to make fellow diners blanch at restaurants or at the family dinner table? Mean, disgusting, vile, hilarious. The book that makes CRUEL TRICKS look like an etiquette guide. 35 black-and-white photos.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Comic Magicians Talk Lunch\n\nReview: Penn and Teller are comic magicians who go back to the 1970s, but did not make it big until their appearances on David Letterman and Saturday Night Live in the 1980s. Since then they have made guest appearances on many television shows including Home Improvement. And recently a cable show has given them their own time slot. Penn and Teller have also written three best-selling books: Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends, How to Play in Traffic, and this book How To Play with Your Food.\n\nMost magicians do not share their secrets. But Penn and Teller love sharing the secrets of magic in a comic way. Some of the topics covered in this book are \"Genteel versus vulgar food play\"; \"Why all miracles are fake\"; Stabbing a fork in your eye\"; popcorn and pizza tricks; the JFK trick; and many others. My favorite is the \"Oliver Stone Melon-Head Trick\", which is not for the squeamish. The only caveat is that they did not include the ImpeachBlair vanishing trick, but perhaps they can make the White House lap dog disappear?","Product: The Cowboys\n(View amazon detail page)\n\nASIN: 0812814282\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Cow Boys Become Men\n\nReview: This is the novel that the John Wayne film \"The Cowboys\" was based on. It begins with a cattleman who needed his cattle driven on the trail to market. However, a gold rush has emptied his locale of anybody available to hire as trail hands. So he is forced to recruit and hire schoolboys from his local school.\n\nThe boys have only the cattleman and a cook for mentors as they set out to drive cattle on a trail fraught with man-sized problems, including gunslinging cattle rustlers. Their initiation into manhood took no account of their ages and their employer is eventually murdered by the gunslingers.\n\nAfterward, the boys managed to avenge the death of their beloved mentor with some help from the cook. Later as they reflected upon their deed, they wondered if their actions were justified or perhaps immoral. But the cook assured them that \"All that happened was we all got ourselfs (sic) swept up in life\" (p219). Their innocence behind them, they were all grown up by the code of the West.","Product: RELIGION\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: A Message of Peace\n\nReview: Books for children usually aim to provide children with some guidelines in their early years before they mature and are able to question \"why\" things are the way they are. Peacelovers and others with a love for God will greet this JW book for children with a warm empathy. It's 40 chapters cover 256 pages and are profusely illustrated with beautifully crafted paintings rather than photographs.\n\nThe Jehovah's Witnesses grew out of a Protestant Christian movement in America known originally as the Bible Students. Fresh after the Civil War, their founders saw what happens when brothers take arms against brothers, sons against fathers, and nephews against uncles. They saw that war is of Satan and goes contrary to the teachings of God's prophets - especially Jesus, Son of Mary.\n\nDuring the twentieth century, so-called Christians bombed and killed each other during two horribly un-Christian world wars. The Jehovah's Witnesses of Germany, Britain, and America did not participate in war; instead they sat in British and American prisons or were killed in Hitler's concentration camps. The JWs wore the purple triangles.\n\nToday, Hitler's faults have taken revenge on those who resorted to force to resist him. America, Britain, and the British-created state in Palestine called Israel (comprised of the freed Jewish captives in Hitler's concentration camps), are all behaving like Hitler because they had sunk to his level or lower in order to resist him.\n\nNot so with the JWs, who have never betrayed God's maxim - \"Thou shalt not kill\" or the teaching of Jesus to turn the other cheek. The nemesis of peace is the use of violence. It is the enemy of God. If all Christiandom practiced the example of Jesus as the JWs do, war would be a footnote in a history book.\n\nSerious students of theology will no doubt dislike many of the JW's views because they are ungrounded in history or based on false assumptions of the Biblical evidence at hand. For example, JWs continue to wrongly maintain that Moses authored the first five books of the Old Testament known as the Pentateuch. These five books are mere sayings attributed to Moses by later writers long after his death. The original law as given to Moses is missing and all we have are these later hearsay accounts (see Richard Elliot Friedman's \"Who Wrote the Bible? available here at Amazon).\n\nIn short, this is a nicely done book that is sure to leave a child in awe of God. It will not confuse a child's faith who is being instructed in faith and where the child's parents can explain why JWs arrive at the conclusions they do by dismissing evidence and history. Instead, a child will come to appreciate their history of nonwar and their suffering to live a peaceful life as Jesus is said to have lived in the four Gospel accounts by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (they ignore Barnabus and Thomas).","Product: , Brand New Loompanics Unlimited Softcover, 172 pgs.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The American as a Soviet\n\nReview: The subtitle for this book is : \"How to Practice Free Enterprise In an Unfree Economy\". Americans are living an Orwellian double-think dream while ignoring the government-generated corporate statist economy at odds with the principles of free enterprise they are taught to cherish. The IRS continues its Gestapo-like trampling of the Bill of Rights while stealing money, engineering social policy, and maintaining surveillance on American tax victims. Millions of Americans are feeling the squeeze, most just 3 paychecks away from bankruptcy. Some are fighting back, not only by joining tax repeal groups and protesting the unconstitutional theft of their money, but through civil disobedience by simply not reporting income or falsifying their tax returns. These people are what Adam Cash terms \"Guerilla Capitalists\". A Guerilla Capitalist is anyone practicing free enterprise in our anti-capitalist corporate statist economy in America today. Adam Cash does not dwell on the fact that corporations are creations of the state, and as such, would never exist in a free market. He leaves that to Paul H. Weaver in his \"The Suicidal Corporation\"(1988). Rather, Adam Cash covers in vast detail all the ins and outs of making money in the free market, which is the underground market or black market. He also aims to teach the reader how not to get caught practicing free enterprise in our unfree society. As the publisher Michael Hoy says \"What good is 'believing in' free enterprise if you don't practice it?\" ..."],"string":"[\n \"Product: Made with Organic cocoa. USDA certified organic. Gluten Free. What's good about organic goodness? Good food, no synthetic pesticides, no synthetic herbicides, no preservatives or additives, no irradiation, good ecology, enriched drought resistant soil, less soil erosion, less groundwater pollution and improved farm diversity. Product of U.S.A.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Organic, Moderate Sodium Product\\n\\nReview: If you are skipping sodium in order to keep your sodium intake below the RDA of 500 mg, then this product has too much sodium for you despite its \\\"low sodium\\\" claim: Serving size: 3/4 cup (30g); 9 servings per box; 100 mg of sodium; 1 gram of total fat (0 g saturated or trans fat); 0 mg cholesterol; 26 g total carbohydrate (9 g sugars); and 2 g of dietary fiber.\\n\\nThat said, this is quite a yummy breakfast cereal, especially for a puffed corn cereal. The ingredients are organic corn meal, organic evaporated cane juice, and sea salt. It must be the cane juice that makes it taste so much better than its mainstream nonorganic competitors. My daughter and I finished off the box in one morning!\\n\\nThe box design is unusually informative and my daughter took it apart at the seam in order to spread it out like a poster. On the back of the box is \\\"The Story of Kureba\\\", a gorilla born on October 3, 1999 in the war-torn country of Rwanda. Readers are encouraged to help Kureba, his mother, and his family by contributing to an Adopt-A-Gorilla program. On the inside of the box are 4 stories: What Does The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Do?, Saving Gorillas, Isaro and Uncle Rano, and the Adopt-A-Gorilla program.\",\n \"Product: Made with Organic cocoa. USDA certified organic. Gluten Free. What's good about organic goodness? Good food, no synthetic pesticides, no synthetic herbicides, no preservatives or additives, no irradiation, good ecology, enriched drought resistant soil, less soil erosion, less groundwater pollution and improved farm diversity. Product of U.S.A.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Organic, Moderate Sodium Product\\n\\nReview: If you are skipping sodium in order to keep your sodium intake below the RDA of 500 mg, then this product has too much sodium for you despite its \\\"low sodium\\\" claim: Serving size: 3/4 cup (30g); 9 servings per box; 100 mg of sodium; 1 gram of total fat (0 g saturated or trans fat); 0 mg cholesterol; 26 g total carbohydrate (9 g sugars); and 2 g of dietary fiber.\\n\\nThat said, this is quite a yummy breakfast cereal, especially for a puffed corn cereal. The ingredients are organic corn meal, organic evaporated cane juice, and sea salt. It must be the cane juice that makes it taste so much better than its mainstream nonorganic competitors. My daughter and I finished off the box in one morning!\\n\\nThe box design is unusually informative and my daughter took it apart at the seam in order to spread it out like a poster. On the back of the box is \\\"The Story of Kureba\\\", a gorilla born on October 3, 1999 in the war-torn country of Rwanda. Readers are encouraged to help Kureba, his mother, and his family by contributing to an Adopt-A-Gorilla program. On the inside of the box are 4 stories: What Does The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Do?, Saving Gorillas, Isaro and Uncle Rano, and the Adopt-A-Gorilla program.\",\n \"Product: Vintage VHS tape\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A Very Good Comedy\\n\\nReview: This Munster movie is nearly as good as \\\"Munsters Go Home!\\\". There are quite a number of hilarious scenes in this film that make it a timeless work of comedy. This movie is funny!\\n\\nThe film begins with the Munster family checking out the local wax museum, where Herman tells his wife Lilly - \\\"Dear, you can get some good decorating ideas for our house\\\". When they see their replicas, they like them. But Lilly laments - \\\"Everybody's here except poor Marilyn\\\". Herman remarks \\\"You can't blame them, they don't want to scare away the customers\\\".\\n\\nA series of small robberies are later blamed on the Munsters, because the robbers look just like them. The cops arrest Herman and Grandpa. They later escape. Driving in a car, Grandpa tells Herman that somebody that looks just like them is doing these crimes. Herman says nobody is as handsome as he, except his reflection and his likeness at the wax museum. Grandpa shouts \\\"Herman, you got it\\\". Herman replys \\\"Got what\\\"? Grandpa explains that their answers are likely to be found at the wax museum.\\n\\nThey go to the wax museum and learn about the crime ring that has produced wax models that are also robots, and those robots are doing the crimes. Kinda like Marvin Bush blowing up the Twin Towers and blaming it on alleged Arabs - the baddies are having their robots do crimes and the Munsters are getting the blame.\\n\\nThe bad guys are planning a big robbery of an ancient Egyptian mummy's coffin. The Munsters foil the crime with a little help from Marilyn and her new beau - the police detective, and alot of help from The Phantom of the Opera. A good ending to a good movie.\",\n \"Product: Two-Lane Blacktop\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A Concert of Muscle Cars\\n\\nReview: This is a classic road film back in \\\"the day\\\" of homegrown muscle cars and the growing groundswell of resentment toward the Vietnam War, draft slavery, and other forms of state terrorism such as the National Guard killings of students at Kent State University. For nearly two hours, government mayhem is forgotten while the viewer joins the drivers and passengers of cool muscle cars in their playful pursuits.\\n\\nA '55 Chevy is King of the Road and maintains its financial needs and reputation through illegal street races with other muscle cars foolish enough to contend. This is a cool no-frills muscle car with a honking big V-8 up front. They say behind every boxing champ is a dedicated trainer and a good manager - likewise the '55 Chevy has a dedicated driver and a skilled mechanic. Folk music star James Taylor and the late Dennis Wilson of the \\\"Beach Boys\\\" are the '55 Chevy's driver and mechanic. They are superb at maintaining their focus on finding the next race for the Chevy who then wins against the competition.\\n\\nThe '55 Chevy has been stripped of its non-essentials in order to reduce its curb weight and gain more speed. The heater and rear seats are gone. Fiberglass replaces steel. Plastic aircraft windows replace the original heavy glass ones. The radio stayed but is turned-off at race time. The Chevy is not only lighter, it has a lot more horsepower too. Four hundred and fifty-four cubic inches of AFB dual-carbed, tunnel-rammed V-8 engine is mated to a Muncie M22 Rockcrusher 4-speed transmission. To accommodate the extra horses and torque, the car has wider brake drums and shoes, a front suspension brace, a speedometer that goes up 140 mph, a 8,000-rpm tachometer, and a roll bar. Muscle car enthusiasts will love this car.\\n\\nThe movie begins in Los Angeles with a Golden Gloves competition of illegal street racing between some beautiful muscle cars including a Dodge Daytona, a Plymouth Barricuda, and a Pontiac GTO, among others. Before the cops arrive to draw a curtain on the show, we viewers get to see the '55 Chevy blow-off a Plymouth Barricuda. The story progresses to document an interesting competition between two great cars - the '55 Chevy and a factory-kitted '70 Pontiac GTO packing 500 stallions that the Chevy eventually encounters for a cross-country race to Washington, D.C. for each other's pink slips. The GTO is driven by a fast-talking pretender played by Warren Oates, who is constantly picking up hitchhikers so he can run his mouth at the expense of the hitchhikers' ears unfortunate to accept a ride. His mouth makes it difficult to enjoy the GTO's horsepower as the Goat attempts to out-hum its driver's mouth! Contrast the GTO's driver to the Chevy's Driver and Mechanic: together they don't do much talking other than talk cars and racing, and they pick up only one hitchhiker (played by the late Laurie Bird). Instead they drive and ride while the Chevy's 454 Big Block does the singing while it plays the whines from its Muncie transmission.\\n\\nIn short, this film is like going to a music concert - eventually it ends but it was a great respite from the absurdities of the world. Want to rest your mind from Adolf Bush's invasions of Afghanistan (for opium) and Iraq (for oil) or forget about America's slide down the slippery slope to Nazi Amerika? Jump into the back of this '55 Chevy while \\\"The Driver\\\" and \\\"The Mechanic\\\" take you for a exhilarating ride through the high-performance world of illegal street racing. But hold on, because there is no seat in the back!\",\n \"Product: Unknown forces conspire to erase the identity of photographer Thomas Veil (Bruce Greenwood, I, Robot), and without warning, every aspect of his life is erased during the course of one evening. His wife acts as if he's a stranger, his credit cards are suddenly invalid, his keys no longer fit the door to his home and in one way or another, his family and friends are silenced. Completely alone, Veil sets out on a desperate cross-country quest for an answer while eluding his powerful and unknown enemy. His only clue to the possible motivation behind the harrowing ordeal is the disappearance of one of his photographs, \\\"Hidden Agenda,\\\" which depicts the execution of natives in a war-torn Third World country. SPECIAL FEATURES: - Audio and video commentaries (Larry Hertzog, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Dunne, Steve Rodman, Art Monterastelli and Ian Toynton) - Interviews (Larry Hertzog, Art Monterastelli, Guy Magar, Steve Rodman, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Levine, Megan Gallagher) - Deleted and extended scenes - Promotional spots - Outtakes - Featurette -- \\\"Networking\\\" (UPN executive Mike Sullivan and series creator Larry Hertzog reminisce) - Featurette -- \\\"Fact or Fiction?\\\" (an anonymous ex-CIA operative reveals real world government conspiracies, mind control techniques and how fragile our identity really is)\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Conspiracy Series Draws Masterfully Upon Predecessors\\n\\nReview: I left America for 5 years in June, 1995 and missed this when it came out. I discovered it recently through reading the reviews at Amazon. What a gem! Jewish-American writer Lawrence Hertzog is the creator of this sci-fi thriller. He drew upon classic masterpieces in this genre such as \\\"Three Days of the Condor\\\" and \\\"The Prisoner\\\" to create some of the episodes. But much is original. The 25 episodes on 9 discs revolve around the main character - Thomas Veil, played by Jewish-American actor Bruce Greenwood. Thomas Veil has been missing for some time, along with his memory. But this fact is not revealed until the last episode subtitled \\\"Gemini Man\\\".\\n\\nIn the first episode, the audience follows Thomas to a restaurant for dinner with his wife. When he returns from the restroom, another couple is sitting at his table and his wife is gone. His credit cards and keys don't work. His friend is murdered. No one recognizes him, including his wife. He ends up in a mental institution and spies his wife chatting with the shrink - Dr. Bellamy, which means she is in on whatever is happening. Somehow everything is connected to a photograph he took called \\\"Hidden Agenda\\\", which shows the hangings of Central American captives by what appears to be U.S. soldiers. And that is the genius of Hertzog - nothing is as it seems (except, perhaps, for Veil's wife).\\n\\nMy favorite episodes were the 7th - \\\"A Rough Whimper of Insanity\\\",the 22nd - \\\"Calaway\\\", and the astounding conclusion - \\\"Gemini Man\\\". Working as a pizza delivery man in the 7th episode, Veil encounters a computer genius recluse living off his patent royalties. The audience is introduced to the world of virtual reality, where the genius discovers a file on Veil and informs him - \\\"it's not what you think\\\". Before he can say more, he vanishes within a crumbling virtual reality room while Veil barely manages to escape. In the 22nd, Veil comes down with extreme insomnia and returns to the mental institution where he was first placed after he was erased. There he encounters a shrink who used to be an inmate, but the shrink has no recollection of his past life. This causes the viewer to ponder whether the same thing happened to Veil or not? The concluding episode \\\"Gemini Man\\\" unravels all. The mysteries and conspiracies are laid bare. The disinformation spun to keep Veil and the audience from the truth has been so effective in the previous 24 episodes that nothing is predictable. It's a great finish to a great series.\",\n \"Product: Filled with intense action, ANNAPOLIS is an inspirational tale of courage and honor that will keep you riveted. As hard as it is to get into the most elite military academy in the country, surviving behind its walls is beyond belief. Young Jake Huard (James Franco) has always known he has what it takes to make the grade. But once inside, everything Jake thought he knew is challenged in ways he never could have imagined. Standing between him and his lifelong ambition of becoming an officer in the U.S. Navy is his company commander -- Midshipman Lt. Cole (Tyrese Gibson), a relentless and merciless battle-seasoned Marine. Thrilling and exhilarating, ANNAPOLIS reaffirms the power of believing in your dreams.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Rocky versus the Navy\\n\\nReview: Younger fans of Hollywood films will no doubt give this movie the thumbs up. But for those Hollywood film fans old enough to remember the 1982 film \\\"An Officer and a Gentleman\\\" starring Richard Gere, \\\"Annapolis\\\" is a poor imitation. \\\"An Officer and a Gentleman\\\" told the melodramatic story of Zack Mayo, played by Richard Gere, whose self-absorption came into harsh conflict with the communitarian values of his drill instructor Emil Foley played by Lou Gossett Jr . The extra-curricular affair between Zack and a local girl served to illuminate his self-interested attitude in which the interests of others were held in little regard. Only after Mayo's best friend Sid Worley commited suicide over an unhappy romance did Zack come out of his culturally-programmed adolescence and then mature into adulthood.\\n\\nThat said, younger audiences will like the melodramatic plot of \\\"Annapolis\\\". James Franco plays Jake Huard, an amateur boxer and shipyard worker who wants to climb the class ladder to become a midshipman. And this is where Jake Huard parts company with his predecessor Zack Mayo. Zack Mayo was always officer material, just pre-absorbed with getting ahead and not taking notice that others were trying to get ahead also. Jake Huard, however, is in search of his estranged father's approval and determines to suffer whatever it takes to become an officer. Whereas Mayo matured into an officer, Huard remains a self-absorbed boxer in a Navy uniform - although less self-absorbed because he is able to get the monkey off his back and win his father's approval.\\n\\nIn a style reminiscent of \\\"Boom Boom\\\" Mancini, Huard battered his Congressperson with requests for over 30 days straight in order to secure a letter of recommendation to Annapolis. Once there, he bunks with the loser Estrada played by Wilmer Calderon, the methodical Loo played by Roger Fan, and the misfit Twins masterfully played by Vicellous Reon Shannon. Twins and Huard are scorned and ridiculed by the other cadets who view them as misfits. The resulting chemistry between these two characters is superb, reinforced by Shannon's excellent acting in his portrayal of Twins. Huard continues to break rules and grate nerves until his opportunity for redemption arrives - a boxing showdown with the cadet menace Cole, played by Tyrese Gibson. The film quickly transforms itself into Rocky versus the Naval Dictator. Despite the canned character scripts and sea of clichs complained of by previous reviewers, the melodrama never sinks with the ship.\\n\\nThe so-called romance or lust attraction that develops between Huard and the officer Ali played by Jordana Brewster is pretty far-fetched. It is true that, in real American life, sometimes -rarely - American teachers fall for students. It happens. But Huard had one previous meeting with Ali in a bar prior to all this, so she had not always been his superior officer. Younger audiences will find the relationship between Huard and Ali plausible, while older audiences will find it preposterous.\\n\\n\\\"Annapolis\\\" is directed by Justin Lin and was filmed at a Philadelphia College rather than the actual Annapolis. It seems that the Navy does not cotton to disparaging Hollywood films - they said \\\"No\\\" to \\\"An Officer and a Gentleman\\\" too, which was mostly filmed on location at Port Townsend, Washington rather than the Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida.\\n\\nRated PG-13 for profanity, lust, alcohol and violence.\",\n \"Product: Drag racing east from L.A. in a souped-up '55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic (singer-songwriter James Taylor and the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson in their only acting roles) accompanied by the tagalong Girl (Laurie Bird). Along the way they meet Warren Oates's Pontiac GTO-driving wanderer and challenge him to a cross-country race - at stake: their cars' pink slips. Yet no summary can do justice to the existential punch of Two-Lane Blacktop. Maverick director Monte Hellman's stripped-down narrative gorgeous widescreen compositions and sophisticated look at American male obsession make this one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema and possibly the greatest road movie ever made.System Requirements:Run time: 103 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/RURAL LIFE Rating: R UPC: 715515026925 Manufacturer No: CC1729DDVD\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A Concert of Muscle Cars\\n\\nReview: This is a classic road film back in \\\"the day\\\" of homegrown muscle cars and the growing groundswell of resentment toward the Vietnam War, draft slavery, and other forms of state terrorism such as the National Guard killings of students at Kent State University. For nearly two hours, government mayhem is forgotten while the viewer joins the drivers and passengers of cool muscle cars in their playful pursuits.\\n\\nA '55 Chevy is King of the Road and maintains its financial needs and reputation through illegal street races with other muscle cars foolish enough to contend. This is a cool no-frills muscle car with a honking big V-8 up front. They say behind every boxing champ is a dedicated trainer and a good manager - likewise the '55 Chevy has a dedicated driver and a skilled mechanic. Folk music star James Taylor and the late Dennis Wilson of the \\\"Beach Boys\\\" are the '55 Chevy's driver and mechanic. They are superb at maintaining their focus on finding the next race for the Chevy who then wins against the competition.\\n\\nThe '55 Chevy has been stripped of its non-essentials in order to reduce its curb weight and gain more speed. The heater and rear seats are gone. Fiberglass replaces steel. Plastic aircraft windows replace the original heavy glass ones. The radio stayed but is turned-off at race time. The Chevy is not only lighter, it has a lot more horsepower too. Four hundred and fifty-four cubic inches of AFB dual-carbed, tunnel-rammed V-8 engine is mated to a Muncie M22 Rockcrusher 4-speed transmission. To accommodate the extra horses and torque, the car has wider brake drums and shoes, a front suspension brace, a speedometer that goes up 140 mph, a 8,000-rpm tachometer, and a roll bar. Muscle car enthusiasts will love this car.\\n\\nThe movie begins in Los Angeles with a Golden Gloves competition of illegal street racing between some beautiful muscle cars including a Dodge Daytona, a Plymouth Barricuda, and a Pontiac GTO, among others. Before the cops arrive to draw a curtain on the show, we viewers get to see the '55 Chevy blow-off a Plymouth Barricuda. The story progresses to document an interesting competition between two great cars - the '55 Chevy and a factory-kitted '70 Pontiac GTO packing 500 stallions that the Chevy eventually encounters for a cross-country race to Washington, D.C. for each other's pink slips. The GTO is driven by a fast-talking pretender played by Warren Oates, who is constantly picking up hitchhikers so he can run his mouth at the expense of the hitchhikers' ears unfortunate to accept a ride. His mouth makes it difficult to enjoy the GTO's horsepower as the Goat attempts to out-hum its driver's mouth! Contrast the GTO's driver to the Chevy's Driver and Mechanic: together they don't do much talking other than talk cars and racing, and they pick up only one hitchhiker (played by the late Laurie Bird). Instead they drive and ride while the Chevy's 454 Big Block does the singing while it plays the whines from its Muncie transmission.\\n\\nIn short, this film is like going to a music concert - eventually it ends but it was a great respite from the absurdities of the world. Want to rest your mind from Adolf Bush's invasions of Afghanistan (for opium) and Iraq (for oil) or forget about America's slide down the slippery slope to Nazi Amerika? Jump into the back of this '55 Chevy while \\\"The Driver\\\" and \\\"The Mechanic\\\" take you for a exhilarating ride through the high-performance world of illegal street racing. But hold on, because there is no seat in the back!\",\n \"Product: Drag racing east from L.A. in a souped-up '55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic (singer-songwriter James Taylor and the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson in their only acting roles) accompanied by the tagalong Girl (Laurie Bird). Along the way they meet Warren Oates's Pontiac GTO-driving wanderer and challenge him to a cross-country race - at stake: their cars' pink slips. Yet no summary can do justice to the existential punch of Two-Lane Blacktop. Maverick director Monte Hellman's stripped-down narrative gorgeous widescreen compositions and sophisticated look at American male obsession make this one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema and possibly the greatest road movie ever made.System Requirements:Run time: 103 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/RURAL LIFE Rating: R UPC: 715515026925 Manufacturer No: CC1729DDVD\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A Concert of Muscle Cars\\n\\nReview: This is a classic road film back in \\\"the day\\\" of homegrown muscle cars and the growing groundswell of resentment toward the Vietnam War, draft slavery, and other forms of state terrorism such as the National Guard killings of students at Kent State University. For nearly two hours, government mayhem is forgotten while the viewer joins the drivers and passengers of cool muscle cars in their playful pursuits.\\n\\nA '55 Chevy is King of the Road and maintains its financial needs and reputation through illegal street races with other muscle cars foolish enough to contend. This is a cool no-frills muscle car with a honking big V-8 up front. They say behind every boxing champ is a dedicated trainer and a good manager - likewise the '55 Chevy has a dedicated driver and a skilled mechanic. Folk music star James Taylor and the late Dennis Wilson of the \\\"Beach Boys\\\" are the '55 Chevy's driver and mechanic. They are superb at maintaining their focus on finding the next race for the Chevy who then wins against the competition.\\n\\nThe '55 Chevy has been stripped of its non-essentials in order to reduce its curb weight and gain more speed. The heater and rear seats are gone. Fiberglass replaces steel. Plastic aircraft windows replace the original heavy glass ones. The radio stayed but is turned-off at race time. The Chevy is not only lighter, it has a lot more horsepower too. Four hundred and fifty-four cubic inches of AFB dual-carbed, tunnel-rammed V-8 engine is mated to a Muncie M22 Rockcrusher 4-speed transmission. To accommodate the extra horses and torque, the car has wider brake drums and shoes, a front suspension brace, a speedometer that goes up 140 mph, a 8,000-rpm tachometer, and a roll bar. Muscle car enthusiasts will love this car.\\n\\nThe movie begins in Los Angeles with a Golden Gloves competition of illegal street racing between some beautiful muscle cars including a Dodge Daytona, a Plymouth Barricuda, and a Pontiac GTO, among others. Before the cops arrive to draw a curtain on the show, we viewers get to see the '55 Chevy blow-off a Plymouth Barricuda. The story progresses to document an interesting competition between two great cars - the '55 Chevy and a factory-kitted '70 Pontiac GTO packing 500 stallions that the Chevy eventually encounters for a cross-country race to Washington, D.C. for each other's pink slips. The GTO is driven by a fast-talking pretender played by Warren Oates, who is constantly picking up hitchhikers so he can run his mouth at the expense of the hitchhikers' ears unfortunate to accept a ride. His mouth makes it difficult to enjoy the GTO's horsepower as the Goat attempts to out-hum its driver's mouth! Contrast the GTO's driver to the Chevy's Driver and Mechanic: together they don't do much talking other than talk cars and racing, and they pick up only one hitchhiker (played by the late Laurie Bird). Instead they drive and ride while the Chevy's 454 Big Block does the singing while it plays the whines from its Muncie transmission.\\n\\nIn short, this film is like going to a music concert - eventually it ends but it was a great respite from the absurdities of the world. Want to rest your mind from Adolf Bush's invasions of Afghanistan (for opium) and Iraq (for oil) or forget about America's slide down the slippery slope to Nazi Amerika? Jump into the back of this '55 Chevy while \\\"The Driver\\\" and \\\"The Mechanic\\\" take you for a exhilarating ride through the high-performance world of illegal street racing. But hold on, because there is no seat in the back!\",\n \"Product: Eleven all new recordings, plus seven of his greatest hits. Lounge music versions of your favorite rock and rap hits. More horns, more profanity, more Dick! Includes 'Rape Me', 'Baby Got Back', 'Bust A Move', 'Sunday Bloody Sunday', 'Nookie', 'Rock The Casbah', 'Hot For Teacher', and many more. Surfdog. 2006.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A Satire on Rap\\n\\nReview: This is by far the quirkiest music album I have ever heard - imagine Merv Griffin singing the words of today's rap songs in his Merv Griffin lounge style. The result is hilariously outrageous!\\n\\nRappers such as Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Snoop Dogg, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Nirvana, and Ying Yang Twins are satirized as well as rockers such as Pink Floyd and Van Halen. The Merv Griffin lounge style music sung by Richard Cheese is seriously performed and only serves to accentuate the preposterousity of the whole affair.\\n\\nThe only caveat is the explicit profanity in the remakes of the rap songs. I never cared for all the unnecessary expletives in regular rap music, but to hear Richard Cheese's Merv Griffin voice melodiously sing out every single lyric and expletive from original rap songs accompanied by background instruments from the Big Band era, just makes them even uglier. However, it doesn't mean that it didn't work - the songs are effective satire and outrageous! Filthy, foul-mouthed, obscene . . . and hilarious. I couldn't help myself from laughing.\",\n \"Product: This blazing New Year's Eve performance at the legendary J & J Blues bar in Fort Worth, TX. is amazingly the veterans duo's first live recording in their 15 year career. Holiday cheer and roadhouse ambiance make for a uniquely satisfying taste of Joe and Bnois' trademark Texas blues.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: True Rock Jazz Jam\\n\\nReview: As a fan of mountain folk music, blues is ususally not my first choice. It's often too predictable because so many aging musicians have played this genre ragged. Having said that, this album was impressive. Fans of this genre will love the dynamic guitar of English cap-wearing Smokin' Joe Kubek and black-leathered Bnois King, reinforced by background percussion from their bespectacled drummer.\\n\\nRecording since 1989, the guitarists' albums now run into double digits. This album was recorded live at the J&J Blues Bar and presents a couple of fresh original tracks along with a mixture of previous songs. King brings sweet countryish blues, accentuated by Kubek's jazz-rock instrumentation. This is one rock jazz jam that listeners are sure to feel. I definitely was feeling it. Kubek and King are not afraid to push the parameters.\",\n \"Product: \\\"The book gave me that rare, greedy feeling of: this is so good I want to read it all at once but I mustn't or it will be over too soon. Haddon pulls off something extraordinary . . .\\\" -- \\\"The Observer\\\" \\\"Always surprising and often hilarious.\\\" -- \\\"The Globe and Mail\\\" \\\"One of the most affecting things I've read in years . . . it's brilliant.\\\" -- \\\"The Guardian\\\" \\\"Mark Haddon's new novel comes with glowing endorsements from Ian McEwan and Oliver Sacks . . . For once, the pundits speak the truth.\\\" -- \\\"The Economist\\\" \\\"A stark, funny and original first novel . . . [with] one of the strangest and most convincing characters in recent fiction.\\\" -- \\\"The New York Times Book Review\\\" \\\"A brilliant autism novel has been overdue -- and this is it! The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Mark Haddon shows great insight into the autistic mind, and he brings his young narrator protagonist quite wonderfully to life. I found it very moving, very plausible -- and \\\"very\\\" funny.\\\" -- Oliver Sacks, author of Uncle Tungsten \\\"I have never read anything quite like Mark Haddon's funny and agonizingly honest book, or encountered a narrator more vivid and memorable. I advise you to buy two copies; you won't want to lend yours out.\\\" -- Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha \\\"The Curious Incident brims with imagination, empathy, and vision -- plus it's a lot of fun to read.\\\" -- Myla Goldberg, author of Bee Season \\\"Mark Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally disassociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy.\\\" -- Ian McEwan, author of Atonement \\\"From the Trade Paperback edition.\\\" \\\" A finely crafted debut ... conveys an astonishing intensity of emotion, almost Proustian in its sense of loss and regret.\\\" --\\\"Kirkus Reviews (Starred review) \\\"\\\" The assurance with which Mary Lawson handles both reflection and violence makes her a writer to read and watch ... has a resonance at once witty and poignant.\\\" \\\"-- The New York Times Book Review \\\"\\\" Crow Lake is the kind of book that keeps you reading well past midnight; you grieve when it' s over. Then you start pressing it on friends.\\\" \\\"-- The Washington Post Book World \\\"\\\" A touching meditation on the power of loyalty and loss, on the ways in which we pay our debts and settle old scores, and on what it means to love, to accept, to succeed-- and to negotiate fate' s obstacle courses.\\\" \\\"-- People \\\"\\\" Lawson' s tight focus on the emotional and moral effects of a drastic turn of events on a small human group has its closest contemporary analogue in the novels of Ian McEwan.\\\" \\\"-- The Toronto Star \\\" \\\"From the Hardcover edition.\\\" \\\"A finely crafted debut ... conveys an astonishing intensity of emotion, almost Proustian in its sense of loss and regret.\\\" --\\\"Kirkus Reviews (Starred review) \\\"\\\"The assurance with which Mary Lawson handles both reflection and violence makes her a writer to read and watch ... has a resonance at once witty and poignant.\\\" \\\"--The New York Times Book Review \\\"\\\"Crow Lake is the kind of book that keeps you reading well past midnight; you grieve when it's over. Then you start pressing it on friends.\\\" \\\"--The Washington Post Book World \\\"\\\"A touching meditation on the power of loyalty and loss, on the ways in which we pay our debts and settle old scores, and on what it means to love, to accept, to succeed--and to negotiate fate's obstacle courses.\\\" \\\"--People \\\"\\\"Lawson's tight focus on the emotional and moral effects of a drastic turn of events on a small human group has its closest contemporary analogue in the novels of Ian McEwan.\\\" \\\"--The Toronto Star \\\" \\\"From the Hardcover edition.\\\"\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Individuality, Asberger's, and Christopher Boone\\n\\nReview: This illuminating book, hindered by unnecessary profanity, is narrated by 15 year old Christopher John Francis Boone, who attends special school in Swindon where he lives with his supposedly widowed father. Christopher says of himself - \\\"I do not like people shouting at me. It makes me scared...and I do not know what is going to happen\\\". His response - \\\"I put my hands over my ears and close my eyes\\\". Sometimes he does \\\"groaning\\\" to generate white noise to drown out other noises, which sometimes come into his head from too many sources all at once creating an overload on his ability to process the plethora of details. He can't take crowds or being ordered, but he can take A-level maths. People are often unpredictable to Christopher, but animals are safe. He has a pet rat named Toby and he likes dogs - \\\"Dogs do not tell lies\\\", such as \\\"I laughed my sock off\\\". When Wellington, the neighbour lady's dog, is found killed by a garden fork, Christopher decides to do a Sherlock Holmes and track down the culprit. Christopher knows this will entail having to interact with people, which requires social skills that he has yet to understand let alone master. But before he learns who killed Wellington, he uncovers a family secret so shocking that he lies unconscious in his own \\\"sick\\\" for a few hours before awaking to learn the identity of the dog's killer. In fright for his personal safety, Christopher flees Swindon for London. The flight is fraught with problems peculiar to his developmental handicaps, which put him on an emotional roller coaster. The reader of this piece will no doubt cry during the plot at those times when Christopher, badly shaken, cannot because he's not in touch with his emotions that are however in touch with him. Besides generating a great deal of empathy, the author Mark Haddon will have the reader wondering if he/she is not a tad bit autistic as well. Lastly, the 3 doors incident in the story purportedly from Parade magazine is not accurate. When faced with choosing between the 2 remaining doors, you are either repicking the originally picked door or you are picking the other door; it's a new situation that has nothing to do with the previous one. So the chance is 50/50.\",\n \"Product: any age can resist a book guaranteed to make fellow diners blanch at restaurants or at the family dinner table? Mean, disgusting, vile, hilarious. The book that makes CRUEL TRICKS look like an etiquette guide. 35 black-and-white photos.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Comic Magicians Talk Lunch\\n\\nReview: Penn and Teller are comic magicians who go back to the 1970s, but did not make it big until their appearances on David Letterman and Saturday Night Live in the 1980s. Since then they have made guest appearances on many television shows including Home Improvement. And recently a cable show has given them their own time slot. Penn and Teller have also written three best-selling books: Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends, How to Play in Traffic, and this book How To Play with Your Food.\\n\\nMost magicians do not share their secrets. But Penn and Teller love sharing the secrets of magic in a comic way. Some of the topics covered in this book are \\\"Genteel versus vulgar food play\\\"; \\\"Why all miracles are fake\\\"; Stabbing a fork in your eye\\\"; popcorn and pizza tricks; the JFK trick; and many others. My favorite is the \\\"Oliver Stone Melon-Head Trick\\\", which is not for the squeamish. The only caveat is that they did not include the ImpeachBlair vanishing trick, but perhaps they can make the White House lap dog disappear?\",\n \"Product: The Cowboys\\n(View amazon detail page)\\n\\nASIN: 0812814282\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Cow Boys Become Men\\n\\nReview: This is the novel that the John Wayne film \\\"The Cowboys\\\" was based on. It begins with a cattleman who needed his cattle driven on the trail to market. However, a gold rush has emptied his locale of anybody available to hire as trail hands. So he is forced to recruit and hire schoolboys from his local school.\\n\\nThe boys have only the cattleman and a cook for mentors as they set out to drive cattle on a trail fraught with man-sized problems, including gunslinging cattle rustlers. Their initiation into manhood took no account of their ages and their employer is eventually murdered by the gunslingers.\\n\\nAfterward, the boys managed to avenge the death of their beloved mentor with some help from the cook. Later as they reflected upon their deed, they wondered if their actions were justified or perhaps immoral. But the cook assured them that \\\"All that happened was we all got ourselfs (sic) swept up in life\\\" (p219). Their innocence behind them, they were all grown up by the code of the West.\",\n \"Product: RELIGION\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: A Message of Peace\\n\\nReview: Books for children usually aim to provide children with some guidelines in their early years before they mature and are able to question \\\"why\\\" things are the way they are. Peacelovers and others with a love for God will greet this JW book for children with a warm empathy. It's 40 chapters cover 256 pages and are profusely illustrated with beautifully crafted paintings rather than photographs.\\n\\nThe Jehovah's Witnesses grew out of a Protestant Christian movement in America known originally as the Bible Students. Fresh after the Civil War, their founders saw what happens when brothers take arms against brothers, sons against fathers, and nephews against uncles. They saw that war is of Satan and goes contrary to the teachings of God's prophets - especially Jesus, Son of Mary.\\n\\nDuring the twentieth century, so-called Christians bombed and killed each other during two horribly un-Christian world wars. The Jehovah's Witnesses of Germany, Britain, and America did not participate in war; instead they sat in British and American prisons or were killed in Hitler's concentration camps. The JWs wore the purple triangles.\\n\\nToday, Hitler's faults have taken revenge on those who resorted to force to resist him. America, Britain, and the British-created state in Palestine called Israel (comprised of the freed Jewish captives in Hitler's concentration camps), are all behaving like Hitler because they had sunk to his level or lower in order to resist him.\\n\\nNot so with the JWs, who have never betrayed God's maxim - \\\"Thou shalt not kill\\\" or the teaching of Jesus to turn the other cheek. The nemesis of peace is the use of violence. It is the enemy of God. If all Christiandom practiced the example of Jesus as the JWs do, war would be a footnote in a history book.\\n\\nSerious students of theology will no doubt dislike many of the JW's views because they are ungrounded in history or based on false assumptions of the Biblical evidence at hand. For example, JWs continue to wrongly maintain that Moses authored the first five books of the Old Testament known as the Pentateuch. These five books are mere sayings attributed to Moses by later writers long after his death. The original law as given to Moses is missing and all we have are these later hearsay accounts (see Richard Elliot Friedman's \\\"Who Wrote the Bible? available here at Amazon).\\n\\nIn short, this is a nicely done book that is sure to leave a child in awe of God. It will not confuse a child's faith who is being instructed in faith and where the child's parents can explain why JWs arrive at the conclusions they do by dismissing evidence and history. Instead, a child will come to appreciate their history of nonwar and their suffering to live a peaceful life as Jesus is said to have lived in the four Gospel accounts by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (they ignore Barnabus and Thomas).\",\n \"Product: , Brand New Loompanics Unlimited Softcover, 172 pgs.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The American as a Soviet\\n\\nReview: The subtitle for this book is : \\\"How to Practice Free Enterprise In an Unfree Economy\\\". Americans are living an Orwellian double-think dream while ignoring the government-generated corporate statist economy at odds with the principles of free enterprise they are taught to cherish. The IRS continues its Gestapo-like trampling of the Bill of Rights while stealing money, engineering social policy, and maintaining surveillance on American tax victims. Millions of Americans are feeling the squeeze, most just 3 paychecks away from bankruptcy. Some are fighting back, not only by joining tax repeal groups and protesting the unconstitutional theft of their money, but through civil disobedience by simply not reporting income or falsifying their tax returns. These people are what Adam Cash terms \\\"Guerilla Capitalists\\\". A Guerilla Capitalist is anyone practicing free enterprise in our anti-capitalist corporate statist economy in America today. Adam Cash does not dwell on the fact that corporations are creations of the state, and as such, would never exist in a free market. He leaves that to Paul H. Weaver in his \\\"The Suicidal Corporation\\\"(1988). Rather, Adam Cash covers in vast detail all the ins and outs of making money in the free market, which is the underground market or black market. He also aims to teach the reader how not to get caught practicing free enterprise in our unfree society. As the publisher Michael Hoy says \\\"What good is 'believing in' free enterprise if you don't practice it?\\\" ...\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":15,"string":"15"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1986,"string":"1,986"}}},{"rowIdx":1987,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"AUCIFMWP3DU8R"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"5.0\" for a product with description \"After spearheading the alternative country movement with his band Uncle Tupelo, Jay Farrar pursued his vision with Son Volt, who recorded three landmark albums in the '90s before the groundbreaking artist put the band on extended hiatus and cut three solo records. Now back with his third Son Volt album of the decade, Jay Farrar has delivered what may be his finest work yet, American Central Dust. The new album exhilaratingly carries on the tradition of the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Little Feat circa Sailin' Shoes, the Rolling Stones of Exile on Main Street and early R.E.M., with standouts like the exceptional Down to the Wire, Dynamite and No Turning Back. An epic lament for the heartland, American Central Dust is populated with readily recognizable characters, the most hopeful of them searching for love against a backdrop of rusted road signs and abandoned factories. Rarely does a musical work so powerfully capture the zeitgeist of its historical moment while also honoring the traditions of rock & roll with such rawboned grace.\". The summary of the review text is \"Do not, under any circumstances remain ignorant any longer.\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"I never get tired of Son Volt- Jay Farrar and any of his incarnations. Unique in a way of presentation and songwriting, he offers music nearly too challenging to be considered mere entertainment, but history, philosophy, or just deeply cutting observations. Even though at times his voice can strike me as monotonous, nasal and vaguely irritating, it never bothers me and what he has to say is so important and so well executed it rises beyond any issues I may have with his music. And in fact. I have none, a;though even now I am having a hard time keeping some of these tunes out of my mind as I try to write. And not just earworms, his songs intellect-rousing works of art. For example\"Sultana\" reminded me of the greater picture that was and remains the greatest American maritime disaster ever, and made me want to know more. He is more than an entertainer, much more- he is a spellbinding songwriter and an educator.\n\nThe first song of his I remember hearing was \"Medication, happened to be while I was doing my own 28 days, and it became nearly anthemic: Put it on loop, and I have never looked back."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"I never get tired of Son Volt- Jay Farrar and any of his incarnations. Unique in a way of presentation and songwriting, he offers music nearly too challenging to be considered mere entertainment, but history, philosophy, or just deeply cutting observations. Even though at times his voice can strike me as monotonous, nasal and vaguely irritating, it never bothers me and what he has to say is so important and so well executed it rises beyond any issues I may have with his music. And in fact. I have none, a;though even now I am having a hard time keeping some of these tunes out of my mind as I try to write. And not just earworms, his songs intellect-rousing works of art. For example\"Sultana\" reminded me of the greater picture that was and remains the greatest American maritime disaster ever, and made me want to know more. He is more than an entertainer, much more- he is a spellbinding songwriter and an educator.\n\nThe first song of his I remember hearing was \"Medication, happened to be while I was doing my own 28 days, and it became nearly anthemic: Put it on loop, and I have never looked back."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: Drill America DWTPT series Qualtech carbon steel pipe tap is designed to clean and/or re-thread damaged or jam pipe threads. It is appropriate for threading a wide variety of materials both ferrous and non-ferrous. The nominal size of a pipe tap is that of the pipe fitting to be tapped, not the actual size of the tap. The thread tapers 3/4 of an inch per foot. All pipe taps furnished with a 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 thread chamfer. NPT threads require the use of a sealer like Teflon tape or pipe compound. Uncoated tools feature just the base substrate without any additional treatment or coatings and are suitable for a wide range of applications. Round with square end shank. Straight flute tools allow chips to collect in the flutes as they cut and are well suited for most applications in shallow cuts. Right-Hand cut tools have a cutting action that engages when they are run in a clockwise direction.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Decent set, cuts OK.\n\nReview: I don't have much occasion to cut and drill NPT much anymore, I used to work in a factory and it seems I was always looking for the 3/4\". This set is decent for a DIY or handyman, but really I can't see someone at that level (no disrespect intended, I am both) doing much more than chasing fittings. As long as it's not a 90, obviously. I have several half -inch, and need a bottoming tap so I ground down to one from the set and tried it out in several fitting from my scrap heap; it did a nice job of making them usable.\n\nThe larger sizes included mean fearlessness when attacking an average job, I did run a hole for each size in 1/2\" plate and at least for these first passes (with plenty of oil) they gave an acceptable threading. I am not yet sure of the sale price, but it's a reasonable alternative to the various Freight\" type stores, where \"no cutting tools\" is one of my guiding rules.","Product: WD-40 SpecialistSpray and Stay Gel Lubricant No-Drip Formula offers long-lasting lubrication that wont run, drip or make a mess. Unlike standard lubricants, this unique gel stays where you spray it, making it ideal for use on vertical surfaces and moving parts like chains, cables, gears, rollers, and bearings. Plus, it features the attached SMART STRAW, which SPRAYS 2 WAYS. Safe on multiple surfaces including metal, plastic and rubber. Withstands temperature ranges from -100 F to 500 F. VOC compliant in all 50 states.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: For the Specialist in us all.\n\nReview: <div id=\"video-block-RMH8GJPDRZRIH\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/B1aMv4RQAUS.mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61ZjSLjlqyS.png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\"> WD-40 as much as we all know and love it, was never my first choice for a true, all purpose lubricant, I grew up with 3-in-1 (now owned by the WD people.)\n.\nWith the disappearance of real hardware stores and appearance of the other forces of algorithm-driven retail evil that now shape the blue collar supply climate, WD-40 is about all you can find without looking too hard. The knowledge that WD really shines as a sludge cleaner, or goo of you will- it appears to be not that widely known that a little drop or two will remove sticky residue without leaving as much of a trace as you might expect- has been a very useful use for me for years, in addition to the many other uses of this fine product.\n\nIn addition to a few other known lesser known uses, a few favorites--\n\nCREATES PRETTY RAINBOW FORMATIONS WHEN APPLIED TO EMPTY AQUARIUMS\nLOOSENS OLD LPS FROM TURNTABLE SPINDLES\nSPRAY ON CABLE AND TELEPHONE LINES TO KEEP PUPPIES FROM CHEWING THEM\nLUBRICATES MOVING PARTS ON BLACK SPIDER RIDE IN CONEY ISLAND AMUSEMENT PARK\nLUBRICATES END PINS ON CELLOS\n\nBut for you non-cellists who, like me may have commercial or heavy duty lube needs, you may feel the old standby never really did the trick as well as it should; it just worked because it was there. Always seemed less like oil and more like something else, like oh, a water dispersal agent. Now theres a catchy name.\n\nBack to the point: this new gel based stuff could resolve that the issue, just ask anyone whos ever over-oiled a door hinge with WD and then tried to explain the stain on the carpet.\n\nThe WD-40 Specialist Spray Gel can is a distinct departure from the classic and ubiquitous blue and yellow, appearing almost unrecognizable in a serious looking silver and black, only the sight of the very clever (but not always very long-lived) SmartStraw gives this away as a WD product, and even that is disguised in a yellow plastic.\n\nIt applies like other spray lubes I have used over the years, fast and foamy. It settles out into a smaller application of fluid than you might like, also like other sprays, particularly a white lithium compound I use from time to time.\n\nA test for this review was a chain driven gear reduction of a garage door opener, and I found that the spray went on slightly globby but settled down as the pattern evened out. I would say the body is still a fairly light of weight, but the adhesion is pretty good. Its a lot easier (not to mention safer) to squirt a mechanism in motion than a more conservative approach, but there is no substitute (certainly not in commercial applications) for a proper application of a mfr-spec lube, but this is a big improvement over their runny flagship oil.\n\nThe smell caught me by surprise, we have become inured to the usual lightweight scent of WD, where here we have a smell that at once is evocative and old and musty; it reminded me of my grandfathers garage.\n\nUpon first use, I never thought I would hear an agitator ball in a can of oil, but I did and it needs to be used, the proper way, or you will definitely not see as much lubricant on your work as you might prefer.\n\nAs you might be able to deduce from the frivolous video, it clings pretty well but I didn't think it laid on a really deep coating on the surface, but short of doing it the correct way (in the case of a chain, removing, soaking and then re-coating) I think this is at least a clear improvement on the drippiness of a water dispersal agent or penetrating oil. Its still pretty messy, but I will continue to apply the new trick to old situations as they arise, and see if I am converted.\n\nWD-40 has also introduced a few other specialty type lubes- new to me, at least- and I would think they deserve equal consideration if you're seeking out the best spray solution for your lubrication needs.\n\nIf you have ever wondered,about all the uses of WD-40, be sure to check the WS-40 website - its only a little out of date (SPRAY ON VIDEOTAPES TO REMOVE THE LABEL SO YOU CAN RE-LABEL IT ) for all 2000+ suggested uses.","Product: There's just something about cooking right there on the dining table together with all the guests. It certainly creates more of a communal feeling than when the host is stuck in the kitchen while the guests are having a good time in the living room. This versatile electric table grill is more like two grills in one. The even side of the grill is perfect for pancakes, crepes and bacon. The wavy side cooks meats, fish and vegetables to perfection. It is so easy to switch between surfaces since the grill and griddle plate is one solid piece- just pick it up and flip it over to change sides. Both surfaces are made from non-stick coated aluminum, the handles from heat-resistant plastics. The table grill can be set to six temperatures, and it comes with a double-end heat-resistant spatula-one for each grilling surface. The powerful 1500 to 1800-watt heating element heats evenly and makes grilling a breeze. Whether your are making steaks, grilled cheese sandwiches, or pancakes, the large surface leaves plenty of room for cooking. The grill itself, as well as the drip pan underneath it is dishwasher safe. With the electric grill being perfect for cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner-why even own a stove, is the only remaining question. Available in black, red, green and orange.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: For those who enjoy casual grilling.. and cleaning..\n\nReview: Says the blurb about the Bodum Bistro Electric Table Grill: \"There's just something about cooking right there on the dining table together with all the guests. It certainly creates more of a communal feeling....... \" Depending on what you choose to cook, it creates a few more things as well- spatter on the table (or said guests) clouds of cooking smoke and aromas to let you enjoy memories of your meal all night long.\n\nHaving said that, I can add that this is a very well made unit, and no matter what your ultimate use for it may be, it is superior to some of the other small electric grills I have seen. I am sure many have caught up to the Bodum, but the fact that the two-sided grill platter is dishwasher safe is a major plus for me. However, none of the other parts are, and like a food processor, one may find the cleaning involved is simply not worth the end result.\n\nAnyone who has ever used a Jenn-Aire will understand the pros and cons about indoor electric grilling, and that is with a complete system. But even with a built in fan and grease trap, the things are still high maintenance. Tabletop grills, with neither of those features, will, despite a few hours cleaning after every use, eventually develop that patina of meals past. Soft plastic parts, as is the Bodum's outer shell, are particularly susceptible to this occurrence.\n\nThe temperature control is \"international\", no pesky numbers that might help you remember what the ideal settings may be- just a swoosh that goes from thin to thick and give one a general idea of the temperature.\n\nStill, it is a well-built and basic platform, and I am sure for those who are not bothered by the shortcomings of any freestanding cooking appliance- or perhaps those for which this is the only cooking device available, will find this a solid performer.","Product: Enjoy the long-lasting durability of Hard Anodized nonstick cookware. This professional-grade set includes: 8\" Skillet; 1.5-Quart Saucepan with Lid; and 8.0-Quart Stockpot with Lid.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Out with the old!\n\nReview: I just reclaimed a lot of room in my cookware cabinets. I selected these sight unseen and was completely and pleasantly surprised to such a degree that the yard sale pile just got bigger.\n\nI found every aspect of using the KitchenAid to be a marked improvement over any others I currently own or have used. My first test- a frittata filling of onion, garlic, mushroom, sausage and peppers was nearly effortless, so enjoyable and possibly even easier than watching someone else cook.\n\nThese pans will cooperate, not cause conflict. Made of a heavy stainless steel alloy machined to a perfectly flat surface bonded to a more conventional aluminum shape creates an ideal tool, one which may come as a revelation to those used to a typical stamped steel low-end product.\n\nThe triple ply bottom provides a dead flat cooking surface that is as much a griddle as a skillet, blending smoothly into the sloping sides that make sautéing, simmering, or frying and flipping drop dead easy. The \"pro\" style riveted aluminum handle is a tiny bit longer than will easily tuck into one of my cabinets, but pans like these will doubtless be used daily and should be considered display worthy, both for easier access and just showing off. If I was ever motivated to install an iron ceiling rack, it would be for these. In fact I would certainly consider upgrading most of my cookware to other products in the Kitchen Aid line.\n\nI have at one time or another used or owned many of the brands that are typically considered high-end, gourmet, whatever- All Clad, Analon, Circulon, Calfalon, (Calculon!) T-Fal, and never really bonded with any of them, preferring to defer to my well seasoned cast-iron trio for most serious missions.\n\nThe Kitchen Aid could change that. Apart from my cast iron (with its own inherent and not insignificant drawbacks) I have never used anything that offered such even and precise heat control. Preheating the pans is essential, it takes a few more minutes before adding an oil or an ingredient, but you will find the non-stick surface really needs little help in cooking. At the other end, these seem to retain heat even more than the iron, so \"remove from heat\" may acquire additional adjustments in timing.\n\nThe handle grip is narrower than what you could call typical, if you are moving up from a synthetic style you may not be used to this. It doesn't seem as if it would take on a lot of heat in anything other than a long session on higher than medium settings; made of stainless the differential metal suggests slower heat transfer. These are rated to a temp of 500 which would obviously change that scenario, but then how often does that occur?\n\nI now seem to be permanently retiring the rest of my cupboard I noticed many older handles were wobbly. I never got round to fixing them, and now it is unlikely I will need to nor encounter that again. You may find a reason to object to the rivet heads in the mix, but I can't think of one.\n\nNone of the other brands seemed to be as slick or for that matter offered any advantage large enough to justify the whopping price difference. I expect purists, pros and the elite may ridicule the \"grocery store\" style of cookware, but in the end it remains only to see if they can stand the test of time and lay to rest the doubting. (I can't say if these would be considered professional grade, here is where non-stick coatings understandably just do not have a chance.)\n\nThe only thing I'd mention with any negativity is the initial difference the bottom surface lends to skidding the pan around atop a burner, it is so flat and has visible machining marks, though precisely machine cut, the relatively coarse finish makes\n\nWhen shuffling the pan on a burner (or \"jerking\", as one cooking encyclopedia says) for frying or sautéing, I found it to have more resistance than a stamped pan, likely due to the unpolished finish and greater surface area of the outside bottom. The rough finish which so aids heat transfer makes it a little bit more resistant to stovetop sliding. I have never seen anyone who opposed to the technique except for cooktop users, where it is usually forbidden anyway. I expect with continued use it as it polishes up this will loosen up in time.\n\nAnd a breeze to clean- so much lighter than the iron, so slick they barely need more than a rinse. I have learned to avoid soap and scrubbing unless of an extreme need, this has been good practice in anticipation of a surface as good as the Kitchen Aid. They mention the pans are dishwasher safe but they take so little effort to clean I would not think it worth taking up the space.\n\nThe box says \"great for cooktops\", this is plain to see. I can see how these could change that technique, I do not own one and would never considered it, not just due to preferring flame, but also as a result of being compelled to use pans that were clearly not suitable- even a minor imperfection creates problems that would be manageable on a gas, difficult on electric, but impossible on infrared.\n\nI'd like the chance to try it myself- I suspect a properly flat and well-conducting surface such as this would create an entirely new cooking experience, especially if using an induction cooktop. But, failing that for now, in addition to being a joy to use, they finally provided the inspiration to level my gas range, and I no longer have to chase my work around the skillet looking for (or avoiding) the hot spot.","Product: OXO Good Grips Easy-Release Strawberry Huller and Tomato Corer\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Bet You Didn't Know You Needed One\n\nReview: Prior to seeing this device, I really had no idea the stem thing atop strawberry was referred to as a \"hull\". Hull sounds like that of a pea pod, or a walnut, or a boat, obviously. Of course, \"hull\" is the vulgate for \"calyx\", but this was even more obscure news for me. Is the top part of a tomato called that too?\n\nSpeaking of tomatoes, I was glad to see another reviewer had success with that fruit. (Vegetable, whatever) I did not, but this leads indirectly to a point about the Oxo: it doesn't work all that well on smaller items.\n\nBut on the larger ones, I was quite impressed. Not ever being previously inclined to hull a berry, I usually just dug the stem out with a spoon, fingers, anything handy.\n\nNo more. The Oxo has shown me enlightenment. Used properly it makes a lovely space in the top of a berry, quite perfect for filling with ice cream, whipped cream, sugar, your favorite thing to put on- and now in strawberries.\n\nAt first I found the stainless blades to be rather flimsy, and seemed a bit wide spread to be able to dig into a berry top without destroying it. As I mentioned, this is true with smaller berries. The larger the better, just align it, stab and twist- out it comes. A push of the green button releases the stem- hull, sorry- and once you catch the rhythm you can decimate a basket in minutes.\n\nIt seems to remove a rather large cone-shaped piece, but that's what leaves that space. And my wife enjoys nibbling on the divot. (But she likes apple cores too, so there's that)\n\nAnother gadget I never know I needed, but as I do not often buy strawberries, it will be living in the gadget drawer along with the likes of its cousin, a cherry pitter. <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Westmark-Cherry-Pitter/dp/B000FDSM0W/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Westmark Cherry Pitter</a>\n\nWhich also works quite well, but as it works so nicely on olives it will probably continue to see more use than the Oxo, but barely.\n\nI am sure there are more \"pro\" hullers out there, but if you, like me, have an overflowing gadget drawer, you will certainly able to make room for this affordable, useful though diminutive tool.","Product: Perfect for grating cheeses over salads, soups, pasta and more, this high-capacity ratchet grater features an innovative, ergonomic design that's easy on the wrist and fits comfortably in one hand. Translucent body allows you to see what you're grating and the grater can be washed in the top rack of the dishwasher for easy cleanup.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Well built, excellent design- and ever so slightly impractical\n\nReview: Like the mousetrap and garlic press, the cheese grater exists to perform a relatively fundamental chore. And like mousetraps and garlic presses, there are and continue to be a steady stream of better ideas, very few of which seem to raise the bar for accomplishing the task.\n\nThe Kuhn Rikon offers a very clever solution, it's a handheld unit that self-feeds the cheese against a shredding drum. Unlike the classic predecessor typically rotated by a crank while the other hand keeps the cheese squeezed against the drum; here a lever spins the drum while a spring clamps the cheese.\n\nNot unlike a food processor, you have to ask if the effort in employing any relatively sophisticated tool is worth the results- I can't see using this grater on a daily, casual basis, but it is still undeniably one of the most well built and solidly designed graters I have used. I love it, but I can't see that the results warrant adding more steps to meal prep and cleanup.\n\nThe KR has a spring loaded plunger pressing in an enclosed hopper driving the cheese against the grater surface. So instead of cranking a handle, one wobbles a ratchet handle back and forth, a set of ratcheting bevel gears allow it to rotate in one direction with relatively minor operator effort. This certainly eliminates the axial differential difficulties of muscle input caused by the squeeze-crank operation, but most of the problems found with those rotary style of grater are still present. I have never taken a shine to this type, for any serious grating it usually wears me down faster than the cheese.\n\nThe extremely sharp stainless grater is app. 6\" in circumference, I found most box and paddle graters I use to be about a half inch shorter but basically have the same amount of surface area. It takes two pulls of the lever to move the drum through one rotation, so if you'd like, do the math and decide if that's more or less work than one stroke with a linear type. Since it is continuous motion, you will find yourself with the ability to burn through a chunk of cheese in a really short time, although there is not much flexibility to work with odd shapes or create different textures.\n\nThe grater drum is quite sharp, and of course only offers one texture. I would guess most people tend to stick with the same size grind, but I tend to hop between coarse, curls, very thin lines or a fine powder.\n\nA fairly significant issue is that, again, like a food processor, you need to prepare the cheese to fit the size of the hopper. Even though it is the right shape and dimensions of a typical 8-oz grocery store block, it will still be too long. If you have a wedge or other unusual shape even more trimming will be required, resulting in even more odd-shaped pieces that may or may not be easily reused, and dealing with the thick rind such as is found in most whole hard cheese presents its own set of problems.\n\nHard cheeses- (and chocolate, spices- even ice) shred wonderfully, but there is still the problem with the rind- it forces a limit and reveals some of the inflexibility of a drum grater. Soft cheeses are no problem at all to grate, if anything you will find it too easy to shred far too much. In a way, not a bad idea of you like to have a bag of shredded cheese on hand, here we can see semi-commercial leaning of this design. But the biggest problem with softer cheeses is to be found when after a short time, they will pack the drum, eventually slowing the output and making cleanup a small bother.\n\nSpeaking of chocolate and other not-quite-cheese things one can grate in an off-label sort of way, I tossed a handful of peanut M&M's into the hopper just to see what would happen. It took a little extra pressure on the plunger to get a bite, but once it did it continued to grind them into a nice powder. \"And use for what\" you may ask? I am not sure. Ice cream topping? Frosting? Salad dressing? They were uniform, evenly sized bits of sparkly candy, peanut and chocolate. It just illustrates how a tool and some imaginative applications can produce unexpected discoveries. Like frowns of disbelief . Who knows what awaits.\n\nBut:\n\nIs the prep and cleanup time involved outweighed or at least balanced by the performance? I have seen comments that it can be difficult to remove the feeder and drum sections are challenging to many, although I found a pinch-and-push motion with one hand seemed easy enough to master, but requires a lot of digital dexterity and strength, this is not a simple task for many. But to be blunt: it's a deal breaker for those who would be in doubt. My mom would love the ease of grating, but could never even hope to manage the affair.\n\nIf it seems the novelty of the device may wear off a little, especially if you still have not yet come to terms with the extra steps involved, I think many would still reach for the conventional graters and save the KR for the bigger jobs. Or just having fun.\n\nA thought not entirely out of context from Godley & Creme:\n\n\"The fewer the moving parts\nThe less there is to go wrong\"","Product: Experience Eureka's SuctionSeal 2.0 Pet Rewind. Proven powercleans carpets better than Dyson. SuctionSeal Technology with All-Surface Suction Plates concentrates airflow for deep cleaning suction power. As you move across carpet, hardwood or tile floors the plates raise and lower, creating a seal to maximize airflow for powerful cleaning performance. Whether its surface dirt or debris hiding in crevices, its sucked up and away, without any scattering. Unlike most other vacuums, SuctionSeal 2.0 Pet is engineered with an efficient air path with limited bends and turns. This allows more air to pass through the vacuum. The direct air path from floor to cup decreases the distance for dirt to travel, which increases the amount of airflow for powerful suction. For attachment cleaning, simply set the suction control dial to tools. Tough enough for pet owners, Eureka SuctionSeal 2.0 Pet Rewind is designed to remove pet hair in your home. The PET Power Paw removes pet hair from carpet and upholstery. An on-board crevice tool and pet dusting brush with plastic teeth grab pet hair from hard to reach areas. The odor absorbing high efficiency allergen filter reduces dust and allergens and the washable, reusable dust cup filter means less frequent replacement. The Eureka SuctionSeal 2.0 Pet Rewind includes an automatic cord rewind for quick and easy storage, a 39-ft reach system and a Smooth-Glide pivoting basemaking it easier to push over all carpet types. And with soft rubber wheels, it wont nick or scratch hard floors.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Stands alone. And then falls over.\n\nReview: That is, \"compared to Dyson\", which when proclaimed on packaging seems likely as not to leave a manufacturer open to immediate suspicion before a customer has even opened the box.\n\nSo last, first: When taking the vac on yet another trial, I hit the edge of a string rug which the rollers at once tried to relocate with extreme prejudice. I pulled it back quickly before any more of it could be ingested, this time not even trying for the power switch. I must have dislocated something on the machine as I yanked it off the rug, the next thing I knew I was in a dust cloud while a heavier pile of rug strings and debris settled to the floor (and my desk). I might have bumped the canister ajar for a moment; after the dust settled- literally- I examined it but couldn't really tell how it happened. To be fair, I am sure it was operator error, and it did to a fine job of cleaning up after itself, but I'd thought I had already done that part.\n\nIn sum, despite numerous shortcomings, I found this vac of an amusing but largely impractical design, somewhat more difficult to navigate. The power seemed adequate for most situations, and carrying around all the tools is convenient, at least until they start showing how much they get in the way, or just fall off, that is. The overall construction could be described as adequate, barely, as I have already experienced a few failures only after less than 10 hours of use. And for some reason I miss having a headlight, no matter how useless they may be in real life.\n\nBut from the first time I saw the box, I started out by wondering: When did it become OK to tout a product as superior to another brand- by name- rather than upon it's own merits? \"Better Than Dyson!\" the box proclaims. Assuming the prospective customer has heard of Dyson, but hopefully never used one, as they would know it simply is not. \"Proven power--cleans carpets better than Dyson\". By whom? How do I verify this, and even I did, would it really affect my feelings towards it?\n\nDesigned in a sort of future-retro-tech look that Dyson originated and perfected, the Eureka manages only a half-hearted result. My first thought when seeing a photo of this thing was noticing the power cord reel and thinking, \"God, that's an ugly design!\"\n\nMy last thought after looking at it (shortly following the unintentional emptying.) before I sat down to write this was, \"God, what an ugly design!\"\n\nIt came unassembled, which makes sense for a product that ships- although Amazon once sent me a broom and dustpan in a box that was almost a yard square. After removing the parts from the box, assembly was easy, although the instructions were little help. Eureka has a few videos available if you don't have an inner (or real) eight year old in you that likes to snap things together.\n\nI have never used a bagless, so the novelty of watching the dirt and debris swirl into the chamber was fun to watch at first, but as the instructions specify cleaning after each use, it didn't seem like a fair trade- especially considering there's a lot more to it than dumping a bag and cleaning out an exhaust filter. The inlet cone filter- just downstream of the washable foam pre-filter is a very fine nylon mesh, and after my intensely unfair test of vacuuming a cold woodstove it was no match for the fine ash particles and it became packed in short order. But, obviously no sensible individual would ever do that, most vacuums prohibit the use as such, right up there with laser toner dust. Do Not Try This At Home.\n\nBut even before that, the first and maybe worst thing I noticed, right at assembly, was that the power switch was not in the handle. I was surprised to see only one electrical connection between parts, this was the cord to the motor- but nothing up the handle. I had to wonder if this was just to save in on design and production cost, or if someone thought it was a good idea- more I was to discover, had anyone on the design team ever actually used an upright before? Bad enough to have to add the handle is a bit on the fat side anyway.\n\nI consider this a major flaw- when testing the vacuum I sucked up a headphone cord and instinctively thumbed for a power switch on the handle, but of course found none. As I listened to the cord wind tighter around the brush- it took what seemed a much longer time than it may have to power it off after stabbing my foot around the tilted back handle to feel for the switch. I gave up and just laid it down and had to smack the big red button with my hand. (On the other hand, if you are on your knees with the hand tools anyway, I have to admit the switch on the base makes a lot more sense- except it is still usually hard to hit, and prefers to be pressed directly down.)\n\nThe cord and headphones were intact, the roller had only gotten a few turns on it and was spared. As I proceeded to run it, I just began to hate the placement of the switch, which is primarily blocked by the cord reel.\n\nOh, the cord reel, it is one of the few features that works better than most I have used- almost too well, it's strong enough to pull itself out of the wall, wind the full twenty-nine feet and smack you in the face as the plug flies home. But the shape and placement of the reel is inelegant and awkward, most of the vacuum follows essentially clean vertical lines, the reel looks more like one of those ungainly add-on Continental rear-bumper spare tires. And so it just hangs off the backside like an afterthought. It does work really well, and considering that and it being about the only specification touted on the box that was accurate I hate to pick on it, but I will anyway.\n\nMainly because it almost completely blocks the power switch, which even under ideal conditions is less than well-placed. Wearing a pair of work boots made it doubly difficult to try to weave my foot through it and around the pedestal to hit the power. And even then, owing to it's less than closely fitting tolerances, takes a dead-on shot from directly above to operate, this is true of all of the controls, which are likewise oversized and cartoon-like, somewhat flimsy, but at least easy to spot- except the power button, which can be completely invisible from behind anyway, no matter how the body is positioned.\n\nThere are included in this package several accessories, but what is worth mentioning at the top is the flexible hose to which they attach- stored conveniently atop the handle frame, it's easy to unwind and put to use. Except it's too short. Way too short- with power off, it's about four feet long. Have someone hold the vacuum up and you might coax another foot from it. But with any (or if you dare to try) all the accessory attachments, the restrictions are so great almost anything more than a light tug- say about three feet worth- will topple the machine. I am beginning to think it would just be easier, hen vacuuming low-down areas to just leave it in the reclining position. When it tips over on its own it's just sad.\n\nI do like the fact that all the accessories are stored on and can be carried about with the vacuum, but it takes a little practice to remember where they go. And they fall off a lot:\n\nThe Extension Wand (as it is plainly marked)is a fairly lightweight aluminum and plastic sliding tube affair, which attaches to the aforementioned hose. Changes in length are made by pushing a release which allows extension of the aluminum tube, although the length gain is a staggering nine inches. And when the plastic latch button popped off after a few sessions, it rendered the whole assembly quite difficult to use from that point on- at least until I was fortunate enough to find the missing plastic and spring pieces that fell off and re-secure them with a wrap of electrician's tape.\n\nI should have probably just removed it and carried on, it might have improved the suction- there are enough adapters and diameter changes to cause even further reduction of vacuum throughout the hose assemblies. If you were to run out all the wands and attach the rotary head, you'd still not get close to the also-on-the-box claimed \"39 feet reach\" (yes, that's with the cord) but the resistance of all the restrictions impedes the flow enough to cause jams as well as the tipping problem. \"Focused Suction\"? Depends on your definition.\n\nThe Crevice Tool is another restrictive thing, and narrows to a small enough opening to be fit in small places, but by then lacking enough power to pull that well. It is small, stores inside of the solid extension wand and has already gone missing. Likewise of questionable value is the Brush Head, it has a 2.3/8\" X 11/16\" oval opening rimmed with a thin row of bristles and an outer ring of springy yellow fingers. I have still not found a practical use for it, and I only can spot it thanks to yellow rubber.\n\nAnother is the Pet Head, which while attractive in an ad (or the box) does not really deliver or is effective and easy to use on a larger surface than perhaps a sofa arm. As with a whole house system I once used, the brush roller is vacuum powered, which further reduces suction. I have to admit, even at that it still works pretty well, once you get the hang quite literally of going with the flow and not bogging down the roller, it does a better job of picking up stuff in odd places than a regular brush or crevice tool might. As long as you can fit the head into the space and maneuver it, obviously. And before the whole thing falls over.\n\nThe only reason I can see to pitch it to pet owners would be if you enjoy scaring your four-legged friends. My two wild-ish cats are generally completely indifferent to all the other appliances I use, but when they heard this screaming demon- after all, it has all the parts of what comprises a siren, and sounds like it too- they hit the ground running.\n\nAs far as the main event, it does a stand-up job (sorry) when used as a conventional upright. Suction is OK, but it is at times awkward to maneuver with all the stuff hanging off of it. The three buttons for power, roller, and handle release are all poorly placed, oversized but flimsy, and take perfect aim or a lot of pressure to operate. I do love the cord reel, but one great feature in the company of so many not-so-great makes the choice a lot easier.\n\nI would most likely have not kept this model had I made a local purchase, but for that matter I would not have made a decision without a road test that allowed that option. Dyson may make an awesome product, if I couldn't go the extra hundreds for the thrill, I see no reason to buy a product apparently designed to mimic but not even approach the uniqueness of the brand. I find it's not hard to get by on the simple elegance and ease of use from an old-fashioned time tested bag-using upright. With a thumb switch. (And headlight)","Product: With the Bissell hard floor Expert multi-cyclonic, you have a powerful, maneuverable canister that makes cleaning and effortless task. The specialized hard floor Turbine foot is designed for powerful Pickup of pet hair, dirt and other debris, while protecting your floors you love. The metal Telescoping wand allows you to comfortably maneuver around and under furniture and also clean hard to reach areas such as drapes and ceilings. With the power of multi-cyclonic technology, you will have excellent suction for longer to get the job done. Additional cleaning tools are stored on-board for convenient access as you clean. When you are finished the cord will automatically Rewind with a push of a button.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Yeah, I love it.\n\nReview: I would not expect you to believe me if I said there is absolutely nothing I don't like about this unit, so well get that out of the way first: the color. The canister head is a distinctive orange-bronze while the motor section is a fairly sincere deep shade of brown. We don't buy vacuums for their color combos.. or do we? Better than Day-Glo green certainly, but even matching the top to the motor could have been a better choice.\n\nAnd now, almost two years to the day, it's still going strong without a single problem.\n\n Everything else- yes. From the quality of materials to the clean design to the ease of use- a winner. It was easy to assemble, I had it together in seconds without any assistance from the instructions- and only a glance at the box for the only even slightly tricky part- the accessory tool holder- It attaches to the handle, and could possibly be installed inverted, but youd notice it works a lot better positioned so the tools point upward. And I have never seen a simpler or more effective onboard storage scheme.\n\n(I would suggest a reading of the manual in any case, there is a surprise or two, as well as, for me at least, a lesson in the correct terminology of bagless vacuums.)\n\nAll of the other snap together pieces are so simple, they may be assembled clearly either one way only, any way, or just as happy in a 180 out orientation. All fit together without the slightest hint of anything but a good, tight and trouble free connection, the one that will stand years of abuse, imagine what life youd get with good care.\n\nOn the job- oh, that- it's not as kick-ass as some of the way more beefy units I have tried, obviously without a dedicated power rug extractor it can't deep clean carpets as well as some. I found for most purposes it was more than enough, and certainly so on hard surfaces- especially hard to get at hard surfaces the power is more than adequate. I rarely encountered anything the Bissell could not handle. It is not loud or intimidating enough to scare a sleeping cat, but the power is there (If you doubt it, judge the sound of the motor with the canister removed) and given its dexterity and solid construction I do not think I would see it as a huge compromise.\n\nAccessories there are few, it is unpretentious that way, rather than a panoply of stuff to lose if comes with the basics: a small brush, a crevasse tool, a universal floor head and a hard-floor only head. The former is smooth surfaced for gliding over carpets, and has no beaters. I can live without that, the air driven type are almost always useless, and running power through the hose it always a weak point.\n\nThe hardwood head does have vacuum (turbine)-powered brush, and on a smooth floor it works quite well. A release plate that you can operate with a thumbnail allows for quick field removal of the roller should you ingest and jam a large object\n\nA small bypass valve in the top of the canister will pop open if the main filter clogs, it makes a fairly unique sound and I would suggest that if you hear it stopping immediately before something makes it into the motor inlet filter.\n\nTheres only has one way to store the wand, and thats only with one of the floor attachment on, it clips onto a small hook at the lowest part of the canister handle. Its not the most secure arrangement, and would not suggest trying to maneuver the unit around this way, but its a convenient place to park the hose while working.\n\nThe hose and attach points are strong and solid, apparently built knowing they will spend most of their time taking most of the punishment as you drag it around the house. And without a complaint. The large rear wheels means itll pretty much roll over anything, including its power cord\n\nI would say it doesnt seem too happy to be upended and isn't too stable that way, but once the chamber begins to load the extra weight lowers the CG a little and it seems more balanced.\n\nThe body of the machine is as simple and refined as you can get: All solid and built for rugged use: a housing for the motor and fan, wheels, the cord and 2 switches- power and the cord retract mechanism. A large light illuminates when suction drops below the pre-set level, and should probably be regarded with respect..\n\nThe business end is simply a 5 foot hose, no stretch but very well built and swivels well. Unlike an upright, you control the whole proposition wit authority choosing either hose or sweeper, changing on the fly is literally a snap. The connectors, as I have said, are easy to use and stout as well. Plug one end into the motor, attach the 45 hand piece/extension /hose holder and you're almost ready to go. An extension wand, nicely finished in brushed stainless, extends and retracts smoothly by releasing a barrel in the middle, the length goes from 22 to 34. The wand extension release barrel may also be slid slightly upwards to break the vacuum briefly in case you suck up a string rug or small animal, a feature common on most older vacuums but one I haven't noticed in awhile\n\nChoose a floor head or the brush or crevasse tool and thats it. I would like to have seen either of the two smaller tools plug directly into the end of the hose to more easily get into tight places, but I don't think finding a small barrel to make an adapter would be a big chore.\n\nThe clear plastic vacuum chamber AKA dirt cup cradles perfectly in the motor housing, and is literally a snap to remove and service- a thumb catch at the top of the canister and you can pull the assembly free, which another thumb catch opens the hinged bottom side and releases the debris into your place of choice (The instructions also make the comment that allergy sufferers may wish to do this with the canister inside of a plastic bag- how thoughtful)\n\nFurther cleaning necessitates a twist of the handle which separates the clear plastic dirt cup housing for a more thorough washdown. And this too can be further broken down with another twist which frees the cyclone shroud from the main cyclone assembly. Pay attention, it will only go on one way, and the alignment arrows are small and a bit difficult to spot. (Practice while its clean!) I put a small alignment dot on both parts to speed reassembly until it becomes second nature.\n\nFilters are essential to the long life of a vacuum, and the Bissel is proof- in addition to the cyclone chamber, its carry handle is also the release catch to pop up the lid and give access to the dirt cup filter- I would say it is in fact the canister exhaust filter, a five inch ring of padded gauzy material which is the last stop before the actual motor pre-filter, that being a 1.5 X 3 ovoid piece of coarse ScotchBrite-like material, clearly the last stop before the fan. Both may (and should) be regularly removed and cleaned by blowing off and washing.\n\nFurther, in a masterful stroke of design, the motor exhaust filter (post-motor filter) lives inside of the left wheel and is a 5 x 1 pleated paper affair in a green plastic housing which releases with an 1/6th turn. This is also key to not only motor happiness, but air quality- and nothing is skimpy about this unit. RTFM- I might never have known of its existence of not for a study of the book. (cmon, its only 5 succinct pages long.)\n\nDetails like this elevate a machine beyond my taste regarding whatever color someone thought was attractive into the range of high quality industrial design.\n\nIf you really feel the need, the fifteen-tube pickup assembly can also be separated from the heat with 4 snap tabs, but barring a major failure, I cant imagine why anyone would want to do this, and do not recommend it unless necessary, the tabs are not intended for a lot of use. I find that when a machine can be broken down this far you have the capability to really keep it clean, and that is the key to a long and healthy vacuum cleaner life.\n\nTL/DR, I know, but I like this machine. I have always been impressed by Bissell, after a little Butler model hung in (and still hangs in) 15 years after being purchased solely as a woodstove vacuum, I remain impressed by the quality I found in this model. A lot, and thought you might enjoy hearing why.","Product: The Bissell pet hair eraser hand vacuum is developed for pet parents to help make cleaning up after their pets easier. This lightweight and cordless handheld device allows you to clean up pet hair and dirt that collects on your furniture, carpet, in your car, or wherever your furry friends play. The detachable motorized brush helps capture more embedded dirt and pet hair, providing a deeper clean. The included crevice tool and upholstery tool can be used separately or stacked together to combine their usefulness. In addition, this hand vacuum has a two-staged filtration system designed to help extend the life of the filter and provide easier cleaning.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Light, tight and right.\n\nReview: I don't usually write comparative reviews, but as I received this very close comparable model, I felt it would be helpful to the buyer.\n\nI love Bissel products, this is no exception. It is nearly identical in size and shape as the competing Dirt Devil, <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Dirt-Devil-BD10167-Total-Power-Pet-15-6V-Bagless-Cordless-Hand-Vacuum/dp/B01BONUCWM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Dirt Devil BD10167 Total Power Pet 15.6V Bagless Cordless Hand Vacuum</a> but I would say there are a few significant differences.\n\nBefore returning you to my review of June 2016, after a year I should point out the battery in the Dirt Devil has failed utterly- as other critics have mentioned, it seemed inevitable. While I look for a more suitable replacement cell,the Bissell remains fully charged all the time and stepped in to vacuum some displaced cat litter and did an excellent job as usual.\n\nSo, the weight- the Bissel is only 6 ounces lighter and an inch longer, but this seems to add to the ease of use and length of time before it becomes uncomfortable. The power switch is of the single push down for on and off while the DD is of the slide on/off type\n\nLike the DD it has a detachable power head with a roller brush that is quite effective. unlike the Devil it has locking clips and stays attached to the main body, which is a major improvement in ease of use, I find the DD tends to pull off far too easily. This is really annoying after awhile, and the cute but impractical \"claw\" end just encourages separation.\n\nThe filtration is different in that there is only one element, and its not really that easy to remove and clean. Instead of being hinged and therefore easier to swing open and dump, it must be detached from the unit and cleaned separately.. Not really a big deal, but it slows down the process just that much more. The filter itself is a pleated cone held in a rubber frame which pulls out as a unit- not really a hardship and debris falls off fairly readily. It helps to have a can of compressed air around to really do a good job.\n\nIncluded are an extension wand and 5 inch wide pickup head, obviously stored separately but come in quite handy.\n\nThe power is great for a small unit, charge time rapid\n\nThe roller head works equally well on carpet or a hard surface. I found a six inch patch of dried cat barf on the carpet, instead of scrubbing and hand-picking, a few passes with the power roller head removed it so completely. (Speaking of the perps, Noise level is extremely low, very handy when the cats come to explore. )\n\nThere are so many of this type of vacuum on the market, it s difficult to choose, but I have a bit of brand loyalty towards Bissel ( I won 3 and they run flawlessly for years) so that could be a determining factor if you happen to feel the same way. The light weight and small form also make it an attractive choice. If you happened to have narrowed it down to these two I'd go with the Bissel, if for nothing else the postove-loccking power roller head.","Product: Replacement for No.566101 mechanical pump intake filter and No.566810 fountain starter kit.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Keep a few for spares.\n\nReview: If you are looking for refills, then you already have the pump and holder- I found these replacements to be a little more porous than the original which lets them get more deeply impacted and a bit harder to clean. One thing about online purchasing of replacement parts- if you do the work there's usually no doubt you'll get the part- oddly enough, had I found these on a shelf, I might have passed on them; the core hole seemed to be missing, and while we will leave the merits of that design for another discussion, when I received the filter and opened them it did indeed have the hole, but with the \"drop\" (waste bit after cutting) still inside.\n\nThe present price seems a lot to pay for about $.30 worth of material, if that, but they're getting a little harder to find, and as long as you have sized your setup to match the demands of your pond, they work well. I have found this Little Giant holder to be sometimes too bulky to locate in a pond that is small enough to match its duties, and awkward to remove the attachment for change or cleaning, but it was a legacy system and will do for now. I'd suggest buying the six-pack, it's a little better bargain.","Product: The SATA/IDE-USB Adapter gives you the flexibility of connecting almost any type of drive to your computer via USB. SATA, 3.5-inch IDE, 5.25-inch IDE, and 2.5-inch IDE drives are all supported and can be easily hot-swapped to your system. The included external power adapter will allow you to power your drives outside your system giving you the ability to quickly add or swap between drives without opening your case. The SATA/IDE-USB adapter incorporates 3 interfaces to one USB adapters.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Fail: two for two. Bad numbers.\n\nReview: According to the Amazon \"star\" system of rating, two stars means \"I don't like it\", one \"I hate it.\" Concerning the Vantec, I don't \"hate it\" or don't \"not like it\", I actually like it quite a bit, but when the first two I used either broke immediately, made scary noises or didn't fit right, one has to wonder why there isn't a star for \"I love it, but it's poorly made\".\n\nFirst, the positive: This is an extremely handy item for any IT technician or dabbler to have in their toolbag, if you don't already.\n\nBut: based on my recent experience with two brand new kits, there seems to be a QA issue here. When I received it and first hooked it up, the plastic end of the drive power cable snapped off immediately. I had a spare, and when I examined the broken one, it seemed to be of a more brittle construction rather than a soft plastic.\n\nBut a more serious concern was the power supply itself; the first few times I used it, it made a crackling, very electrical noise and sounded like a loose connector arcing. I checked everything and it was all tight. I had been inspecting a drive of unknown condition, possibly failed but it is for sure now. I will not know, I would not like to think the Vantec was the cause.\n\nOn a more positive note, when I phoned Amazon, a very helpful agent called me back immediately, and when I explained the problem and my inability to return it immediately to do pending work, she offered to ship a new one out overnight, and I had a generous period of time to return the defective one. I have a job scheduled for it the following week, I found this to be extremely helpful.\n\nAnd it arrived as promised, I was ready to ship back the old one but waited to check out the replacement. Good thing; as it turns out, the SATA cable would not plug squarely into the port on the adapter block. I tried a known good cable, it would not fit either. I then tried the known good cable on the new block, and it too would not mate. A closer examination showed me there were visible flaws in the plastic shells of both the new SATA cable and its socket on the block.\n\nCommon sense indicated I should've bailed and shipped the whole thing back and try another manufacturer, but I did make plans for using it. At least the power supply on this one seems to be OK for now. I put together all the best parts and returned the rest. At this point I am dubious and could still may run into difficulties. perhaps this review might attract some attention or at least caution prospective buyers.\n\nIn any case, here's what I thought about it when I got it working:\n\nI am still using USB 2 for now, so the data transfer rate is somewhat slow, to be expected and not altogether intolerable. I had also hoped to use it to clone drives with a \"spooky\" utility, but so far it seems the older versions of the software will not recognize an external drive. I am sure there are other solutions for this situation. Simple and affordable, the Vantec HD USB adapter allows you to easily work on or transfer HDD info. Comes with every cable you would need, great for finally checking out those old IDE drives (remember when 10 GB was huge?) without even opening the computer case or having to deal with jumpers. The one I ordered was a newer version than the one I had used previously, and a new feature is a power switch. Not absolutely necessary but a handy way to shut down a drive without having to de-cable it.","Product: This USB hub provides quick access to 4 USB 2.0 ports and is ideal for connecting an external hard drive, mobile phone or any other USB device to your computer.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A fine little device\n\nReview: I have a few favorite peripheral manufacturers, Belkin has always been high on the list, it's nice to be able to go with what you know.\n\nBut- there is no shortage of USB hubs from which to choose, so I was curious if this one had anything to make it stand out. Decision? Not really. I don't know if anyone would care about a real test of data transfer speeds - vs. another product, powered vs. unpowered, direct connect, etc.. so for the sake of brevity we can skip that. Besides, I am sure those numbers will show up here sooner or later, even if only copied from Belkin's spec sheet.\n\nAbout the size of (and slightly resembling) a 10-hole diatonic harmonica, it is indeed \"ultra-slim\". the fact that it is powered is a plus, but it's actually hard to tell from the packaging- but if you heft it first you'll appreciate there has to be more than the unit included.\n\nComes with a fairly standard AC adapter and a mini-to-full sized USB male. What I found unusual about this cable was that it is white, the first non-Apple cord I have seen of that color.\n\nWhatever.\n\nUnlike another reviewer states, I did not find it necessary to be powered in order to work correctly- at least with USB drives; larger peripherals- printers, scanners- will probably require it.\n\nAs far as USB drives, the 4 ports are placed too close together to allow more than 4 of the slimmest you can find too fit, even at that they tend ot fan out a bit. Why anyone would need to do this is questionable, although working in IT there are times when I do in fact transfer a lot of data back and forth- it could be useful for making multiple copies across several drives, but if this became more than a once-and-awhile thing, I'd pick up a different model.\n\nHowever, 4 standard USB plugs fit perfectly- obviously the design target- or 2 and a larger device. I found the perfect place for it too- it fits perfectly attached to the lower left side of my monitor, courtesy of <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Scotch-Permanent-Mounting-Tape-1-Inch-x-125-Inches/dp/B00347A8GC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Scotch Permanent Mounting Tape, 1 Inch x 125 Inches</a>- so instant added four-port expansion conveniently located, as well as a mini-USB plug for a direct connect to some other devices I had. How nicely 2 Amazon products solved a problem I didn't even knew I had!","Product: Noise-canceling, stereo Bluetooth headset with CD-quality sound, padded on-the-ear cushions and foldable construction\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Little Brother, Big Features\n\nReview: The Sennheiser MM 450-X Wireless Bluetooth Headphones seem to have been directly cloned from their big brother MM 550X with the copy setting at 1/3 reduction. Except for the smaller size, which would be great for travelers, and perhaps better than the 550's I really found little to distinguish them feature-wise. The instruction manual is essentially identical. So while I suppose plagiarizing from one's self is sort of cheating, Sennheiser did. Besides, it will save you the trouble of seeking out my review of the 550's- although there is in fact some slightly irrelevant information and a few differences, you may wish to have a look anyway. As I pointed out in that one and you may find in other reviews of both, there is a bit of a controversy about what the highest volume these will reach. Some feel not nearly enough, some feel just perfect. A trial run may be in order, if you side with the former, then these may not be for you. As I may have pointed out, this is only an issue when using the Bluetooth connection.\n\nIn any case: <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Sennheiser-MM-550-X-Wireless-Bluetooth-Travel-Headphones/dp/B0076NA716/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Sennheiser MM 550-X Wireless Bluetooth Travel Headphones</a>\n\nThere is really nothing bad I can think of to say about these headphones. I could go on about the price point, but if you are reading this and considering a purchase, that, of course will not be an issue for you. The controls are simple and well laid out. (With a minor exception, we'll get there in a minute.) There are very few reference drawing of the phones in the manual, which is otherwise quite helpful, so based on my experience with other Sennheisers, the orientation is either marked or usually, the cord comes out on the left side. Not the 450's, which led to some initial mistaken use of the three command buttons on the right side.\n\nThe right side also has at its center the master control which, like all the other controls, activates various available features, (including controls for an I-thing) but most are commanded not just by pressing, but also by the length of time the button is held in. The manual lays this out pretty well (all with pictograms) but it can be just a little too much to remember. If you don't intend to use certain features, learn them as you need them.\n\nOne which is cool is the Noise Guard button, which, depending on how long you hold it, mutes the music and activates talk-through- amplifying the voice of whomever wishes to speak with you, so you need not perform the time-honored ritual of slipping the phones down around your neck, or prying one cup from your head, giving you a much more sophisticated way to appear annoyed.\n\nSpeaking of the talk-through feature, I was also completely unaware that this unit has a built in microphone and is perfectly acceptable for use as a cell phone headset. Probably not such a good idea in a car. And most airlines do not permit use in flight. Maybe it's so if you hear a really cool tune on Pandora you can immediately call up a friend to tell them to check it out.\n\nUnlike other non-Bluetooth wireless headphones I have experienced, the pairing was as simple as a cell phone. And unlike other phones I have used and reviewed, one does not have to use a ritual-like method to get the dongle to see the cans. As I had expected, pair it once, turn them on and you are good to go.\n\nA few features as described are \"NoiseGard 2.0\" noise-canceling technology claimed to reduce up to 90% of ambient noise, collapsible construction for easy portability, an invisible microphone for crystal-clear conversation, and \"TalkThrough\" technology users can talk to others without removing the headset\n\nYou also will find a soft-shell travel case, charger, a box full of international power adapters, a USB cable for charging the battery by computer, and a male-to-male mini stereo cable.\n\nIf you don't mind rather small but comfortable on-ear headphones and travel a lot, these may just be the ticket.","Product: Polk Audio Camden Square Wireless Portable Speaker\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A little hefty, but a lot nice.\n\nReview: This speaker is considered portable, and compared to its ancestors it may well be but weighing in at a bit over 4 pounds and about seven inches square, 2.5\" thick, it definitely stands out. In a good way; there is nothing about this speaker that displays anything other than quality.\n\nI do have a small issue with the white grille, it seems an odd choice for what is otherwise a rather classy design.\n\nA glowing 2 color logo sits at the center of the grille, ringed by the control buttons. Their function is indicated only by a stamped recess of the semi-circular hub, in many lighting conditions I found them difficult to see, but after all there are only 4 functions, so not really very difficult to remember. The top ring is volume, and the power switch is at the 8 o'clock position, and again, rather hard to use at first.\n\nFour small rubber feet keep it slightly off the surface, and since It doesn't have a downward firing driver, this seems to be one of its natural positions\n\nWhen first I turned it on, no robot voice comes on to announce it, rather it just uses the ascending, descending bleep tones. At first I found this odd, but came to accept the necessity, and then loathe the voice if heard on anything other than a wireless cell phone earpiece.\n\nThe speaker sounds great, a big improvement over the various smaller types I have used over the years. Bottom end is a bit weak, but as I have heard this is probably more a failing of Bluetooth frequency response. Although in fact, the corded test didn't seem noticeably better, in this case a failing of the MP3 compression. High end is a bit shrill, whatever happened to tone controls? In any case, a cable is not included, and it only accepts the 3 contact type, so track control is not available when cabled.\n\nIn fact all that is included is the charger, which uses the by-now-I-hoped obsolete barrel-and-tip to AC connector instead of the ubiquitous USB to Mini or Micro style. Maybe a PC USB is not capable of charging this big boy, it requires 12V @ 2 amps, so, yeah.\n\nAnd naturally, I promptly misplaced the power supply. But so far, battery life seems excellent, I have not yet run it to see if the claimed 24-hour life is accurate. And it is running for me for hours without a sign of low battery, which is indicated by the alternating blue-red pulse of the power button.\n\nPairing is as simple as it gets, except maybe for the NFC tap `n go style, the speaker is always in the \"available\" mode. (I have met women like that) Sorry. No, seriously, almost any device sees it immediately and will connect without virtually any effort. It did fail my trial-by-fire test, that would be an iPod \"classic\" with a Bluetooth dongle on the bottom port. Almost half the devices I have tried fail, an interesting note for anyone considering this approach.\n\nConnect range is average, about 30 feet direct, less with a wall or two. A unique-to-me- feature is the ability to connect 4 devices at once, which would be handy should you ever find yourself in a position of having 3 friends around wanting to have a playlist shootout. This does not seem likely in my future, but it's nice to know I can if desired.\n\nTo sum up, this is a distinctive and very well made WiFi speaker in the mid to upper price bracket, if it sounds interesting so far I would suggest a closer look and listen.","Product: Upgrade to premium audio with VIZIO's Home Theater 32\" Sound Bar. Its sophisticated design and slim profile make an attractive addition to any 32\" TV and larger. This compact sound bar with integrated front and center channels also packs SRS WOW HD audio enhancement technology, adding exceptional clarity and definition to your music and movies. And setup has never been easier-just connect the included audio cable to your TV and indulge in powerful, immersive audio.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Think Outside the Box. Way outside.\n\nReview: It would have never crossed my mind to invest in a sound bar, I have always found the TV speakers were fine for 80% of my viewing, and the Denon surround system was more than adequate for the rest. So a low end compromise like this was interesting to explore.\n\nAnd to realize, in the end, it could serve a far better purpose than trying to enhance a system not really in that much need.\n\nOne thing that was not refurbished was the box; the original Vizio plain brown box and egg crate inside supports clearly had a few miles on them, but then the shipping box did as well, if selling \"refurbished\" items is going to catch on I would think a little better presentation is in order. The owner's manual looked like a 3rd generation scan of an enlarged copy of a quick-start guide.\n\nMy first impression was that the sound was improved, but not by a very large factor. The ability to easily add a sub-woofer improves it's role as a go-between audio solution, but this too has drawbacks. As I played with balance and bias I began to appreciate some improvement. 2 inputs makes it extremely simple to attach an external device without getting involved in the surround system or an aux in to the TV.\n\nThe Vizio is definitely low end, but I have few complaints. The controls atop the unit are small and almost impossible to see, due both to the way they blend into the case so well, but most likely any installation you may end up choosing. Hence the remote, which is also somewhat hard to see, it's thin, glossy black and not terribly well marked. It's assumed once you get it dialed in, you would use the TV control for audio, despite the fact using the Vizio remote could lend more flexibility to the use of the speaker.\n\nIt's almost overcomplicated for what it is, and while I love using it, I wouldn't miss it if it went away. The price point is hard to beat, even though I do not buy refurbished products and am not likely to start. It would be nice to see a tag indicating just exactly what was repaired, a warning for future problems perhaps. I would have to say it's a compromise- relatively improved sound volume and quality at the cost of the mess of another plastic box jammed in the space, six more cables, another wall wart, and another remote control.\n\nActually, I think a more practical use at this point would be as a bedroom speaker, I would think a sound bar tucked behind the footboard, maybe even a small sub-dub down there would work out quite well. As long as you can hide the cables.\n\nIn fact, as a real footnote, I accepted that in the entertainment console, the bar and cabling and added clutter of dubious merit, not to mention the virtually unusable remote were just not going to work out in the long term.\n\nThis realization led me to mount the bar atop the folded jumpseats in the rear of my truck cab, which has only a stock 1995 Toyota stereo.\n\nI have been trying portables for years and only found one acceptable solution, the <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Fugoo-Tough-Bluetooth-Wireless-Speaker-Black-Silver/dp/B00IBJ3OBO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Fugoo Tough Bluetooth Wireless Speaker (Black/Silver)</a> but it just couldn't cut it when combining a low input signal and the windows open at road speed. The Vizio, in what I would expect to be a not uncommon repurposing, has already passed the tethered trials with earsplitting success.\n\nI picked up the least expensive inverter I could find locally, wired it all together and propped up on the jumpseats for a test. It passed, exceeding my expectations, so I bent up a pair of acrylic brackets and had it semi permanently mounted in minutes. On the road it's ideal, I can finally hear just about anything I choose to play with decent clarity and response. Definitely better than the stock radio, and to keep volume control management simple I wired the radio output to the 2nd input on the Vizio. To cut down on cabling, I tried a Bluetooth setup <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/BlueAnt-RB-BKBL-US-Ribbon-Stereo-Bluetooth-Streamer-Bluetooth-Headset-Retail-Packaging-Black-Blue/dp/B009F4XM48/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">BlueAnt RB-BKBL-US Ribbon Stereo Bluetooth Streamer- Bluetooth Headset - Retail Packaging - Black/Blue</a> but found it caused a significant drop in output and volume. Contrariwise, when cabled the quality at highest volume definitely begins to break up, but I'll settle. A sub-dub tucked away somewhere would help enormously, just not likely to happen soon.\n\nI remain quite pleased with this inexpensive alternative to a whole new stereo setup- or even a new vehicle.","Product: Sony ICD-BX140 4GB Digital Voice Recorder\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Hard to imagine anything better for the cost. (And why reviews help us)\n\nReview: Exactly what I wanted, being a low-end digital recorder that does the basics well above adequate, not to mention easy to operate and configure. When compact digital recorders first appeared this one would have been considered stunning and probably sold for 5 times the price, at least. I own an early Sony Pro Walkman recorder, an MD Pro and quite a few in between, so this has been an amazing little discovery on what's become my budget of late.\n\nI was surprised after reading so many of the reviews by disappointed buyers who either didn't know what they were getting or did not take the time to find the online manual. (I notice also Sony is being responsive to even the most ignorant and often barely intelligible complaints.) No, it doesn't download directly via USB connection, this is fairly obvious both in the reviews and product description. It's sometimes a drag, and I may look for it next time, but I simply wanted the best, cheapest digital recorder I could find. So far, this is the one.\n\nSeeking out a copy of the full PDF manual is usually the first thing I do when I get - or am even shopping for any new device of any complexity, and this one was 190 pages long with information about features I would have never expected to find in an inexpensive recorder such as this.\n\nThe audio quality (at least in the top 2 modes) is as good as you can expect, and you cant really judge it by the 1 speaker. It is not really intended for music, but it is so easy to carry and use it could certainly do the job on short notice. The AGC is a bit arbitrary, but its for voice, correct? The sensitivity of the VOR makes up for it.\n\nWhat seems like a dearth of features to some can also mean that its incredibly easy to master- one handed, in the dark, even in a pocket. And if you don't move around much, the sound is still decent, even in a shirt pocket under a jacket, even through a thick flannel pocket.. I was really surprised by this. And in a package thats about two ounces.\n\nIt lacks a USB port, but the headphone jack serves as line out to either a better speaker or your computers audio input. Its the only way to transfer files, which in some cases (a project requiring field samples to be transferred) but until I can upgrade it works OK. The time display readout can be set for elapsed or remaining, so at least youll know how long to allow for a transfer.\n\nThe device also has variable speed constant pitch playback, which is pretty cool, there is really very little distortion and it can be handy in scanning a recording for key passages.\n\nAbout the only thing I really don't like about it is the color; I got over it. I had hoped I could use it as a source in place of a microphone for Dragon Naturally Speaking, (think of the possibilities) and have had no luck as yet, but DNS just did an upgrade and now no mike works, so it still may be a possibility. (And oh yeah: a backlight would be really, really handy, as much as I realize the battery life would take a hit, it would be worth it, especially if it were controllable.)\n\nOK, one more minor gripe: when reviewing recordings if you delete a track on the fly, it reassigns the number to the next remaining clip. This might be just a setting I have not located yet, but it has made it a little more difficult to keep track of things when uploading to a PC. There is a five folder storage system, you can append, merge and divide files but it's still pretty basic. Oh, and changing batteries necessitates re-entering the current date, a minor but silly inconvenience. (My old Sony DSC does it too, so, whatever.)\n\nI wanted to list key or favorite features, but as I said, it seems to do everything I want and more, there is too much to list (but no doubt after I publish this, as I discover them I will return and make this even longer) so for now take it as it is: a very inexpensive digital note-taking device that does everything youd need and does it well.","Product: Magellan brings you the all new Road Mate 5430T-LM multi-touch navigator. This 5\" glass screen navigator allows the ease of a multi-touch interface and comes with high-end features such as Free Lifetime Map Updates and Free Lifetime Traffic Alerts. With the 5430T-LM touchscreen you will enjoy superior clarity and greater sensitivity, making everyday navigation easier and more convenient.With the all new Landmark Guidance you receive directions using landmarks as your guide versus street names, making it a more intuitive way to navigate. Youll hear instructions like In 200 feet, turn left at the Shell Gas Station\". The upgraded Junction View generates realistic images of freeway signs and arrows that guide you to the correct lane to make driving safer and less stressful.Traffic Camera Alerts by Phantom ALERT are included at no extra charge for one year. Receive audible and visual warnings of red light and speed cameras along your route. This is verified crowd source data that you refresh on your unit through the free Content Manager from Magellan. You can even become one of the many reporters on the street by submitting your own discoveries or rating the reliability of the alerts you receive. Premium content is available for an extra cost which includes black spots (high accident areas), school zones, and dangerous intersections.Best Parking makes parking in the city much easier. Best Parking provides parking garage locations with both their hours of operation and the entrance location. Choose the garage that is open as well as close to your destination. Once you have selected a garage, you are guided directly to the entrance. No more searching for how to get in!The OneTouch Favorites Menu allows you quick access to your favorite places or even your favorite searches. Enter addresses quickly and accurately with Magellans Quick spell. Maps of the 50 United States, Canada and Puerto Rico are preloaded.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: \"How do I get to Carnegie Hall?\"\n\nReview: <div id=\"video-block-R2IWPDTA476ZCN\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1ZFhUu2TnS.mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81B-keu6GPS.png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\"> Practice.\n\nWhich is what it takes to really get comfortable with the Magellan. After two 8-hour round trips I am fully satisfied to realize it would be nearly impossible for a novice to jump in a car and expect to arrive at his destination with full confidence.\n\nHowever, after living with it for a few thousand more miles I am approaching the point when it makes a lot more sense. Still, most of what I had written here still applies, I am still discovering a better way to do things and get where I am going, but still the biggest drawback to the Magellan seems to be in the learning. Oddly enough, even as a now \"experienced\" user I am still mainly impressed by the \"gee whiz\" factor that can be found in any GPS so in that regard, without a direct comparison I can't specify what the Magellan may do that is better or worse than a similar model, only my discoveries as I amble up the learning curve.\n\nThe video is at the Carquinez Bridge in CA, I am not sure where the GPS thought we were. But I am still at the point where I can't tell if it's it or me. After reading several other user comments, I am slightly relieved to learn the 5403T is in fact a lot more difficult to use- or at least, not as intuitive as models even the Magellan line.\n\nIt is my understanding that even GPS vets were not immediately at ease or in concordance with the Magellan, so I felt a little bit better at my awkwardness as I guessed my way around its idiosyncrasies. The manuals provided are more like a list of features that really make sense fully only after you have worked with the device for even a small amount of time- there is just too much information available and too many ways to get it and did not help me with even the simplest of \"quick start\" steps.\n\nWhat would be most helpful and appreciated (aside from copilot navigator-in-training time)would be some video tutorials presented in a straightforward, need to know fashion. More effective would no doubt simply be a good deal of time as a passenger learning the nuances of GPS navigation as offered by the Magellan.\n\nIn any case, as a conspicuously first time GPS user, I still could not help but be amazed at the \"man behind the curtain\" aspect of the technology, but getting past that I still found it fairly frustrating at first, and ended up tossing it on the seat in order to actually get where I was intending instead of causing a multi-car incident or driving off the road..\n\nAfter I had become at least familiar enough to know how to operate it at the most elemental essential levels, I took it out to mount and was somehow unsurprised to discover the windshield mount puts it comfortably between my long vision and reading-glass distance. Not to mention way too far forward to reach comfortably.\n\n I left it on the forward edge of the passenger seat, and put it on my knee when I wanted to see what was going on- clearly inadvisable, and probably more dangerous than texting and driving. Some people will do anything for a review.\n\nSince I had fully charged it with a wall adapter, it worked the entire length of my 4 hour test trip. But I must have allowed the battery run too far down, when setting out on the return I found the inverter seemed to not have enough output to charge the thing. I had no idea a GPS would draw so much power, but when one considers what's going on, it's not unsurprising. This is also reflected in the amount of heat it generates, it grows noticeably warm in the lap. But of course, you would NEVER use it there, after all.\n\nI did find a drfinitely off-label use for it recently, in a chilly motel bed I dragged the unit- charging on a 6' cord- up into the bed and tucked it down by my feet, the warmtn was perfect, toes were happy and I am sure we both dropped off to sleep about the same time.\n\nWhile charging it pulls 8 watts, which explains a great deal.\n\nI like that there is a realtime display of time, speed, direction and even elevation available, this stats screen can be displayed by a tap and then even allows you to lock in your preferred readout. The turn bar displayed at the top of the screen gives the enroute instructions as well as a continuously updated ETA. You can change map views with a swipe in from any edge of the screen. I found using the \"pinch\" method of zooming to be hopeless, it is inaccurate and usually slings you way off the map.\n\nA lot of things are like that; it seems as a newb, no matter where I wanted to go it kept taking me back to the keyboard or one of many screens that have just not been set up to be of much use at this time. I soon learned hitting the hard-button \"home\" switch as a way to get out fast.\n\n\"How does this unit work compared to the iPhone Siri?\", the Siri-boosting wife wanted to know, with a slight taunting tone to her voice. I already figured there was a little bias here, but enjoyed the chance to an impersonal side by side test, putting my lack of experience with both devices to the test. It was amusing to hear them battle it out. The phone was a lot easier to enter destination info on the fly, and seemed to pick up more accurate turns then the Magellan, but the Magellan was usually ahead of the game all the way in calling turns, and of course was seriously ahead of the phone in the features you will find only on a dedicated device. The display is much easier to read, the functions far more versatile, and obviously there is no chance you might accidentally miss a turn due to an incoming call or inadvertently opening another application..\n\nThe fact I would probably be just as comfortable with a phone might be the best way to sum things up for me, I don't see my self in many situations that would allow me to appreciate a dedicated device, or even need one.\n\nBut I still love it. At very least, I will now have the power of having a complete set of road maps to anywhere in North America at my disposal. At most, you will have a powerful tool to accurately customize and plan a trip while displaying a constant stream of useful information. I love plotting routes the \"old fashioned\" way and can get to or out of anywhere with the right map; which is usually stuffed in a drawer at home somewhere; so while I might not depend on a GPS for routine tasks, with one on board I will certainly be a lot more confident about spontaneous voyages to points unknown. Getting lost, that is.\n\nI think the only thing standing between my really liking the Magellan and just getting frustrated is time- time spent not trying to operate it as the sole driver, time not spent trying to study the owner's manual, but time as a passenger. I am more excited to take a road trip as navigator using the 5403T and am confident the learning curve will be overcome in a very short time.\n\nAnd practice.","Product: The VEO 235AB offers photographers the ultimate balance between low weight and stability in a full-featured ball head aluminum tripod kit. Quickly swing the center column into place, connect your camera and youre ready to shoot in a moments notice. Stable 23mm legs combined with a new leg lock design, which allows you to adjust the tightness, ensures sturdiness to support cameras up to a Pro DSLR with grip and long lens. The VEO 235AB also works well for owners of standard DSLR cameras or Mirrorless 4/3 camera kits. The strong ball head includes an Arca Swiss compatible plate for quick camera attachment and release. With feet that can be converted from rubber to spikes, you'll be ready to shoot in urban or outdoor environments. Easily position legs to three angles with the simple push of a button. With the included adapter, adventurous photographers can capture low angle shots. A stylish design with soft rubber handle provides an unbeatable grip. Use the included carrying case when you are ready to take the VEO on your next photo adventure.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Just a few thoughts\n\nReview: As you can see by the completely unrelated just- for-fun photo of the first camera platform I ever used commercially, I have been behind the lens for a long time.\n\nThe Veo tripod is a long way from that old pedestal mount, and while I found it at once to be a well made and useful device, I found I also have a few slight issues with it.\n\nBut first: it is lightweight (3.3lbs) and easily carried, included is a lovely nylon case. Which for some reason, has the opening and logo positioned so they will be upside down and on the bottom when you sling it by the strap. It's really rugged and well-made, and an accessory that you usually don't see included with a tripod, and it could be seen to offset the cost a little.\n\nNo matter, it too is well made and a good fit, although it takes a bit of practice to get the pod folded and oriented correctly so it slips in easily- the main stalk must be extended and flipped all the way over before it can be folded enough to slip into the case.\n\nIncluded in the box are an Allen wrench to re-tension the leg segment locks, should you find them to be too loose or tight, for me they were perfect. I found the socket head screws were rather shallow and it too a little effort to keep the tool square. It also can be used to snug up the pan head, should you find this necessary\n\nRight out of the box, I found the legs would not stay unfolded, the main leg pivots were a bit on the loose side, allowing the legs to flop open when carrying or storing- a turn with an 8mm Allen snugged them right up, but this should not have been necessary.\n\nFour locks per leg secure each segment, it takes a little longer to get them all taken care of, but thats the price for such a compact size.\n\nAnther small issue is the overall height, for me at 58 the Veos max height of 57 to be perfect, but a taller individual would almost certainly not.\n\nAlso included is a stubby little plastic thing that is called a low angle adapter, a 1.5 stalk with a threaded mount in a circular platform, this is plugs into the tripod axis to be used when the legs are splayed and you want to shoot from or near ground level. I found it to be a little tedious to install and offered a specific and limited angle, I don't think itll see much use.\n\nThe camera shoe is slotted on all 4 sides which means that there is no front orientation, which is nice for clipping it in on the fly, or changing the pointing direction should it suit your needs, I found this to be quite handy. Unlike many others I have used, there is no quick lock to secure it but another thumbscrew, this is not a problem but again it speaks of the general size and weight camera this tripod seems designed for.\n\nThe shoe must be secured to the camera more or less semi permanently due to the lack of a d-ring for manual removal, a coin, nut driver or screwdriver is needed. Additionally, unless you plan on also semi-permanently leaving the camera on the tripods, there really isn't a safety catch unless you run down the slotted screw in the head- inconvenient, also its at an angle that doesnt really allow you to get a 90 shot at the screw; this suggests eventually stripping out the head if you use it a lot. Id just keep it free and be careful.\n\nPush a detent ball at the bottom of the central column to fully extend it, you then clear the ball socket hub and can now lay the camera over through a 180 range. This is a nice feature, great for getting over-the-shoulder shots, but I found it a bit of a challenge to lock down any camera heavier than a point-and-shoot size, with my 2 lb Finepix it took a lot of tightening of the ball joint knob to get it tight enough to stay, I really don't care for that or have a lot of faith in the ultimate security or overall balance.\n\nThe pan head is smooth, but with nothing other than a small lockdown knob (or of course the camera body) to align, it might make getting super smooth video motion a bit of a challenge, especially with the tendency of the ball joint to just sort of flop over. Stills, not such a big deal.\n\nThe legs pop out to three positions, normal, too narrow and a little too wide. To free them a detent is pushed before you move the leg, the right position is indicated by a mark on the button, which is handy because as far as I can tell, no matter how square I try to get it, the thing just does not sit level organically, that is I had to adjust the leg length to achieve that. No big deal but I expected better.\n\nThe built-in bubble level is a nice feature, except its basically too small to see, not to mention have any accuracy. But given the overall lack of ability to erect plumb and level, its nice to have at least a rudimentary guide.\n\nA pricey item such as this should perhaps be less ambitious and more thoughtfully designed, but cost aside its a great unit to have on hand when you least expected to need a tripod.","Product: 360 Pro Heavy Duty Surge Wall Tap with Hexacore - Black/Yellow. Staying connected is more vital than ever. Keeping your devices powered and protected requires better solutions.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: \"Please Sir, I Want Some More\"\n\nReview: <div id=\"video-block-R2YUHZ1LUDWSM0\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/B1rT8SgtAiS.mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71qFoBeiI0S.png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\"> Torture, that is. I do not suggest deliberately driving your Tacoma or whatever over any hot electrical appliance, but I did it anyway, just for you.\n\nI have tried a raft of multi-outlet adapters, even the venerable \"Power Squid\" <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Accell-D080B-008K-PowerSquid-5-Outlet-Surge-Protector-with-Power-Conditioner-1080-Joules-3-Foot-0-9-Meter-Cord-UL-Listed/dp/B0055YB7IA/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Accell D080B-008K PowerSquid 5-Outlet Surge Protector with Power Conditioner - 1080 Joules, 3-Foot (0.9-Meter) Cord, UL Listed</a> (which I still find more trouble to use than its worth) and none seem to be light but durable as well as easy to use as the 360 Pro. I have a ton of extension cords, and they usually have one thing in common- single outlets. The 360Pro now converts any of them into a much more usable device. I have several one-to-three plug-ins, they are either simple variations on a wall cube tap or a pigtail, and I prefer to keep things as simple and well-constructed as possible.\n\nThis unit does just that, it has just about the right heft and stable platform to stay put where you place it. The rubber flaps that cover the five outlets would seem to be an annoyance, but are really easy to flip up out of the way thanks to an oversized thumb tab, it would be nice if they stayed swung up somehow but its really no big inconvenience. Theres even a little bib under the plug side, this is no doubt to keep floor debris from getting trapped when kicked up from your floor.\n\nIt also makes fairly obvious the point that this adapter is not intended to be used in a wall outlet, which, of course, I tried anyway. Its bulky and unkind to the wall outlet, and definitely not recommended, but it can be done- or added to a plug strip for that matter and you have instantly freed up a lot of territory, vertical use is not quite as absurd. But, if you want to commit to what is almost certainly not recommended by the manufacturer, youll have to cut off that rubber bib.\n\nThe adapters breaker is rated at 15 amps, which actually limits serious use, but it saves you a trip to the breaker box- running my table saw and dust collector on a hot day will eventually do just that, and the 360 did it well in advance. Of course, this too is inadvisable, but makes me think the primary use imagined by the designers was for light and home use, possibly for cordless battery chargers and low-amp tools.\n\nThe outlets are well spaced and can handle all but the bulkiest DC adapter. They also have the ground lug pointing upward, and while most adapters don't have one, the few I do use will appreciate this orientation. The absurd far from real life photo could actually work, although I would advise this was not what the device was intended for.\n\nAs far as the durability and ruggedness question, my video should allay those fears. I expect over time the flaps will wear and tear, but this is to be expected.\n\nPriced reasonably, outstanding at what it was designed for, and indisputably heavy duty enough for 90% of us. I would certainly love to put a few more in use if for nothing else to actually push it more, and check it against some comps- maybe later- I am afraid it might not be quite up to the serious abuse of a daily professional/commercial jobsite. I'd love a chance to have a shot at say, a 20 amp model.. (and I might mean that literally.)","Product: Modern, sleek design with illuminated flashing blue edge LEDs. Deep, clear sound with powerful bass (12mm driver). Rugged, waterproof shield (IPX5completely washable). 3D flex sport clip design with quick-fit adjuster; stays in place for high impact activity. Quick charge battery (up to 6 hours playback on full charge, 15 minutes charge = 72 minutes playback).\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: High end, high quality\n\nReview: <div id=\"video-block-R375EV1PYI3B6K\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/B1U-CaAyk8S.mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61X0HSKq1LS.png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\"> I cant say I am a fan of earbuds, but could these help convert. Very lightweight and rugged, I found the sound to be just above merely good, but not exceptional. The design is stylish and different in appearance, and pretty straightforward to use.\n\nThey are the first pair I have found to be a relatively good and quick fit, the default cushion plugged firmly in place, a definite first. Additionally, the flexible over-ear bands can be shaped to follow the contours of your ear, making for an even more secure fit. As usual with other over-the-ear types, wearers of glasses will be somewhat inconvenienced, but the flexible hooks do allow a more custom and comfortable fit.\n\nPairing is easy, range is greater than listed, and once fit to my odd lobes, I scarcely notice they are there. The absence of an additional plug, these are purely wireless- externally, anyway- could be considered a minor disadvantage, but with Apple leading the way to discontinuing the mini jack on its phones, its just thinking ahead. And its nice to not have another cable flapping around, making these even less obtrusive\n\nIncluded in the lovely hardshell case is a bag with a few other sizes of earplugs, and a quick start guide that is at first as difficult to manage as the tiny control capsule; I strongly recommend downloading and printing the relatively brief complete owners manual form Panasonic, this is a brief but a more complete and easier to absorb guide to not just basic features but some I did not expect.\n\nI.E:\nOne of the great things I discovered is that the annoying Im connected blue light glowing so often found in Bluetooth earware coming from the earpieces is set to \"off\" by default, and must be activated with each use, a statement of sorts I would have to say, and greatly appreciated instead of needing to disable it whenever its turned on, with the only way to extinguish being to power down the unit. The effect is pretty cool, but I have never cared to advertise I am using (in this case especially) an expensive set of personal audio gear. It also took me many, many tried to be successful, maybe its my timing (\"+ and must be held down simultaneously for 3 seconds or my stubby fingers, but I am currently at a 10-to-1 success ratio at enabling. The blurry video represents about 20% of the time I spent trying to hit the sweet spot.\n\nThey do look pretty cool, but since I find the effect totally useless, I may not persevere until I find the trick to 100% success. And if anyone reading this can give me a reason, legitimate or otherwise, why youd want to have your ears lit up, please feel free to leave a comment.\n\n(I mean, I know people in public work spaces might want to let others know they are listening to music before someone tries to engage them in conversation, but the degree of skill required to do this makes me pause and really wonder.)\n\nThe sound? Its so hard to rate earbuds, limited as they are by size there is only so much one can expect from this type of device. I did not find it lacking, except unsurprisingly in the bottom end, and seeing that the fit and comfort of use is so good as to make them definitely above the other merely average units I have sampled..\n\nI do not have unusually large fingers, but even so I found operating the controls requiring more the use of a fingernail than flesh- especially so, as with most 3-button controls everything is operated by the length of each button push. I believe (at least with basic functions) the order and duration is becoming fairly standardized, so to an experienced user it won't be a very steep learning curve. I practiced a bit with them off, it isn't very complicated, just needs to be done by feel.\n\nThe connecting cable, as mentioned, is just barely long enough to stretch between the earpieces, I practiced off-ear to get comfortable, then ignored the suggested use and wore them with the cable at first, then moved on to the recommended behind-the-head placement. I rarely get calls and even more rarely take them when listening to music, but tested and found the phone controls to be little more than basic. In case you don't find this short enough, a sliding Y yoke will choke it up further for ya.\n\nPhone functions are simple and superior to most units I have used; callers could not tell I was on a Bluetooth device, and one with a microphone actually in an earpiece. Self-messages left on my voice mail were similarly crisp and clear.\n\nI now primarily use mine when gardening, I can safely leave my phone near the house and have only rarely exceeded the range, which seems to be at least 40 feet line of sight.\n\nAnother feature new to me is very explicit instructions in both guides on how to remove the non replaceable battery prior to disposal. This is either a great attempt at social responsibility, or a nod to the fact the battery may in fact be replaceable. Given the cost of this unit, I would like to think so.\n\nOh, charging is via mini-USB behind a very well blended pop-up tab on the right earpiece. An unusually short 7 inch cord is included, and the instructions are very clear in pointing out this cable must be used, and in fact suggests charging via a computer no mention of a power block or booster battery is mentioned. So proceed otherwise at your own risk. (A longer cord wouldnt fit in the case anyway.)\n\nThey are definitely high-end in price, but I am not convinced the sound quality makes up for it. The case is a nice feature, but then so are the blue lights- not exactly a deal-maker.","Product: The ultimate companion for your iPad, the ultimate Lite keyboard case is our lightest keyboard yet, but is tough, durable and packed with features. A fully protective case keeps you and your iPad truly mobile, a premium aluminum keyboard with well-spaced keys delivers an enhanced typing experience, and advanced power management features preserve battery life. Multiple viewing angles, including media mode for movies or presentations, make it easy to use anywhere. Despite all that, it still manages to be extremely thin as well as the lightest keyboard we've ever made.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Keyboard case hits the right notes\n\nReview: When I discovered the Mini 4 it was love at first sight; in almost every aspect it's a perfect choice for me. But I was not used to the touchscreen keypad and all the minute iterations between apps, and after it became mine I found I wasn't doing too much lengthy composing with it. And when I tried, I have found the screen keypad to be a mixed blessing; its great for dashing off a message or email while balanced on your lap, but for any type of serious writing it leaves a lot to be desired.\n\nMy first accessory was a rugged little Targus case, <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Targus-3D-Protective-Case-for-All-iPad-mini-THZ595GL/dp/B013UB7U3U/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Targus 3D Protective Case for All iPad mini (THZ595GL)</a> it was solid, easy to grip, could fold to many positions and allowed quick access to the camera lens. But I was attracted to keyboards, I do write a bit and felt there was one in my future.\n\nSo when I saw the Belkin, it was also love at first sight, and like the iPad, I was not disappointed. I have always preferred Belkin products as they consistently offer the best and widest variety of aftermarket accessories, and this case is no exception. In fact its rather beyond the run-of-the-mill quality I have seen while I was shopping for a new case for the new pad.\n\nAnd I was not disappointed. The quality is superior, and while not quite as bulletproof as my reliable first case, as far as writing and general screen navigation it is worth the compromise. Held in a book-like orientation, the front is a hard plastic, somewhat slippery; the obverse is the same but has a 4 X 5.5 pleather-ish grip insert which does make it a little easier to hang onto.\n\nThe pad holder is simple and grips the tablet around all edges rather than just the corners and obstructs nothing. Its also a little easier if you intend to remove it from time to time (as I may) and snaps back in solidly. I found the magnetic closure to snap closed with authority, but is not 100% airtight and can be shifted a few degrees side to side when shut. But again, I don't think its intended to be used a rugged travel case.\n\nOpening it wakes up the pad instantly (as well as shutting suspends), pairs it and orients the screen; the magnetic base of the tablet holder slips into place on the keyboard and stays firmly in place with subtle magnetism. From that point on it is a little laptop, some of the keys require a few new steps, but no more than the usual use of F keys or other special commands. I found the home button a great feature, and had no problems continuing to use surface swipes for navigation. It is by itself enough to have arrow keys again, heavy editing becomes a challenge without them and I knew it would only get more frustrating.\n\nThe angles it folds to are not as widely configurable as the Targus (or many others) but the whole point is to have a stable writing platform. And when set up, its more like a mini-laptop than a tablet.\n\nI have smaller fingers and while I cannot touch type, my wife can and was immediately able to write paragraphs while looking at me- if she had a Mini, I would probably never see it again, if I hid it she would certainly be in line for one.\n\nI was a little concerned about the weight and bulk a keyboard might add to the nearly perfect dimensions of the mini, but here again the Belkin shines: its noticeably more trim than the simple rugged Targus case and weighs only 3 ounces more, I found this remarkable.\n\nFolding it for uses other than writing is a but of a disappointment, but thats not really the issue- you have a choice of using it in the set-up position, or with the cover/keyboard folded to the back- either with the smooth back facing outwards or the keys exposed. I found that with the keys pressed to the tablet back the hinge tightens up and its fairly steady, flip it over with the keys to the outside and its a lot more wiggly. I thing position A is the intended configuration.\n\nI have not really used it in this mode very much, preferring to just set it up as intended, but for travel purposed I might take to switching back to the Targus- the Belkin, while of solid construction, does not really seem suited to being tossed in a backpack and accessed on the fly- particularly if you take a lot of photos, it is also a little tricky to set up and hold with the lens unobstructed and manageable with one hand.\n\nOn the other hand, its perfect for the rear facing camera in the upright mode and great for FaceTime. All the other ports are extremely accessible, especially the headphone jack which many cases are too snug a fit.\n\nBattery life seems OK, after I had been using almost daily for a week it did not shown signs of needing a charge, but when I removed it to replace it with the travel case, and then re-installed it after 2 weeks it was completely flat. It can be used while charging with no harm ( I think) so if you remember its still independently powered and needs care, youll not be troubled.\n\nHeavy-use life is still an unknown to me, but I have a feeling it will be more than adequate. A tiny amber LED glows discreetly until charged, it's located alongside the charging port positioned so that the cable projects to the right rear, well out of your way. Uses a supplied mini-USB cable.\n\nI was uncertain which keyboard case I would select when the time came, but when I saw the Belkin and read a little bit about it I was sure this was the one, and it continues to delight.","Product: Maximize the life of your iPad Mini 4 with the Profile Series a slim, stylish, durable, streamlined folio case that boasts OtterBox Certified Drop+ Protection. Wear and tear, drops and accidents, and scratches and scuffs are no match for Profile Series. Engineered for tablet use on the go, its streamlined design and ease of use make Profile Series your smart choice for tablet protection.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: High marks to the Otter for quality and design\n\nReview: This is a very attractive and extremely well crafted case, from an engineering and design point of view its nearly perfect.. Perhaps if it had it been the one I found before my beloved Targus <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Targus-3D-Protective-Case-for-All-iPad-mini-THZ595GL/dp/B013UB7U3U/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Targus 3D Protective Case for All iPad mini (THZ595GL)</a> that has unexpectedly set a very high standard for me (due to some quirky features I love), I would have no doubt considered the Otter my first pick.\n\nNot now. Its not just a matter of getting used to a particular model, as I write now I am actively switching cases and comparing the features that matter most to me, and actually wanting the Otter to win. But it looks like this is not to be.\n\nWhat I do like are the trim lines and light weight, it is a clean tight fit and looks great the surface is skinned with a smooth but lightly textured pleather-ish sort of material, the rear belt line has a raised and more textured grip area, about 4 X 6.\n\nThe closure is a very positive snap latch. After growing used to a magnetic strap closure, this seems a little more refined but also takes extra effort and precision to close; it is quite stiff. I have also found the Targus magnet will also work reasonably well in the folded open position. I had grown used to that and now I just find the business end of the tab wiggling around when in use. The smoother surface of the Otter also allows less friction when folded open, so in general it too is a lot squirmier than the rubber-on-rubber of the Targus. (The Targus also makes it easier to just whip out and open- or flip closed, then seal the case with one practiced motion, almost Star Trek communicator-style cool.)\n\nOne feature alone is decidedly superior- when the front cover is folded back to allow access to the camera lens, it does so right down the middle and makes holding it open for photography quite solid. This is the only feature it does decidedly better than the Targus, which for some reason folds back with about two inches hanging out. The Otter is perfect here, and the mating surfaces provide a tight and solid grip for camera work.\n\nAll of the port openings are perfectly aligned and cut cleanly, even the headphone jack (will the Mini 5 even have one?) is large enough for the occasional right-angle plug.\n\nThe volume controls and wake/sleep button are sealed, and as with other Otter cases I have seen, the rubber push buttons are thick and take quite a bit more pressure to activate than the switch itself, to me this is an added small nuisance.\nYou can get used to anything, I have gotten used to feeling my way through a case opening for the hard button, so an intermediate like this that is harder to push really only makes sense if the case were completely sealed. I do not see it as an advantage here.\n\nFolded open, the screen will stay put almost vertically, OK for video content, and beyond that a row of grooves allow you to position the screen in one of six different angles- the lowest is OK for typing, but the steeper ones likely not.\nAs seen in the photo here, a variety of what seem more like improvised viewing positions can be set up by arranging the flaps into different configurations, none of them instilling very much confidence, But, whatever works.\n\nThe inside of the front flap is a soft felt-like material, but it will leave a slight negative image of the grooves after being closed carried for a little while.\n\nVery high marks to the Otter for quality and design. I think this is a fantastic case at a great value, had I not stumbled onto one that was perfect for me I would likely have chosen the Otter. I am amazed and impressed that the aftermarket sector has decided to make packaging for device cases that allow easy accessibility for the shopper, this is a rare example of actually putting the consumers best interest first. But for online buyers such as yourself, one can only hope humble reviews such as this can serve nearly as well.","Product: Kenko ultra VIEW EX series binoculars is marked by stunning optical performance and uncompromising durability. Perfect for bird watching, surveillance or general observation, these binoculars are professional grade. The ultra VIEW EX OP 8x32 DH2 is ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT birding binoculars. It is just 455g/16.04oz! Attachments: Case, strap\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: OK, so the lens caps are cheap.,\n\nReview: There, I got that out of the way.\n\nEven though I have not previously heard of Kenco- not being a very active participant in this type of optics- they were unknown but soon proved to be very high quality of construction and optical clarity. They are considered water-resistant, not waterproof, so I imagine that would suggest they are suitable for use in rainy or duck-blind like situations, they might not cut it on a dunk surf or poolside. No big deal, I rarely travel to any of those.\n\nBut for me, while not really powerful enough for long-range spotting of my canyon environment (and with only one intrusive neighboring house about a mile away) I found they were great for peeping closer at the abundant wildlife- notably, and obviously birds at close range. Crystal clear and lightweight, they are a lot less bulky and steady than my big Costco Bushnells and allow for extended viewing without causing tired muscles or cramping hands, something about which I had never thought.\n\nFocusing is fast and simple, using a rocker between the barrels. Before use the eyepieces must be twisted in position, I am not clear why, but compactness might be a reason. It took me a few seconds to figure this out, my stupid, but the instructions seemed to be of little use, I mean, how simple could it be? The only complaint I could muster was the eyepiece lens cap is a whole cover, and did not fit well at all, no matter what position the binoculars were folded. This does not seem to be a one-off situation but a design flaw, hopefully Kenco will read some of these reviews and attend to the problem. The front fit fine, but they snap inside the rim of the lens and are sort of cheesy compared to the rest of the binocs, of the lens. As with most lens covers I have encountered, could easily disappear in a matter of minutes.\n\nTo one ignorant of the lineup of manufacturers, the pair seem pricey, I have not yet shopped very much for comparison but I have reason to suspect this could also be a sign of that higher quality I am incapable of appreciating. They work well.\n\nIncluded is a soft pouch case, like the lens caps a bit low-end for the price and compared to the main feature. Even the packing box seems cheap, especially if you have ever seen a higher-end pair of headphones in this range which are more like little shrines. A nylon strap and cleaning cloth, scarcely worthy of note round out the package. .","Product: VoyagerPro Monaural Over-the-Ear Bluetooth Headset w/Noise Canceling Mic\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Start At the Top\n\nReview: This is my first Bluetooth device, and as such, I am at a disadvantage to be able to compare or relate to a previous wireless experience. But I believe there is no need, following my faith in a long history of using other Plantronics equipment, I have always considered this brand to be the standard by which others shall be measured anyway.\n\nThis unit does not disappoint, It is attractively designed and solidly built. Some may find it too much of a fashion statement, but I think it looks really cool.\n\nAs a first time user I found the controls simple and easy to learn- my hands are still learning to find them without distracting my brain while driving, not an easy task.\n\nI do not use the phone when driving very often, but due to the CA law about driving without a hands-free devices, it was inevitable that I would take a call the old way just as a police car happened by. No notice, no ticket, but I decided to start using one of these anyway. I purchased a corded $1.99 Ebay unit, it is a horror but usually gets the job done. I was sure that between wrestling with the cord and trying to get the mike in the right place it was more of a hazard than just holding my phone. I would expect anything would be an improvement after that, and the Plantronics seems to simply do everything perfectly.\n\nI found it a bit hard to get into place initially- especially while driving- but once it is secure, it feels natural and I scarcely notice it's there. Sunglasses with bulky temples are a bit of a problem too, but once you settle it a little it's not that bad. I do not suggest trying to put it on while driving in this fashion, with time may come more familiarity but it is almost the same as putting on a high-end hearing aid.\n\nAudio quality is loud and clear, even around town with the windows open. The quality of the mike was apparently different enough from both the phone's and my old wired set that I had to re-record my voice tags, but that was the only inconvenience. I made a few calls and a couple of people said they would not have guessed I was on cell- probably because they were.\n\nI also phoned various answering machines and voice mail so I could listen for myself, in most cases the quality was nearly indistinguishable from a landline call. This is primarily how I use my phone while en route in any case, I find a conversation- even with a hands-free device- should deserve a motorist's full attention.\n\nI tried it out on the Bay Area's 511 traffic call system, and I have never has such success with a voice-recognition system in a noisy moving vehicle, radio on and windows open.\nIn one noisy stretch of road I had to cup my hand over the mike but that was it.\n\nI look forward to a long and satisfactory relationship with this device.\n\nLATER: Alas, this was not to be. When my wife's original Motorola earpiece died, my Plantronics mysteriously disappeared. I can't believe she'd taken it, but I did notice an almost immediate improvement in voice quality.\n\nAbout two years later, after daily use, it finally failed- broke at the little swivel beneath the earpiece. It is, in my mind, a testament to a great product that she immediately went out and bought the exact same model. And it's still going strong.\n\nI am anticipating the arrival of Plantronics latest and greatest, we will soon see how they stack up.","Product: Instantly transforms your iPhone speaker dock or stereo Hi-Fi into a (Bluetooth) streaming powerhouse Great value Bluetooth streamer - Tens of Millions of iPhone speaker docks could soon become obsolete with the new iPhone 5 connector pin change Sound You Wear - Unique simple twist and go to attach to clothing. Great sound - with APT-X audio streaming, near CD quality. Double tap to access Siri/Google Voice Actions. Make and take calls.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: OK, if you can really explain it to me.\n\nReview: Most seem to find the main use for the Ribbon is to eliminate the cable from that phone or iPod in your pocket, instead, moving the receiver closer to your face and whatever earbuds you may use. I can see this scenario- every spring I have to cut a firebreak, and one year tried the iPod with normal buds. It was essentially unmanageable, largely to the protective gear I wear. The wire from the device to the buds was a bit of a bother, but snaking the bud cord through safety glasses, a face mask and a respirator is a problem no matter what.\n\nI have seen fully enabled Bluetooth earbuds that eliminate all wires, but the truth is, the brushcutter makes so much noise it's not worth the effort.\n\nIf you could afford a dongle for every device you own, things like a TV or stereo system- I can name more, but the point here would be to turn non-Bluetooth devise into enabled to be used with your favorite headphones and not be tethered to the equipment- this is probably how I will primarily use the Ribbon. I think I will find this extremely handy.\n\nHowever, in conclusion, I must say keep your eye on this thing, not only did my thieving cat make off with it one afternoon, I was about to use it to finalize this review and have no idea where it has gone, Not like a missing cell phone you can just ring up...","Product: This is 1200mAh Battery for iPhone 3GS. Own durable material, the 1200mAh Battery for iPhone 3GS is great for long time use. Also you can make full use of it as you wish. Furthermore, you can take it as gift to your friends or relatives.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Eenie, Meeni, Miney Moe...\n\nReview: .. choose your battery and then go. For it. Of the many off-brand iPhone batteries out there, its a crapshoot. And some of the batteries are crap, no doubt. The one I first received was, and DOA, but as I had to try it three times to make sure it wasn't something i did, it was good lesson in the iPhone battery changing experience. No instruction are included, but there are plenty of YouTube videos out there. The tool set is about what you might expect for the cost, one of the prybars broke on first use. Most semi-DIY folk would have better versions of all the included handy. I used a GPS windshield mount to suction off the screen, it was excellent.\n\nI contacted the mfr about the seas cell, and had a new one in a few days, very good service, the new one seems to be performing OK so far, although it will probably take several cycles of charge/discharge before the final verdict comes in.\n\nWhat is still puzzling to me is the SD card reader included, there is no chip and no explanation. But it's handy to have a spare around.","Product: WD-40 SPECIALIST RUST REMOVER SOAK dissolves rust quickly without harming surrounding parts, trim, gaskets or paint. Our rust dissolver restores surfaces to bare metal without scraping, chipping or scrubbing. For light rust, leave parts in 1-3 hours and for heavy rust, leave parts in the rust removal solution overnight. This non-toxic and biodegradable formula is effective on small or large items that can be soaked.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Not bad if you keep your expectations (and items) small\n\nReview: For as long as I have been working with metal, I always had two essential products around, One was WD-40 of course, the other being Naval Jelly. <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Henkel-Corp-553472-Naval-Jelly/dp/B0039LUH8W/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Henkel Corp 553472 Naval Jelly</a>\n\nNavel Jelly has probably mellowed and changed owners over the years, but it was always the best way to de-rust almost any ferrous object. Best part was it is in fact a jelly, a thick goo that would hang on to vertical surfaces and a lighter coat would even stick to the inverted horizontal.\n\nObviously this review is not about Naval Jelly, rather another WD-40 product- \"Specialist Rust Remover Soak\". This is new and new to me. Boasting relatively harmless (and unspecified) ingredients, it makes fairly confident claims about its rust removing capabilities.\n\nThis was intended to be a video review, how better to show the actual progress of the solution in action, but I forgot Flip cameras shoot .mov's and I do not have the capacity to edit. Which was necessary, as the manufacturer states a soaking period of 24 hours may be necessary.\n\nAnd there is my principal issue: soaking. This limits the applicability of the product to what you can find for a soaking tray, and essentially the size of the object. Obviously it must be completely submersed for full efficacy- having to flip the piece would double the time needed. And if you can only find a pan or tray that allows submersion but is oversized, naturally you will need a lot more of the liquid. One might be able to fashion a tray out of heavy-duty aluminum foil, but while not terribly caustic, I would run a test anyway.\n\nI have a boneyard with metal scraps that have been rusting away outdoors for over 20 years. I picked out a particularly nasty piece of angle iron that was nearly completely orange. Couldn't even tell how much if any metal remained. Iron oxide can also act as a preservative, we would see. I also have quite a few Akro-Mills parts bins in my shop, all sizes, <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Akro-Mills-30230-ESD-AkroBins/dp/B007UUHZYW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Akro-Mills 30230 ESD; AkroBins </a>I found one that fit my test piece nearly perfectly.\n\nI poured out about a cupful of the solution into the bin and lowered the piece in slowly. The liquid began to darken immediately. When checking the bin at the suggested intervals (30 minutes, 8 hours, 24 hours) at the 24 hour mark, it had become completely opaque, which I took to be a good sign and decided to have a look.\n\nMost of the bigger deposits had dropped away, and with a small amount of brushing the lighter ones came off to reveal the original mill scale, which was fairly impressive. The really tough stuff would still take a bit more hand work to clear up, not so difficult on flat pieces, but I'd have to wonder if anyone with a large or complex item to clean up would bother if it was in as bad a state as my test piece. Or have allowed it do become that way- I have an old drill press that has been outside for years, it would not be practical to try to tank it all.\n\nOn the other hand, I have a chain-style pipe vise in similar condition I tested next. It had also been outside for too many years- the chain was \"Ridgid\", as was the actuator. I found a perfectly fitted plastic pan for it, and set it up. I dumped the remaining amount of fluid left, almost a full gallon, and it barely covered the bottom. I flipped the vise over so most of the worst affected areas would be submerged- in about 3/4\" of liquid. The remaining exposed parts, well, I hit with WD-40. I had to flip it over to get maximum coverage.\n\nI have no doubt this is a great application of this product, and were I to submerge it fully, the vise would come out in nearly-new condition. Or at least functional again. A new vise <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Ridgid-40185-Top-Screw-Bench-Chain-Vise/dp/B001P30574/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Ridgid 40185 Top Screw Bench Chain Vise</a> retails here for just over one hundred dollars. Until I measure exactly, I am guessing it would take at least 4, maybe 5 gallons to save the old one. (Actually, when I measured- it was between 6-7 gallons)At $23.00 a gallon, it would cost about $120 to restore. I deplore casting aside any salvageable piece of equipment, especially if it is better built than by today's standards- and I think not- but this is not exactly a cost-effective way to get it operational again. I will say it did a fantastic job on the submerged areas.\n\nLater: On the submerged portions it did a fantastic job, almost like new. Unfortunately, my point remains valid. I even tried to no avail, using rags soaked in the solution on the afflicted parts.\n\nThe solution may be reused until \"it no longer works\" say the instructions, and obviously must not be returned to the original jug, maybe you could keep it in a separate container. Even at that, if you are doing a large project it could get expensive quickly.\n\nIn conclusion I would have to say this product would be best suited for small parts and simple hand tools. Since there will still be a need for further stripping- brush, wire wheel or emery cloth- it is really not a one-step solution.\n\nI am still curious to see what it can to with a rusted shut crescent wrench, I'm pretty sure I have one around here somewhere...","Product: ACI windshield washer pumps are manufactured to meet or exceed original equipment performance. The quality, durability and reliability of all products are backed by over 35 years of excellence in door system components experience and know how.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: 1995 'Yota PU - Perfect\n\nReview: Perfect fit 1995 Toyota pickup. Back in service in minut4s, even came with a pair of grommets. I suggest priming the device before testing.\nI checked local outlets, 3 day wait in some cases and more costly. I read reviews carefully, and while this particular unit fits a wide variety of vehicles, I wanted to be sure before I ordered. If you are looking at this you know it's fall down easy to install, and I was more surprised to actually notice an improvement in pressure. But, after 20 years I should not be. 4 stars because it's hard to \"love\" an auto art, I am just thrilled it was so easy to find here and in my mailbox in 2 days.","Product: Wardrobe boxes are designed specifically for moving and storage of hanging items. Each box includes a 24\" hanger bar which can accommodate up to linear feet of closet items. The wardrobe box closes completely to keep articles clean. Boxes are constructed from stronger 44 ECT C-Flute Kraft corrugated board and are reusable and recyclable. The actual assembled size of one box is 24 x 24 x 40 Inches while the dimensions for the package of 3 boxes as delivered to the doorstep is 25.1 x 41.6 x 17.4 inches.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Well made, but at what cost?\n\nReview: I was very curious indeed to see how the Banker's Box wardrobe compared to the U-Haul version, if any. The BB is similar to the UH \"Shorty\" wardrobe, except the price point- the BB is nearly twice that of the UH. The BB is also 24\" square, while the UH is a rectangular 20X24\", which actually seems more suited to most items of clothing, and is certainly more compact- but the larger, square BB is also suitable for a wider variety of tasks than just clothes- I plan to use one to ship a paint sprayer I recently sold.\n\nThe construction and weight of the cardboard seem about the same. They erect in a similar fashion, the hanger bar is very nearly identical, but their exterior design and markings are a lot cleaner, not cluttered with ads and useless information.. I have used them frequently in moving, and durability is not an issue, long-term storage may be though. I have two in my attic, one collapsed on itself years ago, no doubt due to the heavier weight supported. I would like to test the BB's in the same manner, but I am afraid it would delay this review by a few years.\n\nTo complicate your choices, Home Depot also sells one that is in fact identical to the UH, although slightly costlier.\n\nI would have to say that when you figure in shipping and sales tax, if any- while it is an excellent product, the Bankers Box Smooth Move Wardrobe may not be the best bargain out there.","Product: High-Speed Printing for Your Growing Business.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Thinking of Re-Inking? Read this first.\n\nReview: <div id=\"video-block-R1GZ9XTM8W6QCX\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/D1AnPNiltlS.mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61vfMpRCbrS.png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\"> (Continuing usage updates follow review.)\n\nBasically, for the price of a set of tanks for most typical SOHO machines, you can pick up this unit with \"demo\" tanks that will last (as they did me) for about 2 months of heavy use, and incidentally, get the about the best printer you can get for the money.\n\nWait; you say, it's too big, and it *only* prints! How often do you can or fax, really? And doesn't a dedicated machine always perform better? Yes, it's big, we get that. But I would have made room for an HP LJ in the early days if I could have had one. Besides, once you get used to having dedicated paper trays, you will never want a rear feed unit again.\n\nI continue to be surprised and impressed by the Canon Maxify, ordering online I did not take time to visualize its size, but judging from the price I was not expecting to get a machine of this stature, possessing so many features and evidently some truly surprising functionality.\n\nThis printer does so much more than any other I have used to date- that would be many- it would require far too much space and reader attention to adequately summarize or describe here. And it does these things so well it is difficult to believe, and at a cost so reasonable that is equally difficult to believe.\n\nIt's been over 4 months since writing this, and after finally changing 3 of the 4 \"setup\" tanks (yellow is still hanging on) I discover through the Web interface the Maxify has printed over 800 sheets. BTW, the report generated is as thorough as I have ever seen, with not only page count, but color/BW, what type of paper, single or duplex.)\n\nI have no difficulty in forgiving a machine for not being capable of doing more than it was designed, especially a printer that shows there are so many ways to produce prints you have not even been aware of until you try the Canon. As of this writing, the ability to effortlessly turn any document into a nearly-professional, perfectly ordered and sized booklet still amazes me.\n\nThe print quality is at the level of any inkjet I have used, perhaps not at a blazing speed but steady and reliable with nothing but enthusiasm at pumping out pages continuously. Using my up-to-now primary printer, a surprisingly enduring HP Photosmart 1000, the HP spit out a draft test sheet in 14 seconds, sadly, sometimes with a manual paper feed assist. The Canon, at \"normal\" setting was about 8. Changing to \"draft\" in the Windows dialog (there isn't one in the Canon software) didn't change the speed or quality from normal, but the HP dropped to 10. Legible, but not presentable.\n\nAt the other end, the HP on \"best\" was 24 seconds, the Canon about the same, but the quality was 100% better. Higher print modes deliver better results with the attendant slowdown, as with photos- I have no problem with the output quality, but still an issue or two about printer's thoughts regarding paper auto-detection. But this is really a matter of notification rather than war, and can be disabled so you can run whatever paper you please and never be bothered by what the printer thinks. It all depends on how you \"register\" paper in a tray in the first place. And after wondering why this is necessary in a one-user environment, I discovered how to disable any additional input when adding new media.\n\nFor what is essentially workhorse draft printer, I find the photo print quality is acceptable. I planned to use the HP Photosmart as a standard of sorts, and while it was always capable of surprisingly good output, due to lack of color ink I can't presently compare the Canon to a fresh print.\n\nI have long desired a dedicated large format photo printer somewhere down the line, and since the choice is basically now down to Epson and Canon, I believe this machine has done a lot of campaigning for Canon already.\n\nRight out of the box- or for that matter, even still in the box- the Canon just looks as if it means business. And business is printing, not faxing or scanning or copying. I believe that serious users, Canon and I would be in agreement to think of this machine as semi-pro, and I only say \"semi\" because the cost is so absurdly low as to disavow any commercial use. I suspect they could have increased the list price significantly, and once word got out not only would they still have sold a boatload of them, people might actually feel as if they were getting a more serious solution.\n\nHope the video hits some key points, this is a Borg shaped flat black cube that defies adequate lighting, especially when shooting alone and quickly. (And yeah, I know the inking is out of order.) Of course, by way of a disclaimer one might expect that as for most all tech-mech, especially lower cost items, the final word is not readily available until a long time in service.\n\nThe quick start guide is beneath basic, and really is of little help telling you nothing that is not already fairly obvious. I had noticed a few reviewers had difficulties with the ink carriage shipping block, it did seem like it would take a lot of effort to remove without causing fear of breakage. But when, against the advice of the QS, I powered it up, the print head moved just slightly and it literally fell out.\n\nI chose my oldest method of setup to start, an aging but reliable Windows XP machine, a USB cable and the CD. It didn't really take very long, and when done it just worked. The only small issue I had was paper selection. It took me a few tries to realize, at least so far, that it sees the upper tray (#1)as the secondary source of special paper, while the bottom tray, #2, is happiest when being used by regular size and weight paper. This is the reverse of some other machines I have used, and may be as simple as changing a setting I missed, but during setup it would not recognize photo paper in the #1 tray and allowed no way to change to it while running a job. But the #1 tray would accept and feed anything you cared to throw into it.\n\nIt didn't hit me until a little later- one small feature missing is a simple way to feed a single piece of unusual media through, usually an envelope. It took removing and resizing the drawer, then re-registering it when reinserting, (which is done every time you open the paper tray anyway). With one tray dedicated to plain paper, the can other dedicated to a specific job- envelopes, labels, postcards, or a 4X6 photo paper, this is actually no big deal for me, but it would have been nice.\n\nIn the process of learning this, I had my first jam- 50# photo paper, and saw at once the disadvantage of having a printer that is more or less committed to a life in close quarters. I was barely able locate mine in a slide-out shelf of an equipment rack in my desk, it required both leveling and shims to allow it to move freely- and even so, you can't slide a thick piece of paper along either side.\n\nA not-very-well marked panel on the backside easily swings out of the way to get to the back of the handling mechanism and lets you pull out the jam. I would not want to be doing it very many times a day, but so far I am confident most paper mishandling errors will be caused by the user, I think this was a crinkled edge problem.\n\nSending a job to this printer opens up a huge amount of control and setup choices. For instance, we have the \"Paper Save\" options: instead of just a draft mode, we can tell a 2 page doc to fit on one page, they call it \"2 on 1\", which resizes the text and rotates it to fit side by side as a landscape page. Additionally, there is \"4 on 1\", which is the same as 2 on 1 but duplexed and for many, will definitely call for better glasses. But would in fact be perfectly sized for printing CD liner notes.\n\nDownloaded a user manual and want a hard copy? Just select \"Booklet\", it auto-rotates alternating pages, shrinks them to 2 facing pages, saves 75% paper, and you have a user manual in about 5 minutes. (Helps if you have a deep-throat stapler, too though: <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Swingline-Long-Reach-Stapler-with-Built-in-Ruler-and-Adjustable-Locking-Paper-Guide-Black-S7034121P/dp/B0006HUPRA/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Swingline Long Reach Stapler with Built-in Ruler and Adjustable Locking Paper Guide, Black (S7034121P)</a>) or <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Stanley-Bostitch-AntiJam-Standard-Booklet-Stapler-20-Sheet-Capacity-B440SB/dp/B0006HVU8S/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Stanley Bostitch AntiJam Standard Booklet Stapler, 20 Sheet Capacity (B440SB)</a>. Genius\n\nDraft mode is still available but not a Canon feature, which is not necessarily a bad thing. at least on a few other printers I have tried would be more aptly called \"smudged and illegible\". When using it with the Canon, the output is not delivered appreciably faster.\n\nAh, duplexing. A minor miracle for my office, after always having one at work (wherever that might have been ) I have never personally had the luxury. While the action here is a bit too visible for comfort, be sure to have the outfeed slide extended and you will scarcely notice and probably become instantly used to it. And be careful, in keeping with what must be extreme material cost reduction, the slide is absolute no thicker than need be and would probably not be wise to leave protruding in traffic.\n\nEven watermarks or \"Stamp/Background\" as they call it, I had never even thought I needed it, now it'll probably become indispensable.\n\nOK, I give up, too much stuff to list. Let's say, \"just about anything you can think of. And some you might not have.\"\n\nMy other Windows XP PC was relatively easy to set up, it just saw it, copied the drivers and went to work, it just gets with the program. Speed is adequate for an inkjet, I would say paper handling and quality are superior.\n\nThe Win 7 laptop was a bit more of a bother, if even that- I tried to do a quick as an install as possible just to see, and while the PC saw the Canon on the network it could not find a driver anywhere to make it work. I downloaded the first one I found at the Canon website, it looked correct but was apparently in Japanese. No problem, I had worked through the CD install already and knew what buttons to hit, but chickened out anyway, suspecting the control panels later on would likely not be in Kanji.\n\nI tried again and pointed the Windows installer to the CD, it found what it wanted and was happy. Well, almost: it prints fine, all the features are there, but the device does not show up on the list of available printers, this deserve a re-visit.\n\nWireless is a method of connecting and printing which art this point I rarely use. But I enabled the wi-fi setup, it connected to the Internet through the router and also became visible to all devices but a really old iPhone. If it is connected via Ethernet, this method of connectivity is disabled as are the auto power-on and off.\n\n I have not fully explored all of the Internet useability which is possible here, there are just too many choices to test in order derive a well informed opinion, but I can tell you that you will be able to monitor the ink levels from anywhere. The iPad recognized the printer by native wi-fi, and eventually decided to print- it was quite slow. I am thinking (hoping) AirPrint will speed things up somewhat, but it is a separate app from Canon and I have so far not been allowed to try it.\n\nOK, it's big. Almost every review anywhere I have read feels obliged to point that out, which shows how far tech has come- or slid, depending on your attitude about bigger = better. Also, this suggests that not everyone who reacted in this manner (including myself) had seen the printer in person before making a selection.\n\nAnother oft-mentioned perceived shortcoming and as is bemoaned in a large percentage of reviews is that this is only a printer. To me it is a welcome thing, I would much rather have a dedicated device for each purpose- which is essentially only two anyway, what is a fax or a copy but a scan?\n\nI was prepared to laugh at this thing, but now I applaud it and Canon for breaking away from the all-in-one \"fad\", and for giving us an affordable device that does everything a printer should be expected to deliver. Efficiently, completely, and creatively. I could wind down by saying this is the first machine I have used that is affordable yet handles advanced printing functions including duplex printing effortlessly. But there is so much more this printer seems capable of than I have time and space to list, if you're in the shopping and want far more than you would expect for your dollars, I suggest you pick one up and see for yourself.\n\nConsumables: While I am still collating data marred by sloppy record keeping, the magenta tank I replaced in April '15 just went below critical. It halted the print job, though once I cleared it, it was able to resume but with a warning each time. I guess they mean it, since the level went from low to empty in about 3 jobs. And fortunately I read the warning that alerted me to to the fact that you can't simply remove the tank and shake it for a few more peaceful days, once a used one is out it will only accept a new cartridge.\n\nI have not been printing especially color-heavy, but not shoeing much restraint either, and have run more photos than usual. But while 4 months for the \"Regular\" sized tank is just within what I'd call acceptable, I will henceforth purchase only the XL's- which, unlike the regular size, are not available to me locally. I continue to print while shopping, but definitely keeping it to grayscale.\n\nAugust 2017: after almost 3 years of medium to heavy use, the Canon finally packed it in. Had a rear paper jam, I gleared it and it did it again, this time noisier and making bad sounds. When I opened the rear door it didn't feel right, so I had a look and a small plastic guide had popped out; since the thing is nothing but small white plastic guides I figured it was hopeless, and pondered a replacement. Repair is the first think I think of, but the cost was a close second, knowing I could probably replace it with a superior machine for a good deal less than paying someone to fix it. And good luck with that, not only would it be a tedious and expensive process to try it, I myself would find it amusomg that anyone would bother.\n\nBut as it hapened, I found the place for the comb and snapped it in. Piece of cake. It printed a Windows test page perfectly and I thought I had it made.\n\nNext a 20 page job and it jammed immediately, and clearing did nothing. Back to plan \"B\". I did not like the idea of having to shop for a replacement, last time I say a Staples ad there were over 20 printers on sale.\n\nSo much to my surprise, when I looked at the Canon I saw the price had fallen to about half from when I originally wrote this review. Since I had just bought replacement cartridges, it was sort of being forced into it, but you could just say that it made the decision easier. I also have read you cannot replace the tanks with partially used ones, which, as I just changed two of the color ones a few months ago, really sucks.\n\nOnce again I realized the main purpose of these machines is not to print documents, but to burn ink. Seriously, buying another set of tanks was three times the cost of the printer. And it kills me every time I see someone running a perfectly functional Okidata 320 or HP LJ3\n\nBut since ink usage was relatively low, it is ordered. I am interested but yet to be impressed by externally refillable tank models. If my replacement gives as long a life as the deceased, I am OK.\n\nBut will start shopping anew, just in case.","Product: Great Ink Savings with Canon Value Packs\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Maxify- they really mean it.\n\nReview: I recently got a Canon Maxify printer, <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/CANON-MAXIFY-iB4020-Wireless-Small-Office-Printer/dp/B00NNVDPVO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">CANON MAXIFY iB4020 Wireless Small Office Printer</a> and as usual, first thing I did was check ink prices. I found the tanks for these printers were huge, but cost less than what it would have been to re-ink my 14 year old HP or for that matter even any other contemporary brand. Less, in fact- my HP's black was around $45- though it had a life of heavy use, it still only averaged about 2 months. Given the output of today's typical disposable printers it always seemed superior, and it looked as if the Canon would be even better than that. It was clearly a lot more ink for the money judging by weight alone- the \"setup\" tanks that came with the printer weighed 3.4 oz, the new ones 4.8 oz. Even if based on that I think I can expect a lot more output per fill than any printer I have yet used.\n\nAnd the setup tanks (just the black for this review; the color are still barely below half) gave me three months of heavy printing, almost 2 reams on all varieties of paper before the low ink warning showed. I ordered these tanks and kept printing, that was a week ago, and I am still not needing to install the new one yet. Yes, it would be difficult but not unreasonable to wait until they run dry before writing to about them, but if they remain even half again as long in service as the typically nearly-empty setup ones, I would expect the pair of these should be enough to last the rest of the year.\n\nIf you suspect that I love this printer, you are correct. If you are checking reviews of ink before you buy, as I have often done, I hope I can convince you to give the Maxify series of Canon printers serious consideration, based just on the cost per copy you could do far, far worse.","Product: 17.25" x 5" x 7", Cage Trap, Set & Release With Just 1 Hand, Galvanized For Rust Resistance, Durable, High Tensile Steel, Body Is 1 Continuous Piece Of Machine Welded Mesh, Sturdy Door Lock Ensures Animal Will Stay Put, Smooth Interior Edges Protect Trapped Animal, Patented, Safe Release Lever, Ideal For First Time Trappers, Hand Guard Limits Interaction With Animal, Proven Efficacy From Extensive Field Testing, Designed By Professional Trappers, Instructions Included, Gardening How To Member Tested & Approved.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Want a new pet?\n\nReview: I had hoped this would be a video review, but alas, not are our gray squirrels apparently too smart, another Havahart product previously applied <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Havahart-Critter-Ridder-3145-Animal-Repellent-Ready-to-Use-Spray-32-Ounce/dp/B000HHM5T0/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Havahart Critter Ridder 3145 Animal Repellent, Ready-to-Use Spray, 32-Ounce</a> seems to still be working quite well. Or, my choice of peanut bitter for bait was not to their liking. Not to mention, there are so many of the little buggers about that trapping one would be for research purposes only (and OK, maybe payback for the torment they have given my cats); releasing one into \"the wild\" around here would be not only pointless and scary (they're fierce), but contrary to County ordinance.\n\nThe trap is about the right size for the smaller models of rodent, and would probably also do nicely with some of the mega-rats I have encountered, but they are relatively uncommon. Other sizes are available with attendant scariness at the prospect of bagging a larger prey.\n\nNevertheless, I have examined and closely tested this device, it is superbly crafted and at a really reasonable price. The trap doors can be opened at either or both ends by simply looping the draw cable for one over a conveniently placed hook, a large and easy to use handle then draws both doors open with a very light effort.\n\nIt is also sprung with a light effort, I measured it about 3 ounces, but it is more the rattling movement of the target that helps set it off with very little fuss. I noticed if it is tipped very far to one side or the other it is even more sensitive, but I can't see this affecting operation.\n\nI am not sure how you and your local animal control fell about the \"release\" part of a live trap, but if it is not a problem I could scarcely imagine a better built and more reliable trap than the Havahart.","Product: Smith Performance Sprayers are built to work as hard as you do. They are durable, professional products with an emphasis on chemical resistance and built to withstand the most demanding work conditions. The 190450 2-Gallon Industrial and Contractor Series Acetone Compression Sprayer is for acetone based products only. Any other chemical bases may cause issues with seals, gaskets, and plastics on this sprayer, resulting in undesirable performance. Sprayer has an 18-inch brass wand and non-drip shut-off with an enclosed cable that runs the length of the wand - this prevents excess chemicals from dripping where it is unwanted. Sprayer features EPDM seals, gaskets, and even the hose. Acetone can cause common seals and hoses to swell, rendering the sprayer useless. The pressure release valve not only prevents over compression, but it also helps prevent chemicals dispersing from tank onto the user prior to opening. Includes a #8 brass conical nozzle specifically for acetone applications. Also accepts TeeJet nozzles. Clean with water or acetone, remove liquid from wand and hose, and remove pump after cleaning to ensure adequate drying.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: More than a sprayer, its a beaut. But about that manual...\n\nReview: With acetone becoming an endangered solvent- or outright banned here in California- it makes me sad that they emblazoned the side of the tank with that word, it just reminds me of the days when I could just run down to Sunnyvale and pick up a 55 gallon drum of trichlorethylene. Not to mention MEK or even real Berrymans.\n\nBut enough. My property was until recently littered with seasonal sprayers- Home Depot $9.99 models which despite proper maintenance and care can become relatively unusable after a few years. Spare parts? Forget it. I recently got one for my hardwood floors, and despite attention to cleaning, its already in the heap.\n\nSurpassing event he finest Hudson sprayers I have used, the is built of the highest quality materials I have seen in a sprayer- brass and stainless and almost no plastic.\n\nThe nozzle is solid brass, and instead of the valve being in the handle as with all the typical sprayers, this one seats a brass plug against a Teflon washer between the threaded end of the wand and the nozzle. I was somewhat stymied by the order of assembly, the illustration in the manual is extremely tiny, and applies to several other models as well, and very difficult to discern what was really going on. As it turns out, the correct valve seal was not included in the package. A quick call to Customer Service and I had the part in 3 days, including a much more detailed drawing, (which, when I post it you will also see illustrates that the wand must be attached to the hose with Teflon tape) assembling them immediately became a doh moment and I was on my way. I may have heard wrong, but it may be that this model usually ships assembled and mine was not.\n\nThe Amazon product page shows two nozzles which are presumably included, but not in the kit I received- I am not sure what is actually correct, you may wish to check before purchasing. It throws a cone shape, while for most purposes I tend to prefer a flat pattern. But, all parts are available instantly from the manufacturer, again, thanks to their excellent customer service and tech support staff.\n\nThe one thing I don't like about the valve being in the nozzle end means the tank has to be depressurized before any adjustments to the nozzle may be made, or even a nozzle change performed. Its a relatively small price to pay for the quality of this valve arrangement, just a new procedure for me.\n\nThe pump takes few strokes to well pressurize the tank, so its a fair trade. It seals well against the tank, and I quickly got used to the additional capacity. A built-in drip tray serves as a base for the unit, you can clip the wand into a hook on the side of the tank then tuck the tip into its own drip pan, although properly assembled there has been very little dripping.\n\nA bit bulkier (and pricier) than the average DIYer may be used to, but the quality and performance certainly blow everything else away.","Product: Top your cat's kibble with raw. Instinct Raw Boost Mixers Farm Raised Rabbit Recipe is the easiest way to put more of the pure, real nutrition of raw into every bowl.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The Tigers Have Spoken (Again)\n\nReview: <div id=\"video-block-R3QC85JSF0MUOZ\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/C17A8E88qWS.mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81CUmm7iakS.png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\"> And I do mean with enthusiasm. OK, so they are actually a Bengal/Ocicat mix known as Cheetohs, even as such still have fairly particular dietary needs and tastes. \"Nature's Variety\" has been on the approved list for them since they were kittehs, and they love most of the varieties. And better yet, so does their fussy digestion. Even though they love almost anything in that \"special\" pouch, you can see for yourself they are now fans for life. There are enough healthy ingredients here that I should consider adding it to my diet, but I still have a small scar from the last time I tried that.\n\nPricey- around $3.50/oz but packed with good stuff and already such a hit with the crew, it will be hard to dole this out in the relatively small portions dictated by the budget. And at the mfr. suggested 24 1/8-cup serving per meal for the mid-sized cat, it adds up fast.\n\nLeon was a little reluctant to embrace the treats, but he came around in a very short while. (At about $3.50 an ounce, maybe he thought he'd end up footing the bill) But if your tigers do not immediately try to help you open the package with great enthusiasm, I am sure they will soon as well.","Product: An Amazon Brand.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: \"Medium\", according to my experts.\n\nReview: <div id=\"video-block-R105M7GJXNXJRG\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/D1RFT4oTjXS.mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81w6IJBbP1S.png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\"> To cut to the chase, this is truly a basic cat tree, decently made and durable - at least now- with an acceptable price point compared to some. If you don't more or less over-tighten all the components, it is a trifle shaky, but the angles of the platforms suggest it was meant to be placed in a corner; it benefits from the added support. I have rarely seen anyone place one this large as a freestanding unit, but that's just my experience.\n\nSo: as seen here, it can be easily put into service if the first thing you do is discard the instructions and follow these steps.\n\n1. Lay all parts in neat order and arrange by size\n2. Call in professional QA inspector\n3. Assemble with one-possible way self evident hardware and position\n4. Call in professional for final QA inspection\n\nThese are really all the instructions one needs, the ones included with the post were hampered by too many languages and an over complication of steps required- essentially, looking at a photo of the final product would probably have sufficed.\n\nIf you ignore the leaflet and just arrange the posts by matching size and fastener type, youll have it together in much less time than I did, but after all, a thorough review looks at all aspects of a product, including the assembly. I found having each step listed in all the usual languages- in order, rather than on a separate page- just slowed things down even more.\n\nAnyway, it is really a no-brainer, despite our models seeming incompetence and bewilderment as shown in the video.\n\nIt was a little smaller than I expected or would have preferred, but it came to me with no specs, and although it is listed as large, I would say compared to some of the perches I have seen its a long way from that, measuring 48 high and has a 16 sq. base; the top piece has a 12 ID.\n\nBy comparison, another condo I have is 54 tall with a 22 base, this is still not as big as they come.) But, it does mean it can tuck into a more inconspicuous corner and let your felines perch in privacy as they so desire.\n\nI was a little concerned about the smallness of the crown, considering the 15 pound Leon who (as seen in the last seconds of the video), seems to have claimed it for himself. Or at least was making a statement of some kind to his littler sister, for whom the size is much more appropriate. (I think shell re-take it after he gets bored) but as you can see, he seems to have made it work for him.\n\nIn any case, given the price and ease of assembly, and probably the ability to please most normal sized cats, this is a nice, but unexceptionally Basic Amazon product.\n\n*(the cd unintentionally caught playing in the background is Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 with Mais Que Nada <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Mais-Que-Nada/dp/B000W1TL48/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Mais Que Nada</a> )","Product: Wayne 15902-WYN1 float type air volume control. Type wj for deep well. Maintains proper relation of volume of air and quantity of water in the pressure tank. Body threaded for 11/4\" tank connection. 1/4\" tap for pressure gauge.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: What can you do?\n\nReview: It's hard to rank what is simply an essential part of one's water supply system, it either works or not. Unfortunately, this is the second one I have installed in a few years, and it seems to fail for the same reason- the Schrader valve begins to leak. The manufacturer lists that part as \"unavailable\", indicating to me that as it is about the only easily changeable part, and since it's the one that is prone to failure (due to dirt, hard water, etc) this is not an accident. When it arrived I installed the new float assembly, removed the brass valve from the old one and cleaned it up, now I have a spare for next time. I think with a bit of research it could be found through another supplier, but this was an urgent fix that worked, and also provided an easier, less expensive plan for next time. If you're on a well with an old non-bladder tank, it's very useful to have one of these around.","Product: This 14 Function Micro tool has an all stainless steel construction and features spring loaded pliers and titanium handles for long life.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Three stars, with a grudge.\n\nReview: I received a similar one of these from a client awhile ago, it was the higher model up, the one with the flashlight. It was a knockoff of a knockoff, and while unlabeled and rather cheap in nature, served OK in an emergency. I generally found the flashlight to be the most useful tool of all.\n\nAlong comes the KR version, which I thought would be one step closer to the Leatherman tool by which it was .. \"inspired\", thereby a little higher in quality.\n\nNot entirely so- even though it is brave enough to sport a brand, it is essentially identical to the little freebie I was given. Only slightly worse in that it has no flashlight- that's still the next model up.\n\nThere are too many tools crammed into the handle to easily extract one,. Unlike that other one, the knife blade is relatively sharp, but 1.5\" long. Likewise the little sawblade.. \"oh look, a tiny little log I must cut!\" The screwdriver blades are too small for large screws, and too large for small ones. About the only tool aboard of any worth are the pliers, which was the original coolest part of the Leatherman, so I guess they were obligated to get that right.\n\nI was beginning to suspect: all in all, if you want a tool like this and plan to use it, stick to the Swiss Army Knife rule: don't settle for anything but the original.\n\nOn the other hand, if you want a handy device to toss in the glove compartment that is better than nothing for rudimentary work and may be able to get you out jam now and again and do not care to spend enough for the best, here's you item.\n\nBut most recently, I experienced an event that makes me gives a grudging nod: I was unexpectedly sent into the field to install 3 computer monitors. I had not brought my usual tools, but of course what is involved in setting up a monitor? You unbox it and plug it in. Worst could happen; the VGA plug is stuck. So I threw the KR in my truck and off I went.\n\nAs it happens, the monitors were all to be installed on desk-mounted arms. 4 Loc-tited Philips head screws each. Mentally eating my words, I grabbed the KR and, while not too easily, removed the screws and reinstalled. Unfortunately, on the third and final one, two would not budge. I know if I persisted I would either strip the heads or collapse the tool onto my hand, neither very professional. Luckily an employee who seemed like he might be familiar with tools wandered through the office, and was kind enough to loan me a \"real\" screwdriver. When I was packing up I noticed one of the screws holding the case together had backed out nearly halfway.\n\nLessons learned:\n1. never, ever assume you will not need tools. (I knew this one)\n2. Even so, always have at least two back-ups. The KR is perfect for this. And as reviewed earlier with almost as much contempt, I must include the KR \"Auto-Loading Screwdriver.\"","Product: The large touch-screen display with backlight makes this 7-day thermostat easy to program and easy to use.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Smart Homes may be coming but I am not signing on.\n\nReview: At least, not all at once.\n\nWhen my 20 YO Honeywell, at the time of purchase about as state of the art as this one, finally blew up after a control transformer failure, I put in a cheap temp while I shopped and settled on this one.\n\nWhile I have been curious about the Nest and other Smart therms, its not something I really want to buy into right now. As Honeywell makes this model with a WiFi capability (home network and outside access)- for about $50 more- I settled on the old fashioned one, and love it.\n\nInstallation was little different from the dozens of others I installed, and both the QS guide and full instructions are simple but through and easy to follow. As usual, I download them form Honeywell to save as a PDF for the inevitable first time I need it and forgot where it went.\n\nWhen installing, more care should be given to securing the base plate as well as you can- the main body is removable, but the fit is a circuit board and not pins, and must be correctly aligned and firmly pushed in, or pulled out. Most I have used pivot first before pulling, I do not advise that here. As you might expect, the battery is not only for backup in the event of power loss, but also lets you program it - off the wall. So to speak. Very convenient, especially during the relatively brief learning curve.\n\nI printed a copy of the manual large enough to read without glasses and actually read it first. Its not complicated, easier to use than, say, my least favorite Intermatic outlet timer. And it does everything you could need, and it does it in a way that makes sense, is easy to learn, and in fact does it about the only way that could be called intuitive with so many features.\n\nIt simply steps through each stop on the way to an HVAC units average day, on this model you may select days by checking them off a list instead of settling for the typical presets like All, Weekend and Weekday. This is really handy as my wife and I keep different schedules than M-F 9 to 5. It also comes with an average schedule loaded if you really don't care.\n\nAdvanced features are accessed by entering the maintenance mode and then scrolling through a list of functions which is all-encompassing for almost any scenario of usage, fan control, duty cycle, heat pump, type of hear, changeover, even DST is optional.\n\nThe fully backlit panel is a must, I always kept a Maglite atop the other one with its regulation 90s era dim LCD- now a swipe or tap on the panel and you get the news. Id like it if it stayed on a few seconds longer; it probably can but I haven't found the code.\n\nFor me it was a little hard to conceive of choosing an AM heat setpoint when I installed it,, seeing as it was 103 at the time- but in the end, it makes more sense than doing a heat routine first then a cool. Or maybe not, for you.\n\nBut thats all. Even the seasonal switch from heat to A/C is auto, and it even has a filter reminder, which is about the only feature I have not yet found to work. Well, its probably working, but is too subtle, like just a message that I am probably ignoring since this is truly a set-and-forget unit. Which is actually totally OK- I have to get into the attic for one filter, and up a 12 foot latter for the other two, so unless someone realizes this and designed it to stop the unit from working when the filter change time is reached, I will just continue do it when theres no choice. Bad, bad bad.\n\nAs another reviewer pointed out, there is an audible \"click\" when it activates, but I like this, they probably didn't have to but it suggests a durable enough relay and helps a lot when you are manually operating it.\n\nIf you do have questions, Honeywell can be touchy about their service center calls, sometimes the first person you get is all you need helpful and thorough. Sometimes they won't answer the phone. (When that happens, I just call the professional line, since I am, but rarely have to resort to it. I once found the help then to be almost TOO thorough, I was asked to do tests I really wasn't that day prepared for but were thoughtful anyway.)\n\nAnother time, on my 20 YO model, I asked about why the stat came on hours before it was programmed, it was one of the first versions of the Smart feature and not well documented, if at all. Their tech gave me the secret only because of where I was working at the time (I swear thats what he said!) and it turned out there was an unmarked and unidentified screw with a square head that could be in or out to change modes.\n\nNow, it;s no secret and its controlled easily from the list of advanced features. So when I was asked why it wasn't warm at the programmed time- a logical question for the unaware- I activated the feature after a week when, though set for an hour earlier, by 7:30AM it was still about 66 in the house. Then it a storm came and lingered, so the overnight temps were higher. Until one morning when I was awakened both by the click of the on relay closing, and then later by the unmistakable feel of forced air. At 5:45AM. I have touchy sinuses and forced heat always is noticeable. But I was distressed to think that even though it may have still been learning, the house would indeed be a toasty 72 at the preset time (7:30) it would have to kick on way, way early to do it. With propane at $3.00 a gallon, well, you get the idea.\n\nAbout my only negative impression so far was not even noticeable until I attempted to make a little video of the device- the backlight only remains on for about eight seconds- actually perfectly adequate if you are just bumping the temp, but trying to remember the order of steps, keep the camera dialed in, narrating and not destroying the existing program, it could be considered a shortcoming- and if anyone in CS is listening, is that a hidden \"advanced\" option?","Product: The Autoloader by KR tools eliminates the need for multiple screwdrivers by having six interchangeable steel bits built right into the handle. The classic model comes with both Phillips and flathead bits that load automatically using an exclusive pump action design. The bit tips are magnetic, making it easier to keep track of loose screws. This product also includes a 6-in-1 precision autoloader, with the same features as the classic model but with smaller bits.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Call it a \"3\"\n\nReview: What is it with the American fascination with \"automatic\"? From dishwashers to transmissions to firearms, \"manual\" is just so....old world.\n\nSo how about screwdrivers? Hard to improve on the concept, but there are many products out there counting on you to not believe that.\n\nThis is one of them. I have no grudge against gadgets; quite the contrary. But as a life-long professional tool wielding sort of person, a device like this is close to being unnecessary. I think using one of these in front of a customer would look like, \"Well, I really didn't know what bit I'm gonna need, so I brought 'em all\". \"Unprofessional\", that's the word I was looking for. Except- and it's important to note- it could be a lifesaver stuffed into a pocket when facing the unknown- a crawlspace, a tight attic. Somehow, though, I have managed a lifetime of doing things like that without one. It is also worth noting that despite my affinity for screwdrivers, about 90% of my work involving screws will see me using a power driver of some kind.\n\nBut I have one of these autoloaders. Three, actually, and must share what benefits there are to be had.\n\nThis is a good glovebox tool. Or for me, even in the toolbag as a last resort- if nothing else, it's a great emergency driver tip holder.\n\nIt works quite well, the only complaint of manufacture I had when it arrived was both of the labels were curling off the handles, leading me to believe they were applied in haste, and this tool is frequently re-branded. I know I have seen it offered under a house brand name at the likes of Restoration Hardware, so that makes sense. KR tools is a fairly well-known workman-like big-box autopart store brand, but you have to look carefully to see their name here.\n\nIt's fun to play with, to jack the various bits around into position and then- you'll be driving a slotted screw when suddenly- \"hey, I need a #2 Philips! Presto! Without having to bend over and pick one up!\"\n\n On the other hand, the junior member of the set is actually quite handy, since fine screwdriver sets invariably break out of their case and scatter. Here we have 6 small tips instantly at your disposal- unfortunately, none down to an eyeglass-tightening size, but close.\n\nWhile it's a convenient way to have these small bits always instantly at your command, it should be noted the screws requiring such tips are frequently located at the bottom of the well in a plastic case- the driver's \" shank is far to thick to reach screws that are recessed more than the length of the tip, generally \"\n\nThe primate in me almost immediately found the two lock tabs that allow the mechanism to come apart, the handle pulls out the rear, the magazine falls out, the spring detent will pop out and all the bits will fall to the floor and roll away. It's not difficult to reassemble, but I suggest avoiding the need.\n\nOne of the more practical application of this device for someone whose spare collection of leftover screwdrivers rivals the local Sears store- I found it's an excellent way to store and use obscure bits like Allen, Robertson and Torx- all the oddballs in one place, where they are easy to spot.\n\nLike they used to say, \"an excellent stocking stuffer\"- five stars for a clever idea, construction and function; one star for being silly and unnecessary. Call it three.","Product: None\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Superior model, Same concept\n\nReview: Not too long ago I reviewed the Porter Cable PC 250 Type 1, which I now assume was one of their first entries in the burgeoning multi-tool market. (If I am mistaken I will no doubt be immediately chastened by multi-tool fans.)Whoops! The flaming has already begun.\n\nThe perfect gift for the father or husband who has every other tool sold by Home Depot/Lowes/Sears/Amazon, and will probably end up not using this one either.\n\n(Here again the multi-tool fans can comment upon my insolence ;-)\n\nSo, for those belonging to that group, I'll put a summary up top so you needn't read all the way through and get a better perspective of my opinion.\n\nI would be as reassured if a handyman showed up to do a job carrying only a multi-tool as I would having a surgeon arrive in the OR with only a Swiss Army Knife. \"What? It's got a nice sharp blade. Two, even. Scissors, tweezers, a magnifying glass. Even a little saw in case there's any light amputation needed.\"\n\nAs far as these devices go, the Porter Cable is without a doubt one of the most well-designed and thought out as I have seen.\n\nOK: And to appease somewhat(I should hope) my insulting commenter, yes, I have been using tools for 40 years. In defense of this tool I should say that while the cutting and scraping blades are sub-par, the detail sander is exceptional. That is, as long as I can readily find media for it. The compact head design and the ability to orient it at any angle are a huge plus. I have recently been retained to construct 12 speaker cabinets, and the P-C allows really accurate sanding into places even my little Mouse won't go, along with allowing only the area in question to be abraded with minimal scoring of the adjacent areas. I did notice, however, using this function for a commercial length of time causes the unit to generate a not inconsiderable amount of heat.\n\nThe PCE-650 K what appear to be a largely refined version of the 250. My basic objections and dislike for these tools has been tempered somewhat (and not because of some snarky comments I received on my review of the first one), but because I actually found a few uses for it. Now, there are purpose-built tools for anything a multi-tool can do, and they usually do it better. So I see these devices as a little like a multi-function printer or a ShopSmith, which seems to tap the American need for convenience on a budget. Not as if I do not understand.\n\n(OK ShopSmith cultists; bring it.)\n\nBack to the P-C Multi-Tool:\n\nI do not really believe a head-to head comparison of the two makes a good review, but they have really done such a fine job of addressing the issues I had with the 250 its almost impossible not to.\n\nThe 650 has a redesigned body, with a lot more shock absorbing rubber grip areas, which allow the tool to better fit the hand, and operate with less fatigue.\n\nThe tool release has been modified somewhat, going from a rounded tip to a rectangular one. It seems to fit the two fingers much more readily and release much more easily even though the pressure required seems to be about the same to release or fit a cutter; it's just easier to hang onto and allows the pressure to be spread out a bit more..\n\nOh- the cutters: I found the blade for wood has a fair backset, so when making a trim it can cause scratching of the material you are cutting against. I do not think this is uncommon, but other flushcutters- i.e. the superb Bosch Finecut Bosch 1640VS Finecut 3.5 Amp Power Handsaw offer blades that produce truly fine cuts with no touch-up required.\n\nI tested the \"wood/metal bit\" against a piece of 1/8\" mild steel rod. Before I had a chance to try it at speeds other than medium-slow, it had smoked the blade and barely finished the cut. I would hope they offer a somewhat more robust metal blade.\n\nThe semi-circular fine-toothed blade is intriguing, the manual calls it a \"flush cutting blade\", and I believe it could be the most useable.\n\nThe scraper and the sander work the best, although there is no accommodation for dust control.\n\nThe \"Depth/Cutting Guide\" is a nice addition, useful when making blind cuts. It comes with its own Allen wrench for adjusting, unfortunately it rattles around in the case with nowhere to stow it securely, so be prepared to kiss it goodbye.\n\nIf you enjoy, as did I, the \"tool-free\" feature of changing cutters, you will find it way cool, but as of today, no other cutter will fit. Unless you are willing to slice out the necessary portion needed to let it slide freely over the shank. I tried it and it doesn't work all that well as the holes did not quite line up. So, while you are freed from using a tool to change cutters, but locked into buying (at least for now) only P-C blades.\n\nOne of the first new features I noticed was a variable speed control, which seems like a natural for this type of device. I have not yet tested it in action but did run it through all the speed settings and must comment that at the very lowest whether or not it's affected the noise level diminishes incredibly. I am not sure how this would effect performance, except that you may try all the speeds and still find full-on works the best.\n\nAlso added, is a depth stop adjustment. This could be handy were accurate work is required, however, were really to be required you would not be using this tool.\n\nBut I was most pleased to see they had completely redesigned carrying case. The 250's had a mass of plastic inserts presumably to keep the tools and accessories in an orderly fashion. Unfortunately, they were made of rather flimsy plastic and would bend or break rather than keep everything tidy. Once opened you could never get everything back inside the way they had come out. The sandpaper always ended up scrunched, and none of the cutters ever fit back in the slot from which they came.\n\nThe new box is much simpler. It is partitioned off in large square compartments that accommodate the cutters and sandpaper needing to fit them precisely into a predetermined slot. The old case was so jammed with plastic dividers and extrusions, it was nearly impossible to get the tool talk back in without having part of the power cable trapped by the lid. I found this new design to be much, much easier to use, and that alone is incentive to actually use it.\n\nAnother change the old model is the absence of a peculiar block of plastic one found attached to the power cable labeled Emtag. I didn't really know what this was for but assumed it might be some kind of ferret core device to prevent interference, but this seems highly unlikely, having never seen something like this on a power cable. The stern words \"do not remove\" would obviously frighten any casual user from ever removing it. I have noticed that slid freely up and down the power cord which does not make sense if they was a ferrite loop inside that wound around the power cable, as is commonly found in high-tech electronic devices. A very brief foray forums check this problem out delivered dozens of divergent opinions as to its real purpose. Some said it was to cut down on RF interference from nearby electronic devices. The most common concept that I saw was that simply an anti-theft device. The issue was clearly resolved when I typed in the patent number of the device and did a search for the company, clearly marked P&G HK and the model number EM 285. I instantly found a PDF of their product line. It's quite bulky and always irritated me when I did in fact used the 250. I really don't care about things on equipment that I purchased that state \"do not remove\", or \"no user serviceable parts inside\", because this is often never the case.\n\nThe Emtag was no exception, and as my first search results clearly indicated it was yes an antitheft device. Or as they put it in anti-pilferage device. Not just attached to the box allowing one to remove the item and then remove it from the store without being detected, they just simply stuck it on the power cord. Once I had pried off, sure enough, there was the typical RFID chip glued inside.\n[...]Unsurprisingly, Amazon's wiser heads just chopped my link to the explanation of this device. It's still out there if you want to see for yourself.\n\nThe 650 has no such device so I'm suspecting they finally figured it out and buried it inside the case somewhere.\n\nBut I digress:\n\nWhile the weight of the two tools is nearly identical, the 750 feels a lot lighter- possibly due to the new design.\n\nThe assortment of cutters and sanding attachments included is virtually identical to the 250, however, one of my favorite mystery cutters has been left out. This would be the silver-painted semi circle, with what seems to be carbide chunks embedded around the forward cutting edge. I never tried it out on any material and since the owners manual has long been missing, I really don't know what it was for. Cutting glass? Masonry? I will never know. But, wiser minds at Porter Cable decided to leave it out, so I suppose it's really no big loss.\n\nTo wrap it up, I would say if you really do want a multi-purpose tool, this new and improved version may be the one for you. Porter Cable always makes a fine product, even if it is something that should've never been invented in the first place.","Product: The Eureka Flip heater is the perfect solution for any room needing that little extra warmth. The heater can operate at 750 W to 1500 W. This heater is bathroom certified. It is called the Flip heater because it can be placed on the floor or desktop b.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Versatile, attractive, yet unexceptional\n\nReview: \"Heat Storm\" is a fairly optimistic name, I'd be more inclined to go with \"Warm Breeze\" which while perhaps more accurate just isn't as impressive. I have tried this unit in a variety of locations for which I have had difficulty finding the perfect heater, I thought with the slim design it could boldly go where no heater has gone before, but so far the only reasonable location seems to be, as advertised, a room heater. And probably mainly small rooms without windows. And with the door closed.\n\nIn a test in my likewise described pantry, roughly 5 X 15', the Eureka did a decent job of bringing up the temp a few degrees in ten minutes or so.\n\nIt also filled the pantry with a distinct aroma of while not exactly melting plastic, then plastic that is probably at the edge of its flashpoint. I let it run in the pantry awhile after noticing this, and had hoped - I still do- that it was due to the newness of the unit that the aroma persists.\n\nHaving enough spare room heaters, I'd wanted to give this a home under my desk, while the one I have been using for years works great, it is a little on the large side and noisy. But I found despite or because of) the case slimness, the Eureka's heat pattern is too broad to make it work very well in close quarters. Seems it would indeed be best left to hang on a wall somewhere or moved into a room that needs a little boost heat.\n\nThe heater has very clean design, with that European tankless water-heater chic going for it. Sub-named the Flip, this refers to your choice of useage- as a floor model with the outlet 12\" and face angled slightly upward, or rotated 180 for wall mounting at a more user-friendly height of your choice. (Although, if you do, the \"Eureka\" name badge is inverted. I don't know about you, but this would bug me.)\n\nControls are as basic as it gets, a dial for temp setting, and one for the fan. The latter is a bit too basic, it offers only the choice of off, fan only at either the 750 to 1500 (measured 780-1400) watt settings. I find a blower with two fan speeds to be an indispensable feature, we don't get that with this one.\n\nThe construction, to be polite, would have to be called durable and resilient, which is a nice way to describe plastic that is soft and cheesy. But at the same time, it seems of a simple enough construction that suggests durability, and has so far survived some rather rough handling. But while able to remain resilient, (bounce, not shatter) that's not necessarily a good thing if there is any mechanical interaction required, which we have with either the wall bracket for semi-permanent mounting, the tiny retractable foot for floor placement or the inlet filter cover. Basically, it just feels cheap and wobbly, but I would almost prefer this to over engineered and brittle, I have seen many portable heaters that don't do well with gravity end up in the junk pile.\n\nThere is no tip-over shutoff sensor as I have seen in every other fan portable, but a small amber light in the side seam near the top (or bottom) alerts one to an overheat situation, most likely caused by a blocked inlet opening. Said inlet is in the rear, it uses a 6\" radial fan with a small screen for a filter that is easily removable for cleaning, which is a good thing to remember f you plan to hang it on the wall.\n\nIt comes with a decent instruction manual and a full-size template as well as all the hardware needed for removable wall mounting, although here the 5 foot long cord would be a challenge to dress out cleanly, especially with the bathroom-esque bulky GFI plug at the end.\n\nBut I feel with the ever-present chance need for a spare heater and the relatively compact and trim size for easier storage, this will be a handy unit to keep around. Now, about that aroma..","Product: Cetol SRD - This Exterior Alkyd (Oil) product is a one coat, non-film forming, translucent wood finish which will not only protect, but beautify your wood. Cetol SRD features a one coat application, easy maintenance, UV protection, and is water repellent. This translucent finish comes in a variety of colors that can be used on siding, roofs, shakes, shingles, fences, and logs. This product is also great for low, or poorly vented decks as well as docks, that require special attention due to the damaging effects of moisture from above and below. Coverage for this product ranges from 200-400 square feet per gallon depending on how dry the wood is.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: So Far, So Good\n\nReview: NOTE: New Update 10-22-08 below!\n\nThe product I used was Sikkens 085 SRD-250 Teak, but since that color was not listed at Amazon I thought I would leave comments here anyway, there seems to be a dearth of user reports about this product line. Consumer Reports gives it a \"very good\" to average but no comments of experience.\n\nI read a lot about deck finishes before choosing this brand on the recommendation of a neighbor -who also happens to run the local paint store, so I had good reason to trust him. At $40.00 a gallon retail, I wanted to be sure. I had read for every ten bucks you spend on a finish you get a year of service, which seems like a strange way to estimate the life, but we'll see.\n\nI went overboard in prepping the first quarter of a 1200+ sq. ft. project. I used a chlorinated Olympia stripper which exceeded my expectation by not only totally dissolving the finish I put on 10 years ago, but also down to whatever was on there originally, about 16 years worth. Pressure washing with each application, then rising and squeegee.\n\nThen again for the residue, and then against better judgment, I sanded. This area had been subjected to a lot of abuse (firewood storage)and has a lot of rough spots. Using mostly random orbitals, it actually didn't take as long or as much effort as I feared, and I have to say the results were encouraging. Some of the porch steps were revealed as virgin heartwood in perfect condition.\n\nThe product was much thicker than any \"stain\" I had ever used, almost like corn syrup. Or, for that matter, paint. Was a little challenging to get the hang with an inexpensive plastic pad applicator, which failed several times in the process. It was almost like spreading frosting on a cake with a disposable knife- but it was also my first time using a paint pad. I have a few alternatives ready for Part Two...\n\nThe Sikkens took effort to spread, and though I tried to back brush, I was still left with quite a few pad marks. At first I thought it was far darker than I wanted, but after drying, and in bright sunlight it looked great. It appears to be a durable finish that is easy to sweep and very water repellent. Since this was just the first section, mostly for a test, I will have to see how the next section goes.\n\nI masked the base of the walls, and a good thing as I found this product is exceptionally difficult to remove when dry, a bitch for clean-up but pretty desirable in an outdoor coating, after all. I am not sure what works best, but after thinner, mineral spirits, naptha, acetone and MEK all failed, I guess I am gonna do a little touch-up.\n\nMy first conclusion is that this seems to be a very serious wood coating- if you're expecting lasting results with minimum effort; forget it.\n\nIf you treat your deck almost as furniture and follow or exceed instructions, you will be well pleased with the results.\n\nMore to come..\n\nPART TWO:\n\nDespite being interrupted by those pesky California wildfires, I was able to get the second section completed, and I found little difference. Even with extreme care, every movement of the pad showed. I know this will fade in time, but it's irritating at the moment. I also chose this section to test the \"Wagner DeckMate\" applicator thing, apart from generating another fun review it was a total waste of time.\n\nI removed the porch steps and did them on the bench, though so damaged they were slated for the kindling bin, after I found out how hard and expensive it is to find 2X12\" smooth heartwood these days, I invested some time in repair and the results were great. After prep, one pass with the pad for the risers, and two for the treads was all it took. Perspiration running off my brow beaded up on the wood even as it was drying.\n\nOn to Part Three. Weather and authorities permitting.\n\nSuch as they are: not only were the steps in pretty rough shape, the stringers were nearly powder, and the outside supporting beams riddled with rot. Obviously, this slowed progress immeasurably. And of course, the railings and balustrade had to come off and be repainted- a totally different story- AND rebuilding the lower 9 inches of an eight-foot column..\n\nThe relevance to the product here is pretty simple- I thought I would use the big sprayer on the railings etc., and while pretty well masked, there was a lot of overspray. I had to resort MEK and the very abusive Berrymans Chemtool to get it off, and while it dissolved the paint instantly, it left the Sikkens covered areas of the deck untouched.\n\nI was amazed, and further applications on some loose trim pieces, applied with a cloth like any other stain, gave excellent results. I am really impressed with this product beyond expectations. And hoping to finish the other 50% of the project this year!\n\n10-28-08 The Epic Continues.\n\nCircumstance does not allow the project to continue until next spring, but at this point it might be best to pause.\n\nAbout a month after this last entry was posted, and the deck was cured and in use, I noticed a few gouges in spots that looked as if I missed them. Since I went over every inch three times, this was not possible. I guessed maybe a deer had become frightened on the deck and stomped a few hoofprints in. But to my surprise, I began to see more and more damage- from what was now certain to be small nibbles, to a 2\" crate under excavation, to 5\" long strips being pulled off the edges. Under attack! I was bewildered and wrote to Sikkens to describe the problem and see if they had any ideas. I did not seek to blame them or hold them responsible, I was just curious.\n\nTheir response, though timely, was a terse one line email that read, \"there is nothing in our product that will attract pests\" and that was the end.\n\nFor them, at least, I proceeded to write another message with photos of the damage and said, \"You mean, 'there is nothing in our product *that we are aware* attracts pests'\". Not surprisingly, they never replied.\n\nI proceeded to cover the damaged areas with blue painter's masking tape to see if there was a pattern. It slowed the invisible enemy down, but I still saw new damage. In some of the scars I could finally see teeth marks, and that narrowed it down to raccoon, skunk, mice or squirrel. I set traps, one was sprung and empty, three were gone altogether. This eliminated mice.\n\nWell, without going into it a whole lot more right now, I finally observed suspicious squirrel activity in the area of one of the biggest pockmarks. I have no idea why they now are attacking, the finish is well dried. I can't figure out a pattern or motive, and there are far too many up here to try to get rid of them. I used to enjoy their presence, too. I have heard a pepper solution may work, but that's not a nice thing to do to this wonderful finish. Maybe I should blend some capsaicin powder in when I do the rest!","Product: INCREDIBLE ADHESIVE - When fully cured Bondic is 100 percent waterproof and is also heat-resistant. Dries clear and can be sanded or painted after it is hardened. Non toxic UV LIGHT ACTIVATED - The incorporated LED UV light has an easy press button and when the liquid is exposed to the UV light it cures in seconds to a permanent bond BONDIC IS NOT A GLUE - The formula stays liquid until it is hardened by UV light which means there is no chance of drying up in the container BOND, BUILD, FIX AND FILL - plastic, wood, metal, PVC, steel, rubber, wiring, ceramic, figurines, vinyl, Kevlar, polypropylene, leather and so much more COMPLETE STARTER KIT - Includes everything needed to start fixing: applicator, LED UV light, TWO 4 gram tubes of LED curing liquid\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: \"Would that it were..\"\n\nReview: <div id=\"video-block-R38G2I7LRXADWS\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/D1YyqHzcQYS.mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91-P9tQAdfS.png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\"> Real plastic welding, that is.\n\nStraight off the top: magical thinking. I purchased Bondic to try to save time and effort to seal a fuel tank which I had repaired years ago after trying every adhesive available and seeing them all fail. I was pretty sure Bondic would too, but no one had covered it in any depth as far as a range of materials go. It was that type of flexible thermolplastic or PVC which I was fairly certain would resist any technique other than true plastic welding (using a scrap of base material as a filler), which is time consuming and difficult.\n\nI decided to do a video in case a prospective customer wanted to see for him (or her)self without my usual TL/DR written review, but felt the whole story might be interesting as well. In short, I wanted to provide the review I would like to have read before I tried Bondic, and offer other thoughts on the product and its other uses. (I have also discovered, as may you, that reading the reviews here is a great way to learn applications in which Bondic will be more successful And, after completing this review, I thought I might add applications for Bondic that are worthy of note; hang in and later you may see a few surprises.)\n\nSo: No, it didn't work for me. And yes, I admit to being disappointed, it's such a cool idea.\n\nBut, you have to understand the concept here- Bondic is not an adhesive, or despite claims, provide \"welding\", it's more like caulk. Or perhaps more accurately, a surface-only patching compound, since the liquid has no adhesive properties until it can be cured by the included UV LED.\n\nWhich is good and bad; good in that you won't stick your fingers together or make a permanent mess, but bad because none all but the most perfect of situations can be repaired with any greater results than can be resolved by a traditional product- especially if it's a surface chip or a butt joint. I just tried it on a saucer, and realizing the UV light could not possibly be used to cure the majority of the fluid, I just \"burned\" the squeeze-out and so far it seems to be an OK, if simply cosmetic repair,\n\nIt is always my hope that I will discover the miracle adhesive that bonds that previously un-bondable material- usually a slippery plastic that defies cyanoacrylate or anything at all. When I saw Bondic I was momentarily excited, but as I learned more, age and cynicism kicked in and I realized that while offering the new (to me) technique of UV curing, the fact that Bondic is marketed as \"not glue, but actual welding\" really increased my suspicions.\n\nI am a welder, and believing in a more realistic definition of what can really be called welding, realized at once there is little about Bondic that could be considered true welding.\n\nA former associate used to refer to the technique used by non-skilled people operating welding equipment which consisted of building up layers of filler material in the hopes some of it would adhere and join the metal as \"blobularization\". Or, in different words, a cold solder, which is essentially what Bondic offers for a majority of situations. Don't get me wrong; it holds things together, but it's not usually as attractive or as strong as the correct process may be.\n\nThe manufacturer is not deceptive about it although a tiny bit vague. The instructions and ad copy describe the Bondic process truthfully, but you just should realize it is not welding. One definition says welding is: \"causing two parts of a base material (primarily metal) to become molten under high temperature and fuse, usually with the aid of filler material.\"\n\nSo, I knew it was probably not going to work for the application I needed- re-sealing the leaking center joint of a thermoplastic fuel tank. I had already successfully heat welded the crack once, using a scrap of like material for filler, and it help up well for a few years but I though I would give this new wrinkle a try before a new crack caused a new leak.\n\nBefore I tried the real repair, I did a small test on a small section of the tank that was not leaking. I performed used all the prep as recommended, applied the product, cured, waited a few minutes and tested it. While it resisted light pushing and prodding, with a sharp edge under the end of the bead, not to be crude but it simply pulled off like a scab that it essentially was.\n\nNevertheless, I thought it might be more graphic to shoot a little video, especially for those who do not need this much info- but this time while I made the repair on the actual area. It had to be edited heavily, but be assured I followed both manufacturers' instructions (such as they are) and best procedure for both welding and any plastic repair I have ever performed.\n\nI applied a thin bead along the seam with Bondic, the crack seemed too small for a 3-pass method, and not only using 3 times the material, it would technically be three times more likely to fail. It flowed nicely, ran into the seam and my roughening; looked great.\n\nAs seen in the video, I pressurized the tank and put soap on the seam to pinpoint - and illustrate the leak.\n\nBut because the compound would not interact with the base material- a resilient thermoplastic- what I ended up with was blobularization. And sadly, the entire lovely bead popped right off with only a little persuasion, it appeared fuel had just been vibrating and resting on the backside was enough to seep under the bead and compromise it. At least I was able to clean it up and re-weld the seam in the original, tedious fashion, and to be fair, I applied another coat of Bondic just for a little more protection- this is the part of the machine that rests on the ground (hence the original failure) so it may well protect the seam a little longer. .\n\nI suspect if one were able to completely surround a crack or a hole as illustrated by Bondic's use of a copper pipe repair (gotta test that one) a measure of success could be expected, but this is usually not a convenient or realistic approach to a repair, except perhaps for temporary emergencies.\n\nI found several plastics that didn't need repair in the first place would accept a bead that could not be removed, but am still awaiting for the ideal test piece.\n\nI know this kit will be a welcome addition and a lifesaver at some point, it is unique and the ease of use offsets quite a few other limitations, but it is not the magic bullet.\n\nIt's an attractively designed little package, right down to the foam-lined tin storage case, the way the LED case snaps into the dispenser pen.. but that alone was a warning. Ever seen a cleverly packaged repair product that was in common use and worked really well? I haven't.\n\nAnd BTW, be sure you don't accidentally expose the needle-tip applicator to the LED. It pulls out and can be cleaned, as long as you have a #75 drill bit handy!\n\n-------------\n\nI recently relocated some blinds that were mounted with stout brackets into the drywall, not only did I not have any patching compound to fill the holes, even if I had I was in a really big hurry. So I happened to think of Bondic- now, here's one app you won't see advertised! But after cleaning up the surface ever so slightly, I was able to work a drop or two into each hole, cure and paint immediately. In most cases one or two passes were all it took. I was able to massage the liquid a bit to match the texture, the fill is solid and after painting, almost undetectable. I had pretty much given up on re-ordering, but stuff like this shows it might not be a bad idea to leave some around for the unexpected.\n\nMore from the understaffed and ill-equipped Bondic Volunteer Research Lab: I have a pair of Ray-Bans that have been repaired so many times the bottom frame of one side is almost completely missing. So much so the bottom edge of lens would sit on my nose. Fearlessly reaching once again for the remaining Bondic, I made a bead at each end of the old frame, then slowly built it up across the gap.\n\nIt blended and fused perfectly, and the shades are now wearable once again. The bead was of course clear plastic, so a little touch-up with a black Sharpie and I am good to go. At this point the product reminds me of its homophonic automotive world counterpart, \"Bondo\".","Product: Automate your indoor lighting and electronics with ease using the Digital Plug-In Timer from GE. The timer, equipped with a single polarized outlet, features three preset buttons for the morning, evening and overnight, you can feel safe and secure at any time of the day. The timer's large LCD screen allows you to effortlessly view different functions and the blue LED indicators let you know what programs are active. The GE Digital Plug-In Timer also features a convenient on/off override switch and includes a battery backup that maintains settings during power outages. Works with CFL, LED and incandescent light sources. Simply set it and forget it.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: A Time for Indolence\n\nReview: Next time (!) someone asks you to just \"Go get me a timer\", if you return with this one there will be no questions at all, except maybe why something so incredibly basic costs about the same as a timer that could schedule a space rendezvous.\n\nRather than even what I thought to be the simplest of timing options, say, a few \"events\" you can at least select the start-stop time for yourself, the GE boils it down even further: at the press of one of three buttons you can schedule your appliance to come on morning, evening, or all night. That's it, take it or leave it.\n\nI can see how someone might have thought this was a good idea, but I also don't think it should have been taken much past that. \"Hey, suppose we build a timer that's so easy to use anyone be able to use it, and everyone will want one!\" Except for anyone who wants to actually have any control over what is essentially a control device.\n\nBut: in the name of flexibility, you can also choose the countdown timer feature that allows you to select a period of time until the timer switches on, 1 minute to 24 hours. It later occurred to me this might be handy if you like to have a lamp on say, while reading in bed and not be bothered by checking a clock or getting up to turn it off at naptime.\n\nBut even if this option, or any of the pre-set time blocks were appealing or desirable, fact is that most AC outlets as used by most common appliances that would be operated by a timer are usually to be found 13\" off the floor, and often blocked by furniture. Not exactly an easy reach to change on a whim. Not to mention the main display is small, not backlit, and hard to see unless you are eye to eye.\n\nBut what do I know? Here is a device for those challenged by the simplest of programming tasks, but it is too simple, too arbitrary and too inflexible, set and forget.\n\nI'd guess it is intended to be used in a situation where one wants to give the appearance of habitation- an unoccupied rental property, while you are on vacation, a business, an unused wing of the manor. All the places and all of the times intruders are known to watch for patterns.\n\nThe load ratings appear generous, listed as 15A 1875 W \"General Purpose\",\n10 A 1250 Tungsten. I would say even though amply rated, you are not expected to use this on much more than a large floor lamp, a two pronged plug may well tolerate this current, but a ground lug usually seems to suggest a little more capacity.\n\n I imagine it would be tempting to use for a small area heater, but when using any timer for any type of electric heater, I always use the lowest number and then take it with suspicion with regard to the construction of the unit. I have fried more than one timer by believing the rating and using it as such- but now I only use the most rugged, highest amperage units I can find. You have only to see the yellow, cracked plastic or smoked socket to get the impression that to do anything else is a big mistake.\n\nIn all, if you can set a digital watch your skills exceed what is needed to operate this device, and it is just costly enough to make it difficult to understand into whose life this timer might fit.","Product: The IRWIN Tools 8-in-1 ratcheting screwdriver features the most commonly used screwdriver bits in 1 convenient tool to save time and get jobs done fast. Including #1 and #2 Phillips screwdrivers, 1/4\" slotted screwdriver/flat head screwdriver, #2 square, T25, and 1/4\", 3/8\", and 5/16\" nut drivers in one multi-driver means not having to search through your tool box or drawer to find the right tool for multiple jobs. Compatible with standard double-ended power bits and insert bits, it makes lost bits easy to replace, while the 3-Zone Comfort Grip provides more control with low, high, and no-texture zones for greater torque.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Sockets on a Stick\n\nReview: <div id=\"video-block-R2SQM3WTKYL4FP\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1Zv2CA927S.mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81VK-%2BvycfS.png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\">Which is the core of this fine tool, it's just grouped in with the Irwin screwdriver..\n\nAnyway, after I opened and saw how cool this thing is I literally dropped what I was doing and raced to write a five-star review, which hardly ever happens.\n\nI have been a professional tool wielder for a very long time, and now that I am down to a small tool bag for most house calls, I have rarely had an unexpected need for a basic set of nut drivers while on a cold call. But when I did, there was simply nothing readily available. When I saw the Irwin I was not sure what to expect, but after evaluating a good number of all in one combo tools I expected to be disappointed. Again, And, to my surprise, I was anything but and rather impressed. The Irwin is everything it claims to be, and more. And at a great price.\n\nIts as simple to use as a hammer, and at 12 oz. about as heavy. (Like a Maglite, it can also double on self-defense.)\n\nI have used other tools like this, and when it comes time to grab one they invariably disappoint -I do not see that happening with the Irwin.\n\nFirst off all, as I said, its built like a hammer it is virtually impossible to use incorrectly or hard to figure out. All of the dual- ended sockets store on the central, spine-like spindle and no matter what order you stack them, they still fit into the handle. All too often I have seen the opposite be true, and you need to get them all in a precise row before itll fit back inside, although if they're out of order, the bigger size floats down onto the smaller as the fit is not as tight.\n\nTrue, the sockets are a bit thick-walled and not likely to be much use in a recessed well, for instance, but most of the time I can allow for that limitation. This is great when for on the fly jobs, like when you really don't remember if those flue nuts were or 5/16 and its a long way up to the roof.\n\nThe sockets are definitely proprietary to this particular handle, having a hex drive instead of a standard or 3/8 square, I doubt if sockets are available individually so take care to take good care- but this is such a great tool I do not see that as a problem. The finish of the sockets- despite being a flat, shot-peened finish, they are a little slippery and I would not want to change them in anything other than dry conditions. Latex gloves would surely help, but this is, of course, a situational thing.\n\nIn short, I loved it immediately and I have no doubt it will still be in my bag long after I am out of it.\n\n-----------\n\nFootnote: I am not sure why this review and tool seems to be grouped in with a similar but totally different product- (well, I have a good idea) but this has happened with Irwin tools before- but while most reviews here seem to be about a similar Irwin screwdriver, this regards their nut driver.","Product: [ Lies BY Grant, Michael ( Author ) ] { Paperback } 2014\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Disapp. . . (poof!)\n\nReview: \". . .ointing\"\n\n\"Gone\" is the story of a group of kids living in a small fictional California coastal town who one afternoon witness all the adults- really, anyone over 15- suddenly vanish. What a premise! Would it not have been, at one point in many of our 'misspent yout's', a dream come true?\n\nA look at the \"introduction\" to this book was enlightening- I have never seen a video ad for a book that seemed more like a trailer for the undoubtedly soon-to-come series of films. Good for Mr. Grant, but I think any worthy director will be able to produce a far tighter experience than I had with the book.\n\nI did not immediately realize this book was a \"Young Adult\" - teen- selection. To be perfectly honest, I was relatively ignorant as to what it takes for a book to qualify as such. A little reviewing the requirements here and there lead me to understand that it is a pretty broad genre, one characteristic insists upon the main characters being teens. But the one other constant seemed to be the PG-13 requirements. No profanity or sex.\n\nGraphic violence, dismemberment, sociopathic thugs, mutants, drug addicts and bulimics are OK, though. And talking coyotes. Just no sex or swearing. Just like life for every 13 year old. Keep it clean, kids.\n\nI must say I found \"Gone\" to be quite entertaining at first, but it slowly became clear it was going to proceed at a more leisurely pace than what I had hoped would be a page-turner. As the remaining residents of \"Perdido Beach\" come to grips with their new situation and begin to form a rough new society, I began to lose interest as the bulk of writing- and I do mean bulk- was just a bit much without really telling me much in return. I never really got pulled into their world, or developed much empathy for any of the somewhat underdeveloped characters.\n\nI found a shift of character and locale taking place early in the book to be riveting. As the action then exchanged between the two stories I found myself intrigued once again, and especially came to wonder how the two lines would converge. And then the bad guy faction begins to get rolling, and it's clear the fur would be soon in the fire.\n\nEven so: I was still detached, finding the narrative too time consuming to read with an increasing desire to skim ahead and see what happens, which I rarely do. As the book nears its climax, it just never delivers the kind of payoff I would like to have seen.\n\nIn all fairness, I find myself invariably disappointed in this regard, and even writers like Steven King are the shining example of payoff poop-out, if you will. I know not resolving a mystery is crucial to a sequel (or five) but it is at least a tribute to the concept here that I was disappointed, at least I was somewhat engaged enough to care.\n\nI hoped \"Gone\" would deliver at least a little closure, a token gratification and nod to the Patient Reader. Sadly for me, it is clear any further enlightenment about this brave new world and the tiny conflict between Good and Evil will have to wait until the second story from Perdido, and I do not think I'll be back."],"string":"[\n \"Product: Drill America DWTPT series Qualtech carbon steel pipe tap is designed to clean and/or re-thread damaged or jam pipe threads. It is appropriate for threading a wide variety of materials both ferrous and non-ferrous. The nominal size of a pipe tap is that of the pipe fitting to be tapped, not the actual size of the tap. The thread tapers 3/4 of an inch per foot. All pipe taps furnished with a 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 thread chamfer. NPT threads require the use of a sealer like Teflon tape or pipe compound. Uncoated tools feature just the base substrate without any additional treatment or coatings and are suitable for a wide range of applications. Round with square end shank. Straight flute tools allow chips to collect in the flutes as they cut and are well suited for most applications in shallow cuts. Right-Hand cut tools have a cutting action that engages when they are run in a clockwise direction.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Decent set, cuts OK.\\n\\nReview: I don't have much occasion to cut and drill NPT much anymore, I used to work in a factory and it seems I was always looking for the 3/4\\\". This set is decent for a DIY or handyman, but really I can't see someone at that level (no disrespect intended, I am both) doing much more than chasing fittings. As long as it's not a 90, obviously. I have several half -inch, and need a bottoming tap so I ground down to one from the set and tried it out in several fitting from my scrap heap; it did a nice job of making them usable.\\n\\nThe larger sizes included mean fearlessness when attacking an average job, I did run a hole for each size in 1/2\\\" plate and at least for these first passes (with plenty of oil) they gave an acceptable threading. I am not yet sure of the sale price, but it's a reasonable alternative to the various Freight\\\" type stores, where \\\"no cutting tools\\\" is one of my guiding rules.\",\n \"Product: WD-40 SpecialistSpray and Stay Gel Lubricant No-Drip Formula offers long-lasting lubrication that wont run, drip or make a mess. Unlike standard lubricants, this unique gel stays where you spray it, making it ideal for use on vertical surfaces and moving parts like chains, cables, gears, rollers, and bearings. Plus, it features the attached SMART STRAW, which SPRAYS 2 WAYS. Safe on multiple surfaces including metal, plastic and rubber. Withstands temperature ranges from -100 F to 500 F. VOC compliant in all 50 states.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: For the Specialist in us all.\\n\\nReview: <div id=\\\"video-block-RMH8GJPDRZRIH\\\" class=\\\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\\\"></div><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/B1aMv4RQAUS.mp4\\\" class=\\\"video-url\\\"><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61ZjSLjlqyS.png\\\" class=\\\"video-slate-img-url\\\"> WD-40 as much as we all know and love it, was never my first choice for a true, all purpose lubricant, I grew up with 3-in-1 (now owned by the WD people.)\\n.\\nWith the disappearance of real hardware stores and appearance of the other forces of algorithm-driven retail evil that now shape the blue collar supply climate, WD-40 is about all you can find without looking too hard. The knowledge that WD really shines as a sludge cleaner, or goo of you will- it appears to be not that widely known that a little drop or two will remove sticky residue without leaving as much of a trace as you might expect- has been a very useful use for me for years, in addition to the many other uses of this fine product.\\n\\nIn addition to a few other known lesser known uses, a few favorites--\\n\\nCREATES PRETTY RAINBOW FORMATIONS WHEN APPLIED TO EMPTY AQUARIUMS\\nLOOSENS OLD LPS FROM TURNTABLE SPINDLES\\nSPRAY ON CABLE AND TELEPHONE LINES TO KEEP PUPPIES FROM CHEWING THEM\\nLUBRICATES MOVING PARTS ON BLACK SPIDER RIDE IN CONEY ISLAND AMUSEMENT PARK\\nLUBRICATES END PINS ON CELLOS\\n\\nBut for you non-cellists who, like me may have commercial or heavy duty lube needs, you may feel the old standby never really did the trick as well as it should; it just worked because it was there. Always seemed less like oil and more like something else, like oh, a water dispersal agent. Now theres a catchy name.\\n\\nBack to the point: this new gel based stuff could resolve that the issue, just ask anyone whos ever over-oiled a door hinge with WD and then tried to explain the stain on the carpet.\\n\\nThe WD-40 Specialist Spray Gel can is a distinct departure from the classic and ubiquitous blue and yellow, appearing almost unrecognizable in a serious looking silver and black, only the sight of the very clever (but not always very long-lived) SmartStraw gives this away as a WD product, and even that is disguised in a yellow plastic.\\n\\nIt applies like other spray lubes I have used over the years, fast and foamy. It settles out into a smaller application of fluid than you might like, also like other sprays, particularly a white lithium compound I use from time to time.\\n\\nA test for this review was a chain driven gear reduction of a garage door opener, and I found that the spray went on slightly globby but settled down as the pattern evened out. I would say the body is still a fairly light of weight, but the adhesion is pretty good. Its a lot easier (not to mention safer) to squirt a mechanism in motion than a more conservative approach, but there is no substitute (certainly not in commercial applications) for a proper application of a mfr-spec lube, but this is a big improvement over their runny flagship oil.\\n\\nThe smell caught me by surprise, we have become inured to the usual lightweight scent of WD, where here we have a smell that at once is evocative and old and musty; it reminded me of my grandfathers garage.\\n\\nUpon first use, I never thought I would hear an agitator ball in a can of oil, but I did and it needs to be used, the proper way, or you will definitely not see as much lubricant on your work as you might prefer.\\n\\nAs you might be able to deduce from the frivolous video, it clings pretty well but I didn't think it laid on a really deep coating on the surface, but short of doing it the correct way (in the case of a chain, removing, soaking and then re-coating) I think this is at least a clear improvement on the drippiness of a water dispersal agent or penetrating oil. Its still pretty messy, but I will continue to apply the new trick to old situations as they arise, and see if I am converted.\\n\\nWD-40 has also introduced a few other specialty type lubes- new to me, at least- and I would think they deserve equal consideration if you're seeking out the best spray solution for your lubrication needs.\\n\\nIf you have ever wondered,about all the uses of WD-40, be sure to check the WS-40 website - its only a little out of date (SPRAY ON VIDEOTAPES TO REMOVE THE LABEL SO YOU CAN RE-LABEL IT ) for all 2000+ suggested uses.\",\n \"Product: There's just something about cooking right there on the dining table together with all the guests. It certainly creates more of a communal feeling than when the host is stuck in the kitchen while the guests are having a good time in the living room. This versatile electric table grill is more like two grills in one. The even side of the grill is perfect for pancakes, crepes and bacon. The wavy side cooks meats, fish and vegetables to perfection. It is so easy to switch between surfaces since the grill and griddle plate is one solid piece- just pick it up and flip it over to change sides. Both surfaces are made from non-stick coated aluminum, the handles from heat-resistant plastics. The table grill can be set to six temperatures, and it comes with a double-end heat-resistant spatula-one for each grilling surface. The powerful 1500 to 1800-watt heating element heats evenly and makes grilling a breeze. Whether your are making steaks, grilled cheese sandwiches, or pancakes, the large surface leaves plenty of room for cooking. The grill itself, as well as the drip pan underneath it is dishwasher safe. With the electric grill being perfect for cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner-why even own a stove, is the only remaining question. Available in black, red, green and orange.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: For those who enjoy casual grilling.. and cleaning..\\n\\nReview: Says the blurb about the Bodum Bistro Electric Table Grill: \\\"There's just something about cooking right there on the dining table together with all the guests. It certainly creates more of a communal feeling....... \\\" Depending on what you choose to cook, it creates a few more things as well- spatter on the table (or said guests) clouds of cooking smoke and aromas to let you enjoy memories of your meal all night long.\\n\\nHaving said that, I can add that this is a very well made unit, and no matter what your ultimate use for it may be, it is superior to some of the other small electric grills I have seen. I am sure many have caught up to the Bodum, but the fact that the two-sided grill platter is dishwasher safe is a major plus for me. However, none of the other parts are, and like a food processor, one may find the cleaning involved is simply not worth the end result.\\n\\nAnyone who has ever used a Jenn-Aire will understand the pros and cons about indoor electric grilling, and that is with a complete system. But even with a built in fan and grease trap, the things are still high maintenance. Tabletop grills, with neither of those features, will, despite a few hours cleaning after every use, eventually develop that patina of meals past. Soft plastic parts, as is the Bodum's outer shell, are particularly susceptible to this occurrence.\\n\\nThe temperature control is \\\"international\\\", no pesky numbers that might help you remember what the ideal settings may be- just a swoosh that goes from thin to thick and give one a general idea of the temperature.\\n\\nStill, it is a well-built and basic platform, and I am sure for those who are not bothered by the shortcomings of any freestanding cooking appliance- or perhaps those for which this is the only cooking device available, will find this a solid performer.\",\n \"Product: Enjoy the long-lasting durability of Hard Anodized nonstick cookware. This professional-grade set includes: 8\\\" Skillet; 1.5-Quart Saucepan with Lid; and 8.0-Quart Stockpot with Lid.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Out with the old!\\n\\nReview: I just reclaimed a lot of room in my cookware cabinets. I selected these sight unseen and was completely and pleasantly surprised to such a degree that the yard sale pile just got bigger.\\n\\nI found every aspect of using the KitchenAid to be a marked improvement over any others I currently own or have used. My first test- a frittata filling of onion, garlic, mushroom, sausage and peppers was nearly effortless, so enjoyable and possibly even easier than watching someone else cook.\\n\\nThese pans will cooperate, not cause conflict. Made of a heavy stainless steel alloy machined to a perfectly flat surface bonded to a more conventional aluminum shape creates an ideal tool, one which may come as a revelation to those used to a typical stamped steel low-end product.\\n\\nThe triple ply bottom provides a dead flat cooking surface that is as much a griddle as a skillet, blending smoothly into the sloping sides that make sautéing, simmering, or frying and flipping drop dead easy. The \\\"pro\\\" style riveted aluminum handle is a tiny bit longer than will easily tuck into one of my cabinets, but pans like these will doubtless be used daily and should be considered display worthy, both for easier access and just showing off. If I was ever motivated to install an iron ceiling rack, it would be for these. In fact I would certainly consider upgrading most of my cookware to other products in the Kitchen Aid line.\\n\\nI have at one time or another used or owned many of the brands that are typically considered high-end, gourmet, whatever- All Clad, Analon, Circulon, Calfalon, (Calculon!) T-Fal, and never really bonded with any of them, preferring to defer to my well seasoned cast-iron trio for most serious missions.\\n\\nThe Kitchen Aid could change that. Apart from my cast iron (with its own inherent and not insignificant drawbacks) I have never used anything that offered such even and precise heat control. Preheating the pans is essential, it takes a few more minutes before adding an oil or an ingredient, but you will find the non-stick surface really needs little help in cooking. At the other end, these seem to retain heat even more than the iron, so \\\"remove from heat\\\" may acquire additional adjustments in timing.\\n\\nThe handle grip is narrower than what you could call typical, if you are moving up from a synthetic style you may not be used to this. It doesn't seem as if it would take on a lot of heat in anything other than a long session on higher than medium settings; made of stainless the differential metal suggests slower heat transfer. These are rated to a temp of 500 which would obviously change that scenario, but then how often does that occur?\\n\\nI now seem to be permanently retiring the rest of my cupboard I noticed many older handles were wobbly. I never got round to fixing them, and now it is unlikely I will need to nor encounter that again. You may find a reason to object to the rivet heads in the mix, but I can't think of one.\\n\\nNone of the other brands seemed to be as slick or for that matter offered any advantage large enough to justify the whopping price difference. I expect purists, pros and the elite may ridicule the \\\"grocery store\\\" style of cookware, but in the end it remains only to see if they can stand the test of time and lay to rest the doubting. (I can't say if these would be considered professional grade, here is where non-stick coatings understandably just do not have a chance.)\\n\\nThe only thing I'd mention with any negativity is the initial difference the bottom surface lends to skidding the pan around atop a burner, it is so flat and has visible machining marks, though precisely machine cut, the relatively coarse finish makes\\n\\nWhen shuffling the pan on a burner (or \\\"jerking\\\", as one cooking encyclopedia says) for frying or sautéing, I found it to have more resistance than a stamped pan, likely due to the unpolished finish and greater surface area of the outside bottom. The rough finish which so aids heat transfer makes it a little bit more resistant to stovetop sliding. I have never seen anyone who opposed to the technique except for cooktop users, where it is usually forbidden anyway. I expect with continued use it as it polishes up this will loosen up in time.\\n\\nAnd a breeze to clean- so much lighter than the iron, so slick they barely need more than a rinse. I have learned to avoid soap and scrubbing unless of an extreme need, this has been good practice in anticipation of a surface as good as the Kitchen Aid. They mention the pans are dishwasher safe but they take so little effort to clean I would not think it worth taking up the space.\\n\\nThe box says \\\"great for cooktops\\\", this is plain to see. I can see how these could change that technique, I do not own one and would never considered it, not just due to preferring flame, but also as a result of being compelled to use pans that were clearly not suitable- even a minor imperfection creates problems that would be manageable on a gas, difficult on electric, but impossible on infrared.\\n\\nI'd like the chance to try it myself- I suspect a properly flat and well-conducting surface such as this would create an entirely new cooking experience, especially if using an induction cooktop. But, failing that for now, in addition to being a joy to use, they finally provided the inspiration to level my gas range, and I no longer have to chase my work around the skillet looking for (or avoiding) the hot spot.\",\n \"Product: OXO Good Grips Easy-Release Strawberry Huller and Tomato Corer\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Bet You Didn't Know You Needed One\\n\\nReview: Prior to seeing this device, I really had no idea the stem thing atop strawberry was referred to as a \\\"hull\\\". Hull sounds like that of a pea pod, or a walnut, or a boat, obviously. Of course, \\\"hull\\\" is the vulgate for \\\"calyx\\\", but this was even more obscure news for me. Is the top part of a tomato called that too?\\n\\nSpeaking of tomatoes, I was glad to see another reviewer had success with that fruit. (Vegetable, whatever) I did not, but this leads indirectly to a point about the Oxo: it doesn't work all that well on smaller items.\\n\\nBut on the larger ones, I was quite impressed. Not ever being previously inclined to hull a berry, I usually just dug the stem out with a spoon, fingers, anything handy.\\n\\nNo more. The Oxo has shown me enlightenment. Used properly it makes a lovely space in the top of a berry, quite perfect for filling with ice cream, whipped cream, sugar, your favorite thing to put on- and now in strawberries.\\n\\nAt first I found the stainless blades to be rather flimsy, and seemed a bit wide spread to be able to dig into a berry top without destroying it. As I mentioned, this is true with smaller berries. The larger the better, just align it, stab and twist- out it comes. A push of the green button releases the stem- hull, sorry- and once you catch the rhythm you can decimate a basket in minutes.\\n\\nIt seems to remove a rather large cone-shaped piece, but that's what leaves that space. And my wife enjoys nibbling on the divot. (But she likes apple cores too, so there's that)\\n\\nAnother gadget I never know I needed, but as I do not often buy strawberries, it will be living in the gadget drawer along with the likes of its cousin, a cherry pitter. <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Westmark-Cherry-Pitter/dp/B000FDSM0W/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Westmark Cherry Pitter</a>\\n\\nWhich also works quite well, but as it works so nicely on olives it will probably continue to see more use than the Oxo, but barely.\\n\\nI am sure there are more \\\"pro\\\" hullers out there, but if you, like me, have an overflowing gadget drawer, you will certainly able to make room for this affordable, useful though diminutive tool.\",\n \"Product: Perfect for grating cheeses over salads, soups, pasta and more, this high-capacity ratchet grater features an innovative, ergonomic design that's easy on the wrist and fits comfortably in one hand. Translucent body allows you to see what you're grating and the grater can be washed in the top rack of the dishwasher for easy cleanup.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Well built, excellent design- and ever so slightly impractical\\n\\nReview: Like the mousetrap and garlic press, the cheese grater exists to perform a relatively fundamental chore. And like mousetraps and garlic presses, there are and continue to be a steady stream of better ideas, very few of which seem to raise the bar for accomplishing the task.\\n\\nThe Kuhn Rikon offers a very clever solution, it's a handheld unit that self-feeds the cheese against a shredding drum. Unlike the classic predecessor typically rotated by a crank while the other hand keeps the cheese squeezed against the drum; here a lever spins the drum while a spring clamps the cheese.\\n\\nNot unlike a food processor, you have to ask if the effort in employing any relatively sophisticated tool is worth the results- I can't see using this grater on a daily, casual basis, but it is still undeniably one of the most well built and solidly designed graters I have used. I love it, but I can't see that the results warrant adding more steps to meal prep and cleanup.\\n\\nThe KR has a spring loaded plunger pressing in an enclosed hopper driving the cheese against the grater surface. So instead of cranking a handle, one wobbles a ratchet handle back and forth, a set of ratcheting bevel gears allow it to rotate in one direction with relatively minor operator effort. This certainly eliminates the axial differential difficulties of muscle input caused by the squeeze-crank operation, but most of the problems found with those rotary style of grater are still present. I have never taken a shine to this type, for any serious grating it usually wears me down faster than the cheese.\\n\\nThe extremely sharp stainless grater is app. 6\\\" in circumference, I found most box and paddle graters I use to be about a half inch shorter but basically have the same amount of surface area. It takes two pulls of the lever to move the drum through one rotation, so if you'd like, do the math and decide if that's more or less work than one stroke with a linear type. Since it is continuous motion, you will find yourself with the ability to burn through a chunk of cheese in a really short time, although there is not much flexibility to work with odd shapes or create different textures.\\n\\nThe grater drum is quite sharp, and of course only offers one texture. I would guess most people tend to stick with the same size grind, but I tend to hop between coarse, curls, very thin lines or a fine powder.\\n\\nA fairly significant issue is that, again, like a food processor, you need to prepare the cheese to fit the size of the hopper. Even though it is the right shape and dimensions of a typical 8-oz grocery store block, it will still be too long. If you have a wedge or other unusual shape even more trimming will be required, resulting in even more odd-shaped pieces that may or may not be easily reused, and dealing with the thick rind such as is found in most whole hard cheese presents its own set of problems.\\n\\nHard cheeses- (and chocolate, spices- even ice) shred wonderfully, but there is still the problem with the rind- it forces a limit and reveals some of the inflexibility of a drum grater. Soft cheeses are no problem at all to grate, if anything you will find it too easy to shred far too much. In a way, not a bad idea of you like to have a bag of shredded cheese on hand, here we can see semi-commercial leaning of this design. But the biggest problem with softer cheeses is to be found when after a short time, they will pack the drum, eventually slowing the output and making cleanup a small bother.\\n\\nSpeaking of chocolate and other not-quite-cheese things one can grate in an off-label sort of way, I tossed a handful of peanut M&M's into the hopper just to see what would happen. It took a little extra pressure on the plunger to get a bite, but once it did it continued to grind them into a nice powder. \\\"And use for what\\\" you may ask? I am not sure. Ice cream topping? Frosting? Salad dressing? They were uniform, evenly sized bits of sparkly candy, peanut and chocolate. It just illustrates how a tool and some imaginative applications can produce unexpected discoveries. Like frowns of disbelief . Who knows what awaits.\\n\\nBut:\\n\\nIs the prep and cleanup time involved outweighed or at least balanced by the performance? I have seen comments that it can be difficult to remove the feeder and drum sections are challenging to many, although I found a pinch-and-push motion with one hand seemed easy enough to master, but requires a lot of digital dexterity and strength, this is not a simple task for many. But to be blunt: it's a deal breaker for those who would be in doubt. My mom would love the ease of grating, but could never even hope to manage the affair.\\n\\nIf it seems the novelty of the device may wear off a little, especially if you still have not yet come to terms with the extra steps involved, I think many would still reach for the conventional graters and save the KR for the bigger jobs. Or just having fun.\\n\\nA thought not entirely out of context from Godley & Creme:\\n\\n\\\"The fewer the moving parts\\nThe less there is to go wrong\\\"\",\n \"Product: Experience Eureka's SuctionSeal 2.0 Pet Rewind. Proven powercleans carpets better than Dyson. SuctionSeal Technology with All-Surface Suction Plates concentrates airflow for deep cleaning suction power. As you move across carpet, hardwood or tile floors the plates raise and lower, creating a seal to maximize airflow for powerful cleaning performance. Whether its surface dirt or debris hiding in crevices, its sucked up and away, without any scattering. Unlike most other vacuums, SuctionSeal 2.0 Pet is engineered with an efficient air path with limited bends and turns. This allows more air to pass through the vacuum. The direct air path from floor to cup decreases the distance for dirt to travel, which increases the amount of airflow for powerful suction. For attachment cleaning, simply set the suction control dial to tools. Tough enough for pet owners, Eureka SuctionSeal 2.0 Pet Rewind is designed to remove pet hair in your home. The PET Power Paw removes pet hair from carpet and upholstery. An on-board crevice tool and pet dusting brush with plastic teeth grab pet hair from hard to reach areas. The odor absorbing high efficiency allergen filter reduces dust and allergens and the washable, reusable dust cup filter means less frequent replacement. The Eureka SuctionSeal 2.0 Pet Rewind includes an automatic cord rewind for quick and easy storage, a 39-ft reach system and a Smooth-Glide pivoting basemaking it easier to push over all carpet types. And with soft rubber wheels, it wont nick or scratch hard floors.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Stands alone. And then falls over.\\n\\nReview: That is, \\\"compared to Dyson\\\", which when proclaimed on packaging seems likely as not to leave a manufacturer open to immediate suspicion before a customer has even opened the box.\\n\\nSo last, first: When taking the vac on yet another trial, I hit the edge of a string rug which the rollers at once tried to relocate with extreme prejudice. I pulled it back quickly before any more of it could be ingested, this time not even trying for the power switch. I must have dislocated something on the machine as I yanked it off the rug, the next thing I knew I was in a dust cloud while a heavier pile of rug strings and debris settled to the floor (and my desk). I might have bumped the canister ajar for a moment; after the dust settled- literally- I examined it but couldn't really tell how it happened. To be fair, I am sure it was operator error, and it did to a fine job of cleaning up after itself, but I'd thought I had already done that part.\\n\\nIn sum, despite numerous shortcomings, I found this vac of an amusing but largely impractical design, somewhat more difficult to navigate. The power seemed adequate for most situations, and carrying around all the tools is convenient, at least until they start showing how much they get in the way, or just fall off, that is. The overall construction could be described as adequate, barely, as I have already experienced a few failures only after less than 10 hours of use. And for some reason I miss having a headlight, no matter how useless they may be in real life.\\n\\nBut from the first time I saw the box, I started out by wondering: When did it become OK to tout a product as superior to another brand- by name- rather than upon it's own merits? \\\"Better Than Dyson!\\\" the box proclaims. Assuming the prospective customer has heard of Dyson, but hopefully never used one, as they would know it simply is not. \\\"Proven power--cleans carpets better than Dyson\\\". By whom? How do I verify this, and even I did, would it really affect my feelings towards it?\\n\\nDesigned in a sort of future-retro-tech look that Dyson originated and perfected, the Eureka manages only a half-hearted result. My first thought when seeing a photo of this thing was noticing the power cord reel and thinking, \\\"God, that's an ugly design!\\\"\\n\\nMy last thought after looking at it (shortly following the unintentional emptying.) before I sat down to write this was, \\\"God, what an ugly design!\\\"\\n\\nIt came unassembled, which makes sense for a product that ships- although Amazon once sent me a broom and dustpan in a box that was almost a yard square. After removing the parts from the box, assembly was easy, although the instructions were little help. Eureka has a few videos available if you don't have an inner (or real) eight year old in you that likes to snap things together.\\n\\nI have never used a bagless, so the novelty of watching the dirt and debris swirl into the chamber was fun to watch at first, but as the instructions specify cleaning after each use, it didn't seem like a fair trade- especially considering there's a lot more to it than dumping a bag and cleaning out an exhaust filter. The inlet cone filter- just downstream of the washable foam pre-filter is a very fine nylon mesh, and after my intensely unfair test of vacuuming a cold woodstove it was no match for the fine ash particles and it became packed in short order. But, obviously no sensible individual would ever do that, most vacuums prohibit the use as such, right up there with laser toner dust. Do Not Try This At Home.\\n\\nBut even before that, the first and maybe worst thing I noticed, right at assembly, was that the power switch was not in the handle. I was surprised to see only one electrical connection between parts, this was the cord to the motor- but nothing up the handle. I had to wonder if this was just to save in on design and production cost, or if someone thought it was a good idea- more I was to discover, had anyone on the design team ever actually used an upright before? Bad enough to have to add the handle is a bit on the fat side anyway.\\n\\nI consider this a major flaw- when testing the vacuum I sucked up a headphone cord and instinctively thumbed for a power switch on the handle, but of course found none. As I listened to the cord wind tighter around the brush- it took what seemed a much longer time than it may have to power it off after stabbing my foot around the tilted back handle to feel for the switch. I gave up and just laid it down and had to smack the big red button with my hand. (On the other hand, if you are on your knees with the hand tools anyway, I have to admit the switch on the base makes a lot more sense- except it is still usually hard to hit, and prefers to be pressed directly down.)\\n\\nThe cord and headphones were intact, the roller had only gotten a few turns on it and was spared. As I proceeded to run it, I just began to hate the placement of the switch, which is primarily blocked by the cord reel.\\n\\nOh, the cord reel, it is one of the few features that works better than most I have used- almost too well, it's strong enough to pull itself out of the wall, wind the full twenty-nine feet and smack you in the face as the plug flies home. But the shape and placement of the reel is inelegant and awkward, most of the vacuum follows essentially clean vertical lines, the reel looks more like one of those ungainly add-on Continental rear-bumper spare tires. And so it just hangs off the backside like an afterthought. It does work really well, and considering that and it being about the only specification touted on the box that was accurate I hate to pick on it, but I will anyway.\\n\\nMainly because it almost completely blocks the power switch, which even under ideal conditions is less than well-placed. Wearing a pair of work boots made it doubly difficult to try to weave my foot through it and around the pedestal to hit the power. And even then, owing to it's less than closely fitting tolerances, takes a dead-on shot from directly above to operate, this is true of all of the controls, which are likewise oversized and cartoon-like, somewhat flimsy, but at least easy to spot- except the power button, which can be completely invisible from behind anyway, no matter how the body is positioned.\\n\\nThere are included in this package several accessories, but what is worth mentioning at the top is the flexible hose to which they attach- stored conveniently atop the handle frame, it's easy to unwind and put to use. Except it's too short. Way too short- with power off, it's about four feet long. Have someone hold the vacuum up and you might coax another foot from it. But with any (or if you dare to try) all the accessory attachments, the restrictions are so great almost anything more than a light tug- say about three feet worth- will topple the machine. I am beginning to think it would just be easier, hen vacuuming low-down areas to just leave it in the reclining position. When it tips over on its own it's just sad.\\n\\nI do like the fact that all the accessories are stored on and can be carried about with the vacuum, but it takes a little practice to remember where they go. And they fall off a lot:\\n\\nThe Extension Wand (as it is plainly marked)is a fairly lightweight aluminum and plastic sliding tube affair, which attaches to the aforementioned hose. Changes in length are made by pushing a release which allows extension of the aluminum tube, although the length gain is a staggering nine inches. And when the plastic latch button popped off after a few sessions, it rendered the whole assembly quite difficult to use from that point on- at least until I was fortunate enough to find the missing plastic and spring pieces that fell off and re-secure them with a wrap of electrician's tape.\\n\\nI should have probably just removed it and carried on, it might have improved the suction- there are enough adapters and diameter changes to cause even further reduction of vacuum throughout the hose assemblies. If you were to run out all the wands and attach the rotary head, you'd still not get close to the also-on-the-box claimed \\\"39 feet reach\\\" (yes, that's with the cord) but the resistance of all the restrictions impedes the flow enough to cause jams as well as the tipping problem. \\\"Focused Suction\\\"? Depends on your definition.\\n\\nThe Crevice Tool is another restrictive thing, and narrows to a small enough opening to be fit in small places, but by then lacking enough power to pull that well. It is small, stores inside of the solid extension wand and has already gone missing. Likewise of questionable value is the Brush Head, it has a 2.3/8\\\" X 11/16\\\" oval opening rimmed with a thin row of bristles and an outer ring of springy yellow fingers. I have still not found a practical use for it, and I only can spot it thanks to yellow rubber.\\n\\nAnother is the Pet Head, which while attractive in an ad (or the box) does not really deliver or is effective and easy to use on a larger surface than perhaps a sofa arm. As with a whole house system I once used, the brush roller is vacuum powered, which further reduces suction. I have to admit, even at that it still works pretty well, once you get the hang quite literally of going with the flow and not bogging down the roller, it does a better job of picking up stuff in odd places than a regular brush or crevice tool might. As long as you can fit the head into the space and maneuver it, obviously. And before the whole thing falls over.\\n\\nThe only reason I can see to pitch it to pet owners would be if you enjoy scaring your four-legged friends. My two wild-ish cats are generally completely indifferent to all the other appliances I use, but when they heard this screaming demon- after all, it has all the parts of what comprises a siren, and sounds like it too- they hit the ground running.\\n\\nAs far as the main event, it does a stand-up job (sorry) when used as a conventional upright. Suction is OK, but it is at times awkward to maneuver with all the stuff hanging off of it. The three buttons for power, roller, and handle release are all poorly placed, oversized but flimsy, and take perfect aim or a lot of pressure to operate. I do love the cord reel, but one great feature in the company of so many not-so-great makes the choice a lot easier.\\n\\nI would most likely have not kept this model had I made a local purchase, but for that matter I would not have made a decision without a road test that allowed that option. Dyson may make an awesome product, if I couldn't go the extra hundreds for the thrill, I see no reason to buy a product apparently designed to mimic but not even approach the uniqueness of the brand. I find it's not hard to get by on the simple elegance and ease of use from an old-fashioned time tested bag-using upright. With a thumb switch. (And headlight)\",\n \"Product: With the Bissell hard floor Expert multi-cyclonic, you have a powerful, maneuverable canister that makes cleaning and effortless task. The specialized hard floor Turbine foot is designed for powerful Pickup of pet hair, dirt and other debris, while protecting your floors you love. The metal Telescoping wand allows you to comfortably maneuver around and under furniture and also clean hard to reach areas such as drapes and ceilings. With the power of multi-cyclonic technology, you will have excellent suction for longer to get the job done. Additional cleaning tools are stored on-board for convenient access as you clean. When you are finished the cord will automatically Rewind with a push of a button.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Yeah, I love it.\\n\\nReview: I would not expect you to believe me if I said there is absolutely nothing I don't like about this unit, so well get that out of the way first: the color. The canister head is a distinctive orange-bronze while the motor section is a fairly sincere deep shade of brown. We don't buy vacuums for their color combos.. or do we? Better than Day-Glo green certainly, but even matching the top to the motor could have been a better choice.\\n\\nAnd now, almost two years to the day, it's still going strong without a single problem.\\n\\n Everything else- yes. From the quality of materials to the clean design to the ease of use- a winner. It was easy to assemble, I had it together in seconds without any assistance from the instructions- and only a glance at the box for the only even slightly tricky part- the accessory tool holder- It attaches to the handle, and could possibly be installed inverted, but youd notice it works a lot better positioned so the tools point upward. And I have never seen a simpler or more effective onboard storage scheme.\\n\\n(I would suggest a reading of the manual in any case, there is a surprise or two, as well as, for me at least, a lesson in the correct terminology of bagless vacuums.)\\n\\nAll of the other snap together pieces are so simple, they may be assembled clearly either one way only, any way, or just as happy in a 180 out orientation. All fit together without the slightest hint of anything but a good, tight and trouble free connection, the one that will stand years of abuse, imagine what life youd get with good care.\\n\\nOn the job- oh, that- it's not as kick-ass as some of the way more beefy units I have tried, obviously without a dedicated power rug extractor it can't deep clean carpets as well as some. I found for most purposes it was more than enough, and certainly so on hard surfaces- especially hard to get at hard surfaces the power is more than adequate. I rarely encountered anything the Bissell could not handle. It is not loud or intimidating enough to scare a sleeping cat, but the power is there (If you doubt it, judge the sound of the motor with the canister removed) and given its dexterity and solid construction I do not think I would see it as a huge compromise.\\n\\nAccessories there are few, it is unpretentious that way, rather than a panoply of stuff to lose if comes with the basics: a small brush, a crevasse tool, a universal floor head and a hard-floor only head. The former is smooth surfaced for gliding over carpets, and has no beaters. I can live without that, the air driven type are almost always useless, and running power through the hose it always a weak point.\\n\\nThe hardwood head does have vacuum (turbine)-powered brush, and on a smooth floor it works quite well. A release plate that you can operate with a thumbnail allows for quick field removal of the roller should you ingest and jam a large object\\n\\nA small bypass valve in the top of the canister will pop open if the main filter clogs, it makes a fairly unique sound and I would suggest that if you hear it stopping immediately before something makes it into the motor inlet filter.\\n\\nTheres only has one way to store the wand, and thats only with one of the floor attachment on, it clips onto a small hook at the lowest part of the canister handle. Its not the most secure arrangement, and would not suggest trying to maneuver the unit around this way, but its a convenient place to park the hose while working.\\n\\nThe hose and attach points are strong and solid, apparently built knowing they will spend most of their time taking most of the punishment as you drag it around the house. And without a complaint. The large rear wheels means itll pretty much roll over anything, including its power cord\\n\\nI would say it doesnt seem too happy to be upended and isn't too stable that way, but once the chamber begins to load the extra weight lowers the CG a little and it seems more balanced.\\n\\nThe body of the machine is as simple and refined as you can get: All solid and built for rugged use: a housing for the motor and fan, wheels, the cord and 2 switches- power and the cord retract mechanism. A large light illuminates when suction drops below the pre-set level, and should probably be regarded with respect..\\n\\nThe business end is simply a 5 foot hose, no stretch but very well built and swivels well. Unlike an upright, you control the whole proposition wit authority choosing either hose or sweeper, changing on the fly is literally a snap. The connectors, as I have said, are easy to use and stout as well. Plug one end into the motor, attach the 45 hand piece/extension /hose holder and you're almost ready to go. An extension wand, nicely finished in brushed stainless, extends and retracts smoothly by releasing a barrel in the middle, the length goes from 22 to 34. The wand extension release barrel may also be slid slightly upwards to break the vacuum briefly in case you suck up a string rug or small animal, a feature common on most older vacuums but one I haven't noticed in awhile\\n\\nChoose a floor head or the brush or crevasse tool and thats it. I would like to have seen either of the two smaller tools plug directly into the end of the hose to more easily get into tight places, but I don't think finding a small barrel to make an adapter would be a big chore.\\n\\nThe clear plastic vacuum chamber AKA dirt cup cradles perfectly in the motor housing, and is literally a snap to remove and service- a thumb catch at the top of the canister and you can pull the assembly free, which another thumb catch opens the hinged bottom side and releases the debris into your place of choice (The instructions also make the comment that allergy sufferers may wish to do this with the canister inside of a plastic bag- how thoughtful)\\n\\nFurther cleaning necessitates a twist of the handle which separates the clear plastic dirt cup housing for a more thorough washdown. And this too can be further broken down with another twist which frees the cyclone shroud from the main cyclone assembly. Pay attention, it will only go on one way, and the alignment arrows are small and a bit difficult to spot. (Practice while its clean!) I put a small alignment dot on both parts to speed reassembly until it becomes second nature.\\n\\nFilters are essential to the long life of a vacuum, and the Bissel is proof- in addition to the cyclone chamber, its carry handle is also the release catch to pop up the lid and give access to the dirt cup filter- I would say it is in fact the canister exhaust filter, a five inch ring of padded gauzy material which is the last stop before the actual motor pre-filter, that being a 1.5 X 3 ovoid piece of coarse ScotchBrite-like material, clearly the last stop before the fan. Both may (and should) be regularly removed and cleaned by blowing off and washing.\\n\\nFurther, in a masterful stroke of design, the motor exhaust filter (post-motor filter) lives inside of the left wheel and is a 5 x 1 pleated paper affair in a green plastic housing which releases with an 1/6th turn. This is also key to not only motor happiness, but air quality- and nothing is skimpy about this unit. RTFM- I might never have known of its existence of not for a study of the book. (cmon, its only 5 succinct pages long.)\\n\\nDetails like this elevate a machine beyond my taste regarding whatever color someone thought was attractive into the range of high quality industrial design.\\n\\nIf you really feel the need, the fifteen-tube pickup assembly can also be separated from the heat with 4 snap tabs, but barring a major failure, I cant imagine why anyone would want to do this, and do not recommend it unless necessary, the tabs are not intended for a lot of use. I find that when a machine can be broken down this far you have the capability to really keep it clean, and that is the key to a long and healthy vacuum cleaner life.\\n\\nTL/DR, I know, but I like this machine. I have always been impressed by Bissell, after a little Butler model hung in (and still hangs in) 15 years after being purchased solely as a woodstove vacuum, I remain impressed by the quality I found in this model. A lot, and thought you might enjoy hearing why.\",\n \"Product: The Bissell pet hair eraser hand vacuum is developed for pet parents to help make cleaning up after their pets easier. This lightweight and cordless handheld device allows you to clean up pet hair and dirt that collects on your furniture, carpet, in your car, or wherever your furry friends play. The detachable motorized brush helps capture more embedded dirt and pet hair, providing a deeper clean. The included crevice tool and upholstery tool can be used separately or stacked together to combine their usefulness. In addition, this hand vacuum has a two-staged filtration system designed to help extend the life of the filter and provide easier cleaning.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Light, tight and right.\\n\\nReview: I don't usually write comparative reviews, but as I received this very close comparable model, I felt it would be helpful to the buyer.\\n\\nI love Bissel products, this is no exception. It is nearly identical in size and shape as the competing Dirt Devil, <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Dirt-Devil-BD10167-Total-Power-Pet-15-6V-Bagless-Cordless-Hand-Vacuum/dp/B01BONUCWM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Dirt Devil BD10167 Total Power Pet 15.6V Bagless Cordless Hand Vacuum</a> but I would say there are a few significant differences.\\n\\nBefore returning you to my review of June 2016, after a year I should point out the battery in the Dirt Devil has failed utterly- as other critics have mentioned, it seemed inevitable. While I look for a more suitable replacement cell,the Bissell remains fully charged all the time and stepped in to vacuum some displaced cat litter and did an excellent job as usual.\\n\\nSo, the weight- the Bissel is only 6 ounces lighter and an inch longer, but this seems to add to the ease of use and length of time before it becomes uncomfortable. The power switch is of the single push down for on and off while the DD is of the slide on/off type\\n\\nLike the DD it has a detachable power head with a roller brush that is quite effective. unlike the Devil it has locking clips and stays attached to the main body, which is a major improvement in ease of use, I find the DD tends to pull off far too easily. This is really annoying after awhile, and the cute but impractical \\\"claw\\\" end just encourages separation.\\n\\nThe filtration is different in that there is only one element, and its not really that easy to remove and clean. Instead of being hinged and therefore easier to swing open and dump, it must be detached from the unit and cleaned separately.. Not really a big deal, but it slows down the process just that much more. The filter itself is a pleated cone held in a rubber frame which pulls out as a unit- not really a hardship and debris falls off fairly readily. It helps to have a can of compressed air around to really do a good job.\\n\\nIncluded are an extension wand and 5 inch wide pickup head, obviously stored separately but come in quite handy.\\n\\nThe power is great for a small unit, charge time rapid\\n\\nThe roller head works equally well on carpet or a hard surface. I found a six inch patch of dried cat barf on the carpet, instead of scrubbing and hand-picking, a few passes with the power roller head removed it so completely. (Speaking of the perps, Noise level is extremely low, very handy when the cats come to explore. )\\n\\nThere are so many of this type of vacuum on the market, it s difficult to choose, but I have a bit of brand loyalty towards Bissel ( I won 3 and they run flawlessly for years) so that could be a determining factor if you happen to feel the same way. The light weight and small form also make it an attractive choice. If you happened to have narrowed it down to these two I'd go with the Bissel, if for nothing else the postove-loccking power roller head.\",\n \"Product: Replacement for No.566101 mechanical pump intake filter and No.566810 fountain starter kit.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Keep a few for spares.\\n\\nReview: If you are looking for refills, then you already have the pump and holder- I found these replacements to be a little more porous than the original which lets them get more deeply impacted and a bit harder to clean. One thing about online purchasing of replacement parts- if you do the work there's usually no doubt you'll get the part- oddly enough, had I found these on a shelf, I might have passed on them; the core hole seemed to be missing, and while we will leave the merits of that design for another discussion, when I received the filter and opened them it did indeed have the hole, but with the \\\"drop\\\" (waste bit after cutting) still inside.\\n\\nThe present price seems a lot to pay for about $.30 worth of material, if that, but they're getting a little harder to find, and as long as you have sized your setup to match the demands of your pond, they work well. I have found this Little Giant holder to be sometimes too bulky to locate in a pond that is small enough to match its duties, and awkward to remove the attachment for change or cleaning, but it was a legacy system and will do for now. I'd suggest buying the six-pack, it's a little better bargain.\",\n \"Product: The SATA/IDE-USB Adapter gives you the flexibility of connecting almost any type of drive to your computer via USB. SATA, 3.5-inch IDE, 5.25-inch IDE, and 2.5-inch IDE drives are all supported and can be easily hot-swapped to your system. The included external power adapter will allow you to power your drives outside your system giving you the ability to quickly add or swap between drives without opening your case. The SATA/IDE-USB adapter incorporates 3 interfaces to one USB adapters.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Fail: two for two. Bad numbers.\\n\\nReview: According to the Amazon \\\"star\\\" system of rating, two stars means \\\"I don't like it\\\", one \\\"I hate it.\\\" Concerning the Vantec, I don't \\\"hate it\\\" or don't \\\"not like it\\\", I actually like it quite a bit, but when the first two I used either broke immediately, made scary noises or didn't fit right, one has to wonder why there isn't a star for \\\"I love it, but it's poorly made\\\".\\n\\nFirst, the positive: This is an extremely handy item for any IT technician or dabbler to have in their toolbag, if you don't already.\\n\\nBut: based on my recent experience with two brand new kits, there seems to be a QA issue here. When I received it and first hooked it up, the plastic end of the drive power cable snapped off immediately. I had a spare, and when I examined the broken one, it seemed to be of a more brittle construction rather than a soft plastic.\\n\\nBut a more serious concern was the power supply itself; the first few times I used it, it made a crackling, very electrical noise and sounded like a loose connector arcing. I checked everything and it was all tight. I had been inspecting a drive of unknown condition, possibly failed but it is for sure now. I will not know, I would not like to think the Vantec was the cause.\\n\\nOn a more positive note, when I phoned Amazon, a very helpful agent called me back immediately, and when I explained the problem and my inability to return it immediately to do pending work, she offered to ship a new one out overnight, and I had a generous period of time to return the defective one. I have a job scheduled for it the following week, I found this to be extremely helpful.\\n\\nAnd it arrived as promised, I was ready to ship back the old one but waited to check out the replacement. Good thing; as it turns out, the SATA cable would not plug squarely into the port on the adapter block. I tried a known good cable, it would not fit either. I then tried the known good cable on the new block, and it too would not mate. A closer examination showed me there were visible flaws in the plastic shells of both the new SATA cable and its socket on the block.\\n\\nCommon sense indicated I should've bailed and shipped the whole thing back and try another manufacturer, but I did make plans for using it. At least the power supply on this one seems to be OK for now. I put together all the best parts and returned the rest. At this point I am dubious and could still may run into difficulties. perhaps this review might attract some attention or at least caution prospective buyers.\\n\\nIn any case, here's what I thought about it when I got it working:\\n\\nI am still using USB 2 for now, so the data transfer rate is somewhat slow, to be expected and not altogether intolerable. I had also hoped to use it to clone drives with a \\\"spooky\\\" utility, but so far it seems the older versions of the software will not recognize an external drive. I am sure there are other solutions for this situation. Simple and affordable, the Vantec HD USB adapter allows you to easily work on or transfer HDD info. Comes with every cable you would need, great for finally checking out those old IDE drives (remember when 10 GB was huge?) without even opening the computer case or having to deal with jumpers. The one I ordered was a newer version than the one I had used previously, and a new feature is a power switch. Not absolutely necessary but a handy way to shut down a drive without having to de-cable it.\",\n \"Product: This USB hub provides quick access to 4 USB 2.0 ports and is ideal for connecting an external hard drive, mobile phone or any other USB device to your computer.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A fine little device\\n\\nReview: I have a few favorite peripheral manufacturers, Belkin has always been high on the list, it's nice to be able to go with what you know.\\n\\nBut- there is no shortage of USB hubs from which to choose, so I was curious if this one had anything to make it stand out. Decision? Not really. I don't know if anyone would care about a real test of data transfer speeds - vs. another product, powered vs. unpowered, direct connect, etc.. so for the sake of brevity we can skip that. Besides, I am sure those numbers will show up here sooner or later, even if only copied from Belkin's spec sheet.\\n\\nAbout the size of (and slightly resembling) a 10-hole diatonic harmonica, it is indeed \\\"ultra-slim\\\". the fact that it is powered is a plus, but it's actually hard to tell from the packaging- but if you heft it first you'll appreciate there has to be more than the unit included.\\n\\nComes with a fairly standard AC adapter and a mini-to-full sized USB male. What I found unusual about this cable was that it is white, the first non-Apple cord I have seen of that color.\\n\\nWhatever.\\n\\nUnlike another reviewer states, I did not find it necessary to be powered in order to work correctly- at least with USB drives; larger peripherals- printers, scanners- will probably require it.\\n\\nAs far as USB drives, the 4 ports are placed too close together to allow more than 4 of the slimmest you can find too fit, even at that they tend ot fan out a bit. Why anyone would need to do this is questionable, although working in IT there are times when I do in fact transfer a lot of data back and forth- it could be useful for making multiple copies across several drives, but if this became more than a once-and-awhile thing, I'd pick up a different model.\\n\\nHowever, 4 standard USB plugs fit perfectly- obviously the design target- or 2 and a larger device. I found the perfect place for it too- it fits perfectly attached to the lower left side of my monitor, courtesy of <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Scotch-Permanent-Mounting-Tape-1-Inch-x-125-Inches/dp/B00347A8GC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Scotch Permanent Mounting Tape, 1 Inch x 125 Inches</a>- so instant added four-port expansion conveniently located, as well as a mini-USB plug for a direct connect to some other devices I had. How nicely 2 Amazon products solved a problem I didn't even knew I had!\",\n \"Product: Noise-canceling, stereo Bluetooth headset with CD-quality sound, padded on-the-ear cushions and foldable construction\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Little Brother, Big Features\\n\\nReview: The Sennheiser MM 450-X Wireless Bluetooth Headphones seem to have been directly cloned from their big brother MM 550X with the copy setting at 1/3 reduction. Except for the smaller size, which would be great for travelers, and perhaps better than the 550's I really found little to distinguish them feature-wise. The instruction manual is essentially identical. So while I suppose plagiarizing from one's self is sort of cheating, Sennheiser did. Besides, it will save you the trouble of seeking out my review of the 550's- although there is in fact some slightly irrelevant information and a few differences, you may wish to have a look anyway. As I pointed out in that one and you may find in other reviews of both, there is a bit of a controversy about what the highest volume these will reach. Some feel not nearly enough, some feel just perfect. A trial run may be in order, if you side with the former, then these may not be for you. As I may have pointed out, this is only an issue when using the Bluetooth connection.\\n\\nIn any case: <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Sennheiser-MM-550-X-Wireless-Bluetooth-Travel-Headphones/dp/B0076NA716/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Sennheiser MM 550-X Wireless Bluetooth Travel Headphones</a>\\n\\nThere is really nothing bad I can think of to say about these headphones. I could go on about the price point, but if you are reading this and considering a purchase, that, of course will not be an issue for you. The controls are simple and well laid out. (With a minor exception, we'll get there in a minute.) There are very few reference drawing of the phones in the manual, which is otherwise quite helpful, so based on my experience with other Sennheisers, the orientation is either marked or usually, the cord comes out on the left side. Not the 450's, which led to some initial mistaken use of the three command buttons on the right side.\\n\\nThe right side also has at its center the master control which, like all the other controls, activates various available features, (including controls for an I-thing) but most are commanded not just by pressing, but also by the length of time the button is held in. The manual lays this out pretty well (all with pictograms) but it can be just a little too much to remember. If you don't intend to use certain features, learn them as you need them.\\n\\nOne which is cool is the Noise Guard button, which, depending on how long you hold it, mutes the music and activates talk-through- amplifying the voice of whomever wishes to speak with you, so you need not perform the time-honored ritual of slipping the phones down around your neck, or prying one cup from your head, giving you a much more sophisticated way to appear annoyed.\\n\\nSpeaking of the talk-through feature, I was also completely unaware that this unit has a built in microphone and is perfectly acceptable for use as a cell phone headset. Probably not such a good idea in a car. And most airlines do not permit use in flight. Maybe it's so if you hear a really cool tune on Pandora you can immediately call up a friend to tell them to check it out.\\n\\nUnlike other non-Bluetooth wireless headphones I have experienced, the pairing was as simple as a cell phone. And unlike other phones I have used and reviewed, one does not have to use a ritual-like method to get the dongle to see the cans. As I had expected, pair it once, turn them on and you are good to go.\\n\\nA few features as described are \\\"NoiseGard 2.0\\\" noise-canceling technology claimed to reduce up to 90% of ambient noise, collapsible construction for easy portability, an invisible microphone for crystal-clear conversation, and \\\"TalkThrough\\\" technology users can talk to others without removing the headset\\n\\nYou also will find a soft-shell travel case, charger, a box full of international power adapters, a USB cable for charging the battery by computer, and a male-to-male mini stereo cable.\\n\\nIf you don't mind rather small but comfortable on-ear headphones and travel a lot, these may just be the ticket.\",\n \"Product: Polk Audio Camden Square Wireless Portable Speaker\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A little hefty, but a lot nice.\\n\\nReview: This speaker is considered portable, and compared to its ancestors it may well be but weighing in at a bit over 4 pounds and about seven inches square, 2.5\\\" thick, it definitely stands out. In a good way; there is nothing about this speaker that displays anything other than quality.\\n\\nI do have a small issue with the white grille, it seems an odd choice for what is otherwise a rather classy design.\\n\\nA glowing 2 color logo sits at the center of the grille, ringed by the control buttons. Their function is indicated only by a stamped recess of the semi-circular hub, in many lighting conditions I found them difficult to see, but after all there are only 4 functions, so not really very difficult to remember. The top ring is volume, and the power switch is at the 8 o'clock position, and again, rather hard to use at first.\\n\\nFour small rubber feet keep it slightly off the surface, and since It doesn't have a downward firing driver, this seems to be one of its natural positions\\n\\nWhen first I turned it on, no robot voice comes on to announce it, rather it just uses the ascending, descending bleep tones. At first I found this odd, but came to accept the necessity, and then loathe the voice if heard on anything other than a wireless cell phone earpiece.\\n\\nThe speaker sounds great, a big improvement over the various smaller types I have used over the years. Bottom end is a bit weak, but as I have heard this is probably more a failing of Bluetooth frequency response. Although in fact, the corded test didn't seem noticeably better, in this case a failing of the MP3 compression. High end is a bit shrill, whatever happened to tone controls? In any case, a cable is not included, and it only accepts the 3 contact type, so track control is not available when cabled.\\n\\nIn fact all that is included is the charger, which uses the by-now-I-hoped obsolete barrel-and-tip to AC connector instead of the ubiquitous USB to Mini or Micro style. Maybe a PC USB is not capable of charging this big boy, it requires 12V @ 2 amps, so, yeah.\\n\\nAnd naturally, I promptly misplaced the power supply. But so far, battery life seems excellent, I have not yet run it to see if the claimed 24-hour life is accurate. And it is running for me for hours without a sign of low battery, which is indicated by the alternating blue-red pulse of the power button.\\n\\nPairing is as simple as it gets, except maybe for the NFC tap `n go style, the speaker is always in the \\\"available\\\" mode. (I have met women like that) Sorry. No, seriously, almost any device sees it immediately and will connect without virtually any effort. It did fail my trial-by-fire test, that would be an iPod \\\"classic\\\" with a Bluetooth dongle on the bottom port. Almost half the devices I have tried fail, an interesting note for anyone considering this approach.\\n\\nConnect range is average, about 30 feet direct, less with a wall or two. A unique-to-me- feature is the ability to connect 4 devices at once, which would be handy should you ever find yourself in a position of having 3 friends around wanting to have a playlist shootout. This does not seem likely in my future, but it's nice to know I can if desired.\\n\\nTo sum up, this is a distinctive and very well made WiFi speaker in the mid to upper price bracket, if it sounds interesting so far I would suggest a closer look and listen.\",\n \"Product: Upgrade to premium audio with VIZIO's Home Theater 32\\\" Sound Bar. Its sophisticated design and slim profile make an attractive addition to any 32\\\" TV and larger. This compact sound bar with integrated front and center channels also packs SRS WOW HD audio enhancement technology, adding exceptional clarity and definition to your music and movies. And setup has never been easier-just connect the included audio cable to your TV and indulge in powerful, immersive audio.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Think Outside the Box. Way outside.\\n\\nReview: It would have never crossed my mind to invest in a sound bar, I have always found the TV speakers were fine for 80% of my viewing, and the Denon surround system was more than adequate for the rest. So a low end compromise like this was interesting to explore.\\n\\nAnd to realize, in the end, it could serve a far better purpose than trying to enhance a system not really in that much need.\\n\\nOne thing that was not refurbished was the box; the original Vizio plain brown box and egg crate inside supports clearly had a few miles on them, but then the shipping box did as well, if selling \\\"refurbished\\\" items is going to catch on I would think a little better presentation is in order. The owner's manual looked like a 3rd generation scan of an enlarged copy of a quick-start guide.\\n\\nMy first impression was that the sound was improved, but not by a very large factor. The ability to easily add a sub-woofer improves it's role as a go-between audio solution, but this too has drawbacks. As I played with balance and bias I began to appreciate some improvement. 2 inputs makes it extremely simple to attach an external device without getting involved in the surround system or an aux in to the TV.\\n\\nThe Vizio is definitely low end, but I have few complaints. The controls atop the unit are small and almost impossible to see, due both to the way they blend into the case so well, but most likely any installation you may end up choosing. Hence the remote, which is also somewhat hard to see, it's thin, glossy black and not terribly well marked. It's assumed once you get it dialed in, you would use the TV control for audio, despite the fact using the Vizio remote could lend more flexibility to the use of the speaker.\\n\\nIt's almost overcomplicated for what it is, and while I love using it, I wouldn't miss it if it went away. The price point is hard to beat, even though I do not buy refurbished products and am not likely to start. It would be nice to see a tag indicating just exactly what was repaired, a warning for future problems perhaps. I would have to say it's a compromise- relatively improved sound volume and quality at the cost of the mess of another plastic box jammed in the space, six more cables, another wall wart, and another remote control.\\n\\nActually, I think a more practical use at this point would be as a bedroom speaker, I would think a sound bar tucked behind the footboard, maybe even a small sub-dub down there would work out quite well. As long as you can hide the cables.\\n\\nIn fact, as a real footnote, I accepted that in the entertainment console, the bar and cabling and added clutter of dubious merit, not to mention the virtually unusable remote were just not going to work out in the long term.\\n\\nThis realization led me to mount the bar atop the folded jumpseats in the rear of my truck cab, which has only a stock 1995 Toyota stereo.\\n\\nI have been trying portables for years and only found one acceptable solution, the <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Fugoo-Tough-Bluetooth-Wireless-Speaker-Black-Silver/dp/B00IBJ3OBO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Fugoo Tough Bluetooth Wireless Speaker (Black/Silver)</a> but it just couldn't cut it when combining a low input signal and the windows open at road speed. The Vizio, in what I would expect to be a not uncommon repurposing, has already passed the tethered trials with earsplitting success.\\n\\nI picked up the least expensive inverter I could find locally, wired it all together and propped up on the jumpseats for a test. It passed, exceeding my expectations, so I bent up a pair of acrylic brackets and had it semi permanently mounted in minutes. On the road it's ideal, I can finally hear just about anything I choose to play with decent clarity and response. Definitely better than the stock radio, and to keep volume control management simple I wired the radio output to the 2nd input on the Vizio. To cut down on cabling, I tried a Bluetooth setup <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/BlueAnt-RB-BKBL-US-Ribbon-Stereo-Bluetooth-Streamer-Bluetooth-Headset-Retail-Packaging-Black-Blue/dp/B009F4XM48/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">BlueAnt RB-BKBL-US Ribbon Stereo Bluetooth Streamer- Bluetooth Headset - Retail Packaging - Black/Blue</a> but found it caused a significant drop in output and volume. Contrariwise, when cabled the quality at highest volume definitely begins to break up, but I'll settle. A sub-dub tucked away somewhere would help enormously, just not likely to happen soon.\\n\\nI remain quite pleased with this inexpensive alternative to a whole new stereo setup- or even a new vehicle.\",\n \"Product: Sony ICD-BX140 4GB Digital Voice Recorder\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Hard to imagine anything better for the cost. (And why reviews help us)\\n\\nReview: Exactly what I wanted, being a low-end digital recorder that does the basics well above adequate, not to mention easy to operate and configure. When compact digital recorders first appeared this one would have been considered stunning and probably sold for 5 times the price, at least. I own an early Sony Pro Walkman recorder, an MD Pro and quite a few in between, so this has been an amazing little discovery on what's become my budget of late.\\n\\nI was surprised after reading so many of the reviews by disappointed buyers who either didn't know what they were getting or did not take the time to find the online manual. (I notice also Sony is being responsive to even the most ignorant and often barely intelligible complaints.) No, it doesn't download directly via USB connection, this is fairly obvious both in the reviews and product description. It's sometimes a drag, and I may look for it next time, but I simply wanted the best, cheapest digital recorder I could find. So far, this is the one.\\n\\nSeeking out a copy of the full PDF manual is usually the first thing I do when I get - or am even shopping for any new device of any complexity, and this one was 190 pages long with information about features I would have never expected to find in an inexpensive recorder such as this.\\n\\nThe audio quality (at least in the top 2 modes) is as good as you can expect, and you cant really judge it by the 1 speaker. It is not really intended for music, but it is so easy to carry and use it could certainly do the job on short notice. The AGC is a bit arbitrary, but its for voice, correct? The sensitivity of the VOR makes up for it.\\n\\nWhat seems like a dearth of features to some can also mean that its incredibly easy to master- one handed, in the dark, even in a pocket. And if you don't move around much, the sound is still decent, even in a shirt pocket under a jacket, even through a thick flannel pocket.. I was really surprised by this. And in a package thats about two ounces.\\n\\nIt lacks a USB port, but the headphone jack serves as line out to either a better speaker or your computers audio input. Its the only way to transfer files, which in some cases (a project requiring field samples to be transferred) but until I can upgrade it works OK. The time display readout can be set for elapsed or remaining, so at least youll know how long to allow for a transfer.\\n\\nThe device also has variable speed constant pitch playback, which is pretty cool, there is really very little distortion and it can be handy in scanning a recording for key passages.\\n\\nAbout the only thing I really don't like about it is the color; I got over it. I had hoped I could use it as a source in place of a microphone for Dragon Naturally Speaking, (think of the possibilities) and have had no luck as yet, but DNS just did an upgrade and now no mike works, so it still may be a possibility. (And oh yeah: a backlight would be really, really handy, as much as I realize the battery life would take a hit, it would be worth it, especially if it were controllable.)\\n\\nOK, one more minor gripe: when reviewing recordings if you delete a track on the fly, it reassigns the number to the next remaining clip. This might be just a setting I have not located yet, but it has made it a little more difficult to keep track of things when uploading to a PC. There is a five folder storage system, you can append, merge and divide files but it's still pretty basic. Oh, and changing batteries necessitates re-entering the current date, a minor but silly inconvenience. (My old Sony DSC does it too, so, whatever.)\\n\\nI wanted to list key or favorite features, but as I said, it seems to do everything I want and more, there is too much to list (but no doubt after I publish this, as I discover them I will return and make this even longer) so for now take it as it is: a very inexpensive digital note-taking device that does everything youd need and does it well.\",\n \"Product: Magellan brings you the all new Road Mate 5430T-LM multi-touch navigator. This 5\\\" glass screen navigator allows the ease of a multi-touch interface and comes with high-end features such as Free Lifetime Map Updates and Free Lifetime Traffic Alerts. With the 5430T-LM touchscreen you will enjoy superior clarity and greater sensitivity, making everyday navigation easier and more convenient.With the all new Landmark Guidance you receive directions using landmarks as your guide versus street names, making it a more intuitive way to navigate. Youll hear instructions like In 200 feet, turn left at the Shell Gas Station\\\". The upgraded Junction View generates realistic images of freeway signs and arrows that guide you to the correct lane to make driving safer and less stressful.Traffic Camera Alerts by Phantom ALERT are included at no extra charge for one year. Receive audible and visual warnings of red light and speed cameras along your route. This is verified crowd source data that you refresh on your unit through the free Content Manager from Magellan. You can even become one of the many reporters on the street by submitting your own discoveries or rating the reliability of the alerts you receive. Premium content is available for an extra cost which includes black spots (high accident areas), school zones, and dangerous intersections.Best Parking makes parking in the city much easier. Best Parking provides parking garage locations with both their hours of operation and the entrance location. Choose the garage that is open as well as close to your destination. Once you have selected a garage, you are guided directly to the entrance. No more searching for how to get in!The OneTouch Favorites Menu allows you quick access to your favorite places or even your favorite searches. Enter addresses quickly and accurately with Magellans Quick spell. Maps of the 50 United States, Canada and Puerto Rico are preloaded.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: \\\"How do I get to Carnegie Hall?\\\"\\n\\nReview: <div id=\\\"video-block-R2IWPDTA476ZCN\\\" class=\\\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\\\"></div><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1ZFhUu2TnS.mp4\\\" class=\\\"video-url\\\"><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81B-keu6GPS.png\\\" class=\\\"video-slate-img-url\\\"> Practice.\\n\\nWhich is what it takes to really get comfortable with the Magellan. After two 8-hour round trips I am fully satisfied to realize it would be nearly impossible for a novice to jump in a car and expect to arrive at his destination with full confidence.\\n\\nHowever, after living with it for a few thousand more miles I am approaching the point when it makes a lot more sense. Still, most of what I had written here still applies, I am still discovering a better way to do things and get where I am going, but still the biggest drawback to the Magellan seems to be in the learning. Oddly enough, even as a now \\\"experienced\\\" user I am still mainly impressed by the \\\"gee whiz\\\" factor that can be found in any GPS so in that regard, without a direct comparison I can't specify what the Magellan may do that is better or worse than a similar model, only my discoveries as I amble up the learning curve.\\n\\nThe video is at the Carquinez Bridge in CA, I am not sure where the GPS thought we were. But I am still at the point where I can't tell if it's it or me. After reading several other user comments, I am slightly relieved to learn the 5403T is in fact a lot more difficult to use- or at least, not as intuitive as models even the Magellan line.\\n\\nIt is my understanding that even GPS vets were not immediately at ease or in concordance with the Magellan, so I felt a little bit better at my awkwardness as I guessed my way around its idiosyncrasies. The manuals provided are more like a list of features that really make sense fully only after you have worked with the device for even a small amount of time- there is just too much information available and too many ways to get it and did not help me with even the simplest of \\\"quick start\\\" steps.\\n\\nWhat would be most helpful and appreciated (aside from copilot navigator-in-training time)would be some video tutorials presented in a straightforward, need to know fashion. More effective would no doubt simply be a good deal of time as a passenger learning the nuances of GPS navigation as offered by the Magellan.\\n\\nIn any case, as a conspicuously first time GPS user, I still could not help but be amazed at the \\\"man behind the curtain\\\" aspect of the technology, but getting past that I still found it fairly frustrating at first, and ended up tossing it on the seat in order to actually get where I was intending instead of causing a multi-car incident or driving off the road..\\n\\nAfter I had become at least familiar enough to know how to operate it at the most elemental essential levels, I took it out to mount and was somehow unsurprised to discover the windshield mount puts it comfortably between my long vision and reading-glass distance. Not to mention way too far forward to reach comfortably.\\n\\n I left it on the forward edge of the passenger seat, and put it on my knee when I wanted to see what was going on- clearly inadvisable, and probably more dangerous than texting and driving. Some people will do anything for a review.\\n\\nSince I had fully charged it with a wall adapter, it worked the entire length of my 4 hour test trip. But I must have allowed the battery run too far down, when setting out on the return I found the inverter seemed to not have enough output to charge the thing. I had no idea a GPS would draw so much power, but when one considers what's going on, it's not unsurprising. This is also reflected in the amount of heat it generates, it grows noticeably warm in the lap. But of course, you would NEVER use it there, after all.\\n\\nI did find a drfinitely off-label use for it recently, in a chilly motel bed I dragged the unit- charging on a 6' cord- up into the bed and tucked it down by my feet, the warmtn was perfect, toes were happy and I am sure we both dropped off to sleep about the same time.\\n\\nWhile charging it pulls 8 watts, which explains a great deal.\\n\\nI like that there is a realtime display of time, speed, direction and even elevation available, this stats screen can be displayed by a tap and then even allows you to lock in your preferred readout. The turn bar displayed at the top of the screen gives the enroute instructions as well as a continuously updated ETA. You can change map views with a swipe in from any edge of the screen. I found using the \\\"pinch\\\" method of zooming to be hopeless, it is inaccurate and usually slings you way off the map.\\n\\nA lot of things are like that; it seems as a newb, no matter where I wanted to go it kept taking me back to the keyboard or one of many screens that have just not been set up to be of much use at this time. I soon learned hitting the hard-button \\\"home\\\" switch as a way to get out fast.\\n\\n\\\"How does this unit work compared to the iPhone Siri?\\\", the Siri-boosting wife wanted to know, with a slight taunting tone to her voice. I already figured there was a little bias here, but enjoyed the chance to an impersonal side by side test, putting my lack of experience with both devices to the test. It was amusing to hear them battle it out. The phone was a lot easier to enter destination info on the fly, and seemed to pick up more accurate turns then the Magellan, but the Magellan was usually ahead of the game all the way in calling turns, and of course was seriously ahead of the phone in the features you will find only on a dedicated device. The display is much easier to read, the functions far more versatile, and obviously there is no chance you might accidentally miss a turn due to an incoming call or inadvertently opening another application..\\n\\nThe fact I would probably be just as comfortable with a phone might be the best way to sum things up for me, I don't see my self in many situations that would allow me to appreciate a dedicated device, or even need one.\\n\\nBut I still love it. At very least, I will now have the power of having a complete set of road maps to anywhere in North America at my disposal. At most, you will have a powerful tool to accurately customize and plan a trip while displaying a constant stream of useful information. I love plotting routes the \\\"old fashioned\\\" way and can get to or out of anywhere with the right map; which is usually stuffed in a drawer at home somewhere; so while I might not depend on a GPS for routine tasks, with one on board I will certainly be a lot more confident about spontaneous voyages to points unknown. Getting lost, that is.\\n\\nI think the only thing standing between my really liking the Magellan and just getting frustrated is time- time spent not trying to operate it as the sole driver, time not spent trying to study the owner's manual, but time as a passenger. I am more excited to take a road trip as navigator using the 5403T and am confident the learning curve will be overcome in a very short time.\\n\\nAnd practice.\",\n \"Product: The VEO 235AB offers photographers the ultimate balance between low weight and stability in a full-featured ball head aluminum tripod kit. Quickly swing the center column into place, connect your camera and youre ready to shoot in a moments notice. Stable 23mm legs combined with a new leg lock design, which allows you to adjust the tightness, ensures sturdiness to support cameras up to a Pro DSLR with grip and long lens. The VEO 235AB also works well for owners of standard DSLR cameras or Mirrorless 4/3 camera kits. The strong ball head includes an Arca Swiss compatible plate for quick camera attachment and release. With feet that can be converted from rubber to spikes, you'll be ready to shoot in urban or outdoor environments. Easily position legs to three angles with the simple push of a button. With the included adapter, adventurous photographers can capture low angle shots. A stylish design with soft rubber handle provides an unbeatable grip. Use the included carrying case when you are ready to take the VEO on your next photo adventure.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Just a few thoughts\\n\\nReview: As you can see by the completely unrelated just- for-fun photo of the first camera platform I ever used commercially, I have been behind the lens for a long time.\\n\\nThe Veo tripod is a long way from that old pedestal mount, and while I found it at once to be a well made and useful device, I found I also have a few slight issues with it.\\n\\nBut first: it is lightweight (3.3lbs) and easily carried, included is a lovely nylon case. Which for some reason, has the opening and logo positioned so they will be upside down and on the bottom when you sling it by the strap. It's really rugged and well-made, and an accessory that you usually don't see included with a tripod, and it could be seen to offset the cost a little.\\n\\nNo matter, it too is well made and a good fit, although it takes a bit of practice to get the pod folded and oriented correctly so it slips in easily- the main stalk must be extended and flipped all the way over before it can be folded enough to slip into the case.\\n\\nIncluded in the box are an Allen wrench to re-tension the leg segment locks, should you find them to be too loose or tight, for me they were perfect. I found the socket head screws were rather shallow and it too a little effort to keep the tool square. It also can be used to snug up the pan head, should you find this necessary\\n\\nRight out of the box, I found the legs would not stay unfolded, the main leg pivots were a bit on the loose side, allowing the legs to flop open when carrying or storing- a turn with an 8mm Allen snugged them right up, but this should not have been necessary.\\n\\nFour locks per leg secure each segment, it takes a little longer to get them all taken care of, but thats the price for such a compact size.\\n\\nAnther small issue is the overall height, for me at 58 the Veos max height of 57 to be perfect, but a taller individual would almost certainly not.\\n\\nAlso included is a stubby little plastic thing that is called a low angle adapter, a 1.5 stalk with a threaded mount in a circular platform, this is plugs into the tripod axis to be used when the legs are splayed and you want to shoot from or near ground level. I found it to be a little tedious to install and offered a specific and limited angle, I don't think itll see much use.\\n\\nThe camera shoe is slotted on all 4 sides which means that there is no front orientation, which is nice for clipping it in on the fly, or changing the pointing direction should it suit your needs, I found this to be quite handy. Unlike many others I have used, there is no quick lock to secure it but another thumbscrew, this is not a problem but again it speaks of the general size and weight camera this tripod seems designed for.\\n\\nThe shoe must be secured to the camera more or less semi permanently due to the lack of a d-ring for manual removal, a coin, nut driver or screwdriver is needed. Additionally, unless you plan on also semi-permanently leaving the camera on the tripods, there really isn't a safety catch unless you run down the slotted screw in the head- inconvenient, also its at an angle that doesnt really allow you to get a 90 shot at the screw; this suggests eventually stripping out the head if you use it a lot. Id just keep it free and be careful.\\n\\nPush a detent ball at the bottom of the central column to fully extend it, you then clear the ball socket hub and can now lay the camera over through a 180 range. This is a nice feature, great for getting over-the-shoulder shots, but I found it a bit of a challenge to lock down any camera heavier than a point-and-shoot size, with my 2 lb Finepix it took a lot of tightening of the ball joint knob to get it tight enough to stay, I really don't care for that or have a lot of faith in the ultimate security or overall balance.\\n\\nThe pan head is smooth, but with nothing other than a small lockdown knob (or of course the camera body) to align, it might make getting super smooth video motion a bit of a challenge, especially with the tendency of the ball joint to just sort of flop over. Stills, not such a big deal.\\n\\nThe legs pop out to three positions, normal, too narrow and a little too wide. To free them a detent is pushed before you move the leg, the right position is indicated by a mark on the button, which is handy because as far as I can tell, no matter how square I try to get it, the thing just does not sit level organically, that is I had to adjust the leg length to achieve that. No big deal but I expected better.\\n\\nThe built-in bubble level is a nice feature, except its basically too small to see, not to mention have any accuracy. But given the overall lack of ability to erect plumb and level, its nice to have at least a rudimentary guide.\\n\\nA pricey item such as this should perhaps be less ambitious and more thoughtfully designed, but cost aside its a great unit to have on hand when you least expected to need a tripod.\",\n \"Product: 360 Pro Heavy Duty Surge Wall Tap with Hexacore - Black/Yellow. Staying connected is more vital than ever. Keeping your devices powered and protected requires better solutions.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: \\\"Please Sir, I Want Some More\\\"\\n\\nReview: <div id=\\\"video-block-R2YUHZ1LUDWSM0\\\" class=\\\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\\\"></div><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/B1rT8SgtAiS.mp4\\\" class=\\\"video-url\\\"><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71qFoBeiI0S.png\\\" class=\\\"video-slate-img-url\\\"> Torture, that is. I do not suggest deliberately driving your Tacoma or whatever over any hot electrical appliance, but I did it anyway, just for you.\\n\\nI have tried a raft of multi-outlet adapters, even the venerable \\\"Power Squid\\\" <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Accell-D080B-008K-PowerSquid-5-Outlet-Surge-Protector-with-Power-Conditioner-1080-Joules-3-Foot-0-9-Meter-Cord-UL-Listed/dp/B0055YB7IA/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Accell D080B-008K PowerSquid 5-Outlet Surge Protector with Power Conditioner - 1080 Joules, 3-Foot (0.9-Meter) Cord, UL Listed</a> (which I still find more trouble to use than its worth) and none seem to be light but durable as well as easy to use as the 360 Pro. I have a ton of extension cords, and they usually have one thing in common- single outlets. The 360Pro now converts any of them into a much more usable device. I have several one-to-three plug-ins, they are either simple variations on a wall cube tap or a pigtail, and I prefer to keep things as simple and well-constructed as possible.\\n\\nThis unit does just that, it has just about the right heft and stable platform to stay put where you place it. The rubber flaps that cover the five outlets would seem to be an annoyance, but are really easy to flip up out of the way thanks to an oversized thumb tab, it would be nice if they stayed swung up somehow but its really no big inconvenience. Theres even a little bib under the plug side, this is no doubt to keep floor debris from getting trapped when kicked up from your floor.\\n\\nIt also makes fairly obvious the point that this adapter is not intended to be used in a wall outlet, which, of course, I tried anyway. Its bulky and unkind to the wall outlet, and definitely not recommended, but it can be done- or added to a plug strip for that matter and you have instantly freed up a lot of territory, vertical use is not quite as absurd. But, if you want to commit to what is almost certainly not recommended by the manufacturer, youll have to cut off that rubber bib.\\n\\nThe adapters breaker is rated at 15 amps, which actually limits serious use, but it saves you a trip to the breaker box- running my table saw and dust collector on a hot day will eventually do just that, and the 360 did it well in advance. Of course, this too is inadvisable, but makes me think the primary use imagined by the designers was for light and home use, possibly for cordless battery chargers and low-amp tools.\\n\\nThe outlets are well spaced and can handle all but the bulkiest DC adapter. They also have the ground lug pointing upward, and while most adapters don't have one, the few I do use will appreciate this orientation. The absurd far from real life photo could actually work, although I would advise this was not what the device was intended for.\\n\\nAs far as the durability and ruggedness question, my video should allay those fears. I expect over time the flaps will wear and tear, but this is to be expected.\\n\\nPriced reasonably, outstanding at what it was designed for, and indisputably heavy duty enough for 90% of us. I would certainly love to put a few more in use if for nothing else to actually push it more, and check it against some comps- maybe later- I am afraid it might not be quite up to the serious abuse of a daily professional/commercial jobsite. I'd love a chance to have a shot at say, a 20 amp model.. (and I might mean that literally.)\",\n \"Product: Modern, sleek design with illuminated flashing blue edge LEDs. Deep, clear sound with powerful bass (12mm driver). Rugged, waterproof shield (IPX5completely washable). 3D flex sport clip design with quick-fit adjuster; stays in place for high impact activity. Quick charge battery (up to 6 hours playback on full charge, 15 minutes charge = 72 minutes playback).\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: High end, high quality\\n\\nReview: <div id=\\\"video-block-R375EV1PYI3B6K\\\" class=\\\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\\\"></div><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/B1U-CaAyk8S.mp4\\\" class=\\\"video-url\\\"><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61X0HSKq1LS.png\\\" class=\\\"video-slate-img-url\\\"> I cant say I am a fan of earbuds, but could these help convert. Very lightweight and rugged, I found the sound to be just above merely good, but not exceptional. The design is stylish and different in appearance, and pretty straightforward to use.\\n\\nThey are the first pair I have found to be a relatively good and quick fit, the default cushion plugged firmly in place, a definite first. Additionally, the flexible over-ear bands can be shaped to follow the contours of your ear, making for an even more secure fit. As usual with other over-the-ear types, wearers of glasses will be somewhat inconvenienced, but the flexible hooks do allow a more custom and comfortable fit.\\n\\nPairing is easy, range is greater than listed, and once fit to my odd lobes, I scarcely notice they are there. The absence of an additional plug, these are purely wireless- externally, anyway- could be considered a minor disadvantage, but with Apple leading the way to discontinuing the mini jack on its phones, its just thinking ahead. And its nice to not have another cable flapping around, making these even less obtrusive\\n\\nIncluded in the lovely hardshell case is a bag with a few other sizes of earplugs, and a quick start guide that is at first as difficult to manage as the tiny control capsule; I strongly recommend downloading and printing the relatively brief complete owners manual form Panasonic, this is a brief but a more complete and easier to absorb guide to not just basic features but some I did not expect.\\n\\nI.E:\\nOne of the great things I discovered is that the annoying Im connected blue light glowing so often found in Bluetooth earware coming from the earpieces is set to \\\"off\\\" by default, and must be activated with each use, a statement of sorts I would have to say, and greatly appreciated instead of needing to disable it whenever its turned on, with the only way to extinguish being to power down the unit. The effect is pretty cool, but I have never cared to advertise I am using (in this case especially) an expensive set of personal audio gear. It also took me many, many tried to be successful, maybe its my timing (\\\"+ and must be held down simultaneously for 3 seconds or my stubby fingers, but I am currently at a 10-to-1 success ratio at enabling. The blurry video represents about 20% of the time I spent trying to hit the sweet spot.\\n\\nThey do look pretty cool, but since I find the effect totally useless, I may not persevere until I find the trick to 100% success. And if anyone reading this can give me a reason, legitimate or otherwise, why youd want to have your ears lit up, please feel free to leave a comment.\\n\\n(I mean, I know people in public work spaces might want to let others know they are listening to music before someone tries to engage them in conversation, but the degree of skill required to do this makes me pause and really wonder.)\\n\\nThe sound? Its so hard to rate earbuds, limited as they are by size there is only so much one can expect from this type of device. I did not find it lacking, except unsurprisingly in the bottom end, and seeing that the fit and comfort of use is so good as to make them definitely above the other merely average units I have sampled..\\n\\nI do not have unusually large fingers, but even so I found operating the controls requiring more the use of a fingernail than flesh- especially so, as with most 3-button controls everything is operated by the length of each button push. I believe (at least with basic functions) the order and duration is becoming fairly standardized, so to an experienced user it won't be a very steep learning curve. I practiced a bit with them off, it isn't very complicated, just needs to be done by feel.\\n\\nThe connecting cable, as mentioned, is just barely long enough to stretch between the earpieces, I practiced off-ear to get comfortable, then ignored the suggested use and wore them with the cable at first, then moved on to the recommended behind-the-head placement. I rarely get calls and even more rarely take them when listening to music, but tested and found the phone controls to be little more than basic. In case you don't find this short enough, a sliding Y yoke will choke it up further for ya.\\n\\nPhone functions are simple and superior to most units I have used; callers could not tell I was on a Bluetooth device, and one with a microphone actually in an earpiece. Self-messages left on my voice mail were similarly crisp and clear.\\n\\nI now primarily use mine when gardening, I can safely leave my phone near the house and have only rarely exceeded the range, which seems to be at least 40 feet line of sight.\\n\\nAnother feature new to me is very explicit instructions in both guides on how to remove the non replaceable battery prior to disposal. This is either a great attempt at social responsibility, or a nod to the fact the battery may in fact be replaceable. Given the cost of this unit, I would like to think so.\\n\\nOh, charging is via mini-USB behind a very well blended pop-up tab on the right earpiece. An unusually short 7 inch cord is included, and the instructions are very clear in pointing out this cable must be used, and in fact suggests charging via a computer no mention of a power block or booster battery is mentioned. So proceed otherwise at your own risk. (A longer cord wouldnt fit in the case anyway.)\\n\\nThey are definitely high-end in price, but I am not convinced the sound quality makes up for it. The case is a nice feature, but then so are the blue lights- not exactly a deal-maker.\",\n \"Product: The ultimate companion for your iPad, the ultimate Lite keyboard case is our lightest keyboard yet, but is tough, durable and packed with features. A fully protective case keeps you and your iPad truly mobile, a premium aluminum keyboard with well-spaced keys delivers an enhanced typing experience, and advanced power management features preserve battery life. Multiple viewing angles, including media mode for movies or presentations, make it easy to use anywhere. Despite all that, it still manages to be extremely thin as well as the lightest keyboard we've ever made.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Keyboard case hits the right notes\\n\\nReview: When I discovered the Mini 4 it was love at first sight; in almost every aspect it's a perfect choice for me. But I was not used to the touchscreen keypad and all the minute iterations between apps, and after it became mine I found I wasn't doing too much lengthy composing with it. And when I tried, I have found the screen keypad to be a mixed blessing; its great for dashing off a message or email while balanced on your lap, but for any type of serious writing it leaves a lot to be desired.\\n\\nMy first accessory was a rugged little Targus case, <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Targus-3D-Protective-Case-for-All-iPad-mini-THZ595GL/dp/B013UB7U3U/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Targus 3D Protective Case for All iPad mini (THZ595GL)</a> it was solid, easy to grip, could fold to many positions and allowed quick access to the camera lens. But I was attracted to keyboards, I do write a bit and felt there was one in my future.\\n\\nSo when I saw the Belkin, it was also love at first sight, and like the iPad, I was not disappointed. I have always preferred Belkin products as they consistently offer the best and widest variety of aftermarket accessories, and this case is no exception. In fact its rather beyond the run-of-the-mill quality I have seen while I was shopping for a new case for the new pad.\\n\\nAnd I was not disappointed. The quality is superior, and while not quite as bulletproof as my reliable first case, as far as writing and general screen navigation it is worth the compromise. Held in a book-like orientation, the front is a hard plastic, somewhat slippery; the obverse is the same but has a 4 X 5.5 pleather-ish grip insert which does make it a little easier to hang onto.\\n\\nThe pad holder is simple and grips the tablet around all edges rather than just the corners and obstructs nothing. Its also a little easier if you intend to remove it from time to time (as I may) and snaps back in solidly. I found the magnetic closure to snap closed with authority, but is not 100% airtight and can be shifted a few degrees side to side when shut. But again, I don't think its intended to be used a rugged travel case.\\n\\nOpening it wakes up the pad instantly (as well as shutting suspends), pairs it and orients the screen; the magnetic base of the tablet holder slips into place on the keyboard and stays firmly in place with subtle magnetism. From that point on it is a little laptop, some of the keys require a few new steps, but no more than the usual use of F keys or other special commands. I found the home button a great feature, and had no problems continuing to use surface swipes for navigation. It is by itself enough to have arrow keys again, heavy editing becomes a challenge without them and I knew it would only get more frustrating.\\n\\nThe angles it folds to are not as widely configurable as the Targus (or many others) but the whole point is to have a stable writing platform. And when set up, its more like a mini-laptop than a tablet.\\n\\nI have smaller fingers and while I cannot touch type, my wife can and was immediately able to write paragraphs while looking at me- if she had a Mini, I would probably never see it again, if I hid it she would certainly be in line for one.\\n\\nI was a little concerned about the weight and bulk a keyboard might add to the nearly perfect dimensions of the mini, but here again the Belkin shines: its noticeably more trim than the simple rugged Targus case and weighs only 3 ounces more, I found this remarkable.\\n\\nFolding it for uses other than writing is a but of a disappointment, but thats not really the issue- you have a choice of using it in the set-up position, or with the cover/keyboard folded to the back- either with the smooth back facing outwards or the keys exposed. I found that with the keys pressed to the tablet back the hinge tightens up and its fairly steady, flip it over with the keys to the outside and its a lot more wiggly. I thing position A is the intended configuration.\\n\\nI have not really used it in this mode very much, preferring to just set it up as intended, but for travel purposed I might take to switching back to the Targus- the Belkin, while of solid construction, does not really seem suited to being tossed in a backpack and accessed on the fly- particularly if you take a lot of photos, it is also a little tricky to set up and hold with the lens unobstructed and manageable with one hand.\\n\\nOn the other hand, its perfect for the rear facing camera in the upright mode and great for FaceTime. All the other ports are extremely accessible, especially the headphone jack which many cases are too snug a fit.\\n\\nBattery life seems OK, after I had been using almost daily for a week it did not shown signs of needing a charge, but when I removed it to replace it with the travel case, and then re-installed it after 2 weeks it was completely flat. It can be used while charging with no harm ( I think) so if you remember its still independently powered and needs care, youll not be troubled.\\n\\nHeavy-use life is still an unknown to me, but I have a feeling it will be more than adequate. A tiny amber LED glows discreetly until charged, it's located alongside the charging port positioned so that the cable projects to the right rear, well out of your way. Uses a supplied mini-USB cable.\\n\\nI was uncertain which keyboard case I would select when the time came, but when I saw the Belkin and read a little bit about it I was sure this was the one, and it continues to delight.\",\n \"Product: Maximize the life of your iPad Mini 4 with the Profile Series a slim, stylish, durable, streamlined folio case that boasts OtterBox Certified Drop+ Protection. Wear and tear, drops and accidents, and scratches and scuffs are no match for Profile Series. Engineered for tablet use on the go, its streamlined design and ease of use make Profile Series your smart choice for tablet protection.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: High marks to the Otter for quality and design\\n\\nReview: This is a very attractive and extremely well crafted case, from an engineering and design point of view its nearly perfect.. Perhaps if it had it been the one I found before my beloved Targus <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Targus-3D-Protective-Case-for-All-iPad-mini-THZ595GL/dp/B013UB7U3U/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Targus 3D Protective Case for All iPad mini (THZ595GL)</a> that has unexpectedly set a very high standard for me (due to some quirky features I love), I would have no doubt considered the Otter my first pick.\\n\\nNot now. Its not just a matter of getting used to a particular model, as I write now I am actively switching cases and comparing the features that matter most to me, and actually wanting the Otter to win. But it looks like this is not to be.\\n\\nWhat I do like are the trim lines and light weight, it is a clean tight fit and looks great the surface is skinned with a smooth but lightly textured pleather-ish sort of material, the rear belt line has a raised and more textured grip area, about 4 X 6.\\n\\nThe closure is a very positive snap latch. After growing used to a magnetic strap closure, this seems a little more refined but also takes extra effort and precision to close; it is quite stiff. I have also found the Targus magnet will also work reasonably well in the folded open position. I had grown used to that and now I just find the business end of the tab wiggling around when in use. The smoother surface of the Otter also allows less friction when folded open, so in general it too is a lot squirmier than the rubber-on-rubber of the Targus. (The Targus also makes it easier to just whip out and open- or flip closed, then seal the case with one practiced motion, almost Star Trek communicator-style cool.)\\n\\nOne feature alone is decidedly superior- when the front cover is folded back to allow access to the camera lens, it does so right down the middle and makes holding it open for photography quite solid. This is the only feature it does decidedly better than the Targus, which for some reason folds back with about two inches hanging out. The Otter is perfect here, and the mating surfaces provide a tight and solid grip for camera work.\\n\\nAll of the port openings are perfectly aligned and cut cleanly, even the headphone jack (will the Mini 5 even have one?) is large enough for the occasional right-angle plug.\\n\\nThe volume controls and wake/sleep button are sealed, and as with other Otter cases I have seen, the rubber push buttons are thick and take quite a bit more pressure to activate than the switch itself, to me this is an added small nuisance.\\nYou can get used to anything, I have gotten used to feeling my way through a case opening for the hard button, so an intermediate like this that is harder to push really only makes sense if the case were completely sealed. I do not see it as an advantage here.\\n\\nFolded open, the screen will stay put almost vertically, OK for video content, and beyond that a row of grooves allow you to position the screen in one of six different angles- the lowest is OK for typing, but the steeper ones likely not.\\nAs seen in the photo here, a variety of what seem more like improvised viewing positions can be set up by arranging the flaps into different configurations, none of them instilling very much confidence, But, whatever works.\\n\\nThe inside of the front flap is a soft felt-like material, but it will leave a slight negative image of the grooves after being closed carried for a little while.\\n\\nVery high marks to the Otter for quality and design. I think this is a fantastic case at a great value, had I not stumbled onto one that was perfect for me I would likely have chosen the Otter. I am amazed and impressed that the aftermarket sector has decided to make packaging for device cases that allow easy accessibility for the shopper, this is a rare example of actually putting the consumers best interest first. But for online buyers such as yourself, one can only hope humble reviews such as this can serve nearly as well.\",\n \"Product: Kenko ultra VIEW EX series binoculars is marked by stunning optical performance and uncompromising durability. Perfect for bird watching, surveillance or general observation, these binoculars are professional grade. The ultra VIEW EX OP 8x32 DH2 is ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT birding binoculars. It is just 455g/16.04oz! Attachments: Case, strap\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: OK, so the lens caps are cheap.,\\n\\nReview: There, I got that out of the way.\\n\\nEven though I have not previously heard of Kenco- not being a very active participant in this type of optics- they were unknown but soon proved to be very high quality of construction and optical clarity. They are considered water-resistant, not waterproof, so I imagine that would suggest they are suitable for use in rainy or duck-blind like situations, they might not cut it on a dunk surf or poolside. No big deal, I rarely travel to any of those.\\n\\nBut for me, while not really powerful enough for long-range spotting of my canyon environment (and with only one intrusive neighboring house about a mile away) I found they were great for peeping closer at the abundant wildlife- notably, and obviously birds at close range. Crystal clear and lightweight, they are a lot less bulky and steady than my big Costco Bushnells and allow for extended viewing without causing tired muscles or cramping hands, something about which I had never thought.\\n\\nFocusing is fast and simple, using a rocker between the barrels. Before use the eyepieces must be twisted in position, I am not clear why, but compactness might be a reason. It took me a few seconds to figure this out, my stupid, but the instructions seemed to be of little use, I mean, how simple could it be? The only complaint I could muster was the eyepiece lens cap is a whole cover, and did not fit well at all, no matter what position the binoculars were folded. This does not seem to be a one-off situation but a design flaw, hopefully Kenco will read some of these reviews and attend to the problem. The front fit fine, but they snap inside the rim of the lens and are sort of cheesy compared to the rest of the binocs, of the lens. As with most lens covers I have encountered, could easily disappear in a matter of minutes.\\n\\nTo one ignorant of the lineup of manufacturers, the pair seem pricey, I have not yet shopped very much for comparison but I have reason to suspect this could also be a sign of that higher quality I am incapable of appreciating. They work well.\\n\\nIncluded is a soft pouch case, like the lens caps a bit low-end for the price and compared to the main feature. Even the packing box seems cheap, especially if you have ever seen a higher-end pair of headphones in this range which are more like little shrines. A nylon strap and cleaning cloth, scarcely worthy of note round out the package. .\",\n \"Product: VoyagerPro Monaural Over-the-Ear Bluetooth Headset w/Noise Canceling Mic\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Start At the Top\\n\\nReview: This is my first Bluetooth device, and as such, I am at a disadvantage to be able to compare or relate to a previous wireless experience. But I believe there is no need, following my faith in a long history of using other Plantronics equipment, I have always considered this brand to be the standard by which others shall be measured anyway.\\n\\nThis unit does not disappoint, It is attractively designed and solidly built. Some may find it too much of a fashion statement, but I think it looks really cool.\\n\\nAs a first time user I found the controls simple and easy to learn- my hands are still learning to find them without distracting my brain while driving, not an easy task.\\n\\nI do not use the phone when driving very often, but due to the CA law about driving without a hands-free devices, it was inevitable that I would take a call the old way just as a police car happened by. No notice, no ticket, but I decided to start using one of these anyway. I purchased a corded $1.99 Ebay unit, it is a horror but usually gets the job done. I was sure that between wrestling with the cord and trying to get the mike in the right place it was more of a hazard than just holding my phone. I would expect anything would be an improvement after that, and the Plantronics seems to simply do everything perfectly.\\n\\nI found it a bit hard to get into place initially- especially while driving- but once it is secure, it feels natural and I scarcely notice it's there. Sunglasses with bulky temples are a bit of a problem too, but once you settle it a little it's not that bad. I do not suggest trying to put it on while driving in this fashion, with time may come more familiarity but it is almost the same as putting on a high-end hearing aid.\\n\\nAudio quality is loud and clear, even around town with the windows open. The quality of the mike was apparently different enough from both the phone's and my old wired set that I had to re-record my voice tags, but that was the only inconvenience. I made a few calls and a couple of people said they would not have guessed I was on cell- probably because they were.\\n\\nI also phoned various answering machines and voice mail so I could listen for myself, in most cases the quality was nearly indistinguishable from a landline call. This is primarily how I use my phone while en route in any case, I find a conversation- even with a hands-free device- should deserve a motorist's full attention.\\n\\nI tried it out on the Bay Area's 511 traffic call system, and I have never has such success with a voice-recognition system in a noisy moving vehicle, radio on and windows open.\\nIn one noisy stretch of road I had to cup my hand over the mike but that was it.\\n\\nI look forward to a long and satisfactory relationship with this device.\\n\\nLATER: Alas, this was not to be. When my wife's original Motorola earpiece died, my Plantronics mysteriously disappeared. I can't believe she'd taken it, but I did notice an almost immediate improvement in voice quality.\\n\\nAbout two years later, after daily use, it finally failed- broke at the little swivel beneath the earpiece. It is, in my mind, a testament to a great product that she immediately went out and bought the exact same model. And it's still going strong.\\n\\nI am anticipating the arrival of Plantronics latest and greatest, we will soon see how they stack up.\",\n \"Product: Instantly transforms your iPhone speaker dock or stereo Hi-Fi into a (Bluetooth) streaming powerhouse Great value Bluetooth streamer - Tens of Millions of iPhone speaker docks could soon become obsolete with the new iPhone 5 connector pin change Sound You Wear - Unique simple twist and go to attach to clothing. Great sound - with APT-X audio streaming, near CD quality. Double tap to access Siri/Google Voice Actions. Make and take calls.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: OK, if you can really explain it to me.\\n\\nReview: Most seem to find the main use for the Ribbon is to eliminate the cable from that phone or iPod in your pocket, instead, moving the receiver closer to your face and whatever earbuds you may use. I can see this scenario- every spring I have to cut a firebreak, and one year tried the iPod with normal buds. It was essentially unmanageable, largely to the protective gear I wear. The wire from the device to the buds was a bit of a bother, but snaking the bud cord through safety glasses, a face mask and a respirator is a problem no matter what.\\n\\nI have seen fully enabled Bluetooth earbuds that eliminate all wires, but the truth is, the brushcutter makes so much noise it's not worth the effort.\\n\\nIf you could afford a dongle for every device you own, things like a TV or stereo system- I can name more, but the point here would be to turn non-Bluetooth devise into enabled to be used with your favorite headphones and not be tethered to the equipment- this is probably how I will primarily use the Ribbon. I think I will find this extremely handy.\\n\\nHowever, in conclusion, I must say keep your eye on this thing, not only did my thieving cat make off with it one afternoon, I was about to use it to finalize this review and have no idea where it has gone, Not like a missing cell phone you can just ring up...\",\n \"Product: This is 1200mAh Battery for iPhone 3GS. Own durable material, the 1200mAh Battery for iPhone 3GS is great for long time use. Also you can make full use of it as you wish. Furthermore, you can take it as gift to your friends or relatives.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Eenie, Meeni, Miney Moe...\\n\\nReview: .. choose your battery and then go. For it. Of the many off-brand iPhone batteries out there, its a crapshoot. And some of the batteries are crap, no doubt. The one I first received was, and DOA, but as I had to try it three times to make sure it wasn't something i did, it was good lesson in the iPhone battery changing experience. No instruction are included, but there are plenty of YouTube videos out there. The tool set is about what you might expect for the cost, one of the prybars broke on first use. Most semi-DIY folk would have better versions of all the included handy. I used a GPS windshield mount to suction off the screen, it was excellent.\\n\\nI contacted the mfr about the seas cell, and had a new one in a few days, very good service, the new one seems to be performing OK so far, although it will probably take several cycles of charge/discharge before the final verdict comes in.\\n\\nWhat is still puzzling to me is the SD card reader included, there is no chip and no explanation. But it's handy to have a spare around.\",\n \"Product: WD-40 SPECIALIST RUST REMOVER SOAK dissolves rust quickly without harming surrounding parts, trim, gaskets or paint. Our rust dissolver restores surfaces to bare metal without scraping, chipping or scrubbing. For light rust, leave parts in 1-3 hours and for heavy rust, leave parts in the rust removal solution overnight. This non-toxic and biodegradable formula is effective on small or large items that can be soaked.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Not bad if you keep your expectations (and items) small\\n\\nReview: For as long as I have been working with metal, I always had two essential products around, One was WD-40 of course, the other being Naval Jelly. <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Henkel-Corp-553472-Naval-Jelly/dp/B0039LUH8W/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Henkel Corp 553472 Naval Jelly</a>\\n\\nNavel Jelly has probably mellowed and changed owners over the years, but it was always the best way to de-rust almost any ferrous object. Best part was it is in fact a jelly, a thick goo that would hang on to vertical surfaces and a lighter coat would even stick to the inverted horizontal.\\n\\nObviously this review is not about Naval Jelly, rather another WD-40 product- \\\"Specialist Rust Remover Soak\\\". This is new and new to me. Boasting relatively harmless (and unspecified) ingredients, it makes fairly confident claims about its rust removing capabilities.\\n\\nThis was intended to be a video review, how better to show the actual progress of the solution in action, but I forgot Flip cameras shoot .mov's and I do not have the capacity to edit. Which was necessary, as the manufacturer states a soaking period of 24 hours may be necessary.\\n\\nAnd there is my principal issue: soaking. This limits the applicability of the product to what you can find for a soaking tray, and essentially the size of the object. Obviously it must be completely submersed for full efficacy- having to flip the piece would double the time needed. And if you can only find a pan or tray that allows submersion but is oversized, naturally you will need a lot more of the liquid. One might be able to fashion a tray out of heavy-duty aluminum foil, but while not terribly caustic, I would run a test anyway.\\n\\nI have a boneyard with metal scraps that have been rusting away outdoors for over 20 years. I picked out a particularly nasty piece of angle iron that was nearly completely orange. Couldn't even tell how much if any metal remained. Iron oxide can also act as a preservative, we would see. I also have quite a few Akro-Mills parts bins in my shop, all sizes, <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Akro-Mills-30230-ESD-AkroBins/dp/B007UUHZYW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Akro-Mills 30230 ESD; AkroBins </a>I found one that fit my test piece nearly perfectly.\\n\\nI poured out about a cupful of the solution into the bin and lowered the piece in slowly. The liquid began to darken immediately. When checking the bin at the suggested intervals (30 minutes, 8 hours, 24 hours) at the 24 hour mark, it had become completely opaque, which I took to be a good sign and decided to have a look.\\n\\nMost of the bigger deposits had dropped away, and with a small amount of brushing the lighter ones came off to reveal the original mill scale, which was fairly impressive. The really tough stuff would still take a bit more hand work to clear up, not so difficult on flat pieces, but I'd have to wonder if anyone with a large or complex item to clean up would bother if it was in as bad a state as my test piece. Or have allowed it do become that way- I have an old drill press that has been outside for years, it would not be practical to try to tank it all.\\n\\nOn the other hand, I have a chain-style pipe vise in similar condition I tested next. It had also been outside for too many years- the chain was \\\"Ridgid\\\", as was the actuator. I found a perfectly fitted plastic pan for it, and set it up. I dumped the remaining amount of fluid left, almost a full gallon, and it barely covered the bottom. I flipped the vise over so most of the worst affected areas would be submerged- in about 3/4\\\" of liquid. The remaining exposed parts, well, I hit with WD-40. I had to flip it over to get maximum coverage.\\n\\nI have no doubt this is a great application of this product, and were I to submerge it fully, the vise would come out in nearly-new condition. Or at least functional again. A new vise <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Ridgid-40185-Top-Screw-Bench-Chain-Vise/dp/B001P30574/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Ridgid 40185 Top Screw Bench Chain Vise</a> retails here for just over one hundred dollars. Until I measure exactly, I am guessing it would take at least 4, maybe 5 gallons to save the old one. (Actually, when I measured- it was between 6-7 gallons)At $23.00 a gallon, it would cost about $120 to restore. I deplore casting aside any salvageable piece of equipment, especially if it is better built than by today's standards- and I think not- but this is not exactly a cost-effective way to get it operational again. I will say it did a fantastic job on the submerged areas.\\n\\nLater: On the submerged portions it did a fantastic job, almost like new. Unfortunately, my point remains valid. I even tried to no avail, using rags soaked in the solution on the afflicted parts.\\n\\nThe solution may be reused until \\\"it no longer works\\\" say the instructions, and obviously must not be returned to the original jug, maybe you could keep it in a separate container. Even at that, if you are doing a large project it could get expensive quickly.\\n\\nIn conclusion I would have to say this product would be best suited for small parts and simple hand tools. Since there will still be a need for further stripping- brush, wire wheel or emery cloth- it is really not a one-step solution.\\n\\nI am still curious to see what it can to with a rusted shut crescent wrench, I'm pretty sure I have one around here somewhere...\",\n \"Product: ACI windshield washer pumps are manufactured to meet or exceed original equipment performance. The quality, durability and reliability of all products are backed by over 35 years of excellence in door system components experience and know how.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: 1995 'Yota PU - Perfect\\n\\nReview: Perfect fit 1995 Toyota pickup. Back in service in minut4s, even came with a pair of grommets. I suggest priming the device before testing.\\nI checked local outlets, 3 day wait in some cases and more costly. I read reviews carefully, and while this particular unit fits a wide variety of vehicles, I wanted to be sure before I ordered. If you are looking at this you know it's fall down easy to install, and I was more surprised to actually notice an improvement in pressure. But, after 20 years I should not be. 4 stars because it's hard to \\\"love\\\" an auto art, I am just thrilled it was so easy to find here and in my mailbox in 2 days.\",\n \"Product: Wardrobe boxes are designed specifically for moving and storage of hanging items. Each box includes a 24\\\" hanger bar which can accommodate up to linear feet of closet items. The wardrobe box closes completely to keep articles clean. Boxes are constructed from stronger 44 ECT C-Flute Kraft corrugated board and are reusable and recyclable. The actual assembled size of one box is 24 x 24 x 40 Inches while the dimensions for the package of 3 boxes as delivered to the doorstep is 25.1 x 41.6 x 17.4 inches.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Well made, but at what cost?\\n\\nReview: I was very curious indeed to see how the Banker's Box wardrobe compared to the U-Haul version, if any. The BB is similar to the UH \\\"Shorty\\\" wardrobe, except the price point- the BB is nearly twice that of the UH. The BB is also 24\\\" square, while the UH is a rectangular 20X24\\\", which actually seems more suited to most items of clothing, and is certainly more compact- but the larger, square BB is also suitable for a wider variety of tasks than just clothes- I plan to use one to ship a paint sprayer I recently sold.\\n\\nThe construction and weight of the cardboard seem about the same. They erect in a similar fashion, the hanger bar is very nearly identical, but their exterior design and markings are a lot cleaner, not cluttered with ads and useless information.. I have used them frequently in moving, and durability is not an issue, long-term storage may be though. I have two in my attic, one collapsed on itself years ago, no doubt due to the heavier weight supported. I would like to test the BB's in the same manner, but I am afraid it would delay this review by a few years.\\n\\nTo complicate your choices, Home Depot also sells one that is in fact identical to the UH, although slightly costlier.\\n\\nI would have to say that when you figure in shipping and sales tax, if any- while it is an excellent product, the Bankers Box Smooth Move Wardrobe may not be the best bargain out there.\",\n \"Product: High-Speed Printing for Your Growing Business.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Thinking of Re-Inking? Read this first.\\n\\nReview: <div id=\\\"video-block-R1GZ9XTM8W6QCX\\\" class=\\\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\\\"></div><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/D1AnPNiltlS.mp4\\\" class=\\\"video-url\\\"><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61vfMpRCbrS.png\\\" class=\\\"video-slate-img-url\\\"> (Continuing usage updates follow review.)\\n\\nBasically, for the price of a set of tanks for most typical SOHO machines, you can pick up this unit with \\\"demo\\\" tanks that will last (as they did me) for about 2 months of heavy use, and incidentally, get the about the best printer you can get for the money.\\n\\nWait; you say, it's too big, and it *only* prints! How often do you can or fax, really? And doesn't a dedicated machine always perform better? Yes, it's big, we get that. But I would have made room for an HP LJ in the early days if I could have had one. Besides, once you get used to having dedicated paper trays, you will never want a rear feed unit again.\\n\\nI continue to be surprised and impressed by the Canon Maxify, ordering online I did not take time to visualize its size, but judging from the price I was not expecting to get a machine of this stature, possessing so many features and evidently some truly surprising functionality.\\n\\nThis printer does so much more than any other I have used to date- that would be many- it would require far too much space and reader attention to adequately summarize or describe here. And it does these things so well it is difficult to believe, and at a cost so reasonable that is equally difficult to believe.\\n\\nIt's been over 4 months since writing this, and after finally changing 3 of the 4 \\\"setup\\\" tanks (yellow is still hanging on) I discover through the Web interface the Maxify has printed over 800 sheets. BTW, the report generated is as thorough as I have ever seen, with not only page count, but color/BW, what type of paper, single or duplex.)\\n\\nI have no difficulty in forgiving a machine for not being capable of doing more than it was designed, especially a printer that shows there are so many ways to produce prints you have not even been aware of until you try the Canon. As of this writing, the ability to effortlessly turn any document into a nearly-professional, perfectly ordered and sized booklet still amazes me.\\n\\nThe print quality is at the level of any inkjet I have used, perhaps not at a blazing speed but steady and reliable with nothing but enthusiasm at pumping out pages continuously. Using my up-to-now primary printer, a surprisingly enduring HP Photosmart 1000, the HP spit out a draft test sheet in 14 seconds, sadly, sometimes with a manual paper feed assist. The Canon, at \\\"normal\\\" setting was about 8. Changing to \\\"draft\\\" in the Windows dialog (there isn't one in the Canon software) didn't change the speed or quality from normal, but the HP dropped to 10. Legible, but not presentable.\\n\\nAt the other end, the HP on \\\"best\\\" was 24 seconds, the Canon about the same, but the quality was 100% better. Higher print modes deliver better results with the attendant slowdown, as with photos- I have no problem with the output quality, but still an issue or two about printer's thoughts regarding paper auto-detection. But this is really a matter of notification rather than war, and can be disabled so you can run whatever paper you please and never be bothered by what the printer thinks. It all depends on how you \\\"register\\\" paper in a tray in the first place. And after wondering why this is necessary in a one-user environment, I discovered how to disable any additional input when adding new media.\\n\\nFor what is essentially workhorse draft printer, I find the photo print quality is acceptable. I planned to use the HP Photosmart as a standard of sorts, and while it was always capable of surprisingly good output, due to lack of color ink I can't presently compare the Canon to a fresh print.\\n\\nI have long desired a dedicated large format photo printer somewhere down the line, and since the choice is basically now down to Epson and Canon, I believe this machine has done a lot of campaigning for Canon already.\\n\\nRight out of the box- or for that matter, even still in the box- the Canon just looks as if it means business. And business is printing, not faxing or scanning or copying. I believe that serious users, Canon and I would be in agreement to think of this machine as semi-pro, and I only say \\\"semi\\\" because the cost is so absurdly low as to disavow any commercial use. I suspect they could have increased the list price significantly, and once word got out not only would they still have sold a boatload of them, people might actually feel as if they were getting a more serious solution.\\n\\nHope the video hits some key points, this is a Borg shaped flat black cube that defies adequate lighting, especially when shooting alone and quickly. (And yeah, I know the inking is out of order.) Of course, by way of a disclaimer one might expect that as for most all tech-mech, especially lower cost items, the final word is not readily available until a long time in service.\\n\\nThe quick start guide is beneath basic, and really is of little help telling you nothing that is not already fairly obvious. I had noticed a few reviewers had difficulties with the ink carriage shipping block, it did seem like it would take a lot of effort to remove without causing fear of breakage. But when, against the advice of the QS, I powered it up, the print head moved just slightly and it literally fell out.\\n\\nI chose my oldest method of setup to start, an aging but reliable Windows XP machine, a USB cable and the CD. It didn't really take very long, and when done it just worked. The only small issue I had was paper selection. It took me a few tries to realize, at least so far, that it sees the upper tray (#1)as the secondary source of special paper, while the bottom tray, #2, is happiest when being used by regular size and weight paper. This is the reverse of some other machines I have used, and may be as simple as changing a setting I missed, but during setup it would not recognize photo paper in the #1 tray and allowed no way to change to it while running a job. But the #1 tray would accept and feed anything you cared to throw into it.\\n\\nIt didn't hit me until a little later- one small feature missing is a simple way to feed a single piece of unusual media through, usually an envelope. It took removing and resizing the drawer, then re-registering it when reinserting, (which is done every time you open the paper tray anyway). With one tray dedicated to plain paper, the can other dedicated to a specific job- envelopes, labels, postcards, or a 4X6 photo paper, this is actually no big deal for me, but it would have been nice.\\n\\nIn the process of learning this, I had my first jam- 50# photo paper, and saw at once the disadvantage of having a printer that is more or less committed to a life in close quarters. I was barely able locate mine in a slide-out shelf of an equipment rack in my desk, it required both leveling and shims to allow it to move freely- and even so, you can't slide a thick piece of paper along either side.\\n\\nA not-very-well marked panel on the backside easily swings out of the way to get to the back of the handling mechanism and lets you pull out the jam. I would not want to be doing it very many times a day, but so far I am confident most paper mishandling errors will be caused by the user, I think this was a crinkled edge problem.\\n\\nSending a job to this printer opens up a huge amount of control and setup choices. For instance, we have the \\\"Paper Save\\\" options: instead of just a draft mode, we can tell a 2 page doc to fit on one page, they call it \\\"2 on 1\\\", which resizes the text and rotates it to fit side by side as a landscape page. Additionally, there is \\\"4 on 1\\\", which is the same as 2 on 1 but duplexed and for many, will definitely call for better glasses. But would in fact be perfectly sized for printing CD liner notes.\\n\\nDownloaded a user manual and want a hard copy? Just select \\\"Booklet\\\", it auto-rotates alternating pages, shrinks them to 2 facing pages, saves 75% paper, and you have a user manual in about 5 minutes. (Helps if you have a deep-throat stapler, too though: <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Swingline-Long-Reach-Stapler-with-Built-in-Ruler-and-Adjustable-Locking-Paper-Guide-Black-S7034121P/dp/B0006HUPRA/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Swingline Long Reach Stapler with Built-in Ruler and Adjustable Locking Paper Guide, Black (S7034121P)</a>) or <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Stanley-Bostitch-AntiJam-Standard-Booklet-Stapler-20-Sheet-Capacity-B440SB/dp/B0006HVU8S/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Stanley Bostitch AntiJam Standard Booklet Stapler, 20 Sheet Capacity (B440SB)</a>. Genius\\n\\nDraft mode is still available but not a Canon feature, which is not necessarily a bad thing. at least on a few other printers I have tried would be more aptly called \\\"smudged and illegible\\\". When using it with the Canon, the output is not delivered appreciably faster.\\n\\nAh, duplexing. A minor miracle for my office, after always having one at work (wherever that might have been ) I have never personally had the luxury. While the action here is a bit too visible for comfort, be sure to have the outfeed slide extended and you will scarcely notice and probably become instantly used to it. And be careful, in keeping with what must be extreme material cost reduction, the slide is absolute no thicker than need be and would probably not be wise to leave protruding in traffic.\\n\\nEven watermarks or \\\"Stamp/Background\\\" as they call it, I had never even thought I needed it, now it'll probably become indispensable.\\n\\nOK, I give up, too much stuff to list. Let's say, \\\"just about anything you can think of. And some you might not have.\\\"\\n\\nMy other Windows XP PC was relatively easy to set up, it just saw it, copied the drivers and went to work, it just gets with the program. Speed is adequate for an inkjet, I would say paper handling and quality are superior.\\n\\nThe Win 7 laptop was a bit more of a bother, if even that- I tried to do a quick as an install as possible just to see, and while the PC saw the Canon on the network it could not find a driver anywhere to make it work. I downloaded the first one I found at the Canon website, it looked correct but was apparently in Japanese. No problem, I had worked through the CD install already and knew what buttons to hit, but chickened out anyway, suspecting the control panels later on would likely not be in Kanji.\\n\\nI tried again and pointed the Windows installer to the CD, it found what it wanted and was happy. Well, almost: it prints fine, all the features are there, but the device does not show up on the list of available printers, this deserve a re-visit.\\n\\nWireless is a method of connecting and printing which art this point I rarely use. But I enabled the wi-fi setup, it connected to the Internet through the router and also became visible to all devices but a really old iPhone. If it is connected via Ethernet, this method of connectivity is disabled as are the auto power-on and off.\\n\\n I have not fully explored all of the Internet useability which is possible here, there are just too many choices to test in order derive a well informed opinion, but I can tell you that you will be able to monitor the ink levels from anywhere. The iPad recognized the printer by native wi-fi, and eventually decided to print- it was quite slow. I am thinking (hoping) AirPrint will speed things up somewhat, but it is a separate app from Canon and I have so far not been allowed to try it.\\n\\nOK, it's big. Almost every review anywhere I have read feels obliged to point that out, which shows how far tech has come- or slid, depending on your attitude about bigger = better. Also, this suggests that not everyone who reacted in this manner (including myself) had seen the printer in person before making a selection.\\n\\nAnother oft-mentioned perceived shortcoming and as is bemoaned in a large percentage of reviews is that this is only a printer. To me it is a welcome thing, I would much rather have a dedicated device for each purpose- which is essentially only two anyway, what is a fax or a copy but a scan?\\n\\nI was prepared to laugh at this thing, but now I applaud it and Canon for breaking away from the all-in-one \\\"fad\\\", and for giving us an affordable device that does everything a printer should be expected to deliver. Efficiently, completely, and creatively. I could wind down by saying this is the first machine I have used that is affordable yet handles advanced printing functions including duplex printing effortlessly. But there is so much more this printer seems capable of than I have time and space to list, if you're in the shopping and want far more than you would expect for your dollars, I suggest you pick one up and see for yourself.\\n\\nConsumables: While I am still collating data marred by sloppy record keeping, the magenta tank I replaced in April '15 just went below critical. It halted the print job, though once I cleared it, it was able to resume but with a warning each time. I guess they mean it, since the level went from low to empty in about 3 jobs. And fortunately I read the warning that alerted me to to the fact that you can't simply remove the tank and shake it for a few more peaceful days, once a used one is out it will only accept a new cartridge.\\n\\nI have not been printing especially color-heavy, but not shoeing much restraint either, and have run more photos than usual. But while 4 months for the \\\"Regular\\\" sized tank is just within what I'd call acceptable, I will henceforth purchase only the XL's- which, unlike the regular size, are not available to me locally. I continue to print while shopping, but definitely keeping it to grayscale.\\n\\nAugust 2017: after almost 3 years of medium to heavy use, the Canon finally packed it in. Had a rear paper jam, I gleared it and it did it again, this time noisier and making bad sounds. When I opened the rear door it didn't feel right, so I had a look and a small plastic guide had popped out; since the thing is nothing but small white plastic guides I figured it was hopeless, and pondered a replacement. Repair is the first think I think of, but the cost was a close second, knowing I could probably replace it with a superior machine for a good deal less than paying someone to fix it. And good luck with that, not only would it be a tedious and expensive process to try it, I myself would find it amusomg that anyone would bother.\\n\\nBut as it hapened, I found the place for the comb and snapped it in. Piece of cake. It printed a Windows test page perfectly and I thought I had it made.\\n\\nNext a 20 page job and it jammed immediately, and clearing did nothing. Back to plan \\\"B\\\". I did not like the idea of having to shop for a replacement, last time I say a Staples ad there were over 20 printers on sale.\\n\\nSo much to my surprise, when I looked at the Canon I saw the price had fallen to about half from when I originally wrote this review. Since I had just bought replacement cartridges, it was sort of being forced into it, but you could just say that it made the decision easier. I also have read you cannot replace the tanks with partially used ones, which, as I just changed two of the color ones a few months ago, really sucks.\\n\\nOnce again I realized the main purpose of these machines is not to print documents, but to burn ink. Seriously, buying another set of tanks was three times the cost of the printer. And it kills me every time I see someone running a perfectly functional Okidata 320 or HP LJ3\\n\\nBut since ink usage was relatively low, it is ordered. I am interested but yet to be impressed by externally refillable tank models. If my replacement gives as long a life as the deceased, I am OK.\\n\\nBut will start shopping anew, just in case.\",\n \"Product: Great Ink Savings with Canon Value Packs\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Maxify- they really mean it.\\n\\nReview: I recently got a Canon Maxify printer, <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/CANON-MAXIFY-iB4020-Wireless-Small-Office-Printer/dp/B00NNVDPVO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">CANON MAXIFY iB4020 Wireless Small Office Printer</a> and as usual, first thing I did was check ink prices. I found the tanks for these printers were huge, but cost less than what it would have been to re-ink my 14 year old HP or for that matter even any other contemporary brand. Less, in fact- my HP's black was around $45- though it had a life of heavy use, it still only averaged about 2 months. Given the output of today's typical disposable printers it always seemed superior, and it looked as if the Canon would be even better than that. It was clearly a lot more ink for the money judging by weight alone- the \\\"setup\\\" tanks that came with the printer weighed 3.4 oz, the new ones 4.8 oz. Even if based on that I think I can expect a lot more output per fill than any printer I have yet used.\\n\\nAnd the setup tanks (just the black for this review; the color are still barely below half) gave me three months of heavy printing, almost 2 reams on all varieties of paper before the low ink warning showed. I ordered these tanks and kept printing, that was a week ago, and I am still not needing to install the new one yet. Yes, it would be difficult but not unreasonable to wait until they run dry before writing to about them, but if they remain even half again as long in service as the typically nearly-empty setup ones, I would expect the pair of these should be enough to last the rest of the year.\\n\\nIf you suspect that I love this printer, you are correct. If you are checking reviews of ink before you buy, as I have often done, I hope I can convince you to give the Maxify series of Canon printers serious consideration, based just on the cost per copy you could do far, far worse.\",\n \"Product: 17.25" x 5" x 7", Cage Trap, Set & Release With Just 1 Hand, Galvanized For Rust Resistance, Durable, High Tensile Steel, Body Is 1 Continuous Piece Of Machine Welded Mesh, Sturdy Door Lock Ensures Animal Will Stay Put, Smooth Interior Edges Protect Trapped Animal, Patented, Safe Release Lever, Ideal For First Time Trappers, Hand Guard Limits Interaction With Animal, Proven Efficacy From Extensive Field Testing, Designed By Professional Trappers, Instructions Included, Gardening How To Member Tested & Approved.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Want a new pet?\\n\\nReview: I had hoped this would be a video review, but alas, not are our gray squirrels apparently too smart, another Havahart product previously applied <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Havahart-Critter-Ridder-3145-Animal-Repellent-Ready-to-Use-Spray-32-Ounce/dp/B000HHM5T0/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Havahart Critter Ridder 3145 Animal Repellent, Ready-to-Use Spray, 32-Ounce</a> seems to still be working quite well. Or, my choice of peanut bitter for bait was not to their liking. Not to mention, there are so many of the little buggers about that trapping one would be for research purposes only (and OK, maybe payback for the torment they have given my cats); releasing one into \\\"the wild\\\" around here would be not only pointless and scary (they're fierce), but contrary to County ordinance.\\n\\nThe trap is about the right size for the smaller models of rodent, and would probably also do nicely with some of the mega-rats I have encountered, but they are relatively uncommon. Other sizes are available with attendant scariness at the prospect of bagging a larger prey.\\n\\nNevertheless, I have examined and closely tested this device, it is superbly crafted and at a really reasonable price. The trap doors can be opened at either or both ends by simply looping the draw cable for one over a conveniently placed hook, a large and easy to use handle then draws both doors open with a very light effort.\\n\\nIt is also sprung with a light effort, I measured it about 3 ounces, but it is more the rattling movement of the target that helps set it off with very little fuss. I noticed if it is tipped very far to one side or the other it is even more sensitive, but I can't see this affecting operation.\\n\\nI am not sure how you and your local animal control fell about the \\\"release\\\" part of a live trap, but if it is not a problem I could scarcely imagine a better built and more reliable trap than the Havahart.\",\n \"Product: Smith Performance Sprayers are built to work as hard as you do. They are durable, professional products with an emphasis on chemical resistance and built to withstand the most demanding work conditions. The 190450 2-Gallon Industrial and Contractor Series Acetone Compression Sprayer is for acetone based products only. Any other chemical bases may cause issues with seals, gaskets, and plastics on this sprayer, resulting in undesirable performance. Sprayer has an 18-inch brass wand and non-drip shut-off with an enclosed cable that runs the length of the wand - this prevents excess chemicals from dripping where it is unwanted. Sprayer features EPDM seals, gaskets, and even the hose. Acetone can cause common seals and hoses to swell, rendering the sprayer useless. The pressure release valve not only prevents over compression, but it also helps prevent chemicals dispersing from tank onto the user prior to opening. Includes a #8 brass conical nozzle specifically for acetone applications. Also accepts TeeJet nozzles. Clean with water or acetone, remove liquid from wand and hose, and remove pump after cleaning to ensure adequate drying.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: More than a sprayer, its a beaut. But about that manual...\\n\\nReview: With acetone becoming an endangered solvent- or outright banned here in California- it makes me sad that they emblazoned the side of the tank with that word, it just reminds me of the days when I could just run down to Sunnyvale and pick up a 55 gallon drum of trichlorethylene. Not to mention MEK or even real Berrymans.\\n\\nBut enough. My property was until recently littered with seasonal sprayers- Home Depot $9.99 models which despite proper maintenance and care can become relatively unusable after a few years. Spare parts? Forget it. I recently got one for my hardwood floors, and despite attention to cleaning, its already in the heap.\\n\\nSurpassing event he finest Hudson sprayers I have used, the is built of the highest quality materials I have seen in a sprayer- brass and stainless and almost no plastic.\\n\\nThe nozzle is solid brass, and instead of the valve being in the handle as with all the typical sprayers, this one seats a brass plug against a Teflon washer between the threaded end of the wand and the nozzle. I was somewhat stymied by the order of assembly, the illustration in the manual is extremely tiny, and applies to several other models as well, and very difficult to discern what was really going on. As it turns out, the correct valve seal was not included in the package. A quick call to Customer Service and I had the part in 3 days, including a much more detailed drawing, (which, when I post it you will also see illustrates that the wand must be attached to the hose with Teflon tape) assembling them immediately became a doh moment and I was on my way. I may have heard wrong, but it may be that this model usually ships assembled and mine was not.\\n\\nThe Amazon product page shows two nozzles which are presumably included, but not in the kit I received- I am not sure what is actually correct, you may wish to check before purchasing. It throws a cone shape, while for most purposes I tend to prefer a flat pattern. But, all parts are available instantly from the manufacturer, again, thanks to their excellent customer service and tech support staff.\\n\\nThe one thing I don't like about the valve being in the nozzle end means the tank has to be depressurized before any adjustments to the nozzle may be made, or even a nozzle change performed. Its a relatively small price to pay for the quality of this valve arrangement, just a new procedure for me.\\n\\nThe pump takes few strokes to well pressurize the tank, so its a fair trade. It seals well against the tank, and I quickly got used to the additional capacity. A built-in drip tray serves as a base for the unit, you can clip the wand into a hook on the side of the tank then tuck the tip into its own drip pan, although properly assembled there has been very little dripping.\\n\\nA bit bulkier (and pricier) than the average DIYer may be used to, but the quality and performance certainly blow everything else away.\",\n \"Product: Top your cat's kibble with raw. Instinct Raw Boost Mixers Farm Raised Rabbit Recipe is the easiest way to put more of the pure, real nutrition of raw into every bowl.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The Tigers Have Spoken (Again)\\n\\nReview: <div id=\\\"video-block-R3QC85JSF0MUOZ\\\" class=\\\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\\\"></div><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/C17A8E88qWS.mp4\\\" class=\\\"video-url\\\"><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81CUmm7iakS.png\\\" class=\\\"video-slate-img-url\\\"> And I do mean with enthusiasm. OK, so they are actually a Bengal/Ocicat mix known as Cheetohs, even as such still have fairly particular dietary needs and tastes. \\\"Nature's Variety\\\" has been on the approved list for them since they were kittehs, and they love most of the varieties. And better yet, so does their fussy digestion. Even though they love almost anything in that \\\"special\\\" pouch, you can see for yourself they are now fans for life. There are enough healthy ingredients here that I should consider adding it to my diet, but I still have a small scar from the last time I tried that.\\n\\nPricey- around $3.50/oz but packed with good stuff and already such a hit with the crew, it will be hard to dole this out in the relatively small portions dictated by the budget. And at the mfr. suggested 24 1/8-cup serving per meal for the mid-sized cat, it adds up fast.\\n\\nLeon was a little reluctant to embrace the treats, but he came around in a very short while. (At about $3.50 an ounce, maybe he thought he'd end up footing the bill) But if your tigers do not immediately try to help you open the package with great enthusiasm, I am sure they will soon as well.\",\n \"Product: An Amazon Brand.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: \\\"Medium\\\", according to my experts.\\n\\nReview: <div id=\\\"video-block-R105M7GJXNXJRG\\\" class=\\\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\\\"></div><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/D1RFT4oTjXS.mp4\\\" class=\\\"video-url\\\"><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81w6IJBbP1S.png\\\" class=\\\"video-slate-img-url\\\"> To cut to the chase, this is truly a basic cat tree, decently made and durable - at least now- with an acceptable price point compared to some. If you don't more or less over-tighten all the components, it is a trifle shaky, but the angles of the platforms suggest it was meant to be placed in a corner; it benefits from the added support. I have rarely seen anyone place one this large as a freestanding unit, but that's just my experience.\\n\\nSo: as seen here, it can be easily put into service if the first thing you do is discard the instructions and follow these steps.\\n\\n1. Lay all parts in neat order and arrange by size\\n2. Call in professional QA inspector\\n3. Assemble with one-possible way self evident hardware and position\\n4. Call in professional for final QA inspection\\n\\nThese are really all the instructions one needs, the ones included with the post were hampered by too many languages and an over complication of steps required- essentially, looking at a photo of the final product would probably have sufficed.\\n\\nIf you ignore the leaflet and just arrange the posts by matching size and fastener type, youll have it together in much less time than I did, but after all, a thorough review looks at all aspects of a product, including the assembly. I found having each step listed in all the usual languages- in order, rather than on a separate page- just slowed things down even more.\\n\\nAnyway, it is really a no-brainer, despite our models seeming incompetence and bewilderment as shown in the video.\\n\\nIt was a little smaller than I expected or would have preferred, but it came to me with no specs, and although it is listed as large, I would say compared to some of the perches I have seen its a long way from that, measuring 48 high and has a 16 sq. base; the top piece has a 12 ID.\\n\\nBy comparison, another condo I have is 54 tall with a 22 base, this is still not as big as they come.) But, it does mean it can tuck into a more inconspicuous corner and let your felines perch in privacy as they so desire.\\n\\nI was a little concerned about the smallness of the crown, considering the 15 pound Leon who (as seen in the last seconds of the video), seems to have claimed it for himself. Or at least was making a statement of some kind to his littler sister, for whom the size is much more appropriate. (I think shell re-take it after he gets bored) but as you can see, he seems to have made it work for him.\\n\\nIn any case, given the price and ease of assembly, and probably the ability to please most normal sized cats, this is a nice, but unexceptionally Basic Amazon product.\\n\\n*(the cd unintentionally caught playing in the background is Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 with Mais Que Nada <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Mais-Que-Nada/dp/B000W1TL48/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Mais Que Nada</a> )\",\n \"Product: Wayne 15902-WYN1 float type air volume control. Type wj for deep well. Maintains proper relation of volume of air and quantity of water in the pressure tank. Body threaded for 11/4\\\" tank connection. 1/4\\\" tap for pressure gauge.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: What can you do?\\n\\nReview: It's hard to rank what is simply an essential part of one's water supply system, it either works or not. Unfortunately, this is the second one I have installed in a few years, and it seems to fail for the same reason- the Schrader valve begins to leak. The manufacturer lists that part as \\\"unavailable\\\", indicating to me that as it is about the only easily changeable part, and since it's the one that is prone to failure (due to dirt, hard water, etc) this is not an accident. When it arrived I installed the new float assembly, removed the brass valve from the old one and cleaned it up, now I have a spare for next time. I think with a bit of research it could be found through another supplier, but this was an urgent fix that worked, and also provided an easier, less expensive plan for next time. If you're on a well with an old non-bladder tank, it's very useful to have one of these around.\",\n \"Product: This 14 Function Micro tool has an all stainless steel construction and features spring loaded pliers and titanium handles for long life.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Three stars, with a grudge.\\n\\nReview: I received a similar one of these from a client awhile ago, it was the higher model up, the one with the flashlight. It was a knockoff of a knockoff, and while unlabeled and rather cheap in nature, served OK in an emergency. I generally found the flashlight to be the most useful tool of all.\\n\\nAlong comes the KR version, which I thought would be one step closer to the Leatherman tool by which it was .. \\\"inspired\\\", thereby a little higher in quality.\\n\\nNot entirely so- even though it is brave enough to sport a brand, it is essentially identical to the little freebie I was given. Only slightly worse in that it has no flashlight- that's still the next model up.\\n\\nThere are too many tools crammed into the handle to easily extract one,. Unlike that other one, the knife blade is relatively sharp, but 1.5\\\" long. Likewise the little sawblade.. \\\"oh look, a tiny little log I must cut!\\\" The screwdriver blades are too small for large screws, and too large for small ones. About the only tool aboard of any worth are the pliers, which was the original coolest part of the Leatherman, so I guess they were obligated to get that right.\\n\\nI was beginning to suspect: all in all, if you want a tool like this and plan to use it, stick to the Swiss Army Knife rule: don't settle for anything but the original.\\n\\nOn the other hand, if you want a handy device to toss in the glove compartment that is better than nothing for rudimentary work and may be able to get you out jam now and again and do not care to spend enough for the best, here's you item.\\n\\nBut most recently, I experienced an event that makes me gives a grudging nod: I was unexpectedly sent into the field to install 3 computer monitors. I had not brought my usual tools, but of course what is involved in setting up a monitor? You unbox it and plug it in. Worst could happen; the VGA plug is stuck. So I threw the KR in my truck and off I went.\\n\\nAs it happens, the monitors were all to be installed on desk-mounted arms. 4 Loc-tited Philips head screws each. Mentally eating my words, I grabbed the KR and, while not too easily, removed the screws and reinstalled. Unfortunately, on the third and final one, two would not budge. I know if I persisted I would either strip the heads or collapse the tool onto my hand, neither very professional. Luckily an employee who seemed like he might be familiar with tools wandered through the office, and was kind enough to loan me a \\\"real\\\" screwdriver. When I was packing up I noticed one of the screws holding the case together had backed out nearly halfway.\\n\\nLessons learned:\\n1. never, ever assume you will not need tools. (I knew this one)\\n2. Even so, always have at least two back-ups. The KR is perfect for this. And as reviewed earlier with almost as much contempt, I must include the KR \\\"Auto-Loading Screwdriver.\\\"\",\n \"Product: The large touch-screen display with backlight makes this 7-day thermostat easy to program and easy to use.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Smart Homes may be coming but I am not signing on.\\n\\nReview: At least, not all at once.\\n\\nWhen my 20 YO Honeywell, at the time of purchase about as state of the art as this one, finally blew up after a control transformer failure, I put in a cheap temp while I shopped and settled on this one.\\n\\nWhile I have been curious about the Nest and other Smart therms, its not something I really want to buy into right now. As Honeywell makes this model with a WiFi capability (home network and outside access)- for about $50 more- I settled on the old fashioned one, and love it.\\n\\nInstallation was little different from the dozens of others I installed, and both the QS guide and full instructions are simple but through and easy to follow. As usual, I download them form Honeywell to save as a PDF for the inevitable first time I need it and forgot where it went.\\n\\nWhen installing, more care should be given to securing the base plate as well as you can- the main body is removable, but the fit is a circuit board and not pins, and must be correctly aligned and firmly pushed in, or pulled out. Most I have used pivot first before pulling, I do not advise that here. As you might expect, the battery is not only for backup in the event of power loss, but also lets you program it - off the wall. So to speak. Very convenient, especially during the relatively brief learning curve.\\n\\nI printed a copy of the manual large enough to read without glasses and actually read it first. Its not complicated, easier to use than, say, my least favorite Intermatic outlet timer. And it does everything you could need, and it does it in a way that makes sense, is easy to learn, and in fact does it about the only way that could be called intuitive with so many features.\\n\\nIt simply steps through each stop on the way to an HVAC units average day, on this model you may select days by checking them off a list instead of settling for the typical presets like All, Weekend and Weekday. This is really handy as my wife and I keep different schedules than M-F 9 to 5. It also comes with an average schedule loaded if you really don't care.\\n\\nAdvanced features are accessed by entering the maintenance mode and then scrolling through a list of functions which is all-encompassing for almost any scenario of usage, fan control, duty cycle, heat pump, type of hear, changeover, even DST is optional.\\n\\nThe fully backlit panel is a must, I always kept a Maglite atop the other one with its regulation 90s era dim LCD- now a swipe or tap on the panel and you get the news. Id like it if it stayed on a few seconds longer; it probably can but I haven't found the code.\\n\\nFor me it was a little hard to conceive of choosing an AM heat setpoint when I installed it,, seeing as it was 103 at the time- but in the end, it makes more sense than doing a heat routine first then a cool. Or maybe not, for you.\\n\\nBut thats all. Even the seasonal switch from heat to A/C is auto, and it even has a filter reminder, which is about the only feature I have not yet found to work. Well, its probably working, but is too subtle, like just a message that I am probably ignoring since this is truly a set-and-forget unit. Which is actually totally OK- I have to get into the attic for one filter, and up a 12 foot latter for the other two, so unless someone realizes this and designed it to stop the unit from working when the filter change time is reached, I will just continue do it when theres no choice. Bad, bad bad.\\n\\nAs another reviewer pointed out, there is an audible \\\"click\\\" when it activates, but I like this, they probably didn't have to but it suggests a durable enough relay and helps a lot when you are manually operating it.\\n\\nIf you do have questions, Honeywell can be touchy about their service center calls, sometimes the first person you get is all you need helpful and thorough. Sometimes they won't answer the phone. (When that happens, I just call the professional line, since I am, but rarely have to resort to it. I once found the help then to be almost TOO thorough, I was asked to do tests I really wasn't that day prepared for but were thoughtful anyway.)\\n\\nAnother time, on my 20 YO model, I asked about why the stat came on hours before it was programmed, it was one of the first versions of the Smart feature and not well documented, if at all. Their tech gave me the secret only because of where I was working at the time (I swear thats what he said!) and it turned out there was an unmarked and unidentified screw with a square head that could be in or out to change modes.\\n\\nNow, it;s no secret and its controlled easily from the list of advanced features. So when I was asked why it wasn't warm at the programmed time- a logical question for the unaware- I activated the feature after a week when, though set for an hour earlier, by 7:30AM it was still about 66 in the house. Then it a storm came and lingered, so the overnight temps were higher. Until one morning when I was awakened both by the click of the on relay closing, and then later by the unmistakable feel of forced air. At 5:45AM. I have touchy sinuses and forced heat always is noticeable. But I was distressed to think that even though it may have still been learning, the house would indeed be a toasty 72 at the preset time (7:30) it would have to kick on way, way early to do it. With propane at $3.00 a gallon, well, you get the idea.\\n\\nAbout my only negative impression so far was not even noticeable until I attempted to make a little video of the device- the backlight only remains on for about eight seconds- actually perfectly adequate if you are just bumping the temp, but trying to remember the order of steps, keep the camera dialed in, narrating and not destroying the existing program, it could be considered a shortcoming- and if anyone in CS is listening, is that a hidden \\\"advanced\\\" option?\",\n \"Product: The Autoloader by KR tools eliminates the need for multiple screwdrivers by having six interchangeable steel bits built right into the handle. The classic model comes with both Phillips and flathead bits that load automatically using an exclusive pump action design. The bit tips are magnetic, making it easier to keep track of loose screws. This product also includes a 6-in-1 precision autoloader, with the same features as the classic model but with smaller bits.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Call it a \\\"3\\\"\\n\\nReview: What is it with the American fascination with \\\"automatic\\\"? From dishwashers to transmissions to firearms, \\\"manual\\\" is just so....old world.\\n\\nSo how about screwdrivers? Hard to improve on the concept, but there are many products out there counting on you to not believe that.\\n\\nThis is one of them. I have no grudge against gadgets; quite the contrary. But as a life-long professional tool wielding sort of person, a device like this is close to being unnecessary. I think using one of these in front of a customer would look like, \\\"Well, I really didn't know what bit I'm gonna need, so I brought 'em all\\\". \\\"Unprofessional\\\", that's the word I was looking for. Except- and it's important to note- it could be a lifesaver stuffed into a pocket when facing the unknown- a crawlspace, a tight attic. Somehow, though, I have managed a lifetime of doing things like that without one. It is also worth noting that despite my affinity for screwdrivers, about 90% of my work involving screws will see me using a power driver of some kind.\\n\\nBut I have one of these autoloaders. Three, actually, and must share what benefits there are to be had.\\n\\nThis is a good glovebox tool. Or for me, even in the toolbag as a last resort- if nothing else, it's a great emergency driver tip holder.\\n\\nIt works quite well, the only complaint of manufacture I had when it arrived was both of the labels were curling off the handles, leading me to believe they were applied in haste, and this tool is frequently re-branded. I know I have seen it offered under a house brand name at the likes of Restoration Hardware, so that makes sense. KR tools is a fairly well-known workman-like big-box autopart store brand, but you have to look carefully to see their name here.\\n\\nIt's fun to play with, to jack the various bits around into position and then- you'll be driving a slotted screw when suddenly- \\\"hey, I need a #2 Philips! Presto! Without having to bend over and pick one up!\\\"\\n\\n On the other hand, the junior member of the set is actually quite handy, since fine screwdriver sets invariably break out of their case and scatter. Here we have 6 small tips instantly at your disposal- unfortunately, none down to an eyeglass-tightening size, but close.\\n\\nWhile it's a convenient way to have these small bits always instantly at your command, it should be noted the screws requiring such tips are frequently located at the bottom of the well in a plastic case- the driver's \\\" shank is far to thick to reach screws that are recessed more than the length of the tip, generally \\\"\\n\\nThe primate in me almost immediately found the two lock tabs that allow the mechanism to come apart, the handle pulls out the rear, the magazine falls out, the spring detent will pop out and all the bits will fall to the floor and roll away. It's not difficult to reassemble, but I suggest avoiding the need.\\n\\nOne of the more practical application of this device for someone whose spare collection of leftover screwdrivers rivals the local Sears store- I found it's an excellent way to store and use obscure bits like Allen, Robertson and Torx- all the oddballs in one place, where they are easy to spot.\\n\\nLike they used to say, \\\"an excellent stocking stuffer\\\"- five stars for a clever idea, construction and function; one star for being silly and unnecessary. Call it three.\",\n \"Product: None\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Superior model, Same concept\\n\\nReview: Not too long ago I reviewed the Porter Cable PC 250 Type 1, which I now assume was one of their first entries in the burgeoning multi-tool market. (If I am mistaken I will no doubt be immediately chastened by multi-tool fans.)Whoops! The flaming has already begun.\\n\\nThe perfect gift for the father or husband who has every other tool sold by Home Depot/Lowes/Sears/Amazon, and will probably end up not using this one either.\\n\\n(Here again the multi-tool fans can comment upon my insolence ;-)\\n\\nSo, for those belonging to that group, I'll put a summary up top so you needn't read all the way through and get a better perspective of my opinion.\\n\\nI would be as reassured if a handyman showed up to do a job carrying only a multi-tool as I would having a surgeon arrive in the OR with only a Swiss Army Knife. \\\"What? It's got a nice sharp blade. Two, even. Scissors, tweezers, a magnifying glass. Even a little saw in case there's any light amputation needed.\\\"\\n\\nAs far as these devices go, the Porter Cable is without a doubt one of the most well-designed and thought out as I have seen.\\n\\nOK: And to appease somewhat(I should hope) my insulting commenter, yes, I have been using tools for 40 years. In defense of this tool I should say that while the cutting and scraping blades are sub-par, the detail sander is exceptional. That is, as long as I can readily find media for it. The compact head design and the ability to orient it at any angle are a huge plus. I have recently been retained to construct 12 speaker cabinets, and the P-C allows really accurate sanding into places even my little Mouse won't go, along with allowing only the area in question to be abraded with minimal scoring of the adjacent areas. I did notice, however, using this function for a commercial length of time causes the unit to generate a not inconsiderable amount of heat.\\n\\nThe PCE-650 K what appear to be a largely refined version of the 250. My basic objections and dislike for these tools has been tempered somewhat (and not because of some snarky comments I received on my review of the first one), but because I actually found a few uses for it. Now, there are purpose-built tools for anything a multi-tool can do, and they usually do it better. So I see these devices as a little like a multi-function printer or a ShopSmith, which seems to tap the American need for convenience on a budget. Not as if I do not understand.\\n\\n(OK ShopSmith cultists; bring it.)\\n\\nBack to the P-C Multi-Tool:\\n\\nI do not really believe a head-to head comparison of the two makes a good review, but they have really done such a fine job of addressing the issues I had with the 250 its almost impossible not to.\\n\\nThe 650 has a redesigned body, with a lot more shock absorbing rubber grip areas, which allow the tool to better fit the hand, and operate with less fatigue.\\n\\nThe tool release has been modified somewhat, going from a rounded tip to a rectangular one. It seems to fit the two fingers much more readily and release much more easily even though the pressure required seems to be about the same to release or fit a cutter; it's just easier to hang onto and allows the pressure to be spread out a bit more..\\n\\nOh- the cutters: I found the blade for wood has a fair backset, so when making a trim it can cause scratching of the material you are cutting against. I do not think this is uncommon, but other flushcutters- i.e. the superb Bosch Finecut Bosch 1640VS Finecut 3.5 Amp Power Handsaw offer blades that produce truly fine cuts with no touch-up required.\\n\\nI tested the \\\"wood/metal bit\\\" against a piece of 1/8\\\" mild steel rod. Before I had a chance to try it at speeds other than medium-slow, it had smoked the blade and barely finished the cut. I would hope they offer a somewhat more robust metal blade.\\n\\nThe semi-circular fine-toothed blade is intriguing, the manual calls it a \\\"flush cutting blade\\\", and I believe it could be the most useable.\\n\\nThe scraper and the sander work the best, although there is no accommodation for dust control.\\n\\nThe \\\"Depth/Cutting Guide\\\" is a nice addition, useful when making blind cuts. It comes with its own Allen wrench for adjusting, unfortunately it rattles around in the case with nowhere to stow it securely, so be prepared to kiss it goodbye.\\n\\nIf you enjoy, as did I, the \\\"tool-free\\\" feature of changing cutters, you will find it way cool, but as of today, no other cutter will fit. Unless you are willing to slice out the necessary portion needed to let it slide freely over the shank. I tried it and it doesn't work all that well as the holes did not quite line up. So, while you are freed from using a tool to change cutters, but locked into buying (at least for now) only P-C blades.\\n\\nOne of the first new features I noticed was a variable speed control, which seems like a natural for this type of device. I have not yet tested it in action but did run it through all the speed settings and must comment that at the very lowest whether or not it's affected the noise level diminishes incredibly. I am not sure how this would effect performance, except that you may try all the speeds and still find full-on works the best.\\n\\nAlso added, is a depth stop adjustment. This could be handy were accurate work is required, however, were really to be required you would not be using this tool.\\n\\nBut I was most pleased to see they had completely redesigned carrying case. The 250's had a mass of plastic inserts presumably to keep the tools and accessories in an orderly fashion. Unfortunately, they were made of rather flimsy plastic and would bend or break rather than keep everything tidy. Once opened you could never get everything back inside the way they had come out. The sandpaper always ended up scrunched, and none of the cutters ever fit back in the slot from which they came.\\n\\nThe new box is much simpler. It is partitioned off in large square compartments that accommodate the cutters and sandpaper needing to fit them precisely into a predetermined slot. The old case was so jammed with plastic dividers and extrusions, it was nearly impossible to get the tool talk back in without having part of the power cable trapped by the lid. I found this new design to be much, much easier to use, and that alone is incentive to actually use it.\\n\\nAnother change the old model is the absence of a peculiar block of plastic one found attached to the power cable labeled Emtag. I didn't really know what this was for but assumed it might be some kind of ferret core device to prevent interference, but this seems highly unlikely, having never seen something like this on a power cable. The stern words \\\"do not remove\\\" would obviously frighten any casual user from ever removing it. I have noticed that slid freely up and down the power cord which does not make sense if they was a ferrite loop inside that wound around the power cable, as is commonly found in high-tech electronic devices. A very brief foray forums check this problem out delivered dozens of divergent opinions as to its real purpose. Some said it was to cut down on RF interference from nearby electronic devices. The most common concept that I saw was that simply an anti-theft device. The issue was clearly resolved when I typed in the patent number of the device and did a search for the company, clearly marked P&G HK and the model number EM 285. I instantly found a PDF of their product line. It's quite bulky and always irritated me when I did in fact used the 250. I really don't care about things on equipment that I purchased that state \\\"do not remove\\\", or \\\"no user serviceable parts inside\\\", because this is often never the case.\\n\\nThe Emtag was no exception, and as my first search results clearly indicated it was yes an antitheft device. Or as they put it in anti-pilferage device. Not just attached to the box allowing one to remove the item and then remove it from the store without being detected, they just simply stuck it on the power cord. Once I had pried off, sure enough, there was the typical RFID chip glued inside.\\n[...]Unsurprisingly, Amazon's wiser heads just chopped my link to the explanation of this device. It's still out there if you want to see for yourself.\\n\\nThe 650 has no such device so I'm suspecting they finally figured it out and buried it inside the case somewhere.\\n\\nBut I digress:\\n\\nWhile the weight of the two tools is nearly identical, the 750 feels a lot lighter- possibly due to the new design.\\n\\nThe assortment of cutters and sanding attachments included is virtually identical to the 250, however, one of my favorite mystery cutters has been left out. This would be the silver-painted semi circle, with what seems to be carbide chunks embedded around the forward cutting edge. I never tried it out on any material and since the owners manual has long been missing, I really don't know what it was for. Cutting glass? Masonry? I will never know. But, wiser minds at Porter Cable decided to leave it out, so I suppose it's really no big loss.\\n\\nTo wrap it up, I would say if you really do want a multi-purpose tool, this new and improved version may be the one for you. Porter Cable always makes a fine product, even if it is something that should've never been invented in the first place.\",\n \"Product: The Eureka Flip heater is the perfect solution for any room needing that little extra warmth. The heater can operate at 750 W to 1500 W. This heater is bathroom certified. It is called the Flip heater because it can be placed on the floor or desktop b.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Versatile, attractive, yet unexceptional\\n\\nReview: \\\"Heat Storm\\\" is a fairly optimistic name, I'd be more inclined to go with \\\"Warm Breeze\\\" which while perhaps more accurate just isn't as impressive. I have tried this unit in a variety of locations for which I have had difficulty finding the perfect heater, I thought with the slim design it could boldly go where no heater has gone before, but so far the only reasonable location seems to be, as advertised, a room heater. And probably mainly small rooms without windows. And with the door closed.\\n\\nIn a test in my likewise described pantry, roughly 5 X 15', the Eureka did a decent job of bringing up the temp a few degrees in ten minutes or so.\\n\\nIt also filled the pantry with a distinct aroma of while not exactly melting plastic, then plastic that is probably at the edge of its flashpoint. I let it run in the pantry awhile after noticing this, and had hoped - I still do- that it was due to the newness of the unit that the aroma persists.\\n\\nHaving enough spare room heaters, I'd wanted to give this a home under my desk, while the one I have been using for years works great, it is a little on the large side and noisy. But I found despite or because of) the case slimness, the Eureka's heat pattern is too broad to make it work very well in close quarters. Seems it would indeed be best left to hang on a wall somewhere or moved into a room that needs a little boost heat.\\n\\nThe heater has very clean design, with that European tankless water-heater chic going for it. Sub-named the Flip, this refers to your choice of useage- as a floor model with the outlet 12\\\" and face angled slightly upward, or rotated 180 for wall mounting at a more user-friendly height of your choice. (Although, if you do, the \\\"Eureka\\\" name badge is inverted. I don't know about you, but this would bug me.)\\n\\nControls are as basic as it gets, a dial for temp setting, and one for the fan. The latter is a bit too basic, it offers only the choice of off, fan only at either the 750 to 1500 (measured 780-1400) watt settings. I find a blower with two fan speeds to be an indispensable feature, we don't get that with this one.\\n\\nThe construction, to be polite, would have to be called durable and resilient, which is a nice way to describe plastic that is soft and cheesy. But at the same time, it seems of a simple enough construction that suggests durability, and has so far survived some rather rough handling. But while able to remain resilient, (bounce, not shatter) that's not necessarily a good thing if there is any mechanical interaction required, which we have with either the wall bracket for semi-permanent mounting, the tiny retractable foot for floor placement or the inlet filter cover. Basically, it just feels cheap and wobbly, but I would almost prefer this to over engineered and brittle, I have seen many portable heaters that don't do well with gravity end up in the junk pile.\\n\\nThere is no tip-over shutoff sensor as I have seen in every other fan portable, but a small amber light in the side seam near the top (or bottom) alerts one to an overheat situation, most likely caused by a blocked inlet opening. Said inlet is in the rear, it uses a 6\\\" radial fan with a small screen for a filter that is easily removable for cleaning, which is a good thing to remember f you plan to hang it on the wall.\\n\\nIt comes with a decent instruction manual and a full-size template as well as all the hardware needed for removable wall mounting, although here the 5 foot long cord would be a challenge to dress out cleanly, especially with the bathroom-esque bulky GFI plug at the end.\\n\\nBut I feel with the ever-present chance need for a spare heater and the relatively compact and trim size for easier storage, this will be a handy unit to keep around. Now, about that aroma..\",\n \"Product: Cetol SRD - This Exterior Alkyd (Oil) product is a one coat, non-film forming, translucent wood finish which will not only protect, but beautify your wood. Cetol SRD features a one coat application, easy maintenance, UV protection, and is water repellent. This translucent finish comes in a variety of colors that can be used on siding, roofs, shakes, shingles, fences, and logs. This product is also great for low, or poorly vented decks as well as docks, that require special attention due to the damaging effects of moisture from above and below. Coverage for this product ranges from 200-400 square feet per gallon depending on how dry the wood is.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: So Far, So Good\\n\\nReview: NOTE: New Update 10-22-08 below!\\n\\nThe product I used was Sikkens 085 SRD-250 Teak, but since that color was not listed at Amazon I thought I would leave comments here anyway, there seems to be a dearth of user reports about this product line. Consumer Reports gives it a \\\"very good\\\" to average but no comments of experience.\\n\\nI read a lot about deck finishes before choosing this brand on the recommendation of a neighbor -who also happens to run the local paint store, so I had good reason to trust him. At $40.00 a gallon retail, I wanted to be sure. I had read for every ten bucks you spend on a finish you get a year of service, which seems like a strange way to estimate the life, but we'll see.\\n\\nI went overboard in prepping the first quarter of a 1200+ sq. ft. project. I used a chlorinated Olympia stripper which exceeded my expectation by not only totally dissolving the finish I put on 10 years ago, but also down to whatever was on there originally, about 16 years worth. Pressure washing with each application, then rising and squeegee.\\n\\nThen again for the residue, and then against better judgment, I sanded. This area had been subjected to a lot of abuse (firewood storage)and has a lot of rough spots. Using mostly random orbitals, it actually didn't take as long or as much effort as I feared, and I have to say the results were encouraging. Some of the porch steps were revealed as virgin heartwood in perfect condition.\\n\\nThe product was much thicker than any \\\"stain\\\" I had ever used, almost like corn syrup. Or, for that matter, paint. Was a little challenging to get the hang with an inexpensive plastic pad applicator, which failed several times in the process. It was almost like spreading frosting on a cake with a disposable knife- but it was also my first time using a paint pad. I have a few alternatives ready for Part Two...\\n\\nThe Sikkens took effort to spread, and though I tried to back brush, I was still left with quite a few pad marks. At first I thought it was far darker than I wanted, but after drying, and in bright sunlight it looked great. It appears to be a durable finish that is easy to sweep and very water repellent. Since this was just the first section, mostly for a test, I will have to see how the next section goes.\\n\\nI masked the base of the walls, and a good thing as I found this product is exceptionally difficult to remove when dry, a bitch for clean-up but pretty desirable in an outdoor coating, after all. I am not sure what works best, but after thinner, mineral spirits, naptha, acetone and MEK all failed, I guess I am gonna do a little touch-up.\\n\\nMy first conclusion is that this seems to be a very serious wood coating- if you're expecting lasting results with minimum effort; forget it.\\n\\nIf you treat your deck almost as furniture and follow or exceed instructions, you will be well pleased with the results.\\n\\nMore to come..\\n\\nPART TWO:\\n\\nDespite being interrupted by those pesky California wildfires, I was able to get the second section completed, and I found little difference. Even with extreme care, every movement of the pad showed. I know this will fade in time, but it's irritating at the moment. I also chose this section to test the \\\"Wagner DeckMate\\\" applicator thing, apart from generating another fun review it was a total waste of time.\\n\\nI removed the porch steps and did them on the bench, though so damaged they were slated for the kindling bin, after I found out how hard and expensive it is to find 2X12\\\" smooth heartwood these days, I invested some time in repair and the results were great. After prep, one pass with the pad for the risers, and two for the treads was all it took. Perspiration running off my brow beaded up on the wood even as it was drying.\\n\\nOn to Part Three. Weather and authorities permitting.\\n\\nSuch as they are: not only were the steps in pretty rough shape, the stringers were nearly powder, and the outside supporting beams riddled with rot. Obviously, this slowed progress immeasurably. And of course, the railings and balustrade had to come off and be repainted- a totally different story- AND rebuilding the lower 9 inches of an eight-foot column..\\n\\nThe relevance to the product here is pretty simple- I thought I would use the big sprayer on the railings etc., and while pretty well masked, there was a lot of overspray. I had to resort MEK and the very abusive Berrymans Chemtool to get it off, and while it dissolved the paint instantly, it left the Sikkens covered areas of the deck untouched.\\n\\nI was amazed, and further applications on some loose trim pieces, applied with a cloth like any other stain, gave excellent results. I am really impressed with this product beyond expectations. And hoping to finish the other 50% of the project this year!\\n\\n10-28-08 The Epic Continues.\\n\\nCircumstance does not allow the project to continue until next spring, but at this point it might be best to pause.\\n\\nAbout a month after this last entry was posted, and the deck was cured and in use, I noticed a few gouges in spots that looked as if I missed them. Since I went over every inch three times, this was not possible. I guessed maybe a deer had become frightened on the deck and stomped a few hoofprints in. But to my surprise, I began to see more and more damage- from what was now certain to be small nibbles, to a 2\\\" crate under excavation, to 5\\\" long strips being pulled off the edges. Under attack! I was bewildered and wrote to Sikkens to describe the problem and see if they had any ideas. I did not seek to blame them or hold them responsible, I was just curious.\\n\\nTheir response, though timely, was a terse one line email that read, \\\"there is nothing in our product that will attract pests\\\" and that was the end.\\n\\nFor them, at least, I proceeded to write another message with photos of the damage and said, \\\"You mean, 'there is nothing in our product *that we are aware* attracts pests'\\\". Not surprisingly, they never replied.\\n\\nI proceeded to cover the damaged areas with blue painter's masking tape to see if there was a pattern. It slowed the invisible enemy down, but I still saw new damage. In some of the scars I could finally see teeth marks, and that narrowed it down to raccoon, skunk, mice or squirrel. I set traps, one was sprung and empty, three were gone altogether. This eliminated mice.\\n\\nWell, without going into it a whole lot more right now, I finally observed suspicious squirrel activity in the area of one of the biggest pockmarks. I have no idea why they now are attacking, the finish is well dried. I can't figure out a pattern or motive, and there are far too many up here to try to get rid of them. I used to enjoy their presence, too. I have heard a pepper solution may work, but that's not a nice thing to do to this wonderful finish. Maybe I should blend some capsaicin powder in when I do the rest!\",\n \"Product: INCREDIBLE ADHESIVE - When fully cured Bondic is 100 percent waterproof and is also heat-resistant. Dries clear and can be sanded or painted after it is hardened. Non toxic UV LIGHT ACTIVATED - The incorporated LED UV light has an easy press button and when the liquid is exposed to the UV light it cures in seconds to a permanent bond BONDIC IS NOT A GLUE - The formula stays liquid until it is hardened by UV light which means there is no chance of drying up in the container BOND, BUILD, FIX AND FILL - plastic, wood, metal, PVC, steel, rubber, wiring, ceramic, figurines, vinyl, Kevlar, polypropylene, leather and so much more COMPLETE STARTER KIT - Includes everything needed to start fixing: applicator, LED UV light, TWO 4 gram tubes of LED curing liquid\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: \\\"Would that it were..\\\"\\n\\nReview: <div id=\\\"video-block-R38G2I7LRXADWS\\\" class=\\\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\\\"></div><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/D1YyqHzcQYS.mp4\\\" class=\\\"video-url\\\"><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91-P9tQAdfS.png\\\" class=\\\"video-slate-img-url\\\"> Real plastic welding, that is.\\n\\nStraight off the top: magical thinking. I purchased Bondic to try to save time and effort to seal a fuel tank which I had repaired years ago after trying every adhesive available and seeing them all fail. I was pretty sure Bondic would too, but no one had covered it in any depth as far as a range of materials go. It was that type of flexible thermolplastic or PVC which I was fairly certain would resist any technique other than true plastic welding (using a scrap of base material as a filler), which is time consuming and difficult.\\n\\nI decided to do a video in case a prospective customer wanted to see for him (or her)self without my usual TL/DR written review, but felt the whole story might be interesting as well. In short, I wanted to provide the review I would like to have read before I tried Bondic, and offer other thoughts on the product and its other uses. (I have also discovered, as may you, that reading the reviews here is a great way to learn applications in which Bondic will be more successful And, after completing this review, I thought I might add applications for Bondic that are worthy of note; hang in and later you may see a few surprises.)\\n\\nSo: No, it didn't work for me. And yes, I admit to being disappointed, it's such a cool idea.\\n\\nBut, you have to understand the concept here- Bondic is not an adhesive, or despite claims, provide \\\"welding\\\", it's more like caulk. Or perhaps more accurately, a surface-only patching compound, since the liquid has no adhesive properties until it can be cured by the included UV LED.\\n\\nWhich is good and bad; good in that you won't stick your fingers together or make a permanent mess, but bad because none all but the most perfect of situations can be repaired with any greater results than can be resolved by a traditional product- especially if it's a surface chip or a butt joint. I just tried it on a saucer, and realizing the UV light could not possibly be used to cure the majority of the fluid, I just \\\"burned\\\" the squeeze-out and so far it seems to be an OK, if simply cosmetic repair,\\n\\nIt is always my hope that I will discover the miracle adhesive that bonds that previously un-bondable material- usually a slippery plastic that defies cyanoacrylate or anything at all. When I saw Bondic I was momentarily excited, but as I learned more, age and cynicism kicked in and I realized that while offering the new (to me) technique of UV curing, the fact that Bondic is marketed as \\\"not glue, but actual welding\\\" really increased my suspicions.\\n\\nI am a welder, and believing in a more realistic definition of what can really be called welding, realized at once there is little about Bondic that could be considered true welding.\\n\\nA former associate used to refer to the technique used by non-skilled people operating welding equipment which consisted of building up layers of filler material in the hopes some of it would adhere and join the metal as \\\"blobularization\\\". Or, in different words, a cold solder, which is essentially what Bondic offers for a majority of situations. Don't get me wrong; it holds things together, but it's not usually as attractive or as strong as the correct process may be.\\n\\nThe manufacturer is not deceptive about it although a tiny bit vague. The instructions and ad copy describe the Bondic process truthfully, but you just should realize it is not welding. One definition says welding is: \\\"causing two parts of a base material (primarily metal) to become molten under high temperature and fuse, usually with the aid of filler material.\\\"\\n\\nSo, I knew it was probably not going to work for the application I needed- re-sealing the leaking center joint of a thermoplastic fuel tank. I had already successfully heat welded the crack once, using a scrap of like material for filler, and it help up well for a few years but I though I would give this new wrinkle a try before a new crack caused a new leak.\\n\\nBefore I tried the real repair, I did a small test on a small section of the tank that was not leaking. I performed used all the prep as recommended, applied the product, cured, waited a few minutes and tested it. While it resisted light pushing and prodding, with a sharp edge under the end of the bead, not to be crude but it simply pulled off like a scab that it essentially was.\\n\\nNevertheless, I thought it might be more graphic to shoot a little video, especially for those who do not need this much info- but this time while I made the repair on the actual area. It had to be edited heavily, but be assured I followed both manufacturers' instructions (such as they are) and best procedure for both welding and any plastic repair I have ever performed.\\n\\nI applied a thin bead along the seam with Bondic, the crack seemed too small for a 3-pass method, and not only using 3 times the material, it would technically be three times more likely to fail. It flowed nicely, ran into the seam and my roughening; looked great.\\n\\nAs seen in the video, I pressurized the tank and put soap on the seam to pinpoint - and illustrate the leak.\\n\\nBut because the compound would not interact with the base material- a resilient thermoplastic- what I ended up with was blobularization. And sadly, the entire lovely bead popped right off with only a little persuasion, it appeared fuel had just been vibrating and resting on the backside was enough to seep under the bead and compromise it. At least I was able to clean it up and re-weld the seam in the original, tedious fashion, and to be fair, I applied another coat of Bondic just for a little more protection- this is the part of the machine that rests on the ground (hence the original failure) so it may well protect the seam a little longer. .\\n\\nI suspect if one were able to completely surround a crack or a hole as illustrated by Bondic's use of a copper pipe repair (gotta test that one) a measure of success could be expected, but this is usually not a convenient or realistic approach to a repair, except perhaps for temporary emergencies.\\n\\nI found several plastics that didn't need repair in the first place would accept a bead that could not be removed, but am still awaiting for the ideal test piece.\\n\\nI know this kit will be a welcome addition and a lifesaver at some point, it is unique and the ease of use offsets quite a few other limitations, but it is not the magic bullet.\\n\\nIt's an attractively designed little package, right down to the foam-lined tin storage case, the way the LED case snaps into the dispenser pen.. but that alone was a warning. Ever seen a cleverly packaged repair product that was in common use and worked really well? I haven't.\\n\\nAnd BTW, be sure you don't accidentally expose the needle-tip applicator to the LED. It pulls out and can be cleaned, as long as you have a #75 drill bit handy!\\n\\n-------------\\n\\nI recently relocated some blinds that were mounted with stout brackets into the drywall, not only did I not have any patching compound to fill the holes, even if I had I was in a really big hurry. So I happened to think of Bondic- now, here's one app you won't see advertised! But after cleaning up the surface ever so slightly, I was able to work a drop or two into each hole, cure and paint immediately. In most cases one or two passes were all it took. I was able to massage the liquid a bit to match the texture, the fill is solid and after painting, almost undetectable. I had pretty much given up on re-ordering, but stuff like this shows it might not be a bad idea to leave some around for the unexpected.\\n\\nMore from the understaffed and ill-equipped Bondic Volunteer Research Lab: I have a pair of Ray-Bans that have been repaired so many times the bottom frame of one side is almost completely missing. So much so the bottom edge of lens would sit on my nose. Fearlessly reaching once again for the remaining Bondic, I made a bead at each end of the old frame, then slowly built it up across the gap.\\n\\nIt blended and fused perfectly, and the shades are now wearable once again. The bead was of course clear plastic, so a little touch-up with a black Sharpie and I am good to go. At this point the product reminds me of its homophonic automotive world counterpart, \\\"Bondo\\\".\",\n \"Product: Automate your indoor lighting and electronics with ease using the Digital Plug-In Timer from GE. The timer, equipped with a single polarized outlet, features three preset buttons for the morning, evening and overnight, you can feel safe and secure at any time of the day. The timer's large LCD screen allows you to effortlessly view different functions and the blue LED indicators let you know what programs are active. The GE Digital Plug-In Timer also features a convenient on/off override switch and includes a battery backup that maintains settings during power outages. Works with CFL, LED and incandescent light sources. Simply set it and forget it.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: A Time for Indolence\\n\\nReview: Next time (!) someone asks you to just \\\"Go get me a timer\\\", if you return with this one there will be no questions at all, except maybe why something so incredibly basic costs about the same as a timer that could schedule a space rendezvous.\\n\\nRather than even what I thought to be the simplest of timing options, say, a few \\\"events\\\" you can at least select the start-stop time for yourself, the GE boils it down even further: at the press of one of three buttons you can schedule your appliance to come on morning, evening, or all night. That's it, take it or leave it.\\n\\nI can see how someone might have thought this was a good idea, but I also don't think it should have been taken much past that. \\\"Hey, suppose we build a timer that's so easy to use anyone be able to use it, and everyone will want one!\\\" Except for anyone who wants to actually have any control over what is essentially a control device.\\n\\nBut: in the name of flexibility, you can also choose the countdown timer feature that allows you to select a period of time until the timer switches on, 1 minute to 24 hours. It later occurred to me this might be handy if you like to have a lamp on say, while reading in bed and not be bothered by checking a clock or getting up to turn it off at naptime.\\n\\nBut even if this option, or any of the pre-set time blocks were appealing or desirable, fact is that most AC outlets as used by most common appliances that would be operated by a timer are usually to be found 13\\\" off the floor, and often blocked by furniture. Not exactly an easy reach to change on a whim. Not to mention the main display is small, not backlit, and hard to see unless you are eye to eye.\\n\\nBut what do I know? Here is a device for those challenged by the simplest of programming tasks, but it is too simple, too arbitrary and too inflexible, set and forget.\\n\\nI'd guess it is intended to be used in a situation where one wants to give the appearance of habitation- an unoccupied rental property, while you are on vacation, a business, an unused wing of the manor. All the places and all of the times intruders are known to watch for patterns.\\n\\nThe load ratings appear generous, listed as 15A 1875 W \\\"General Purpose\\\",\\n10 A 1250 Tungsten. I would say even though amply rated, you are not expected to use this on much more than a large floor lamp, a two pronged plug may well tolerate this current, but a ground lug usually seems to suggest a little more capacity.\\n\\n I imagine it would be tempting to use for a small area heater, but when using any timer for any type of electric heater, I always use the lowest number and then take it with suspicion with regard to the construction of the unit. I have fried more than one timer by believing the rating and using it as such- but now I only use the most rugged, highest amperage units I can find. You have only to see the yellow, cracked plastic or smoked socket to get the impression that to do anything else is a big mistake.\\n\\nIn all, if you can set a digital watch your skills exceed what is needed to operate this device, and it is just costly enough to make it difficult to understand into whose life this timer might fit.\",\n \"Product: The IRWIN Tools 8-in-1 ratcheting screwdriver features the most commonly used screwdriver bits in 1 convenient tool to save time and get jobs done fast. Including #1 and #2 Phillips screwdrivers, 1/4\\\" slotted screwdriver/flat head screwdriver, #2 square, T25, and 1/4\\\", 3/8\\\", and 5/16\\\" nut drivers in one multi-driver means not having to search through your tool box or drawer to find the right tool for multiple jobs. Compatible with standard double-ended power bits and insert bits, it makes lost bits easy to replace, while the 3-Zone Comfort Grip provides more control with low, high, and no-texture zones for greater torque.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Sockets on a Stick\\n\\nReview: <div id=\\\"video-block-R2SQM3WTKYL4FP\\\" class=\\\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\\\"></div><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1Zv2CA927S.mp4\\\" class=\\\"video-url\\\"><input type=\\\"hidden\\\" name=\\\"\\\" value=\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81VK-%2BvycfS.png\\\" class=\\\"video-slate-img-url\\\">Which is the core of this fine tool, it's just grouped in with the Irwin screwdriver..\\n\\nAnyway, after I opened and saw how cool this thing is I literally dropped what I was doing and raced to write a five-star review, which hardly ever happens.\\n\\nI have been a professional tool wielder for a very long time, and now that I am down to a small tool bag for most house calls, I have rarely had an unexpected need for a basic set of nut drivers while on a cold call. But when I did, there was simply nothing readily available. When I saw the Irwin I was not sure what to expect, but after evaluating a good number of all in one combo tools I expected to be disappointed. Again, And, to my surprise, I was anything but and rather impressed. The Irwin is everything it claims to be, and more. And at a great price.\\n\\nIts as simple to use as a hammer, and at 12 oz. about as heavy. (Like a Maglite, it can also double on self-defense.)\\n\\nI have used other tools like this, and when it comes time to grab one they invariably disappoint -I do not see that happening with the Irwin.\\n\\nFirst off all, as I said, its built like a hammer it is virtually impossible to use incorrectly or hard to figure out. All of the dual- ended sockets store on the central, spine-like spindle and no matter what order you stack them, they still fit into the handle. All too often I have seen the opposite be true, and you need to get them all in a precise row before itll fit back inside, although if they're out of order, the bigger size floats down onto the smaller as the fit is not as tight.\\n\\nTrue, the sockets are a bit thick-walled and not likely to be much use in a recessed well, for instance, but most of the time I can allow for that limitation. This is great when for on the fly jobs, like when you really don't remember if those flue nuts were or 5/16 and its a long way up to the roof.\\n\\nThe sockets are definitely proprietary to this particular handle, having a hex drive instead of a standard or 3/8 square, I doubt if sockets are available individually so take care to take good care- but this is such a great tool I do not see that as a problem. The finish of the sockets- despite being a flat, shot-peened finish, they are a little slippery and I would not want to change them in anything other than dry conditions. Latex gloves would surely help, but this is, of course, a situational thing.\\n\\nIn short, I loved it immediately and I have no doubt it will still be in my bag long after I am out of it.\\n\\n-----------\\n\\nFootnote: I am not sure why this review and tool seems to be grouped in with a similar but totally different product- (well, I have a good idea) but this has happened with Irwin tools before- but while most reviews here seem to be about a similar Irwin screwdriver, this regards their nut driver.\",\n \"Product: [ Lies BY Grant, Michael ( Author ) ] { Paperback } 2014\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Disapp. . . (poof!)\\n\\nReview: \\\". . .ointing\\\"\\n\\n\\\"Gone\\\" is the story of a group of kids living in a small fictional California coastal town who one afternoon witness all the adults- really, anyone over 15- suddenly vanish. What a premise! Would it not have been, at one point in many of our 'misspent yout's', a dream come true?\\n\\nA look at the \\\"introduction\\\" to this book was enlightening- I have never seen a video ad for a book that seemed more like a trailer for the undoubtedly soon-to-come series of films. Good for Mr. Grant, but I think any worthy director will be able to produce a far tighter experience than I had with the book.\\n\\nI did not immediately realize this book was a \\\"Young Adult\\\" - teen- selection. To be perfectly honest, I was relatively ignorant as to what it takes for a book to qualify as such. A little reviewing the requirements here and there lead me to understand that it is a pretty broad genre, one characteristic insists upon the main characters being teens. But the one other constant seemed to be the PG-13 requirements. No profanity or sex.\\n\\nGraphic violence, dismemberment, sociopathic thugs, mutants, drug addicts and bulimics are OK, though. And talking coyotes. Just no sex or swearing. Just like life for every 13 year old. Keep it clean, kids.\\n\\nI must say I found \\\"Gone\\\" to be quite entertaining at first, but it slowly became clear it was going to proceed at a more leisurely pace than what I had hoped would be a page-turner. As the remaining residents of \\\"Perdido Beach\\\" come to grips with their new situation and begin to form a rough new society, I began to lose interest as the bulk of writing- and I do mean bulk- was just a bit much without really telling me much in return. I never really got pulled into their world, or developed much empathy for any of the somewhat underdeveloped characters.\\n\\nI found a shift of character and locale taking place early in the book to be riveting. As the action then exchanged between the two stories I found myself intrigued once again, and especially came to wonder how the two lines would converge. And then the bad guy faction begins to get rolling, and it's clear the fur would be soon in the fire.\\n\\nEven so: I was still detached, finding the narrative too time consuming to read with an increasing desire to skim ahead and see what happens, which I rarely do. As the book nears its climax, it just never delivers the kind of payoff I would like to have seen.\\n\\nIn all fairness, I find myself invariably disappointed in this regard, and even writers like Steven King are the shining example of payoff poop-out, if you will. I know not resolving a mystery is crucial to a sequel (or five) but it is at least a tribute to the concept here that I was disappointed, at least I was somewhat engaged enough to care.\\n\\nI hoped \\\"Gone\\\" would deliver at least a little closure, a token gratification and nod to the Patient Reader. Sadly for me, it is clear any further enlightenment about this brave new world and the tiny conflict between Good and Evil will have to wait until the second story from Perdido, and I do not think I'll be back.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":46,"string":"46"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1987,"string":"1,987"}}},{"rowIdx":1988,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A3SMT15X2QVUR8"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"1.0\" for a product with description \"Phone works great! Screen has heavy scratches Body has heavy scuffs along edges. Includes aftermarket wall charger does not include sim card or anything else not listed.IMPORTANT! Please Allow 1 day processing. Orders after 5PM central time Friday will be processed Monday\". The summary of the review text is \"Worked great -- for a few weeks.\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"One star for size. It's great for my small hand. I'd lost my phone and had to get a new one, but this purchase was a bad decision on my part.\n\nIt runs hot, very hot. I found an app that shows the CPU temperature at 113. Too hot to hold very long. I assume the heat is part of the reason the battery life is minimal. Off the charger, rarely using it, the remaining battery life after three hours was only 7% and that decreased faster than any phone I've ever owned. Perhaps relating to the excessive heat is the recent development that has the screen bowing out, pulling off the phone. I don't know if it will last even one year from the time I got it."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"One star for size. It's great for my small hand. I'd lost my phone and had to get a new one, but this purchase was a bad decision on my part.\n\nIt runs hot, very hot. I found an app that shows the CPU temperature at 113. Too hot to hold very long. I assume the heat is part of the reason the battery life is minimal. Off the charger, rarely using it, the remaining battery life after three hours was only 7% and that decreased faster than any phone I've ever owned. Perhaps relating to the excessive heat is the recent development that has the screen bowing out, pulling off the phone. I don't know if it will last even one year from the time I got it."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: Zildjian's 20\" K Custom Dark Ride has excellent stick definition with a dry, full-bodied stick sound. This cymbal also features dark, warm undertones, and can produce trashy crash qualities for accents.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: My personal favorite for acoustic jazz\n\nReview: I recently purchased this cymbal after extensive searching, trying various K Custom models, and finally settling on this particular one.\n\nFirst, a few caveats when buying a K Custom - all of these cymbals are hand hammered and each has a distinct, unique personality and sound. For example, when I listened to the sound sample on Zildjian's site (paste the ASIN number, B00006AZMI, into the search box, select All Products and click GO), the sound is a bit different from the actual cymbal I received. Second, if you are seeking cymbals that are cutting or project, the K Custom series is not for you.\n\nZildjian describes this cymbal as dark and warm with trashy crash qualities. Mine roughly fits that description, but can also be airy and washy, with over- and under-tones, depending on how you play it. I've even managed to get a bit of a shimmer from it with a stick technique that uses about a third of the stick surface when riding the cymbal. Moreover, while Zildjian's sound sample did impart a 'trashy crash', the cymbal I have does not have this quality in a pronounced way. It does manage to combine articulation with a lot of sustain (I know that sounds odd, but it's true.)\n\nI said that this cymbal does not cut or project - you can literally carry on a normal conversation a foot away when riding this cymbal. The crash washes, but does not project. Horrible for rock, but perfect for acoustic jazz, and that is where this cymbal excells.","Product: Pro-Mark Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer dedicated exclusively to the design, production, and distribution of drumsticks, mallets, and percussion accessories. Questions/Comments? Call us on our Toll Free Drummer's Hotline at 877-Pro-Mark (776.6275) or e-mail us at info@promark.com.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fits between brushes and sticks\n\nReview: This specialty stick gives a brush-like sound with the added volume of a stick. It is also more responsive than brushes for cymbal work, yet produces a much lighter sound on snare work.\n\nOne interesting aspect of this \"stick\" is you can do press rolls in the same manner that was pioneered in the 1920s by such legends as Baby Dodds and perfected by Gene Krupa. On the other hand, you will not get the subtle brushwork of, say, Jeff Hamilton, who can be heard on Diana Krall's Live in Paris album (ASIN: B00006J9OT), or the amazing work of Ed Thigpen, but you will have a set of specialty sticks that will expand your range and versatility for your gigs. As a side note, for real brushwork technique get a copy of \"Ed Thigpen: The Essence Of Brushes\" ASIN B0002VEPN0.","Product: Beautiful, all-purpose ride with medium overtones.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The way Zildjian made cymbals in the past\n\nReview: This is a classic ride, designed for jazz, and is nearly identical to my circa late 60s Avedis Zildjian 22\" ride in sound.\n\nThe overtones are complex and fed by a seemingly unending sustain. This cymbal would not fit into a rock groove, but shines with traditional jazz. Listen to some of Joe Morello's work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and you'll get a good sense of what this cymbal sounds like.\n\nI've played this cymbal on sets and I'm tempted to sell my precious 22\" ride and get one of these, but the older Avedis just seems to improve with age, so I won't.\n\nAs a side note, while I dearly love this cymbal, my absolute favorite ride is the 19\" Zildjian Armand Signature Ride (ASIN B0002GFNF4). If you are considering this cymbal give the Armand Signature a look (and play) first before making a final decision.","Product: PDP hardware is designed by industry leader Drum Workshop. DW has been solving hardware problems for drummers since 1972. The 400 Series Double Pedal offers players an amazing value without breaking the bank. Exactly like the standard version, the DP402L lefty has sleek, racing-inspired pedalboards and features a single chain offset cam on each side. The 400/500 series linkage gives players a responsive feel usually found on much more expensive pedals. The 2-way beaters, built-in spurs, key-side-adjust hoop clamp, standard spring tension adjustment, steel auxiliary pedal plate and built-in drum key clip make this pedal easy to dial in to your own personal playing style.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Competes with many high-end pedals\n\nReview: When I purchased this pedal from a local music store I wasn't even looking for a double pedal set, but for a replacement for the pedal that came with my Tama Stagestar kit. During my quest for a pedal that had the feel I wanted I sat behind a Pacific drum kit that had these pedals. At first I ignored the second bass pedal and played a bit with just the right pedal and hi-hat. I liked the feel of the right pedal and was about to ask if the store had it in a single pedal configuration when I decided to see what it was like playing double. Wow - it immediately expanded my range and opened up a plethora of possibilities.\n\nThis pedal is nearly infinitely adjustable, especially cam rotation, spring tension, and beater offset. Most of the adjustments require a hex wrench, which is fairly standard for most modern single and double pedals. The left side slave pedal has a full floorplate, and the linkage rod that connects the right and left pedals will not bind at any angle I have tried. There is a slight lag on the left pedal, which is normal for any double pedal configuration, but you'll quickly compensate for that as you get used to a double pedal if you are moving from a single pedal.\n\nBefore I purchased this particular model I tried out Tama's Iron Cobra, Pearl's Powershifter and a Gilbralter Avenger. I did not like the stiffness of the Iron Cobra, but did like the Pearl and Gibraltar pedals. It finally came down to either this or the Gibralter, which was slightly smoother, but significantly more expensive. I opted for best value without sacrificing performance or quality and am thrilled with this pedal.\n\nIf you are moving from a single to double pedal configuration I strongly recommend that you give this one a serious look. More importantly, try out this pedal in a local store and compare it to other double models - selecting a bass pedal is a personal decision with many more factors than price, features and quality. It has to feel right. In addition, you will find that you will be using the double bass more than your hi-hat, which means that you will need to compensate. For that I recommend the Gibraltar hi-hat drop clutch (ASIN B0002F73YY), which will allow you to engage and disengage your hi-hat with ease. I have my hi-hats set for a slight opening in the normal closed position, but stepping on the hi-hat pedal - using the clutch - puts it in full play position. Tapping the lever on the clutch closes them again. This clutch is a perfect companion to a double bass pedal!","Product: The Classic small acoustic group stick features an nylon tip with .475\" Diameter, 16.00\" Length, and Regal Tip lacquer formula finish for non-slip grip. Regal Tip is a family operation that originated the nylon tip drumstick and has set the global standard for hand-crafted brushes and drumsticks for over 50 years.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Looking for something thinner than a 7a?\n\nReview: Before discovering this gem I was stuck with 7a sticks, which ran between .5 and .515 inches in diameter depending on which company made them. I have small hands and play lite, so was never quite satisfied with 7a sticks. This stick is 16 inches long with a .475 inch diameter, and is a perfect fit for me.\n\nI realize that many drummers use 5a sticks for rock and either 7a or 11a for jazz, but if you are in the small minority like myself, this stick will noticably improve your speed.\n\nA few other points in this stick's favor include a great nylon tip that gives superior cymbal definition, especially on hi-hats. It also is sturdy and can withstand heavier playing.\n\nOther sticks you may want to explore if you primarily use 7a are the Joe Porcaro signature stick by DRUMS IN THE WIND (lite maple with a diamond-shaped nylon tip for intricate cymbal work). This stick measures 15.75 inches long by .525 inch diameter. While thicker than most 7a sticks, this one is feather lite and will let you blaze. I also use the PROMARK 7a (15 3/8 inches long with a .5 inch diameter), and their Jazz model, which has the same diameter, but is 16 inches long - both in hickory with nylon tips. If you do consider the PROMARK sticks, avoid their LA line of sticks. These are factory seconds and are of inconsistent quality.","Product: The Regal Tip blastick plays like a stick but produces a soft and full sound. They are great for gigs when you want to play hard, but not blow through the band.Adjustable sound Rings allow you to slide the rings up and down the plastic bristles to produce different sound punctuations depending on your playing situation.Regal tip is a family operation that has set the global standard for hand-crafted brushes and drumsticks for over 50 years.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great for practice & adds range to playing\n\nReview: I purchased these as an alternative to Promark Cool Rods (ASIN B0002CZWWW). I love the Cool Rods, but wanted something a bit more 'swishy' for some acoustic pieces. This stick gave me the sound I was looking for. I also find myself using these for late night practice because they have a fairly flat sound that does not project.\n\nThe feel is natural, and although these sticks are around 5A size in diameter (I use 7A for playing), they are lightweight and fast. You can get a little rebound off your drums (not enough to do double stroke rolls), but practically zero rebound off cymbals. For playing this is a slight annoyance, but it greatly aids your practice sessions because it makes you work.\n\nMy pair has developed a slight warp on the stick I normally use for my left hand. I play traditional grip and do a lot of left hand practice exercises. This does not detract from the quality of this stick since I have used it for hundreds of hours. Indeed, considering the amount of use this pair has and the way I put it through its paces during practice, this stick will last years of normal, light playing.\n\nThe real reason to get this stick is the subtle shade of sound it can produce. It fits nicely between traditional brushes and rods, such as the Promark Cool Rods I also use.","Product: Zildjian's standard cymbal carrying bag. Features include a shoulder stap and carry handles.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Good entry level case\n\nReview: For the price you cannot beat this case, which can hold up to ten cymbals as large as 20\".\n\nIt is well constructed, sufficiently so to support the heavy weight of a bag full of cymbals, and comes with a detachable strap and built-in carrying handles.\n\nThere are a few minuses, though. First, there are no dividers, so you will need to use cloth or plastic covers for each of your cymbals to protect them. Second, there is only a single compartment, which means that your smaller splash and your hi-hat cymbals are going to get mixed in with larger ride and crash cymbals.\n\nIf you are on a budget and don't have any cymbals larger than 20\", this is a good first case that will protect your investment in cymbals if you use covers to compensate for the lack of dividers and pockets. Mine came with a Zildjian cymbal pack, but I needed a case for my 22\" Avedis ride, so purchased the Zildjian Gadd Session Cymbal Bag (ASIN B0002D0FXM). Although that bag is over twice the cost of this one, it is one you should consider if your budget permits.","Product: Drum Key with Tuning Tension Preset Dial, Non-slip Magnetized Head, and Knurled Knob\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great tuning tool - essential for good sound\n\nReview: I generally use the Rhythm Tech Memo Key (ASIN B0002E2EOE) to tune my heads, but this one is as good and has a feature I like more than the Rhythm Tech model - this tuning key clicks and disengages when the dialed-in torque is attained whereas the Rhythm Tech model requires you to reset a lever.\n\nIt is simple to use. All you do is hand tighten your lugs, set the dial on the key to an initial setting, then go around your drum in the standard opposing tightening pattern. Test, and increase the dial setting until you get the sound you want. Once you do achieve the sound I strongly recommend that you write the settings down so you can quickly dial in your preferred tuning the next time you tune your drums or change heads.\n\nA few things to consider: tuning involves more than just the batter side heads, which is especially true in the case of snare drums. Unless you are seeking a flat sound, do not tune the resonant heads to the same torque as the batter side heads, else the heads will cancel each other out because they will be vibrating at the same frequency. Also, make sure your lugs are lightly oiled so that each has uniform resistance or the torque settings will be inaccurate. Finally, if you cannot get the sound you are looking for between setting increments (i.e., between dial setting #3 and #4), use a standard key and try one eigth turn increments.\n\nRegardless of whether you play as a hobby or professionally, this key is an amazing tool that will allow you to quickly and easily change the dynamics of your drums.","Product: The Zildjian Cymbal Clock: To help you keep the time. Battery powered, 13-inch diameter.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: For the diehard Zildjian fan\n\nReview: Very few gifts you can give a drummer (or keep for yourself) have as strong a relationship to the product as this one. What better expression of what drummers do than a clock? A time keeper for the time keeper!\n\nWhat is remarkable is the clock is a genuine Zildjian cymbal - not a good one, mind you, but one just the same. I couldn't resist lightly striking it with a stick, only to be rewarded with an aweful clang.\n\nAs a cymbal it leaves a lot to be desired, but it wasn't designed to be one. It is one of the most unique conversation pieces though, and hangs in my practice room. I only wish there was a K model clock so I could really show my loyalty. Also check out the Zildjian mouse pad (ASIN B0002F5GVG) that looks just like an 8\" A-series splash cymbal!","Product: The CH70 features a mounting clamp and a short cymbal arm. Perfect for mounting splash cymbals and sound effects to an existing stand or any piece of tubular type hardware.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Add cymbals without adding expensive stands\n\nReview: I use two of these adapters on my kit to mount a 10\" Zildjian splash and 16\" crash on existing cymbal stands. They are solid and strong and can even support a 20\" cymbal (I tested this configuration, but do not normally use it for such large cymbals).\n\nThe adapters attach to either a cymbal arm, such as those normally mounted on the bass or integrated into dual tom tom brackets, or stands (straight or boom). The set screw holds the adapter securely on the host stand or arm, and the mini boom and adjustment head give a lot of flexibility in cymbal placement after it is attached.\n\nWhat I like most is the savings these provide over the cost of additional cymbal stands, and I also like the flexibility it gives me when setting up and configuring my kit. Add to those features the fact that this adapter is strong enough to hold a 20\" cymbal (I tested it with a circa 70s Avedis Zildjian cymbal, which is heavier than most of Zildjian's current 20\" models), and you have an adapter that is both strong and configurable.","Product: This retractable wire brush features a smooth rubber handle. Light and fast. 5 spread.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect for any brush work\n\nReview: I've tried this and the companion model, Vic Firth Jazz Brush ASIN B0002F53G4, and prefer this one.\n\nThe reasons I like this Heritage model is the lighter gage wires and the way the brush feels in my hand. It's lightweight, has a nice balance and produces the exact sound that I am trying for. The Jazz model I mentioned would be my second choice because it has the same balance, but the heavier gage wires do not appeal to me, especially when I do accents.\n\nChoosing the right brush is a matter of personal preference. Regardless of which brush you ultimately choose or your level of skill with them (brush work is becoming a lost art), I highly recommend getting a copy of Essence of Brushes (ASIN B0002VEPN0). This DVD is an instructional movie by Ed Thigpen (cited by both Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa as the best brush man in the world).","Product: Unique Drum key is a combination torque wrench & drum key.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This actually works - and works well\n\nReview: I purchased this key on a whim. When it arrived the instructions were not clear, but I sat the dial to #2, loosened all of the lugs on my floor tom and went around my lugs using opposing lug patterns, and tested the first cut of tuning. Too loose and deep, so I increased the setting to #3 and repeated. Almost the sound I wanted, so I used a regular key and went an eighth turn using the same pattern. Perfect. I then started on the next largest tom, working back to the smallest. Using the #3 setting plus an eighth turn I got my toms 1/2 octave apart.\n\nNext I worked on my snare drum, starting with the snare side, then the batter side. I used #4 on the batter side and #5 on the snare side, and managed to get the crisp, yet warm, sound I wanted. The bass drum came next - I set the batter side tension 1 notch below the resonant side and achieve a great tuning. From there I went back and set the resonant sides of each of my four toms one notch higher than the batter side and marveled at the perfect tuning I attained.\n\nThis is an easy device to use - with the lever facing you move it to the left, loosen all of your lugs, then tighten each starting with one or two. When the lever clicks and moves to the right position you have reached the torque setting. Test, increase a notch if necessary, and repeat until you get the sound you want. Set the resonant heads either one notch higher or lower to make sure the batter and resonant heads do not cancel each other (and to your desired sound), and you will have a perfectly tuned set.\n\nI'll never go back to tuning by ear! You'll be amazed by the results if you tune with this key, and don't forget to write down your optimum settings.","Product: Drum Tuner with Edge Gauge and Locking Bezel\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Most accurate tuning tool available\n\nReview: For initial and maintenance tuning I use both the Evans Torque Drum Key (ASIN B0002D0HZI) and the Rhythm Tech Memo Key (ASIN B0002E2EOE). Both of those devices use a torque setting to attain even tensioning around drum heads. However, for final tuning I use this dial, which uses actual head tension instead of lug torque. The head tension method is not only a more accurate indication of how well your drums are tuned, but is also more accurate when attaining a setting. Here's why - the torque type tuners can be thrown off by uneven lug resistance, even when you pre-lube the lugs. When you are measuring actual head tension you are not dependent upon the mechanical parts, such as lug screws, lug float, etc. You are measuring directly off the head.\n\nUsing this dial does consume time. First, you need to have each drum on a flat surface (you cannot tune them in place on your kit). This means that you need to do an initial tuning, lift the drum to test the sound, and repeat until you attain the sound you are seeking. Once you do, however, you can be assured that the tuning will be uniform across the drum head.\n\nThere is an edge gage built into this device that allows you to test head tension at any point on the drum's head diameter with the assurance that you are measuring precisely from the edge of the diameter. This, like the head tension itself, is important to getting the tune setting you want and makes it repeatable.\n\nAmong the more time consuming aspects of using this versus the torque type tuning tools is the fact that each drum is vastly different and will take a lot of trial and error to get them where you want them with respect to sound. For example, when tuning my toms using the torque tools I mentioned above I could use the same setting on the batter sides of each tom, and an offset setting on the resonant sides and then tweak them to get half an octave difference when going from my 8x10, 8x12, 9x12 and 14x14. It is not as easy when using the dial for the first time because the acoustic properties of each drum requires more attention to myraid details, such as a tension ratio between the batter and resonant heads on the toms, and the actual tension settings for each drum. If you work through each drum, though, you will be rewarded with a kit that is perfectly tuned. Even the cheapest drum kit will sound like a high-end kit after taking the time to tune them with this dial.\n\nSince there is a learning curve, expect to spend at least 30 minutes per drum the first time you use this, then an additional hour after you get each drum tuned tweaking the entire kit to obtain the octave separation you want. If you write down the settings for each drum the next time you do a tuning it will take a fraction of the time.\n\nDo be aware that if you change head types you will need to go through the entire process again because heads can completely change the dynamics of your kit. For example, settings for toms using Evans Hydraulic heads will probably not work well if you switch to Remo Pinstripes or Remo Fiberskyn heads because of the vastly different sound qualities of these heads when compared to one another.","Product: Gib Hi Hat drop clutch.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Essential for double bass pedal players\n\nReview: This is an ingenious clutch that engages when you step on your hi-hat pedal, but will drop to the closed position when you hit the lever on the top. This allows you to either ride closed hi-hats when using both bass pedals, yet return to normal hi-hat playing when the music calls for it.\n\nBe aware that this clutch has only two positions - open and fully closed. However, there is a way to work around this if you like partially open hi-hats in the closed position for a sizzle sound. I did a work around by placing a spring on the hi-hat stem, with metal and felt washers on the top of the spring, which gives me that opening when I drop the cymbal to closed. There was a lot of trial and error finding the right spring because each cymbal pair has a different height when mated together, and I was looking for a tiny fraction of an inch opening. Too small or low a tension a spring and stickwork chokes the sound. Too large or stiff and you will not get the sound. However, this is all personal preference, and many drummers ride a fully closed hi-hat anyway, which makes this clutch perfect out of the box.\n\nRegardless of your hi-hat style, if you are using a double bass, this is a \"must have\" accessory. Gibraltar's model is solid, heavy duty, and engages and disengages perfectly every time.","Product: Quartz metronome\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Significantly adds to drum practice\n\nReview: I don't practice without this amazingly compact and useful timekeeper. The beat range is wide - from 40 to 240 beats per minute in 4 beat increments, and the headphone jack is a nice bonus.\n\nWhat I especially like is the audio and visual modes - you can go by the clicks or a red light that blinks in time. At faster tempos, though, the light is harder to follow than the click. You can select both the click and light together, which is another great feature. Finally, you can quickly dial in your tempo, which is an improvement over many metronones that require you to use a button to increase or decrease beats - going from 126 beats per minute to 240 takes a second versus having to keep pressing a button on competing metronomes.\n\nIt's loud enough to be heard over my drum kit when I have it close, and the timing is dead on accurate.\n\nThe tuning to standard A or Bb is yet another feature that drummers will find useful with doing an initial reference tuning. It allows you to quickly get a reference tone on one drum, then tune your kit from there.\n\nSince counting is essential to good practice using this instead of depending on verbal counting when playing is a big help and has enabled me to measurable improve my grooves (I still count off in my head when playing, but now I know that I am perfectly accurate).\n\nHighly recommended!","Product: Beautiful, loud, clear bell and clean articulate \"ping\" with just the right amount of shimmering undertones.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great for R&B and jazz\n\nReview: If you've never played on a sizzle before it takes some getting used to because of the sustain. However, it is an essential sound in R&B and some jazz, especially for slower tempo using triplets.\n\nThis particular model sounds identical to my 30+ year old Avedis Zildjian 20\" - even the sustain is the same. Do not expect a lot of definition from this (or any other sizzle) because they were designed for a drawn out washy sound with slightly less than moderate definition.\n\nIf you're unsure about getting a sizzle, a great compromise is the 19\" Zildjian Armand Signature Ride (ASIN B0002GFNF4). That cymbal has a three-rivet cluster near the edge, but has higher definition and less sustain and wash. I have both the Armand and regular sizzle models, so there is a difference in tone and texture these cymbals produce.","Product: The Pearl BD10 Bass Drum Practice Pad has a universal fit for all pedals, compensates for different floors, accommodates double pedals, and provides support for the bracing. Folds for transport.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect for getting to 16th notes on single pedals\n\nReview: My motivation for purchasing this pad was the segment on single pedal exercises and technique in John Blackwell's Technique, Grooving and Showmanship DVD (ASIN B00008K9HV). If you haven't heard or watched Blackwell, he is incredibly fast on a single pedal, so his tips were important.\n\nWhat is good about this pad is it does not have the same rebound as most bass drums, making you work a bit harder during practice. It will work with single or double pedal configurations, and folds down to get out of your way when you are not using it.\n\nI practice by first spending an hour using the exercise technique Blackwell recommends, which is to sit without a pedal and do quarter notes with your right foot, heel down, and rocking your left foot so that your toe is down on 2 and 4. This exercise builds calf strength and also locks in basic timing. Next I spend an hour on this pad with a single pedal, starting with the same pedal-less exercise I just described, then working to 16th notes. Sometimes I use a muted hi-hat for my left foot. I focus on both speed and accents with this pad, and I also have a piece of heavy cloth over the strike area to dampen the small amount of rebound this pad has to make me work harder. The dampening is akin to using pillows for stick practice - when you practice without any rebound your speed dramatically improves when you get on your set and play.\n\nOf course, this pad is also an outstanding general practice tool that works well when you are using mesh heads and cymbal mutes, or a practice pad set.","Product: The Fiberskyn Diplomats have warm tones due to a poly-spun fiber single layer of 7.5 mil Mylar film. They're known for their warm full tones, resonance, and sustain. The Fiberskyn 3 Diplomat surface is excellent for sticks, mallets and brushes. F3 Diplomat heads produce a balanced spectrum of sound for snares and tom-toms. They are best known as the industry standard for Jazz and Orchestral applications.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect snare head for brush work and jazz\n\nReview: I use this head on my Pulse piccolo snare (ASIN: B0002F5IVO) and - when I am playing acoustic and jazz sets - on the Ludwig snare in my Accent kit (ASIN: B0002II86I).\n\nThe surface of this head is ideal for brush work, and also produces the crisp sound for the types of sets I play. I do not recommend this head for heavier music, especially rock, because the sound is too high and the head adds a bit of ring to the drum. However, for jazz and acoustic music the sound is near perfect and the response of the head for both stick and brush work is superb.\n\nDo be aware that tuning this head takes some time and care. This is not because of any flaws in the head itself, but because of how acoustically sensitive the head is. That said, if you play the types of music that this head is suited for, the time and effort to tune it is well spent.","Product: You’re facing a long putt for par on the 17th hole with Tiger Woods clinging to a one stroke lead. You’ve been in this position before, but that doesn’t matter now. Or does it? Whether you play it safe or go for broke, Play with Confidence in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 08. The all-new Shot Confidence feature uses factors from your previous rounds—including club selection, lie, hole, and more—to determine your confidence heading into each shot. Play with the confidence of a pro as you battle the best golfers from the PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour on the most courses ever in your quest for the coveted FedEx Cup Championship.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great broadcasting in the background.\n\nReview: This is one of the most fun games I've played on Wii. I loved the commentators constant comments on each golfer's strokes. Comments like, \"Well, that's not going anyplace,\" or \"If only he could dig his way out of this hole,\" or \"Here's one for the history books.\"\n\nPoor Tiger -- when I chose him as my avatar he ended up 30 over Par on the Pebble Beach course. There are many different courses to choose from, and it is important to listen to the comments about the courses because the commentators describe the lay of each hole.\n\nThere are many avatars -- all pro golfers -- from which to choose your avatar, and you can use one or multiple controllers. We were using one until we finally figured out how to add the other controllers so each member of the foursome could \"have their own clubs.\"\n\nIt's very educational, and I can't wait to play with my brother who is an avid golfer while I know practically zip about the sport. However, I did enjoy it as a sport -- something I never thought possible. I watched each of the shots my opponents hit, and cheered when my 9 year old pal got a hole in one.\n\nIt's a game for the whole family! 5 stars all the way. As soon as I can get my own Wii, this will be the first game I buy. If you golf or if you don't -- it will be fun, and it is also a lot of fun for the kids.\n\nBecause of this game I have a new respect for golfers, and I think I might actually watch one of the tournaments on TV.\n\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: Keep your Nintendo Wii controller & Nunchuk safe & protected with style with this Silicone Skin Case \nPersonalize each of the Wii Remote Controller & Nunchuk with different colors for every member of the family \nAdd a splash of color to your Nintendo Wii remote controller & nunchuk and provide an instant all around protection from scratches, dirt, and grease caused by everyday use (and abuse). \nNon-slip surface is great for providing better grip to enhance gaming performance. Manufactured using premium virgin silicone material. \nSmooth and washable design ensures comfort and cleanliness. Unique design allows easy access to all buttons, controls & ports without having to remove the skin. Additional colors available.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Yes, these do add benefits to the fun of the game!\n\nReview: .\nFirst: I gave a set of skins to each member of the family. The four colors mean they always know which controller and which nunchuk is theirs.\n\nSecond: If one is lost, it's easier to find by color.\n\nThird: The skins protect the more expensive controllers and are less apt to slip out of your hand.\n\nFourth: You have better control of your controller.\n\nFifth: Your grip on your controller makes it easier for you to get the higher scores and win the games.\n\nWhen I first gave the 2 extra nunchuks and 4 skins to the family, they figured they'd take them back and get another game. However, after playing with the Wii game system, they were thrilled with them.\n\nAt this price, you are getting a huge bargain.\n\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: Yamaha HTR-5730 is a full-featured entry level home theater receiver ready for stereo and home-theater surround sound. Major features include 5-channel discrete amplification (100W x 5), Tri-Field CINEMA DSP, 21 surround programs, SILENT CINEMA, and a preset remote control. It delivers high power to five channels and provides DTS and DTS Matrix 6.1 (phantom) decoding as well as Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic II decoding. Add a powered subwoofer and you've got true 5.1 surround audio reality. 1 Optical and Coaxial digital inputs Digitally-tuned AM/FM radio 40 station programmable memory presets Remote Control\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great value and sound\n\nReview: This receiver is easy to set up and configure, with a plethora of options, including setting room size, bass and treble, and various sound reproductions (jazz club, rock, sci-fi movies, etc.).\n\nI am using it with the Yamaha NS-P236 speaker package (ASIN: B0000W4U2W) that is a near-perfect match for this receiver, and am impressed with the sound quality. I have my satellite speakers ceiling mounted, and the center speaker elevated to five feet, and woofer on the floor and to the left of the receiver.\n\nThe TV is set as monitor, and is connected via coax, and the other components connected are a Sony CD carousel and Sanyo combo DVD-VCR. Each of these components sound much better through this receiver than they did when connected to an older receiver with which I upgraded to this unit.\n\nWhen I am practicing drums to CDs this receiver provides clear, pure music that seems to naturally blend with my play along. This is partly because of the high-quality of the receiver itself, and partly because of the speakers and their placement.\n\nWhen in DVD mode the sounds and separation are incredible.\n\nLike others I found the remote control to be a bit of a challenge, but once you get used to the layout and buttons it does not detract (in my opinion) from the quality of this receiver.\n\nThe set-up instructions, and the controls in the unit itself, are easy to understand and use. If you are looking for a high-quality receiver at an affordable price this is a bargain that does not cut corners with sould quality or flexibility in setting up for optimal sound in any size room.","Product: ABC Products All in One USB Multi Digital Camera / Cell Phone / Mobile Picture Memory Card Reader Writer USB 2.0 Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 and Apple Mac OS V9.2 & above, PLUG and PLAY Digital Photo Frame Transfer, Reads all Cards Except Smart Media, USB Cable Included\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Lights, magic, and answers!\n\nReview: I was surprised to find a Fuji Film 4 MB Smart Media Digital Memory Card in a desk drawer one fateful day. I did not have any clues as to what was on it and no card reader. I began the search for a reader that would work.\n\nA local store had a device that would \"work with anything,\" guaranteed. Therefore, I did not bother to keep the box after I bought it. There was no slot for this media. I then borrowed a friend's reader, but again, no luck. Yes, totally frustrated, I asked for help. (That is what I do when all else fails.)\n\nI was sent the link to this little beauty. It was not expensive, and I was ready to try anything. I bought it. I plugged it in a few minutes ago, and bingo, my system recognized it immediately. Yeah! No drivers to download.\n\nI could not figure out where to put the card though. The big drawback on this device is no documentation, and with only four slots, it is not intuitive. (That is the minus one star.) The four slots read multiple cards.\n\nI studied the Amazon picture, and I figured out which one worked. I inserted my card. LEDs lit. It worked! After opening my Paint Shop Pro v. 7.0, clicking on open file and locating which one of my peripheral devices was labeled for the device (F), I finally could see the pictures.\n\nThere it was DCIM. I opened the sub directory to find 100_FUJI and I clicked on that subdirectory. Much to my chagrin, the priceless pictures did not exist. They had all been deleted.\n\nHowever, I finally knew. It was okay that it was blank it was not on my mind now.\n\nIt is compact (two inches by three and three quarter's inches, about one-half inch high), shiny silver, with lights that let you know it is working. PWR will come on when your computer recognizes the peripheral device. Depending on what card you insert, the other lights will provide information: CF/MD, MS, SD/MMC, SM/XO/ and ACT.\n\nI am very happy with this card reader, and recommend it.\n\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: BEARPAW, Youth, Emma Youth, Charcoal/Pomberry, 5, US\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The perfect shoe in a new bluish black shade.\n\nReview: Bear Paws boots fit well. I purchased a size larger than my regular shoes to accommodate thicker socks and tucked in jeans. They are comfortable for travel and exploring. The most important aspect of shoes to me is comfort. I dislike going into shoe stores because my feet are problematic. Surgery to remove neuromas (rumors in the nerve) feel like every step is on a nail.\n\nThese are great. I purchased the shorter boot, but my granddaughter got the taller ones. They are next on my boot agenda. I now have three pair, well two until the get all the unpacking done, I find them to be extremely easy to put on and take off, classy lines. Great colors, including the newest blue black similar to the color of dark denim. One of my pairs is six or seven years old and still looks brand new.\n\nMost of all, they are comfortable!","Product: Adventure Drama\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This is an unusual, yet successful, role for Harrison Ford.\n\nReview: Reviews are only subjective.\nFord as Allie Fox is an inventor, a genius, a man too smart for the world around him. He is a mechanical engineer who takes his family to Central America in search of Utopia, as he defines it. Of course, his family does not want to leave behind civilization and all of the comforts that home brings, but no one can resist his will. Perhaps that and his abrasive irritating manner are aspects of his insanity.\nHe does not expect to find another zealot, particularly in the form of Reverend Spellgood (Andre Gregory) who has determined to bring Christianity to the natives. Fox's goal is to bring his definition of civilization. The conflict and comparison between two very strong characters is part of what makes Paul Theroux's story work\nRiver Phoenix as Charlie, the son who comes of age, and through whose eyes we see this story, is brilliant. Helen Mirrin, recently of 'Calendar Girls,' is stunning; her portrayal of a woman in love with her family, wanting to support her husband, yet protect her family is touching. John Seale's, directory of photography, work is outstanding, and reminds me of other fascinating movies brought to life by the careful use of lights, shadows, and lush, verdant scenery.\nFord's portrayal of the disintegration of a brilliant man, inventor, know-it-all, family despot is compelling, but gets lost in the slow, tedious complexities of a long journey - both mentally and the one his family travels. Yet, it has been almost twenty years since I saw the theatrical release, and I remember this film. I still think about it, wonder about motives and actions - and that is what makes this an excellent film, in my opinion.\nThis is one of the most difficult films to rate because it was overly long and somewhat wearisome, but it is also powerful. However, when actors, a story, and cinematography linger in my imagination and analysis processes since 1986, I must give it five stars. I know that some people will be bored because it is slow, but I will watch it many times to enjoy the nuances.\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Bond in love is a new twist, and it works.\n\nReview: I can always count on 007 James Bond to take me on an action packed adventure. \"The World is not Enough\" is one of the best of the series as it explores a deeper side of James Bond. This film is character driven. The actions follow the intricate plot in revealing dark, unexpected motives. The actions, explosions, threats, and character dynamics do not seem to be scripted or contrived.\nThese villains are complex and shrewd, and the seductive Elektra is capable of capturing Bond's heart. The reasons for Elektra and Rinard's actions are plausible and more human than in other Bond films. It does not necessarily make them sympathetic, but there is a great sense of loss captured in the scenes between Rinard and Elektra.\nThe action scenes are complex and should be viewed more than once to enjoy the full impact. I am a Bond fan, so I always see the movies more than three times. The character development in this film gave depth that has been missing in James Bond. He is human and does care deeply, but he will not let emotions control him. This makes Pierce Brosnan's Bond equal to Sean Connery's -- and I can think of no higher compliment.\nThe DVD features are excellent. Commentaries, interviews, and a music video that is exotic, erotic, and seductive, as any James Bond love theme should be. The band Garbage takes us on an incredible journey to a high tech world where a beautiful female android is created. Her kiss of death and the song makes it is easy to see similarities to the plot.\nSince this was released in late 1999, I am looking for another 007 movie with Pierce Brosnan soon. I do hope that Michael Apted will be the director.\nThis is a top-notch film worth watching again. I will watch the commentaries several times and definitely the music video; it is 5 stars.\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon DVD Format / English and Mandarin Audio with English and French Subtitles\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Enjoy the art, beauty, and spirituality of China.\n\nReview: It is rare when a foreign language film has the ability to grab the attention of my fifteen-year-old nephew and me, but this movie is extraordinary. We read the subtitles and did not feel like we were missing any details -- only that a world had suddenly been opened for us to view.\nSince we saw this film, we have discussed it and persuaded others to experience this enchantment. Every so often we talk about this movie and plan to see it many more times. This DVD should be shown in wide-angle format in order to see all of the majesty captured on cellulose.\nThe script creates a perfectly logical connection between fantasy and reality, logic and irrationality, and mythology and truth. This flow makes it easy to suspend disbelief and be completely entrapped within the breathtaking beauty and fierce fights of the movie.\nYun-Fat Chow is Li Mu Bai, and he displays a spiritual countenance that is the center of a true martial arts master. His life has been in service and honor toward the sword *The Green Destiny.* The complexities of his life and his choices are only a background for the intricacies of romance, tragedy, heroism, and philosophy that are woven with precise skill and art throughout this astonishing movie.\nMichelle Yeoh (Yu Shu Lien) and Zhang Ziy (Jen) become acquaintances, then friends, then sisters, and finally enemies. The transitions are created by the strong will of the young princess (Zhang) who ultimately learns the value of friendship, but at great cost. She is well trained in the ninja arts by Li Mu Bai's ancient arch nemesis. This training is significant because rivals do tend to reveal the inadequacies of their opponents while assuring their young students with victory.\nThe action scenes are stimulating and plausible though the stunts are physically impossible -- or so it seems. What is most amazing is that these impossible stunts were real! The actors did the scenes, perhaps stunt doubles for some, though I doubt it because of Ang Lee's determination for accuracy. When the warriors fly through the air, fight on the sides of building, chase across the rooftops, or fight high in the bamboo trees they did exactly that. These were not created through simulation and the magic of technology.\nAfter the scenes were filmed then the digital artists worked to remove the equipment that helped the actors complete the feats. The visions of China and the exciting ninja action captured my imagination.\nAng Lee required the actors to learning to speak Mandarin Chinese. The language accuracy may not seem important to those of us who do not speak Chinese, but it is the difference between cultures within China. I was left with the feeling that I had spent time in a sacred place.\nThroughout the film there is the artistry of the music. Segments will take you to dreamland while other sequences will cause a rush of adrenaline. It is as if you are riding on a magic carpet -- you are there.\nI purchased two DVDs -- one for me and one for my nephew -- *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* is that good.\nIt is better than five stars for the director (Ang Lee), cinematography, choreography, film editing, script, actors, action, philosophy, and emotions. This movie won Best Picture in the Foreign Language category at the Academy Awards; and it deserved the honor.","Product: year 2002\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: \"I will not leave the battle. I will not leave my men.\"\n\nReview: The power of good acting is real characters, and this film is reality. The expressions of excited young men going off to war, is stunningly altered into those bearing great shock, sorrow, and death. The women they left at home portray the qualities of 1965 ladies supportive of their husbands, no matter what.\nMadeline Stowe, as Lt. Col. Hal Moore's wife, unites the wives left behind on the base. When the Army is unprepared to hand deliver telegrams informing the family that their soldier died, she takes over the task from the cab company that had been hired to do so. Each telegram is poignant, and I was reminded that every soldier, nurse, doctor, civilian, everyone has a story.\nThis one is about the American men who fought the first battle for God and country in Vietnam. The film begins with a disclaimer that it is not a reflection of personal or political ideologies. To me, that statement generally means the studio must distance itself to avoid potential ramifications about an unpopular war. Also, that I am about to see more truth than fiction, more questions than answers.\nWe Were Soldiers is intense, and I could only watch it in short segments. I needed time to think, to understand, and to witness the horror of battle. It is vivid -- when bullets hit bodies, blood spews from the wounds. Friendly fire kills, and is only called friendly because the man behind the bullet or bomb is in the same army. Napalm burns whomever is in the path, and flesh is charred to the bone. These are graphically displayed, and accounts for the \"R\" rating at the box office.\nThe reality, especially looking backwards at history and knowing these men and women came home without a hero's welcome, stirs me deeply. Honor and integrity are shown along with \"battle scenes once seen that can never be forgotten\" in words such as \"I will be the first one on the field and the last one to leave, and I will leave no man behind.\"\nLt. Col. Hal Moore (Mel Gibson) said he would never forgive himself because his men died and he did not in the La Drang Valley (the Valley of Death). It is clear that in the end, soldiers fought to save each other as they obeyed orders.\nWe Were Soldiers, The Thin Red Line, Saving Private Ryan, Behind Enemy Lines, Blackhawk Down, Flight of the Intruder, Platoon, and so many others are very important films; they are about historical events. To me, the message about warriors is that on the field there are never winners, only survivors.\nFive Stars.\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: John Blackwell, world-class groove master and drummer with Prince, offers his approach to developing the amazing technique he has become know for, including key exercises that he used as a student, and still uses today, demonstrations with bassist Baron Browne, performances with his great band, Matrix, and more. Includes brilliant performance footage from the Modern Drummer Festival 2002 and studio footage that features Baron Browne. Segments include: Heroes and Influences, Practicing, Teachers, Building a Solo, Single-Hand Rolls, Single-Pedal Technique, Building a Groove, Shuffles and a detailed demonstration of his incredible Stick Twirling Technique. Included is footage of John s entire performance at Modern Drummer Festival 2002 with Matrix.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Will definitely improve your drum skills\n\nReview: This DVD starts out somewhat slow, but once the teaching starts you'll learn some amazing techniques. I'll preface with the fact that Blackwell's overall style and approach does not match the direction in which I am going, but he is a master drummer who is also deeply intellectual and highly effective when it comes to imparting knowledge.\n\nAmong the \"secrets\" I learned was how to do single-handed drum rolls. I've carefully studied Buddy Rich for years and could never come close to his single-hand roll technique. However, Blackwell shows how to do it is a straightforward manner. In less than two days of practice I have it down. That alone is worth many times the price of this DVD, but there is more. If you've ever heard Blackwell play you'd swear that he is using a double bass pedal. Not so - his amazing bass pedal work is single pedal, and he shows how to achieve the same speed and bass groove in the same straighforward manner as he did with the single-handed rolls. It comes down to doing coordination exercises with your sticks and fitting in the bass patterns. Simple on the surface, but extremely effective.\n\nThroughout this video I learned one technique after another. Blackwell does not jealously guard his secrets - indeed, he is effusive in giving credit to his many influences - and he comes across as sincerely interested in sharing them. He is also a font of knowledge when it comes to the history of great drummers and, in one fascinating discussion connects the dots of influences back to Baby Dodds. Another thing I enjoyed (and learned from) is his ability to recreate the style of drummers who influenced him, then combine those styles into composite solos.\n\nLike those who came before him, Blackwell - thanks to this video - has a profound influence on my own playing. I mentioned earlier that his and my styles diverge, but the techniques he imparted have been incorporated into my own playing, and if anyone asks me who my major influences were Blackwell will be on the short list.\n\nIf you want to take your skills to the lext level get this DVD and practice (and practice some more!) I also recommend getting a copy of Tommy Igoe's \"Groove Essentials\" (ASIN B00064YTKM), which will augment Blackwell's techniques and expand your range and technique even more.","Product: The acclaimed fourth film from groundbreaking writer and director Quentin Tarantino (PULP FICTION, JACKIE BROWN), KILL BILL VOLUME 1 stars Uma Thurman (PULP FICTION), Lucy Liu (CHARLIE'S ANGELS, CHICAGO), and Vivica A. Fox (TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME) in an astonishing, action-packed thriller about brutal betrayal and an epic vendetta! Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, The Bride (Thurman) emerges from a coma and decides it's time for payback ... with a vengeance! Having been gunned down by her former boss (David Carradine) and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight she didn't start but is determined to finish! Loaded with explosive action and outrageous humor, it's a must-see motion picture event that had critics everywhere raving!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Bang, bang, my baby shot me down ...\n\nReview: .\nThis is a fast paced thriller filled with wicked battles, and is not for children, nor for all adults. It is loaded with violence, bloodshed, revenge, and gory action sequences. If this is not something you tolerate, then you will hate the film. However, if you can accept this brutality and have never seen Kill Bill Volume 1, be sure to also purchase Volume 2 at the same time.\n\nThe sword dances are simply amazing, reminding me of the skills used in \"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.\" Flashbacks to the opening scene are a dominant and driving force during both volumes. The theme song lyrics are associated with characters, plot, action, emotions, determination, and strength. Now I find the notes, the melody, the words wander through my mind no matter what I do, and I want to see the film again.\n\nQuentin Tarantino's use of non-sequential progression is perfect... it worked in \"Pulp Fiction\" and it works in \"Kill Bill.\" His films now fall into my classic \"Viki's Chick Flicks\" category. The action and violence show me a side of humanity that I hope to never see up close and personal, but I understand it better.\n\nThe history of Lucy Liu's character O-Ren Ishii is revealed through Tarantino's surprising use of animation, and it succeeds. She is the only character whose background is revealed. I was startled to see this animated sequence. However, the gross violence and other information that reveal what twisted this assassin are strong as it creates verisimilitude for the complex killer, and makes the film formidable. Though none of the other assassins have their background revealed, it is reasonable to assume that they also have been through such experiences to drive them into their careers.\n\nTarantino ends this flick with a far more emotional connection than I've seen in his previous works. I found it fascinating that QT used aspects of the classic spaghetti western, the amazing sword frenzy shown through back lighting similar to scenes in \"Flash Dance,\" and other surrealistic filming techniques.\n\nI found a few discrepancies in the films, but this is still five stars for a \"Viki's Chick Flick.\"\n\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: You'll scamper through tons of games like the all-new Garfield Comic Creator and Find Odie Maze Game, catch 17 hilarious deleted scenes, take in \"Pick of the Litter,\" a documentary about bringing Garfield to life, go behind-the-scenes of Garfield And Friends, have your very own copy of the Baha Men music video \"HOLLA,\" and much more! So grab a pan of lasagna, enjoy the full-length Garfield movie, and get ready for hours of family fun with Garfield!\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Take a delightful romp through a good story.\n\nReview: Having read and heard some very negative critical reviews about this movie, it wasn't on my \"to see\" list. However, when it was the only one available to take two little girls to see - it was, at least, rated G. To my delight, not only were the children laughing and enjoying the story, feeling the tension of the \"bad guy,\" and concerned about Garfield saving Odie but so was I.\nIt is a shame that the theater trailers didn't show enough scope of the film to indicate that it wasn't just about an egocentric fat cat, but an egocentric fat cat who learned a valuable lesson as he discovered what friendship is about. Sometimes you have to be braver than you think you are to do what is right.\nWhen \"Shrek\" first hit the movie theater several years ago, I ended up seeing it four times with my little friend. I'm not sure that I would want to sit through \"Garfield: The Movie\" that many times, but I wouldn't balk at taking the kidlets again.\nOne TV critic said, \"I would never take my child to see this movie.\" Well, I would, and hearing little children all over the theater chuckling and cheering was worth a million bucks. When the movie ended my three year old little friend said, \"Garfield did it!\" as she clapped.\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: ###############################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Essential for learning brush technique\n\nReview: If you want to learn brush technique from the master this video is an amazing learning resource as well as a way to peer into the mind of the one drummer who was cited by both Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa as the best in the world on brushes.\n\nThis is more than just a DVD - it comes with a booklet that further describes the techniques shown on the video (a transcribed play-along), and has some excellent music as well with accompaniment by Ron Carter on bass and Tony Purrone on guitar.\n\nYou can take this instructional video a step further by listening to Thigpen's performances on any Oscar Peterson Trio recording from 1958 through 1965. You'll learn all you need to know about brushwork from this DVD plus listening to Thigpen's recorded work.","Product: Fifteen thunderous, drum solos from legends like Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Papa Jo Jones, Art Blakey, Shelly Manne, Sonny Payne, Sam Woodyard, Rufus Speedy Jones, and others, spanning the years 1947 to 1989, many never before released on home video or DVD. Bonus clips include Bobby Troups history of the jazz drum set from 1958 and a great segment featuring the Gene Krupa Jazz Trio impersonating Russian musicians from 1946!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A slice of history\n\nReview: Among the fifteen performances on this DVD my favorites were the segments featuring Papa Joe Jones, Blakey and Manne - and, of course, Lionel Hampton who is talented on drums and vibes and a showman of the first order.\n\nThere are the standard Krupa and Rich clips, sure to delight their fans (and what drummer isn't?), as well as a few interesting sequences performed by Sam Woodyard (very talented and unique), and Rufus Speedy Jones among others.\n\nI personally liked the first volume (ASIN B00005RDSJ) more, but still enjoyed this one and learned a lot from it. Any drummer, regardless of musical genre, should visit the roots of American jazz drumming, which influences how we all play today, regardless of whether we play jazz, rock, country or other styles. You'll discover that some of your own grooves and techniques were being played by these early masters of jazz drumming. You'll also pick up a few tircks and tips in the process.","Product: Princess of Ireland is a special Barbie that has been crafted with style and loving attention to detail. She has green eyes, auburn hair, and fair skin. She wears a gorgeous cloak and dress ensemble in shades of deep green. The textured fabric has intricate Celtic designs add allure. Though this Barbie has obviously been designed with collectors in mind, there's no reason she can't be added to any Barbie fan's repertoire. The doll comes with a stand and a certificate of authenticity.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This is a Celtic beauty.\n\nReview: \"Many years ago on the misty islands of the European continent, a noble race known as the Celts inhabited the land.\" (Mattel) Thus begins the information on the back of the box, which reads like a fairytale.\nPrincess of Ireland is breathtaking. She is more incredible than any of the on-line pictures can show. Her complexion is fair, and her auburn hair shines with deep, rich color; a section on the left is braided, and cascades to her thigh. Her cheeks are dusty roses, her green eyes seem to twinkle, and her lips are the color of garnets. She wears a forest green velvet cloak; the clasp is a Tara Broach, \"a very famous bejeweled pin thought to have been worn by Celtic royalty.\" The golden broach is the color of her crown and the three Celtic medallions on the half-belt at her waist. Her dress is loose fitting, as the time would indicate. Down the middle of the front of her gown is a 1\" wide gold, green, and shades of rose trim that displays several Celtic designs.\nBehind the Princess of Ireland, there is a castle with several turrets. Should you choose to display this doll out of her box, a stand is included.\nFun: She is stunning, and brings imagination the first time you glance at her.\nEducational benefit: This is an opportunity to share the history of the Celts and the beauty of Ireland.\nDurability: Well constructed; if a young child plays with this fair lass, then expect her hair to get tangled, but she will hold together.\nThis is a very reasonably priced doll for collectors and as gifts for favorite children, they will love her -- another princess for their collections.\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: Grand Entrance Barbie\n2001 Collector Edition\nGrand Entrance Series\nProduct Code: 28533\nDesigned by Carter Bryant, Grand Entrance Barbie doll wears a steel blue taffeta gown with a fitted bodice and long, full skirt with an underskirt of blush pink satin and ivory/pale pink tulle. Beautiful blush roses at her waist, and long blush gloves accent this classic look. The finishing touches include blush pumps, and rhinestone and faux pearl earrings. The premier doll in a new series devoted to Barbie collecting comes with a Guide to Collecting, and a Certificate of Authenticity.\nNo longer available from Mattel.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Grand Entrance is an exquisite design by Sharon Zuckerman\n\nReview: The second entry into the Grand Entrance collection wears a romantic gown of shell pink taffeta subtly enhanced with small rosebuds in a slightly darker shade of dusty rose. The overskirt is pulled up in clusters of roses and ribbons, allowing the pink taffeta underskirt to show the panels of roses, lilacs, and climbing ivy latticed between dainty lines of dusty rose. The dropped waist line bodice is fashioned of the same fabric of the underskirt, with a row of graceful flowers down the center front.\nBarbie wears long dusty rose gloves, and a delicate cameo pendant. Her hair is rich auburn, very thick and styled in a loose curl. Her lips are deeper rose, her eyes are blue, and a paler shade accents her cheekbones. She wears pearl earrings. Included in the Grand Entrance collection is a guide to collecting booklet. She is available in Caucasian and African American.\nShe is a return to the elegance of the old South, or the glamour of the turn of the 19th century. Refreshingly blends beauty and history, and provides the educator with the opportunity to describe the changes in the world through fashion.\nStars:\n5- Fun -- If she loves Barbie, she will especially love this Barbie; she fits into standard fashion clothes for 11 1/2 - 12 inch dolls, and she is so elegant while doing so.\n5- Education -- she is excellent for teaching about history through fashions and enchanting stories.\n4- Durable -- little ones and the family pet can bit her fingers, lose her jewelry, and add the touch that only a child can give.\nVictoria Tarrani\nThe Accidental Collector\nTori-T","Product: for making craft, glitter on tshirt\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: So easy, even a child can do it!\n\nReview: This little package is perfect. It is so easy to use and make drab items have that sparkle you want.\n\nYou set the stone where you want it on the fabric; the prongs that create the snapped in sparkle are on the wrong side of the fabric with the right side facing up. Press the handle down until you hear a click. You're done!\n\nMy 9 year old pal showed me how to work it because I was busy with other things at the moment I got it out for her. The next day my costume arrived for Halloween with a loose ribbon. I connected it to the garment in seconds with a sparkling bead, added one to the other side for symmetry, and voila -- it was perfect.\n\nI have one kit and will be getting another one because it was so easy and so much fun that I'm leaving this one for my pal.\n\nFive stars -- it makes your child feel like a very successful creator.","Product: Limited Edition The Red Carpet Collection Mackie Radiant Redhead Barbie, Barbie Collectibles is a 2001 Mattel production. Model #55501. Radiant Redhead Barbie Doll is simply gorgeous in her long white ensemble that boldly reveals her bare midriff. Included in the box is a Barbie doll that's approx. 11.5\" tall. Barbie has red hair & teal (pale greenish/blue) color eyes, and she wears an elegant cream color sheath Gown that's dramatically flared at the bottom, with apple green & gold embroidered trim and decorative gold beads. Gown has high neckline & long sleeves & there's an opening under the bust to below navel in the front. Gown has a long flared out train at the bottom. Barbie also has a white Faux Fur Muff on her left arm & she wears a gold tone Finger Ring on her right hand. Doll comes with a Radiant Redhead Information \"Booklet\", a Limited Edition Illustration, a COA Certificate of Authenticity & a Doll Stand for Display. All provided information is to the best of my ability & may not be exact; colors, styles, sizes & info may vary. Limited Edition The Red Carpet Collection Mackie Radiant Redhead Barbie, Barbie Collectibles, a 2001 Mattel production is great for any collection, as a gift or just for fun play!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Mackie captures the Golden Era of Hollywood.\n\nReview: The Radiant Redhead is the first in Bob Mackie's Red Carpet Collection is dated 2001. This lovely lady is first edition quality. Although I am not sure which glamorous woman was the inspiration, she reminds me of Rita Hayworth.\nShe wears a lavish gown with a bare midriff. It reveals her navel in her perfect muscular torso. The white long sleeved, high neck masterpiece is edged in gold braid and exquisite green and gold embroidery and beads. She also wears gold cord platform shoes; these stay on better than the little heels or flats of most dolls. In the crook of her arm, she carries a white faux fur wrap. She could be walking into the Academy Awards, or stepping from a limousine onto a Paris runway.\nShe comes with a stand. Though most collectors do not like to take their dolls out of the boxes, the full pleasure they bring is in displaying them -- I suggest a glass cabinet for protection.\nHer lips and nails wear warm deep red that accents her fair skin. Her eye shadow is in shades of brown and greens, and her eyes are green and flirty. Her thick red hair curls onto her shoulders. Her expression is sultry -- a woman who knows she is beautiful and powerful.\nBob Mackie's creations are among the most highly sought after collectibles. They sell well on the secondary market because, I think, once you own a Bob Mackie doll you must own more.\nFun -- gazing at an exquisite piece of artwork is pure pleasure.\nEducation -- talk about history of fashion, theater, Hollywood, glamour, and she is the perfect tool.\nDurable -- protect her, she is worth it.\nVictoria Tarrani\nThe Accidental Collector\nTori-T","Product: Suite Retreat Barbie doll's luxurious look is intensely glamorous with studied sophistication.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Suite Retreat is absolutely gorgeous.\n\nReview: This is a Silkstone doll from Mattel. The material was chosen for its strength and beauty. Silkstone is 8 on the Mohn Scale of Hardness, and can be formed to emulate the beauty of porcelain, without the fragility.\n\nThe Silkstone dolls (aka silkies) have delicate features and an aura of grace about them. Silkies are high on the scale of collectibles. The older Barbie clothing will go on them, but probably won't fit because these dolls are slimmer. They are not fully articulated, because developing a method to articulate stone that hard is next to impossible -- I think.\n\nSuite Retreat is dressed in a silk suit, her red-auburn hair is thick and curly, her eyes are sultry. She is a pleasant addition to any collection.","Product: Kahlil Gibran was among the most important Arabic language authors of the early twentieth century. Born in 1883 in Lebanon, he spent the last twenty years of his life (to 1931) in the United States. He is the author of numerous volumes, the most famous of which is THE PROHPET, translated into over twenty languages.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: How to live and accept life.\n\nReview: The Prophet Almustafa waits in the city of Orphalese for his ship to take him home. For twelve years he has loved, cried, laughed, taught, dreamt, and lived with strangers. He is joyous when he sees the sails on the horizon. \"Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of aloneness; and who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret?\"\nWhat can a poor man leave for those he has learned to love? Almustafa walks through the city, across the sands, toward the shore; as he does, he pauses to answer the questions of the heart. \"Nor is it a thought I leave behind me, but a heart made sweet with hunger and thirst.\"\nHis words will pass from generation to generation in Orphalese. The metaphor is reality, for the wisdom of his celebration of life is as powerful today as it was when it was published in 1923.\nSome of my favorite passages are:\nOf Joy and Sorrow -- \"The deeper the sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?\"\nOf Giving -- \"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.\"\nOf Reason and Passion -- \"Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.\"\nOf Time -- \"You would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing. Yet, the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.\"\nEach phrase carries you from one thought to another. The profoundness of his truth is not gleaned until the words are read many times. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran is extraordinary, and will always be one of my favorite books of philosophy, poetry, wisdom, mysticism, and prose.\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: One rainy night in New York City, outstanding law student Chloe Larson wakes from a terrible nightmare. But it's not a nightmare it's real. Not only is she savagely violated in her own bedroom, Chloe then has to deal with the horror of nobody being brought to justice. Twelve years later a very different Chloe is forging a formidable reputation in the Miami Dade State Attorney's Office, as a vicious serial killer nicknamed Cupid terrorises Florida tearing out his tortured victim's hearts while they're still conscious. When the police stop a driver on the McArthur Causeway and a mutilated corpse is found in his trunk, it seems the hunt for Cupid is finally over. But as Chloe begins the task of prosecuting the suspect, she soon realises that this case will be anything but easy. Because her past is about to force itself on her present and the terror is only just beginning. Sometimes there's a price to be paid for justice. And sometimes that price is awful. Revenge could cost Chloe her sanity. The truth could cost her her life. THE PAST. THE PRESENT. THE TERROR.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Thought provoking thrill ride!\n\nReview: .\n\nThis is one book that has stayed in my mind since I read it when it was first published.\n\nIt's hard to image the horror of rape and torture, but Jilliane Hoffman caught the experience through her words better than any book I read or movie I've seen.\n\nThe woman is C.J. Townsend, and through quirks of fate, she faces the monster 12 years later in court. The statute of limitations on her rape has passed, but she knows that he is vicious and she has the legal expertise to put him away for another crime, and he might well have done it -- the evidence certainly points to him. That is a compelling story in itself, but the book is so much deeper.\n\nIs he guilty of the crime for which she is prosecuting? Should she recuse herself or can she be fair? Could anyone be fair?\n\nThe courtroom drama is brilliant and there is no getting lost in various legal issues. It is not filled with unnecessary details and jargon.\n\nHer scenes are so vivid that I feel as if I have first hand information about what a rape victim goes through in trying to both remember and forget at the same time. That information has given me insight into others.\n\nThis is fast paced and intriguing. It is a first class read.","Product: When photojournalist Jordan Glass chances upon a painting which is part of an exhibition entitled 'Nude Women in Repose' by an unknown artist in the Hong Tsin museum in Hong Kong, she gets a rude shock. The face of the woman in the painting is that of Jordan's twin sister, Jane, who vanished without trace from her home in New Orleans thirteen months before. Eleven women altogether have disappeared - and the other paintings in the exhibition are of those missing women. Jordan teams up with world-renowned forensic psychologist, Dr Arthur Lenz, and FBI special agent, John Kaiser to track down the artist and get to the bottom of the mystery. But there are many curious twists and unpleasant surprises in store before the shocking truth is finally revealed.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This is powerful painting with words!\n\nReview: One of the Sleeping Women paintings changes Jordan Glass' life. She is the image of the nude woman either sleeping or dead, but she did not pose for the painting. Thus begins Jordan's journey to find out if the painting is her sister Jane Lacour, her twin who is missing and presumed dead.\nThere is a luscious cast of characters, both suspects and investigators. The plot is well developed, and all too plausible since many women do disappear from their lives. Most do not run away from the two children and a good husband they adore. Jane certainly didn't leave them intentionally.\nI enjoyed Iles contemplation of the connections between identical twins. Even with Jordan's memory about the moment she felt her sister's death, she never gave up hope that Jane would be found alive. Perhaps the sensations she thought were Jane's death weren't. After learning what happened to Jane, I wondered if Jane had felt similar sensations about Jordan - that is how \"real\" these characters were.\nThis book is outstanding; it is a page-turner in the truest sense of the words. I came to some of the same conclusions as Jordan did, but in the end only her creativity and depth of knowledge could save her life.\nFive stars!\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: Paperback, 180+ pages\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Look back to see forward.\n\nReview: Several years ago, I received this book as a gift from my cousin. I read it, but found it difficult because it is filled with hand written pages in wildly colored text and includes line drawings that seemingly have no connection to the text. Yet there is magic in this book and style, and in reading it again, I see why the format is important. Sark reveals herself, without fear or shame, much as a child simply tells the truth or writes letters and numbers with a crayon.\nThere are many topics in this self-help book, so I will only tell a little about a few of them. What I have discovered is that I have implemented more than I realized in the years since I first read this book.\nGo out Wildly and Alone. Sark wrote, \"My mother taught me not to wait for a man to buy me flowers. She always said, 'Buy your own flowers, too.' ... and I do.\" This bit of advice also covers buying something for ourselves simply because we like it. I splurged on some new knit shirts to wear with my jeans -- because I wanted them and I loved the colors.\nOld, Alone, and Succulent in Sark's words: \"We are studying now to be the old women we will be.\" Getting older is a trick of fate, but being succulent is putting up pink towels because you want them; dancing in the rain (sans clothing) - well that's my idea of succulence; not fearing to throw your head back and laugh. Tonight I walked down to the park so I could swing.\nFaces of Intimacy: \"Nobody tells us as little girls that we may fall in love and have moments of hating our beloved...\" We build many walls in our goals of self-protection, but ultimately the walls create isolation. Break the walls down. Start simple -- for years I have walked up to strangers to tell them that I like their earrings or shirt or tie. It is not true intimacy, but it is a small opening.\nErotic Robot is a woman in search of herself. This woman has sexual encounters because (1) it is easier than saying no, (2) she is fulfilling someone's fantasies at the expense of her own, (3) to be polite, (4) get it over with so the man would just leave, (5) to make money fast... and many more reasons. The succulence comes when the sensuous woman replaces the erotic robot.\nSucculent wild women wear costumes and let their different personalities out to play.\nIf you want to have fun, have it. This book is fun. Five stars, and the hope that every woman will be as sensuous and expressive as she wants.\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: Are you struggling to get started on your first science fiction or fantasy novel? Stuck at chapter two and need a fresh approach? Find new direction with this unique guide to creating original and convincing stories. Crawford Kilian offers a clear and straightforward approach to tackling the pitfalls of writing science fiction and fantasy. Coverage includes the origins of science fiction and fantasy, how to use basic science correctly, developing plausible fantasy worlds, and the effective use of symbolism and imagery.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Informative, entertaining and delightful to read!\n\nReview: This book is laced with humor and wisdom. Kilian is experienced in fantasy, hard science fiction, education and children's literature. He explores the mythological basis of fantasy novels, explaining the importance of Greek, Roman, Celtic, Norse, Egyptian--world mythology, as well as acquiring a strong knowledge of history and philosophies of the world. Equally important to success is a fascination with the genre in which you write. Gaining the information may seem to be an intimidating task; it is necessary.\nKilian includes exercises to help generate writing. I followed these exercises, and wrote with the excitement I had greatly missed. He also explains each step of the creative process from the ideas to the finished product with a brief grammar refresher that is easy to read. The examples are humorous. The importance of proper grammar cannot be overstated if you want your book published.\nKilian expresses a sense of anger, but when tempered by the humor throughout the book, this becomes righteous indignation directed toward those who try to write in the genre without the seriousness to make it believable. Ultimately his anger","Product: Title: Dune, Frank Herbert (Hardcover)\nBinding: Hardcover\nClassics of Modern Literature\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fear is the Mind Killer.\n\nReview: Frank Herbert built three dynasties inside a galactic empire that is based on melange, a drug that was available on one planet only -- Arrakis, also known as Dune. Using melange, navigators have the power to fold space, which allows space travel.\nIn spite of a blood feud that was more deadly than Romeo and Juliet's Montagues and Capulets, Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV takes the rule of Dune away from the Harkonnens and gives it to the House Atreides. He has his reasons. The scene is set for political intrigue, sabotage, subterfuge, war, romance, survival, revolt, and revenge.\nDune is a masterpiece. It was the first novel to win the Nebula Award (1965), and it shared the Hugo Award in the following year (1966). Not only are the plots and characters intricate, but also the political, financial, religions, lifestyles, military, and honor structures are created. Dune is like no place on Earth.\nThis book is written from multiple points of view (POV), and you know every main character in the book because you are privy to their thoughts. The abundant use of Italics is unacceptable in today's market, yet it is one of the most effective aspects of Dune.\nThe effect of knowing what someone thinks while they say or do something else is an ability most people would like to have. Jessica, concubine to Duke Atreides, a Bene Gesserit witch, and Paul's mother trains him, against the wishes of the witches, to use his mind for control. The most powerful Bene Gesserit tests Paul Atreides, as she holds his mind captive she wonders if \"he is the one.\" Fremen believe he is Muad'Dib, the messiah who will deliver them, even as they challenge him in a fight to the death.\n\nI have read this book and the sequels several times. Like Paul Atreides, I dreamt of new philosophies and awakenings. Dune is required reading for anyone who loves Science Fiction.\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: Title: Dune, Frank Herbert (Hardcover)\nBinding: Hardcover\nClassics of Modern Literature\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fear is the Mind Killer.\n\nReview: Frank Herbert built three dynasties inside a galactic empire that is based on melange, a drug that was available on one planet only -- Arrakis, also known as Dune. Using melange, navigators have the power to fold space, which allows space travel.\nIn spite of a blood feud that was more deadly than Romeo and Juliet's Montagues and Capulets, Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV takes the rule of Dune away from the Harkonnens and gives it to the House Atreides. He has his reasons. The scene is set for political intrigue, sabotage, subterfuge, war, romance, survival, revolt, and revenge.\nDune is a masterpiece. It was the first novel to win the Nebula Award (1965), and it shared the Hugo Award in the following year (1966). Not only are the plots and characters intricate, but also the political, financial, religions, lifestyles, military, and honor structures are created. Dune is like no place on Earth.\nThis book is written from multiple points of view (POV), and you know every main character in the book because you are privy to their thoughts. The abundant use of Italics is unacceptable in today's market, yet it is one of the most effective aspects of Dune.\nThe effect of knowing what someone thinks while they say or do something else is an ability most people would like to have. Jessica, concubine to Duke Atreides, a Bene Gesserit witch, and Paul's mother trains him, against the wishes of the witches, to use his mind for control. The most powerful Bene Gesserit tests Paul Atreides, as she holds his mind captive she wonders if \"he is the one.\" Fremen believe he is Muad'Dib, the messiah who will deliver them, even as they challenge him in a fight to the death.\n\nI have read this book and the sequels several times. Like Paul Atreides, I dreamt of new philosophies and awakenings. Dune is required reading for anyone who loves Science Fiction.\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: Text: English\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Frambois, vadelma, kiichigo -- it's all raspberry to me.\n\nReview: I continue to think how fortunate I am that I found this book when it was first released. I searched many auctions to find a copy for a friend who also writes. If I could give the exciting word adventure that I found in this book, I would give it to everyone I know; not everyone would appreciate it, but the thought counts.\nThere are only 1000 words, but those words can be the canvas for your word pictures. I find myself thinking about the stories that Scheherazade told every night for 1000 nights; the stories that saved her life. Perhaps that is where the use of 1000 was derived.\nThe book has sufficient white space and is in a font that does not disappear unless you have a magnifying glass to make it easy to read. The main index is in English, and under each word is the corresponding entry in each of the twenty-six languages; these lists are the only definitions. The languages are: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Rumanian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian, Finnish, Turkish, Indonesian, Swahili, and Esperanto plus the six which are transliterated from Russian, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Yiddish and Japanese into Roman spelling; these include the original script as well.\nMany programs and on-line searches will give you other languages for whatever word or phrase you want. However, how many will strike a creative urge? Words such as svila (Serbo-Croation), seiyem (Hungarian), kinu (Japanese), silk (English) can take your imagination into new worlds.\nTo me, nothing is quite as good as a hardback with a worn cover, the smell of dust, and yellowed pages accumulated from years of usage. This is one of my treasures, and it is always on my desk. For me, it is, and always has been, five stars.\nVictoria Tarrani","Product: Nancy Collins' new addition to her vampire books is a complex tale of a female vampire that seems to have a split personality. Sonja Blue's \"inner demon\" is a vampire that is ruthless and demands human blood and great sacrifice. This personality takes control, and Sonja dreams the events in nightmares that she discovers are real.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Seductive horror with savage predators\n\nReview: Nancy Collins' new addition to her vampire books is a complex tale of a female vampire that seems to have a split personality. Sonja Blue's \"inner demon\" is a vampire that is ruthless and demands human blood and great sacrifice. This personality takes control, and Sonja dreams the events in nightmares that she discovers are real.\nYet Sonja the vampire is also a vampire hunter, and wants to rid the world of these dark hearted villains, which would ultimately mean she also must die after the last vampire does. She dares not have close attachments to any mortal, for when the fiend inside her gets free, the man or woman Sonja has learned to care for will be attacked, and then lust, and desire addict them to the vampire's blood. It is their blood that heals her and their only release is death, and they are so caught up in the hunger for her they do not mind.\nNow Sonja is the target of a vampire hunter named Jack Estes, and an ancient vampire with the darkest heart. Jack is human, he would destroy Sonja, therefore, and she must convince him of her nature -- and will have to reveal its duplicity, which keeps him in danger at all times.\nFor fans of Nancy Collins' vampire series, this is a winner. For those of us who inadvertently pick this book as the first to read, it is difficult. For me to know Sonja, I would have to read books one through four, so I found the shifts inconceivable and her duplicity difficult to follow.\nA writer does not reach book five in a series without a large following. This book is for those readers, not for first time readers of the Sonja Blue chronicles."],"string":"[\n \"Product: Zildjian's 20\\\" K Custom Dark Ride has excellent stick definition with a dry, full-bodied stick sound. This cymbal also features dark, warm undertones, and can produce trashy crash qualities for accents.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: My personal favorite for acoustic jazz\\n\\nReview: I recently purchased this cymbal after extensive searching, trying various K Custom models, and finally settling on this particular one.\\n\\nFirst, a few caveats when buying a K Custom - all of these cymbals are hand hammered and each has a distinct, unique personality and sound. For example, when I listened to the sound sample on Zildjian's site (paste the ASIN number, B00006AZMI, into the search box, select All Products and click GO), the sound is a bit different from the actual cymbal I received. Second, if you are seeking cymbals that are cutting or project, the K Custom series is not for you.\\n\\nZildjian describes this cymbal as dark and warm with trashy crash qualities. Mine roughly fits that description, but can also be airy and washy, with over- and under-tones, depending on how you play it. I've even managed to get a bit of a shimmer from it with a stick technique that uses about a third of the stick surface when riding the cymbal. Moreover, while Zildjian's sound sample did impart a 'trashy crash', the cymbal I have does not have this quality in a pronounced way. It does manage to combine articulation with a lot of sustain (I know that sounds odd, but it's true.)\\n\\nI said that this cymbal does not cut or project - you can literally carry on a normal conversation a foot away when riding this cymbal. The crash washes, but does not project. Horrible for rock, but perfect for acoustic jazz, and that is where this cymbal excells.\",\n \"Product: Pro-Mark Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer dedicated exclusively to the design, production, and distribution of drumsticks, mallets, and percussion accessories. Questions/Comments? Call us on our Toll Free Drummer's Hotline at 877-Pro-Mark (776.6275) or e-mail us at info@promark.com.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fits between brushes and sticks\\n\\nReview: This specialty stick gives a brush-like sound with the added volume of a stick. It is also more responsive than brushes for cymbal work, yet produces a much lighter sound on snare work.\\n\\nOne interesting aspect of this \\\"stick\\\" is you can do press rolls in the same manner that was pioneered in the 1920s by such legends as Baby Dodds and perfected by Gene Krupa. On the other hand, you will not get the subtle brushwork of, say, Jeff Hamilton, who can be heard on Diana Krall's Live in Paris album (ASIN: B00006J9OT), or the amazing work of Ed Thigpen, but you will have a set of specialty sticks that will expand your range and versatility for your gigs. As a side note, for real brushwork technique get a copy of \\\"Ed Thigpen: The Essence Of Brushes\\\" ASIN B0002VEPN0.\",\n \"Product: Beautiful, all-purpose ride with medium overtones.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The way Zildjian made cymbals in the past\\n\\nReview: This is a classic ride, designed for jazz, and is nearly identical to my circa late 60s Avedis Zildjian 22\\\" ride in sound.\\n\\nThe overtones are complex and fed by a seemingly unending sustain. This cymbal would not fit into a rock groove, but shines with traditional jazz. Listen to some of Joe Morello's work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and you'll get a good sense of what this cymbal sounds like.\\n\\nI've played this cymbal on sets and I'm tempted to sell my precious 22\\\" ride and get one of these, but the older Avedis just seems to improve with age, so I won't.\\n\\nAs a side note, while I dearly love this cymbal, my absolute favorite ride is the 19\\\" Zildjian Armand Signature Ride (ASIN B0002GFNF4). If you are considering this cymbal give the Armand Signature a look (and play) first before making a final decision.\",\n \"Product: PDP hardware is designed by industry leader Drum Workshop. DW has been solving hardware problems for drummers since 1972. The 400 Series Double Pedal offers players an amazing value without breaking the bank. Exactly like the standard version, the DP402L lefty has sleek, racing-inspired pedalboards and features a single chain offset cam on each side. The 400/500 series linkage gives players a responsive feel usually found on much more expensive pedals. The 2-way beaters, built-in spurs, key-side-adjust hoop clamp, standard spring tension adjustment, steel auxiliary pedal plate and built-in drum key clip make this pedal easy to dial in to your own personal playing style.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Competes with many high-end pedals\\n\\nReview: When I purchased this pedal from a local music store I wasn't even looking for a double pedal set, but for a replacement for the pedal that came with my Tama Stagestar kit. During my quest for a pedal that had the feel I wanted I sat behind a Pacific drum kit that had these pedals. At first I ignored the second bass pedal and played a bit with just the right pedal and hi-hat. I liked the feel of the right pedal and was about to ask if the store had it in a single pedal configuration when I decided to see what it was like playing double. Wow - it immediately expanded my range and opened up a plethora of possibilities.\\n\\nThis pedal is nearly infinitely adjustable, especially cam rotation, spring tension, and beater offset. Most of the adjustments require a hex wrench, which is fairly standard for most modern single and double pedals. The left side slave pedal has a full floorplate, and the linkage rod that connects the right and left pedals will not bind at any angle I have tried. There is a slight lag on the left pedal, which is normal for any double pedal configuration, but you'll quickly compensate for that as you get used to a double pedal if you are moving from a single pedal.\\n\\nBefore I purchased this particular model I tried out Tama's Iron Cobra, Pearl's Powershifter and a Gilbralter Avenger. I did not like the stiffness of the Iron Cobra, but did like the Pearl and Gibraltar pedals. It finally came down to either this or the Gibralter, which was slightly smoother, but significantly more expensive. I opted for best value without sacrificing performance or quality and am thrilled with this pedal.\\n\\nIf you are moving from a single to double pedal configuration I strongly recommend that you give this one a serious look. More importantly, try out this pedal in a local store and compare it to other double models - selecting a bass pedal is a personal decision with many more factors than price, features and quality. It has to feel right. In addition, you will find that you will be using the double bass more than your hi-hat, which means that you will need to compensate. For that I recommend the Gibraltar hi-hat drop clutch (ASIN B0002F73YY), which will allow you to engage and disengage your hi-hat with ease. I have my hi-hats set for a slight opening in the normal closed position, but stepping on the hi-hat pedal - using the clutch - puts it in full play position. Tapping the lever on the clutch closes them again. This clutch is a perfect companion to a double bass pedal!\",\n \"Product: The Classic small acoustic group stick features an nylon tip with .475\\\" Diameter, 16.00\\\" Length, and Regal Tip lacquer formula finish for non-slip grip. Regal Tip is a family operation that originated the nylon tip drumstick and has set the global standard for hand-crafted brushes and drumsticks for over 50 years.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Looking for something thinner than a 7a?\\n\\nReview: Before discovering this gem I was stuck with 7a sticks, which ran between .5 and .515 inches in diameter depending on which company made them. I have small hands and play lite, so was never quite satisfied with 7a sticks. This stick is 16 inches long with a .475 inch diameter, and is a perfect fit for me.\\n\\nI realize that many drummers use 5a sticks for rock and either 7a or 11a for jazz, but if you are in the small minority like myself, this stick will noticably improve your speed.\\n\\nA few other points in this stick's favor include a great nylon tip that gives superior cymbal definition, especially on hi-hats. It also is sturdy and can withstand heavier playing.\\n\\nOther sticks you may want to explore if you primarily use 7a are the Joe Porcaro signature stick by DRUMS IN THE WIND (lite maple with a diamond-shaped nylon tip for intricate cymbal work). This stick measures 15.75 inches long by .525 inch diameter. While thicker than most 7a sticks, this one is feather lite and will let you blaze. I also use the PROMARK 7a (15 3/8 inches long with a .5 inch diameter), and their Jazz model, which has the same diameter, but is 16 inches long - both in hickory with nylon tips. If you do consider the PROMARK sticks, avoid their LA line of sticks. These are factory seconds and are of inconsistent quality.\",\n \"Product: The Regal Tip blastick plays like a stick but produces a soft and full sound. They are great for gigs when you want to play hard, but not blow through the band.Adjustable sound Rings allow you to slide the rings up and down the plastic bristles to produce different sound punctuations depending on your playing situation.Regal tip is a family operation that has set the global standard for hand-crafted brushes and drumsticks for over 50 years.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great for practice & adds range to playing\\n\\nReview: I purchased these as an alternative to Promark Cool Rods (ASIN B0002CZWWW). I love the Cool Rods, but wanted something a bit more 'swishy' for some acoustic pieces. This stick gave me the sound I was looking for. I also find myself using these for late night practice because they have a fairly flat sound that does not project.\\n\\nThe feel is natural, and although these sticks are around 5A size in diameter (I use 7A for playing), they are lightweight and fast. You can get a little rebound off your drums (not enough to do double stroke rolls), but practically zero rebound off cymbals. For playing this is a slight annoyance, but it greatly aids your practice sessions because it makes you work.\\n\\nMy pair has developed a slight warp on the stick I normally use for my left hand. I play traditional grip and do a lot of left hand practice exercises. This does not detract from the quality of this stick since I have used it for hundreds of hours. Indeed, considering the amount of use this pair has and the way I put it through its paces during practice, this stick will last years of normal, light playing.\\n\\nThe real reason to get this stick is the subtle shade of sound it can produce. It fits nicely between traditional brushes and rods, such as the Promark Cool Rods I also use.\",\n \"Product: Zildjian's standard cymbal carrying bag. Features include a shoulder stap and carry handles.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Good entry level case\\n\\nReview: For the price you cannot beat this case, which can hold up to ten cymbals as large as 20\\\".\\n\\nIt is well constructed, sufficiently so to support the heavy weight of a bag full of cymbals, and comes with a detachable strap and built-in carrying handles.\\n\\nThere are a few minuses, though. First, there are no dividers, so you will need to use cloth or plastic covers for each of your cymbals to protect them. Second, there is only a single compartment, which means that your smaller splash and your hi-hat cymbals are going to get mixed in with larger ride and crash cymbals.\\n\\nIf you are on a budget and don't have any cymbals larger than 20\\\", this is a good first case that will protect your investment in cymbals if you use covers to compensate for the lack of dividers and pockets. Mine came with a Zildjian cymbal pack, but I needed a case for my 22\\\" Avedis ride, so purchased the Zildjian Gadd Session Cymbal Bag (ASIN B0002D0FXM). Although that bag is over twice the cost of this one, it is one you should consider if your budget permits.\",\n \"Product: Drum Key with Tuning Tension Preset Dial, Non-slip Magnetized Head, and Knurled Knob\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great tuning tool - essential for good sound\\n\\nReview: I generally use the Rhythm Tech Memo Key (ASIN B0002E2EOE) to tune my heads, but this one is as good and has a feature I like more than the Rhythm Tech model - this tuning key clicks and disengages when the dialed-in torque is attained whereas the Rhythm Tech model requires you to reset a lever.\\n\\nIt is simple to use. All you do is hand tighten your lugs, set the dial on the key to an initial setting, then go around your drum in the standard opposing tightening pattern. Test, and increase the dial setting until you get the sound you want. Once you do achieve the sound I strongly recommend that you write the settings down so you can quickly dial in your preferred tuning the next time you tune your drums or change heads.\\n\\nA few things to consider: tuning involves more than just the batter side heads, which is especially true in the case of snare drums. Unless you are seeking a flat sound, do not tune the resonant heads to the same torque as the batter side heads, else the heads will cancel each other out because they will be vibrating at the same frequency. Also, make sure your lugs are lightly oiled so that each has uniform resistance or the torque settings will be inaccurate. Finally, if you cannot get the sound you are looking for between setting increments (i.e., between dial setting #3 and #4), use a standard key and try one eigth turn increments.\\n\\nRegardless of whether you play as a hobby or professionally, this key is an amazing tool that will allow you to quickly and easily change the dynamics of your drums.\",\n \"Product: The Zildjian Cymbal Clock: To help you keep the time. Battery powered, 13-inch diameter.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: For the diehard Zildjian fan\\n\\nReview: Very few gifts you can give a drummer (or keep for yourself) have as strong a relationship to the product as this one. What better expression of what drummers do than a clock? A time keeper for the time keeper!\\n\\nWhat is remarkable is the clock is a genuine Zildjian cymbal - not a good one, mind you, but one just the same. I couldn't resist lightly striking it with a stick, only to be rewarded with an aweful clang.\\n\\nAs a cymbal it leaves a lot to be desired, but it wasn't designed to be one. It is one of the most unique conversation pieces though, and hangs in my practice room. I only wish there was a K model clock so I could really show my loyalty. Also check out the Zildjian mouse pad (ASIN B0002F5GVG) that looks just like an 8\\\" A-series splash cymbal!\",\n \"Product: The CH70 features a mounting clamp and a short cymbal arm. Perfect for mounting splash cymbals and sound effects to an existing stand or any piece of tubular type hardware.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Add cymbals without adding expensive stands\\n\\nReview: I use two of these adapters on my kit to mount a 10\\\" Zildjian splash and 16\\\" crash on existing cymbal stands. They are solid and strong and can even support a 20\\\" cymbal (I tested this configuration, but do not normally use it for such large cymbals).\\n\\nThe adapters attach to either a cymbal arm, such as those normally mounted on the bass or integrated into dual tom tom brackets, or stands (straight or boom). The set screw holds the adapter securely on the host stand or arm, and the mini boom and adjustment head give a lot of flexibility in cymbal placement after it is attached.\\n\\nWhat I like most is the savings these provide over the cost of additional cymbal stands, and I also like the flexibility it gives me when setting up and configuring my kit. Add to those features the fact that this adapter is strong enough to hold a 20\\\" cymbal (I tested it with a circa 70s Avedis Zildjian cymbal, which is heavier than most of Zildjian's current 20\\\" models), and you have an adapter that is both strong and configurable.\",\n \"Product: This retractable wire brush features a smooth rubber handle. Light and fast. 5 spread.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect for any brush work\\n\\nReview: I've tried this and the companion model, Vic Firth Jazz Brush ASIN B0002F53G4, and prefer this one.\\n\\nThe reasons I like this Heritage model is the lighter gage wires and the way the brush feels in my hand. It's lightweight, has a nice balance and produces the exact sound that I am trying for. The Jazz model I mentioned would be my second choice because it has the same balance, but the heavier gage wires do not appeal to me, especially when I do accents.\\n\\nChoosing the right brush is a matter of personal preference. Regardless of which brush you ultimately choose or your level of skill with them (brush work is becoming a lost art), I highly recommend getting a copy of Essence of Brushes (ASIN B0002VEPN0). This DVD is an instructional movie by Ed Thigpen (cited by both Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa as the best brush man in the world).\",\n \"Product: Unique Drum key is a combination torque wrench & drum key.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This actually works - and works well\\n\\nReview: I purchased this key on a whim. When it arrived the instructions were not clear, but I sat the dial to #2, loosened all of the lugs on my floor tom and went around my lugs using opposing lug patterns, and tested the first cut of tuning. Too loose and deep, so I increased the setting to #3 and repeated. Almost the sound I wanted, so I used a regular key and went an eighth turn using the same pattern. Perfect. I then started on the next largest tom, working back to the smallest. Using the #3 setting plus an eighth turn I got my toms 1/2 octave apart.\\n\\nNext I worked on my snare drum, starting with the snare side, then the batter side. I used #4 on the batter side and #5 on the snare side, and managed to get the crisp, yet warm, sound I wanted. The bass drum came next - I set the batter side tension 1 notch below the resonant side and achieve a great tuning. From there I went back and set the resonant sides of each of my four toms one notch higher than the batter side and marveled at the perfect tuning I attained.\\n\\nThis is an easy device to use - with the lever facing you move it to the left, loosen all of your lugs, then tighten each starting with one or two. When the lever clicks and moves to the right position you have reached the torque setting. Test, increase a notch if necessary, and repeat until you get the sound you want. Set the resonant heads either one notch higher or lower to make sure the batter and resonant heads do not cancel each other (and to your desired sound), and you will have a perfectly tuned set.\\n\\nI'll never go back to tuning by ear! You'll be amazed by the results if you tune with this key, and don't forget to write down your optimum settings.\",\n \"Product: Drum Tuner with Edge Gauge and Locking Bezel\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Most accurate tuning tool available\\n\\nReview: For initial and maintenance tuning I use both the Evans Torque Drum Key (ASIN B0002D0HZI) and the Rhythm Tech Memo Key (ASIN B0002E2EOE). Both of those devices use a torque setting to attain even tensioning around drum heads. However, for final tuning I use this dial, which uses actual head tension instead of lug torque. The head tension method is not only a more accurate indication of how well your drums are tuned, but is also more accurate when attaining a setting. Here's why - the torque type tuners can be thrown off by uneven lug resistance, even when you pre-lube the lugs. When you are measuring actual head tension you are not dependent upon the mechanical parts, such as lug screws, lug float, etc. You are measuring directly off the head.\\n\\nUsing this dial does consume time. First, you need to have each drum on a flat surface (you cannot tune them in place on your kit). This means that you need to do an initial tuning, lift the drum to test the sound, and repeat until you attain the sound you are seeking. Once you do, however, you can be assured that the tuning will be uniform across the drum head.\\n\\nThere is an edge gage built into this device that allows you to test head tension at any point on the drum's head diameter with the assurance that you are measuring precisely from the edge of the diameter. This, like the head tension itself, is important to getting the tune setting you want and makes it repeatable.\\n\\nAmong the more time consuming aspects of using this versus the torque type tuning tools is the fact that each drum is vastly different and will take a lot of trial and error to get them where you want them with respect to sound. For example, when tuning my toms using the torque tools I mentioned above I could use the same setting on the batter sides of each tom, and an offset setting on the resonant sides and then tweak them to get half an octave difference when going from my 8x10, 8x12, 9x12 and 14x14. It is not as easy when using the dial for the first time because the acoustic properties of each drum requires more attention to myraid details, such as a tension ratio between the batter and resonant heads on the toms, and the actual tension settings for each drum. If you work through each drum, though, you will be rewarded with a kit that is perfectly tuned. Even the cheapest drum kit will sound like a high-end kit after taking the time to tune them with this dial.\\n\\nSince there is a learning curve, expect to spend at least 30 minutes per drum the first time you use this, then an additional hour after you get each drum tuned tweaking the entire kit to obtain the octave separation you want. If you write down the settings for each drum the next time you do a tuning it will take a fraction of the time.\\n\\nDo be aware that if you change head types you will need to go through the entire process again because heads can completely change the dynamics of your kit. For example, settings for toms using Evans Hydraulic heads will probably not work well if you switch to Remo Pinstripes or Remo Fiberskyn heads because of the vastly different sound qualities of these heads when compared to one another.\",\n \"Product: Gib Hi Hat drop clutch.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Essential for double bass pedal players\\n\\nReview: This is an ingenious clutch that engages when you step on your hi-hat pedal, but will drop to the closed position when you hit the lever on the top. This allows you to either ride closed hi-hats when using both bass pedals, yet return to normal hi-hat playing when the music calls for it.\\n\\nBe aware that this clutch has only two positions - open and fully closed. However, there is a way to work around this if you like partially open hi-hats in the closed position for a sizzle sound. I did a work around by placing a spring on the hi-hat stem, with metal and felt washers on the top of the spring, which gives me that opening when I drop the cymbal to closed. There was a lot of trial and error finding the right spring because each cymbal pair has a different height when mated together, and I was looking for a tiny fraction of an inch opening. Too small or low a tension a spring and stickwork chokes the sound. Too large or stiff and you will not get the sound. However, this is all personal preference, and many drummers ride a fully closed hi-hat anyway, which makes this clutch perfect out of the box.\\n\\nRegardless of your hi-hat style, if you are using a double bass, this is a \\\"must have\\\" accessory. Gibraltar's model is solid, heavy duty, and engages and disengages perfectly every time.\",\n \"Product: Quartz metronome\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Significantly adds to drum practice\\n\\nReview: I don't practice without this amazingly compact and useful timekeeper. The beat range is wide - from 40 to 240 beats per minute in 4 beat increments, and the headphone jack is a nice bonus.\\n\\nWhat I especially like is the audio and visual modes - you can go by the clicks or a red light that blinks in time. At faster tempos, though, the light is harder to follow than the click. You can select both the click and light together, which is another great feature. Finally, you can quickly dial in your tempo, which is an improvement over many metronones that require you to use a button to increase or decrease beats - going from 126 beats per minute to 240 takes a second versus having to keep pressing a button on competing metronomes.\\n\\nIt's loud enough to be heard over my drum kit when I have it close, and the timing is dead on accurate.\\n\\nThe tuning to standard A or Bb is yet another feature that drummers will find useful with doing an initial reference tuning. It allows you to quickly get a reference tone on one drum, then tune your kit from there.\\n\\nSince counting is essential to good practice using this instead of depending on verbal counting when playing is a big help and has enabled me to measurable improve my grooves (I still count off in my head when playing, but now I know that I am perfectly accurate).\\n\\nHighly recommended!\",\n \"Product: Beautiful, loud, clear bell and clean articulate \\\"ping\\\" with just the right amount of shimmering undertones.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great for R&B and jazz\\n\\nReview: If you've never played on a sizzle before it takes some getting used to because of the sustain. However, it is an essential sound in R&B and some jazz, especially for slower tempo using triplets.\\n\\nThis particular model sounds identical to my 30+ year old Avedis Zildjian 20\\\" - even the sustain is the same. Do not expect a lot of definition from this (or any other sizzle) because they were designed for a drawn out washy sound with slightly less than moderate definition.\\n\\nIf you're unsure about getting a sizzle, a great compromise is the 19\\\" Zildjian Armand Signature Ride (ASIN B0002GFNF4). That cymbal has a three-rivet cluster near the edge, but has higher definition and less sustain and wash. I have both the Armand and regular sizzle models, so there is a difference in tone and texture these cymbals produce.\",\n \"Product: The Pearl BD10 Bass Drum Practice Pad has a universal fit for all pedals, compensates for different floors, accommodates double pedals, and provides support for the bracing. Folds for transport.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect for getting to 16th notes on single pedals\\n\\nReview: My motivation for purchasing this pad was the segment on single pedal exercises and technique in John Blackwell's Technique, Grooving and Showmanship DVD (ASIN B00008K9HV). If you haven't heard or watched Blackwell, he is incredibly fast on a single pedal, so his tips were important.\\n\\nWhat is good about this pad is it does not have the same rebound as most bass drums, making you work a bit harder during practice. It will work with single or double pedal configurations, and folds down to get out of your way when you are not using it.\\n\\nI practice by first spending an hour using the exercise technique Blackwell recommends, which is to sit without a pedal and do quarter notes with your right foot, heel down, and rocking your left foot so that your toe is down on 2 and 4. This exercise builds calf strength and also locks in basic timing. Next I spend an hour on this pad with a single pedal, starting with the same pedal-less exercise I just described, then working to 16th notes. Sometimes I use a muted hi-hat for my left foot. I focus on both speed and accents with this pad, and I also have a piece of heavy cloth over the strike area to dampen the small amount of rebound this pad has to make me work harder. The dampening is akin to using pillows for stick practice - when you practice without any rebound your speed dramatically improves when you get on your set and play.\\n\\nOf course, this pad is also an outstanding general practice tool that works well when you are using mesh heads and cymbal mutes, or a practice pad set.\",\n \"Product: The Fiberskyn Diplomats have warm tones due to a poly-spun fiber single layer of 7.5 mil Mylar film. They're known for their warm full tones, resonance, and sustain. The Fiberskyn 3 Diplomat surface is excellent for sticks, mallets and brushes. F3 Diplomat heads produce a balanced spectrum of sound for snares and tom-toms. They are best known as the industry standard for Jazz and Orchestral applications.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect snare head for brush work and jazz\\n\\nReview: I use this head on my Pulse piccolo snare (ASIN: B0002F5IVO) and - when I am playing acoustic and jazz sets - on the Ludwig snare in my Accent kit (ASIN: B0002II86I).\\n\\nThe surface of this head is ideal for brush work, and also produces the crisp sound for the types of sets I play. I do not recommend this head for heavier music, especially rock, because the sound is too high and the head adds a bit of ring to the drum. However, for jazz and acoustic music the sound is near perfect and the response of the head for both stick and brush work is superb.\\n\\nDo be aware that tuning this head takes some time and care. This is not because of any flaws in the head itself, but because of how acoustically sensitive the head is. That said, if you play the types of music that this head is suited for, the time and effort to tune it is well spent.\",\n \"Product: You’re facing a long putt for par on the 17th hole with Tiger Woods clinging to a one stroke lead. You’ve been in this position before, but that doesn’t matter now. Or does it? Whether you play it safe or go for broke, Play with Confidence in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 08. The all-new Shot Confidence feature uses factors from your previous rounds—including club selection, lie, hole, and more—to determine your confidence heading into each shot. Play with the confidence of a pro as you battle the best golfers from the PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour on the most courses ever in your quest for the coveted FedEx Cup Championship.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great broadcasting in the background.\\n\\nReview: This is one of the most fun games I've played on Wii. I loved the commentators constant comments on each golfer's strokes. Comments like, \\\"Well, that's not going anyplace,\\\" or \\\"If only he could dig his way out of this hole,\\\" or \\\"Here's one for the history books.\\\"\\n\\nPoor Tiger -- when I chose him as my avatar he ended up 30 over Par on the Pebble Beach course. There are many different courses to choose from, and it is important to listen to the comments about the courses because the commentators describe the lay of each hole.\\n\\nThere are many avatars -- all pro golfers -- from which to choose your avatar, and you can use one or multiple controllers. We were using one until we finally figured out how to add the other controllers so each member of the foursome could \\\"have their own clubs.\\\"\\n\\nIt's very educational, and I can't wait to play with my brother who is an avid golfer while I know practically zip about the sport. However, I did enjoy it as a sport -- something I never thought possible. I watched each of the shots my opponents hit, and cheered when my 9 year old pal got a hole in one.\\n\\nIt's a game for the whole family! 5 stars all the way. As soon as I can get my own Wii, this will be the first game I buy. If you golf or if you don't -- it will be fun, and it is also a lot of fun for the kids.\\n\\nBecause of this game I have a new respect for golfers, and I think I might actually watch one of the tournaments on TV.\\n\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: Keep your Nintendo Wii controller & Nunchuk safe & protected with style with this Silicone Skin Case \\nPersonalize each of the Wii Remote Controller & Nunchuk with different colors for every member of the family \\nAdd a splash of color to your Nintendo Wii remote controller & nunchuk and provide an instant all around protection from scratches, dirt, and grease caused by everyday use (and abuse). \\nNon-slip surface is great for providing better grip to enhance gaming performance. Manufactured using premium virgin silicone material. \\nSmooth and washable design ensures comfort and cleanliness. Unique design allows easy access to all buttons, controls & ports without having to remove the skin. Additional colors available.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Yes, these do add benefits to the fun of the game!\\n\\nReview: .\\nFirst: I gave a set of skins to each member of the family. The four colors mean they always know which controller and which nunchuk is theirs.\\n\\nSecond: If one is lost, it's easier to find by color.\\n\\nThird: The skins protect the more expensive controllers and are less apt to slip out of your hand.\\n\\nFourth: You have better control of your controller.\\n\\nFifth: Your grip on your controller makes it easier for you to get the higher scores and win the games.\\n\\nWhen I first gave the 2 extra nunchuks and 4 skins to the family, they figured they'd take them back and get another game. However, after playing with the Wii game system, they were thrilled with them.\\n\\nAt this price, you are getting a huge bargain.\\n\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: Yamaha HTR-5730 is a full-featured entry level home theater receiver ready for stereo and home-theater surround sound. Major features include 5-channel discrete amplification (100W x 5), Tri-Field CINEMA DSP, 21 surround programs, SILENT CINEMA, and a preset remote control. It delivers high power to five channels and provides DTS and DTS Matrix 6.1 (phantom) decoding as well as Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic II decoding. Add a powered subwoofer and you've got true 5.1 surround audio reality. 1 Optical and Coaxial digital inputs Digitally-tuned AM/FM radio 40 station programmable memory presets Remote Control\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great value and sound\\n\\nReview: This receiver is easy to set up and configure, with a plethora of options, including setting room size, bass and treble, and various sound reproductions (jazz club, rock, sci-fi movies, etc.).\\n\\nI am using it with the Yamaha NS-P236 speaker package (ASIN: B0000W4U2W) that is a near-perfect match for this receiver, and am impressed with the sound quality. I have my satellite speakers ceiling mounted, and the center speaker elevated to five feet, and woofer on the floor and to the left of the receiver.\\n\\nThe TV is set as monitor, and is connected via coax, and the other components connected are a Sony CD carousel and Sanyo combo DVD-VCR. Each of these components sound much better through this receiver than they did when connected to an older receiver with which I upgraded to this unit.\\n\\nWhen I am practicing drums to CDs this receiver provides clear, pure music that seems to naturally blend with my play along. This is partly because of the high-quality of the receiver itself, and partly because of the speakers and their placement.\\n\\nWhen in DVD mode the sounds and separation are incredible.\\n\\nLike others I found the remote control to be a bit of a challenge, but once you get used to the layout and buttons it does not detract (in my opinion) from the quality of this receiver.\\n\\nThe set-up instructions, and the controls in the unit itself, are easy to understand and use. If you are looking for a high-quality receiver at an affordable price this is a bargain that does not cut corners with sould quality or flexibility in setting up for optimal sound in any size room.\",\n \"Product: ABC Products All in One USB Multi Digital Camera / Cell Phone / Mobile Picture Memory Card Reader Writer USB 2.0 Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 and Apple Mac OS V9.2 & above, PLUG and PLAY Digital Photo Frame Transfer, Reads all Cards Except Smart Media, USB Cable Included\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Lights, magic, and answers!\\n\\nReview: I was surprised to find a Fuji Film 4 MB Smart Media Digital Memory Card in a desk drawer one fateful day. I did not have any clues as to what was on it and no card reader. I began the search for a reader that would work.\\n\\nA local store had a device that would \\\"work with anything,\\\" guaranteed. Therefore, I did not bother to keep the box after I bought it. There was no slot for this media. I then borrowed a friend's reader, but again, no luck. Yes, totally frustrated, I asked for help. (That is what I do when all else fails.)\\n\\nI was sent the link to this little beauty. It was not expensive, and I was ready to try anything. I bought it. I plugged it in a few minutes ago, and bingo, my system recognized it immediately. Yeah! No drivers to download.\\n\\nI could not figure out where to put the card though. The big drawback on this device is no documentation, and with only four slots, it is not intuitive. (That is the minus one star.) The four slots read multiple cards.\\n\\nI studied the Amazon picture, and I figured out which one worked. I inserted my card. LEDs lit. It worked! After opening my Paint Shop Pro v. 7.0, clicking on open file and locating which one of my peripheral devices was labeled for the device (F), I finally could see the pictures.\\n\\nThere it was DCIM. I opened the sub directory to find 100_FUJI and I clicked on that subdirectory. Much to my chagrin, the priceless pictures did not exist. They had all been deleted.\\n\\nHowever, I finally knew. It was okay that it was blank it was not on my mind now.\\n\\nIt is compact (two inches by three and three quarter's inches, about one-half inch high), shiny silver, with lights that let you know it is working. PWR will come on when your computer recognizes the peripheral device. Depending on what card you insert, the other lights will provide information: CF/MD, MS, SD/MMC, SM/XO/ and ACT.\\n\\nI am very happy with this card reader, and recommend it.\\n\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: BEARPAW, Youth, Emma Youth, Charcoal/Pomberry, 5, US\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The perfect shoe in a new bluish black shade.\\n\\nReview: Bear Paws boots fit well. I purchased a size larger than my regular shoes to accommodate thicker socks and tucked in jeans. They are comfortable for travel and exploring. The most important aspect of shoes to me is comfort. I dislike going into shoe stores because my feet are problematic. Surgery to remove neuromas (rumors in the nerve) feel like every step is on a nail.\\n\\nThese are great. I purchased the shorter boot, but my granddaughter got the taller ones. They are next on my boot agenda. I now have three pair, well two until the get all the unpacking done, I find them to be extremely easy to put on and take off, classy lines. Great colors, including the newest blue black similar to the color of dark denim. One of my pairs is six or seven years old and still looks brand new.\\n\\nMost of all, they are comfortable!\",\n \"Product: Adventure Drama\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This is an unusual, yet successful, role for Harrison Ford.\\n\\nReview: Reviews are only subjective.\\nFord as Allie Fox is an inventor, a genius, a man too smart for the world around him. He is a mechanical engineer who takes his family to Central America in search of Utopia, as he defines it. Of course, his family does not want to leave behind civilization and all of the comforts that home brings, but no one can resist his will. Perhaps that and his abrasive irritating manner are aspects of his insanity.\\nHe does not expect to find another zealot, particularly in the form of Reverend Spellgood (Andre Gregory) who has determined to bring Christianity to the natives. Fox's goal is to bring his definition of civilization. The conflict and comparison between two very strong characters is part of what makes Paul Theroux's story work\\nRiver Phoenix as Charlie, the son who comes of age, and through whose eyes we see this story, is brilliant. Helen Mirrin, recently of 'Calendar Girls,' is stunning; her portrayal of a woman in love with her family, wanting to support her husband, yet protect her family is touching. John Seale's, directory of photography, work is outstanding, and reminds me of other fascinating movies brought to life by the careful use of lights, shadows, and lush, verdant scenery.\\nFord's portrayal of the disintegration of a brilliant man, inventor, know-it-all, family despot is compelling, but gets lost in the slow, tedious complexities of a long journey - both mentally and the one his family travels. Yet, it has been almost twenty years since I saw the theatrical release, and I remember this film. I still think about it, wonder about motives and actions - and that is what makes this an excellent film, in my opinion.\\nThis is one of the most difficult films to rate because it was overly long and somewhat wearisome, but it is also powerful. However, when actors, a story, and cinematography linger in my imagination and analysis processes since 1986, I must give it five stars. I know that some people will be bored because it is slow, but I will watch it many times to enjoy the nuances.\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Bond in love is a new twist, and it works.\\n\\nReview: I can always count on 007 James Bond to take me on an action packed adventure. \\\"The World is not Enough\\\" is one of the best of the series as it explores a deeper side of James Bond. This film is character driven. The actions follow the intricate plot in revealing dark, unexpected motives. The actions, explosions, threats, and character dynamics do not seem to be scripted or contrived.\\nThese villains are complex and shrewd, and the seductive Elektra is capable of capturing Bond's heart. The reasons for Elektra and Rinard's actions are plausible and more human than in other Bond films. It does not necessarily make them sympathetic, but there is a great sense of loss captured in the scenes between Rinard and Elektra.\\nThe action scenes are complex and should be viewed more than once to enjoy the full impact. I am a Bond fan, so I always see the movies more than three times. The character development in this film gave depth that has been missing in James Bond. He is human and does care deeply, but he will not let emotions control him. This makes Pierce Brosnan's Bond equal to Sean Connery's -- and I can think of no higher compliment.\\nThe DVD features are excellent. Commentaries, interviews, and a music video that is exotic, erotic, and seductive, as any James Bond love theme should be. The band Garbage takes us on an incredible journey to a high tech world where a beautiful female android is created. Her kiss of death and the song makes it is easy to see similarities to the plot.\\nSince this was released in late 1999, I am looking for another 007 movie with Pierce Brosnan soon. I do hope that Michael Apted will be the director.\\nThis is a top-notch film worth watching again. I will watch the commentaries several times and definitely the music video; it is 5 stars.\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon DVD Format / English and Mandarin Audio with English and French Subtitles\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Enjoy the art, beauty, and spirituality of China.\\n\\nReview: It is rare when a foreign language film has the ability to grab the attention of my fifteen-year-old nephew and me, but this movie is extraordinary. We read the subtitles and did not feel like we were missing any details -- only that a world had suddenly been opened for us to view.\\nSince we saw this film, we have discussed it and persuaded others to experience this enchantment. Every so often we talk about this movie and plan to see it many more times. This DVD should be shown in wide-angle format in order to see all of the majesty captured on cellulose.\\nThe script creates a perfectly logical connection between fantasy and reality, logic and irrationality, and mythology and truth. This flow makes it easy to suspend disbelief and be completely entrapped within the breathtaking beauty and fierce fights of the movie.\\nYun-Fat Chow is Li Mu Bai, and he displays a spiritual countenance that is the center of a true martial arts master. His life has been in service and honor toward the sword *The Green Destiny.* The complexities of his life and his choices are only a background for the intricacies of romance, tragedy, heroism, and philosophy that are woven with precise skill and art throughout this astonishing movie.\\nMichelle Yeoh (Yu Shu Lien) and Zhang Ziy (Jen) become acquaintances, then friends, then sisters, and finally enemies. The transitions are created by the strong will of the young princess (Zhang) who ultimately learns the value of friendship, but at great cost. She is well trained in the ninja arts by Li Mu Bai's ancient arch nemesis. This training is significant because rivals do tend to reveal the inadequacies of their opponents while assuring their young students with victory.\\nThe action scenes are stimulating and plausible though the stunts are physically impossible -- or so it seems. What is most amazing is that these impossible stunts were real! The actors did the scenes, perhaps stunt doubles for some, though I doubt it because of Ang Lee's determination for accuracy. When the warriors fly through the air, fight on the sides of building, chase across the rooftops, or fight high in the bamboo trees they did exactly that. These were not created through simulation and the magic of technology.\\nAfter the scenes were filmed then the digital artists worked to remove the equipment that helped the actors complete the feats. The visions of China and the exciting ninja action captured my imagination.\\nAng Lee required the actors to learning to speak Mandarin Chinese. The language accuracy may not seem important to those of us who do not speak Chinese, but it is the difference between cultures within China. I was left with the feeling that I had spent time in a sacred place.\\nThroughout the film there is the artistry of the music. Segments will take you to dreamland while other sequences will cause a rush of adrenaline. It is as if you are riding on a magic carpet -- you are there.\\nI purchased two DVDs -- one for me and one for my nephew -- *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* is that good.\\nIt is better than five stars for the director (Ang Lee), cinematography, choreography, film editing, script, actors, action, philosophy, and emotions. This movie won Best Picture in the Foreign Language category at the Academy Awards; and it deserved the honor.\",\n \"Product: year 2002\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: \\\"I will not leave the battle. I will not leave my men.\\\"\\n\\nReview: The power of good acting is real characters, and this film is reality. The expressions of excited young men going off to war, is stunningly altered into those bearing great shock, sorrow, and death. The women they left at home portray the qualities of 1965 ladies supportive of their husbands, no matter what.\\nMadeline Stowe, as Lt. Col. Hal Moore's wife, unites the wives left behind on the base. When the Army is unprepared to hand deliver telegrams informing the family that their soldier died, she takes over the task from the cab company that had been hired to do so. Each telegram is poignant, and I was reminded that every soldier, nurse, doctor, civilian, everyone has a story.\\nThis one is about the American men who fought the first battle for God and country in Vietnam. The film begins with a disclaimer that it is not a reflection of personal or political ideologies. To me, that statement generally means the studio must distance itself to avoid potential ramifications about an unpopular war. Also, that I am about to see more truth than fiction, more questions than answers.\\nWe Were Soldiers is intense, and I could only watch it in short segments. I needed time to think, to understand, and to witness the horror of battle. It is vivid -- when bullets hit bodies, blood spews from the wounds. Friendly fire kills, and is only called friendly because the man behind the bullet or bomb is in the same army. Napalm burns whomever is in the path, and flesh is charred to the bone. These are graphically displayed, and accounts for the \\\"R\\\" rating at the box office.\\nThe reality, especially looking backwards at history and knowing these men and women came home without a hero's welcome, stirs me deeply. Honor and integrity are shown along with \\\"battle scenes once seen that can never be forgotten\\\" in words such as \\\"I will be the first one on the field and the last one to leave, and I will leave no man behind.\\\"\\nLt. Col. Hal Moore (Mel Gibson) said he would never forgive himself because his men died and he did not in the La Drang Valley (the Valley of Death). It is clear that in the end, soldiers fought to save each other as they obeyed orders.\\nWe Were Soldiers, The Thin Red Line, Saving Private Ryan, Behind Enemy Lines, Blackhawk Down, Flight of the Intruder, Platoon, and so many others are very important films; they are about historical events. To me, the message about warriors is that on the field there are never winners, only survivors.\\nFive Stars.\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: John Blackwell, world-class groove master and drummer with Prince, offers his approach to developing the amazing technique he has become know for, including key exercises that he used as a student, and still uses today, demonstrations with bassist Baron Browne, performances with his great band, Matrix, and more. Includes brilliant performance footage from the Modern Drummer Festival 2002 and studio footage that features Baron Browne. Segments include: Heroes and Influences, Practicing, Teachers, Building a Solo, Single-Hand Rolls, Single-Pedal Technique, Building a Groove, Shuffles and a detailed demonstration of his incredible Stick Twirling Technique. Included is footage of John s entire performance at Modern Drummer Festival 2002 with Matrix.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Will definitely improve your drum skills\\n\\nReview: This DVD starts out somewhat slow, but once the teaching starts you'll learn some amazing techniques. I'll preface with the fact that Blackwell's overall style and approach does not match the direction in which I am going, but he is a master drummer who is also deeply intellectual and highly effective when it comes to imparting knowledge.\\n\\nAmong the \\\"secrets\\\" I learned was how to do single-handed drum rolls. I've carefully studied Buddy Rich for years and could never come close to his single-hand roll technique. However, Blackwell shows how to do it is a straightforward manner. In less than two days of practice I have it down. That alone is worth many times the price of this DVD, but there is more. If you've ever heard Blackwell play you'd swear that he is using a double bass pedal. Not so - his amazing bass pedal work is single pedal, and he shows how to achieve the same speed and bass groove in the same straighforward manner as he did with the single-handed rolls. It comes down to doing coordination exercises with your sticks and fitting in the bass patterns. Simple on the surface, but extremely effective.\\n\\nThroughout this video I learned one technique after another. Blackwell does not jealously guard his secrets - indeed, he is effusive in giving credit to his many influences - and he comes across as sincerely interested in sharing them. He is also a font of knowledge when it comes to the history of great drummers and, in one fascinating discussion connects the dots of influences back to Baby Dodds. Another thing I enjoyed (and learned from) is his ability to recreate the style of drummers who influenced him, then combine those styles into composite solos.\\n\\nLike those who came before him, Blackwell - thanks to this video - has a profound influence on my own playing. I mentioned earlier that his and my styles diverge, but the techniques he imparted have been incorporated into my own playing, and if anyone asks me who my major influences were Blackwell will be on the short list.\\n\\nIf you want to take your skills to the lext level get this DVD and practice (and practice some more!) I also recommend getting a copy of Tommy Igoe's \\\"Groove Essentials\\\" (ASIN B00064YTKM), which will augment Blackwell's techniques and expand your range and technique even more.\",\n \"Product: The acclaimed fourth film from groundbreaking writer and director Quentin Tarantino (PULP FICTION, JACKIE BROWN), KILL BILL VOLUME 1 stars Uma Thurman (PULP FICTION), Lucy Liu (CHARLIE'S ANGELS, CHICAGO), and Vivica A. Fox (TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME) in an astonishing, action-packed thriller about brutal betrayal and an epic vendetta! Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, The Bride (Thurman) emerges from a coma and decides it's time for payback ... with a vengeance! Having been gunned down by her former boss (David Carradine) and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight she didn't start but is determined to finish! Loaded with explosive action and outrageous humor, it's a must-see motion picture event that had critics everywhere raving!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Bang, bang, my baby shot me down ...\\n\\nReview: .\\nThis is a fast paced thriller filled with wicked battles, and is not for children, nor for all adults. It is loaded with violence, bloodshed, revenge, and gory action sequences. If this is not something you tolerate, then you will hate the film. However, if you can accept this brutality and have never seen Kill Bill Volume 1, be sure to also purchase Volume 2 at the same time.\\n\\nThe sword dances are simply amazing, reminding me of the skills used in \\\"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.\\\" Flashbacks to the opening scene are a dominant and driving force during both volumes. The theme song lyrics are associated with characters, plot, action, emotions, determination, and strength. Now I find the notes, the melody, the words wander through my mind no matter what I do, and I want to see the film again.\\n\\nQuentin Tarantino's use of non-sequential progression is perfect... it worked in \\\"Pulp Fiction\\\" and it works in \\\"Kill Bill.\\\" His films now fall into my classic \\\"Viki's Chick Flicks\\\" category. The action and violence show me a side of humanity that I hope to never see up close and personal, but I understand it better.\\n\\nThe history of Lucy Liu's character O-Ren Ishii is revealed through Tarantino's surprising use of animation, and it succeeds. She is the only character whose background is revealed. I was startled to see this animated sequence. However, the gross violence and other information that reveal what twisted this assassin are strong as it creates verisimilitude for the complex killer, and makes the film formidable. Though none of the other assassins have their background revealed, it is reasonable to assume that they also have been through such experiences to drive them into their careers.\\n\\nTarantino ends this flick with a far more emotional connection than I've seen in his previous works. I found it fascinating that QT used aspects of the classic spaghetti western, the amazing sword frenzy shown through back lighting similar to scenes in \\\"Flash Dance,\\\" and other surrealistic filming techniques.\\n\\nI found a few discrepancies in the films, but this is still five stars for a \\\"Viki's Chick Flick.\\\"\\n\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: You'll scamper through tons of games like the all-new Garfield Comic Creator and Find Odie Maze Game, catch 17 hilarious deleted scenes, take in \\\"Pick of the Litter,\\\" a documentary about bringing Garfield to life, go behind-the-scenes of Garfield And Friends, have your very own copy of the Baha Men music video \\\"HOLLA,\\\" and much more! So grab a pan of lasagna, enjoy the full-length Garfield movie, and get ready for hours of family fun with Garfield!\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Take a delightful romp through a good story.\\n\\nReview: Having read and heard some very negative critical reviews about this movie, it wasn't on my \\\"to see\\\" list. However, when it was the only one available to take two little girls to see - it was, at least, rated G. To my delight, not only were the children laughing and enjoying the story, feeling the tension of the \\\"bad guy,\\\" and concerned about Garfield saving Odie but so was I.\\nIt is a shame that the theater trailers didn't show enough scope of the film to indicate that it wasn't just about an egocentric fat cat, but an egocentric fat cat who learned a valuable lesson as he discovered what friendship is about. Sometimes you have to be braver than you think you are to do what is right.\\nWhen \\\"Shrek\\\" first hit the movie theater several years ago, I ended up seeing it four times with my little friend. I'm not sure that I would want to sit through \\\"Garfield: The Movie\\\" that many times, but I wouldn't balk at taking the kidlets again.\\nOne TV critic said, \\\"I would never take my child to see this movie.\\\" Well, I would, and hearing little children all over the theater chuckling and cheering was worth a million bucks. When the movie ended my three year old little friend said, \\\"Garfield did it!\\\" as she clapped.\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: ###############################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Essential for learning brush technique\\n\\nReview: If you want to learn brush technique from the master this video is an amazing learning resource as well as a way to peer into the mind of the one drummer who was cited by both Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa as the best in the world on brushes.\\n\\nThis is more than just a DVD - it comes with a booklet that further describes the techniques shown on the video (a transcribed play-along), and has some excellent music as well with accompaniment by Ron Carter on bass and Tony Purrone on guitar.\\n\\nYou can take this instructional video a step further by listening to Thigpen's performances on any Oscar Peterson Trio recording from 1958 through 1965. You'll learn all you need to know about brushwork from this DVD plus listening to Thigpen's recorded work.\",\n \"Product: Fifteen thunderous, drum solos from legends like Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Papa Jo Jones, Art Blakey, Shelly Manne, Sonny Payne, Sam Woodyard, Rufus Speedy Jones, and others, spanning the years 1947 to 1989, many never before released on home video or DVD. Bonus clips include Bobby Troups history of the jazz drum set from 1958 and a great segment featuring the Gene Krupa Jazz Trio impersonating Russian musicians from 1946!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A slice of history\\n\\nReview: Among the fifteen performances on this DVD my favorites were the segments featuring Papa Joe Jones, Blakey and Manne - and, of course, Lionel Hampton who is talented on drums and vibes and a showman of the first order.\\n\\nThere are the standard Krupa and Rich clips, sure to delight their fans (and what drummer isn't?), as well as a few interesting sequences performed by Sam Woodyard (very talented and unique), and Rufus Speedy Jones among others.\\n\\nI personally liked the first volume (ASIN B00005RDSJ) more, but still enjoyed this one and learned a lot from it. Any drummer, regardless of musical genre, should visit the roots of American jazz drumming, which influences how we all play today, regardless of whether we play jazz, rock, country or other styles. You'll discover that some of your own grooves and techniques were being played by these early masters of jazz drumming. You'll also pick up a few tircks and tips in the process.\",\n \"Product: Princess of Ireland is a special Barbie that has been crafted with style and loving attention to detail. She has green eyes, auburn hair, and fair skin. She wears a gorgeous cloak and dress ensemble in shades of deep green. The textured fabric has intricate Celtic designs add allure. Though this Barbie has obviously been designed with collectors in mind, there's no reason she can't be added to any Barbie fan's repertoire. The doll comes with a stand and a certificate of authenticity.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This is a Celtic beauty.\\n\\nReview: \\\"Many years ago on the misty islands of the European continent, a noble race known as the Celts inhabited the land.\\\" (Mattel) Thus begins the information on the back of the box, which reads like a fairytale.\\nPrincess of Ireland is breathtaking. She is more incredible than any of the on-line pictures can show. Her complexion is fair, and her auburn hair shines with deep, rich color; a section on the left is braided, and cascades to her thigh. Her cheeks are dusty roses, her green eyes seem to twinkle, and her lips are the color of garnets. She wears a forest green velvet cloak; the clasp is a Tara Broach, \\\"a very famous bejeweled pin thought to have been worn by Celtic royalty.\\\" The golden broach is the color of her crown and the three Celtic medallions on the half-belt at her waist. Her dress is loose fitting, as the time would indicate. Down the middle of the front of her gown is a 1\\\" wide gold, green, and shades of rose trim that displays several Celtic designs.\\nBehind the Princess of Ireland, there is a castle with several turrets. Should you choose to display this doll out of her box, a stand is included.\\nFun: She is stunning, and brings imagination the first time you glance at her.\\nEducational benefit: This is an opportunity to share the history of the Celts and the beauty of Ireland.\\nDurability: Well constructed; if a young child plays with this fair lass, then expect her hair to get tangled, but she will hold together.\\nThis is a very reasonably priced doll for collectors and as gifts for favorite children, they will love her -- another princess for their collections.\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: Grand Entrance Barbie\\n2001 Collector Edition\\nGrand Entrance Series\\nProduct Code: 28533\\nDesigned by Carter Bryant, Grand Entrance Barbie doll wears a steel blue taffeta gown with a fitted bodice and long, full skirt with an underskirt of blush pink satin and ivory/pale pink tulle. Beautiful blush roses at her waist, and long blush gloves accent this classic look. The finishing touches include blush pumps, and rhinestone and faux pearl earrings. The premier doll in a new series devoted to Barbie collecting comes with a Guide to Collecting, and a Certificate of Authenticity.\\nNo longer available from Mattel.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Grand Entrance is an exquisite design by Sharon Zuckerman\\n\\nReview: The second entry into the Grand Entrance collection wears a romantic gown of shell pink taffeta subtly enhanced with small rosebuds in a slightly darker shade of dusty rose. The overskirt is pulled up in clusters of roses and ribbons, allowing the pink taffeta underskirt to show the panels of roses, lilacs, and climbing ivy latticed between dainty lines of dusty rose. The dropped waist line bodice is fashioned of the same fabric of the underskirt, with a row of graceful flowers down the center front.\\nBarbie wears long dusty rose gloves, and a delicate cameo pendant. Her hair is rich auburn, very thick and styled in a loose curl. Her lips are deeper rose, her eyes are blue, and a paler shade accents her cheekbones. She wears pearl earrings. Included in the Grand Entrance collection is a guide to collecting booklet. She is available in Caucasian and African American.\\nShe is a return to the elegance of the old South, or the glamour of the turn of the 19th century. Refreshingly blends beauty and history, and provides the educator with the opportunity to describe the changes in the world through fashion.\\nStars:\\n5- Fun -- If she loves Barbie, she will especially love this Barbie; she fits into standard fashion clothes for 11 1/2 - 12 inch dolls, and she is so elegant while doing so.\\n5- Education -- she is excellent for teaching about history through fashions and enchanting stories.\\n4- Durable -- little ones and the family pet can bit her fingers, lose her jewelry, and add the touch that only a child can give.\\nVictoria Tarrani\\nThe Accidental Collector\\nTori-T\",\n \"Product: for making craft, glitter on tshirt\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: So easy, even a child can do it!\\n\\nReview: This little package is perfect. It is so easy to use and make drab items have that sparkle you want.\\n\\nYou set the stone where you want it on the fabric; the prongs that create the snapped in sparkle are on the wrong side of the fabric with the right side facing up. Press the handle down until you hear a click. You're done!\\n\\nMy 9 year old pal showed me how to work it because I was busy with other things at the moment I got it out for her. The next day my costume arrived for Halloween with a loose ribbon. I connected it to the garment in seconds with a sparkling bead, added one to the other side for symmetry, and voila -- it was perfect.\\n\\nI have one kit and will be getting another one because it was so easy and so much fun that I'm leaving this one for my pal.\\n\\nFive stars -- it makes your child feel like a very successful creator.\",\n \"Product: Limited Edition The Red Carpet Collection Mackie Radiant Redhead Barbie, Barbie Collectibles is a 2001 Mattel production. Model #55501. Radiant Redhead Barbie Doll is simply gorgeous in her long white ensemble that boldly reveals her bare midriff. Included in the box is a Barbie doll that's approx. 11.5\\\" tall. Barbie has red hair & teal (pale greenish/blue) color eyes, and she wears an elegant cream color sheath Gown that's dramatically flared at the bottom, with apple green & gold embroidered trim and decorative gold beads. Gown has high neckline & long sleeves & there's an opening under the bust to below navel in the front. Gown has a long flared out train at the bottom. Barbie also has a white Faux Fur Muff on her left arm & she wears a gold tone Finger Ring on her right hand. Doll comes with a Radiant Redhead Information \\\"Booklet\\\", a Limited Edition Illustration, a COA Certificate of Authenticity & a Doll Stand for Display. All provided information is to the best of my ability & may not be exact; colors, styles, sizes & info may vary. Limited Edition The Red Carpet Collection Mackie Radiant Redhead Barbie, Barbie Collectibles, a 2001 Mattel production is great for any collection, as a gift or just for fun play!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Mackie captures the Golden Era of Hollywood.\\n\\nReview: The Radiant Redhead is the first in Bob Mackie's Red Carpet Collection is dated 2001. This lovely lady is first edition quality. Although I am not sure which glamorous woman was the inspiration, she reminds me of Rita Hayworth.\\nShe wears a lavish gown with a bare midriff. It reveals her navel in her perfect muscular torso. The white long sleeved, high neck masterpiece is edged in gold braid and exquisite green and gold embroidery and beads. She also wears gold cord platform shoes; these stay on better than the little heels or flats of most dolls. In the crook of her arm, she carries a white faux fur wrap. She could be walking into the Academy Awards, or stepping from a limousine onto a Paris runway.\\nShe comes with a stand. Though most collectors do not like to take their dolls out of the boxes, the full pleasure they bring is in displaying them -- I suggest a glass cabinet for protection.\\nHer lips and nails wear warm deep red that accents her fair skin. Her eye shadow is in shades of brown and greens, and her eyes are green and flirty. Her thick red hair curls onto her shoulders. Her expression is sultry -- a woman who knows she is beautiful and powerful.\\nBob Mackie's creations are among the most highly sought after collectibles. They sell well on the secondary market because, I think, once you own a Bob Mackie doll you must own more.\\nFun -- gazing at an exquisite piece of artwork is pure pleasure.\\nEducation -- talk about history of fashion, theater, Hollywood, glamour, and she is the perfect tool.\\nDurable -- protect her, she is worth it.\\nVictoria Tarrani\\nThe Accidental Collector\\nTori-T\",\n \"Product: Suite Retreat Barbie doll's luxurious look is intensely glamorous with studied sophistication.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Suite Retreat is absolutely gorgeous.\\n\\nReview: This is a Silkstone doll from Mattel. The material was chosen for its strength and beauty. Silkstone is 8 on the Mohn Scale of Hardness, and can be formed to emulate the beauty of porcelain, without the fragility.\\n\\nThe Silkstone dolls (aka silkies) have delicate features and an aura of grace about them. Silkies are high on the scale of collectibles. The older Barbie clothing will go on them, but probably won't fit because these dolls are slimmer. They are not fully articulated, because developing a method to articulate stone that hard is next to impossible -- I think.\\n\\nSuite Retreat is dressed in a silk suit, her red-auburn hair is thick and curly, her eyes are sultry. She is a pleasant addition to any collection.\",\n \"Product: Kahlil Gibran was among the most important Arabic language authors of the early twentieth century. Born in 1883 in Lebanon, he spent the last twenty years of his life (to 1931) in the United States. He is the author of numerous volumes, the most famous of which is THE PROHPET, translated into over twenty languages.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: How to live and accept life.\\n\\nReview: The Prophet Almustafa waits in the city of Orphalese for his ship to take him home. For twelve years he has loved, cried, laughed, taught, dreamt, and lived with strangers. He is joyous when he sees the sails on the horizon. \\\"Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of aloneness; and who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret?\\\"\\nWhat can a poor man leave for those he has learned to love? Almustafa walks through the city, across the sands, toward the shore; as he does, he pauses to answer the questions of the heart. \\\"Nor is it a thought I leave behind me, but a heart made sweet with hunger and thirst.\\\"\\nHis words will pass from generation to generation in Orphalese. The metaphor is reality, for the wisdom of his celebration of life is as powerful today as it was when it was published in 1923.\\nSome of my favorite passages are:\\nOf Joy and Sorrow -- \\\"The deeper the sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?\\\"\\nOf Giving -- \\\"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.\\\"\\nOf Reason and Passion -- \\\"Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.\\\"\\nOf Time -- \\\"You would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing. Yet, the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.\\\"\\nEach phrase carries you from one thought to another. The profoundness of his truth is not gleaned until the words are read many times. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran is extraordinary, and will always be one of my favorite books of philosophy, poetry, wisdom, mysticism, and prose.\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: One rainy night in New York City, outstanding law student Chloe Larson wakes from a terrible nightmare. But it's not a nightmare it's real. Not only is she savagely violated in her own bedroom, Chloe then has to deal with the horror of nobody being brought to justice. Twelve years later a very different Chloe is forging a formidable reputation in the Miami Dade State Attorney's Office, as a vicious serial killer nicknamed Cupid terrorises Florida tearing out his tortured victim's hearts while they're still conscious. When the police stop a driver on the McArthur Causeway and a mutilated corpse is found in his trunk, it seems the hunt for Cupid is finally over. But as Chloe begins the task of prosecuting the suspect, she soon realises that this case will be anything but easy. Because her past is about to force itself on her present and the terror is only just beginning. Sometimes there's a price to be paid for justice. And sometimes that price is awful. Revenge could cost Chloe her sanity. The truth could cost her her life. THE PAST. THE PRESENT. THE TERROR.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Thought provoking thrill ride!\\n\\nReview: .\\n\\nThis is one book that has stayed in my mind since I read it when it was first published.\\n\\nIt's hard to image the horror of rape and torture, but Jilliane Hoffman caught the experience through her words better than any book I read or movie I've seen.\\n\\nThe woman is C.J. Townsend, and through quirks of fate, she faces the monster 12 years later in court. The statute of limitations on her rape has passed, but she knows that he is vicious and she has the legal expertise to put him away for another crime, and he might well have done it -- the evidence certainly points to him. That is a compelling story in itself, but the book is so much deeper.\\n\\nIs he guilty of the crime for which she is prosecuting? Should she recuse herself or can she be fair? Could anyone be fair?\\n\\nThe courtroom drama is brilliant and there is no getting lost in various legal issues. It is not filled with unnecessary details and jargon.\\n\\nHer scenes are so vivid that I feel as if I have first hand information about what a rape victim goes through in trying to both remember and forget at the same time. That information has given me insight into others.\\n\\nThis is fast paced and intriguing. It is a first class read.\",\n \"Product: When photojournalist Jordan Glass chances upon a painting which is part of an exhibition entitled 'Nude Women in Repose' by an unknown artist in the Hong Tsin museum in Hong Kong, she gets a rude shock. The face of the woman in the painting is that of Jordan's twin sister, Jane, who vanished without trace from her home in New Orleans thirteen months before. Eleven women altogether have disappeared - and the other paintings in the exhibition are of those missing women. Jordan teams up with world-renowned forensic psychologist, Dr Arthur Lenz, and FBI special agent, John Kaiser to track down the artist and get to the bottom of the mystery. But there are many curious twists and unpleasant surprises in store before the shocking truth is finally revealed.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This is powerful painting with words!\\n\\nReview: One of the Sleeping Women paintings changes Jordan Glass' life. She is the image of the nude woman either sleeping or dead, but she did not pose for the painting. Thus begins Jordan's journey to find out if the painting is her sister Jane Lacour, her twin who is missing and presumed dead.\\nThere is a luscious cast of characters, both suspects and investigators. The plot is well developed, and all too plausible since many women do disappear from their lives. Most do not run away from the two children and a good husband they adore. Jane certainly didn't leave them intentionally.\\nI enjoyed Iles contemplation of the connections between identical twins. Even with Jordan's memory about the moment she felt her sister's death, she never gave up hope that Jane would be found alive. Perhaps the sensations she thought were Jane's death weren't. After learning what happened to Jane, I wondered if Jane had felt similar sensations about Jordan - that is how \\\"real\\\" these characters were.\\nThis book is outstanding; it is a page-turner in the truest sense of the words. I came to some of the same conclusions as Jordan did, but in the end only her creativity and depth of knowledge could save her life.\\nFive stars!\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: Paperback, 180+ pages\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Look back to see forward.\\n\\nReview: Several years ago, I received this book as a gift from my cousin. I read it, but found it difficult because it is filled with hand written pages in wildly colored text and includes line drawings that seemingly have no connection to the text. Yet there is magic in this book and style, and in reading it again, I see why the format is important. Sark reveals herself, without fear or shame, much as a child simply tells the truth or writes letters and numbers with a crayon.\\nThere are many topics in this self-help book, so I will only tell a little about a few of them. What I have discovered is that I have implemented more than I realized in the years since I first read this book.\\nGo out Wildly and Alone. Sark wrote, \\\"My mother taught me not to wait for a man to buy me flowers. She always said, 'Buy your own flowers, too.' ... and I do.\\\" This bit of advice also covers buying something for ourselves simply because we like it. I splurged on some new knit shirts to wear with my jeans -- because I wanted them and I loved the colors.\\nOld, Alone, and Succulent in Sark's words: \\\"We are studying now to be the old women we will be.\\\" Getting older is a trick of fate, but being succulent is putting up pink towels because you want them; dancing in the rain (sans clothing) - well that's my idea of succulence; not fearing to throw your head back and laugh. Tonight I walked down to the park so I could swing.\\nFaces of Intimacy: \\\"Nobody tells us as little girls that we may fall in love and have moments of hating our beloved...\\\" We build many walls in our goals of self-protection, but ultimately the walls create isolation. Break the walls down. Start simple -- for years I have walked up to strangers to tell them that I like their earrings or shirt or tie. It is not true intimacy, but it is a small opening.\\nErotic Robot is a woman in search of herself. This woman has sexual encounters because (1) it is easier than saying no, (2) she is fulfilling someone's fantasies at the expense of her own, (3) to be polite, (4) get it over with so the man would just leave, (5) to make money fast... and many more reasons. The succulence comes when the sensuous woman replaces the erotic robot.\\nSucculent wild women wear costumes and let their different personalities out to play.\\nIf you want to have fun, have it. This book is fun. Five stars, and the hope that every woman will be as sensuous and expressive as she wants.\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: Are you struggling to get started on your first science fiction or fantasy novel? Stuck at chapter two and need a fresh approach? Find new direction with this unique guide to creating original and convincing stories. Crawford Kilian offers a clear and straightforward approach to tackling the pitfalls of writing science fiction and fantasy. Coverage includes the origins of science fiction and fantasy, how to use basic science correctly, developing plausible fantasy worlds, and the effective use of symbolism and imagery.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Informative, entertaining and delightful to read!\\n\\nReview: This book is laced with humor and wisdom. Kilian is experienced in fantasy, hard science fiction, education and children's literature. He explores the mythological basis of fantasy novels, explaining the importance of Greek, Roman, Celtic, Norse, Egyptian--world mythology, as well as acquiring a strong knowledge of history and philosophies of the world. Equally important to success is a fascination with the genre in which you write. Gaining the information may seem to be an intimidating task; it is necessary.\\nKilian includes exercises to help generate writing. I followed these exercises, and wrote with the excitement I had greatly missed. He also explains each step of the creative process from the ideas to the finished product with a brief grammar refresher that is easy to read. The examples are humorous. The importance of proper grammar cannot be overstated if you want your book published.\\nKilian expresses a sense of anger, but when tempered by the humor throughout the book, this becomes righteous indignation directed toward those who try to write in the genre without the seriousness to make it believable. Ultimately his anger\",\n \"Product: Title: Dune, Frank Herbert (Hardcover)\\nBinding: Hardcover\\nClassics of Modern Literature\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fear is the Mind Killer.\\n\\nReview: Frank Herbert built three dynasties inside a galactic empire that is based on melange, a drug that was available on one planet only -- Arrakis, also known as Dune. Using melange, navigators have the power to fold space, which allows space travel.\\nIn spite of a blood feud that was more deadly than Romeo and Juliet's Montagues and Capulets, Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV takes the rule of Dune away from the Harkonnens and gives it to the House Atreides. He has his reasons. The scene is set for political intrigue, sabotage, subterfuge, war, romance, survival, revolt, and revenge.\\nDune is a masterpiece. It was the first novel to win the Nebula Award (1965), and it shared the Hugo Award in the following year (1966). Not only are the plots and characters intricate, but also the political, financial, religions, lifestyles, military, and honor structures are created. Dune is like no place on Earth.\\nThis book is written from multiple points of view (POV), and you know every main character in the book because you are privy to their thoughts. The abundant use of Italics is unacceptable in today's market, yet it is one of the most effective aspects of Dune.\\nThe effect of knowing what someone thinks while they say or do something else is an ability most people would like to have. Jessica, concubine to Duke Atreides, a Bene Gesserit witch, and Paul's mother trains him, against the wishes of the witches, to use his mind for control. The most powerful Bene Gesserit tests Paul Atreides, as she holds his mind captive she wonders if \\\"he is the one.\\\" Fremen believe he is Muad'Dib, the messiah who will deliver them, even as they challenge him in a fight to the death.\\n\\nI have read this book and the sequels several times. Like Paul Atreides, I dreamt of new philosophies and awakenings. Dune is required reading for anyone who loves Science Fiction.\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: Title: Dune, Frank Herbert (Hardcover)\\nBinding: Hardcover\\nClassics of Modern Literature\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fear is the Mind Killer.\\n\\nReview: Frank Herbert built three dynasties inside a galactic empire that is based on melange, a drug that was available on one planet only -- Arrakis, also known as Dune. Using melange, navigators have the power to fold space, which allows space travel.\\nIn spite of a blood feud that was more deadly than Romeo and Juliet's Montagues and Capulets, Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV takes the rule of Dune away from the Harkonnens and gives it to the House Atreides. He has his reasons. The scene is set for political intrigue, sabotage, subterfuge, war, romance, survival, revolt, and revenge.\\nDune is a masterpiece. It was the first novel to win the Nebula Award (1965), and it shared the Hugo Award in the following year (1966). Not only are the plots and characters intricate, but also the political, financial, religions, lifestyles, military, and honor structures are created. Dune is like no place on Earth.\\nThis book is written from multiple points of view (POV), and you know every main character in the book because you are privy to their thoughts. The abundant use of Italics is unacceptable in today's market, yet it is one of the most effective aspects of Dune.\\nThe effect of knowing what someone thinks while they say or do something else is an ability most people would like to have. Jessica, concubine to Duke Atreides, a Bene Gesserit witch, and Paul's mother trains him, against the wishes of the witches, to use his mind for control. The most powerful Bene Gesserit tests Paul Atreides, as she holds his mind captive she wonders if \\\"he is the one.\\\" Fremen believe he is Muad'Dib, the messiah who will deliver them, even as they challenge him in a fight to the death.\\n\\nI have read this book and the sequels several times. Like Paul Atreides, I dreamt of new philosophies and awakenings. Dune is required reading for anyone who loves Science Fiction.\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: Text: English\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Frambois, vadelma, kiichigo -- it's all raspberry to me.\\n\\nReview: I continue to think how fortunate I am that I found this book when it was first released. I searched many auctions to find a copy for a friend who also writes. If I could give the exciting word adventure that I found in this book, I would give it to everyone I know; not everyone would appreciate it, but the thought counts.\\nThere are only 1000 words, but those words can be the canvas for your word pictures. I find myself thinking about the stories that Scheherazade told every night for 1000 nights; the stories that saved her life. Perhaps that is where the use of 1000 was derived.\\nThe book has sufficient white space and is in a font that does not disappear unless you have a magnifying glass to make it easy to read. The main index is in English, and under each word is the corresponding entry in each of the twenty-six languages; these lists are the only definitions. The languages are: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Rumanian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian, Finnish, Turkish, Indonesian, Swahili, and Esperanto plus the six which are transliterated from Russian, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Yiddish and Japanese into Roman spelling; these include the original script as well.\\nMany programs and on-line searches will give you other languages for whatever word or phrase you want. However, how many will strike a creative urge? Words such as svila (Serbo-Croation), seiyem (Hungarian), kinu (Japanese), silk (English) can take your imagination into new worlds.\\nTo me, nothing is quite as good as a hardback with a worn cover, the smell of dust, and yellowed pages accumulated from years of usage. This is one of my treasures, and it is always on my desk. For me, it is, and always has been, five stars.\\nVictoria Tarrani\",\n \"Product: Nancy Collins' new addition to her vampire books is a complex tale of a female vampire that seems to have a split personality. Sonja Blue's \\\"inner demon\\\" is a vampire that is ruthless and demands human blood and great sacrifice. This personality takes control, and Sonja dreams the events in nightmares that she discovers are real.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Seductive horror with savage predators\\n\\nReview: Nancy Collins' new addition to her vampire books is a complex tale of a female vampire that seems to have a split personality. Sonja Blue's \\\"inner demon\\\" is a vampire that is ruthless and demands human blood and great sacrifice. This personality takes control, and Sonja dreams the events in nightmares that she discovers are real.\\nYet Sonja the vampire is also a vampire hunter, and wants to rid the world of these dark hearted villains, which would ultimately mean she also must die after the last vampire does. She dares not have close attachments to any mortal, for when the fiend inside her gets free, the man or woman Sonja has learned to care for will be attacked, and then lust, and desire addict them to the vampire's blood. It is their blood that heals her and their only release is death, and they are so caught up in the hunger for her they do not mind.\\nNow Sonja is the target of a vampire hunter named Jack Estes, and an ancient vampire with the darkest heart. Jack is human, he would destroy Sonja, therefore, and she must convince him of her nature -- and will have to reveal its duplicity, which keeps him in danger at all times.\\nFor fans of Nancy Collins' vampire series, this is a winner. For those of us who inadvertently pick this book as the first to read, it is difficult. For me to know Sonja, I would have to read books one through four, so I found the shifts inconceivable and her duplicity difficult to follow.\\nA writer does not reach book five in a series without a large following. This book is for those readers, not for first time readers of the Sonja Blue chronicles.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":46,"string":"46"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1988,"string":"1,988"}}},{"rowIdx":1989,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A58F10T4OE58C"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"5.0\" for a product with description \"A Great ice-breaker and creativity game. You'll be delighted to discover what's right there in front of you!.\". The summary of the review text is \"Quick, fast play for whole family\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Brainspin is a fast paced card game that exercises your creative thinking. We played for the first time with our 7 year old son tonight. The basic play is this: select a card, turn it over and start a 1 minute timer (not included). Each player then writes as many things they can see in the image. For example, one card has 2 circles touching each other ( oo ); one might see the number 8, or glasses, or the infinity symbol. You get one point for each unique answer, so if another player writes the same thing, neither get the point. The game is played in rounds of 3 cards, so you can make it last as long (or short) as you want. We had a blast!"},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Brainspin is a fast paced card game that exercises your creative thinking. We played for the first time with our 7 year old son tonight. The basic play is this: select a card, turn it over and start a 1 minute timer (not included). Each player then writes as many things they can see in the image. For example, one card has 2 circles touching each other ( oo ); one might see the number 8, or glasses, or the infinity symbol. You get one point for each unique answer, so if another player writes the same thing, neither get the point. The game is played in rounds of 3 cards, so you can make it last as long (or short) as you want. We had a blast!"},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: Back To Basics Apple And Potato Peeler\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Works but has some limitations\n\nReview: I picked the least expensive apple peeler/corer I could find because I knew we wouldn't use it that frequently. I basically wanted it to process batches of apples for applesauce or apple pie, but knew it wouldn't see daily usage.\n\nThe suction cup base doesn't work very well, and I have never been able to get a good seal on our countertop. Granted I do have tile counters, but have also tried on our butcher block island, and it didn't stick either. I have to hold it down with one hand and crank it with another.\n\nThe other problem is how much of the apple meat the peeler takes. You can adjust the blade and the distance from the apple, but if it is far enough away to not cut into the meat, it doesn't take off all the peel. Conversely, if it is too close, it takes a good 1/4\" of the apple meat off with the peel.\n\nI can live with it taking a bit extra of the apple, especially when peeling a bunch of them, but it is a problem if you are worried about waste.\n\nBesides the above problems, it removes the peel and core easily and quickly. It is so easy my 3 year old can turn the handle.","Product: BRIM Size-wise programmable Coffee Maker. Innovative brew controlling filter. Permanent filter means no need for paper filter.24-hour auto start : wake up to freshly brewed coffee.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Excellent Everyday Coffee Station\n\nReview: My favorite feature of this BRIM coffee pot is the programmable option and the digital display that shows how long it has been since the coffee has brewed. I have been using this coffee maker over my French Press and Pour Over since the day it arrived. I am very pleased with the brew strength and how my coffee turns out. I primarily use the full carafe over the individual cup option but I like having the dual option. The only part that I don't on this pot is that when you lift up the lid after the coffee is finished the condensation from the coffee drips down into the water reservoir. Its common on most coffee pots but I just don't like watching todays water drip into my reservoir for tomorrows fresh coffee. The sleek stainless steel design and look of this coffee maker along with its consistency and great coffee brewing make up for the minor water issue.","Product: Nautica Seaward features a cool indigo washed Denim collection. Features double needle stitching, pieced block design with Nautica signature logo Patch. This collection is relaxed and comfortable mix and match with our Nautica bedding collections.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Nice, dark denim, but the full/queen is huge (fits my king)!\n\nReview: I was a little concerned this denim bedding set would look a little country, but was relieved when it came to realize it didn't. The denim is very dark, so it looks modern. We were going to put this full/queen size set in our guest room bed, which is a full. However, when we got it on the bed, it touched the floor in both sides and the bottom! We have a king bed in our master, so I put it on there to see how it fit. It fit the king bed perfectly! Just take a look at the pictures I included.\nSo if you are getting this for a fill, it may be way too big, and I would double check the dimensions before ordering.\nIt seems very well made, with no loose threads or stitches. The denim isn't too stiff, and the underside of the comforter is lined, so it's nice and soft against your skin.","Product: Memory foam comfort and support with a soothing bamboo fabric cover make this pillow a delight. The memory foam used, biofoam, replaces some of the traditional petroleum with natural plant oil, and includes natural green tea extract and all natural active charcoal to help absorb moisture, eliminate odors, and keep your pillow fresh. Only the highest quality memory foam is used - memory foam is CertiPUR-US certified for durability, performance, and content. Another comfort innovation from Zinus. Pioneering comfort.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great pillows, good support, no chemical odor\n\nReview: I have been on be the quest for the perfect pillow for awhile. I've tried the contoured neck piles, regular old foam ones, down, etc. None of them have supported my head and neck like I wanted. These are the first shredded memory foam pillows I have tried, and so far I am impressed. They come compressed for shipping, but quickly regain their shape when removed from their packaging. They look rather high but once got lay down on them, they compress just the right amount to provide proper head, neck and spine alignment. I am a side sleeper who occasionally sleeps on his back. If you sleep on your stomach, I don't think these would work well for you.","Product: Bring commercial quality performance to your kitchen countertop with the Hamilton Beach Professional 1800-watt Blender with 64 oz BPA-free Jar & 4 Programs.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great alternative to VitaMix\n\nReview: We have had our eye on a VitaMix for some time, but had a real hard time justifying the price. The Hamilton Beach Professional 1800 Watt Blender is an excellent alternative. It is crazy powerful and very well built. Comparing it to the VitaMix, it has a small peak horsepower advantage. The motor is protected against overheating, and it is relatively quiet thanks to the rubber mounts. Unfortunately it has a plastic, though BPA free) container, but so does VitaMix. I prefer glass, like my old school Oster blender has. The Hamilton Beach one is dishwasher safe, but there is rarely the need for it since the self-cleaning mode works well with just some hot water and a small amount of dish soap.\nThis blender makes short work of smotthies, crushing ice and large chunks of frozen fruit with ease. I have also used it to puree soups, and really appreciate the large capacity (64 oz) when using it this way. Overall, we are extremely pleased with the blender and don't feel like we are missing out at all by not getting a VitaMix.","Product: Magellan Triton 2000 Handheld Navigation System\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Was really excited but it quickly turned to frustration\n\nReview: I loved the idea of an ultra-rugged GPS that could take some abuse and still offer top of the line features. However, the problems began as soon as I got it out of the box.\nI'm a pretty tech-savvy guy, but the interface is not intuitive at all. I struggled with the basic operation of it, trying to get street level maps. It came with two AA alkaline batteries which quickly drained. For a unit at this price point, I'd expect lithium ones. The literature isn't very comprehensive, so you're left to your own devices to figure out the finer points of it. Magellan should have included an alternate power source (DC) as well as a mount, to justify the high price.\nConstruction wise, it is built extremely well. It is water submersible, shock resistant. The flash light and camera are nice touches, as is the mp3 player (which is useless without an SD card).\nOverall, it is probably a great unit for an avid outdoors men, hunter or hiker, but for the casual guy wanting to get into geocacheing or even to use for street level navigation, it lacks. I would have given it 3 stars if it would have come with rechargable batteries and a vehicle mount or power cord, and more robosut street level features. I know it isn't marketed as a vehicle turn-by-turn navigation system, but for the price, you'd expect to get both. Also the lack of features for the casual user lost a star.\nI know there are plenty of people who this would be perfect for, though, just not for my needs.","Product: Black leather protective cover for the new 13\" aluminum MacBook is a two piece snap-on protective imitation leather shell specially designed for your MacBook Access to all ports and CD/DVD slot Ventilated rear to minimize heat built-up Suede inner lining to prevent scratches to your MacBook\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Cover protects and looks great\n\nReview: I bought this cover because I didn't want fingerprints and scratches all over my MacBook. I wanted an option that was sleek and stylish, and disliked the look of skins and the lint attracting properties of silicone covers. It fits perfectly on my 13\" MacBook purchased in 2011.\n\nThe Bookshell is slightly padded, but doesn't add too much bulk to the sleek MacBook. It snaps on firmly and is held on by tension and a few strategic tabs that barely extend over the inner edge of the laptop. I can access all the ports, including the battery charge indicator on my laptop.\n\nIt does make it a bit harder to slide in and out of my bag, because there is more resistance against the leather surface than the aluminum, but it isn't enough to detract from the product. I am not sure this product is leather; considering the cost and feel; it is very likely that it is imitation leather or inexpensive bonded leather. Again, not a deal breaker for me.","Product: Jabra Halo smart wireless earbuds provide an industry leading talk time of 17 hours and outstanding sound quality for clear calls and full spectrum music. It's flexible Neckband design and IP54 Rated water resistance provides all day comfort that can be used for workouts or wherever your day takes you. To optimize your time, it features a voice button that will instantly connect to sir or Google now, allowing you to quickly get the information you need on-the-go. Designed by Jabra comfort experts, Halo smart has bendable Flex zones that allow you to shape the Neckband and ensure maximum comfort for long term use\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Amazing battery life! Be careful of losing ear bud cushions!\n\nReview: This is my second pair of Jabra Bluetooth headphones, and I couldn't be happier with the Halos! First off, the battery life is incredible on them, easily hitting 15 hours. I would only get about 3 hours before the battery needed recharging on my Jabra Sport Pace set. The sound is equally impressive, giving me deep, full tones. I also find them very comfortable got in ear headphones, as I can usually only wear that type for about 2 hours before they become uncomfortable. However, I haven't had that problem with the Halos.\nGreat set of headphones, for a great price...can't go wrong there !\nMy only complaint, and it isn't enough to deduct a star, is that the earbud cups can fall off pretty easily. They come with 3 sets (1 each of small, medium and large), so you can replace it, though you will have to change sizes. I have this same problem with my other Jabra headphones too. I am thinking about adding a spot of super glue to hold them on; I will be need to be very careful to not get it on the speaker surface, and limit it to the side.","Product: Brenthaven Prostyle Slim Pack Black / Red Our Thinnest Backpack Ever, The Prosty\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Very sleek, but doesn't hold much\n\nReview: This backpack looks very sharp and more professional than my Swiss Army laptop backpack I usually carry to work. It is very low profile, and fits flush against the back, only protruding about 5\". The rain fly is incorporated and zips up into the bottom back of the backpack; very handy feature since I ride a scooter and can get stuck in the rain. It is very well made and has high quality fabrics and hardware.\nMy only qualm with this backpack is that it doesn't hold much at all. It is basically a laptop sleeve with straps. There is room for a laptop of 15\" with no problem, and then a notebook or two, a couple pens and your phone/ipod/kindle. So maybe that's all you need, but most of us tend to carry around a bit more stuff. Like a water bottle, or lunch.\nI would be nice if they had included a water bottle holder on the outside.\nOtherwise, I like this bag, and am learning to minimize. Which is good anyway. It doesn't replace my other computer bags, but is a nice addition to my arsenal.","Product: Your arm party is just getting started with the Q Dreamer, a sleek activity tracker that's designed to inspire your curiosity from sunrise to sundown and everything in between. Did we mention this charming new wearable also tracks daily steps and calories?\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Beautiful and Stylish Activity Tracker\n\nReview: I was excited to receive this beautiful and stylish activity tracker as I have several Fossil products that I love. However, the copper face holds smudge marks and the light tan band immediately stained darker in one area when washing my hands from a slight splash of water. I was disappointed in the consistency of the tracker because I don't think it was calculating my steps. I also had to sync it directly from my phone by double tapping the device to get an update on my steps throughout the day. I would love to have this activity tracker calculate more fitness information such as time active, elevation etc. I don't think I will use it for the email alerts as I usually have my smart phone with me.","Product: Tumi's lightest hard side travel collection to date, this supremely light yet durable packing case, constructed from a special, multi-layer polycarbonate alloy formulation, is smaller in size and ideally suited for weekends and overnight business travel. Note that hanger shown is not included with this item it may be purchased separately (#0052).\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: The first scratch will make you cry\n\nReview: I've never had, nor felt the need to own a Tumi bag before, as they are incredibly spendy, especially when you consider how the baggage handlers treat luggage. It would be painful to see your beautiful $500 suitcase thrown across the tarmac, come back missing a wheel, and scratched to hell. I can also think of a lot more fun things to do with $500. But hey, who am to turn down the opportunity to get one for free?!\n\nAnyway, it is a very nice bag, and is the lightest rollerboard I've ever felt. It's the perfect size for my 3 night business trips, but only if one can pack efficiently, since it is rather small. The good thing about the size though, is that it fits in virtually all overhead compartments. Since it is so light, it's a breeze to lift up over your head to cram it in. I'm only taking a star off for the price, because while it is a nice bag, I just don't see how the asking price is justified. And it's still made in China.\n\nI travel quite a bit for work, and am looking forward to putting this bag through its paces and seeing how it holds up. I'm not looking forward to that first scratch, though! I'll try to remember to update review after a few months of weekly travel.","Product: An Amazon brand - Bell-sleeve shift dress with lace shoulders and mock neckline with ladder stitching\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Little Black Dress Day or Night\n\nReview: I was ecstatic to see the hight quality fabric and intricate details on this dress in person. The lace cut outs on the shoulders are beautiful and the slight bell 3/4 sleeves are very flattering on. I have a larger cup size and was unsure if the key hole would even work or if the dress length would pull up shorter in the front. I was pleasantly surprised at the overall great fit of the dress and how it drapes while still being fitted and doesn't feel bulky. I am very picky about dresses but I really love this one! I also like that the dress and fabric isn't too formal so it could be worn during the day but it could also be worn for evening events.","Product: Designed for young riders, the Razor Folding Kiddie Kick scooter features a three-wheeled design that helps build coordination and maintain balance. The wide polypropylene deck is slip-resistant, and a new folding mechanism allows easy storage and transportation. Intended for children ages 3 and up.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Well built and fun for 3 year old\n\nReview: We got this Razor scooter for Christmas for our 3.5 year old son and it was a hit. The only assembly was snapping in the steering arm into the base; no tools required.\n\nThe base is made out of plastic, but has a metal frame underneath, making it very sturdy. I have even ridden on it briefly (160 lbs), with no harm to the scooter. Everything else is metal and very similar to the full-sized Razor scooters. This adds to the form factor and makes little ones feel even cooler because it looks like a \"big kid\" scooter.\n\nThe two wheels at the rear make the scooter stable while still requiring some balance and maneuvering skills by the child. I like that there are fenders over the rear wheels, to keep little feet from inadvertently catching on them.","Product: Vary your workout with 4 different flat, incline, and decline positions. Sturdy foot placement for safety and durability. Increase your agility, build strength, and improve your endurance. Features dumbbell holders for easy access and storage bench weighs only 26 lbs. A fine piece of equipment for a home gym with limited space. Durable heavy-gauge steel frame. Dense foam padding. Accommodates user and weights up to 300 lbs. Some assembly required. 49.61L x 24.8W x 41H inches. Manufacturer's warranty included\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: One bench, many uses\n\nReview: We have limited space to devote to a gym, so are always on the hunt for equipment that has a small footprint and/or can be used for multiple purposes. Enter the Tone Fitness Incline/Decline Bench. This bench is small and lightweight, and gas a max weight limit of 300 pounds, but it's enough to get the job done for our purposes. I really appreciate that you can use the bench in multiple settings, for decline to full 90 degree incline/upright. This means got can do shoulder presses, multiple styles of bench presses, and many other weight lifts. Because the bench also has knee and foot rests, you can also do decline setups, which really blast your core.\nI only have it 4/5 stars because it isn't the studies bench out there, and the padding is a but lacking. However, for the price and functions, you'd be hard pressed to find a better valuable addition to most home gyms.","Product: 100% SAMSUNG SDI Li-polymer battery cells only, top quality 5,000mAh power bank with digital LED power level indicator, ultra high charging speed 2.4A Max, triple safety protection, for smartphones, tablet PCs, Digital Cameras, Gopro and more (Metallic Silver)\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Never have a dead phone again!\n\nReview: I've got a Moto X that has a battery that doesn't hold a charge for as long as it used to. This TSST battery really solves the problem of running out of power. There is an LED display that feels you the percentage of battery life left on it. It charges my phone quickly. It gave me a 75% charge in about 30 minutes, while leaving 90%left on the TSST battery. I put it in my backpack and plug it in my phone, letting it charge while I ride my bike to my destination. I'll never be left with a dead phone again. I love using it when on vacation, camping, hiking..... anywhere I'll be out for a while and heavily using my phone.","Product: This durable plastic pet door gives you and your furry pal the freedom you both deserve. The soft, flexible transparent panels are safe and easy for your dog to push open so he can let himself out - and back in. The panels can also keep drafts and insects out of your home.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: easy to install and won't pinch tails/paws\n\nReview: We were looking for a door for our cats to be able to go into a screened porch. Most of the cat doors had hard plastic flaps, which I read scared many cats because they would pinch their tails or paws as they were going out/coming in.\nThis door solves that problem with a vinyl flap. It has a strong magnet on the bottom to keep it closed, but is easily passed through. You can adjust the distance the bottom of the flap is to the magnet.\nInstalling was easy; just use included template and cut hole in door (isn't as scary as it sounds). The actual door installs easily and the only tool you need is a screwdriver.\nI have the small, but out cats weigh 17 # and fit through it easily. Our 22# Boston Terrier cannot fit through it (which is a good thing).","Product: Keep your Tidy Cats BREEZE litter system (sold separately) ready for all your feline friends with this Purina Tidy Cats BREEZE cat pads refill pack. Each pad quickly absorbs urine that passes through the BREEZE litter pellets, keeping your cats dry and comfortable inside their litter boxes. Each pad is conveniently disposable, making cleanup easy, and the odor-controlling technology leaves your home smelling fresh and clean. Designed for use in multiple-cat households, these pads work to control odors and keep each Tidy Cats BREEZE litter system in your home neat and clean. The innovative design makes Installing and removing each pad an effortless process, so you can spend less time cleaning up after your cat family and more time cuddling with each and every cat companion in your house. Help meet your cat's need for an inviting litter box with a ready supply of Purina Tidy Cats BREEZE cat pads by ordering this convenient refill pack from Amazon.com.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Love the Breeze system\n\nReview: We have had indoor cats for a long time, and have tried every conceivable litter system, including automatic boxes, self-sifting boxes, and multiple litter materials. The Tidy Cat Breeze system has finally found a way to make litter box upkeep palatable. The litter pellets have little to no dust, and the pads lock away urine and odor.\n\nWe have 3 cats and 2 Breeze litter boxes and change pads weekly. We have found it can be useful to turn the pad around halfway through the week, because our cats to to pee in the same part of the litter box each time. By turning it around, you can spread out the area the urine is absorbed on.\n\nI hope they never stop making this system.. We have to buy through Amazon because it is difficult to find locally, but with the Subscribe and Save it is economical and convenient.","Product: LitterMaid Ulitmate Edition Automatic litter box provides an easy solution to take the chore out of litter cleaning and provides you and your cat with a constantly clean, Odorless environment in the comfort safety of your home.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Dissappointing for the price\n\nReview: We had owned one of the first generation LiterMaids back in 2000 and had hoped improvements would have been made to this new line. Unfortunately, there really haven't been any.\nHere are my beefs:\n-Our cat tends to pee behind the rake, so that part never makes it into the receptacle and has to be scooped by hand.\n-The receptacles are also quite expensive.\n-It is noisy when running through its cycle.\n-The spaces between the rake are too large to catch all the particles. A fact well known by LitterMaid since they include a pooper scopper with the box!\n-This thing is huge. I have a rather large built in desk, and while all the other cat boxes I have owned have fit under there, this one has not.\n-Also, when I was assembling it, a plastic part broke off. I called customer service and they are replacing the part, but it will take 5-10 days. A long time to be without your new fancy litterbox.\n\nUnfortunately this is really nothing more than a gadget, and one that doesn't work very well.","Product: Original Ultra Whole Body Health Chicken, Duck & Brown Rice Puppy Formula Canned Puppy Food nourishes your puppy’s complete well-being by taking an entire body approach. Created by our expert nutritionists, this puppy food offers your growing dog an optimal balance of premium proteins and key nutrients. This special blend is also accented with colostrum, a nutrient known to support a healthy immune function.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great supplement to kibble\n\nReview: We try to add some wet food to our adult dog's dry kibble, because it offers superior nutrition. Our big dogs just eat too much for us to be able to economically feed an all wet food diet, so supplementing kibble is a good comprise for us. Natural Balance is a great brand, with high quality ingredients, instead of the corn and by products so common in grocery store brands. Our labs are 3 and 4 years old, but we use this puppy formula with them without issue. We figure it is even more nutrient dense, so we just adjust the kibble amount down to account for the extra calories. They love the flavor and are definitely more enthusiastic about meal times when we have added a can.","Product: Furminator - Waterless deShedding Shampoo & Conditioner for Cats\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Works well with Furminator and smells great\n\nReview: The Furminator brush has been a sanity saver, and this waterless shampoo makes it a great system. Our cats don't particularly like water (not too many do), but we can manage to get the sprayed down and brushed out with this product without too much struggle. Of course this product is water-based, so it isn't really \"waterless\", but the spray is a pretty fine mist. They still get wet, though.\nOur dog is a Boston Terrier and has very short hair, which is prone to getting dry. This shampoo has lots of conditioners in it and her skin and coat look noticeably better after using. I know it says for cats, but it works just as well on her and I can't see any reason not to use it on her.\nI haven't noticed any difference in the amount of shedding when we use the shampoo versus not, so that's the only downside.\nDid I mention how great it smelled? Very fresh but not overpowering or perfumey.","Product: The Alex Toys My First Sewing Kit will introduce children to the creative world of sewing. It's a skill that lasts a lifetime and can be used to make adorable stuffed animals,notebook covers and more. All the materials you need come in the charming carrycase that closes securely and has a handle for sewing on-the-go. Includes 28 pre-cut polyester felt shapes, 8 colors of embroidery floss (26ft/8m each), polyester stuffing(0.4oz/11g), fabric cloth (65% polyester/35% cotton), polyester ric rac(24in/60cm), scissors, measuring tape, 40 straight pins, 2 needles, thimble, cotton/polyesterpin cushion, polyester ribbon (12in/30cm), 6 buttons, pom pom strip (12in/30cm)and easy instructions. Recommended for children 7 to 12 years of age.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great gender neutral sewing set\n\nReview: This was the only gender neutral sewing kit I could find for a child, so was stoked to get a chance to get it out. Our 7 year old son is very crafty, and has been interested in learning how to sew for some time. We've used the sewing machine together, but I wanted something that would get him excited about learning to hand stitch too. This kit has several projects that have all been of interest for him. He made one of the stuffed animals for his little brother, and the pouch for his mom. We've really been enjoying going through each of the projects, and I'm happy it isn't all just marketed towards girls. Sewing is an essential skill for anyone, man or woman!","Product: Furry Fun Chatters Elmo is a 7\" tall plush and plastic figure. The Shake its body and his mouth will open and close with fun character phrases and unique giggle. Shake once for a giggle or word and shake repeatedly for full phrases.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great Elmo for the under 2 set\n\nReview: Our son Oliver has an Elmo Live that was purchased for him when he was about 6 months old. He is now 1 and as much as he loves to watch and listen to that Elmo, it just isn't designed to be handled by a child that age.\nSo we began a search for an Elmo he could hold and love. When we came to this one, he immediately reacted with joy and squeals. He held it tightly the entire trip in the store.\nIt is very easy for operate---all they have to do is move it around. He has about 20 different phrases. It has been banged on the floor, smacked around, etc and is holding up well. It is also the perfect size for his small hands.\nHighly recommend, though the price seems to vary quite a bit between retailers.","Product: The Franklin Sports Electronic Bounce-A-Bucket has durable frame construction and easily folds for travel or storage. Simply bounce the mini basketball off the trampoline target and the LED electronic digital scoring and in-game play by play sounds gives it an arcade feel. Includes (2) mini basketballs and is 21\"x 11\" x 19\".\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: It's a hit with our boys (8 and 4 yo)! And really works as advertised\n\nReview: After reading the reviews, I had zero expectations of this basketball game. However, I have been completely, pleasantly surprised by it!\nIt was easy to assemble, all the parts and pieces fit, the game works as advertised, it's fun and my 8 and 4 yo sons had completely mastered it within 10 min of play! They were both consistently bouncing the balls in baskets, and even getting them in the 50 point basket!\n\nIt comes with a tiny screwdriver for 2 steps of the assembly (attaching 1 basket and installing batteries) I suggest you toss that useless thing away and use a real screwdriver, which will save you some aggravation. We didn't have any issue 2ith ball return net not fitting, and as you can see from the photos, it covered both sides equally. We also found the game works much better and doesn't move around so much when you have the back of it against the wall. Lastly, my boys had way more fun playing without the scoring mechanism turned on.","Product: For every mission, there's a vehicle. Battle the blaze like a real firefighter with a rugged large-scale fire truck that blasts water up to a whopping 25 feet! Fire has finally met its match with the Matchbox Aqua Cannon Rig and its easy-to-fill water tank that shoots up to 75 shots per tank. Simply pump, aim and shoot to knock out the \"fire\" and save the day! Kids can perform realistic rescues with a toy suitable for indoor or outdoor play that has durable styling, rolling wheels and awesome firefighter deco's. When the adventure is over, the water tank is easy to drain and store until the next real-world mission. Each sold separately, subject to availability. Batteries not required. Ages 3 and older.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Be prepared to get wet!\n\nReview: The Matchbox Aqua Cannon Swamp Blaster Rig is a great summer time, backyard toy. The truck is a nice size, big but manageable for little ones to tote along when full of water. It is sturdy and and well made. The large capacity water tank makes up the middle section of the truck, and opens easily with a large screw on cap, even for small hands. The water cannon can be aimed up and down, as well as around (but not 360). The lever trigger makes it easy for kids to shoot the cannon, and my 3 year old has no problems filling and shooting it. The kids have been having a blast shooting out in the pool. Once empty and dry, it has still been fun for them to play with. I would not suggest using it inside with water, unless in the bathtub with the shower curtain closed, as it shoots a sizable stream at least 25 feet. Everything around it will get soaked, including you! Consider yourself forewarned!","Product: Radio Flyer new ultimate EZ fold wagon is designed as a full size wagon for 2 kids that folds compactly. With an easy one hand fold, you can take or store the wagon anywhere. Two kids ride comfortably with 2 seats, 4 cup holders, seatbelts for added safety, and a removable canopy. The telescoping handle is for easy transport when folded. The DuraClean fabric is durable and can be easily wiped clean. A full size wagon with a compact fold to take & store anywhere. For ages 1 1/2 +.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Most versatile and useful wagon\n\nReview: We have had several different Red Flyer wagons over the years: from the uber basic, small metal one to the one with all the works, like pneumatic tires, sunshades and cushions. So I was pretty surprised when I received this one and realized it was way more useful than all the others.\nThe obvious benefit is the portability. This wagon folds up to a relatively small size, and it really only takes one hand. This makes it very convenient to just keep in the truck of your car. It would be really useful at the airport with kids under 6,and you could gate check. It.\nThe bench seating is another neat feature, and the wagon easily supported me and my partner. Load this up for a day at the park, and use it as your picnic table. We will definitely get a lot of use from this wagon.","Product: Travel around with Peppa Pig and her family with the Campervan! The playset features figures and accessories for camping fun. Withdraw the awning and prepare for a cookout. Daddy Pig cooks on the grill, while Peppa sets the table for a yummy lunch. Includes exclusive Peppa and Daddy Pig figures in fun holiday outfits. This oinktastic campervan is equipped to jump-start family fun! Suitable for age 2 years and up.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Awesome play set, if you can get out of box!\n\nReview: Our 3 year old boy is a Peppa Pig nut, so when I saw this I jumped at the opportunity to review it. The only negative of this product is the packaging. It has way over the top theft prevention features and requires a screw driver to get it out of the box (there are 4 screws that have to be removed to detach from package),plus the standard wire wrapped all around and through it. Once you get it out though, it is awesome.\nThe whole top of the van comes off allowing easy access to place Peppa and her family in the individually molded seats. There is also a retractable awning that is operated with a small wheel you spin, which can be challenging for small fingers (see pics). It also comes with a table and BBQ grill, which all fit into the camper. All in all a great set, though the awning is the weak point.","Product: Its Dinotrux fun with best buddies Ty Rux and Revvit! Reptool Control Ty Rux is motorized and features easy-to-use RC control. Just push the button on the Revvit remote control for five dino-mite modes of play: Find Revvit mode allows you to point the Revvit remote control at Ty Rux as he follows you around; and also in Find Revvit mode, when you place the remote control within an eight-foot distance of Ty Rux, watch as he scans the area to find his buddy Revvit. Standard RC mode can make Ty Rux go forward, backward, or make a directional change by pressing the Dance button. Then get ready for swinging dance moves when you press and hold the Dance button to see Ty Rux spin in circles while smashing and crashing with his wrecking ball. And with over 40 sounds and phrases unique to the Ty Rux character, its motorized RC fun that comes to life! Includes Ty Rux vehicle and remote control with detachable Revvit. Colors and decorations may vary.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Remote control Ty Rux also interacts with the remote--Great for Dinutrux fans!\n\nReview: Our 4 year old loves the Dinotrux show on Netflix, and even I admit to watching it with him! When I had the opportunity to order this remote control Ty Rux, I jumped at the chance. We have squirreled it away for Christmas, but I checked it out thoroughly, so I could write this review. You will need both 4 AA (Ty Rux) and 3 AAA (remote) batteries, so be sure you have those on hand or you will have some sad puppies. Ty Rux and the Reptool on the remote interact with one another, which is a really neat feature. Of course you have all the front, back and sideways controls on the remote. There are also the different modes to put him in, such as dance, and there are tons of sayings and sounds from the show. It would be hard not to impress a 4 year old with this Dinotrux! I do wish is was a tad bit larger, as this is supposed to be Ty Rux, this biggest (but not the baddest!) of the Dinotrux (modeled after a T-Rex, if you couldn't figure it out)!","Product: Radio Flyer has been creating the best wagons since 1917. Now you can select a wagon that is perfect for your family. Are you into classic styling or modern comfort? The personalized wagon includes all-terrain rubber air tires for the ultimate smooth ride on sidewalks, plus they can travel over rough terrain. Comfort, and Sun Protection is included in the personalized wagon. Choose from 3 fabrics. Ages 1+.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Awesome wagon; pay attention to instructions when assembling\n\nReview: This is the Rolls-Royce of wagons! I love the large, pneumatic tires, which make pulling it through uneven, rough terrain a breeze. We had this wagon in the plastic wheel version, and it just didn't hold up under heavy loads; no such problems with this one, even with 2 kids in it (age 8 and 4).\nThe seat pads and sun canopy are nice touches. Both remove quickly and easily for cleaning or storage. My favorite feature is the storage bag/trunk attached to the rear of the wagon. Once the kids are loaded in, there isn't much room for anything else. However, this storage bag solves that problem. It is generously sized (I can get 2 gallons of milk in it), and secured tightly to the wagin, so you don't feel like you're going to lose whatever you have in there.\n\nMy only caveat is to make sure you pay close attention to the instructions when assembling it, too very it right the first time. My wife put it together, and unfortunately installed the wheels backwards on the axels. Once you hammer on the end caps, they are extremely difficult to remove without damaging them. They give you a couple extras, and luckily I was able to salvage the rest I needed after a lot of elbow grease and cursing!","Product: Carley Roney is the co-founder and editor in chief of The Knot, Inc. Carley built one of the largest networks of lifestyle Web sites-all while enduring three pregnancies, countless late-night breast-feeding sessions, toddler milestones, and temper tantrums. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Excellent planning and resource for everyone's baby bump!\n\nReview: The Baby Bump book is a fun book packed full of tips and tricks about \"surviving\" pregnancy. This is a great read for a first time and even a second time mom to-be that doesn't contain all of the potential risks and medical complications that expectant women need to be aware of. I would call this an enjoyable supplemental read and great resource for pregnant moms. This book is also packed full of planning and preparation information for baby. I was pleasantly surprised to see the incredible list of experts in the credits of the book. The book also contains several usable checklists from kick counting to feeding schedules after baby is born however, the pages are a bit glossy and the text is so small that they wouldn't be easy to use with one arm holding a newborn. I love the tid-bits and quotes throughout that made me chuckle. Pregnancy is an adventure and this book answers questions that you didn't know you had!!!!"],"string":"[\n \"Product: Back To Basics Apple And Potato Peeler\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Works but has some limitations\\n\\nReview: I picked the least expensive apple peeler/corer I could find because I knew we wouldn't use it that frequently. I basically wanted it to process batches of apples for applesauce or apple pie, but knew it wouldn't see daily usage.\\n\\nThe suction cup base doesn't work very well, and I have never been able to get a good seal on our countertop. Granted I do have tile counters, but have also tried on our butcher block island, and it didn't stick either. I have to hold it down with one hand and crank it with another.\\n\\nThe other problem is how much of the apple meat the peeler takes. You can adjust the blade and the distance from the apple, but if it is far enough away to not cut into the meat, it doesn't take off all the peel. Conversely, if it is too close, it takes a good 1/4\\\" of the apple meat off with the peel.\\n\\nI can live with it taking a bit extra of the apple, especially when peeling a bunch of them, but it is a problem if you are worried about waste.\\n\\nBesides the above problems, it removes the peel and core easily and quickly. It is so easy my 3 year old can turn the handle.\",\n \"Product: BRIM Size-wise programmable Coffee Maker. Innovative brew controlling filter. Permanent filter means no need for paper filter.24-hour auto start : wake up to freshly brewed coffee.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Excellent Everyday Coffee Station\\n\\nReview: My favorite feature of this BRIM coffee pot is the programmable option and the digital display that shows how long it has been since the coffee has brewed. I have been using this coffee maker over my French Press and Pour Over since the day it arrived. I am very pleased with the brew strength and how my coffee turns out. I primarily use the full carafe over the individual cup option but I like having the dual option. The only part that I don't on this pot is that when you lift up the lid after the coffee is finished the condensation from the coffee drips down into the water reservoir. Its common on most coffee pots but I just don't like watching todays water drip into my reservoir for tomorrows fresh coffee. The sleek stainless steel design and look of this coffee maker along with its consistency and great coffee brewing make up for the minor water issue.\",\n \"Product: Nautica Seaward features a cool indigo washed Denim collection. Features double needle stitching, pieced block design with Nautica signature logo Patch. This collection is relaxed and comfortable mix and match with our Nautica bedding collections.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice, dark denim, but the full/queen is huge (fits my king)!\\n\\nReview: I was a little concerned this denim bedding set would look a little country, but was relieved when it came to realize it didn't. The denim is very dark, so it looks modern. We were going to put this full/queen size set in our guest room bed, which is a full. However, when we got it on the bed, it touched the floor in both sides and the bottom! We have a king bed in our master, so I put it on there to see how it fit. It fit the king bed perfectly! Just take a look at the pictures I included.\\nSo if you are getting this for a fill, it may be way too big, and I would double check the dimensions before ordering.\\nIt seems very well made, with no loose threads or stitches. The denim isn't too stiff, and the underside of the comforter is lined, so it's nice and soft against your skin.\",\n \"Product: Memory foam comfort and support with a soothing bamboo fabric cover make this pillow a delight. The memory foam used, biofoam, replaces some of the traditional petroleum with natural plant oil, and includes natural green tea extract and all natural active charcoal to help absorb moisture, eliminate odors, and keep your pillow fresh. Only the highest quality memory foam is used - memory foam is CertiPUR-US certified for durability, performance, and content. Another comfort innovation from Zinus. Pioneering comfort.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great pillows, good support, no chemical odor\\n\\nReview: I have been on be the quest for the perfect pillow for awhile. I've tried the contoured neck piles, regular old foam ones, down, etc. None of them have supported my head and neck like I wanted. These are the first shredded memory foam pillows I have tried, and so far I am impressed. They come compressed for shipping, but quickly regain their shape when removed from their packaging. They look rather high but once got lay down on them, they compress just the right amount to provide proper head, neck and spine alignment. I am a side sleeper who occasionally sleeps on his back. If you sleep on your stomach, I don't think these would work well for you.\",\n \"Product: Bring commercial quality performance to your kitchen countertop with the Hamilton Beach Professional 1800-watt Blender with 64 oz BPA-free Jar & 4 Programs.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great alternative to VitaMix\\n\\nReview: We have had our eye on a VitaMix for some time, but had a real hard time justifying the price. The Hamilton Beach Professional 1800 Watt Blender is an excellent alternative. It is crazy powerful and very well built. Comparing it to the VitaMix, it has a small peak horsepower advantage. The motor is protected against overheating, and it is relatively quiet thanks to the rubber mounts. Unfortunately it has a plastic, though BPA free) container, but so does VitaMix. I prefer glass, like my old school Oster blender has. The Hamilton Beach one is dishwasher safe, but there is rarely the need for it since the self-cleaning mode works well with just some hot water and a small amount of dish soap.\\nThis blender makes short work of smotthies, crushing ice and large chunks of frozen fruit with ease. I have also used it to puree soups, and really appreciate the large capacity (64 oz) when using it this way. Overall, we are extremely pleased with the blender and don't feel like we are missing out at all by not getting a VitaMix.\",\n \"Product: Magellan Triton 2000 Handheld Navigation System\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Was really excited but it quickly turned to frustration\\n\\nReview: I loved the idea of an ultra-rugged GPS that could take some abuse and still offer top of the line features. However, the problems began as soon as I got it out of the box.\\nI'm a pretty tech-savvy guy, but the interface is not intuitive at all. I struggled with the basic operation of it, trying to get street level maps. It came with two AA alkaline batteries which quickly drained. For a unit at this price point, I'd expect lithium ones. The literature isn't very comprehensive, so you're left to your own devices to figure out the finer points of it. Magellan should have included an alternate power source (DC) as well as a mount, to justify the high price.\\nConstruction wise, it is built extremely well. It is water submersible, shock resistant. The flash light and camera are nice touches, as is the mp3 player (which is useless without an SD card).\\nOverall, it is probably a great unit for an avid outdoors men, hunter or hiker, but for the casual guy wanting to get into geocacheing or even to use for street level navigation, it lacks. I would have given it 3 stars if it would have come with rechargable batteries and a vehicle mount or power cord, and more robosut street level features. I know it isn't marketed as a vehicle turn-by-turn navigation system, but for the price, you'd expect to get both. Also the lack of features for the casual user lost a star.\\nI know there are plenty of people who this would be perfect for, though, just not for my needs.\",\n \"Product: Black leather protective cover for the new 13\\\" aluminum MacBook is a two piece snap-on protective imitation leather shell specially designed for your MacBook Access to all ports and CD/DVD slot Ventilated rear to minimize heat built-up Suede inner lining to prevent scratches to your MacBook\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Cover protects and looks great\\n\\nReview: I bought this cover because I didn't want fingerprints and scratches all over my MacBook. I wanted an option that was sleek and stylish, and disliked the look of skins and the lint attracting properties of silicone covers. It fits perfectly on my 13\\\" MacBook purchased in 2011.\\n\\nThe Bookshell is slightly padded, but doesn't add too much bulk to the sleek MacBook. It snaps on firmly and is held on by tension and a few strategic tabs that barely extend over the inner edge of the laptop. I can access all the ports, including the battery charge indicator on my laptop.\\n\\nIt does make it a bit harder to slide in and out of my bag, because there is more resistance against the leather surface than the aluminum, but it isn't enough to detract from the product. I am not sure this product is leather; considering the cost and feel; it is very likely that it is imitation leather or inexpensive bonded leather. Again, not a deal breaker for me.\",\n \"Product: Jabra Halo smart wireless earbuds provide an industry leading talk time of 17 hours and outstanding sound quality for clear calls and full spectrum music. It's flexible Neckband design and IP54 Rated water resistance provides all day comfort that can be used for workouts or wherever your day takes you. To optimize your time, it features a voice button that will instantly connect to sir or Google now, allowing you to quickly get the information you need on-the-go. Designed by Jabra comfort experts, Halo smart has bendable Flex zones that allow you to shape the Neckband and ensure maximum comfort for long term use\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Amazing battery life! Be careful of losing ear bud cushions!\\n\\nReview: This is my second pair of Jabra Bluetooth headphones, and I couldn't be happier with the Halos! First off, the battery life is incredible on them, easily hitting 15 hours. I would only get about 3 hours before the battery needed recharging on my Jabra Sport Pace set. The sound is equally impressive, giving me deep, full tones. I also find them very comfortable got in ear headphones, as I can usually only wear that type for about 2 hours before they become uncomfortable. However, I haven't had that problem with the Halos.\\nGreat set of headphones, for a great price...can't go wrong there !\\nMy only complaint, and it isn't enough to deduct a star, is that the earbud cups can fall off pretty easily. They come with 3 sets (1 each of small, medium and large), so you can replace it, though you will have to change sizes. I have this same problem with my other Jabra headphones too. I am thinking about adding a spot of super glue to hold them on; I will be need to be very careful to not get it on the speaker surface, and limit it to the side.\",\n \"Product: Brenthaven Prostyle Slim Pack Black / Red Our Thinnest Backpack Ever, The Prosty\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Very sleek, but doesn't hold much\\n\\nReview: This backpack looks very sharp and more professional than my Swiss Army laptop backpack I usually carry to work. It is very low profile, and fits flush against the back, only protruding about 5\\\". The rain fly is incorporated and zips up into the bottom back of the backpack; very handy feature since I ride a scooter and can get stuck in the rain. It is very well made and has high quality fabrics and hardware.\\nMy only qualm with this backpack is that it doesn't hold much at all. It is basically a laptop sleeve with straps. There is room for a laptop of 15\\\" with no problem, and then a notebook or two, a couple pens and your phone/ipod/kindle. So maybe that's all you need, but most of us tend to carry around a bit more stuff. Like a water bottle, or lunch.\\nI would be nice if they had included a water bottle holder on the outside.\\nOtherwise, I like this bag, and am learning to minimize. Which is good anyway. It doesn't replace my other computer bags, but is a nice addition to my arsenal.\",\n \"Product: Your arm party is just getting started with the Q Dreamer, a sleek activity tracker that's designed to inspire your curiosity from sunrise to sundown and everything in between. Did we mention this charming new wearable also tracks daily steps and calories?\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Beautiful and Stylish Activity Tracker\\n\\nReview: I was excited to receive this beautiful and stylish activity tracker as I have several Fossil products that I love. However, the copper face holds smudge marks and the light tan band immediately stained darker in one area when washing my hands from a slight splash of water. I was disappointed in the consistency of the tracker because I don't think it was calculating my steps. I also had to sync it directly from my phone by double tapping the device to get an update on my steps throughout the day. I would love to have this activity tracker calculate more fitness information such as time active, elevation etc. I don't think I will use it for the email alerts as I usually have my smart phone with me.\",\n \"Product: Tumi's lightest hard side travel collection to date, this supremely light yet durable packing case, constructed from a special, multi-layer polycarbonate alloy formulation, is smaller in size and ideally suited for weekends and overnight business travel. Note that hanger shown is not included with this item it may be purchased separately (#0052).\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: The first scratch will make you cry\\n\\nReview: I've never had, nor felt the need to own a Tumi bag before, as they are incredibly spendy, especially when you consider how the baggage handlers treat luggage. It would be painful to see your beautiful $500 suitcase thrown across the tarmac, come back missing a wheel, and scratched to hell. I can also think of a lot more fun things to do with $500. But hey, who am to turn down the opportunity to get one for free?!\\n\\nAnyway, it is a very nice bag, and is the lightest rollerboard I've ever felt. It's the perfect size for my 3 night business trips, but only if one can pack efficiently, since it is rather small. The good thing about the size though, is that it fits in virtually all overhead compartments. Since it is so light, it's a breeze to lift up over your head to cram it in. I'm only taking a star off for the price, because while it is a nice bag, I just don't see how the asking price is justified. And it's still made in China.\\n\\nI travel quite a bit for work, and am looking forward to putting this bag through its paces and seeing how it holds up. I'm not looking forward to that first scratch, though! I'll try to remember to update review after a few months of weekly travel.\",\n \"Product: An Amazon brand - Bell-sleeve shift dress with lace shoulders and mock neckline with ladder stitching\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Little Black Dress Day or Night\\n\\nReview: I was ecstatic to see the hight quality fabric and intricate details on this dress in person. The lace cut outs on the shoulders are beautiful and the slight bell 3/4 sleeves are very flattering on. I have a larger cup size and was unsure if the key hole would even work or if the dress length would pull up shorter in the front. I was pleasantly surprised at the overall great fit of the dress and how it drapes while still being fitted and doesn't feel bulky. I am very picky about dresses but I really love this one! I also like that the dress and fabric isn't too formal so it could be worn during the day but it could also be worn for evening events.\",\n \"Product: Designed for young riders, the Razor Folding Kiddie Kick scooter features a three-wheeled design that helps build coordination and maintain balance. The wide polypropylene deck is slip-resistant, and a new folding mechanism allows easy storage and transportation. Intended for children ages 3 and up.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Well built and fun for 3 year old\\n\\nReview: We got this Razor scooter for Christmas for our 3.5 year old son and it was a hit. The only assembly was snapping in the steering arm into the base; no tools required.\\n\\nThe base is made out of plastic, but has a metal frame underneath, making it very sturdy. I have even ridden on it briefly (160 lbs), with no harm to the scooter. Everything else is metal and very similar to the full-sized Razor scooters. This adds to the form factor and makes little ones feel even cooler because it looks like a \\\"big kid\\\" scooter.\\n\\nThe two wheels at the rear make the scooter stable while still requiring some balance and maneuvering skills by the child. I like that there are fenders over the rear wheels, to keep little feet from inadvertently catching on them.\",\n \"Product: Vary your workout with 4 different flat, incline, and decline positions. Sturdy foot placement for safety and durability. Increase your agility, build strength, and improve your endurance. Features dumbbell holders for easy access and storage bench weighs only 26 lbs. A fine piece of equipment for a home gym with limited space. Durable heavy-gauge steel frame. Dense foam padding. Accommodates user and weights up to 300 lbs. Some assembly required. 49.61L x 24.8W x 41H inches. Manufacturer's warranty included\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: One bench, many uses\\n\\nReview: We have limited space to devote to a gym, so are always on the hunt for equipment that has a small footprint and/or can be used for multiple purposes. Enter the Tone Fitness Incline/Decline Bench. This bench is small and lightweight, and gas a max weight limit of 300 pounds, but it's enough to get the job done for our purposes. I really appreciate that you can use the bench in multiple settings, for decline to full 90 degree incline/upright. This means got can do shoulder presses, multiple styles of bench presses, and many other weight lifts. Because the bench also has knee and foot rests, you can also do decline setups, which really blast your core.\\nI only have it 4/5 stars because it isn't the studies bench out there, and the padding is a but lacking. However, for the price and functions, you'd be hard pressed to find a better valuable addition to most home gyms.\",\n \"Product: 100% SAMSUNG SDI Li-polymer battery cells only, top quality 5,000mAh power bank with digital LED power level indicator, ultra high charging speed 2.4A Max, triple safety protection, for smartphones, tablet PCs, Digital Cameras, Gopro and more (Metallic Silver)\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Never have a dead phone again!\\n\\nReview: I've got a Moto X that has a battery that doesn't hold a charge for as long as it used to. This TSST battery really solves the problem of running out of power. There is an LED display that feels you the percentage of battery life left on it. It charges my phone quickly. It gave me a 75% charge in about 30 minutes, while leaving 90%left on the TSST battery. I put it in my backpack and plug it in my phone, letting it charge while I ride my bike to my destination. I'll never be left with a dead phone again. I love using it when on vacation, camping, hiking..... anywhere I'll be out for a while and heavily using my phone.\",\n \"Product: This durable plastic pet door gives you and your furry pal the freedom you both deserve. The soft, flexible transparent panels are safe and easy for your dog to push open so he can let himself out - and back in. The panels can also keep drafts and insects out of your home.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: easy to install and won't pinch tails/paws\\n\\nReview: We were looking for a door for our cats to be able to go into a screened porch. Most of the cat doors had hard plastic flaps, which I read scared many cats because they would pinch their tails or paws as they were going out/coming in.\\nThis door solves that problem with a vinyl flap. It has a strong magnet on the bottom to keep it closed, but is easily passed through. You can adjust the distance the bottom of the flap is to the magnet.\\nInstalling was easy; just use included template and cut hole in door (isn't as scary as it sounds). The actual door installs easily and the only tool you need is a screwdriver.\\nI have the small, but out cats weigh 17 # and fit through it easily. Our 22# Boston Terrier cannot fit through it (which is a good thing).\",\n \"Product: Keep your Tidy Cats BREEZE litter system (sold separately) ready for all your feline friends with this Purina Tidy Cats BREEZE cat pads refill pack. Each pad quickly absorbs urine that passes through the BREEZE litter pellets, keeping your cats dry and comfortable inside their litter boxes. Each pad is conveniently disposable, making cleanup easy, and the odor-controlling technology leaves your home smelling fresh and clean. Designed for use in multiple-cat households, these pads work to control odors and keep each Tidy Cats BREEZE litter system in your home neat and clean. The innovative design makes Installing and removing each pad an effortless process, so you can spend less time cleaning up after your cat family and more time cuddling with each and every cat companion in your house. Help meet your cat's need for an inviting litter box with a ready supply of Purina Tidy Cats BREEZE cat pads by ordering this convenient refill pack from Amazon.com.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Love the Breeze system\\n\\nReview: We have had indoor cats for a long time, and have tried every conceivable litter system, including automatic boxes, self-sifting boxes, and multiple litter materials. The Tidy Cat Breeze system has finally found a way to make litter box upkeep palatable. The litter pellets have little to no dust, and the pads lock away urine and odor.\\n\\nWe have 3 cats and 2 Breeze litter boxes and change pads weekly. We have found it can be useful to turn the pad around halfway through the week, because our cats to to pee in the same part of the litter box each time. By turning it around, you can spread out the area the urine is absorbed on.\\n\\nI hope they never stop making this system.. We have to buy through Amazon because it is difficult to find locally, but with the Subscribe and Save it is economical and convenient.\",\n \"Product: LitterMaid Ulitmate Edition Automatic litter box provides an easy solution to take the chore out of litter cleaning and provides you and your cat with a constantly clean, Odorless environment in the comfort safety of your home.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Dissappointing for the price\\n\\nReview: We had owned one of the first generation LiterMaids back in 2000 and had hoped improvements would have been made to this new line. Unfortunately, there really haven't been any.\\nHere are my beefs:\\n-Our cat tends to pee behind the rake, so that part never makes it into the receptacle and has to be scooped by hand.\\n-The receptacles are also quite expensive.\\n-It is noisy when running through its cycle.\\n-The spaces between the rake are too large to catch all the particles. A fact well known by LitterMaid since they include a pooper scopper with the box!\\n-This thing is huge. I have a rather large built in desk, and while all the other cat boxes I have owned have fit under there, this one has not.\\n-Also, when I was assembling it, a plastic part broke off. I called customer service and they are replacing the part, but it will take 5-10 days. A long time to be without your new fancy litterbox.\\n\\nUnfortunately this is really nothing more than a gadget, and one that doesn't work very well.\",\n \"Product: Original Ultra Whole Body Health Chicken, Duck & Brown Rice Puppy Formula Canned Puppy Food nourishes your puppy’s complete well-being by taking an entire body approach. Created by our expert nutritionists, this puppy food offers your growing dog an optimal balance of premium proteins and key nutrients. This special blend is also accented with colostrum, a nutrient known to support a healthy immune function.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great supplement to kibble\\n\\nReview: We try to add some wet food to our adult dog's dry kibble, because it offers superior nutrition. Our big dogs just eat too much for us to be able to economically feed an all wet food diet, so supplementing kibble is a good comprise for us. Natural Balance is a great brand, with high quality ingredients, instead of the corn and by products so common in grocery store brands. Our labs are 3 and 4 years old, but we use this puppy formula with them without issue. We figure it is even more nutrient dense, so we just adjust the kibble amount down to account for the extra calories. They love the flavor and are definitely more enthusiastic about meal times when we have added a can.\",\n \"Product: Furminator - Waterless deShedding Shampoo & Conditioner for Cats\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Works well with Furminator and smells great\\n\\nReview: The Furminator brush has been a sanity saver, and this waterless shampoo makes it a great system. Our cats don't particularly like water (not too many do), but we can manage to get the sprayed down and brushed out with this product without too much struggle. Of course this product is water-based, so it isn't really \\\"waterless\\\", but the spray is a pretty fine mist. They still get wet, though.\\nOur dog is a Boston Terrier and has very short hair, which is prone to getting dry. This shampoo has lots of conditioners in it and her skin and coat look noticeably better after using. I know it says for cats, but it works just as well on her and I can't see any reason not to use it on her.\\nI haven't noticed any difference in the amount of shedding when we use the shampoo versus not, so that's the only downside.\\nDid I mention how great it smelled? Very fresh but not overpowering or perfumey.\",\n \"Product: The Alex Toys My First Sewing Kit will introduce children to the creative world of sewing. It's a skill that lasts a lifetime and can be used to make adorable stuffed animals,notebook covers and more. All the materials you need come in the charming carrycase that closes securely and has a handle for sewing on-the-go. Includes 28 pre-cut polyester felt shapes, 8 colors of embroidery floss (26ft/8m each), polyester stuffing(0.4oz/11g), fabric cloth (65% polyester/35% cotton), polyester ric rac(24in/60cm), scissors, measuring tape, 40 straight pins, 2 needles, thimble, cotton/polyesterpin cushion, polyester ribbon (12in/30cm), 6 buttons, pom pom strip (12in/30cm)and easy instructions. Recommended for children 7 to 12 years of age.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great gender neutral sewing set\\n\\nReview: This was the only gender neutral sewing kit I could find for a child, so was stoked to get a chance to get it out. Our 7 year old son is very crafty, and has been interested in learning how to sew for some time. We've used the sewing machine together, but I wanted something that would get him excited about learning to hand stitch too. This kit has several projects that have all been of interest for him. He made one of the stuffed animals for his little brother, and the pouch for his mom. We've really been enjoying going through each of the projects, and I'm happy it isn't all just marketed towards girls. Sewing is an essential skill for anyone, man or woman!\",\n \"Product: Furry Fun Chatters Elmo is a 7\\\" tall plush and plastic figure. The Shake its body and his mouth will open and close with fun character phrases and unique giggle. Shake once for a giggle or word and shake repeatedly for full phrases.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Elmo for the under 2 set\\n\\nReview: Our son Oliver has an Elmo Live that was purchased for him when he was about 6 months old. He is now 1 and as much as he loves to watch and listen to that Elmo, it just isn't designed to be handled by a child that age.\\nSo we began a search for an Elmo he could hold and love. When we came to this one, he immediately reacted with joy and squeals. He held it tightly the entire trip in the store.\\nIt is very easy for operate---all they have to do is move it around. He has about 20 different phrases. It has been banged on the floor, smacked around, etc and is holding up well. It is also the perfect size for his small hands.\\nHighly recommend, though the price seems to vary quite a bit between retailers.\",\n \"Product: The Franklin Sports Electronic Bounce-A-Bucket has durable frame construction and easily folds for travel or storage. Simply bounce the mini basketball off the trampoline target and the LED electronic digital scoring and in-game play by play sounds gives it an arcade feel. Includes (2) mini basketballs and is 21\\\"x 11\\\" x 19\\\".\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: It's a hit with our boys (8 and 4 yo)! And really works as advertised\\n\\nReview: After reading the reviews, I had zero expectations of this basketball game. However, I have been completely, pleasantly surprised by it!\\nIt was easy to assemble, all the parts and pieces fit, the game works as advertised, it's fun and my 8 and 4 yo sons had completely mastered it within 10 min of play! They were both consistently bouncing the balls in baskets, and even getting them in the 50 point basket!\\n\\nIt comes with a tiny screwdriver for 2 steps of the assembly (attaching 1 basket and installing batteries) I suggest you toss that useless thing away and use a real screwdriver, which will save you some aggravation. We didn't have any issue 2ith ball return net not fitting, and as you can see from the photos, it covered both sides equally. We also found the game works much better and doesn't move around so much when you have the back of it against the wall. Lastly, my boys had way more fun playing without the scoring mechanism turned on.\",\n \"Product: For every mission, there's a vehicle. Battle the blaze like a real firefighter with a rugged large-scale fire truck that blasts water up to a whopping 25 feet! Fire has finally met its match with the Matchbox Aqua Cannon Rig and its easy-to-fill water tank that shoots up to 75 shots per tank. Simply pump, aim and shoot to knock out the \\\"fire\\\" and save the day! Kids can perform realistic rescues with a toy suitable for indoor or outdoor play that has durable styling, rolling wheels and awesome firefighter deco's. When the adventure is over, the water tank is easy to drain and store until the next real-world mission. Each sold separately, subject to availability. Batteries not required. Ages 3 and older.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Be prepared to get wet!\\n\\nReview: The Matchbox Aqua Cannon Swamp Blaster Rig is a great summer time, backyard toy. The truck is a nice size, big but manageable for little ones to tote along when full of water. It is sturdy and and well made. The large capacity water tank makes up the middle section of the truck, and opens easily with a large screw on cap, even for small hands. The water cannon can be aimed up and down, as well as around (but not 360). The lever trigger makes it easy for kids to shoot the cannon, and my 3 year old has no problems filling and shooting it. The kids have been having a blast shooting out in the pool. Once empty and dry, it has still been fun for them to play with. I would not suggest using it inside with water, unless in the bathtub with the shower curtain closed, as it shoots a sizable stream at least 25 feet. Everything around it will get soaked, including you! Consider yourself forewarned!\",\n \"Product: Radio Flyer new ultimate EZ fold wagon is designed as a full size wagon for 2 kids that folds compactly. With an easy one hand fold, you can take or store the wagon anywhere. Two kids ride comfortably with 2 seats, 4 cup holders, seatbelts for added safety, and a removable canopy. The telescoping handle is for easy transport when folded. The DuraClean fabric is durable and can be easily wiped clean. A full size wagon with a compact fold to take & store anywhere. For ages 1 1/2 +.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Most versatile and useful wagon\\n\\nReview: We have had several different Red Flyer wagons over the years: from the uber basic, small metal one to the one with all the works, like pneumatic tires, sunshades and cushions. So I was pretty surprised when I received this one and realized it was way more useful than all the others.\\nThe obvious benefit is the portability. This wagon folds up to a relatively small size, and it really only takes one hand. This makes it very convenient to just keep in the truck of your car. It would be really useful at the airport with kids under 6,and you could gate check. It.\\nThe bench seating is another neat feature, and the wagon easily supported me and my partner. Load this up for a day at the park, and use it as your picnic table. We will definitely get a lot of use from this wagon.\",\n \"Product: Travel around with Peppa Pig and her family with the Campervan! The playset features figures and accessories for camping fun. Withdraw the awning and prepare for a cookout. Daddy Pig cooks on the grill, while Peppa sets the table for a yummy lunch. Includes exclusive Peppa and Daddy Pig figures in fun holiday outfits. This oinktastic campervan is equipped to jump-start family fun! Suitable for age 2 years and up.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Awesome play set, if you can get out of box!\\n\\nReview: Our 3 year old boy is a Peppa Pig nut, so when I saw this I jumped at the opportunity to review it. The only negative of this product is the packaging. It has way over the top theft prevention features and requires a screw driver to get it out of the box (there are 4 screws that have to be removed to detach from package),plus the standard wire wrapped all around and through it. Once you get it out though, it is awesome.\\nThe whole top of the van comes off allowing easy access to place Peppa and her family in the individually molded seats. There is also a retractable awning that is operated with a small wheel you spin, which can be challenging for small fingers (see pics). It also comes with a table and BBQ grill, which all fit into the camper. All in all a great set, though the awning is the weak point.\",\n \"Product: Its Dinotrux fun with best buddies Ty Rux and Revvit! Reptool Control Ty Rux is motorized and features easy-to-use RC control. Just push the button on the Revvit remote control for five dino-mite modes of play: Find Revvit mode allows you to point the Revvit remote control at Ty Rux as he follows you around; and also in Find Revvit mode, when you place the remote control within an eight-foot distance of Ty Rux, watch as he scans the area to find his buddy Revvit. Standard RC mode can make Ty Rux go forward, backward, or make a directional change by pressing the Dance button. Then get ready for swinging dance moves when you press and hold the Dance button to see Ty Rux spin in circles while smashing and crashing with his wrecking ball. And with over 40 sounds and phrases unique to the Ty Rux character, its motorized RC fun that comes to life! Includes Ty Rux vehicle and remote control with detachable Revvit. Colors and decorations may vary.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Remote control Ty Rux also interacts with the remote--Great for Dinutrux fans!\\n\\nReview: Our 4 year old loves the Dinotrux show on Netflix, and even I admit to watching it with him! When I had the opportunity to order this remote control Ty Rux, I jumped at the chance. We have squirreled it away for Christmas, but I checked it out thoroughly, so I could write this review. You will need both 4 AA (Ty Rux) and 3 AAA (remote) batteries, so be sure you have those on hand or you will have some sad puppies. Ty Rux and the Reptool on the remote interact with one another, which is a really neat feature. Of course you have all the front, back and sideways controls on the remote. There are also the different modes to put him in, such as dance, and there are tons of sayings and sounds from the show. It would be hard not to impress a 4 year old with this Dinotrux! I do wish is was a tad bit larger, as this is supposed to be Ty Rux, this biggest (but not the baddest!) of the Dinotrux (modeled after a T-Rex, if you couldn't figure it out)!\",\n \"Product: Radio Flyer has been creating the best wagons since 1917. Now you can select a wagon that is perfect for your family. Are you into classic styling or modern comfort? The personalized wagon includes all-terrain rubber air tires for the ultimate smooth ride on sidewalks, plus they can travel over rough terrain. Comfort, and Sun Protection is included in the personalized wagon. Choose from 3 fabrics. Ages 1+.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Awesome wagon; pay attention to instructions when assembling\\n\\nReview: This is the Rolls-Royce of wagons! I love the large, pneumatic tires, which make pulling it through uneven, rough terrain a breeze. We had this wagon in the plastic wheel version, and it just didn't hold up under heavy loads; no such problems with this one, even with 2 kids in it (age 8 and 4).\\nThe seat pads and sun canopy are nice touches. Both remove quickly and easily for cleaning or storage. My favorite feature is the storage bag/trunk attached to the rear of the wagon. Once the kids are loaded in, there isn't much room for anything else. However, this storage bag solves that problem. It is generously sized (I can get 2 gallons of milk in it), and secured tightly to the wagin, so you don't feel like you're going to lose whatever you have in there.\\n\\nMy only caveat is to make sure you pay close attention to the instructions when assembling it, too very it right the first time. My wife put it together, and unfortunately installed the wheels backwards on the axels. Once you hammer on the end caps, they are extremely difficult to remove without damaging them. They give you a couple extras, and luckily I was able to salvage the rest I needed after a lot of elbow grease and cursing!\",\n \"Product: Carley Roney is the co-founder and editor in chief of The Knot, Inc. Carley built one of the largest networks of lifestyle Web sites-all while enduring three pregnancies, countless late-night breast-feeding sessions, toddler milestones, and temper tantrums. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Excellent planning and resource for everyone's baby bump!\\n\\nReview: The Baby Bump book is a fun book packed full of tips and tricks about \\\"surviving\\\" pregnancy. This is a great read for a first time and even a second time mom to-be that doesn't contain all of the potential risks and medical complications that expectant women need to be aware of. I would call this an enjoyable supplemental read and great resource for pregnant moms. This book is also packed full of planning and preparation information for baby. I was pleasantly surprised to see the incredible list of experts in the credits of the book. The book also contains several usable checklists from kick counting to feeding schedules after baby is born however, the pages are a bit glossy and the text is so small that they wouldn't be easy to use with one arm holding a newborn. I love the tid-bits and quotes throughout that made me chuckle. Pregnancy is an adventure and this book answers questions that you didn't know you had!!!!\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":29,"string":"29"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1989,"string":"1,989"}}},{"rowIdx":1990,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A2LFCBNRDMI34S"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"5.0\" for a product with description \"William Stacey is a former army intelligence officer who served his country for more than thirty years with operational tours in Bosnia and Afghanistan. He is a husband, father, and avid reader, with a love for the macabre. Black Monastery, an Amazon 2014 Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-Finalist, is his first novel. For those who want their dark fantasy laced with heroic adventure. Visit him at www.williamstaceyauthor.com\". The summary of the review text is \"A combination of classic fantasy and military action genres, Starlight had me hooked from the first few pages.\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"When Cassie Rogan returns home to northern British Columbia, she's expecting nothing. Unable to deal with her survivor guilt after being the sole survivor of an accident that killed both her parents, she's been expelled from university, and, with nowhere else to go, has come home to her small town. But when what appears to be a powerful lightening storm hits the area, killing some but leaving three people including Cassie unconscious but apparently unscathed, her life is permanently changed. Soon Cassie will be involved in a deeply classified military mission hidden deep in the BC wilderness, fighting to keep her family, friends, and the wider world safe from powers accidentally brought back to Earth from another dimension.\n\nA combination of classic fantasy and military action genres, Starlight had me hooked from the first few pages. Author William Stacey hasn't created new fantasy beings so much as re-interpreted familiar ones in a unique manner, placing the creatures of fairy tale in a grimmer, darker setting, exiled, angry, and revengeful. Weaving in elements of Native American and northwest North American folklore and belief firmly roots the story in its British Columbia setting, while Stacey's military background ensures that those aspects of the story are accurate and believable, creating a world which I found (within the bounds of the genre) plausible. The explanation for and descriptions of the channelling of 'magic' were both very well handled, as were the differing reactions of the three people left with this ability after the 'lightening storm'.\n\nStacey's writing is crisp and competent. The plot grows slowly but steadily, the action building nicely towards the climactic scenes. Cassie's character grows throughout the novel; other characters perhaps develop less, but for the most part are well rounded enough; the motivations for their actions are clear and consistent. There were a few production errors: 'fae-seelie' is sometimes hyphenated and sometimes not, and there were one or two other minor errors, but not enough to be irritating.\n\nMy personal rating for Starlight is 4 1/2 stars, and it falls short of five only because there were aspects of the world-building that I felt were incomplete. This may be unfair to a book that is the first of a series, as those aspects may become more fully explained in the subsequent books, books which I hope are out soon, so I can continue reading this entertaining story.\n\nReview by Amazon Author Marian Thorpe <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Empire-s-Daughter-Empire-s-Legacy-Book-1/dp/B00TXFTZ3G/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Empire's Daughter (Empire's Legacy Book 1)</a>"},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"When Cassie Rogan returns home to northern British Columbia, she's expecting nothing. Unable to deal with her survivor guilt after being the sole survivor of an accident that killed both her parents, she's been expelled from university, and, with nowhere else to go, has come home to her small town. But when what appears to be a powerful lightening storm hits the area, killing some but leaving three people including Cassie unconscious but apparently unscathed, her life is permanently changed. Soon Cassie will be involved in a deeply classified military mission hidden deep in the BC wilderness, fighting to keep her family, friends, and the wider world safe from powers accidentally brought back to Earth from another dimension.\n\nA combination of classic fantasy and military action genres, Starlight had me hooked from the first few pages. Author William Stacey hasn't created new fantasy beings so much as re-interpreted familiar ones in a unique manner, placing the creatures of fairy tale in a grimmer, darker setting, exiled, angry, and revengeful. Weaving in elements of Native American and northwest North American folklore and belief firmly roots the story in its British Columbia setting, while Stacey's military background ensures that those aspects of the story are accurate and believable, creating a world which I found (within the bounds of the genre) plausible. The explanation for and descriptions of the channelling of 'magic' were both very well handled, as were the differing reactions of the three people left with this ability after the 'lightening storm'.\n\nStacey's writing is crisp and competent. The plot grows slowly but steadily, the action building nicely towards the climactic scenes. Cassie's character grows throughout the novel; other characters perhaps develop less, but for the most part are well rounded enough; the motivations for their actions are clear and consistent. There were a few production errors: 'fae-seelie' is sometimes hyphenated and sometimes not, and there were one or two other minor errors, but not enough to be irritating.\n\nMy personal rating for Starlight is 4 1/2 stars, and it falls short of five only because there were aspects of the world-building that I felt were incomplete. This may be unfair to a book that is the first of a series, as those aspects may become more fully explained in the subsequent books, books which I hope are out soon, so I can continue reading this entertaining story.\n\nReview by Amazon Author Marian Thorpe <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Empire-s-Daughter-Empire-s-Legacy-Book-1/dp/B00TXFTZ3G/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Empire's Daughter (Empire's Legacy Book 1)</a>"},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: Demethius Jackson is a fantasy fiction writer from Washington, DC. He is the author of The Realmsic Conquest book series, which chronicles the struggles of the only magical kingdom in existence.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Strong male and female characters, solid plotting, good dialogue and well-paced action for the middle-school and up reader.\n\nReview: The Realmsic Conquest Books 1 & 2: The Hero of Legend and The Icon of Earth: A Review\n\nThe Realm is the world's only magical kingdom and at the heart of its magic lies the Realmsic Crystal. The Wizard Kelm and the new, young King Maebus must protect the Crystal and the Realm against a potent threat from the Warlord Damian, who will not scruple to use any power to overcome the Realm's defenses. To do so, they must make the right decisions, choose their allies wisely, and utilize the power of The Hero of Legend....if they can find him.\n\nAuthor Demethius Jackson describes this series a 'self-help fantasy', designed to provide a model for young readers in making choices and developing self-reliance and resilience. Given that, I was a bit apprehensive in beginning this pair of books, concerned that the story might be a bit 'preachy'. That concern, I am happy to say, was completely unfounded.\n\nWhat Jackson gives us is a well-plotted, very well written fantasy adventure story in which the values of consultation and cooperation underlie the story but are not blatantly obvious. In that way (and that way only, because the genres are so different) they reminded me of the British children's classic Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome (and other books in the series) which I once heard described as a lesson in good manners. While there is nothing strikingly new about The Realmsic Conquest, as a solid fantasy-adventure for readers at the younger end of the young-adult readership it more than passes muster. Had I a twelve-to-fourteen year old to recommend books for (or either a younger readers with above-average reading skills or an older reader for whom reading was more difficult) I would be buying them this pair of books. Strong male and female characters, solid plotting, good dialogue and well-paced action all added to my positive impression. Jackson's writing flows well; action and description are well balanced. There were almost no errors of typography or production in the e-pub copies I read.\n\nSo, five stars to both books for the late middle-school/early high school age reader. More from Demethius Jackson should be hoped for!\n\nReview by Amazon Author Marian Thorpe <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Empire-s-Daughter-Empire-s-Legacy-Book-1/dp/B00TXFTZ3G/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Empire's Daughter (Empire's Legacy Book 1)</a>\n\nThe author provided me with copies of both books in return for an honest review.","Product: Xander Gray is the author of Prison of Souls, a science-fiction thriller published by Quantology Publishing in 2015. Xander is a student of astrophysics and quantum mechanics, an amateur astronomer, and an expert in computer architecture with a Bachelors in Computer Science and 15 years professional technology experience. He lives in Saint Louis, Missouri. He has a wife, two sons, and a daughter.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A complex and intricate science-fiction novel.\n\nReview: Stephen Hawking, Ray Kurzweil, Randal Koene: all these scientists believe, to differing degrees, that it may (or will) be possible to upload the human mind to a computer. And what then?\n\nOne answer one terrifying and convincing answer to that question is the central premise of Xander Gray's complex and intricate science-fiction novel Prison of Souls. Based on cutting-edge actual and theoretical research in quantum physics and mind uploading, Prison of Souls challenged me to believe the science and its implications, and yet at the same time proposed a logical and frightening outcome. This duality fitting for a novel based on quantum research - kept me turning pages long after I should have put the book down and gone to sleep.\n\nPrison of Souls received top rankings in all the categories I use to review books. Gray writes very well: his prose flows naturally, and his skill in describing everyday scenes, and contrasting them with the unreality of what is happening to the protagonist adds to the sense that what is real in this book is fractured and fluid, not conforming to commonly accepted versions of reality, like the particle/wave duality of light.\n\nIf I have one reservation about Prison of Souls, it is that the science is complex and difficult, but Gray uses dialogue to explain it in ways that make it reasonably comprehensible. The moral questions raised in Prison of Souls are real ones, and if Koene and Kurzweil are right in their belief that the uploading of human minds to computer networks will occur in the lifetimes of those who are now under fifty, then they are moral questions for which we currently have no answers, and have barely begun to consider.\n\nI'm giving Prison of Souls five stars; it's an outstanding debut novel.\n\nReview by Amazon Author Marian Thorpe <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Empire-s-Daughter-Empire-s-Legacy-Book-1/dp/B00TXFTZ3G/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Empire's Daughter (Empire's Legacy Book 1)</a>\n\nThe author provided me with a copy of this book in return for an honest review. The opinions stated here are mine alone.","Product: Holden has lived in Utah for most of his life, and has a wife Megan and a son, Ezra. He enjoys computer programming, random hobbies such as board games and video games, and any sort of medium that can create something out of pure imagination. This is his first novel, but it wont be the last.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A unique, well-developed world and attractive characters.\n\nReview: Elemor once had magic, but it has gone. Or has it? For there are doors that will open only for Vall, doors that used to open into another room, or out to the street, but now, when Vall passes through them, they take him to another place, where the Essence flows freely. Vall doesn't just open doors: he is the Terror of Helforn, an assassin, driven to serve the dark forces from that other place in order to free his father.\n\nThe Red Heir, the debut novel by indie writer Holden Johnson, is a cut above most high fantasy books I've read in the past couple of years. Johnson's world is carefully and consistently constructed, and the detailed back-story fleshing out the characters of Vall (and others) gives a solid foundation to the events and action of the book. Both character development and plotting are strengths; the story may be a bit slow for some readers but it is the first of a series, and personally I like a well-developed, fully-explained world.\n\nI could detect influences from the world of gaming and from Tolkien, but influences were all they were, not copy-cat situations, and all writers are influenced by other sources. While some sentences were awkwardly worded, for the most part the writing was fluent, not overblown as some high fantasy writing tends to be, nor too 'modern'. A bit of tightening and polishing wouldn't hurt the book, but on the other hand it held my attention and interest as it stood.\n\nOverall, I'm giving The Red Heir four stars out of a possible five, for its unique, well-developed world and attractive characters, as well as a compelling plot. I look forward to the next installment in the series.","Product: Dennis Montoya I grew up in a small town in Washington State, graduated from Clarkston High School and joined the Army. I served 2 enlistments, before attending college. In college I did all sorts of odd jobs, janitor, Skywest Airlines Baggage handler (loved that job), garbage man for a time, then found a niche as a certified nursing aid, then finally as a Licensed practical nurse then a Registered nurse. Gaming influences. Risk, Pathfinder, Star fleet Battles, Traveler, World of Warcraft, and Guildwars.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: I'd recommend Over the Dragonwall for young readers of fantasy whose interest will be in the plot and characters.\n\nReview: At the borders of the land called Delvingdeep lies the Dragonwall, and what lies beyond the Dragonwall is the stuff of legend. When the young monk Oberon (Obi) confesses to his Sovereign that he dreams of crossing that wall, not for gold or riches but to see a dragon, to add to the body of knowledge his order maintains, he is sent to do exactly that.\n\nObi and a band of friends and new acquaintances, including a half-elven brother and sister, decide to take a short-cut, and well, this is fantasy, and we all know what happens when short-cuts are taken in fantasy. Suffice it to say that the results of that short-cut, and the ensuing adventures across the Dragonwall, make up the rest of the story.\n\nWhat came to mind as I finished the book was the quote attributed to Mother Theresa Not all of us cando great things. But we cando small things with great love. It sums up this book perfectly. It's not a great book: the authors' influences, from gaming to classic fantasy, are obvious in some ways it's a bit like fan fiction. The story is not complex. There are a number of production errors in the paperback copy I read. But it has clearly been written with great love, especially for the protagonist Obi.\n\nI'd recommend Over the Dragonwall for young readers of fantasy whose interest will be in the plot and characters, and not in the literary quality of the writing. My review rubric gives Over the Dragonwall 2 1/2 stars, which is 3 stars on Amazon and Goodreads, and for what I believe is its target audience, I think that's fair. Obi's adventures will continue in a sequel, and I look forward to it; Obi has rather charmed himself into my heart.\n\nReview by Amazon Author Marian Thorpe <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Empire-s-Daughter-Empire-s-Legacy-Book-1/dp/B00TXFTZ3G/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Empire's Daughter (Empire's Legacy Book 1)</a> and <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Spinnings-Brief-Fantasies-in-Prose-and-Verse/dp/B01BRCMB2O/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Spinnings: Brief Fantasies in Prose and Verse</a>\n\nThe author provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review."],"string":"[\n \"Product: Demethius Jackson is a fantasy fiction writer from Washington, DC. He is the author of The Realmsic Conquest book series, which chronicles the struggles of the only magical kingdom in existence.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Strong male and female characters, solid plotting, good dialogue and well-paced action for the middle-school and up reader.\\n\\nReview: The Realmsic Conquest Books 1 & 2: The Hero of Legend and The Icon of Earth: A Review\\n\\nThe Realm is the world's only magical kingdom and at the heart of its magic lies the Realmsic Crystal. The Wizard Kelm and the new, young King Maebus must protect the Crystal and the Realm against a potent threat from the Warlord Damian, who will not scruple to use any power to overcome the Realm's defenses. To do so, they must make the right decisions, choose their allies wisely, and utilize the power of The Hero of Legend....if they can find him.\\n\\nAuthor Demethius Jackson describes this series a 'self-help fantasy', designed to provide a model for young readers in making choices and developing self-reliance and resilience. Given that, I was a bit apprehensive in beginning this pair of books, concerned that the story might be a bit 'preachy'. That concern, I am happy to say, was completely unfounded.\\n\\nWhat Jackson gives us is a well-plotted, very well written fantasy adventure story in which the values of consultation and cooperation underlie the story but are not blatantly obvious. In that way (and that way only, because the genres are so different) they reminded me of the British children's classic Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome (and other books in the series) which I once heard described as a lesson in good manners. While there is nothing strikingly new about The Realmsic Conquest, as a solid fantasy-adventure for readers at the younger end of the young-adult readership it more than passes muster. Had I a twelve-to-fourteen year old to recommend books for (or either a younger readers with above-average reading skills or an older reader for whom reading was more difficult) I would be buying them this pair of books. Strong male and female characters, solid plotting, good dialogue and well-paced action all added to my positive impression. Jackson's writing flows well; action and description are well balanced. There were almost no errors of typography or production in the e-pub copies I read.\\n\\nSo, five stars to both books for the late middle-school/early high school age reader. More from Demethius Jackson should be hoped for!\\n\\nReview by Amazon Author Marian Thorpe <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Empire-s-Daughter-Empire-s-Legacy-Book-1/dp/B00TXFTZ3G/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Empire's Daughter (Empire's Legacy Book 1)</a>\\n\\nThe author provided me with copies of both books in return for an honest review.\",\n \"Product: Xander Gray is the author of Prison of Souls, a science-fiction thriller published by Quantology Publishing in 2015. Xander is a student of astrophysics and quantum mechanics, an amateur astronomer, and an expert in computer architecture with a Bachelors in Computer Science and 15 years professional technology experience. He lives in Saint Louis, Missouri. He has a wife, two sons, and a daughter.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A complex and intricate science-fiction novel.\\n\\nReview: Stephen Hawking, Ray Kurzweil, Randal Koene: all these scientists believe, to differing degrees, that it may (or will) be possible to upload the human mind to a computer. And what then?\\n\\nOne answer one terrifying and convincing answer to that question is the central premise of Xander Gray's complex and intricate science-fiction novel Prison of Souls. Based on cutting-edge actual and theoretical research in quantum physics and mind uploading, Prison of Souls challenged me to believe the science and its implications, and yet at the same time proposed a logical and frightening outcome. This duality fitting for a novel based on quantum research - kept me turning pages long after I should have put the book down and gone to sleep.\\n\\nPrison of Souls received top rankings in all the categories I use to review books. Gray writes very well: his prose flows naturally, and his skill in describing everyday scenes, and contrasting them with the unreality of what is happening to the protagonist adds to the sense that what is real in this book is fractured and fluid, not conforming to commonly accepted versions of reality, like the particle/wave duality of light.\\n\\nIf I have one reservation about Prison of Souls, it is that the science is complex and difficult, but Gray uses dialogue to explain it in ways that make it reasonably comprehensible. The moral questions raised in Prison of Souls are real ones, and if Koene and Kurzweil are right in their belief that the uploading of human minds to computer networks will occur in the lifetimes of those who are now under fifty, then they are moral questions for which we currently have no answers, and have barely begun to consider.\\n\\nI'm giving Prison of Souls five stars; it's an outstanding debut novel.\\n\\nReview by Amazon Author Marian Thorpe <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Empire-s-Daughter-Empire-s-Legacy-Book-1/dp/B00TXFTZ3G/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Empire's Daughter (Empire's Legacy Book 1)</a>\\n\\nThe author provided me with a copy of this book in return for an honest review. The opinions stated here are mine alone.\",\n \"Product: Holden has lived in Utah for most of his life, and has a wife Megan and a son, Ezra. He enjoys computer programming, random hobbies such as board games and video games, and any sort of medium that can create something out of pure imagination. This is his first novel, but it wont be the last.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A unique, well-developed world and attractive characters.\\n\\nReview: Elemor once had magic, but it has gone. Or has it? For there are doors that will open only for Vall, doors that used to open into another room, or out to the street, but now, when Vall passes through them, they take him to another place, where the Essence flows freely. Vall doesn't just open doors: he is the Terror of Helforn, an assassin, driven to serve the dark forces from that other place in order to free his father.\\n\\nThe Red Heir, the debut novel by indie writer Holden Johnson, is a cut above most high fantasy books I've read in the past couple of years. Johnson's world is carefully and consistently constructed, and the detailed back-story fleshing out the characters of Vall (and others) gives a solid foundation to the events and action of the book. Both character development and plotting are strengths; the story may be a bit slow for some readers but it is the first of a series, and personally I like a well-developed, fully-explained world.\\n\\nI could detect influences from the world of gaming and from Tolkien, but influences were all they were, not copy-cat situations, and all writers are influenced by other sources. While some sentences were awkwardly worded, for the most part the writing was fluent, not overblown as some high fantasy writing tends to be, nor too 'modern'. A bit of tightening and polishing wouldn't hurt the book, but on the other hand it held my attention and interest as it stood.\\n\\nOverall, I'm giving The Red Heir four stars out of a possible five, for its unique, well-developed world and attractive characters, as well as a compelling plot. I look forward to the next installment in the series.\",\n \"Product: Dennis Montoya I grew up in a small town in Washington State, graduated from Clarkston High School and joined the Army. I served 2 enlistments, before attending college. In college I did all sorts of odd jobs, janitor, Skywest Airlines Baggage handler (loved that job), garbage man for a time, then found a niche as a certified nursing aid, then finally as a Licensed practical nurse then a Registered nurse. Gaming influences. Risk, Pathfinder, Star fleet Battles, Traveler, World of Warcraft, and Guildwars.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: I'd recommend Over the Dragonwall for young readers of fantasy whose interest will be in the plot and characters.\\n\\nReview: At the borders of the land called Delvingdeep lies the Dragonwall, and what lies beyond the Dragonwall is the stuff of legend. When the young monk Oberon (Obi) confesses to his Sovereign that he dreams of crossing that wall, not for gold or riches but to see a dragon, to add to the body of knowledge his order maintains, he is sent to do exactly that.\\n\\nObi and a band of friends and new acquaintances, including a half-elven brother and sister, decide to take a short-cut, and well, this is fantasy, and we all know what happens when short-cuts are taken in fantasy. Suffice it to say that the results of that short-cut, and the ensuing adventures across the Dragonwall, make up the rest of the story.\\n\\nWhat came to mind as I finished the book was the quote attributed to Mother Theresa Not all of us cando great things. But we cando small things with great love. It sums up this book perfectly. It's not a great book: the authors' influences, from gaming to classic fantasy, are obvious in some ways it's a bit like fan fiction. The story is not complex. There are a number of production errors in the paperback copy I read. But it has clearly been written with great love, especially for the protagonist Obi.\\n\\nI'd recommend Over the Dragonwall for young readers of fantasy whose interest will be in the plot and characters, and not in the literary quality of the writing. My review rubric gives Over the Dragonwall 2 1/2 stars, which is 3 stars on Amazon and Goodreads, and for what I believe is its target audience, I think that's fair. Obi's adventures will continue in a sequel, and I look forward to it; Obi has rather charmed himself into my heart.\\n\\nReview by Amazon Author Marian Thorpe <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Empire-s-Daughter-Empire-s-Legacy-Book-1/dp/B00TXFTZ3G/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Empire's Daughter (Empire's Legacy Book 1)</a> and <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Spinnings-Brief-Fantasies-in-Prose-and-Verse/dp/B01BRCMB2O/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Spinnings: Brief Fantasies in Prose and Verse</a>\\n\\nThe author provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":4,"string":"4"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1990,"string":"1,990"}}},{"rowIdx":1991,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"AJRFZ0VZ0LD26"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"3.0\" for a product with description \"Fallen angel Sammael has claimed the midworld in the name of darkness. With the help of his menacing, gun-toting task force, he has smothered the dark, dreary city in vice, violence and cruelty. Sammael's victory is assured--until the arrival of Gabriel, the last of Heaven's seven archangels. Gabriel is young, strong and the mightiest warrior seen since Michael, his predecessor, disappeared. In no time, Gabriel's bravery and skill threaten to decimate Sammael's evil henchmen and redeem Jade, the lost angel with the heart of gold. But Sammael has one last card to play: the secret of his own past, the knowledge of which could destroy Gabriel forever.\". The summary of the review text is \"Angels - good and bad\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Action movie/thriller/drama about the purgatory - concept of the world \"in between\" where souls of the dead humans are being judged and fending for their place in the paradise, or surrendering to the eternal hell. Keepers of the each place are angels - the good ones serving light and the bad ones serving darkness. But listening to these angels argue their position on joining one side vs. another is almost like listening to the premise on why one should work for the corporation vs. working as an independent consultant. Other interesting premises such as a good angel that is killed by a bad angel (and vice versa) simply dies for the eternity. These creatures have no souls to take them into a next world, or another body as it is the case with humans. Angel fallen from the grace (like the one who no longer has wings) is basically turned into a human. They are punished to live human life with all of its hardships but there is hope that their souls will continue to live. I was turned off by the character of Jade - fallen good angel, turned prostitute. This would be a beautifu actress if someone can teach her to keep her mouth closed. Her perpetually open mouth (either her teeth are too big, or she is not using her nose to breathe) make her character too vulgar even for a role of the prostitute, let alone angel. Standard flight scenes, miracle works and good conquering evil motifs make this film way too predictable."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Action movie/thriller/drama about the purgatory - concept of the world \"in between\" where souls of the dead humans are being judged and fending for their place in the paradise, or surrendering to the eternal hell. Keepers of the each place are angels - the good ones serving light and the bad ones serving darkness. But listening to these angels argue their position on joining one side vs. another is almost like listening to the premise on why one should work for the corporation vs. working as an independent consultant. Other interesting premises such as a good angel that is killed by a bad angel (and vice versa) simply dies for the eternity. These creatures have no souls to take them into a next world, or another body as it is the case with humans. Angel fallen from the grace (like the one who no longer has wings) is basically turned into a human. They are punished to live human life with all of its hardships but there is hope that their souls will continue to live. I was turned off by the character of Jade - fallen good angel, turned prostitute. This would be a beautifu actress if someone can teach her to keep her mouth closed. Her perpetually open mouth (either her teeth are too big, or she is not using her nose to breathe) make her character too vulgar even for a role of the prostitute, let alone angel. Standard flight scenes, miracle works and good conquering evil motifs make this film way too predictable."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: This luxurious feeling Antioxidant Serum will leave your skin feeling velvety smooth while supplying it with an abundance of antioxidants including Resveratrol and encapsulated Vitamin C beads.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: An amazing facial serum\n\nReview: There are many things I like to buy at Trader Joes. I will be honest and say that skincare products (until now) were not one of those. Recently I was shopping in at Trader Joe's in preparation for the Thanksgiving holidays and I noticed that in house brand for facial serum. Since I am esthetician, out of curiosity I picked up a bottle and started reading ingrediants. I could not believe what a lucky find that was. Ingredients include: vitamin C Ester & Palmitate, A, D3, B5 and K1, CoQ10. In addition there are natual extracts that include: coffee, pomegranate, bayberry, ginko biloba, green tea, jojoba esters, resveratol (grape extract) and the list goes on and on. Many other manufacturers woudl charge fortune for this 1oz bottle of facial serum. I actually paid only $9.99 for it in the store. And I plan on buying more. This little bottle of serum is a gold mine.","Product: The U-Create 53548-B Construction Paper Pad includes an assortment of colored paper including: white, charcoal, canary, light green, blue, scarlet, violet, brown and yellow-orange. This medium weight paper is perfect for cutting, gluing and folding. Cut and glue different colors together to create a masterpiece! Design unique crafts and standout projects with quality and affordable U-Create arts & crafts products.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Colorful paper for art projects\n\nReview: For anyone who loves arts and crafts or has children that do arts and crafts project, this is a great product. A booklet in A4 format provides a wide selection of colored paper in every possible shade. I will give this paper away as a gift to someone who is very artistic. I am not and I do not have ideas that would help me actually use this paper for projects, That is why I gave this product 4 starts. I wish it came with the project samples.\n\nIf one is planning to use this for kids, it is great for weekend projects with friends and family or when children have a party together and can platy with colorful paper. This product is definitely useful for school art projects as well.","Product: An alcohol-free toner laced with Chinese herbs, chamomile and aromatherapist oils to strengthen and calm skin. Refreshing and gentle, each spritz hydrates and revitalizes - prepping skin for your moisturizer.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Graat professional quality product. Worthy investment that can last up to 6 months with twice a day use.\n\nReview: I experienced Bioelements Equalizer tonner/mist during my recent visit to salon that uses this product line. Esthetician used it after cleansing and in between peelers, serums and mask to refresh the skin and reset PH levels of the skin. She used it as a mist and I absolutely loved the pleasant scent of the product. The product uses chinese herbs and natural extracts such as: ginseng, watercrest, Sumac, rose oil, nobilis oil and many others. 6 oz bottle can go a long way. This is professional product and it can be purchased at salons that use Bioelements line. It prepares skin for mosturizer and I use it at day and night. It works as a mist and instead of using cotton puffs/pads, I apply paper tissues and gently dab it on my skin to remove any access and help absorbtion. This technique allows better product absorbtion in the skin.","Product: Sheer instant color turns deep tan within minutes after application and lasts 7 days. Updated formula helps to even out skin tones and give the darkest tan, with no self tan odor. Paraben free, oil free, green tea. A dark tan with time release complex to give a tan so smooth even the fairest skins can get a beautiful bronze. Vanilla scent.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect tanner for a short term fix\n\nReview: I have used another product from this same brand and loved it. So I can say that brand has consistency. My tanning lotion came with complimentary mitt which made application very easy. There are so many advantages about this product: it has a pleasant scent, it absorbs quickly, it does not stain and is not streaky and it lasts for almost a week.\n\nPersonally I am not big on tanning, but there are times when I teach yoga workshops when I like to add a little color to my arms and chest so I do not look too pale. Color looks natural, so no need to worry about looking \"orange\".\n\nThis product is a good quick fix to getting some color in your skin and it is healthier than going to the tanning bad (do not go to the tanning bad if you can help it, you are begging to get cancer).","Product: Patented Pro-Niacin helps repair past damage and rebuilds the skin barrier. Chemical sunscreens protect against UVA/UVB rays, providing ultimate sun protection in a lightweight, hydrating formula. Apply liberally 15 minutes before sun exposure.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Sunscreen skin protectant that stands by its claims.\n\nReview: I took this sunscreen lotion with me during my recent vacation trip to Taos, New Mexico. It was my first time in Taos and I was not familiar with the climate during the month of October. But there were two things I knew. A few days prior to the trip I had radio frequency treatment with beta peel and my plan was to be outdoors hiking, relaxing in hot springs that Native American Indians use, not to mention window shopping in the city of Taos. This definitely required I wear some serious sunscreen protection on my face. I did not want sunburn, and I definitely did not want brown spots on my skin after having peel and being exposed to the sun,\n\nAlthough I never used Nia24 products, I decided to take this bottle with me on my trip. I received it as a part of my monthly subscription to beauty product. My sample was 1oz size, which would allow it safe passage through airport security and enough sunscreen protection for a week. In the morning, I used my regular skincare routing: cleanse, tone, serum and day skin care cream. I would finish up the process with Nia. I loved the fact that this sunscreen was non greasy and it absorbed right away without any residue. Many people know that when applying certain sunscreen creams there is always a white film on the skin that makes face look ghastly. Not the case with this product. So I liberally applied It in my face, neck and decoltage.\n\nProduct label says that it contact 5% Pro-Niacian (form of vitamin B). The main micronutrient for this is Niacin. I would let manufacturers know that they need to adjust the label on the packaging to say \"for Sun and Age Damage\" PREVENTION. The word \"prevention\" is missing. There are 4 different sunscreen ingredients listed on the bottle: avobenzone 3%, homosalate 7.5%, octocrylene 2.6% and octisalate 5%. This took me by surprise because none of the ingredients sound familiar. I have to do additional research and find out what makes them better than the traditionally used sunscreen ingredients we are used to.\n\nAll I have to say is that I did not get sunburn at all. My skin was absolutely protected. I used body sunscreen lotion while hiking and soaking in the open air hot springs and guess what - I did get sunburn on my back! Go figure. Luckily I brought with me some sensitive skin lotion and carrot seed oil so sunburn pain quickly disappeared after I let it soak on my body overnight.\n\nI really enjoyed this product and I will not shy away from using it again. I just wish its retail price is not as high as some other products. But the line is definitely worth the investment - that is if you care for your skin and you do not want to look like a prune.","Product: One of our most unique, versatile products for all skin types that doubles as a layering product to use over day or night moisturizers for extra hydration. Can also be used alone as a lightweight hydrator for oily skin. Formulated with ginkgo extract, ceramides and ginseng extracts that provide nourishing benefits for the skin.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: This product contains parabens\n\nReview: I have used Mario Badescu products below. Since I have combination oily skin, I am prone to unexpected pimples. My favorite product form his extensive live are products intended for sebum control (they use sulphur to control oily skin). But with this product I had a couple of issues. Let's start with ingredient list: Deionized Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Methylparaben, Triethanolamine, Propylene Glycol, Ginseng (Panax Ginseng Root) Extract, Gingko Biloba, Ceramides. The first thing that catches my attention is the use of paraben inthe product. Paraben is bad for you. End of story. All the benefits that ginseng can bring to hydrating the skin have just diminished in my eyes when I saw that paraben is the ingreditnt for this product.\n\nSecond - size of the product. 1oz of this small plastic see through bottle which you will use in a month (or less is used diligently twice a day on face and neck) has a price tag of $33 which is quite steep.\n\nThis product is marketed as serum and has gel like consistency which is definitely a plus. It is easily applied on the skin and it absorbs quickly. This allows consumer to move on quickly to applying day cream and sunscreen (during daytime).\n\nI gave this product 3 starts because the use of parabens did it for me. I will not pay any money for the product that uses this type of ingredient in their skincare line. Toxins already come free (from environments and processed foods and sugars). Why would I pay some skincare company money to poison me some more under pretense that herbal ingredient is ginseng.","Product: So Light Himalayan Salt Crystal Lamps (5-7lbs)\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Every home should have at least one of these\n\nReview: Last year I was in Chicago where I had massage in a therapeutic room where walls were covered with Hymalayan salt. It was at that time that I learned that this type of salt has healing properties. Therapist told me it was his favorite room and he felt that not only his clients were benefiting from inhaling the (salty) air but he also was benefiting from it as he was working on their bodies.\n\nMost recently I saw ad about Hymalayan Salt Crystal lamps. I will admit I shopped around because I found lamps to be expensive especially after shipping and handling charges were added to the purchase. However, at one point I just knew that I had to have one no matter what, so I went ahead and ordered one via Amazon. Lamp arrived quickly via US Post and it was carefully packaged. It has beautiful wood base and it was very easy to assemble. Once I turned on the light it has soothing dim light perfect for relaxation. One could probably not be able to read the books with this light because it is very dim but it is definitely soothing. For people who want to relax or meditate it is wonderful addition to any room. I keep my lamp in the bedroom, next to my bed table. But I like it so much that I am getting a second one that I will place in the living room.\n\nMy lamp also came with a small sample of Hymalayan edible salt. It had nice pink color. I have not cooked with it yet but I will give it a try. Healing properties or not, this lamp is very unique and because it is made of natural salt it is a piece of artwork in itself. I may even buy some as a Christmas presents and give them away to people I truly care about.","Product: LLG214 Features: -Patented 4 hinge locking seals. -Lid material: Polypropylene (BPA Free). -Container material: Borosilicate glass (BPA Free). -Oven safe below temperature 500F. -Microwave safe and top rack dishwasher safe. -Pharmaceutical grade silicone gasket. Capacity: -16.90 Fluid Ounces. Product Type: -Food storage container. Color: -Clear. Shape: -Square. Dishwasher Safe: -Yes. Microwave Safe: -Yes. Freezer Safe: -Yes. Vacuum Seal: -Yes. Spill-Proof: -Yes. Primary Material: -Plastic. Food Safe: -Yes. Set Size: -1. Dimensions: Overall Height - Top to Bottom: -2.6\". Overall Width - Side to Side: -5.5\". Overall Depth - Front to Back: -5.5\". Overall Product Weight: -0.88 lbs.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Small glass container for storing food\n\nReview: I Ordered this product because I currently work at the company that has cafeteria that is too expensive. Building is out of way and there are no places to eat out (hence expensive cafeteria). I wanted to have a sturdy container that I can use to pack my lunch. I am vegetarian and often I like to eat soup. I thought that air tight container will help me safely transport my liquid lunch to my way to work. I also prefer glass to plastic (some plastic can be toxic) so this container in its size and versatility seemed to be perfect for transport and also for convenient use in a microwave.\n\nThe reason why I gave product three stars is that lid arrived damaged. One of the closure flaps was broken. So I am not confident is carrying liquids in this container. I can still pack a small sandwich in it and perhaps fresh fruits and veggies that do to have too much juice (apples, carrots, celery). For that reason, I did not use this container in the microwave yet. But glass is beautiful and sturdy without being too heavy. It is also easy to wash either by hand or in a dishwashing machine.\n\nVendor and manufacturer have to pay closer attention to quality control of the product, work out return/replacement strategy and also pay attention on how product is packed and shipped to avoid transportation damage when product is not bought in the store but rather, shipped to the mailing address.","Product: The Kenmore Pet Friendly Bagless Canister Vacuum is a versatile and compact vacuum cleaner that's designed to be lightweight and easy to use. A retractable cord makes it easy to move from room to room. Featuring a transparent dust bin that shows you exactly when it's time to empty the canister, there's no need to worry about constantly changing bags. This vacuum's compact size makes it easy to lift and store while the 360-degree swivel hose and cyclonic design give you all the cleaning power you'd expect from a Kenmore vacuum. Compatible with Kenmore Exhaust Filter EF-9, 53296. Cord Storage: Retractable; Cord Length (Feet): 24; Color: Purple; Wand Material: Aluminum & Wand Type: Telescopic & Extendable. Accessories Included: Crevice tool, Dust Brush/Upholstery Tool, Motorized Pet PowerMate Pet Tool & Power Cord Included. 1 year limited warranty.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Large size pet friendly vacuum cleaner\n\nReview: This vacuum cleaner is advertised as pet friendly primarily because it has help filter in it. Vacuum uses regular bags for collecting dust. These bags can fill up quickly so I would recommend getting replenishment bags right away. Vacuum cleaner is quite large and I would recommend it for purchase only if one has a large apartment or a house. This vacuum cleaner will take too much space in a small apartment. The suction part is split in three parts, which in my opinion gives it more chance of breaking up. The suction part has three levels: low, medium and high and two settings: carpet and hardwood floors. When cleaning hardwood floors one should setup cleaner to high and hardwood so bristles do not damage the floors.\n\nI find cleaner difficult to navigate Suction part is large and it cannot be use easily to navigate small placed. Inside the vacuum cleaner is a space that stores three different types of cleaning brushes.","Product: Plug-in and power up the Dirt Devil vac+dust with Swipes for those clean-ups you planned and the one's you didn't see coming. It's tough on dirt, easy on you- great for any hard floor surface including tile, wood, laminate and more. Its powerful Pickup comes from direct path technology, while dirt lock technology picks up dirt and debris at the same time.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Practical corded electrical vacuum and dust stick vacuum with SWIPES.\n\nReview: I have never used electrical devices like this one to clean my kitchens and wood floor before. For the most part I used regular mops and water to clean kitchen floor with strong power cleaning devices. If there were scuff on the kitchen floor I would get on my hands and knees and scrub them with comet and then do once one to get rid of any races on white power bleach on the floor.\n\nFor wood floors, I typically used warm water, cotton cloth and special wood floor cleaner to get rig of dirt and ensure there is polish and shine showing on the wood floor. It not only kept them clean but it added some luster. Electric dirt devil is the first time I used device to keep the wood floor clean. This device is a definite bonus to have in a selection of house cleaning devices. For one thing one no longer has to get on hands and knees to clean the follows. I thought I would have to do a manual touch up especially around hard to reach areas such as corners. No need to do that with this device. The bottom cleaning part with special microfiber rag moves with different angles and catch hard to reach areas and shat angles and still clean the room(s) perfectly. One can clean both floor and baseboard at the same time. Since devices stands upright and has long handle no need to get on hands and knees. Rag can be easily replaced to washing or a new cloth. The other advantage of this Dirt Devil vacuum/dust cleaner is that it is so thin it can be easily stored anywhere. I would compare it to the broom in its size and shape. It is very lightweight and easy to carry around.\n\nThis cleaner will complement any regular vacuum cleaner and it is a step up from using traditional manual cleaning devices. There are no bags in this device. The only thing one can replace (and wash in a washing machine) when necessary is microfiber cloth (SWIPES) on the bottom of the cleaner. I also like the color - it is bright red and it gives more happiness during mundane jobs like cleaning the house.\n\nWhat I also like about this product is that manufacturer sent it with a letter. The letter explains that this cleaner uses DirectPath technology, so if you wish to learn ore about it, you can google it. The main characteristic of the Direct Path technology is that it provides a powerful suction.\n\nInstruction related to dirt cup and filter removal & replacement that came with the device are very comprehensive and easy to follow. There is also a toll free number provided to call in case you want to order filter replacements. There is also a toll free number for customer service in case any servicing is required. Product comes with limited warranty.","Product: With the Serta relaxed fit smooth suede furniture cover, you can easily and affordably update the look of your furniture. Made of 100% polyester, the micro-suede material is soft to the touch providing a layer of protection for your furniture. These covers come with adjustable ties, which make this customizable and are quick and easy to set up. They are machine washable and easy to maintain. Available in a range of sizes and colors, you are sure to find the right piece for your home. Fits most short dining chairs measuring 29 Inch tall, 19 Inch wide and 18 Inch deep.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Nice looking and easy to maintain, not to mention affordable\n\nReview: I absolutely love this chair covers. I have received a packed with 2 covers in beige color. Covers have soft, suede touch to it and the size is very generous. It can fir large chairs and bow ties help secure the covers so it fits the model and size of the chair nicely. These covers can be machine washed in cold color and I leave them to air dry. Right now I am using it at the kitchen table that has only 2 seats. But I am tempted to use these on my dining room set. It is much better to do that and cover the chairs that replace the dining room set chairs fabric or pay for upholstering it. This is great addition to any home.","Product: Tiger stainless steel, vacuum insulated soup cup will keep food and beverage hot or cold for hours. This compact and light weight soup cup will fit in any lunch box or bags. The interior has a super clean finished process to make it tough against stains and odors. The wide mouth cup design makes it easy to eat soup as well as making it easy to clean.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: High maintenance mini thermos in pale pink color\n\nReview: This vacuum container comes in a pale pink color. Brand is listed as \"Tiger\" but the instruction manual that the cup comes with has pictures of animals that look like mice to me. This product is made in Japan. I picked it up because of the convenience. Cup can store warm liquid food or drinks without any spillage. But there are lots of cons associated with the maintenance of this bottle. First of all it has to be hand washed. This container cannot be placed in a washing machine. It also cannot be microwaved. One should not be using bleach or any colors inside the container.\n\nContainer seals tightly, but because it is so challenging to clean, I am not storing in it anything else but tea or clear soup.","Product: Pine Mountain has partnered with Yankee Candle to introduce American Home by Yankee Candle Log. This is a one-of-a-kind, fragrant log combining the high-performance, functionality of Pine Mountain fire logs and the wonderful fragrances created by Yankee Candle. The fresh balsam fir scent is to be enjoyed prior to burning the log. The firelog is crafted from real hardwoods and is wrapped for no mess, clean handling. It lights fast and easily. The scented log will burn cleanly for up to 3 hours. Sold in a pack of 4 logs.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Wonderfully fragrant log for your fireplace\n\nReview: I live in Chicago and winters can be brutal. Fire logs are always a welcome addition and I use them frequently in my fireplace. With long winter season, I often stop by and purchase logs to make my living room cozy and warm. When I saw this special log offer where fire log is scented, I decided to try it. I like scents in home. What woman does not? There are always scented soaps for regular use and fancy beautiful scented guest soaps. There are fragrance sticks I use in the bathroom and scented candles are a must. Until this moment I never used a scented fire log to start a fire in my fireplace. But there is always a first time for everything.\n\nThis fire log has very strong scent. Even when it arrived in the mail, I could smell the pine scent from the packaging. This was nice because one can leave log by the fireplace and still experience beautiful scent. I decided to use it in a fireplace one spring morning. I was frustrated that it was officially spring and yet the weather was cold and my home still required heat. I started the fireplace and it was time to use the fire log. I absolutely enjoyed the scent that came out of log once it caught fire. It was sublime. For a moment I felt as if I was in a log cabin in the woods and the scent was coming from the trees outside. I found scent to be calming and soothing.","Product: Rachael Ray kitchen components add style and function to your home.This towel has superior woven construction and colorful paisley design. Super stylish tassels, yet ideal and practical for everyday use. Coordinates with Rachael's Everyday line of Cookware, Pot Holders, and Mop pines.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Paisley design towels in hues of green and yellow\n\nReview: This is a set of three kitchen towels in green blue, yellow an d white color. What I absolutely love about the product is that towels are made of 100% cotton. Design is in modern paisley style and it can complement any kitchen. These towels have a little white fringes on the end that add to the beauty of design. One has an option to keep these towels in a kitchen as decoration or use them on a daily basis. Because towels are make of cotton they are easy to wash and dry. This is my first Rachel Ray brand product and so far it is both beautiful and practical. This also makes a nice present for anyone. It is practical and pleasingly looking.","Product: Bissell has learned that consumers are always looking for better cleaning, easier-to-use tools and multi-functional products that are compelling and offer value and efficient storage. Meet the Bissell approach to everyday cleaning tools. Smart details products offer wow features that make every task easier - collapsible handles for easy storage, jointed handles to reach under furniture, soft touch grips and circular ends for hanging. From versatile brooms, dusters and a multi-functional mop to sturdy brushwares, it's function and fun for a better clean. As the name implies, the difference is in the details. This line delivers effective results and less-effort cleaning - with all the details that consumers want. And it comes from Bissell, a name consumer's trust in floor care.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Squeegee with good looks and superior performance\n\nReview: I wash all windows inside and out twice a year. early spring and late fall. With spring just around the corner, I wanted to have a good squeegee on hand for cleaning up windows and making them shiny and streak free. I picked out this product because I Liked the colors and because Bissell is well known brand.\n\nOnce I received the product, I must admit, I liked color coordination even better. Product has gray and orange colors which complement each other great. I also like the material used for this product. It looks like plastic but it feels like silicone. It is very comfortable to hold. I wish this product was made to be able to have additional attachment so one can use it in hard to reach areas. Right now, with the short handle, the only way to use this product is on easy to reach areas.\n\nI tested performance of the squeegee on my car windows. I must say, it cleans the windows superbly. Now I am ready to use this product on the windows inside the house and screen doors. I am very pleased with this product.","Product: This Set of 6 Farberware Baker's Advantage Round Cookie Cutters in various sizes and colors features double-sided cutters with a plain side and a scalloped side, so you can make an assortment of different cookies in one batch. Use cutters to create pastry and cookie dough squares, or as a food form. Set of 6 cutters range in diameter from 2 inches to 4-1/2 inches. and nest together for compact storage in the included case. Dishwasher safe.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Practical and fun cookie molds\n\nReview: I have received this great set of cookie cutters. Farberware is a good brand. In my kitchen, I have a traditional set of stainless steel cookie cutters and this set is a really nice addition. First of all, cutters come in vibrant color assortment. There are 6 of them so if there is more than one person baking, multiple people can use the molds. Secondly, the molds come in two sizes. So if you want large or small cookie size you now have a choice which size to pick. But this is also helpful by the end of the cookie batch. Often times when the cookie dough is almost used up, it going into a shapeless form. This way one can use smaller mold and still have a nice looking cookie. I also have ot mention that the edge of the cookie can be ridged or round circle; depending on which top of the mold one uses. That increases the selection of designs you can use for baking.\n\nThis set is dishwasher safe. It is my personal preference to wash molds by hand and let them air dry on a dish rack or dry them with a towel. The other practical thing about this set is that it comes in its own round, plastic container. It does not take a lot of space and it is easy to tuck way in a kitchen.","Product: Decorated in a stripe pattern of optic art, the Holiday Jewel Bar Board with Knife will brighten up any home bar or cocktail table. Crafted of glass, the board is perfect for cutting fruit for drinks, or even for serving cheese and spreads. The stainless steel knife is included. A great gift of bright seasonal red.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect holiday stocking present\n\nReview: This set of jewel wine charms makes a lovely stocking present for the holiday season. Set comes in a red Lenox box with a picture of them. If you know of anyone who loves wine, this makes a nice decoration for the wine bottle. One can use these rings for decoration or you can give the entire set to a host and they can use it to decorate their wine bottles at their bar for the holiday guests. Each silver colored charm is individually wrapped in a paper tissue and bubble wrap. Charm is attached to a ring an it has clear and red crystals in between. On one side of the charm has the Lenox stamp. The other side has engraving such as \"Noel\", \"Cheer\", \"Joy\", \"Jolly\", \"Believe\" and \"Merry\". The back of the box lists a website to register for the Lenox Breakage Replacement program.","Product: Our chamois like material provides a super absorbent hair towel that folds into a compact travel size. This is the best quick dry hair towel on the market. Rated as twice the absorbency of microfiber material and preferred by professional hair stylists. The Bucky hair towel also makes an excellent travel towel. The high-performance chamois material readily absorbs water and is just as easily wrung out for quick-drying. This towel is generously sized, measuring 35 x 18\". It makes a compact roll that fits easily into an overnight bag or carryon. We cut, sew and package this product in Seattle, WA. Bucky has been making fine travel and relaxation products for over 22 years. To use, just flip your head over, place the large part of the turban on your head, trap your hair in the tail of the turban. Twist until tight, then tuck the tail into the elastic loop in the back, just as if you were making a low ponytail. To view more of our spa and travel products visit amazon.com/Bucky.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Microfiber cloth for wrapping wet hair.\n\nReview: This is my first peach colored hair turban. I use once a week a hair mask in my hair which I love to leave overnight. To help hair soak in product better, I wrap my hair in a plastic cap and then apply the microfiber towel fro more comfortable sleep. But this product can also be used after shower to more easily and quickly dry hair. In the past, I used white and black colored cloths. I dye my hair so I have to be careful not to use the cloth when the hair is freshly colored. Peach colored turban looks very feminine and one can use it in home during the day and still look fashionable. I find this product to be easier to use than if I am to use the regular towel alone.","Product: An Amazon Brand.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Adjustable height office chair\n\nReview: I have received this product 2 weeks ago. I haven't used it long enough. Its easy enough to assemble, which took about 25 mins. Cushion may not be breathable which is something I wouldnt like, if it sticks to my legs when Im in shorts. The back of the chair (panel) is more breathable as it is mesh. All cushion materials are polyvinyl or some kind of artificial like that. Person using this chair is heavy so I wanted to get a chair that isn't too loose in the back, I wanted it firm, which this certainly is in fact it does not flex back at all; so it is very firm. I have to use it a whole (8 hour work)day before Im certain it will be comfortable enough.","Product: Stainless steel Potato Peeler combines high quality materials with easy operation that makes peeling potatoes better than ever! With an eyelet for easy hanging, it is a must have for a well-stocked kitchen.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Aesthetically pleasing, fully finctional vegetable peeler\n\nReview: My handheld vegetable peeler was approaching end of life. Blade was not as sharp as it used to be and at one point, one wants to avoid rusty kitchen tool. I decided to get a new peeler and this one made the choice. I never used brand before, bit II decided to give it a try because of the design. First of all, this tool is 100% steel. It is perfect in any kitchen, but it will particularly complement nicely any kitchen that has stainless steel appliances.\n\nProduct is long enough that fits comfortable in any hand (man or woman's). It also has black protective coating, so user can avoid slippage and cuts on the finger. I used this tool for peeling potatoes and carrots and it works very well on both round and straight vegetable shapes. Additionally, tool is easy to wash. I typically never wash peelers in dishwasher for simply reason to avoid unintentional cuts when taking utensils from the dishwasher. So I wash this utensil by hand, although, it is probably safe to wash it in dishwasher. It has convenient hook at the end, so it can hang on the kitchen wall right next to your bottle opener.\n\nThis product has it all - functionality, pleasing design and lovely display. Wonderful asset for any kitchen.","Product: Bissell has learned that consumers are always looking for better cleaning, easier-to-use tools and multi-functional products that are compelling and offer value and efficient storage. Meet the Bissell approach to everyday cleaning tools. Smart details products offer wow features that make every task easier - collapsible handles for easy storage, jointed handles to reach under furniture, soft touch grips and circular ends for hanging. From versatile brooms, dusters and a multi-functional mop to sturdy brushwares, it's function and fun for a better clean. As the name implies, the difference is in the details. This line delivers effective results and less-effort cleaning - with all the details that consumers want. And it comes from Bissell, a name consumer's trust in floor care.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Multi-purpose angled sturdy power cleaning brush\n\nReview: I recently for Bissell window cleaner squeegee. This little brush makes it perfect addition. It has angled brushes and it is perfect for cleaning edges on the outside edge of the window. It removed dirt, dust , old paint peels and occasional spider webs. Once window is cleaned all around it is much more effective to actually wash the windows and clean them properly.\n\nHandle is very comfortable and it fits properly in hand of any size (male or female). brushes are really sturdy and it can be used dry or wet. They will really scrub scum away. Brush is not too big and I store it under the kitchen sink.\n\nAlthough I use it for the purposes of window cleaning, this crush is perfect for using in bathroom for heavy duty scrubbing of the shower tubs. It can also be used on the kitchen or bathroom floors is hard to reach areas in case you need to clean corners thoroughly....\n\nI definitely love the design of this brush, but what I love even more is the colors. It is light gray and orange so it adds a little color and zest in otherwise mundane work of cleaning.","Product: 19\" LCD TV with Built in DVD Player\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Versatile flat screen TV set\n\nReview: Recently, I have relocated and that was the perfect reason to purchase my first flat screen TV. I picked this device from Best Buy because I could order it online and pick it up myself in a local store in order to avoid high shipping fees. I must admit, I am watching my expenses so I do not have cable at the moment. Instead, I have purchased a little antenna and rely on public TV programming. The beauty of the product is that when there are no programs on public TV I want to watch, there is a built in DVD that I utilize and watch the movies I usually pick up from the local library for no charge.\n\nNow if that is not enough, note that this TV allows you to plug in cable to your laptop computer and you can use it as a computer screen. Picture is crystal clear, bur reviewers before me are right -- volume can sometime be tricky. So if you are listening to your favorite piece of music, or book on tape, make sure you are close by, or you may miss some of the words.\n\nThe other beautiful part of the system is that it can be used on a desktop or it can be mounted on a wall. Either way assembly is very easy to follow from Toshiba's comprehensive user manual that comes with purchase. For me, this is a combo made in heaven and I am quite happy about my purchase. On my wish list - buy another Toshiba flat screen, only this ime larger in size.....","Product: TP-Link TL-WA901ND Wireless N450 3TER Access Point, 2.4Ghz 450Mbps, 802.11b/g/n, AP/Client/Bridge/Repeater, 3x 5dBi, Passive POE\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Reliable wireless access for home use\n\nReview: I have ordered this device so I can use wireless connection in my home for my computer and iPhone. My product virtually arrived the next day! The initial setup was initially frustrating because it required password for the wireless device, which was not easy to place. By plugging internet cable to connect to it I was able to configure the device. The instructions indicate that configurations can be done wirelessly, which in my case was not true. However, once the device was configured I was able ot use my Google Chrome right away. I also save a lot of data on my iPhone by using wi-fi mode while I am at home.\n\nDevice is light and I keep it on top of the speaker. It is kind of cute with its 2 antennas. Looks like a little extra terrestrial....\n\nI am sure that the device has warranty, but I was so excited to get it working that I did not check the details on the length of warranty.","Product: Finally, a shirt that bends to meet your needs. When comfort and ease is key, this shirt will be your #1. Its non-iron stretch fabric is designed so you can wash, dry, and go, while a smart gingham pattern adds a touch of southern charm. Retire your iron because looking good has never been this easy.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Practical men's casual shirt\n\nReview: Picture of the product shows this shirt in bluish color. I have received the shirt and the color is purplish. It is still very nice men's dress shirt. It is made of cotton, polyester and spandex which makes it nice fitting. Shirt is marketed as \"slim fit\" and for that reason, I have ordered one size larger shirt. I figure large man cannot be always \"slim\" so size up is a safe way to ensure that dress will fit. Besides during winter, even with a larger shirt one can layer with a pullover and any imperfections will be hidden. I like that collar is buttoned and it is reinforced form the inside. This type of material is perfect for washing in the machine and minimal, or no ironing is required. For that reason, this shirt is perfect for casual wear or for the jeans' day at the office.","Product: This charming sterling silver medal pendant is an inspirational gift for any special occasion. Its polished finishs delivers sentimental messages at the base of an inlcuded 18-inch box chain.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Wonderful present for any generation\n\nReview: With holidays coming up, this is a wonderful gift for any woman of any generation. Made out of silver, necklace has nice length and what is even more important very nice inspirational message \"Live the Life you Love\". For younger people, it should be a message we teach them - not to compromise one's own values to please others but to enjoy life to the fullest under one's own terms. I bought necklace for myself. I wanted it to be a constant reminder that I have to live my life at all times and at all costs and never subject myself to someone else's expectations of what my life should be like. That would make me sad and miserable. Just feeling it around my neck and touching a little pendant during the day puts a smile on my face. I have more expensive jewelry in my personal collection, but this little necklace has pushed them all into the second place. At least for now....","Product: Made from 10.5-ounce, 77 percent cotton/21 percent polyester/2 percent spandex, our jean moves with you. It's a low-rise, sits just below the waist, and has a slim fit in the hip and thigh.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Perfect pair for casual day at work\n\nReview: I have never been one of the people who had tons of jeans in their closet. Every now and then I would get a nice jean skirt, but pants were the whole another story. I decided to summon the strength and pick up a pair that I can wear during casual days at work. I like the washed out look of these pants that with a really nice shirt can even pass for the nice weekend look.\n\nDefinite plus for these pants is that they are soft, not too rough like most traditional jeans. So yes, I am sold out on the fact that materials used to make this jean is consisting of cotton and some spandex that gives it soft, stretchy, but not too stretchy look. This is jean that women can wear, not only girls. And while women are at it, they do not look as if they are wearing stretched out spandex. Jeans have the nice, flattering form.","Product: Organize small items inside your backpack or travel bag with this set of two small packing pouches from Apera. The Apera Fit Pocket (2 Pack is made from polyester fabric and includes two slim rectangular pouches, each of which has a zip top closure and a small Apera logo on the front. Available in a variety of neutral and fashion colors, these pouches offer convenient storage for everything from toiletries and beauty products to cords and cables to shoes and personal accessories. Designed to resist against bacteria and odor, this set is perfect for organizing and protecting small items inside a larger bag.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Compact and practical organizer bag for every day\n\nReview: I practice and teach yoga and this accessory is perfect for keeping me organized. I can keep hand sanitizer, lip moisturizer, essential oils, mat cleanser and fresheners all in one place. I also like a lime green color. For one thing, it is easy to spot if one is carrying this in a larger bag. Secondly, green color is color of heart chakra that represents love - so I just could not go wrong with this little bag. Even the logo of the brand is appealing. This makes a great practical present for anyone. I believe that color and design is universal and can be used by both male and female customers. It is also appropriate for all ages. One can use it for sport or it can be used in a purse as a make up organizer.","Product: The Essential Capri is a cooler alternative to a full-length legging. Four-way stretch fabric moves with you like a second skin while the contoured waist provides the coverage (and courage) to approach each pose.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Gray colored capri pants for yoga\n\nReview: I love this beautify capri style gray colored yoga bottom. It fits so well around the waist that helps tucking the tummy in during the practice. I love the gray color of the wear because it can be matches with any other colored top. The color is light heather gray and it can be washed in a machine with light colored clothing. This item arrived neatly wrapped and it had a straw like bow about it as items was neatly wrapped. I recently ordered Manduka's Libertine black bra that goes perfect with this bottom. I love the simple cut and the material is superb. Even if you are in a hot yoga class, there will be no slippage while you are holding the tree pose. At the same time, skin feels as if it can \"breathe\".","Product: The Vanity Fair body sleeks slipshort offers all day smoothing for a great look under skirts, dresses, and pants. The no show, no roll waist and leg finishes for an invisible look under clothes and supreme comfort. Has a gorgeous lace tummy panel to add to the beautiful look. Fabrication offers moisture wicking that pulls moisture away from the body for all day breathability.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Very comfortable intimate short for casual wear.\n\nReview: This body slip short can be warn as an underwear or on top of the underwear. I actually wore it underneath my dress the other day to help with keeping my body look sleek and slim. Garment will also help avoid any wrinkling issues one may experience when wearing clothes. I absolutely love the tan color of the short. It blends with skin color and makes it almost transparent. Fit of the item it true to its size and the item is made of spandex and microfiber. It has lace like design on the top and it washes well. I always air dry my underwear on the clothes rack, so I cannot tell if the garment develops static if dried in a dryer. Garment is very comfortable to wear and one could use it underneath workout clothes as well without feeling smothered.","Product: For the extreme athlete looking for comfort during training. This long sleeve shirt keeps you dry, warm, and can be worn alone or as your base layer. Coolmax-air allows for extra cooling and comfort.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Shirt for moisture control during physical activity\n\nReview: I have ordered this lighweight long sleeve layering shirt so I can use it during my upcoming vacation in Maine. I will be staying at a cabin and combine whale watching activities and hiking activities during my stay. Now that Fall is coming, it will start getting cold and this layering top will be perfect to keep me warm while outdoors.\n\nI really like packaging for this short. It comes in a little box with a pull string. Shirt is sparkling white which makes it easy to wash with other underwear materials. I am a woman medium size so this shirt is giving me a little more breathing space, it is not too against my body. Shirt is made of polyester materials, but it still feels soft to the touch and it does not irritate my skin. The interesting think about the material is that is \"acts\" like silk. It will keep body warm in a winter and cool in the summer. It also absorbs sweat well and it does not feel sticky. This will be another reason for me to use the shirt because I love hot yoga. This shirt will help me preserve my body heat long after the hot yoga class.","Product: Liverpool Jeans offer a fit solution for most shapes and sizes. Our high quality fabrications allow the jeans to fit to your shape. The Abby skinny is one of our most popular fits with a slimming narrow leg that is flattening to all. Our fabrications have comfort stretch and strong recovery. The recovery attributes help retain the shape to prevent the bagging effects that can occur with most jeans.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: More of a legging than a jean trouser\n\nReview: This is a slim fit style pocket denim jean. But it us more a legging than jeans. I like that material is stretchy because if it was real denim I could never fit into it at all. This is perfect for wearing outdoors during errands. It is easy to wash but may stretch a little. I was afraid to put it in a dryer so I let it hand dry on the clothes rack to avoid shrinkage. Pockets are more for decoration that use. These pants are so skinny they are body hugging and putting anything int he pockets would make body look bulky. This wardrobe can be worn by a woman of any age. But if you are curvy it may not look flattering unless you wear a tunic or other loose top that will cover the bulky flesh.\n\nMaterial is very light, so these pants with its tight fitting should not be worn during cold weather season.","Product: Columbia performance cotton stretch v-neck tee is handsomely heathered. Super soft, breathable and moves with your body. Lightweight stretch is for daily use with Columbia logo above hem. Outdoor heathered colors with compass blue signature bartack at hem. Omni-wick advanced evaporation pulls moisture away from the body and enables perspiration to evaporate quickly. Flat anti-chafing stitches. Tag free. Antimicrobial treatment on fabric. 2 pack\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Cotton stretch shirts with short sleeves in the vibrant color.\n\nReview: I must disclose that I am a woman and I ordered this medium size shirt for myself. I love in the midwest where winters can be brutal and I like to layer clothing during winter months. I also like the fact that this particular product comes in a set of two shirts. Shirts are beautiful olive green/grayish color which makes it easy to match with no matter what you wear. Shirts also have Columbia logo on them. I use them for exercise. Needless to say I exercise nearly daily and the reason I picked the shirts is because they are made of cotton and are easy to wash in a washing machine. I typically let my better clothes hang dry but I am sure that these shirts can go into a dryer as well. Since I did not use them in the dryer, I cannot say if they shrink after wash. I know that they stay try to their size when left to hand dry on the clothes rack. I love the product. These shirts also make a great present for anyone in the family. Shirts are packaged in one box and rolled to fit together. Very nice for gift giving this holiday season.","Product: Columbia cotton stretch fabric is for shape retention. Soft, breathable and moves with your body. Lightweight stretch is for daily use with Columbia logo above hem. Available in classic colors with signature compass blue bartack at hem. Omni-wick advanced evaporation pulls moisture away from the body and enables perspiration to evaporate quickly. Flat anti-chafing stitches. Tag free. Antimicrobial treatment on fabric. 2 pack\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Sleeveless exercise t-shirts in a heather grey color\n\nReview: This is my new addition of Columbia brand sleeveless shirts. I use them for layering during my yoga class. These are men's shirts but as a woman of medium size I use them in men;s small color and they fit me fine. I love the gray color because it is universal and matches any other color I wear. Each one of the shirts has Columbia logo on them and they fir nicely, not too snuggly. Both shirts arrive in traditional Columbia blue box packaging. Both are rolled up. These t-shirts wash great and they are excellent quality and will last for a long time. I let my t-shirts hang dry on the clothes rack after wash. It helps them extend life and they keep original color for a longer periods of time. I love this pair of t-shirts/ They make excellent present for this holiday season if you know of anyone who is physically active and likes to have a high quality sportswear in theur collection.","Product: Columbia cotton stretch tank top. Natural cotton fabric with a little stretch to move with your body. Multipurpose tank top can be an everyday essential, underpinning or wear during your favorite activity as thick shoulder straps hide bra straps. Omni-wick advanced evaporation pulls moisture away from the body and enables perspiration to evaporate quickly. Tag less comfort.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Beautiful bright white stretch tank top from Columbia company\n\nReview: I practice and teach yoga. During winter season, some of the places where I teach do not always keep rooms reserved for yoga practice warm enough. For that reason, I always encourage my yoga students to layer in order to keep their bodies and muscles warm. Columbia brand is a beautiful brand of good quality products and this stretch tank is no exception. Tank arrived in a traditional blue Columbia company packaging that provides every possible detail about the product. Because it is packed so carefully product is never damaged.\n\nI used this tank on top of my long sleeved cotton shift. Tank has brilliant white color and even if one is sweaty during exercise or hiking, the shirt will keep moisture away form body which definitely keeps a person from feeling sticky. It has soft feel to the touch and washes well. I was not afraid to put ist in a washing machine and even add a little bleach to it since I always do that when I wash whites. Bleach dod not affect material at all. There were no yellow marks or stains which happens to products form other companies when bleach is added. I am sure that I will be wearing this tank for a long time to come. I ordered size 2 times larger that I normally wear, because I knew I would be using it for layering and it worked out great. I love that tank has Columbia logo on the very edge of the tank. That way it does not look like a piece of underwear, it has more exercise clothing look and feel to it.","Product: Green Calcite is a mental healer, it dissolves rigid belief systems and old programming to restore balance and understanding to the mind. It helps in letting go what is familiar and comforting even though it is no longer needed or wanted. It removes emotional and cultural conditioning preparing the way for a healthier view on life. Green calcite aids communication and helps the transition from the stagnant to the positive. It helps children communicate effectively with others. Green calcite is a stimulant for the immune system. This stone removes negativity and rids the body of bacterial infections. It reduces the symptoms of arthritis and the tightening of ligaments or muscles and is helpful in bone adjustment. Placed on the Heart Chakra green calcite will help to reduce fever. Placed on the site it will relieve burns and inflammation. Green Calcite calms the adrenal glands and sooths anger issues. Green calcite should be cleaned after each use as it absorbs so much negative energy and disease.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Shiney white jade - eye catching\n\nReview: I love jade. A few years ago, my job assignment took me to China where I was exposed to all kinds of beautiful variation of jade. I have pieces in all colors: green, yellow, maroon. This is my first piece in white. Traditional bracelets are my favorite not only because of their beauty, but also because of the belief that jade brings luck and protection to ones who wear it.\n\nThis bracelet has wonderful width and it is shiny white color. Color is so appealing that this bracelet can be warn with any outfit. I wear it to work and I also love the fact that it is easy to take off and on.\n\nThis is a superb quality piece for a very reasonable price. Thank you!","Product: Gorgeous and comfortable, Excellent Quality; Stylish muscle print\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Versatile leggings with attractive design for both casual and evening wear\n\nReview: These are very attractive skinny trousers that I would call leggings rather than trousers. They are very attractive looking and I must admit it is a design of the trousers that attracted me to order this promotional item. Not to mention that price is very competitive and I was curious if the price will match the quality. I have to report that product looks good and feels good on the body. I would suggest getting a size larger that one normally wears since this product comes form Asia and it is intended either for a very young girls or very tiny women. So if you are medium or larger size, go with the size up when ordering the product. As far as maintenance is concerned, I had the product hand-washed. I was concerned that imitation leather may get destroyed easily in the washing machine, So I hand-wash the item and let it hand dry to avoid any additional shrinkage. Black color makes it very elegant and I personally like to wear these leggings with a nice tunic that covers the upper thighs.\n\nThe other nice thing about the product is that it can be warn in any weather, and it is perfect for both spring and fall season. Very attractive product at unbeatable price. Product will ship from overseas, so allow some time for delivery but it is definitely worth the wait.","Product: Jazz up your yoga practice withYogaRat'snontoxic certifiedRatMatyoga mats. Made from \" extra-thick and durable foam material without the use of toxic plasticizers or phthalates, theyve been manufactured not only to reduce their environmental footprint, but also to enhance comfort, safety, and style during your practice. YourRatMatis thick enough to maximize comfort without compromising stabilityhelping you maintain your balance with the confidence to take your poses further. The printing ink on our printed yoga mats, used to give these mats their distinct visual flair, is also nontoxic. For those wholike their mat with a yoga towel, we also offer combination yoga mat and yoga towel sets! Pair your mat with one of our matching Classic Yoga Towels or one of our new, silicone backedGUMMY GRIP Yoga Towels. With towel or without, we have aRatMatfor you. Unroll yourRatMatoften, and feed itwith all the sweat and effort you can spare. Treat yourRatMatwell, and it will never stop giving back.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect mat for every yogini\n\nReview: I saw this mat at the local store. I have heard of Yoga Rat brand but so far had none of their products of my stack of yoga props. What definitely made me purchase the mat was that it had word \"Namaste\" inscribed on it. In addition to setting up intention every time I practice, I though it is an added bonus to have a sacred word like namaste comfort my poses during practice. Not to mention that color is nice and warm and can complete practice for both man and women. This is one of the best purchases of yoga mats I made recently. Believe me, I have a large selection of them and pick different ones to fit my mood. I also have selection for when I teach yoga vs. selection when I practice. Wonderful mat, makes great selection for anyone who practices yoga, not to mention that it is a wonderful gift for anyone you know that practices yoga and is serious about the mats they use in their practice. It is also very affordable compared to many other ones on the market.","Product: Sticky toes will help athletes perfect new skills much easier. Sticky toes are designed to help the athlete realize when their feet are apart or together. The straps are big enough to go around cheerleading shoes yet small enough to go around a young athlete's bare foot. The Velcro Sticks together but also safely pulls apart, giving the athlete instant feedback when working skills where feet are required to stay together. The user can feel and hear the Velcro separate! sticky toes are hand washable and a must have for every athlete in your gym.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Good emergency \"sticky toe\" bandiad strips.\n\nReview: I practice yoga and for that reason I picked these \"sticky toes\". There are times when I do not like to walk barefoot (example: yoga in the gyms where most people wear gym shoes and do not walk barefoot as it is the case in yoga studios). These \"toes\" are perfect for children and women with small feet. They have Velcro that can wrap the material around sole of the foot. Although the size says Large, the actual product is not.\n\nIt is convenient to carry around in the pocket and for what I would call \"emergency\" use. It can be easily washed in a dishwasher, but I recommend you place these \"socks\" in a separate back because Velcro will stick to any other garments you may have in the load. Not to mention stickiness in you put it in a dryer. You may even opt to hand wash these and let them air dry.\n\nCute but not overly practical. If you are looking for fashionable toe socks then go for yoga socks that are sold by Gaiam or Yogi Toes company. They can also be purchased on amazon. These are almost like wearing a band-aid with some Velcro on it.","Product: Manduka Apparel Size Chart \nYou easily move from the studio to the streets in these Manduka® Essential Leggings. \nSupportive fabric moves with you throughout your practice. \nWide elastic waistband ensures full coverage. \nBuilt-in media pocket keeps small items stored away. \nFull-length tapered cuffs.\n88% recycled polyester, 12% spandex. \nMachine washable. \nImported.\nMeasurements:\n\n Waist Measurement: 28 in\n Outseam: 36 in\n Inseam: 28 in\n Front Rise: 10 in\n Back Rise: 14 in\n Leg Opening: 10 in\n \n\nProduct measurements were taken using size MD, inseam 28. Please note that measurements may vary by size.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Leggings for yoga or a quick run; can be layered with regular clothing.\n\nReview: Some brands, like Lululemon tend to run smaller in size than described. Manduka's items are always true to size and that is one reason why I like the brand. I recently got myself a black Libertine Bra from their line that matches these skinny leggings perfectly. I love the material, it is perfect for yoga practitioners (hot yoga or traditional), but it can be worn by runners as well. Slim fit and hug around the legs will ensure nice coverage and full range of motions. Item comes in a rich black color that can be easy washed with the rest of the black items in your load. I personally like to have my yoga clothing left to hang dry, so I cannot speak if the item shrinks is dried in the clothes dryer. It can be warned as a layer underneath the summer dress. I like to do that so I can easily slip in and out of yoga class. I can take the dress off and leggings are on for the practice. If i get too sweaty, I put leggings in my gym back and put the dress on and I am ready to go about my business.","Product: Crush your next meet in the high-performing angles swimsuit, engineered from our exclusive, long-lasting endurance+ fabric. This chlorine-resistant style is designed with four-way stretch, a supportive wide back strap and high-cut legs for unrestricted movement.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Lovely swimsuit in hues of green color.\n\nReview: One of the reasons I love Speedo swimwear is that they are not susceptable to wardrobe malfunction. This brand has been used by professional athletes and active swimmers and when it comes to women's one piece swimwear they provide full proof coverage for the entire body. Everything s sown in. This swimsuit is called Endurance and it comes in a lovely shade of green and black. I personally love green color because it is a color of love (heart) chakra. Straps are thin but durable. There is no build in bra. So if you are a woman with large breasts, make sure you try this swimsuit first. It is also confusing that the size is listed as 28 so initially I was not sure if this is my size or not. I normally wear size 6 and miraculously I was able to fit into this swimsuit. However it is not easy to get out of it since there is nothing to unbuckle. This swimsuit is made of china an both inside and outside of the product is made out of polyester material.\n\nIn conclusion this is attractive and practical swimsuit, but make sure you try it first to ensure you can put it on and off easily and make sure that you are ok having a swimsuit on that has no bra padding in it in case you are large breasted woman.","Product: Business in the front and party in the back - that's what we had in mind for the everly yoga tank. Featuring a built-in bra with removable cups, the everly gives you support and functionality combined with a playful strappy back and a longer length. Front length - 25 1/2 inch\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect tank for one's yoga practice\n\nReview: I am both yoga practitioner and a yoga teacher. Basically, I wear yoga clothign daily. Often times when I have my daily job at the office, I wear yoga clothing underneath That way after work I am ready to teach or practice. I never purchased Gaiam yoga clothing before so I was excited to try this product. First of all, I love the dark grayish/black color. It is universal and can be easily matched with any bottom of any color. I used this top for both hot yoga classes and regular yoga classes. Top performs well in both temperatures. I washed this top in a washing machine and it did not shrink. I let it air dry on the clothes rack so top can last longer and keep its form.\n\nThe other thing I really like about this product is that neck opening is not too low. It allows range of movements without fear of wardrobe malfunction. To me comfort always overrides fashion when it comes to yoga clothes. But with thus particular item, one meets both criteria: comfort and practicality.","Product: Bioactive organic Virgin Olive Oil is a super hydrating fruit oil rich in Oleic Acid, an antioxidant. In combination with a select blend of bioactive and naturally inspired ingredients, these powerful moisturizing and stimulating properties combine to provide extreme bioactive rescue for the delicate skin around the eyes.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Gentle eye protection with virgin olive oil active ingredient\n\nReview: Recently I tried Organic Doctor hair conditioner brand and I liked it. I am meticulous about my skin care treatments and I pay special attention to the area around my eyes. Skin around the eyes is very thin and with too much squinting due to sun or poor vision, this is the first part of the face that will show signs of aging. This eye cream comes in a small 0.5 oz tube that is easy to store or carry. Bottle is colorful. The main ingredient for this product is virgin olive oil. Italian women have been using olive oil for their skin care for centuries and I decided to give this one a try. This eye product is not too heavy or creamy. Skin absorbs it quickly and product leaves no residue. One can easily apply skin care moisturizer and SPF around the eyes. For me the most important thing about the eye products is that they are not irritating. This product is gentle to the eye area and it will not cause your eyes to water. This product has no fragrance.","Product: Drama\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Exploration of good and evil\n\nReview: Ingmar Bergman's film \"The Virgin Spring\" is based on the Swedish folk ballad. It is set at the time when pagan worship was intermixed with newly arrived Christianity. The film explores the meaning of good and evil and how it affects us in every day life. According to the story, it is customary that a young virgin maiden brings candles and offerings to the Church on a high holiday. Karen, an only daughter of a wealthy trader and his wife is to deliver them to the church herself. Her escort is a female servant, pregnant and unmarried who spends her time cooking, baking and taking care of household chores. Karen is young, pure, innocent, blond; her servant is dark haired, thin and worn out from the hard work and pregnancy and for all that resentful. While Karen is adored, pampered and spoiled by her parents and servants, her servant girl is tormented and criticised about everything about her. Both of them are day and night. In the process of delivering candles to the church, naive Karen runs into three shepards and offers them some food. Before long, two elder ones attack her, rape her and murder her. She is stripped off her clothes and left in a ditch as her servant girl is watching it all in horror. Circumstances bring shepards to Karen's parents house where they are offered food and shelter. In gratitude, shepards offer Karen's mother Karen's clothes for sale, not realizing that it is murdered girls' mother they were selling clothes to. As pregnant girl servant makes it to the village and explains to Karen's father what has happened and she confirms that shepards are rapists and murderers, Karen's father decides to ravenge his only child's death. All three shepards are murdered and household sets out to finding Karen's body. It is at the place where Karen's body is found that some of the most powerful scenes from the film transpire. Her father is asking God how God could allow that a young, innocent girl has such terrible fate. In the nature where everything is so calm and beautiful how could God take away precious life of an innocent girl? It is after Karen's body is removed, that everyone realizes that she was laid under a spring of pure water of life. So the revenge was futile. Karen is dead, her tormentors are dead, life will never be the same for everyone involved, but must start new, fresh and pure with everlasting pain that will be reminder to what happened to a young maiden and everyone who loved and resented her.","Product: Jason Patric, Bruce Dern, Rachel Ward. A drifter's affair with a beautiful woman brings him more trouble than he was looking for. Based on a novel by Jim Thompson.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Modern day film noir\n\nReview: It is difficult to imagine that his film was made nearly 20 years ago. Jason Patric plays a young man, former boxer who is emotionally damaged. He hussles his way into people's lives and then simply runs away. During one of his stints, he comes across beautiful woman, a widow, who offers him a shelter in exchange for some handy work around her house.\n\nIt does not take long before it is apparent that a woman and her friends have agenda on how to create enough wealth so they do not have to worry about the money during the old days. They are about to use ex-boxer as a tool to get to the goal. Erotic tension rises but so does desire for control. No one seem to be what they pretend to be and that is when film truly reaches its peak.\n\nJason Patrick gives a fantastic performance. He has a true swagger of a boxing champion. His eyes reflect his mood of the moment. At that point he taks over the big screen and the course of the movie. It is one of the films made in film noir fashion that draws audiences into destinies of the protagonists. There are no winners at the end of the story and that is the beauty of the movie.","Product: Bought new - viewed once. Exactly as shown. From Private Collection. Pristine Condition.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: An obsession that leads to tragedy\n\nReview: Story about theatre actor who gives himself so fully to the role that he starts to confuse his real life from his stage life. His only relief from the emotional pain is his love for his ex-wife. Although divorced, the two are still close firends and colleagues n the Broadway plays. His ex-wife knows best that he is emotionally fragile and is afraid to marry him again knowing that his emotional baggage will destroy this relationship again.\n\nWhen he takes on the role of Othello, his fame explodes. Night after night he plays a doomed lover. But his psyche starts to crack. In desparate effort to separate his love for his ex-wife for his love of Desdemona on stage, he commits murder against a young woman, played wonderfully by Shelley Winters.\n\nOne has to have a love for old movies to watch this one. I loved the old black and white shots and the intensity of old school of acting.","Product: In the sixteenth century, the king of England jeopardizes his reign when he ignores his wife and openly carries on an affair with his male lover.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Art movie about power and revenge\n\nReview: I wanted to see this movie because it stars Tilda Swinton, art movie goddess of great talent and beauty. Film is about King Edward II who upon his father's death and inheritance to power invites from exile his lover, Galveston. Court is appalled that Galvaston is all that Edward II can think about and that Edward does not care that his lover is cruel, uncaring and greedy and steals money from the treasury. Edward's wife and Queen is rejected upon Galveston's arrival and finds herself on the sideline of power. Born of noble blood, she is deeply hurt by her treatment by the King and decides to plot a revenge and take over the power herself.\n\nFantastic costumes and jewelry. Queen's makeup is amazing, she is hypnotizing to all but Edward. This performance feels more like theatre on DVD. Annie Lennox's musical performance is beautiful and quite unexpected.\n\nFilm will get everyone thinking about lure of power and wealth, desire to hang onto it no matter what the consequences. It also tackles the notion of double standards. While homosexuality is frawned upon, the murder, orgy, adultery and betrayal seem to be almost expected and accepted by the great majority or realm's subjects. This film is not for everyone. It is definitely for mature audiences with sophisticated tastes. Short dancing scene between two male dancers is the best part of the film - treat for ballet lovers.","Product: L'Eclisse [1962] / Region 2 PAL European Edition DVD / Language: Italian / Subtitles: English / Actors: Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, Rossana Rory / Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni / Run Time: 123 minutes\nThe final part of Antonioni's trilogy about broken society and ruptured relationships. Winner of the Cannes Special Jury Prize. Italian dialogue with subtitles.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: When fulfillment is out of reach\n\nReview: For fans of fine foreign black and white film, this film is a definite must see. Main protagonist is young woman Vittoria who is attempting to \"re-arrange\" her life by leaving her fiancee in attempt to find something more meaningful in her life. She is leaving a seemingly independent life as a professional translator. Her mother is a widow who spends her days at the Rome's Stock Exchange buying and selling stock. Their apartment(s) have beautiful furnishings and their friends seem to be well of and cultured. It spite of it all there seems to be emptiness in each one of their lives. This emptiness is both emotional and tribeless if I can use that word.\n\nIncidentally, in her attmept to seek new beginning and hope,Vittoria starts love affair with her mother's stockbroker Piero (played by Alain Dellon). Piero is handsome, young, always quick on his feet. But he is also shallow. He fills his life with things (such as expensive cars) and when there is no love, he buys one off the street.\n\nIt is amazing to watch on the big screen these two beautiful people and witnes their inability to connect in any possible way. Once seen, this film gives a whole new meaning to the word alienation.","Product: From the director of Academy Award(r)-winning INDOCHINE comes another highly acclaimed film. Academy Award(r)-nominated (1999) for Best Foreign Language Film, EAST/WEST (EST/OUEST) is a wonderfully imagined film that follows the plight of a young couple and their child as they choose to go back to the Soviet Union in 1946. At the end of the war, Stalin invited Russians who fled the country to return.The talented young doctor, Alexei Golovine (Oleg Menchikov), accompanied by his French bride, the beautiful Marie (Sandrine Bonnaire), and their son optimistically return to the Soviet Union. Their arrival is a rude one. Interrogations are followed by the grim reality of post-war Soviet Union: shared apartments, suspicious neighbors and lack of privacy. Marie soon starts to rebel against the circumstances, but her husband finds that his talents are needed and appreciated by the authorities so he starts to get ahead. Marie meets up with a touring French actress (Catherine Deneuve), and soon\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Life in Stalin's Russia\n\nReview: This film in French and Russian language was made to show the story of the state of Russia shortly after WWII. It starts in year 1946 with a premise that all Russian expatriates living abroad since year 1917 (October Revolution) were invited for re-patriation back to Russia. We see a group of Russians leaving France with great hopes of reconnecting with their fatherland, offering new government their skills, talents and love for the country in an effort to build a new society after the devastating war. We know that this bait will end badly from the start. As these naive citizens step on the Russia soil the tragedy hits: elderly are separated from the young, families are being divided and before we know it a young French man of Russian decent is shot to death from the back by the eager Russian soldier. Main protagonist of this story is a doctor who with wife and a young son gets rude awakening of what is the future for his family. Deeply devoted to his wife, he will do whatever it takes top protect his family. As time passes and the differences and tension between the couple increases, wife is becoming more determined to escape Russian and get back to France. In the process and circumstances around them, she establishes relationship with a young Russian man who happens to live in the same apartmens with her family. Without desclosing the plot, we learn about two people so desparate for freedom and nothing to loose that will do anything to reclaim it. Over a period of 10 years lives of all of them are so profoundly changed that is hard to believe how can anyone endure such oppresion. It will take another 30 years after their escape until borders are open again and Russian citizens can choose to stay or immigrate to any country of their choice. See the rest of the movies by the talented Russian director Sergei Bodrov and his son who appears in many of his films, this one included (he had a role of young Russian lodger Sasha).","Product: From the Academy Award(R)-nominated director Atom Egoyan (Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, THE SWEET HEREAFTER, 1997; EXOTICA, FELICIA'S JOURNEY), and featuring an all-star cast, ARARAT is the acclaimed cinematic masterpiece about a tragic historical event, a country in denial, and a people yearning for the truth. For the estranged members of a contemporary family, the tangled relationships of their present are only complicated by their catastrophic past. And what begins as a search for clues becomes a determined quest for answers across a vast and ancient terrain of deception, denial, fact, and fears. This stunning and passionate motion picture explores the pursuit of identity through the intimate moments shared by lovers, families, enemies, and strangers.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Story of the Armenian nation\n\nReview: This was by no means ambitious film by Atom Egoyan. By addressing complex relationship of a contemporary family between a mother, her son from her first marriage to an Armenian terrorist/freedom fighter (depending on who is talking about the poor lad); her stepdaughter who happens to be her son's lover as well as her deceased husband's daughter from previous relationship, we get to learn about Armenia's history, it's people, art and region. One of the main points of the movie is to address year 1915 genocide of the Armenian nation by Turks what neither Turks nor the rest of the world have ever fully acknowledged perhaps due to the fact that everyone was busy fighting the WWI. On pretense of making a historical film about the event, we witness the usual: brutality, muder, rape. But underneath it all is a story about family and complex emotions that bind any family together. Choices that we make, affect our families. The ones that feel consquences of these choices the most are the children. It seems that for those children it is unbearable that they are unable to control events around them and stop the loss of the people they innately love. As their parents perish in war, sacrifice themselves for ideals over their family, or seemingly commit suicide over life's disappointments - their children turn to most self-destructive ways or feeling of being alive. They choose their own path that often is a path of death which puts them closer to their lost parents they still love and miss terribly. But their death is a slow one and it is thru pain and hurt that they come to the light and get to enjoy the life around them. As I said in the beginning, it is overly ambitious movie but a nice tribute to a nation, human self sacrifice and love that binds us all at the end.","Product: New The Namesake [dvd]\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Story about finding one's own cultural identity\n\nReview: I loved writer Jhumpa Lahiri's book \"Interpreter of Maladies\". Althought I have not read \"Namesake\" , I knew I wanted to see the film. I imagined from her previous work colorful characters, clothes and surroundings and sure enough, I was not disappointed. We meet a young man of Indian descent who is named Gogol, after famous Russian writer. That name seems to be a torment in his life, until one day he decides to change it, americanize it and convert even his Indian name Nikhil to Nick. Born and raised in the America to his Indian parents, he has difficulty trying to identify with his Indian ancestry. So, his girlfriend is blond American girl from a higher social status and we see Nick slowly pulling away from his family. It is only thru his father's death that Nick realizes who he is, what heritage really means to his family and him personally. Inevitably, that means the end of his life that until that moment he has known. And then again, it is Nick's marriage to Bengali woman he has known since his childhood that creates new conflicts in his life. Are the pressures of one's heritage such that one has to deny his/her true feelings toward a person of a different heritage? How much is the modern life on the western hemisphere influenced new generations in the ways they want to live their lives? I absolutely loved film's tenderness and its slow rhytm. I felt drawn to the characters and curious about their inner life. But then the best part of all is the film's ending that simply states \"To our parents who sacrificed everything to give us what we have\". That statement alone transcends this story from the begining to the end regardless of what culture we come from or are born into.","Product: VHS\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Coming of age story\n\nReview: While some would argue that this is a lesbian movie, I would say that this is simply a story of love. We see a group of teenage girls in the all girls private schoool remotely tucked in somewhere on the east coast. They are all sort of discards from their families. Their parents have fulfilled the social contract of having children (or adopting them in some cases) and now that girls have reached a certain age, they are almost an inconvenience to their own parents. Do not take me wrong, they are not a problem kids - they are sent away so that their blended families can get some breathing space. So this seemingly comfortable arrangement has one drawback. These young women are craving for love and attention. Tucked in school, away from families that care for them enough to pay hefty tuitiion, they bond by forming cliques or in some instances, strong loving relationships amongst each other. Two of them fall in love and have sexual relationship that once discovered brings havoc around the entire school. One of the grils (played by Piper Perabo) is sensitive, caring but unable to let go of her unfaithful lover who does not seem to want to resiprocate the love any longer. It is in those tender moments of our heroine's distress that one can see that she fell in love with a person and the sex of the person is totally irrelevant to her. Our heroine is seeking love pure and unconditional the one that does not seek approval from the rest of the society. I totally loved this movie and I still keep wondering when I am going to see Piper Perabo in her next role. She is beautiful, talented and absolutely irresistible.","Product: The spoiled rotten and utterly unlikable rich kid George Amberson becomes horrified when his recently widowed mother rekindles her relationship with the wealthy Eugene Morgan, who she left decades earlier in order to marry George's father. As George struggles to sabotage his mother's new romance, he must deal with his own romantic feelings for Morgan's daughter and the consequences of his meddling as his once great family falls into ruin due to his machinations...\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Rise and fall of wealth and influence\n\nReview: As someone who has never seen previous version of this work either in theatre or other movie versions, I will confine this review to this particular movie. Set in late 1880s, film is full of sensuality and beautiful costumes peppered by restrained mannerisms of the period. Main story is about Amberson family who has made their money in real estate. They are old money and they know it. Isabel Amberson is a beautiful woman who chooses \"safe\" husband. Reliable and dull he is her safety net in the world she is so accustomed to. Their only son George is her one and only passion in her life. The two are inseparable and their co-dependency leads to almost incestuous relationship between overprotective mother and spoiled and jealous son. Death of Isabel's husband makes their relationship even more complicated. In order to restrain potential suitors from taking his beloved mother away from him, her son takes her on the indefinitely long trip around the world - until, too late, he discovers that his mother is gravely ill. Surrounding characters: Isabel's own brother and father, her sister-in-law Fanny and her flame from her youth Eugene Morgan all make interesting characters, but are all incapable of ensuring some distance between mother and her son. As family shrinks due to death and fortunes disappear due to Amberson family's inability to adjust to the new times, we see young George Amberson - spoiled, arrogant, jealous and overbearing grow to learn to be kind and caring, responsible and strong since his world of protection and privilege disappears right before his eyes. This is one of those great family sagas, deep psychological exploration of human relationships at times when world to women was a closed one - when they were vitual property of their sons and husbands, where class determined one's future in terms of their profession, marriage prospectsability to prosepr thru strong social connections. I loved the costumes and jewelry in the movie. Most actors were good, except that Jennifer Tilly acts more as a spiteful child than a sinister spinster aunt.","Product: Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers (Barbara Hershey) suspects that her husband John (Geoffrey Rush) is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat (Anthony LaPaglia) attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Midlife crisis and marriage\n\nReview: Quiet examination of the midlife and marriage with all its hardship and beauty. Story revolves around four different couples at various stages in their marriage. It is a mistery as to what binds these people in their marriages. They are togehter but yet we keep wondering why or perhaps for how much longer. Since love cannot hold marriage alone, what are the other attributes that keep these individuals together: grief, loyalty, children, habit? Life with all its brutality can affect our relationships, especially the ones with people closest to us. No one can say that they do not feel numb at one point of their life. What does it take to bring back the emotions: trauma, loss, regret? This is emotionally fulfilling movie. The only reason it got only 4 our of 5 stars is that part with latin dancing is dragging it all into unnecessary direction. Otherwise, this is film worth examining.","Product: An impressive cast of British actors brings Samuel Richardson's novel CLARISSA to life. Feeling the pressure from her upwardly mobile family, who are pushing her to marry an aristocratic gentleman she can't abide, the lovely Clarissa Harlowe (Saskia Wickham) seeks a way to escape their clutches. Finding solace in Robert Lovelace (Sean Bean), the man who helps her escape her fate, Clarissa sees her world about to cave in once again when the nefarious Lovelace makes it clear that he has designs on her himself.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Young lady's life in 18th century\n\nReview: Wonderful made for TV series tells the classic tale of a young upper class woman Clarissa. Clarissa is a young lady brought up in a wealthy family, of exceptional virtue. She is so pure and innocent that her grandfather decides to leave her all of his wealth. This of course, is a time in England when women (wives and daughters) were property of their fathers and brothers. In spite of her wealth, Clarissa is persuaded by her parents that she should submit control of her wealth to her family that will manage her money for her. This turns out to be her death sentence. Her siblings, father and uncle are angry for being left out from the will. To test her obedience, Clarissa's family promises her to a marriage to another wealthy man. This man is repulsive in more ways than one and Clarissa is desparate to find a way to avoid this marriage. Her (female) friends cannot be her protectors so she is forced to turn to a man for protection. This man, wealthy and handsome himself, is obsessed with seducing and abandoning Clarissa for the sake of humiliating her and satisfying his own ego. As the turn of events ends tragic, one cannot stop and think how women's lives, 200 years later have improved so much (at least in the western hemisphere). Any woman, after watching these series or reading a book, will be delighted to learn that in today's world women are free to make their own decisions and the \"female virtue\" itself is re-defined. Women are no one's property and with education women can be independant to the point where women can not only manage their money, but also make lots of it their professional careers. Definitely series that will get one thinking about difference between past and present. It is also a story of greed and devastating consequences it can bring to friends, family and lovers.","Product: A shakespearean actor confuses his stage characterizations with reality - to the point of murder. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 07/22/2003 Starring: Ronald Colman Shelley Winters Run time: 107 minutes Rating: Nr\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: An obsession that leads to tragedy\n\nReview: Story about theatre actor who gives himself so fully to the role that he starts to confuse his real life from his stage life. His only relief from the emotional pain is his love for his ex-wife. Although divorced, the two are still close firends and colleagues n the Broadway plays. His ex-wife knows best that he is emotionally fragile and is afraid to marry him again knowing that his emotional baggage will destroy this relationship again.\n\nWhen he takes on the role of Othello, his fame explodes. Night after night he plays a doomed lover. But his psyche starts to crack. In desparate effort to separate his love for his ex-wife for his love of Desdemona on stage, he commits murder against a young woman, played wonderfully by Shelley Winters.\n\nOne has to have a love for old movies to watch this one. I loved the old black and white shots and the intensity of old school of acting.","Product: Bathed in self-conscious cool, \"Confidence\" is a heist caper in which the heist is unimportant. As you might expect from \"Glengarry Glen Ross\" director James Foley, this pulpy concoction is more interested in giving good actors a lot of hip, salty dialogue as they scheme their way to the royal scam. It's a poor man's \"Ocean's Eleven\", just as enjoyable in its own way, beginning when con artist Jake (Edward Burns) discovers he's accidentally stolen from an eccentric crime boss (Dustin Hoffman, oozing threat in a fine character turn). Promising to make amends by pulling the biggest con of his career, Jake adds a feisty pickpocket (Rachel Weisz) to his crew, which includes scene-stealer Paul Giammatti and Andy Garcia as a disheveled FBI agent (or is he?). With a cast like this you can't go wrong, but \"Confidence\" cons itself into thinking it's original, while Burns's abundant voice-overs state the obvious and plot twists unfold with minimal surprise. It hardly matters; \"Confidence\" may be derivative, but it's still recommendable. \"--Jeff Shannon\"\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Boy team planning a scam\n\nReview: Film in the theme of \"Ocean's 11, 12, 13\" if you will. We have a team of grifter buddies who get along well and like each other's company, willing to take a high stake scam against the \"King\" - local mafia boss. It is helping that they have one foxy girl (beautiful Rachel Weisz) to help out the boys with the scam as only the girl can pull. But this film drags and drags with not enough humour to keep the atention span going. There are too many parallel stories going on at once so warning - do not watch this movie while tired - you just will not get it what just happened. I liked Giamatti's performance, but so disappointed that any time Ed Burns is in the film, it is always the same thick NY accent, his dandy looks and some mischief we know he is up to that makes any of his films so darn predictable. Impressive cast, but just no enough to get wider audiences interested.","Product: September 1944, in a land torn apart by war, a Finnish sniper is labeled a coward by his compatriots; as punishment, he is nailed to a rock and left to his own devices. Not long after, a disgraced Russian Captain, en route to his court martial, is injured in an accident. Both men are about to find out they have one thing in common. Wounded and emotionally tortured, they are taken in by Anni, ayoung, resourceful war widow, who offers shelter to one while nursing the other back to health. None of them understands the others' languages, but it doesn't seem to matter. Isolated, the three unlikely roommates - a Finn, a Russian and a Lapp - overcome both comic and tragic misunderstandings to form a passionate three-way...relationship. Because after a day of hard work on Anni's farm, who needs words?\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: War, friendships and kindness of strangers\n\nReview: Of all WWII films, this one is one of the most unusual and entertaining I came across lately. We meet Finish soldier who is abandoned to die because he refuses to fight any more; Russian soldier on his way to excution who is deemed not loyal and Lapp woman who has spent last four years alone fighting for her own survival and waiting for her husband to come back from the war. These three people strike unlikely bond, which is even more amazing considering that they each speak different language. We learn thru their interaction that they deeply care about each other -- but in their own ways. They also seem to want to think that whatever it is that they are thinking is what the other person is thinking too. So it comes this wonderful tale about three people who live real life together close to the very end of the war, but at the same time they all build their own reality too. I particularly liked the female character who is strong, self-sifficient adn resourceful. She knows what she wants and goes for it. She is an enchatress, hunter, cook, wife, lover and mother. It is almost funny when a Russian soldier calls woman like that, living all alone in the cold mountain \"stupid woman\", considering she managed to survive on her own for all that time. Absolutely entertaining and touching movie.","Product: Regarded as the \"father of American ballet,\" George Balanchines legacy lives on in his prolific body of choreographic work. Creating over 450 works, Balanchine is, arguably, the foremost contemporary choreographer of the 20th century. Through rare archival audio and video footage, interviews, film, and photographs, this program traces Balanchines life from his youth at the Maryinsky Theater, through his work for Hollywood and Broadway, to his ultimate creation of the New York City Ballet. It also focuses on the themes of his work and his thoughts on dancemaking, using interviews with the choreographer himself. Features selections of his vast repertory of ballets, including Chaconne, Agon, Symphony in C, Serenade, Apollo, and A Midsummer Nights Dream, among others.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Tribute to Balanchine's work\n\nReview: This documentary is must see for anyone and everyone who loves classical and modern ballet choreographed by the master choreographer George Balanchine. It is as much story about his life as it is story about Balanchine'e relationship with composer Stravinsky who arranged many of the modern pieces Balanchine created. It is also a story about creation of the two biggest ballet houses in the United States: American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet.\n\nIn the course of the documentary there are pieces of some of the most memorable works Balanchine created performed by American prima ballerinas who were his muses, wives and treasure of american ballet history.\n\nBeing that ballet is visual art and in a sense pagan since there is no way to \"memorize\" each movement - one can only improvise on creations of others or create new pieces, this documentary is important document to the legacy of one man's work that created performing art with american tradition.","Product: A \"happening\" - if ever there was one - befell on June 17, 1967 in the sylvan setting of Central Park, led by the one and only Barbra Streisand. If you missed it or don't remember it, you can share the magic of this extraordinary concert with this videocassette - recorded in Hi-Fi and released by CBS/FOX in 1987 - which makes the event strangely intimate while this beloved superstar sings her heart out before 135,000 fans. The wide range of selections include \"The Nearness of You,: \"Down With Love,\" \"Love is Like a New Born Child,\" \"I Can See It\" (from The Fantasticks), \"Love is a Bore,\" \"He Torched Me\" (from Drat! The Cat), \"I'm All Smiles,\" \"Marty the Martian,\" \"Natural Sounds,\" \"Second Hand Rose,\" \"People,\" \"Silent Night\" (so beautifully appropriate for this balmy evening), and \"Happy Days Are Here Again\" - at which point the crowd does not let her leave the stage. The cheers nearly overpower the recurring vamp played by the bountiful orchestra accompanying each of the curtain calls the audience demands. Among all of the stars that shone in the sky that night, Ms. Streisand was the brightest of them all! (Playing time=60 minutes)\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Shyamalan has lost his edge, definitely!\n\nReview: We have been waiting for quite some time for Night Shyamalan's comeback with a movie that will reclaim his walk to fame. I hate to say it, but it is starting to look as if this director's fame was purely accidental.\n\nSet in the northeast this film is about scary epidemic that starts in urban parks that spreads to New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. People become disoriented, and before long, they start committing suicide. No one can escape the horror.\n\nMain characters are young married couple experiencing some marital tension caused by mutual indecision to have (or not to have) children. Mark Wahlberg is simply wonderful in his portrayal of a \"hapless, not too bright, but yet likable\" character of a husband and a high school science teacher trying to preserve the life of his wife, their friend's daughter and his own.\n\nThe idea of the film about plants disharging some sort of poisonous toxin in revenge for human's lack of care about the environment is bizzarre. It's unexplained halt on epidemic is even more strange. Note to director - next time, think through a story line first before shooting a movie. It may just help a little itzy bitz.","Product: What happens when business mixes with pleasure? Powerful tycoon Alexander Schutter masterminds a dangerous game of seduction by manipulating associates into satisfying his voyeuristic needs. Schutter meets his match in Isabel, a strong willed environmentalist who eventually grows from being a worthy opponent to an enthusiastic player. Folf, Schutter's right hand man, complicates the situation by falling in love with Isabel. The three become entangled in a passion charge triangle driven by desire, risk and fantasy. Ultimately, Schutter's erotic game spins out of control, disintegrating into a spiral of ecstasy, envy ... and self destruction.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Business during forced exile\n\nReview: Frankie is a young man who mother is verbally and physically abused by her husband/Frankie's father. When abuse turns to be too much, Frankie whacks his father that forces him to find unconventional \"job\" carrying delivery packages between London and Malaga. In Malaga, beautiful city right off the Spanish coast, Frankie becomes fast friend with the local gangster with strong connections to the organization. It does not take long before Frankie becomes gangster's best buddy and a driver. As time progresses they form a group of guys smuggling marijuana from Africa to Gibraltar that brings them fortunes, women and kind of life one can only dream of.\n\nLife is good until jealousy and greed start to mix. Old and new freindships to do not mash well and before long, Frankie an his friends have to start over and rethink their business plan. This time around they get into a cocaine business. And before long their luck seems to get out of their reach.\n\nGreat movie with lots of action and dark comedy. If you ever saw \"Sexy Beast\" this movie is made in similar art form. Even the gangsters have to keep reinventing themselves and this movie will show you how.","Product: Veteran actor and two-time Oscar(r) winner Michael Caine stars with Tilda Swinton and Jeremy Northam in THE STATEMENT, a shocking and provoking thriller that delves into a fascinating chapter in modernevents! An ambitious Judge (Swinton) and an exacting Colonel (Jeremy Northam) re-open the sixty-year-old case of Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine), an escaped Nazi collaborator accused of murdering seven Jews. Now an old man living a sheltered life within the Catholic Church, Brossard is also being trailed by mysterious hit men, determined to kill him before he's arrested. When the Church shuts outBrossard to protect their dirty secret, it's a race against time, the government, and the hit men to discover whether justice will prevail or revenge will be served!\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Morality in all its flaws\n\nReview: This film is a story about aging nazi collaborator from France's Vichy government during WWII. During WWII, some of the French military personnel felt compelled to help Germans capture and kill local Jewish population. Long after war was over, many of the collaborators got away with their crimes. Some went into hiding while others assumed important political posts that enabled them to continue cover up about activities that took place.\n\nThe ethics of their actions touches up government as much as it does catholic church. Are both powerful institutions actively working on covering up the truth about the surviving Nazi collaborators? What incentives do they have to do that? Can young, idealistic judge and her military partner overcome the system and win the battle without paying a price by destroying their careers? And where do Jewish groups carrrying on revenge fall into this plot?\n\nVery interesting exploration of people, times and places that played important role in WWII. It is exploration of humanity, ethics, religion and power.","Product: The Brown Bunny is both a love story and a haunting portrait of a lost soul unable to forget his past. After finishing a motorcycle race in New Hampshire, Bud Clay (Vincent Gallo) loads his racing bike into the back of his van and begins a cross-country odyssey to Los Angeles, where he is to compete in another race. During his trip, he meets three very different women: Violet, a wholesome all-American gas station attendant; Lilly (Cheryl Tiegs), a fellow lost soul he connects with at a highway rest stop; and Rose, a Las Vegas prostitute. Throughout his journey, Bud can never escape his intense feelings for the love of his life, Daisy (Chlo Sevigny), so he plans to reconcile with her when he reaches Los Angeles. Arriving in Los Angeles, Bud checks into a motel before visiting the abandoned home he once shared with Daisy. He leaves a note, hoping she will turn up at his motel room . . .Building to a notorious climax, the film presents one of the frankest portrayals of male sexuality ever seen in American cinema.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: The difference between art and high art\n\nReview: There is definitely difference between art and high art. This is an attempt to present art, although not a very good one. The notion of telling a story about how remorse, guilt and grief shapes us in what we are is surely noble. But inserting graphic oral sex scenes to get to the point is totally unnecessary. This film would have been much better if it was presents in series of flashbacks or a third party narrator such as a close friend or a family member. But watching uncomprehensible actions of one guy during his cross-country drive thru the US to get to the final disclosure of what this story is all about during the final scenes, makes this movie boring. If you really want to see what the emptiness of a human sould is all about after a great loss, then you should skip this movie and see \"Paris, Texas\" or \"Irreversible\" instead.","Product: Based on a true story and winner of Best Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto Film Festival and Best Feature at the Gen Art Film Festival. Paul Kaye (Best Actor, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival) stars as Frankie Wilde, the legendary British DJ and musical mastermind of the underground club scene whose career is cut down at its pinnacle by unthinkable tragedy - the loss of his hearing. Darkly funny and inspirational, with fierce performances by both Kaye and Kate Magowan (24 Hour Party People) as his sex-crazed Mrs., and including appearances by Pete Tong, Carl Cox, Barry Ashworth from Dub Pistols and DJ Tiesto, you'll laugh and gasp but cheer Wilde on as he struggles out of the abyss to reclaim his life and reputation.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: DJ who turned deaf\n\nReview: I was actually able to find DVD of this movie in my local library. It is a story about DJ who at the peak of his successful career turns deaf. Typical things happen shortly thereafter: his wife leaves him, his friends bail out, drug dealers swarm to feed him coke in his moments of personal weakness, the music industry executives do their best to write him off and move on to the next DJ guy. While the documentary style of the movie was boring for the first half of the movie, the second half is the best. It is filled with comedic moments about what is means to be deaf and adjust to the new environment by a person who was not born with such disability. But the end is all too predictable and sappy as our main character Framkie Wilde falls in love with a deaf girl, they have a child together and after ovecoming his disability in the most unusual and unique way they both elope in the world of ordinary, anonymous people. This is not a traditional \"ovecoming - the - life -of - hardships\" kind of movie, it is raw and sincere. But as I said it's main weakness is that it is produced as a form of documentary, which sort of makes it boring. It is almost like listening thru narations thru a half of the movie. The actor portraying Frankie Wilde was great. I never saw him in any movies before, but this guy can act....","Product: Michael is avoiding phone calls regarding his dear friend and former lover Chris who is dying back in America. While trying to write, he is disturbed by the noisy surfers next door as they get ready for a weekend away of surf. C.K., one of the surfers, remains behind to surf the local beach. At the beach cafe for lunch with his old friend Angus, Michael again avoids discussing Chris back in America. Angus catches Michael watching C.K. on the beach and teases him but Michael denies any interest in the surfer. Left on his own, Michael watches C.K. catch a series of waves. After a big wave and a wipe out, C.K. disappears in the surf. Michael looses site of C.K. until he sees him on the beach taking off his wetsuit before he heads back home. Michael remains on the beach then makes his way home. Once inside his house, Michael sees C.K. walking towards him on his way to the living room where he makes himself at home. Michael does not know why the surfer is in his house but before the night is over he will discover more about himself than he may have been ready for. Dan Castle\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Finding one's purpose in life\n\nReview: Jaded university professor moves through his life like a shadow. He goes to work, grades student papers, spends endless hours in meaningless administrative meetings. At home he lives a lonely life eating his dinner alone and spending time taking piano lessons. One day, on his way to the academic conference in NYC, he discovers in his NYC appartment a young immigrant couple. They have \"rented\" his appartment not realizing that they were scammed. Young man is a musician from Syria and his Senegali girlfriend is an artist making jewelry and selling it on the streets of NYC. Unexpectedly, the friendship develops that leads to the tragic set of events. I do not wish to disclose more, you should really see the movie without me giving up a plot. But the most important part of the film is that at the end of it all, this middle aged professor at the leave of absence, learns how to play an african drum and does so in the NYC subway station. The instrument is his meditation on life, loss and grief and hope found in the unexpected places and amongst unexpected people. We can all find our purpose no matter how big or small, in this world - it is only a matter of chance.","Product: PAL/Region 4. Australian Exclusive! Set at the end of the bushranger era, the epic Australian story concerns family , loyalty and betrayal. Direct from its acclaimed cinema run, The Proposition is visually gorgeous, stunningly violent, entirely gripping and a must see for lovers of films like Unforgiven. Written by Nick Cave (who also produced the award winning soundtrack along with fellow The Dirty Three's Warren Ellis) and directed by John Hillcoat who worked with Nick Cave on the cult classic Ghosts Of The Civil Dead. 2005. * Please note you will need an All Code DVD player to view.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Western - Australian style\n\nReview: How many western movies have you seen that are from Australia? This was my first one and it was one of the best westerns I have seen so far. This is not just an action movie where guys run on the horses, shoot their guns and ride into a sunset. This is a complex story about relationship between aborigines and white settlers, it is a morality tale and a story about is single man whose desire to \"civilize the land\" brings nothing but chaos and destruction even in his own family. I am hoping that more filmmakers from Australia will pusue this genre. Actors are haunting in the accuracy of the characters they portray. The beauty of the land is overcome with the oppression of the heat. It is as if flies, sun, dirt are all contributing to savagery of the people around it. Once you see this movie, you will be changed.","Product: A widow should be long suffering until death, self-restrained and chaste. A virtuous wife who remains chaste when her husband has died goes to heaven. A woman who is unfaithful to her husband is reborn in the womb of a jackal. The Laws of Manu<br\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Lives of widows in India\n\nReview: Courageous and feminist film from Deepa Mehta about women in India who are widows. Although based in the distant past (1938) when Ghandi was rising to power in his peaceful resistance to the British occupation there, film concludes in its postscriipt that in present times, there are almost 32 million widows in India today living under similar circumstances. Film is focused on the young 7-year old girl who arrives to ashram when her husband passes away. Since she was promised to him since her birth, regardless of the fact that their marriage was not consummated, she is banished forever from her own and her husband's family into an ashram where other widows reside. These women of all ages and social classes coexist together trying to find purpose in their new envirinment. When they are not cooking, cleaning or mending, they are praying or begging on the streets in order to pay the rent for their lodgings. Their income is meager and in most cases they obtain their food from money paid for services from Brahmins who get young widows procured to them in secret of the night. There is an underlying message here about the society of women who are promised into marriage at birth and have no change of ever learning how to read or obtain a trade that would allow the to earn decent living if there husband is no longer around to provide for them. They are deprived of ever having family, or remarriage. The customs say that woman can be cremated at the time of her husband death (burnt alove), sent to ashram for the rest of her life to live in penitence that will honor her departed husband, or with permission of the family marry her husband's younger brother. The traditional laws seem to overrule social laws created by the forward thinking progressive intellectuals. Forced protitution, pedofilia and general expoitation of these women is completely hearbreaking. Their only way out of it is death - natural or suicide - or miracle of any man wanting to marry them if they are still young and pretty enough. Feminist movie, that will get one thinking for a long time about women's (social) places in rural societies, or societies where religious tradition outweights all others.","Product: The screens most enigmatic icon recalled by those who knew her best in GARBO, an original documentary from Turner Classic Movies. GARBO offers an intimate look at the life and career of the movies most luminous, reclusive and mystifying star. A portrait of Garbo the woman is drawn through interviews with biographers and admirers, plus many of the friends, relatives and associates who came closest to penetrating the lonely stars veil of solitude. Her career is illustrated by clips from all her movies, ranging from her early film work in Sweden to such Hollywood triumphs as Anna Christie, Grand Hotel, Camille, Ninotchka and her swan song in 1941s Two-Faced Woman. Among those offering analysis and reminiscences are biographers Barry Paris, Mark Vieira and Karen Swanson; actor / playwright / fan Charles Busch; Garbos niece and greatnephews, Gray, Derek and Scott Reisfeld; and acquaintances Gore Vidal, Gavin Lambert, Jack Larson and Sam Green, who was Garbos confidante and walking compa\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Biography of the classic beauty and actress\n\nReview: Greta Garbo is a movie legend. Swedish actress who made her way to America to find fame at very early age and retire when whe was only 36 years old. She is a classical beauty that I always found to be a model of what woman should really look like: not a Barbie doll like, elegant and effortlessly dazzling.\n\nThis biography covers her entire life, events that shaped her and perceptions of Garbo from people in the movie industry, her fans, paid companions and also family members. In my humble opinion, she was greatly misunderstood. Call it a culture shock of whatever, but she was typical European woman who found herself unprepared and alone in a foreign coutry surrounded with people not necessarily trustworthy. The fact that until the end of her life in 1990 she preserved her independence in both personal life and he financial means gives her additional respect as a woman who no matter how perceived knoew how to take care of herself on her own.","Product: The lonely teenager Brendan finds his former girlfriend Emily dead in the entrance of a tunnel of sewage and recalls her phone call two days ago, when she said to him that she was in trouble. Brendan, who still loved Emily, met bad elements of his high-school trying to contact her, and when he succeeded, she told him that she was OK. He hides her body in the tunnel and decides to investigate the meaning and connection of four words, including \"brick\" and \"pin\", that Emily told him to find who killed her. Using the support of his nerd friend Brain, he successively meets the small time drug dealers Kara, Dode, Brad Bramish, Laura and Tugger, to reach the teenager powerful drug dealer The Pin. Slowly, Brendan unravels the motives why Emily was killed and plots a revenge.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: High school with all its heartache\n\nReview: Story is set in a California high school. One of the students there is a loner, with a best friend he meets in secluded places. It has been a couple of months since he broke up with his girlfriend and it is obvious he misses her very much. He name is Emily, she is pretty and elusive. Young man's love for her cannot break her away from the wrong crowd that deals with drugs.\n\nWhen Emily disappears one day, he takes it upon himself to find her and save her. But when he finds Emily's lifeless body, dumped in a remote area, he is determined to find out who did it and take revenge on them. It is interesting to find out how lonely, socially excluded kid can find his way into a popular crowd and make sure they know he is determined to find out what happened.\n\nMovie goes back and forth between the events and dialog is smart and heartbreaking lots of times. Definitely wait until the end, because that is when the entire story culminates. It is a painful story about growing up and being pushed into a real world that is full of anger, deceit and betrayal of all kinds....","Product: THE NIGHTMARES BEGIN AS SOON AS SABINA FINALIZES HER FATHER'S FUNERAL. WITH BOTH PARENTS GONE, SABINA & HER BROTHER RECONNECT & DISCOVER THEIR NIGHTMARES ARE SHARED...& LIFE'S INTIMACIES ARE NOW MET WITH FEAR & TREPIDATION. WHEN SABINA & HER BOYFRIEND ARE SURPISED WITH NEWS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE, SABINA MUST FACE HER PAST\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Repressed memories and emotional pain\n\nReview: A beautful young woman, actress by profession, is taking care of the final burial arrangements for her parents. The shock of their death only 2 years apart of each other and the fact that they both died of the same illness is haunting her. She becomes restless and unable to function normally. She is paralyzed by nightmares and her best friend (who is blind an in love with her) is unable to help her with her emotional turmoil. It is at that moment she decides to go to he US where her older borther teaches Italian literature at the university in Virginia. She soon learns she is pregnant by her handsome boyfriend actor and the strain from all these changes in her life propell her to talk to her brother in search of answers.\n\nIt is her visit to the US that helps her bond with her brother who is otherwise unable to connect emotionally even with the members of his family. His wife Anna is understanding and supportuve, but it seems that silent forces are causing their frequent arguments, they are unable to hide even from people and children around them. It is at this moment that both brother and sister have to accept the pain of their childhood sexual abuse by their father. On pretense that they are family, their mother was ignoring the abuse trying to protect their seemingly perfect family appearances.\n\nThe power of sexual abouse and the mark it leaves on one's life is as traumatic for the participant and emotionally troubling for the outsider. This film addresses the need of childhood abuse survivors to overcome their own guilt and anger and regain ability to establish normacy in their own lives and relationships. It is a daunting task for both victims and people in their lives, but it is fight worth fighting for. The classincal beauty of the leading actress Giovanna Mezzogiorno is mesmerizing. She is so beuatiful that even her best childhood friend in this movie, who is blind, is helplessly in love with her.","Product: At a New York City wedding reception, two guests, seemingly strangers, become entangled in a sexually-charged battle of wits. But as the night carries on in a cigarette smoke haze, the nameless couple's repartee deepens to reveal the passion of their two decades past love affair. Unfolding entirely in split-screen, director Hans Canosa's feature debut is an unconventional and poignant love story.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: True love is always a tragedy\n\nReview: There are so few love stories like the one you encounter in this film. For audience that saw and enjoyed \"Before Sunrise\" and \"Before Sundown\" - the message is that you must not miss this film since it belongs in the same class. The uniqueness of this film is that it is completely shot from the each person's point of view and perception of the other. These two lovers have eyes only for each other. It is as if the rest of the world exists only because of them. Without each other's company, their world is empty, lonely and unhappy place - almost like a vacuum. Based completely on the dialog between two main characters, this film will require your undivided attention. This is not every day talk between two people who profoundly love each other. It is also a battle of the wits.\nIt is wonderful to see Helena Bonham Carter looking so beautiful and spontaneous. It is a film about happy times of the first love and the compromises both of these two lovers have made in the last decade of their lives; once they are divorced and living on two separate continents. Film will get you thinking about choices we make in life and the price that come with it. I absolutely love this film and recommend it to everyone!\nAlso the choice of (French) music is great for this feature film. It adds European feel to it, as weel as extra dose of sensuality.","Product: Gambler and conman Jake Green (Jason Statham) always ran with a bad crowd and it cost him seven years of his life when he took the rap for mean Dorothy Macha (Ray Liotta) and wound up in jail. After his release, Jake becomes unbeatable at the tables using a formula for the ultimate con that he learned from two mysterious fellow prisoners. Now he is ready to take his revenge. Macha is plotting to eliminate his ruthless rival, Lord John, and has staked his credibility on a huge drug deal with the all-powerful Sam Gold. Jake visits Macha at his casino and humiliates him publicly in a game of chance. Macha fearing more of the same medicine sends his goons to \"take care of\" Jake. His life is saved by enigmatic Zach (Vincent Pastore) who, with his equally inscrutable partner Avi (Andr Benjamin), offers Jake protection. Against his better judgment, Jake accepts. He soon finds himself playing the very last game he wants to be playing, and there is danger at every turn. But the biggest danger of all comes from a totally unexpected source.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Definitely not high art movie\n\nReview: I typically like Guy Richie's film with hazy characters who are not tortured by morality but rather by different ways to make money, beat the scam and be on top of the sleazy game. They talk with working class british accent and are streetwise to a point of gaining credibility of being able to survive in this doggy dog world without any education but their innate will to live.\n\nI was hoping that revolver is going to be another movie about the underdog beating the gang of brothers but half way through it I could not wait for it to end. This is not \"Machinist\" or a \"Fight Club\" or any other number of the movies that we have already seen that address split personality or alter ego or some other kind of altered reality. It is failed attempt to create high art.\n\nWell, hopefully Richie got it out of his system and the next one will be back to what he does best. Street smart guy beating the odds is his best way to make a really good movie or at its best, good entertainment.","Product: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro star in this powerful thriller about the birth of the CIA. Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it. But as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secretsbut will Edward's destroy him? With an all-star cast including Alec Baldwin, Billy Crudup, William Hurt, Timothy Hutton and John Turturro, it's the gripping story David Ansen of Newsweek hails as \"spellbinding.\"\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: How life turns shape us\n\nReview: If there ever was a worn out spy, Matt Damon is definitely the one in his fine portrayal of Edward Wilson, CIA agent from priviledged family and Yale education. I have not seen a character like this since John Le Carre's agent Smiley. Edward is a quiet man, who keeps his emotions and feelings to himself. He is also damaged, since as a child, he witnessed his father's suicide. The emotional void of having a father figure in his life, pushes him towards seemingly caring man such as his mentor at the university and eventually towards career in CIA. Edward is pushed into a marriage to a woman (played by Angelina Jolie) he barely knows and the marriage is doomed from the start. Their son, the bond that keeps the marriage together is also a reminder to both of them of their poor match. As we trace Edward's career thru some of the important events of the cold war, we learn about him as a father, husband, lover and the unscrupulous secret agent. It is difficult to imagine that sensitive young man, interested in poetry and above all loyal to the people close to him would resort to the dread of a life of a spymaster full of secrets and lies. But then, as the film reaches its conclusion we almost get to think of him as a an on the suicide mission of his own. He is not looking into pulling the trigger on himself, but he is walking on the tight rope, close to falling at any time. Then again, he is so worn out and alone, that after al, he has very little to lose in this game. Directed by Robert DeNiro with wonderful cast of actors.","Product: Arsinee Khanjian plays the title character, an unmarried 40-year-old woman of Syrian birth who lives in Toronto with her traditional and sometimes overbearing, but loving, Muslim family. When Sabah falls hard for Stephen (Shawn Doyle), a nice Canadian guy\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Cross cultural love story\n\nReview: In this film we meet Sabah and her close knit family of older mother, married brother (who has daughter) and her sister- apparently married. Sabah has never been married and she is 40 year old and single. She takes care of her sckly mother. Sabah's father is deceased so the role of the family patriarch is taken over by her older brother. She lives by stict islamic rules and rarely leaves her immigrant Syrian neighborhood. There are codes of conduct to be followed: woman's head must be covered when she is in public, woman is not to walk alone after sundown, there is no dating, only arranged marriages and having no other obligations it is Sabah's duty to be a caregiver to her sick mother (who does not look all that sick anyway, just a little bit too overbearing). When Sabah meets a local nice Canadian guy, self employed, divorced, carpenter/artist, willing to learn about her, her family and her culture, the family is about to explode with idea that she is dating a \"foreigner\". An absurd idea considering that is it Sabah's family living in Canada and if anyone is a foreigner it is her and her family unwilling to assimilate or at least adopt to the customs of the country they live in. There is nothing you have not seen before in this story of spinster-turned-bride in her middle age. It is a cute little past time movie. Do not expect too much of it.","Product: Who knows what American journalist Jake Geismer (George Clooney) expected to find in postwar Berlin? Peace, maybe. Or at least a story. But certainly not Lena (Cate Blanchett), his beautiful, embittered one-time love. And not the trail of secrecy and deception that leads from Lena to the scheming young corporal (Tobey Maguire) who's her new lover...and to a murder no one seems interested in solving. Except Jake. Steven Soderbergh directs three of today's top talents in this zigzag thriller that's both an atmospheric homage to 1940s filmmaking and a deft modern film noir. The Good German is \"haunting and hypnotic, it's pure moviegoing bliss\" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone).\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: WWII glory in black and white\n\nReview: Do not let stars like Clooney and Blanchet let you to think that this is a \"must not miss movie\". Neither is direcotr's futile attempt to make this film in black and white successful in its effort to make it more artisic or old-school like. Plot is so cumbersome to understand, make sure you had enough coffee and pay real close attntion to it, or else you might loose the slighest idea as of what is this movie all about. Clooney's character gets beat up by: Americans, Germans and Russians and we get confused as to why is he in Berlin after all since there are barely any sparks coming form his former pre-war German girl flame played by Blachett. This is no Casablanca by any means, and definitely not a love story. The film did get me thinking of what is it that people are capable of doing for the sake of self preservation and survival? And how much the institution of marriage is about loyalty to one another? How many times we made a choice to save a person not for their own sake, but for the sake of ourselves as a means of redeeming our own past bad moral choices? I expected so much more from this film and it just fails to deliver thru and thru.","Product: NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk has English audio.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Love and life of Jane Austen\n\nReview: I do not believe that there is a person who has never heard of Jane Austen and her novels. It is wonderful that someone has set out to create a biography about the life of the novelist. Wonderful cast of actors and period costumes make this film pleasing on many levels. We get to learn about real Jane Austen and the life she led with her family in English courtyside. Raised in a household of a minister and his loving wife, with a dotting sister Cassandra, Jane's life is calm and somewhat predictable. Film starts at her marriageable age, when suitable husband will mark her future. Many young men are interested in Jane because she is fascinating, witty and talented. Her father and mother encourage her to accept proposal from the local noble wealthy landowner, an arrangement that would elevate her social status and secure her future. When a young lawyer (Tom LeFroy) from London arrives to the countryside for a prolonged visit, Jane finds herself smitten by him. Their romance is doomed, because of the fact that neither of them has money or high social standing and they do not have blessings from their families to marry. In addition, Jane is a decent human being and she recongnizes early that she cannot build her own happines on her own guilt and other people's misery. As the lover affair ends suddenly and her marriage prospects dissipate by her own choice(s), Jane finds strength to find herself in her work and creates soem of the most beautiful novels that are calssics today. Personal unhappiness that both she and her sister Cassandra experience in their real life is replaced by beauty of Jane's prose and loyalty to her family. I anjoyed this movie a lot and it does nto take one to be Jane Austen's fan to enjoy it too. Beautiful performances by Anne Hathaway (Jane) and James McAvoy (Tom).","Product: From acclaimed director Lasse Hallstrom comes the unbelievable true story of Clifford Irving, the writer who faked the authorized autobiography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes and came close to pulling off the media scam of the 20th century. Irvings elaborate attempts to substantiate his claims forgery, plagiarism, and falsifying legal documents spark a media frenzy and take Irving down a neurotic spiral as he begins to suspect a vast conspiracy including the U.S. government and corporate empires are plotting against him.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: A writer who could not separate fact from fiction\n\nReview: Richard Gere and Alfred Molina make a memorable pair of writer and his reaserch assistant who are on a mission to write the biography about Howard Hughes. After all it is not easy being a freelance writer with less than original ideas and having to work with publicist unable to persuade publisher(s) to print another work of fiction described as a third rate Phillip Roth book. Instead, Richard Gere's character, based on a real LA based writer Clifford Irving, decides to fake relationship with reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes in order to manufacture autobiography which will easily turn into bestseller.\n\nThere is no doubt that to be a good fiction writer, one has to have great imagination. Clifford Irving no only posses such talent, but he is able to make his wife and research assistant go along with his idea. He imerses himself so much in the story that at the end it is difficult even for Cliffort to distinguish what is fact and what is fiction.\n\nWonderful performances and interesting story, particularly when one knows that this film is based on real events.","Product: (Thriller) Based on a short story by Stephen King, a man who specializes in debunking the paranormal checks into the infamous room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel, only to discover the terror is real.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Another Stephen King flick\n\nReview: There is nothing in this horror movie that we have not seen before. Film is based on King's short story about haunted room in NYC hotel. It seems anyone who checks into this room does not check out alive. For two hours we watch John Cusack's character get taunted by ghosts who talk to him on the phone and put his thru ordeal of steaming hot room, freezing room, flooded room... It is almost as if writer and film director are trying to find every possible way known to mankind to kill this character. The big premise of the film is actually play of our human psyche. So if you are a parent, loosing a child would be one of the most fearful thought you could have. Therefore, out ghosts in room 1408 play on main character's grief and guilt of not being able to protect his own child Katie of dying. That emotion is the driving force of this film. Adult viewing only. Themes of suicide (i.e. jumping thru the window from the hotel's 14th floor) could be too disturbing for young audiences.","Product: Sinopsis\n\nJean-Baptiste Grenouille fue abandonado por su madre al momento de nacer en un basurero. \n \nEl era diferente a todos los demas, no tenia olor pero tenia un gran olfato, a los 20 aos consigue hacerse aprendiz de un gran perfumista que lo ayuda a ir a la capital del perfume a cambio de un favor para que asi pueda cumplir su gran obsesion.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Story of the senses\n\nReview: Although I have not read the book that this film was based on, I could not resist watching the movie that includes cast of actors such as Alan Rickman, Dustin Hoffman and some of the most beautiful red haired women (actresses) one has ever seen on the screen. This is a story about young man who can express himself only thru his sense of smell. He is deprived in every way except in his ability to experience pleasure in cataloguing smells of the world around him. Ben Whishaw is fantastic in portraying this character with all his depravity for motherly love, decent upbringing and childhood, desire to survive harsh life at any costs while bringing misfortune to all his encounters along the way - starting with his own mother from the day of his birth, perfume master who teaches him a trade and yound women, whose ethernal essence his tries so desperately to preserve. Is this story about the man with a special gift, or a story of love that is destructive in all its beauty; is it a story of one's purpose and all the emotional numbness that comes from need to experience love and obtain one's own essence in this world- no matter what the cost? The character of this movie is so intense, in his own way - he is greater than life itself in spite of the fact that the only way he can express himself is thru creation of the ethernal (love) perfume that disarms all around him. This poor soul is not seeking riches, or fame, or power -- all he wants is to experience love and beauty he has never had. He commits the unthinkable for the brief moment to experience such hapiness. You will carry images from this movie for a long, long time. Excellent story, talented director and fantastic cast.","Product: The painter Goya becomes involve with the Spanish Inquisition when his muse, Ines, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her father, Thomas, comes to him hoping that his connection with Brother Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure the release of his daughter.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Goya's view at the society of his time\n\nReview: In the year when there were so many movies made about famous artists: \"Moliere\", \"Becoming Jane\" (Jane Austen), \"Marie Antoinette\" Goya's Ghosts\" is another one of those that shows artists' perspective on society of his time. Goya was a painter during 18th century when many changes were taking place. While inquisition had a stronghold in Spain, French Revolution was taking place in France. In order to prevent further explosion of Jacobian ideas, British got involved in Portugal and Spain. The fear, power strugle, monarchy, upper classes, lower classes and artistic freedoms all clash at once. As a bystander, Goya gets to experience is first hand thru people he paints and ineracts with. We see the power of art as a means to show true state of society, humanity and beauty around us. Natalie Portman gives wonderful performance as a young aristocrat girl who spends 15 years in jail of the church inquisition for refusing to eat pork. In the process, she is impregnated by one of the priests and gives birth to a girl. To find out the rest, you will have to see the movie...","Product: Following her father's death Mirai moves into a house with her uncle and his wife but finds herself lost and confused as she begins to have horrible visions. Mysteriously people around her begin dying one by one and Mirai sets off on a desperate search into her past in an attempt to find the murderer. The past uncovers a mystery that is linked to startling family secret.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Lars von Trier examines human psyche\n\nReview: Like most Lar von Trier's movies, this one is not easy to watch. It is a complex film that requires undivided attention. Great selection of actors delivers set of characters that help define two sister Claire and Justine in all their complexities. This film is shot at the beautiful chateau and everything about the film is visually pleasing: from the scenes in part 1 where Justine, newly married young woman, has her wedding reception funded and organized by her sister and her brother-in-law; to the scenes in part 2 where some shots of a beautiful planet Melancholia in all its fantasic shine is simply breathtaking. Many of the scenes from this film remind me of the beautiful scenes from the movie \"Tree of Life\".\n\nAt her wedding reception Justine does her best to appear happy: her groom is handsome and attentive, her sister plans her wedding to the smallest detail, the event is catered and organized in a beautiful castle with garden that is zen-like. But Justine is not herself and she manages in a single night to alienate herself from her family, break up her new marriage and say some things to her employer that very few people would dare to speak out loud - ever. Justine's emotional meltdown is overtaking her and all around her.\n\nIn the second part, Justine's sister Claire decides to take her on after Justine has nervous breakdown. Justine, a houseguest with indefinite need for rest, joins Claire's family. Claire's husband John who is an amateur astronomer tells them about planet called Melancholia that is dangerously close to earth. It is uncertain if this planet will hit earth an cause destruction, or if it will barely miss the collision. As Claire panicks on how best to manage this impending disaster, Justine calmy observes the world around her. To her, world is dead already and the only capacity she has left in her is to transition the living into this new stage of being when one is so separated from their surroundings they can only stand on the sideline and help others transition into the new state of existance.\n\nPersonally, I enjoyed this film, but I know it is not meant for wide audiences. It is an art movie that tackles some sensitive emotional, psychological and philosophical questions. This is also visually pleasing movie with beautiful music that surround this compelling and very personal story.","Product: UK Blu-ray/Region All pressing. 25th anniversary version, originally released in 2008, of the iconic sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott has gone back into post production to create the long-awaited definitive new version. Blade Runner: The Final Cut is spectacularly restored and remastered from original elements and contains never-before-seen added/extended scenes, added lines, new and improved special effects, director and filmmaker commentary, an all-new digital audio track and more. Special Features Disc 1: Digitally restored and remastered, incorporating new footage and special effects never before seen Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Introduction by director Ridley Scott Three filmmaker commentaries, including one by Ridley Scott Disc 2: Definitive documentary incorporating outtakes, deleted scenes and all-new interviews. The ultimate look at the movie's difficult creation and controversial legacy.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great Sci-Fi anniversary edition\n\nReview: If you are Sci-Fi fan, this is a must see film. Based on the story by a science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, this story is about human androids who have 4 year life span. They are almost identical to humans except that they do not have the same emotions. Due to defect that they have, government has arranged that they are put into permanent \"retirement\". Hunters of these androids are known as Blade Runners. We get to know a few of them and we get to understand their rage of being created by men, enslaved by men and forced to die too quick. They are fine specimens, beautiful, athletic, willing to submit to the purpose they are created for with no resistance. But they also want to live and are ready to do whatever it takes to fight for their own survival. It is no wonder that by the end of the movie we get to like them in spite of their brutality because we get to realize that real humans would react the same way in similar circumstances. Also, the fact that the hunter (Harrison Ford) becomes the hunted is what makes this film great.","Product: They share the same birth month, so the orphanage calls them December Boys. But these teens \" Maps, Spit, Spark and Misty \" have much more in common. With no hopes of ever joining a family, they form their own familial bonds. Then the unexpected news comes that a young couple may adopt one of them, and the long-time pals suddenly share something else: a rivalry to be the chosen one.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: What it means to be an orphan\n\nReview: Cute little movie setup in Australia about four boys growing up in orphanage in Australia's outback. They are known as \"December boys\" since all four of them celebrate their birthdays in the same month. Due to unexpected generosity of one of the orphanage patrons, these boys get to spend a little vacation in the little cove away from their environment. When one of the boys learns that there is a couple considering adopting one of the boys, the inevitable race and competition between the boys ensues. What happens in the process is what defines the true friendship between these four boys. The bond they make in the summer will remain for the rest of their lives in spite of the fact that they grow up and live all over the world.\nWhile the story is heartwarming, the references to Virgin Mary, etc. are a little too much. That is why I gave this film only three starts.","Product: What if your own family stood in the way of everything you worked for? Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) has forsaken his name to escape his family and their tradition in law enforcement to pursue his ambitions as a Brooklyn nightclub owner. As he turns a blind eye to the drug dealers around him he comes face to face with the family he abandoned when his brother (Mark Wahlberg) and father (Robert Duvall) crack down on the club. Now Bobby must choose a side. Is he going to turn informant or will he help run the biggest crime ring in New York history?System Requirements:Run Time: 117 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/CRIME & CRIMINALS Rating: R UPC: 043396225312 Manufacturer No: 22531\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Family ties and drug crime\n\nReview: Story about two brothers, one policemen and the other night club manager whose professional lives clash. While one is following the family tradition of being a policemen, the other is trying to break on his own. This is all good until it turns out that the owner of the night club, a Russian immigrant who is officially in fur business, decides to expand his drug business from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In an effort to secure market advantage and scare police away from his operations, he gives out orders to muscle the police officer who (unknown to him at the time) happens to be his night club manager's brother. And it is at that moment that story starts to unrevel. Loyalties get tested between friends, family members and in love relationships. Interesting film, well told, but pales in comparison to a movie like \"Departed\". Eva Mendes plays beautiful and seductive girlfriend, but I hope, for her acting future, that she can show more to the audience but the ability to handle hot intimate scenes.","Product: Young VietNam vet stumbles upon remnants of a drug deal gone bad in W. Texas 1980 -- he's hunted by two vicious assassins who want t he money back.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Why one should not steal money from the bad guys\n\nReview: Texas heat and a slew of shady characters ornament this movie. As main character Moss runs into mess of human and canine bodies and finds $2MM drug money during his hunting trip, we get to see the determination of the former Vietnam vet to turn the life of his family around once he has a full possesion of his money. As he tries to avoid drug dealers, former special operations soldiers and a serial killer he gets on to fight for his life as if he is back in the war fields. We track him pacing between US and Mexican border, beaten, battered and wounded attempting with all his might to preserve the money he found in order to ensure a better life for himself and his wife. Javier Bardem plays a killer who kills indiscriminately everyone on his path. He needs no other reason to kill them but the fact that people see his face or loose the coin toss bet to dispose of them. He fights by the principals that are stronger money, power or any other values we are used to. He makes his own rules. Ending is somewhat unexpected, but than again this is a Coen Brothers' movie and they have their own way of presenting reality to their audience. I expected more from this movie. Josh Brolin shines in his role of a vietnam veteran and so does Tommy Lee Jones in his role of the tired police sheriff.","Product: Two College Roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements to meet a black market doctor for an illegal abortion. What follows is their harrowing descent into a world in where danger, darkness and tragedy lurk around every corner.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Life of women in communist Romania\n\nReview: This film kept me at the edge of my seat from start to finish. Film is set in Romania where many things are scarce: cigarettes, tic-tac, soap, cosmetics and yes - doctors that can perform abortion since the abortion over there is illegal. One has to understand a little bit of the culture of that part of the world to truly understand the value of the film. Young women are left to their own device when their boyfriends make them pregnant. It is kind of world were boys have no responsibility - financial or otherwise once girl finds herself pregnant. It was also kind of world were contraceptives are either scarce or not available, single motherhood is socially unacceptable and orphanages are places where innocents are punished for the \"sins\" of their (often underage) parents. Two roommates, young girls from small places in Romanian provinces are forced to make hurried arrangement for one of them to have an abortion. The entire operation must be kept secret and everyone involved must be bribed in one way or another. To make matters worse, this is advanced pregnancy and the risks are great. One can loose life during the procedure, or spend several years in prison if discovered in this illegal activity. One does not have to be a woman to find this story frightening. And the story itself is not only about unwanted pregnancy. It is about unprotected sex, vulnerability of the women, supression of the women, shallowness of the so-called intellectuals. Young people's parents are more worried about them smoking than being sexually active; bringing someone flowers for her 48th birthday is more important than helping another person after inhumanely performed abortion. This film will leave you dumb funded long time after you have finished watching it.","Product: Blake Morrison (Colin Firth) must deal with his father's (Jim Broadbent) imminent death in this limited-release movie. Bonuses: deleted scenes, commentary.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: British drama about fatehr son relationship\n\nReview: Very touching film about complex father son relationship. When father is diagnosed with cancer, his son goes through a flashback of the events from his early adolescence that explains the strained relationship between father and son. Father had a greater than life personality, while son was more introverted and emotional. Long time ago indiscretions commited by the father seem irreconcilable to the son. His attempt to get answers is impeded by the terrible sickness that seems to take over the situation.\n\nIt is a touching story about parent child relationship. It is also a story about grief and the fact that sometimes we would rather have our parents around so we can hate them then loose them to death and life long sorrow for not being able to have them around ourselves except in our memories.\n\nWonderful cast of very fine British actors. Fantastic story about one very special father one would love to have around no matter what.","Product: A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Attraction and consequences in WWII\n\nReview: The beauty of this film's tragic story is that it is based on a true story. Francois, a protagonist of the movie explains his strained relationship with his father by looking back at the family history. His father and his mother were young and married during WWII. But the circumstances under which they got together are monumentally tragic.\n\nHis father Maxime was married to a young woman Hannah with whom he has a young son Simon. Simon was liked, strong, athletic, adored by all friends and family. Hannah's brother Robert is married to a stunningly beautiful and athletic Tania that is the source of Maxime's emotional torment and almost uncontrollable sexual desire. Maxime is a gymnast and Tania's athleticism in an instant attraction. But he is also a tomcat, kind of man who likes other women and his attraction to Tania does not go unnoticed. Through a string of tragic coincidences, Hannah decides to declare to authorities that she is Jewish and before long she and her son are deported to a concentration camp. As Tania's husband also dies as a prisoner of war while fighting for the French Army, the two are free to finally be together.\n\nIt is their union that produces a fragile, young boy who is sensitive, kind and physically fragile which almost seems like a punishment for both Maxime and Tania who are (physically) quite the opposite. It is a kind of story that would not have a happy ending at any time, but it gives a completely new dimension to it when applied to the anti-semitic times in France during Vichy government rule and another woman's decision to rather die with her child than have her life spared and spent in humiliation and heartache.","Product: Asia Argento stars as sexy ex-prostitute Sandra, who is forced to leave London after a violent encounter with an ex-lover (Michael Madsen). Fleeing to Hong Kong, she takes on a new identity to cover her past. But nothing turns out as planned, and she find\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Prostitute, assassin, drug dealer or what?\n\nReview: I will admit that the reason I wanted ot see this film is not so much because Asia Argento is in it bt because Michael Madsen is in it. His portrayals of bad guys has always fascinated me and I was curious to find out what he has for the audience to show this time around. As it turns out, we see more of Asia Argento who struts around in her underwear baring some impressive tatoos. To some she may seem sexy, to me she looks wasted, tired and trashy. Her character Sandra and Madsen's character Myles know each other from her not so distant past. She is a prostitute providing kinky sex to her high end clientele. Myles hires her to provide services for his business clients and she accepts it in hopes Myles will pay her $1M so she can open a club in Beijing and start a new life. But of course, Myles never pays out and Sandra tries her luck in selling drugs. When that business goes wrong too, she resigns to becoming assasin in hopes to get a payout that will allow her start anew. In any case, plot becomes confusing, Sandra seems to be ready to sleep with any man that comes along in hopes to get that final payout. One cannot but think that her character should just stick to what she does best - \"be a prostitute because that is the only thing you are good at, honey\". I have totally missed this movie and the mening of it, until I realized perhaps this is just a film about globalization - French call girl, providing services in England who hopes to start her own busienss in China. Now we are talking a plot. Employ this woman's best asset - her body - and we have a real business woman boarding gate at any international airport. How original.","Product: Following her father's death Mirai moves into a house with her uncle and his wife but finds herself lost and confused as she begins to have horrible visions. Mysteriously people around her begin dying one by one and Mirai sets off on a desperate search into her past in an attempt to find the murderer. The past uncovers a mystery that is linked to startling family secret.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Lars von Trier examines human psyche\n\nReview: Like most Lar von Trier's movies, this one is not easy to watch. It is a complex film that requires undivided attention. Great selection of actors delivers set of characters that help define two sister Claire and Justine in all their complexities. This film is shot at the beautiful chateau and everything about the film is visually pleasing: from the scenes in part 1 where Justine, newly married young woman, has her wedding reception funded and organized by her sister and her brother-in-law; to the scenes in part 2 where some shots of a beautiful planet Melancholia in all its fantasic shine is simply breathtaking. Many of the scenes from this film remind me of the beautiful scenes from the movie \"Tree of Life\".\n\nAt her wedding reception Justine does her best to appear happy: her groom is handsome and attentive, her sister plans her wedding to the smallest detail, the event is catered and organized in a beautiful castle with garden that is zen-like. But Justine is not herself and she manages in a single night to alienate herself from her family, break up her new marriage and say some things to her employer that very few people would dare to speak out loud - ever. Justine's emotional meltdown is overtaking her and all around her.\n\nIn the second part, Justine's sister Claire decides to take her on after Justine has nervous breakdown. Justine, a houseguest with indefinite need for rest, joins Claire's family. Claire's husband John who is an amateur astronomer tells them about planet called Melancholia that is dangerously close to earth. It is uncertain if this planet will hit earth an cause destruction, or if it will barely miss the collision. As Claire panicks on how best to manage this impending disaster, Justine calmy observes the world around her. To her, world is dead already and the only capacity she has left in her is to transition the living into this new stage of being when one is so separated from their surroundings they can only stand on the sideline and help others transition into the new state of existance.\n\nPersonally, I enjoyed this film, but I know it is not meant for wide audiences. It is an art movie that tackles some sensitive emotional, psychological and philosophical questions. This is also visually pleasing movie with beautiful music that surround this compelling and very personal story.","Product: UK Blu-ray/Region All pressing. 25th anniversary version, originally released in 2008, of the iconic sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott has gone back into post production to create the long-awaited definitive new version. Blade Runner: The Final Cut is spectacularly restored and remastered from original elements and contains never-before-seen added/extended scenes, added lines, new and improved special effects, director and filmmaker commentary, an all-new digital audio track and more. Special Features Disc 1: Digitally restored and remastered, incorporating new footage and special effects never before seen Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Introduction by director Ridley Scott Three filmmaker commentaries, including one by Ridley Scott Disc 2: Definitive documentary incorporating outtakes, deleted scenes and all-new interviews. The ultimate look at the movie's difficult creation and controversial legacy.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great Sci-Fi anniversary edition\n\nReview: If you are Sci-Fi fan, this is a must see film. Based on the story by a science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, this story is about human androids who have 4 year life span. They are almost identical to humans except that they do not have the same emotions. Due to defect that they have, government has arranged that they are put into permanent \"retirement\". Hunters of these androids are known as Blade Runners. We get to know a few of them and we get to understand their rage of being created by men, enslaved by men and forced to die too quick. They are fine specimens, beautiful, athletic, willing to submit to the purpose they are created for with no resistance. But they also want to live and are ready to do whatever it takes to fight for their own survival. It is no wonder that by the end of the movie we get to like them in spite of their brutality because we get to realize that real humans would react the same way in similar circumstances. Also, the fact that the hunter (Harrison Ford) becomes the hunted is what makes this film great.","Product: They share the same birth month, so the orphanage calls them December Boys. But these teens \" Maps, Spit, Spark and Misty \" have much more in common. With no hopes of ever joining a family, they form their own familial bonds. Then the unexpected news comes that a young couple may adopt one of them, and the long-time pals suddenly share something else: a rivalry to be the chosen one.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: What it means to be an orphan\n\nReview: Cute little movie setup in Australia about four boys growing up in orphanage in Australia's outback. They are known as \"December boys\" since all four of them celebrate their birthdays in the same month. Due to unexpected generosity of one of the orphanage patrons, these boys get to spend a little vacation in the little cove away from their environment. When one of the boys learns that there is a couple considering adopting one of the boys, the inevitable race and competition between the boys ensues. What happens in the process is what defines the true friendship between these four boys. The bond they make in the summer will remain for the rest of their lives in spite of the fact that they grow up and live all over the world.\nWhile the story is heartwarming, the references to Virgin Mary, etc. are a little too much. That is why I gave this film only three starts.","Product: What if your own family stood in the way of everything you worked for? Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) has forsaken his name to escape his family and their tradition in law enforcement to pursue his ambitions as a Brooklyn nightclub owner. As he turns a blind eye to the drug dealers around him he comes face to face with the family he abandoned when his brother (Mark Wahlberg) and father (Robert Duvall) crack down on the club. Now Bobby must choose a side. Is he going to turn informant or will he help run the biggest crime ring in New York history?System Requirements:Run Time: 117 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/CRIME & CRIMINALS Rating: R UPC: 043396225312 Manufacturer No: 22531\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Family ties and drug crime\n\nReview: Story about two brothers, one policemen and the other night club manager whose professional lives clash. While one is following the family tradition of being a policemen, the other is trying to break on his own. This is all good until it turns out that the owner of the night club, a Russian immigrant who is officially in fur business, decides to expand his drug business from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In an effort to secure market advantage and scare police away from his operations, he gives out orders to muscle the police officer who (unknown to him at the time) happens to be his night club manager's brother. And it is at that moment that story starts to unrevel. Loyalties get tested between friends, family members and in love relationships. Interesting film, well told, but pales in comparison to a movie like \"Departed\". Eva Mendes plays beautiful and seductive girlfriend, but I hope, for her acting future, that she can show more to the audience but the ability to handle hot intimate scenes.","Product: Young VietNam vet stumbles upon remnants of a drug deal gone bad in W. Texas 1980 -- he's hunted by two vicious assassins who want t he money back.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Why one should not steal money from the bad guys\n\nReview: Texas heat and a slew of shady characters ornament this movie. As main character Moss runs into mess of human and canine bodies and finds $2MM drug money during his hunting trip, we get to see the determination of the former Vietnam vet to turn the life of his family around once he has a full possesion of his money. As he tries to avoid drug dealers, former special operations soldiers and a serial killer he gets on to fight for his life as if he is back in the war fields. We track him pacing between US and Mexican border, beaten, battered and wounded attempting with all his might to preserve the money he found in order to ensure a better life for himself and his wife. Javier Bardem plays a killer who kills indiscriminately everyone on his path. He needs no other reason to kill them but the fact that people see his face or loose the coin toss bet to dispose of them. He fights by the principals that are stronger money, power or any other values we are used to. He makes his own rules. Ending is somewhat unexpected, but than again this is a Coen Brothers' movie and they have their own way of presenting reality to their audience. I expected more from this movie. Josh Brolin shines in his role of a vietnam veteran and so does Tommy Lee Jones in his role of the tired police sheriff.","Product: Two College Roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements to meet a black market doctor for an illegal abortion. What follows is their harrowing descent into a world in where danger, darkness and tragedy lurk around every corner.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Life of women in communist Romania\n\nReview: This film kept me at the edge of my seat from start to finish. Film is set in Romania where many things are scarce: cigarettes, tic-tac, soap, cosmetics and yes - doctors that can perform abortion since the abortion over there is illegal. One has to understand a little bit of the culture of that part of the world to truly understand the value of the film. Young women are left to their own device when their boyfriends make them pregnant. It is kind of world were boys have no responsibility - financial or otherwise once girl finds herself pregnant. It was also kind of world were contraceptives are either scarce or not available, single motherhood is socially unacceptable and orphanages are places where innocents are punished for the \"sins\" of their (often underage) parents. Two roommates, young girls from small places in Romanian provinces are forced to make hurried arrangement for one of them to have an abortion. The entire operation must be kept secret and everyone involved must be bribed in one way or another. To make matters worse, this is advanced pregnancy and the risks are great. One can loose life during the procedure, or spend several years in prison if discovered in this illegal activity. One does not have to be a woman to find this story frightening. And the story itself is not only about unwanted pregnancy. It is about unprotected sex, vulnerability of the women, supression of the women, shallowness of the so-called intellectuals. Young people's parents are more worried about them smoking than being sexually active; bringing someone flowers for her 48th birthday is more important than helping another person after inhumanely performed abortion. This film will leave you dumb funded long time after you have finished watching it.","Product: Blake Morrison (Colin Firth) must deal with his father's (Jim Broadbent) imminent death in this limited-release movie. Bonuses: deleted scenes, commentary.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: British drama about fatehr son relationship\n\nReview: Very touching film about complex father son relationship. When father is diagnosed with cancer, his son goes through a flashback of the events from his early adolescence that explains the strained relationship between father and son. Father had a greater than life personality, while son was more introverted and emotional. Long time ago indiscretions commited by the father seem irreconcilable to the son. His attempt to get answers is impeded by the terrible sickness that seems to take over the situation.\n\nIt is a touching story about parent child relationship. It is also a story about grief and the fact that sometimes we would rather have our parents around so we can hate them then loose them to death and life long sorrow for not being able to have them around ourselves except in our memories.\n\nWonderful cast of very fine British actors. Fantastic story about one very special father one would love to have around no matter what.","Product: A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Attraction and consequences in WWII\n\nReview: The beauty of this film's tragic story is that it is based on a true story. Francois, a protagonist of the movie explains his strained relationship with his father by looking back at the family history. His father and his mother were young and married during WWII. But the circumstances under which they got together are monumentally tragic.\n\nHis father Maxime was married to a young woman Hannah with whom he has a young son Simon. Simon was liked, strong, athletic, adored by all friends and family. Hannah's brother Robert is married to a stunningly beautiful and athletic Tania that is the source of Maxime's emotional torment and almost uncontrollable sexual desire. Maxime is a gymnast and Tania's athleticism in an instant attraction. But he is also a tomcat, kind of man who likes other women and his attraction to Tania does not go unnoticed. Through a string of tragic coincidences, Hannah decides to declare to authorities that she is Jewish and before long she and her son are deported to a concentration camp. As Tania's husband also dies as a prisoner of war while fighting for the French Army, the two are free to finally be together.\n\nIt is their union that produces a fragile, young boy who is sensitive, kind and physically fragile which almost seems like a punishment for both Maxime and Tania who are (physically) quite the opposite. It is a kind of story that would not have a happy ending at any time, but it gives a completely new dimension to it when applied to the anti-semitic times in France during Vichy government rule and another woman's decision to rather die with her child than have her life spared and spent in humiliation and heartache.","Product: Asia Argento stars as sexy ex-prostitute Sandra, who is forced to leave London after a violent encounter with an ex-lover (Michael Madsen). Fleeing to Hong Kong, she takes on a new identity to cover her past. But nothing turns out as planned, and she find\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Prostitute, assassin, drug dealer or what?\n\nReview: I will admit that the reason I wanted ot see this film is not so much because Asia Argento is in it bt because Michael Madsen is in it. His portrayals of bad guys has always fascinated me and I was curious to find out what he has for the audience to show this time around. As it turns out, we see more of Asia Argento who struts around in her underwear baring some impressive tatoos. To some she may seem sexy, to me she looks wasted, tired and trashy. Her character Sandra and Madsen's character Myles know each other from her not so distant past. She is a prostitute providing kinky sex to her high end clientele. Myles hires her to provide services for his business clients and she accepts it in hopes Myles will pay her $1M so she can open a club in Beijing and start a new life. But of course, Myles never pays out and Sandra tries her luck in selling drugs. When that business goes wrong too, she resigns to becoming assasin in hopes to get a payout that will allow her start anew. In any case, plot becomes confusing, Sandra seems to be ready to sleep with any man that comes along in hopes to get that final payout. One cannot but think that her character should just stick to what she does best - \"be a prostitute because that is the only thing you are good at, honey\". I have totally missed this movie and the mening of it, until I realized perhaps this is just a film about globalization - French call girl, providing services in England who hopes to start her own busienss in China. Now we are talking a plot. Employ this woman's best asset - her body - and we have a real business woman boarding gate at any international airport. How original.","Product: When a pool shark (Famke Janssen) is desperate to escape her haunted past and ex-husband, she hatches a dangerous plot and is forced to take the ultimate gamble. Award-winning and critically acclaimed, Turn the River is edgy and suspenseful with stakes that have never been higher.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Femke Janssen delivers a great performance by portraying a mother fiercely determined to protect ...\n\nReview: This is a movie about the female hustler who finally decides to take her life and destiny into her own hands. She is a mother to a 10 year old boy who is under vigilant and psychologically abusive surveillance of his father, seminary student drop out and controlling well off grandmother who is greater than life.\n\nFemke Janssen delivers a great performance by portraying a mother fiercely determined to protect her child. She has no money or any other resources to promise her son a life of the upper middle class boy he has been living until then, but she offers the boy what he needs most - her unconditional love.\n\nCan a woman hustler, with no education, no partner, no skills succeed in raising her boy on her own? Can underdog really win - ever? Heart wrenching movie about the kind of mother/child love that is indestructible in spite of physical limitations of their contact.","Product: Imaginative, impetuous and wild Diana (Evan Rachel Wood) can t wait for her adult life to begin. Diana test her limits as her more conservative friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) watches with concern. But Diana s aura of invincibility is shattered when a moment of life and death decision-making forever changes the lives of the two best friends.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Life as a post traumatic disorder\n\nReview: Diana and her high school friend Maureen are like day and night. Diana sleeps around, skips school and aparently cares about nothing, while Maureen is more subdued in every way. Until one day their class mate pulls out the gun in the school yard, starts shooting at students and teachers and at that moment changes everyone's lives.\n\nFilmed as a flashback between Diana's young teenage life and her adult life as a mother, professor and a wife, it is a story that goes back and forth between past and present. It is almost that everything in Diana's life triggers some emotion or memory fromher distant past. One would think that 15 years after the fateful event of school shooting, Diana will be a well adjusted woman, but that is not a case.\n\nShe seems to want to redeem her choices made in her youth with the life she lives in her present. Until her seemingly well ordered life falls into pieces all at once and unexpectedly. Are such horrific events going to free her from her conscience, or take away a little bit of a sanity that is left in her? You watch the movie and then be the judge.","Product: After witnessing the brutal murder of his family, Jack Brooks (Trevor Matthews) is left with an unquenchable fury that he is constantly fighting to control. Now working as a local plumber and struggling in a relationship with his girlfriend Eve (Rachel Skarsten), Jack's life has become a downward spiral. One night, Jack attempts to fix Professor Crowley's (Robert Englund) old, rusted pipes, but unknowingly awakens an ancient evil. Lured by this demonic power, Professor Crowley discovers a monstrous black heart that quickly forces its way inside of him. Possessed by the heart now beating in his chest, the Professor starts a slow, gruesome transformation. It is at this moment that Jack realizes he can't run from his past, and quickly discovers the true purpose of his inner rage.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: This is not a horror movie, it is horrible (as in ghastly) movie\n\nReview: If you are into juvenile horror movies - this one is for you. I wanted to see it for Halloween season and I did and now I cannot wait to get rid of it. Premise of the movie is that our main character Jack Brooks is an orphan whose sister and parents were killed by a monster when he was a kid. Jack has unresolved anger issues and his counceling sessions are not helping him control his temper. When his accidental plumbing job awakens monsters from their long sleep and they start attacking his night school college student buddies, Jack finds it in himself to figh off the monsters as a way of conquering his own personal demons. This is a cross of gross (throw up) scenes, imitations of rubber made monsters you may have seen in movies made 20 years ago and blood hungry zombies running around in their feeding frenzy.","Product: A Trans-Siberian train journey from Beijing to Moscow turns into a thrilling chase of deception, drug trafficking and murder when Americans Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer) and a pair of fellow travelers, Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby (Kate Mara), are targeted by ex-KGB detective Grinko (Ben Kingsley).\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Thriller that will keep you at the edge of your seat\n\nReview: I purchased this DVD during Blockbuster store closing sale in my area. I stopped by the store and picked out every movie I could that I felt was worth spending money on. Although I have not heard much about this movie in the past, I liked the cast (Ben Kingsley, Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer) and decided to give it a try. I saw movie with three of my friends during hot Florida summer and we loved every moment of it.\n\nIt is a story of an american couple who travels across Asia after their (chirch) mission in China where they were helping young orphans. They are not the most sophisticated travelers - typical midwestern couple wide their eyes wide and excited at every little thing they see and encounter on this trip. On their train travel they come across another couple: a young, handsome Spaniard and his pretty american girlfriend. The two are supposedly teachning English on a far east and traveling for fun. Before long, this trip turns into anything but fun. It turns out that train line is being used for drug transfer by the Russian mafia and these are guys who have no mercy when it comes to their goods and money that comes from it.\n\nIt is well thought out story that is told in a compelling way. I particularly liked Woody Harrelson who plays a naive young man trying whatever he can to save his flailing marriage. Ben Kingley is the best actor director could choose to play a bad guy and in this movie he gives a wonderful performance and quite convincing Russian accent. This is a wonderful movie and I strongly recommend it.","Product: Steve McQueen directs this unflinching dramatisation of the last weeks in the life of Bobby Sands, the Provisional IRA member who led the 1981 Irish hunger strike in the political wing of Belfast's Maze Prison. Ten prisoners starved themselves to death in protest at being denied official political prisoner status by Margaret Thatcher's government. Michael Fassbender plays Sands, whose passionate commitment to the cause for which he has been imprisoned and in the righteousness of dying for his political beliefs is portrayed in a central scene where he discusses the morality of the hunger strike with a visiting priest (Liam Cunningham). The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, where it was given an 'Un Certain Regard' screening.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Film that will provoke even the most indifferent spectators\n\nReview: Personally I do not believe that fighting a cause, political or otherwise justifies any type of violence or terrorism. From the beginning of the film we are introduced to the IRA prisoner on his check into the prison cell. Long silences, slow motion camera moves on behalf of all participants in every scene are giving an enourmous depth to this movie. Scenes from the prison are horrifying. Prisoners are stripped of clothing, their hair is long, beard uncut for months at the time, their cells are smeared with feces and even their family visits are such horrific displayes of conveying messages that one cannot be indiferrent to the prison conditions and treatment of the prisoners.\n\nEveryone is deeply affected by these conditions, not just prisoners and their family members. Prison guards, prison priest, special forces brought it to squash the last bit of humanity from prisoners are all part of te game. It is touching to see that the first person to show some level of human compassion is a male prison nurse tending to Bobby Sands, leader who starts hunger strike in order to ensure that prisoner demands are met. Actor Michael Fassbinder is captivating in his role of the determined 27-year young soldier determined to give away his life in order to gain some humanity in the process both for himself and his fellow soldiers.\n\nNot easy to watch at times, this film is definitely thought provoking. In certain parts of th emovie we can hear portions of Margaret Thacher's speaches that are eerie, considering that it has been more than 25 years since she has been in power as Britain's Prime Minister.","Product: Ed Harris directs and stars in this Western, which co-stars Viggo Mortensen and Jeremy Irons. When Virgil Cole (Harris) and Everett Hitch (Mortensen) arrive in Appaloosa, they find a town suffering at the hands of villaionous rancher Randall Bragg (Irons). Their attempts to free the town from Bragg's tyranny are complicated by the arrival of beautiful young widow Allison French (Renee Zellweger).\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Western with American, British and Australian cast\n\nReview: Ed Harris delivers his second movie with a cast of impressive group that includes Jeremy Irons, Viggo Mortensen and Renee Zellweger. Set in the wild west, small town of Appaloosa hires two professional gunhandlers to protect town from a group of thugs. Town can be prosperous since they have train delivering goods, but local business people need order to be brought in.\n\nAs usual markation of territory begins, we learn that two gun handlers, newly declaired town sheriffs are long standing devoted friends to each other. They take care of each other and look each other's back. But as pretty widow comes into town, is their friendship going to sustain itself? Widow is making a fast moves on one of them and one keeps wondering what is the rush and what are her motives?\n\nIt is a nice adventure cowboy film, but seems to loose focus on too many occasions.","Product: London is rocked by a shocking terrorist bombing in this dramatic thriller starring Michelle Williams (Wendy and Lucy, Brokeback Mountain) and Ewan McGregor, (Trainspotting, the Star Wars trilogy). Williams delivers a riveting and heart-felt performance as a young wife and mother who suffers a devastating loss in the attack...which occurs while she's meeting her secret lover (McGregor). Wracked with guilt and trying to piece her shattered life back together, she becomes embroiled in the police investigation of the attack - and discovers that the authorities will do anything to cover up the terrifying truth behind it..\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Power of grief and guilt\n\nReview: Get ready to watch Michelle Williams perform brilliantly with British accent and uncanny emotion in this film. She portrays a young housewife and a mother of a 4-year old boy. He marriage is strained by the fact that her husband works as a policeman in London's anti-terrorist unit difusing bombs. Her lack of marital bliss is enhanced by her unconditional, unlimited love for her son who she loves more than anything or anyone in this world.\n\nOn an impulse one night she has affair with a handsome, young journalist (Ewan McGregor) who also happens to live across the street from her. On the outside these two have nothing in common. This secret lover of hers is single, he lives in trendy London townhouse, drives fancy cars and has no commitments. But circumstances put them together a t the moment when both her husband and son face terrible fate. Consumed by grier, guilt and sorrow, she is trying to regain her own self. But her transformation leads more towards emotional meltdown and insanity than peace. Will anything her this young woman reclaim her life and be able to start over.\n\nIt is a heartbreaking story about human nature, mother's love for child and need to love and be loved. I adored this film.","Product: Walter (Ashton Kutcher) is a rising star in the NCAA wrestling world until his life is ripped apart by the brutal murder of his sister. Returning home to console his mother Gloria (Kathy Bates) he seeks vengeance on the man who is accused of the crime. A chance meeting with a beautiful mature woman (Michelle Pfeiffer) gives him solace to the situation. Personal Effects is a heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting romance that is a testament to the power of love.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Pain is necessary, suffering is optional, or is it?\n\nReview: This is a powerful story about loss of people close to us and overwhelming power of grief that can alter course of anyone's life. Walter is a young man in college whose twin sister is brutally murdered. Laura's husband was shot to death by his friend and she is left to care for her deaf teenage son on her own. Both walter and laura belong to different generations and lifestyles, but mutual loss of their loved ones binds them together.\n\nFor anyone who believes that pain is necessary part of life, while suffering is optional one has to wonder if they have experienced grief of a loved one that can take over life of any individual. This is a powerful story about two people who find that their loss and love for each other is a way to their own emotional salvation.\n\nAshton Kutcher and Michelle Pfeiffer make perfect duo for their roles. It is easy to imagine a young 24-year old man falling for an older woman as beautiful as Laura. Kathy Bates who plays Walter's mother is absolutely amazing in her role of a grieving mother.","Product: NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk has English audio and subtitles.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Reconciling modern science and old catholic traditions\n\nReview: It is most important I start writing this review by stating that I do not read Dan Brown's books. I saw film \"Da Vinci Code\" and was suprised that most viewers were commenting on Tom Hunks' haircut. This time around his haircut is in much better shape. Also this film is set in Vatican and Rome and many of the beauties of the area make film so much more appealing to the audiences. Premise is interesting - scientists in Cern, Geneva are searching for the antimatter. If proven to exist, this will be a basic particle from which universe was created. Is it possible to reconcile this scientific \"proof\" (in real life anti-matter is not discovered yet) with the old traditions of christian faith (Catholic faith in particular).\n\nThe inconvenience of the situation is that the pope has died and the new pope is not selected yet. In a situation where there is no appointed leader of the 1 billion faithful Catholics around the world, power struggle is imminent between Vatican's police, security and priests placed in temporary power of the Holy Seat. I loved the beauty of the city of Rome with its architectural delights and catacombs. If not taken too seriously, this is a cool thriller to watch on one's night off.","Product: Academy Award-winner Tilda Swinton plays Julia, an alcoholic who, between shots of vodka and one-night stands, gets by on nickel-and-dime jobs. Increasingly lonely, her alcohol-induced confusion daily reinforces her sense that life has dealt her a losing hand. Seeing a financial opportunity after encountering a woman estranged from her son, Julia throws herself into a criminal plot that escalates beyond anything she ever imagined.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The amazing Tilda Swinton delivers yet again!\n\nReview: Here is a story of Julia, an American woman, living in LA. She is an alcoholic, always in between miserable, low paying jobs and have frequent one night stands. She is stunningly beautiful and just as amazingly \"crazy\" as her AA sponsor and former lovers dare to admit. Until one day, she realizes she may have found a way out form her desperate situation of not having a job, money and life. She dares to start an adventure that will lead her to some unexpected circumstances. But then again, what does lonely middle age woman with no money, job or love prospects has to loose? She just goes for it and the outcome is mind-blowing.\n\nMs. Swinton give wonderful portrayal of the woman who just pours all of her self in. Her acting as usual is amazing. And the story has the ending full of riches one would never expect...","Product: Academy Award nominees Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum) reteam in this action-packed thriller. Damon stars as Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region. Also starring Academy Award nominees Greg Kinnear and Amy Ryan, Green Zone is one hell of a thriller (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Fictional take on modern politics\n\nReview: War in Iraq and its moral consequences has generated lots of Hollywood movies in the last few years. In this one, Matt Damon plays US Army soldier who is tasked to search for weapons of mass destruction with his units of special force soldiers. As it turns out every mission they are sent out to shows no results. No weapons are found and all they encounter are groups of angry civilians demanding fresh water, electricity and food.\n\nIt a typical thriller plotline we have a mix of politics, espionage, journalism, political indoctrination and patriotism. One of the most memorable characters is a youn Iranian man, crippled by a war (he lost his leg) who has his own personal reasons to help American forces in their military action in Iraq. Fluent in English, this young man becomes involved in the mission, more than he bargained for.\n\nThis is a cool movie for lonely Friday nights when one feels like staying at home. But it is not a particularly memorable one. It is definitely a statement to American presence in that part of the world and its politics at work there.","Product: Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an honorable family man, until the day his wife and daughter are murdered in a home invasion. He hopes for justice, but a rising prosecutor named Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) cuts a deal with one of the killers in exchange for testimony. Ten years later, that man is found dead and Shelton coolly admits his guilt. Then he hands Rice an ultimatum: Fix the broken legal system or suffer the consequences.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: When grief takes over and justice is relative\n\nReview: It is a film that starts with home invasion gone bad - really, really bad. Husband is stabbed to death (but survives - Gerard Butler), wife is raped and killed and so is their little daughter. One wonders what good can come out of such gruesome violence and how anyone surviving such event can ever regain their humanity again. What is left to hope for, live for and plan for?\n\nHowever, when a victim of such crime is a former special forces agent trained to make tactical plans and kill wothout thinking twice, it seems that all is fair game. With nothing left to live for, plenty of money and time to plan revenge on people who took away what he loved most ofr did nto careenough to fight for justice, all participants in this story are fair game for serial killer who has lost the last connection of his humanity.\n\nNot a very believable scenario, but film is a thriller nevertheless. If taken likely, it is bearable.","Product: Historical drama based on the last chapter in the life of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. Christopher Plummer stars as the famous writer, who is nearing the end of his life after a long period of ill health. He lives with his family in a compound at Yasnaya Polyana, attended to by his wife and the disciples of his 'movement': a group of people dedicated to his ideas of pacifism, vegetarianism, sexual abstinence and communal property who have gathered in a nearby forest camp. When the head of the movement, Vladimir Chertkov (Paul Giamatti), urges Leo to rewrite his will to posthumously renounce his material possessions, thereby leaving his family with nothing, Tolstoy's wife Sofya (Helen Mirren) does all she can to influence her husband and protect her inheritance.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Ideals of Leo Tolstoy\n\nReview: For anyone who loves classic Russian literature, Leo Tolstoy is one of the most beloved writers. Best known for his novels \"Anna Karenina\" and \"War and Peace\" he is kind of a russian writer that captures russian soul and presents it to the world. Tolstoy was a nobleman who lived long before Russian revolution and was well aware of social injustices. He devotes his life in trying to change that in the ways he thinks best but manages to alienate himself from his family.\n\nIt is important to mention that during his times as a writer, there were no typing machines. Most writers used there wives as editors, proofreaders and scribes. Tolstoy's wife, Sophia Andreyevna was no exception. Sophia was much younger than her husband but equally educated and sophisticated. In her own way, she held onto her traditions that family property belongs to the next generation. Considering that she copied \"War and Peace\" by hand six times, gaveLeo six children, kept his household running and took good care of him in every way, I cannot but agree that she had some say on her husband's copyrights and income that his work was generating.\n\nThis film focuses on Leo Tolstoy's last few months of his life. By this time, he was famous, revered all over Russia and adored by people as a living legend. Just as any other celebrity, he was surrounded by many people, many with their own agendas that they wanted to impose on him in different ways. Thsi film touches up on all of those relationships. Christopher Plummer as Tolstoy and Helen Mirren as Sophia, Tolstoy's wife are absolutely fantastic is their respective roles.","Product: A gritty, life-affirming tale of an abused African-American teenager's struggle to change her life in 1980s Harlem. 16-year-old Clareece 'Precious' Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) has been abused from an early age by her now absent father, and is pregnant with his second child. With a venomous mother Mary (Mo'Nique) who treats her like a servant and her school life blighted by her illiteracy, Precious struggles to cope with her seemingly hopeless life. But the offer of a place in an alternative school and the nurturing of literacy teacher Ms. Rain (Paula Patton) soon begin to transform the teenager, offering her a path to a brighter future. Mo'Nique won the Best Supporting Actress awards at both the 2010 BAFTAs and the Academy Awards for her portrayal of Mary.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Incest and the price of it\n\nReview: Last year, I read the book \"Push\" by Sapphire that this film is based on. In addition to the horrific story of incest that is a destiny of the main character Clarice (Precious), power of the novel is based on the way that it is written. I still do not understand how author did it, since the book gives the voice of the illiterate person not capable to fully express herself both verbally or in writing through her journals.\n\nI could not imagine that courage that it took to make this novel into a movie. It is not just the topic of incest but also a wonder if director and screenwriter can portray book characters the way that they are developed in a book. I must say that movie is easier to watch that the book was to read. Actresses in this film all did fantastic job in portraying women from different backgrounds, both social and racial. I also liked the music as well. This is powerful film about the lives of girls and women in socially deprived areas, urban ones, where in today's modern world anger, disatisfaction and poverty lead to most horrific experiences of all.","Product: Quick Shipping !!! New And Sealed !!! This Disc WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. A multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player is request to view it in USA/Canada. Please Review Description.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Hypatia - female philosopher\n\nReview: This film is about last days of the Roman Empire and it is set in Alexandria, Egypt. I picked it for several reasons: Agora in Alexandria was one of the first public libraries where young, noble men had their lessons thought to them and where they freely exchanged their ideas. It was a breeding ground for raising new leaders for the future generations. But this is also a story about Hypatia, one of the first female philosophers from the ancient times known to mankind. Although none of her written work remains today, she was well known figure and her unfortunate demise is just one of the facts that grants her immortality.\n\nHypatia devoted her entire life to teaching, writing and questioning the world around her. As a philosopher, she raised questions related to mankind as well as God and Universe. During her life, religion was depply divided between pagans, who worshiped Egyptian Gods, Jews who believed in a single God and Christinas fairly new religion who accepted teachings of Jesus and were waiting for their salvation. There was little tolerance between these three fractions and with Roman Empire loosing its grip in that part of the world, it was a place destined for uprising between old world and the new one; between aristocracy and their slaves.\n\nI liked the fact that director choose to portray Hypatia as a woman devoted to her profession and able to separate herself from men she was teaching, in spite of the fact that many of them fell in love with her for her brilliant mind and her compassionate spirit. Her beauty from the inside out, transcends the social order of the time which is both her strenght and her fall. Being unmarried woman, she has no protector. Her profession requires of her to constantly question and challenge the world around her which does not sit well with men in power. Her brutal death makes her a martyr that makes her immortal for eternity.\n\nGreat movie, with story well told. Director did not attempt to appease any of the religious groups which some audiences may find difficult to accept. I loved the costumes and depictions of the ancient city, the realistic display of disparity between poor and rich. Film definitely worth seeing.","Product: Brand new factory sealed\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: World in which vampires are the majority\n\nReview: It is true that there have been so many movies and TV shows about vampires, but this one definitely stands out. This story revolves around premise that there is a new world in which vampires are the majority and humans are the minority. As a matter of fact, the blood supply is in such shortage that even vampires are faced with blood diseases and mutations that are endangering their own species.\n\nEthan Hawke plays a vampire hematologist tasked with finding out the answer for the blood supply by creating substitute for it. He is the vampire with a conscience and takes human suffering with great empathy. His strained relationship with his soldier brother who is in the business of human hunting is complicated too.\n\nInteresting film with original premise. For vampire fans a must see film.","Product: United Kingdom released, Blu-Ray/Region B : it WILL NOT play on regular DVD player, or on standard US Blu-Ray player. You need multi-region Blu-Ray player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), WIDESCREEN, SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Deleted Scenes, Documentary, Featurette, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: In a British city, four men have a secret plan. Omar (Riz Ahmed) is disillusioned about the treatment of muslims around the world and is determined to become a soldier. This is the most exciting idea Waj (Kayvan Novak) has ever heard. Better still it's a no brainer because Omar does his thinking for him. Opposed to Omar and everyone else on earth is the white islamic convert Barry (Nigel Lindsay). He'd realize he joined the cell to channel his nihilism - If he had half the self knowledge of a duck. Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) is the odd man out. He can make a bomb - but he can't blow himself up just now coz his sick dad has \"started eating newspaper\". Instead he's training crows to fly bombs through windows. This is what Omar has to deal with. They must strike a decisive blow on their own turf but can any of them strike a match without punching himself in the face? SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Sundance Film Festival, ...Four Lions (2010) ( Tesseris leontes ) ( 4 Lions )\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: British comedy about jihad\n\nReview: This is one of the funniest takes on the modern day terrorism. Film features British actors with really funny workign class accents. Audience no used to these heavy accents may have difficult time staying focused on the message; but it is definitely worthed.\n\nFour lions in this movie and four friends of asian (Pakistani descent). They live and work in London and are the second generation of the immigrants. All of them are uneducated but fervent about their heritage and strong desire to become martyrs. They are so disconnected from their heritage that they get kicked out from the militant groups in Pakistan once they offer them their services.\n\nIn the movie I liked the best conversation between police officers tasked to take out these terrorist during their attempt to activate home made bomb in a public event. It is one of the funniest dialogues I have seen in the movies recently.","Product: The year is 2509 and not only has Earth lost contact with the Ishimura and Isaac Clarke, but now also the USG O'Bannon, the first responder ship sent to rescue them. Four crew members of the O'Bannon have survived. But what happened to the rest of the crew? What were they doing? What secrets are they keeping? All to be revealed...in the Aftermath! Dead Space: Aftermath is a fast paced, horrifying thrill ride told through the perspective of the four survivors by several renowned international directors.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Sci-fi animation based on the video game\n\nReview: Before I start the review of this product I need to disclose that I am not familair with the video game this animation is based on. I have picked up the movie because I am not a fan of sci-fi. Sci-Fi animation can sometimes enahance the imaginary sense of the experience.\n\nWith that being said, I must say that the animation (effects) are fairly low quality and not particularly impressive. The story line may make more sense for anyone who is familiar with the game. I was not shaken up by it.\n\nThis movie anumation will kill a couple of hours in your day but it will not leave you in awe and provide you unforgetable experience. With that being said, that may just be enough fro anyone spending a lonely night at home with nothing better to do. It beats the re-runs on your favorite movie cable channel.","Product: Frank (Johnny Depp), a mild-mannered American on vacation in Venice, Italy, is befriended by Elise (Angelina Jolie), a breathtakingly beautiful woman with a mysterious secret. Soon, their playful romantic dalliance turns into a complicated web of dangerous deceit as they are chased by Interpol, the Italian police, and Russian hit men in this suspense-filled, international action thriller.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: When Jolie meets Depp\n\nReview: \"The Tourist\" is funny and entertaining movie if one does not expect too much from it. And it is difficult not to expect too much from a movie that features two great stars: Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. I loved the fact that the entire film was done in Italy, Venice to be exact. Such location adds allure to this movie. And in this film, Jolie gets to play glamorous woman, the kind that every man wants to please in every possible way. As Depp states in one moment is she is the \"least down to earth woman he has ever met in his entire life\". Jolie plays a character that dresses in latest fashion; is hypnotically beautiful and wears her jewelry and sunglasses with such grace and beauty that one cannot take their eyes off of her.\n\nI think that even director of this movie got mesmerized by Angelina. They even made Depp's character look like a baffoon at times. She is cool and composed and Depp is nervous, speaks Spanish to Italians and looks like a helpless scardy cat.\n\nIf one does not assign too much value to this movie, it can atually be fun.","Product: This is the extraordinary story of Becca and Howie. Eight months ago, they had a picture-perfect life with their young son. Now, they are posing as normal in the wake of an enormous loss; blindly looking for footing in a sea of new emotions. This is the remarkably moving journey of a couple finding their way back to love.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Exploration of parental grief\n\nReview: Many years ago, I saw \"Rabbit Hole\" play in Chicago theatre (I now forget if it was Goodman or Steppenwolf). In any case it was a powerful play that left significant impression on me. I was skeptical how such complex exploration of parental grief can have the same impact on the audiences when presented as a film. However, the cast in this movie is wonderfully selected and they manage to bring internal and external conflicts that characters experience into a memorable and heart wrenching movie.\n\nRecently, I have been interested in exploring grief as emotion, because I firmly believe that unless experienced on a deep, personal level, it is sort of emotion that is not possible to describe. It is also a stigma to talk about it and sharing it with others brings a little or no consolation. At one point is this movie, I truly enjoyed it when actress Diane Wiest explains it that grief is like a brick. \"You carry it in a pocket and you know it is there because it weights so much. And it never relly goes away, it only changes it forms\".\n\nFor every person, experience and dealings with grief are different although equally powerful. This is one of those quiet movies that carry its power through audiences. It moves silently and painfully and explores the deepest emotions we harbor inside.","Product: Brand New Sealed Blu-ray. Ships Fast\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Clint Eastwood delivers again\n\nReview: When certain generations think of Clint Eastwood, they think of his acting career. But this remarkable man has earned his best credentials later on in his live, once he assumed his place behind the camera. Many actors turn to creating their own production companies and directing movies, but none has done it with so much success as Clint Eastwood (and occasionally, Robert Redford). Every single movie that was directed by Clint Eastwood created some form of stir. Here comes a man who is not afraid to ask difficult questions about difficult (and different) experiences in ordinary people's lives. He is not afraid to challange his viewers and does not back down from his ideas, not matter how difficult they may be on the audiences.\n\nIn this film there are three parallel stories: one is a sotry about successfull Parisian journalist who escapes death, another one is about a young London boy who looses his twin brother to death while his mother ends up in the rehabilitation center, he is sent off to the foster care. And there is a blue collar worker in NYC who has psychic ability to speak with dead that haunts his personal and professional life. Each one of them is struggling with their experiences that other people do not seem to understand. They are outcasts in a society that is so quick in labeling people. Until one brief moment, when lives of these three people intersect and change their destinies from that moment on to hereafter.\n\nAlthough propbably not as powerful as some of his earlier films, this is still a wonderful story and a great message from Clint Eastwood to his audiences that keeps growing and growing with every story he has to tell...","Product: Immortals explodes off the screen with action-packed battles, mythological adventure and an all-star cast. In this epic tale of vengeance and destiny, power-mad King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) threatens to destroy all of humanity on his maniacal quest to obtain the ultimate weapon the legendary Epirus Bow that gives the power to unleash war on both Heaven and Earth. But Theseus (Henry Cavill), a heroic young villager chosen by the gods, rises up to stop Hyperion's brutal rampage. With supernatural help from the beautiful oracle Phaedra (Freida Pinto), Theseus embraces his destiny and leads a fierce band of warriors in a desperate fight for the future of mankind.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Recapturing the ancient myth on screen\n\nReview: This is action pacted movie about one of the greatest Greek warriors Theseus. He is favorite of Gods and Zeus takes personal interest in him. Zeus is his teacher and mentor that helps in creation of a wise and capable warrior that one day will save all of Greece. It is a tale that from the beginning goes with the statement that \"all men's souls are immortal, but the righteous men's souls are both immortal and divine\". What is mankind supposed to do when ambition pairs itself with evil? King Hyperion (played by Mickey Rourke), consumed by grief for the loss of his family and his personal hatred of Gods, creates a powerful army that will take on all of the Greece and Mount Olympus in a quest for power. In this war, only Theseus can lead mankind to fight its evil.\n\nThere is a lot of action in this movie and in some ways, this film is a cheaper take on the movie like \"300\". I liked the story and the brutality of the ancient world that is so honestly portrayed int his film. The really weak part is the costume design for the film. It is overdone and not particularly appealing.\n\nGreat movie for the weekend relaxation. Not too memorable, though.","Product: Audio: Czech ONLY! Audio: Original. Subtitles: None.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: New great movie version of a wonderful novel\n\nReview: The first time I read \"Jane Eyre\" novel I was a young, impressionable girl who found the book deeply moving by both words and its content. Ever since, there has not been a version of the movie or a TV show where the wonderful story was retold by a new director and the piece showcasted a new generation of talented classical actresses (mainly British). For that reason alone, I could not wait to see this movie.\n\nWhat makes this version different is that it is told in a series of flashbacks. We go back and forth from Jane's early chidlhood, to her day as a governess at Mr. Rochester's home. It is easy to understand her character, determination and strength from reflecting to some of the major events in her life that shaped her personality that is beautiful beyond her physical attributes. If it is a beauty from inside that makes a person, Jane is absolutely adorable with her patience, steadfast devotion to her vocation and her friends and her intelligent ways of expressing herself.\n\nFilm is beautiful in a way storytelling is done. Costumes are fine, music is enchanting and the cast absolutely fantastic. I loved this new version of Jane Eyre story and I strongly recommend it.","Product: From Academy Award nominated director Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), and based on the acclaimed semi-autobiographical novel, Miral is the story of a Palestinian girl coming of age amidst the war zone of the Israeli-Arab conflict -- unflinchingly told through the perspective of Miral (Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire) herself. Following the death of her troubled mother, Miral's father (Alexander Siddig) is forced to entrust her to the orphanage of Hind Husseini (Hiam Abbass), a woman whose commitment to peace through education has a profound impact on the maturing young woman as her epic journey to self-esteem and social consciousness proves both harrowing and hopeful. Also starring Willem Dafoe and Vanessa Redgrave.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Reflection on Palestinian conflict\n\nReview: This independent movie provides a look on the nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Story starts in 1947 with creation of Israel, covers 1967's Six Day War and expands through 1987. It is also a story about the woman (named Hind) who devotes her entire life to teaching her students on how to be compassionate, patient and persevering. She is a sort of woman who believes in peaceful resolution of the conflict and that through education she can crete a generation of young people capable of finding a solution to a decades long conflict.\n\nIn a middle of all of that there is a family story about a young woman, abused by her own father, who runs away from home, becomes a belly dancer in order to make her living. As a woman with no education, she has no resources to secure decent livelihood to her own family. It is this woman's descent from abusive childhood, painful adulthood and dissillusioned marriage that Miral, her daughter learns about how painful life can be. Through series of painful and life changing experiences, Miral comes to realize that it his Hind, her teacher who is the only person that can lead her to her personal salvation. Hind's quiet patience, wise advise and limitless energy helps Miral get on a path that can redefine the rest of her life with a quiet sense of purpose.\n\nWillem Defoe and Vanessa Redgrave make brief appearances in this film. Their roles seem to be only a little boost to the movie that had little marketing power. This is a film about hope not only for a peaceful resolution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it is also a reflection on hope for humanity as a whole and young generations seeking to find their own identity.","Product: Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He's just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick's doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who's been mugged and lost his luggage. As the wine flows and the evening progresses, we become deeply intertwined in the lives of these two men and discover just how deceiving appearances can be. With outstanding performances by David Hyde Pierce and Clayne Crawford, cowriter/director Nick Tomnay takes us on a suspense-filled ride where nothing is as it seems. THE PERFECT HOST is a slippery psychological thriller that exposes true human nature and reveals just how far we're willing to go to satisfy our needs.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Battle of the minds\n\nReview: This is a fabulous movie about fateful evening that career criminal spends with a man he never met before. A young man just robs the bank and he is identified by the bank teller. Now that police are on his trail he looks for place to hide until he can safely escape the city and preferrably the country. He ends up getting inside the home of a man who lives alone and is in the process of preparing dinner for his house guests.\n\nHis host generously offers wine, seat at the table and provides comfort to this stranger who claims to have arrived to LA from his trip to Australia, had his luggage lost and was mugged on the way from the airport. Before long, two men start the game of outplaying each other in attempt to survive the situation they both found themselves in. There are some interesting twists and turns along the way that make this movie not just a psychological thriller but also a very smart movie. Great performances by the two lead actors in this movie.","Product: Co-written by the creator of The Road to Perdition, and winner of the audience award and best actress award at the San Diego Film Festival, The Last Lullaby is a story about Price (Tom Sizemore, Saving Private Ryan), a retired hitman who can't pass up one last high-priced contract. In his final job, he is directed to kill the beautiful and intriguing librarian Sarah (Sasha Alexander, Rizzoli & Isles), but his violent ways begin to fail him as he falls for this totally unsuspecting mark. Now Price must choose: kill the target and get the money, or save the girl and break free from the emptiness that has consumed his life for so long.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: When hitman falls for a girl\n\nReview: Tom Sizemore plays a hitman who is lonely and lives on a fringes of life. His life is empty and he suffers from insomnia. It is not likely that he is remorseful about his profession, it is rather that he realizes he is aging and his retirement days have little or no prospect for his future.\n\nBefore long, he lands a great job that can help him start fresh. His job is to kill a pretty librarian. That is where story gets a little muggy - she is stalked by her ex-boyfriend, she lives in a mansion owned by her wealthy friends who spend half year in their other home in Bahamas. During the day she works at the local library and in her spare time she practices shooting (I do not think I ever heard of librarian who goes shooting in her spare time)...\n\nIt seems that this pretty librarian has charm that lonely hitman finds difficult to resist. They recognise similaries between each other lifestyles and they bond. As their relationship becomes personal, it becomes apparent that this hitman will do whatever it takes to get the best of two worlds: collect his fee and keep the girl. You must see the movie to find out how he does it...","Product: The stand out film of the 2011 Berlin Film Festival and winner of the Golden Bear, A Separation is a suspenseful and intelligent drama detailing the fractures and tensions at the heart of Iranian society. Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, the film boasts a range of superb performances from the ensemble cast who collectively received the Silver Bears for both Best Actor and Best Actress at the Berlinale. The compelling narrative is driven by a taut and finely written script rooted in the particular of Iranian society but which transcends its setting to create a stunning morality play with universal resonance. When his wife (Leila Hatami) leaves him, Nader (Peyman Moadi) hires a young woman (Sareh Bayat) to take care of his suffering father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi). But he doesn t know his new maid is not only pregnant, but also working without her unstable husband s (Shahab Hosseini) permission. Soon, Nader finds himself entangled in a web of lies manipulation and public confrontations. A SEPARATION is the first ever Iranian film to be awarded the Golden Bear.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Reflection on class and marriage\n\nReview: A couple that has been married for 14 years decides to separate when wife wants to live Iran in order to secure her daughter a better life and future. Her husband, who she sees as honest and good wants to remain in Iran in order to take care of his father who has Alzheimer's disease. During their initial separation, wife moves out to live with her family while her 11 year old daughter remains to live with the father in hope that her parents will reconcile and stay together. In order to take care of the ill father while at work, husband hires a woman to be his caretaker. Her devout religious convictions cause conflict in her on how to take care of him at times when the old man needs to have his clothes changed. One day, tragic turn of events puts into motion series of events that lead to serious law suit that can lead to a long prison sentence or expensive settlement between various parties.\n\nAt times unnecessarily protracted, this film provides a look at society in Iran. It shows class difference within society; complicated relationship between man and wife when their loyalties split between his desire to take care of his father and her desire to secure her daughter's future. Both people have noble ideals for their family, but their loyalties to these two very different causes are irreconcilable considering the circumstances. In the end, it is obvious that the two of them cannot stay together and that it will be their daughter, not them who will make a decision which parent she will remain with.","Product: A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides what is right or wrong? As the boundaries blur, Sean's dual life wears on his psyche and his two worlds careen dangerously close to colliding. Like a graphic novel you can't put down, Boy Wonder challenges morality, distorting perceptions of what is right and what is justified, as it races to its shocking conclusion.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Great story from start to finish\n\nReview: Shawn is high school senior who lives with his father in a quiet Brooklyn neighborhood. He is good student, athletic, speaks Chinese and pretty much keeps to himself. After school classes are over, he spends time in a local police department searching for clues on who may have killed his mother during car jacking may years ago. The visions of the crime scene seem to be still vivid, even though nearly 10 years went by.\n\nShawn however, seems to be living a double life. His desire to bring good to the world tips him over the endge and he starts taking justice into his own hands. Story stands up because it is easy to accept that someone so young can still be innocenet enough to know what is right an what is wrong. His sense of morality is still not corrupted by the world of adults where compromises are made when they probably should not be. To add complexity to the story, we discover that Shawn's father used to be alchoholic. After death of Shawn's mother, he has given up the habit but the relationship between father and son is still strained.\n\nWhat I liked about the film is that the story is cleverly made and it will keep audiences on their toes from start to finish. It is a story about justice, morality and loss of innocence all at once. I truly enjoyed it. Young actor playing Shawn gives great performance in this film.","Product: Please note: Blu-ray disc offers only the theatrical version, while the DVD disc offers only the extended cut version.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Dealing with delayed grief\n\nReview: Margaret is a film about a young woman (Lisa), living in NYC, who attends private high school. She is child of intellectuals and is at the age when she is aware of her sexual appeal to men. Her parents are divorced and her father lives on the West Coast. Her mother is a Broadway actress, which means that Lisa and her younger brother get to spend a lot of time on their own when their mother is rehearsing or performing.\n\nLisa is not a problem kid, she is curious about the adolosence and not quite sure how to deal with it since there is no one (no adult) available to talk to her about it. One day, Lisa's action of distracting a bus driver ends in tragedy - a woman gets killed crossing pedestrian when driver runs the red light. Lisa realizes she is a partial reason for what happened but does not acknowledge that right away to herself, her parents and police investigators of the accident. As expected, our unconscious mind has a way of catching up with us in the most unopportune times. Suddently, Lisa starts neglecting her schoolwork, she is irritable when dealing with her mother and school friends and she attempts to dull her emotional pain by having sex with her high school mate and later on her geometry teacher. Needless to say, such escape(s) bring Lisa no relief - as a matter of fact, it only brings her additional problems.\n\nPerhaps Lisa is spoilt, perhaps her view of right and wrong is a little confusing to her (do not forget that she is only a teenager and she is quite impulsive), but eventually her grief over what happened during the bus accident catches up with her. Lisa's life is changed forever and she ultimately grows up overnight.\n\nThis is a complex movie, perhaps more suited for stage than film. However, it kept my attention from start to finish. I particularly liked the film ending. It is unexpected, but it does bring relief and at least some sense of closure with hope for Lisa's future and her understanding of other people's needs, motives, loss and love. This movie is not meant for superficial people - it is too multidimensional for general public. It requires sophisticated audiences.","Product: Atlas Shrug P1(Br(St)\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Ayn Rand's work on screen (part 1)\n\nReview: I was always intrigued by the author Ayn Rand, her personal history as well as her work of fiction she brought to the american readers. Surely her personal life was controversial and her novels were popular during her lifetime. Her unique philosophy easily found many followers in the America (especially amongst Replublicans).\n\nI have purchased book collection of her work, but unfortunately did not get around to reading it. I am disclosing this because I will not be comparing her book(s) with this movie. Film is made with the cast of the virtually unknown actors. It is part one (1) of three (3). I initially planned to see it in the movie theatres but the rmovie run was fairly short - I giess not enough interest, or poor marketing, however you wish to look at it. Finally, I got to watch it on DVD. Two main characters are independently wealthy people with zest for life and unbendable will. They are determined to make a world a better place and for that idea are willing to join forces and fight the \"establishment\". It is a mix of ideal persons who have strong desire to be successful without compromising their moral beliefs (which we are supposed to believe are good and mean no hurt to anyone).\n\nI do not know what to think about the film. It is a love story between two intelligent people. They make their own rules along the way in this story. They are not necessarily altruistic - their (mutual) goal is to be rich stay rich, and of course find a way to be even more rich. The first part made me lukewarm. but I will give it a chance and see the entire trilogy. If for no other reason, then for giving Ayn some respect for her work which to this day has some hard core believers...","Product: 100% GUARANTEE!. We sell used movies from our DVD rental kiosk, every movie is visually inspected and buffed with a commercial DVD buffer before shipping if needed. We do not include any Ultra Violet codes, digital copy codes, or the 2nd extras disk. Movie may not be in original case, but will be in a standard DVD or Blu-Ray case with original artwork.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Ben Affleck finally displays his full potential\n\nReview: This movie received the Academy Award in 2012 for the best picture, but I was really impressed by Ben Affleck. He is director and main character in this film and delivers on both fronts. Affleck plays CIA agent in active duty in Washington, DC during Jimmy Carter's administration. From the start of the movie, his character, Tony Mendez, is weary man, living alone in a small apartment apparently in a lot of personal, emotional pain.\n\nThis is also time when great political changes are happening in Iran. Former Shah Reza Pahlawi is exiled from Iran in the US and the new conservative religious leader Khomeini takes the power. Iran is in dis-array and one day civilian riot breaks in. Crowd decides to break into American Embassy and take its employees hostages. Only six Americans manage to escape and find temporary shelter with Canadian Ambasador's home. Their time in hiding is running out and American government creates a secret mission (Argo) to rescue them all from Iran.\n\nI was touched by Tony's role in a mission. He volunteers to save civilians who served US Foreign Service in Ran. He puts his life on the line. It all makes sense. After all, he has nothing to loose. His separation from his wife and son is obviously devastating for him. Reasons for their estrangement are unimportant. It is emptiness and loneliness that is the pivot point of his life. A man like that is a perfect candidate for the suicide mission. Regardless if he makes it alive or not, he wins. If he dies, his pain will finally go away, and so will his isolation and loneliness. If he lives, he is a hero who has a chance ot reclaim his old life and finally redeem himself.\n\nAnd so the story goes about one man's mission to save lives of six people serving the American government who are stranded in a hostile foreign contry. I really enjoyed Alan Arkin's role in a movie. He plays a Hollywood producer who pulls the strings to make a difference simply out of his patriotic feelings for the country and no monetary payoff. At the end of the film we even hear the voice of the former President Jimmy Carter who explains the secrecy around this mission that kept mission classified for nearly 10 years before public became aware of it.\n\nIn any case, it is a wonderful film showing the humanity at its best and its worst. It showcases important part of American history when the Iranian hostage crises took place and how it influenced the following events inthe American political history. I have enjoyed every moment of this film - from start to finish.","Product: Netherlands released, Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C : it WILL NOT play on regular DVD player. You need Blu-Ray DVD player to view this Blu-Ray DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( DTS-HD Master Audio ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Featurette, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Poetry, politics, madness, and desire collide in the true story of the woman hailed as South Africa's Sylvia Plath. In 1960s Cape Town, as Apartheid steals the expressive rights of blacks and whites alike, young Ingrid Jonker (Carice van Houten, Black Book) finds her freedom scrawling verse while frittering through a series of stormy affairs. Amid escalating quarrels with her lovers and her rigid father, a parliament censorship minister (Rutger Hauer), the poet witnesses an unconscionable event that will alter the course of both her artistic and personal lives. Ravishing cinematography by Giulio Biccari and a classical approach to dramatic storytelling by consummate Dutch filmmaker Paula van der Oest augment van Houten's magnetic central performance in Black Butterflies. As a woman governed by equal parts genius and mercurial gloom, Jonker could inspire passion but never, it seems, love-a sad truth critically conveyed by van Houten. Jonker's inner turmoil mirrored her country's upheaval, but van der Oest is never heavy-handed with her parallels of the poet and the South African maelstrom happening around her: The relationships in the film are a lens through which to view a cultural zeitgeist, but the people always have center stage, not the politics. ...Black Butterflies (2011) ( Black Butter flies )\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Young poet's deep sorrows\n\nReview: Most reviews of this film with compare Ingrid Jonker, poet from South Africa who died in 1965 with American poet Sylvia Plath. I always very strongly felt that it is unfair to compare artists and in many ways, provides dis-service to both. So let's just focus on Ingrid as this is the film abut her life and her body of work.\n\nIngrid lived her early childhood with her mother and her maternal grandparents. Her father was estranged from Ingrid and Ingrid's mother. Only after Ingrid's immediate family died, when Ingrid was at he age of 10, her father reluctantly takes Ingrid and her sister Anna to his house where they end up growing up a servants' quarters. Ingrid's father was a high ranking politician in South Africa. Ingirid and her father were on the complete opposites of the political spectrum. Their mutual dislike for each other was not something either one was willing to conceal. In order to escape her father, Ingrid marries and has a child only to find her marriage suffocating just as much as her life in her father's house. As her marriage ends in divorce, Ingrid devotes herself to writing. Her circle of friends consists of writers and intellectuals who are opposing apartheid.\n\nFor the first time in her life, Ingrid falls in love with Jack Kopp, another writer, much older than her, who is going through a messy divorce. Jack has her heart, but does not fully grasp Ingrid's emotional vulnerability. Inevitable, instead of being her savior and most strident supporter -- both personally and professionally, Jack withdraws his love for Ingrid. She never tells Jack that she was pregnant with his child because Ingrid wants him to marry her for love, not for sense of obligation or superficial decency. Her decision to abort her love child with Jack has far more reaching effect on her than anyone, including herself can possibly imagine. Until one day, when she witnesses death of the small black child by the policeman partolling the streets. That event re-opens all of her supressed traumas and unleashes stream of emotions that Ingrid can no longer contain on her own.\n\nAs a mother of a small child (Ingrid has daughter Simone from her first marriage); no financial stability and constant desertion by the men she courts; Ingrid falls deeper and deeper in a state of sorrow, unhappiness and dispair that lands her in a mental hospital. Her father opts for Ingrid to have electroshock therapy. While this kills her ability to express her emotions and feelings, it also kills her ability to write. Suddenly, Ingrid is stripped of everything: she cannot write, she has no protection or feeling of safety; she feels abandoned by her father, her lovers and even her sister Anna. She sees no way out - she sees herself as death and; as poet Dylan Thomas says \"after death there is no other\". Ingrid commits suicide by jumping into the ocean one stormy night.\n\nMany will argue how someone like Ingrid had personality disorder, was not mentally stable and was troubled. Personally I do not think that is true. Ingrid was deeply emotional person who could feel the pain of others and her own on a higher level. That type of susceptable angst only true artists can feel. That is their gift and also their curse. They need to be constantly looked after and taken care of, always assured of love and security. It is love and security they missed early in their lives and those needs made a strong imprint on their personalities (and their work). Cruelty, harshness, distance, betrayal and abandonment are too painful for them and without the proper support system leads them to self-destruction. Ingrid Jonker, like Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath and so many others are fragile lighbugs, lady bugs and butterfies that very few understand and even fewer know how to protect. Their magnetism and power is drawn from their vulnerability that is much more pronounced than it is in ordinary people...","Product: United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Powerful and thought-provoking drama which tells the compelling true story of Janet Leach who played a crucial part in uncovering the shocking crimes of Fred and Rosemary West - two of the most notorious serial-killers in history. Featuring electrifying performances by Emily Watson (as Janet Leach) and Dominic West (as Fred West), it reveals the extraordinary relationship which developed between the two, as West tried to evade responsibility for his crimes and protect his wife Rosemary from justice. Based on extensive research, and consultation with numerous people closely involved in the case, including police officers, surviving victims and relatives of victims of the Wests. ...Appropriate Adult\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: True story about British serial killer\n\nReview: Main characters in this movie: Janet (the appropriate adult) and Fred (serial killer) are played by two fabulous actors: Emily Watson and Dominic West. While most american audiences are familiar with Emily's body of work, others may know Dominic from his role of a police officer in HBO's series \"The Wire\". In this film he makes physical transformation: his hair is curly, his face more wrinkled and he has really bad teeth, so typical of lower-middle / working class person. His cockney accent is unmistakable working class.\n\nApparenly, in England, when police has a crime suspect in their custody they believe is mentally unstable or mentally incompetent, they assign \"an appropriate adult\" - a trained person who can observe the interrogation process and validate that police was using proper methods to investigate the crime and that the accused is in sound mind. Janet is studying to become a social worker from his second marriage. Janet volunteers with the local police department for the role. After her training, her first case is the case of the serial murderer who killed his former wife, stepdaughter and daughter amongst many other victims. It is interesting psychological drama. What we know of killer is that his second wife with whom he has a family is a prostitute. They indulge in sado-masochistic sex with young women they bring to their home; after which they kill their victims and dispose of their bodies. Many of the bodies are burried in the garden behind the home where they live.\n\nDuring the interrogation process, this serial killer gets Janet under his spell. Repulsed by him she is attracted at the same time to learn what can compel a person to commit such horrific crimes. She hopes that in the process of his interrogation, she can get the truth out of him and help grieving families close the chapter about their loved ones. But she also enjoys the fact that this ruthless serial killer needs her. She is his means of having a strength to confess of his murders and his wife's involvement in some of the cases. This film shows on psychological level how these two characters play off on each other. Mentally and emotionally they become dependant on each other. Long after Fred is send off to jail, he still manages to have Janet get him presents, visits him in jail and receive his phone calls. Fred has mind of a sociopath that is as magnetic as it is repulsive.\n\nFilm never goes into details on how victims were killed. Both screenplay writer and director deserve recognition of giving victims the respect and dignity after their death. It is a chilling story. I was unaware of these crimes that were uncovered in 1994. Personally I was curious of finding out how ordinary person can adjust their life after being a part of such horrible confession. While unburdening his conscience, Fred burdens Janet's for the rest of her life. It is an amazing film, great story and even better acting.","Product: CARNAGE is a razor-sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the \"victim\" invite the parents of the \"bully\" over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage.Directed by Roman Polanski (The Pianist), Carnage stars Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet (Best Actress, The Reader, 2008) and Academy Award-winner Christoph Waltz (Best Supporting Actor, Inglourious Basterds, 2009) as husband and wife Nancy and Alan Cowan, opposite Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster (Best Actress, The Silence of the Lambs, 1991; Best Actress, The Accused, 1988) and Academy Award-nominee John C. Reilly (Best Supporting Actor, Chicago, 2002) as Penelope and Michael Longstreet.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Another Roman Polanski gem\n\nReview: So what happens in NYC when parents of two boys decide to have a private meeting in order to resolve a conflict between their children? Meet two couples, who are equally concerned about well being of their 11 year old sons. Two boys got into a fight and the fight got physical. Before long, one boy is grounded and another one nearly looses his tooth. Surely, these young people need to be punished and thought a lesson; so - their parents decide to meet and assess what to do next.\n\nThe entire movie is entirely set in a NYC apartment of one of the couples. It starts as civil and cordial meeting between two pairs of concerned parents and turns into, well - carnage. In nearly two hours, we see these four people fighting it out with each other in words. It starts as one pair of parents against the other, but then lines become blurry as aliences between them start to shift. Every now and then, pairs would re-group, but then things would fall into a chaos again. It is witty, contemporary story about modern life, alienation between people, parents and their children; greed, glutony, assessment of our priorities and purpose in middle life. Great cast of actors, wonderful verbal duels. I truly enjoyed this movie. I always loved Roman Polanski's movies and this one adds to the wonderful collection of his already prized work.","Product: Quick Shipping !!! New And Sealed !!! This Disc WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. A multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player is request to view it in USA/Canada. Please Review Description.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: In search of proof of paranormal experiences\n\nReview: Sigourney Weaver plays a clinical psychologist Margaret Matheson who speacializes in proving non-existance of paranormal experiences. She is natural born sceptic who questions any notion on ESP existance. Her young assistant is a physicist who records all of their sessions with people who claim they experience or see ghosts and other paranormal exepriences. The intent is to find a physical proof that ESP exists.\n\nRobert DeNiro pays Simon Silver, who on the other hand, is psychic who decides to get out of his self-imposed retirement and start TV shows that will allow him to heal people and show of his paranormal abilities tot he world. It seems that Dr. Matheson and Mr. Silver have history and it is very personal. Both are determined that the other is wrong and that is how this movie starts unfolding.\n\nSurprise ending does not make this movie more exciting. It just comes out too flat.","Product: After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Sometimes we need to unravel in order to get what we truly want\n\nReview: I absolutely adored this movie because the entire premise of the story is so real. Set is a middle class suburb it is a story of Pat and Tiffany. Both are young, yet deeply wounded by the loss of their partner. Pat spent almost a year in a mental institution after he caught his wife Nikki with another man in their home and beat the unfortunate soul nearly to death. He just snapped and could not break away form his anger, despair and heartbreak. Tiffany, on the other hand is a widow who lost her husband after 3 years of marriage. She is just as troubled as Pat I only she expresses her grief, sadness and depression by being promiscuous. As it happens, neither sex nor prescription drugs can dull their emotional pain and as life will have it, the two form the unusual alliance trying to help each other. Of course, their is unconventional friendship and they both fight their demons, sometimes in their solitude and more often than that they battle out their demons in front of each other.\n\nI absolutely loved the cast of this movie. Jennifer Lawrence plays Tiffany and she is fantastic. Her sadness is so palpable, one can almost touch it. What is even more amazing is that her blond, angle like sister who has seemingly perfect life with a suburban house, husband and a child is played by Julia Styles who truly looks like Jennifer's sister. The two of them look almost identical, only one has a dark hair and the other is blonde. Bradley Cooper gives a fabulous performance as Pat who is obsessed with idea of getting his wife back at any cost.\n\nThen of course, there is Robert DeNiro who is playing Pat Senior. Here is the helpless father who can do nothing but watch his son suffer. Pat Sr. has his own challenges. He has lost his pension, and makes living placing bets on a football games. I mean only Robert DeNiro can pull something like that.\n\nI loved this movie from start to finish. I also loved the idea that crazy people are portrayed as sensitive souls and they are moving around the world with a different set of eye and sometimes values. Of course, they get judged and called crazy, but it is human touch and love they crave and they will do anything (that \"normal\") person would not to get what they truly want. After all, they do not care about filters, they do not care about being judged by other people, they just want to LIVE and not have to conform. I loved every little bit of this movie.","Product: John Hillcoat ('The Road') directs this crime thriller set in rural Virginia in the early 1930s, adapted by musician-screenwriter Nick Cave from the biographical novel by Matt Bondurant, the grandson of one of the main characters. Brothers Jack and Forrest Bondurant (Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy) set up as bootleggers, but soon find themselves under threat from the authorities who want a cut of their profits in the form of 'security money'. A vicious turf war ensues as the brothers fight tooth and nail to retain their hard-won livelihood. The supporting cast includes Mia Wasikowska, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Noah Taylor and Jessica Chastain.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Making a living during prohibition\n\nReview: There are many big names in this movie but that does not help the movie at all. It is a true story about three brothers who live in rural mountains. They are orphaned and find way to earn their living by bootlegging liquer during the prohibition era. Before long, mobsters and killers willing to gain share in the profits are after them. As the competition becomes smaller and smaller it becomes inevitable that these brothers are targeted for final elimination so that big boys can control the market and the price.\n\nThere are so many moments in this movie when brother's love interests make movie turn sappy for a few minutes, only to go back to being brutal and ruthless again. After all it was tough times in the 30s and no ne really had time for sentimental stories. So I guess, Hollywood ruined it again. If you can put up with the occasional drag, this movie is just OK. But I would not have great expectations for this movie....","Product: A comedy from the creator of Clueless and Loser, Vamps is the story of two young sassy female vampires (Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter) living the high life in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize her immortality. Have hundreds of years of dating and partying finally taught these two how to find Mr. Right? And when they do, will he be worth the sacrifice?\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Eternal life of parties and sex\n\nReview: There are so many vampire movies, TV series and other stuff that it did not hurt to see another one of those just before the Halloween. In this film there are many famous actors: Alicia Silverstone, Richard Lewis, Kristen Johnson and most daringly so Sigourney Weaver who make factastic sociopathic vampire.\n\nIna ny case two young women are vampires and they spend their life attending parties, sleeping with any guy they want and just having fun any minute they can. Do not take it wrong - they are not bad girls - after all, they do not kill people. When these two get hungry, they drink rats' blood. So one day when one of them falls in love and the other runs into a man who was the only man she ever loved - they have to make a hard choice. Do they continue their lives of a vampires and let their true lovesgo away - or do they become mortals again and give it all up for the men they love.\n\nIt is a silly movie that will be easily forgotten - except for Sigourney Weaver's performance that is just sublime. Have fun, rent this movie, but I would not spend my money buying it.","Product: The Queen of Versailles is a character-driven documentary about a billionaire family and their financial challenges in the wake of the economic crisis. With epic proportions of Shakespearean tragedy, the film follows two unique characters, whose rags-to-riches success stories reveal the innate virtues and flaws of the American Dream. The film begins with the family triumphantly constructing the largest privately-owned house in America, a 90,000 sq. ft. palace. Over the next two years, their sprawling empire, fueled by the real estate bubble and cheap money, falters due to the economic crisis. Major changes in lifestyle and character ensue within the cross-cultural household of family members and domestic staff.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Rise and fall of America's new rich\n\nReview: I decided to watch this documentary after I saw previews of it. I have no regrets of watching this documentaty and I recommended it to everyone I know. This is a story of David Siegel and his third wife (Jackie) and their 8 children (7 biological and one adopted niece). Siegel made his wealth by selling time shares. His business became family venture and two of his sons from two of his previous marriages are involved with the business.\n\nOne of the deciding factors for making this movie was Siegel's decision several years ago to build the largest privately own home in the United States and call it \"Versailles\". Like typical American new rich Siegel would stop at nothing to show off his wealth. This house was supposed to cost him $75 million. All was good until one day financial crises hits, people start loosing jobs and vacations, let alone timeshares stopped selling. Stuck with huge loans from the banks, for his enourmous empire, Siegel starts to experience financial strain. It starts small, from laying off people to trying to preserve his home and one of the most valued assets he had in Las Vegas. During that entire time, his faily is unable to cope with their basic responsibilities such as keeping the house clean, feeding family pets, controlling the budget. His wife takes a limo to get her lunch and MacDonalds on her way to the plastc surgeon where she undergoes laser and Botox treatment for her skin. In the meantime their children are moved from private to public schools and there are no guarantees they will even have money to go to college (with trust funds gone, these kinds will have to take out student loans if they want higher education).\n\nFrom every point of view, this film is something else. These people are so detached from reality and the meaning of real care and compassion for other people and animals that is heartbreaking to watch. It is as if they live in their own fairy tale unable to accept the reality of their situation. It is as if bad things can only happen to other people and not to anyone else. The most amazing thing to me is that Siegel still believes that he can get his time share empire back. And I fully understood the irony of it when a collegue of mine said \"Do people still buy and keep time shares these days?\". Even in documentary, they mention that many of the time share places are under foreclosures. If time shareowners knew they were loosing their \"properties\" they would pretty much stop making their payments and cut their loses. But instead, they are sort of financing lifestyles of the time share owners who are destined for doom.\n\nI do not feel sorry for suckers who buy time share nor for the sellers of time share business. I always thought it was the scam. And after you hear Siegel and his family members talk disparigingly about buyers of time share business perhaps you will agree with me and not find this opinion to be too harsh. Worth seeing. It will stay imbedded in your psyche for a long time after you saw this documentary. This documentaty was made over 2 year span, so the end is very different from how the documentary started....","Product: Cosmopolis DVD 2012\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Meditation about the world on finance and wealth\n\nReview: Robert Pattison plays a role of 28 year old billionaire who has made his fortune playing the stock and currency market. Almost the entire movie is filmed inside of his long, stretched limo where he seems to spend most of his time: meeting his business partners, hookers, friends, random people. They talk about anarchy, money, information, art, music. It is almost as if this young man with so much money has nothing better to do but prove that anything and everything can be bought. As he plays the (stock) market, he suddenly decides to go across town and have a haircut in the old heighborhood where he grew up. The old barber happens to be his father's friend and that is how we learn that this billionaire's father died when he was only five years old. One cannot but wonder if his mathematical and methodical mind in an attempt to make sense of his fatherless childhood, prove that one can be successful (financially) even without male role model in his life.\n\nHowever it seems that this young man has something that he cannot buy. His wife comes from old money and as crude and raw as he is, she is refined and cultured. They are at odds because they seem to live on the opposite ends of the world. He drives in a stretched limo, she takes a NYC cab around the city; his entertainment are random people that enter his limo while her world is solitude in the local bookstore; he is busy making love to women who are of questionable character while his wife goes to the theatre, elegant and quiet and the only hint of her distress is her attempt to smoke a cigarette which she does not even seem to enjoy. His life is life of excess, her life is more measured, calm and orderly. Their devide becomes apparent when he admits to her he is about to loose all of his money to the bet he made on the stock market against chinese yuen currency. She quietly offers him money so he can start fresh - in exchange for freedom (read divorce) he seems to crave. It is only the expression on his face that makes viewer realize that this man would do anything to keep his wife, but the nature of their relationship give a whole new meaning to the term \"irreconcilable differences\". For her, it is easy to explain her stand. She says to him: \"I am not indifferent. That makes me susceptable to pain.\"\n\nAs film progresses it almost seems that main character's internal turmoil is expressing itself with riots happening outside of his limo. No one can make sense of it and other than anger and despair and resentment towards polarity that surrounds all protagonist - nothing particularly original. It almost took me an hour before the film grabbed my full attention. One action that the main character does changes the entire course of story and of course his destiny. Seemingly with nothing left to loose: his marriage is over, his money is lost, he committs an act that is a statement that he gives up on his life; he finally decides to confront his stalker (played by Paul Giamatti) and that encounter I found somewhat disappointing. However, the end will let you hanging and you can make you own choices on how all of these characters end up. Subtle references to Erik Satie, Mike Rothko, anarchy and monks who set themselves to fire in order to make a (political or ideological) statement all leads us to one conclusion. Here is a 28 year old man who has it all with nothing else left to prove. For a man like that is there anything left in life he has not done, felt or experienced yet? You be the judge.","Product: A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Denmark and the age of enlightment\n\nReview: This film was nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 2012. It my opinion, american audiences have greatly missed on such wonderful costume drama and it is unfortunate that film did not receive as much publicity in the US as it should.\n\nIt is a historical drama set in Denmark at the time when Voltaire was making his mark in France. Europe was comprized of countries that lived in feudal social strata. There were kings and queens and nobility and then there were indentured servants. At the same time the age of enlightment was becoming to make its mark and many proponents of this philosophy were considered to be enemies of the state.\n\nCaroline was a young British princess promised to marriage to Denmark's king since she was a child. He upbringing was marked be her education about Denmark, danish language, fine arts and subordination to her future husband and king. She is thoughful and sensitive creature and she willingly accepts her fate as she sees it as a part of her royal duty. Danish king on the other hand is immature and weak. He is not happy about his destiny of being a ruler since he prefers havign fun, going to the parties and chasing other women. Their marriage is an arrangement, until one day new doctor comes to the court whose only task is to manage increasingly unpredictable young ruler. This moment changes destiny of all three people involved, as well as history of Denmark.\n\nAt the time, film drags on, but it is interesting to watch court intrigues, rush for power and prestige, fabulous costumes.... Game between autocracy and democracy is blurred and everyone is interested in keeping their power, money and influence off and on the court. Before long these three young people are entangled in the private affairs and affairs of the state and for such young and inexperienced people without strong political backup it is a game of self destruction when it is only a matter of time when their house of cards will fall right under them.\n\nFor anyone who likes good historical drama, this is a perfect film. It is in Danish language, so if you are not into reading subtitles, this movie is not for you. All actors are wonderful.","Product: 100% GUARANTEE!. We sell used movies from our DVD rental kiosk, every movie is visually inspected and buffed with a commercial DVD buffer before shipping if needed. We do not include any Ultra Violet codes, digital copy codes, or the 2nd extras disk. Movie may not be in original case, but will be in a standard DVD or Blu-Ray case with original artwork insert or a photo copied cover.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: \"Shall we chew gum, or kick some ass? Hell, I am out of gum.\" And so the movie goes.\n\nReview: This is one of those small budget movies with big name stars that will definitely want make you want to stay put (at home) for a night glued to the big screen. Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Alda play three gangsters -- way past their prime. One is fresh out of prison after spending 28 years there, another one is enjoying his humble retirement in not so appealing apartment and the third one is spending his last days in the retirement home sucking on oxygen. These are wise guys with class. They are old school. But as their past is catching up with them, they have one night to make up for the years of loneliness and regret - before they can bail out with a bang, literally.\n\nIt is smart movie with actors who pull it off with their personalities and wit. Not too heavy of a movie and just a simple pleasure watching these three extraordinary actors at work.","Product: looper\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Futuristic thriller, action movie\n\nReview: When one sees Bruce Willis in one of the main roles, typically we expect to see an action movie. Yes, there is plenty of action here; guns and fighting in this one. But it is a film that mixes idea of time travel, extra sensory abilities of some of its characters and hard choices some characters have to make: husband willing to kill in order to alter events and save life of wife he adors, mother willing to sacrifice her own life to save the life of her son and a young man who will give up his own life to stop circle of violence.\n\nIt is good movie for entertainment value. Moral dilemma that people have and decisions they have to make in a blink of an eye. There are no easy choices but the higher good seems to prevail. For that message alone it is a kind of movie worth watching.","Product: United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 3-DVD Set, Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Making Of, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: All eight episodes from the first series of the TV comedy drama, centering on a mafia mobster's attempts to start a new life in Lillehammer, Norway. After testifying against his old buddies in the mob, New York gangster Frank 'The Fixer' Tagliano (Steve Van Zandt) enters the FBI witness protection programme, choosing to be relocated to Lillehammer, Norway (he liked the look of it when he saw the 1994 Winter Olympics on TV). Now Norwegian-American immigrant Giovanni Henriksen, he quickly sets about making his new life as comfortable as he can by casually employing a mix of blackmail, extortion and threats to further his ambitions of opening his own bar, 'The Flamingo'. Unfortunately for Frank, however, his arrival in the town has not gone entirely unnoticed, as the local police soon begin to take an interest in his strangely empty background. Season 1 Reality Check The Flamingo Guantanamo Blues The Midwife My Kind of Town Pack Your Lederhosen The Babysitter Trolls ...Lilyhammer (Season 1) - 3-DVD Set ( Lilyhammer - Season One )\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: When NYC mobster retires to Norway, it is a fairy tale story one cannot miss\n\nReview: Steve Van Zandt has done so many movies and series about mobsters, his is almost a poster boy of a NYC wise guy. In this series, he plays wise guy is exile. After retting on the (new) mob boss he did not see \"eye to eye\" with, he chooses to leave US and move t Lilyhammer, Norway. So you probably get a hint - this is a parody on what it is to be a mobster, immigrate to another country and have to adept to their \"talk therapy\" approach on resolving the social issues such as having teenagers deface building walls with graffiti, talking to elementary school bullies on how it is not \"nice\" to torment their school mates, adjusting to conventional ways of getting things done where everything is done according to the \"book\" and government officials are not prone to bribe unless they are caught in their indiscretion so they can be blackmailed for favors. It is just out of this word to see parody on making a difficult person \"an offer he cannot refuse\" that is pure mafia style straight from the \"Godfather\" movie.\n\nIt is not very strong story and it does get lukewarm at time, but it is original and for that reason worth watching. yes, I am hooked and I will be looking for season 2 because I just like these characters no mater how bad, silly or delusional they are.","Product: A run-down coastal resort becomes the epicenter of unimaginable evil when two mysterious women suddenly appear there seeking refuge. Alluring Clara (Gemma Arterton, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) and schoolgirl Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan, Hanna) meet local loner Noel (Daniel Mays, Atonement) and take up residence in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Before long Eleanor befriends another local, Frank (Caleb Landry Jones, Antiviral) and reveals to him the lethal secret the two women share: they were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their shared past threatens to catch up to them with deadly consequences. A uniquely fresh take on the vampire myth, Neil Jordan s (The Brave One) BYZANTIUM is a stylish and affecting look at the loneliness and isolation that come with the price of immortality.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: New kind of vampire outcasts\n\nReview: Neil Jordan made \"Interview with the Vampire\" movie and now he made a new film about vampires called \"Byzantium\". Main heroines are mother and daughter pair who act as sisters. One is a prostitute and seeks constant amuzement and entertainment. The other one, Eleanor is turned inward, she is very artistic - plays piano and writes insightful literary stories and above all, she seeks solitude.\n\nThis is new kind of vampires. They are not limited to roaming the cities at night. They can be outdoors in the sun and decapitation can kill them just as well. As story progresses we learn that these two female vampires are outcasts. One must watch the entire movie to understand why is that because all characters are closely intertwined to each other with their stories, fates and distant past. Every move that one character makes affects the other and in most cases, there is no turning back, because all is the matter of survival.\n\nIt is interesting how even their basic need for survival - food - is procured. Most vampires are without mercy and kill their victims indistriminantly. Eleanor is not like that. Her victims are old and sick. All of her victims are ready to accept death and embrace it. Eleanor's last visit to them is relief for both - for Eleanor it is ease from guilt and sadness about killing her victims. For her victims - there is a release from this world that for most has become a burden full of loneliness, pain (both physical and emotional) and ther is a sense of eager embracing of the end of life that ends their seemingly endless suffering. Eleanor's mother Claire sees herself as protector of weak. Forced into prostitution against her own will and not knowing any other way to survive, she takes pleasure in punishing men who have no scruples, who are arrogant and brutes.\n\nOnce these two women become hunted, by their own kind - they fight for their survival with all their might. With all burdens of immortality and endless need to feed on human blood, survival for both women is something they are not willing to give up.\n\nThis is also a story of coming of age. After traveling together for 200 years, mother and daughter come at the point when daughter must leave and start living her own life. Everything Eleanor has learned about protecting herself comes from her mother and the only thing left for her is to find her own companion. Someone sensitive and kind and also deserving of her. Her mother on the other side, does not need much guidance on who her companion will be. Besides she knows how to make her life exciting at all times. Woman like Claire will never be bored.\n\nI liked this new twist on how new brand of vampires might be. Their existance is amazing, if for no other reason but for the fact that even they are seeking a higher purpose and legacy in their immortal life, they wish to leave behind.","Product: The Family is the story of the Manzonis, a notorious mafia family who gets relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program. While they do their best to fit in, old habits die hard and they soon find themselves handling things the \"family\" way.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Unconventional mob family under FBI protection\n\nReview: If you are a fan of \"Sopranos\" HBO series, then you will definitely like this movie. Robert DeNiro plays a mafia boss who is under protection for ratting on his mob family. His immediate family - wife (played by beautiful Michelle Pfeiffer) and children (daughter ans son) are on board about their father's former occupation and reasons for hiding. But this is a colorful bunch of well adjusted sociopaths. It is so funny to watch both children fight for their place in the school. As frequently \"new\" to the school, they are often target of harassment (physical an sexual) from their peers. But they are not afraid to fend for themselves. And gangster's wife is no angel either. She is a good wife who can cook and take care of family, but if the grocery store owners piss her off - they are doing so on their own peril.\n\nThis is one of those movies that will entertain you for a night and soon thereafter you will forget about it.... But still - I find it to be good times.","Product: Hamburg, Germany: 2012. A mysterious, tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian man on the run (Grigoriy Dobrygin) arrives in the city's Islamic community desperate for help and looking to recover his late Russian father's ill-gotten fortune. Nothing about this young man seems to add up; is he a victim or a thief or, worse still, an extremist intent on destruction? Drawn into this web of intrigue are a banker (Dafoe) and a young female lawyer (McAdams) who is determined to defend the defenseless. All the while, they are being watched by the brilliant, roguish chief of a covert German spy unit (Hoffman), who fights to put the pieces together as the clock ticks. In an adrenaline laced and heart-rending escalation of tension and collision, it's not long before he becomes everyone's most wanted man. A Most Wanted Man, a cerebral tale of intrigue in the vein of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, is also contemporary and deeply human, touching themes in love, rivalry and politics we live with every day.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: German and US governments hunt the same terrorists\n\nReview: This is a fabulous thriller/spy movie featuring some of the biggest movie stars; to name a few: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Willem Defoe, Robin Wright and Rachel McAdams. It is a story that will keep you on he edge of the seat from start to finish. Hoffman is feeding the story with so much emotion, it is impossible to let it go long after the movie is over.\n\nStory is set is Hamburg, Germany. It shows a struggle between various agencies that are fighting and infiltrating terrorist groups that movie around Europe but also support activities around the world, particularly middle east. German security forces are in alliance with US anti-terrorism forces, but each agency and every player in this game has something at stake.\n\nRachel McAdams plays a young and idealistic German lawyer from well to do family trying to help Chechen radical change his ways and start a normal life in Germany. Defoe plays a banker whose deceased father's business connections still have a stake at the bank he is managing. He is at the crossroads, both personal and professional although it does not take much effort to convince him to work in favor of the German government.\n\nAll actors, particularly Hoffman deliver unforgettable performances. It is amazing to watch this story unfold. It is almost as if one is watching one of John LeCarre's novels. Only Hoffman's character Gunther is more haunted than any of the characters I have seen in spy movies so far.","Product: Maggie (Melissa McCarthy), a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her 12-year old son, Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher). Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent (Bill Murray), a retired curmudgeon with a desire for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper, named Daka (Naomi Watts), Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily routine - the racetrack, a strip club, and the local dive bar. Vincent helps Oliver grow to become a man, while Oliver begins to see in Vincent something that no one else is able to: a misunderstood man with a good heart.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Even Brooklyn has its saints\n\nReview: Any time I see the film with Bill Murray, I have to check it out. This one also includes impressive supporting actresses Melissa McCarthy and Naomi Watts. Story is set in Brooklyn and it is a sort of \"coming of age\" movie. Melissa McCarthy plays a newly divorced woman with young son. She is working long hours trying to make her ends meet so she can pay the rent and have tuition for her young boy. Although, young boy Oliver is Jewish he goes to a private Catholic school.\n\nAs Oliver's mother is putting a long hours working at the hospital, it is a matter of circumstances and convenience that next door neighbor played by Bill Murray (Vincent) ends up baby sitting the young boy. To a young boy, Vincent is somewhat of a surrogate father and a role model; to Vincent on the other hand, young Oliver is \"$11/hour\" (his babysitting rate for a young kid).\n\nNaomi Watts plays Russian call girl/exotic dancer/Vincent's occasional date who happens to be pregnant. In her neck of the woods, that is not exactly what customers are looking for, so all these characters begin to merge together - unwillingly at first but by the need of the movie they are kind of surrogate family everyone would wish to have.\n\nI enjoyed this movie a lot. All actors gave wonderful performances. And no matter what age one is, this is one of those fabulous movies that goes to show audiences, that most often than not, things are never what they seem. there is always more to every story and every person. Only most of the time, it takes an open heart of a young and pure child, to bring the truth and the whole story to the surface.","Product: A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Nice performance by Reese W.\n\nReview: This film is made based on the novel written by a woman who experienced long track up Pacific Coast on her own. Personally, I find it admirable when women travel alone without any companions, but when they do it in a wild with their backpack - it gives a whole new dimension to searching for one's own self.\n\nThe main protagonist is faced with having to accept a loss of her mother. It is understandable how difficult that loss is when we learn that a man her mother was married to was abusive alcoholic who emotionally and physically abused both his wife and his own two children. Protagonists mother finally leaves her abusive husband, gets divorced and starts a new life that includes her attending the same college her daughter is going to. Other than love for each other this three persons family has not much. Money is sparse, life is not easy but they enjoy every moment of their life together, until cancer strikes. It is difficult for anyone to accept the loss of a parent, but when a parents gets sick and dies at the moment in their lives when they are finally free and happy than acceptance of a loss becomes even harder. So rather than accepting, it is so much easier to look for escape in anything and anyone who can aliviate the enormous grief, sadness and sometimes even anger.\n\nOne day, heroine realizes that she cannot go on with her life as it was. She is in a marriage that is not making her happy and emotional pain is dulled with drugs and as many sexual partners as possible. Eventually, she chooses to go walk the Pacific Trail, thousands of miles of it on her own in attempt to reconcile her emotions and find inner peace.\n\nRecently I read a book with a similar topic \"Walking Home\" written by Chicago's author Sonia Choquette. Sonia completed her walk in Spain, also on her own in order to reconcile the loss of her father and her brother and slow but certain meltdown of her marriage. What both women would agree on is that solitude and nature can have healing and profound power on how we look at the world and ourselves. Thousands of miles of hiking alone, leaves person with plenty of time for reflection and self reliance becomes a tool for survivor. Although I love hiking, I like to do it in moderation. Recently I have been walking various portions of the Appalachian Trails but I always stay cabins, close to the water (lake or a stream) because (as I was told) I am spoiled and like to sleep in a warm bed and have shelter over my head so I do not get eaten by a bear or bitten by a snake. I find nature just as healing in moderation if not more. I am able to exercise, eat healthy, reflect, write, read, have local restaurant prepare food and meditate. I like my feet and legs and use them for yoga practice. I find loosing toenails less appealing.... And the results are just as profound.","Product: With the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her mother, Cheryl Strayed has lost all hope. After years of reckless, destructive behavior, she makes a rash decision. With absolutely no experience, driven only by sheer determination, Cheryl hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, alone. WILD powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddens, strengthens, and ultimately heals her.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Nice performance by Reese W.\n\nReview: This film is made based on the novel written by a woman who experienced long track up Pacific Coast on her own. Personally, I find it admirable when women travel alone without any companions, but when they do it in a wild with their backpack - it gives a whole new dimension to searching for one's own self.\n\nThe main protagonist is faced with having to accept a loss of her mother. It is understandable how difficult that loss is when we learn that a man her mother was married to was abusive alcoholic who emotionally and physically abused both his wife and his own two children. Protagonists mother finally leaves her abusive husband, gets divorced and starts a new life that includes her attending the same college her daughter is going to. Other than love for each other this three persons family has not much. Money is sparse, life is not easy but they enjoy every moment of their life together, until cancer strikes. It is difficult for anyone to accept the loss of a parent, but when a parents gets sick and dies at the moment in their lives when they are finally free and happy than acceptance of a loss becomes even harder. So rather than accepting, it is so much easier to look for escape in anything and anyone who can aliviate the enormous grief, sadness and sometimes even anger.\n\nOne day, heroine realizes that she cannot go on with her life as it was. She is in a marriage that is not making her happy and emotional pain is dulled with drugs and as many sexual partners as possible. Eventually, she chooses to go walk the Pacific Trail, thousands of miles of it on her own in attempt to reconcile her emotions and find inner peace.\n\nRecently I read a book with a similar topic \"Walking Home\" written by Chicago's author Sonia Choquette. Sonia completed her walk in Spain, also on her own in order to reconcile the loss of her father and her brother and slow but certain meltdown of her marriage. What both women would agree on is that solitude and nature can have healing and profound power on how we look at the world and ourselves. Thousands of miles of hiking alone, leaves person with plenty of time for reflection and self reliance becomes a tool for survivor. Although I love hiking, I like to do it in moderation. Recently I have been walking various portions of the Appalachian Trails but I always stay cabins, close to the water (lake or a stream) because (as I was told) I am spoiled and like to sleep in a warm bed and have shelter over my head so I do not get eaten by a bear or bitten by a snake. I find nature just as healing in moderation if not more. I am able to exercise, eat healthy, reflect, write, read, have local restaurant prepare food and meditate. I like my feet and legs and use them for yoga practice. I find loosing toenails less appealing.... And the results are just as profound.","Product: NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk DOES NOT have English audio and subtitles.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Facing terminal disease is hard - at any age\n\nReview: Heartbreaking movie about what it means to be relatively young (50 years old) and extremely intelligent and suddenly realizing that a person is afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. Julianne Moore has deservedly won a best Actress prize for her performance in this movie. She plays a successful woman who is academic and has lovely family with three grown up children. Her husband is also researcher and they seem to have ideal life together. Who can ask more - Alice is teaching at Columbia University, she is a published author and full of life. She is not only smart but also beautiful. Alec Baldwin plays her husband who is stunned to learn that Alice is terminally ill and has difficult time coming to terms with her diagnosis. But so does the rest of her family - her children. I really loved Kristen Stewart in her role of Alice's youngest daughter who is rebellious, reluctant to attend college and fiercely determined to make her own way in the world on her own terms. It is no surprise that at the end, Alice is helped during her health decline by her youngest child.\n\nStory is very strong and very believable. It got me thinking about my won mortality and really wishing that one day, every state in our country will legalize euthanasia for the people who just know how they wish to end their last days on this earth - on their own terms and with unwavering dignity, without being financial and emotional burden to their own family members or society. Powerful story, great assembly of the actors.","Product: FOUR DENIZENS IN THE WORLD OF HIGH-FINANCE PREDICT THE CREDIT AND HOUSING BUBBLE COLLAPSE OF THE MID-2000S, AND DECIDE TO TAKE ON THE BIG BANKS FOR THEIR GREED AND LACK OF FORESIGHT.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Another point of view of what happened during the mortgage financial crisis\n\nReview: One of the best movies I have seen so far. Film is based on a true story and it is based on a book. It is a story about small group of people, who make their living as wealth managers at small independent firms. Independently of each other, they come to a conclusion that mortgage and housing market are reaching a bubble that is about the burst. They are slowly discovering that it is not just negligence and greed of the big banks that is bringing economy to the verge of collapse, but also a level of corruption that reaches the highest levels of the government branches. In general, they are all in it together, because no one wants to make waves and everyone wants to make money.\n\nThis movie casts an amazing group of actors: Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling. What all of them having common is that they know how to read the numbers and how to spot the trouble. On a personal level, they are all socially awkward people, emotionally deeply hurt along in their lives that makes them solitary birds that just pay attention to their work and their families. But they also have a strong moral compass and they base all of their decisions based on the strong code of what is wrong and what is right.\n\nI loved every moment of the film, all the quotes used in a film and the fact that some of the financial terms, foreign to most common people are explained in easy way by celebrities such as Margot Robbie, Selena Gomez and event a famous cooking chef Anthony Bourdain. It is sincere and heart wrenching movie. I love the quote mentioned in the movie that says \"Truth is like poetry. And most ordinary people hate poetry.\" So it is no wonder that ignorance, arrogance, greed and plain negligence brought US and world financial world to its knees in early 2007 after the house bubble bust that crippled economy for a long time to come.\n\nMy favorite actor in the movie is Steve Carrell. He is amazing with the range of characters he can portray and the pain that is so visceral in this movie that feels as if it is jumping out of screen. Christian Bale is the second best. He plays a medical doctor who works in a small investment firm, man who prefers solitude and is grateful to have a supporting wife who loves him for what he truly is - an honest man.","Product: Soon after arriving to teach at a small town college, Abe Lucas (Joaquin Phoenix) gets involved with two women, Rita Richards (Parker Posey), a lonely professor who wants him to rescue her from her unhappy marriage; and Jill Pollard (Emma Stone), his best student, who becomes his closest friend. While Jill loves her boyfriend Roy (Jamie Blackley), she finds Abe's tortured, artistic personality and exotic past irresistible. Pure chance changes everything when Abe and Jill overhear a stranger's conversation and when Abe makes a profound choice, he is able to embrace life to the fullest again. But his decision sets off a chain of events that will affect him, Jill and Rita forever.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Not the best of Allen's work, but still enjoyable to watch.\n\nReview: Woody Allen delivers his new film. As usual, there is an amazing cast of actors and this time, Wood Allen opted for another murder mystery story. For me personally, the star of the movie was Posey Parker. She delivers a character of the university (chemistry) college professor who gets entangled in affair with the burned out, depressed, down on his luck colleague from the philosophy department (played by Joaquin Phoenix). Emma Roberts has a role of highly intelligent college students who parents are music professors at the same university. She studies music (piano) and takes one of the philosophy classes that takes her into her tortured professor's world. they have an affair and before long, a simply visit to a diner changes their entire world and may I say the destiny of all characters involved in a story. In order to regain his zest or life, philosophy professor makes a move that is far for expected but it bounces him back to normality (at least for a little while).\n\nI liked portions of the movie, where typical Woody Allen muses on purpose of life and death, and difficulty of mundane every day living. But then again, half way through, the dialogues just seem to be dragging on and movie feels more of a theatre pay on screen than a real movie. But it is the absurdity and irony that catches the spark of the movie by the end and for that reason if not another, it is worth seeing.","Product: From the producers of The King's Speech comes the story of a fearless Scottish General, Macbeth (Academy Award Nominee Michael Fassbender), whose ambitious wife (Academy Award Winner Marion Cotillard*) urges him to use wicked means to gain power of the throne. A thrilling interpretation of one of Shakespeare's most famous and compelling characters, Macbeth is a dramatic re-imagining of the realities of war-torn times and a tale of all-consuming passion and ambition.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Amazing performances by Fassbinder and Cottilard.\n\nReview: There have been many renditions of the Macbeth play. By far, this one is one of the most original ones visually. Director kept the original language and what I found amazing in this version of Marion Cottilard's rendition of Lady Macbeth. She gives a stunning performance and has not a slighted hint of French accent. It just goes to say what a marvelous actress she is.\n\nI always like the story of Macbeth. This play was written by Shakespeare to celebrate coronation of King James I who inherited the throne of his cousin Queen Elizabeth I. It is a homage to his Scottish ancestry and nod to his rightful claim to the throne. Macbeth is originally perceived as a righteous man, he defends the uprising against the rightful Scottish king. But ravages of war leave a mark on Macbeth and once the war is over he and his wife are of perception that their king is not showing them due honor by giving them more of - well anything: power, land, money - you name it. Ambitious Lady Macbeth coerces her husband to kill the king and assume the throne. But Macbeth's conscience gets the better of him and before long the sensitive young warrior looses his own self, looses his power to feel any emotion. He starts killing every baby and child in his kingdom he sees as a threat and even after Lady Macbeth dies, he is unable to show any emotion for loosing a woman he once loved.\n\nMacbeth is a story of greed, lust for power and treacherous bad side of ambition that has no limits. Those are the reasons why to this day it remains relevant to our modern world. Our way of life may have changed form hundreds of years ago, but human characters has not evolved much. This is a kind of a movie that requires all of your attention. The ancient English language and metaphors require complete focus. Bu the movie is a powerful, if not more visually pleasing, from all previously made versions of the film.","Product: GUARANTEED!!!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: When kindness is mistaken for foolishness\n\nReview: I was in college when I first read Dostoyevski's novel \"The Idiot\". It was not part of the required reading for any of my classes and I still recall my classmates making faces that I would read Dostoyevski in my spare time... I loved the book and I still have it in my library.\n\nIt was only recently that I started exploring Akiro Kurosawa's movies and taking time to see all of them. In his films, Kurosawa often makes observations about social and political setting of society we live it. I could not resist to see Kurosawa's interpretation of this great novel.\n\nFilm is made in Japan during winter season. It almost looks like Russia in winter. Actors are Japanese and all character names from the novel are replaced with Japanese names. The intensity of the film also comes from the fact that it is made in black and white. Main character (\"the idiot\") is a soldier who is released from the army due to his epileptic sezures. Because of his condition and his physically fragile disposition, people mistake his kindness, truthfulness and sincerity for idiocy. When he states the obvious truth about the certain facts that other characters are trying to ignore or simply do not see because of their own arogance and insensitivity, most people just laugh it off trying to minimize the importance of (idiot's) observations.\n\nWithout disclosing the plot, all I can say is that this film is the tale of how humanity often neglects the kind and sensitive people who express their love and caring for others in unconventional ways. Some people, like the main character of this film, have higher moral calling that is so divine and powerful - most people are unable to achieve that in their lifetime. And in the world where greed, jealousy and spitefulness are general code of conduct, people like \"The Idiot\" stand out because their goodness and compassion is a threat to how others want to be perceived by the members of society. Is it possible for goodness and purity to survive on its own? Do people ever understand it and treasure it - or does it take an irreversible set of events to unfold, so that full understanding of these qualities in one person can finally be achieved?\n\nAnyway, I was so touched by this movie, that I think I will start re-reading Dostoyevski again. For me personally, Dostoyevski was kind of genious who understood not just human nature but also the Russian soul. He was able to put powerful messages in his works in a kind of language that deserves eternal adoration for past and future generations of readers.","Product: A dream job rapidly becomes a nightmare for Amelie, a Japanese-born Belgian woman, who suffers a series of increasingly humiliating demotions after she lands a job as an interpreter at a large Japanese corporation. Sylvie Testud earned the French equivalent of the Academy Award for her haunting performance as the put-upon, but indomitable Amelie. Director Alain Corneau's (Tous les matins du monde) perversely funny adaptation of Amelie Nothomb's 1999 autobiographical novel loses nothing in translation in deftly dissecting the universal absurdities of corporate culture.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Good intentions in wrong places\n\nReview: Many years ago, I used to work in Asia (China). It was fascinating to be part of the world totally foreign to me until that moment. For that reason, I wanted to see this movie and experience how it is (or was) for others in similar situation. Here is the story of a young Belgian woman, college graduate, fluent in Japanese and nostalgic about childhood past and romanticized experiences from living in Japan. She is about to recapture the time lost in between and reclaim her belonging in Japanese society. The eagerness to please does her no good but rather puts her in more trouble every time to the point that she is demoted to a bathroom attendant. One must show the utmost respect for the actress Sylvie Testud who managed to learn Japanese language for this role. The story of young woman's will and determination in keeping the demeaning job for the entire duration of her contract in spite of humiliations she experiences is both funny and heartbreaking. Human nature, cultural differences and misplaced loyalties all overlap in this powerful story. Definitely see this work -- it will not leave your feeling indifferent.","Product: Romain Duris (The Beat that My Heart Skipped) stars in this sexy, seductive road movie. A young couple, both of Arabic blood, leave Paris with no money, jobs or connections, and travel to his ancestral home of Algeria. In search of re-connecting to thei\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Finding one's own identity\n\nReview: A young couple of Algerian descent lives in Paris. One day, on the whim they decide to go to Algeria, on foot. In the course of the film we learn that young man's parents were killed in a car accedent when he was a child. Young woman's father was married to a French woman and never thought his daughter to speak Algerian. Both of these young people are damaged. But there weaknesses make them perfect for each other. On their trip through Spain, they meet brother and sister from Algeria who are on their way to Paris to find work. To them it is incomprehensible why these two lovers speak no language of their ancestry and why they are going into a place both brother and sister are trying to escape from.\n\nIt is an interesting film about self-discovery, sexual awakening, national identity and spirituality strapped from religion. Differences in all its absurdity: language, the way we dress, interact with each other and treat each other.","Product: A sa sortie de l'ecole de police, Antoine (Jalil Lesper) monte a Paris pour integrer la 2eme division de police judicaire. Caroline Vaudieu (Nathalie Baye), de retour dans le service apres avoir vaincu son alcoolism, choisit le petit lieutenant dans son equipe d'enqueteurs. Plein d'enthousiasme, Antoine fait son apprentissage du metier aux cotes de ses hommes. Vaudieu s'attache rapidement a ce jeune homme, de l'age qu'aurait eu son fils disparu...\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Slow moving piece about police in Paris\n\nReview: This is a slow, slow movie what takes 3/4 of its length to build a case for its explosive conclusion. We see police station in one of the Paris districts that deals with typical big city crimes: drugs, rapes, murders. In the course of the film we learn that cops involved with these crimes are not immune to them either. They have problems of their own and that leads them to drinking, slacking and even marijuana smoking on occasions. As the female chief in charge of this group deals with her own demons upon return to her duties from her 2 year sabbatical, she bonds with the young rookie cop who has transferred from suburbs to the city in search of the excitement of the real police work. As his thrill turn tragic within the first month of his new job, his new boss dedicates her energy to finding and punishing criminals responsible for his downfall.","Product: Just as Nigella Lawson and Martha Stewart have turned Americans and Britons into nations of wannabe domestic goddesses, the Victorians had their own preacher in the shape of Mrs. Isabella Beeton.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The art of housekeeping\n\nReview: Before there was Martha Stewart and Julia Childs, there was Mrs. Beeton. This amazing woman lived in England in 1800s. She was from the upper middle class and her family sent her to boarding school in Germany when she was very young hoping oot secure her worthy husband and prosperous future. Shortly after graduating, she married a young man (Sam), her parents found unsuitable because he was not financially established. He started a publishing company and was distributing magazines.\n\nBored with staying at home alone, Isabella Beeton joins her husband and his employees in the shop. She helps with translations from French to English and eventually comes up with an idea to write a book about running a household and selection of cooking recipies. Her book is comprehensive guide to women on how to efficiently run the household, how to dress, plan meals, manage household budget and raise children. As she and her husband Sam are building their business, their personal life is in shambles. After seven years of marriage, they have no house, no savings, they are nearly bankrupt and three of their children die mysteriously and unexplainably one after another.\n\nMrs. Beeting loves her husband and in spite of his fondness for alchohol and his inability to establish stable business, she seems to be his driving force and guide in life. It is during her second pregnancy and childbirth that she discovers that her husbands fragile health is due to STD he acquired before they were married. Soon she realizes that I was her and her children that were affected by his desease and shortly after her second childbirth, she dies at the age of 28.\n\nIt is an interesting Masterpiece Theatre movie about the woman who was not afraid to break tradition and create her own career in the publishing world when no women ever dared to do so. Her devotion to her husband and her marriage damaged her relationship with her parents who were overly protective, yet intrusive of her life and personal choices. And it is ironic that it was she who died young and paid the price for Sam's sexual transgressions. He got to live another 20 years regretting his choices and mourning the loss of the woman who was everything to him. She finally found her peace and to this day she is a household name on how to run a home, family and finances.","Product: Almost three years ago, we compiled our first short film collection, and we were blown away by the positive feedback we received. Many of our members have contacted us requesting a second volume, and while we had intended to make it an annual tradition, it has taken us over two years to produce another. Collected here are EIGHT original short films that our curators have deemed to be among the best from the past several years. The films in this set come from all over the world, and showcase the best in rising new talent. Official Selections - Cannes, London, and Toronto Film Festivals.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great short films from young directors\n\nReview: I generally like Film Movement selections and these shorts were first of the kind I saw offered to the public. I decided to try them, since they are compilation of the 8 (eight) short movies from various short film festivals in Europe and North America. Some of the films are animations, some are computer graphics and others are just great short stories interestingly setup. The absolute best of all is the film called \"Dance Lessons\" by a French director. It has not a single spoken word in it but will make you laugh all the way. The second one I like most is the short British film called \"Sickie\" about overworked and under-appreciated office worked who decides to take a sick day off until he realizes that VIP will not get all his servcies in order for that day unless he personally takes care of it. The music in \"Sickie\" is absolutely great. And the next one I really liked was animated movie abnout bird's migration. What is bird to do if he cannot fly to the warm climate? Totally cute one. The selection is very interesting and the thought process behind these short muvies in deep, not accidendal. Do not think that because these films are short that they were slapped on quickly without serious effort. To the contrary, these young directors have said a lot with only 5 minutes of time alloted to them. But the \"Dance Lesson\" is movie no one can forget - ever!!","Product: A truly independent film of integrity and offhand grace, Zero Bridge tells the deeply affecting tale of a student and small-time criminal in Kashmir who develops a crush on an older, college educated woman. Dilawar (Mohamad Imran Tapa) is a rebellious seventeen-year-old Kashmiri boy who lives on the outskirts of Srinagar city with his strict uncle. Desperate to leave town, he looks to raise money any way he can, from doing his classmates' homework to picking pockets in the city's markets. While on an errand, he meets Bani (Taniya Khan), a bright, beautiful woman who had recently finished her studies in America. As their friendship grows, Dilawar is desperate to hide his crimes, as well as his growing affection for her. Once the truth comes out, it causes havoc in their relationship, and threatens both of their futures. Tariq Tapa's first feature is a small movie with a big heart, investigating issues of class and the mysteries of love with an equal measure of craft and compassion. BONUS FEATURES: Leonard Lopate radio interview with Tariq Tapa, Audio of Opening Night Q&A at the Film Forum, Original Theatrical Trailer\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Coming of age in Kashmir\n\nReview: I have rented this movie from my local library (DVD). It is independent film, coming of age story from Kashmir. If one can get over average acting, it is a touching story of a young 17 year old boy adopted by a family that treats his as properly. He is smart and resourceful Although he skips the school a lot and occasionally mixes with a wrong crowd that teaches him how to steal, he also finds a way to make money by doing his friend's homework for a fee. Business gets even better when circumstances put him in touch with a 28 year old woman from the local Tourist Office. She is beautiful and well educated. She earned her degree in Physics in the US and has return back to India to live with her family. But education adn exposure to the free world has changed her and she finds it difficult to adapt to the old way of life and her family's and society's expectations fo women. Two strike friendship in spite of their age difference. There are a few things they have in common: both are intelligent, both are social misfits of sorts and both are desperate to escape their families and a life in a small city. Set of events forces them to make a pact to escape to Delhi but as destiny will have it, nothign goes according to the plan and movie has explosive and heartbreaking ending which makes is a masterpiece of sorts.\n\nI loved the story and director's bold take on what it is like to live in a backward place where society forces people to do things they normally never would have. For anyone who loves a great story and foreign films with their unique view of the world this is a must see movie. It is a film about some of the most vulnerable people in the society: orphans and women. This film has subtitles.","Product: Raised as brothers, intense teammates and competitors on the soccer field - the gregarious, swaggering Julio and the wiry, focused Daniel/ 'Gato' have remained virtually inseparable ever since the newborn Daniel was found abandoned in a trash heap in their La Ceniza slum. The opportunity of their lives arrives when a football scout invites them to try out for the city's top professional team, just as a tragic act of violence threatens to tear them apart and prevent them from achieving their dreams.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Brotherly love that has no limits\n\nReview: Raised in Europe, I am much more fond of soccer that American football. I saw this DVD at my local library and since I love foreign movies, I was drawn to see a film from Venezuela that had a story about soccer as a subtly weaving story of a movie. In most poor countries, sports is a sure way to gain financial security. Unable to secure education, it is sure way to avoid misery of poverty that looms over large majority of people.\n\nSo the story begins when one day a young woman and her toddler son come across abandoned baby left in a pile of garbage. Young woman is without husband and poor and surely cannot afford to raise another child, but her heart goes out to a crying infant who she and her son Julio adoringly call \"Gato\" (Cat) because he was crying like a kitten when they found him abandoned. 16 years later, two boys are raised as brothers and they both call the woman Mother since she raised them both with everything she's got. While Julio is big boy, strong with abundance of girlfriends and large group of friends, Daniel (Gato) is quiet, gentle, skinny kid with kind of gentle kindness that is rare to find. Boys love to spend time together, they play soccer at the local club and have a kind of bond that even biological brothers do not have. Julio is protective of his little brother and Daniel, living quietly in a shadow of his big brother is thinking of ways they can overcome their poverty and make their mother proud.\n\nOne day, tragedy strikes and it is only days before boys are preparing for tryout to play soccer a the national team. Tryouts and potential pick for the team would be their way out of ghetto in which they were raised. While Julio is consumed with rage, grief and rebellion, Daniel is pouring his heart and soul into getting them picked for the soccer team. And that is when story starts to unfold. Daniel's little body is full of love for his adopted family. He will do everything to preserve the only people in his life he can call family and at the same time he wants honorable and decent life for all of them. His kindness is so overwhelming when one day he accepts to go to the abortion clinic with a girl he likes when she asks him to be her escort when she goes to a clinic to have an abortion although he was never her boyfriend and managed kiss her only once. It is ironic that a boy who was abandoned in a pile of garbage would accompany her to a clinic for such reason and as they wait their turn to see a doctor, he gently talks her out of procedure. It is uncanny when one day when he runs into her, she tells hi she told her parents about being pregnant and she decided to keep a baby and see what happens. She tells him her only regret is that Daniel is not the father.\n\nThat is the core of him. Daniel is good, pure, gentle, decent, honest - he has a soul of an angel. So one day when he is told that he has nothing left but soccer - Daniel is devastated. The life he always wanted with people he always wanted to be surrounded with is ripped away with him with one single statement. And it is at that point that the end of the film is the explosion of emotions that left me crying for days end. This story and actors who played it out so beautifully, broke my heart. After the movie was over, I was left feeling devastated - that is how power the film was.\n\nThere is a part of the film when boys coach teaches them very valuable lesson. During important soccer game during half time, boys are demoralized because the opposing team is leading 2:0. Anyone who knows soccer, it seems impossible to reverse the game. But their coach tells them that life is full of defeats and disappointments that creep up when we least expect it. The only way to beat it is to remember every day that one has imagine that the game just started and the score is 0:0. Only with such attitude, once can make a difference in the life - the own and lives of others.\n\nMust see movie. Even the people who do not like subtitles will not regret watching this film. It is film not just about soccer, but about friendship, loyalty, family, love, human condition and so much more.","Product: Belkin ClearScreen Overlays provide a clear protective shield for your HTC Inspire's screen, preventing scratches and minor cosmetic damage from everyday use.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Screen protector for your android\n\nReview: I have had my android phone for about a year. I love the phone and all its features. But my fingers do get sticky and they leave print marks all over screen. I started storing microfiber cloth in my car and at my work so I can clean up the screen every time is gets too messy.\n\nUntil I got this screen overlay I was reluctant to use it. As it turns out, it protects the phone screen against the smudges and it also has anti-reflective coat and that help a lot on a sunny day when one is trying to use the phone outdoors. This screen protector comes in clear color. Packaging has a three pack in it and it will last you a while. It is self-adhesive and at this point, I am trying to figure out how long will protector last before it starts peeling off.\n\nDefinitely worth buying it for your little android phone....","Product: Keep your phone in like-new condition well and preserves its looks and features, to protect your phone hurt from scratches and gives you mobile phone a special look!\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Lovely iPhone cover for women and girls\n\nReview: I loved this iPhone cover from themoment I saw it on Amazon. It is a picture of a young woman that looks like a sketch yhat attracted me. This cover is perfect for covering iPhone and placing it in th epurse when the screen will not be scratched or have finger rpints all over it. It also comes wth a nice stylus andcleaning cloth.\n\nI have iPhone 5s model and the case does not fit quite perfectly. But I like it anyways and I carry it with me all the time. I bought additional models an designs hoping that if they fit better I can rotate them based on the outfit I wear or functions I attend.\n\nThis cover is definitely cross generational. It also makes a nice present.","Product: Fellowes is proud to introduce The Softest Place Your Wrists Can Rest with the new PlushTouch Wrist Rests. This product features the innovative new FoamFusion Technology that provides superior comfort to help relieve wrist pressure. Microban antimicrobial protection keeps the product cleaner. Non-skid backing keeps wrist support in place. Soft breathable material withstands daily wear and tear.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Wrist rest for computer work\n\nReview: My wrists can easily tire and they ache after working long hours at computer. That was one of the reasons why I ordered this wrist rest. Mine came in black collor and on the right hand side it has a label \"Fellowes Microban\". Wrist rest is soft to the touch because manufacturer is using Foam Fusion technology; curver design of the wrist rest helps relieve wrist pressure. Microban is used in manufacturing this product because it helps with antimicrobial protection.\n\nI also like the packaging in which product was delivered. It came in a sturdy plastic covered packaging. It has a little circular opening on the right side that allows potential buyer to get a feel of the plush material used for this product. I use mine at work and it helps me a lot. I recommend this product to anyone who spends long hours in front of computer. If you already have wrist pain, this wrist rest will help reduce it or at least keep it at bay and not aggrevate it. If you do not have a a pain yet, it is a wonderful preventitive tool.","Product: Plan a well organized, successful year with this professional, trend setting neutral academic year weekly planner with soft faux beige leather cover and pops of orange. 13 months, July 2015-July 2016; 8.38 x 11 inch page size; weekly calendar features one week per two-page spread with space for notes. Each ruled daily block is 4.5 x 2.5 inches. Reinforced monthly tabs offer faster referencing, and 2 plastic pockets hold loose sheets; special pages include a 3-year reference calendar, contacts, notes pages, an event calendar, 4-year holiday list, and a U.S. time zone and area code page.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Convenient planner with pleasing colors.\n\nReview: I love the look and feel of this weekly planner. Of course the most unusual part of it is that it is July1015-July 2016 calendar which makes it somewhat untraditional. Colors are very pleasing. Cover is tannish/gray with orange spiral bound. These colors complement each other very well and make this planner an elegant look.\n\nI teach yoga and I am taking advanced yoga teacher training. This planner allows me to stay on op of my daily activities related to everything yoga. Weekly layout is just what I need. I do not need more or less space than it is provided, because my days with yoga events are not booked solid. There are only a couple of events during the day, and yet I like to be reminded of them - an old fashioned way. I do not like electronic calendars. Also in my classes mobile phones are turned off, so it is convenient to have a real planner available to remind me of my responsibilities. Planner is also lightweight so it does not take lots of space or weight, which is a plus especially for women who tend to carry too much stuff in their purses and carry on bags. I really like this product. I am not sure what retail stores offer it, but it is nice to know that one can find it on Amazon.","Product: American Greetings Friendship Christmas Card with Glitter\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Christmas card for one's dearest friend.\n\nReview: There is quiet a way until next Christmas, but I picked this card because I liked the message, I have a very good friend who I am very close to and she lives in another state. Both is us a orphans of sorts and that makes our bond even stronger. I felt that securing this card for her for the next holiday is going to be a perfect addition to the rest of the presents I will be enclosing in her holiday package.\nTraditionally Green is one of the holiday colors. But as a yoga teacher, I particularly like green color because it is a color of the Heart Chakra - human energy center of love. And tree, like any tree for me is a representation of life.\n\nIt is just a lovely Christmas card for someone you share true friendship with.","Product: Victor Tri-Kill Mouse Trap - Use anywhere indoors. Easy to use-simply bait, place against wall and press setting levers down. Safe to use around children and pets. Quick and humane kill. Kills up to 3 mice in 1 setting. - Pest Type: Mouse, Trap Type: Mechanical, Reusable: Yes, Indoor/Outdoor: Indoor, Material: Plastic, Pet Resistant: Yes, Pkg Qty: 1, Package Type: Clamshell\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Three way mouse trap\n\nReview: It is that time of the year (spring) when mice start leaving their safeplaces and experiencing new ones in their search for food and nests. I have decided to play it safe and setup a mouse trap in garage. Main reason is that I have a lot of clothing and other misc. stuff I wish to give away in the near future and do not want any small animals (like mice) exploring the boxes neatly stacked in the garage.\n\nI have used Victor products before, but they were old-fashioned/traditional mouse traps. They are always scary because they are so efficient and sometimes, poor animal is still alive in spite of being trapped in the horrible contraption. This \"more advanced\" version of the trap has been in my garage for a week and so far I have found no takers. That is kind of good news/bad news situation. Not having mice in my garage definitely makes me happy, even if those mice may be transients. But as far as evaluating the success of the product, makes effort more challanging.\n\nThis trap comes in black color and it is safely wrapped in plastic, sturdy wrapping. It is larger that regular mouse trap, but it is also more discrete. I will give it more time and if there are any developments with catching the vermin, I will definitely update my post and let readers know how it all went.","Product: Licensed Disney Characters make staying cool even more fun! A cool mist of water speeds the cooling process. O2COOL's misting fans provide a fine mist of water and a powerful fan to keep you cool when you can't jump into the pool.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Fan and mister in one, requires batteries\n\nReview: I have ordered this misting fan because I want to use it during facials. For peels fan is helpful because it diminishes burning sensation. For any masks that may have warming effect, of the masks that harden on the face (clay masks) misting water is great because it helps with removal. Of course Nemo is cute - who does not like the little fish - but I wish the fan was more sedate form my esthetics practice. In any case I like the orange color because the name of my salon has a work \"Orange\" in it.\n\nThis mini fan does require battery which is not included, so you need to new battery separately. As far as water goes, I use Evian water, because I do not like to use hard tap water on the skin. Bottle can be washed, but because it has fans and batteries need to be removed, I suggest washing them and disinfecting them by hand and cleaning them with benzies in between the use.\n\nI can see this product being used by young mothers and nannies for young kids. During warm weather and outdoors it can give child a little bit or relief from the heat. it helps retain skin moisture and it is also fun because of the Nemo design, so it is entertaining and engaging for kids.","Product: With just one calorie each, these tasty morsels with high-quality chicken make healthy, guilt-free cat treats. They also have a unique hexagon shape that works with cats taste buds, so these grain-free cat treats are packed with intense flavor thats sure keep your kitty purring for more Perfect Bites Rabbit Formula Cat Treats!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect fish treat bites for your kitty\n\nReview: I have a kitty cat Jake. He used to have brother Elwood, who passed away of old age last year. So you can imagine the infinite, divine love that Jake gets from his Mommy every second of the day.\n\nMost recently, Jake had treats that were in the shape of fish and had some catnip in it. He would abandon all activities when he heard me making \"here is the treat, Jake!\" announcement. So it was interesting to find out how he is going to like Natural Balance bites with salmon flavor. I was worried - when it come to cat food, Jake really preferes white fish. Salmon he eats, but it is more like \"eh - if you have nothing better I will eat it\". So I was curious to find out if he will love the treats. Treats are really small, and I usually give him 2 of them in the morning. They must be really chewy, because he savors them one at the time. After several days of of having salmon bites, I tricked him into having catnip fish treats. He was confused. He hesitated and then when he realized that is it for the day, he took it anyway, but I could tell he was disappointed. The next day I gave him salmon treats again. Not only was he greedy in getting to eat them both as quickly as possible (I guess he was afraid I might change my mind and not give them both to enjoy), but after he ate both little treats, he kept sniffing the floor in hopes there were more that may have come out of the bag.\n\nBased on this experiment, I say \"Perfect Bites\" are perfect for my kitty. Salmon is this form is something he cannot wait to eat. This brand also offers chicken and rabbit flavors. I am planning to give him rabbit flavor next because he never ate rabbit before. And if he likes it, I will start calling him Jaques - little French food lover. Boy - I love that cat too much!","Product: The Kitty Holster is a soft, secure and super-comfortable 100% cotton cat harness with a metal D-ring for attaching a leash. Our strong, ultra-lightweight harness secures with wide Velcro closures. This breathable, washable cotton harness with undyed lining is suitable for all skin types and climates.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Cat harness perfect for walking the cat outdoors, on a leash.\n\nReview: I have a kitty cat Jake. He is very old and very small. His arthritis is causing him to be wobbly when he walks and he can no longer run fast. Since he is indoor cat and never goes out, I decided to treat him in his last days with \"field trips\" in a garden in the back of the house. He gets fascinated with bushes, and loves to eat grass. Since he is scardy cat, he must be on the leash so he does not run out every time he hears a loud noise (dogs barking or lawn mower will drive him mad with fear).\n\nSo I wanted to have safe and comfortable outfit for him for his cat walks. I picked this red car harness and bought a retractable cat leash separately. Since Jake is black, I must say he looked very fashionable in this red \"hippie\" vest. He looked like a rusty, aging bike rider when I put this outfit on him . He was totally adorable. With this harness, he braved to stay outdoors for whole 15 minutes, walking around in his vest, eating grass. Of course, he managed to throw up grass, luckily while he was still outdoors, but he was very excited about the experience and was very cuddly for the rest of the evening. Since he was so content, I must assume that he likes his new outfit and we will be going out for short walks behind the house so he can exercise his tiny, tired body.\n\nMaterial for the vest is very soft and comfortable. At no time did Jake try to get out of it. But what was very cute is that with his black fur and black retractable belt, and red hippie harness, so just looked adorable.","Product: NUTRO PERFECT PORTIONS Adult Cat Food Trays allow you to feed your cat wet cat food without the mess of leftovers in your refrigerator. Made with real chicken as the first ingredient, this grain-free cat food contains no artificial flavors, colors or preservatives only high-quality ingredients and nutrition in every serving. With NUTRO PERFECT PORTIONS Adult Cat Real Chicken Pate Recipe Cat Food Trays, your cat gets a fresh meal every time.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Chicken pate cat food\n\nReview: My cat Sabbatha loves to eat but because of the weight gain, I had to put her on a diet and watch her portions. She gets wet cat food as a treat. I never used this brand before and wanted to give it a try so I can see if Sabbatha likes it. This cat food was packed in a set of 24 containers. Each container can be easily split in two. It only takes an effort to peel off the top of the container. Pate has a tan color and it is wet with juice. This makes it easy to break out in a bowl and server to the cat. Sabbatha ate her food in one sitting and liked up her bowl clean. The advantage of the packaging is that one can easily control the size of the serving.","Product: Wellness TruFood Baked Blends Natural Grain Free Dry Dog Food is healthy, natural potato free, wheat free and grain free puppy food for puppies made with a unique trilogy blend of whole-prey protein bites with 70% more raw protein than typical extruded kibble diets, living superfood nuggets & air dried fruit and veggie bits. Real food makes an honest difference. This is something we remember with every meal we make. Our Wellness TruFood dog food recipes focus on the vibrant goodness of whole-foods from farm, field and sea and the energy and vibrancy they provide. Look and you can see these healthy meals and snacks brimming with color and bursting with vital nutrients - living proof that real nutrition is the most fundamental source of health and happiness. We hope you can enjoy longer walks, more wags of the tail, and years well spent with a family member that feels more alive than ever.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: If my kitty Jake is happy, I am happy.\n\nReview: I have been feeding my kitty this food for the last couple of weeks. Normally I give him Science Diet and this brand was a little bit of diversion. I decided to see if he has special affection for the cat food that is gluten free. Description of this food states that it is good for cat's immune and digestive system and it also helps support kitty's skin and coat. In addition to chicken, this cat food is loaded with antioxidants. Here is a short list of ingredients:\n\nChicken, Chicken Meal, Chickpeas, Peas, Lentils, Chicken Liver, Chicken Hearts, Flaxseed, Pea Fiber, Tapioca Flour, Tomato Pomace, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Flavor, Beets, Coconut Oil, Cranberries, Choline Chloride, Turmeric, Calcium Carbonate, Chia Seeds, Vitamin E Supplement, Taurine, Zinc Proteinate, Spinach, Mixed Tocopherols added to preserve freshness, Broccoli, Ginger, Pumpkin, Parsley, Apples, Blueberries, Kale, Purple Carrots, Niacin, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Manganese Proteinate, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Inulin, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Folic Acid, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus thermophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus bulgaricus Fermentation Product, Rosemary Extract, Green Tea Extract, Spearmint Extract (this is a naturally preserved product).\n\nIt just seems that my kitty cat's selection of acceptable food just got bigger!","Product: The HALTI Walking Harness is the perfect combination of style and practicality for everyday walking. With five points of adjustment on the harness it ensures a secure, comfortable fit for any size or shape of dog. The two lead clip rings on the dogs chest and back provide essential points of control for the more energetic dog. Bringing together style and functionality, the HALTI Walking Range comes in four vibrant colors with a smart two-tone webbing. 3M reflective weave and soft neoprene padding offer combined visibility and comfort. The HALTI Walking Range boasts the same quality and expert design that our customers have come to expect from The Company of Animals, the makers of the world-famous HALTI Headcollar.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Animal harness (for small animals)\n\nReview: I must make important disclosure. I have recently moved in a highrise apartments and I have a cat that used to be outdoors cat. To make amends with her (about the new environment I moved her into) I decided to get a harness and a leash so I can take her for a walk in a nearby park when she wants to be outdoors. My cat is big boned, which really means she is not shy when it comes to eating and because she is an only cat at home she does not play too much unless owners make an effort to entertain her. Therefore, a small dog harness was just the right size for her to fit her body into it without having me worry that of I let her completely loose, she will never find her way home. Harness seems to be comfortable enough because cat did not attempt to wiggle out of it. The other nice thing is that straps are adjustable. Material is not too hard and will not negatively affect animal fur. Not many people see cat on a leash so she is becoming somewhat of a local celebrity. Which also is a plus to her new fashionable accessories.","Product: This Pink flexi Retractable Cat & Small Animal Leash is for cats and other small animals that weigh 18 pounds or less. Its retractable cord extends up to 10 feet. Over the past 40 years, flexi retractable leashes have become a must-have item for pet owners around the world. flexi retractable leashes are known for their high-quality, superior durability and attractive design. The patented one-hand braking and recoil system allows you to maintain full control of your cat or small animal during your walks together. This innovative system is integrated into the leash's ergonomic handle so it's easy to adjust the leash to an appropriate length for your surroundings. The lock button allows the leash to stay at a constant length. All flexi retractable leashes come with a Safety Precautions & Directions pamphlet that describes how and when to use flexi retractable leashes properly. A safety collar is included with every package and it should be used while walking your cat or small anima on any flexi retractable leash. All flexi retractable leashes are proudly handmade in Germany and are covered by a Limited Manufacture Warranty. Please note that this warranty does not cover damage caused by chewing, rough surfaces or other misuse or abuse.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect for using on a kitty holster\n\nReview: Recently I purchase Kitty holster cat harness for my cat Jake. Jake is getting old and he has arthritis. Exercise and running is no longer on his menu. But he loves to ear fresh grass, listen to the birds churping and sit in a back yard of the house. Since he is house cat and has spent his entire life indoors, I purchased a harness and this retractable cord. My cord is in black color to match Jake's black fur and his hippie looking red harness. He is so cute in the outfit, I call him a little \"biker cat\". He loves his new daily trips to the back yard and he suddenly became full of zest fro life. He even started eating better and his gained some weight. Jake was only 6lb 8 oz an since he got his new outfit and new recreational activity, he gained 7 oz!","Product: Giant Coloring Murals Pin it to the wall, floor or use it as a table runner at your next party or family dinner printed on kraft paper\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Fun coloring mural that will keep groups of people and children occupies for hours of time.\n\nReview: This coloring mural is HUGE. It comes on a soft brown paper and rolled up. I think it is perfect for use during large kids parties, school class project or family gathering. Mural is so large it will keep large groups of people occupied for a long period of time. It is definitely geared towards girls because it has a picture of a princess, unicorn and rainbow. You can use crayons, markets or water colors to paint this mural. Once finished it will take a large piece of the wall for display.\n\nI like this mural because it helps stimulate creativity in children. It helps them play with colors and even make up their own stories as they color. It requires a lot of cooperation, curiosity and team work. I would recommend this for kid in early childhood development up to age of 12. That is the perfect age but other age groups can benefit from coloring this mural as well.","Product: Kindness is a beautiful thing, especially in kids. And its never too early to teach them. Thats the concept behind the Kindness Kit: 8 thoughtful, charming projects kids make, and give, to friends and loved ones to experience the joy of spreading kindness around the world. Lets all pass it on!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Craft perfect for gift giving.....\n\nReview: I teach children's yoga. Often times families subscribe for up to 4 weekly sessions. Kids who attend the class are ages 5-10. I have decided to use this set as an incentive to teach the children about importance of kindness, not just towards their immediate family members, but also towards everyone they encounter in their lives: other children in heir kindergarden or school, elderly, etc. The kit will be given away to the family who does not miss the entire session of the Family Yoga 4 week session.\n\nBox arrived quickly and ir has lovely packaging. There are kits inside that will occupy kid to make them and give them sense of accomplishment. Not to mention that they will experience joy in sharing he gift with a person they want to be especially kind to. This set is perfect for any child ages 5-12. My suggestion is that they always make gifts while they are accompanied by their parent for the purposes of supervision. It is also helpful to setup an intention on who the \"kindness\" gift is being intended for.\n\nThis set also makes a lovely birthday present to a young kid. It will help them with developing their imagination, creativity and sense of accomplishment.","Product: Kahlil Gibran was among the most important Arabic language authors of the early twentieth century. Born in 1883 in Lebanon, he spent the last twenty years of his life (to 1931) in the United States. He is the author of numerous volumes, the most famous of which is THE PROHPET, translated into over twenty languages.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A great companion to \"The Prophet\"\n\nReview: Anyone who has read Gibran's book \"The Prophet\" should read \"The Eye of the Prophet\". While the first book is the masterpiece of philosophic poetry, this one is it's great companion in prose. Both books prescribe philosophical view on love, marriage, death, beauty -- things and topics that encircle all of our lives and experiences. The best thing one can do it to have both of these books as a tools to use and reflect in times of need, doubt and inspiration. I have read the hardcover copy of the book. I wish that hardcopy edition of the book had as many illustrations by it's author as \"The Prophet\". But alas, we only get to enjoy the one on the cover. For readers new to Gibran it is helpful to know that he was a wonderful painter in addition to his excellence in writing.","Product: Writing inspired by four visits to Zimbabwe, her childhood home, from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007, Doris Lessing. n the 1980s and early 1990s, Doris Lessing made several visits to her homeland, Zimbabwe, a country from which she had been banned for twenty-five years for her opposition to the government of what was then white Southern Rhodesia. Mingling memory and reportage in vivid detail, Doris Lessing pays passionate and profound testament to an extraordinary country, its landscape, people and unquenchable spirit. 'African Laughter' is both a shrewd and perceptive protrait of a modern African state emerging from its bloody and terrible colonial history, and a candid and moving insight into the mind of one of this century's finest writers.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Beautiful book about Zimbabwe\n\nReview: I have never been in Africa and have never read any of the books about the continent except for Nadine Gordiner's fiction. While I loved the begginning of the book, the later parts become a bit sloppy and at time impatient in terms of writing style. The observations, however, about the country of Zimbabwe over the decades, and in the time after declaration of independence are amazing. One is able to follow up on lives of writer's old friends, new people she meets on her trips, amazing animals, plants and food. I have learned a lot about country , it's people and customs, racism, reverse racism, sexism, deseases and corruption a new country is struggling with. Highly recommended read for anyone interested in learning more about this amazing country and African continent.","Product: Who Moved My Cheese? is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life - whether it is a good job, a loving relationship, money or a possession, health or spirital peace of mind. And the maze is where you look for what you want - the organisation you work in, or the family or community you live in. This profound book from bestselling author, Spencer Johnson, will show you how to anticipate change, adapt to change quickly, enjoy change and be ready to change quickly again and again. Discover the secret for yourself and learn how to deal with change, so that you suffer from less stress and enjoy more success in your work and in life. Written for all ages, this story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights can last for a lifetime.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Book that explains why change is good\n\nReview: I quick little book that explains - thru a fable of mice and cheese - why change is good. In today's fast moving world, change happens constantly in both our personal and professional lives. This quick read teaches readers on how to adapt, change and accept to the everchanging world around us. If you do not wish to read the book, simply take note of 7 rules of change that books is trying to address: change happens, anticipate change, monitor change, adapt to change quickly, change, enjoy change and be ready to change quickly and enjoy it again & again. This short introuction could save you an hour of fairy tale read. I guess most people must like it simple. This book was - believe it or not - a bestseller.","Product: Once a New York City lawyer, Marie Benedict had long dreamed about a fantastical job unraveling the larger mysteries of the past as an archaeologist or historian -- before she tried her hand at writing. While drafting her first book, she realized that she could excavate the possible truths lurking in history through fiction, and has done so in THE OTHER EINSTEIN, the story of Mileva Maric, Albert Einstein's first wife and a physicist herself. Writing as Heather Terrell, Marie also authored The Chrysalis, The Map Thief, and Brigid of Kildare. She is a graduate of Boston College and the Boston University School of Law, and lives in Pittsburgh with her family.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Mileva Maric, Serbian physicist and Albert Einstein's first wife.\n\nReview: I studied physics in undergraduate school and was well aware of Mileva Maric, Albert Einstein's first wife. This was the main reason why I decided to read this book. Mileva was a remarkable woman and she suffered greatly her entire life. Gifted in physic and math, she was one of the few women in her time to attend Polytechnic University in Switzerland and study science. But her love for Albert and their eventual marriage was a death sentence to her career and to some extent her personal life. Albert was not kind to her by any means and Mileva died in obscurity, which is a shame.\n\nThis fictional account of the relationship between the two is set during the early days of their relationship and the story does not carry on what happens to Mileva and Albert's two sons after their separation and subsequent divorce. Author also made some errors in depiction of the Eastern Europe. For example, she references Zagreb (which is capital of Croatia) as one of the Serbian cities. Also, author does not understand Orthodox faith. In certain parts of the book she references Mileva or Mileva's mother to pray to Virgin Mary - which is something that Catholics do. Orthodox faith is not so big on Praying to Virgin Mary so I could not really take those (fictional) references as believable. It was well known fact that Mileva and Albert had a lot of odds against their union: she was from the backwaters of then Austria-Hungarian empire, he was Jewish while she was Orthodox and his family firmly objected to their union. Their marriage was doomed form the start because of his family's opposition.\n\nParts of the book cover the era of the WWI in Europe and this book barely mentions it and what effect the what may have had on their union, Mileva's family and overall events in Europe that carried on to WWII and Albert's final deflection to US.\n\nBook is lightweight and for me personally disappointing. It is an easy read but it took me longer to finish it because I felt it was a drag. It is an attempt to honor Mileva, but I am hoping that there will be better and more impressive books to come about this remarkable woman.","Product: excerpt\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Every couple should have this book and use techniques on regular basis!\n\nReview: This book is a true gem. It is a guide to any couple who wants to deepen their connection via sensual massage. It explains everything: from how to set the mood, how to prepare warm massage oil that will enhance the experience, to various massage techniques couples can apply on each other's body.\nWhat makes this book unique is that author is daring. In addition to addressing the taboo of the importance of sexual intimacy that can be enhanced between the lovers by incorporating massage in their mind/body connection, author also incorporates interracial couples, which 40 years ago when the book was first created must have been a controversy. But the true beauty of the manual is the sensual pictures that depict many different couples practicing massage on each other. One thing is clear - they enjoy the sensual pleasure very much and they definitely enjoy each other and their bodies. They are completely absorbed into experience and they adore each other's touch.\nDefinite bonus of this manual and very colorful book is the DVDs that are enclosed in the latest edition. I think that every sex therapist should offer this book to any couple experiencing strain in their relationship. By simply implementing these techniques of love and undivided attention towards each other, couples can experience deep connection between each other.","Product: Anne Rice, creator of the Vampire Lestat, the Mayfair witches and the amazing worlds they inhabit, now gives us the first in a new series of novels linked together by the fledgling vampire David Talbot, who has set out to become a chronicler of his fellow Undead. The novel opens in present-day Paris in a crowded caf, where David meets Pandora. She is two thousand years old, a Child of the Millennia, the first vampire ever made by the great Marius. David persuades her to tell the story of her life. Pandora begins, reluctantly at first and then with increasing passion, to recount her mesmerizing tale, which takes us through the ages, from Imperial Rome to eighteenth-century France to twentieth-century Paris and New Orleans. She carries us back to her mortal girlhood in the world of Caesar Augustus, a world chronicled by Ovid and Petronius. This is where Pandora meets and falls in love with the handsome, charismatic, lighthearted, still-mortal Marius. This is the Rome she is forced to flee in fear of assassination by conspirators plotting to take over the city. And we follow her to the exotic port of Antioch, where she is destined to be reunited with Marius, now immortal and haunted by his vampire nature, who will bestow on her the Dark Gift as they set out on the fraught and fantastic adventure of their two turbulent centuries together.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Vampire Pandora's life story\n\nReview: Pandora was made vampire at the time that Emperor Tiberius ruled the Roman Empire. She was born as Lydia into a noble Roman family. Only girl in a family of boys she was loved by her father who made sure her education makes her worthy of the best marriage prospects there are. Lydia loves reading and indulges in the works of Ovid, Caesar and Aristotle.\n\nAs a young girl, she comes across another noble young man, more than a decade her senior. He is charming and exotic looking as his mother was from a differrent part of the Roman Empire. He has appreciation for her love of words and reason, but Lydia's father does not find him suitable to be her husband.\n\nCircumstances put them together in the Antioch where Lydia flees after her family is killed. Before long, Lydia becomes vamire herself and she changes her name to Pandora. It it thousands of years later that she is asked to write he life story in which she describes how she became a vampire and her unyielding love for the beautiful Marius she loved her entire life.\n\nInteresting story, but thinly developed characters. Do not expect literary greatness as this work is written in simple dialogue-like manner.","Product: Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade (1740 – 1814), was a French aristocrat and writer of philosophy-laden and often violent pornography, as well as some strictly philosophical works.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The core of humanity\n\nReview: I came across this book in a public library. Not so long ago, I read a collection of short stories by Marquis de Sade. What attracted me to the author is his personal history and wit. I know that his work, beliefs and unsupressed sexual freedom is what caused him decades in jail and eventually years in insane asylum. Any time I have an opportunity to read his work, I do it because I am curious about this man and what he has to say.\n\nHighly educated, sophisticated and eloquent, de Sade sets out to present his philisophy to the general public of his time. If one can get past de Sade's unrepressed desires one can learn about Marquis' opinions about personal freedom, his resistance towards institution of marriage, his dislike of possession (human, monetary, material and otherwise), Marquis' strong atheist beliefs. There is no doubt that Marquis finds morality to be relative and he sets the record straight on his stand on issues such as death penalty, murder, theft, incest, rape, etc. His arguments are strong and carefully composed. They are also way ahead of his time.\n\nAfter finishing this work, I can only respect Marquis de Sade more. He is a kind of man willing to take the worst forms of punishment for his personal beliefs. In that respect, Marquis is a principled man, willing to sacrifice himself for the benefit of others. He loaths authority and his strong sense of individuality and quest for personal freedom is such that once can rarely find these days. De Sade is imortal in his own way and for no other reason but that one, his work needs to be read, understood and respected for what it is."],"string":"[\n \"Product: This luxurious feeling Antioxidant Serum will leave your skin feeling velvety smooth while supplying it with an abundance of antioxidants including Resveratrol and encapsulated Vitamin C beads.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: An amazing facial serum\\n\\nReview: There are many things I like to buy at Trader Joes. I will be honest and say that skincare products (until now) were not one of those. Recently I was shopping in at Trader Joe's in preparation for the Thanksgiving holidays and I noticed that in house brand for facial serum. Since I am esthetician, out of curiosity I picked up a bottle and started reading ingrediants. I could not believe what a lucky find that was. Ingredients include: vitamin C Ester & Palmitate, A, D3, B5 and K1, CoQ10. In addition there are natual extracts that include: coffee, pomegranate, bayberry, ginko biloba, green tea, jojoba esters, resveratol (grape extract) and the list goes on and on. Many other manufacturers woudl charge fortune for this 1oz bottle of facial serum. I actually paid only $9.99 for it in the store. And I plan on buying more. This little bottle of serum is a gold mine.\",\n \"Product: The U-Create 53548-B Construction Paper Pad includes an assortment of colored paper including: white, charcoal, canary, light green, blue, scarlet, violet, brown and yellow-orange. This medium weight paper is perfect for cutting, gluing and folding. Cut and glue different colors together to create a masterpiece! Design unique crafts and standout projects with quality and affordable U-Create arts & crafts products.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Colorful paper for art projects\\n\\nReview: For anyone who loves arts and crafts or has children that do arts and crafts project, this is a great product. A booklet in A4 format provides a wide selection of colored paper in every possible shade. I will give this paper away as a gift to someone who is very artistic. I am not and I do not have ideas that would help me actually use this paper for projects, That is why I gave this product 4 starts. I wish it came with the project samples.\\n\\nIf one is planning to use this for kids, it is great for weekend projects with friends and family or when children have a party together and can platy with colorful paper. This product is definitely useful for school art projects as well.\",\n \"Product: An alcohol-free toner laced with Chinese herbs, chamomile and aromatherapist oils to strengthen and calm skin. Refreshing and gentle, each spritz hydrates and revitalizes - prepping skin for your moisturizer.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Graat professional quality product. Worthy investment that can last up to 6 months with twice a day use.\\n\\nReview: I experienced Bioelements Equalizer tonner/mist during my recent visit to salon that uses this product line. Esthetician used it after cleansing and in between peelers, serums and mask to refresh the skin and reset PH levels of the skin. She used it as a mist and I absolutely loved the pleasant scent of the product. The product uses chinese herbs and natural extracts such as: ginseng, watercrest, Sumac, rose oil, nobilis oil and many others. 6 oz bottle can go a long way. This is professional product and it can be purchased at salons that use Bioelements line. It prepares skin for mosturizer and I use it at day and night. It works as a mist and instead of using cotton puffs/pads, I apply paper tissues and gently dab it on my skin to remove any access and help absorbtion. This technique allows better product absorbtion in the skin.\",\n \"Product: Sheer instant color turns deep tan within minutes after application and lasts 7 days. Updated formula helps to even out skin tones and give the darkest tan, with no self tan odor. Paraben free, oil free, green tea. A dark tan with time release complex to give a tan so smooth even the fairest skins can get a beautiful bronze. Vanilla scent.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect tanner for a short term fix\\n\\nReview: I have used another product from this same brand and loved it. So I can say that brand has consistency. My tanning lotion came with complimentary mitt which made application very easy. There are so many advantages about this product: it has a pleasant scent, it absorbs quickly, it does not stain and is not streaky and it lasts for almost a week.\\n\\nPersonally I am not big on tanning, but there are times when I teach yoga workshops when I like to add a little color to my arms and chest so I do not look too pale. Color looks natural, so no need to worry about looking \\\"orange\\\".\\n\\nThis product is a good quick fix to getting some color in your skin and it is healthier than going to the tanning bad (do not go to the tanning bad if you can help it, you are begging to get cancer).\",\n \"Product: Patented Pro-Niacin helps repair past damage and rebuilds the skin barrier. Chemical sunscreens protect against UVA/UVB rays, providing ultimate sun protection in a lightweight, hydrating formula. Apply liberally 15 minutes before sun exposure.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Sunscreen skin protectant that stands by its claims.\\n\\nReview: I took this sunscreen lotion with me during my recent vacation trip to Taos, New Mexico. It was my first time in Taos and I was not familiar with the climate during the month of October. But there were two things I knew. A few days prior to the trip I had radio frequency treatment with beta peel and my plan was to be outdoors hiking, relaxing in hot springs that Native American Indians use, not to mention window shopping in the city of Taos. This definitely required I wear some serious sunscreen protection on my face. I did not want sunburn, and I definitely did not want brown spots on my skin after having peel and being exposed to the sun,\\n\\nAlthough I never used Nia24 products, I decided to take this bottle with me on my trip. I received it as a part of my monthly subscription to beauty product. My sample was 1oz size, which would allow it safe passage through airport security and enough sunscreen protection for a week. In the morning, I used my regular skincare routing: cleanse, tone, serum and day skin care cream. I would finish up the process with Nia. I loved the fact that this sunscreen was non greasy and it absorbed right away without any residue. Many people know that when applying certain sunscreen creams there is always a white film on the skin that makes face look ghastly. Not the case with this product. So I liberally applied It in my face, neck and decoltage.\\n\\nProduct label says that it contact 5% Pro-Niacian (form of vitamin B). The main micronutrient for this is Niacin. I would let manufacturers know that they need to adjust the label on the packaging to say \\\"for Sun and Age Damage\\\" PREVENTION. The word \\\"prevention\\\" is missing. There are 4 different sunscreen ingredients listed on the bottle: avobenzone 3%, homosalate 7.5%, octocrylene 2.6% and octisalate 5%. This took me by surprise because none of the ingredients sound familiar. I have to do additional research and find out what makes them better than the traditionally used sunscreen ingredients we are used to.\\n\\nAll I have to say is that I did not get sunburn at all. My skin was absolutely protected. I used body sunscreen lotion while hiking and soaking in the open air hot springs and guess what - I did get sunburn on my back! Go figure. Luckily I brought with me some sensitive skin lotion and carrot seed oil so sunburn pain quickly disappeared after I let it soak on my body overnight.\\n\\nI really enjoyed this product and I will not shy away from using it again. I just wish its retail price is not as high as some other products. But the line is definitely worth the investment - that is if you care for your skin and you do not want to look like a prune.\",\n \"Product: One of our most unique, versatile products for all skin types that doubles as a layering product to use over day or night moisturizers for extra hydration. Can also be used alone as a lightweight hydrator for oily skin. Formulated with ginkgo extract, ceramides and ginseng extracts that provide nourishing benefits for the skin.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: This product contains parabens\\n\\nReview: I have used Mario Badescu products below. Since I have combination oily skin, I am prone to unexpected pimples. My favorite product form his extensive live are products intended for sebum control (they use sulphur to control oily skin). But with this product I had a couple of issues. Let's start with ingredient list: Deionized Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Methylparaben, Triethanolamine, Propylene Glycol, Ginseng (Panax Ginseng Root) Extract, Gingko Biloba, Ceramides. The first thing that catches my attention is the use of paraben inthe product. Paraben is bad for you. End of story. All the benefits that ginseng can bring to hydrating the skin have just diminished in my eyes when I saw that paraben is the ingreditnt for this product.\\n\\nSecond - size of the product. 1oz of this small plastic see through bottle which you will use in a month (or less is used diligently twice a day on face and neck) has a price tag of $33 which is quite steep.\\n\\nThis product is marketed as serum and has gel like consistency which is definitely a plus. It is easily applied on the skin and it absorbs quickly. This allows consumer to move on quickly to applying day cream and sunscreen (during daytime).\\n\\nI gave this product 3 starts because the use of parabens did it for me. I will not pay any money for the product that uses this type of ingredient in their skincare line. Toxins already come free (from environments and processed foods and sugars). Why would I pay some skincare company money to poison me some more under pretense that herbal ingredient is ginseng.\",\n \"Product: So Light Himalayan Salt Crystal Lamps (5-7lbs)\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Every home should have at least one of these\\n\\nReview: Last year I was in Chicago where I had massage in a therapeutic room where walls were covered with Hymalayan salt. It was at that time that I learned that this type of salt has healing properties. Therapist told me it was his favorite room and he felt that not only his clients were benefiting from inhaling the (salty) air but he also was benefiting from it as he was working on their bodies.\\n\\nMost recently I saw ad about Hymalayan Salt Crystal lamps. I will admit I shopped around because I found lamps to be expensive especially after shipping and handling charges were added to the purchase. However, at one point I just knew that I had to have one no matter what, so I went ahead and ordered one via Amazon. Lamp arrived quickly via US Post and it was carefully packaged. It has beautiful wood base and it was very easy to assemble. Once I turned on the light it has soothing dim light perfect for relaxation. One could probably not be able to read the books with this light because it is very dim but it is definitely soothing. For people who want to relax or meditate it is wonderful addition to any room. I keep my lamp in the bedroom, next to my bed table. But I like it so much that I am getting a second one that I will place in the living room.\\n\\nMy lamp also came with a small sample of Hymalayan edible salt. It had nice pink color. I have not cooked with it yet but I will give it a try. Healing properties or not, this lamp is very unique and because it is made of natural salt it is a piece of artwork in itself. I may even buy some as a Christmas presents and give them away to people I truly care about.\",\n \"Product: LLG214 Features: -Patented 4 hinge locking seals. -Lid material: Polypropylene (BPA Free). -Container material: Borosilicate glass (BPA Free). -Oven safe below temperature 500F. -Microwave safe and top rack dishwasher safe. -Pharmaceutical grade silicone gasket. Capacity: -16.90 Fluid Ounces. Product Type: -Food storage container. Color: -Clear. Shape: -Square. Dishwasher Safe: -Yes. Microwave Safe: -Yes. Freezer Safe: -Yes. Vacuum Seal: -Yes. Spill-Proof: -Yes. Primary Material: -Plastic. Food Safe: -Yes. Set Size: -1. Dimensions: Overall Height - Top to Bottom: -2.6\\\". Overall Width - Side to Side: -5.5\\\". Overall Depth - Front to Back: -5.5\\\". Overall Product Weight: -0.88 lbs.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Small glass container for storing food\\n\\nReview: I Ordered this product because I currently work at the company that has cafeteria that is too expensive. Building is out of way and there are no places to eat out (hence expensive cafeteria). I wanted to have a sturdy container that I can use to pack my lunch. I am vegetarian and often I like to eat soup. I thought that air tight container will help me safely transport my liquid lunch to my way to work. I also prefer glass to plastic (some plastic can be toxic) so this container in its size and versatility seemed to be perfect for transport and also for convenient use in a microwave.\\n\\nThe reason why I gave product three stars is that lid arrived damaged. One of the closure flaps was broken. So I am not confident is carrying liquids in this container. I can still pack a small sandwich in it and perhaps fresh fruits and veggies that do to have too much juice (apples, carrots, celery). For that reason, I did not use this container in the microwave yet. But glass is beautiful and sturdy without being too heavy. It is also easy to wash either by hand or in a dishwashing machine.\\n\\nVendor and manufacturer have to pay closer attention to quality control of the product, work out return/replacement strategy and also pay attention on how product is packed and shipped to avoid transportation damage when product is not bought in the store but rather, shipped to the mailing address.\",\n \"Product: The Kenmore Pet Friendly Bagless Canister Vacuum is a versatile and compact vacuum cleaner that's designed to be lightweight and easy to use. A retractable cord makes it easy to move from room to room. Featuring a transparent dust bin that shows you exactly when it's time to empty the canister, there's no need to worry about constantly changing bags. This vacuum's compact size makes it easy to lift and store while the 360-degree swivel hose and cyclonic design give you all the cleaning power you'd expect from a Kenmore vacuum. Compatible with Kenmore Exhaust Filter EF-9, 53296. Cord Storage: Retractable; Cord Length (Feet): 24; Color: Purple; Wand Material: Aluminum & Wand Type: Telescopic & Extendable. Accessories Included: Crevice tool, Dust Brush/Upholstery Tool, Motorized Pet PowerMate Pet Tool & Power Cord Included. 1 year limited warranty.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Large size pet friendly vacuum cleaner\\n\\nReview: This vacuum cleaner is advertised as pet friendly primarily because it has help filter in it. Vacuum uses regular bags for collecting dust. These bags can fill up quickly so I would recommend getting replenishment bags right away. Vacuum cleaner is quite large and I would recommend it for purchase only if one has a large apartment or a house. This vacuum cleaner will take too much space in a small apartment. The suction part is split in three parts, which in my opinion gives it more chance of breaking up. The suction part has three levels: low, medium and high and two settings: carpet and hardwood floors. When cleaning hardwood floors one should setup cleaner to high and hardwood so bristles do not damage the floors.\\n\\nI find cleaner difficult to navigate Suction part is large and it cannot be use easily to navigate small placed. Inside the vacuum cleaner is a space that stores three different types of cleaning brushes.\",\n \"Product: Plug-in and power up the Dirt Devil vac+dust with Swipes for those clean-ups you planned and the one's you didn't see coming. It's tough on dirt, easy on you- great for any hard floor surface including tile, wood, laminate and more. Its powerful Pickup comes from direct path technology, while dirt lock technology picks up dirt and debris at the same time.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Practical corded electrical vacuum and dust stick vacuum with SWIPES.\\n\\nReview: I have never used electrical devices like this one to clean my kitchens and wood floor before. For the most part I used regular mops and water to clean kitchen floor with strong power cleaning devices. If there were scuff on the kitchen floor I would get on my hands and knees and scrub them with comet and then do once one to get rid of any races on white power bleach on the floor.\\n\\nFor wood floors, I typically used warm water, cotton cloth and special wood floor cleaner to get rig of dirt and ensure there is polish and shine showing on the wood floor. It not only kept them clean but it added some luster. Electric dirt devil is the first time I used device to keep the wood floor clean. This device is a definite bonus to have in a selection of house cleaning devices. For one thing one no longer has to get on hands and knees to clean the follows. I thought I would have to do a manual touch up especially around hard to reach areas such as corners. No need to do that with this device. The bottom cleaning part with special microfiber rag moves with different angles and catch hard to reach areas and shat angles and still clean the room(s) perfectly. One can clean both floor and baseboard at the same time. Since devices stands upright and has long handle no need to get on hands and knees. Rag can be easily replaced to washing or a new cloth. The other advantage of this Dirt Devil vacuum/dust cleaner is that it is so thin it can be easily stored anywhere. I would compare it to the broom in its size and shape. It is very lightweight and easy to carry around.\\n\\nThis cleaner will complement any regular vacuum cleaner and it is a step up from using traditional manual cleaning devices. There are no bags in this device. The only thing one can replace (and wash in a washing machine) when necessary is microfiber cloth (SWIPES) on the bottom of the cleaner. I also like the color - it is bright red and it gives more happiness during mundane jobs like cleaning the house.\\n\\nWhat I also like about this product is that manufacturer sent it with a letter. The letter explains that this cleaner uses DirectPath technology, so if you wish to learn ore about it, you can google it. The main characteristic of the Direct Path technology is that it provides a powerful suction.\\n\\nInstruction related to dirt cup and filter removal & replacement that came with the device are very comprehensive and easy to follow. There is also a toll free number provided to call in case you want to order filter replacements. There is also a toll free number for customer service in case any servicing is required. Product comes with limited warranty.\",\n \"Product: With the Serta relaxed fit smooth suede furniture cover, you can easily and affordably update the look of your furniture. Made of 100% polyester, the micro-suede material is soft to the touch providing a layer of protection for your furniture. These covers come with adjustable ties, which make this customizable and are quick and easy to set up. They are machine washable and easy to maintain. Available in a range of sizes and colors, you are sure to find the right piece for your home. Fits most short dining chairs measuring 29 Inch tall, 19 Inch wide and 18 Inch deep.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice looking and easy to maintain, not to mention affordable\\n\\nReview: I absolutely love this chair covers. I have received a packed with 2 covers in beige color. Covers have soft, suede touch to it and the size is very generous. It can fir large chairs and bow ties help secure the covers so it fits the model and size of the chair nicely. These covers can be machine washed in cold color and I leave them to air dry. Right now I am using it at the kitchen table that has only 2 seats. But I am tempted to use these on my dining room set. It is much better to do that and cover the chairs that replace the dining room set chairs fabric or pay for upholstering it. This is great addition to any home.\",\n \"Product: Tiger stainless steel, vacuum insulated soup cup will keep food and beverage hot or cold for hours. This compact and light weight soup cup will fit in any lunch box or bags. The interior has a super clean finished process to make it tough against stains and odors. The wide mouth cup design makes it easy to eat soup as well as making it easy to clean.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: High maintenance mini thermos in pale pink color\\n\\nReview: This vacuum container comes in a pale pink color. Brand is listed as \\\"Tiger\\\" but the instruction manual that the cup comes with has pictures of animals that look like mice to me. This product is made in Japan. I picked it up because of the convenience. Cup can store warm liquid food or drinks without any spillage. But there are lots of cons associated with the maintenance of this bottle. First of all it has to be hand washed. This container cannot be placed in a washing machine. It also cannot be microwaved. One should not be using bleach or any colors inside the container.\\n\\nContainer seals tightly, but because it is so challenging to clean, I am not storing in it anything else but tea or clear soup.\",\n \"Product: Pine Mountain has partnered with Yankee Candle to introduce American Home by Yankee Candle Log. This is a one-of-a-kind, fragrant log combining the high-performance, functionality of Pine Mountain fire logs and the wonderful fragrances created by Yankee Candle. The fresh balsam fir scent is to be enjoyed prior to burning the log. The firelog is crafted from real hardwoods and is wrapped for no mess, clean handling. It lights fast and easily. The scented log will burn cleanly for up to 3 hours. Sold in a pack of 4 logs.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Wonderfully fragrant log for your fireplace\\n\\nReview: I live in Chicago and winters can be brutal. Fire logs are always a welcome addition and I use them frequently in my fireplace. With long winter season, I often stop by and purchase logs to make my living room cozy and warm. When I saw this special log offer where fire log is scented, I decided to try it. I like scents in home. What woman does not? There are always scented soaps for regular use and fancy beautiful scented guest soaps. There are fragrance sticks I use in the bathroom and scented candles are a must. Until this moment I never used a scented fire log to start a fire in my fireplace. But there is always a first time for everything.\\n\\nThis fire log has very strong scent. Even when it arrived in the mail, I could smell the pine scent from the packaging. This was nice because one can leave log by the fireplace and still experience beautiful scent. I decided to use it in a fireplace one spring morning. I was frustrated that it was officially spring and yet the weather was cold and my home still required heat. I started the fireplace and it was time to use the fire log. I absolutely enjoyed the scent that came out of log once it caught fire. It was sublime. For a moment I felt as if I was in a log cabin in the woods and the scent was coming from the trees outside. I found scent to be calming and soothing.\",\n \"Product: Rachael Ray kitchen components add style and function to your home.This towel has superior woven construction and colorful paisley design. Super stylish tassels, yet ideal and practical for everyday use. Coordinates with Rachael's Everyday line of Cookware, Pot Holders, and Mop pines.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Paisley design towels in hues of green and yellow\\n\\nReview: This is a set of three kitchen towels in green blue, yellow an d white color. What I absolutely love about the product is that towels are made of 100% cotton. Design is in modern paisley style and it can complement any kitchen. These towels have a little white fringes on the end that add to the beauty of design. One has an option to keep these towels in a kitchen as decoration or use them on a daily basis. Because towels are make of cotton they are easy to wash and dry. This is my first Rachel Ray brand product and so far it is both beautiful and practical. This also makes a nice present for anyone. It is practical and pleasingly looking.\",\n \"Product: Bissell has learned that consumers are always looking for better cleaning, easier-to-use tools and multi-functional products that are compelling and offer value and efficient storage. Meet the Bissell approach to everyday cleaning tools. Smart details products offer wow features that make every task easier - collapsible handles for easy storage, jointed handles to reach under furniture, soft touch grips and circular ends for hanging. From versatile brooms, dusters and a multi-functional mop to sturdy brushwares, it's function and fun for a better clean. As the name implies, the difference is in the details. This line delivers effective results and less-effort cleaning - with all the details that consumers want. And it comes from Bissell, a name consumer's trust in floor care.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Squeegee with good looks and superior performance\\n\\nReview: I wash all windows inside and out twice a year. early spring and late fall. With spring just around the corner, I wanted to have a good squeegee on hand for cleaning up windows and making them shiny and streak free. I picked out this product because I Liked the colors and because Bissell is well known brand.\\n\\nOnce I received the product, I must admit, I liked color coordination even better. Product has gray and orange colors which complement each other great. I also like the material used for this product. It looks like plastic but it feels like silicone. It is very comfortable to hold. I wish this product was made to be able to have additional attachment so one can use it in hard to reach areas. Right now, with the short handle, the only way to use this product is on easy to reach areas.\\n\\nI tested performance of the squeegee on my car windows. I must say, it cleans the windows superbly. Now I am ready to use this product on the windows inside the house and screen doors. I am very pleased with this product.\",\n \"Product: This Set of 6 Farberware Baker's Advantage Round Cookie Cutters in various sizes and colors features double-sided cutters with a plain side and a scalloped side, so you can make an assortment of different cookies in one batch. Use cutters to create pastry and cookie dough squares, or as a food form. Set of 6 cutters range in diameter from 2 inches to 4-1/2 inches. and nest together for compact storage in the included case. Dishwasher safe.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Practical and fun cookie molds\\n\\nReview: I have received this great set of cookie cutters. Farberware is a good brand. In my kitchen, I have a traditional set of stainless steel cookie cutters and this set is a really nice addition. First of all, cutters come in vibrant color assortment. There are 6 of them so if there is more than one person baking, multiple people can use the molds. Secondly, the molds come in two sizes. So if you want large or small cookie size you now have a choice which size to pick. But this is also helpful by the end of the cookie batch. Often times when the cookie dough is almost used up, it going into a shapeless form. This way one can use smaller mold and still have a nice looking cookie. I also have ot mention that the edge of the cookie can be ridged or round circle; depending on which top of the mold one uses. That increases the selection of designs you can use for baking.\\n\\nThis set is dishwasher safe. It is my personal preference to wash molds by hand and let them air dry on a dish rack or dry them with a towel. The other practical thing about this set is that it comes in its own round, plastic container. It does not take a lot of space and it is easy to tuck way in a kitchen.\",\n \"Product: Decorated in a stripe pattern of optic art, the Holiday Jewel Bar Board with Knife will brighten up any home bar or cocktail table. Crafted of glass, the board is perfect for cutting fruit for drinks, or even for serving cheese and spreads. The stainless steel knife is included. A great gift of bright seasonal red.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect holiday stocking present\\n\\nReview: This set of jewel wine charms makes a lovely stocking present for the holiday season. Set comes in a red Lenox box with a picture of them. If you know of anyone who loves wine, this makes a nice decoration for the wine bottle. One can use these rings for decoration or you can give the entire set to a host and they can use it to decorate their wine bottles at their bar for the holiday guests. Each silver colored charm is individually wrapped in a paper tissue and bubble wrap. Charm is attached to a ring an it has clear and red crystals in between. On one side of the charm has the Lenox stamp. The other side has engraving such as \\\"Noel\\\", \\\"Cheer\\\", \\\"Joy\\\", \\\"Jolly\\\", \\\"Believe\\\" and \\\"Merry\\\". The back of the box lists a website to register for the Lenox Breakage Replacement program.\",\n \"Product: Our chamois like material provides a super absorbent hair towel that folds into a compact travel size. This is the best quick dry hair towel on the market. Rated as twice the absorbency of microfiber material and preferred by professional hair stylists. The Bucky hair towel also makes an excellent travel towel. The high-performance chamois material readily absorbs water and is just as easily wrung out for quick-drying. This towel is generously sized, measuring 35 x 18\\\". It makes a compact roll that fits easily into an overnight bag or carryon. We cut, sew and package this product in Seattle, WA. Bucky has been making fine travel and relaxation products for over 22 years. To use, just flip your head over, place the large part of the turban on your head, trap your hair in the tail of the turban. Twist until tight, then tuck the tail into the elastic loop in the back, just as if you were making a low ponytail. To view more of our spa and travel products visit amazon.com/Bucky.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Microfiber cloth for wrapping wet hair.\\n\\nReview: This is my first peach colored hair turban. I use once a week a hair mask in my hair which I love to leave overnight. To help hair soak in product better, I wrap my hair in a plastic cap and then apply the microfiber towel fro more comfortable sleep. But this product can also be used after shower to more easily and quickly dry hair. In the past, I used white and black colored cloths. I dye my hair so I have to be careful not to use the cloth when the hair is freshly colored. Peach colored turban looks very feminine and one can use it in home during the day and still look fashionable. I find this product to be easier to use than if I am to use the regular towel alone.\",\n \"Product: An Amazon Brand.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Adjustable height office chair\\n\\nReview: I have received this product 2 weeks ago. I haven't used it long enough. Its easy enough to assemble, which took about 25 mins. Cushion may not be breathable which is something I wouldnt like, if it sticks to my legs when Im in shorts. The back of the chair (panel) is more breathable as it is mesh. All cushion materials are polyvinyl or some kind of artificial like that. Person using this chair is heavy so I wanted to get a chair that isn't too loose in the back, I wanted it firm, which this certainly is in fact it does not flex back at all; so it is very firm. I have to use it a whole (8 hour work)day before Im certain it will be comfortable enough.\",\n \"Product: Stainless steel Potato Peeler combines high quality materials with easy operation that makes peeling potatoes better than ever! With an eyelet for easy hanging, it is a must have for a well-stocked kitchen.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Aesthetically pleasing, fully finctional vegetable peeler\\n\\nReview: My handheld vegetable peeler was approaching end of life. Blade was not as sharp as it used to be and at one point, one wants to avoid rusty kitchen tool. I decided to get a new peeler and this one made the choice. I never used brand before, bit II decided to give it a try because of the design. First of all, this tool is 100% steel. It is perfect in any kitchen, but it will particularly complement nicely any kitchen that has stainless steel appliances.\\n\\nProduct is long enough that fits comfortable in any hand (man or woman's). It also has black protective coating, so user can avoid slippage and cuts on the finger. I used this tool for peeling potatoes and carrots and it works very well on both round and straight vegetable shapes. Additionally, tool is easy to wash. I typically never wash peelers in dishwasher for simply reason to avoid unintentional cuts when taking utensils from the dishwasher. So I wash this utensil by hand, although, it is probably safe to wash it in dishwasher. It has convenient hook at the end, so it can hang on the kitchen wall right next to your bottle opener.\\n\\nThis product has it all - functionality, pleasing design and lovely display. Wonderful asset for any kitchen.\",\n \"Product: Bissell has learned that consumers are always looking for better cleaning, easier-to-use tools and multi-functional products that are compelling and offer value and efficient storage. Meet the Bissell approach to everyday cleaning tools. Smart details products offer wow features that make every task easier - collapsible handles for easy storage, jointed handles to reach under furniture, soft touch grips and circular ends for hanging. From versatile brooms, dusters and a multi-functional mop to sturdy brushwares, it's function and fun for a better clean. As the name implies, the difference is in the details. This line delivers effective results and less-effort cleaning - with all the details that consumers want. And it comes from Bissell, a name consumer's trust in floor care.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Multi-purpose angled sturdy power cleaning brush\\n\\nReview: I recently for Bissell window cleaner squeegee. This little brush makes it perfect addition. It has angled brushes and it is perfect for cleaning edges on the outside edge of the window. It removed dirt, dust , old paint peels and occasional spider webs. Once window is cleaned all around it is much more effective to actually wash the windows and clean them properly.\\n\\nHandle is very comfortable and it fits properly in hand of any size (male or female). brushes are really sturdy and it can be used dry or wet. They will really scrub scum away. Brush is not too big and I store it under the kitchen sink.\\n\\nAlthough I use it for the purposes of window cleaning, this crush is perfect for using in bathroom for heavy duty scrubbing of the shower tubs. It can also be used on the kitchen or bathroom floors is hard to reach areas in case you need to clean corners thoroughly....\\n\\nI definitely love the design of this brush, but what I love even more is the colors. It is light gray and orange so it adds a little color and zest in otherwise mundane work of cleaning.\",\n \"Product: 19\\\" LCD TV with Built in DVD Player\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Versatile flat screen TV set\\n\\nReview: Recently, I have relocated and that was the perfect reason to purchase my first flat screen TV. I picked this device from Best Buy because I could order it online and pick it up myself in a local store in order to avoid high shipping fees. I must admit, I am watching my expenses so I do not have cable at the moment. Instead, I have purchased a little antenna and rely on public TV programming. The beauty of the product is that when there are no programs on public TV I want to watch, there is a built in DVD that I utilize and watch the movies I usually pick up from the local library for no charge.\\n\\nNow if that is not enough, note that this TV allows you to plug in cable to your laptop computer and you can use it as a computer screen. Picture is crystal clear, bur reviewers before me are right -- volume can sometime be tricky. So if you are listening to your favorite piece of music, or book on tape, make sure you are close by, or you may miss some of the words.\\n\\nThe other beautiful part of the system is that it can be used on a desktop or it can be mounted on a wall. Either way assembly is very easy to follow from Toshiba's comprehensive user manual that comes with purchase. For me, this is a combo made in heaven and I am quite happy about my purchase. On my wish list - buy another Toshiba flat screen, only this ime larger in size.....\",\n \"Product: TP-Link TL-WA901ND Wireless N450 3TER Access Point, 2.4Ghz 450Mbps, 802.11b/g/n, AP/Client/Bridge/Repeater, 3x 5dBi, Passive POE\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Reliable wireless access for home use\\n\\nReview: I have ordered this device so I can use wireless connection in my home for my computer and iPhone. My product virtually arrived the next day! The initial setup was initially frustrating because it required password for the wireless device, which was not easy to place. By plugging internet cable to connect to it I was able to configure the device. The instructions indicate that configurations can be done wirelessly, which in my case was not true. However, once the device was configured I was able ot use my Google Chrome right away. I also save a lot of data on my iPhone by using wi-fi mode while I am at home.\\n\\nDevice is light and I keep it on top of the speaker. It is kind of cute with its 2 antennas. Looks like a little extra terrestrial....\\n\\nI am sure that the device has warranty, but I was so excited to get it working that I did not check the details on the length of warranty.\",\n \"Product: Finally, a shirt that bends to meet your needs. When comfort and ease is key, this shirt will be your #1. Its non-iron stretch fabric is designed so you can wash, dry, and go, while a smart gingham pattern adds a touch of southern charm. Retire your iron because looking good has never been this easy.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Practical men's casual shirt\\n\\nReview: Picture of the product shows this shirt in bluish color. I have received the shirt and the color is purplish. It is still very nice men's dress shirt. It is made of cotton, polyester and spandex which makes it nice fitting. Shirt is marketed as \\\"slim fit\\\" and for that reason, I have ordered one size larger shirt. I figure large man cannot be always \\\"slim\\\" so size up is a safe way to ensure that dress will fit. Besides during winter, even with a larger shirt one can layer with a pullover and any imperfections will be hidden. I like that collar is buttoned and it is reinforced form the inside. This type of material is perfect for washing in the machine and minimal, or no ironing is required. For that reason, this shirt is perfect for casual wear or for the jeans' day at the office.\",\n \"Product: This charming sterling silver medal pendant is an inspirational gift for any special occasion. Its polished finishs delivers sentimental messages at the base of an inlcuded 18-inch box chain.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Wonderful present for any generation\\n\\nReview: With holidays coming up, this is a wonderful gift for any woman of any generation. Made out of silver, necklace has nice length and what is even more important very nice inspirational message \\\"Live the Life you Love\\\". For younger people, it should be a message we teach them - not to compromise one's own values to please others but to enjoy life to the fullest under one's own terms. I bought necklace for myself. I wanted it to be a constant reminder that I have to live my life at all times and at all costs and never subject myself to someone else's expectations of what my life should be like. That would make me sad and miserable. Just feeling it around my neck and touching a little pendant during the day puts a smile on my face. I have more expensive jewelry in my personal collection, but this little necklace has pushed them all into the second place. At least for now....\",\n \"Product: Made from 10.5-ounce, 77 percent cotton/21 percent polyester/2 percent spandex, our jean moves with you. It's a low-rise, sits just below the waist, and has a slim fit in the hip and thigh.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect pair for casual day at work\\n\\nReview: I have never been one of the people who had tons of jeans in their closet. Every now and then I would get a nice jean skirt, but pants were the whole another story. I decided to summon the strength and pick up a pair that I can wear during casual days at work. I like the washed out look of these pants that with a really nice shirt can even pass for the nice weekend look.\\n\\nDefinite plus for these pants is that they are soft, not too rough like most traditional jeans. So yes, I am sold out on the fact that materials used to make this jean is consisting of cotton and some spandex that gives it soft, stretchy, but not too stretchy look. This is jean that women can wear, not only girls. And while women are at it, they do not look as if they are wearing stretched out spandex. Jeans have the nice, flattering form.\",\n \"Product: Organize small items inside your backpack or travel bag with this set of two small packing pouches from Apera. The Apera Fit Pocket (2 Pack is made from polyester fabric and includes two slim rectangular pouches, each of which has a zip top closure and a small Apera logo on the front. Available in a variety of neutral and fashion colors, these pouches offer convenient storage for everything from toiletries and beauty products to cords and cables to shoes and personal accessories. Designed to resist against bacteria and odor, this set is perfect for organizing and protecting small items inside a larger bag.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Compact and practical organizer bag for every day\\n\\nReview: I practice and teach yoga and this accessory is perfect for keeping me organized. I can keep hand sanitizer, lip moisturizer, essential oils, mat cleanser and fresheners all in one place. I also like a lime green color. For one thing, it is easy to spot if one is carrying this in a larger bag. Secondly, green color is color of heart chakra that represents love - so I just could not go wrong with this little bag. Even the logo of the brand is appealing. This makes a great practical present for anyone. I believe that color and design is universal and can be used by both male and female customers. It is also appropriate for all ages. One can use it for sport or it can be used in a purse as a make up organizer.\",\n \"Product: The Essential Capri is a cooler alternative to a full-length legging. Four-way stretch fabric moves with you like a second skin while the contoured waist provides the coverage (and courage) to approach each pose.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Gray colored capri pants for yoga\\n\\nReview: I love this beautify capri style gray colored yoga bottom. It fits so well around the waist that helps tucking the tummy in during the practice. I love the gray color of the wear because it can be matches with any other colored top. The color is light heather gray and it can be washed in a machine with light colored clothing. This item arrived neatly wrapped and it had a straw like bow about it as items was neatly wrapped. I recently ordered Manduka's Libertine black bra that goes perfect with this bottom. I love the simple cut and the material is superb. Even if you are in a hot yoga class, there will be no slippage while you are holding the tree pose. At the same time, skin feels as if it can \\\"breathe\\\".\",\n \"Product: The Vanity Fair body sleeks slipshort offers all day smoothing for a great look under skirts, dresses, and pants. The no show, no roll waist and leg finishes for an invisible look under clothes and supreme comfort. Has a gorgeous lace tummy panel to add to the beautiful look. Fabrication offers moisture wicking that pulls moisture away from the body for all day breathability.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Very comfortable intimate short for casual wear.\\n\\nReview: This body slip short can be warn as an underwear or on top of the underwear. I actually wore it underneath my dress the other day to help with keeping my body look sleek and slim. Garment will also help avoid any wrinkling issues one may experience when wearing clothes. I absolutely love the tan color of the short. It blends with skin color and makes it almost transparent. Fit of the item it true to its size and the item is made of spandex and microfiber. It has lace like design on the top and it washes well. I always air dry my underwear on the clothes rack, so I cannot tell if the garment develops static if dried in a dryer. Garment is very comfortable to wear and one could use it underneath workout clothes as well without feeling smothered.\",\n \"Product: For the extreme athlete looking for comfort during training. This long sleeve shirt keeps you dry, warm, and can be worn alone or as your base layer. Coolmax-air allows for extra cooling and comfort.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Shirt for moisture control during physical activity\\n\\nReview: I have ordered this lighweight long sleeve layering shirt so I can use it during my upcoming vacation in Maine. I will be staying at a cabin and combine whale watching activities and hiking activities during my stay. Now that Fall is coming, it will start getting cold and this layering top will be perfect to keep me warm while outdoors.\\n\\nI really like packaging for this short. It comes in a little box with a pull string. Shirt is sparkling white which makes it easy to wash with other underwear materials. I am a woman medium size so this shirt is giving me a little more breathing space, it is not too against my body. Shirt is made of polyester materials, but it still feels soft to the touch and it does not irritate my skin. The interesting think about the material is that is \\\"acts\\\" like silk. It will keep body warm in a winter and cool in the summer. It also absorbs sweat well and it does not feel sticky. This will be another reason for me to use the shirt because I love hot yoga. This shirt will help me preserve my body heat long after the hot yoga class.\",\n \"Product: Liverpool Jeans offer a fit solution for most shapes and sizes. Our high quality fabrications allow the jeans to fit to your shape. The Abby skinny is one of our most popular fits with a slimming narrow leg that is flattening to all. Our fabrications have comfort stretch and strong recovery. The recovery attributes help retain the shape to prevent the bagging effects that can occur with most jeans.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: More of a legging than a jean trouser\\n\\nReview: This is a slim fit style pocket denim jean. But it us more a legging than jeans. I like that material is stretchy because if it was real denim I could never fit into it at all. This is perfect for wearing outdoors during errands. It is easy to wash but may stretch a little. I was afraid to put it in a dryer so I let it hand dry on the clothes rack to avoid shrinkage. Pockets are more for decoration that use. These pants are so skinny they are body hugging and putting anything int he pockets would make body look bulky. This wardrobe can be worn by a woman of any age. But if you are curvy it may not look flattering unless you wear a tunic or other loose top that will cover the bulky flesh.\\n\\nMaterial is very light, so these pants with its tight fitting should not be worn during cold weather season.\",\n \"Product: Columbia performance cotton stretch v-neck tee is handsomely heathered. Super soft, breathable and moves with your body. Lightweight stretch is for daily use with Columbia logo above hem. Outdoor heathered colors with compass blue signature bartack at hem. Omni-wick advanced evaporation pulls moisture away from the body and enables perspiration to evaporate quickly. Flat anti-chafing stitches. Tag free. Antimicrobial treatment on fabric. 2 pack\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Cotton stretch shirts with short sleeves in the vibrant color.\\n\\nReview: I must disclose that I am a woman and I ordered this medium size shirt for myself. I love in the midwest where winters can be brutal and I like to layer clothing during winter months. I also like the fact that this particular product comes in a set of two shirts. Shirts are beautiful olive green/grayish color which makes it easy to match with no matter what you wear. Shirts also have Columbia logo on them. I use them for exercise. Needless to say I exercise nearly daily and the reason I picked the shirts is because they are made of cotton and are easy to wash in a washing machine. I typically let my better clothes hang dry but I am sure that these shirts can go into a dryer as well. Since I did not use them in the dryer, I cannot say if they shrink after wash. I know that they stay try to their size when left to hand dry on the clothes rack. I love the product. These shirts also make a great present for anyone in the family. Shirts are packaged in one box and rolled to fit together. Very nice for gift giving this holiday season.\",\n \"Product: Columbia cotton stretch fabric is for shape retention. Soft, breathable and moves with your body. Lightweight stretch is for daily use with Columbia logo above hem. Available in classic colors with signature compass blue bartack at hem. Omni-wick advanced evaporation pulls moisture away from the body and enables perspiration to evaporate quickly. Flat anti-chafing stitches. Tag free. Antimicrobial treatment on fabric. 2 pack\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Sleeveless exercise t-shirts in a heather grey color\\n\\nReview: This is my new addition of Columbia brand sleeveless shirts. I use them for layering during my yoga class. These are men's shirts but as a woman of medium size I use them in men;s small color and they fit me fine. I love the gray color because it is universal and matches any other color I wear. Each one of the shirts has Columbia logo on them and they fir nicely, not too snuggly. Both shirts arrive in traditional Columbia blue box packaging. Both are rolled up. These t-shirts wash great and they are excellent quality and will last for a long time. I let my t-shirts hang dry on the clothes rack after wash. It helps them extend life and they keep original color for a longer periods of time. I love this pair of t-shirts/ They make excellent present for this holiday season if you know of anyone who is physically active and likes to have a high quality sportswear in theur collection.\",\n \"Product: Columbia cotton stretch tank top. Natural cotton fabric with a little stretch to move with your body. Multipurpose tank top can be an everyday essential, underpinning or wear during your favorite activity as thick shoulder straps hide bra straps. Omni-wick advanced evaporation pulls moisture away from the body and enables perspiration to evaporate quickly. Tag less comfort.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Beautiful bright white stretch tank top from Columbia company\\n\\nReview: I practice and teach yoga. During winter season, some of the places where I teach do not always keep rooms reserved for yoga practice warm enough. For that reason, I always encourage my yoga students to layer in order to keep their bodies and muscles warm. Columbia brand is a beautiful brand of good quality products and this stretch tank is no exception. Tank arrived in a traditional blue Columbia company packaging that provides every possible detail about the product. Because it is packed so carefully product is never damaged.\\n\\nI used this tank on top of my long sleeved cotton shift. Tank has brilliant white color and even if one is sweaty during exercise or hiking, the shirt will keep moisture away form body which definitely keeps a person from feeling sticky. It has soft feel to the touch and washes well. I was not afraid to put ist in a washing machine and even add a little bleach to it since I always do that when I wash whites. Bleach dod not affect material at all. There were no yellow marks or stains which happens to products form other companies when bleach is added. I am sure that I will be wearing this tank for a long time to come. I ordered size 2 times larger that I normally wear, because I knew I would be using it for layering and it worked out great. I love that tank has Columbia logo on the very edge of the tank. That way it does not look like a piece of underwear, it has more exercise clothing look and feel to it.\",\n \"Product: Green Calcite is a mental healer, it dissolves rigid belief systems and old programming to restore balance and understanding to the mind. It helps in letting go what is familiar and comforting even though it is no longer needed or wanted. It removes emotional and cultural conditioning preparing the way for a healthier view on life. Green calcite aids communication and helps the transition from the stagnant to the positive. It helps children communicate effectively with others. Green calcite is a stimulant for the immune system. This stone removes negativity and rids the body of bacterial infections. It reduces the symptoms of arthritis and the tightening of ligaments or muscles and is helpful in bone adjustment. Placed on the Heart Chakra green calcite will help to reduce fever. Placed on the site it will relieve burns and inflammation. Green Calcite calms the adrenal glands and sooths anger issues. Green calcite should be cleaned after each use as it absorbs so much negative energy and disease.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Shiney white jade - eye catching\\n\\nReview: I love jade. A few years ago, my job assignment took me to China where I was exposed to all kinds of beautiful variation of jade. I have pieces in all colors: green, yellow, maroon. This is my first piece in white. Traditional bracelets are my favorite not only because of their beauty, but also because of the belief that jade brings luck and protection to ones who wear it.\\n\\nThis bracelet has wonderful width and it is shiny white color. Color is so appealing that this bracelet can be warn with any outfit. I wear it to work and I also love the fact that it is easy to take off and on.\\n\\nThis is a superb quality piece for a very reasonable price. Thank you!\",\n \"Product: Gorgeous and comfortable, Excellent Quality; Stylish muscle print\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Versatile leggings with attractive design for both casual and evening wear\\n\\nReview: These are very attractive skinny trousers that I would call leggings rather than trousers. They are very attractive looking and I must admit it is a design of the trousers that attracted me to order this promotional item. Not to mention that price is very competitive and I was curious if the price will match the quality. I have to report that product looks good and feels good on the body. I would suggest getting a size larger that one normally wears since this product comes form Asia and it is intended either for a very young girls or very tiny women. So if you are medium or larger size, go with the size up when ordering the product. As far as maintenance is concerned, I had the product hand-washed. I was concerned that imitation leather may get destroyed easily in the washing machine, So I hand-wash the item and let it hand dry to avoid any additional shrinkage. Black color makes it very elegant and I personally like to wear these leggings with a nice tunic that covers the upper thighs.\\n\\nThe other nice thing about the product is that it can be warn in any weather, and it is perfect for both spring and fall season. Very attractive product at unbeatable price. Product will ship from overseas, so allow some time for delivery but it is definitely worth the wait.\",\n \"Product: Jazz up your yoga practice withYogaRat'snontoxic certifiedRatMatyoga mats. Made from \\\" extra-thick and durable foam material without the use of toxic plasticizers or phthalates, theyve been manufactured not only to reduce their environmental footprint, but also to enhance comfort, safety, and style during your practice. YourRatMatis thick enough to maximize comfort without compromising stabilityhelping you maintain your balance with the confidence to take your poses further. The printing ink on our printed yoga mats, used to give these mats their distinct visual flair, is also nontoxic. For those wholike their mat with a yoga towel, we also offer combination yoga mat and yoga towel sets! Pair your mat with one of our matching Classic Yoga Towels or one of our new, silicone backedGUMMY GRIP Yoga Towels. With towel or without, we have aRatMatfor you. Unroll yourRatMatoften, and feed itwith all the sweat and effort you can spare. Treat yourRatMatwell, and it will never stop giving back.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect mat for every yogini\\n\\nReview: I saw this mat at the local store. I have heard of Yoga Rat brand but so far had none of their products of my stack of yoga props. What definitely made me purchase the mat was that it had word \\\"Namaste\\\" inscribed on it. In addition to setting up intention every time I practice, I though it is an added bonus to have a sacred word like namaste comfort my poses during practice. Not to mention that color is nice and warm and can complete practice for both man and women. This is one of the best purchases of yoga mats I made recently. Believe me, I have a large selection of them and pick different ones to fit my mood. I also have selection for when I teach yoga vs. selection when I practice. Wonderful mat, makes great selection for anyone who practices yoga, not to mention that it is a wonderful gift for anyone you know that practices yoga and is serious about the mats they use in their practice. It is also very affordable compared to many other ones on the market.\",\n \"Product: Sticky toes will help athletes perfect new skills much easier. Sticky toes are designed to help the athlete realize when their feet are apart or together. The straps are big enough to go around cheerleading shoes yet small enough to go around a young athlete's bare foot. The Velcro Sticks together but also safely pulls apart, giving the athlete instant feedback when working skills where feet are required to stay together. The user can feel and hear the Velcro separate! sticky toes are hand washable and a must have for every athlete in your gym.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Good emergency \\\"sticky toe\\\" bandiad strips.\\n\\nReview: I practice yoga and for that reason I picked these \\\"sticky toes\\\". There are times when I do not like to walk barefoot (example: yoga in the gyms where most people wear gym shoes and do not walk barefoot as it is the case in yoga studios). These \\\"toes\\\" are perfect for children and women with small feet. They have Velcro that can wrap the material around sole of the foot. Although the size says Large, the actual product is not.\\n\\nIt is convenient to carry around in the pocket and for what I would call \\\"emergency\\\" use. It can be easily washed in a dishwasher, but I recommend you place these \\\"socks\\\" in a separate back because Velcro will stick to any other garments you may have in the load. Not to mention stickiness in you put it in a dryer. You may even opt to hand wash these and let them air dry.\\n\\nCute but not overly practical. If you are looking for fashionable toe socks then go for yoga socks that are sold by Gaiam or Yogi Toes company. They can also be purchased on amazon. These are almost like wearing a band-aid with some Velcro on it.\",\n \"Product: Manduka Apparel Size Chart \\nYou easily move from the studio to the streets in these Manduka® Essential Leggings. \\nSupportive fabric moves with you throughout your practice. \\nWide elastic waistband ensures full coverage. \\nBuilt-in media pocket keeps small items stored away. \\nFull-length tapered cuffs.\\n88% recycled polyester, 12% spandex. \\nMachine washable. \\nImported.\\nMeasurements:\\n\\n Waist Measurement: 28 in\\n Outseam: 36 in\\n Inseam: 28 in\\n Front Rise: 10 in\\n Back Rise: 14 in\\n Leg Opening: 10 in\\n \\n\\nProduct measurements were taken using size MD, inseam 28. Please note that measurements may vary by size.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Leggings for yoga or a quick run; can be layered with regular clothing.\\n\\nReview: Some brands, like Lululemon tend to run smaller in size than described. Manduka's items are always true to size and that is one reason why I like the brand. I recently got myself a black Libertine Bra from their line that matches these skinny leggings perfectly. I love the material, it is perfect for yoga practitioners (hot yoga or traditional), but it can be worn by runners as well. Slim fit and hug around the legs will ensure nice coverage and full range of motions. Item comes in a rich black color that can be easy washed with the rest of the black items in your load. I personally like to have my yoga clothing left to hang dry, so I cannot speak if the item shrinks is dried in the clothes dryer. It can be warned as a layer underneath the summer dress. I like to do that so I can easily slip in and out of yoga class. I can take the dress off and leggings are on for the practice. If i get too sweaty, I put leggings in my gym back and put the dress on and I am ready to go about my business.\",\n \"Product: Crush your next meet in the high-performing angles swimsuit, engineered from our exclusive, long-lasting endurance+ fabric. This chlorine-resistant style is designed with four-way stretch, a supportive wide back strap and high-cut legs for unrestricted movement.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Lovely swimsuit in hues of green color.\\n\\nReview: One of the reasons I love Speedo swimwear is that they are not susceptable to wardrobe malfunction. This brand has been used by professional athletes and active swimmers and when it comes to women's one piece swimwear they provide full proof coverage for the entire body. Everything s sown in. This swimsuit is called Endurance and it comes in a lovely shade of green and black. I personally love green color because it is a color of love (heart) chakra. Straps are thin but durable. There is no build in bra. So if you are a woman with large breasts, make sure you try this swimsuit first. It is also confusing that the size is listed as 28 so initially I was not sure if this is my size or not. I normally wear size 6 and miraculously I was able to fit into this swimsuit. However it is not easy to get out of it since there is nothing to unbuckle. This swimsuit is made of china an both inside and outside of the product is made out of polyester material.\\n\\nIn conclusion this is attractive and practical swimsuit, but make sure you try it first to ensure you can put it on and off easily and make sure that you are ok having a swimsuit on that has no bra padding in it in case you are large breasted woman.\",\n \"Product: Business in the front and party in the back - that's what we had in mind for the everly yoga tank. Featuring a built-in bra with removable cups, the everly gives you support and functionality combined with a playful strappy back and a longer length. Front length - 25 1/2 inch\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect tank for one's yoga practice\\n\\nReview: I am both yoga practitioner and a yoga teacher. Basically, I wear yoga clothign daily. Often times when I have my daily job at the office, I wear yoga clothing underneath That way after work I am ready to teach or practice. I never purchased Gaiam yoga clothing before so I was excited to try this product. First of all, I love the dark grayish/black color. It is universal and can be easily matched with any bottom of any color. I used this top for both hot yoga classes and regular yoga classes. Top performs well in both temperatures. I washed this top in a washing machine and it did not shrink. I let it air dry on the clothes rack so top can last longer and keep its form.\\n\\nThe other thing I really like about this product is that neck opening is not too low. It allows range of movements without fear of wardrobe malfunction. To me comfort always overrides fashion when it comes to yoga clothes. But with thus particular item, one meets both criteria: comfort and practicality.\",\n \"Product: Bioactive organic Virgin Olive Oil is a super hydrating fruit oil rich in Oleic Acid, an antioxidant. In combination with a select blend of bioactive and naturally inspired ingredients, these powerful moisturizing and stimulating properties combine to provide extreme bioactive rescue for the delicate skin around the eyes.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Gentle eye protection with virgin olive oil active ingredient\\n\\nReview: Recently I tried Organic Doctor hair conditioner brand and I liked it. I am meticulous about my skin care treatments and I pay special attention to the area around my eyes. Skin around the eyes is very thin and with too much squinting due to sun or poor vision, this is the first part of the face that will show signs of aging. This eye cream comes in a small 0.5 oz tube that is easy to store or carry. Bottle is colorful. The main ingredient for this product is virgin olive oil. Italian women have been using olive oil for their skin care for centuries and I decided to give this one a try. This eye product is not too heavy or creamy. Skin absorbs it quickly and product leaves no residue. One can easily apply skin care moisturizer and SPF around the eyes. For me the most important thing about the eye products is that they are not irritating. This product is gentle to the eye area and it will not cause your eyes to water. This product has no fragrance.\",\n \"Product: Drama\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Exploration of good and evil\\n\\nReview: Ingmar Bergman's film \\\"The Virgin Spring\\\" is based on the Swedish folk ballad. It is set at the time when pagan worship was intermixed with newly arrived Christianity. The film explores the meaning of good and evil and how it affects us in every day life. According to the story, it is customary that a young virgin maiden brings candles and offerings to the Church on a high holiday. Karen, an only daughter of a wealthy trader and his wife is to deliver them to the church herself. Her escort is a female servant, pregnant and unmarried who spends her time cooking, baking and taking care of household chores. Karen is young, pure, innocent, blond; her servant is dark haired, thin and worn out from the hard work and pregnancy and for all that resentful. While Karen is adored, pampered and spoiled by her parents and servants, her servant girl is tormented and criticised about everything about her. Both of them are day and night. In the process of delivering candles to the church, naive Karen runs into three shepards and offers them some food. Before long, two elder ones attack her, rape her and murder her. She is stripped off her clothes and left in a ditch as her servant girl is watching it all in horror. Circumstances bring shepards to Karen's parents house where they are offered food and shelter. In gratitude, shepards offer Karen's mother Karen's clothes for sale, not realizing that it is murdered girls' mother they were selling clothes to. As pregnant girl servant makes it to the village and explains to Karen's father what has happened and she confirms that shepards are rapists and murderers, Karen's father decides to ravenge his only child's death. All three shepards are murdered and household sets out to finding Karen's body. It is at the place where Karen's body is found that some of the most powerful scenes from the film transpire. Her father is asking God how God could allow that a young, innocent girl has such terrible fate. In the nature where everything is so calm and beautiful how could God take away precious life of an innocent girl? It is after Karen's body is removed, that everyone realizes that she was laid under a spring of pure water of life. So the revenge was futile. Karen is dead, her tormentors are dead, life will never be the same for everyone involved, but must start new, fresh and pure with everlasting pain that will be reminder to what happened to a young maiden and everyone who loved and resented her.\",\n \"Product: Jason Patric, Bruce Dern, Rachel Ward. A drifter's affair with a beautiful woman brings him more trouble than he was looking for. Based on a novel by Jim Thompson.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Modern day film noir\\n\\nReview: It is difficult to imagine that his film was made nearly 20 years ago. Jason Patric plays a young man, former boxer who is emotionally damaged. He hussles his way into people's lives and then simply runs away. During one of his stints, he comes across beautiful woman, a widow, who offers him a shelter in exchange for some handy work around her house.\\n\\nIt does not take long before it is apparent that a woman and her friends have agenda on how to create enough wealth so they do not have to worry about the money during the old days. They are about to use ex-boxer as a tool to get to the goal. Erotic tension rises but so does desire for control. No one seem to be what they pretend to be and that is when film truly reaches its peak.\\n\\nJason Patrick gives a fantastic performance. He has a true swagger of a boxing champion. His eyes reflect his mood of the moment. At that point he taks over the big screen and the course of the movie. It is one of the films made in film noir fashion that draws audiences into destinies of the protagonists. There are no winners at the end of the story and that is the beauty of the movie.\",\n \"Product: Bought new - viewed once. Exactly as shown. From Private Collection. Pristine Condition.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: An obsession that leads to tragedy\\n\\nReview: Story about theatre actor who gives himself so fully to the role that he starts to confuse his real life from his stage life. His only relief from the emotional pain is his love for his ex-wife. Although divorced, the two are still close firends and colleagues n the Broadway plays. His ex-wife knows best that he is emotionally fragile and is afraid to marry him again knowing that his emotional baggage will destroy this relationship again.\\n\\nWhen he takes on the role of Othello, his fame explodes. Night after night he plays a doomed lover. But his psyche starts to crack. In desparate effort to separate his love for his ex-wife for his love of Desdemona on stage, he commits murder against a young woman, played wonderfully by Shelley Winters.\\n\\nOne has to have a love for old movies to watch this one. I loved the old black and white shots and the intensity of old school of acting.\",\n \"Product: In the sixteenth century, the king of England jeopardizes his reign when he ignores his wife and openly carries on an affair with his male lover.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Art movie about power and revenge\\n\\nReview: I wanted to see this movie because it stars Tilda Swinton, art movie goddess of great talent and beauty. Film is about King Edward II who upon his father's death and inheritance to power invites from exile his lover, Galveston. Court is appalled that Galvaston is all that Edward II can think about and that Edward does not care that his lover is cruel, uncaring and greedy and steals money from the treasury. Edward's wife and Queen is rejected upon Galveston's arrival and finds herself on the sideline of power. Born of noble blood, she is deeply hurt by her treatment by the King and decides to plot a revenge and take over the power herself.\\n\\nFantastic costumes and jewelry. Queen's makeup is amazing, she is hypnotizing to all but Edward. This performance feels more like theatre on DVD. Annie Lennox's musical performance is beautiful and quite unexpected.\\n\\nFilm will get everyone thinking about lure of power and wealth, desire to hang onto it no matter what the consequences. It also tackles the notion of double standards. While homosexuality is frawned upon, the murder, orgy, adultery and betrayal seem to be almost expected and accepted by the great majority or realm's subjects. This film is not for everyone. It is definitely for mature audiences with sophisticated tastes. Short dancing scene between two male dancers is the best part of the film - treat for ballet lovers.\",\n \"Product: L'Eclisse [1962] / Region 2 PAL European Edition DVD / Language: Italian / Subtitles: English / Actors: Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, Rossana Rory / Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni / Run Time: 123 minutes\\nThe final part of Antonioni's trilogy about broken society and ruptured relationships. Winner of the Cannes Special Jury Prize. Italian dialogue with subtitles.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: When fulfillment is out of reach\\n\\nReview: For fans of fine foreign black and white film, this film is a definite must see. Main protagonist is young woman Vittoria who is attempting to \\\"re-arrange\\\" her life by leaving her fiancee in attempt to find something more meaningful in her life. She is leaving a seemingly independent life as a professional translator. Her mother is a widow who spends her days at the Rome's Stock Exchange buying and selling stock. Their apartment(s) have beautiful furnishings and their friends seem to be well of and cultured. It spite of it all there seems to be emptiness in each one of their lives. This emptiness is both emotional and tribeless if I can use that word.\\n\\nIncidentally, in her attmept to seek new beginning and hope,Vittoria starts love affair with her mother's stockbroker Piero (played by Alain Dellon). Piero is handsome, young, always quick on his feet. But he is also shallow. He fills his life with things (such as expensive cars) and when there is no love, he buys one off the street.\\n\\nIt is amazing to watch on the big screen these two beautiful people and witnes their inability to connect in any possible way. Once seen, this film gives a whole new meaning to the word alienation.\",\n \"Product: From the director of Academy Award(r)-winning INDOCHINE comes another highly acclaimed film. Academy Award(r)-nominated (1999) for Best Foreign Language Film, EAST/WEST (EST/OUEST) is a wonderfully imagined film that follows the plight of a young couple and their child as they choose to go back to the Soviet Union in 1946. At the end of the war, Stalin invited Russians who fled the country to return.The talented young doctor, Alexei Golovine (Oleg Menchikov), accompanied by his French bride, the beautiful Marie (Sandrine Bonnaire), and their son optimistically return to the Soviet Union. Their arrival is a rude one. Interrogations are followed by the grim reality of post-war Soviet Union: shared apartments, suspicious neighbors and lack of privacy. Marie soon starts to rebel against the circumstances, but her husband finds that his talents are needed and appreciated by the authorities so he starts to get ahead. Marie meets up with a touring French actress (Catherine Deneuve), and soon\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Life in Stalin's Russia\\n\\nReview: This film in French and Russian language was made to show the story of the state of Russia shortly after WWII. It starts in year 1946 with a premise that all Russian expatriates living abroad since year 1917 (October Revolution) were invited for re-patriation back to Russia. We see a group of Russians leaving France with great hopes of reconnecting with their fatherland, offering new government their skills, talents and love for the country in an effort to build a new society after the devastating war. We know that this bait will end badly from the start. As these naive citizens step on the Russia soil the tragedy hits: elderly are separated from the young, families are being divided and before we know it a young French man of Russian decent is shot to death from the back by the eager Russian soldier. Main protagonist of this story is a doctor who with wife and a young son gets rude awakening of what is the future for his family. Deeply devoted to his wife, he will do whatever it takes top protect his family. As time passes and the differences and tension between the couple increases, wife is becoming more determined to escape Russian and get back to France. In the process and circumstances around them, she establishes relationship with a young Russian man who happens to live in the same apartmens with her family. Without desclosing the plot, we learn about two people so desparate for freedom and nothing to loose that will do anything to reclaim it. Over a period of 10 years lives of all of them are so profoundly changed that is hard to believe how can anyone endure such oppresion. It will take another 30 years after their escape until borders are open again and Russian citizens can choose to stay or immigrate to any country of their choice. See the rest of the movies by the talented Russian director Sergei Bodrov and his son who appears in many of his films, this one included (he had a role of young Russian lodger Sasha).\",\n \"Product: From the Academy Award(R)-nominated director Atom Egoyan (Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, THE SWEET HEREAFTER, 1997; EXOTICA, FELICIA'S JOURNEY), and featuring an all-star cast, ARARAT is the acclaimed cinematic masterpiece about a tragic historical event, a country in denial, and a people yearning for the truth. For the estranged members of a contemporary family, the tangled relationships of their present are only complicated by their catastrophic past. And what begins as a search for clues becomes a determined quest for answers across a vast and ancient terrain of deception, denial, fact, and fears. This stunning and passionate motion picture explores the pursuit of identity through the intimate moments shared by lovers, families, enemies, and strangers.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Story of the Armenian nation\\n\\nReview: This was by no means ambitious film by Atom Egoyan. By addressing complex relationship of a contemporary family between a mother, her son from her first marriage to an Armenian terrorist/freedom fighter (depending on who is talking about the poor lad); her stepdaughter who happens to be her son's lover as well as her deceased husband's daughter from previous relationship, we get to learn about Armenia's history, it's people, art and region. One of the main points of the movie is to address year 1915 genocide of the Armenian nation by Turks what neither Turks nor the rest of the world have ever fully acknowledged perhaps due to the fact that everyone was busy fighting the WWI. On pretense of making a historical film about the event, we witness the usual: brutality, muder, rape. But underneath it all is a story about family and complex emotions that bind any family together. Choices that we make, affect our families. The ones that feel consquences of these choices the most are the children. It seems that for those children it is unbearable that they are unable to control events around them and stop the loss of the people they innately love. As their parents perish in war, sacrifice themselves for ideals over their family, or seemingly commit suicide over life's disappointments - their children turn to most self-destructive ways or feeling of being alive. They choose their own path that often is a path of death which puts them closer to their lost parents they still love and miss terribly. But their death is a slow one and it is thru pain and hurt that they come to the light and get to enjoy the life around them. As I said in the beginning, it is overly ambitious movie but a nice tribute to a nation, human self sacrifice and love that binds us all at the end.\",\n \"Product: New The Namesake [dvd]\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Story about finding one's own cultural identity\\n\\nReview: I loved writer Jhumpa Lahiri's book \\\"Interpreter of Maladies\\\". Althought I have not read \\\"Namesake\\\" , I knew I wanted to see the film. I imagined from her previous work colorful characters, clothes and surroundings and sure enough, I was not disappointed. We meet a young man of Indian descent who is named Gogol, after famous Russian writer. That name seems to be a torment in his life, until one day he decides to change it, americanize it and convert even his Indian name Nikhil to Nick. Born and raised in the America to his Indian parents, he has difficulty trying to identify with his Indian ancestry. So, his girlfriend is blond American girl from a higher social status and we see Nick slowly pulling away from his family. It is only thru his father's death that Nick realizes who he is, what heritage really means to his family and him personally. Inevitably, that means the end of his life that until that moment he has known. And then again, it is Nick's marriage to Bengali woman he has known since his childhood that creates new conflicts in his life. Are the pressures of one's heritage such that one has to deny his/her true feelings toward a person of a different heritage? How much is the modern life on the western hemisphere influenced new generations in the ways they want to live their lives? I absolutely loved film's tenderness and its slow rhytm. I felt drawn to the characters and curious about their inner life. But then the best part of all is the film's ending that simply states \\\"To our parents who sacrificed everything to give us what we have\\\". That statement alone transcends this story from the begining to the end regardless of what culture we come from or are born into.\",\n \"Product: VHS\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Coming of age story\\n\\nReview: While some would argue that this is a lesbian movie, I would say that this is simply a story of love. We see a group of teenage girls in the all girls private schoool remotely tucked in somewhere on the east coast. They are all sort of discards from their families. Their parents have fulfilled the social contract of having children (or adopting them in some cases) and now that girls have reached a certain age, they are almost an inconvenience to their own parents. Do not take me wrong, they are not a problem kids - they are sent away so that their blended families can get some breathing space. So this seemingly comfortable arrangement has one drawback. These young women are craving for love and attention. Tucked in school, away from families that care for them enough to pay hefty tuitiion, they bond by forming cliques or in some instances, strong loving relationships amongst each other. Two of them fall in love and have sexual relationship that once discovered brings havoc around the entire school. One of the grils (played by Piper Perabo) is sensitive, caring but unable to let go of her unfaithful lover who does not seem to want to resiprocate the love any longer. It is in those tender moments of our heroine's distress that one can see that she fell in love with a person and the sex of the person is totally irrelevant to her. Our heroine is seeking love pure and unconditional the one that does not seek approval from the rest of the society. I totally loved this movie and I still keep wondering when I am going to see Piper Perabo in her next role. She is beautiful, talented and absolutely irresistible.\",\n \"Product: The spoiled rotten and utterly unlikable rich kid George Amberson becomes horrified when his recently widowed mother rekindles her relationship with the wealthy Eugene Morgan, who she left decades earlier in order to marry George's father. As George struggles to sabotage his mother's new romance, he must deal with his own romantic feelings for Morgan's daughter and the consequences of his meddling as his once great family falls into ruin due to his machinations...\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Rise and fall of wealth and influence\\n\\nReview: As someone who has never seen previous version of this work either in theatre or other movie versions, I will confine this review to this particular movie. Set in late 1880s, film is full of sensuality and beautiful costumes peppered by restrained mannerisms of the period. Main story is about Amberson family who has made their money in real estate. They are old money and they know it. Isabel Amberson is a beautiful woman who chooses \\\"safe\\\" husband. Reliable and dull he is her safety net in the world she is so accustomed to. Their only son George is her one and only passion in her life. The two are inseparable and their co-dependency leads to almost incestuous relationship between overprotective mother and spoiled and jealous son. Death of Isabel's husband makes their relationship even more complicated. In order to restrain potential suitors from taking his beloved mother away from him, her son takes her on the indefinitely long trip around the world - until, too late, he discovers that his mother is gravely ill. Surrounding characters: Isabel's own brother and father, her sister-in-law Fanny and her flame from her youth Eugene Morgan all make interesting characters, but are all incapable of ensuring some distance between mother and her son. As family shrinks due to death and fortunes disappear due to Amberson family's inability to adjust to the new times, we see young George Amberson - spoiled, arrogant, jealous and overbearing grow to learn to be kind and caring, responsible and strong since his world of protection and privilege disappears right before his eyes. This is one of those great family sagas, deep psychological exploration of human relationships at times when world to women was a closed one - when they were vitual property of their sons and husbands, where class determined one's future in terms of their profession, marriage prospectsability to prosepr thru strong social connections. I loved the costumes and jewelry in the movie. Most actors were good, except that Jennifer Tilly acts more as a spiteful child than a sinister spinster aunt.\",\n \"Product: Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers (Barbara Hershey) suspects that her husband John (Geoffrey Rush) is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat (Anthony LaPaglia) attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Midlife crisis and marriage\\n\\nReview: Quiet examination of the midlife and marriage with all its hardship and beauty. Story revolves around four different couples at various stages in their marriage. It is a mistery as to what binds these people in their marriages. They are togehter but yet we keep wondering why or perhaps for how much longer. Since love cannot hold marriage alone, what are the other attributes that keep these individuals together: grief, loyalty, children, habit? Life with all its brutality can affect our relationships, especially the ones with people closest to us. No one can say that they do not feel numb at one point of their life. What does it take to bring back the emotions: trauma, loss, regret? This is emotionally fulfilling movie. The only reason it got only 4 our of 5 stars is that part with latin dancing is dragging it all into unnecessary direction. Otherwise, this is film worth examining.\",\n \"Product: An impressive cast of British actors brings Samuel Richardson's novel CLARISSA to life. Feeling the pressure from her upwardly mobile family, who are pushing her to marry an aristocratic gentleman she can't abide, the lovely Clarissa Harlowe (Saskia Wickham) seeks a way to escape their clutches. Finding solace in Robert Lovelace (Sean Bean), the man who helps her escape her fate, Clarissa sees her world about to cave in once again when the nefarious Lovelace makes it clear that he has designs on her himself.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Young lady's life in 18th century\\n\\nReview: Wonderful made for TV series tells the classic tale of a young upper class woman Clarissa. Clarissa is a young lady brought up in a wealthy family, of exceptional virtue. She is so pure and innocent that her grandfather decides to leave her all of his wealth. This of course, is a time in England when women (wives and daughters) were property of their fathers and brothers. In spite of her wealth, Clarissa is persuaded by her parents that she should submit control of her wealth to her family that will manage her money for her. This turns out to be her death sentence. Her siblings, father and uncle are angry for being left out from the will. To test her obedience, Clarissa's family promises her to a marriage to another wealthy man. This man is repulsive in more ways than one and Clarissa is desparate to find a way to avoid this marriage. Her (female) friends cannot be her protectors so she is forced to turn to a man for protection. This man, wealthy and handsome himself, is obsessed with seducing and abandoning Clarissa for the sake of humiliating her and satisfying his own ego. As the turn of events ends tragic, one cannot stop and think how women's lives, 200 years later have improved so much (at least in the western hemisphere). Any woman, after watching these series or reading a book, will be delighted to learn that in today's world women are free to make their own decisions and the \\\"female virtue\\\" itself is re-defined. Women are no one's property and with education women can be independant to the point where women can not only manage their money, but also make lots of it their professional careers. Definitely series that will get one thinking about difference between past and present. It is also a story of greed and devastating consequences it can bring to friends, family and lovers.\",\n \"Product: A shakespearean actor confuses his stage characterizations with reality - to the point of murder. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 07/22/2003 Starring: Ronald Colman Shelley Winters Run time: 107 minutes Rating: Nr\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: An obsession that leads to tragedy\\n\\nReview: Story about theatre actor who gives himself so fully to the role that he starts to confuse his real life from his stage life. His only relief from the emotional pain is his love for his ex-wife. Although divorced, the two are still close firends and colleagues n the Broadway plays. His ex-wife knows best that he is emotionally fragile and is afraid to marry him again knowing that his emotional baggage will destroy this relationship again.\\n\\nWhen he takes on the role of Othello, his fame explodes. Night after night he plays a doomed lover. But his psyche starts to crack. In desparate effort to separate his love for his ex-wife for his love of Desdemona on stage, he commits murder against a young woman, played wonderfully by Shelley Winters.\\n\\nOne has to have a love for old movies to watch this one. I loved the old black and white shots and the intensity of old school of acting.\",\n \"Product: Bathed in self-conscious cool, \\\"Confidence\\\" is a heist caper in which the heist is unimportant. As you might expect from \\\"Glengarry Glen Ross\\\" director James Foley, this pulpy concoction is more interested in giving good actors a lot of hip, salty dialogue as they scheme their way to the royal scam. It's a poor man's \\\"Ocean's Eleven\\\", just as enjoyable in its own way, beginning when con artist Jake (Edward Burns) discovers he's accidentally stolen from an eccentric crime boss (Dustin Hoffman, oozing threat in a fine character turn). Promising to make amends by pulling the biggest con of his career, Jake adds a feisty pickpocket (Rachel Weisz) to his crew, which includes scene-stealer Paul Giammatti and Andy Garcia as a disheveled FBI agent (or is he?). With a cast like this you can't go wrong, but \\\"Confidence\\\" cons itself into thinking it's original, while Burns's abundant voice-overs state the obvious and plot twists unfold with minimal surprise. It hardly matters; \\\"Confidence\\\" may be derivative, but it's still recommendable. \\\"--Jeff Shannon\\\"\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Boy team planning a scam\\n\\nReview: Film in the theme of \\\"Ocean's 11, 12, 13\\\" if you will. We have a team of grifter buddies who get along well and like each other's company, willing to take a high stake scam against the \\\"King\\\" - local mafia boss. It is helping that they have one foxy girl (beautiful Rachel Weisz) to help out the boys with the scam as only the girl can pull. But this film drags and drags with not enough humour to keep the atention span going. There are too many parallel stories going on at once so warning - do not watch this movie while tired - you just will not get it what just happened. I liked Giamatti's performance, but so disappointed that any time Ed Burns is in the film, it is always the same thick NY accent, his dandy looks and some mischief we know he is up to that makes any of his films so darn predictable. Impressive cast, but just no enough to get wider audiences interested.\",\n \"Product: September 1944, in a land torn apart by war, a Finnish sniper is labeled a coward by his compatriots; as punishment, he is nailed to a rock and left to his own devices. Not long after, a disgraced Russian Captain, en route to his court martial, is injured in an accident. Both men are about to find out they have one thing in common. Wounded and emotionally tortured, they are taken in by Anni, ayoung, resourceful war widow, who offers shelter to one while nursing the other back to health. None of them understands the others' languages, but it doesn't seem to matter. Isolated, the three unlikely roommates - a Finn, a Russian and a Lapp - overcome both comic and tragic misunderstandings to form a passionate three-way...relationship. Because after a day of hard work on Anni's farm, who needs words?\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: War, friendships and kindness of strangers\\n\\nReview: Of all WWII films, this one is one of the most unusual and entertaining I came across lately. We meet Finish soldier who is abandoned to die because he refuses to fight any more; Russian soldier on his way to excution who is deemed not loyal and Lapp woman who has spent last four years alone fighting for her own survival and waiting for her husband to come back from the war. These three people strike unlikely bond, which is even more amazing considering that they each speak different language. We learn thru their interaction that they deeply care about each other -- but in their own ways. They also seem to want to think that whatever it is that they are thinking is what the other person is thinking too. So it comes this wonderful tale about three people who live real life together close to the very end of the war, but at the same time they all build their own reality too. I particularly liked the female character who is strong, self-sifficient adn resourceful. She knows what she wants and goes for it. She is an enchatress, hunter, cook, wife, lover and mother. It is almost funny when a Russian soldier calls woman like that, living all alone in the cold mountain \\\"stupid woman\\\", considering she managed to survive on her own for all that time. Absolutely entertaining and touching movie.\",\n \"Product: Regarded as the \\\"father of American ballet,\\\" George Balanchines legacy lives on in his prolific body of choreographic work. Creating over 450 works, Balanchine is, arguably, the foremost contemporary choreographer of the 20th century. Through rare archival audio and video footage, interviews, film, and photographs, this program traces Balanchines life from his youth at the Maryinsky Theater, through his work for Hollywood and Broadway, to his ultimate creation of the New York City Ballet. It also focuses on the themes of his work and his thoughts on dancemaking, using interviews with the choreographer himself. Features selections of his vast repertory of ballets, including Chaconne, Agon, Symphony in C, Serenade, Apollo, and A Midsummer Nights Dream, among others.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Tribute to Balanchine's work\\n\\nReview: This documentary is must see for anyone and everyone who loves classical and modern ballet choreographed by the master choreographer George Balanchine. It is as much story about his life as it is story about Balanchine'e relationship with composer Stravinsky who arranged many of the modern pieces Balanchine created. It is also a story about creation of the two biggest ballet houses in the United States: American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet.\\n\\nIn the course of the documentary there are pieces of some of the most memorable works Balanchine created performed by American prima ballerinas who were his muses, wives and treasure of american ballet history.\\n\\nBeing that ballet is visual art and in a sense pagan since there is no way to \\\"memorize\\\" each movement - one can only improvise on creations of others or create new pieces, this documentary is important document to the legacy of one man's work that created performing art with american tradition.\",\n \"Product: A \\\"happening\\\" - if ever there was one - befell on June 17, 1967 in the sylvan setting of Central Park, led by the one and only Barbra Streisand. If you missed it or don't remember it, you can share the magic of this extraordinary concert with this videocassette - recorded in Hi-Fi and released by CBS/FOX in 1987 - which makes the event strangely intimate while this beloved superstar sings her heart out before 135,000 fans. The wide range of selections include \\\"The Nearness of You,: \\\"Down With Love,\\\" \\\"Love is Like a New Born Child,\\\" \\\"I Can See It\\\" (from The Fantasticks), \\\"Love is a Bore,\\\" \\\"He Torched Me\\\" (from Drat! The Cat), \\\"I'm All Smiles,\\\" \\\"Marty the Martian,\\\" \\\"Natural Sounds,\\\" \\\"Second Hand Rose,\\\" \\\"People,\\\" \\\"Silent Night\\\" (so beautifully appropriate for this balmy evening), and \\\"Happy Days Are Here Again\\\" - at which point the crowd does not let her leave the stage. The cheers nearly overpower the recurring vamp played by the bountiful orchestra accompanying each of the curtain calls the audience demands. Among all of the stars that shone in the sky that night, Ms. Streisand was the brightest of them all! (Playing time=60 minutes)\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Shyamalan has lost his edge, definitely!\\n\\nReview: We have been waiting for quite some time for Night Shyamalan's comeback with a movie that will reclaim his walk to fame. I hate to say it, but it is starting to look as if this director's fame was purely accidental.\\n\\nSet in the northeast this film is about scary epidemic that starts in urban parks that spreads to New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. People become disoriented, and before long, they start committing suicide. No one can escape the horror.\\n\\nMain characters are young married couple experiencing some marital tension caused by mutual indecision to have (or not to have) children. Mark Wahlberg is simply wonderful in his portrayal of a \\\"hapless, not too bright, but yet likable\\\" character of a husband and a high school science teacher trying to preserve the life of his wife, their friend's daughter and his own.\\n\\nThe idea of the film about plants disharging some sort of poisonous toxin in revenge for human's lack of care about the environment is bizzarre. It's unexplained halt on epidemic is even more strange. Note to director - next time, think through a story line first before shooting a movie. It may just help a little itzy bitz.\",\n \"Product: What happens when business mixes with pleasure? Powerful tycoon Alexander Schutter masterminds a dangerous game of seduction by manipulating associates into satisfying his voyeuristic needs. Schutter meets his match in Isabel, a strong willed environmentalist who eventually grows from being a worthy opponent to an enthusiastic player. Folf, Schutter's right hand man, complicates the situation by falling in love with Isabel. The three become entangled in a passion charge triangle driven by desire, risk and fantasy. Ultimately, Schutter's erotic game spins out of control, disintegrating into a spiral of ecstasy, envy ... and self destruction.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Business during forced exile\\n\\nReview: Frankie is a young man who mother is verbally and physically abused by her husband/Frankie's father. When abuse turns to be too much, Frankie whacks his father that forces him to find unconventional \\\"job\\\" carrying delivery packages between London and Malaga. In Malaga, beautiful city right off the Spanish coast, Frankie becomes fast friend with the local gangster with strong connections to the organization. It does not take long before Frankie becomes gangster's best buddy and a driver. As time progresses they form a group of guys smuggling marijuana from Africa to Gibraltar that brings them fortunes, women and kind of life one can only dream of.\\n\\nLife is good until jealousy and greed start to mix. Old and new freindships to do not mash well and before long, Frankie an his friends have to start over and rethink their business plan. This time around they get into a cocaine business. And before long their luck seems to get out of their reach.\\n\\nGreat movie with lots of action and dark comedy. If you ever saw \\\"Sexy Beast\\\" this movie is made in similar art form. Even the gangsters have to keep reinventing themselves and this movie will show you how.\",\n \"Product: Veteran actor and two-time Oscar(r) winner Michael Caine stars with Tilda Swinton and Jeremy Northam in THE STATEMENT, a shocking and provoking thriller that delves into a fascinating chapter in modernevents! An ambitious Judge (Swinton) and an exacting Colonel (Jeremy Northam) re-open the sixty-year-old case of Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine), an escaped Nazi collaborator accused of murdering seven Jews. Now an old man living a sheltered life within the Catholic Church, Brossard is also being trailed by mysterious hit men, determined to kill him before he's arrested. When the Church shuts outBrossard to protect their dirty secret, it's a race against time, the government, and the hit men to discover whether justice will prevail or revenge will be served!\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Morality in all its flaws\\n\\nReview: This film is a story about aging nazi collaborator from France's Vichy government during WWII. During WWII, some of the French military personnel felt compelled to help Germans capture and kill local Jewish population. Long after war was over, many of the collaborators got away with their crimes. Some went into hiding while others assumed important political posts that enabled them to continue cover up about activities that took place.\\n\\nThe ethics of their actions touches up government as much as it does catholic church. Are both powerful institutions actively working on covering up the truth about the surviving Nazi collaborators? What incentives do they have to do that? Can young, idealistic judge and her military partner overcome the system and win the battle without paying a price by destroying their careers? And where do Jewish groups carrrying on revenge fall into this plot?\\n\\nVery interesting exploration of people, times and places that played important role in WWII. It is exploration of humanity, ethics, religion and power.\",\n \"Product: The Brown Bunny is both a love story and a haunting portrait of a lost soul unable to forget his past. After finishing a motorcycle race in New Hampshire, Bud Clay (Vincent Gallo) loads his racing bike into the back of his van and begins a cross-country odyssey to Los Angeles, where he is to compete in another race. During his trip, he meets three very different women: Violet, a wholesome all-American gas station attendant; Lilly (Cheryl Tiegs), a fellow lost soul he connects with at a highway rest stop; and Rose, a Las Vegas prostitute. Throughout his journey, Bud can never escape his intense feelings for the love of his life, Daisy (Chlo Sevigny), so he plans to reconcile with her when he reaches Los Angeles. Arriving in Los Angeles, Bud checks into a motel before visiting the abandoned home he once shared with Daisy. He leaves a note, hoping she will turn up at his motel room . . .Building to a notorious climax, the film presents one of the frankest portrayals of male sexuality ever seen in American cinema.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: The difference between art and high art\\n\\nReview: There is definitely difference between art and high art. This is an attempt to present art, although not a very good one. The notion of telling a story about how remorse, guilt and grief shapes us in what we are is surely noble. But inserting graphic oral sex scenes to get to the point is totally unnecessary. This film would have been much better if it was presents in series of flashbacks or a third party narrator such as a close friend or a family member. But watching uncomprehensible actions of one guy during his cross-country drive thru the US to get to the final disclosure of what this story is all about during the final scenes, makes this movie boring. If you really want to see what the emptiness of a human sould is all about after a great loss, then you should skip this movie and see \\\"Paris, Texas\\\" or \\\"Irreversible\\\" instead.\",\n \"Product: Based on a true story and winner of Best Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto Film Festival and Best Feature at the Gen Art Film Festival. Paul Kaye (Best Actor, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival) stars as Frankie Wilde, the legendary British DJ and musical mastermind of the underground club scene whose career is cut down at its pinnacle by unthinkable tragedy - the loss of his hearing. Darkly funny and inspirational, with fierce performances by both Kaye and Kate Magowan (24 Hour Party People) as his sex-crazed Mrs., and including appearances by Pete Tong, Carl Cox, Barry Ashworth from Dub Pistols and DJ Tiesto, you'll laugh and gasp but cheer Wilde on as he struggles out of the abyss to reclaim his life and reputation.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: DJ who turned deaf\\n\\nReview: I was actually able to find DVD of this movie in my local library. It is a story about DJ who at the peak of his successful career turns deaf. Typical things happen shortly thereafter: his wife leaves him, his friends bail out, drug dealers swarm to feed him coke in his moments of personal weakness, the music industry executives do their best to write him off and move on to the next DJ guy. While the documentary style of the movie was boring for the first half of the movie, the second half is the best. It is filled with comedic moments about what is means to be deaf and adjust to the new environment by a person who was not born with such disability. But the end is all too predictable and sappy as our main character Framkie Wilde falls in love with a deaf girl, they have a child together and after ovecoming his disability in the most unusual and unique way they both elope in the world of ordinary, anonymous people. This is not a traditional \\\"ovecoming - the - life -of - hardships\\\" kind of movie, it is raw and sincere. But as I said it's main weakness is that it is produced as a form of documentary, which sort of makes it boring. It is almost like listening thru narations thru a half of the movie. The actor portraying Frankie Wilde was great. I never saw him in any movies before, but this guy can act....\",\n \"Product: Michael is avoiding phone calls regarding his dear friend and former lover Chris who is dying back in America. While trying to write, he is disturbed by the noisy surfers next door as they get ready for a weekend away of surf. C.K., one of the surfers, remains behind to surf the local beach. At the beach cafe for lunch with his old friend Angus, Michael again avoids discussing Chris back in America. Angus catches Michael watching C.K. on the beach and teases him but Michael denies any interest in the surfer. Left on his own, Michael watches C.K. catch a series of waves. After a big wave and a wipe out, C.K. disappears in the surf. Michael looses site of C.K. until he sees him on the beach taking off his wetsuit before he heads back home. Michael remains on the beach then makes his way home. Once inside his house, Michael sees C.K. walking towards him on his way to the living room where he makes himself at home. Michael does not know why the surfer is in his house but before the night is over he will discover more about himself than he may have been ready for. Dan Castle\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Finding one's purpose in life\\n\\nReview: Jaded university professor moves through his life like a shadow. He goes to work, grades student papers, spends endless hours in meaningless administrative meetings. At home he lives a lonely life eating his dinner alone and spending time taking piano lessons. One day, on his way to the academic conference in NYC, he discovers in his NYC appartment a young immigrant couple. They have \\\"rented\\\" his appartment not realizing that they were scammed. Young man is a musician from Syria and his Senegali girlfriend is an artist making jewelry and selling it on the streets of NYC. Unexpectedly, the friendship develops that leads to the tragic set of events. I do not wish to disclose more, you should really see the movie without me giving up a plot. But the most important part of the film is that at the end of it all, this middle aged professor at the leave of absence, learns how to play an african drum and does so in the NYC subway station. The instrument is his meditation on life, loss and grief and hope found in the unexpected places and amongst unexpected people. We can all find our purpose no matter how big or small, in this world - it is only a matter of chance.\",\n \"Product: PAL/Region 4. Australian Exclusive! Set at the end of the bushranger era, the epic Australian story concerns family , loyalty and betrayal. Direct from its acclaimed cinema run, The Proposition is visually gorgeous, stunningly violent, entirely gripping and a must see for lovers of films like Unforgiven. Written by Nick Cave (who also produced the award winning soundtrack along with fellow The Dirty Three's Warren Ellis) and directed by John Hillcoat who worked with Nick Cave on the cult classic Ghosts Of The Civil Dead. 2005. * Please note you will need an All Code DVD player to view.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Western - Australian style\\n\\nReview: How many western movies have you seen that are from Australia? This was my first one and it was one of the best westerns I have seen so far. This is not just an action movie where guys run on the horses, shoot their guns and ride into a sunset. This is a complex story about relationship between aborigines and white settlers, it is a morality tale and a story about is single man whose desire to \\\"civilize the land\\\" brings nothing but chaos and destruction even in his own family. I am hoping that more filmmakers from Australia will pusue this genre. Actors are haunting in the accuracy of the characters they portray. The beauty of the land is overcome with the oppression of the heat. It is as if flies, sun, dirt are all contributing to savagery of the people around it. Once you see this movie, you will be changed.\",\n \"Product: A widow should be long suffering until death, self-restrained and chaste. A virtuous wife who remains chaste when her husband has died goes to heaven. A woman who is unfaithful to her husband is reborn in the womb of a jackal. The Laws of Manu<br\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Lives of widows in India\\n\\nReview: Courageous and feminist film from Deepa Mehta about women in India who are widows. Although based in the distant past (1938) when Ghandi was rising to power in his peaceful resistance to the British occupation there, film concludes in its postscriipt that in present times, there are almost 32 million widows in India today living under similar circumstances. Film is focused on the young 7-year old girl who arrives to ashram when her husband passes away. Since she was promised to him since her birth, regardless of the fact that their marriage was not consummated, she is banished forever from her own and her husband's family into an ashram where other widows reside. These women of all ages and social classes coexist together trying to find purpose in their new envirinment. When they are not cooking, cleaning or mending, they are praying or begging on the streets in order to pay the rent for their lodgings. Their income is meager and in most cases they obtain their food from money paid for services from Brahmins who get young widows procured to them in secret of the night. There is an underlying message here about the society of women who are promised into marriage at birth and have no change of ever learning how to read or obtain a trade that would allow the to earn decent living if there husband is no longer around to provide for them. They are deprived of ever having family, or remarriage. The customs say that woman can be cremated at the time of her husband death (burnt alove), sent to ashram for the rest of her life to live in penitence that will honor her departed husband, or with permission of the family marry her husband's younger brother. The traditional laws seem to overrule social laws created by the forward thinking progressive intellectuals. Forced protitution, pedofilia and general expoitation of these women is completely hearbreaking. Their only way out of it is death - natural or suicide - or miracle of any man wanting to marry them if they are still young and pretty enough. Feminist movie, that will get one thinking for a long time about women's (social) places in rural societies, or societies where religious tradition outweights all others.\",\n \"Product: The screens most enigmatic icon recalled by those who knew her best in GARBO, an original documentary from Turner Classic Movies. GARBO offers an intimate look at the life and career of the movies most luminous, reclusive and mystifying star. A portrait of Garbo the woman is drawn through interviews with biographers and admirers, plus many of the friends, relatives and associates who came closest to penetrating the lonely stars veil of solitude. Her career is illustrated by clips from all her movies, ranging from her early film work in Sweden to such Hollywood triumphs as Anna Christie, Grand Hotel, Camille, Ninotchka and her swan song in 1941s Two-Faced Woman. Among those offering analysis and reminiscences are biographers Barry Paris, Mark Vieira and Karen Swanson; actor / playwright / fan Charles Busch; Garbos niece and greatnephews, Gray, Derek and Scott Reisfeld; and acquaintances Gore Vidal, Gavin Lambert, Jack Larson and Sam Green, who was Garbos confidante and walking compa\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Biography of the classic beauty and actress\\n\\nReview: Greta Garbo is a movie legend. Swedish actress who made her way to America to find fame at very early age and retire when whe was only 36 years old. She is a classical beauty that I always found to be a model of what woman should really look like: not a Barbie doll like, elegant and effortlessly dazzling.\\n\\nThis biography covers her entire life, events that shaped her and perceptions of Garbo from people in the movie industry, her fans, paid companions and also family members. In my humble opinion, she was greatly misunderstood. Call it a culture shock of whatever, but she was typical European woman who found herself unprepared and alone in a foreign coutry surrounded with people not necessarily trustworthy. The fact that until the end of her life in 1990 she preserved her independence in both personal life and he financial means gives her additional respect as a woman who no matter how perceived knoew how to take care of herself on her own.\",\n \"Product: The lonely teenager Brendan finds his former girlfriend Emily dead in the entrance of a tunnel of sewage and recalls her phone call two days ago, when she said to him that she was in trouble. Brendan, who still loved Emily, met bad elements of his high-school trying to contact her, and when he succeeded, she told him that she was OK. He hides her body in the tunnel and decides to investigate the meaning and connection of four words, including \\\"brick\\\" and \\\"pin\\\", that Emily told him to find who killed her. Using the support of his nerd friend Brain, he successively meets the small time drug dealers Kara, Dode, Brad Bramish, Laura and Tugger, to reach the teenager powerful drug dealer The Pin. Slowly, Brendan unravels the motives why Emily was killed and plots a revenge.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: High school with all its heartache\\n\\nReview: Story is set in a California high school. One of the students there is a loner, with a best friend he meets in secluded places. It has been a couple of months since he broke up with his girlfriend and it is obvious he misses her very much. He name is Emily, she is pretty and elusive. Young man's love for her cannot break her away from the wrong crowd that deals with drugs.\\n\\nWhen Emily disappears one day, he takes it upon himself to find her and save her. But when he finds Emily's lifeless body, dumped in a remote area, he is determined to find out who did it and take revenge on them. It is interesting to find out how lonely, socially excluded kid can find his way into a popular crowd and make sure they know he is determined to find out what happened.\\n\\nMovie goes back and forth between the events and dialog is smart and heartbreaking lots of times. Definitely wait until the end, because that is when the entire story culminates. It is a painful story about growing up and being pushed into a real world that is full of anger, deceit and betrayal of all kinds....\",\n \"Product: THE NIGHTMARES BEGIN AS SOON AS SABINA FINALIZES HER FATHER'S FUNERAL. WITH BOTH PARENTS GONE, SABINA & HER BROTHER RECONNECT & DISCOVER THEIR NIGHTMARES ARE SHARED...& LIFE'S INTIMACIES ARE NOW MET WITH FEAR & TREPIDATION. WHEN SABINA & HER BOYFRIEND ARE SURPISED WITH NEWS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE, SABINA MUST FACE HER PAST\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Repressed memories and emotional pain\\n\\nReview: A beautful young woman, actress by profession, is taking care of the final burial arrangements for her parents. The shock of their death only 2 years apart of each other and the fact that they both died of the same illness is haunting her. She becomes restless and unable to function normally. She is paralyzed by nightmares and her best friend (who is blind an in love with her) is unable to help her with her emotional turmoil. It is at that moment she decides to go to he US where her older borther teaches Italian literature at the university in Virginia. She soon learns she is pregnant by her handsome boyfriend actor and the strain from all these changes in her life propell her to talk to her brother in search of answers.\\n\\nIt is her visit to the US that helps her bond with her brother who is otherwise unable to connect emotionally even with the members of his family. His wife Anna is understanding and supportuve, but it seems that silent forces are causing their frequent arguments, they are unable to hide even from people and children around them. It is at this moment that both brother and sister have to accept the pain of their childhood sexual abuse by their father. On pretense that they are family, their mother was ignoring the abuse trying to protect their seemingly perfect family appearances.\\n\\nThe power of sexual abouse and the mark it leaves on one's life is as traumatic for the participant and emotionally troubling for the outsider. This film addresses the need of childhood abuse survivors to overcome their own guilt and anger and regain ability to establish normacy in their own lives and relationships. It is a daunting task for both victims and people in their lives, but it is fight worth fighting for. The classincal beauty of the leading actress Giovanna Mezzogiorno is mesmerizing. She is so beuatiful that even her best childhood friend in this movie, who is blind, is helplessly in love with her.\",\n \"Product: At a New York City wedding reception, two guests, seemingly strangers, become entangled in a sexually-charged battle of wits. But as the night carries on in a cigarette smoke haze, the nameless couple's repartee deepens to reveal the passion of their two decades past love affair. Unfolding entirely in split-screen, director Hans Canosa's feature debut is an unconventional and poignant love story.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: True love is always a tragedy\\n\\nReview: There are so few love stories like the one you encounter in this film. For audience that saw and enjoyed \\\"Before Sunrise\\\" and \\\"Before Sundown\\\" - the message is that you must not miss this film since it belongs in the same class. The uniqueness of this film is that it is completely shot from the each person's point of view and perception of the other. These two lovers have eyes only for each other. It is as if the rest of the world exists only because of them. Without each other's company, their world is empty, lonely and unhappy place - almost like a vacuum. Based completely on the dialog between two main characters, this film will require your undivided attention. This is not every day talk between two people who profoundly love each other. It is also a battle of the wits.\\nIt is wonderful to see Helena Bonham Carter looking so beautiful and spontaneous. It is a film about happy times of the first love and the compromises both of these two lovers have made in the last decade of their lives; once they are divorced and living on two separate continents. Film will get you thinking about choices we make in life and the price that come with it. I absolutely love this film and recommend it to everyone!\\nAlso the choice of (French) music is great for this feature film. It adds European feel to it, as weel as extra dose of sensuality.\",\n \"Product: Gambler and conman Jake Green (Jason Statham) always ran with a bad crowd and it cost him seven years of his life when he took the rap for mean Dorothy Macha (Ray Liotta) and wound up in jail. After his release, Jake becomes unbeatable at the tables using a formula for the ultimate con that he learned from two mysterious fellow prisoners. Now he is ready to take his revenge. Macha is plotting to eliminate his ruthless rival, Lord John, and has staked his credibility on a huge drug deal with the all-powerful Sam Gold. Jake visits Macha at his casino and humiliates him publicly in a game of chance. Macha fearing more of the same medicine sends his goons to \\\"take care of\\\" Jake. His life is saved by enigmatic Zach (Vincent Pastore) who, with his equally inscrutable partner Avi (Andr Benjamin), offers Jake protection. Against his better judgment, Jake accepts. He soon finds himself playing the very last game he wants to be playing, and there is danger at every turn. But the biggest danger of all comes from a totally unexpected source.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Definitely not high art movie\\n\\nReview: I typically like Guy Richie's film with hazy characters who are not tortured by morality but rather by different ways to make money, beat the scam and be on top of the sleazy game. They talk with working class british accent and are streetwise to a point of gaining credibility of being able to survive in this doggy dog world without any education but their innate will to live.\\n\\nI was hoping that revolver is going to be another movie about the underdog beating the gang of brothers but half way through it I could not wait for it to end. This is not \\\"Machinist\\\" or a \\\"Fight Club\\\" or any other number of the movies that we have already seen that address split personality or alter ego or some other kind of altered reality. It is failed attempt to create high art.\\n\\nWell, hopefully Richie got it out of his system and the next one will be back to what he does best. Street smart guy beating the odds is his best way to make a really good movie or at its best, good entertainment.\",\n \"Product: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro star in this powerful thriller about the birth of the CIA. Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it. But as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secretsbut will Edward's destroy him? With an all-star cast including Alec Baldwin, Billy Crudup, William Hurt, Timothy Hutton and John Turturro, it's the gripping story David Ansen of Newsweek hails as \\\"spellbinding.\\\"\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: How life turns shape us\\n\\nReview: If there ever was a worn out spy, Matt Damon is definitely the one in his fine portrayal of Edward Wilson, CIA agent from priviledged family and Yale education. I have not seen a character like this since John Le Carre's agent Smiley. Edward is a quiet man, who keeps his emotions and feelings to himself. He is also damaged, since as a child, he witnessed his father's suicide. The emotional void of having a father figure in his life, pushes him towards seemingly caring man such as his mentor at the university and eventually towards career in CIA. Edward is pushed into a marriage to a woman (played by Angelina Jolie) he barely knows and the marriage is doomed from the start. Their son, the bond that keeps the marriage together is also a reminder to both of them of their poor match. As we trace Edward's career thru some of the important events of the cold war, we learn about him as a father, husband, lover and the unscrupulous secret agent. It is difficult to imagine that sensitive young man, interested in poetry and above all loyal to the people close to him would resort to the dread of a life of a spymaster full of secrets and lies. But then, as the film reaches its conclusion we almost get to think of him as a an on the suicide mission of his own. He is not looking into pulling the trigger on himself, but he is walking on the tight rope, close to falling at any time. Then again, he is so worn out and alone, that after al, he has very little to lose in this game. Directed by Robert DeNiro with wonderful cast of actors.\",\n \"Product: Arsinee Khanjian plays the title character, an unmarried 40-year-old woman of Syrian birth who lives in Toronto with her traditional and sometimes overbearing, but loving, Muslim family. When Sabah falls hard for Stephen (Shawn Doyle), a nice Canadian guy\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Cross cultural love story\\n\\nReview: In this film we meet Sabah and her close knit family of older mother, married brother (who has daughter) and her sister- apparently married. Sabah has never been married and she is 40 year old and single. She takes care of her sckly mother. Sabah's father is deceased so the role of the family patriarch is taken over by her older brother. She lives by stict islamic rules and rarely leaves her immigrant Syrian neighborhood. There are codes of conduct to be followed: woman's head must be covered when she is in public, woman is not to walk alone after sundown, there is no dating, only arranged marriages and having no other obligations it is Sabah's duty to be a caregiver to her sick mother (who does not look all that sick anyway, just a little bit too overbearing). When Sabah meets a local nice Canadian guy, self employed, divorced, carpenter/artist, willing to learn about her, her family and her culture, the family is about to explode with idea that she is dating a \\\"foreigner\\\". An absurd idea considering that is it Sabah's family living in Canada and if anyone is a foreigner it is her and her family unwilling to assimilate or at least adopt to the customs of the country they live in. There is nothing you have not seen before in this story of spinster-turned-bride in her middle age. It is a cute little past time movie. Do not expect too much of it.\",\n \"Product: Who knows what American journalist Jake Geismer (George Clooney) expected to find in postwar Berlin? Peace, maybe. Or at least a story. But certainly not Lena (Cate Blanchett), his beautiful, embittered one-time love. And not the trail of secrecy and deception that leads from Lena to the scheming young corporal (Tobey Maguire) who's her new lover...and to a murder no one seems interested in solving. Except Jake. Steven Soderbergh directs three of today's top talents in this zigzag thriller that's both an atmospheric homage to 1940s filmmaking and a deft modern film noir. The Good German is \\\"haunting and hypnotic, it's pure moviegoing bliss\\\" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone).\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: WWII glory in black and white\\n\\nReview: Do not let stars like Clooney and Blanchet let you to think that this is a \\\"must not miss movie\\\". Neither is direcotr's futile attempt to make this film in black and white successful in its effort to make it more artisic or old-school like. Plot is so cumbersome to understand, make sure you had enough coffee and pay real close attntion to it, or else you might loose the slighest idea as of what is this movie all about. Clooney's character gets beat up by: Americans, Germans and Russians and we get confused as to why is he in Berlin after all since there are barely any sparks coming form his former pre-war German girl flame played by Blachett. This is no Casablanca by any means, and definitely not a love story. The film did get me thinking of what is it that people are capable of doing for the sake of self preservation and survival? And how much the institution of marriage is about loyalty to one another? How many times we made a choice to save a person not for their own sake, but for the sake of ourselves as a means of redeeming our own past bad moral choices? I expected so much more from this film and it just fails to deliver thru and thru.\",\n \"Product: NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk has English audio.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Love and life of Jane Austen\\n\\nReview: I do not believe that there is a person who has never heard of Jane Austen and her novels. It is wonderful that someone has set out to create a biography about the life of the novelist. Wonderful cast of actors and period costumes make this film pleasing on many levels. We get to learn about real Jane Austen and the life she led with her family in English courtyside. Raised in a household of a minister and his loving wife, with a dotting sister Cassandra, Jane's life is calm and somewhat predictable. Film starts at her marriageable age, when suitable husband will mark her future. Many young men are interested in Jane because she is fascinating, witty and talented. Her father and mother encourage her to accept proposal from the local noble wealthy landowner, an arrangement that would elevate her social status and secure her future. When a young lawyer (Tom LeFroy) from London arrives to the countryside for a prolonged visit, Jane finds herself smitten by him. Their romance is doomed, because of the fact that neither of them has money or high social standing and they do not have blessings from their families to marry. In addition, Jane is a decent human being and she recongnizes early that she cannot build her own happines on her own guilt and other people's misery. As the lover affair ends suddenly and her marriage prospects dissipate by her own choice(s), Jane finds strength to find herself in her work and creates soem of the most beautiful novels that are calssics today. Personal unhappiness that both she and her sister Cassandra experience in their real life is replaced by beauty of Jane's prose and loyalty to her family. I anjoyed this movie a lot and it does nto take one to be Jane Austen's fan to enjoy it too. Beautiful performances by Anne Hathaway (Jane) and James McAvoy (Tom).\",\n \"Product: From acclaimed director Lasse Hallstrom comes the unbelievable true story of Clifford Irving, the writer who faked the authorized autobiography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes and came close to pulling off the media scam of the 20th century. Irvings elaborate attempts to substantiate his claims forgery, plagiarism, and falsifying legal documents spark a media frenzy and take Irving down a neurotic spiral as he begins to suspect a vast conspiracy including the U.S. government and corporate empires are plotting against him.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: A writer who could not separate fact from fiction\\n\\nReview: Richard Gere and Alfred Molina make a memorable pair of writer and his reaserch assistant who are on a mission to write the biography about Howard Hughes. After all it is not easy being a freelance writer with less than original ideas and having to work with publicist unable to persuade publisher(s) to print another work of fiction described as a third rate Phillip Roth book. Instead, Richard Gere's character, based on a real LA based writer Clifford Irving, decides to fake relationship with reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes in order to manufacture autobiography which will easily turn into bestseller.\\n\\nThere is no doubt that to be a good fiction writer, one has to have great imagination. Clifford Irving no only posses such talent, but he is able to make his wife and research assistant go along with his idea. He imerses himself so much in the story that at the end it is difficult even for Cliffort to distinguish what is fact and what is fiction.\\n\\nWonderful performances and interesting story, particularly when one knows that this film is based on real events.\",\n \"Product: (Thriller) Based on a short story by Stephen King, a man who specializes in debunking the paranormal checks into the infamous room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel, only to discover the terror is real.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Another Stephen King flick\\n\\nReview: There is nothing in this horror movie that we have not seen before. Film is based on King's short story about haunted room in NYC hotel. It seems anyone who checks into this room does not check out alive. For two hours we watch John Cusack's character get taunted by ghosts who talk to him on the phone and put his thru ordeal of steaming hot room, freezing room, flooded room... It is almost as if writer and film director are trying to find every possible way known to mankind to kill this character. The big premise of the film is actually play of our human psyche. So if you are a parent, loosing a child would be one of the most fearful thought you could have. Therefore, out ghosts in room 1408 play on main character's grief and guilt of not being able to protect his own child Katie of dying. That emotion is the driving force of this film. Adult viewing only. Themes of suicide (i.e. jumping thru the window from the hotel's 14th floor) could be too disturbing for young audiences.\",\n \"Product: Sinopsis\\n\\nJean-Baptiste Grenouille fue abandonado por su madre al momento de nacer en un basurero. \\n \\nEl era diferente a todos los demas, no tenia olor pero tenia un gran olfato, a los 20 aos consigue hacerse aprendiz de un gran perfumista que lo ayuda a ir a la capital del perfume a cambio de un favor para que asi pueda cumplir su gran obsesion.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Story of the senses\\n\\nReview: Although I have not read the book that this film was based on, I could not resist watching the movie that includes cast of actors such as Alan Rickman, Dustin Hoffman and some of the most beautiful red haired women (actresses) one has ever seen on the screen. This is a story about young man who can express himself only thru his sense of smell. He is deprived in every way except in his ability to experience pleasure in cataloguing smells of the world around him. Ben Whishaw is fantastic in portraying this character with all his depravity for motherly love, decent upbringing and childhood, desire to survive harsh life at any costs while bringing misfortune to all his encounters along the way - starting with his own mother from the day of his birth, perfume master who teaches him a trade and yound women, whose ethernal essence his tries so desperately to preserve. Is this story about the man with a special gift, or a story of love that is destructive in all its beauty; is it a story of one's purpose and all the emotional numbness that comes from need to experience love and obtain one's own essence in this world- no matter what the cost? The character of this movie is so intense, in his own way - he is greater than life itself in spite of the fact that the only way he can express himself is thru creation of the ethernal (love) perfume that disarms all around him. This poor soul is not seeking riches, or fame, or power -- all he wants is to experience love and beauty he has never had. He commits the unthinkable for the brief moment to experience such hapiness. You will carry images from this movie for a long, long time. Excellent story, talented director and fantastic cast.\",\n \"Product: The painter Goya becomes involve with the Spanish Inquisition when his muse, Ines, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her father, Thomas, comes to him hoping that his connection with Brother Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure the release of his daughter.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Goya's view at the society of his time\\n\\nReview: In the year when there were so many movies made about famous artists: \\\"Moliere\\\", \\\"Becoming Jane\\\" (Jane Austen), \\\"Marie Antoinette\\\" Goya's Ghosts\\\" is another one of those that shows artists' perspective on society of his time. Goya was a painter during 18th century when many changes were taking place. While inquisition had a stronghold in Spain, French Revolution was taking place in France. In order to prevent further explosion of Jacobian ideas, British got involved in Portugal and Spain. The fear, power strugle, monarchy, upper classes, lower classes and artistic freedoms all clash at once. As a bystander, Goya gets to experience is first hand thru people he paints and ineracts with. We see the power of art as a means to show true state of society, humanity and beauty around us. Natalie Portman gives wonderful performance as a young aristocrat girl who spends 15 years in jail of the church inquisition for refusing to eat pork. In the process, she is impregnated by one of the priests and gives birth to a girl. To find out the rest, you will have to see the movie...\",\n \"Product: Following her father's death Mirai moves into a house with her uncle and his wife but finds herself lost and confused as she begins to have horrible visions. Mysteriously people around her begin dying one by one and Mirai sets off on a desperate search into her past in an attempt to find the murderer. The past uncovers a mystery that is linked to startling family secret.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Lars von Trier examines human psyche\\n\\nReview: Like most Lar von Trier's movies, this one is not easy to watch. It is a complex film that requires undivided attention. Great selection of actors delivers set of characters that help define two sister Claire and Justine in all their complexities. This film is shot at the beautiful chateau and everything about the film is visually pleasing: from the scenes in part 1 where Justine, newly married young woman, has her wedding reception funded and organized by her sister and her brother-in-law; to the scenes in part 2 where some shots of a beautiful planet Melancholia in all its fantasic shine is simply breathtaking. Many of the scenes from this film remind me of the beautiful scenes from the movie \\\"Tree of Life\\\".\\n\\nAt her wedding reception Justine does her best to appear happy: her groom is handsome and attentive, her sister plans her wedding to the smallest detail, the event is catered and organized in a beautiful castle with garden that is zen-like. But Justine is not herself and she manages in a single night to alienate herself from her family, break up her new marriage and say some things to her employer that very few people would dare to speak out loud - ever. Justine's emotional meltdown is overtaking her and all around her.\\n\\nIn the second part, Justine's sister Claire decides to take her on after Justine has nervous breakdown. Justine, a houseguest with indefinite need for rest, joins Claire's family. Claire's husband John who is an amateur astronomer tells them about planet called Melancholia that is dangerously close to earth. It is uncertain if this planet will hit earth an cause destruction, or if it will barely miss the collision. As Claire panicks on how best to manage this impending disaster, Justine calmy observes the world around her. To her, world is dead already and the only capacity she has left in her is to transition the living into this new stage of being when one is so separated from their surroundings they can only stand on the sideline and help others transition into the new state of existance.\\n\\nPersonally, I enjoyed this film, but I know it is not meant for wide audiences. It is an art movie that tackles some sensitive emotional, psychological and philosophical questions. This is also visually pleasing movie with beautiful music that surround this compelling and very personal story.\",\n \"Product: UK Blu-ray/Region All pressing. 25th anniversary version, originally released in 2008, of the iconic sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott has gone back into post production to create the long-awaited definitive new version. Blade Runner: The Final Cut is spectacularly restored and remastered from original elements and contains never-before-seen added/extended scenes, added lines, new and improved special effects, director and filmmaker commentary, an all-new digital audio track and more. Special Features Disc 1: Digitally restored and remastered, incorporating new footage and special effects never before seen Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Introduction by director Ridley Scott Three filmmaker commentaries, including one by Ridley Scott Disc 2: Definitive documentary incorporating outtakes, deleted scenes and all-new interviews. The ultimate look at the movie's difficult creation and controversial legacy.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Sci-Fi anniversary edition\\n\\nReview: If you are Sci-Fi fan, this is a must see film. Based on the story by a science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, this story is about human androids who have 4 year life span. They are almost identical to humans except that they do not have the same emotions. Due to defect that they have, government has arranged that they are put into permanent \\\"retirement\\\". Hunters of these androids are known as Blade Runners. We get to know a few of them and we get to understand their rage of being created by men, enslaved by men and forced to die too quick. They are fine specimens, beautiful, athletic, willing to submit to the purpose they are created for with no resistance. But they also want to live and are ready to do whatever it takes to fight for their own survival. It is no wonder that by the end of the movie we get to like them in spite of their brutality because we get to realize that real humans would react the same way in similar circumstances. Also, the fact that the hunter (Harrison Ford) becomes the hunted is what makes this film great.\",\n \"Product: They share the same birth month, so the orphanage calls them December Boys. But these teens \\\" Maps, Spit, Spark and Misty \\\" have much more in common. With no hopes of ever joining a family, they form their own familial bonds. Then the unexpected news comes that a young couple may adopt one of them, and the long-time pals suddenly share something else: a rivalry to be the chosen one.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: What it means to be an orphan\\n\\nReview: Cute little movie setup in Australia about four boys growing up in orphanage in Australia's outback. They are known as \\\"December boys\\\" since all four of them celebrate their birthdays in the same month. Due to unexpected generosity of one of the orphanage patrons, these boys get to spend a little vacation in the little cove away from their environment. When one of the boys learns that there is a couple considering adopting one of the boys, the inevitable race and competition between the boys ensues. What happens in the process is what defines the true friendship between these four boys. The bond they make in the summer will remain for the rest of their lives in spite of the fact that they grow up and live all over the world.\\nWhile the story is heartwarming, the references to Virgin Mary, etc. are a little too much. That is why I gave this film only three starts.\",\n \"Product: What if your own family stood in the way of everything you worked for? Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) has forsaken his name to escape his family and their tradition in law enforcement to pursue his ambitions as a Brooklyn nightclub owner. As he turns a blind eye to the drug dealers around him he comes face to face with the family he abandoned when his brother (Mark Wahlberg) and father (Robert Duvall) crack down on the club. Now Bobby must choose a side. Is he going to turn informant or will he help run the biggest crime ring in New York history?System Requirements:Run Time: 117 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/CRIME & CRIMINALS Rating: R UPC: 043396225312 Manufacturer No: 22531\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Family ties and drug crime\\n\\nReview: Story about two brothers, one policemen and the other night club manager whose professional lives clash. While one is following the family tradition of being a policemen, the other is trying to break on his own. This is all good until it turns out that the owner of the night club, a Russian immigrant who is officially in fur business, decides to expand his drug business from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In an effort to secure market advantage and scare police away from his operations, he gives out orders to muscle the police officer who (unknown to him at the time) happens to be his night club manager's brother. And it is at that moment that story starts to unrevel. Loyalties get tested between friends, family members and in love relationships. Interesting film, well told, but pales in comparison to a movie like \\\"Departed\\\". Eva Mendes plays beautiful and seductive girlfriend, but I hope, for her acting future, that she can show more to the audience but the ability to handle hot intimate scenes.\",\n \"Product: Young VietNam vet stumbles upon remnants of a drug deal gone bad in W. Texas 1980 -- he's hunted by two vicious assassins who want t he money back.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Why one should not steal money from the bad guys\\n\\nReview: Texas heat and a slew of shady characters ornament this movie. As main character Moss runs into mess of human and canine bodies and finds $2MM drug money during his hunting trip, we get to see the determination of the former Vietnam vet to turn the life of his family around once he has a full possesion of his money. As he tries to avoid drug dealers, former special operations soldiers and a serial killer he gets on to fight for his life as if he is back in the war fields. We track him pacing between US and Mexican border, beaten, battered and wounded attempting with all his might to preserve the money he found in order to ensure a better life for himself and his wife. Javier Bardem plays a killer who kills indiscriminately everyone on his path. He needs no other reason to kill them but the fact that people see his face or loose the coin toss bet to dispose of them. He fights by the principals that are stronger money, power or any other values we are used to. He makes his own rules. Ending is somewhat unexpected, but than again this is a Coen Brothers' movie and they have their own way of presenting reality to their audience. I expected more from this movie. Josh Brolin shines in his role of a vietnam veteran and so does Tommy Lee Jones in his role of the tired police sheriff.\",\n \"Product: Two College Roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements to meet a black market doctor for an illegal abortion. What follows is their harrowing descent into a world in where danger, darkness and tragedy lurk around every corner.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Life of women in communist Romania\\n\\nReview: This film kept me at the edge of my seat from start to finish. Film is set in Romania where many things are scarce: cigarettes, tic-tac, soap, cosmetics and yes - doctors that can perform abortion since the abortion over there is illegal. One has to understand a little bit of the culture of that part of the world to truly understand the value of the film. Young women are left to their own device when their boyfriends make them pregnant. It is kind of world were boys have no responsibility - financial or otherwise once girl finds herself pregnant. It was also kind of world were contraceptives are either scarce or not available, single motherhood is socially unacceptable and orphanages are places where innocents are punished for the \\\"sins\\\" of their (often underage) parents. Two roommates, young girls from small places in Romanian provinces are forced to make hurried arrangement for one of them to have an abortion. The entire operation must be kept secret and everyone involved must be bribed in one way or another. To make matters worse, this is advanced pregnancy and the risks are great. One can loose life during the procedure, or spend several years in prison if discovered in this illegal activity. One does not have to be a woman to find this story frightening. And the story itself is not only about unwanted pregnancy. It is about unprotected sex, vulnerability of the women, supression of the women, shallowness of the so-called intellectuals. Young people's parents are more worried about them smoking than being sexually active; bringing someone flowers for her 48th birthday is more important than helping another person after inhumanely performed abortion. This film will leave you dumb funded long time after you have finished watching it.\",\n \"Product: Blake Morrison (Colin Firth) must deal with his father's (Jim Broadbent) imminent death in this limited-release movie. Bonuses: deleted scenes, commentary.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: British drama about fatehr son relationship\\n\\nReview: Very touching film about complex father son relationship. When father is diagnosed with cancer, his son goes through a flashback of the events from his early adolescence that explains the strained relationship between father and son. Father had a greater than life personality, while son was more introverted and emotional. Long time ago indiscretions commited by the father seem irreconcilable to the son. His attempt to get answers is impeded by the terrible sickness that seems to take over the situation.\\n\\nIt is a touching story about parent child relationship. It is also a story about grief and the fact that sometimes we would rather have our parents around so we can hate them then loose them to death and life long sorrow for not being able to have them around ourselves except in our memories.\\n\\nWonderful cast of very fine British actors. Fantastic story about one very special father one would love to have around no matter what.\",\n \"Product: A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Attraction and consequences in WWII\\n\\nReview: The beauty of this film's tragic story is that it is based on a true story. Francois, a protagonist of the movie explains his strained relationship with his father by looking back at the family history. His father and his mother were young and married during WWII. But the circumstances under which they got together are monumentally tragic.\\n\\nHis father Maxime was married to a young woman Hannah with whom he has a young son Simon. Simon was liked, strong, athletic, adored by all friends and family. Hannah's brother Robert is married to a stunningly beautiful and athletic Tania that is the source of Maxime's emotional torment and almost uncontrollable sexual desire. Maxime is a gymnast and Tania's athleticism in an instant attraction. But he is also a tomcat, kind of man who likes other women and his attraction to Tania does not go unnoticed. Through a string of tragic coincidences, Hannah decides to declare to authorities that she is Jewish and before long she and her son are deported to a concentration camp. As Tania's husband also dies as a prisoner of war while fighting for the French Army, the two are free to finally be together.\\n\\nIt is their union that produces a fragile, young boy who is sensitive, kind and physically fragile which almost seems like a punishment for both Maxime and Tania who are (physically) quite the opposite. It is a kind of story that would not have a happy ending at any time, but it gives a completely new dimension to it when applied to the anti-semitic times in France during Vichy government rule and another woman's decision to rather die with her child than have her life spared and spent in humiliation and heartache.\",\n \"Product: Asia Argento stars as sexy ex-prostitute Sandra, who is forced to leave London after a violent encounter with an ex-lover (Michael Madsen). Fleeing to Hong Kong, she takes on a new identity to cover her past. But nothing turns out as planned, and she find\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Prostitute, assassin, drug dealer or what?\\n\\nReview: I will admit that the reason I wanted ot see this film is not so much because Asia Argento is in it bt because Michael Madsen is in it. His portrayals of bad guys has always fascinated me and I was curious to find out what he has for the audience to show this time around. As it turns out, we see more of Asia Argento who struts around in her underwear baring some impressive tatoos. To some she may seem sexy, to me she looks wasted, tired and trashy. Her character Sandra and Madsen's character Myles know each other from her not so distant past. She is a prostitute providing kinky sex to her high end clientele. Myles hires her to provide services for his business clients and she accepts it in hopes Myles will pay her $1M so she can open a club in Beijing and start a new life. But of course, Myles never pays out and Sandra tries her luck in selling drugs. When that business goes wrong too, she resigns to becoming assasin in hopes to get a payout that will allow her start anew. In any case, plot becomes confusing, Sandra seems to be ready to sleep with any man that comes along in hopes to get that final payout. One cannot but think that her character should just stick to what she does best - \\\"be a prostitute because that is the only thing you are good at, honey\\\". I have totally missed this movie and the mening of it, until I realized perhaps this is just a film about globalization - French call girl, providing services in England who hopes to start her own busienss in China. Now we are talking a plot. Employ this woman's best asset - her body - and we have a real business woman boarding gate at any international airport. How original.\",\n \"Product: Following her father's death Mirai moves into a house with her uncle and his wife but finds herself lost and confused as she begins to have horrible visions. Mysteriously people around her begin dying one by one and Mirai sets off on a desperate search into her past in an attempt to find the murderer. The past uncovers a mystery that is linked to startling family secret.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Lars von Trier examines human psyche\\n\\nReview: Like most Lar von Trier's movies, this one is not easy to watch. It is a complex film that requires undivided attention. Great selection of actors delivers set of characters that help define two sister Claire and Justine in all their complexities. This film is shot at the beautiful chateau and everything about the film is visually pleasing: from the scenes in part 1 where Justine, newly married young woman, has her wedding reception funded and organized by her sister and her brother-in-law; to the scenes in part 2 where some shots of a beautiful planet Melancholia in all its fantasic shine is simply breathtaking. Many of the scenes from this film remind me of the beautiful scenes from the movie \\\"Tree of Life\\\".\\n\\nAt her wedding reception Justine does her best to appear happy: her groom is handsome and attentive, her sister plans her wedding to the smallest detail, the event is catered and organized in a beautiful castle with garden that is zen-like. But Justine is not herself and she manages in a single night to alienate herself from her family, break up her new marriage and say some things to her employer that very few people would dare to speak out loud - ever. Justine's emotional meltdown is overtaking her and all around her.\\n\\nIn the second part, Justine's sister Claire decides to take her on after Justine has nervous breakdown. Justine, a houseguest with indefinite need for rest, joins Claire's family. Claire's husband John who is an amateur astronomer tells them about planet called Melancholia that is dangerously close to earth. It is uncertain if this planet will hit earth an cause destruction, or if it will barely miss the collision. As Claire panicks on how best to manage this impending disaster, Justine calmy observes the world around her. To her, world is dead already and the only capacity she has left in her is to transition the living into this new stage of being when one is so separated from their surroundings they can only stand on the sideline and help others transition into the new state of existance.\\n\\nPersonally, I enjoyed this film, but I know it is not meant for wide audiences. It is an art movie that tackles some sensitive emotional, psychological and philosophical questions. This is also visually pleasing movie with beautiful music that surround this compelling and very personal story.\",\n \"Product: UK Blu-ray/Region All pressing. 25th anniversary version, originally released in 2008, of the iconic sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott has gone back into post production to create the long-awaited definitive new version. Blade Runner: The Final Cut is spectacularly restored and remastered from original elements and contains never-before-seen added/extended scenes, added lines, new and improved special effects, director and filmmaker commentary, an all-new digital audio track and more. Special Features Disc 1: Digitally restored and remastered, incorporating new footage and special effects never before seen Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Introduction by director Ridley Scott Three filmmaker commentaries, including one by Ridley Scott Disc 2: Definitive documentary incorporating outtakes, deleted scenes and all-new interviews. The ultimate look at the movie's difficult creation and controversial legacy.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Sci-Fi anniversary edition\\n\\nReview: If you are Sci-Fi fan, this is a must see film. Based on the story by a science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, this story is about human androids who have 4 year life span. They are almost identical to humans except that they do not have the same emotions. Due to defect that they have, government has arranged that they are put into permanent \\\"retirement\\\". Hunters of these androids are known as Blade Runners. We get to know a few of them and we get to understand their rage of being created by men, enslaved by men and forced to die too quick. They are fine specimens, beautiful, athletic, willing to submit to the purpose they are created for with no resistance. But they also want to live and are ready to do whatever it takes to fight for their own survival. It is no wonder that by the end of the movie we get to like them in spite of their brutality because we get to realize that real humans would react the same way in similar circumstances. Also, the fact that the hunter (Harrison Ford) becomes the hunted is what makes this film great.\",\n \"Product: They share the same birth month, so the orphanage calls them December Boys. But these teens \\\" Maps, Spit, Spark and Misty \\\" have much more in common. With no hopes of ever joining a family, they form their own familial bonds. Then the unexpected news comes that a young couple may adopt one of them, and the long-time pals suddenly share something else: a rivalry to be the chosen one.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: What it means to be an orphan\\n\\nReview: Cute little movie setup in Australia about four boys growing up in orphanage in Australia's outback. They are known as \\\"December boys\\\" since all four of them celebrate their birthdays in the same month. Due to unexpected generosity of one of the orphanage patrons, these boys get to spend a little vacation in the little cove away from their environment. When one of the boys learns that there is a couple considering adopting one of the boys, the inevitable race and competition between the boys ensues. What happens in the process is what defines the true friendship between these four boys. The bond they make in the summer will remain for the rest of their lives in spite of the fact that they grow up and live all over the world.\\nWhile the story is heartwarming, the references to Virgin Mary, etc. are a little too much. That is why I gave this film only three starts.\",\n \"Product: What if your own family stood in the way of everything you worked for? Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) has forsaken his name to escape his family and their tradition in law enforcement to pursue his ambitions as a Brooklyn nightclub owner. As he turns a blind eye to the drug dealers around him he comes face to face with the family he abandoned when his brother (Mark Wahlberg) and father (Robert Duvall) crack down on the club. Now Bobby must choose a side. Is he going to turn informant or will he help run the biggest crime ring in New York history?System Requirements:Run Time: 117 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/CRIME & CRIMINALS Rating: R UPC: 043396225312 Manufacturer No: 22531\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Family ties and drug crime\\n\\nReview: Story about two brothers, one policemen and the other night club manager whose professional lives clash. While one is following the family tradition of being a policemen, the other is trying to break on his own. This is all good until it turns out that the owner of the night club, a Russian immigrant who is officially in fur business, decides to expand his drug business from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In an effort to secure market advantage and scare police away from his operations, he gives out orders to muscle the police officer who (unknown to him at the time) happens to be his night club manager's brother. And it is at that moment that story starts to unrevel. Loyalties get tested between friends, family members and in love relationships. Interesting film, well told, but pales in comparison to a movie like \\\"Departed\\\". Eva Mendes plays beautiful and seductive girlfriend, but I hope, for her acting future, that she can show more to the audience but the ability to handle hot intimate scenes.\",\n \"Product: Young VietNam vet stumbles upon remnants of a drug deal gone bad in W. Texas 1980 -- he's hunted by two vicious assassins who want t he money back.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Why one should not steal money from the bad guys\\n\\nReview: Texas heat and a slew of shady characters ornament this movie. As main character Moss runs into mess of human and canine bodies and finds $2MM drug money during his hunting trip, we get to see the determination of the former Vietnam vet to turn the life of his family around once he has a full possesion of his money. As he tries to avoid drug dealers, former special operations soldiers and a serial killer he gets on to fight for his life as if he is back in the war fields. We track him pacing between US and Mexican border, beaten, battered and wounded attempting with all his might to preserve the money he found in order to ensure a better life for himself and his wife. Javier Bardem plays a killer who kills indiscriminately everyone on his path. He needs no other reason to kill them but the fact that people see his face or loose the coin toss bet to dispose of them. He fights by the principals that are stronger money, power or any other values we are used to. He makes his own rules. Ending is somewhat unexpected, but than again this is a Coen Brothers' movie and they have their own way of presenting reality to their audience. I expected more from this movie. Josh Brolin shines in his role of a vietnam veteran and so does Tommy Lee Jones in his role of the tired police sheriff.\",\n \"Product: Two College Roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements to meet a black market doctor for an illegal abortion. What follows is their harrowing descent into a world in where danger, darkness and tragedy lurk around every corner.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Life of women in communist Romania\\n\\nReview: This film kept me at the edge of my seat from start to finish. Film is set in Romania where many things are scarce: cigarettes, tic-tac, soap, cosmetics and yes - doctors that can perform abortion since the abortion over there is illegal. One has to understand a little bit of the culture of that part of the world to truly understand the value of the film. Young women are left to their own device when their boyfriends make them pregnant. It is kind of world were boys have no responsibility - financial or otherwise once girl finds herself pregnant. It was also kind of world were contraceptives are either scarce or not available, single motherhood is socially unacceptable and orphanages are places where innocents are punished for the \\\"sins\\\" of their (often underage) parents. Two roommates, young girls from small places in Romanian provinces are forced to make hurried arrangement for one of them to have an abortion. The entire operation must be kept secret and everyone involved must be bribed in one way or another. To make matters worse, this is advanced pregnancy and the risks are great. One can loose life during the procedure, or spend several years in prison if discovered in this illegal activity. One does not have to be a woman to find this story frightening. And the story itself is not only about unwanted pregnancy. It is about unprotected sex, vulnerability of the women, supression of the women, shallowness of the so-called intellectuals. Young people's parents are more worried about them smoking than being sexually active; bringing someone flowers for her 48th birthday is more important than helping another person after inhumanely performed abortion. This film will leave you dumb funded long time after you have finished watching it.\",\n \"Product: Blake Morrison (Colin Firth) must deal with his father's (Jim Broadbent) imminent death in this limited-release movie. Bonuses: deleted scenes, commentary.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: British drama about fatehr son relationship\\n\\nReview: Very touching film about complex father son relationship. When father is diagnosed with cancer, his son goes through a flashback of the events from his early adolescence that explains the strained relationship between father and son. Father had a greater than life personality, while son was more introverted and emotional. Long time ago indiscretions commited by the father seem irreconcilable to the son. His attempt to get answers is impeded by the terrible sickness that seems to take over the situation.\\n\\nIt is a touching story about parent child relationship. It is also a story about grief and the fact that sometimes we would rather have our parents around so we can hate them then loose them to death and life long sorrow for not being able to have them around ourselves except in our memories.\\n\\nWonderful cast of very fine British actors. Fantastic story about one very special father one would love to have around no matter what.\",\n \"Product: A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Attraction and consequences in WWII\\n\\nReview: The beauty of this film's tragic story is that it is based on a true story. Francois, a protagonist of the movie explains his strained relationship with his father by looking back at the family history. His father and his mother were young and married during WWII. But the circumstances under which they got together are monumentally tragic.\\n\\nHis father Maxime was married to a young woman Hannah with whom he has a young son Simon. Simon was liked, strong, athletic, adored by all friends and family. Hannah's brother Robert is married to a stunningly beautiful and athletic Tania that is the source of Maxime's emotional torment and almost uncontrollable sexual desire. Maxime is a gymnast and Tania's athleticism in an instant attraction. But he is also a tomcat, kind of man who likes other women and his attraction to Tania does not go unnoticed. Through a string of tragic coincidences, Hannah decides to declare to authorities that she is Jewish and before long she and her son are deported to a concentration camp. As Tania's husband also dies as a prisoner of war while fighting for the French Army, the two are free to finally be together.\\n\\nIt is their union that produces a fragile, young boy who is sensitive, kind and physically fragile which almost seems like a punishment for both Maxime and Tania who are (physically) quite the opposite. It is a kind of story that would not have a happy ending at any time, but it gives a completely new dimension to it when applied to the anti-semitic times in France during Vichy government rule and another woman's decision to rather die with her child than have her life spared and spent in humiliation and heartache.\",\n \"Product: Asia Argento stars as sexy ex-prostitute Sandra, who is forced to leave London after a violent encounter with an ex-lover (Michael Madsen). Fleeing to Hong Kong, she takes on a new identity to cover her past. But nothing turns out as planned, and she find\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Prostitute, assassin, drug dealer or what?\\n\\nReview: I will admit that the reason I wanted ot see this film is not so much because Asia Argento is in it bt because Michael Madsen is in it. His portrayals of bad guys has always fascinated me and I was curious to find out what he has for the audience to show this time around. As it turns out, we see more of Asia Argento who struts around in her underwear baring some impressive tatoos. To some she may seem sexy, to me she looks wasted, tired and trashy. Her character Sandra and Madsen's character Myles know each other from her not so distant past. She is a prostitute providing kinky sex to her high end clientele. Myles hires her to provide services for his business clients and she accepts it in hopes Myles will pay her $1M so she can open a club in Beijing and start a new life. But of course, Myles never pays out and Sandra tries her luck in selling drugs. When that business goes wrong too, she resigns to becoming assasin in hopes to get a payout that will allow her start anew. In any case, plot becomes confusing, Sandra seems to be ready to sleep with any man that comes along in hopes to get that final payout. One cannot but think that her character should just stick to what she does best - \\\"be a prostitute because that is the only thing you are good at, honey\\\". I have totally missed this movie and the mening of it, until I realized perhaps this is just a film about globalization - French call girl, providing services in England who hopes to start her own busienss in China. Now we are talking a plot. Employ this woman's best asset - her body - and we have a real business woman boarding gate at any international airport. How original.\",\n \"Product: When a pool shark (Famke Janssen) is desperate to escape her haunted past and ex-husband, she hatches a dangerous plot and is forced to take the ultimate gamble. Award-winning and critically acclaimed, Turn the River is edgy and suspenseful with stakes that have never been higher.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Femke Janssen delivers a great performance by portraying a mother fiercely determined to protect ...\\n\\nReview: This is a movie about the female hustler who finally decides to take her life and destiny into her own hands. She is a mother to a 10 year old boy who is under vigilant and psychologically abusive surveillance of his father, seminary student drop out and controlling well off grandmother who is greater than life.\\n\\nFemke Janssen delivers a great performance by portraying a mother fiercely determined to protect her child. She has no money or any other resources to promise her son a life of the upper middle class boy he has been living until then, but she offers the boy what he needs most - her unconditional love.\\n\\nCan a woman hustler, with no education, no partner, no skills succeed in raising her boy on her own? Can underdog really win - ever? Heart wrenching movie about the kind of mother/child love that is indestructible in spite of physical limitations of their contact.\",\n \"Product: Imaginative, impetuous and wild Diana (Evan Rachel Wood) can t wait for her adult life to begin. Diana test her limits as her more conservative friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) watches with concern. But Diana s aura of invincibility is shattered when a moment of life and death decision-making forever changes the lives of the two best friends.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Life as a post traumatic disorder\\n\\nReview: Diana and her high school friend Maureen are like day and night. Diana sleeps around, skips school and aparently cares about nothing, while Maureen is more subdued in every way. Until one day their class mate pulls out the gun in the school yard, starts shooting at students and teachers and at that moment changes everyone's lives.\\n\\nFilmed as a flashback between Diana's young teenage life and her adult life as a mother, professor and a wife, it is a story that goes back and forth between past and present. It is almost that everything in Diana's life triggers some emotion or memory fromher distant past. One would think that 15 years after the fateful event of school shooting, Diana will be a well adjusted woman, but that is not a case.\\n\\nShe seems to want to redeem her choices made in her youth with the life she lives in her present. Until her seemingly well ordered life falls into pieces all at once and unexpectedly. Are such horrific events going to free her from her conscience, or take away a little bit of a sanity that is left in her? You watch the movie and then be the judge.\",\n \"Product: After witnessing the brutal murder of his family, Jack Brooks (Trevor Matthews) is left with an unquenchable fury that he is constantly fighting to control. Now working as a local plumber and struggling in a relationship with his girlfriend Eve (Rachel Skarsten), Jack's life has become a downward spiral. One night, Jack attempts to fix Professor Crowley's (Robert Englund) old, rusted pipes, but unknowingly awakens an ancient evil. Lured by this demonic power, Professor Crowley discovers a monstrous black heart that quickly forces its way inside of him. Possessed by the heart now beating in his chest, the Professor starts a slow, gruesome transformation. It is at this moment that Jack realizes he can't run from his past, and quickly discovers the true purpose of his inner rage.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: This is not a horror movie, it is horrible (as in ghastly) movie\\n\\nReview: If you are into juvenile horror movies - this one is for you. I wanted to see it for Halloween season and I did and now I cannot wait to get rid of it. Premise of the movie is that our main character Jack Brooks is an orphan whose sister and parents were killed by a monster when he was a kid. Jack has unresolved anger issues and his counceling sessions are not helping him control his temper. When his accidental plumbing job awakens monsters from their long sleep and they start attacking his night school college student buddies, Jack finds it in himself to figh off the monsters as a way of conquering his own personal demons. This is a cross of gross (throw up) scenes, imitations of rubber made monsters you may have seen in movies made 20 years ago and blood hungry zombies running around in their feeding frenzy.\",\n \"Product: A Trans-Siberian train journey from Beijing to Moscow turns into a thrilling chase of deception, drug trafficking and murder when Americans Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer) and a pair of fellow travelers, Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby (Kate Mara), are targeted by ex-KGB detective Grinko (Ben Kingsley).\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Thriller that will keep you at the edge of your seat\\n\\nReview: I purchased this DVD during Blockbuster store closing sale in my area. I stopped by the store and picked out every movie I could that I felt was worth spending money on. Although I have not heard much about this movie in the past, I liked the cast (Ben Kingsley, Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer) and decided to give it a try. I saw movie with three of my friends during hot Florida summer and we loved every moment of it.\\n\\nIt is a story of an american couple who travels across Asia after their (chirch) mission in China where they were helping young orphans. They are not the most sophisticated travelers - typical midwestern couple wide their eyes wide and excited at every little thing they see and encounter on this trip. On their train travel they come across another couple: a young, handsome Spaniard and his pretty american girlfriend. The two are supposedly teachning English on a far east and traveling for fun. Before long, this trip turns into anything but fun. It turns out that train line is being used for drug transfer by the Russian mafia and these are guys who have no mercy when it comes to their goods and money that comes from it.\\n\\nIt is well thought out story that is told in a compelling way. I particularly liked Woody Harrelson who plays a naive young man trying whatever he can to save his flailing marriage. Ben Kingley is the best actor director could choose to play a bad guy and in this movie he gives a wonderful performance and quite convincing Russian accent. This is a wonderful movie and I strongly recommend it.\",\n \"Product: Steve McQueen directs this unflinching dramatisation of the last weeks in the life of Bobby Sands, the Provisional IRA member who led the 1981 Irish hunger strike in the political wing of Belfast's Maze Prison. Ten prisoners starved themselves to death in protest at being denied official political prisoner status by Margaret Thatcher's government. Michael Fassbender plays Sands, whose passionate commitment to the cause for which he has been imprisoned and in the righteousness of dying for his political beliefs is portrayed in a central scene where he discusses the morality of the hunger strike with a visiting priest (Liam Cunningham). The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, where it was given an 'Un Certain Regard' screening.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Film that will provoke even the most indifferent spectators\\n\\nReview: Personally I do not believe that fighting a cause, political or otherwise justifies any type of violence or terrorism. From the beginning of the film we are introduced to the IRA prisoner on his check into the prison cell. Long silences, slow motion camera moves on behalf of all participants in every scene are giving an enourmous depth to this movie. Scenes from the prison are horrifying. Prisoners are stripped of clothing, their hair is long, beard uncut for months at the time, their cells are smeared with feces and even their family visits are such horrific displayes of conveying messages that one cannot be indiferrent to the prison conditions and treatment of the prisoners.\\n\\nEveryone is deeply affected by these conditions, not just prisoners and their family members. Prison guards, prison priest, special forces brought it to squash the last bit of humanity from prisoners are all part of te game. It is touching to see that the first person to show some level of human compassion is a male prison nurse tending to Bobby Sands, leader who starts hunger strike in order to ensure that prisoner demands are met. Actor Michael Fassbinder is captivating in his role of the determined 27-year young soldier determined to give away his life in order to gain some humanity in the process both for himself and his fellow soldiers.\\n\\nNot easy to watch at times, this film is definitely thought provoking. In certain parts of th emovie we can hear portions of Margaret Thacher's speaches that are eerie, considering that it has been more than 25 years since she has been in power as Britain's Prime Minister.\",\n \"Product: Ed Harris directs and stars in this Western, which co-stars Viggo Mortensen and Jeremy Irons. When Virgil Cole (Harris) and Everett Hitch (Mortensen) arrive in Appaloosa, they find a town suffering at the hands of villaionous rancher Randall Bragg (Irons). Their attempts to free the town from Bragg's tyranny are complicated by the arrival of beautiful young widow Allison French (Renee Zellweger).\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Western with American, British and Australian cast\\n\\nReview: Ed Harris delivers his second movie with a cast of impressive group that includes Jeremy Irons, Viggo Mortensen and Renee Zellweger. Set in the wild west, small town of Appaloosa hires two professional gunhandlers to protect town from a group of thugs. Town can be prosperous since they have train delivering goods, but local business people need order to be brought in.\\n\\nAs usual markation of territory begins, we learn that two gun handlers, newly declaired town sheriffs are long standing devoted friends to each other. They take care of each other and look each other's back. But as pretty widow comes into town, is their friendship going to sustain itself? Widow is making a fast moves on one of them and one keeps wondering what is the rush and what are her motives?\\n\\nIt is a nice adventure cowboy film, but seems to loose focus on too many occasions.\",\n \"Product: London is rocked by a shocking terrorist bombing in this dramatic thriller starring Michelle Williams (Wendy and Lucy, Brokeback Mountain) and Ewan McGregor, (Trainspotting, the Star Wars trilogy). Williams delivers a riveting and heart-felt performance as a young wife and mother who suffers a devastating loss in the attack...which occurs while she's meeting her secret lover (McGregor). Wracked with guilt and trying to piece her shattered life back together, she becomes embroiled in the police investigation of the attack - and discovers that the authorities will do anything to cover up the terrifying truth behind it..\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Power of grief and guilt\\n\\nReview: Get ready to watch Michelle Williams perform brilliantly with British accent and uncanny emotion in this film. She portrays a young housewife and a mother of a 4-year old boy. He marriage is strained by the fact that her husband works as a policeman in London's anti-terrorist unit difusing bombs. Her lack of marital bliss is enhanced by her unconditional, unlimited love for her son who she loves more than anything or anyone in this world.\\n\\nOn an impulse one night she has affair with a handsome, young journalist (Ewan McGregor) who also happens to live across the street from her. On the outside these two have nothing in common. This secret lover of hers is single, he lives in trendy London townhouse, drives fancy cars and has no commitments. But circumstances put them together a t the moment when both her husband and son face terrible fate. Consumed by grier, guilt and sorrow, she is trying to regain her own self. But her transformation leads more towards emotional meltdown and insanity than peace. Will anything her this young woman reclaim her life and be able to start over.\\n\\nIt is a heartbreaking story about human nature, mother's love for child and need to love and be loved. I adored this film.\",\n \"Product: Walter (Ashton Kutcher) is a rising star in the NCAA wrestling world until his life is ripped apart by the brutal murder of his sister. Returning home to console his mother Gloria (Kathy Bates) he seeks vengeance on the man who is accused of the crime. A chance meeting with a beautiful mature woman (Michelle Pfeiffer) gives him solace to the situation. Personal Effects is a heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting romance that is a testament to the power of love.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Pain is necessary, suffering is optional, or is it?\\n\\nReview: This is a powerful story about loss of people close to us and overwhelming power of grief that can alter course of anyone's life. Walter is a young man in college whose twin sister is brutally murdered. Laura's husband was shot to death by his friend and she is left to care for her deaf teenage son on her own. Both walter and laura belong to different generations and lifestyles, but mutual loss of their loved ones binds them together.\\n\\nFor anyone who believes that pain is necessary part of life, while suffering is optional one has to wonder if they have experienced grief of a loved one that can take over life of any individual. This is a powerful story about two people who find that their loss and love for each other is a way to their own emotional salvation.\\n\\nAshton Kutcher and Michelle Pfeiffer make perfect duo for their roles. It is easy to imagine a young 24-year old man falling for an older woman as beautiful as Laura. Kathy Bates who plays Walter's mother is absolutely amazing in her role of a grieving mother.\",\n \"Product: NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk has English audio and subtitles.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Reconciling modern science and old catholic traditions\\n\\nReview: It is most important I start writing this review by stating that I do not read Dan Brown's books. I saw film \\\"Da Vinci Code\\\" and was suprised that most viewers were commenting on Tom Hunks' haircut. This time around his haircut is in much better shape. Also this film is set in Vatican and Rome and many of the beauties of the area make film so much more appealing to the audiences. Premise is interesting - scientists in Cern, Geneva are searching for the antimatter. If proven to exist, this will be a basic particle from which universe was created. Is it possible to reconcile this scientific \\\"proof\\\" (in real life anti-matter is not discovered yet) with the old traditions of christian faith (Catholic faith in particular).\\n\\nThe inconvenience of the situation is that the pope has died and the new pope is not selected yet. In a situation where there is no appointed leader of the 1 billion faithful Catholics around the world, power struggle is imminent between Vatican's police, security and priests placed in temporary power of the Holy Seat. I loved the beauty of the city of Rome with its architectural delights and catacombs. If not taken too seriously, this is a cool thriller to watch on one's night off.\",\n \"Product: Academy Award-winner Tilda Swinton plays Julia, an alcoholic who, between shots of vodka and one-night stands, gets by on nickel-and-dime jobs. Increasingly lonely, her alcohol-induced confusion daily reinforces her sense that life has dealt her a losing hand. Seeing a financial opportunity after encountering a woman estranged from her son, Julia throws herself into a criminal plot that escalates beyond anything she ever imagined.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The amazing Tilda Swinton delivers yet again!\\n\\nReview: Here is a story of Julia, an American woman, living in LA. She is an alcoholic, always in between miserable, low paying jobs and have frequent one night stands. She is stunningly beautiful and just as amazingly \\\"crazy\\\" as her AA sponsor and former lovers dare to admit. Until one day, she realizes she may have found a way out form her desperate situation of not having a job, money and life. She dares to start an adventure that will lead her to some unexpected circumstances. But then again, what does lonely middle age woman with no money, job or love prospects has to loose? She just goes for it and the outcome is mind-blowing.\\n\\nMs. Swinton give wonderful portrayal of the woman who just pours all of her self in. Her acting as usual is amazing. And the story has the ending full of riches one would never expect...\",\n \"Product: Academy Award nominees Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum) reteam in this action-packed thriller. Damon stars as Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region. Also starring Academy Award nominees Greg Kinnear and Amy Ryan, Green Zone is one hell of a thriller (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Fictional take on modern politics\\n\\nReview: War in Iraq and its moral consequences has generated lots of Hollywood movies in the last few years. In this one, Matt Damon plays US Army soldier who is tasked to search for weapons of mass destruction with his units of special force soldiers. As it turns out every mission they are sent out to shows no results. No weapons are found and all they encounter are groups of angry civilians demanding fresh water, electricity and food.\\n\\nIt a typical thriller plotline we have a mix of politics, espionage, journalism, political indoctrination and patriotism. One of the most memorable characters is a youn Iranian man, crippled by a war (he lost his leg) who has his own personal reasons to help American forces in their military action in Iraq. Fluent in English, this young man becomes involved in the mission, more than he bargained for.\\n\\nThis is a cool movie for lonely Friday nights when one feels like staying at home. But it is not a particularly memorable one. It is definitely a statement to American presence in that part of the world and its politics at work there.\",\n \"Product: Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an honorable family man, until the day his wife and daughter are murdered in a home invasion. He hopes for justice, but a rising prosecutor named Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) cuts a deal with one of the killers in exchange for testimony. Ten years later, that man is found dead and Shelton coolly admits his guilt. Then he hands Rice an ultimatum: Fix the broken legal system or suffer the consequences.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: When grief takes over and justice is relative\\n\\nReview: It is a film that starts with home invasion gone bad - really, really bad. Husband is stabbed to death (but survives - Gerard Butler), wife is raped and killed and so is their little daughter. One wonders what good can come out of such gruesome violence and how anyone surviving such event can ever regain their humanity again. What is left to hope for, live for and plan for?\\n\\nHowever, when a victim of such crime is a former special forces agent trained to make tactical plans and kill wothout thinking twice, it seems that all is fair game. With nothing left to live for, plenty of money and time to plan revenge on people who took away what he loved most ofr did nto careenough to fight for justice, all participants in this story are fair game for serial killer who has lost the last connection of his humanity.\\n\\nNot a very believable scenario, but film is a thriller nevertheless. If taken likely, it is bearable.\",\n \"Product: Historical drama based on the last chapter in the life of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. Christopher Plummer stars as the famous writer, who is nearing the end of his life after a long period of ill health. He lives with his family in a compound at Yasnaya Polyana, attended to by his wife and the disciples of his 'movement': a group of people dedicated to his ideas of pacifism, vegetarianism, sexual abstinence and communal property who have gathered in a nearby forest camp. When the head of the movement, Vladimir Chertkov (Paul Giamatti), urges Leo to rewrite his will to posthumously renounce his material possessions, thereby leaving his family with nothing, Tolstoy's wife Sofya (Helen Mirren) does all she can to influence her husband and protect her inheritance.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Ideals of Leo Tolstoy\\n\\nReview: For anyone who loves classic Russian literature, Leo Tolstoy is one of the most beloved writers. Best known for his novels \\\"Anna Karenina\\\" and \\\"War and Peace\\\" he is kind of a russian writer that captures russian soul and presents it to the world. Tolstoy was a nobleman who lived long before Russian revolution and was well aware of social injustices. He devotes his life in trying to change that in the ways he thinks best but manages to alienate himself from his family.\\n\\nIt is important to mention that during his times as a writer, there were no typing machines. Most writers used there wives as editors, proofreaders and scribes. Tolstoy's wife, Sophia Andreyevna was no exception. Sophia was much younger than her husband but equally educated and sophisticated. In her own way, she held onto her traditions that family property belongs to the next generation. Considering that she copied \\\"War and Peace\\\" by hand six times, gaveLeo six children, kept his household running and took good care of him in every way, I cannot but agree that she had some say on her husband's copyrights and income that his work was generating.\\n\\nThis film focuses on Leo Tolstoy's last few months of his life. By this time, he was famous, revered all over Russia and adored by people as a living legend. Just as any other celebrity, he was surrounded by many people, many with their own agendas that they wanted to impose on him in different ways. Thsi film touches up on all of those relationships. Christopher Plummer as Tolstoy and Helen Mirren as Sophia, Tolstoy's wife are absolutely fantastic is their respective roles.\",\n \"Product: A gritty, life-affirming tale of an abused African-American teenager's struggle to change her life in 1980s Harlem. 16-year-old Clareece 'Precious' Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) has been abused from an early age by her now absent father, and is pregnant with his second child. With a venomous mother Mary (Mo'Nique) who treats her like a servant and her school life blighted by her illiteracy, Precious struggles to cope with her seemingly hopeless life. But the offer of a place in an alternative school and the nurturing of literacy teacher Ms. Rain (Paula Patton) soon begin to transform the teenager, offering her a path to a brighter future. Mo'Nique won the Best Supporting Actress awards at both the 2010 BAFTAs and the Academy Awards for her portrayal of Mary.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Incest and the price of it\\n\\nReview: Last year, I read the book \\\"Push\\\" by Sapphire that this film is based on. In addition to the horrific story of incest that is a destiny of the main character Clarice (Precious), power of the novel is based on the way that it is written. I still do not understand how author did it, since the book gives the voice of the illiterate person not capable to fully express herself both verbally or in writing through her journals.\\n\\nI could not imagine that courage that it took to make this novel into a movie. It is not just the topic of incest but also a wonder if director and screenwriter can portray book characters the way that they are developed in a book. I must say that movie is easier to watch that the book was to read. Actresses in this film all did fantastic job in portraying women from different backgrounds, both social and racial. I also liked the music as well. This is powerful film about the lives of girls and women in socially deprived areas, urban ones, where in today's modern world anger, disatisfaction and poverty lead to most horrific experiences of all.\",\n \"Product: Quick Shipping !!! New And Sealed !!! This Disc WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. A multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player is request to view it in USA/Canada. Please Review Description.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Hypatia - female philosopher\\n\\nReview: This film is about last days of the Roman Empire and it is set in Alexandria, Egypt. I picked it for several reasons: Agora in Alexandria was one of the first public libraries where young, noble men had their lessons thought to them and where they freely exchanged their ideas. It was a breeding ground for raising new leaders for the future generations. But this is also a story about Hypatia, one of the first female philosophers from the ancient times known to mankind. Although none of her written work remains today, she was well known figure and her unfortunate demise is just one of the facts that grants her immortality.\\n\\nHypatia devoted her entire life to teaching, writing and questioning the world around her. As a philosopher, she raised questions related to mankind as well as God and Universe. During her life, religion was depply divided between pagans, who worshiped Egyptian Gods, Jews who believed in a single God and Christinas fairly new religion who accepted teachings of Jesus and were waiting for their salvation. There was little tolerance between these three fractions and with Roman Empire loosing its grip in that part of the world, it was a place destined for uprising between old world and the new one; between aristocracy and their slaves.\\n\\nI liked the fact that director choose to portray Hypatia as a woman devoted to her profession and able to separate herself from men she was teaching, in spite of the fact that many of them fell in love with her for her brilliant mind and her compassionate spirit. Her beauty from the inside out, transcends the social order of the time which is both her strenght and her fall. Being unmarried woman, she has no protector. Her profession requires of her to constantly question and challenge the world around her which does not sit well with men in power. Her brutal death makes her a martyr that makes her immortal for eternity.\\n\\nGreat movie, with story well told. Director did not attempt to appease any of the religious groups which some audiences may find difficult to accept. I loved the costumes and depictions of the ancient city, the realistic display of disparity between poor and rich. Film definitely worth seeing.\",\n \"Product: Brand new factory sealed\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: World in which vampires are the majority\\n\\nReview: It is true that there have been so many movies and TV shows about vampires, but this one definitely stands out. This story revolves around premise that there is a new world in which vampires are the majority and humans are the minority. As a matter of fact, the blood supply is in such shortage that even vampires are faced with blood diseases and mutations that are endangering their own species.\\n\\nEthan Hawke plays a vampire hematologist tasked with finding out the answer for the blood supply by creating substitute for it. He is the vampire with a conscience and takes human suffering with great empathy. His strained relationship with his soldier brother who is in the business of human hunting is complicated too.\\n\\nInteresting film with original premise. For vampire fans a must see film.\",\n \"Product: United Kingdom released, Blu-Ray/Region B : it WILL NOT play on regular DVD player, or on standard US Blu-Ray player. You need multi-region Blu-Ray player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), WIDESCREEN, SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Deleted Scenes, Documentary, Featurette, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: In a British city, four men have a secret plan. Omar (Riz Ahmed) is disillusioned about the treatment of muslims around the world and is determined to become a soldier. This is the most exciting idea Waj (Kayvan Novak) has ever heard. Better still it's a no brainer because Omar does his thinking for him. Opposed to Omar and everyone else on earth is the white islamic convert Barry (Nigel Lindsay). He'd realize he joined the cell to channel his nihilism - If he had half the self knowledge of a duck. Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) is the odd man out. He can make a bomb - but he can't blow himself up just now coz his sick dad has \\\"started eating newspaper\\\". Instead he's training crows to fly bombs through windows. This is what Omar has to deal with. They must strike a decisive blow on their own turf but can any of them strike a match without punching himself in the face? SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Sundance Film Festival, ...Four Lions (2010) ( Tesseris leontes ) ( 4 Lions )\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: British comedy about jihad\\n\\nReview: This is one of the funniest takes on the modern day terrorism. Film features British actors with really funny workign class accents. Audience no used to these heavy accents may have difficult time staying focused on the message; but it is definitely worthed.\\n\\nFour lions in this movie and four friends of asian (Pakistani descent). They live and work in London and are the second generation of the immigrants. All of them are uneducated but fervent about their heritage and strong desire to become martyrs. They are so disconnected from their heritage that they get kicked out from the militant groups in Pakistan once they offer them their services.\\n\\nIn the movie I liked the best conversation between police officers tasked to take out these terrorist during their attempt to activate home made bomb in a public event. It is one of the funniest dialogues I have seen in the movies recently.\",\n \"Product: The year is 2509 and not only has Earth lost contact with the Ishimura and Isaac Clarke, but now also the USG O'Bannon, the first responder ship sent to rescue them. Four crew members of the O'Bannon have survived. But what happened to the rest of the crew? What were they doing? What secrets are they keeping? All to be revealed...in the Aftermath! Dead Space: Aftermath is a fast paced, horrifying thrill ride told through the perspective of the four survivors by several renowned international directors.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Sci-fi animation based on the video game\\n\\nReview: Before I start the review of this product I need to disclose that I am not familair with the video game this animation is based on. I have picked up the movie because I am not a fan of sci-fi. Sci-Fi animation can sometimes enahance the imaginary sense of the experience.\\n\\nWith that being said, I must say that the animation (effects) are fairly low quality and not particularly impressive. The story line may make more sense for anyone who is familiar with the game. I was not shaken up by it.\\n\\nThis movie anumation will kill a couple of hours in your day but it will not leave you in awe and provide you unforgetable experience. With that being said, that may just be enough fro anyone spending a lonely night at home with nothing better to do. It beats the re-runs on your favorite movie cable channel.\",\n \"Product: Frank (Johnny Depp), a mild-mannered American on vacation in Venice, Italy, is befriended by Elise (Angelina Jolie), a breathtakingly beautiful woman with a mysterious secret. Soon, their playful romantic dalliance turns into a complicated web of dangerous deceit as they are chased by Interpol, the Italian police, and Russian hit men in this suspense-filled, international action thriller.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: When Jolie meets Depp\\n\\nReview: \\\"The Tourist\\\" is funny and entertaining movie if one does not expect too much from it. And it is difficult not to expect too much from a movie that features two great stars: Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. I loved the fact that the entire film was done in Italy, Venice to be exact. Such location adds allure to this movie. And in this film, Jolie gets to play glamorous woman, the kind that every man wants to please in every possible way. As Depp states in one moment is she is the \\\"least down to earth woman he has ever met in his entire life\\\". Jolie plays a character that dresses in latest fashion; is hypnotically beautiful and wears her jewelry and sunglasses with such grace and beauty that one cannot take their eyes off of her.\\n\\nI think that even director of this movie got mesmerized by Angelina. They even made Depp's character look like a baffoon at times. She is cool and composed and Depp is nervous, speaks Spanish to Italians and looks like a helpless scardy cat.\\n\\nIf one does not assign too much value to this movie, it can atually be fun.\",\n \"Product: This is the extraordinary story of Becca and Howie. Eight months ago, they had a picture-perfect life with their young son. Now, they are posing as normal in the wake of an enormous loss; blindly looking for footing in a sea of new emotions. This is the remarkably moving journey of a couple finding their way back to love.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Exploration of parental grief\\n\\nReview: Many years ago, I saw \\\"Rabbit Hole\\\" play in Chicago theatre (I now forget if it was Goodman or Steppenwolf). In any case it was a powerful play that left significant impression on me. I was skeptical how such complex exploration of parental grief can have the same impact on the audiences when presented as a film. However, the cast in this movie is wonderfully selected and they manage to bring internal and external conflicts that characters experience into a memorable and heart wrenching movie.\\n\\nRecently, I have been interested in exploring grief as emotion, because I firmly believe that unless experienced on a deep, personal level, it is sort of emotion that is not possible to describe. It is also a stigma to talk about it and sharing it with others brings a little or no consolation. At one point is this movie, I truly enjoyed it when actress Diane Wiest explains it that grief is like a brick. \\\"You carry it in a pocket and you know it is there because it weights so much. And it never relly goes away, it only changes it forms\\\".\\n\\nFor every person, experience and dealings with grief are different although equally powerful. This is one of those quiet movies that carry its power through audiences. It moves silently and painfully and explores the deepest emotions we harbor inside.\",\n \"Product: Brand New Sealed Blu-ray. Ships Fast\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Clint Eastwood delivers again\\n\\nReview: When certain generations think of Clint Eastwood, they think of his acting career. But this remarkable man has earned his best credentials later on in his live, once he assumed his place behind the camera. Many actors turn to creating their own production companies and directing movies, but none has done it with so much success as Clint Eastwood (and occasionally, Robert Redford). Every single movie that was directed by Clint Eastwood created some form of stir. Here comes a man who is not afraid to ask difficult questions about difficult (and different) experiences in ordinary people's lives. He is not afraid to challange his viewers and does not back down from his ideas, not matter how difficult they may be on the audiences.\\n\\nIn this film there are three parallel stories: one is a sotry about successfull Parisian journalist who escapes death, another one is about a young London boy who looses his twin brother to death while his mother ends up in the rehabilitation center, he is sent off to the foster care. And there is a blue collar worker in NYC who has psychic ability to speak with dead that haunts his personal and professional life. Each one of them is struggling with their experiences that other people do not seem to understand. They are outcasts in a society that is so quick in labeling people. Until one brief moment, when lives of these three people intersect and change their destinies from that moment on to hereafter.\\n\\nAlthough propbably not as powerful as some of his earlier films, this is still a wonderful story and a great message from Clint Eastwood to his audiences that keeps growing and growing with every story he has to tell...\",\n \"Product: Immortals explodes off the screen with action-packed battles, mythological adventure and an all-star cast. In this epic tale of vengeance and destiny, power-mad King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) threatens to destroy all of humanity on his maniacal quest to obtain the ultimate weapon the legendary Epirus Bow that gives the power to unleash war on both Heaven and Earth. But Theseus (Henry Cavill), a heroic young villager chosen by the gods, rises up to stop Hyperion's brutal rampage. With supernatural help from the beautiful oracle Phaedra (Freida Pinto), Theseus embraces his destiny and leads a fierce band of warriors in a desperate fight for the future of mankind.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Recapturing the ancient myth on screen\\n\\nReview: This is action pacted movie about one of the greatest Greek warriors Theseus. He is favorite of Gods and Zeus takes personal interest in him. Zeus is his teacher and mentor that helps in creation of a wise and capable warrior that one day will save all of Greece. It is a tale that from the beginning goes with the statement that \\\"all men's souls are immortal, but the righteous men's souls are both immortal and divine\\\". What is mankind supposed to do when ambition pairs itself with evil? King Hyperion (played by Mickey Rourke), consumed by grief for the loss of his family and his personal hatred of Gods, creates a powerful army that will take on all of the Greece and Mount Olympus in a quest for power. In this war, only Theseus can lead mankind to fight its evil.\\n\\nThere is a lot of action in this movie and in some ways, this film is a cheaper take on the movie like \\\"300\\\". I liked the story and the brutality of the ancient world that is so honestly portrayed int his film. The really weak part is the costume design for the film. It is overdone and not particularly appealing.\\n\\nGreat movie for the weekend relaxation. Not too memorable, though.\",\n \"Product: Audio: Czech ONLY! Audio: Original. Subtitles: None.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: New great movie version of a wonderful novel\\n\\nReview: The first time I read \\\"Jane Eyre\\\" novel I was a young, impressionable girl who found the book deeply moving by both words and its content. Ever since, there has not been a version of the movie or a TV show where the wonderful story was retold by a new director and the piece showcasted a new generation of talented classical actresses (mainly British). For that reason alone, I could not wait to see this movie.\\n\\nWhat makes this version different is that it is told in a series of flashbacks. We go back and forth from Jane's early chidlhood, to her day as a governess at Mr. Rochester's home. It is easy to understand her character, determination and strength from reflecting to some of the major events in her life that shaped her personality that is beautiful beyond her physical attributes. If it is a beauty from inside that makes a person, Jane is absolutely adorable with her patience, steadfast devotion to her vocation and her friends and her intelligent ways of expressing herself.\\n\\nFilm is beautiful in a way storytelling is done. Costumes are fine, music is enchanting and the cast absolutely fantastic. I loved this new version of Jane Eyre story and I strongly recommend it.\",\n \"Product: From Academy Award nominated director Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), and based on the acclaimed semi-autobiographical novel, Miral is the story of a Palestinian girl coming of age amidst the war zone of the Israeli-Arab conflict -- unflinchingly told through the perspective of Miral (Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire) herself. Following the death of her troubled mother, Miral's father (Alexander Siddig) is forced to entrust her to the orphanage of Hind Husseini (Hiam Abbass), a woman whose commitment to peace through education has a profound impact on the maturing young woman as her epic journey to self-esteem and social consciousness proves both harrowing and hopeful. Also starring Willem Dafoe and Vanessa Redgrave.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Reflection on Palestinian conflict\\n\\nReview: This independent movie provides a look on the nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Story starts in 1947 with creation of Israel, covers 1967's Six Day War and expands through 1987. It is also a story about the woman (named Hind) who devotes her entire life to teaching her students on how to be compassionate, patient and persevering. She is a sort of woman who believes in peaceful resolution of the conflict and that through education she can crete a generation of young people capable of finding a solution to a decades long conflict.\\n\\nIn a middle of all of that there is a family story about a young woman, abused by her own father, who runs away from home, becomes a belly dancer in order to make her living. As a woman with no education, she has no resources to secure decent livelihood to her own family. It is this woman's descent from abusive childhood, painful adulthood and dissillusioned marriage that Miral, her daughter learns about how painful life can be. Through series of painful and life changing experiences, Miral comes to realize that it his Hind, her teacher who is the only person that can lead her to her personal salvation. Hind's quiet patience, wise advise and limitless energy helps Miral get on a path that can redefine the rest of her life with a quiet sense of purpose.\\n\\nWillem Defoe and Vanessa Redgrave make brief appearances in this film. Their roles seem to be only a little boost to the movie that had little marketing power. This is a film about hope not only for a peaceful resolution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it is also a reflection on hope for humanity as a whole and young generations seeking to find their own identity.\",\n \"Product: Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He's just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick's doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who's been mugged and lost his luggage. As the wine flows and the evening progresses, we become deeply intertwined in the lives of these two men and discover just how deceiving appearances can be. With outstanding performances by David Hyde Pierce and Clayne Crawford, cowriter/director Nick Tomnay takes us on a suspense-filled ride where nothing is as it seems. THE PERFECT HOST is a slippery psychological thriller that exposes true human nature and reveals just how far we're willing to go to satisfy our needs.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Battle of the minds\\n\\nReview: This is a fabulous movie about fateful evening that career criminal spends with a man he never met before. A young man just robs the bank and he is identified by the bank teller. Now that police are on his trail he looks for place to hide until he can safely escape the city and preferrably the country. He ends up getting inside the home of a man who lives alone and is in the process of preparing dinner for his house guests.\\n\\nHis host generously offers wine, seat at the table and provides comfort to this stranger who claims to have arrived to LA from his trip to Australia, had his luggage lost and was mugged on the way from the airport. Before long, two men start the game of outplaying each other in attempt to survive the situation they both found themselves in. There are some interesting twists and turns along the way that make this movie not just a psychological thriller but also a very smart movie. Great performances by the two lead actors in this movie.\",\n \"Product: Co-written by the creator of The Road to Perdition, and winner of the audience award and best actress award at the San Diego Film Festival, The Last Lullaby is a story about Price (Tom Sizemore, Saving Private Ryan), a retired hitman who can't pass up one last high-priced contract. In his final job, he is directed to kill the beautiful and intriguing librarian Sarah (Sasha Alexander, Rizzoli & Isles), but his violent ways begin to fail him as he falls for this totally unsuspecting mark. Now Price must choose: kill the target and get the money, or save the girl and break free from the emptiness that has consumed his life for so long.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: When hitman falls for a girl\\n\\nReview: Tom Sizemore plays a hitman who is lonely and lives on a fringes of life. His life is empty and he suffers from insomnia. It is not likely that he is remorseful about his profession, it is rather that he realizes he is aging and his retirement days have little or no prospect for his future.\\n\\nBefore long, he lands a great job that can help him start fresh. His job is to kill a pretty librarian. That is where story gets a little muggy - she is stalked by her ex-boyfriend, she lives in a mansion owned by her wealthy friends who spend half year in their other home in Bahamas. During the day she works at the local library and in her spare time she practices shooting (I do not think I ever heard of librarian who goes shooting in her spare time)...\\n\\nIt seems that this pretty librarian has charm that lonely hitman finds difficult to resist. They recognise similaries between each other lifestyles and they bond. As their relationship becomes personal, it becomes apparent that this hitman will do whatever it takes to get the best of two worlds: collect his fee and keep the girl. You must see the movie to find out how he does it...\",\n \"Product: The stand out film of the 2011 Berlin Film Festival and winner of the Golden Bear, A Separation is a suspenseful and intelligent drama detailing the fractures and tensions at the heart of Iranian society. Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, the film boasts a range of superb performances from the ensemble cast who collectively received the Silver Bears for both Best Actor and Best Actress at the Berlinale. The compelling narrative is driven by a taut and finely written script rooted in the particular of Iranian society but which transcends its setting to create a stunning morality play with universal resonance. When his wife (Leila Hatami) leaves him, Nader (Peyman Moadi) hires a young woman (Sareh Bayat) to take care of his suffering father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi). But he doesn t know his new maid is not only pregnant, but also working without her unstable husband s (Shahab Hosseini) permission. Soon, Nader finds himself entangled in a web of lies manipulation and public confrontations. A SEPARATION is the first ever Iranian film to be awarded the Golden Bear.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Reflection on class and marriage\\n\\nReview: A couple that has been married for 14 years decides to separate when wife wants to live Iran in order to secure her daughter a better life and future. Her husband, who she sees as honest and good wants to remain in Iran in order to take care of his father who has Alzheimer's disease. During their initial separation, wife moves out to live with her family while her 11 year old daughter remains to live with the father in hope that her parents will reconcile and stay together. In order to take care of the ill father while at work, husband hires a woman to be his caretaker. Her devout religious convictions cause conflict in her on how to take care of him at times when the old man needs to have his clothes changed. One day, tragic turn of events puts into motion series of events that lead to serious law suit that can lead to a long prison sentence or expensive settlement between various parties.\\n\\nAt times unnecessarily protracted, this film provides a look at society in Iran. It shows class difference within society; complicated relationship between man and wife when their loyalties split between his desire to take care of his father and her desire to secure her daughter's future. Both people have noble ideals for their family, but their loyalties to these two very different causes are irreconcilable considering the circumstances. In the end, it is obvious that the two of them cannot stay together and that it will be their daughter, not them who will make a decision which parent she will remain with.\",\n \"Product: A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides what is right or wrong? As the boundaries blur, Sean's dual life wears on his psyche and his two worlds careen dangerously close to colliding. Like a graphic novel you can't put down, Boy Wonder challenges morality, distorting perceptions of what is right and what is justified, as it races to its shocking conclusion.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Great story from start to finish\\n\\nReview: Shawn is high school senior who lives with his father in a quiet Brooklyn neighborhood. He is good student, athletic, speaks Chinese and pretty much keeps to himself. After school classes are over, he spends time in a local police department searching for clues on who may have killed his mother during car jacking may years ago. The visions of the crime scene seem to be still vivid, even though nearly 10 years went by.\\n\\nShawn however, seems to be living a double life. His desire to bring good to the world tips him over the endge and he starts taking justice into his own hands. Story stands up because it is easy to accept that someone so young can still be innocenet enough to know what is right an what is wrong. His sense of morality is still not corrupted by the world of adults where compromises are made when they probably should not be. To add complexity to the story, we discover that Shawn's father used to be alchoholic. After death of Shawn's mother, he has given up the habit but the relationship between father and son is still strained.\\n\\nWhat I liked about the film is that the story is cleverly made and it will keep audiences on their toes from start to finish. It is a story about justice, morality and loss of innocence all at once. I truly enjoyed it. Young actor playing Shawn gives great performance in this film.\",\n \"Product: Please note: Blu-ray disc offers only the theatrical version, while the DVD disc offers only the extended cut version.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Dealing with delayed grief\\n\\nReview: Margaret is a film about a young woman (Lisa), living in NYC, who attends private high school. She is child of intellectuals and is at the age when she is aware of her sexual appeal to men. Her parents are divorced and her father lives on the West Coast. Her mother is a Broadway actress, which means that Lisa and her younger brother get to spend a lot of time on their own when their mother is rehearsing or performing.\\n\\nLisa is not a problem kid, she is curious about the adolosence and not quite sure how to deal with it since there is no one (no adult) available to talk to her about it. One day, Lisa's action of distracting a bus driver ends in tragedy - a woman gets killed crossing pedestrian when driver runs the red light. Lisa realizes she is a partial reason for what happened but does not acknowledge that right away to herself, her parents and police investigators of the accident. As expected, our unconscious mind has a way of catching up with us in the most unopportune times. Suddently, Lisa starts neglecting her schoolwork, she is irritable when dealing with her mother and school friends and she attempts to dull her emotional pain by having sex with her high school mate and later on her geometry teacher. Needless to say, such escape(s) bring Lisa no relief - as a matter of fact, it only brings her additional problems.\\n\\nPerhaps Lisa is spoilt, perhaps her view of right and wrong is a little confusing to her (do not forget that she is only a teenager and she is quite impulsive), but eventually her grief over what happened during the bus accident catches up with her. Lisa's life is changed forever and she ultimately grows up overnight.\\n\\nThis is a complex movie, perhaps more suited for stage than film. However, it kept my attention from start to finish. I particularly liked the film ending. It is unexpected, but it does bring relief and at least some sense of closure with hope for Lisa's future and her understanding of other people's needs, motives, loss and love. This movie is not meant for superficial people - it is too multidimensional for general public. It requires sophisticated audiences.\",\n \"Product: Atlas Shrug P1(Br(St)\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Ayn Rand's work on screen (part 1)\\n\\nReview: I was always intrigued by the author Ayn Rand, her personal history as well as her work of fiction she brought to the american readers. Surely her personal life was controversial and her novels were popular during her lifetime. Her unique philosophy easily found many followers in the America (especially amongst Replublicans).\\n\\nI have purchased book collection of her work, but unfortunately did not get around to reading it. I am disclosing this because I will not be comparing her book(s) with this movie. Film is made with the cast of the virtually unknown actors. It is part one (1) of three (3). I initially planned to see it in the movie theatres but the rmovie run was fairly short - I giess not enough interest, or poor marketing, however you wish to look at it. Finally, I got to watch it on DVD. Two main characters are independently wealthy people with zest for life and unbendable will. They are determined to make a world a better place and for that idea are willing to join forces and fight the \\\"establishment\\\". It is a mix of ideal persons who have strong desire to be successful without compromising their moral beliefs (which we are supposed to believe are good and mean no hurt to anyone).\\n\\nI do not know what to think about the film. It is a love story between two intelligent people. They make their own rules along the way in this story. They are not necessarily altruistic - their (mutual) goal is to be rich stay rich, and of course find a way to be even more rich. The first part made me lukewarm. but I will give it a chance and see the entire trilogy. If for no other reason, then for giving Ayn some respect for her work which to this day has some hard core believers...\",\n \"Product: 100% GUARANTEE!. We sell used movies from our DVD rental kiosk, every movie is visually inspected and buffed with a commercial DVD buffer before shipping if needed. We do not include any Ultra Violet codes, digital copy codes, or the 2nd extras disk. Movie may not be in original case, but will be in a standard DVD or Blu-Ray case with original artwork.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Ben Affleck finally displays his full potential\\n\\nReview: This movie received the Academy Award in 2012 for the best picture, but I was really impressed by Ben Affleck. He is director and main character in this film and delivers on both fronts. Affleck plays CIA agent in active duty in Washington, DC during Jimmy Carter's administration. From the start of the movie, his character, Tony Mendez, is weary man, living alone in a small apartment apparently in a lot of personal, emotional pain.\\n\\nThis is also time when great political changes are happening in Iran. Former Shah Reza Pahlawi is exiled from Iran in the US and the new conservative religious leader Khomeini takes the power. Iran is in dis-array and one day civilian riot breaks in. Crowd decides to break into American Embassy and take its employees hostages. Only six Americans manage to escape and find temporary shelter with Canadian Ambasador's home. Their time in hiding is running out and American government creates a secret mission (Argo) to rescue them all from Iran.\\n\\nI was touched by Tony's role in a mission. He volunteers to save civilians who served US Foreign Service in Ran. He puts his life on the line. It all makes sense. After all, he has nothing to loose. His separation from his wife and son is obviously devastating for him. Reasons for their estrangement are unimportant. It is emptiness and loneliness that is the pivot point of his life. A man like that is a perfect candidate for the suicide mission. Regardless if he makes it alive or not, he wins. If he dies, his pain will finally go away, and so will his isolation and loneliness. If he lives, he is a hero who has a chance ot reclaim his old life and finally redeem himself.\\n\\nAnd so the story goes about one man's mission to save lives of six people serving the American government who are stranded in a hostile foreign contry. I really enjoyed Alan Arkin's role in a movie. He plays a Hollywood producer who pulls the strings to make a difference simply out of his patriotic feelings for the country and no monetary payoff. At the end of the film we even hear the voice of the former President Jimmy Carter who explains the secrecy around this mission that kept mission classified for nearly 10 years before public became aware of it.\\n\\nIn any case, it is a wonderful film showing the humanity at its best and its worst. It showcases important part of American history when the Iranian hostage crises took place and how it influenced the following events inthe American political history. I have enjoyed every moment of this film - from start to finish.\",\n \"Product: Netherlands released, Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C : it WILL NOT play on regular DVD player. You need Blu-Ray DVD player to view this Blu-Ray DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( DTS-HD Master Audio ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Featurette, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Poetry, politics, madness, and desire collide in the true story of the woman hailed as South Africa's Sylvia Plath. In 1960s Cape Town, as Apartheid steals the expressive rights of blacks and whites alike, young Ingrid Jonker (Carice van Houten, Black Book) finds her freedom scrawling verse while frittering through a series of stormy affairs. Amid escalating quarrels with her lovers and her rigid father, a parliament censorship minister (Rutger Hauer), the poet witnesses an unconscionable event that will alter the course of both her artistic and personal lives. Ravishing cinematography by Giulio Biccari and a classical approach to dramatic storytelling by consummate Dutch filmmaker Paula van der Oest augment van Houten's magnetic central performance in Black Butterflies. As a woman governed by equal parts genius and mercurial gloom, Jonker could inspire passion but never, it seems, love-a sad truth critically conveyed by van Houten. Jonker's inner turmoil mirrored her country's upheaval, but van der Oest is never heavy-handed with her parallels of the poet and the South African maelstrom happening around her: The relationships in the film are a lens through which to view a cultural zeitgeist, but the people always have center stage, not the politics. ...Black Butterflies (2011) ( Black Butter flies )\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Young poet's deep sorrows\\n\\nReview: Most reviews of this film with compare Ingrid Jonker, poet from South Africa who died in 1965 with American poet Sylvia Plath. I always very strongly felt that it is unfair to compare artists and in many ways, provides dis-service to both. So let's just focus on Ingrid as this is the film abut her life and her body of work.\\n\\nIngrid lived her early childhood with her mother and her maternal grandparents. Her father was estranged from Ingrid and Ingrid's mother. Only after Ingrid's immediate family died, when Ingrid was at he age of 10, her father reluctantly takes Ingrid and her sister Anna to his house where they end up growing up a servants' quarters. Ingrid's father was a high ranking politician in South Africa. Ingirid and her father were on the complete opposites of the political spectrum. Their mutual dislike for each other was not something either one was willing to conceal. In order to escape her father, Ingrid marries and has a child only to find her marriage suffocating just as much as her life in her father's house. As her marriage ends in divorce, Ingrid devotes herself to writing. Her circle of friends consists of writers and intellectuals who are opposing apartheid.\\n\\nFor the first time in her life, Ingrid falls in love with Jack Kopp, another writer, much older than her, who is going through a messy divorce. Jack has her heart, but does not fully grasp Ingrid's emotional vulnerability. Inevitable, instead of being her savior and most strident supporter -- both personally and professionally, Jack withdraws his love for Ingrid. She never tells Jack that she was pregnant with his child because Ingrid wants him to marry her for love, not for sense of obligation or superficial decency. Her decision to abort her love child with Jack has far more reaching effect on her than anyone, including herself can possibly imagine. Until one day, when she witnesses death of the small black child by the policeman partolling the streets. That event re-opens all of her supressed traumas and unleashes stream of emotions that Ingrid can no longer contain on her own.\\n\\nAs a mother of a small child (Ingrid has daughter Simone from her first marriage); no financial stability and constant desertion by the men she courts; Ingrid falls deeper and deeper in a state of sorrow, unhappiness and dispair that lands her in a mental hospital. Her father opts for Ingrid to have electroshock therapy. While this kills her ability to express her emotions and feelings, it also kills her ability to write. Suddenly, Ingrid is stripped of everything: she cannot write, she has no protection or feeling of safety; she feels abandoned by her father, her lovers and even her sister Anna. She sees no way out - she sees herself as death and; as poet Dylan Thomas says \\\"after death there is no other\\\". Ingrid commits suicide by jumping into the ocean one stormy night.\\n\\nMany will argue how someone like Ingrid had personality disorder, was not mentally stable and was troubled. Personally I do not think that is true. Ingrid was deeply emotional person who could feel the pain of others and her own on a higher level. That type of susceptable angst only true artists can feel. That is their gift and also their curse. They need to be constantly looked after and taken care of, always assured of love and security. It is love and security they missed early in their lives and those needs made a strong imprint on their personalities (and their work). Cruelty, harshness, distance, betrayal and abandonment are too painful for them and without the proper support system leads them to self-destruction. Ingrid Jonker, like Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath and so many others are fragile lighbugs, lady bugs and butterfies that very few understand and even fewer know how to protect. Their magnetism and power is drawn from their vulnerability that is much more pronounced than it is in ordinary people...\",\n \"Product: United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Powerful and thought-provoking drama which tells the compelling true story of Janet Leach who played a crucial part in uncovering the shocking crimes of Fred and Rosemary West - two of the most notorious serial-killers in history. Featuring electrifying performances by Emily Watson (as Janet Leach) and Dominic West (as Fred West), it reveals the extraordinary relationship which developed between the two, as West tried to evade responsibility for his crimes and protect his wife Rosemary from justice. Based on extensive research, and consultation with numerous people closely involved in the case, including police officers, surviving victims and relatives of victims of the Wests. ...Appropriate Adult\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: True story about British serial killer\\n\\nReview: Main characters in this movie: Janet (the appropriate adult) and Fred (serial killer) are played by two fabulous actors: Emily Watson and Dominic West. While most american audiences are familiar with Emily's body of work, others may know Dominic from his role of a police officer in HBO's series \\\"The Wire\\\". In this film he makes physical transformation: his hair is curly, his face more wrinkled and he has really bad teeth, so typical of lower-middle / working class person. His cockney accent is unmistakable working class.\\n\\nApparenly, in England, when police has a crime suspect in their custody they believe is mentally unstable or mentally incompetent, they assign \\\"an appropriate adult\\\" - a trained person who can observe the interrogation process and validate that police was using proper methods to investigate the crime and that the accused is in sound mind. Janet is studying to become a social worker from his second marriage. Janet volunteers with the local police department for the role. After her training, her first case is the case of the serial murderer who killed his former wife, stepdaughter and daughter amongst many other victims. It is interesting psychological drama. What we know of killer is that his second wife with whom he has a family is a prostitute. They indulge in sado-masochistic sex with young women they bring to their home; after which they kill their victims and dispose of their bodies. Many of the bodies are burried in the garden behind the home where they live.\\n\\nDuring the interrogation process, this serial killer gets Janet under his spell. Repulsed by him she is attracted at the same time to learn what can compel a person to commit such horrific crimes. She hopes that in the process of his interrogation, she can get the truth out of him and help grieving families close the chapter about their loved ones. But she also enjoys the fact that this ruthless serial killer needs her. She is his means of having a strength to confess of his murders and his wife's involvement in some of the cases. This film shows on psychological level how these two characters play off on each other. Mentally and emotionally they become dependant on each other. Long after Fred is send off to jail, he still manages to have Janet get him presents, visits him in jail and receive his phone calls. Fred has mind of a sociopath that is as magnetic as it is repulsive.\\n\\nFilm never goes into details on how victims were killed. Both screenplay writer and director deserve recognition of giving victims the respect and dignity after their death. It is a chilling story. I was unaware of these crimes that were uncovered in 1994. Personally I was curious of finding out how ordinary person can adjust their life after being a part of such horrible confession. While unburdening his conscience, Fred burdens Janet's for the rest of her life. It is an amazing film, great story and even better acting.\",\n \"Product: CARNAGE is a razor-sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the \\\"victim\\\" invite the parents of the \\\"bully\\\" over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage.Directed by Roman Polanski (The Pianist), Carnage stars Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet (Best Actress, The Reader, 2008) and Academy Award-winner Christoph Waltz (Best Supporting Actor, Inglourious Basterds, 2009) as husband and wife Nancy and Alan Cowan, opposite Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster (Best Actress, The Silence of the Lambs, 1991; Best Actress, The Accused, 1988) and Academy Award-nominee John C. Reilly (Best Supporting Actor, Chicago, 2002) as Penelope and Michael Longstreet.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Another Roman Polanski gem\\n\\nReview: So what happens in NYC when parents of two boys decide to have a private meeting in order to resolve a conflict between their children? Meet two couples, who are equally concerned about well being of their 11 year old sons. Two boys got into a fight and the fight got physical. Before long, one boy is grounded and another one nearly looses his tooth. Surely, these young people need to be punished and thought a lesson; so - their parents decide to meet and assess what to do next.\\n\\nThe entire movie is entirely set in a NYC apartment of one of the couples. It starts as civil and cordial meeting between two pairs of concerned parents and turns into, well - carnage. In nearly two hours, we see these four people fighting it out with each other in words. It starts as one pair of parents against the other, but then lines become blurry as aliences between them start to shift. Every now and then, pairs would re-group, but then things would fall into a chaos again. It is witty, contemporary story about modern life, alienation between people, parents and their children; greed, glutony, assessment of our priorities and purpose in middle life. Great cast of actors, wonderful verbal duels. I truly enjoyed this movie. I always loved Roman Polanski's movies and this one adds to the wonderful collection of his already prized work.\",\n \"Product: Quick Shipping !!! New And Sealed !!! This Disc WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. A multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player is request to view it in USA/Canada. Please Review Description.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: In search of proof of paranormal experiences\\n\\nReview: Sigourney Weaver plays a clinical psychologist Margaret Matheson who speacializes in proving non-existance of paranormal experiences. She is natural born sceptic who questions any notion on ESP existance. Her young assistant is a physicist who records all of their sessions with people who claim they experience or see ghosts and other paranormal exepriences. The intent is to find a physical proof that ESP exists.\\n\\nRobert DeNiro pays Simon Silver, who on the other hand, is psychic who decides to get out of his self-imposed retirement and start TV shows that will allow him to heal people and show of his paranormal abilities tot he world. It seems that Dr. Matheson and Mr. Silver have history and it is very personal. Both are determined that the other is wrong and that is how this movie starts unfolding.\\n\\nSurprise ending does not make this movie more exciting. It just comes out too flat.\",\n \"Product: After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Sometimes we need to unravel in order to get what we truly want\\n\\nReview: I absolutely adored this movie because the entire premise of the story is so real. Set is a middle class suburb it is a story of Pat and Tiffany. Both are young, yet deeply wounded by the loss of their partner. Pat spent almost a year in a mental institution after he caught his wife Nikki with another man in their home and beat the unfortunate soul nearly to death. He just snapped and could not break away form his anger, despair and heartbreak. Tiffany, on the other hand is a widow who lost her husband after 3 years of marriage. She is just as troubled as Pat I only she expresses her grief, sadness and depression by being promiscuous. As it happens, neither sex nor prescription drugs can dull their emotional pain and as life will have it, the two form the unusual alliance trying to help each other. Of course, their is unconventional friendship and they both fight their demons, sometimes in their solitude and more often than that they battle out their demons in front of each other.\\n\\nI absolutely loved the cast of this movie. Jennifer Lawrence plays Tiffany and she is fantastic. Her sadness is so palpable, one can almost touch it. What is even more amazing is that her blond, angle like sister who has seemingly perfect life with a suburban house, husband and a child is played by Julia Styles who truly looks like Jennifer's sister. The two of them look almost identical, only one has a dark hair and the other is blonde. Bradley Cooper gives a fabulous performance as Pat who is obsessed with idea of getting his wife back at any cost.\\n\\nThen of course, there is Robert DeNiro who is playing Pat Senior. Here is the helpless father who can do nothing but watch his son suffer. Pat Sr. has his own challenges. He has lost his pension, and makes living placing bets on a football games. I mean only Robert DeNiro can pull something like that.\\n\\nI loved this movie from start to finish. I also loved the idea that crazy people are portrayed as sensitive souls and they are moving around the world with a different set of eye and sometimes values. Of course, they get judged and called crazy, but it is human touch and love they crave and they will do anything (that \\\"normal\\\") person would not to get what they truly want. After all, they do not care about filters, they do not care about being judged by other people, they just want to LIVE and not have to conform. I loved every little bit of this movie.\",\n \"Product: John Hillcoat ('The Road') directs this crime thriller set in rural Virginia in the early 1930s, adapted by musician-screenwriter Nick Cave from the biographical novel by Matt Bondurant, the grandson of one of the main characters. Brothers Jack and Forrest Bondurant (Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy) set up as bootleggers, but soon find themselves under threat from the authorities who want a cut of their profits in the form of 'security money'. A vicious turf war ensues as the brothers fight tooth and nail to retain their hard-won livelihood. The supporting cast includes Mia Wasikowska, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Noah Taylor and Jessica Chastain.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Making a living during prohibition\\n\\nReview: There are many big names in this movie but that does not help the movie at all. It is a true story about three brothers who live in rural mountains. They are orphaned and find way to earn their living by bootlegging liquer during the prohibition era. Before long, mobsters and killers willing to gain share in the profits are after them. As the competition becomes smaller and smaller it becomes inevitable that these brothers are targeted for final elimination so that big boys can control the market and the price.\\n\\nThere are so many moments in this movie when brother's love interests make movie turn sappy for a few minutes, only to go back to being brutal and ruthless again. After all it was tough times in the 30s and no ne really had time for sentimental stories. So I guess, Hollywood ruined it again. If you can put up with the occasional drag, this movie is just OK. But I would not have great expectations for this movie....\",\n \"Product: A comedy from the creator of Clueless and Loser, Vamps is the story of two young sassy female vampires (Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter) living the high life in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize her immortality. Have hundreds of years of dating and partying finally taught these two how to find Mr. Right? And when they do, will he be worth the sacrifice?\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Eternal life of parties and sex\\n\\nReview: There are so many vampire movies, TV series and other stuff that it did not hurt to see another one of those just before the Halloween. In this film there are many famous actors: Alicia Silverstone, Richard Lewis, Kristen Johnson and most daringly so Sigourney Weaver who make factastic sociopathic vampire.\\n\\nIna ny case two young women are vampires and they spend their life attending parties, sleeping with any guy they want and just having fun any minute they can. Do not take it wrong - they are not bad girls - after all, they do not kill people. When these two get hungry, they drink rats' blood. So one day when one of them falls in love and the other runs into a man who was the only man she ever loved - they have to make a hard choice. Do they continue their lives of a vampires and let their true lovesgo away - or do they become mortals again and give it all up for the men they love.\\n\\nIt is a silly movie that will be easily forgotten - except for Sigourney Weaver's performance that is just sublime. Have fun, rent this movie, but I would not spend my money buying it.\",\n \"Product: The Queen of Versailles is a character-driven documentary about a billionaire family and their financial challenges in the wake of the economic crisis. With epic proportions of Shakespearean tragedy, the film follows two unique characters, whose rags-to-riches success stories reveal the innate virtues and flaws of the American Dream. The film begins with the family triumphantly constructing the largest privately-owned house in America, a 90,000 sq. ft. palace. Over the next two years, their sprawling empire, fueled by the real estate bubble and cheap money, falters due to the economic crisis. Major changes in lifestyle and character ensue within the cross-cultural household of family members and domestic staff.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Rise and fall of America's new rich\\n\\nReview: I decided to watch this documentary after I saw previews of it. I have no regrets of watching this documentaty and I recommended it to everyone I know. This is a story of David Siegel and his third wife (Jackie) and their 8 children (7 biological and one adopted niece). Siegel made his wealth by selling time shares. His business became family venture and two of his sons from two of his previous marriages are involved with the business.\\n\\nOne of the deciding factors for making this movie was Siegel's decision several years ago to build the largest privately own home in the United States and call it \\\"Versailles\\\". Like typical American new rich Siegel would stop at nothing to show off his wealth. This house was supposed to cost him $75 million. All was good until one day financial crises hits, people start loosing jobs and vacations, let alone timeshares stopped selling. Stuck with huge loans from the banks, for his enourmous empire, Siegel starts to experience financial strain. It starts small, from laying off people to trying to preserve his home and one of the most valued assets he had in Las Vegas. During that entire time, his faily is unable to cope with their basic responsibilities such as keeping the house clean, feeding family pets, controlling the budget. His wife takes a limo to get her lunch and MacDonalds on her way to the plastc surgeon where she undergoes laser and Botox treatment for her skin. In the meantime their children are moved from private to public schools and there are no guarantees they will even have money to go to college (with trust funds gone, these kinds will have to take out student loans if they want higher education).\\n\\nFrom every point of view, this film is something else. These people are so detached from reality and the meaning of real care and compassion for other people and animals that is heartbreaking to watch. It is as if they live in their own fairy tale unable to accept the reality of their situation. It is as if bad things can only happen to other people and not to anyone else. The most amazing thing to me is that Siegel still believes that he can get his time share empire back. And I fully understood the irony of it when a collegue of mine said \\\"Do people still buy and keep time shares these days?\\\". Even in documentary, they mention that many of the time share places are under foreclosures. If time shareowners knew they were loosing their \\\"properties\\\" they would pretty much stop making their payments and cut their loses. But instead, they are sort of financing lifestyles of the time share owners who are destined for doom.\\n\\nI do not feel sorry for suckers who buy time share nor for the sellers of time share business. I always thought it was the scam. And after you hear Siegel and his family members talk disparigingly about buyers of time share business perhaps you will agree with me and not find this opinion to be too harsh. Worth seeing. It will stay imbedded in your psyche for a long time after you saw this documentary. This documentaty was made over 2 year span, so the end is very different from how the documentary started....\",\n \"Product: Cosmopolis DVD 2012\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Meditation about the world on finance and wealth\\n\\nReview: Robert Pattison plays a role of 28 year old billionaire who has made his fortune playing the stock and currency market. Almost the entire movie is filmed inside of his long, stretched limo where he seems to spend most of his time: meeting his business partners, hookers, friends, random people. They talk about anarchy, money, information, art, music. It is almost as if this young man with so much money has nothing better to do but prove that anything and everything can be bought. As he plays the (stock) market, he suddenly decides to go across town and have a haircut in the old heighborhood where he grew up. The old barber happens to be his father's friend and that is how we learn that this billionaire's father died when he was only five years old. One cannot but wonder if his mathematical and methodical mind in an attempt to make sense of his fatherless childhood, prove that one can be successful (financially) even without male role model in his life.\\n\\nHowever it seems that this young man has something that he cannot buy. His wife comes from old money and as crude and raw as he is, she is refined and cultured. They are at odds because they seem to live on the opposite ends of the world. He drives in a stretched limo, she takes a NYC cab around the city; his entertainment are random people that enter his limo while her world is solitude in the local bookstore; he is busy making love to women who are of questionable character while his wife goes to the theatre, elegant and quiet and the only hint of her distress is her attempt to smoke a cigarette which she does not even seem to enjoy. His life is life of excess, her life is more measured, calm and orderly. Their devide becomes apparent when he admits to her he is about to loose all of his money to the bet he made on the stock market against chinese yuen currency. She quietly offers him money so he can start fresh - in exchange for freedom (read divorce) he seems to crave. It is only the expression on his face that makes viewer realize that this man would do anything to keep his wife, but the nature of their relationship give a whole new meaning to the term \\\"irreconcilable differences\\\". For her, it is easy to explain her stand. She says to him: \\\"I am not indifferent. That makes me susceptable to pain.\\\"\\n\\nAs film progresses it almost seems that main character's internal turmoil is expressing itself with riots happening outside of his limo. No one can make sense of it and other than anger and despair and resentment towards polarity that surrounds all protagonist - nothing particularly original. It almost took me an hour before the film grabbed my full attention. One action that the main character does changes the entire course of story and of course his destiny. Seemingly with nothing left to loose: his marriage is over, his money is lost, he committs an act that is a statement that he gives up on his life; he finally decides to confront his stalker (played by Paul Giamatti) and that encounter I found somewhat disappointing. However, the end will let you hanging and you can make you own choices on how all of these characters end up. Subtle references to Erik Satie, Mike Rothko, anarchy and monks who set themselves to fire in order to make a (political or ideological) statement all leads us to one conclusion. Here is a 28 year old man who has it all with nothing else left to prove. For a man like that is there anything left in life he has not done, felt or experienced yet? You be the judge.\",\n \"Product: A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Denmark and the age of enlightment\\n\\nReview: This film was nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 2012. It my opinion, american audiences have greatly missed on such wonderful costume drama and it is unfortunate that film did not receive as much publicity in the US as it should.\\n\\nIt is a historical drama set in Denmark at the time when Voltaire was making his mark in France. Europe was comprized of countries that lived in feudal social strata. There were kings and queens and nobility and then there were indentured servants. At the same time the age of enlightment was becoming to make its mark and many proponents of this philosophy were considered to be enemies of the state.\\n\\nCaroline was a young British princess promised to marriage to Denmark's king since she was a child. He upbringing was marked be her education about Denmark, danish language, fine arts and subordination to her future husband and king. She is thoughful and sensitive creature and she willingly accepts her fate as she sees it as a part of her royal duty. Danish king on the other hand is immature and weak. He is not happy about his destiny of being a ruler since he prefers havign fun, going to the parties and chasing other women. Their marriage is an arrangement, until one day new doctor comes to the court whose only task is to manage increasingly unpredictable young ruler. This moment changes destiny of all three people involved, as well as history of Denmark.\\n\\nAt the time, film drags on, but it is interesting to watch court intrigues, rush for power and prestige, fabulous costumes.... Game between autocracy and democracy is blurred and everyone is interested in keeping their power, money and influence off and on the court. Before long these three young people are entangled in the private affairs and affairs of the state and for such young and inexperienced people without strong political backup it is a game of self destruction when it is only a matter of time when their house of cards will fall right under them.\\n\\nFor anyone who likes good historical drama, this is a perfect film. It is in Danish language, so if you are not into reading subtitles, this movie is not for you. All actors are wonderful.\",\n \"Product: 100% GUARANTEE!. We sell used movies from our DVD rental kiosk, every movie is visually inspected and buffed with a commercial DVD buffer before shipping if needed. We do not include any Ultra Violet codes, digital copy codes, or the 2nd extras disk. Movie may not be in original case, but will be in a standard DVD or Blu-Ray case with original artwork insert or a photo copied cover.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: \\\"Shall we chew gum, or kick some ass? Hell, I am out of gum.\\\" And so the movie goes.\\n\\nReview: This is one of those small budget movies with big name stars that will definitely want make you want to stay put (at home) for a night glued to the big screen. Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Alda play three gangsters -- way past their prime. One is fresh out of prison after spending 28 years there, another one is enjoying his humble retirement in not so appealing apartment and the third one is spending his last days in the retirement home sucking on oxygen. These are wise guys with class. They are old school. But as their past is catching up with them, they have one night to make up for the years of loneliness and regret - before they can bail out with a bang, literally.\\n\\nIt is smart movie with actors who pull it off with their personalities and wit. Not too heavy of a movie and just a simple pleasure watching these three extraordinary actors at work.\",\n \"Product: looper\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Futuristic thriller, action movie\\n\\nReview: When one sees Bruce Willis in one of the main roles, typically we expect to see an action movie. Yes, there is plenty of action here; guns and fighting in this one. But it is a film that mixes idea of time travel, extra sensory abilities of some of its characters and hard choices some characters have to make: husband willing to kill in order to alter events and save life of wife he adors, mother willing to sacrifice her own life to save the life of her son and a young man who will give up his own life to stop circle of violence.\\n\\nIt is good movie for entertainment value. Moral dilemma that people have and decisions they have to make in a blink of an eye. There are no easy choices but the higher good seems to prevail. For that message alone it is a kind of movie worth watching.\",\n \"Product: United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 3-DVD Set, Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Making Of, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: All eight episodes from the first series of the TV comedy drama, centering on a mafia mobster's attempts to start a new life in Lillehammer, Norway. After testifying against his old buddies in the mob, New York gangster Frank 'The Fixer' Tagliano (Steve Van Zandt) enters the FBI witness protection programme, choosing to be relocated to Lillehammer, Norway (he liked the look of it when he saw the 1994 Winter Olympics on TV). Now Norwegian-American immigrant Giovanni Henriksen, he quickly sets about making his new life as comfortable as he can by casually employing a mix of blackmail, extortion and threats to further his ambitions of opening his own bar, 'The Flamingo'. Unfortunately for Frank, however, his arrival in the town has not gone entirely unnoticed, as the local police soon begin to take an interest in his strangely empty background. Season 1 Reality Check The Flamingo Guantanamo Blues The Midwife My Kind of Town Pack Your Lederhosen The Babysitter Trolls ...Lilyhammer (Season 1) - 3-DVD Set ( Lilyhammer - Season One )\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: When NYC mobster retires to Norway, it is a fairy tale story one cannot miss\\n\\nReview: Steve Van Zandt has done so many movies and series about mobsters, his is almost a poster boy of a NYC wise guy. In this series, he plays wise guy is exile. After retting on the (new) mob boss he did not see \\\"eye to eye\\\" with, he chooses to leave US and move t Lilyhammer, Norway. So you probably get a hint - this is a parody on what it is to be a mobster, immigrate to another country and have to adept to their \\\"talk therapy\\\" approach on resolving the social issues such as having teenagers deface building walls with graffiti, talking to elementary school bullies on how it is not \\\"nice\\\" to torment their school mates, adjusting to conventional ways of getting things done where everything is done according to the \\\"book\\\" and government officials are not prone to bribe unless they are caught in their indiscretion so they can be blackmailed for favors. It is just out of this word to see parody on making a difficult person \\\"an offer he cannot refuse\\\" that is pure mafia style straight from the \\\"Godfather\\\" movie.\\n\\nIt is not very strong story and it does get lukewarm at time, but it is original and for that reason worth watching. yes, I am hooked and I will be looking for season 2 because I just like these characters no mater how bad, silly or delusional they are.\",\n \"Product: A run-down coastal resort becomes the epicenter of unimaginable evil when two mysterious women suddenly appear there seeking refuge. Alluring Clara (Gemma Arterton, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) and schoolgirl Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan, Hanna) meet local loner Noel (Daniel Mays, Atonement) and take up residence in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Before long Eleanor befriends another local, Frank (Caleb Landry Jones, Antiviral) and reveals to him the lethal secret the two women share: they were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their shared past threatens to catch up to them with deadly consequences. A uniquely fresh take on the vampire myth, Neil Jordan s (The Brave One) BYZANTIUM is a stylish and affecting look at the loneliness and isolation that come with the price of immortality.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: New kind of vampire outcasts\\n\\nReview: Neil Jordan made \\\"Interview with the Vampire\\\" movie and now he made a new film about vampires called \\\"Byzantium\\\". Main heroines are mother and daughter pair who act as sisters. One is a prostitute and seeks constant amuzement and entertainment. The other one, Eleanor is turned inward, she is very artistic - plays piano and writes insightful literary stories and above all, she seeks solitude.\\n\\nThis is new kind of vampires. They are not limited to roaming the cities at night. They can be outdoors in the sun and decapitation can kill them just as well. As story progresses we learn that these two female vampires are outcasts. One must watch the entire movie to understand why is that because all characters are closely intertwined to each other with their stories, fates and distant past. Every move that one character makes affects the other and in most cases, there is no turning back, because all is the matter of survival.\\n\\nIt is interesting how even their basic need for survival - food - is procured. Most vampires are without mercy and kill their victims indistriminantly. Eleanor is not like that. Her victims are old and sick. All of her victims are ready to accept death and embrace it. Eleanor's last visit to them is relief for both - for Eleanor it is ease from guilt and sadness about killing her victims. For her victims - there is a release from this world that for most has become a burden full of loneliness, pain (both physical and emotional) and ther is a sense of eager embracing of the end of life that ends their seemingly endless suffering. Eleanor's mother Claire sees herself as protector of weak. Forced into prostitution against her own will and not knowing any other way to survive, she takes pleasure in punishing men who have no scruples, who are arrogant and brutes.\\n\\nOnce these two women become hunted, by their own kind - they fight for their survival with all their might. With all burdens of immortality and endless need to feed on human blood, survival for both women is something they are not willing to give up.\\n\\nThis is also a story of coming of age. After traveling together for 200 years, mother and daughter come at the point when daughter must leave and start living her own life. Everything Eleanor has learned about protecting herself comes from her mother and the only thing left for her is to find her own companion. Someone sensitive and kind and also deserving of her. Her mother on the other side, does not need much guidance on who her companion will be. Besides she knows how to make her life exciting at all times. Woman like Claire will never be bored.\\n\\nI liked this new twist on how new brand of vampires might be. Their existance is amazing, if for no other reason but for the fact that even they are seeking a higher purpose and legacy in their immortal life, they wish to leave behind.\",\n \"Product: The Family is the story of the Manzonis, a notorious mafia family who gets relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program. While they do their best to fit in, old habits die hard and they soon find themselves handling things the \\\"family\\\" way.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Unconventional mob family under FBI protection\\n\\nReview: If you are a fan of \\\"Sopranos\\\" HBO series, then you will definitely like this movie. Robert DeNiro plays a mafia boss who is under protection for ratting on his mob family. His immediate family - wife (played by beautiful Michelle Pfeiffer) and children (daughter ans son) are on board about their father's former occupation and reasons for hiding. But this is a colorful bunch of well adjusted sociopaths. It is so funny to watch both children fight for their place in the school. As frequently \\\"new\\\" to the school, they are often target of harassment (physical an sexual) from their peers. But they are not afraid to fend for themselves. And gangster's wife is no angel either. She is a good wife who can cook and take care of family, but if the grocery store owners piss her off - they are doing so on their own peril.\\n\\nThis is one of those movies that will entertain you for a night and soon thereafter you will forget about it.... But still - I find it to be good times.\",\n \"Product: Hamburg, Germany: 2012. A mysterious, tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian man on the run (Grigoriy Dobrygin) arrives in the city's Islamic community desperate for help and looking to recover his late Russian father's ill-gotten fortune. Nothing about this young man seems to add up; is he a victim or a thief or, worse still, an extremist intent on destruction? Drawn into this web of intrigue are a banker (Dafoe) and a young female lawyer (McAdams) who is determined to defend the defenseless. All the while, they are being watched by the brilliant, roguish chief of a covert German spy unit (Hoffman), who fights to put the pieces together as the clock ticks. In an adrenaline laced and heart-rending escalation of tension and collision, it's not long before he becomes everyone's most wanted man. A Most Wanted Man, a cerebral tale of intrigue in the vein of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, is also contemporary and deeply human, touching themes in love, rivalry and politics we live with every day.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: German and US governments hunt the same terrorists\\n\\nReview: This is a fabulous thriller/spy movie featuring some of the biggest movie stars; to name a few: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Willem Defoe, Robin Wright and Rachel McAdams. It is a story that will keep you on he edge of the seat from start to finish. Hoffman is feeding the story with so much emotion, it is impossible to let it go long after the movie is over.\\n\\nStory is set is Hamburg, Germany. It shows a struggle between various agencies that are fighting and infiltrating terrorist groups that movie around Europe but also support activities around the world, particularly middle east. German security forces are in alliance with US anti-terrorism forces, but each agency and every player in this game has something at stake.\\n\\nRachel McAdams plays a young and idealistic German lawyer from well to do family trying to help Chechen radical change his ways and start a normal life in Germany. Defoe plays a banker whose deceased father's business connections still have a stake at the bank he is managing. He is at the crossroads, both personal and professional although it does not take much effort to convince him to work in favor of the German government.\\n\\nAll actors, particularly Hoffman deliver unforgettable performances. It is amazing to watch this story unfold. It is almost as if one is watching one of John LeCarre's novels. Only Hoffman's character Gunther is more haunted than any of the characters I have seen in spy movies so far.\",\n \"Product: Maggie (Melissa McCarthy), a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her 12-year old son, Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher). Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent (Bill Murray), a retired curmudgeon with a desire for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper, named Daka (Naomi Watts), Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily routine - the racetrack, a strip club, and the local dive bar. Vincent helps Oliver grow to become a man, while Oliver begins to see in Vincent something that no one else is able to: a misunderstood man with a good heart.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Even Brooklyn has its saints\\n\\nReview: Any time I see the film with Bill Murray, I have to check it out. This one also includes impressive supporting actresses Melissa McCarthy and Naomi Watts. Story is set in Brooklyn and it is a sort of \\\"coming of age\\\" movie. Melissa McCarthy plays a newly divorced woman with young son. She is working long hours trying to make her ends meet so she can pay the rent and have tuition for her young boy. Although, young boy Oliver is Jewish he goes to a private Catholic school.\\n\\nAs Oliver's mother is putting a long hours working at the hospital, it is a matter of circumstances and convenience that next door neighbor played by Bill Murray (Vincent) ends up baby sitting the young boy. To a young boy, Vincent is somewhat of a surrogate father and a role model; to Vincent on the other hand, young Oliver is \\\"$11/hour\\\" (his babysitting rate for a young kid).\\n\\nNaomi Watts plays Russian call girl/exotic dancer/Vincent's occasional date who happens to be pregnant. In her neck of the woods, that is not exactly what customers are looking for, so all these characters begin to merge together - unwillingly at first but by the need of the movie they are kind of surrogate family everyone would wish to have.\\n\\nI enjoyed this movie a lot. All actors gave wonderful performances. And no matter what age one is, this is one of those fabulous movies that goes to show audiences, that most often than not, things are never what they seem. there is always more to every story and every person. Only most of the time, it takes an open heart of a young and pure child, to bring the truth and the whole story to the surface.\",\n \"Product: A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice performance by Reese W.\\n\\nReview: This film is made based on the novel written by a woman who experienced long track up Pacific Coast on her own. Personally, I find it admirable when women travel alone without any companions, but when they do it in a wild with their backpack - it gives a whole new dimension to searching for one's own self.\\n\\nThe main protagonist is faced with having to accept a loss of her mother. It is understandable how difficult that loss is when we learn that a man her mother was married to was abusive alcoholic who emotionally and physically abused both his wife and his own two children. Protagonists mother finally leaves her abusive husband, gets divorced and starts a new life that includes her attending the same college her daughter is going to. Other than love for each other this three persons family has not much. Money is sparse, life is not easy but they enjoy every moment of their life together, until cancer strikes. It is difficult for anyone to accept the loss of a parent, but when a parents gets sick and dies at the moment in their lives when they are finally free and happy than acceptance of a loss becomes even harder. So rather than accepting, it is so much easier to look for escape in anything and anyone who can aliviate the enormous grief, sadness and sometimes even anger.\\n\\nOne day, heroine realizes that she cannot go on with her life as it was. She is in a marriage that is not making her happy and emotional pain is dulled with drugs and as many sexual partners as possible. Eventually, she chooses to go walk the Pacific Trail, thousands of miles of it on her own in attempt to reconcile her emotions and find inner peace.\\n\\nRecently I read a book with a similar topic \\\"Walking Home\\\" written by Chicago's author Sonia Choquette. Sonia completed her walk in Spain, also on her own in order to reconcile the loss of her father and her brother and slow but certain meltdown of her marriage. What both women would agree on is that solitude and nature can have healing and profound power on how we look at the world and ourselves. Thousands of miles of hiking alone, leaves person with plenty of time for reflection and self reliance becomes a tool for survivor. Although I love hiking, I like to do it in moderation. Recently I have been walking various portions of the Appalachian Trails but I always stay cabins, close to the water (lake or a stream) because (as I was told) I am spoiled and like to sleep in a warm bed and have shelter over my head so I do not get eaten by a bear or bitten by a snake. I find nature just as healing in moderation if not more. I am able to exercise, eat healthy, reflect, write, read, have local restaurant prepare food and meditate. I like my feet and legs and use them for yoga practice. I find loosing toenails less appealing.... And the results are just as profound.\",\n \"Product: With the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her mother, Cheryl Strayed has lost all hope. After years of reckless, destructive behavior, she makes a rash decision. With absolutely no experience, driven only by sheer determination, Cheryl hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, alone. WILD powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddens, strengthens, and ultimately heals her.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice performance by Reese W.\\n\\nReview: This film is made based on the novel written by a woman who experienced long track up Pacific Coast on her own. Personally, I find it admirable when women travel alone without any companions, but when they do it in a wild with their backpack - it gives a whole new dimension to searching for one's own self.\\n\\nThe main protagonist is faced with having to accept a loss of her mother. It is understandable how difficult that loss is when we learn that a man her mother was married to was abusive alcoholic who emotionally and physically abused both his wife and his own two children. Protagonists mother finally leaves her abusive husband, gets divorced and starts a new life that includes her attending the same college her daughter is going to. Other than love for each other this three persons family has not much. Money is sparse, life is not easy but they enjoy every moment of their life together, until cancer strikes. It is difficult for anyone to accept the loss of a parent, but when a parents gets sick and dies at the moment in their lives when they are finally free and happy than acceptance of a loss becomes even harder. So rather than accepting, it is so much easier to look for escape in anything and anyone who can aliviate the enormous grief, sadness and sometimes even anger.\\n\\nOne day, heroine realizes that she cannot go on with her life as it was. She is in a marriage that is not making her happy and emotional pain is dulled with drugs and as many sexual partners as possible. Eventually, she chooses to go walk the Pacific Trail, thousands of miles of it on her own in attempt to reconcile her emotions and find inner peace.\\n\\nRecently I read a book with a similar topic \\\"Walking Home\\\" written by Chicago's author Sonia Choquette. Sonia completed her walk in Spain, also on her own in order to reconcile the loss of her father and her brother and slow but certain meltdown of her marriage. What both women would agree on is that solitude and nature can have healing and profound power on how we look at the world and ourselves. Thousands of miles of hiking alone, leaves person with plenty of time for reflection and self reliance becomes a tool for survivor. Although I love hiking, I like to do it in moderation. Recently I have been walking various portions of the Appalachian Trails but I always stay cabins, close to the water (lake or a stream) because (as I was told) I am spoiled and like to sleep in a warm bed and have shelter over my head so I do not get eaten by a bear or bitten by a snake. I find nature just as healing in moderation if not more. I am able to exercise, eat healthy, reflect, write, read, have local restaurant prepare food and meditate. I like my feet and legs and use them for yoga practice. I find loosing toenails less appealing.... And the results are just as profound.\",\n \"Product: NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk DOES NOT have English audio and subtitles.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Facing terminal disease is hard - at any age\\n\\nReview: Heartbreaking movie about what it means to be relatively young (50 years old) and extremely intelligent and suddenly realizing that a person is afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. Julianne Moore has deservedly won a best Actress prize for her performance in this movie. She plays a successful woman who is academic and has lovely family with three grown up children. Her husband is also researcher and they seem to have ideal life together. Who can ask more - Alice is teaching at Columbia University, she is a published author and full of life. She is not only smart but also beautiful. Alec Baldwin plays her husband who is stunned to learn that Alice is terminally ill and has difficult time coming to terms with her diagnosis. But so does the rest of her family - her children. I really loved Kristen Stewart in her role of Alice's youngest daughter who is rebellious, reluctant to attend college and fiercely determined to make her own way in the world on her own terms. It is no surprise that at the end, Alice is helped during her health decline by her youngest child.\\n\\nStory is very strong and very believable. It got me thinking about my won mortality and really wishing that one day, every state in our country will legalize euthanasia for the people who just know how they wish to end their last days on this earth - on their own terms and with unwavering dignity, without being financial and emotional burden to their own family members or society. Powerful story, great assembly of the actors.\",\n \"Product: FOUR DENIZENS IN THE WORLD OF HIGH-FINANCE PREDICT THE CREDIT AND HOUSING BUBBLE COLLAPSE OF THE MID-2000S, AND DECIDE TO TAKE ON THE BIG BANKS FOR THEIR GREED AND LACK OF FORESIGHT.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Another point of view of what happened during the mortgage financial crisis\\n\\nReview: One of the best movies I have seen so far. Film is based on a true story and it is based on a book. It is a story about small group of people, who make their living as wealth managers at small independent firms. Independently of each other, they come to a conclusion that mortgage and housing market are reaching a bubble that is about the burst. They are slowly discovering that it is not just negligence and greed of the big banks that is bringing economy to the verge of collapse, but also a level of corruption that reaches the highest levels of the government branches. In general, they are all in it together, because no one wants to make waves and everyone wants to make money.\\n\\nThis movie casts an amazing group of actors: Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling. What all of them having common is that they know how to read the numbers and how to spot the trouble. On a personal level, they are all socially awkward people, emotionally deeply hurt along in their lives that makes them solitary birds that just pay attention to their work and their families. But they also have a strong moral compass and they base all of their decisions based on the strong code of what is wrong and what is right.\\n\\nI loved every moment of the film, all the quotes used in a film and the fact that some of the financial terms, foreign to most common people are explained in easy way by celebrities such as Margot Robbie, Selena Gomez and event a famous cooking chef Anthony Bourdain. It is sincere and heart wrenching movie. I love the quote mentioned in the movie that says \\\"Truth is like poetry. And most ordinary people hate poetry.\\\" So it is no wonder that ignorance, arrogance, greed and plain negligence brought US and world financial world to its knees in early 2007 after the house bubble bust that crippled economy for a long time to come.\\n\\nMy favorite actor in the movie is Steve Carrell. He is amazing with the range of characters he can portray and the pain that is so visceral in this movie that feels as if it is jumping out of screen. Christian Bale is the second best. He plays a medical doctor who works in a small investment firm, man who prefers solitude and is grateful to have a supporting wife who loves him for what he truly is - an honest man.\",\n \"Product: Soon after arriving to teach at a small town college, Abe Lucas (Joaquin Phoenix) gets involved with two women, Rita Richards (Parker Posey), a lonely professor who wants him to rescue her from her unhappy marriage; and Jill Pollard (Emma Stone), his best student, who becomes his closest friend. While Jill loves her boyfriend Roy (Jamie Blackley), she finds Abe's tortured, artistic personality and exotic past irresistible. Pure chance changes everything when Abe and Jill overhear a stranger's conversation and when Abe makes a profound choice, he is able to embrace life to the fullest again. But his decision sets off a chain of events that will affect him, Jill and Rita forever.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Not the best of Allen's work, but still enjoyable to watch.\\n\\nReview: Woody Allen delivers his new film. As usual, there is an amazing cast of actors and this time, Wood Allen opted for another murder mystery story. For me personally, the star of the movie was Posey Parker. She delivers a character of the university (chemistry) college professor who gets entangled in affair with the burned out, depressed, down on his luck colleague from the philosophy department (played by Joaquin Phoenix). Emma Roberts has a role of highly intelligent college students who parents are music professors at the same university. She studies music (piano) and takes one of the philosophy classes that takes her into her tortured professor's world. they have an affair and before long, a simply visit to a diner changes their entire world and may I say the destiny of all characters involved in a story. In order to regain his zest or life, philosophy professor makes a move that is far for expected but it bounces him back to normality (at least for a little while).\\n\\nI liked portions of the movie, where typical Woody Allen muses on purpose of life and death, and difficulty of mundane every day living. But then again, half way through, the dialogues just seem to be dragging on and movie feels more of a theatre pay on screen than a real movie. But it is the absurdity and irony that catches the spark of the movie by the end and for that reason if not another, it is worth seeing.\",\n \"Product: From the producers of The King's Speech comes the story of a fearless Scottish General, Macbeth (Academy Award Nominee Michael Fassbender), whose ambitious wife (Academy Award Winner Marion Cotillard*) urges him to use wicked means to gain power of the throne. A thrilling interpretation of one of Shakespeare's most famous and compelling characters, Macbeth is a dramatic re-imagining of the realities of war-torn times and a tale of all-consuming passion and ambition.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Amazing performances by Fassbinder and Cottilard.\\n\\nReview: There have been many renditions of the Macbeth play. By far, this one is one of the most original ones visually. Director kept the original language and what I found amazing in this version of Marion Cottilard's rendition of Lady Macbeth. She gives a stunning performance and has not a slighted hint of French accent. It just goes to say what a marvelous actress she is.\\n\\nI always like the story of Macbeth. This play was written by Shakespeare to celebrate coronation of King James I who inherited the throne of his cousin Queen Elizabeth I. It is a homage to his Scottish ancestry and nod to his rightful claim to the throne. Macbeth is originally perceived as a righteous man, he defends the uprising against the rightful Scottish king. But ravages of war leave a mark on Macbeth and once the war is over he and his wife are of perception that their king is not showing them due honor by giving them more of - well anything: power, land, money - you name it. Ambitious Lady Macbeth coerces her husband to kill the king and assume the throne. But Macbeth's conscience gets the better of him and before long the sensitive young warrior looses his own self, looses his power to feel any emotion. He starts killing every baby and child in his kingdom he sees as a threat and even after Lady Macbeth dies, he is unable to show any emotion for loosing a woman he once loved.\\n\\nMacbeth is a story of greed, lust for power and treacherous bad side of ambition that has no limits. Those are the reasons why to this day it remains relevant to our modern world. Our way of life may have changed form hundreds of years ago, but human characters has not evolved much. This is a kind of a movie that requires all of your attention. The ancient English language and metaphors require complete focus. Bu the movie is a powerful, if not more visually pleasing, from all previously made versions of the film.\",\n \"Product: GUARANTEED!!!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: When kindness is mistaken for foolishness\\n\\nReview: I was in college when I first read Dostoyevski's novel \\\"The Idiot\\\". It was not part of the required reading for any of my classes and I still recall my classmates making faces that I would read Dostoyevski in my spare time... I loved the book and I still have it in my library.\\n\\nIt was only recently that I started exploring Akiro Kurosawa's movies and taking time to see all of them. In his films, Kurosawa often makes observations about social and political setting of society we live it. I could not resist to see Kurosawa's interpretation of this great novel.\\n\\nFilm is made in Japan during winter season. It almost looks like Russia in winter. Actors are Japanese and all character names from the novel are replaced with Japanese names. The intensity of the film also comes from the fact that it is made in black and white. Main character (\\\"the idiot\\\") is a soldier who is released from the army due to his epileptic sezures. Because of his condition and his physically fragile disposition, people mistake his kindness, truthfulness and sincerity for idiocy. When he states the obvious truth about the certain facts that other characters are trying to ignore or simply do not see because of their own arogance and insensitivity, most people just laugh it off trying to minimize the importance of (idiot's) observations.\\n\\nWithout disclosing the plot, all I can say is that this film is the tale of how humanity often neglects the kind and sensitive people who express their love and caring for others in unconventional ways. Some people, like the main character of this film, have higher moral calling that is so divine and powerful - most people are unable to achieve that in their lifetime. And in the world where greed, jealousy and spitefulness are general code of conduct, people like \\\"The Idiot\\\" stand out because their goodness and compassion is a threat to how others want to be perceived by the members of society. Is it possible for goodness and purity to survive on its own? Do people ever understand it and treasure it - or does it take an irreversible set of events to unfold, so that full understanding of these qualities in one person can finally be achieved?\\n\\nAnyway, I was so touched by this movie, that I think I will start re-reading Dostoyevski again. For me personally, Dostoyevski was kind of genious who understood not just human nature but also the Russian soul. He was able to put powerful messages in his works in a kind of language that deserves eternal adoration for past and future generations of readers.\",\n \"Product: A dream job rapidly becomes a nightmare for Amelie, a Japanese-born Belgian woman, who suffers a series of increasingly humiliating demotions after she lands a job as an interpreter at a large Japanese corporation. Sylvie Testud earned the French equivalent of the Academy Award for her haunting performance as the put-upon, but indomitable Amelie. Director Alain Corneau's (Tous les matins du monde) perversely funny adaptation of Amelie Nothomb's 1999 autobiographical novel loses nothing in translation in deftly dissecting the universal absurdities of corporate culture.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Good intentions in wrong places\\n\\nReview: Many years ago, I used to work in Asia (China). It was fascinating to be part of the world totally foreign to me until that moment. For that reason, I wanted to see this movie and experience how it is (or was) for others in similar situation. Here is the story of a young Belgian woman, college graduate, fluent in Japanese and nostalgic about childhood past and romanticized experiences from living in Japan. She is about to recapture the time lost in between and reclaim her belonging in Japanese society. The eagerness to please does her no good but rather puts her in more trouble every time to the point that she is demoted to a bathroom attendant. One must show the utmost respect for the actress Sylvie Testud who managed to learn Japanese language for this role. The story of young woman's will and determination in keeping the demeaning job for the entire duration of her contract in spite of humiliations she experiences is both funny and heartbreaking. Human nature, cultural differences and misplaced loyalties all overlap in this powerful story. Definitely see this work -- it will not leave your feeling indifferent.\",\n \"Product: Romain Duris (The Beat that My Heart Skipped) stars in this sexy, seductive road movie. A young couple, both of Arabic blood, leave Paris with no money, jobs or connections, and travel to his ancestral home of Algeria. In search of re-connecting to thei\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Finding one's own identity\\n\\nReview: A young couple of Algerian descent lives in Paris. One day, on the whim they decide to go to Algeria, on foot. In the course of the film we learn that young man's parents were killed in a car accedent when he was a child. Young woman's father was married to a French woman and never thought his daughter to speak Algerian. Both of these young people are damaged. But there weaknesses make them perfect for each other. On their trip through Spain, they meet brother and sister from Algeria who are on their way to Paris to find work. To them it is incomprehensible why these two lovers speak no language of their ancestry and why they are going into a place both brother and sister are trying to escape from.\\n\\nIt is an interesting film about self-discovery, sexual awakening, national identity and spirituality strapped from religion. Differences in all its absurdity: language, the way we dress, interact with each other and treat each other.\",\n \"Product: A sa sortie de l'ecole de police, Antoine (Jalil Lesper) monte a Paris pour integrer la 2eme division de police judicaire. Caroline Vaudieu (Nathalie Baye), de retour dans le service apres avoir vaincu son alcoolism, choisit le petit lieutenant dans son equipe d'enqueteurs. Plein d'enthousiasme, Antoine fait son apprentissage du metier aux cotes de ses hommes. Vaudieu s'attache rapidement a ce jeune homme, de l'age qu'aurait eu son fils disparu...\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Slow moving piece about police in Paris\\n\\nReview: This is a slow, slow movie what takes 3/4 of its length to build a case for its explosive conclusion. We see police station in one of the Paris districts that deals with typical big city crimes: drugs, rapes, murders. In the course of the film we learn that cops involved with these crimes are not immune to them either. They have problems of their own and that leads them to drinking, slacking and even marijuana smoking on occasions. As the female chief in charge of this group deals with her own demons upon return to her duties from her 2 year sabbatical, she bonds with the young rookie cop who has transferred from suburbs to the city in search of the excitement of the real police work. As his thrill turn tragic within the first month of his new job, his new boss dedicates her energy to finding and punishing criminals responsible for his downfall.\",\n \"Product: Just as Nigella Lawson and Martha Stewart have turned Americans and Britons into nations of wannabe domestic goddesses, the Victorians had their own preacher in the shape of Mrs. Isabella Beeton.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The art of housekeeping\\n\\nReview: Before there was Martha Stewart and Julia Childs, there was Mrs. Beeton. This amazing woman lived in England in 1800s. She was from the upper middle class and her family sent her to boarding school in Germany when she was very young hoping oot secure her worthy husband and prosperous future. Shortly after graduating, she married a young man (Sam), her parents found unsuitable because he was not financially established. He started a publishing company and was distributing magazines.\\n\\nBored with staying at home alone, Isabella Beeton joins her husband and his employees in the shop. She helps with translations from French to English and eventually comes up with an idea to write a book about running a household and selection of cooking recipies. Her book is comprehensive guide to women on how to efficiently run the household, how to dress, plan meals, manage household budget and raise children. As she and her husband Sam are building their business, their personal life is in shambles. After seven years of marriage, they have no house, no savings, they are nearly bankrupt and three of their children die mysteriously and unexplainably one after another.\\n\\nMrs. Beeting loves her husband and in spite of his fondness for alchohol and his inability to establish stable business, she seems to be his driving force and guide in life. It is during her second pregnancy and childbirth that she discovers that her husbands fragile health is due to STD he acquired before they were married. Soon she realizes that I was her and her children that were affected by his desease and shortly after her second childbirth, she dies at the age of 28.\\n\\nIt is an interesting Masterpiece Theatre movie about the woman who was not afraid to break tradition and create her own career in the publishing world when no women ever dared to do so. Her devotion to her husband and her marriage damaged her relationship with her parents who were overly protective, yet intrusive of her life and personal choices. And it is ironic that it was she who died young and paid the price for Sam's sexual transgressions. He got to live another 20 years regretting his choices and mourning the loss of the woman who was everything to him. She finally found her peace and to this day she is a household name on how to run a home, family and finances.\",\n \"Product: Almost three years ago, we compiled our first short film collection, and we were blown away by the positive feedback we received. Many of our members have contacted us requesting a second volume, and while we had intended to make it an annual tradition, it has taken us over two years to produce another. Collected here are EIGHT original short films that our curators have deemed to be among the best from the past several years. The films in this set come from all over the world, and showcase the best in rising new talent. Official Selections - Cannes, London, and Toronto Film Festivals.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great short films from young directors\\n\\nReview: I generally like Film Movement selections and these shorts were first of the kind I saw offered to the public. I decided to try them, since they are compilation of the 8 (eight) short movies from various short film festivals in Europe and North America. Some of the films are animations, some are computer graphics and others are just great short stories interestingly setup. The absolute best of all is the film called \\\"Dance Lessons\\\" by a French director. It has not a single spoken word in it but will make you laugh all the way. The second one I like most is the short British film called \\\"Sickie\\\" about overworked and under-appreciated office worked who decides to take a sick day off until he realizes that VIP will not get all his servcies in order for that day unless he personally takes care of it. The music in \\\"Sickie\\\" is absolutely great. And the next one I really liked was animated movie abnout bird's migration. What is bird to do if he cannot fly to the warm climate? Totally cute one. The selection is very interesting and the thought process behind these short muvies in deep, not accidendal. Do not think that because these films are short that they were slapped on quickly without serious effort. To the contrary, these young directors have said a lot with only 5 minutes of time alloted to them. But the \\\"Dance Lesson\\\" is movie no one can forget - ever!!\",\n \"Product: A truly independent film of integrity and offhand grace, Zero Bridge tells the deeply affecting tale of a student and small-time criminal in Kashmir who develops a crush on an older, college educated woman. Dilawar (Mohamad Imran Tapa) is a rebellious seventeen-year-old Kashmiri boy who lives on the outskirts of Srinagar city with his strict uncle. Desperate to leave town, he looks to raise money any way he can, from doing his classmates' homework to picking pockets in the city's markets. While on an errand, he meets Bani (Taniya Khan), a bright, beautiful woman who had recently finished her studies in America. As their friendship grows, Dilawar is desperate to hide his crimes, as well as his growing affection for her. Once the truth comes out, it causes havoc in their relationship, and threatens both of their futures. Tariq Tapa's first feature is a small movie with a big heart, investigating issues of class and the mysteries of love with an equal measure of craft and compassion. BONUS FEATURES: Leonard Lopate radio interview with Tariq Tapa, Audio of Opening Night Q&A at the Film Forum, Original Theatrical Trailer\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Coming of age in Kashmir\\n\\nReview: I have rented this movie from my local library (DVD). It is independent film, coming of age story from Kashmir. If one can get over average acting, it is a touching story of a young 17 year old boy adopted by a family that treats his as properly. He is smart and resourceful Although he skips the school a lot and occasionally mixes with a wrong crowd that teaches him how to steal, he also finds a way to make money by doing his friend's homework for a fee. Business gets even better when circumstances put him in touch with a 28 year old woman from the local Tourist Office. She is beautiful and well educated. She earned her degree in Physics in the US and has return back to India to live with her family. But education adn exposure to the free world has changed her and she finds it difficult to adapt to the old way of life and her family's and society's expectations fo women. Two strike friendship in spite of their age difference. There are a few things they have in common: both are intelligent, both are social misfits of sorts and both are desperate to escape their families and a life in a small city. Set of events forces them to make a pact to escape to Delhi but as destiny will have it, nothign goes according to the plan and movie has explosive and heartbreaking ending which makes is a masterpiece of sorts.\\n\\nI loved the story and director's bold take on what it is like to live in a backward place where society forces people to do things they normally never would have. For anyone who loves a great story and foreign films with their unique view of the world this is a must see movie. It is a film about some of the most vulnerable people in the society: orphans and women. This film has subtitles.\",\n \"Product: Raised as brothers, intense teammates and competitors on the soccer field - the gregarious, swaggering Julio and the wiry, focused Daniel/ 'Gato' have remained virtually inseparable ever since the newborn Daniel was found abandoned in a trash heap in their La Ceniza slum. The opportunity of their lives arrives when a football scout invites them to try out for the city's top professional team, just as a tragic act of violence threatens to tear them apart and prevent them from achieving their dreams.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Brotherly love that has no limits\\n\\nReview: Raised in Europe, I am much more fond of soccer that American football. I saw this DVD at my local library and since I love foreign movies, I was drawn to see a film from Venezuela that had a story about soccer as a subtly weaving story of a movie. In most poor countries, sports is a sure way to gain financial security. Unable to secure education, it is sure way to avoid misery of poverty that looms over large majority of people.\\n\\nSo the story begins when one day a young woman and her toddler son come across abandoned baby left in a pile of garbage. Young woman is without husband and poor and surely cannot afford to raise another child, but her heart goes out to a crying infant who she and her son Julio adoringly call \\\"Gato\\\" (Cat) because he was crying like a kitten when they found him abandoned. 16 years later, two boys are raised as brothers and they both call the woman Mother since she raised them both with everything she's got. While Julio is big boy, strong with abundance of girlfriends and large group of friends, Daniel (Gato) is quiet, gentle, skinny kid with kind of gentle kindness that is rare to find. Boys love to spend time together, they play soccer at the local club and have a kind of bond that even biological brothers do not have. Julio is protective of his little brother and Daniel, living quietly in a shadow of his big brother is thinking of ways they can overcome their poverty and make their mother proud.\\n\\nOne day, tragedy strikes and it is only days before boys are preparing for tryout to play soccer a the national team. Tryouts and potential pick for the team would be their way out of ghetto in which they were raised. While Julio is consumed with rage, grief and rebellion, Daniel is pouring his heart and soul into getting them picked for the soccer team. And that is when story starts to unfold. Daniel's little body is full of love for his adopted family. He will do everything to preserve the only people in his life he can call family and at the same time he wants honorable and decent life for all of them. His kindness is so overwhelming when one day he accepts to go to the abortion clinic with a girl he likes when she asks him to be her escort when she goes to a clinic to have an abortion although he was never her boyfriend and managed kiss her only once. It is ironic that a boy who was abandoned in a pile of garbage would accompany her to a clinic for such reason and as they wait their turn to see a doctor, he gently talks her out of procedure. It is uncanny when one day when he runs into her, she tells hi she told her parents about being pregnant and she decided to keep a baby and see what happens. She tells him her only regret is that Daniel is not the father.\\n\\nThat is the core of him. Daniel is good, pure, gentle, decent, honest - he has a soul of an angel. So one day when he is told that he has nothing left but soccer - Daniel is devastated. The life he always wanted with people he always wanted to be surrounded with is ripped away with him with one single statement. And it is at that point that the end of the film is the explosion of emotions that left me crying for days end. This story and actors who played it out so beautifully, broke my heart. After the movie was over, I was left feeling devastated - that is how power the film was.\\n\\nThere is a part of the film when boys coach teaches them very valuable lesson. During important soccer game during half time, boys are demoralized because the opposing team is leading 2:0. Anyone who knows soccer, it seems impossible to reverse the game. But their coach tells them that life is full of defeats and disappointments that creep up when we least expect it. The only way to beat it is to remember every day that one has imagine that the game just started and the score is 0:0. Only with such attitude, once can make a difference in the life - the own and lives of others.\\n\\nMust see movie. Even the people who do not like subtitles will not regret watching this film. It is film not just about soccer, but about friendship, loyalty, family, love, human condition and so much more.\",\n \"Product: Belkin ClearScreen Overlays provide a clear protective shield for your HTC Inspire's screen, preventing scratches and minor cosmetic damage from everyday use.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Screen protector for your android\\n\\nReview: I have had my android phone for about a year. I love the phone and all its features. But my fingers do get sticky and they leave print marks all over screen. I started storing microfiber cloth in my car and at my work so I can clean up the screen every time is gets too messy.\\n\\nUntil I got this screen overlay I was reluctant to use it. As it turns out, it protects the phone screen against the smudges and it also has anti-reflective coat and that help a lot on a sunny day when one is trying to use the phone outdoors. This screen protector comes in clear color. Packaging has a three pack in it and it will last you a while. It is self-adhesive and at this point, I am trying to figure out how long will protector last before it starts peeling off.\\n\\nDefinitely worth buying it for your little android phone....\",\n \"Product: Keep your phone in like-new condition well and preserves its looks and features, to protect your phone hurt from scratches and gives you mobile phone a special look!\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Lovely iPhone cover for women and girls\\n\\nReview: I loved this iPhone cover from themoment I saw it on Amazon. It is a picture of a young woman that looks like a sketch yhat attracted me. This cover is perfect for covering iPhone and placing it in th epurse when the screen will not be scratched or have finger rpints all over it. It also comes wth a nice stylus andcleaning cloth.\\n\\nI have iPhone 5s model and the case does not fit quite perfectly. But I like it anyways and I carry it with me all the time. I bought additional models an designs hoping that if they fit better I can rotate them based on the outfit I wear or functions I attend.\\n\\nThis cover is definitely cross generational. It also makes a nice present.\",\n \"Product: Fellowes is proud to introduce The Softest Place Your Wrists Can Rest with the new PlushTouch Wrist Rests. This product features the innovative new FoamFusion Technology that provides superior comfort to help relieve wrist pressure. Microban antimicrobial protection keeps the product cleaner. Non-skid backing keeps wrist support in place. Soft breathable material withstands daily wear and tear.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Wrist rest for computer work\\n\\nReview: My wrists can easily tire and they ache after working long hours at computer. That was one of the reasons why I ordered this wrist rest. Mine came in black collor and on the right hand side it has a label \\\"Fellowes Microban\\\". Wrist rest is soft to the touch because manufacturer is using Foam Fusion technology; curver design of the wrist rest helps relieve wrist pressure. Microban is used in manufacturing this product because it helps with antimicrobial protection.\\n\\nI also like the packaging in which product was delivered. It came in a sturdy plastic covered packaging. It has a little circular opening on the right side that allows potential buyer to get a feel of the plush material used for this product. I use mine at work and it helps me a lot. I recommend this product to anyone who spends long hours in front of computer. If you already have wrist pain, this wrist rest will help reduce it or at least keep it at bay and not aggrevate it. If you do not have a a pain yet, it is a wonderful preventitive tool.\",\n \"Product: Plan a well organized, successful year with this professional, trend setting neutral academic year weekly planner with soft faux beige leather cover and pops of orange. 13 months, July 2015-July 2016; 8.38 x 11 inch page size; weekly calendar features one week per two-page spread with space for notes. Each ruled daily block is 4.5 x 2.5 inches. Reinforced monthly tabs offer faster referencing, and 2 plastic pockets hold loose sheets; special pages include a 3-year reference calendar, contacts, notes pages, an event calendar, 4-year holiday list, and a U.S. time zone and area code page.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Convenient planner with pleasing colors.\\n\\nReview: I love the look and feel of this weekly planner. Of course the most unusual part of it is that it is July1015-July 2016 calendar which makes it somewhat untraditional. Colors are very pleasing. Cover is tannish/gray with orange spiral bound. These colors complement each other very well and make this planner an elegant look.\\n\\nI teach yoga and I am taking advanced yoga teacher training. This planner allows me to stay on op of my daily activities related to everything yoga. Weekly layout is just what I need. I do not need more or less space than it is provided, because my days with yoga events are not booked solid. There are only a couple of events during the day, and yet I like to be reminded of them - an old fashioned way. I do not like electronic calendars. Also in my classes mobile phones are turned off, so it is convenient to have a real planner available to remind me of my responsibilities. Planner is also lightweight so it does not take lots of space or weight, which is a plus especially for women who tend to carry too much stuff in their purses and carry on bags. I really like this product. I am not sure what retail stores offer it, but it is nice to know that one can find it on Amazon.\",\n \"Product: American Greetings Friendship Christmas Card with Glitter\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Christmas card for one's dearest friend.\\n\\nReview: There is quiet a way until next Christmas, but I picked this card because I liked the message, I have a very good friend who I am very close to and she lives in another state. Both is us a orphans of sorts and that makes our bond even stronger. I felt that securing this card for her for the next holiday is going to be a perfect addition to the rest of the presents I will be enclosing in her holiday package.\\nTraditionally Green is one of the holiday colors. But as a yoga teacher, I particularly like green color because it is a color of the Heart Chakra - human energy center of love. And tree, like any tree for me is a representation of life.\\n\\nIt is just a lovely Christmas card for someone you share true friendship with.\",\n \"Product: Victor Tri-Kill Mouse Trap - Use anywhere indoors. Easy to use-simply bait, place against wall and press setting levers down. Safe to use around children and pets. Quick and humane kill. Kills up to 3 mice in 1 setting. - Pest Type: Mouse, Trap Type: Mechanical, Reusable: Yes, Indoor/Outdoor: Indoor, Material: Plastic, Pet Resistant: Yes, Pkg Qty: 1, Package Type: Clamshell\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Three way mouse trap\\n\\nReview: It is that time of the year (spring) when mice start leaving their safeplaces and experiencing new ones in their search for food and nests. I have decided to play it safe and setup a mouse trap in garage. Main reason is that I have a lot of clothing and other misc. stuff I wish to give away in the near future and do not want any small animals (like mice) exploring the boxes neatly stacked in the garage.\\n\\nI have used Victor products before, but they were old-fashioned/traditional mouse traps. They are always scary because they are so efficient and sometimes, poor animal is still alive in spite of being trapped in the horrible contraption. This \\\"more advanced\\\" version of the trap has been in my garage for a week and so far I have found no takers. That is kind of good news/bad news situation. Not having mice in my garage definitely makes me happy, even if those mice may be transients. But as far as evaluating the success of the product, makes effort more challanging.\\n\\nThis trap comes in black color and it is safely wrapped in plastic, sturdy wrapping. It is larger that regular mouse trap, but it is also more discrete. I will give it more time and if there are any developments with catching the vermin, I will definitely update my post and let readers know how it all went.\",\n \"Product: Licensed Disney Characters make staying cool even more fun! A cool mist of water speeds the cooling process. O2COOL's misting fans provide a fine mist of water and a powerful fan to keep you cool when you can't jump into the pool.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Fan and mister in one, requires batteries\\n\\nReview: I have ordered this misting fan because I want to use it during facials. For peels fan is helpful because it diminishes burning sensation. For any masks that may have warming effect, of the masks that harden on the face (clay masks) misting water is great because it helps with removal. Of course Nemo is cute - who does not like the little fish - but I wish the fan was more sedate form my esthetics practice. In any case I like the orange color because the name of my salon has a work \\\"Orange\\\" in it.\\n\\nThis mini fan does require battery which is not included, so you need to new battery separately. As far as water goes, I use Evian water, because I do not like to use hard tap water on the skin. Bottle can be washed, but because it has fans and batteries need to be removed, I suggest washing them and disinfecting them by hand and cleaning them with benzies in between the use.\\n\\nI can see this product being used by young mothers and nannies for young kids. During warm weather and outdoors it can give child a little bit or relief from the heat. it helps retain skin moisture and it is also fun because of the Nemo design, so it is entertaining and engaging for kids.\",\n \"Product: With just one calorie each, these tasty morsels with high-quality chicken make healthy, guilt-free cat treats. They also have a unique hexagon shape that works with cats taste buds, so these grain-free cat treats are packed with intense flavor thats sure keep your kitty purring for more Perfect Bites Rabbit Formula Cat Treats!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect fish treat bites for your kitty\\n\\nReview: I have a kitty cat Jake. He used to have brother Elwood, who passed away of old age last year. So you can imagine the infinite, divine love that Jake gets from his Mommy every second of the day.\\n\\nMost recently, Jake had treats that were in the shape of fish and had some catnip in it. He would abandon all activities when he heard me making \\\"here is the treat, Jake!\\\" announcement. So it was interesting to find out how he is going to like Natural Balance bites with salmon flavor. I was worried - when it come to cat food, Jake really preferes white fish. Salmon he eats, but it is more like \\\"eh - if you have nothing better I will eat it\\\". So I was curious to find out if he will love the treats. Treats are really small, and I usually give him 2 of them in the morning. They must be really chewy, because he savors them one at the time. After several days of of having salmon bites, I tricked him into having catnip fish treats. He was confused. He hesitated and then when he realized that is it for the day, he took it anyway, but I could tell he was disappointed. The next day I gave him salmon treats again. Not only was he greedy in getting to eat them both as quickly as possible (I guess he was afraid I might change my mind and not give them both to enjoy), but after he ate both little treats, he kept sniffing the floor in hopes there were more that may have come out of the bag.\\n\\nBased on this experiment, I say \\\"Perfect Bites\\\" are perfect for my kitty. Salmon is this form is something he cannot wait to eat. This brand also offers chicken and rabbit flavors. I am planning to give him rabbit flavor next because he never ate rabbit before. And if he likes it, I will start calling him Jaques - little French food lover. Boy - I love that cat too much!\",\n \"Product: The Kitty Holster is a soft, secure and super-comfortable 100% cotton cat harness with a metal D-ring for attaching a leash. Our strong, ultra-lightweight harness secures with wide Velcro closures. This breathable, washable cotton harness with undyed lining is suitable for all skin types and climates.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Cat harness perfect for walking the cat outdoors, on a leash.\\n\\nReview: I have a kitty cat Jake. He is very old and very small. His arthritis is causing him to be wobbly when he walks and he can no longer run fast. Since he is indoor cat and never goes out, I decided to treat him in his last days with \\\"field trips\\\" in a garden in the back of the house. He gets fascinated with bushes, and loves to eat grass. Since he is scardy cat, he must be on the leash so he does not run out every time he hears a loud noise (dogs barking or lawn mower will drive him mad with fear).\\n\\nSo I wanted to have safe and comfortable outfit for him for his cat walks. I picked this red car harness and bought a retractable cat leash separately. Since Jake is black, I must say he looked very fashionable in this red \\\"hippie\\\" vest. He looked like a rusty, aging bike rider when I put this outfit on him . He was totally adorable. With this harness, he braved to stay outdoors for whole 15 minutes, walking around in his vest, eating grass. Of course, he managed to throw up grass, luckily while he was still outdoors, but he was very excited about the experience and was very cuddly for the rest of the evening. Since he was so content, I must assume that he likes his new outfit and we will be going out for short walks behind the house so he can exercise his tiny, tired body.\\n\\nMaterial for the vest is very soft and comfortable. At no time did Jake try to get out of it. But what was very cute is that with his black fur and black retractable belt, and red hippie harness, so just looked adorable.\",\n \"Product: NUTRO PERFECT PORTIONS Adult Cat Food Trays allow you to feed your cat wet cat food without the mess of leftovers in your refrigerator. Made with real chicken as the first ingredient, this grain-free cat food contains no artificial flavors, colors or preservatives only high-quality ingredients and nutrition in every serving. With NUTRO PERFECT PORTIONS Adult Cat Real Chicken Pate Recipe Cat Food Trays, your cat gets a fresh meal every time.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Chicken pate cat food\\n\\nReview: My cat Sabbatha loves to eat but because of the weight gain, I had to put her on a diet and watch her portions. She gets wet cat food as a treat. I never used this brand before and wanted to give it a try so I can see if Sabbatha likes it. This cat food was packed in a set of 24 containers. Each container can be easily split in two. It only takes an effort to peel off the top of the container. Pate has a tan color and it is wet with juice. This makes it easy to break out in a bowl and server to the cat. Sabbatha ate her food in one sitting and liked up her bowl clean. The advantage of the packaging is that one can easily control the size of the serving.\",\n \"Product: Wellness TruFood Baked Blends Natural Grain Free Dry Dog Food is healthy, natural potato free, wheat free and grain free puppy food for puppies made with a unique trilogy blend of whole-prey protein bites with 70% more raw protein than typical extruded kibble diets, living superfood nuggets & air dried fruit and veggie bits. Real food makes an honest difference. This is something we remember with every meal we make. Our Wellness TruFood dog food recipes focus on the vibrant goodness of whole-foods from farm, field and sea and the energy and vibrancy they provide. Look and you can see these healthy meals and snacks brimming with color and bursting with vital nutrients - living proof that real nutrition is the most fundamental source of health and happiness. We hope you can enjoy longer walks, more wags of the tail, and years well spent with a family member that feels more alive than ever.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: If my kitty Jake is happy, I am happy.\\n\\nReview: I have been feeding my kitty this food for the last couple of weeks. Normally I give him Science Diet and this brand was a little bit of diversion. I decided to see if he has special affection for the cat food that is gluten free. Description of this food states that it is good for cat's immune and digestive system and it also helps support kitty's skin and coat. In addition to chicken, this cat food is loaded with antioxidants. Here is a short list of ingredients:\\n\\nChicken, Chicken Meal, Chickpeas, Peas, Lentils, Chicken Liver, Chicken Hearts, Flaxseed, Pea Fiber, Tapioca Flour, Tomato Pomace, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Flavor, Beets, Coconut Oil, Cranberries, Choline Chloride, Turmeric, Calcium Carbonate, Chia Seeds, Vitamin E Supplement, Taurine, Zinc Proteinate, Spinach, Mixed Tocopherols added to preserve freshness, Broccoli, Ginger, Pumpkin, Parsley, Apples, Blueberries, Kale, Purple Carrots, Niacin, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Manganese Proteinate, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Inulin, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Folic Acid, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus thermophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus bulgaricus Fermentation Product, Rosemary Extract, Green Tea Extract, Spearmint Extract (this is a naturally preserved product).\\n\\nIt just seems that my kitty cat's selection of acceptable food just got bigger!\",\n \"Product: The HALTI Walking Harness is the perfect combination of style and practicality for everyday walking. With five points of adjustment on the harness it ensures a secure, comfortable fit for any size or shape of dog. The two lead clip rings on the dogs chest and back provide essential points of control for the more energetic dog. Bringing together style and functionality, the HALTI Walking Range comes in four vibrant colors with a smart two-tone webbing. 3M reflective weave and soft neoprene padding offer combined visibility and comfort. The HALTI Walking Range boasts the same quality and expert design that our customers have come to expect from The Company of Animals, the makers of the world-famous HALTI Headcollar.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Animal harness (for small animals)\\n\\nReview: I must make important disclosure. I have recently moved in a highrise apartments and I have a cat that used to be outdoors cat. To make amends with her (about the new environment I moved her into) I decided to get a harness and a leash so I can take her for a walk in a nearby park when she wants to be outdoors. My cat is big boned, which really means she is not shy when it comes to eating and because she is an only cat at home she does not play too much unless owners make an effort to entertain her. Therefore, a small dog harness was just the right size for her to fit her body into it without having me worry that of I let her completely loose, she will never find her way home. Harness seems to be comfortable enough because cat did not attempt to wiggle out of it. The other nice thing is that straps are adjustable. Material is not too hard and will not negatively affect animal fur. Not many people see cat on a leash so she is becoming somewhat of a local celebrity. Which also is a plus to her new fashionable accessories.\",\n \"Product: This Pink flexi Retractable Cat & Small Animal Leash is for cats and other small animals that weigh 18 pounds or less. Its retractable cord extends up to 10 feet. Over the past 40 years, flexi retractable leashes have become a must-have item for pet owners around the world. flexi retractable leashes are known for their high-quality, superior durability and attractive design. The patented one-hand braking and recoil system allows you to maintain full control of your cat or small animal during your walks together. This innovative system is integrated into the leash's ergonomic handle so it's easy to adjust the leash to an appropriate length for your surroundings. The lock button allows the leash to stay at a constant length. All flexi retractable leashes come with a Safety Precautions & Directions pamphlet that describes how and when to use flexi retractable leashes properly. A safety collar is included with every package and it should be used while walking your cat or small anima on any flexi retractable leash. All flexi retractable leashes are proudly handmade in Germany and are covered by a Limited Manufacture Warranty. Please note that this warranty does not cover damage caused by chewing, rough surfaces or other misuse or abuse.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect for using on a kitty holster\\n\\nReview: Recently I purchase Kitty holster cat harness for my cat Jake. Jake is getting old and he has arthritis. Exercise and running is no longer on his menu. But he loves to ear fresh grass, listen to the birds churping and sit in a back yard of the house. Since he is house cat and has spent his entire life indoors, I purchased a harness and this retractable cord. My cord is in black color to match Jake's black fur and his hippie looking red harness. He is so cute in the outfit, I call him a little \\\"biker cat\\\". He loves his new daily trips to the back yard and he suddenly became full of zest fro life. He even started eating better and his gained some weight. Jake was only 6lb 8 oz an since he got his new outfit and new recreational activity, he gained 7 oz!\",\n \"Product: Giant Coloring Murals Pin it to the wall, floor or use it as a table runner at your next party or family dinner printed on kraft paper\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Fun coloring mural that will keep groups of people and children occupies for hours of time.\\n\\nReview: This coloring mural is HUGE. It comes on a soft brown paper and rolled up. I think it is perfect for use during large kids parties, school class project or family gathering. Mural is so large it will keep large groups of people occupied for a long period of time. It is definitely geared towards girls because it has a picture of a princess, unicorn and rainbow. You can use crayons, markets or water colors to paint this mural. Once finished it will take a large piece of the wall for display.\\n\\nI like this mural because it helps stimulate creativity in children. It helps them play with colors and even make up their own stories as they color. It requires a lot of cooperation, curiosity and team work. I would recommend this for kid in early childhood development up to age of 12. That is the perfect age but other age groups can benefit from coloring this mural as well.\",\n \"Product: Kindness is a beautiful thing, especially in kids. And its never too early to teach them. Thats the concept behind the Kindness Kit: 8 thoughtful, charming projects kids make, and give, to friends and loved ones to experience the joy of spreading kindness around the world. Lets all pass it on!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Craft perfect for gift giving.....\\n\\nReview: I teach children's yoga. Often times families subscribe for up to 4 weekly sessions. Kids who attend the class are ages 5-10. I have decided to use this set as an incentive to teach the children about importance of kindness, not just towards their immediate family members, but also towards everyone they encounter in their lives: other children in heir kindergarden or school, elderly, etc. The kit will be given away to the family who does not miss the entire session of the Family Yoga 4 week session.\\n\\nBox arrived quickly and ir has lovely packaging. There are kits inside that will occupy kid to make them and give them sense of accomplishment. Not to mention that they will experience joy in sharing he gift with a person they want to be especially kind to. This set is perfect for any child ages 5-12. My suggestion is that they always make gifts while they are accompanied by their parent for the purposes of supervision. It is also helpful to setup an intention on who the \\\"kindness\\\" gift is being intended for.\\n\\nThis set also makes a lovely birthday present to a young kid. It will help them with developing their imagination, creativity and sense of accomplishment.\",\n \"Product: Kahlil Gibran was among the most important Arabic language authors of the early twentieth century. Born in 1883 in Lebanon, he spent the last twenty years of his life (to 1931) in the United States. He is the author of numerous volumes, the most famous of which is THE PROHPET, translated into over twenty languages.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A great companion to \\\"The Prophet\\\"\\n\\nReview: Anyone who has read Gibran's book \\\"The Prophet\\\" should read \\\"The Eye of the Prophet\\\". While the first book is the masterpiece of philosophic poetry, this one is it's great companion in prose. Both books prescribe philosophical view on love, marriage, death, beauty -- things and topics that encircle all of our lives and experiences. The best thing one can do it to have both of these books as a tools to use and reflect in times of need, doubt and inspiration. I have read the hardcover copy of the book. I wish that hardcopy edition of the book had as many illustrations by it's author as \\\"The Prophet\\\". But alas, we only get to enjoy the one on the cover. For readers new to Gibran it is helpful to know that he was a wonderful painter in addition to his excellence in writing.\",\n \"Product: Writing inspired by four visits to Zimbabwe, her childhood home, from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007, Doris Lessing. n the 1980s and early 1990s, Doris Lessing made several visits to her homeland, Zimbabwe, a country from which she had been banned for twenty-five years for her opposition to the government of what was then white Southern Rhodesia. Mingling memory and reportage in vivid detail, Doris Lessing pays passionate and profound testament to an extraordinary country, its landscape, people and unquenchable spirit. 'African Laughter' is both a shrewd and perceptive protrait of a modern African state emerging from its bloody and terrible colonial history, and a candid and moving insight into the mind of one of this century's finest writers.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Beautiful book about Zimbabwe\\n\\nReview: I have never been in Africa and have never read any of the books about the continent except for Nadine Gordiner's fiction. While I loved the begginning of the book, the later parts become a bit sloppy and at time impatient in terms of writing style. The observations, however, about the country of Zimbabwe over the decades, and in the time after declaration of independence are amazing. One is able to follow up on lives of writer's old friends, new people she meets on her trips, amazing animals, plants and food. I have learned a lot about country , it's people and customs, racism, reverse racism, sexism, deseases and corruption a new country is struggling with. Highly recommended read for anyone interested in learning more about this amazing country and African continent.\",\n \"Product: Who Moved My Cheese? is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life - whether it is a good job, a loving relationship, money or a possession, health or spirital peace of mind. And the maze is where you look for what you want - the organisation you work in, or the family or community you live in. This profound book from bestselling author, Spencer Johnson, will show you how to anticipate change, adapt to change quickly, enjoy change and be ready to change quickly again and again. Discover the secret for yourself and learn how to deal with change, so that you suffer from less stress and enjoy more success in your work and in life. Written for all ages, this story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights can last for a lifetime.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Book that explains why change is good\\n\\nReview: I quick little book that explains - thru a fable of mice and cheese - why change is good. In today's fast moving world, change happens constantly in both our personal and professional lives. This quick read teaches readers on how to adapt, change and accept to the everchanging world around us. If you do not wish to read the book, simply take note of 7 rules of change that books is trying to address: change happens, anticipate change, monitor change, adapt to change quickly, change, enjoy change and be ready to change quickly and enjoy it again & again. This short introuction could save you an hour of fairy tale read. I guess most people must like it simple. This book was - believe it or not - a bestseller.\",\n \"Product: Once a New York City lawyer, Marie Benedict had long dreamed about a fantastical job unraveling the larger mysteries of the past as an archaeologist or historian -- before she tried her hand at writing. While drafting her first book, she realized that she could excavate the possible truths lurking in history through fiction, and has done so in THE OTHER EINSTEIN, the story of Mileva Maric, Albert Einstein's first wife and a physicist herself. Writing as Heather Terrell, Marie also authored The Chrysalis, The Map Thief, and Brigid of Kildare. She is a graduate of Boston College and the Boston University School of Law, and lives in Pittsburgh with her family.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Mileva Maric, Serbian physicist and Albert Einstein's first wife.\\n\\nReview: I studied physics in undergraduate school and was well aware of Mileva Maric, Albert Einstein's first wife. This was the main reason why I decided to read this book. Mileva was a remarkable woman and she suffered greatly her entire life. Gifted in physic and math, she was one of the few women in her time to attend Polytechnic University in Switzerland and study science. But her love for Albert and their eventual marriage was a death sentence to her career and to some extent her personal life. Albert was not kind to her by any means and Mileva died in obscurity, which is a shame.\\n\\nThis fictional account of the relationship between the two is set during the early days of their relationship and the story does not carry on what happens to Mileva and Albert's two sons after their separation and subsequent divorce. Author also made some errors in depiction of the Eastern Europe. For example, she references Zagreb (which is capital of Croatia) as one of the Serbian cities. Also, author does not understand Orthodox faith. In certain parts of the book she references Mileva or Mileva's mother to pray to Virgin Mary - which is something that Catholics do. Orthodox faith is not so big on Praying to Virgin Mary so I could not really take those (fictional) references as believable. It was well known fact that Mileva and Albert had a lot of odds against their union: she was from the backwaters of then Austria-Hungarian empire, he was Jewish while she was Orthodox and his family firmly objected to their union. Their marriage was doomed form the start because of his family's opposition.\\n\\nParts of the book cover the era of the WWI in Europe and this book barely mentions it and what effect the what may have had on their union, Mileva's family and overall events in Europe that carried on to WWII and Albert's final deflection to US.\\n\\nBook is lightweight and for me personally disappointing. It is an easy read but it took me longer to finish it because I felt it was a drag. It is an attempt to honor Mileva, but I am hoping that there will be better and more impressive books to come about this remarkable woman.\",\n \"Product: excerpt\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Every couple should have this book and use techniques on regular basis!\\n\\nReview: This book is a true gem. It is a guide to any couple who wants to deepen their connection via sensual massage. It explains everything: from how to set the mood, how to prepare warm massage oil that will enhance the experience, to various massage techniques couples can apply on each other's body.\\nWhat makes this book unique is that author is daring. In addition to addressing the taboo of the importance of sexual intimacy that can be enhanced between the lovers by incorporating massage in their mind/body connection, author also incorporates interracial couples, which 40 years ago when the book was first created must have been a controversy. But the true beauty of the manual is the sensual pictures that depict many different couples practicing massage on each other. One thing is clear - they enjoy the sensual pleasure very much and they definitely enjoy each other and their bodies. They are completely absorbed into experience and they adore each other's touch.\\nDefinite bonus of this manual and very colorful book is the DVDs that are enclosed in the latest edition. I think that every sex therapist should offer this book to any couple experiencing strain in their relationship. By simply implementing these techniques of love and undivided attention towards each other, couples can experience deep connection between each other.\",\n \"Product: Anne Rice, creator of the Vampire Lestat, the Mayfair witches and the amazing worlds they inhabit, now gives us the first in a new series of novels linked together by the fledgling vampire David Talbot, who has set out to become a chronicler of his fellow Undead. The novel opens in present-day Paris in a crowded caf, where David meets Pandora. She is two thousand years old, a Child of the Millennia, the first vampire ever made by the great Marius. David persuades her to tell the story of her life. Pandora begins, reluctantly at first and then with increasing passion, to recount her mesmerizing tale, which takes us through the ages, from Imperial Rome to eighteenth-century France to twentieth-century Paris and New Orleans. She carries us back to her mortal girlhood in the world of Caesar Augustus, a world chronicled by Ovid and Petronius. This is where Pandora meets and falls in love with the handsome, charismatic, lighthearted, still-mortal Marius. This is the Rome she is forced to flee in fear of assassination by conspirators plotting to take over the city. And we follow her to the exotic port of Antioch, where she is destined to be reunited with Marius, now immortal and haunted by his vampire nature, who will bestow on her the Dark Gift as they set out on the fraught and fantastic adventure of their two turbulent centuries together.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Vampire Pandora's life story\\n\\nReview: Pandora was made vampire at the time that Emperor Tiberius ruled the Roman Empire. She was born as Lydia into a noble Roman family. Only girl in a family of boys she was loved by her father who made sure her education makes her worthy of the best marriage prospects there are. Lydia loves reading and indulges in the works of Ovid, Caesar and Aristotle.\\n\\nAs a young girl, she comes across another noble young man, more than a decade her senior. He is charming and exotic looking as his mother was from a differrent part of the Roman Empire. He has appreciation for her love of words and reason, but Lydia's father does not find him suitable to be her husband.\\n\\nCircumstances put them together in the Antioch where Lydia flees after her family is killed. Before long, Lydia becomes vamire herself and she changes her name to Pandora. It it thousands of years later that she is asked to write he life story in which she describes how she became a vampire and her unyielding love for the beautiful Marius she loved her entire life.\\n\\nInteresting story, but thinly developed characters. Do not expect literary greatness as this work is written in simple dialogue-like manner.\",\n \"Product: Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade (1740 – 1814), was a French aristocrat and writer of philosophy-laden and often violent pornography, as well as some strictly philosophical works.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The core of humanity\\n\\nReview: I came across this book in a public library. Not so long ago, I read a collection of short stories by Marquis de Sade. What attracted me to the author is his personal history and wit. I know that his work, beliefs and unsupressed sexual freedom is what caused him decades in jail and eventually years in insane asylum. Any time I have an opportunity to read his work, I do it because I am curious about this man and what he has to say.\\n\\nHighly educated, sophisticated and eloquent, de Sade sets out to present his philisophy to the general public of his time. If one can get past de Sade's unrepressed desires one can learn about Marquis' opinions about personal freedom, his resistance towards institution of marriage, his dislike of possession (human, monetary, material and otherwise), Marquis' strong atheist beliefs. There is no doubt that Marquis finds morality to be relative and he sets the record straight on his stand on issues such as death penalty, murder, theft, incest, rape, etc. His arguments are strong and carefully composed. They are also way ahead of his time.\\n\\nAfter finishing this work, I can only respect Marquis de Sade more. He is a kind of man willing to take the worst forms of punishment for his personal beliefs. In that respect, Marquis is a principled man, willing to sacrifice himself for the benefit of others. He loaths authority and his strong sense of individuality and quest for personal freedom is such that once can rarely find these days. De Sade is imortal in his own way and for no other reason but that one, his work needs to be read, understood and respected for what it is.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":181,"string":"181"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1991,"string":"1,991"}}},{"rowIdx":1992,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A1OPKNO7IXWV27"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"5.0\" for a product with description \"APC RBC32 Replacement Battery Cartridge #32. For any further queries please contact APC's Technical Support Number/ Customer Support\". The summary of the review text is \"Perfect fit, but watch the install for direction for better cable routing.\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"OK, here we go again. I seem to be down on APC lately. They once were a great company but that was a long time ago. See my other review of a APC UPS for a really bad experience with APC support. This time it's false advertising in the recycling plan. The description clearly states\n\n\"APC recycles used batteries and almost 100% of the battery lead content is reused, protecting the environment. With each purchase of a genuine APC replacement battery, you get free freight back to APC for proper disposal of your old batteries (currently available in USA only.)\"\n\nThis was one of the main reasons for buying a genuine APC replacement battery instead of relaceing the unit completely or going with a 3rd party battery for less money.\n\nThere is no return shipping of any sort. APC is partnering with call2recycle.org which then searches for a loal recycling center that you can take the battery to. Mine is at a Home Depot several miles away. Sure, it's not too much hastle for me to drive 30 mins to the HD on my weekend, but that's wasting my time when I purchased this replacement for the easy recycling. That's clearly false advertising and even borderline bait-and-switch. Shame on APC/Schneider Electric. This is clearly a cost cutting move that shifts the cost directly to the customer (in terms of my time/gas/frustration). That is not what I purchased this unit for.\n\n-3 stars for false advertising!\nOtherwise, the battery is an exact match/fit for the old one in my BT1000.\n\nIf you do purchase this battery for your BT1000 and don't mind having to drive somewhere across town to recycle the old battery, then realize that there is a correct side and incorrect side to insert the battery... have the cable on the right side of the UPS, where there's a cutout. Also, there's an up and down to the battery that's not labeled. If you have to twist/rotate the cable to get the key in the plug to align, then take the batter out and flip it over that way you won't have to stress the cable and the cover will fit back on a little easier.\n\nCorrection/edit 10/2/2014. I made a mistake with my original review and I'm leaving it above unchanged but setting the review to 5 stars. The URL that is referenced is not very obvious on the page and it in turn takes you to another page which then links to the UPS page to generate the return label. It's convoluted but it is there. I was incorrect about that in my review. The direct URL to the UPS login page to generate a return label is here for US customers: http://www.apc.com/solutions/display.cfm?id=35898A73-5056-AE36-FE910E4E9F5B9B7B&ISOCountryCode=us&tsk=j337w&pc=13729&keycode=j337w&promocode=13729&promo_key=137290\n\nI don't know why APC doesn't just put that on the page instead of all the other stuff about buying a replacement battery or upgrading the UPS with a trade-in value.\n\nAnyway, bottom line is the battery is good, it fits and is recyclable so if you need a battery for your BT1000, this is the one to get."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"OK, here we go again. I seem to be down on APC lately. They once were a great company but that was a long time ago. See my other review of a APC UPS for a really bad experience with APC support. This time it's false advertising in the recycling plan. The description clearly states\n\n\"APC recycles used batteries and almost 100% of the battery lead content is reused, protecting the environment. With each purchase of a genuine APC replacement battery, you get free freight back to APC for proper disposal of your old batteries (currently available in USA only.)\"\n\nThis was one of the main reasons for buying a genuine APC replacement battery instead of relaceing the unit completely or going with a 3rd party battery for less money.\n\nThere is no return shipping of any sort. APC is partnering with call2recycle.org which then searches for a loal recycling center that you can take the battery to. Mine is at a Home Depot several miles away. Sure, it's not too much hastle for me to drive 30 mins to the HD on my weekend, but that's wasting my time when I purchased this replacement for the easy recycling. That's clearly false advertising and even borderline bait-and-switch. Shame on APC/Schneider Electric. This is clearly a cost cutting move that shifts the cost directly to the customer (in terms of my time/gas/frustration). That is not what I purchased this unit for.\n\n-3 stars for false advertising!\nOtherwise, the battery is an exact match/fit for the old one in my BT1000.\n\nIf you do purchase this battery for your BT1000 and don't mind having to drive somewhere across town to recycle the old battery, then realize that there is a correct side and incorrect side to insert the battery... have the cable on the right side of the UPS, where there's a cutout. Also, there's an up and down to the battery that's not labeled. If you have to twist/rotate the cable to get the key in the plug to align, then take the batter out and flip it over that way you won't have to stress the cable and the cover will fit back on a little easier.\n\nCorrection/edit 10/2/2014. I made a mistake with my original review and I'm leaving it above unchanged but setting the review to 5 stars. The URL that is referenced is not very obvious on the page and it in turn takes you to another page which then links to the UPS page to generate the return label. It's convoluted but it is there. I was incorrect about that in my review. The direct URL to the UPS login page to generate a return label is here for US customers: http://www.apc.com/solutions/display.cfm?id=35898A73-5056-AE36-FE910E4E9F5B9B7B&ISOCountryCode=us&tsk=j337w&pc=13729&keycode=j337w&promocode=13729&promo_key=137290\n\nI don't know why APC doesn't just put that on the page instead of all the other stuff about buying a replacement battery or upgrading the UPS with a trade-in value.\n\nAnyway, bottom line is the battery is good, it fits and is recyclable so if you need a battery for your BT1000, this is the one to get."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: This H-B Instrument DURAC Plus total immersion organic filled pocket thermometer has a temperature range of -30 to 120F. Each thermometer is 160mm (6.3 inches) in length and comes with a Statement of Accuracy indicating accuracy traceable to NIST. Tested and calibrated in our exclusive triple accredited/registered ISO/IEC 17025:2005, A2LA accredited laboratory against equipment whose calibration is traceable to NIST. Ideal for field studies, waste water treatment and any 'on-the-go' applications. Accurate and safe. Individually packaged. Total Immersion. Range: -30 to 120F. Divisions: 2. Accuracy: 2F. Length: 160mm. Fill Type: Organic. Glass Type: White Back. Case Type: Closed Metal. Traceable to NIST: Yes. Traceable to DKD/PTB: No. 25/Case. H-B Instrument #: 5/1120. Per Each. HB Instrument #: 5/1120.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Simple, functional, calibrated and ships well protected.\n\nReview: Although mine came in purple, this is a nice, calibrated, easy to read thermometer with a temperature range that's relevant for household use. For example, I purchased a refrigerator thermometer from Rubbermaid and used this thermometer to verify the refrigerator temperature (the Rubbermaid was +2 degrees off).\n\nThe thermometer is fairly quick to read temperature and the blue liquid against the white scale (with black numbering) is easy to read, so it allows you to make a quick and accurate temperature reading.\n\nAlthough the actual thermometer is glass (so this isn't a good item for young children!) the thermometer comes shipped in sealed bubble wrap packet which contains a sealed plastic, vacuum formed carrier. Once you open both of these disposable items, the actual thermometer is still protected by its plastic sheath which connects to the top end of the thermometer itself so it won't fall off. As you can see from the product picture, the plastic end piece of the thermometer is blue, however what shipped to me was purple, and that plastic end piece has a loop in it to connect to a cord or to hang up with.\n\nAs far as thermometers go, there's nothing overly special or \"trick\" about it. It's simple and functional and most importantly, calibrated, so you know the indicated temperature is correct.","Product: Our Heavy Duty Ultra Pole Shepherd's Hooks are made from 3/4" pipe stock, available in 91" and 108" in three different configurations- single, double or offset hooks. They have been field-tested and found to be stronger, with less deflection, than the standard 1/2" round Shepard's Hook on the market. These Heavy Duty Poles have a 3-pronged base and center wedge for additional stability.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Easy install for soft dirt but not great if you have hard/baked dirt or rocky soil.\n\nReview: The sharp ends of the tines that go into the ground work great if the ground is soft, but I've found that the ends will split apart of you have rocky soil (hitting a rock) or the ground is very hard. I, unfortunately have both, so one of these that I installed in my grassy portion of the yard went into the dirt pretty easily, the other split the tine and needs to be repaired before I can even use it. I'll have to bend the ends of the center tine back (the metal is pretty soft) and dig a pilot hole next time.\n\nThe one that is installed on the grass (soft soil) is working fine, holding up a bug zapper. I haven't seen any sagging of the hook and it's holding up well. The other one, new from the box, is waiting for repairs by me before I can use it.","Product: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes features an original story crossing all the Marvel families. Players take control of Iron Man, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Captain America, Wolverine and many more Marvel characters as they try to stop Loki and a host of other Marvel villains from assembling a Super weapon which they could use to control the Earth. Players will chase down Comic Bricks as they travel across a LEGO New York and visit key locations from the Marvel universe such as Stark Tower, Asteroid M, an abandoned Hydra Base and the X-Mansion.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: One of the best lego games to date, good game play and suitable for all ages\n\nReview: This is a fun game with Lego characters, and probably one of the best to date. I really like that like the other Lego adventure games, you unlock the characters on each level and can use them in the free play mode later. This is a fun game for me and my daughter to play together. She's 9 and has a lot of fun with me or with her friends when they play together. There's no \"grown up\" language and the violence is limited to disassembled Lego pieces. The game is long and difficult enough that younger kids will get a lot of game play out of it. My daughter will sometimes need my help to solve the puzzles to move on, but for the most part she can play it alone when she wants. There's a good variety of characters, including some female characters, but my daughter prefers playing Superman since he flies.","Product: The Rubbermaid Commercial Refrigerator/Freezer Thermometer helps keep food safe by properly monitoring equipment. The monitoring thermometer is made of stainless steel. Its large, easy-to-read dial shows clearly marked temperatures, perfect for a professional kitchen. The steel thermometer hangs or stands for easy installation and has a lens that will not shatter. It reads in both Fahrenheit and Celsius and ranges from -20 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A well made, accurate-enough fridge/freezer thermometer. Easy to ready dials and clearly marked for correct ranges\n\nReview: A great thermometer to hang in the freezer or place on a shelf in the fridge. I got this thermometer to check the temp of the fridge in the garage. I recently had to clean the fridge, removing a fairly large ice build up on the cold plate in the freezer section that was causing the fridge to run more frequently than necessary (ice is a good insulator). After cleaning, draining and vacuuming (the coils), I wanted to make sure the fridge and freezer were set correctly so we didn't waste energy and also didn't freeze things in the fridge section. Yes, I could have done it through trial and error, but with this thermometer I was able to set the correct temps in a couple of hours (my freeser was slightly too warm and the fridge was slightly too cold).\n\nThe thermometer has clearly labeled \"NSF Safe\" labeled sections on it's scale for the freezer and fridge, so it's easy to tell at a glance that the temperature is right (or wrong). The numbers are easy to read too for the more specific reading (and to check against a calibrated thermometer like the H-B DURAC which I purchased at the same time and have also reviewed). This thermometer was very close (read 2 degrees high) for a low cost thermometer.\n\nThe hanger is great for the freezer and in the fridge the stand works perfectly on the glass shelves.\n\nOverall, for a cheap thermometer, this one is well made and accurate enough. It's a very good value and everyone should have something like this to ensure their freezer or fridge are set to correct temperatures and/or working correctly.","Product: All-Clad Brushed Stainless D5 14-piece cookware set includes: 8\" fry pan; 10\" fry pan; 2 -quart sauce pan with lid; 4-quart sauce pan with lid; 3-quart saute pan with lid; 6-quart saute pan with lid; 8-quart stock pot with lid; 12-quart stock pot with lid.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: All-Clad is the best you can get and the D5 line is a solid model line with good features.\n\nReview: These are really nice pans. We've had a set of All-Clad aluminum pots and pans (with the anodized gray exterior finish) for 15 years... we got them for our wedding. Now we're moving to a new house that has an induction cook top and the old pans won't work. Induction tops require magnetic cookware. We thought about getting those small metal rings that heat up and transfer heat to the pan so we could keep using the wedding set. We also looked at converting to a gas cooktop, but neither option was good for various reasons (cost and inefficiency being the main ones).\n\nSo I went to check if All-Clad had induction compatible ones and of course they did. 3 Different models. The D5, the Bright stainless and the copper core. The copper core doesn't get good reviews due to uneven heating, which left the D5 and the other stainless. Both seemed the same, although the D5 is their newest line, so I went with them.\n\nNo regrets! These are as well made as the originals we had and look like they will last 50 years (or until the next new heating technique makes metal pans obsolete). Everything about All-Clad coos sets is high quality. They come well boxed and protected. The finish is perfect on every item and they have a few nice little things that my old set didn't. Besides the 5 layers to better distribute the heat on the bottom, they also have a small ridge at the base of the handle to rest your finger on and so you don't get too close to the hot pan. Nice but subtle touch.\n\nI think my only complaint is that the 10 piece set (which is what I bought) needs a few more item, like a small frying pan for melting butter and maybe a steamer but the 14 piece set doesn't have these, just 2 large pots and lids. Not that helpful. To me the 10 piece is a very solid start for a cook set and you can fill in the missing pieces that you need for your cooking style.\n\nIf you're looking for stainless, stick (opposite of non-stuck) cookware, this is the best set you can get. Do it and enjoy a lifetime with these.","Product: 17N4 Features: -Easy to use. -Dual DirtLifter power brushes. -Patented HeatWave technology provides two sources of constant heat to maximize cleaning. -Cleans better with less effort. Color: -Silver/Green. Material: -Metal/Plastic. Number of Items Included: -1. Dimensions: Overall Height - Top to Bottom: -45 Inches. Overall Width - Side to Side: -13 Inches. Overall Depth - Front to Back: -19.5 Inches. Overall Product Weight: -32 Pounds.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Cleans carpets but with compromises\n\nReview: We recently bought this model from Costco, although Amazon is now selling it for less. We had a previous model and while it still works great, we took it to our cabin, so we needed something for our main house. After a quick and easy assembly of the new model, I set about cleaning our carpets and quickly realized that while it does a good job at cleaning, Bissell cut too many corners designing this cleaner and those decisions severely limit the usefulness of this model.\n\nFirst, the separate soap tank has been removed. You mix the soap directly into the water container, which is a little larger than a gallon. This means you are committed to cleaning a large area of carpet. I was able to clean my entire dining and living room area in one tank, going over several places many times for some stubborn stains. There is no way, without wasting a lot of soap, to clean a small room or area. The older model was much better with a separate soap tank, since you could pour out the unused soap to save for later, allowing you to clean any size space.\n\nThe next problem is the short power cord. It says it's 22ft but navigating around furniture means you can't get very far from a plug. You could use an extension cord, but why have to deal with additional plugs? The winding posts on the cleaner, where you store the cord when not in use, allow for a lot more core. Bissell just got cheap here, they could have easily given you 35-40ft that that would be a lot better.\n\nThe final problem is less severe but with the other things I mentioned, was the nail in the coffin. There is no indicator how much more cleaning solution (soap+water) is in the tank, and you can't tell if you've run out or are running low. The previous model had a small spinning indicator when you sprayed the soap or water and you could see into the soap container. You could tell if you were out (spinner not moving) and you could see if you were low of soap. Not so with the new model. Since the soap and water are mixed into the tank, which is surrounded by dirty water (when cleaning) or by the plastic bodywork, you can't see how much is left while working. I guess you could stop, turn it off and inspect, but that's a poor workflow.\n\nThese problems were all experienced at the same time for me while cleaning our stairs. We have 19 or so carpeted stairs between 2 floors. I had finished cleaning the upstairs hall and started using the hand tool to clean the stairs from the top down. I got about half way and ran out of fluid. I was also at the end of the reach of the power cord. I didn't want to refill the tank since I didn't have another large room to clean. So half the stairs were left for next time.\n\nOn the plus side, Bissell did a few great things with this design which improves these areas over the previous model. When the handle is upright (e.g. using hand tools) the beater bars (there are 2 on this model) stops moving. This wasn't the case on the earlier model and is a good design and safely feature. Bissell also makes it very easy to clean up the machine when done, allowing you to remove the front suction area in addition to all tank and associated components. You can wash off all the carpet fuzz that sticks to it easily now. This easy removal also makes it easy to get to the belt and clean out the dirt that accumulates there.\n\nWe're returning this model. Hopefully Bissell will address these severe shortcomings to make a mediocre cleaner into a really good one.","Product: Ideal for traditional and slow cooking techniques, Calphalon Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron cookware is designed to heat evenly and steadily, holding heat so foods stay warm while serving. Pans feature a pre-seasoned cooking surface to help prevent sticking and oversized handles for easy and secure lifting. Calphalon Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron cookware is versatile and can be used on gas, electric and even induction stovetops, as well as in the oven and broiler.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: If you have an induction cooktop and need a griddle, consider this one\n\nReview: A great griddle. We use this with our induction cook top. We used to have an electric top and used an AllClad aluminum griddle, but and after we moved that wasn't an option since induction requires magnetic materials to work. This Caphalon griddle fills the gap and allows us to use the induction and still have a griddle.\n\nIt is quite a bit smaller than the AllClad aluminum one and since it's cast iron it requires different care and handling. We can cook about 1/2 a package of bacon on it at one time, just to give you an idea of it's working size. It comes already 'seasoned' so you don't need to worry about preparing it, but it's a lot heavier too so you do need to be careful not to drop it (it'll shatter!). Cleaning it is a little different too. clean with a brush and after it's dry you should re-spray it with cooking oil and wipe off the excess.\n\nIf you already know how to deal with cast iron, and you need a griddle and don't mind the smaller size, this is a good choice. If you need a larger cooking area then get 2 or consider looking at other options.\n\nOne last point, be careful with this on your cooktop since glass surfaces and be scratched by metal. Avoid sliding this around when it's in use.","Product: A compact UPS with line interactive topology, the CyberPower AVR Series CP800AVR provides battery backup (using simulated sine wave output) and surge protection for desktop computers, workstations, networking devices, and home entertainment systems. The CP800AVR uses Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) to correct minor power fluctuations without switching to battery power, which extends battery life. AVR is essential in areas where power fluctuations occur frequently. The CP800AVR comes with a three-year warranty (including coverage of batteries) and a $200,000 Connected Equipment Guarantee.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Reliable UPS that provides enough backup power for computers or TVs/consoles for a short period\n\nReview: It's like a big power strip, except it also provides backup power on 4 of the plugs on one side, the other 4 are surge protected only. I use it standing on it's end (as pictured) but it can also lay flat.\n\nPlug spacing is pretty good, but if you have a large wall wart (Like the one on the Planronics phones) then space can be tight for the other plugs. In general, I haven't had any problem with plug crowding, but some of the A/C adapters are pretty big, so you may want to check size and the arrangement if you have several big ones. Remember, only one side of the device has plugs protected by the UPS, the other side plugs are just surge protected. Look closely at the product pictures to see the markings.\n\nI bought one of these a few years ago and it's still going strong, so I haven't had to replace the battery yet. It sits behind my TV/panel and quietly provides protection to the panel, XBox, Roku and a few accessories. It does buzz when there's a power sag (brownout) or power interruption (blackout). It's nice to hear that working when it's doing it's thing.\n\nSince these are fairly small UPS devices, don't expect to run a TV and console all night during a blackout. This will protect your devices from the sags and surges that you get with storms but it's really only going to give you 10 minutes to save/power down (depending on your power consumption and devices that are connected). Check your devices to calculate power consumption nd don't put unnecessary devices on the UPS side (e.g. plug your printer into the surge only side!).","Product: A mini-tower UPS with line interactive topology, the CyberPower Intelligent LCD CP1500AVRLCD provides battery backup (using simulated sine wave output) and surge protection for desktop computers, workstations, networking devices, and home entertainment systems. The CP1500AVRLCD uses Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) to correct minor power fluctuations without switching to battery power, which extends battery life. AVR is essential in areas where power fluctuations occur frequently. The CP1500AVRLCD comes with a three-year warranty (including coverage of batteries) Battery Backup Supplies power long enough for equipment to properly shut down when utility power fails. Helps prevent loss of data and minimizes the component stress caused by a hard shutdown. Surge Protection Diverts excess voltage away from sensitive electronic equipment during an AC power surge or power spike to prevent damage. Data Line Protection Prevents power surges that travel through telephone, coaxial, and Ethernet lines from causing damage to electronics. Line Interactive Topology Exists when a line interactive UPS has an autotransformer that regulates low voltages (e.g., brownouts) and over voltages (e.g., spikes) without having to switch to battery. Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) Provides clean, consistent AC power by automatically regulating low voltages and over voltages, within defined tolerances, when incoming utility power has minor fluctuations. Simulated Sine Wave Output Uses pulse wave modulation to generate a stepped, approximated sine wave to supply cost-effective battery backup power for equipment that does not require sine wave output. GreenPower UPSBypass Design Is a patented design that allows utility power to bypass the UPS transformer, when AC power is stable, which reduces energy consumption, noise, and heat buildup. Multifunction LCD Panel Displays immediate, detailed information on the UPS battery and power conditions, alerting users to potential problems before they can affect critical equipment and cause downtime. Ultra Quiet Design Minimizes noise during operation for a quieter work environment. PowerPanel Personal Software Provides a user-friendly dashboard interface for controlling and monitoring the UPS. Free software download available here. ENERGY STAR This model is an ENERGY STAR certified Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system. ENERGY STAR is the trusted, government-backed symbol for energy-efficient products and practices that help save money and protect the environment.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: It's a small footprint and reliable UPS\n\nReview: If you need a UPS then this is as good as any. It provides power when commercial power cuts out and provides protection against surges and sags too. Make sure to get the right capacity for your equipment, and don't try to protect things like laser printers with a UPS since they can pull a lot of power when they start.\n\nWhat makes this UPS stand out is the display. It shows you quickly what's happening with the commercial power and the state of the battery. Plus, the company has great support. I now own several Cyberpower units after some bad experiences with support from a different UPS vendor, APC. The few times I've called Cyberpower to ask questions, the phone was quickly answered by people in the US that know the products and can help immediately. To me, that makes a huge difference.\n\nSince this model (1500VA AVR Mini-Tower) is a vertical (tower) unit, it doesn't take up much space on the shelf. I use this to protect my stereo amp, dvd player, wifi AP and Roku in our cabin, so it sits next to the equipment on a shelf. The blue display isn't too bright, so it's unobtrusive. It's a good product from a good company.","Product: Screensavrz protect delicate Apple and PC laptop display screens from abrasion caused by the close tolerances present in modern thin and light notebooks Screensavrz positively shield and protect your display screen from oils dirt shock keyboard marks and top case abrasion Screensavrz also expertly clean and polish LCD displays without sprays or wet wipes - dampen screensavrz with water and easily remove existing key marks and scuffing.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A decent microfiber cloth, cut to the right size for a MBP 15\n\nReview: This is a fairly soft microfiber cloth that is the right size to cover your screen on a Mac Book Pro 15 (both Retina and non-Retina). It's a great idea, the only problem is it's not quite thin enough to close the lid and not have it pop open again. However that only seems to happen if you have the hinge side down (e.g. leaning up against a wall with the hinge on the ground). Otherwise, if it's sitting normally on a desktop it's fine. They could probably have cut the cloth slightly smaller so it would fit easier inside the rubber gasket around the display, and that would have helped the pop-open problem I mentioned.\n\nThis cloth is not as thin as the small cloth that Apple includes with the MBP, nor is it as soft, but it doesn't look like it's scratched my screen with a few uses, not even any super-fine scratches. This cloth is a little stiff, although it won't stand by itself. It does roll up nicely... fold it in half and then roll. This is how it ships and is easy to handle like this when not between the screen and keys.\n\nI wouldn't recommend using this if you run your computer with the lid closed (using an external screen or with some remote control software) since it's likely to cause a heat build-up. I haven't tried that though, so let me know if you do... be aware I won't be responsible for a melted or distorted screen, or any other type of damage that may cause ;) Be safe and compute responsibly.\n\n1 star off for (slightly) too thick and slightly too large (causing lid closing resistance), otherwise a good product that should do what it sets out to do, namely protect and wipe your laptop's screen.","Product: The heavy duty steel mount is compatible with most LED, LCD, and Plasma TVs and other flat panel display between 37 and 75 inches weigh less than 165lbs. Supports all VESA mounting standards 700x400 684x300 600x400 600x300 600x200 500x300 400x400 400x300 400x200 300x300 300x200 200x200 200x100 and many odd size mounting patterns (mounting holes on the rear of the TV or panel should be no more than 28\" apart horizontally and up to 17.7\" vertically). Over 12 lbs. solid heavy-gauge steel construction offers a smooth surface, high-tech look while providing strength and durability. Viewing angle can be adjusted by tilt 0-15 degree forward. TV is positioned just 2.2\" profile from the wall for a clean, low-profile appearance. Lift and lock safety system secure the display in position as needed. How to ensure the mount compliance with your selected display? First, the weight of your display should be less than 165lbs. Second, mounting holes distance on the rear of TV must be less than 28\" (710mm) horizontally and 17.7\" (450mm) vertically. Last, the mount plate width is 30\". Your TV should be at least 30 inch wide. Otherwise, you will see the bracket. Notice: free HDMI cable begins from 09/01/2017.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This is a very good mount. I got it for a 65\" Samsung ...\n\nReview: This is a very good mount. I got it for a 65\" Samsung to hang in the garage and mounted it high on the wall. The tilt down is very handy and makes viewing more comfortable. The nice thing about this that separates it from the other mounting options out there is the included bubble level and the built in bubble level. In the picture you can see a small greenish colored block in the center of the wall mount. That's the built in level. Very handy when you're mounting the plate on the wall since you can keep a constant eye on the level-ness of the plate. VideoSecu also includes a plastic bubble level with a magnet so you can verify the arms are perpendicular to the frame and that everything else is square.\n\nThe bag of mounting screws (to the panel and to the wall) are well thought out and cover all the regular expected uses. They appear to use good quality screws too. I didn't see any head damage to the screw head for the arm attachments and the wall bolts are nice and sturdy.\n\nPretty much all reasonable mounts are about the same, unless you need an articulating one or some special feature. It's these small details (included bubble levels and using quality parts) that make a difference, hence the 5 stars.","Product: The RK812WALLO 8U Open Frame Wall Mount Equipment Rack (12in Depth) is a high quality, low cost relay rack that is easy to assemble and install into any environment. The rack can be wallmounted or installed as a free standing storage solution.This TAA compliant product adheres to the requirements of the US Federal Trade Agreements Act (TAA), allowing government GSA Schedule purchases. Able to accommodate common networking, audio-video and telecom equipment, the open rack offers a depth of 12in; the wall mounts are positioned 16in apart (center to center), making it suitable for mounting on virtually any wall surface, based on North American wall frame stud spacing standards. This 8U rack can be mounted to the wall in a server room, office, or above a doorway, expanding your workspace and keeping your equipment easily accessible. Backed by a StarTech.com lifetime warranty.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A good, solid wall mount rack for telecom gear at home of the office.\n\nReview: A good solid rack that you can wall mount. It does use the 2 part/plug in rack screws instead of having threaded holes in the rack, most likely as a cost reduction effort, but the included screws are sufficient for mounting several devices. It had enough screws included for a shelf, power distribution, Ethernet switch, Firewall and cable manager. If I had a bunch of 1U devices I would need to get more screws+clips.\n\nI took off 1 star for cable management. There are holes in the rack along the top and bottom horizontal pieces in the front. You can use these with cable ties but gaining access to the back of them is very poor when you have gear installed in the rack. I had my shelf installed at the bottom and there is no way to get to the back of the holes to turn the cable tie back around. Plan ahead.\n\nOtherwise a good rack.","Product: The CyberPower RMCARD202 is a full-featured network UPS management device that remotely manages, monitors, and controls CyberPower UPS products. The internal card allows remote monitoring and control of a UPS via Web Browser or NMS connection. By utilizing the auto-shutdown software, servers and workstations stay protected from data loss due to power failure. Event logging tracks the UPS operational history. Automated event notifications via email or SNMP Trap can be setup to insure real time status of changes to the UPS and its input voltages. Firmware can be updated by users to insure you have the latest features and updates. Security management is also provided to protect the integrity of the UPS and network.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect for logging power events\n\nReview: This plugs into the Cyberpower PR1500LCD and other Cyberpower UPS models (check for specific compatibility) and it is great. I needed to deploy a UPS at an unmanaged site and had to track commercial power problems. This card can be configured to log between 1 day (short interval - log per minute) or over 255 days (long interval - once an hour) so you can see low and high values for load, input voltage, input frequency and output voltage per interval. It exports to CSV to make it easy to chart and track in Excel.\n\nThe web interface is the best way to access the data and configure the card. There are several options for sending the data (SMS, email etc) but I'm only using the card for onboard logging since there is a need for security.\n\nThis is the only card I found with onboard logging that could provide me with details of power conditions over 6 months.","Product: Extreme speed and performance! This SanDisk Extreme Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) card is perfect for saving your high-def photos and videos! The SDSDX-032G-X46 features 32 GB of storage and is compatible with digital SLRs and high definition camcorders. This UHS-1 and Class 10 compliant SDHC card lets you capture fast action video in full high-def, even in 3D. Plus, it offers a 45 MB/s (300x) read and write speeds. With a built-in write protection switch, you can keep your data from being erased or overwritten. Order this SanDisk Extreme 32 GB Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) card today!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Reliable and fast. Sandisk is the leader for flash memory.\n\nReview: ok, I realize that sounds like I'm in their marketing department, but I have no affiliation with Sandisk. I've been using Sandisk cards for a few years and have never lost any data and found the transfer rates to be as advertized (when put into a suitable card slot). This card advertises 45MB/s transfer and that's exactly what I got when copying files to it using a MBP 15 Retina. While all cards can have problems, the Sandisk cards are reliable and the company stands behind their products with it's warranty. They're not a fly by night company or new to the scene, so you can be certain that if you do ever have a problem you can get in touch with them and arrange a replacement.","Product: Shipping Depth: 19.2 Shipping Height: 10.8 Shipping Width: 11.2 Master Pack Qty: 1 General Information Manufacturer: CyberPower Systems, Inc Manufacturer Part Number: PR750LCD Brand Name: CyberPower Product Line: Smart App Sinewave Product Model: PR750LCD Product Name: Smart App Sinewave PR750LCD 750VA Pure Sine Wave Mini-Tower LCD UPS Marketing Information: The CyberPower Smart App Sinewave PR750LCD uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with LCD Control Panel and Active PFC compatible pure sine wave output safeguards mission-critical servers, telecom equipment, and internetworking hardware. Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) delivers a consistent and clean AC power. Patented GreenPower UPS advanced circuitry reduces UPS energy costs by up to 75% compared to competitive models. The LCD Control Panel has 41 different settings to check status and customize the operating settings, plus it can be mounted remotely for ease of use regardless of where the UPS is installed. The PR750LCD unit has a capacity of 750VA/525Watts, (6) NEMA 5-15R receptacles and (2) maintenance-free, user-replaceable 12V/7Ah batteries. This unit offers connectivity via (1) HID USB, (1) DB9 serial and (1) emergency power off (EPO) port. Product Type: Line-interactive UPS Technical Information Plug/Connector Type: NEMA 5-15P Receptacles: 6 x NEMA 5-15R - Battery/Surge-protected Interfaces/Ports Interfaces/Ports: 1 x DB-9 Serial Interfaces/Ports: 1 x USB Management Network Management: SNMP Manageable Optional Battery Information Batteries: 2 x Maintenance-free, Sealed Lead Acid User Replaceable Backup/Run Time: 0.05 Hour 525 W Full Load Backup/Run Time: 0.25 Hour 262.50 W Half Load Battery Recharge Time: 8 Hour Typical Power Description Load Capacity: 750 VA/525 W Input Voltage: 110 V AC Input Voltage Range: 120 V AC Input Voltage Range: 75 V AC to 154 V AC Output Voltage: 120 V AC Physical Characteristics Height: 6.4 Width: 5.4 Depth: 13.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: It's an online UPS, not much more to say...\n\nReview: ok, a little more... I ran some tests margining the input power from 80v up to over 135v. Anything below about 86 and the UPS switched entirely to internal power. The output was always within normal range and provided a clean sine output. The output power was very stable under all test conditions.\n\nI got this UPS since I needed to do power logging at a customer site... it requires the RMCARD202 to do extended logging, see my review for that seperately.\n\nThe only thing holding me back from giving it 5 stars is the front panel is a little loose and can pop off easily. That means you need to be aware of this detail when moving the UPS around. However this would normally not be a problem since a UPS is heavy (60lbs shipping weight for the 1500VA model) and not considered a portable item. I called tech support at CyberPower about this concern and they checked theirs and it did the same, so they must all do that. The front cover on APC models is the opposite, usually very difficult to remove. The removable display on this unit wasn't a selling point for me, so although I can see the use, I didn't need it.\n\nBTW, CyberPower has great US based tech support. They quickly answer the phone and have the devices readily available to test whatever is reported as the problem. 5 Start support team!","Product: The RAM-B-166-A-GOP1U consists of a 3.25\"\" twist lock suction cup base, SHORT size double socket arm and 1\"\" diameter ball with custom GoPro Hero adapter. The mount is designed with a RAM 1\"\" diameter patented rubber ball and socket system that has adjustment points at both ends of the double socket arm; this allowing for almost infinite adjustment and perfect viewing angles. The suction cup, twist lock base is designed to have a strong hold on glass and non-porous plastic surfaces, including\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Good camera mount but not perfect for all windshield locations. Check your glass for shading dots before attaching.\n\nReview: good mount for the GoPro but the screw that holds the case to the arm isn't a thumbscrew, it requires a Philips screw driver and the size/length of the arm segments means this doesn't fold up very small. While thet's not a big problem most of the time, I sometimes have the camera mounted high on the windshield and want the camera to be mounted high too (keep it out of the sight lines), but it's not possible with this arm to keep it folded up since that's not how the arms are designed.\n\nBesides that, the suction cup and lock mechanisms are very good and hold the camera securely. Overall this is a well thought out, well designed and well built product.\n\nThis isn't a knock against the product but just a general piece of advice when using suction cups to secure items. Check your windshield where you think you may use the suction cup. If you have the shade dots (nearly flush paint dots on the inside to add some tinting, usually right around the edge of the glass), they don't work well with suction cups. The camera may detach and fall. Be careful if you are at the track since you don't want the distraction of a camera coming lose inside the car at the wrong time.","Product: Accepts bare wire or spades accepts 12 to 18 AWG speaker wires color coded black/red rings for maintaining proper polarity secure, positive contact with binding posts corrosion resistant, 24K gold-plated brass plug\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great low cost connector for speaker cable.\n\nReview: These are well machined, solid connectors. Use them before trying to connect the speaker cable to the speakers if your amplifier and speakers have the banana plug connector/posts. My rear channels (Polk dipole surround speakers) had a colored (red/black) plug in the bana plug, which popped out. My center channel doesn't support the banana plug, but my front left/right floor standing Polks do, as did my Denon receiver, so once I measured out the cable lengths and screwed on these connectors, plugging everything in was a piece of cake. I got one wire backward which was picked up when I did the Audyssey sound checks, so flipping around the plug polarity was a piece of cake.\n\nThe trick to these connectors is to push the cable through from the end and then have it fan out at the end so it will be pinched when you screw the 2 pieces together. The fastest way I found to do this is to unscre the connectors so you can see all the way through the hole, then lightly twist the speaker cable and thread it so it goes through the end easily then when it comes out at the hole use another plug end to push the cable part way out the side of the hole, then screw connector together, pinching the cable strands. After the first 2 it's quick and easy.\n\nNo sound distortion, good connections and easy assembly and management. I wish I had these years ago.\nDon't forget to buy enough for both ends of the cables, and if you have patch panels for the speaker cables, you might need even more!","Product: Waterproof case for Canon PowrShot G15 camera.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great for swimming, snorkeling and SCUBA\n\nReview: I finally got a chance to test the case with my Canon G15. It works great! I've used an older model hard case from Canon on an older camera, and these are the way to go. Forget trying to use a soft case since at diving depth the are compresses and the buttons get randomly squeezed, causing problems. A hard case is the only option if you take it with you diving. There is access to most of the buttons on this case, as well as the mode select knob and the zoom, so you have good controls. The buttons are a bit small and tightly clustered, so if you wear thick diving gloves, you may have problems changing modes. Easy solution is to dive in warm water (no gloves)... good excuse to go to Hawaii if you're used to Monterey ;)\n\nI've been using the case around the pool, on the lazy river (Aulani) and in the rain here in Oahu on this vacation trip and it's perfect. No fear of water damage to the camera. The case is a bit bulky making it more like an SLR instead od a pocket camera, but that's the tradeoff, being able to go to 100+ feet (33+ meters) and also take family pictures when the weather is stormy.\n\nIf you pop-up the internal flash, there's no way to put it back down, you'll need to turn off the flash with the controls if you don't want the flash to fire on some pics. Be careful with the yellow o-ring since that's vital for keeping water out at depth. Make sure it's clean, don't let salt dry on it if possible, and take it out occasionally to lubricate it with the included silicone grease.\n\nI added a moisture muncher capsule to it, it fits perfectly alongside the barrel between a screw post and a rib. It's the perfect length so it doesn't get crushed or squeezed. They are available on Amazon in 10 packs in a ziplock type bag. These are a necessity if you dive with the camera, otherwise the lens glass may fog up.\n\nAlso be aware it's positively buoyant, it'll float to the surface if you let go. If you want it to be neutral, there are weights available from Canon, but I've never used them.","Product: The BVU165LT USB Display Adapter provides easy plug and play additional displays to your laptop or desktop computers with resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 and 1920 x 1080 (wide). With the BVU165LT you can mirror or extend any display in any direction. This USB powered display device is fully integrated into the Windows operating system and is fully managed by the Windows Control Panel interface. The BVU165LT allows easy plug and play installation and can determine the type, resolutions and key features of your display, ensuring a fast, easy, and error free setup.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Works but some limitations\n\nReview: This works and provides you with a low cost, USB connected, video \"card\" to plug a 2nd monitor into. I use it on a Mac (MBP late 2011) running 10.8.1 and now, 10.8.2 and am driving a Dell 24\" widescreen LCD with it.\n\nUsing the 1.8 and 2.0 drivers, this adapter works well enough, but either OS X or the driver creates a few weird problems with displaying and managing 2 monitors working as a single logical desktop. I stack my 2 monitors (the other running off the built-in displayport/DVI interface) in landscape mode so the space was 1920x2160). No matter what I do, having a window that displayed across both (i.e. a tall window in FF or MS Word) would cause the Mac to resize the window back to a single monitor any time the window was moved. Very frustrating and I suspect it's OS X that's doing it, although I can't really prove it. I tried running both monitors in portrait mode but the Mac/OS X seems likes that even less with some image drawing problems and these screens I'm using aren't IPS so that added some viewing angle problems to the mix.\n\nAnother problem with this adapter is the lag of the image created through the limited bandwidth of the USB 2 interface. It's small but noticeable. Small video windows are fine (like Youtube in the default small or medium size) but anything larger starts to look a little like a slide show. Same with dragging windows around on the desktop provided by this card, they jump instead of moving smoothly. The jumping windows isn't a big deal but combined with the video playback and the inability to treat the workspace as a single area, it's a little frustrating, but may be the only option short of upgrading to the Retina Macs with HDMI and DP video plugs.\n\nNote that this adapter isn't made by Diamond, they resell it with their own branding - It's made by Displaylink and you will need to D/L the Mac SW from their website. Do a Google search for the Displaylink drivers for Mac to get the latest and check the OS compatibility for your version of OS X.","Product: Introducing SanDisk Extreme Plus microSDXC UHS-I card, the perfect companion for your newest Smartphone or Tablet. Get the performance that keeps up with your active lifestyle. Move your data fast, take better pictures and video, plus get more room to capture and share your passion. Available in storage capacities from 16 GB to 64 GB you'll have room for apps, music, files, and sharing all the action without worrying about running out of storage space. With both UHS Speed Class 1 (U1) and Class 10 video recording ratings you'll be ready to enjoy the highest quality Full HD video (1080p), which requires more performance than ordinary memory cards can handle. With SanDisk Extreme Plus microSDXC UHS-I card, you will be ready.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fast! (on a Mac)\n\nReview: Using a MacBook Pro 15 (retina) and the Sandisk included adapter to SD I saw transfer speeds peaking at 45MBps (yes, that's a big \"B\"). I'm booting my Mac to Windows 7 and using Teracopy to monitor copy (write) speeds of real files from the SSD to this memory card. These are real-world numbers. I ran a comparison test using the same source files with a regular \"Sandisk Extreme\" (non-Plus) and a Lexar USB3 64GB thumbdrive and got 35MBps speeds when writing to those. That is the rated speed for those cards.\n\nI'm using this memory card in my Samsung Note 3 phone running Android 4.4.2 and I haven't confirmed the speed of transfer to the phone but have heard that KitKat may cap the throughput to 35MBps, so it may not make sense to get this higher speed memory if that's your only use or you need the 45MBps, at least until the higher speed is re-enabled in Android. However, playing back full 1080p videos from this card to on the phone shows no problems and the access times to random spots in the videos is very responsive. These are 3.5-4GB files. It \"feels\" faster than the Patriot 32GB card I replaced.\n\nTime will tell if this card is reliable, but I've had very good luck with Sandisk memory and I would expect this to hold up well. I'll provide any updates if that changes.","Product: No Discription entered\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Solid performing AP that's easy to setup.\n\nReview: Very easy to setup. I only installed one so far and did some speed tests. Using Ookla I was getting 125Mbps using a wired connection to my HP switch. Going wireless with this AP I got just over 100Mbps. Not too bad. I'm using a MacBook Pro 15 from late 2013 and my Internet connection is the 125Mbps connection from Comcast.\n\nThe setup application uses Java and works well enough. Setup is easy but I tried to 'cowboy\" it at first and needed to do a factory reset on the AP and try again before it worked. Just make sure to read the dialog boxes (I didn't the first time). So far it's great and I'll be buying 3 outdoor APs and a 2nd indoor AC AP to make sure I have good coverage around the house and yard.\n\nIt's nice these APs come with the POE injectors, although that requires an additional AC plug for the injector near the switch. The 24 port fanless HP switch I have doesn't do POE and my Juniper EX2200c has a few ports that stopped working, so I'm stuck with the HP switch for now. I don't want to use the Ubiquity Edgeswitch 24 (ES-24-250W) switch, although it does do POE, the Edgeswitch isn't fanless and the network gear is all in an open rack in our master closet, so I'm going for quiet. Maybe if I needed 10G uplinks or L3 routing, but I just need a high density L2 switch and I already had the HP.\n\nAnyway, these Ubiquity APs are nice. Very clean and low profile design. The square design is a little different, but only the AC model is square. The inner swuare has LED backlights that can be, white or blue and signal different conditions.\n\nFast and easy setup and they appear well made.","Product: This ultra-low-profile, high-performance drive fits snugly into your host devices and safely stays there-nothing to stick out or break off. Leave it in place as a stays-put storage boost of up to 64GB. When it's time to move your content it happens fast, up to ten times faster than a standard USB 2.0 drive1. You can transfer a full-length movie in less than 40 seconds2. Play your music collection from your car audio system for that long road trip, or carry your family vacation photos with you. Not only does SanDisk Ultra Fit fit your on-the-go, multi-device lifestyle, it makes it safe to carry and share your content. The included SanDisk Secure Access software3 provides 128-bit file encryption and password protection for your private files while leaving the rest of the drive available for sharing.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Good memory, nice small package and decent performance.\n\nReview: Very shot memory stick. I used this in my car to provide music playback. I looked specifically for a short memory stick since I would be leaving this plugged into the car's USB plug almost full time. This way it won't catch things and snag.\n\nSanDisk makes good memory and has been in the business for years. Yes, sometimes there are bad individual untis, sometimes I'm sure there are even bad batches, but overall I've been very happy with Sandisk memory (I have CF, SD micro SD and USB formats from them) and this mini thumb drive in specific fit's the needs I have for storage in my car. I don't need super fast memory, so I haven't tested that aspect, but USB3 speeds should be good enough for most general purpose storage needs and transferring songs to this memory stick on my computer (MBP 15+retina, late 2013) was quick enough that I didn't have to worry about transfer rates. I'm sure there are other reviews that have those numbers posted. For me, it was good enough.","Product: QNAP TS-253 Pro 2-Bay Professional-grade NAS, Intel 2.0GHz Quad Core CPU with Media Transcoding. Intel Celeron Quad Core 2.0GHz, 2GB DDR3L RAM (max 8GB), SATA 6Gb/s, 2 Giga LAN, Read 224MB/s, Write 222MB/s,, hardware transcoding, HDMI out with XBMC, Virtualization Station, Surveillance Station, max 1 UX expansion unit\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fast NAS, quiet and feature rich!\n\nReview: So far this NAS is great. I've had it 2 weeks now, so not a lot of run time yet, but setup was super easy, it took about 10 mins to install 4 4TB Seagate NAS drives (ST4000VN000). There have been 2 firmware updates already, so there are probably some stability issues lurking with the original software, but I haven't experienced them yet. I'm replacing an old ReadyNAS NV+ and the speed difference is night and day! Directories load very quickly (using a single GE link right now and connecting through wireless at 150Mbps (2 MIMO) speeds at the laptop. I've setup a Time Machine partition and have 2 MAc laptopns (OS X 10.9.5) backing up to it. I also had the ReadyNAS push the directories of 60K+ pictures and 900MBs of music over without any problems, although it took a long time to complete.\n\nIn terms of noise, it's very quiet. I haven't measured the DBs but the fans are spinning at low speed, around 400 RPMs and the drives are very quiet too. My only complaint is that with the original firmware the SSD that I'm using (OCZ Deneva 2 250G) isn't recognized correctly. It reports an overtemp but says the drive is OK. I don't think it's reading the registers correctly and that may be the reason I can't use it for SSD cache. I just upgraded to the current firmware this morning and the drive can now be see by the cache settings, so hopefully that's resolved.\n\nI haven't tested Plex yet since I use a Mac Mini as my Plex server for faster transcoding, but will eventually migrate to this NAS for that too since it has the extra cores (and is the reason for purchasing this over the lower CPU models).\n\nSo far, this has been a very positive experience.\n\nThe packaging that Amazon used was very low quality cardboard and the shipping container arrived fairly banged and torn. There was a lot of tape added to hold the cardboard together, I assume UPS added that. Thankfully the packing from QNAP was only slightly damaged on the outside but the Styrofoam packing inside did it's job and there's no visible damage to the NAS itself. Come on Amazon! Please use better packing for $1100 electronics!","Product: The Garmin Fenix 3 provides so much information that it's ideal for runners, hikers, cyclists, swimmers, skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers, endurance athletes, and the list goes on. And if you think that it stops at speed, distance, calories burned, location, and GPS-tracking, you'll be excited to know that it even counts elevation gain, how many ski runs you've done, how your swim stroke looks, and even ... how soundly you are sleeping. If that isn't like having your own personal coach, we don't know what is. And you'll always be able to see the numbers because Garmin uses a high-resolution, sunlight-visible, Chroma display. Inside of this seemingly innocuous looking stainless steel housing is an EXO+ GPS and GLONASS antenna that is the point of departure for all the location marking and more advanced route-planning features of the Fenix. Besides the location finding, the Fenix goes a step further to ensure you're always connected with email, text, and even stock alerts delivered to your wrist. Once your workout is complete, data upload is instant.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Great activity watch, screen isn't as bright as others but very usable but 2+ week battery!\n\nReview: Lets get this out of the way first, battery life is great. It should last a full 2 weeks! I'm finishing the 1st week and still have plenty of charge remaining (~60%). No need to charge every day! I'm wearing the watch 24x7 to monitor my pulse and sleep habits and it's perfect. The \"Connect\" app on my android phone syncs with the watch and tracks everything nicely. Stair climbs, calories, steps, sleep and heart rate all sync and give you a convenient weekly summary. I have had a few sleep nights of sleep data not log correctly, not sure why that is, I'm wondering if taking the watch off to take a shower in the AM is causing the activity not to upload. The watch has the data but the app doesn't receive it... so I think it's a SW bug and -1 star. However, I've now disabled Samsung Health in favor of Garmin Connect. It also does the usual buzz on text messages, alarms, calendar events etc, which is fine, but not that important for me, although it does a double buzz every few hours when I'm at my desk to remind me to move!\n\nI think the only complaint I have is the screen is not as bright as I'd like for indoors, however it stays on the entire time which is much nicer compared to Apple or Samsung Gear watches that require a wrist twist to trigger the screen. The backlight is good enough indoors when you need it and the screen is very good in sunlight which it's really designed for. With the GPS tracking built in it should be perfect for mountain biking or later this ski season to track my runs (and it has a ski tracker app built in to not track time on the lifts!). One other really nice thing is the customization. There are tons of watch \"faces\" you can download for free and have your perfect watch (digital or analog, fancy or plain, whatever colors you want for hands, faces, 24 hour/GMT hand, battery, Bluetooth, date etc). There are literally hundreds of screen layouts and most can be further customized with the app on the phone.\n\nI was a little unsure about how much I liked the watch at first due to the dim screen, but I have really grown to like this watch and don't miss the super bright screens on other watches and definitely don't miss having to charge the watch every day. You can go on 2 week vacations and not have to bring a charger for your watch! Imagine that! It's too bad it doesn't have a solar charging screen like the Casio or Citizen watches but most of those don't have the other features this Garmin does (and not at the price point of this one). Very happy with it!","Product: With the Lightning to USB Camera Connector, it's incredibly easy to download photos and videos from your digital camera to your iPad with Retina display or iPad mini, so you can view them on the gorgeous iPad display and share them with family and friends. After you insert the SD Card into the reader, your iPad automatically opens the Photos app, which lets you choose which photos and videos to import, then organizes them into albums. When you sync iPad to your PC or Mac, the photos and videos on your iPad are added to your computer's photo library. The Lightning to USB Camera Connector supports standard photo formats, including JPEG and RAW, along with SD and HD video formats, including H.264 and MPEG-4.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Doesn't work s you might expect, needs a separate power source like a USB hub or self powered device that connects to the USB\n\nReview: I returned this. Connecting to my iPad Pro 9.7 the adapter couldn't read any USB drives or adapters for memory cards. The iPad reports an error saying it can't provide enough power. So the ability to mount a thumb drive to access it's content possible isn't possible.\n\nTo use this successfully you need to use a USB hub to plug into, between the iPad and thumb drive... it kind of defeats the small and portable nature of the iPad as a replacement computer. There is another cable/dongle option from Apple that has a second power adapter on it which may work better as long as you plug that into a power source (or batter) but at this point, it's pretty clear Apple wants you to bounce everything through iCloud. I had hoped to use this to edit flight videos on my iPad from the micro SD card from my drone, but that's not going to happen, I'll have to use a laptop instead.","Product: The UniFi AC LR AP features the Wi-Fi 802.11AC technology in a refined industrial design and is ideal for long-range deployment of high-performance wireless networks.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Easy to configure and use and a great AP.\n\nReview: Awesome AP! I got this for my cousin to replace his wireless AP that's built into his router. The range is great, a lot better than the built in one. Setup is very easy as long as you configure it by connecting your computer (laptop) to the wired network. I tried to configure it through wifi until I thought about what I was doing. Duh!\n\nThe configuration software is a separate download from the Ubiquiti web site and you'll likely also need to download the Java runtime software from Sun. Once these are in place and running, which is very easy to do, then setup of the AP is simple. If you have ever configured an AP (wireless or wifi setup), the configuration is very easy. Give it a name (SSID) configure it for a VLAN is you have one (home users probably don't). Then apply the settings and you're done. The management software will show you connected devices (guests and users) on the AP and will show you individual and aggregate traffic levels on the AP. Nice to know but not really necessary. After that, you really don't need the software unless you want to monitor the device.\n\nHowever if you have multiple APs in your location (e.g. one upstairs and one downstairs) then you probably want the management software to always be running, so you'll need some sort of machine running full time to host the software. It could be a VM on a NAS, a NUK or Mac Mini, or even a Raspberry Pi. Just check the recommendations if you are unsure. Windows, OS X, Linus are all supported.\n\nI've never had to contact Ubiquity support so I can't speak to that area. I installed these and configured them myself. I do know about networking and some about wireless networking, but it really is easy and only takes 15 mins or so to go fro the box to configured. Hanging it up will take a little longer, but the mounting hardware is well thought out too. It's one of the more trouble-free networking devices I've encountered.","Product: LUVVITT CLEAR GRIP iPad Pro 9.7 Case combines the clarity and high cushioning bumper protection with style. The result is a high-end, extremely durable protection without sacrificing the great look. This iPad Pro 9.7 case is very light and slim so you can enjoy your iPad Pro 9.7 inch without adding bulk and weight. Only compatible with iPad PRO 9.7 inch (2016). NOT compatible with iPad 9.7 regular version (2017-2018). Just the PRO version. NOT compatible with Smart Cover and Keyboard Cover or Keyboard Cover. ATTENTION: May not be compatible with screen protectors.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Overall it's a good design, but the power switch button bumper switch lacks feedback may be accidently activated.\n\nReview: Be aware that there are 2 models of the cover. This one does not have the cut-out for the smart cover or keyboard. There is one available that has the cutouts and I'll be reviewing that one in the next few days when it arrives.\n\nThe cover itself fits pretty snugly, although there is a very small amount of play when the iPad is inserted, it's very slight. Inserting the iPad is very easy since the case is flexible enough to be bent slightly backward at the corner to allow it to slip over the iPad.\n\nOverall this case/cover has a very good fit and certainly looks like it should protect against corner drops. Luckily I haven't tested the drop survive ability yet. If someone wants to send me a free iPad, I'll be happy to drop it with the case on to report of how well it protects the device :)\n\nThe cover itself is a flexible clear plastic that has a slightly soft/rubbery feel and is pretty thick on all 4 corners. There are stand-offs molded into the front and back to it doesn't put the screen in touch with the surface when it's lying face down on a desk, for example. The material is firm with a little give which means that you can hold it pretty well with one hand without it slipping but see my comment below regarding the grip areas. I don't recommend walking around holding a 9.7\" iPad by itself without a case like this on as the smooth and slippery back of an iPad is hard to hold without 2 hands unless you don't mind the risk is it slipping!\n\nThe cutouts on the case are all in their proper places for all the speaker holes, camera sensors and flash and both the volume buttons. This is where my complaints are with this case\n1) the case edges where the speakers are for the ipad pro 9.7 only have the wrap around edge holing on to the iPad. This means when you hold the iPad for reading or video watching (in landscape mode), if you end up holding it with any pressure on these unsupported areas, the case will slip around, in effect, falling off the edge of the iPad. It's a bit annoying but doesn't seem to stretch the plastic of the case or damage the iPad, so it's probably something to just \"deal with\".\n\n2) the power button does not have a cut out, instead you have to press down on the top edge of the cover, which has a structure that then presses down on the power switch. It sounds a little complicated but basically think of it as a large rubber button built into the corner and resting on the iPad's power switch. This power button thing is a little lacking in tactile feedback, but it does work. To my finger, I can't be certain the switch is being pressed, however the screen does go off when I do it so it must be working. However I was using the case on the iPad yesterday, holding it in landscape mode, watching a show on Netflix, and I must have been pressing the power button without realizing it... the iPad shut off. At first I thought I ran the battery down, but I must have been pressing the power since it powered back up right afterward showing 90% battery. The button really needs some feedback, but it's something you can learn to live with. By the way, if you get the case with the cut out and use the Apple Smart Cover or similar cover with a magnetic on/off mechanism, you don't really use the iPad's power switch any more, so this complaint goes away if you use that to turn on/off the iPad. Note that you need to make sure to order the correct Luvvitt case (with the Smart cover/keyboard cutout).\n\nThe grip area on the back of the case isn't displayed well in the product photos, but the ridges are rounded on the top and not small. to me it feels like I don't have as good of a grip as I would like on an $800 iPad. They provide decent grip, however the ridges run from front to back (horizontal ridges if the iPad is held in portrait mode). I think if the ridges ran from top to bottom (vertically when the iPad is held in portrait mode) of the grip area it might provide a better area to hold on to, but since it does work, that may be an aesthetic design consideration, over a functional one. Maybe a waffle pattern would feel more secure, but the pits between the ridges might collect too much dirt. I'd prefer a slightly better grip though.","Product: With Rocketboost and 2.4GHz wireless technologies for reduced wireless interference, this sender/receiver and weather-resistant wireless speaker make it easy to equip your home theater or audio component system for crystal-clear wireless listening outdoors.\n\nWhat's Included\n\n * Rocketfish 2.4GHz Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Speaker with Wireless Sender/Receiver (1 speaker)\n * 2 DC-to-AC adapters\n * 6' 3.5mm auxiliary cable\n * 6' 3.5mm-to-stereo RCA cable\n * Owner's manual\n\nProduct Features\n\n * 2.4GHz, 22-watt wireless speaker with up to 164' wireless range\n Allows you to enjoy wireless digital audio from your Rocketfish wireless sender/receiver-equipped home theater or audio system.\n * Wireless sender/receiver\n Wirelessly connects the speaker to your system to expand your home theater setup and supports transmitting audio from an audio device to a wireless-enabled system for listening to your favorite tunes.\n * Auxiliary audio input and output on sender/receiver\n Allow easy connection of a single speaker, or of up to 2 speakers using the included 3.5mm-to-stereo RCA audio adapter. Also supports connecting an MP3 player, CD player or other audio device.\n * Weather-resistant speaker design\n Withstands the elements for added durability.\n * 4 ohms woofer impedance, 8 ohms tweeter impedance\n Conducts power through the speakers.\n * Flexible power options\n Sender/Receiver requires DC-to-AC adapter (included). Speaker may be powered using the included DC-to-AC adapter or 8 alkaline or NiMH C batteries (not included).\n * Remote\n Allows you to control sound levels from across a room.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: It's a workable solution but I will keep looking\n\nReview: Out of curiosity, and trying to provide some decent sound for my outdoor theater, I picked up one of these speakers today from my local Best Buy for $189.99. Please be aware that the Rocketfish brand is the Best Buy house brand and distributed by Best Buy, so don't expect to see these speakers or other Rocketfish products in too many other places.\n\nOut of the box and running off the AC adapters, the blue LEDs were flashing on both the hub and speaker, so after a quick check in the manual, I held down the power buttons to join the speaker to the transmitter. Easy enough, but not quite plug and play.\n\nI got this speaker to allow us to watch movies outside with our projector displaying on a 200\" screen on the side of the house while we sit in the hot tub. While it does work, this speaker is mono. This is a $400 solution for stereo sound and $800 to get 4 speakers (not surround, just stereo) around the viewing area. For that money I'm going to keep looking to see if I can find reasonable outdoor PA speakers or other powered stereo speakers. Don't expect to do a surround system with them there is no optical in (toslink/SPDIF) or sound processing/decoder. The best you can do is stereo, which, honestly, for an outdoor 'theater' is acceptable. Indoors is a different matter though and I wouldn't consider this for an indoor solution.\n\nVolume level is ok. The volume really depends on the source material's output level. If the source is low, these don't have enough power to really turn up the loudness. The single speaker is 22 watts so it's about double what our Epson 3020 projector has onboard.\n\nSome minor concerns: There are some really weird grammar mistakes in the users guide and they make the mistake of saying a \"DC to AC adapter\" in several places. They have that backwards. It seems like the users guide wasn't proof-read or edited by proficient English speakers or technical people. Those sort of errors bother me since I usually associate those types of mistakes with cheap imports. I expect more when spending this kind of money.\n\nA greater concern is, when checking the Rocketfish web site, they show the wireless speaker alone (without the hub) is already discontinued, so to expand the system you will need to get the $190 speaker and hub pair. I'm not encouraged by that.\n\nI think my biggest complaint about the system is the power bricks (wall warts). There is one each for the speaker (when not using batteries) and the receiver/hub. They're cheap, with thin power leads. Maybe if this was a stationary installation it would be ok, but for a mobile solution I suspect the wire won't survive for long and replacing the adapters could be difficult.\n\nFinally, the remote isn't waterproof. So, while the speaker will be ok with the occasional splash or drip, keep the liquid away from the remote! That's a strange design decision/oversight to me for an outdoor speaker solution.","Product: Break though traditional desktop workspace limitations with the Vid-2X. Sapphire's Vid-2X is a neat little device that allows two monitors to be connected to a single Display Port output. Several Vid-2X external graphics adapters can be used to create advanced multiple monitor configurations.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A very good way to do multiple monitors on a Mac\n\nReview: I had been using a USB video solution on my MBP 15 (late 2011 model) and it was laggy since USB 2 isn't really fast enough for a large monitor, so on the recommendation of a co-worker, I got one of these to replace the USB solution. This Sapphire expander works very well, no lag and it makes the 2 monitors appear as 1 to the operating system, which helps avoid some other problems with OS X.\n\nI use 2 Dell 24\" widescreen monitors (1920x1080 each) to have a single desktop space that spans both monitors. This allows me to also use the built in screen giving me 3 screens of space to work on.\n\nBe aware that Apple OS X wasn't really designed for lots of screens. I don't recommend running applications in \"full screen mode\" with multiple monitors (built in panel and an external screen) as you will get the gray background pattern on one or the others, whichever is not displaying the application. But that's Apple's weirdness, not Sapphire's fault. This also won't allow you to stack vertically (screen on top of the other for a tall display). It's designed to provide 2 landscape screens.\n\nUpdate October 2013: If you upgrade to Mavericks you may have problems. The Vid2 is not being supported correctly on my MBP15 (late 2011). While is does work, the resolution has dropped so the screen is no longer running in 'native' mode. Everything on the dual displays is now blurry due to anti-aliasing caused by the incorrect screen resolution. The Mac is only detecting 3200x1200 or 2560x1024 for the video options. The 'native' resolution should be 3840x1080.\n\nThis is a 5 star device if you run Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8.x), but only a 2 star device right now on Mavericks (OS X 10.9.0). This isn't a problem with Sapphire, it's an Apple bug since they don't detect the correct resolution, but it makes using this device less desirable right now.","Product: Interchangeable Lens System, Rhyno-Tuff Air Frames, Venting, Cushinol, Cam Action Hinges, Mastoid Temple Grip, Flex Metal Nosepad System.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Nice glasses, very versitile\n\nReview: I got these from Any Mountain last year, with a set of the light and dark lenses and they are perfect for a variety of activities. The light lenses are perfect for going shooting as they are distortion free and polarized, reducing glare. i use them for doing some yard work too, although they aren't safety glasses, so they probably won't stop big stuff from hitting your eyes. The dark lenses are better for bright days, when riding a bicycle or running. It's really nice to have the option. The frames are light, fit well (narrow oval face) and don't bounce around on your face.\n\nThey include a semi hard case which has an extra pocket for the other lens set, making it convenient to quickly change lenses depending on the conditions.\n\nI usually prefer Maui Jims and have 4 sets of them in different cars for driving, but the Jim's sport frames have cracked the lens 3 times since they use the lens as part of the frame. It's nice that Maui Jim's will repair the glasses, but they shouldn't crack, so that's bad design. There's no cracked lens concern with these Native's. The lens is hung along the top edge from the frame, allowing the lens to be interchangeable.\n\nThe poly lens have also proven to be pretty scratch resistant. Not as good as glass, but as good as any other poly lens I've experienced in the past 20 years.","Product: 10 MP infrared LED illumination with 1280 x 720 HD video option. Features a 100' nighttime flash range. Zero Blur technology helps eliminate motion blur from moving animals. Has a Time-lapse Plus camera mode with IR triggered images. Fast 0.67 second trigger speed. Requires (6) AA batteries (not included). Includes Browning Buck Watch Time-lapse viewer software. Dimensions: 4.5\" x 3.25\" x 2.5\".\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Defective power switch design or condensation leads to early failure of the switch, unit won't turn off.\n\nReview: A great way to observe the wildlife in an area of interest. I got this to see what was going on with some small animal that was burrowing under our house's foundation. Of all the options of trail/game cameras out there, I decided to go with this one based on other reviews and being from a brand that I know. Well, it worked like a charm. Left it out overnight after receiving it yesterday and sure enough, I have identified the critter I need to deal with. I won't go into those detail since some people wil have differing opinions on the best way to handle this situation.\n\nIn any case, I can say that setting up the trail camera was fairly intuitive. I didn't read the manual, which I will eventually get around to, but setting the date, setting the image quality and setting the mode were easy to figure out. I had it setup in about 5 mins and aimed at my target area. As you can see from the images, the little rat is clearly visible both climbing the retaining wall and sitting there figuring out what to do as I had blocked the place he had been digging out. This area is in complete darkness (we live in the country) and the illumination is provided only by the camera. It was about 4 feet away from the wall aiming up where I figured the critter's trail was.\n\nOverall this is a solid feeling camera, with no visible glow from the IR LEDs. It's weather proof via a door in the front that opens the lower front half to access the backlight LCD screen and the various buttons (menu, enter, up, down, left and right). There is also an on/off switch so you know that it's actually turned off (or on). The cover also hides the SD card slot, a micro USB port, a TV out port and the battery tray ejector switch.\n\nTurning on the unit, it immediately starts up and you can see a count down on the LCD screen. This is the arming countdown, so you don't end up with a memory card full of your smiling face as you finish up the setup/activation.\n\nThe package includes a strap so you can wrap it around a tree and the instruction manual. There's also a lock loop so you can lock the door closed, but since it's a plastic case, I only see this as a deterrent to tampering or deactivating it. On the bottom there is a screw thread, so you could tripod mount it, there's also a pair of slots to you can stake the camera to the ground, although the alignment would be sideways. Finally, there's also a water resistant cover on the bottom so you can remove the cover and power the camera from an external power source, however, since the battery lasts a long time (according to documentation and other reviews) that I'm not sure what the purpose would be, other than a semi-permanent installation for a field biologist.\n\nThis is the first game/trail camera I have used, but this seems very well thought out and seems to have anything a hunter or someone wanting to observe wildlife would need.\n\nUpdate 2/11/17\nAfter jsut over a month, the on/off switch has stopped working, it stays on all the time now. I now have to remove the batter pack to turn it off. The switch has been used maybe 20 times, probably closer to a dozen. I don't believe any water has entered the unit either as the door has been latched closed. I wonder if maybe condensation formed inside the unit after bringing the camera indoors, however I would have expected the water to evaporate after a time and the switch would work correctly again. I think the switch is faulty or poorly designed, leading to an early failure. It still works but this is annoying to have to remember to pull the pack out to turn it off.","Product: The miniPRO is not a hoverboard-it's the next step in the evolution of personal transportation. Powered by Ninebot technology, the miniPRO is a hands-free, two-wheel electric scooter with safer features, higher speeds, and longer battery life. The miniPRO is built to easily traverse a variety of indoor and outdoor terrains.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Fun but limited (speed and power draw). Still looking for a good use case.\n\nReview: If you haven't ridden a hover board, then this must seem strange, however if you are already familiar with hover boards, then the Segway Mini is a massive (literally and figuratively) step forward. First off, it's much larger than the low cost things that were swamping the market a few years ago. Secondly, it's much higher quality than the cheap imports, although this is also from China. It has pneumatic tires that soak up a lot of the small bumps, although they show up under inflated out of the box - so check that on yours!. It has software that let's you remotely control it and track your activities and range on it. The software also gives you feed back on battery demand, speed (although not of the same screen) and also provides you with a training process so you don't hurt yourself. You don't need the software to use it, but the information it provides is very helpful. The Segway miniPro is a very fun thing, however there are some issues that hold me back from giving it a 5 star review:\n\n1) it doesn't track me and my activity separately from that of my daughters. It could benefit from a \"multi user\" awareness. I don't know how they would implement it, there are probably at least 2 or 3 ways they could do this, but as it stands today, it's designed as a single user device\n\n2) the power draw when going up a hill. We admittedly live on a steep hill, but even going up my driveway, which isn't very steep, triggers the over current draw alarm and it backs down the power. It's really designed with flat terrain in mind, so hills just aren't part of the design spec. They have something in the notes about >15% grades being too slippery, but anything approaching 15% triggers the dreaded beeping and the back-off mode (slows you down). It pretty much beeps the entire way up my hill, but will carry me up it, although much slower than it can deliver on flat areas.\n\n3) going down a hill works, it can brake/slow down and so on, but the unit is super twitchy when doing this. It seems like there should be some automatic way to dial out the sensitivity so small left/right turns don't throw you off it.\n\n4) Every so often the unit freaks out when I dismount and it will spin the wheels madly (full speed). I'm probably putting too much weight forward even though the unit stays level when I do this. I just have to catch it and lift it up for a few seconds and it will stop the needless wheel spin.\n\nOther than that, it's very fun to scoot around on. We (me and my daughter) use it to get the mail and just play with. I don't really have a good \"use case\" for it, although I'm seriously considering bringing it into the office to help get around our new campus faster, however the \"nerd factor\" is something to consider when zooming around on this while dressed in a suit. For some reason I think the full scale Segway would be more appropriate on a work campus.","Product: Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: decent disc for showing off all the latest 4K/HDR/Atmos tech\n\nReview: great disc for Atmos demo. The sceens in the engine room when Kirk is speaking to the crew about the planned mission to capture the criminal (no spoilers) are a great use of the above channels. General bridge noises (beeps and chatter) from all the surrounds and when they are on the bridge, Kirk is only speaking through the front center channel, but in the engine room, his voice is from one of the above channels in one scene, and the other above channel in another scene. The other speakers are engine and equipment noises from engineering. It was quite unexpected to hear that level of separation in my home theater! Very cool.\n\nHRD on this disc is ok, I personally don't see a huge difference most of the time. My TV is an LG 4K OLED and does show the \"HDR On\" message at the beginning of playback. The amplifier is a Pioneer SC-97 and shows \"Dolby Atmos\" on the display during playback. Speakers are in a 7.2.4 setup. The BD player is the Samsung KM-85c.\n\nI like this disc and the movie, but personally prefer to see this in 3D on my projector at 120\" with active shutter glasses. That is awesome! Too bad the rest of the 4K generation tech features aren't compatible with 3d yet. So I have both the HD and UHD versions.\n\nAll working as it's supposed to!","Product: Best Buy (USA) Exclusive limited edition.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fun movie, good music and original story line\n\nReview: It starts off with a real tear jerker scene but quickly moves on to become a fun movie and probably one of the best from Marvel. The music is good and the humor is grown up and in character. This is an action sci-fi type movie, There is a little crossover with the Thor movies, but only a tiny bit, so don't worry if you didn't like them, but it does make for some fun speculation as to what's to come. There is also a sequel planned, which is good since this was a good movie. About the only complaint I have is the cameos for Stan Lee are getting too obvious and it's really obvious he must have a clause inthe license that he must appear in every movie from Marvel.","Product: From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with an uneasy truce with a quarter of disparate misfits Rocket, a gun-toting racoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Peter discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand with the galaxys fate in the balance.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fun movie, good music and original story line\n\nReview: It starts off with a real tear jerker scene but quickly moves on to become a fun movie and probably one of the best from Marvel. The music is good and the humor is grown up and in character. This is an action sci-fi type movie, There is a little crossover with the Thor movies, but only a tiny bit, so don't worry if you didn't like them, but it does make for some fun speculation as to what's to come. There is also a sequel planned, which is good since this was a good movie. About the only complaint I have is the cameos for Stan Lee are getting too obvious and it's really obvious he must have a clause inthe license that he must appear in every movie from Marvel.","Product: From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team-the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits-Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand-with the galaxy's fate in the balance.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fun movie, good music and original story line\n\nReview: It starts off with a real tear jerker scene but quickly moves on to become a fun movie and probably one of the best from Marvel. The music is good and the humor is grown up and in character. This is an action sci-fi type movie, There is a little crossover with the Thor movies, but only a tiny bit, so don't worry if you didn't like them, but it does make for some fun speculation as to what's to come. There is also a sequel planned, which is good since this was a good movie. About the only complaint I have is the cameos for Stan Lee are getting too obvious and it's really obvious he must have a clause inthe license that he must appear in every movie from Marvel.","Product: The CyberPower CPH320AP Charging Dock and 3-Port USB Hub includes a built-in Apple iPod/iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S port for easy and convenient charging. It also comes with a 3 port USB hub for connecting devices, such as flash drives, mobile phones and digital cameras. The hub is compatible with computers with Windows 2000, XP or Vista, Windows 7 and Mac OS X 9, OS X 10.1 or later. A lifetime limited warranty ensures the CPH320AP Power Port Charging Dock and 3-1 USB Hub is free of defects in design, assembly, material or workmanship.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Good 7 port USB 2.0 hub!\n\nReview: ok, so this is only a USB 2.0 hub, not a 3.0 hub, but if your computer only supports USB 2 then this is all you need. Plug count/location is as follows:\n\nAlong the left and right sides (3 per side) It has 6 USB female type A receptacles (this is the bigger USB connector you normally find on a PC)\nOn the front near the bottom, there is a 7th USB type A receptacle (at the bottom of the unit when it's in the stand) a USB mini type A receptacle (to connect the hub to the computer)\nand finally on the left side there's a power input for the external power supply.\n\nI've had this hub in use for almost a year now and it's held up very well to multiple plug/unplug cycles. The blue LED at the top is unnecessary to indicate power as there are the other green LEDs for each port. I've used the plugs for keyboards, mice, HDDs and thumb drives. I've never had any problems.\n\nOverall it a solid and small hub and recommended if all you need is USB 2.0 and up to 7 plugs.","Product: Introduction: Wireless charge is the most popular technology in 2013.One advantage of wireless charging is with a pad on your desk, you can get quick opportunity charges here and there without having to remember to plug in all the time, just drop the phone on the pad when you sit down. Compatible to: Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 / LTE I9305 / T-Mobile T999 / Sprint LTE L710 / Verizon I535 / AT&T LTE I747 How to use: 1. Pop the back off the phone. Place the receiver onto the phone battery. Make sure the contacts match precisely before tear the sticker off. 2. Peel the double sided tape strip, line up the contacts with the receiver contacts on the phone, and stick the device down to the phone's battery. The receiver contacts have gold-plated 'bumps' to ensure good connection to the phone. Double check to make sure they are lined up right. Then put the back cover back on the phone. 3. To charge- drop the phone on any Qi compatible charger pad and walk away. That's it. Specification: Dimension63 x 46 x 1.1mm Net weight8 +/- 2.5g Input Power>= 3.5W OutputDC5V/650mA (Max) Charging currentDC5V/500mA (Max) Charging time5 +/- 0.5 hrs Reaction temperature-10 ~ 40 Centigrade Working heat up range<= 20 Centigrade (ambient temperature <= 25 Centigrade) Working ambient humidity<= 80% Working life Charge & discharge 4000 times Package Content: 1 x SainSonic QI Standard Wireless Charger Receiver Tag for Samsung S3 Note: A Qi-compatible charger is needed to go with this product, which is not include in the package.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Simple but it works. No instructions included but easy enough to figure out.\n\nReview: Fits in the phone, under the OEM cover, without any problems. It will create a small bulge in the OEM cover, which may cause some cases to have slight fitment problems. We have a cheap 2 piece hard plastic cover we picked up at a mall kiosk, and it just barely fits together now.\n\nBe aware that if you use a magnetic mount phone holder in your car (e.g. Infiniapps or imagnet) then don't use a wireless charger. The metal plate you use to hold the phone on the magnet will interfere with the wireless charging and may get excessively hot if you try to make it work. I recommend using one or the other, but not both.\n\nOtherwise, this wireless charger works well and fits nicely. It connects to the 2 charging points inside the Samsung S3 phone's battery compartment, has a small adhesive tab to help hold it in place inside the phone and it works. It doesn't come with any instructions, but it's straight forward to install:\n1) Open the phone's battery cover and locate the 2 copper colored metal tabs one the phone next to the battery.\n2) on the wireless charger, pull back the cover for the matching 2 metal connectors on the tab. On my Sainsonic antenna it was glossy black paper-like cover on the connector of the antenna\n3) align the 2 metal contacts on the wireless antenna with the 2 matching points near the battery on the phone\n4) test fit your cover and case to make sure it all fits back together\n5) if everything is good fit-wise, then open the phone again and remove the small paper cover (on the antenna) that covers a small sticky patch which will hold the antenna in place on the battery. Don't try to peel open the antenna, it's just a small patch of adhesive on the antenna. Press the antenna in place, making sure to align the connection points again.\n6) reassemble the cover and case and that's it, you're now ready to enjoy wireless charging.","Product: Simplify your life or business with Samsung TecTiles (5-Pack), Programmable Near Field Communication Tags. Inexpensive and easy to use, the Samsung TecTiles Programmable NFC Tags can be customized to launch apps, send text messages, share contact information, change phone settings and more, allowing you to create the TecTiles you need. Once you create a TecTile, place the Samsung TecTile Programmable Tag in the location you desire and you're done. When you're ready to use the TecTile just tap it with your phone and your command will be completed.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: These are stamp size stickers that hold instructions for your phone to read via NFC. Fun stuff!\n\nReview: If you need NFC tags, these are perfect. They're postage stamp sized sickers with a paper front and the metallic back and come in a cardboard book with all 5 stickers on a clear plastic strip. To read the sticker (or program it), you hold your device very close to the sticker (2-3 centimeters) and you will get a confirmation beep for the read or write.\n\nThe tags themselves are just that, a tag. It's what instructions you program them with that makes the difference. The Samsung app for their Galaxy phones has a reasonable assortment of the basic phone control options as well as things like contact information and music player controls.\n\nA simple example of how to use these would be to have one tag at your desk, one in you car and one at home.\n\nUse tag at home to turn off bluetooth (save battery), change the ringer volume and set the display timeout.\nUse the car tag to start a GPS/nav app, turn on the ringer, turn on bluetooth, turn off wifi and set a long display/lock timeout\nUse the desk tag to set your ringer to vibrate, turn on wifi and start your mail app\n\nYou get the idea.\n\nThere are 2 free Samsung apps to program the TecTiles on the Google Play store, both from 2013. There doesn't seem to be too much difference between them, so I'm not sure why they released 2. You should download both to see what options are available to you before you buy these tags.\n\nThese tags will work with any NFC enabled device. Apple idevices don't support NFC, they have ibeacon which is used in retail environments to track your movements and allow for targeted advertising... that's a little different though.\n\nIf you plan to program these tags from onedevice (e.g. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 phone) and use it with a different device, (e.g. Samsung Galaxy S3 or Nexus 7), be aware that the programming appears to be device specific and may not work as you hope. For example, I programmed a tag with my Note 3 and then read the tag with my wife's S3. the S3 read the tag but didn't execute the turn on wifi, turn off nluetooth instructions. It showed a screen indication it read the command though. I will have to install the TecTile app on her phone to try again since I suspect the actual instructions stored on the tag are not \"turn off wifi\" but more like a register value being set for that option (e.g. poke 1 0x12345678).","Product: Now shipping newly reinforced design for even stronger performance with patented broad spectrum magnetic system that ensures strong mounting while keeping mobile devices safe. We made our number 1, top rated, phone mount even better. The Original Patented InfiniApps Slyde CD Mount for Smartphones is an innovative approach to mounting. Simple and seamless with our patent pending system, just hover your smartphone near the magnetic mounting face and instantly set it securely in place. Snap on, snap off. Amazingly fast one-handed operation makes any mounting and dismounting action effortless and quick. Slyde CD mount is also Cradle-less with no view obstructing brackets that requires both set of hands to mount on/off. Our high friction material coupled with precision magnetic force keeps the phone in place, even through a rough ride. Patent Pending magnetic mounting system provides the easiest and quickest on/off action. Mount the phone at a blink of an eye, no pressing, no wedging, no gripping, etc... dismount the phone at a blink of an eye. Just take it and go! It is virtually an automatic operation. Designed and assembled in Silicon Valley California. USA Patent granted, please beware of similar looking inferior products that may be in patent violation. We work hard to bring you genuine and innovative solutions to help make your life a bit more convenient. *** Your purchase includes 1 x Slyde CD Mount + 2 x High Carbon Metal Insert Plates (one with tape for securing application and one without tape for maximum thinness or tight fitting application). *** Don't have a CD player in your car? We have a perfect solution for you, web search \"InfiniApps miniSTAND\"\". We have been designing and selling magnetic smartphone and tablet mounts/ stands for many years.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great way to keep the phone handy and accessible\n\nReview: This is a very good mount for keeping your phone close at hand, accessible, and easy to grab when leaving the car. This is not a dock so it won't signal your phone to switch to car mode unless you use something like an NFC tag to change the phone mode. It does hold the phone in portrait or landscape mode nicely and the phone can use it's own screen rotation mode to give you the right view.\n\nIt comes with 2 metal plates to attach to your phone, although only 1 has an adhesive. The other is just the metal only. Either can be inserted between your phone and it's case (if you have one). I haven't tried putting the plate inside the battery door on a Samsung, but it might fit. However it seems like it would be better to avoid having metal near the battery and other electronics inside the phone case.\n\nAs the description already states, this mount fits into the CD slot of your dash mounted CD player. I've tested on a Buick Enclave with Nav (2010), Jeep Wrangler radio with Sat (2009), a BMW 330i (2014) and a VW Passat with Nav (2013) and all work perfectly. The screw on the bottom should be opened to allow the mount to fit in the slot then turned enough to hold the mount securely. Don't over-tighten since you may break the CD player slot or the mount. We have used the 2 plates on 2 different phones with cases: a Samsung 3S and a Samsung Note 3. I have a coworker who also uses his with an Apple iPhone 5s (with a case). Even the heavier Note 3 has no problem with bounce and holds securely over all on-road conditions.\n\nThe mount holds the phone securely with the magnetic part on the mount and the metal plate on the phone (or in it's case). On the road there is very little bounce, so reading the screen is easy, although please keep your eyes on the road when driving as there are lots of distracted drivers out there doing silly stuff in front of you already. Please don't be \"one of them\". ;)","Product: This product might seem simple. The production cost is actually very high. It takes multiple plastic injection molding and fusion to combine multiple different types of plastic for maximum durability, appearance and protection.\n\nThis is a miniature case that protects the sides of the phone. The raised edges does prevent the screen and back from scratches when you place it on the table. The materials are shock absorptive. So your phone should survive a mild drop or shock. However, if you are looking for a bulletproof case, this is definitely not for you.\n\nWe design every case with specific needs in mind. If you are not sure which item can serve you better, please contact us and we will recommend the best solution for you based on your needs.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: So far, so good. This is a reasonably durable product to add protection to your phone.\n\nReview: When I originally got my Galaxy Note 3 I got a nice protective case for it (Neo Hybrid). When I later put a wireless charging back on the Note 3 I experienced the same problem many users have who did the same. The Neo Hybrid case was designed for the slightly thinner non-wireless charging back and it no longer fit with the wireless back. Bummer.\n\nSo I carried around the phone for a few weeks hoping I wouldn't drop it.\n\nAfter checking around I decided to try this Bear Motion bumper, which only covers the edges of the phone, not the back or front (other than a very thin bit that wraps around both the front and back to keep the bumper in place).\n\nThis bumper is made for the Note 3, meaning all the openings are in the right places for the various speaker and microphones, buttons and IR port etc. The rubber buttons in the bumper for the power and volume are in the right place, although they're pretty stiff, so much so that at first I though they weren't aligned properly. I just need to press the buttons firmer than I was used to.\n\nThe case itself is a mix of hard and soft plastic. The soft plastic is the wrap around bit on the front and back edges of the phone and a few places along the bottom. The soft plastic doesn't cover the viewable edge of the screen, just the black masking on the edges of the screen by a few millimeters. The hard plastic is a little slippery and it covers the top and side edges and half of the bottom. The other half, where the pen, plug and speaker are is the soft plastic. There is a printed Bear Motion on the bottom side edge which will probably rub off but it's very subtle and won't be missed.\n\nThe headphone jack port hole in the bumper will handle smaller diameter jacks like those on the newer ipod headphones but does not fit older, large diameter jacks. The USB plug at the bottom isn't blocked for USB2 Micro or USB3 plugs, but the area around that port is the soft plastic and can be stretched a little to allow tight fits to work if needed. Access to the pen is reasonable, but larger fingers may struggle a little to hook a nail on the pen. One benefit is that with the bumper in place, the home button on the front edge is protected a little from accidental presses since it's below the edge of the bumper. It's not covered by the bumper, just below the height of the bumper. If you put the phone face/screen down the home button won't touch the desk. The phone will rest on the bumper, keeping the screen, button and top ear piece/speaker away from scratches.\n\nI haven't had a chance to test the protection by dropping my phone yet but it looks like it should protect the phone from normal drop heights where it hits the edges.\n\nMy only wish is that it was a bit thinner (reducing the width of the bumper) and didn't have slippery plastic on the edges. -1 star for that. Otherwise, this appears to be a good product and I hope it holds up well. It looks well made so that it should, but time will tell. I'll update the review if it starts to degrade.","Product: The master works of?the one and only?Samsung Note4\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Good case for protecting the Note 4 from drops, may not fit with wireless charging back or antenna\n\nReview: Nice case for the Note 4. There aren't many choices for accessories on the Note 4 yet, but this is a good one to protect the phone. This case protects all 4 sides of the phone and the clear back keeps the apparent bulk of the case minimized. This does make your phone wider, taller and thicker, such that the already fair sized Note 4 will be even bigger, but the soft plastic/rubber feel will give you a better grip so you will be less likely to drop the phone and protected in case you do.\n\nPlease note that this case won't fit the wireless charging back when that's released (assuming it's like the one for the Note 3), so be aware of that if you're considering going that route when it's available. I had the wireless back for my previous Note 3 and the only option with that back is the bumper/ring style cases (or using the wireless charging enabled S-View flip covers). I don't know if the insert style wireless charging antennas will work with this, we had some luck with an S3 and a wireless charging antenna with a hard plastic case, but the case never really fit the phone properly with the antenna inserted inside the back cover, so we ended up not using the antenna on that phone. A 3rd party wireless charging antenna inside the back cover may work with this case since it's not rigid, but since there are no wireless charging options of any kind at the time of this writing (Nov 1 2014) there is no way to be sure, but my hunch is it probably won't fit properly and you'll need a bumper style cover too.","Product: The Samsung Spare Battery for the Galaxy Note 4 lets you keep a replacement battery ready at hand. Developed specifically for the Galaxy Note 4, you can keep it as a spare battery, or use it as a replacement for your existing battery.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Some problems with the 1st one shipped, physical damage, but 2nd was good. Make sure to buy from Amazon as the seller!\n\nReview: update Aug 2017 - very disappointing. The battery hasn't even lasted a year. It's now unable to keep the phone powered when it drops below 30% (as measured on the phone's batter life indicator). If there's a high load applied to the battery, like using the camera or taking a call, the phone will shut off. This \"new battery\" is acting just like the 2 original batteries that lasted almost 3 years. The first battery I bought from Amazon was bad and this one didn't last a year. Not sure if these are old stock, counterfeits or I just have bad luck. I think the best option for components like this is to buy from Samsung directly.\n\noriginal review:\nYou do need to be careful with these batteries, and that applies to Amazon's shipping depot too. I ended up getting a replacement for the first one of these batteries that I ordered from Amazon. The first one arrived in a small plastic bag,taped closed and with a label on the front. Reading other reviews that had problems, I was immediately a little concerned. On inspection of the battery I saw with a small dent (barely noticeable) but when I put the battery into the phone it was a very tight squeeze to fit into my Note 4, like the battery was very slightly too long and slightly too thick. When inserted, the battery couldn't take any load either, so starting the camera application caused the Note 4 to reset. The battery was showing about 70% charge. Something was wrong with it for sure and I suspect the small dent may have caused some internal damage or possibly the battery got too hot. Not sure about how these lithium batteries fail.\n\nAmazon issued a replacement easily and painlessly, the 2nd one arrived and it worked great. One major difference (besides it fitting correctly and working) was it arrived in a labeled cardboard box (not the Amazon shipping box but a small white cardboard box about the same size as the battery). I think the other battery had been hanging around loose and may have been dropped at some point.\n\nAnyway, just be sure to but from Amazon as the seller, but even then, you won't receive a retail packaged battery, seems these are non-retail bulk purchased batteries. Hopefully it will last a few years!","Product: Koomus Pro Magnetic series offers three different applications. CD slot, Air vent and Dashboard/Windshield mounts. Koomus Pro Magnetic CD slot mount is very easy to install and use. Simply push a button and slide it into CD slot and you're ready to use. Attach the metal plate at the back of your smartphone case or inside of smartphone case or at the back of smartphone directly. Attach your smartphone into the magnetic head and you're now hands free, not having to worry about your phone while driving. Let us focus on securing your devices, so you can focus on the road ahead with Koomus Pro magnetic series.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: works but may not be suitable for some cars\n\nReview: In my quest to find a good way to hold my phone while driving, I tried this CD slot holder. I've also tried cup holder solutions and vent clips and I think that vent clips are the best option with the fewest compromises, cd slot holders are a distant second but may be a good option in specific cases.\n\nI recognize that a CD slot phone holder may work well for some situations, and I thought this would work for me, so I gave it a try. 3 weeks later, I think I can share my experiences.\n\nThis cd slot holder from Koomus is one of 2 cd slot solutions that I bought to try, the other having a wide slot and screw tensioner. I like the cleaner design of the Koomus Pro but I found that in my VW Passat with the RNS-510 navigation head unit, the cd slot opening was too thin for the Koomus, resulting in this cd slot holder forcing the plastic trim around the slot (where it was inserted) to bend outward to accommodate it. The bending wasn't huge and as far as I can tell, there's no permanent damage, but I wouldn't be surprised to find a crack in the slot trim if I left this in there for a long time. The problem appears to be the tongues that insert into the slot, they are too thick for the slot on this nav unit. In addition, the spring tension on the tongues (which is definitely a cleaner solution than the screw tensioners of other brands), forcing the tongues open to hold the mount in place in the slot, just adds to the situation. I also found it very difficult to insert into the CD slot on my Jeep Wrangler (no nav, just a basic satellite radio/CD setup). I should point out that on our Buick Enclave with nav and the backup camera, the CD slot opening is taller and this deflection of the slot is not a problem. So it will vary from slot to slot, depending on which head unit your vehicle has.\n\nThere is one more serious consideration about CD slot holders in general, and that's with visibility of the nav screen. Many nav screens also display the backup camera feed. With a phone on the mount in the CD slot, the screen may be partly or fully blocked. This was my situation with my Note 4 phone (yes it's a larger phone like the iPhone 6S and many others now). I needed to remove the phone from the holder to see the screen when I went into reverse. Obviously this isn't a problem if you don't have a reverse camera or the slot and screen aren't close together, but 3 of my cars do have this concern, and in all 3, a CD slot mount solutions block the screen with the phone. It's for this reason I think a vent mount is a better option, but your situation could be different from mine.\n\nA few last thoughts about the design of the Koomus Pro. While I really like the narrower design of the area where the tongues insert into the slot and the spring tensioner, I don't think it has as much stability as the wider options of the slot holders with the screw type tensioner. My phone bounces around more with this holder than with the other ones I have and I find that distracting. However, even with the extra bounce, the strong magnet in the head of the Koomus has never dropped my phone (I don't use the included metal plate since my phone has a wireless charging back. The metal plate interferes with wireless charging and there is enough metal in the wireless charging back that the phone can be held by the magnet with not other requirements!\n\nOverall, this cd slot holder works, but for my situation I wasn't willing to give up visibility of the reverse camera and I wasn't comfortable with the risk of damage to the plastic surround of the CD slot. The Koomus ooks nice and there is definitely thought put into the design, but the cars I have were probably not part of their test conditions so it makes me give it a 3 star recommendation with the guidance, YMMV.","Product: The iOttie easy one touch Mini is a Compact and fully functional yet sophisticated mounting solution that fits easily into any Air vent in most vehicles. This mount provides a safe, versatile, and highly functional smartphone mounting solution. Its easy one touch system allows for the mounting and releasing of the device with just the push of a finger. Whether your phone is protected by a skin or a case, the iOttie easy one touch Mini car mount grips securely onto your device so you can drive with confidence. Mount smart. Drive smarter!\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Good for moth vents, but vents that pivor left/right may be a problem\n\nReview: I use this with my Note 8 and my wife has one for her S8. Overall it works pretty well. The only problem I've had is the weigh of the phone in the holder causes the vent to move to the side on my Mercedes. On her Buick it works great.\n\nJust be aware of how your vent pivots from side to side... if the entire vent moves like MErcedes does, this may not work as well. For vents where the air guides inside move back and forth and the vent only moves up and down, this will work fine.\n\nOne other thing to be aware of: be careful when putting the phone in the holder not to have this mount press the Bixby button which is found nn many new Sansung phones (the button below the volume buttons on the left side of the phone).\n\nI took off 1 star due to the vents pivoting, which isn't really a fault with the mount, but rather a design limitation and I wanted to have that be visible to other purchasers. Otherwise this is a great vent mount and I would recommend it.","Product: PLEASE NOTE: This case is not for the smaller screen S2 models, This is only for the 4.5\" sized S2 devices. This case will NOT work with the AT&T 4.5\" screen model. This case WILL work with the T-Mobile, and Sprint models. It will also work with the 4.5\" screen AT&T Galaxy SII Skyrocket.\n\nComplex fancy cases come and go, but a simple, classic, well built slip case is what you'll always find yourself coming back to. Slim enough to keep your devices low profile and comfortable enough to put in a pant pocket, our slip case is the only case you'll ever need. You'll be able to keep your device bulk-free when in use, and when finished safely tuck it away in style. You'll find that all of your other expensive cases will be put aside once you have this style.\n\nDon't be fooled by the price, this is an extremely well built case with a soft interior and constructed with materials designed to last!\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: It's okay is a good description but poor quality could be a problem over time\n\nReview: This \"pocket\" is nice since it's very slim and doesn't add bulk to the phone but offers some protection against scratches. However, not long after I started using it, I found it was splitting along the top edge where the phone inserts, and the cardboard center, sandwiched between the outer and inner surfaces started bending and getting messy. I used some CA ( e.g. Crazy Glue) to glue it back together along the edge where it was splitting and that has held it together fine now for almost a year.\n\nIt's a great idea, I just wish it was made with better quality materials. This does the job I bought it for and after a repair, has been holding up well.","Product: Lexol Leather pH Cleaner Spray seep-cleans dirt, oil and leftover perspiration salts that build up and destroy leather interiors. Lexol Cleaner is adjusted to the pH of leather, so it will not harm the finish or fibers of the leather. It rinses easily and quickly with water, leaving no residue or dulling film. Apply with either a damp Lexol Applicator Sponge or a damp soft cloth to work up a foam that lifts out the dirt. Rinse thoroughly with another clean, wet sponge or cloth. Once all traces of cleaner have been rinsed off, pat dry with a soft, 100% cotton towel. To keep your interior in top condition, clean the leather about twice a year and immediately follow with Lexol Conditioner. Do not use on suede.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Pretty effective cleaner, but it's a process so don't expect immediate/startling results.\n\nReview: I've been using this on some leather furniture to clean up and remove some of the skin oil and sweat stains that the seating area has accumulated over time. It works pretty well, but don't expect a single pass to clean up dirty leather, it's a process. I'm on my 3rd pass on an untreated brown leather desk chair from HumanScale (Freedom chair). The years of sitting on it have left a definite mark in terms of a sweat/water marks on the seating surfaces and the arm rests are a much darker color from the back. So far, after 2 treatments (letting it dry completely between each wash), the leather is looking a lot cleaner, especially on the arm rests. The seat bottom is taking more work, but I suspect that may be due to salt crystals from the sweat. I've been using a clean, Costco, yellow, microfiber cloth that has been washed a few times to remove the lint. It's not abrasive and seems to hold the Lexol pretty well, however I'm not getting much sudsing action either.\n\nThe Lexol cleaner has not caused any staining and it's not causing any damage to the leather that I can see. I was concerned about the leather stretching or discoloring but that hasn't happened. Make sure you follow the directions on the bottle to avoid damage!\n\nIt also doesn't have any strong chemical smell, so you can work indoors, around animals and family without any risk, which is good.","Product: Mityvac fluid evacuator requires no power to create a vacuum and pressure to evacuate and disperse most automotive liquids and chemicals. Features an external pump design for easy access. The large capacity, 8.8 liter fluid reservoir has automatic flow control, preventing overfilling. It also has a pressure relief valve for safety.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Very convenient way to remove oil from you car\n\nReview: This is basically a manual vacuum to suck up oil or other liquids from inside your engine or other places where oil or fluids are used. It includes everything you need and works pretty well, although sicking up 4-5 quarts can be a little slow, so be patient. I use it for oil changes so I don't need to always undo the drain plug and replace the compression washer (don't forget to replace the filter too!). I've heard so many horror stories about damage to the threads on the oil pan drain plug from over tightening that I decided to reduce the number of times I go there. That's where this Fluid Evacuator comes in. Warm up the engine a little, turn everything off, slip the straw like hose down the dip stick hole and suck up the oil. Change the filer and refill the oil and you're done. For me that means I don't have to remove panels under the car to access the oil pan drain plug and I don't have to put the car up on stands. Those both take a lot of time, so this evacuator is a great time saver. The tank is big enough to hold the oil from my larger car's engine and when the tank is full, the Mityvac can be put into reverse and pump out the contents too, so you don't need to pour out the tank.\n\nIt includes several different diameter \"straws\" that are designed to slip down the dipstick hole or other filler holes (like on a differential). Those straws connect to clear piping so the Evacuator can be standing on the garage floor.\n\nRemember that oil and similar liquids flow best when warm. However, don't get the fluids hot and don't run the motor with the straw inserted! I read about someone who did that and the meshing gears pulled the straw into them, causing the motor to stall and needed to take apart the engine to get the straw out!!\n\nAbout my only complaint with the Evacuator is I wish it had more strays since I'd also like to drain the radiators using this but don't want to use the oily motor oil straw where oil isn't wanted in the radiator. Otherwise this is a great tool to have available. Keep in mind that it does require a dip stick hole for sucking up the oil, so if you have a newer Porsche or similar car with a digital dipstick, you may not be able to use this. Check on forums for you car if you're unsure.","Product: Selecting high-quality sensors, service packs, and accessories for todays vehicles ensures that quality standards are met and customers can drive safely with their TPMS system fully operational. Schrader service packs provide the essential components that must be replaced each and every time a TPMS-equipped vehicle requires a tire to be removed for service. Components include (but are not limited to) a Schrader valve core, sealing cap, grommet and nut. In some instances a stem is provided as part of the serivce pack. This particular service pack (part #20020) is applicated for fitment to Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep vehicle types. For complete application coverage, please visit www.SchraderInternational.com.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Got this and avoided having to pay for a full TPMS sensor replacement!\n\nReview: Wow, this is a great way to avoid having to replace the entire sensor assembly in your wheel.\n\nI got this in hope I could repair the valve stem on my Jeep Wrangler JK (2009). The other option was to buy the entire TPMS sensor and reprogram the car for the new sensor. That would have been $100+ at the dealer (sensor is $80 plus tax and $15 for programming the car for the new sensor, plus the labor for the tire removal, sensor replacement and installation).\n\nInstead the dealer (Jeep dealer) was open to replaceing the valve stem, especially since I had brought it in. They don't stock these at the dealer since they wouldn't make much money on them and they may not even know they exist until I showed up with it this morning. Thanks to the Internet and user forums for opening my options to doing this instead.\n\nA couple of things to be aware of\n1) this is just the valve stem. It's a hollow tube. You need to put in a valve core. If your stem is damaged like mine was, you will need need to replace the core. As it turns out, my dealer was awesome and had a spare core they gave me!\n2) this valve stem (service pack) is going to be specific to the model of TMPS you have. I did some research on the internet and found the Schrader web site and found the model of valve stem for my year make and model. Other cars/trucks may be different, so do your research, it'll save you the headache of getting the wrong one.\n\nThe Schrader page for researching your replacement is here: [...]","Product: Shin Etsu Grease\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: I've since sold the car but it held up and was still good after a a few years\n\nReview: There must be some magic here. I got a tube of this grease (not from Amazon) after reading how people had restored their door seals on various cars. I got it, although cringing at the price, and then applied a thin film to the door seal rubber and a few days later, the gasket was fuller (puffier?). It was more effective at keeping out the wind noise, making the interior sound quieter again. This was on a 2000 Honda Insight, and I applied it after owning the car for 12 years since new (this was a few years ago). I've since sold the car but it held up and was still good after a a few years.\n\nWith that success, I also applied it to the window tracks with a Q-tip (to get into the gap) and I could hear an improvement since the window winding motor didn't sound strained afterward and the squeal of the rubber sliding on the glass was gone.\n\nI then used it on my dad's 2002 Lexus and had similar results, so it's not just Honda rubber that benefits.\n\nThe tube will last for a long time, I still have more than 3/4 of the tube left after doing all the seals and windows of 2 cars. A little goes a long way, and even if you need 2 coats, this will last you. It's a good investment for any car more than a few years old, to recondition the rubber door seals. It's won't restore cracked or torn rubber, you'll need to buy a new seal for that, but if you have a seal that's not as springy as it used to be, give this a try!","Product: 100% Real Carbon Fiber License Plate Frame. This license plate frame will fit all standard license plates in the United States. We take pride in finding the best quality products and this one stands out above the rest with its high quality 3D Twill weave pattern. The surface finish is a nice clear coat gloss finish that gives the carbon fiber long lasting UV protection. The two mounting holes at the top allow you to securely fasten the plate frame to your car. Take a close look at the diagonal twill weave pattern and notice how nice it looks compared to other plate frames that have a simple straight weave. These are the real deal and will give your car the desired sport look\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: real carbon fiber license plate frame.\n\nReview: It's real carbon fiber, so it's light, which is what CF is supposed to be. It's not a metal or plastic frame wrapped in CF (at least as far as I can tell). It appears to be a completely CF frame, as indicated. The outside finish (the part you see) on the carbon fiber is good quality (no bubbles in the epoxy, good weave and color on the CF) and has a high gloss finish. It has rounded edges and a rounded face. It looks a little \"bubbly\".\n\nThe bottom of the frame has 2 foam squares with double sided tape already applied so you can secure the bottom of the frame to the license plate. There is no bottom clip. The top has holes pre-drilled for the screws that hold the plate to the car. There are only the 2 top holes, so make sure you don't have side mounting plate mounts (e.g. rear plate mount on a JK jeep Wrangler) as this won't work. Most cars have the 2 top screws, but double check yours to be sure.\n\nI put this on my 2015 GTR (rear) and the CF weave matches nicely with the diffuser, it doesn't match the CF on the wing though since the wing has a matte finish (a.k.a. dry weave), but that's not a problem since the rear license plate is mounted very closely to the lower diffuser which has the glossier finish.\n\nPackaging was good (double bagged and put inside a shipping box) so it arrived undamaged.\n\nRemember, carbon fiber is strong but brittle! Don't bend it to make it fit.","Product: The Badass Kickstand Pad is a simple and uncomplicated must-have product for any motorcycle enthusiast that protects your valuable investment and is useful in so many everyday parking situations. This is possibly the most valuable accessory you can get for your bike. Makes a great gift too. Whether you call it a Kickstand plate, pad, coaster or rest, to use this little stand is easy! Just rest your kickstand on the pad when you park your bike. Fits and works great for all styles of motorcycle from compact sport bikes & adventure bikes to Harley Davidson & other big cruisers. It even works well for extra-large touring bikes like Honda Goldwings. One end is pre-drilled and ready for you to attach a tether or string if you choose for even easier pickup when ready to ride and additional drive-away prevention. Also suitable for scooters with side stands.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect to protect a nice floor\n\nReview: Works very well for a stationary/repetitive parking location.\n\n I got a nice bright color so it would stand out on my garage floor. Very easy to use, however I don't take it places with me, I leave it in the approximate location in the garage where I park my bike each day, so it's ready to be used.\n\nI got this to protect my garage floor. I had just finished sealing the floor with a high gloss coat after the concrete was polished (going for that high end industrial look).. I quickly found that the kickstand on my BMW K1300S was damaging the new surface I spent so much time making nice. This pad has fixed the problem, so now I only have to go back and repair a few dozen marks... I really REALLY wish I had gotten this pad sooner so I could have avoided the damage to the floor. OK, so it's just a garage floor, but it looked nice before all the kickstand marks happened. It doesn't look too bad now but over time it would have gotten pretty beaten up.\n\nIf you have a nice garage floor and you want to keep it looking new, I would highly recommend one of these.\n\nHowever, I don't see this being very useful as a \"carry along\" item since there is no way to pick it up easily when you're on your bike. So for example, you park on asphalt in the summer (think soft surface that your kickstand may sink into). You throw this down and move it into position with your foot while sitting on the bike. OK, that's cool, it works. Now you're ready to leave, what do you do? Maybe a string tied through a hole on it so you can jump on the bike and kick up the stand, then pull this pad up? Other than that, my arms aren't long enough to reach the ground when sitting on my bike.\n\nSo this is perfect for garage duty or places where you an leave the pad and come back to it. Otherwise, you may want to buy some string too,","Product: Thick consistency, no runs, drips, or overspray Long lasting, non-streaking formula VOC compliant\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A longer lasting option than the sprays\n\nReview: Works and lasts a lot better than the liquids like the 303 Aerospace Protectant and I won't even mention Armor All. BTW, 303 Aerospace works really well with vinyl that sits in the sun, like my spa cover, but I have been only 'satisfied' with it's performance on tires. Yes, they look shiny, but it wears off after a few days to a week and then looks very dull. This tire gel is a bit more work to put on (no sprayer, much thicker) but it lasts a few weeks and looks decent even after, leaving a semi-glossy sheen. It does fling off a little, but not as badly as the liquids. Also, I haven't found this to stain my concrete/asphalt like the sprays do. There's no overspray with this since it's a gel :)\n\nI'm a convert, this stuff seems to be the 'professional' choice. It lasts long, is just as easy to apply, doesn't cause staining from overspray and has less fling off. That's a win-win-win (win-win?) in my book!","Product: VoiceStation 500 Voice-Conferencing Telephone\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great speaker phone for cellular phones\n\nReview: Works great with my Galaxy S2 and S3 as a speaker phone. I had to use this in an emergency when our phone system was down and I used my mobile phone as the connection and this as the speaker phone and microphone in a medium sized conference room (15 people). No hum or buzz and clear audio at both ends. Controls the phone correctly via bluetooth, which is why I bought it. When using bluetooth you only have the single cable going from the transformer/plug to the desktop unit. The transformer also has the analog phone jack so you don't end up with a mess of wires on the desk. Be aware that the transformer is fairly large, but there's a lot of cable available so you can have this fairly far from the plug.\n\nI did try connecting this via a wired connection to my Mac (MBP 15) to use as a microphone but was unsuccessful due to the MBPs connections. You need to have a headphone+mic on a mini plug and not use the line in plug... but that's the Mac's fault, not this phone's. Bluetooth to the mac is poor too, the remote side reports it sounds \"tinny\". It's not wat I bought it for but wanted to see if it would work. Oh well.","Product: The Tech3+ is one clever multi-taker. The popular Tech3, the masterful multi-taker, has been taken to a new level, allowing you to expand your creativity beyond paper! With a simple, smooth twist, switch from black Ballpoint Pen to red Ballpoint Pen to pencil. Now with the addition of an attachable smart stylus, you can navigate your smartphone, tablet or any other touch-screen device with ease. Enhance the way you work and create, every day. Versatile writing styles all in one - Black ballpoint, Red Ballpoint, .5mm pencil. New Smart Stylus accessory won't smudge on touch screen devices. Great for use with hand held games, Smartphones, and Tablets. Compatible with capacitive touch screen devices, smooth glide across the screen, writes with precision, improves touch and typing accuracy, avoids grease and finger prints on screen, fun, easy to use.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Nice pen, but stylus ins't that useful.\n\nReview: If you tried the original Tech3, this is an improved version. It allows you to select black, red or a 0.5mm pencil tip, but the rotation is only 1 way, unlike the earlier model that spun both ways. The nice thing is you can actually go back just enough to \"pull in\" the current tip, or go forward to select a different option. It's a nice little feature.\n\nThis is a nice writing pen. The stylus tip (compatible with touchscreen phones and tablets) is ok, but might be too easily mistaken for an eraser (there is one hidden under the stylus tip - you must unscrew the tip to access it). I thought this tip would be very useful, but in reality, it's not. However the pen is very nice, well weighted and balanced and uses standard Cross replacements, so you can buy a replacement blue refill if you don't want the red or black.","Product: The Original Ultimate Hose Nozzle Heavy duty - withstands abuse Fire hose nozzle construction Adjustable spray pattern for all jobs Turns any standard garden hose into multi-function spray tool Patented two-way shutoff Comfort-grip soft rubber Fiberglass reinforced nylon Aircraft aluminum Stainless steel The perfect stream of water for any job\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Good control of water pattern, sturdy design\n\nReview: This is a very good nozzle. It allows a good amount of control of the water spray pattern, ranging from a wide fan delivering a low pressure water stream, through to a high pressure, narrow stream. Perfect for cleaning cars (using a medium fan of water to get the car wet and to rinse off the soap, and a high pressure spray to remove road grime from the wheels and underside). It's good for watering plants too, using the fan end of the selector range. If you get it just right you can actually get it to mist too.\n\nThe only thing this nozzle is missing is a quick on/off mechanism. As it is, you turn it off by rotating the front to one end or the other. This is the same mechanism used to select the spray pattern. This is a design improvement over the original, which only had the off position at one end of the spray selection.\n\nThe rubber coated aluminum design is very sturdy and will last for years... the last one did. The only reason I had to replace the last one was my mistake... I left it attached to the hose for a few years and either the hard water or electrolysis caused it to become permanently stuck to the brass end of the hose, and it got damaged when I tried to remove it. Lesson learned... I remove it from the hose when it's not in regular use.","Product: 95 sq. ft. Top Load In-Line Filter for Acryx-Maax (Canada), Statewood, Waterway Plastics, replacement of Unicel C-4995, Pleatco PCAL100 Supported Brands: Acryx-Maax Spas (Canada), Coast Spas, Infinity Spas by Maax, J.E.M. Spas, Lifestyle Spas, QCA, Savannah Spas, Statewood Spas, Waterway Plastics Our Universal Pleated Filter Cartridges are washable, reusable, and durable. As a result, our filters last longer than other brands, and are more economical too. Our filters work hard for you by holding more dirt than other brands; and increased dirt holding capacity means cleaning your pool or spa less often. Our universal pleated filter cartridges are constructed of the highest quality non-woven polyester, with a durable polypropylene core to provide maximum strength. The ends are immersed in thermo setting vinyl plastisol that seals the end of each pleat uniting the components and forming a permanent bonded end cap, unlike cheap alternatives. This makes our universal pleated filter cartridges perfect for residential, commercial, and industrial pool and spa applications.Relish our comprehensive pool and spa collection that includes world-class filters and state-of-the-art pool, spa, and pond accessories at exclusive discount club prices. Please let us know if we don't have what you need, we CAN find it. Pool and Spa Replacement Filter Cartridges meet or exceed OEM specifications.Hint: keep an extra filter on hand so that when its time to clean your filter, you will be able to replace it immediately with the back-up. This will allow you the time to leisurely deep clean your dirty filter and allow it to dry completely before replacing it; and without any down time on your pool or spa system.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Correct filter but not seating quite right on the connector\n\nReview: This filter is the same size and type as the one I took out of our Cal Spa 450 gallon tub, except it doesn't seem to seat at the bottom quite right (I can't see it, it's by feel), over the output line. The previous one felt like it was correctly interfacing with the connector at the bottom of the filter access, like it was plugging in, this replacement seems to not plug-in but instead sit on top of the connector, like the hole at the bottom is slightly too small, making me wonder how effective it is. However it seems to be filtering correctly and catches the gunk in the water, so it must be working.\n\nThe pleats look to be the same depth as the original ones and the securing bands around it look and feel to be made of the same material.\n\nOverall I'm satisfied, but will probably try a different brand next time just to see if I can get it properly seated.","Product: The Durable sole is pliable, super grippy, and ideal to prevent slipping on floors and light duty outdoors - plus they stay on your dog's paws! Packaged four boots to a set, in red or black, in six sizes. Wide opening split seam top - making it easy to put on the boots. Two Velcro straps with slides fasten the boots in place. Generous foam pads at the closures create a secure grip and cushions the dog's paw when the boot is tightened. Durable boots are the BEST protection for senior dogs or ones with hip conditions that are having trouble slipping on hardwood or tile floors. (Limited breathability; for extended periods of time in boots, use Ultra Paws Traction fleece dog boots). Tough, water resistant polyester material with the top of the toe and sole wrapped in a grippy, flexible, skid resistant, durable PVC or TPU (on two smallest sizes) sole. (For abrasive surfaces we recommend the Ultra Paws Rugged dog boots). The sole performs in wet and dry, hot and cold conditions. To extend the life of your dog boots we recommend applying Shoe Goo or a similar product to patch small holes in the sole that can appear with wear. To care for the boots, loosely fasten Velcro closure, wash in cold water delicate cycle; hang to air dry. If your dog is in between sizes, or for added warmth, we recommend a Doggie Sock. (U.S. Patent 7,971,557, Canadian Patent 2,486,628, Other Patents pending).\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Great idea but some problems with design (and the dog)\n\nReview: These are a great idea and I wish they worked a bit better. Our Berner allows us to put them on her big paws but she walks funny with them, I think because they're a bit stiff. They don't bend easily where her paws meet her leg and I suspect put some pressure there, making her a little uncomfortable. So much so that she won't even lie down when wearing them, standing and looking pathetic until we take them off. I did this one day, and she stood looking sad for a few hours. When we finally removed them she immediately lay down with a big sigh (as usual) and fell asleep.\n\nMaybe in time she'll get used to them, but for now, we mostly leave them off and suffer with ever increasing scratched floors.","Product: For over 75 years InSinkErator has been known for building the world's best garbage disposals. Badger, our standard food disposal line, is basic, reliable, and functional. Available in various models and sizes for a range of applications, InSinkErator also manufactures a premier line of garbage disposals, the Evolution Series. InSinkErator garbage disposals are the only food waste disposers that are proudly made in the U.S.A. InSinkErator has grown into the largest food waste disposer manufacturer and best-selling garbage disposer brand in the world.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: reasonable garbage disposal unit made with galvanized parts, not stainless, so corrosion was a problem for me\n\nReview: I bought this to replace a unit of the exact same type that failed due to rust. The original unit was in place for 11 years but it's in a cabin that gets only a few months of use each year. I would have expected it to have lasted much longer. Overall it seems pretty well designed and since it's the same design from 12+ years ago, if you have one that is failing like mine did, the replacement is simple, just undo the collar lock that holds it to the assembly on the sink drain and wire up the replacement with the same cable and strain relief.\n\nIf you have a dishwasher, don't forget to remove the punch-out in the side drain hole before you install the disposer, otherwise the dishwasher won't drain and you could have a mess on your hands (floor?). It says to do this in the picture instructions, but I managed to overlook that step until I had everything already assembled and tested. I was able to punch out the hole without removing the disposer (just unhooked the dishwasher drain hose) and took the metal plug out from the chopping chamber with no damage or problems.\n\nminus 2 stars for the unit not lasting to my expectations. The unit is made with galvanized steel, I would have preferred the chopping chamber to be made with stainless steel, but that may be cost prohibitive, however I think it would last a lot longer.","Product: Includes 12V Max Cordless Lithium-Ion 3/8-in Ultra Compact Hammer Drill Kit - PS130-2A\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great drill for smaller jobs around the house\n\nReview: Great small drill with hammer drill option. 2 speed selector on top is ok to use and the mode selection is intuitive. I think this is great for light duty work, i.e. a home owner dealing with small jobs around the house. The drill is very small and I don't imagine it would be good for heavy duty work, like metal work or lots of masonry drilling work. I'll keep my corded drill handy for bigger jobs like spade bits and harder surfaces. No comparison to 120v torque!!!\n\nThe nice thing about this drill is the battery exchange-ability with the other Bosch tools. I have the older 10.8v cordless driver (PS10) and the battery is the same size. I did a bit of research before I bought this drill since I didn't want to end up with a bunch of incompatible batteries and chargers. The cordless driver uses the 12v battery no problem, it was apparently under rated for some reason. The new version (PS11) uses the same 12v batteries as this drill includes. So I only need 1 charger and set of batteries now, the 10.8v stuff can sit on a shelf and I can take advantage of 12v power.","Product: Software requirements : Android 4.4 or higher , iOS 9 or higher and neutral wire required which replaces single pole switch and the product is not compatible with 3-way (multi-location control) switches and always works with your existing single/double/multi-switch rocker-style plates and also the product is not designed to work with metal face plates\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Works but are unreliable. Don't use for important functions!\n\nReview: These plug switches have been very frustrating. They work for a few days then stop showing up in the app (both the Android one and the iOS one!). Sometimes they seem to work great and other times, they don't, I can't figure out a pattern. It's not my wifi network, I have 4 commercial grade APs around my house in a full mesh so there's nowhere that I don't have a strong signal. We don't lose pwer either, so I don't know why they seem to fall off the network. There have been multiple firmware updates for them but it doesn't seem to have fixed the stability problems. I would probably return these if I could but I've had them too long. I have one behind my lizard cage to run the day time light, so to recover the switch and get it back on the network I have to move the cage, which isn't small! It's a pain in the butt to deal with, however the switch does seem to follow it's programming and turn on/off at the right times even when it shows as unavailable in the app, so it does seem to be doing the right things.\n\nOne other thing to note. If you use iOS with an iPad, the only app in the App Store is the phone version. There is no tablet version of the app. You can run the phone version but it will be on a phone sized screen (or 2x if you hit the enlarge button), but it won't rotate with the orientation of the tablet. It's fine if you have an iPhone (don't know about the X or other new high-res screens though). I use an Android phone (Note 8 running 7.1.1) and it mostly works, except when it shows the devices are not detected. This can happen with the Wemo light switch too, so I don't know if this is an App problem or a device (ioT) problem. Whatever it is, it sucks and is very frustrating. Tech support isn't any help either, so don't bank on them solving your problem unless you have a basic problem.","Product: TR Industrial Combination Safety Helmet, 5-in-1 Forestry Safety Helmet Hard Hat System with Accessories\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: needed protection when working with a chainsaw!\n\nReview: super easy to put this together, it's like a snap-tite model. I didn't even need to look at the instructions to assemble it, the head band snaps into the shell and the ear protection plugs into the shell from the top (this was a bit tricky, but wasn't too bad) and the face shield plus into the hearing protection. Simple! It comes with a clear and separate mesh face shield. I am only using the mesh and wearing wrap around sunglasses under to keep wood chips out of my eyes. It got hot after a while, but it was in the sun and was several hours of work. Seems to be good protection, especially the hearing and face shield... haven't been hit on the head yet with a branch, so hopefully that's good too (and I hope I never find out)!\n\nSeems like a very good value for the money and well built.","Product: Bosch Litheon is the most advanced lithium-ion battery technology available today. Bosch-exclusive engineering delivers 5 times more charges, and 2 times longer run time than competitive lithium-ion tools. The Bosch PS10-2-RT Litheon 10.8-volt lithium-ion I-Driver kit gives you optimal power in a compact lightweight design.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: If you need a power driver, consider this one, it's very convenient\n\nReview: With the ability to change the angle of the head, it allows you a lot more options for when and where you can use this, as opposed to a drill/driver. The clutch for this is triggered by load on the battery, so setting it right takes some getting used to, but it's good once you do. I've never found it lacking power and have been able to drive screws into anything, many times without pre-drilling). The Lithium batteries last a long time and don't self-discharge (much) when in storage, so unlike the older technology nicad or nimh batteries, you'll be ready to go when you need this, instead of having to charge your battery first.\n\nMy only complaints about this is that it lacks a built in work light and the head is still sometimes too deep for working in tight places. However, this is a great tool that I've been using regularly for the last few years and it's still as good as the day I got it. Highly recommended!","Product: With a 2.5 sq m sail area and impressive pull, the Snapshot 2.5 packs a big punch even in moderate winds and its tight, responsive handling makes it a lot more fun to fly than other foils its size. Simpler and more affordable than the sails youd use for kiteboarding, the Snapshot is an ideal intro to power kiting, with enough thrust to drag even larger pilots down the beach. When youre ready step up to the added control of four lines, the 2.5 converts instantly to a quad-liner just by adding quad handles and one more set of flying lines. Or add our convertible dual/quad control bar for the best of both worlds. Complete with Spectra dual lines pre-attached, flight straps, tail and compact pouch, the Snapshot will make a wind junkie out of you on your first breezy day.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fast with not much pull, great starter kite but fast enough for some fun!\n\nReview: I got this for my 9 year old daughter so she could fly with me when I'm flying the larger Snapshot 2.5. I like this little kite since it's faster than the bigger kite and it folds into a small bag (about 8 inches square) so you can throw it in a pack or bag for a beach trip or have it handy when the mood strikes and you want to get a few minutes of flying in at lunch.\n\nMy daughter loves it and it's not too fast for her. She is learning how to fly with this kite and doing a great job. Since there are no spars in the kite, even flying it straight into the ground doesn't cause any damage. I showed her how to how pulling on the right line turns the kite right and pull left for left. This went quickly to left and right flying and learning where the wind was strong (low center) and where it was weak (top center and left and right edges). It's great for beginners because it's easy to launch, has light pull, fun with the tail attached (making loops) and if you crash into the ground there's nothing to break!\n\nAfter a few minutes of coaching she was able to do basic figure 8s and some loops to get used to twisting and untwisting the lines. She was flying by herself after only a few minutes of showing her what to do and she could fly 20 mins by herself in fairly light wind.\n\nThis kite is very nicely made and comes complete with everything you need to fly. The Spectra lines are good quality and the seams of the kite are nicely sewn. The wrist straps are a bit basic, but good enough for the light pull. I've seen some reviews where people complain about the tail being un-seamed and prone to fraying but the tail isn't necessary to fly, it's just something fun to watch the patterns you've just flown with. If you want to try flying a 2 line kite or are looking for a small, easily packable kite to take anywhere, you should give this one a try.","Product: With a 2.5 sq m sail area and impressive pull, the Snapshot 2.5 packs a big punch even in moderate winds and its tight, responsive handling makes it a lot more fun to fly than other foils its size. Simpler and more affordable than the sails youd use for kiteboarding, the Snapshot is an ideal intro to power kiting, with enough thrust to drag even larger pilots down the beach. When youre ready step up to the added control of four lines, the 2.5 converts instantly to a quad-liner just by adding quad handles and one more set of flying lines. Or add our convertible dual/quad control bar for the best of both worlds. Complete with Spectra dual lines pre-attached, flight straps, tail and compact pouch, the Snapshot will make a wind junkie out of you on your first breezy day.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Wow! This kite pulls\n\nReview: I've had a Prism kite for the last 20 years and it's held up really well. I hope the same for this kite too.\n\nSo I took this kite out to the local school ground today to fly it for the first time. I've been flying 2 line control kites for a long time and this is a nice kite! It says strong pull on the site, and they aren't kidding! I've flown stacks and fast stunt kites, but the pull on this, in 8 mph wind is amazing! I had to lean back 45 degrees when flying in the power zones! I got this to start planning for kite boarding, but it's a ton of fun by itself and it may have enough pull on a good day to pull a buggy.","Product: With a 2.5 sq m sail area and impressive pull, the Snapshot 2.5 packs a big punch even in moderate winds and its tight, responsive handling makes it a lot more fun to fly than other foils its size. Simpler and more affordable than the sails youd use for kiteboarding, the Snapshot is an ideal intro to power kiting, with enough thrust to drag even larger pilots down the beach. When youre ready step up to the added control of four lines, the 2.5 converts instantly to a quad-liner just by adding quad handles and one more set of flying lines. Or add our convertible dual/quad control bar for the best of both worlds. Complete with Spectra dual lines pre-attached, flight straps, tail and compact pouch, the Snapshot will make a wind junkie out of you on your first breezy day.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fast with not much pull, great starter kite but fast enough for some fun!\n\nReview: I got this for my 9 year old daughter so she could fly with me when I'm flying the larger Snapshot 2.5. I like this little kite since it's faster than the bigger kite and it folds into a small bag (about 8 inches square) so you can throw it in a pack or bag for a beach trip or have it handy when the mood strikes and you want to get a few minutes of flying in at lunch.\n\nMy daughter loves it and it's not too fast for her. She is learning how to fly with this kite and doing a great job. Since there are no spars in the kite, even flying it straight into the ground doesn't cause any damage. I showed her how to how pulling on the right line turns the kite right and pull left for left. This went quickly to left and right flying and learning where the wind was strong (low center) and where it was weak (top center and left and right edges). It's great for beginners because it's easy to launch, has light pull, fun with the tail attached (making loops) and if you crash into the ground there's nothing to break!\n\nAfter a few minutes of coaching she was able to do basic figure 8s and some loops to get used to twisting and untwisting the lines. She was flying by herself after only a few minutes of showing her what to do and she could fly 20 mins by herself in fairly light wind.\n\nThis kite is very nicely made and comes complete with everything you need to fly. The Spectra lines are good quality and the seams of the kite are nicely sewn. The wrist straps are a bit basic, but good enough for the light pull. I've seen some reviews where people complain about the tail being un-seamed and prone to fraying but the tail isn't necessary to fly, it's just something fun to watch the patterns you've just flown with. If you want to try flying a 2 line kite or are looking for a small, easily packable kite to take anywhere, you should give this one a try.","Product: With a 2.5 sq m sail area and impressive pull, the Snapshot 2.5 packs a big punch even in moderate winds and its tight, responsive handling makes it a lot more fun to fly than other foils its size. Simpler and more affordable than the sails youd use for kiteboarding, the Snapshot is an ideal intro to power kiting, with enough thrust to drag even larger pilots down the beach. When youre ready step up to the added control of four lines, the 2.5 converts instantly to a quad-liner just by adding quad handles and one more set of flying lines. Or add our convertible dual/quad control bar for the best of both worlds. Complete with Spectra dual lines pre-attached, flight straps, tail and compact pouch, the Snapshot will make a wind junkie out of you on your first breezy day.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Wow! This kite pulls\n\nReview: I've had a Prism kite for the last 20 years and it's held up really well. I hope the same for this kite too.\n\nSo I took this kite out to the local school ground today to fly it for the first time. I've been flying 2 line control kites for a long time and this is a nice kite! It says strong pull on the site, and they aren't kidding! I've flown stacks and fast stunt kites, but the pull on this, in 8 mph wind is amazing! I had to lean back 45 degrees when flying in the power zones! I got this to start planning for kite boarding, but it's a ton of fun by itself and it may have enough pull on a good day to pull a buggy.","Product: Unmask and defeat your enemies, keep up with the Indians and challenge your fate to bring your team to the victory! Fast and exciting game play - Based on the BANG! Game System. A very successful game line, with fans all over the world! You do not need BANG! to play.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fun family game. Plays quickly and almost no setup is needed.\n\nReview: This is a really fun and simple game. Almost no setup time (a few seconds) and plays quickly (5 people may take 15 mins per game). It's like a cross between poker (bluffing) and Yatzee (dice rolls to get combinations of items). The one thnig to be aware of, and this probably is obvious from the name and the box cover, is this is a cowboy game and the goal is to eliminate the other teams by \"shooting\" them. If you don't like gun related things (e.g. bullets), dynamite, cowboys, outlaws or native Americans (Indians? can we say that any more?) shooting arrows at cowboys, this isn't going to work for you and stay with \"G\" rated games. If you're ok with these elements then you'll enjoy this game.\n\nThe idea, in a nutshell, is to eliminate the other plays who aren't on your \"team\", but exactly who is in your sights depends on which team you're on and the strategy you're playing. The Sheriff and vice sheriff try to kill all the outlaws, the outlaws try to kill the sheriff and vice sheriff and the Renegade tries to get the other teams to kill each other. The trick is, everyone knows who the sheriff is, but no one knows who anyone else is. You roll the 5 dice and get one of several 'actions', a bullet, health, dynamite or an arrow. The bullet (1,2, or 3) allows you one shot 1,2 or 3 players away, the health restores 1 point of health. The arrow is collected from the arrows pile, which, when exhausted means you have to calculate your health damage for the arrows (1 arrow collected usually means 1 health point taken away). Roll the dice (up to 3 times per turn) and take you shots. And that's basically it until one of the 3 teams wins. Oh yeah, one other detail. Each player will have a randomly chosen character card, in addition to their hidden team card. The character card tells you what your abilities are. This means you might get an extra health point each turn, or you might only have 1 arrow damage, regardless of how many arrows you got on your turn. Things like that keep the game interesting.\n\nKids 7 or 8 and older can play along with adults and everyone will have a good time.","Product: -- Blue Color\n\n-- Carboard blister packing Diabolo, perfect for holiday gifting\n\n-- Diabolo weighs almost 8 oz! 4\" in diameter, and 4 3/4\" in length\n\n-- Made of thick plastic material, professional weight, easy to start spinning, better control and balancing, fits all levels of players.\n\n-- Comes with basic instruction at the back of carboard.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Good quality and has everything you need\n\nReview: This may not be the flashiest Diabolo out there, but it's a very solid starter and will allow you to learn how to use the diabolo and do some tricks too. The axle is solid, and the sides are a rubbery plastic that flexes when it hits something. They do get a little scratched up since they're soft, but when you're learning, that's good since it means you aren't scratching whatever surface you're hitting.\n\nThe sticks and string are nothing special but functional. The instructions are ok, but you'll probably want to watch some youtube videos to see how to use it, rather than trying the follow the pictures and writing.\n\nI got this for my daughter for Christmas and she's been using it every day and it's holding up well. This seems to be a great starter for learning to juggle these. I tried and was useless, but my daughter is doing tricks now, like toss and catch and climbing the string, and having a ball.","Product: 08001The flash of the red and black trim scheme means the Blackjack 9 catamaran has hit the water. Performance, style and fun are the staples of the Blackjack 9 and it has it in spades. Charge it up, launch it into the water, and get ready to have hours of fun on the smallest body of water. The Blackjack 9 catamaran may fit in the palm of your hand, but dont let the size fool you. It features surf-slicing speed and performance, yet its easily transportable. At the pool, lake or pond, it's fun wherever you go. The Blackjack 9 catamaran features a competition folding trim scheme. This twin-hulled beauty slices through the surface and stands out from the rest. Get jacked in.FEATURESPowerful performance with a potent 180-size brushed motor9 inch hull length for optimal flexibility of useInjection molded plastic hull offers crisp linesFlat panels enhance the appearance and handling2.4Ghz Pro Boat radio systemDynamite 7.2V 260 mAh NiMH battery and peak AC chargerWaterproof steering servoSPECIFICATIONSLength:9 in (22.86cm)Beam:3.25 in (8.3cm)Motor Size:180 water cooledWeight:0.5 lbs (8oz)Radio:2-channel 2.4GHz pistol gripSpeed Control:BrushedHull Material:Injection molded ABSHull Type:CatamaranBattery:7.2V, 6-cell, 260mahKit/RTR:RTRDrive System:Shaft\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: it is great fun (when it works). A few things to be aware of ...\n\nReview: I got one of these to play with in my pool and when I got a working battery, it is great fun. A few things to be aware of though...\n1) the included charger is very slow. It can take up to 2 hours to charge the included NiMH battery! Look into a faster charger or...\n2) the single battery included won't be enough. Do yourself a favor and get 3 more so you can have fun for longer\n3) a single battery only lasts about 5 mins (see #2 and #1)\n\nOther than these items, it's a nice little boat and when it get's up on plane it really moves. It has a good turning radius and covers ground fast! We have a 32'x16' pool and this will go the length in just under 4 seconds so it's all about making lots of turns.\n\nthe 4 star review reflects the listed shortcomings above and that I got a bad battery and needed to get a replacement even before I could use it the first time. Otherwise... fun!! (get 2 so you can race!)\n\nUpdate 10/1 - Lowering the review to 2 stars from 4... Getting in touch with Horizon Hobby tech support is an exercise in patience. A month later (I was traveling and they are busy and may not call back for hours or even at all!) I finally got to speak with Mike in Tech support. They want a pic of the receipt and a pic of the battery with a cut red wire, then open a case on their web site, upload the pics, get a ref# and then want me to call back. That's reasonable I guess but it's such a pain to get in touch with them due their consistently high volume of calls, it's not really worth my time for a $10 battery. I'm thinking that this boat isn't worth the hassle and will probably take it back to the hobby store... thankfully I bought it somewhat locally. Very disappointed. This is a bad impulse purchase :("],"string":"[\n \"Product: This H-B Instrument DURAC Plus total immersion organic filled pocket thermometer has a temperature range of -30 to 120F. Each thermometer is 160mm (6.3 inches) in length and comes with a Statement of Accuracy indicating accuracy traceable to NIST. Tested and calibrated in our exclusive triple accredited/registered ISO/IEC 17025:2005, A2LA accredited laboratory against equipment whose calibration is traceable to NIST. Ideal for field studies, waste water treatment and any 'on-the-go' applications. Accurate and safe. Individually packaged. Total Immersion. Range: -30 to 120F. Divisions: 2. Accuracy: 2F. Length: 160mm. Fill Type: Organic. Glass Type: White Back. Case Type: Closed Metal. Traceable to NIST: Yes. Traceable to DKD/PTB: No. 25/Case. H-B Instrument #: 5/1120. Per Each. HB Instrument #: 5/1120.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Simple, functional, calibrated and ships well protected.\\n\\nReview: Although mine came in purple, this is a nice, calibrated, easy to read thermometer with a temperature range that's relevant for household use. For example, I purchased a refrigerator thermometer from Rubbermaid and used this thermometer to verify the refrigerator temperature (the Rubbermaid was +2 degrees off).\\n\\nThe thermometer is fairly quick to read temperature and the blue liquid against the white scale (with black numbering) is easy to read, so it allows you to make a quick and accurate temperature reading.\\n\\nAlthough the actual thermometer is glass (so this isn't a good item for young children!) the thermometer comes shipped in sealed bubble wrap packet which contains a sealed plastic, vacuum formed carrier. Once you open both of these disposable items, the actual thermometer is still protected by its plastic sheath which connects to the top end of the thermometer itself so it won't fall off. As you can see from the product picture, the plastic end piece of the thermometer is blue, however what shipped to me was purple, and that plastic end piece has a loop in it to connect to a cord or to hang up with.\\n\\nAs far as thermometers go, there's nothing overly special or \\\"trick\\\" about it. It's simple and functional and most importantly, calibrated, so you know the indicated temperature is correct.\",\n \"Product: Our Heavy Duty Ultra Pole Shepherd's Hooks are made from 3/4" pipe stock, available in 91" and 108" in three different configurations- single, double or offset hooks. They have been field-tested and found to be stronger, with less deflection, than the standard 1/2" round Shepard's Hook on the market. These Heavy Duty Poles have a 3-pronged base and center wedge for additional stability.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Easy install for soft dirt but not great if you have hard/baked dirt or rocky soil.\\n\\nReview: The sharp ends of the tines that go into the ground work great if the ground is soft, but I've found that the ends will split apart of you have rocky soil (hitting a rock) or the ground is very hard. I, unfortunately have both, so one of these that I installed in my grassy portion of the yard went into the dirt pretty easily, the other split the tine and needs to be repaired before I can even use it. I'll have to bend the ends of the center tine back (the metal is pretty soft) and dig a pilot hole next time.\\n\\nThe one that is installed on the grass (soft soil) is working fine, holding up a bug zapper. I haven't seen any sagging of the hook and it's holding up well. The other one, new from the box, is waiting for repairs by me before I can use it.\",\n \"Product: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes features an original story crossing all the Marvel families. Players take control of Iron Man, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Captain America, Wolverine and many more Marvel characters as they try to stop Loki and a host of other Marvel villains from assembling a Super weapon which they could use to control the Earth. Players will chase down Comic Bricks as they travel across a LEGO New York and visit key locations from the Marvel universe such as Stark Tower, Asteroid M, an abandoned Hydra Base and the X-Mansion.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: One of the best lego games to date, good game play and suitable for all ages\\n\\nReview: This is a fun game with Lego characters, and probably one of the best to date. I really like that like the other Lego adventure games, you unlock the characters on each level and can use them in the free play mode later. This is a fun game for me and my daughter to play together. She's 9 and has a lot of fun with me or with her friends when they play together. There's no \\\"grown up\\\" language and the violence is limited to disassembled Lego pieces. The game is long and difficult enough that younger kids will get a lot of game play out of it. My daughter will sometimes need my help to solve the puzzles to move on, but for the most part she can play it alone when she wants. There's a good variety of characters, including some female characters, but my daughter prefers playing Superman since he flies.\",\n \"Product: The Rubbermaid Commercial Refrigerator/Freezer Thermometer helps keep food safe by properly monitoring equipment. The monitoring thermometer is made of stainless steel. Its large, easy-to-read dial shows clearly marked temperatures, perfect for a professional kitchen. The steel thermometer hangs or stands for easy installation and has a lens that will not shatter. It reads in both Fahrenheit and Celsius and ranges from -20 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A well made, accurate-enough fridge/freezer thermometer. Easy to ready dials and clearly marked for correct ranges\\n\\nReview: A great thermometer to hang in the freezer or place on a shelf in the fridge. I got this thermometer to check the temp of the fridge in the garage. I recently had to clean the fridge, removing a fairly large ice build up on the cold plate in the freezer section that was causing the fridge to run more frequently than necessary (ice is a good insulator). After cleaning, draining and vacuuming (the coils), I wanted to make sure the fridge and freezer were set correctly so we didn't waste energy and also didn't freeze things in the fridge section. Yes, I could have done it through trial and error, but with this thermometer I was able to set the correct temps in a couple of hours (my freeser was slightly too warm and the fridge was slightly too cold).\\n\\nThe thermometer has clearly labeled \\\"NSF Safe\\\" labeled sections on it's scale for the freezer and fridge, so it's easy to tell at a glance that the temperature is right (or wrong). The numbers are easy to read too for the more specific reading (and to check against a calibrated thermometer like the H-B DURAC which I purchased at the same time and have also reviewed). This thermometer was very close (read 2 degrees high) for a low cost thermometer.\\n\\nThe hanger is great for the freezer and in the fridge the stand works perfectly on the glass shelves.\\n\\nOverall, for a cheap thermometer, this one is well made and accurate enough. It's a very good value and everyone should have something like this to ensure their freezer or fridge are set to correct temperatures and/or working correctly.\",\n \"Product: All-Clad Brushed Stainless D5 14-piece cookware set includes: 8\\\" fry pan; 10\\\" fry pan; 2 -quart sauce pan with lid; 4-quart sauce pan with lid; 3-quart saute pan with lid; 6-quart saute pan with lid; 8-quart stock pot with lid; 12-quart stock pot with lid.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: All-Clad is the best you can get and the D5 line is a solid model line with good features.\\n\\nReview: These are really nice pans. We've had a set of All-Clad aluminum pots and pans (with the anodized gray exterior finish) for 15 years... we got them for our wedding. Now we're moving to a new house that has an induction cook top and the old pans won't work. Induction tops require magnetic cookware. We thought about getting those small metal rings that heat up and transfer heat to the pan so we could keep using the wedding set. We also looked at converting to a gas cooktop, but neither option was good for various reasons (cost and inefficiency being the main ones).\\n\\nSo I went to check if All-Clad had induction compatible ones and of course they did. 3 Different models. The D5, the Bright stainless and the copper core. The copper core doesn't get good reviews due to uneven heating, which left the D5 and the other stainless. Both seemed the same, although the D5 is their newest line, so I went with them.\\n\\nNo regrets! These are as well made as the originals we had and look like they will last 50 years (or until the next new heating technique makes metal pans obsolete). Everything about All-Clad coos sets is high quality. They come well boxed and protected. The finish is perfect on every item and they have a few nice little things that my old set didn't. Besides the 5 layers to better distribute the heat on the bottom, they also have a small ridge at the base of the handle to rest your finger on and so you don't get too close to the hot pan. Nice but subtle touch.\\n\\nI think my only complaint is that the 10 piece set (which is what I bought) needs a few more item, like a small frying pan for melting butter and maybe a steamer but the 14 piece set doesn't have these, just 2 large pots and lids. Not that helpful. To me the 10 piece is a very solid start for a cook set and you can fill in the missing pieces that you need for your cooking style.\\n\\nIf you're looking for stainless, stick (opposite of non-stuck) cookware, this is the best set you can get. Do it and enjoy a lifetime with these.\",\n \"Product: 17N4 Features: -Easy to use. -Dual DirtLifter power brushes. -Patented HeatWave technology provides two sources of constant heat to maximize cleaning. -Cleans better with less effort. Color: -Silver/Green. Material: -Metal/Plastic. Number of Items Included: -1. Dimensions: Overall Height - Top to Bottom: -45 Inches. Overall Width - Side to Side: -13 Inches. Overall Depth - Front to Back: -19.5 Inches. Overall Product Weight: -32 Pounds.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Cleans carpets but with compromises\\n\\nReview: We recently bought this model from Costco, although Amazon is now selling it for less. We had a previous model and while it still works great, we took it to our cabin, so we needed something for our main house. After a quick and easy assembly of the new model, I set about cleaning our carpets and quickly realized that while it does a good job at cleaning, Bissell cut too many corners designing this cleaner and those decisions severely limit the usefulness of this model.\\n\\nFirst, the separate soap tank has been removed. You mix the soap directly into the water container, which is a little larger than a gallon. This means you are committed to cleaning a large area of carpet. I was able to clean my entire dining and living room area in one tank, going over several places many times for some stubborn stains. There is no way, without wasting a lot of soap, to clean a small room or area. The older model was much better with a separate soap tank, since you could pour out the unused soap to save for later, allowing you to clean any size space.\\n\\nThe next problem is the short power cord. It says it's 22ft but navigating around furniture means you can't get very far from a plug. You could use an extension cord, but why have to deal with additional plugs? The winding posts on the cleaner, where you store the cord when not in use, allow for a lot more core. Bissell just got cheap here, they could have easily given you 35-40ft that that would be a lot better.\\n\\nThe final problem is less severe but with the other things I mentioned, was the nail in the coffin. There is no indicator how much more cleaning solution (soap+water) is in the tank, and you can't tell if you've run out or are running low. The previous model had a small spinning indicator when you sprayed the soap or water and you could see into the soap container. You could tell if you were out (spinner not moving) and you could see if you were low of soap. Not so with the new model. Since the soap and water are mixed into the tank, which is surrounded by dirty water (when cleaning) or by the plastic bodywork, you can't see how much is left while working. I guess you could stop, turn it off and inspect, but that's a poor workflow.\\n\\nThese problems were all experienced at the same time for me while cleaning our stairs. We have 19 or so carpeted stairs between 2 floors. I had finished cleaning the upstairs hall and started using the hand tool to clean the stairs from the top down. I got about half way and ran out of fluid. I was also at the end of the reach of the power cord. I didn't want to refill the tank since I didn't have another large room to clean. So half the stairs were left for next time.\\n\\nOn the plus side, Bissell did a few great things with this design which improves these areas over the previous model. When the handle is upright (e.g. using hand tools) the beater bars (there are 2 on this model) stops moving. This wasn't the case on the earlier model and is a good design and safely feature. Bissell also makes it very easy to clean up the machine when done, allowing you to remove the front suction area in addition to all tank and associated components. You can wash off all the carpet fuzz that sticks to it easily now. This easy removal also makes it easy to get to the belt and clean out the dirt that accumulates there.\\n\\nWe're returning this model. Hopefully Bissell will address these severe shortcomings to make a mediocre cleaner into a really good one.\",\n \"Product: Ideal for traditional and slow cooking techniques, Calphalon Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron cookware is designed to heat evenly and steadily, holding heat so foods stay warm while serving. Pans feature a pre-seasoned cooking surface to help prevent sticking and oversized handles for easy and secure lifting. Calphalon Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron cookware is versatile and can be used on gas, electric and even induction stovetops, as well as in the oven and broiler.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: If you have an induction cooktop and need a griddle, consider this one\\n\\nReview: A great griddle. We use this with our induction cook top. We used to have an electric top and used an AllClad aluminum griddle, but and after we moved that wasn't an option since induction requires magnetic materials to work. This Caphalon griddle fills the gap and allows us to use the induction and still have a griddle.\\n\\nIt is quite a bit smaller than the AllClad aluminum one and since it's cast iron it requires different care and handling. We can cook about 1/2 a package of bacon on it at one time, just to give you an idea of it's working size. It comes already 'seasoned' so you don't need to worry about preparing it, but it's a lot heavier too so you do need to be careful not to drop it (it'll shatter!). Cleaning it is a little different too. clean with a brush and after it's dry you should re-spray it with cooking oil and wipe off the excess.\\n\\nIf you already know how to deal with cast iron, and you need a griddle and don't mind the smaller size, this is a good choice. If you need a larger cooking area then get 2 or consider looking at other options.\\n\\nOne last point, be careful with this on your cooktop since glass surfaces and be scratched by metal. Avoid sliding this around when it's in use.\",\n \"Product: A compact UPS with line interactive topology, the CyberPower AVR Series CP800AVR provides battery backup (using simulated sine wave output) and surge protection for desktop computers, workstations, networking devices, and home entertainment systems. The CP800AVR uses Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) to correct minor power fluctuations without switching to battery power, which extends battery life. AVR is essential in areas where power fluctuations occur frequently. The CP800AVR comes with a three-year warranty (including coverage of batteries) and a $200,000 Connected Equipment Guarantee.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Reliable UPS that provides enough backup power for computers or TVs/consoles for a short period\\n\\nReview: It's like a big power strip, except it also provides backup power on 4 of the plugs on one side, the other 4 are surge protected only. I use it standing on it's end (as pictured) but it can also lay flat.\\n\\nPlug spacing is pretty good, but if you have a large wall wart (Like the one on the Planronics phones) then space can be tight for the other plugs. In general, I haven't had any problem with plug crowding, but some of the A/C adapters are pretty big, so you may want to check size and the arrangement if you have several big ones. Remember, only one side of the device has plugs protected by the UPS, the other side plugs are just surge protected. Look closely at the product pictures to see the markings.\\n\\nI bought one of these a few years ago and it's still going strong, so I haven't had to replace the battery yet. It sits behind my TV/panel and quietly provides protection to the panel, XBox, Roku and a few accessories. It does buzz when there's a power sag (brownout) or power interruption (blackout). It's nice to hear that working when it's doing it's thing.\\n\\nSince these are fairly small UPS devices, don't expect to run a TV and console all night during a blackout. This will protect your devices from the sags and surges that you get with storms but it's really only going to give you 10 minutes to save/power down (depending on your power consumption and devices that are connected). Check your devices to calculate power consumption nd don't put unnecessary devices on the UPS side (e.g. plug your printer into the surge only side!).\",\n \"Product: A mini-tower UPS with line interactive topology, the CyberPower Intelligent LCD CP1500AVRLCD provides battery backup (using simulated sine wave output) and surge protection for desktop computers, workstations, networking devices, and home entertainment systems. The CP1500AVRLCD uses Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) to correct minor power fluctuations without switching to battery power, which extends battery life. AVR is essential in areas where power fluctuations occur frequently. The CP1500AVRLCD comes with a three-year warranty (including coverage of batteries) Battery Backup Supplies power long enough for equipment to properly shut down when utility power fails. Helps prevent loss of data and minimizes the component stress caused by a hard shutdown. Surge Protection Diverts excess voltage away from sensitive electronic equipment during an AC power surge or power spike to prevent damage. Data Line Protection Prevents power surges that travel through telephone, coaxial, and Ethernet lines from causing damage to electronics. Line Interactive Topology Exists when a line interactive UPS has an autotransformer that regulates low voltages (e.g., brownouts) and over voltages (e.g., spikes) without having to switch to battery. Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) Provides clean, consistent AC power by automatically regulating low voltages and over voltages, within defined tolerances, when incoming utility power has minor fluctuations. Simulated Sine Wave Output Uses pulse wave modulation to generate a stepped, approximated sine wave to supply cost-effective battery backup power for equipment that does not require sine wave output. GreenPower UPSBypass Design Is a patented design that allows utility power to bypass the UPS transformer, when AC power is stable, which reduces energy consumption, noise, and heat buildup. Multifunction LCD Panel Displays immediate, detailed information on the UPS battery and power conditions, alerting users to potential problems before they can affect critical equipment and cause downtime. Ultra Quiet Design Minimizes noise during operation for a quieter work environment. PowerPanel Personal Software Provides a user-friendly dashboard interface for controlling and monitoring the UPS. Free software download available here. ENERGY STAR This model is an ENERGY STAR certified Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system. ENERGY STAR is the trusted, government-backed symbol for energy-efficient products and practices that help save money and protect the environment.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: It's a small footprint and reliable UPS\\n\\nReview: If you need a UPS then this is as good as any. It provides power when commercial power cuts out and provides protection against surges and sags too. Make sure to get the right capacity for your equipment, and don't try to protect things like laser printers with a UPS since they can pull a lot of power when they start.\\n\\nWhat makes this UPS stand out is the display. It shows you quickly what's happening with the commercial power and the state of the battery. Plus, the company has great support. I now own several Cyberpower units after some bad experiences with support from a different UPS vendor, APC. The few times I've called Cyberpower to ask questions, the phone was quickly answered by people in the US that know the products and can help immediately. To me, that makes a huge difference.\\n\\nSince this model (1500VA AVR Mini-Tower) is a vertical (tower) unit, it doesn't take up much space on the shelf. I use this to protect my stereo amp, dvd player, wifi AP and Roku in our cabin, so it sits next to the equipment on a shelf. The blue display isn't too bright, so it's unobtrusive. It's a good product from a good company.\",\n \"Product: Screensavrz protect delicate Apple and PC laptop display screens from abrasion caused by the close tolerances present in modern thin and light notebooks Screensavrz positively shield and protect your display screen from oils dirt shock keyboard marks and top case abrasion Screensavrz also expertly clean and polish LCD displays without sprays or wet wipes - dampen screensavrz with water and easily remove existing key marks and scuffing.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A decent microfiber cloth, cut to the right size for a MBP 15\\n\\nReview: This is a fairly soft microfiber cloth that is the right size to cover your screen on a Mac Book Pro 15 (both Retina and non-Retina). It's a great idea, the only problem is it's not quite thin enough to close the lid and not have it pop open again. However that only seems to happen if you have the hinge side down (e.g. leaning up against a wall with the hinge on the ground). Otherwise, if it's sitting normally on a desktop it's fine. They could probably have cut the cloth slightly smaller so it would fit easier inside the rubber gasket around the display, and that would have helped the pop-open problem I mentioned.\\n\\nThis cloth is not as thin as the small cloth that Apple includes with the MBP, nor is it as soft, but it doesn't look like it's scratched my screen with a few uses, not even any super-fine scratches. This cloth is a little stiff, although it won't stand by itself. It does roll up nicely... fold it in half and then roll. This is how it ships and is easy to handle like this when not between the screen and keys.\\n\\nI wouldn't recommend using this if you run your computer with the lid closed (using an external screen or with some remote control software) since it's likely to cause a heat build-up. I haven't tried that though, so let me know if you do... be aware I won't be responsible for a melted or distorted screen, or any other type of damage that may cause ;) Be safe and compute responsibly.\\n\\n1 star off for (slightly) too thick and slightly too large (causing lid closing resistance), otherwise a good product that should do what it sets out to do, namely protect and wipe your laptop's screen.\",\n \"Product: The heavy duty steel mount is compatible with most LED, LCD, and Plasma TVs and other flat panel display between 37 and 75 inches weigh less than 165lbs. Supports all VESA mounting standards 700x400 684x300 600x400 600x300 600x200 500x300 400x400 400x300 400x200 300x300 300x200 200x200 200x100 and many odd size mounting patterns (mounting holes on the rear of the TV or panel should be no more than 28\\\" apart horizontally and up to 17.7\\\" vertically). Over 12 lbs. solid heavy-gauge steel construction offers a smooth surface, high-tech look while providing strength and durability. Viewing angle can be adjusted by tilt 0-15 degree forward. TV is positioned just 2.2\\\" profile from the wall for a clean, low-profile appearance. Lift and lock safety system secure the display in position as needed. How to ensure the mount compliance with your selected display? First, the weight of your display should be less than 165lbs. Second, mounting holes distance on the rear of TV must be less than 28\\\" (710mm) horizontally and 17.7\\\" (450mm) vertically. Last, the mount plate width is 30\\\". Your TV should be at least 30 inch wide. Otherwise, you will see the bracket. Notice: free HDMI cable begins from 09/01/2017.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This is a very good mount. I got it for a 65\\\" Samsung ...\\n\\nReview: This is a very good mount. I got it for a 65\\\" Samsung to hang in the garage and mounted it high on the wall. The tilt down is very handy and makes viewing more comfortable. The nice thing about this that separates it from the other mounting options out there is the included bubble level and the built in bubble level. In the picture you can see a small greenish colored block in the center of the wall mount. That's the built in level. Very handy when you're mounting the plate on the wall since you can keep a constant eye on the level-ness of the plate. VideoSecu also includes a plastic bubble level with a magnet so you can verify the arms are perpendicular to the frame and that everything else is square.\\n\\nThe bag of mounting screws (to the panel and to the wall) are well thought out and cover all the regular expected uses. They appear to use good quality screws too. I didn't see any head damage to the screw head for the arm attachments and the wall bolts are nice and sturdy.\\n\\nPretty much all reasonable mounts are about the same, unless you need an articulating one or some special feature. It's these small details (included bubble levels and using quality parts) that make a difference, hence the 5 stars.\",\n \"Product: The RK812WALLO 8U Open Frame Wall Mount Equipment Rack (12in Depth) is a high quality, low cost relay rack that is easy to assemble and install into any environment. The rack can be wallmounted or installed as a free standing storage solution.This TAA compliant product adheres to the requirements of the US Federal Trade Agreements Act (TAA), allowing government GSA Schedule purchases. Able to accommodate common networking, audio-video and telecom equipment, the open rack offers a depth of 12in; the wall mounts are positioned 16in apart (center to center), making it suitable for mounting on virtually any wall surface, based on North American wall frame stud spacing standards. This 8U rack can be mounted to the wall in a server room, office, or above a doorway, expanding your workspace and keeping your equipment easily accessible. Backed by a StarTech.com lifetime warranty.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A good, solid wall mount rack for telecom gear at home of the office.\\n\\nReview: A good solid rack that you can wall mount. It does use the 2 part/plug in rack screws instead of having threaded holes in the rack, most likely as a cost reduction effort, but the included screws are sufficient for mounting several devices. It had enough screws included for a shelf, power distribution, Ethernet switch, Firewall and cable manager. If I had a bunch of 1U devices I would need to get more screws+clips.\\n\\nI took off 1 star for cable management. There are holes in the rack along the top and bottom horizontal pieces in the front. You can use these with cable ties but gaining access to the back of them is very poor when you have gear installed in the rack. I had my shelf installed at the bottom and there is no way to get to the back of the holes to turn the cable tie back around. Plan ahead.\\n\\nOtherwise a good rack.\",\n \"Product: The CyberPower RMCARD202 is a full-featured network UPS management device that remotely manages, monitors, and controls CyberPower UPS products. The internal card allows remote monitoring and control of a UPS via Web Browser or NMS connection. By utilizing the auto-shutdown software, servers and workstations stay protected from data loss due to power failure. Event logging tracks the UPS operational history. Automated event notifications via email or SNMP Trap can be setup to insure real time status of changes to the UPS and its input voltages. Firmware can be updated by users to insure you have the latest features and updates. Security management is also provided to protect the integrity of the UPS and network.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect for logging power events\\n\\nReview: This plugs into the Cyberpower PR1500LCD and other Cyberpower UPS models (check for specific compatibility) and it is great. I needed to deploy a UPS at an unmanaged site and had to track commercial power problems. This card can be configured to log between 1 day (short interval - log per minute) or over 255 days (long interval - once an hour) so you can see low and high values for load, input voltage, input frequency and output voltage per interval. It exports to CSV to make it easy to chart and track in Excel.\\n\\nThe web interface is the best way to access the data and configure the card. There are several options for sending the data (SMS, email etc) but I'm only using the card for onboard logging since there is a need for security.\\n\\nThis is the only card I found with onboard logging that could provide me with details of power conditions over 6 months.\",\n \"Product: Extreme speed and performance! This SanDisk Extreme Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) card is perfect for saving your high-def photos and videos! The SDSDX-032G-X46 features 32 GB of storage and is compatible with digital SLRs and high definition camcorders. This UHS-1 and Class 10 compliant SDHC card lets you capture fast action video in full high-def, even in 3D. Plus, it offers a 45 MB/s (300x) read and write speeds. With a built-in write protection switch, you can keep your data from being erased or overwritten. Order this SanDisk Extreme 32 GB Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) card today!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Reliable and fast. Sandisk is the leader for flash memory.\\n\\nReview: ok, I realize that sounds like I'm in their marketing department, but I have no affiliation with Sandisk. I've been using Sandisk cards for a few years and have never lost any data and found the transfer rates to be as advertized (when put into a suitable card slot). This card advertises 45MB/s transfer and that's exactly what I got when copying files to it using a MBP 15 Retina. While all cards can have problems, the Sandisk cards are reliable and the company stands behind their products with it's warranty. They're not a fly by night company or new to the scene, so you can be certain that if you do ever have a problem you can get in touch with them and arrange a replacement.\",\n \"Product: Shipping Depth: 19.2 Shipping Height: 10.8 Shipping Width: 11.2 Master Pack Qty: 1 General Information Manufacturer: CyberPower Systems, Inc Manufacturer Part Number: PR750LCD Brand Name: CyberPower Product Line: Smart App Sinewave Product Model: PR750LCD Product Name: Smart App Sinewave PR750LCD 750VA Pure Sine Wave Mini-Tower LCD UPS Marketing Information: The CyberPower Smart App Sinewave PR750LCD uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with LCD Control Panel and Active PFC compatible pure sine wave output safeguards mission-critical servers, telecom equipment, and internetworking hardware. Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) delivers a consistent and clean AC power. Patented GreenPower UPS advanced circuitry reduces UPS energy costs by up to 75% compared to competitive models. The LCD Control Panel has 41 different settings to check status and customize the operating settings, plus it can be mounted remotely for ease of use regardless of where the UPS is installed. The PR750LCD unit has a capacity of 750VA/525Watts, (6) NEMA 5-15R receptacles and (2) maintenance-free, user-replaceable 12V/7Ah batteries. This unit offers connectivity via (1) HID USB, (1) DB9 serial and (1) emergency power off (EPO) port. Product Type: Line-interactive UPS Technical Information Plug/Connector Type: NEMA 5-15P Receptacles: 6 x NEMA 5-15R - Battery/Surge-protected Interfaces/Ports Interfaces/Ports: 1 x DB-9 Serial Interfaces/Ports: 1 x USB Management Network Management: SNMP Manageable Optional Battery Information Batteries: 2 x Maintenance-free, Sealed Lead Acid User Replaceable Backup/Run Time: 0.05 Hour 525 W Full Load Backup/Run Time: 0.25 Hour 262.50 W Half Load Battery Recharge Time: 8 Hour Typical Power Description Load Capacity: 750 VA/525 W Input Voltage: 110 V AC Input Voltage Range: 120 V AC Input Voltage Range: 75 V AC to 154 V AC Output Voltage: 120 V AC Physical Characteristics Height: 6.4 Width: 5.4 Depth: 13.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: It's an online UPS, not much more to say...\\n\\nReview: ok, a little more... I ran some tests margining the input power from 80v up to over 135v. Anything below about 86 and the UPS switched entirely to internal power. The output was always within normal range and provided a clean sine output. The output power was very stable under all test conditions.\\n\\nI got this UPS since I needed to do power logging at a customer site... it requires the RMCARD202 to do extended logging, see my review for that seperately.\\n\\nThe only thing holding me back from giving it 5 stars is the front panel is a little loose and can pop off easily. That means you need to be aware of this detail when moving the UPS around. However this would normally not be a problem since a UPS is heavy (60lbs shipping weight for the 1500VA model) and not considered a portable item. I called tech support at CyberPower about this concern and they checked theirs and it did the same, so they must all do that. The front cover on APC models is the opposite, usually very difficult to remove. The removable display on this unit wasn't a selling point for me, so although I can see the use, I didn't need it.\\n\\nBTW, CyberPower has great US based tech support. They quickly answer the phone and have the devices readily available to test whatever is reported as the problem. 5 Start support team!\",\n \"Product: The RAM-B-166-A-GOP1U consists of a 3.25\\\"\\\" twist lock suction cup base, SHORT size double socket arm and 1\\\"\\\" diameter ball with custom GoPro Hero adapter. The mount is designed with a RAM 1\\\"\\\" diameter patented rubber ball and socket system that has adjustment points at both ends of the double socket arm; this allowing for almost infinite adjustment and perfect viewing angles. The suction cup, twist lock base is designed to have a strong hold on glass and non-porous plastic surfaces, including\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Good camera mount but not perfect for all windshield locations. Check your glass for shading dots before attaching.\\n\\nReview: good mount for the GoPro but the screw that holds the case to the arm isn't a thumbscrew, it requires a Philips screw driver and the size/length of the arm segments means this doesn't fold up very small. While thet's not a big problem most of the time, I sometimes have the camera mounted high on the windshield and want the camera to be mounted high too (keep it out of the sight lines), but it's not possible with this arm to keep it folded up since that's not how the arms are designed.\\n\\nBesides that, the suction cup and lock mechanisms are very good and hold the camera securely. Overall this is a well thought out, well designed and well built product.\\n\\nThis isn't a knock against the product but just a general piece of advice when using suction cups to secure items. Check your windshield where you think you may use the suction cup. If you have the shade dots (nearly flush paint dots on the inside to add some tinting, usually right around the edge of the glass), they don't work well with suction cups. The camera may detach and fall. Be careful if you are at the track since you don't want the distraction of a camera coming lose inside the car at the wrong time.\",\n \"Product: Accepts bare wire or spades accepts 12 to 18 AWG speaker wires color coded black/red rings for maintaining proper polarity secure, positive contact with binding posts corrosion resistant, 24K gold-plated brass plug\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great low cost connector for speaker cable.\\n\\nReview: These are well machined, solid connectors. Use them before trying to connect the speaker cable to the speakers if your amplifier and speakers have the banana plug connector/posts. My rear channels (Polk dipole surround speakers) had a colored (red/black) plug in the bana plug, which popped out. My center channel doesn't support the banana plug, but my front left/right floor standing Polks do, as did my Denon receiver, so once I measured out the cable lengths and screwed on these connectors, plugging everything in was a piece of cake. I got one wire backward which was picked up when I did the Audyssey sound checks, so flipping around the plug polarity was a piece of cake.\\n\\nThe trick to these connectors is to push the cable through from the end and then have it fan out at the end so it will be pinched when you screw the 2 pieces together. The fastest way I found to do this is to unscre the connectors so you can see all the way through the hole, then lightly twist the speaker cable and thread it so it goes through the end easily then when it comes out at the hole use another plug end to push the cable part way out the side of the hole, then screw connector together, pinching the cable strands. After the first 2 it's quick and easy.\\n\\nNo sound distortion, good connections and easy assembly and management. I wish I had these years ago.\\nDon't forget to buy enough for both ends of the cables, and if you have patch panels for the speaker cables, you might need even more!\",\n \"Product: Waterproof case for Canon PowrShot G15 camera.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great for swimming, snorkeling and SCUBA\\n\\nReview: I finally got a chance to test the case with my Canon G15. It works great! I've used an older model hard case from Canon on an older camera, and these are the way to go. Forget trying to use a soft case since at diving depth the are compresses and the buttons get randomly squeezed, causing problems. A hard case is the only option if you take it with you diving. There is access to most of the buttons on this case, as well as the mode select knob and the zoom, so you have good controls. The buttons are a bit small and tightly clustered, so if you wear thick diving gloves, you may have problems changing modes. Easy solution is to dive in warm water (no gloves)... good excuse to go to Hawaii if you're used to Monterey ;)\\n\\nI've been using the case around the pool, on the lazy river (Aulani) and in the rain here in Oahu on this vacation trip and it's perfect. No fear of water damage to the camera. The case is a bit bulky making it more like an SLR instead od a pocket camera, but that's the tradeoff, being able to go to 100+ feet (33+ meters) and also take family pictures when the weather is stormy.\\n\\nIf you pop-up the internal flash, there's no way to put it back down, you'll need to turn off the flash with the controls if you don't want the flash to fire on some pics. Be careful with the yellow o-ring since that's vital for keeping water out at depth. Make sure it's clean, don't let salt dry on it if possible, and take it out occasionally to lubricate it with the included silicone grease.\\n\\nI added a moisture muncher capsule to it, it fits perfectly alongside the barrel between a screw post and a rib. It's the perfect length so it doesn't get crushed or squeezed. They are available on Amazon in 10 packs in a ziplock type bag. These are a necessity if you dive with the camera, otherwise the lens glass may fog up.\\n\\nAlso be aware it's positively buoyant, it'll float to the surface if you let go. If you want it to be neutral, there are weights available from Canon, but I've never used them.\",\n \"Product: The BVU165LT USB Display Adapter provides easy plug and play additional displays to your laptop or desktop computers with resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 and 1920 x 1080 (wide). With the BVU165LT you can mirror or extend any display in any direction. This USB powered display device is fully integrated into the Windows operating system and is fully managed by the Windows Control Panel interface. The BVU165LT allows easy plug and play installation and can determine the type, resolutions and key features of your display, ensuring a fast, easy, and error free setup.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Works but some limitations\\n\\nReview: This works and provides you with a low cost, USB connected, video \\\"card\\\" to plug a 2nd monitor into. I use it on a Mac (MBP late 2011) running 10.8.1 and now, 10.8.2 and am driving a Dell 24\\\" widescreen LCD with it.\\n\\nUsing the 1.8 and 2.0 drivers, this adapter works well enough, but either OS X or the driver creates a few weird problems with displaying and managing 2 monitors working as a single logical desktop. I stack my 2 monitors (the other running off the built-in displayport/DVI interface) in landscape mode so the space was 1920x2160). No matter what I do, having a window that displayed across both (i.e. a tall window in FF or MS Word) would cause the Mac to resize the window back to a single monitor any time the window was moved. Very frustrating and I suspect it's OS X that's doing it, although I can't really prove it. I tried running both monitors in portrait mode but the Mac/OS X seems likes that even less with some image drawing problems and these screens I'm using aren't IPS so that added some viewing angle problems to the mix.\\n\\nAnother problem with this adapter is the lag of the image created through the limited bandwidth of the USB 2 interface. It's small but noticeable. Small video windows are fine (like Youtube in the default small or medium size) but anything larger starts to look a little like a slide show. Same with dragging windows around on the desktop provided by this card, they jump instead of moving smoothly. The jumping windows isn't a big deal but combined with the video playback and the inability to treat the workspace as a single area, it's a little frustrating, but may be the only option short of upgrading to the Retina Macs with HDMI and DP video plugs.\\n\\nNote that this adapter isn't made by Diamond, they resell it with their own branding - It's made by Displaylink and you will need to D/L the Mac SW from their website. Do a Google search for the Displaylink drivers for Mac to get the latest and check the OS compatibility for your version of OS X.\",\n \"Product: Introducing SanDisk Extreme Plus microSDXC UHS-I card, the perfect companion for your newest Smartphone or Tablet. Get the performance that keeps up with your active lifestyle. Move your data fast, take better pictures and video, plus get more room to capture and share your passion. Available in storage capacities from 16 GB to 64 GB you'll have room for apps, music, files, and sharing all the action without worrying about running out of storage space. With both UHS Speed Class 1 (U1) and Class 10 video recording ratings you'll be ready to enjoy the highest quality Full HD video (1080p), which requires more performance than ordinary memory cards can handle. With SanDisk Extreme Plus microSDXC UHS-I card, you will be ready.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fast! (on a Mac)\\n\\nReview: Using a MacBook Pro 15 (retina) and the Sandisk included adapter to SD I saw transfer speeds peaking at 45MBps (yes, that's a big \\\"B\\\"). I'm booting my Mac to Windows 7 and using Teracopy to monitor copy (write) speeds of real files from the SSD to this memory card. These are real-world numbers. I ran a comparison test using the same source files with a regular \\\"Sandisk Extreme\\\" (non-Plus) and a Lexar USB3 64GB thumbdrive and got 35MBps speeds when writing to those. That is the rated speed for those cards.\\n\\nI'm using this memory card in my Samsung Note 3 phone running Android 4.4.2 and I haven't confirmed the speed of transfer to the phone but have heard that KitKat may cap the throughput to 35MBps, so it may not make sense to get this higher speed memory if that's your only use or you need the 45MBps, at least until the higher speed is re-enabled in Android. However, playing back full 1080p videos from this card to on the phone shows no problems and the access times to random spots in the videos is very responsive. These are 3.5-4GB files. It \\\"feels\\\" faster than the Patriot 32GB card I replaced.\\n\\nTime will tell if this card is reliable, but I've had very good luck with Sandisk memory and I would expect this to hold up well. I'll provide any updates if that changes.\",\n \"Product: No Discription entered\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Solid performing AP that's easy to setup.\\n\\nReview: Very easy to setup. I only installed one so far and did some speed tests. Using Ookla I was getting 125Mbps using a wired connection to my HP switch. Going wireless with this AP I got just over 100Mbps. Not too bad. I'm using a MacBook Pro 15 from late 2013 and my Internet connection is the 125Mbps connection from Comcast.\\n\\nThe setup application uses Java and works well enough. Setup is easy but I tried to 'cowboy\\\" it at first and needed to do a factory reset on the AP and try again before it worked. Just make sure to read the dialog boxes (I didn't the first time). So far it's great and I'll be buying 3 outdoor APs and a 2nd indoor AC AP to make sure I have good coverage around the house and yard.\\n\\nIt's nice these APs come with the POE injectors, although that requires an additional AC plug for the injector near the switch. The 24 port fanless HP switch I have doesn't do POE and my Juniper EX2200c has a few ports that stopped working, so I'm stuck with the HP switch for now. I don't want to use the Ubiquity Edgeswitch 24 (ES-24-250W) switch, although it does do POE, the Edgeswitch isn't fanless and the network gear is all in an open rack in our master closet, so I'm going for quiet. Maybe if I needed 10G uplinks or L3 routing, but I just need a high density L2 switch and I already had the HP.\\n\\nAnyway, these Ubiquity APs are nice. Very clean and low profile design. The square design is a little different, but only the AC model is square. The inner swuare has LED backlights that can be, white or blue and signal different conditions.\\n\\nFast and easy setup and they appear well made.\",\n \"Product: This ultra-low-profile, high-performance drive fits snugly into your host devices and safely stays there-nothing to stick out or break off. Leave it in place as a stays-put storage boost of up to 64GB. When it's time to move your content it happens fast, up to ten times faster than a standard USB 2.0 drive1. You can transfer a full-length movie in less than 40 seconds2. Play your music collection from your car audio system for that long road trip, or carry your family vacation photos with you. Not only does SanDisk Ultra Fit fit your on-the-go, multi-device lifestyle, it makes it safe to carry and share your content. The included SanDisk Secure Access software3 provides 128-bit file encryption and password protection for your private files while leaving the rest of the drive available for sharing.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Good memory, nice small package and decent performance.\\n\\nReview: Very shot memory stick. I used this in my car to provide music playback. I looked specifically for a short memory stick since I would be leaving this plugged into the car's USB plug almost full time. This way it won't catch things and snag.\\n\\nSanDisk makes good memory and has been in the business for years. Yes, sometimes there are bad individual untis, sometimes I'm sure there are even bad batches, but overall I've been very happy with Sandisk memory (I have CF, SD micro SD and USB formats from them) and this mini thumb drive in specific fit's the needs I have for storage in my car. I don't need super fast memory, so I haven't tested that aspect, but USB3 speeds should be good enough for most general purpose storage needs and transferring songs to this memory stick on my computer (MBP 15+retina, late 2013) was quick enough that I didn't have to worry about transfer rates. I'm sure there are other reviews that have those numbers posted. For me, it was good enough.\",\n \"Product: QNAP TS-253 Pro 2-Bay Professional-grade NAS, Intel 2.0GHz Quad Core CPU with Media Transcoding. Intel Celeron Quad Core 2.0GHz, 2GB DDR3L RAM (max 8GB), SATA 6Gb/s, 2 Giga LAN, Read 224MB/s, Write 222MB/s,, hardware transcoding, HDMI out with XBMC, Virtualization Station, Surveillance Station, max 1 UX expansion unit\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fast NAS, quiet and feature rich!\\n\\nReview: So far this NAS is great. I've had it 2 weeks now, so not a lot of run time yet, but setup was super easy, it took about 10 mins to install 4 4TB Seagate NAS drives (ST4000VN000). There have been 2 firmware updates already, so there are probably some stability issues lurking with the original software, but I haven't experienced them yet. I'm replacing an old ReadyNAS NV+ and the speed difference is night and day! Directories load very quickly (using a single GE link right now and connecting through wireless at 150Mbps (2 MIMO) speeds at the laptop. I've setup a Time Machine partition and have 2 MAc laptopns (OS X 10.9.5) backing up to it. I also had the ReadyNAS push the directories of 60K+ pictures and 900MBs of music over without any problems, although it took a long time to complete.\\n\\nIn terms of noise, it's very quiet. I haven't measured the DBs but the fans are spinning at low speed, around 400 RPMs and the drives are very quiet too. My only complaint is that with the original firmware the SSD that I'm using (OCZ Deneva 2 250G) isn't recognized correctly. It reports an overtemp but says the drive is OK. I don't think it's reading the registers correctly and that may be the reason I can't use it for SSD cache. I just upgraded to the current firmware this morning and the drive can now be see by the cache settings, so hopefully that's resolved.\\n\\nI haven't tested Plex yet since I use a Mac Mini as my Plex server for faster transcoding, but will eventually migrate to this NAS for that too since it has the extra cores (and is the reason for purchasing this over the lower CPU models).\\n\\nSo far, this has been a very positive experience.\\n\\nThe packaging that Amazon used was very low quality cardboard and the shipping container arrived fairly banged and torn. There was a lot of tape added to hold the cardboard together, I assume UPS added that. Thankfully the packing from QNAP was only slightly damaged on the outside but the Styrofoam packing inside did it's job and there's no visible damage to the NAS itself. Come on Amazon! Please use better packing for $1100 electronics!\",\n \"Product: The Garmin Fenix 3 provides so much information that it's ideal for runners, hikers, cyclists, swimmers, skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers, endurance athletes, and the list goes on. And if you think that it stops at speed, distance, calories burned, location, and GPS-tracking, you'll be excited to know that it even counts elevation gain, how many ski runs you've done, how your swim stroke looks, and even ... how soundly you are sleeping. If that isn't like having your own personal coach, we don't know what is. And you'll always be able to see the numbers because Garmin uses a high-resolution, sunlight-visible, Chroma display. Inside of this seemingly innocuous looking stainless steel housing is an EXO+ GPS and GLONASS antenna that is the point of departure for all the location marking and more advanced route-planning features of the Fenix. Besides the location finding, the Fenix goes a step further to ensure you're always connected with email, text, and even stock alerts delivered to your wrist. Once your workout is complete, data upload is instant.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Great activity watch, screen isn't as bright as others but very usable but 2+ week battery!\\n\\nReview: Lets get this out of the way first, battery life is great. It should last a full 2 weeks! I'm finishing the 1st week and still have plenty of charge remaining (~60%). No need to charge every day! I'm wearing the watch 24x7 to monitor my pulse and sleep habits and it's perfect. The \\\"Connect\\\" app on my android phone syncs with the watch and tracks everything nicely. Stair climbs, calories, steps, sleep and heart rate all sync and give you a convenient weekly summary. I have had a few sleep nights of sleep data not log correctly, not sure why that is, I'm wondering if taking the watch off to take a shower in the AM is causing the activity not to upload. The watch has the data but the app doesn't receive it... so I think it's a SW bug and -1 star. However, I've now disabled Samsung Health in favor of Garmin Connect. It also does the usual buzz on text messages, alarms, calendar events etc, which is fine, but not that important for me, although it does a double buzz every few hours when I'm at my desk to remind me to move!\\n\\nI think the only complaint I have is the screen is not as bright as I'd like for indoors, however it stays on the entire time which is much nicer compared to Apple or Samsung Gear watches that require a wrist twist to trigger the screen. The backlight is good enough indoors when you need it and the screen is very good in sunlight which it's really designed for. With the GPS tracking built in it should be perfect for mountain biking or later this ski season to track my runs (and it has a ski tracker app built in to not track time on the lifts!). One other really nice thing is the customization. There are tons of watch \\\"faces\\\" you can download for free and have your perfect watch (digital or analog, fancy or plain, whatever colors you want for hands, faces, 24 hour/GMT hand, battery, Bluetooth, date etc). There are literally hundreds of screen layouts and most can be further customized with the app on the phone.\\n\\nI was a little unsure about how much I liked the watch at first due to the dim screen, but I have really grown to like this watch and don't miss the super bright screens on other watches and definitely don't miss having to charge the watch every day. You can go on 2 week vacations and not have to bring a charger for your watch! Imagine that! It's too bad it doesn't have a solar charging screen like the Casio or Citizen watches but most of those don't have the other features this Garmin does (and not at the price point of this one). Very happy with it!\",\n \"Product: With the Lightning to USB Camera Connector, it's incredibly easy to download photos and videos from your digital camera to your iPad with Retina display or iPad mini, so you can view them on the gorgeous iPad display and share them with family and friends. After you insert the SD Card into the reader, your iPad automatically opens the Photos app, which lets you choose which photos and videos to import, then organizes them into albums. When you sync iPad to your PC or Mac, the photos and videos on your iPad are added to your computer's photo library. The Lightning to USB Camera Connector supports standard photo formats, including JPEG and RAW, along with SD and HD video formats, including H.264 and MPEG-4.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Doesn't work s you might expect, needs a separate power source like a USB hub or self powered device that connects to the USB\\n\\nReview: I returned this. Connecting to my iPad Pro 9.7 the adapter couldn't read any USB drives or adapters for memory cards. The iPad reports an error saying it can't provide enough power. So the ability to mount a thumb drive to access it's content possible isn't possible.\\n\\nTo use this successfully you need to use a USB hub to plug into, between the iPad and thumb drive... it kind of defeats the small and portable nature of the iPad as a replacement computer. There is another cable/dongle option from Apple that has a second power adapter on it which may work better as long as you plug that into a power source (or batter) but at this point, it's pretty clear Apple wants you to bounce everything through iCloud. I had hoped to use this to edit flight videos on my iPad from the micro SD card from my drone, but that's not going to happen, I'll have to use a laptop instead.\",\n \"Product: The UniFi AC LR AP features the Wi-Fi 802.11AC technology in a refined industrial design and is ideal for long-range deployment of high-performance wireless networks.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Easy to configure and use and a great AP.\\n\\nReview: Awesome AP! I got this for my cousin to replace his wireless AP that's built into his router. The range is great, a lot better than the built in one. Setup is very easy as long as you configure it by connecting your computer (laptop) to the wired network. I tried to configure it through wifi until I thought about what I was doing. Duh!\\n\\nThe configuration software is a separate download from the Ubiquiti web site and you'll likely also need to download the Java runtime software from Sun. Once these are in place and running, which is very easy to do, then setup of the AP is simple. If you have ever configured an AP (wireless or wifi setup), the configuration is very easy. Give it a name (SSID) configure it for a VLAN is you have one (home users probably don't). Then apply the settings and you're done. The management software will show you connected devices (guests and users) on the AP and will show you individual and aggregate traffic levels on the AP. Nice to know but not really necessary. After that, you really don't need the software unless you want to monitor the device.\\n\\nHowever if you have multiple APs in your location (e.g. one upstairs and one downstairs) then you probably want the management software to always be running, so you'll need some sort of machine running full time to host the software. It could be a VM on a NAS, a NUK or Mac Mini, or even a Raspberry Pi. Just check the recommendations if you are unsure. Windows, OS X, Linus are all supported.\\n\\nI've never had to contact Ubiquity support so I can't speak to that area. I installed these and configured them myself. I do know about networking and some about wireless networking, but it really is easy and only takes 15 mins or so to go fro the box to configured. Hanging it up will take a little longer, but the mounting hardware is well thought out too. It's one of the more trouble-free networking devices I've encountered.\",\n \"Product: LUVVITT CLEAR GRIP iPad Pro 9.7 Case combines the clarity and high cushioning bumper protection with style. The result is a high-end, extremely durable protection without sacrificing the great look. This iPad Pro 9.7 case is very light and slim so you can enjoy your iPad Pro 9.7 inch without adding bulk and weight. Only compatible with iPad PRO 9.7 inch (2016). NOT compatible with iPad 9.7 regular version (2017-2018). Just the PRO version. NOT compatible with Smart Cover and Keyboard Cover or Keyboard Cover. ATTENTION: May not be compatible with screen protectors.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Overall it's a good design, but the power switch button bumper switch lacks feedback may be accidently activated.\\n\\nReview: Be aware that there are 2 models of the cover. This one does not have the cut-out for the smart cover or keyboard. There is one available that has the cutouts and I'll be reviewing that one in the next few days when it arrives.\\n\\nThe cover itself fits pretty snugly, although there is a very small amount of play when the iPad is inserted, it's very slight. Inserting the iPad is very easy since the case is flexible enough to be bent slightly backward at the corner to allow it to slip over the iPad.\\n\\nOverall this case/cover has a very good fit and certainly looks like it should protect against corner drops. Luckily I haven't tested the drop survive ability yet. If someone wants to send me a free iPad, I'll be happy to drop it with the case on to report of how well it protects the device :)\\n\\nThe cover itself is a flexible clear plastic that has a slightly soft/rubbery feel and is pretty thick on all 4 corners. There are stand-offs molded into the front and back to it doesn't put the screen in touch with the surface when it's lying face down on a desk, for example. The material is firm with a little give which means that you can hold it pretty well with one hand without it slipping but see my comment below regarding the grip areas. I don't recommend walking around holding a 9.7\\\" iPad by itself without a case like this on as the smooth and slippery back of an iPad is hard to hold without 2 hands unless you don't mind the risk is it slipping!\\n\\nThe cutouts on the case are all in their proper places for all the speaker holes, camera sensors and flash and both the volume buttons. This is where my complaints are with this case\\n1) the case edges where the speakers are for the ipad pro 9.7 only have the wrap around edge holing on to the iPad. This means when you hold the iPad for reading or video watching (in landscape mode), if you end up holding it with any pressure on these unsupported areas, the case will slip around, in effect, falling off the edge of the iPad. It's a bit annoying but doesn't seem to stretch the plastic of the case or damage the iPad, so it's probably something to just \\\"deal with\\\".\\n\\n2) the power button does not have a cut out, instead you have to press down on the top edge of the cover, which has a structure that then presses down on the power switch. It sounds a little complicated but basically think of it as a large rubber button built into the corner and resting on the iPad's power switch. This power button thing is a little lacking in tactile feedback, but it does work. To my finger, I can't be certain the switch is being pressed, however the screen does go off when I do it so it must be working. However I was using the case on the iPad yesterday, holding it in landscape mode, watching a show on Netflix, and I must have been pressing the power button without realizing it... the iPad shut off. At first I thought I ran the battery down, but I must have been pressing the power since it powered back up right afterward showing 90% battery. The button really needs some feedback, but it's something you can learn to live with. By the way, if you get the case with the cut out and use the Apple Smart Cover or similar cover with a magnetic on/off mechanism, you don't really use the iPad's power switch any more, so this complaint goes away if you use that to turn on/off the iPad. Note that you need to make sure to order the correct Luvvitt case (with the Smart cover/keyboard cutout).\\n\\nThe grip area on the back of the case isn't displayed well in the product photos, but the ridges are rounded on the top and not small. to me it feels like I don't have as good of a grip as I would like on an $800 iPad. They provide decent grip, however the ridges run from front to back (horizontal ridges if the iPad is held in portrait mode). I think if the ridges ran from top to bottom (vertically when the iPad is held in portrait mode) of the grip area it might provide a better area to hold on to, but since it does work, that may be an aesthetic design consideration, over a functional one. Maybe a waffle pattern would feel more secure, but the pits between the ridges might collect too much dirt. I'd prefer a slightly better grip though.\",\n \"Product: With Rocketboost and 2.4GHz wireless technologies for reduced wireless interference, this sender/receiver and weather-resistant wireless speaker make it easy to equip your home theater or audio component system for crystal-clear wireless listening outdoors.\\n\\nWhat's Included\\n\\n * Rocketfish 2.4GHz Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Speaker with Wireless Sender/Receiver (1 speaker)\\n * 2 DC-to-AC adapters\\n * 6' 3.5mm auxiliary cable\\n * 6' 3.5mm-to-stereo RCA cable\\n * Owner's manual\\n\\nProduct Features\\n\\n * 2.4GHz, 22-watt wireless speaker with up to 164' wireless range\\n Allows you to enjoy wireless digital audio from your Rocketfish wireless sender/receiver-equipped home theater or audio system.\\n * Wireless sender/receiver\\n Wirelessly connects the speaker to your system to expand your home theater setup and supports transmitting audio from an audio device to a wireless-enabled system for listening to your favorite tunes.\\n * Auxiliary audio input and output on sender/receiver\\n Allow easy connection of a single speaker, or of up to 2 speakers using the included 3.5mm-to-stereo RCA audio adapter. Also supports connecting an MP3 player, CD player or other audio device.\\n * Weather-resistant speaker design\\n Withstands the elements for added durability.\\n * 4 ohms woofer impedance, 8 ohms tweeter impedance\\n Conducts power through the speakers.\\n * Flexible power options\\n Sender/Receiver requires DC-to-AC adapter (included). Speaker may be powered using the included DC-to-AC adapter or 8 alkaline or NiMH C batteries (not included).\\n * Remote\\n Allows you to control sound levels from across a room.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: It's a workable solution but I will keep looking\\n\\nReview: Out of curiosity, and trying to provide some decent sound for my outdoor theater, I picked up one of these speakers today from my local Best Buy for $189.99. Please be aware that the Rocketfish brand is the Best Buy house brand and distributed by Best Buy, so don't expect to see these speakers or other Rocketfish products in too many other places.\\n\\nOut of the box and running off the AC adapters, the blue LEDs were flashing on both the hub and speaker, so after a quick check in the manual, I held down the power buttons to join the speaker to the transmitter. Easy enough, but not quite plug and play.\\n\\nI got this speaker to allow us to watch movies outside with our projector displaying on a 200\\\" screen on the side of the house while we sit in the hot tub. While it does work, this speaker is mono. This is a $400 solution for stereo sound and $800 to get 4 speakers (not surround, just stereo) around the viewing area. For that money I'm going to keep looking to see if I can find reasonable outdoor PA speakers or other powered stereo speakers. Don't expect to do a surround system with them there is no optical in (toslink/SPDIF) or sound processing/decoder. The best you can do is stereo, which, honestly, for an outdoor 'theater' is acceptable. Indoors is a different matter though and I wouldn't consider this for an indoor solution.\\n\\nVolume level is ok. The volume really depends on the source material's output level. If the source is low, these don't have enough power to really turn up the loudness. The single speaker is 22 watts so it's about double what our Epson 3020 projector has onboard.\\n\\nSome minor concerns: There are some really weird grammar mistakes in the users guide and they make the mistake of saying a \\\"DC to AC adapter\\\" in several places. They have that backwards. It seems like the users guide wasn't proof-read or edited by proficient English speakers or technical people. Those sort of errors bother me since I usually associate those types of mistakes with cheap imports. I expect more when spending this kind of money.\\n\\nA greater concern is, when checking the Rocketfish web site, they show the wireless speaker alone (without the hub) is already discontinued, so to expand the system you will need to get the $190 speaker and hub pair. I'm not encouraged by that.\\n\\nI think my biggest complaint about the system is the power bricks (wall warts). There is one each for the speaker (when not using batteries) and the receiver/hub. They're cheap, with thin power leads. Maybe if this was a stationary installation it would be ok, but for a mobile solution I suspect the wire won't survive for long and replacing the adapters could be difficult.\\n\\nFinally, the remote isn't waterproof. So, while the speaker will be ok with the occasional splash or drip, keep the liquid away from the remote! That's a strange design decision/oversight to me for an outdoor speaker solution.\",\n \"Product: Break though traditional desktop workspace limitations with the Vid-2X. Sapphire's Vid-2X is a neat little device that allows two monitors to be connected to a single Display Port output. Several Vid-2X external graphics adapters can be used to create advanced multiple monitor configurations.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A very good way to do multiple monitors on a Mac\\n\\nReview: I had been using a USB video solution on my MBP 15 (late 2011 model) and it was laggy since USB 2 isn't really fast enough for a large monitor, so on the recommendation of a co-worker, I got one of these to replace the USB solution. This Sapphire expander works very well, no lag and it makes the 2 monitors appear as 1 to the operating system, which helps avoid some other problems with OS X.\\n\\nI use 2 Dell 24\\\" widescreen monitors (1920x1080 each) to have a single desktop space that spans both monitors. This allows me to also use the built in screen giving me 3 screens of space to work on.\\n\\nBe aware that Apple OS X wasn't really designed for lots of screens. I don't recommend running applications in \\\"full screen mode\\\" with multiple monitors (built in panel and an external screen) as you will get the gray background pattern on one or the others, whichever is not displaying the application. But that's Apple's weirdness, not Sapphire's fault. This also won't allow you to stack vertically (screen on top of the other for a tall display). It's designed to provide 2 landscape screens.\\n\\nUpdate October 2013: If you upgrade to Mavericks you may have problems. The Vid2 is not being supported correctly on my MBP15 (late 2011). While is does work, the resolution has dropped so the screen is no longer running in 'native' mode. Everything on the dual displays is now blurry due to anti-aliasing caused by the incorrect screen resolution. The Mac is only detecting 3200x1200 or 2560x1024 for the video options. The 'native' resolution should be 3840x1080.\\n\\nThis is a 5 star device if you run Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8.x), but only a 2 star device right now on Mavericks (OS X 10.9.0). This isn't a problem with Sapphire, it's an Apple bug since they don't detect the correct resolution, but it makes using this device less desirable right now.\",\n \"Product: Interchangeable Lens System, Rhyno-Tuff Air Frames, Venting, Cushinol, Cam Action Hinges, Mastoid Temple Grip, Flex Metal Nosepad System.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice glasses, very versitile\\n\\nReview: I got these from Any Mountain last year, with a set of the light and dark lenses and they are perfect for a variety of activities. The light lenses are perfect for going shooting as they are distortion free and polarized, reducing glare. i use them for doing some yard work too, although they aren't safety glasses, so they probably won't stop big stuff from hitting your eyes. The dark lenses are better for bright days, when riding a bicycle or running. It's really nice to have the option. The frames are light, fit well (narrow oval face) and don't bounce around on your face.\\n\\nThey include a semi hard case which has an extra pocket for the other lens set, making it convenient to quickly change lenses depending on the conditions.\\n\\nI usually prefer Maui Jims and have 4 sets of them in different cars for driving, but the Jim's sport frames have cracked the lens 3 times since they use the lens as part of the frame. It's nice that Maui Jim's will repair the glasses, but they shouldn't crack, so that's bad design. There's no cracked lens concern with these Native's. The lens is hung along the top edge from the frame, allowing the lens to be interchangeable.\\n\\nThe poly lens have also proven to be pretty scratch resistant. Not as good as glass, but as good as any other poly lens I've experienced in the past 20 years.\",\n \"Product: 10 MP infrared LED illumination with 1280 x 720 HD video option. Features a 100' nighttime flash range. Zero Blur technology helps eliminate motion blur from moving animals. Has a Time-lapse Plus camera mode with IR triggered images. Fast 0.67 second trigger speed. Requires (6) AA batteries (not included). Includes Browning Buck Watch Time-lapse viewer software. Dimensions: 4.5\\\" x 3.25\\\" x 2.5\\\".\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Defective power switch design or condensation leads to early failure of the switch, unit won't turn off.\\n\\nReview: A great way to observe the wildlife in an area of interest. I got this to see what was going on with some small animal that was burrowing under our house's foundation. Of all the options of trail/game cameras out there, I decided to go with this one based on other reviews and being from a brand that I know. Well, it worked like a charm. Left it out overnight after receiving it yesterday and sure enough, I have identified the critter I need to deal with. I won't go into those detail since some people wil have differing opinions on the best way to handle this situation.\\n\\nIn any case, I can say that setting up the trail camera was fairly intuitive. I didn't read the manual, which I will eventually get around to, but setting the date, setting the image quality and setting the mode were easy to figure out. I had it setup in about 5 mins and aimed at my target area. As you can see from the images, the little rat is clearly visible both climbing the retaining wall and sitting there figuring out what to do as I had blocked the place he had been digging out. This area is in complete darkness (we live in the country) and the illumination is provided only by the camera. It was about 4 feet away from the wall aiming up where I figured the critter's trail was.\\n\\nOverall this is a solid feeling camera, with no visible glow from the IR LEDs. It's weather proof via a door in the front that opens the lower front half to access the backlight LCD screen and the various buttons (menu, enter, up, down, left and right). There is also an on/off switch so you know that it's actually turned off (or on). The cover also hides the SD card slot, a micro USB port, a TV out port and the battery tray ejector switch.\\n\\nTurning on the unit, it immediately starts up and you can see a count down on the LCD screen. This is the arming countdown, so you don't end up with a memory card full of your smiling face as you finish up the setup/activation.\\n\\nThe package includes a strap so you can wrap it around a tree and the instruction manual. There's also a lock loop so you can lock the door closed, but since it's a plastic case, I only see this as a deterrent to tampering or deactivating it. On the bottom there is a screw thread, so you could tripod mount it, there's also a pair of slots to you can stake the camera to the ground, although the alignment would be sideways. Finally, there's also a water resistant cover on the bottom so you can remove the cover and power the camera from an external power source, however, since the battery lasts a long time (according to documentation and other reviews) that I'm not sure what the purpose would be, other than a semi-permanent installation for a field biologist.\\n\\nThis is the first game/trail camera I have used, but this seems very well thought out and seems to have anything a hunter or someone wanting to observe wildlife would need.\\n\\nUpdate 2/11/17\\nAfter jsut over a month, the on/off switch has stopped working, it stays on all the time now. I now have to remove the batter pack to turn it off. The switch has been used maybe 20 times, probably closer to a dozen. I don't believe any water has entered the unit either as the door has been latched closed. I wonder if maybe condensation formed inside the unit after bringing the camera indoors, however I would have expected the water to evaporate after a time and the switch would work correctly again. I think the switch is faulty or poorly designed, leading to an early failure. It still works but this is annoying to have to remember to pull the pack out to turn it off.\",\n \"Product: The miniPRO is not a hoverboard-it's the next step in the evolution of personal transportation. Powered by Ninebot technology, the miniPRO is a hands-free, two-wheel electric scooter with safer features, higher speeds, and longer battery life. The miniPRO is built to easily traverse a variety of indoor and outdoor terrains.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Fun but limited (speed and power draw). Still looking for a good use case.\\n\\nReview: If you haven't ridden a hover board, then this must seem strange, however if you are already familiar with hover boards, then the Segway Mini is a massive (literally and figuratively) step forward. First off, it's much larger than the low cost things that were swamping the market a few years ago. Secondly, it's much higher quality than the cheap imports, although this is also from China. It has pneumatic tires that soak up a lot of the small bumps, although they show up under inflated out of the box - so check that on yours!. It has software that let's you remotely control it and track your activities and range on it. The software also gives you feed back on battery demand, speed (although not of the same screen) and also provides you with a training process so you don't hurt yourself. You don't need the software to use it, but the information it provides is very helpful. The Segway miniPro is a very fun thing, however there are some issues that hold me back from giving it a 5 star review:\\n\\n1) it doesn't track me and my activity separately from that of my daughters. It could benefit from a \\\"multi user\\\" awareness. I don't know how they would implement it, there are probably at least 2 or 3 ways they could do this, but as it stands today, it's designed as a single user device\\n\\n2) the power draw when going up a hill. We admittedly live on a steep hill, but even going up my driveway, which isn't very steep, triggers the over current draw alarm and it backs down the power. It's really designed with flat terrain in mind, so hills just aren't part of the design spec. They have something in the notes about >15% grades being too slippery, but anything approaching 15% triggers the dreaded beeping and the back-off mode (slows you down). It pretty much beeps the entire way up my hill, but will carry me up it, although much slower than it can deliver on flat areas.\\n\\n3) going down a hill works, it can brake/slow down and so on, but the unit is super twitchy when doing this. It seems like there should be some automatic way to dial out the sensitivity so small left/right turns don't throw you off it.\\n\\n4) Every so often the unit freaks out when I dismount and it will spin the wheels madly (full speed). I'm probably putting too much weight forward even though the unit stays level when I do this. I just have to catch it and lift it up for a few seconds and it will stop the needless wheel spin.\\n\\nOther than that, it's very fun to scoot around on. We (me and my daughter) use it to get the mail and just play with. I don't really have a good \\\"use case\\\" for it, although I'm seriously considering bringing it into the office to help get around our new campus faster, however the \\\"nerd factor\\\" is something to consider when zooming around on this while dressed in a suit. For some reason I think the full scale Segway would be more appropriate on a work campus.\",\n \"Product: Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: decent disc for showing off all the latest 4K/HDR/Atmos tech\\n\\nReview: great disc for Atmos demo. The sceens in the engine room when Kirk is speaking to the crew about the planned mission to capture the criminal (no spoilers) are a great use of the above channels. General bridge noises (beeps and chatter) from all the surrounds and when they are on the bridge, Kirk is only speaking through the front center channel, but in the engine room, his voice is from one of the above channels in one scene, and the other above channel in another scene. The other speakers are engine and equipment noises from engineering. It was quite unexpected to hear that level of separation in my home theater! Very cool.\\n\\nHRD on this disc is ok, I personally don't see a huge difference most of the time. My TV is an LG 4K OLED and does show the \\\"HDR On\\\" message at the beginning of playback. The amplifier is a Pioneer SC-97 and shows \\\"Dolby Atmos\\\" on the display during playback. Speakers are in a 7.2.4 setup. The BD player is the Samsung KM-85c.\\n\\nI like this disc and the movie, but personally prefer to see this in 3D on my projector at 120\\\" with active shutter glasses. That is awesome! Too bad the rest of the 4K generation tech features aren't compatible with 3d yet. So I have both the HD and UHD versions.\\n\\nAll working as it's supposed to!\",\n \"Product: Best Buy (USA) Exclusive limited edition.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fun movie, good music and original story line\\n\\nReview: It starts off with a real tear jerker scene but quickly moves on to become a fun movie and probably one of the best from Marvel. The music is good and the humor is grown up and in character. This is an action sci-fi type movie, There is a little crossover with the Thor movies, but only a tiny bit, so don't worry if you didn't like them, but it does make for some fun speculation as to what's to come. There is also a sequel planned, which is good since this was a good movie. About the only complaint I have is the cameos for Stan Lee are getting too obvious and it's really obvious he must have a clause inthe license that he must appear in every movie from Marvel.\",\n \"Product: From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with an uneasy truce with a quarter of disparate misfits Rocket, a gun-toting racoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Peter discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand with the galaxys fate in the balance.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fun movie, good music and original story line\\n\\nReview: It starts off with a real tear jerker scene but quickly moves on to become a fun movie and probably one of the best from Marvel. The music is good and the humor is grown up and in character. This is an action sci-fi type movie, There is a little crossover with the Thor movies, but only a tiny bit, so don't worry if you didn't like them, but it does make for some fun speculation as to what's to come. There is also a sequel planned, which is good since this was a good movie. About the only complaint I have is the cameos for Stan Lee are getting too obvious and it's really obvious he must have a clause inthe license that he must appear in every movie from Marvel.\",\n \"Product: From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team-the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits-Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand-with the galaxy's fate in the balance.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fun movie, good music and original story line\\n\\nReview: It starts off with a real tear jerker scene but quickly moves on to become a fun movie and probably one of the best from Marvel. The music is good and the humor is grown up and in character. This is an action sci-fi type movie, There is a little crossover with the Thor movies, but only a tiny bit, so don't worry if you didn't like them, but it does make for some fun speculation as to what's to come. There is also a sequel planned, which is good since this was a good movie. About the only complaint I have is the cameos for Stan Lee are getting too obvious and it's really obvious he must have a clause inthe license that he must appear in every movie from Marvel.\",\n \"Product: The CyberPower CPH320AP Charging Dock and 3-Port USB Hub includes a built-in Apple iPod/iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S port for easy and convenient charging. It also comes with a 3 port USB hub for connecting devices, such as flash drives, mobile phones and digital cameras. The hub is compatible with computers with Windows 2000, XP or Vista, Windows 7 and Mac OS X 9, OS X 10.1 or later. A lifetime limited warranty ensures the CPH320AP Power Port Charging Dock and 3-1 USB Hub is free of defects in design, assembly, material or workmanship.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Good 7 port USB 2.0 hub!\\n\\nReview: ok, so this is only a USB 2.0 hub, not a 3.0 hub, but if your computer only supports USB 2 then this is all you need. Plug count/location is as follows:\\n\\nAlong the left and right sides (3 per side) It has 6 USB female type A receptacles (this is the bigger USB connector you normally find on a PC)\\nOn the front near the bottom, there is a 7th USB type A receptacle (at the bottom of the unit when it's in the stand) a USB mini type A receptacle (to connect the hub to the computer)\\nand finally on the left side there's a power input for the external power supply.\\n\\nI've had this hub in use for almost a year now and it's held up very well to multiple plug/unplug cycles. The blue LED at the top is unnecessary to indicate power as there are the other green LEDs for each port. I've used the plugs for keyboards, mice, HDDs and thumb drives. I've never had any problems.\\n\\nOverall it a solid and small hub and recommended if all you need is USB 2.0 and up to 7 plugs.\",\n \"Product: Introduction: Wireless charge is the most popular technology in 2013.One advantage of wireless charging is with a pad on your desk, you can get quick opportunity charges here and there without having to remember to plug in all the time, just drop the phone on the pad when you sit down. Compatible to: Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 / LTE I9305 / T-Mobile T999 / Sprint LTE L710 / Verizon I535 / AT&T LTE I747 How to use: 1. Pop the back off the phone. Place the receiver onto the phone battery. Make sure the contacts match precisely before tear the sticker off. 2. Peel the double sided tape strip, line up the contacts with the receiver contacts on the phone, and stick the device down to the phone's battery. The receiver contacts have gold-plated 'bumps' to ensure good connection to the phone. Double check to make sure they are lined up right. Then put the back cover back on the phone. 3. To charge- drop the phone on any Qi compatible charger pad and walk away. That's it. Specification: Dimension63 x 46 x 1.1mm Net weight8 +/- 2.5g Input Power>= 3.5W OutputDC5V/650mA (Max) Charging currentDC5V/500mA (Max) Charging time5 +/- 0.5 hrs Reaction temperature-10 ~ 40 Centigrade Working heat up range<= 20 Centigrade (ambient temperature <= 25 Centigrade) Working ambient humidity<= 80% Working life Charge & discharge 4000 times Package Content: 1 x SainSonic QI Standard Wireless Charger Receiver Tag for Samsung S3 Note: A Qi-compatible charger is needed to go with this product, which is not include in the package.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Simple but it works. No instructions included but easy enough to figure out.\\n\\nReview: Fits in the phone, under the OEM cover, without any problems. It will create a small bulge in the OEM cover, which may cause some cases to have slight fitment problems. We have a cheap 2 piece hard plastic cover we picked up at a mall kiosk, and it just barely fits together now.\\n\\nBe aware that if you use a magnetic mount phone holder in your car (e.g. Infiniapps or imagnet) then don't use a wireless charger. The metal plate you use to hold the phone on the magnet will interfere with the wireless charging and may get excessively hot if you try to make it work. I recommend using one or the other, but not both.\\n\\nOtherwise, this wireless charger works well and fits nicely. It connects to the 2 charging points inside the Samsung S3 phone's battery compartment, has a small adhesive tab to help hold it in place inside the phone and it works. It doesn't come with any instructions, but it's straight forward to install:\\n1) Open the phone's battery cover and locate the 2 copper colored metal tabs one the phone next to the battery.\\n2) on the wireless charger, pull back the cover for the matching 2 metal connectors on the tab. On my Sainsonic antenna it was glossy black paper-like cover on the connector of the antenna\\n3) align the 2 metal contacts on the wireless antenna with the 2 matching points near the battery on the phone\\n4) test fit your cover and case to make sure it all fits back together\\n5) if everything is good fit-wise, then open the phone again and remove the small paper cover (on the antenna) that covers a small sticky patch which will hold the antenna in place on the battery. Don't try to peel open the antenna, it's just a small patch of adhesive on the antenna. Press the antenna in place, making sure to align the connection points again.\\n6) reassemble the cover and case and that's it, you're now ready to enjoy wireless charging.\",\n \"Product: Simplify your life or business with Samsung TecTiles (5-Pack), Programmable Near Field Communication Tags. Inexpensive and easy to use, the Samsung TecTiles Programmable NFC Tags can be customized to launch apps, send text messages, share contact information, change phone settings and more, allowing you to create the TecTiles you need. Once you create a TecTile, place the Samsung TecTile Programmable Tag in the location you desire and you're done. When you're ready to use the TecTile just tap it with your phone and your command will be completed.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: These are stamp size stickers that hold instructions for your phone to read via NFC. Fun stuff!\\n\\nReview: If you need NFC tags, these are perfect. They're postage stamp sized sickers with a paper front and the metallic back and come in a cardboard book with all 5 stickers on a clear plastic strip. To read the sticker (or program it), you hold your device very close to the sticker (2-3 centimeters) and you will get a confirmation beep for the read or write.\\n\\nThe tags themselves are just that, a tag. It's what instructions you program them with that makes the difference. The Samsung app for their Galaxy phones has a reasonable assortment of the basic phone control options as well as things like contact information and music player controls.\\n\\nA simple example of how to use these would be to have one tag at your desk, one in you car and one at home.\\n\\nUse tag at home to turn off bluetooth (save battery), change the ringer volume and set the display timeout.\\nUse the car tag to start a GPS/nav app, turn on the ringer, turn on bluetooth, turn off wifi and set a long display/lock timeout\\nUse the desk tag to set your ringer to vibrate, turn on wifi and start your mail app\\n\\nYou get the idea.\\n\\nThere are 2 free Samsung apps to program the TecTiles on the Google Play store, both from 2013. There doesn't seem to be too much difference between them, so I'm not sure why they released 2. You should download both to see what options are available to you before you buy these tags.\\n\\nThese tags will work with any NFC enabled device. Apple idevices don't support NFC, they have ibeacon which is used in retail environments to track your movements and allow for targeted advertising... that's a little different though.\\n\\nIf you plan to program these tags from onedevice (e.g. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 phone) and use it with a different device, (e.g. Samsung Galaxy S3 or Nexus 7), be aware that the programming appears to be device specific and may not work as you hope. For example, I programmed a tag with my Note 3 and then read the tag with my wife's S3. the S3 read the tag but didn't execute the turn on wifi, turn off nluetooth instructions. It showed a screen indication it read the command though. I will have to install the TecTile app on her phone to try again since I suspect the actual instructions stored on the tag are not \\\"turn off wifi\\\" but more like a register value being set for that option (e.g. poke 1 0x12345678).\",\n \"Product: Now shipping newly reinforced design for even stronger performance with patented broad spectrum magnetic system that ensures strong mounting while keeping mobile devices safe. We made our number 1, top rated, phone mount even better. The Original Patented InfiniApps Slyde CD Mount for Smartphones is an innovative approach to mounting. Simple and seamless with our patent pending system, just hover your smartphone near the magnetic mounting face and instantly set it securely in place. Snap on, snap off. Amazingly fast one-handed operation makes any mounting and dismounting action effortless and quick. Slyde CD mount is also Cradle-less with no view obstructing brackets that requires both set of hands to mount on/off. Our high friction material coupled with precision magnetic force keeps the phone in place, even through a rough ride. Patent Pending magnetic mounting system provides the easiest and quickest on/off action. Mount the phone at a blink of an eye, no pressing, no wedging, no gripping, etc... dismount the phone at a blink of an eye. Just take it and go! It is virtually an automatic operation. Designed and assembled in Silicon Valley California. USA Patent granted, please beware of similar looking inferior products that may be in patent violation. We work hard to bring you genuine and innovative solutions to help make your life a bit more convenient. *** Your purchase includes 1 x Slyde CD Mount + 2 x High Carbon Metal Insert Plates (one with tape for securing application and one without tape for maximum thinness or tight fitting application). *** Don't have a CD player in your car? We have a perfect solution for you, web search \\\"InfiniApps miniSTAND\\\"\\\". We have been designing and selling magnetic smartphone and tablet mounts/ stands for many years.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great way to keep the phone handy and accessible\\n\\nReview: This is a very good mount for keeping your phone close at hand, accessible, and easy to grab when leaving the car. This is not a dock so it won't signal your phone to switch to car mode unless you use something like an NFC tag to change the phone mode. It does hold the phone in portrait or landscape mode nicely and the phone can use it's own screen rotation mode to give you the right view.\\n\\nIt comes with 2 metal plates to attach to your phone, although only 1 has an adhesive. The other is just the metal only. Either can be inserted between your phone and it's case (if you have one). I haven't tried putting the plate inside the battery door on a Samsung, but it might fit. However it seems like it would be better to avoid having metal near the battery and other electronics inside the phone case.\\n\\nAs the description already states, this mount fits into the CD slot of your dash mounted CD player. I've tested on a Buick Enclave with Nav (2010), Jeep Wrangler radio with Sat (2009), a BMW 330i (2014) and a VW Passat with Nav (2013) and all work perfectly. The screw on the bottom should be opened to allow the mount to fit in the slot then turned enough to hold the mount securely. Don't over-tighten since you may break the CD player slot or the mount. We have used the 2 plates on 2 different phones with cases: a Samsung 3S and a Samsung Note 3. I have a coworker who also uses his with an Apple iPhone 5s (with a case). Even the heavier Note 3 has no problem with bounce and holds securely over all on-road conditions.\\n\\nThe mount holds the phone securely with the magnetic part on the mount and the metal plate on the phone (or in it's case). On the road there is very little bounce, so reading the screen is easy, although please keep your eyes on the road when driving as there are lots of distracted drivers out there doing silly stuff in front of you already. Please don't be \\\"one of them\\\". ;)\",\n \"Product: This product might seem simple. The production cost is actually very high. It takes multiple plastic injection molding and fusion to combine multiple different types of plastic for maximum durability, appearance and protection.\\n\\nThis is a miniature case that protects the sides of the phone. The raised edges does prevent the screen and back from scratches when you place it on the table. The materials are shock absorptive. So your phone should survive a mild drop or shock. However, if you are looking for a bulletproof case, this is definitely not for you.\\n\\nWe design every case with specific needs in mind. If you are not sure which item can serve you better, please contact us and we will recommend the best solution for you based on your needs.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: So far, so good. This is a reasonably durable product to add protection to your phone.\\n\\nReview: When I originally got my Galaxy Note 3 I got a nice protective case for it (Neo Hybrid). When I later put a wireless charging back on the Note 3 I experienced the same problem many users have who did the same. The Neo Hybrid case was designed for the slightly thinner non-wireless charging back and it no longer fit with the wireless back. Bummer.\\n\\nSo I carried around the phone for a few weeks hoping I wouldn't drop it.\\n\\nAfter checking around I decided to try this Bear Motion bumper, which only covers the edges of the phone, not the back or front (other than a very thin bit that wraps around both the front and back to keep the bumper in place).\\n\\nThis bumper is made for the Note 3, meaning all the openings are in the right places for the various speaker and microphones, buttons and IR port etc. The rubber buttons in the bumper for the power and volume are in the right place, although they're pretty stiff, so much so that at first I though they weren't aligned properly. I just need to press the buttons firmer than I was used to.\\n\\nThe case itself is a mix of hard and soft plastic. The soft plastic is the wrap around bit on the front and back edges of the phone and a few places along the bottom. The soft plastic doesn't cover the viewable edge of the screen, just the black masking on the edges of the screen by a few millimeters. The hard plastic is a little slippery and it covers the top and side edges and half of the bottom. The other half, where the pen, plug and speaker are is the soft plastic. There is a printed Bear Motion on the bottom side edge which will probably rub off but it's very subtle and won't be missed.\\n\\nThe headphone jack port hole in the bumper will handle smaller diameter jacks like those on the newer ipod headphones but does not fit older, large diameter jacks. The USB plug at the bottom isn't blocked for USB2 Micro or USB3 plugs, but the area around that port is the soft plastic and can be stretched a little to allow tight fits to work if needed. Access to the pen is reasonable, but larger fingers may struggle a little to hook a nail on the pen. One benefit is that with the bumper in place, the home button on the front edge is protected a little from accidental presses since it's below the edge of the bumper. It's not covered by the bumper, just below the height of the bumper. If you put the phone face/screen down the home button won't touch the desk. The phone will rest on the bumper, keeping the screen, button and top ear piece/speaker away from scratches.\\n\\nI haven't had a chance to test the protection by dropping my phone yet but it looks like it should protect the phone from normal drop heights where it hits the edges.\\n\\nMy only wish is that it was a bit thinner (reducing the width of the bumper) and didn't have slippery plastic on the edges. -1 star for that. Otherwise, this appears to be a good product and I hope it holds up well. It looks well made so that it should, but time will tell. I'll update the review if it starts to degrade.\",\n \"Product: The master works of?the one and only?Samsung Note4\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Good case for protecting the Note 4 from drops, may not fit with wireless charging back or antenna\\n\\nReview: Nice case for the Note 4. There aren't many choices for accessories on the Note 4 yet, but this is a good one to protect the phone. This case protects all 4 sides of the phone and the clear back keeps the apparent bulk of the case minimized. This does make your phone wider, taller and thicker, such that the already fair sized Note 4 will be even bigger, but the soft plastic/rubber feel will give you a better grip so you will be less likely to drop the phone and protected in case you do.\\n\\nPlease note that this case won't fit the wireless charging back when that's released (assuming it's like the one for the Note 3), so be aware of that if you're considering going that route when it's available. I had the wireless back for my previous Note 3 and the only option with that back is the bumper/ring style cases (or using the wireless charging enabled S-View flip covers). I don't know if the insert style wireless charging antennas will work with this, we had some luck with an S3 and a wireless charging antenna with a hard plastic case, but the case never really fit the phone properly with the antenna inserted inside the back cover, so we ended up not using the antenna on that phone. A 3rd party wireless charging antenna inside the back cover may work with this case since it's not rigid, but since there are no wireless charging options of any kind at the time of this writing (Nov 1 2014) there is no way to be sure, but my hunch is it probably won't fit properly and you'll need a bumper style cover too.\",\n \"Product: The Samsung Spare Battery for the Galaxy Note 4 lets you keep a replacement battery ready at hand. Developed specifically for the Galaxy Note 4, you can keep it as a spare battery, or use it as a replacement for your existing battery.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Some problems with the 1st one shipped, physical damage, but 2nd was good. Make sure to buy from Amazon as the seller!\\n\\nReview: update Aug 2017 - very disappointing. The battery hasn't even lasted a year. It's now unable to keep the phone powered when it drops below 30% (as measured on the phone's batter life indicator). If there's a high load applied to the battery, like using the camera or taking a call, the phone will shut off. This \\\"new battery\\\" is acting just like the 2 original batteries that lasted almost 3 years. The first battery I bought from Amazon was bad and this one didn't last a year. Not sure if these are old stock, counterfeits or I just have bad luck. I think the best option for components like this is to buy from Samsung directly.\\n\\noriginal review:\\nYou do need to be careful with these batteries, and that applies to Amazon's shipping depot too. I ended up getting a replacement for the first one of these batteries that I ordered from Amazon. The first one arrived in a small plastic bag,taped closed and with a label on the front. Reading other reviews that had problems, I was immediately a little concerned. On inspection of the battery I saw with a small dent (barely noticeable) but when I put the battery into the phone it was a very tight squeeze to fit into my Note 4, like the battery was very slightly too long and slightly too thick. When inserted, the battery couldn't take any load either, so starting the camera application caused the Note 4 to reset. The battery was showing about 70% charge. Something was wrong with it for sure and I suspect the small dent may have caused some internal damage or possibly the battery got too hot. Not sure about how these lithium batteries fail.\\n\\nAmazon issued a replacement easily and painlessly, the 2nd one arrived and it worked great. One major difference (besides it fitting correctly and working) was it arrived in a labeled cardboard box (not the Amazon shipping box but a small white cardboard box about the same size as the battery). I think the other battery had been hanging around loose and may have been dropped at some point.\\n\\nAnyway, just be sure to but from Amazon as the seller, but even then, you won't receive a retail packaged battery, seems these are non-retail bulk purchased batteries. Hopefully it will last a few years!\",\n \"Product: Koomus Pro Magnetic series offers three different applications. CD slot, Air vent and Dashboard/Windshield mounts. Koomus Pro Magnetic CD slot mount is very easy to install and use. Simply push a button and slide it into CD slot and you're ready to use. Attach the metal plate at the back of your smartphone case or inside of smartphone case or at the back of smartphone directly. Attach your smartphone into the magnetic head and you're now hands free, not having to worry about your phone while driving. Let us focus on securing your devices, so you can focus on the road ahead with Koomus Pro magnetic series.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: works but may not be suitable for some cars\\n\\nReview: In my quest to find a good way to hold my phone while driving, I tried this CD slot holder. I've also tried cup holder solutions and vent clips and I think that vent clips are the best option with the fewest compromises, cd slot holders are a distant second but may be a good option in specific cases.\\n\\nI recognize that a CD slot phone holder may work well for some situations, and I thought this would work for me, so I gave it a try. 3 weeks later, I think I can share my experiences.\\n\\nThis cd slot holder from Koomus is one of 2 cd slot solutions that I bought to try, the other having a wide slot and screw tensioner. I like the cleaner design of the Koomus Pro but I found that in my VW Passat with the RNS-510 navigation head unit, the cd slot opening was too thin for the Koomus, resulting in this cd slot holder forcing the plastic trim around the slot (where it was inserted) to bend outward to accommodate it. The bending wasn't huge and as far as I can tell, there's no permanent damage, but I wouldn't be surprised to find a crack in the slot trim if I left this in there for a long time. The problem appears to be the tongues that insert into the slot, they are too thick for the slot on this nav unit. In addition, the spring tension on the tongues (which is definitely a cleaner solution than the screw tensioners of other brands), forcing the tongues open to hold the mount in place in the slot, just adds to the situation. I also found it very difficult to insert into the CD slot on my Jeep Wrangler (no nav, just a basic satellite radio/CD setup). I should point out that on our Buick Enclave with nav and the backup camera, the CD slot opening is taller and this deflection of the slot is not a problem. So it will vary from slot to slot, depending on which head unit your vehicle has.\\n\\nThere is one more serious consideration about CD slot holders in general, and that's with visibility of the nav screen. Many nav screens also display the backup camera feed. With a phone on the mount in the CD slot, the screen may be partly or fully blocked. This was my situation with my Note 4 phone (yes it's a larger phone like the iPhone 6S and many others now). I needed to remove the phone from the holder to see the screen when I went into reverse. Obviously this isn't a problem if you don't have a reverse camera or the slot and screen aren't close together, but 3 of my cars do have this concern, and in all 3, a CD slot mount solutions block the screen with the phone. It's for this reason I think a vent mount is a better option, but your situation could be different from mine.\\n\\nA few last thoughts about the design of the Koomus Pro. While I really like the narrower design of the area where the tongues insert into the slot and the spring tensioner, I don't think it has as much stability as the wider options of the slot holders with the screw type tensioner. My phone bounces around more with this holder than with the other ones I have and I find that distracting. However, even with the extra bounce, the strong magnet in the head of the Koomus has never dropped my phone (I don't use the included metal plate since my phone has a wireless charging back. The metal plate interferes with wireless charging and there is enough metal in the wireless charging back that the phone can be held by the magnet with not other requirements!\\n\\nOverall, this cd slot holder works, but for my situation I wasn't willing to give up visibility of the reverse camera and I wasn't comfortable with the risk of damage to the plastic surround of the CD slot. The Koomus ooks nice and there is definitely thought put into the design, but the cars I have were probably not part of their test conditions so it makes me give it a 3 star recommendation with the guidance, YMMV.\",\n \"Product: The iOttie easy one touch Mini is a Compact and fully functional yet sophisticated mounting solution that fits easily into any Air vent in most vehicles. This mount provides a safe, versatile, and highly functional smartphone mounting solution. Its easy one touch system allows for the mounting and releasing of the device with just the push of a finger. Whether your phone is protected by a skin or a case, the iOttie easy one touch Mini car mount grips securely onto your device so you can drive with confidence. Mount smart. Drive smarter!\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Good for moth vents, but vents that pivor left/right may be a problem\\n\\nReview: I use this with my Note 8 and my wife has one for her S8. Overall it works pretty well. The only problem I've had is the weigh of the phone in the holder causes the vent to move to the side on my Mercedes. On her Buick it works great.\\n\\nJust be aware of how your vent pivots from side to side... if the entire vent moves like MErcedes does, this may not work as well. For vents where the air guides inside move back and forth and the vent only moves up and down, this will work fine.\\n\\nOne other thing to be aware of: be careful when putting the phone in the holder not to have this mount press the Bixby button which is found nn many new Sansung phones (the button below the volume buttons on the left side of the phone).\\n\\nI took off 1 star due to the vents pivoting, which isn't really a fault with the mount, but rather a design limitation and I wanted to have that be visible to other purchasers. Otherwise this is a great vent mount and I would recommend it.\",\n \"Product: PLEASE NOTE: This case is not for the smaller screen S2 models, This is only for the 4.5\\\" sized S2 devices. This case will NOT work with the AT&T 4.5\\\" screen model. This case WILL work with the T-Mobile, and Sprint models. It will also work with the 4.5\\\" screen AT&T Galaxy SII Skyrocket.\\n\\nComplex fancy cases come and go, but a simple, classic, well built slip case is what you'll always find yourself coming back to. Slim enough to keep your devices low profile and comfortable enough to put in a pant pocket, our slip case is the only case you'll ever need. You'll be able to keep your device bulk-free when in use, and when finished safely tuck it away in style. You'll find that all of your other expensive cases will be put aside once you have this style.\\n\\nDon't be fooled by the price, this is an extremely well built case with a soft interior and constructed with materials designed to last!\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: It's okay is a good description but poor quality could be a problem over time\\n\\nReview: This \\\"pocket\\\" is nice since it's very slim and doesn't add bulk to the phone but offers some protection against scratches. However, not long after I started using it, I found it was splitting along the top edge where the phone inserts, and the cardboard center, sandwiched between the outer and inner surfaces started bending and getting messy. I used some CA ( e.g. Crazy Glue) to glue it back together along the edge where it was splitting and that has held it together fine now for almost a year.\\n\\nIt's a great idea, I just wish it was made with better quality materials. This does the job I bought it for and after a repair, has been holding up well.\",\n \"Product: Lexol Leather pH Cleaner Spray seep-cleans dirt, oil and leftover perspiration salts that build up and destroy leather interiors. Lexol Cleaner is adjusted to the pH of leather, so it will not harm the finish or fibers of the leather. It rinses easily and quickly with water, leaving no residue or dulling film. Apply with either a damp Lexol Applicator Sponge or a damp soft cloth to work up a foam that lifts out the dirt. Rinse thoroughly with another clean, wet sponge or cloth. Once all traces of cleaner have been rinsed off, pat dry with a soft, 100% cotton towel. To keep your interior in top condition, clean the leather about twice a year and immediately follow with Lexol Conditioner. Do not use on suede.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Pretty effective cleaner, but it's a process so don't expect immediate/startling results.\\n\\nReview: I've been using this on some leather furniture to clean up and remove some of the skin oil and sweat stains that the seating area has accumulated over time. It works pretty well, but don't expect a single pass to clean up dirty leather, it's a process. I'm on my 3rd pass on an untreated brown leather desk chair from HumanScale (Freedom chair). The years of sitting on it have left a definite mark in terms of a sweat/water marks on the seating surfaces and the arm rests are a much darker color from the back. So far, after 2 treatments (letting it dry completely between each wash), the leather is looking a lot cleaner, especially on the arm rests. The seat bottom is taking more work, but I suspect that may be due to salt crystals from the sweat. I've been using a clean, Costco, yellow, microfiber cloth that has been washed a few times to remove the lint. It's not abrasive and seems to hold the Lexol pretty well, however I'm not getting much sudsing action either.\\n\\nThe Lexol cleaner has not caused any staining and it's not causing any damage to the leather that I can see. I was concerned about the leather stretching or discoloring but that hasn't happened. Make sure you follow the directions on the bottle to avoid damage!\\n\\nIt also doesn't have any strong chemical smell, so you can work indoors, around animals and family without any risk, which is good.\",\n \"Product: Mityvac fluid evacuator requires no power to create a vacuum and pressure to evacuate and disperse most automotive liquids and chemicals. Features an external pump design for easy access. The large capacity, 8.8 liter fluid reservoir has automatic flow control, preventing overfilling. It also has a pressure relief valve for safety.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Very convenient way to remove oil from you car\\n\\nReview: This is basically a manual vacuum to suck up oil or other liquids from inside your engine or other places where oil or fluids are used. It includes everything you need and works pretty well, although sicking up 4-5 quarts can be a little slow, so be patient. I use it for oil changes so I don't need to always undo the drain plug and replace the compression washer (don't forget to replace the filter too!). I've heard so many horror stories about damage to the threads on the oil pan drain plug from over tightening that I decided to reduce the number of times I go there. That's where this Fluid Evacuator comes in. Warm up the engine a little, turn everything off, slip the straw like hose down the dip stick hole and suck up the oil. Change the filer and refill the oil and you're done. For me that means I don't have to remove panels under the car to access the oil pan drain plug and I don't have to put the car up on stands. Those both take a lot of time, so this evacuator is a great time saver. The tank is big enough to hold the oil from my larger car's engine and when the tank is full, the Mityvac can be put into reverse and pump out the contents too, so you don't need to pour out the tank.\\n\\nIt includes several different diameter \\\"straws\\\" that are designed to slip down the dipstick hole or other filler holes (like on a differential). Those straws connect to clear piping so the Evacuator can be standing on the garage floor.\\n\\nRemember that oil and similar liquids flow best when warm. However, don't get the fluids hot and don't run the motor with the straw inserted! I read about someone who did that and the meshing gears pulled the straw into them, causing the motor to stall and needed to take apart the engine to get the straw out!!\\n\\nAbout my only complaint with the Evacuator is I wish it had more strays since I'd also like to drain the radiators using this but don't want to use the oily motor oil straw where oil isn't wanted in the radiator. Otherwise this is a great tool to have available. Keep in mind that it does require a dip stick hole for sucking up the oil, so if you have a newer Porsche or similar car with a digital dipstick, you may not be able to use this. Check on forums for you car if you're unsure.\",\n \"Product: Selecting high-quality sensors, service packs, and accessories for todays vehicles ensures that quality standards are met and customers can drive safely with their TPMS system fully operational. Schrader service packs provide the essential components that must be replaced each and every time a TPMS-equipped vehicle requires a tire to be removed for service. Components include (but are not limited to) a Schrader valve core, sealing cap, grommet and nut. In some instances a stem is provided as part of the serivce pack. This particular service pack (part #20020) is applicated for fitment to Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep vehicle types. For complete application coverage, please visit www.SchraderInternational.com.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Got this and avoided having to pay for a full TPMS sensor replacement!\\n\\nReview: Wow, this is a great way to avoid having to replace the entire sensor assembly in your wheel.\\n\\nI got this in hope I could repair the valve stem on my Jeep Wrangler JK (2009). The other option was to buy the entire TPMS sensor and reprogram the car for the new sensor. That would have been $100+ at the dealer (sensor is $80 plus tax and $15 for programming the car for the new sensor, plus the labor for the tire removal, sensor replacement and installation).\\n\\nInstead the dealer (Jeep dealer) was open to replaceing the valve stem, especially since I had brought it in. They don't stock these at the dealer since they wouldn't make much money on them and they may not even know they exist until I showed up with it this morning. Thanks to the Internet and user forums for opening my options to doing this instead.\\n\\nA couple of things to be aware of\\n1) this is just the valve stem. It's a hollow tube. You need to put in a valve core. If your stem is damaged like mine was, you will need need to replace the core. As it turns out, my dealer was awesome and had a spare core they gave me!\\n2) this valve stem (service pack) is going to be specific to the model of TMPS you have. I did some research on the internet and found the Schrader web site and found the model of valve stem for my year make and model. Other cars/trucks may be different, so do your research, it'll save you the headache of getting the wrong one.\\n\\nThe Schrader page for researching your replacement is here: [...]\",\n \"Product: Shin Etsu Grease\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: I've since sold the car but it held up and was still good after a a few years\\n\\nReview: There must be some magic here. I got a tube of this grease (not from Amazon) after reading how people had restored their door seals on various cars. I got it, although cringing at the price, and then applied a thin film to the door seal rubber and a few days later, the gasket was fuller (puffier?). It was more effective at keeping out the wind noise, making the interior sound quieter again. This was on a 2000 Honda Insight, and I applied it after owning the car for 12 years since new (this was a few years ago). I've since sold the car but it held up and was still good after a a few years.\\n\\nWith that success, I also applied it to the window tracks with a Q-tip (to get into the gap) and I could hear an improvement since the window winding motor didn't sound strained afterward and the squeal of the rubber sliding on the glass was gone.\\n\\nI then used it on my dad's 2002 Lexus and had similar results, so it's not just Honda rubber that benefits.\\n\\nThe tube will last for a long time, I still have more than 3/4 of the tube left after doing all the seals and windows of 2 cars. A little goes a long way, and even if you need 2 coats, this will last you. It's a good investment for any car more than a few years old, to recondition the rubber door seals. It's won't restore cracked or torn rubber, you'll need to buy a new seal for that, but if you have a seal that's not as springy as it used to be, give this a try!\",\n \"Product: 100% Real Carbon Fiber License Plate Frame. This license plate frame will fit all standard license plates in the United States. We take pride in finding the best quality products and this one stands out above the rest with its high quality 3D Twill weave pattern. The surface finish is a nice clear coat gloss finish that gives the carbon fiber long lasting UV protection. The two mounting holes at the top allow you to securely fasten the plate frame to your car. Take a close look at the diagonal twill weave pattern and notice how nice it looks compared to other plate frames that have a simple straight weave. These are the real deal and will give your car the desired sport look\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: real carbon fiber license plate frame.\\n\\nReview: It's real carbon fiber, so it's light, which is what CF is supposed to be. It's not a metal or plastic frame wrapped in CF (at least as far as I can tell). It appears to be a completely CF frame, as indicated. The outside finish (the part you see) on the carbon fiber is good quality (no bubbles in the epoxy, good weave and color on the CF) and has a high gloss finish. It has rounded edges and a rounded face. It looks a little \\\"bubbly\\\".\\n\\nThe bottom of the frame has 2 foam squares with double sided tape already applied so you can secure the bottom of the frame to the license plate. There is no bottom clip. The top has holes pre-drilled for the screws that hold the plate to the car. There are only the 2 top holes, so make sure you don't have side mounting plate mounts (e.g. rear plate mount on a JK jeep Wrangler) as this won't work. Most cars have the 2 top screws, but double check yours to be sure.\\n\\nI put this on my 2015 GTR (rear) and the CF weave matches nicely with the diffuser, it doesn't match the CF on the wing though since the wing has a matte finish (a.k.a. dry weave), but that's not a problem since the rear license plate is mounted very closely to the lower diffuser which has the glossier finish.\\n\\nPackaging was good (double bagged and put inside a shipping box) so it arrived undamaged.\\n\\nRemember, carbon fiber is strong but brittle! Don't bend it to make it fit.\",\n \"Product: The Badass Kickstand Pad is a simple and uncomplicated must-have product for any motorcycle enthusiast that protects your valuable investment and is useful in so many everyday parking situations. This is possibly the most valuable accessory you can get for your bike. Makes a great gift too. Whether you call it a Kickstand plate, pad, coaster or rest, to use this little stand is easy! Just rest your kickstand on the pad when you park your bike. Fits and works great for all styles of motorcycle from compact sport bikes & adventure bikes to Harley Davidson & other big cruisers. It even works well for extra-large touring bikes like Honda Goldwings. One end is pre-drilled and ready for you to attach a tether or string if you choose for even easier pickup when ready to ride and additional drive-away prevention. Also suitable for scooters with side stands.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect to protect a nice floor\\n\\nReview: Works very well for a stationary/repetitive parking location.\\n\\n I got a nice bright color so it would stand out on my garage floor. Very easy to use, however I don't take it places with me, I leave it in the approximate location in the garage where I park my bike each day, so it's ready to be used.\\n\\nI got this to protect my garage floor. I had just finished sealing the floor with a high gloss coat after the concrete was polished (going for that high end industrial look).. I quickly found that the kickstand on my BMW K1300S was damaging the new surface I spent so much time making nice. This pad has fixed the problem, so now I only have to go back and repair a few dozen marks... I really REALLY wish I had gotten this pad sooner so I could have avoided the damage to the floor. OK, so it's just a garage floor, but it looked nice before all the kickstand marks happened. It doesn't look too bad now but over time it would have gotten pretty beaten up.\\n\\nIf you have a nice garage floor and you want to keep it looking new, I would highly recommend one of these.\\n\\nHowever, I don't see this being very useful as a \\\"carry along\\\" item since there is no way to pick it up easily when you're on your bike. So for example, you park on asphalt in the summer (think soft surface that your kickstand may sink into). You throw this down and move it into position with your foot while sitting on the bike. OK, that's cool, it works. Now you're ready to leave, what do you do? Maybe a string tied through a hole on it so you can jump on the bike and kick up the stand, then pull this pad up? Other than that, my arms aren't long enough to reach the ground when sitting on my bike.\\n\\nSo this is perfect for garage duty or places where you an leave the pad and come back to it. Otherwise, you may want to buy some string too,\",\n \"Product: Thick consistency, no runs, drips, or overspray Long lasting, non-streaking formula VOC compliant\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A longer lasting option than the sprays\\n\\nReview: Works and lasts a lot better than the liquids like the 303 Aerospace Protectant and I won't even mention Armor All. BTW, 303 Aerospace works really well with vinyl that sits in the sun, like my spa cover, but I have been only 'satisfied' with it's performance on tires. Yes, they look shiny, but it wears off after a few days to a week and then looks very dull. This tire gel is a bit more work to put on (no sprayer, much thicker) but it lasts a few weeks and looks decent even after, leaving a semi-glossy sheen. It does fling off a little, but not as badly as the liquids. Also, I haven't found this to stain my concrete/asphalt like the sprays do. There's no overspray with this since it's a gel :)\\n\\nI'm a convert, this stuff seems to be the 'professional' choice. It lasts long, is just as easy to apply, doesn't cause staining from overspray and has less fling off. That's a win-win-win (win-win?) in my book!\",\n \"Product: VoiceStation 500 Voice-Conferencing Telephone\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great speaker phone for cellular phones\\n\\nReview: Works great with my Galaxy S2 and S3 as a speaker phone. I had to use this in an emergency when our phone system was down and I used my mobile phone as the connection and this as the speaker phone and microphone in a medium sized conference room (15 people). No hum or buzz and clear audio at both ends. Controls the phone correctly via bluetooth, which is why I bought it. When using bluetooth you only have the single cable going from the transformer/plug to the desktop unit. The transformer also has the analog phone jack so you don't end up with a mess of wires on the desk. Be aware that the transformer is fairly large, but there's a lot of cable available so you can have this fairly far from the plug.\\n\\nI did try connecting this via a wired connection to my Mac (MBP 15) to use as a microphone but was unsuccessful due to the MBPs connections. You need to have a headphone+mic on a mini plug and not use the line in plug... but that's the Mac's fault, not this phone's. Bluetooth to the mac is poor too, the remote side reports it sounds \\\"tinny\\\". It's not wat I bought it for but wanted to see if it would work. Oh well.\",\n \"Product: The Tech3+ is one clever multi-taker. The popular Tech3, the masterful multi-taker, has been taken to a new level, allowing you to expand your creativity beyond paper! With a simple, smooth twist, switch from black Ballpoint Pen to red Ballpoint Pen to pencil. Now with the addition of an attachable smart stylus, you can navigate your smartphone, tablet or any other touch-screen device with ease. Enhance the way you work and create, every day. Versatile writing styles all in one - Black ballpoint, Red Ballpoint, .5mm pencil. New Smart Stylus accessory won't smudge on touch screen devices. Great for use with hand held games, Smartphones, and Tablets. Compatible with capacitive touch screen devices, smooth glide across the screen, writes with precision, improves touch and typing accuracy, avoids grease and finger prints on screen, fun, easy to use.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice pen, but stylus ins't that useful.\\n\\nReview: If you tried the original Tech3, this is an improved version. It allows you to select black, red or a 0.5mm pencil tip, but the rotation is only 1 way, unlike the earlier model that spun both ways. The nice thing is you can actually go back just enough to \\\"pull in\\\" the current tip, or go forward to select a different option. It's a nice little feature.\\n\\nThis is a nice writing pen. The stylus tip (compatible with touchscreen phones and tablets) is ok, but might be too easily mistaken for an eraser (there is one hidden under the stylus tip - you must unscrew the tip to access it). I thought this tip would be very useful, but in reality, it's not. However the pen is very nice, well weighted and balanced and uses standard Cross replacements, so you can buy a replacement blue refill if you don't want the red or black.\",\n \"Product: The Original Ultimate Hose Nozzle Heavy duty - withstands abuse Fire hose nozzle construction Adjustable spray pattern for all jobs Turns any standard garden hose into multi-function spray tool Patented two-way shutoff Comfort-grip soft rubber Fiberglass reinforced nylon Aircraft aluminum Stainless steel The perfect stream of water for any job\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Good control of water pattern, sturdy design\\n\\nReview: This is a very good nozzle. It allows a good amount of control of the water spray pattern, ranging from a wide fan delivering a low pressure water stream, through to a high pressure, narrow stream. Perfect for cleaning cars (using a medium fan of water to get the car wet and to rinse off the soap, and a high pressure spray to remove road grime from the wheels and underside). It's good for watering plants too, using the fan end of the selector range. If you get it just right you can actually get it to mist too.\\n\\nThe only thing this nozzle is missing is a quick on/off mechanism. As it is, you turn it off by rotating the front to one end or the other. This is the same mechanism used to select the spray pattern. This is a design improvement over the original, which only had the off position at one end of the spray selection.\\n\\nThe rubber coated aluminum design is very sturdy and will last for years... the last one did. The only reason I had to replace the last one was my mistake... I left it attached to the hose for a few years and either the hard water or electrolysis caused it to become permanently stuck to the brass end of the hose, and it got damaged when I tried to remove it. Lesson learned... I remove it from the hose when it's not in regular use.\",\n \"Product: 95 sq. ft. Top Load In-Line Filter for Acryx-Maax (Canada), Statewood, Waterway Plastics, replacement of Unicel C-4995, Pleatco PCAL100 Supported Brands: Acryx-Maax Spas (Canada), Coast Spas, Infinity Spas by Maax, J.E.M. Spas, Lifestyle Spas, QCA, Savannah Spas, Statewood Spas, Waterway Plastics Our Universal Pleated Filter Cartridges are washable, reusable, and durable. As a result, our filters last longer than other brands, and are more economical too. Our filters work hard for you by holding more dirt than other brands; and increased dirt holding capacity means cleaning your pool or spa less often. Our universal pleated filter cartridges are constructed of the highest quality non-woven polyester, with a durable polypropylene core to provide maximum strength. The ends are immersed in thermo setting vinyl plastisol that seals the end of each pleat uniting the components and forming a permanent bonded end cap, unlike cheap alternatives. This makes our universal pleated filter cartridges perfect for residential, commercial, and industrial pool and spa applications.Relish our comprehensive pool and spa collection that includes world-class filters and state-of-the-art pool, spa, and pond accessories at exclusive discount club prices. Please let us know if we don't have what you need, we CAN find it. Pool and Spa Replacement Filter Cartridges meet or exceed OEM specifications.Hint: keep an extra filter on hand so that when its time to clean your filter, you will be able to replace it immediately with the back-up. This will allow you the time to leisurely deep clean your dirty filter and allow it to dry completely before replacing it; and without any down time on your pool or spa system.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Correct filter but not seating quite right on the connector\\n\\nReview: This filter is the same size and type as the one I took out of our Cal Spa 450 gallon tub, except it doesn't seem to seat at the bottom quite right (I can't see it, it's by feel), over the output line. The previous one felt like it was correctly interfacing with the connector at the bottom of the filter access, like it was plugging in, this replacement seems to not plug-in but instead sit on top of the connector, like the hole at the bottom is slightly too small, making me wonder how effective it is. However it seems to be filtering correctly and catches the gunk in the water, so it must be working.\\n\\nThe pleats look to be the same depth as the original ones and the securing bands around it look and feel to be made of the same material.\\n\\nOverall I'm satisfied, but will probably try a different brand next time just to see if I can get it properly seated.\",\n \"Product: The Durable sole is pliable, super grippy, and ideal to prevent slipping on floors and light duty outdoors - plus they stay on your dog's paws! Packaged four boots to a set, in red or black, in six sizes. Wide opening split seam top - making it easy to put on the boots. Two Velcro straps with slides fasten the boots in place. Generous foam pads at the closures create a secure grip and cushions the dog's paw when the boot is tightened. Durable boots are the BEST protection for senior dogs or ones with hip conditions that are having trouble slipping on hardwood or tile floors. (Limited breathability; for extended periods of time in boots, use Ultra Paws Traction fleece dog boots). Tough, water resistant polyester material with the top of the toe and sole wrapped in a grippy, flexible, skid resistant, durable PVC or TPU (on two smallest sizes) sole. (For abrasive surfaces we recommend the Ultra Paws Rugged dog boots). The sole performs in wet and dry, hot and cold conditions. To extend the life of your dog boots we recommend applying Shoe Goo or a similar product to patch small holes in the sole that can appear with wear. To care for the boots, loosely fasten Velcro closure, wash in cold water delicate cycle; hang to air dry. If your dog is in between sizes, or for added warmth, we recommend a Doggie Sock. (U.S. Patent 7,971,557, Canadian Patent 2,486,628, Other Patents pending).\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Great idea but some problems with design (and the dog)\\n\\nReview: These are a great idea and I wish they worked a bit better. Our Berner allows us to put them on her big paws but she walks funny with them, I think because they're a bit stiff. They don't bend easily where her paws meet her leg and I suspect put some pressure there, making her a little uncomfortable. So much so that she won't even lie down when wearing them, standing and looking pathetic until we take them off. I did this one day, and she stood looking sad for a few hours. When we finally removed them she immediately lay down with a big sigh (as usual) and fell asleep.\\n\\nMaybe in time she'll get used to them, but for now, we mostly leave them off and suffer with ever increasing scratched floors.\",\n \"Product: For over 75 years InSinkErator has been known for building the world's best garbage disposals. Badger, our standard food disposal line, is basic, reliable, and functional. Available in various models and sizes for a range of applications, InSinkErator also manufactures a premier line of garbage disposals, the Evolution Series. InSinkErator garbage disposals are the only food waste disposers that are proudly made in the U.S.A. InSinkErator has grown into the largest food waste disposer manufacturer and best-selling garbage disposer brand in the world.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: reasonable garbage disposal unit made with galvanized parts, not stainless, so corrosion was a problem for me\\n\\nReview: I bought this to replace a unit of the exact same type that failed due to rust. The original unit was in place for 11 years but it's in a cabin that gets only a few months of use each year. I would have expected it to have lasted much longer. Overall it seems pretty well designed and since it's the same design from 12+ years ago, if you have one that is failing like mine did, the replacement is simple, just undo the collar lock that holds it to the assembly on the sink drain and wire up the replacement with the same cable and strain relief.\\n\\nIf you have a dishwasher, don't forget to remove the punch-out in the side drain hole before you install the disposer, otherwise the dishwasher won't drain and you could have a mess on your hands (floor?). It says to do this in the picture instructions, but I managed to overlook that step until I had everything already assembled and tested. I was able to punch out the hole without removing the disposer (just unhooked the dishwasher drain hose) and took the metal plug out from the chopping chamber with no damage or problems.\\n\\nminus 2 stars for the unit not lasting to my expectations. The unit is made with galvanized steel, I would have preferred the chopping chamber to be made with stainless steel, but that may be cost prohibitive, however I think it would last a lot longer.\",\n \"Product: Includes 12V Max Cordless Lithium-Ion 3/8-in Ultra Compact Hammer Drill Kit - PS130-2A\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great drill for smaller jobs around the house\\n\\nReview: Great small drill with hammer drill option. 2 speed selector on top is ok to use and the mode selection is intuitive. I think this is great for light duty work, i.e. a home owner dealing with small jobs around the house. The drill is very small and I don't imagine it would be good for heavy duty work, like metal work or lots of masonry drilling work. I'll keep my corded drill handy for bigger jobs like spade bits and harder surfaces. No comparison to 120v torque!!!\\n\\nThe nice thing about this drill is the battery exchange-ability with the other Bosch tools. I have the older 10.8v cordless driver (PS10) and the battery is the same size. I did a bit of research before I bought this drill since I didn't want to end up with a bunch of incompatible batteries and chargers. The cordless driver uses the 12v battery no problem, it was apparently under rated for some reason. The new version (PS11) uses the same 12v batteries as this drill includes. So I only need 1 charger and set of batteries now, the 10.8v stuff can sit on a shelf and I can take advantage of 12v power.\",\n \"Product: Software requirements : Android 4.4 or higher , iOS 9 or higher and neutral wire required which replaces single pole switch and the product is not compatible with 3-way (multi-location control) switches and always works with your existing single/double/multi-switch rocker-style plates and also the product is not designed to work with metal face plates\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Works but are unreliable. Don't use for important functions!\\n\\nReview: These plug switches have been very frustrating. They work for a few days then stop showing up in the app (both the Android one and the iOS one!). Sometimes they seem to work great and other times, they don't, I can't figure out a pattern. It's not my wifi network, I have 4 commercial grade APs around my house in a full mesh so there's nowhere that I don't have a strong signal. We don't lose pwer either, so I don't know why they seem to fall off the network. There have been multiple firmware updates for them but it doesn't seem to have fixed the stability problems. I would probably return these if I could but I've had them too long. I have one behind my lizard cage to run the day time light, so to recover the switch and get it back on the network I have to move the cage, which isn't small! It's a pain in the butt to deal with, however the switch does seem to follow it's programming and turn on/off at the right times even when it shows as unavailable in the app, so it does seem to be doing the right things.\\n\\nOne other thing to note. If you use iOS with an iPad, the only app in the App Store is the phone version. There is no tablet version of the app. You can run the phone version but it will be on a phone sized screen (or 2x if you hit the enlarge button), but it won't rotate with the orientation of the tablet. It's fine if you have an iPhone (don't know about the X or other new high-res screens though). I use an Android phone (Note 8 running 7.1.1) and it mostly works, except when it shows the devices are not detected. This can happen with the Wemo light switch too, so I don't know if this is an App problem or a device (ioT) problem. Whatever it is, it sucks and is very frustrating. Tech support isn't any help either, so don't bank on them solving your problem unless you have a basic problem.\",\n \"Product: TR Industrial Combination Safety Helmet, 5-in-1 Forestry Safety Helmet Hard Hat System with Accessories\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: needed protection when working with a chainsaw!\\n\\nReview: super easy to put this together, it's like a snap-tite model. I didn't even need to look at the instructions to assemble it, the head band snaps into the shell and the ear protection plugs into the shell from the top (this was a bit tricky, but wasn't too bad) and the face shield plus into the hearing protection. Simple! It comes with a clear and separate mesh face shield. I am only using the mesh and wearing wrap around sunglasses under to keep wood chips out of my eyes. It got hot after a while, but it was in the sun and was several hours of work. Seems to be good protection, especially the hearing and face shield... haven't been hit on the head yet with a branch, so hopefully that's good too (and I hope I never find out)!\\n\\nSeems like a very good value for the money and well built.\",\n \"Product: Bosch Litheon is the most advanced lithium-ion battery technology available today. Bosch-exclusive engineering delivers 5 times more charges, and 2 times longer run time than competitive lithium-ion tools. The Bosch PS10-2-RT Litheon 10.8-volt lithium-ion I-Driver kit gives you optimal power in a compact lightweight design.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: If you need a power driver, consider this one, it's very convenient\\n\\nReview: With the ability to change the angle of the head, it allows you a lot more options for when and where you can use this, as opposed to a drill/driver. The clutch for this is triggered by load on the battery, so setting it right takes some getting used to, but it's good once you do. I've never found it lacking power and have been able to drive screws into anything, many times without pre-drilling). The Lithium batteries last a long time and don't self-discharge (much) when in storage, so unlike the older technology nicad or nimh batteries, you'll be ready to go when you need this, instead of having to charge your battery first.\\n\\nMy only complaints about this is that it lacks a built in work light and the head is still sometimes too deep for working in tight places. However, this is a great tool that I've been using regularly for the last few years and it's still as good as the day I got it. Highly recommended!\",\n \"Product: With a 2.5 sq m sail area and impressive pull, the Snapshot 2.5 packs a big punch even in moderate winds and its tight, responsive handling makes it a lot more fun to fly than other foils its size. Simpler and more affordable than the sails youd use for kiteboarding, the Snapshot is an ideal intro to power kiting, with enough thrust to drag even larger pilots down the beach. When youre ready step up to the added control of four lines, the 2.5 converts instantly to a quad-liner just by adding quad handles and one more set of flying lines. Or add our convertible dual/quad control bar for the best of both worlds. Complete with Spectra dual lines pre-attached, flight straps, tail and compact pouch, the Snapshot will make a wind junkie out of you on your first breezy day.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fast with not much pull, great starter kite but fast enough for some fun!\\n\\nReview: I got this for my 9 year old daughter so she could fly with me when I'm flying the larger Snapshot 2.5. I like this little kite since it's faster than the bigger kite and it folds into a small bag (about 8 inches square) so you can throw it in a pack or bag for a beach trip or have it handy when the mood strikes and you want to get a few minutes of flying in at lunch.\\n\\nMy daughter loves it and it's not too fast for her. She is learning how to fly with this kite and doing a great job. Since there are no spars in the kite, even flying it straight into the ground doesn't cause any damage. I showed her how to how pulling on the right line turns the kite right and pull left for left. This went quickly to left and right flying and learning where the wind was strong (low center) and where it was weak (top center and left and right edges). It's great for beginners because it's easy to launch, has light pull, fun with the tail attached (making loops) and if you crash into the ground there's nothing to break!\\n\\nAfter a few minutes of coaching she was able to do basic figure 8s and some loops to get used to twisting and untwisting the lines. She was flying by herself after only a few minutes of showing her what to do and she could fly 20 mins by herself in fairly light wind.\\n\\nThis kite is very nicely made and comes complete with everything you need to fly. The Spectra lines are good quality and the seams of the kite are nicely sewn. The wrist straps are a bit basic, but good enough for the light pull. I've seen some reviews where people complain about the tail being un-seamed and prone to fraying but the tail isn't necessary to fly, it's just something fun to watch the patterns you've just flown with. If you want to try flying a 2 line kite or are looking for a small, easily packable kite to take anywhere, you should give this one a try.\",\n \"Product: With a 2.5 sq m sail area and impressive pull, the Snapshot 2.5 packs a big punch even in moderate winds and its tight, responsive handling makes it a lot more fun to fly than other foils its size. Simpler and more affordable than the sails youd use for kiteboarding, the Snapshot is an ideal intro to power kiting, with enough thrust to drag even larger pilots down the beach. When youre ready step up to the added control of four lines, the 2.5 converts instantly to a quad-liner just by adding quad handles and one more set of flying lines. Or add our convertible dual/quad control bar for the best of both worlds. Complete with Spectra dual lines pre-attached, flight straps, tail and compact pouch, the Snapshot will make a wind junkie out of you on your first breezy day.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Wow! This kite pulls\\n\\nReview: I've had a Prism kite for the last 20 years and it's held up really well. I hope the same for this kite too.\\n\\nSo I took this kite out to the local school ground today to fly it for the first time. I've been flying 2 line control kites for a long time and this is a nice kite! It says strong pull on the site, and they aren't kidding! I've flown stacks and fast stunt kites, but the pull on this, in 8 mph wind is amazing! I had to lean back 45 degrees when flying in the power zones! I got this to start planning for kite boarding, but it's a ton of fun by itself and it may have enough pull on a good day to pull a buggy.\",\n \"Product: With a 2.5 sq m sail area and impressive pull, the Snapshot 2.5 packs a big punch even in moderate winds and its tight, responsive handling makes it a lot more fun to fly than other foils its size. Simpler and more affordable than the sails youd use for kiteboarding, the Snapshot is an ideal intro to power kiting, with enough thrust to drag even larger pilots down the beach. When youre ready step up to the added control of four lines, the 2.5 converts instantly to a quad-liner just by adding quad handles and one more set of flying lines. Or add our convertible dual/quad control bar for the best of both worlds. Complete with Spectra dual lines pre-attached, flight straps, tail and compact pouch, the Snapshot will make a wind junkie out of you on your first breezy day.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fast with not much pull, great starter kite but fast enough for some fun!\\n\\nReview: I got this for my 9 year old daughter so she could fly with me when I'm flying the larger Snapshot 2.5. I like this little kite since it's faster than the bigger kite and it folds into a small bag (about 8 inches square) so you can throw it in a pack or bag for a beach trip or have it handy when the mood strikes and you want to get a few minutes of flying in at lunch.\\n\\nMy daughter loves it and it's not too fast for her. She is learning how to fly with this kite and doing a great job. Since there are no spars in the kite, even flying it straight into the ground doesn't cause any damage. I showed her how to how pulling on the right line turns the kite right and pull left for left. This went quickly to left and right flying and learning where the wind was strong (low center) and where it was weak (top center and left and right edges). It's great for beginners because it's easy to launch, has light pull, fun with the tail attached (making loops) and if you crash into the ground there's nothing to break!\\n\\nAfter a few minutes of coaching she was able to do basic figure 8s and some loops to get used to twisting and untwisting the lines. She was flying by herself after only a few minutes of showing her what to do and she could fly 20 mins by herself in fairly light wind.\\n\\nThis kite is very nicely made and comes complete with everything you need to fly. The Spectra lines are good quality and the seams of the kite are nicely sewn. The wrist straps are a bit basic, but good enough for the light pull. I've seen some reviews where people complain about the tail being un-seamed and prone to fraying but the tail isn't necessary to fly, it's just something fun to watch the patterns you've just flown with. If you want to try flying a 2 line kite or are looking for a small, easily packable kite to take anywhere, you should give this one a try.\",\n \"Product: With a 2.5 sq m sail area and impressive pull, the Snapshot 2.5 packs a big punch even in moderate winds and its tight, responsive handling makes it a lot more fun to fly than other foils its size. Simpler and more affordable than the sails youd use for kiteboarding, the Snapshot is an ideal intro to power kiting, with enough thrust to drag even larger pilots down the beach. When youre ready step up to the added control of four lines, the 2.5 converts instantly to a quad-liner just by adding quad handles and one more set of flying lines. Or add our convertible dual/quad control bar for the best of both worlds. Complete with Spectra dual lines pre-attached, flight straps, tail and compact pouch, the Snapshot will make a wind junkie out of you on your first breezy day.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Wow! This kite pulls\\n\\nReview: I've had a Prism kite for the last 20 years and it's held up really well. I hope the same for this kite too.\\n\\nSo I took this kite out to the local school ground today to fly it for the first time. I've been flying 2 line control kites for a long time and this is a nice kite! It says strong pull on the site, and they aren't kidding! I've flown stacks and fast stunt kites, but the pull on this, in 8 mph wind is amazing! I had to lean back 45 degrees when flying in the power zones! I got this to start planning for kite boarding, but it's a ton of fun by itself and it may have enough pull on a good day to pull a buggy.\",\n \"Product: Unmask and defeat your enemies, keep up with the Indians and challenge your fate to bring your team to the victory! Fast and exciting game play - Based on the BANG! Game System. A very successful game line, with fans all over the world! You do not need BANG! to play.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fun family game. Plays quickly and almost no setup is needed.\\n\\nReview: This is a really fun and simple game. Almost no setup time (a few seconds) and plays quickly (5 people may take 15 mins per game). It's like a cross between poker (bluffing) and Yatzee (dice rolls to get combinations of items). The one thnig to be aware of, and this probably is obvious from the name and the box cover, is this is a cowboy game and the goal is to eliminate the other teams by \\\"shooting\\\" them. If you don't like gun related things (e.g. bullets), dynamite, cowboys, outlaws or native Americans (Indians? can we say that any more?) shooting arrows at cowboys, this isn't going to work for you and stay with \\\"G\\\" rated games. If you're ok with these elements then you'll enjoy this game.\\n\\nThe idea, in a nutshell, is to eliminate the other plays who aren't on your \\\"team\\\", but exactly who is in your sights depends on which team you're on and the strategy you're playing. The Sheriff and vice sheriff try to kill all the outlaws, the outlaws try to kill the sheriff and vice sheriff and the Renegade tries to get the other teams to kill each other. The trick is, everyone knows who the sheriff is, but no one knows who anyone else is. You roll the 5 dice and get one of several 'actions', a bullet, health, dynamite or an arrow. The bullet (1,2, or 3) allows you one shot 1,2 or 3 players away, the health restores 1 point of health. The arrow is collected from the arrows pile, which, when exhausted means you have to calculate your health damage for the arrows (1 arrow collected usually means 1 health point taken away). Roll the dice (up to 3 times per turn) and take you shots. And that's basically it until one of the 3 teams wins. Oh yeah, one other detail. Each player will have a randomly chosen character card, in addition to their hidden team card. The character card tells you what your abilities are. This means you might get an extra health point each turn, or you might only have 1 arrow damage, regardless of how many arrows you got on your turn. Things like that keep the game interesting.\\n\\nKids 7 or 8 and older can play along with adults and everyone will have a good time.\",\n \"Product: -- Blue Color\\n\\n-- Carboard blister packing Diabolo, perfect for holiday gifting\\n\\n-- Diabolo weighs almost 8 oz! 4\\\" in diameter, and 4 3/4\\\" in length\\n\\n-- Made of thick plastic material, professional weight, easy to start spinning, better control and balancing, fits all levels of players.\\n\\n-- Comes with basic instruction at the back of carboard.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Good quality and has everything you need\\n\\nReview: This may not be the flashiest Diabolo out there, but it's a very solid starter and will allow you to learn how to use the diabolo and do some tricks too. The axle is solid, and the sides are a rubbery plastic that flexes when it hits something. They do get a little scratched up since they're soft, but when you're learning, that's good since it means you aren't scratching whatever surface you're hitting.\\n\\nThe sticks and string are nothing special but functional. The instructions are ok, but you'll probably want to watch some youtube videos to see how to use it, rather than trying the follow the pictures and writing.\\n\\nI got this for my daughter for Christmas and she's been using it every day and it's holding up well. This seems to be a great starter for learning to juggle these. I tried and was useless, but my daughter is doing tricks now, like toss and catch and climbing the string, and having a ball.\",\n \"Product: 08001The flash of the red and black trim scheme means the Blackjack 9 catamaran has hit the water. Performance, style and fun are the staples of the Blackjack 9 and it has it in spades. Charge it up, launch it into the water, and get ready to have hours of fun on the smallest body of water. The Blackjack 9 catamaran may fit in the palm of your hand, but dont let the size fool you. It features surf-slicing speed and performance, yet its easily transportable. At the pool, lake or pond, it's fun wherever you go. The Blackjack 9 catamaran features a competition folding trim scheme. This twin-hulled beauty slices through the surface and stands out from the rest. Get jacked in.FEATURESPowerful performance with a potent 180-size brushed motor9 inch hull length for optimal flexibility of useInjection molded plastic hull offers crisp linesFlat panels enhance the appearance and handling2.4Ghz Pro Boat radio systemDynamite 7.2V 260 mAh NiMH battery and peak AC chargerWaterproof steering servoSPECIFICATIONSLength:9 in (22.86cm)Beam:3.25 in (8.3cm)Motor Size:180 water cooledWeight:0.5 lbs (8oz)Radio:2-channel 2.4GHz pistol gripSpeed Control:BrushedHull Material:Injection molded ABSHull Type:CatamaranBattery:7.2V, 6-cell, 260mahKit/RTR:RTRDrive System:Shaft\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: it is great fun (when it works). A few things to be aware of ...\\n\\nReview: I got one of these to play with in my pool and when I got a working battery, it is great fun. A few things to be aware of though...\\n1) the included charger is very slow. It can take up to 2 hours to charge the included NiMH battery! Look into a faster charger or...\\n2) the single battery included won't be enough. Do yourself a favor and get 3 more so you can have fun for longer\\n3) a single battery only lasts about 5 mins (see #2 and #1)\\n\\nOther than these items, it's a nice little boat and when it get's up on plane it really moves. It has a good turning radius and covers ground fast! We have a 32'x16' pool and this will go the length in just under 4 seconds so it's all about making lots of turns.\\n\\nthe 4 star review reflects the listed shortcomings above and that I got a bad battery and needed to get a replacement even before I could use it the first time. Otherwise... fun!! (get 2 so you can race!)\\n\\nUpdate 10/1 - Lowering the review to 2 stars from 4... Getting in touch with Horizon Hobby tech support is an exercise in patience. A month later (I was traveling and they are busy and may not call back for hours or even at all!) I finally got to speak with Mike in Tech support. They want a pic of the receipt and a pic of the battery with a cut red wire, then open a case on their web site, upload the pics, get a ref# and then want me to call back. That's reasonable I guess but it's such a pain to get in touch with them due their consistently high volume of calls, it's not really worth my time for a $10 battery. I'm thinking that this boat isn't worth the hassle and will probably take it back to the hobby store... thankfully I bought it somewhat locally. Very disappointed. This is a bad impulse purchase :(\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":70,"string":"70"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1992,"string":"1,992"}}},{"rowIdx":1993,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A1493IIB1KPMAY"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"4.0\" for a product with description \"Protect your valuable and precious Apple Watch with our extra durable and precise fit screen protector. Its designed to fit perfectly over every curve with the 44mm Series 4 with 99% HD clarity for the ultimate glass-like & smooth surface. You can expect the strongest barrier against scratches and damages and the best quality brightness and color. Our unique silicone adhesive design and wet installation method allow for easy installation and adjustments. It is washable, reusable and re-applicable. This durable Apple Watch screen protector also uses liquid nano screen protector properties to redistribute any forceful impacts for maximum protection against damage and scratches.\". The summary of the review text is \"Look good, should work well, not really compatible with the GoPro tool...buy the Smatree one to go with it.\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Received these last night and put them onto my GoPro. My initial thought is that there isn't much to go wrong here. They add color to a GoPro, which can be helpful as they become more and more popular and everyone has one. It'll become easier to know which one is mine. I like the rubber o-ring as well. They help protect the case or attachment pieces from scratches caused by the screw head as it gets tightened. It will also create a bit of linear force on the threads as the rubber gets compressed. This should help reduce the probability of the screw backing out and becoming loose.\n\nMy only complaint is the size of the head. Overall maximum diameter is less than the standard GoPro screws. Thus the plastic GoPro tool is almost too big to work with these screws. It will still catch and tighten the screws, but the limited engagement / surface contact will eventually round off the corners on the plastic tool rendering it completely useless in the future. I will be buying the Smatree specific wrench to go with these so I don't damage the GoPro tool in case I need it in the future."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Received these last night and put them onto my GoPro. My initial thought is that there isn't much to go wrong here. They add color to a GoPro, which can be helpful as they become more and more popular and everyone has one. It'll become easier to know which one is mine. I like the rubber o-ring as well. They help protect the case or attachment pieces from scratches caused by the screw head as it gets tightened. It will also create a bit of linear force on the threads as the rubber gets compressed. This should help reduce the probability of the screw backing out and becoming loose.\n\nMy only complaint is the size of the head. Overall maximum diameter is less than the standard GoPro screws. Thus the plastic GoPro tool is almost too big to work with these screws. It will still catch and tighten the screws, but the limited engagement / surface contact will eventually round off the corners on the plastic tool rendering it completely useless in the future. I will be buying the Smatree specific wrench to go with these so I don't damage the GoPro tool in case I need it in the future."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: ASTRA stainless double edge blades fit all double edge razors. ASTRA blades are made from the highest quality steel. Each ASTRA blade provides unsurpassed quality, smoothness and durability for a long lasting, smooth shave.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: I like the Astra SP over any Feather and all others.\n\nReview: Great blades. Just bought my second 100 pack. First one lasted me just over 2 years. I usually shave every other day and replace the blade each week. I've tried a lot of other brands of blades (found a sample pack with a dozen different brands / types), even the much loved Feather. I like these best. One day to the next going back-to-back with a feather blade I feel the Astra SP is just a clean / close a shave. What keeps me coming back to the Astra SP is that I feel they are easier to use. Without making any changes to the way I shave the Feather blades simply leave cuts and nicks more often without providing a noticeably better shave. I'm staying off the Feather bandwagon.","Product: *Arctic Silver 5 With its unique high-density filling of micronized silver and enhanced thermally conductive ceramic particles is optimized for use between modern high-power CPUs and high performance heatsinks or water-cooling solutions. *ArctiClean is a two-step cleaning process that removes existing thermal grease or pads and prepares the thermal surface for a fresh application of thermal interface material. ArctiClean 1 Thermal Material Remover quickly emulsifies and dissolves the existing thermal grease or pad from the CPU and/or heatsink so that it can easily be removed with a clean cloth or paper towel. A few drops of ArctiClean 2 Thermal Surface Purifier and some gentle wiping then removes the remaining residue and inhibits flash corrosion on copper or aluminum.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great kit. Cleaning solvent works impressively well.\n\nReview: Arctic Silver is generally well-known and highly regarded as a thermal compound. I don't think I need to go on and on about how well it works. It does its job, and it does it very well. I do want to mention the cleaning solvents. They work incredibly well. I was stunned. A few drops of bottle #1 and the old compound starts lifting off the heatsink or processor. It wiped right off with a microfiber towel. No scrubbing, minor pressure. Surface clean-up with bottle #2 was just as easy. I'm really happy I bought this kit as I needed to remove the OE applied thermal compound from the CPU cooler I purchased in order to use the Arctic Silver.","Product: The TGX is a Talon series airbrush with the following upgrades. It will come installed with our new .2mm head, hand polished hardened stainless steel needle, Sloped trigger, air atomization control and the black chrome plating. It comes packed in our new aluminum case and also include the size 3 head and fan air cap. The ultra fine .2mm head delivers unmatched detail and the hand polished needle prevents paint buildup on the needle. The slopped trigger offers greater comfort and grip.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: 0.6mm and fan cap are awesome...the rest is nothing special.\n\nReview: I bought this after reading numerous reviews. It seemed a lot of reviews either loved it or didn't care for it. I ended up buying it for the features. Several different nozzle / needle combinations, trigger stop to help a beginner control paint flow, fan cap, and the air flow control.\n\nHaving used it a bit I can say it's nothing special. With the 0.6mm nozzle, fan cap, and a quick disconnect fitting installed it weighs in at 123g. Not as heavy as the Grex Tritium. TG3 my wife uses for body paints as that is a hefty 230g, but I've seen other airbrushes come in 30-40g lighter than this Paasche. I have struggled to get the 0.2mm and 0.3mm needles to seal in the nozzle. I've cleaned them. I loosen the chuck and reseat them. There is always a slight paint leak such that even when I'm only wanting air I still get some paint coming out of the tip. These were brand new nozzles, right out of their packaging. I don't have this issue with the 0.6mm nozzle / needle.\n\nI also found the built-in air flow control to be worthless. It can work when you have it threaded nearly all the way it for minimal air flow, but when you want max air flow and thread it out there is suddenly a lot of play in the threads and sealing o-ring. Bumping it with a finger causes motion (think wobbling screw in a hole that's too big). This accidental bump changes the air flow and affects your painting. It's not a good feature. I'd rather have a flow valve on the incoming line.\n\nI really like this airbrush with the 0.6mm nozzle and the fan cap. It's great for priming and painting larger surfaces. I'll use it for models like car bodies or air plane wings / fuselage. I'm buying a different airbrush to use for detail work.","Product: Made for the outdoors. Hydro flasks tempshield insulation has redefined what the classic outdoor water bottle can be. The 18, 32, 40, and 64 oz. bottles keep your beverage icy cold or piping hot from trailhead to Summit and every step in-between. Your perfect all day and into the next refreshment solution. It is the ideal hydration companion for those long days in the office or a full day on the beach or trail. Now with the new flex cap for ultimate portability. Whether youre in the Arizona summer or the Alaskan winter, Hydro flasks 18/8 stainless steel double wall Vacuum insulation will keep drinks icy cold for up to 24 hours and hot liquids hot for up to 6 hours. The wide mouth opening is makes pouring easy, and the new BPA-free flex cap is insulated to further protect your beverage from outside temperatures. Hydro flasks 18/8 food-grade stainless steel interior is non-porous, with rounded corners to help eliminate bacteria buildup, unwanted odors and lingering flavors. Along with high performing and high quality products, all Hydro Flask products are made with recyclable materials and are backed by our lifetime warranty. Look for the h-guy and Hydro Flask logo to ensure youre getting the markets premium insulating beverage bottle. Features: convenient carry size ideal for day pack 32, 40, and 64 oz. sizes fit most backcountry water filters wide mouth opening tempshield protected double wall Vacuum insulated keeps hot up to 6 hours, keeps cold up to 24 hours durable, sweat-free powder coat finish (except for the stainless option) BPA-free, 18/8 stainless steel lifetime warranty parks for all - with Hydro Flask new giving program, parks for all, they are focusing on one overarching goal: supporting the development and maintenance of public Green spaces everywhere compatible lids: Hydro flip lid & Hydro straw lid hand wash only with hot, soapy water, then rinse and dry.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Hydro Flask makes great bottles for keeping liquids warm or cold. I use them for water and coffee.\n\nReview: Hydro Flask are my favorite insulated bottles. We have 8 of them in various sizes. I'm finding the 40oz bottle to be a rather great size. I use it at home to keep cold water near me at all times. It gets me most of what I'm supposed to take in for daily intake. It's short enough in height that there area options available for straw lids with straws which are long enough to reach the bottom. My only gripe would be the diameter. To make it narrower it would would have to get taller, so there are obviously trade-offs for volume. The concern is that this diameter is large enough that people with normal sized hands may not get the best grip on it at all times. If it's full (heavy) and your hand is sweaty it's probable that you'll drop it. Dry hands and bottle aren't an issue. Otherwise just use two hands...or be prepared for your bottle to pick up character when it meets the ground.","Product: Breville's Smart Grinder Pro features Precision Digital Time (adjustable in 0.2 sec increments) to give you complete control over dose and grind time. The perfect coffee needs a precise amount of freshly ground coffee beans. But adjustments in grind size require different grind times to achieve a consistent dose. Choose among 60 different grind settings to achieve maximum flavor potential to suit your favorite brew. Grind settings allows you to go from the finest Espresso to the coarsest French Press. Further extend the grinding range by tuning the adjustable Upper Burr to either coarser or finer without the use of tools. The Breville Smart Grinder Pro automatically doses the same every time you grind making it easy to achieve a consistent dose.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Awesome grinder. I love mine.\n\nReview: Good products cost money. I thought I was buying a \"good\" grinder when I spent $70 on another brand. It broke within a year. I ponied up the funds for this grinder and I'm totally satisfied with the purchase. It looks good sitting on the counter. It's easy to setup and use. It's incredibly easy to disassemble and clean. I'm also very happy that there is memory on whatever circuit board lives inside. You can unplug the unit and it remembers your grind settings from the last use. If you stop mid-grind it'll hold it's place for a few minutes so you can resume, like if you forgot to top off the hopper with beans and almost ran out mid-grind. After a longer time it will reset back to your full grind settings. When it does this it also \"turns off\" in the sense that the screen backlight is disabled and off. Noise is average. It's quieter than my previous DeLonghi grinder, but it's not whisper quiet as one might hope for a noisy morning device. It's still a set of grinding teeth pulverizing the soon-to-be-savior of your morning. I would compare it to a Kitchenaid stand mixer or perhaps an immersion blender. You can hold a conversation while it's running, but you'd have to turn up your voice a few clicks. One other thought...when it's off and you want to fire it up in the morning you can press any of the three buttons and it doesn't change any settings or automatically cause the machine to start grinding. The first press is just a \"wake up\". You can still review your grinding settings before telling it to go.","Product: Nitecore sens AA2 LED flashlight, ADT 170 lumens - black nitecore-sens-aa2dimensions (length x head diameter x tail diameter): 5.78\" (146.5mm) x .78\" (19.8mm) x .76\" (19.3mm) weight: 1.62 oz. (46 G) uses 2 x AA batteries (not included) Cree XP-G (R5) LED maximum output of up to 170 lumens highly effective current circuit board high efficiency circuit enables maximum runtime of up to 37 hours 3 preset brightness levels active dimming system with auto-adjust function soft turn-on mode and low illumination for everyday usage integrated reverse-switching reverse polarity protection equipped with integrated lens constructed from aerospace grade aluminum alloy type iii military grade hard anodizing special-made rhombic knurling for better grip waterproof in accordance with ipx-8 (2 meters submersible) tail stand ability includes: key chain spare plastic cap spare O-ring.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: It works, but it falls off too easily and it's a pointless addition if you own the short/small hopper flip 12.\n\nReview: I didn't buy this on Amazon. I bought it at REI when I bought my Yeti Hopper Flip 12. This bottle opener works very well at opening bottles. It struggles to stay attached to the MOLLE webbing on the cooler. The cooler itself is also too short (height) for this to be useful without the cooler being on a table (off the ground). Thus I'm torn on the review. It does its job very well. It never struggled to open a bottle. It did fall off the cooler twice in the dozen bottles I opened. With it sitting on the ground most of those beers were at the right angle to spit beer all over the side of the cooler once the cap came off. I think it's a decent bottle opener, but I expect the retractable bottle opener Yeti also makes/sells is a much better option for the soft-sided cases.\n\nAs a cheaper option I will simply take one of the numerous bottle openers already in a drawer in my kitchen and stick them on one of the nearly indestructable Key-back retractable badge/key holders.","Product: The GreenPan Lima collection has everything to satisfy even the most demanding cook. The classic 12.5\" Ceramic Non-Stick Open Wok with Helper Handle is made of hard anodized aluminum, is easy to use and the modern stainless steel handle gives an elegant accent. Whether you use the Lima collection in the oven or on the stovetop, the Thermolon ceramic non-stick coating will remain intact and guarantees professional performance. This piece is also light in weight. Complete with a limited lifetime warranty for worry-free cooking. Make the right choice, choose Lima!\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Ceramic non-stick coating is everything it's advertised to be!\n\nReview: This has been a fantastic purchase. We had a wok, but it was something likely older than me, which was a hand-me-down from my parents. My wife hated cooking with it. Thus we always tried to use a normal frying pan to cook stir-fry. I took a chance with this pan and it's been a very good purchase. It heats fairly quickly on an electric cook top. The high sides make it much easier to mix and toss veggies and meats for stir-fry. The ceramic non-stick coating is everything it's advertised to be. Food doesn't stick. Clean-up is easy. We have a rather nice non-stick Scanpan brand frying pan that gets used for eggs. This ceramic non-stick coating is better. I think we're going to replace the Scanpan with a GreenPan!","Product: The Canon 5260B002 EOS 5D Mark III 22.3MP Digital SLR Camera Body (lens required and sold separately) with supercharged EOS performance and full frame, high-resolution image capture is designed to perform. Special optical technologies like 61-Point High Density Reticular AF and extended ISO range of 100-25600 make this it ideal for shooting weddings in the studio, out in the field and great for still photography. Professional-level high definition video capabilities includes a host of industry-standard recording protocols and enhanced performance that make it possible to capture beautiful cinematic movies in EOS HD quality. A 22.3 Megapixel full-frame Canon CMOS sensor, Canon DIGIC 5+ Image Processor, and shooting performance up to 6.0fps provide exceptional clarity and sharpness when capturing rapidly-unfolding scenes. Additional technological advancements include an Intelligent Viewfinder, Canon's advanced iFCL metering system, High Dynamic Range (HDR), and Multiple Exposure.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Wonderful step up from a crop sensor T3i. Easier to use than I thought it would be.\n\nReview: My first foray into proper, professional grade, full-frame DSLR's and I love it. I knew it was going to be better than my old T3i, but it is more than just a little step up. Admittedly it took some time to learn how all the different settings work, and to figure out some basic settings to get what I want out of the camera. There is still a lot to learn. I'm probably using 30% of the capability of the camera, and it's already enough to make my photos better.\n\nLarger sensor means more light and better low light performance. Not a night to day difference, but noticeable. The increased autofocus points improve focus and help get the right picture the first time. Programmable modes and buttons allow me to do more things both faster and easier, so photography is a bit more fun. I'm more confident of getting the photo I want the first time instead of snapping 5 or 6 in hopes of getting a decent one.","Product: Full set of individually sleeved modular cables for EVGA SuperNOVA G2/P2/T2 Power Supplies. High quality with no visible heat shrink tubing. Supports G2/P2/T2 models ONLY.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: So many cables in this bundle!\n\nReview: Holy crap are there A LOT of cables in this package. I suppose it makes sense considering the power output capacity of a 1200W PSU, but I used a total of 4 cables in my mITX build. The remaining dozen+ cables are just sitting in the box. Aside from the main ATX cable to the motherboard I probably have enough spare cables to build a second PC!\n\nFit and finish is very nice. Color looks great (assuming you like red). My only complaint is the length of the cables. Obviously they are designed for a full-size ATX case / build. I wish someone would make a unique set of cables for mini ITX builds. All of the cables could be 4-5 inches shorter in my build and still be plenty long. It would leave more space for other parts and certainly improve air flow. Regardless, I'm very happy with the purchase.","Product: Premium Bluetooth wireless music + calls with complete remote controls with a lifetime warranty against sweat\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Decent, but they aren't secure enough in my ears for athletic use.\n\nReview: These are \"ok\" for me. I've mixed and matched sizes on the ear tips and found what works best for me. They still don't feel like they are going to stay on my head any better than the cheap standard apple headphones which come with a iPod/Phone. I do appreciate the bluetooth technology as it lets me sit on a conference call on my desk and not have to worry about my phone being a cord length from my body and generally getting caught as I take notes on a bad or reach for a mouse or keyboard for some purpose.\n\nI haven't used them for music just yet so I can't really comment on audio quality, but they seem to work sufficiently well for phone calls. I don't know if it's the phone or the headphones which set the volume levels, but I will say that with these headphones connected to an iP6 the minimum volume is still a touch louder than I feel I need or want to deal with for a phone call while in a generally quiet setting.\n\nIn summary I'm happy I bought these while on sale. I'd be disappointed paying full price for them. As it is I think I got what I paid for.","Product: Built for ultra-fast performance, the thin and lightweight Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 goes anywhere you go. Photos, movies and documents pop on a crisp, clear Super AMOLED display. Expandable memory lets you enjoy more of your favorite content. And connecting and sharing between all your Samsung devices is easier than ever. Welcome to life with the reimagined Samsung Galaxy Tab S2. Watch the world come to life on your tablet's Super AMOLED display. With deep contrast, rich colors and crisp details, you won't miss a thing. And whether you're in low light or sunlight, photos, videos, books and presentations always look great thanks to adaptive display technology. Dive into the blockbuster movies you can't wait to see. Switch between your favorite apps quickly and easily. The new and improved octa-core processor gives you the power and speed you need to see more and do more. Expand your tablet's memory from 32GB to up to an additional 128GB and enjoy more of your favorite music, photos, movies and games on the go with a microSD card. With Quick Connect, start a show on your Smart TV and, with the touch of a button, take it with you by moving it to your Galaxy Tab S2. Or send videos and photos from your tablet screen to your TV screen to share with everyone in the room. Work effortlessly between your Samsung tablet and Samsung smartphone with SideSync. Quickly drag and drop photos between devices. And even respond to a call from your smartphone right on your tablet screen.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: 8\" is the right size for a reader and web browser\n\nReview: I wasn't sure if I should get the 8\" or the 9.7\" tablet, but I'm glad I opted for the 8\" version. The size is much more manageable than the iPad Air it replaces. It is perfect for my intended use. It's definitely a bit small for those wanting to watch movies, but the 8\" screen is plenty large for browsing the internet, reading a book, or playing a game while sitting around the house. I have a TV or computer with larger screens if I need to watch a movie or stream a show. This is mostly for checking email, browsing facespace, and playing a few games here and there.\n\nThe first thing I noticed when removing it from the box / package was how thin this tablet is. I was instantly happy that I had purchased a rather rigid, polycarbonate case for it. Like all the concerns years ago with people bending their apple phablets in their pockets, if you accidentally sat on this it's likely to bend and break. At first I was going to buy one of the thin or slim covers for it. I'm glad I chose something a little thicker both for the safety aspect and also to make it a little more comfortable to hold. Even with a thicker case on it (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0721PG4D2/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_0) it's still thin enough to fit effortlessly into the tablet pocket in my backpack when traveling.","Product: A day on the water can bring everything from driving rain to glaring sun. With the Sun Shower Sombrero you're prepared for any condition. Supplex nylon provides UPF 30 protection while mesh side panels offer ventilation. The removable Pertex rain cover gives waterproof, breathable shelter when it rains and stows conveniently in its own pocket when the skies clear again.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Comfortable and functional. Very happy with it.\n\nReview: I measured my head and purchased the appropriate size. Coupled with the adjustable band I was able to fine tune the fit and how tight it fit my head. My first use of the hat (initial reason for purchase) was spending 3 days in the sun helping my sister build a run-in for her horses in the middle of a pasture. No way to hide from the sun, so I bought this to keep the sun off my face. I must say it is comfortable and functional. Never once did I feel the need to take my hat off and readjust the size to change fit and retention. Even during a windy/gusty afternoon it never blew off my head. The mesh vents in the hat were noticeably functional as I could feel the breeze across the top of my head, keeping me a bit cooler out in the sun.\n\nI haven't used the rain cover yet, but I did take it out and give it a test fit. It's sized appropriately and rather easy to place on the hat. My first inclination was to carefully stretch it and wrap it around the brim of the hat. The foam brim on the hat isn't rigid enough for this to work. The easiest way is slightly wad the hat up on your hand, stuff it into the center of the rain cover (like garbage into a bag), and then reform the hat inside the cover with the brim fitting inside/under the outer elastic band. When not in use it does fold up neatly and pack into the pocket under the brim of the hat. It isn't low profile though. Thankfully it's intelligently designed to be at the back of the hat as the weight of the cover pulls the brim down. This can be annoying, but it does help keep the brim down and blocking sun off your neck. Unless you're expecting rain you can pull the cover out and I think the hat is a touch more comfortable.","Product: Uncle Mike's has rugs to fit small pistols up to large scoped firearms- mediumium fits 3-4\" barrel revolvers, 4-5\" barrel large autos\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Perfect fit for compact frame (4\" barrel) semi-autos\n\nReview: Medium = compact frame semi-auto. It's a near perfect fit for my pair of semi-autos.\n\nI couldn't decide between this and the Uncle Mike's medium pistol rug, so I bought both. See pics for comparison of sizes. The pouch is larger than the medium rug and less than half as thick when empty. This pistol pouch expands a bit when things are placed inside. The rug is a bit more of a rigid form which deforms the lower density inner foam when zipped up with a pistol inside. The difference in thickness when loaded isn't as significant, though the pouch is still the thinner of the two. It's easier to fit a compact semi-auto into the pouch, but the rug is going to offer better protection against drops (much thicker padding). The rug is also less wasted space being a near exact fit. As my primary use is simply to carry pistols to and from the range I'm not sure which I'll be using. I'll end up using both to start as I have two pistols. I expect the pouch is easier to pack into a range bag because it's a bit thinner, but the lack of wasted space of the rug definitely makes it easier to toss on top. I guess it depends on how I end up packing the range bag.\n\nPistols in photos are HK VP9 and SW 40VE. Photo comparing thickness uses one pistol in each case.","Product: Need Cycling Comfort? If you do not want to go out in spandex, We have these Cargo Bike shorts that will fit your need for comfort. This wonderfully design is perfect for bicycling rides short or long. It has two shorts in one. Padded Cargo biking short helps you last longer and ride stronger. The Outer short is a nylon cargo baggy nylon short with two side pockets. It has a drawstring waistline and an internal bike short with a black pearl padded chamois in the seat. The internal pad gives excellent padding comfort for shock absorption. The shorts are highly functional for bicycle touring and mountain bike rides. The outer pocket has a Velcro closure to secure your possessions while riding.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Decent cycling shorts. Chamois / pad is more comfortable than expected, but is not removable.\n\nReview: Sizing runs small. I think this is pointed out both in other reviews and also in the product description. Order at least one size larger than you would normally wear. I wear a size large, I bought an XL. They fit fine in the waist. While standing they are comfortable in the thigh area. Riding is a different story. The material and design of the shorts seems to pull tight across the top of the thigh and through the crotch while riding. I found myself often tugging at the material to alleviate the \"pull\". The built-in padding is actually quite nice. I thought it was a bit thin compared to there riding shorts I own, but it's actually more comfortable than any of my other chamois.\n\nSo...sizing is a bit off, the shorts pull tight across the crotch and thigh while pedaling, but the chamois/pad is very comfy. All in all not a bad cycling short for the money. My only gripe is that the chamois/pad is not removable. I prefer removable / separated designs because I can use the same pair of shorts for two or three rides while just changing to a new chamois as that's what soaks up most of the sweat.","Product: Your tubeless wheels will benefit from the use of Orange Seal Tubeless Tire Sealant. It is proven to seal large punctures up to 1/4\" and perform under varying temperatures and altitudes.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Easy to use for tubeless conversion. Included nozzle makes it nearly mess-free to fill the tire.\n\nReview: The included nozzle makes it very easy to fill a tire through the valve. I haven't had any flats to deal with just yet, luckily, but the sealant did work to get me converted over to tubeless. If you've not done the conversion before all of the how-to's are quite accurate. This was my first time and it really can take a few days of applying pressure and sloshing sealant around the tire to get every leak sealed up. Thus I recommend buying another 4oz or 8oz bottle to replenish the remaining volume in your tires before you head out on a ride. One of my tires didn't want to seal and probably spit out 2 of the 4oz I put into the tire in the first place.","Product: A low-profile, lightweight, wide aluminum body with double-concave platform. The svelte design makes it perfect for trail bikes while chromyl axle and bottom loading hex traction pins ensure it can take abuse and perform double duty on your DH rig.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Low profile, light, good-looking, and high performing.\n\nReview: Easy to install, light weight, low profile, and plenty of adjustment in the pins to get the shoe fit/retention you want. It comes with replacement pins and washers to adjust the height. I used these in combination with a set of FiveTen Freerider shoes and it was quite the interface. I am doing mostly XC / CC / trail riding and the world is mostly flat in Michigan. I can't speak to feet staying on pedals while dropping off rocks or flying off jumps, but there is plenty of stick while bouncing through rock gardens and over roots. I never had an issue with my feet bouncing off the pedals, though I do think some adjustment is necessary in the pin arrangement and height. With these pedals and my chosen shoes there is no \"float\". If my foot feels a bit out of alignment I can't just move it. I have to physically pull my foot off the pedal, look down, and place it exactly where I want it. This can be dangerous while moving down a twisty trail. Of course I'm gifted with a rather duck-footed stance and always seem to need to adjust my feet for comfort. Others may never experience this issue.\n\nColor-wise these are a bit less bright/vivid in person than the image shows. Regardless, I can't stop admiring the pedals. I think they are fantastic.","Product: Need Cycling Comfort? If you do not want to go out in spandex, We have these Cargo Bike shorts that will fit your need for comfort. This wonderfully design is perfect for bicycling rides short or long. It has two shorts in one. Padded Cargo biking short helps you last longer and ride stronger. The Outer short is a nylon cargo baggy nylon short with two side pockets. It has a drawstring waistline and an internal bike short with a black pearl padded chamois in the seat. The internal pad gives excellent padding comfort for shock absorption. The shorts are highly functional for bicycle touring and mountain bike rides. The outer pocket has a Velcro closure to secure your possessions while riding.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Decent cycling shorts. Chamois / pad is more comfortable than expected, but is not removable.\n\nReview: Sizing runs small. I think this is pointed out both in other reviews and also in the product description. Order at least one size larger than you would normally wear. I wear a size large, I bought an XL. They fit fine in the waist. While standing they are comfortable in the thigh area. Riding is a different story. The material and design of the shorts seems to pull tight across the top of the thigh and through the crotch while riding. I found myself often tugging at the material to alleviate the \"pull\". The built-in padding is actually quite nice. I thought it was a bit thin compared to there riding shorts I own, but it's actually more comfortable than any of my other chamois.\n\nSo...sizing is a bit off, the shorts pull tight across the crotch and thigh while pedaling, but the chamois/pad is very comfy. All in all not a bad cycling short for the money. My only gripe is that the chamois/pad is not removable. I prefer removable / separated designs because I can use the same pair of shorts for two or three rides while just changing to a new chamois as that's what soaks up most of the sweat.","Product: Nike Mercurial Lite Shinpads - Black/Volt Green\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Per the Mercurial name these are minimalist, light-weight guards\n\nReview: These are definitely on the minimalist side of shin protection. For those who can relate the Mercurial name to Nike's light-weight \"speed\" cleats it all makes sense. They are low profile (thickness) with good curvature to fit snug against your shin. I'm 5'11\" and purchased a Large size. If I center these on my shin they cover approximately half of it. As I said, minimalist. Enough guard to be legal, but definitely intended for those who want to meet the rules while carrying very little additional weight. If you're worried about taking serious shots to the shin I'd look for something a bit more substantial, or at least go up a size to get a little more length of shin coverage.\n\nThe sleeves are pretty good. I have to work them over my feet, but they fit my lower leg / calf snugly. The guard fits in and feels secure. It's not going to move up and down while running. With the sleeves not having a specific pouch for the guard it is possible that a kick to the shin may cause the guard to shift around to one side or the other. The material is mesh, so it's breathable. It's not quite a compression sleeve for me, but it's been a couple decades since I was practicing daily and playing twice a week. My calf muscles aren't what they used to be. Those of greater physical fitness may want to size up just to get a little larger sleeve so they don't end up too tight. Or just forego the sleeves and tape up your socks to hold the guards in place.","Product: This durable nylon case features foam padding, carry handles and a full length zipper that allows the case to fold open flat and serve as a gun rest. Convenient drop-in-protection for your handgun. Rugged 600-denier padding. High-density foam padding. Web-reinforced spine adds strength. Lockable zipper pulls, lock not included.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Well-built, discreet, pistol shape does not show through padding.\n\nReview: This is not a small pistol case. See attached photos. It's large enough to fit two \"compact\" semi-auto pistols, meaning it should handle any full-framed pistol. it seems well-built and it's very discreet. There are no external tags or labels which might indicate what is inside. Even with two pistols zipped inside the padding is thick enough to prevent any printing which might again indicate what is inside. My employer does not allow firearms on the property, but I'm pretty confident that I could put a pistol in this case, stick it in my briefcase, and no one would no the difference. I don't plan to as I value my job, but it's that plain of a pouch. It's not much different from a pouch people would use to carry and protect a tablet or small web notebook.\n\nI couldn't decide between this and the Uncle Mike's medium pistol rug, so I bought both. See pics for comparison of sizes. This pouch is larger than the medium rug and less than half as thick when empty. This pistol pouch expands a bit when things are placed inside. The rug is a bit more of a rigid form which deforms the lower density inner foam when zipped up with a pistol inside. The difference in thickness when loaded isn't as significant, though the pouch is still the thinner of the two. It's easier to fit a compact semi-auto into this than it is to fit one into the medium rug, but the rug is going to offer better protection against drops (much thicker padding). I'm looking to use this and/or the rug to carry pistols to the range. I don't expect to use them for anything else, so I am more likely to use this pouch. I'm not worried about dropping the pistol while in the pouch, nor am I worried that anything else in my range bag is going to harm the pistol through the padding offered by the pouch. Being a bit thinner should make it easier to pack in next to other things instead of needing to sit on top.\n\nPistols in photos are HK VP9 and SW 40VE. Photo comparing thickness uses one pistol in each case.","Product: Pick up the Renthal Fatbar Lite for the sturdy feel and extra leverage afforded by 740-millimeter wide bars, all without adding extra weight to your favorite trail or Enduro-race bike. In fact, the Renthal Fatbar Lite only weighs 270-grams, making it one of the lightest aluminum riser bars on the market. And because it's constructed of 7000-series aluminum, the Fatbar Lite provides high levels of stiffness and strength at a much more palatable price than carbon.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great bar and the rise made my bike more comfortable and easier to control.\n\nReview: I put this on a Nukeproof Mega Comp AM 27.5 to replace the factory bar. I'm longer in the torso and shorter in the legs, so I needed a bit more height on the bars to avoid being hunched over on the bike. It has worked perfectly. The rise is just right for me. There has been no degradation to feel and control on the bike. I'm not riding any ridiculous downhills or jumps in the flat lands of Michigan, so I can't say I'll ever give it a true test of strength, but I don't notice any flex which makes me worry about it breaking or me losing control of the bike when I do go bouncing across tree roots and rock gardens on the short downhill sections I do encounter.","Product: Nike Mercurial Lite Shin Guards blend ultra-thin coverage with superior cushioning and impact diffusion in a design that can withstand the demands of the elite-level game.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Per the Mercurial name these are minimalist, light-weight guards\n\nReview: These are definitely on the minimalist side of shin protection. For those who can relate the Mercurial name to Nike's light-weight \"speed\" cleats it all makes sense. They are low profile (thickness) with good curvature to fit snug against your shin. I'm 5'11\" and purchased a Large size. If I center these on my shin they cover approximately half of it. As I said, minimalist. Enough guard to be legal, but definitely intended for those who want to meet the rules while carrying very little additional weight. If you're worried about taking serious shots to the shin I'd look for something a bit more substantial, or at least go up a size to get a little more length of shin coverage.\n\nThe sleeves are pretty good. I have to work them over my feet, but they fit my lower leg / calf snugly. The guard fits in and feels secure. It's not going to move up and down while running. With the sleeves not having a specific pouch for the guard it is possible that a kick to the shin may cause the guard to shift around to one side or the other. The material is mesh, so it's breathable. It's not quite a compression sleeve for me, but it's been a couple decades since I was practicing daily and playing twice a week. My calf muscles aren't what they used to be. Those of greater physical fitness may want to size up just to get a little larger sleeve so they don't end up too tight. Or just forego the sleeves and tape up your socks to hold the guards in place.","Product: RockShox 11.4118.042.000 Bottomless ring kit\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: I don't understand why rubber bands are so expensive.\n\nReview: Buying these and find out that they really are just a set of rubber bands makes me a bit unamused by the price. Yeah they are a specific diameter and thickness, but it's still just a bag full of $0.02 rubber bands. I over-paid.\n\nI also incorrectly read through Rockshox's user manual and various available videos regarding my Monarch RL shock. I didn't mark the rating down for my own mistake. That's mostly for the ridiculous cost for some rubber bands. I just wanted to point the specifics of fitment for the benefits of others who might be making a similar mistake. These only work in the debonair high volume cans. Either you need an RC/RT3 or you have to buy the debonair upgrade can to go with your RL/RT/R to make use of these. Everything I found indicated these worked with the lower models. I don't recall seeing anything indicating that these were completely useless for tuning air volume without upgrading the air cylinder too. Not only did I pay too much for rubber bands, but they went straight into a box of spare parts as I can't currently use them. Time to start looking at cylinder upgrades.","Product: Classic, durable and highly packable, this lightweight short is an essential in any kit. Transfer Dry fabric provides optimal moisture management with superior hand feel\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Outer short runs small, inner liner runs true to larger. One or the other won't fit well.\n\nReview: I wasn't sure how these would fit, so I ordered two sizes. They run small in the waist and a little slim in the leg. Size chart says XL, but XXL fits much better. I'd say the waist runs a full size smaller than Pearl Izumi's Pro Escape chamois / riding short (which I also bought and test fit under these).\n\nThe leg is a little slim (tree trunks for legs), but the material stretches. They also run to the knee for length. Wearing the knee length pro escape short under them you can't see the liner / chamois. I do see myself needing to tug these back up above the knee once on the bike.\n\nUnfortunately the 3D tour liner / chamois runs more true to size, if not too large. XXL liner is loose to the point of falling off. It was always going to be a throw-away liner for me anyway, but it's likely to be a disappointment for anyone buying these because they come with a liner. XXL outer Journey short is great for 40\" waist and smaller. XXL inner liner is good for 42\" waist and larger. I'm at 38\".","Product: Stens 130-938 NGK BPR4ES Spark Plug\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: it's a spark plug. If it shows up in one piece and is newer than that which it replaces, the results tend to be positive.\n\nReview: Not much to say here. It's a spark plug. It does its job. When replacing an old plug it tends to improve performance. In this case it's my lawn mower. Annual maintenance. New plugs showed up safely and in good shape.\n\nCuriously, the plugs which came out were the exact same model and one of them lost the tip. Apparently the little metal bit which the plug wire holds onto is only threaded onto the plug. After breaking the plug loose with a socket I used my fingers to work it the rest of the way out. I wound up with the little tip in my fingers and the rest of the plug still in the cylinder head. Easy enough to use the socket to get it out, but unexpected nonetheless.","Product: This ESCO jack stand has a 3-ton capacity and adjusts from 13 in. - 21 in., professional grade jack stand has a unique flat top and removable rubber saddle cushion to protect the car frame better than the traditional curved axle post jacks stands. Minimum height: 13.2 in. and maximum height: 21.5 in.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Best stands I've owned or used!\n\nReview: I bought these to use with my Porsche as it doesn't have a pinch weld and needs a stand with a flat top to sit under the jack points. These are far and away the best jack stands I've owned or used. Construction is very good. They will be durable. The 3-leg design makes them easier to keep stable. Most 4-leg stands tend to wobble or teeter on a slightly non-level surface. I also found it very nice that these come with the rubber tops to keep the metal from scratch or marring up the paint on the underbody of the car. It also increases friction to ensure nothing slips. Height adjustment is easy, and with the pin attached to the stand you can't lose them.","Product: Twin wire Wirebound Hardcover Notebook\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Great notepad for fountain pen users. Lining on the pages makes for a great task list.\n\nReview: Great notebook/pad to use as a task list. I use it at work to keep track of items I need to complete. The separate column at the left side of each page provides a dedicated place to add a check mark, X, or date when tasks are complete. The rest of the line is sufficiently sized for a short description of the work to be done. The cover on the notebook feels somewhere between a faux-leather and a rubberized coating. it's not waterproof, but it's grippy enough to not slip out of your hands. The elastic band comes in hand for keeping it closed. The paper itself is a heavier weight and coated, which is what I've come to expect of the Black n' Red brand. Their paper is fantastic for fountain pen users. Very seldom do inks feather or show through. They often show off more shading and sheen too! The only negative for fountain pens is that being a coated paper the inks do take an extra 5-10 seconds to dry such that they don' smear.","Product: Outdoor Leisure Smoke Hollow Electric Smoker comes equipped with a fully adjustable electric heating element with three chrome plated cooking grids with multiple adjustment levels and a porcelain coated steel water pan.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Well worth the investment. Easy to use, works well.\n\nReview: Thus far I am very impressed with this product. I assembled it in 30 minutes last night. Had it up and ready to cook in about 30 minutes this morning.\n\nPackaging:\nThe item ships very well packaged. There was no damage to the smoker when I received it. The smoker box is shipped inside a separate box with some additional cardboard filler and styrofoam bits to keep it safe. It makes for more garbage or recycling, but it ensures things arrive in good shape.\n\nAssembly:\nInstructions are detailed enough to make assembly quick and easy. I spent around 30 minutes attaching the legs, handles, heating element, and racks. The screws come packaged and separated by size and length, and the instructions let you know which ones go where. You just need a screw driver for most of the fasteners. For the few nuts you will need a 10mm wrench. I'm not really sure why they used a metric hex size on a nut with a standard thread, but it wasn't a bother for me as I have plenty of tools.\n\nSize / Capacity:\nThe smoker appears relatively compact standing there, but the internal capacity is more than expected. There are three internal racks. One is fixed, two are adjustable. I halved two full racks of baby back ribs and put them on two different shelves. I could probably stuff three half racks on each shelf. If you have one of those rib racks that holds them on their side you could certainly arrange the shelves (remove one) to fit two of those racks and hold quite a bit more. Obviously by mixing, matching, and moving racks around you can fit a lot of different sized items. Small to medium turkey, a couple whole chickens, a couple slabs of beef brisket.\n\nWeight of the unit is surprisingly low. I expected it to be 40-50 pounds looking at the picture, dimensions, construction, and the estimated shipping weight. It's perhaps half that weight. With the two handles on the side it's really easy to pick up and move around. Obviously it gets heavier when you put stuff in it. If it's too heavy for you empty you could always remove the racks and water and wood chip trays to remove a pound or two and see if it's manageable. Otherwise just ask for a helping hand to grab the other side and help you out.\n\nSetup:\nDocumentation says it pulls a max of 12.5 amps. As most home circuit breakers are 15 amps you may want to ensure that wherever you're plugging this thing in for the next several hours it will be the only thing on that circuit. Too much load and you may unintentionally pop a breaker and shut off the smoker without knowing. Once you have that sorted out the rest of the setup and start-up is easy. The first time you fire it up I recommend giving it 20-30 minutes for the heat to bake off any sort of residue on the interior of the smoker. I wiped things down as best I could, but still didn't want to risk embedding those smells and flavors into the food.\n\nIt takes about 20 minutes on high temp to get the unit up to ~300F (according to the thermometer on the door). This was on a cool 50F morning in MI. At this point I added the water and wood chips. Give the unit around 10 minutes to get a good smoke rolling from the chips. You'll start to see smoke coming out the little hole/port on the top back...and anywhere else it can find an exit. By the time you see steady smoke coming out of the unit it is quite full on the inside. When you open the door to insert your tasty delicious meat products stand back so you don't get a blast of smoke in the face. After getting the unit up to 300F I slowly dialed the control down until it stabilized around the 220-230F I wanted to cook at. On this smoker that seems to be approximately the \"M\" in MED on the control dial.\n\nCooking:\nKeep in mind that placing cooler items into the smoker will suck up heat. Depending on the size and starting temperature of whatever you're placing in the smoker you may need to adjust the control dial up to HIGH in order to maintain temperature while your meat items warm up. You should pay close attention to the temps for the first 30 minutes. For my first use I used to full racks of baby backs. They came out of the refrigerator and warmed for the 30 minutes it took to get the smoker running. The temperature difference between the meat and the intended cook temp of the smoker meant I needed to turn the temp up to HIGH and slowly back it down every 5 minutes or so while the meat warmed up. After 30 minutes it's back down to MED on the control dial and holding an indicated 220-230F. Time to let it run for 4 hours.\n\nUPDATE: 11-JUNE-2016\nI still have this smoker and it still works very well. I might have overloaded it last weekend with 6 full racks of ribs, but the end result was still great. I'm still happy with the size and the portability of this unit. I'm still happy with how easy it is to get it setup, smoking, and ready for cooking. I will admit that I am generally lazy when it comes to cleaning up after smoking something, but I've found that some grill cleaner spray, 30 minutes of soaking, and a power washer clean it up quite well. Then I just turn it on, crank the temp, and let it bake itself like a self-cleaning oven to kill off any bacteria and dry up all the water.","Product: Outdoor Leisure Smoke Hollow Electric Smoker comes equipped with a fully adjustable electric heating element with three chrome plated cooking grids with multiple adjustment levels and a porcelain coated steel water pan.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Well worth the investment. Easy to use, works well.\n\nReview: Thus far I am very impressed with this product. I assembled it in 30 minutes last night. Had it up and ready to cook in about 30 minutes this morning.\n\nPackaging:\nThe item ships very well packaged. There was no damage to the smoker when I received it. The smoker box is shipped inside a separate box with some additional cardboard filler and styrofoam bits to keep it safe. It makes for more garbage or recycling, but it ensures things arrive in good shape.\n\nAssembly:\nInstructions are detailed enough to make assembly quick and easy. I spent around 30 minutes attaching the legs, handles, heating element, and racks. The screws come packaged and separated by size and length, and the instructions let you know which ones go where. You just need a screw driver for most of the fasteners. For the few nuts you will need a 10mm wrench. I'm not really sure why they used a metric hex size on a nut with a standard thread, but it wasn't a bother for me as I have plenty of tools.\n\nSize / Capacity:\nThe smoker appears relatively compact standing there, but the internal capacity is more than expected. There are three internal racks. One is fixed, two are adjustable. I halved two full racks of baby back ribs and put them on two different shelves. I could probably stuff three half racks on each shelf. If you have one of those rib racks that holds them on their side you could certainly arrange the shelves (remove one) to fit two of those racks and hold quite a bit more. Obviously by mixing, matching, and moving racks around you can fit a lot of different sized items. Small to medium turkey, a couple whole chickens, a couple slabs of beef brisket.\n\nWeight of the unit is surprisingly low. I expected it to be 40-50 pounds looking at the picture, dimensions, construction, and the estimated shipping weight. It's perhaps half that weight. With the two handles on the side it's really easy to pick up and move around. Obviously it gets heavier when you put stuff in it. If it's too heavy for you empty you could always remove the racks and water and wood chip trays to remove a pound or two and see if it's manageable. Otherwise just ask for a helping hand to grab the other side and help you out.\n\nSetup:\nDocumentation says it pulls a max of 12.5 amps. As most home circuit breakers are 15 amps you may want to ensure that wherever you're plugging this thing in for the next several hours it will be the only thing on that circuit. Too much load and you may unintentionally pop a breaker and shut off the smoker without knowing. Once you have that sorted out the rest of the setup and start-up is easy. The first time you fire it up I recommend giving it 20-30 minutes for the heat to bake off any sort of residue on the interior of the smoker. I wiped things down as best I could, but still didn't want to risk embedding those smells and flavors into the food.\n\nIt takes about 20 minutes on high temp to get the unit up to ~300F (according to the thermometer on the door). This was on a cool 50F morning in MI. At this point I added the water and wood chips. Give the unit around 10 minutes to get a good smoke rolling from the chips. You'll start to see smoke coming out the little hole/port on the top back...and anywhere else it can find an exit. By the time you see steady smoke coming out of the unit it is quite full on the inside. When you open the door to insert your tasty delicious meat products stand back so you don't get a blast of smoke in the face. After getting the unit up to 300F I slowly dialed the control down until it stabilized around the 220-230F I wanted to cook at. On this smoker that seems to be approximately the \"M\" in MED on the control dial.\n\nCooking:\nKeep in mind that placing cooler items into the smoker will suck up heat. Depending on the size and starting temperature of whatever you're placing in the smoker you may need to adjust the control dial up to HIGH in order to maintain temperature while your meat items warm up. You should pay close attention to the temps for the first 30 minutes. For my first use I used to full racks of baby backs. They came out of the refrigerator and warmed for the 30 minutes it took to get the smoker running. The temperature difference between the meat and the intended cook temp of the smoker meant I needed to turn the temp up to HIGH and slowly back it down every 5 minutes or so while the meat warmed up. After 30 minutes it's back down to MED on the control dial and holding an indicated 220-230F. Time to let it run for 4 hours.\n\nUPDATE: 11-JUNE-2016\nI still have this smoker and it still works very well. I might have overloaded it last weekend with 6 full racks of ribs, but the end result was still great. I'm still happy with the size and the portability of this unit. I'm still happy with how easy it is to get it setup, smoking, and ready for cooking. I will admit that I am generally lazy when it comes to cleaning up after smoking something, but I've found that some grill cleaner spray, 30 minutes of soaking, and a power washer clean it up quite well. Then I just turn it on, crank the temp, and let it bake itself like a self-cleaning oven to kill off any bacteria and dry up all the water.","Product: Raking leaves can be a big job and one that must be done multiple times in a fall season and fallen leaves and other yard debris can lead to thatch build up if not removed. The Brinley lawn sweeper with its large 42 inch working width and 20 cubic foot hamper helps get your fall yard clean up done quickly and easily. The sweeper can be conveniently emptied from the seat of the tractor and can be stored upright to take up less space in a garage or shed.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Wheels slide over wet grass and leaves...doesn't work unless dry.\n\nReview: After a couple years of use I've decided this isn't the best piece of yard equipment. It does work to sweep up grass clippings and leaves, but only if your yard is totally flat and the wheels are always on a level, dry surface. The wheels are hard plastic with zero grip / traction. If your yard is damp the wheels slide and the brushes don't rotate. If your yard is covered in leaves the wheels slide across the leaves and the brushes don't rotate. Obviously when the brushes don't rotate nothing gets picked up. This becomes most annoying when dumping leaves in the fall. I back the sweeper off the edge of the property (surrounded by trees). I dump the leaves. Because the sweeper wheels are on top of leaves it simply slides as I pull forward. The brushes don't toss the load out as I pull forward. Instead they trap everything and it pulls half the load back onto the lawn.\n\nAnother annoyance is the height adjustment. It works great, but only one setting is actually useful. It doesn't matter whether I mow my lawn short or tall, nor if there are leaves to be swept or not. If I don't use the lowest height setting the brushes don't really pick anything up. I could deal with this as at least it has the potential to work, but the wheels just ruin it for me. Because the drive mechanism for the brushes are housed within the wheels I can't change them. I really wish the wheels were larger, rubber, and knobby. That is what I shall search for to replace this.","Product: You will feel like a real pit master with these pro gloves looking for quality glove to protect your hands while handling hot meat on your smoker or barbecue? Need to make pulled pork for a party or just carve the thanksgiving turkey? Then the pit glove is your answer. A soft jersey cotton liner double coated in neoprene with a full 14\" length to protect your forearms. The gloves are a waterproof design that is resistant to staining, grease flames. The perfect addition to your grilling accessories. The pit glove can easily manage messy BBQ sessions, grabbing and preparing hot food in the kitchen or on the BBQ all while keeping your hands safe and dry in an easy to clean glove. We designed the pit glove after studying the gloves that pit masters and BBQ experts everywhere were wearing and then made them better. We found that neoprene offered better protection and insulation from heat and was more resistant to fire than the other materials available. Neoprene stay flexible and offers superior dexterity than silicone or rubber while the jersey cotton liner is soft on your hands. Now you can protect your hands and serve award winning BBQ. Why choose the pit glove over other oven mitts and gloves? The neoprene coated cotton liner let's your hand breath so you stay comfortable at the grill. The pit glove easily handles your smoker and BBQ temperatures. The pit glove is waterproof, stain proof, won't absorb grease and is resistant to fire and flames we guarantee that you will love the BBQ glove with a hassle-free 3 month guarantee. If you don't love them, we'll refund your money or send you a pair of your choice from amazon.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Decent fit, decent grip, great lining, preferable flexibility and dexterity.\n\nReview: As they are a one-size-fits-all there is some performance lost when they aren't a perfect fit, but otherwise they are fantastic. I used them last weekend working with my smoker and 6 racks of ribs. Heat transfer wasn't bad. Grip on the meat was sufficient to not be fearful of dropping anything. I do like the longer gauntlet as there is less worry about an accidental bump against the hot edge or door on the smoker, or against a hot lid or rim on a grill if you were using them in that instance. The material is thinner than some other cooking gloves I've tried, but this allows for better flexibility and improved dexterity. I think they'll transfer heat faster and perhaps get too hot too quickly for some people. It's a trade-off. Dexterity and flexibility or heat resistance. For the short periods I'm actually handing a hot piece of food I prefer the dexterity.\n\nI also very much like the lining. My hands don't get suck inside the gloves, so they are very fast to put on and take off while grilling / smoking foods. If these ever wear out for some reason I'll likely buy another pair.","Product: This listing is for 1 tire and the rim/wheel is NOT included. The image is not the image of the exact tire you will receive. It is for illustrative purposes only to show the tread style of the tire you will receive.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Decent tire as a replacement for Turf Savers, but no enough better to \"upgrade\" before the Turf Savers are worn out.\n\nReview: I've had a set of these on my lawn and garden tractor for a few months now. I bought them to replace the crap \"turf saver\" tires which came on the tractor (Carlisle Turf Saver on a Cub Cadet LTX1042KW). All those did was spin and tear up my lawn any time I found damp grass, uneven terrain, or tried turning on a hill. The rather square shoulder on the tread worked very well with the positive camber of the front hubs to dig trenches in the lawn any time I turned a sharp corner. That was probably the most annoying result of those tires.\n\nThe hope was that this tread pattern, improved siping, and rounded shoulder would improve grip and reduce damage to the lawn. Aside from being a 4-ply tire instead of a 2-ply tire I can't say that there is any improvement. The rear tires did turn out to be a couple inches wider and still fit, but I'm not sure there is really significant additional traction. I still have times where I lose grip, spin a tire, and tear up the lawn. Perhaps it happens less often, but it still happens. The difference on the shoulder in the front is again not much improvement. Perhaps the trench it digs isn't as deep, but the stupid design of having positive camber on the front of the lawn tractor still causes the shoulder to do all of the work while cornering and still tears up the lawn in tight corners, especially if going down a hill where more weight ends up on the front outside tire. Tires can't fix a design problem.\n\nThey aren't a useless tire by any means. The simply aren't enough of an upgrade over the \"turf saver\" to justify spending the money to upgrade before the old tires are actually worn out and useless. That was my mistake.","Product: 4.5 Inch Laser Welded Crack Chaser Diamond Blade .250 Inch Segment width. This blade has a v-segmented design for very fast, efficient cleaning, routing and repairing of cracks in concrete and most other building materials. This blade is used for mortar removal, grout repair and cleaning of concrete applications using an Angle Grinder or Circular Saw.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Ideal thickness for driveway cracks and better quality and durability than the price suggests.\n\nReview: I was hesitant to buy this as it's significantly cheaper than the major name brands. It appears to be a strong, reliable, quality grinding wheel. I haven't used the .25\" thickness wheel much though. I bought both .25\" and .375\" for chasing cracks in the driveway. The .375\" size is the better option for any crack which has separated enough for an occasional weed to grow out of. The thinner wheel just doesn't leave you with a clean ground surface on both sides of the crack for the sealant to adhere to. The thinner wheel is much better for catching and fixing hairline cracks before they soak in more water and open up into a problem.\n\nI've done 50' of grinding with this wheel thus far. No signs of wear that make me think it's going to need replacement before I get done with the remaining 200'. The grit in the wheel makes short work of crack grinding as well. I think it took me 30 minutes to do the first 50', and that was taking care grinding the crack / seam between a sidewalk and the foundation of the house. I expect open grinding down the rest of the driveway will go faster as less care is required.","Product: Engineered for a broad range of grinding, cutting and deburring applications, the 4.5\", 900 Watt W9-115 compact angle grinder features a smaller, ergonomically designed body for more comfort, a tool-free quick-positioning guard that allows for fast change-over from grinding to cutting, and a side-mounted slide lock-on switch. The powerful Long Life 8.5 Amp, AC/DC, 10,500 rpm motor includes advanced designs to optimize air flow for cooler operation and extend longevity in harsh environments. The S-Automatic Safety Slip Clutch helps to prevent kick back if a disc or wheel should jam.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Easy to setup and use. Plenty strong for grinding concrete.\n\nReview: I bought this for grinding / chasing cracks in my driveway. Chose the brand after seeing it was what the contractor used while grinding and leveling some of the cracked pads in the driveway. Of most significance is the on/off switch which can be switched on and stays on so you aren't restricted to holding your hand in a specific position while using the grinder. Setup was easy with the button on top to lock the spindle for attaching or removing grinding wheels. The guard fits on pretty easily and the quick adjust level is convenient and easy to use. Power output is plenty for grinding concrete. As a quick comparison I attempted to grind using my cheap 4.5A Harbor Freight grinder. Night and day difference. Obviously an 8.5A draw creates more power than 4.5A, but it is the difference between powering through the cracks or stalling out because there isn't enough power to overcome the friction between concrete and grinding wheel.\n\nI will agree with another review posted that the spindle is a bit long. When using this up against the house trying to grind between the sidewalk and the foundation it was necessary to grind on a bit of an angle as the spindle would otherwise ride against the brick on the house. Part of my concern was leaving damage on the bricks an the other concern was damage to the threads on the spindle making it difficult to remove and replace the disc later. It's impossible to have a flat spindle that is never thicker than the grinding disc, but even with a .375\" thick disc the spindle is longer. It could probably be a 1/2\" shorter and still leave enough threads to clamp any disc safely. In the grand scheme it's a minor complaint as it's not often that this is a problem for anyone. When chasing cracks out in the middle of the driveway or garage there is nothing to hit. If using this with a normal grinding wheel you're not using the entire surface to contact the work piece anyway.","Product: Premium Velvet Lined Dice Rolling Tray Features A Felt Surface For Quieter Rolling And Non-Slip Foam Feet. 1\" Tall Walls Also Keeps Dice Inside!\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: For what I paid I'm happy with it\n\nReview: It works as advertised. For what I paid I'm happy with it. It was purchased so metal dice could be used for table-top gaming and not dent our dining room table. It accomplishes that task. It appears to be thick, solid cardboard or some other laminated paper product for the base and sides. The inside base is covered with felt. There is no velvet anywhere even though the product page uses that word. It's felt, not velvet. Product photo makes it look brown. I think that's just the lighting as the product received is black. My only concerns for longevity and durability are stacking things on top of it and the use of metal dice. I expect, over time, the weight of metal dice will start to tear up the thin felt applied to the base. Just the weight of a die and the potential to come down and put all that force through a corner is more abuse than what normal plastic / acrylic die will create. With the construction of the box being paper / cardboard it will not stand up to a lot of weight being stacking on top of it. Whether it be accidental or intentional, it will surely deform over time if the sides / edges are being used to support excess weight."],"string":"[\n \"Product: ASTRA stainless double edge blades fit all double edge razors. ASTRA blades are made from the highest quality steel. Each ASTRA blade provides unsurpassed quality, smoothness and durability for a long lasting, smooth shave.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: I like the Astra SP over any Feather and all others.\\n\\nReview: Great blades. Just bought my second 100 pack. First one lasted me just over 2 years. I usually shave every other day and replace the blade each week. I've tried a lot of other brands of blades (found a sample pack with a dozen different brands / types), even the much loved Feather. I like these best. One day to the next going back-to-back with a feather blade I feel the Astra SP is just a clean / close a shave. What keeps me coming back to the Astra SP is that I feel they are easier to use. Without making any changes to the way I shave the Feather blades simply leave cuts and nicks more often without providing a noticeably better shave. I'm staying off the Feather bandwagon.\",\n \"Product: *Arctic Silver 5 With its unique high-density filling of micronized silver and enhanced thermally conductive ceramic particles is optimized for use between modern high-power CPUs and high performance heatsinks or water-cooling solutions. *ArctiClean is a two-step cleaning process that removes existing thermal grease or pads and prepares the thermal surface for a fresh application of thermal interface material. ArctiClean 1 Thermal Material Remover quickly emulsifies and dissolves the existing thermal grease or pad from the CPU and/or heatsink so that it can easily be removed with a clean cloth or paper towel. A few drops of ArctiClean 2 Thermal Surface Purifier and some gentle wiping then removes the remaining residue and inhibits flash corrosion on copper or aluminum.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great kit. Cleaning solvent works impressively well.\\n\\nReview: Arctic Silver is generally well-known and highly regarded as a thermal compound. I don't think I need to go on and on about how well it works. It does its job, and it does it very well. I do want to mention the cleaning solvents. They work incredibly well. I was stunned. A few drops of bottle #1 and the old compound starts lifting off the heatsink or processor. It wiped right off with a microfiber towel. No scrubbing, minor pressure. Surface clean-up with bottle #2 was just as easy. I'm really happy I bought this kit as I needed to remove the OE applied thermal compound from the CPU cooler I purchased in order to use the Arctic Silver.\",\n \"Product: The TGX is a Talon series airbrush with the following upgrades. It will come installed with our new .2mm head, hand polished hardened stainless steel needle, Sloped trigger, air atomization control and the black chrome plating. It comes packed in our new aluminum case and also include the size 3 head and fan air cap. The ultra fine .2mm head delivers unmatched detail and the hand polished needle prevents paint buildup on the needle. The slopped trigger offers greater comfort and grip.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: 0.6mm and fan cap are awesome...the rest is nothing special.\\n\\nReview: I bought this after reading numerous reviews. It seemed a lot of reviews either loved it or didn't care for it. I ended up buying it for the features. Several different nozzle / needle combinations, trigger stop to help a beginner control paint flow, fan cap, and the air flow control.\\n\\nHaving used it a bit I can say it's nothing special. With the 0.6mm nozzle, fan cap, and a quick disconnect fitting installed it weighs in at 123g. Not as heavy as the Grex Tritium. TG3 my wife uses for body paints as that is a hefty 230g, but I've seen other airbrushes come in 30-40g lighter than this Paasche. I have struggled to get the 0.2mm and 0.3mm needles to seal in the nozzle. I've cleaned them. I loosen the chuck and reseat them. There is always a slight paint leak such that even when I'm only wanting air I still get some paint coming out of the tip. These were brand new nozzles, right out of their packaging. I don't have this issue with the 0.6mm nozzle / needle.\\n\\nI also found the built-in air flow control to be worthless. It can work when you have it threaded nearly all the way it for minimal air flow, but when you want max air flow and thread it out there is suddenly a lot of play in the threads and sealing o-ring. Bumping it with a finger causes motion (think wobbling screw in a hole that's too big). This accidental bump changes the air flow and affects your painting. It's not a good feature. I'd rather have a flow valve on the incoming line.\\n\\nI really like this airbrush with the 0.6mm nozzle and the fan cap. It's great for priming and painting larger surfaces. I'll use it for models like car bodies or air plane wings / fuselage. I'm buying a different airbrush to use for detail work.\",\n \"Product: Made for the outdoors. Hydro flasks tempshield insulation has redefined what the classic outdoor water bottle can be. The 18, 32, 40, and 64 oz. bottles keep your beverage icy cold or piping hot from trailhead to Summit and every step in-between. Your perfect all day and into the next refreshment solution. It is the ideal hydration companion for those long days in the office or a full day on the beach or trail. Now with the new flex cap for ultimate portability. Whether youre in the Arizona summer or the Alaskan winter, Hydro flasks 18/8 stainless steel double wall Vacuum insulation will keep drinks icy cold for up to 24 hours and hot liquids hot for up to 6 hours. The wide mouth opening is makes pouring easy, and the new BPA-free flex cap is insulated to further protect your beverage from outside temperatures. Hydro flasks 18/8 food-grade stainless steel interior is non-porous, with rounded corners to help eliminate bacteria buildup, unwanted odors and lingering flavors. Along with high performing and high quality products, all Hydro Flask products are made with recyclable materials and are backed by our lifetime warranty. Look for the h-guy and Hydro Flask logo to ensure youre getting the markets premium insulating beverage bottle. Features: convenient carry size ideal for day pack 32, 40, and 64 oz. sizes fit most backcountry water filters wide mouth opening tempshield protected double wall Vacuum insulated keeps hot up to 6 hours, keeps cold up to 24 hours durable, sweat-free powder coat finish (except for the stainless option) BPA-free, 18/8 stainless steel lifetime warranty parks for all - with Hydro Flask new giving program, parks for all, they are focusing on one overarching goal: supporting the development and maintenance of public Green spaces everywhere compatible lids: Hydro flip lid & Hydro straw lid hand wash only with hot, soapy water, then rinse and dry.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Hydro Flask makes great bottles for keeping liquids warm or cold. I use them for water and coffee.\\n\\nReview: Hydro Flask are my favorite insulated bottles. We have 8 of them in various sizes. I'm finding the 40oz bottle to be a rather great size. I use it at home to keep cold water near me at all times. It gets me most of what I'm supposed to take in for daily intake. It's short enough in height that there area options available for straw lids with straws which are long enough to reach the bottom. My only gripe would be the diameter. To make it narrower it would would have to get taller, so there are obviously trade-offs for volume. The concern is that this diameter is large enough that people with normal sized hands may not get the best grip on it at all times. If it's full (heavy) and your hand is sweaty it's probable that you'll drop it. Dry hands and bottle aren't an issue. Otherwise just use two hands...or be prepared for your bottle to pick up character when it meets the ground.\",\n \"Product: Breville's Smart Grinder Pro features Precision Digital Time (adjustable in 0.2 sec increments) to give you complete control over dose and grind time. The perfect coffee needs a precise amount of freshly ground coffee beans. But adjustments in grind size require different grind times to achieve a consistent dose. Choose among 60 different grind settings to achieve maximum flavor potential to suit your favorite brew. Grind settings allows you to go from the finest Espresso to the coarsest French Press. Further extend the grinding range by tuning the adjustable Upper Burr to either coarser or finer without the use of tools. The Breville Smart Grinder Pro automatically doses the same every time you grind making it easy to achieve a consistent dose.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Awesome grinder. I love mine.\\n\\nReview: Good products cost money. I thought I was buying a \\\"good\\\" grinder when I spent $70 on another brand. It broke within a year. I ponied up the funds for this grinder and I'm totally satisfied with the purchase. It looks good sitting on the counter. It's easy to setup and use. It's incredibly easy to disassemble and clean. I'm also very happy that there is memory on whatever circuit board lives inside. You can unplug the unit and it remembers your grind settings from the last use. If you stop mid-grind it'll hold it's place for a few minutes so you can resume, like if you forgot to top off the hopper with beans and almost ran out mid-grind. After a longer time it will reset back to your full grind settings. When it does this it also \\\"turns off\\\" in the sense that the screen backlight is disabled and off. Noise is average. It's quieter than my previous DeLonghi grinder, but it's not whisper quiet as one might hope for a noisy morning device. It's still a set of grinding teeth pulverizing the soon-to-be-savior of your morning. I would compare it to a Kitchenaid stand mixer or perhaps an immersion blender. You can hold a conversation while it's running, but you'd have to turn up your voice a few clicks. One other thought...when it's off and you want to fire it up in the morning you can press any of the three buttons and it doesn't change any settings or automatically cause the machine to start grinding. The first press is just a \\\"wake up\\\". You can still review your grinding settings before telling it to go.\",\n \"Product: Nitecore sens AA2 LED flashlight, ADT 170 lumens - black nitecore-sens-aa2dimensions (length x head diameter x tail diameter): 5.78\\\" (146.5mm) x .78\\\" (19.8mm) x .76\\\" (19.3mm) weight: 1.62 oz. (46 G) uses 2 x AA batteries (not included) Cree XP-G (R5) LED maximum output of up to 170 lumens highly effective current circuit board high efficiency circuit enables maximum runtime of up to 37 hours 3 preset brightness levels active dimming system with auto-adjust function soft turn-on mode and low illumination for everyday usage integrated reverse-switching reverse polarity protection equipped with integrated lens constructed from aerospace grade aluminum alloy type iii military grade hard anodizing special-made rhombic knurling for better grip waterproof in accordance with ipx-8 (2 meters submersible) tail stand ability includes: key chain spare plastic cap spare O-ring.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: It works, but it falls off too easily and it's a pointless addition if you own the short/small hopper flip 12.\\n\\nReview: I didn't buy this on Amazon. I bought it at REI when I bought my Yeti Hopper Flip 12. This bottle opener works very well at opening bottles. It struggles to stay attached to the MOLLE webbing on the cooler. The cooler itself is also too short (height) for this to be useful without the cooler being on a table (off the ground). Thus I'm torn on the review. It does its job very well. It never struggled to open a bottle. It did fall off the cooler twice in the dozen bottles I opened. With it sitting on the ground most of those beers were at the right angle to spit beer all over the side of the cooler once the cap came off. I think it's a decent bottle opener, but I expect the retractable bottle opener Yeti also makes/sells is a much better option for the soft-sided cases.\\n\\nAs a cheaper option I will simply take one of the numerous bottle openers already in a drawer in my kitchen and stick them on one of the nearly indestructable Key-back retractable badge/key holders.\",\n \"Product: The GreenPan Lima collection has everything to satisfy even the most demanding cook. The classic 12.5\\\" Ceramic Non-Stick Open Wok with Helper Handle is made of hard anodized aluminum, is easy to use and the modern stainless steel handle gives an elegant accent. Whether you use the Lima collection in the oven or on the stovetop, the Thermolon ceramic non-stick coating will remain intact and guarantees professional performance. This piece is also light in weight. Complete with a limited lifetime warranty for worry-free cooking. Make the right choice, choose Lima!\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Ceramic non-stick coating is everything it's advertised to be!\\n\\nReview: This has been a fantastic purchase. We had a wok, but it was something likely older than me, which was a hand-me-down from my parents. My wife hated cooking with it. Thus we always tried to use a normal frying pan to cook stir-fry. I took a chance with this pan and it's been a very good purchase. It heats fairly quickly on an electric cook top. The high sides make it much easier to mix and toss veggies and meats for stir-fry. The ceramic non-stick coating is everything it's advertised to be. Food doesn't stick. Clean-up is easy. We have a rather nice non-stick Scanpan brand frying pan that gets used for eggs. This ceramic non-stick coating is better. I think we're going to replace the Scanpan with a GreenPan!\",\n \"Product: The Canon 5260B002 EOS 5D Mark III 22.3MP Digital SLR Camera Body (lens required and sold separately) with supercharged EOS performance and full frame, high-resolution image capture is designed to perform. Special optical technologies like 61-Point High Density Reticular AF and extended ISO range of 100-25600 make this it ideal for shooting weddings in the studio, out in the field and great for still photography. Professional-level high definition video capabilities includes a host of industry-standard recording protocols and enhanced performance that make it possible to capture beautiful cinematic movies in EOS HD quality. A 22.3 Megapixel full-frame Canon CMOS sensor, Canon DIGIC 5+ Image Processor, and shooting performance up to 6.0fps provide exceptional clarity and sharpness when capturing rapidly-unfolding scenes. Additional technological advancements include an Intelligent Viewfinder, Canon's advanced iFCL metering system, High Dynamic Range (HDR), and Multiple Exposure.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Wonderful step up from a crop sensor T3i. Easier to use than I thought it would be.\\n\\nReview: My first foray into proper, professional grade, full-frame DSLR's and I love it. I knew it was going to be better than my old T3i, but it is more than just a little step up. Admittedly it took some time to learn how all the different settings work, and to figure out some basic settings to get what I want out of the camera. There is still a lot to learn. I'm probably using 30% of the capability of the camera, and it's already enough to make my photos better.\\n\\nLarger sensor means more light and better low light performance. Not a night to day difference, but noticeable. The increased autofocus points improve focus and help get the right picture the first time. Programmable modes and buttons allow me to do more things both faster and easier, so photography is a bit more fun. I'm more confident of getting the photo I want the first time instead of snapping 5 or 6 in hopes of getting a decent one.\",\n \"Product: Full set of individually sleeved modular cables for EVGA SuperNOVA G2/P2/T2 Power Supplies. High quality with no visible heat shrink tubing. Supports G2/P2/T2 models ONLY.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: So many cables in this bundle!\\n\\nReview: Holy crap are there A LOT of cables in this package. I suppose it makes sense considering the power output capacity of a 1200W PSU, but I used a total of 4 cables in my mITX build. The remaining dozen+ cables are just sitting in the box. Aside from the main ATX cable to the motherboard I probably have enough spare cables to build a second PC!\\n\\nFit and finish is very nice. Color looks great (assuming you like red). My only complaint is the length of the cables. Obviously they are designed for a full-size ATX case / build. I wish someone would make a unique set of cables for mini ITX builds. All of the cables could be 4-5 inches shorter in my build and still be plenty long. It would leave more space for other parts and certainly improve air flow. Regardless, I'm very happy with the purchase.\",\n \"Product: Premium Bluetooth wireless music + calls with complete remote controls with a lifetime warranty against sweat\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Decent, but they aren't secure enough in my ears for athletic use.\\n\\nReview: These are \\\"ok\\\" for me. I've mixed and matched sizes on the ear tips and found what works best for me. They still don't feel like they are going to stay on my head any better than the cheap standard apple headphones which come with a iPod/Phone. I do appreciate the bluetooth technology as it lets me sit on a conference call on my desk and not have to worry about my phone being a cord length from my body and generally getting caught as I take notes on a bad or reach for a mouse or keyboard for some purpose.\\n\\nI haven't used them for music just yet so I can't really comment on audio quality, but they seem to work sufficiently well for phone calls. I don't know if it's the phone or the headphones which set the volume levels, but I will say that with these headphones connected to an iP6 the minimum volume is still a touch louder than I feel I need or want to deal with for a phone call while in a generally quiet setting.\\n\\nIn summary I'm happy I bought these while on sale. I'd be disappointed paying full price for them. As it is I think I got what I paid for.\",\n \"Product: Built for ultra-fast performance, the thin and lightweight Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 goes anywhere you go. Photos, movies and documents pop on a crisp, clear Super AMOLED display. Expandable memory lets you enjoy more of your favorite content. And connecting and sharing between all your Samsung devices is easier than ever. Welcome to life with the reimagined Samsung Galaxy Tab S2. Watch the world come to life on your tablet's Super AMOLED display. With deep contrast, rich colors and crisp details, you won't miss a thing. And whether you're in low light or sunlight, photos, videos, books and presentations always look great thanks to adaptive display technology. Dive into the blockbuster movies you can't wait to see. Switch between your favorite apps quickly and easily. The new and improved octa-core processor gives you the power and speed you need to see more and do more. Expand your tablet's memory from 32GB to up to an additional 128GB and enjoy more of your favorite music, photos, movies and games on the go with a microSD card. With Quick Connect, start a show on your Smart TV and, with the touch of a button, take it with you by moving it to your Galaxy Tab S2. Or send videos and photos from your tablet screen to your TV screen to share with everyone in the room. Work effortlessly between your Samsung tablet and Samsung smartphone with SideSync. Quickly drag and drop photos between devices. And even respond to a call from your smartphone right on your tablet screen.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: 8\\\" is the right size for a reader and web browser\\n\\nReview: I wasn't sure if I should get the 8\\\" or the 9.7\\\" tablet, but I'm glad I opted for the 8\\\" version. The size is much more manageable than the iPad Air it replaces. It is perfect for my intended use. It's definitely a bit small for those wanting to watch movies, but the 8\\\" screen is plenty large for browsing the internet, reading a book, or playing a game while sitting around the house. I have a TV or computer with larger screens if I need to watch a movie or stream a show. This is mostly for checking email, browsing facespace, and playing a few games here and there.\\n\\nThe first thing I noticed when removing it from the box / package was how thin this tablet is. I was instantly happy that I had purchased a rather rigid, polycarbonate case for it. Like all the concerns years ago with people bending their apple phablets in their pockets, if you accidentally sat on this it's likely to bend and break. At first I was going to buy one of the thin or slim covers for it. I'm glad I chose something a little thicker both for the safety aspect and also to make it a little more comfortable to hold. Even with a thicker case on it (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0721PG4D2/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_0) it's still thin enough to fit effortlessly into the tablet pocket in my backpack when traveling.\",\n \"Product: A day on the water can bring everything from driving rain to glaring sun. With the Sun Shower Sombrero you're prepared for any condition. Supplex nylon provides UPF 30 protection while mesh side panels offer ventilation. The removable Pertex rain cover gives waterproof, breathable shelter when it rains and stows conveniently in its own pocket when the skies clear again.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Comfortable and functional. Very happy with it.\\n\\nReview: I measured my head and purchased the appropriate size. Coupled with the adjustable band I was able to fine tune the fit and how tight it fit my head. My first use of the hat (initial reason for purchase) was spending 3 days in the sun helping my sister build a run-in for her horses in the middle of a pasture. No way to hide from the sun, so I bought this to keep the sun off my face. I must say it is comfortable and functional. Never once did I feel the need to take my hat off and readjust the size to change fit and retention. Even during a windy/gusty afternoon it never blew off my head. The mesh vents in the hat were noticeably functional as I could feel the breeze across the top of my head, keeping me a bit cooler out in the sun.\\n\\nI haven't used the rain cover yet, but I did take it out and give it a test fit. It's sized appropriately and rather easy to place on the hat. My first inclination was to carefully stretch it and wrap it around the brim of the hat. The foam brim on the hat isn't rigid enough for this to work. The easiest way is slightly wad the hat up on your hand, stuff it into the center of the rain cover (like garbage into a bag), and then reform the hat inside the cover with the brim fitting inside/under the outer elastic band. When not in use it does fold up neatly and pack into the pocket under the brim of the hat. It isn't low profile though. Thankfully it's intelligently designed to be at the back of the hat as the weight of the cover pulls the brim down. This can be annoying, but it does help keep the brim down and blocking sun off your neck. Unless you're expecting rain you can pull the cover out and I think the hat is a touch more comfortable.\",\n \"Product: Uncle Mike's has rugs to fit small pistols up to large scoped firearms- mediumium fits 3-4\\\" barrel revolvers, 4-5\\\" barrel large autos\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect fit for compact frame (4\\\" barrel) semi-autos\\n\\nReview: Medium = compact frame semi-auto. It's a near perfect fit for my pair of semi-autos.\\n\\nI couldn't decide between this and the Uncle Mike's medium pistol rug, so I bought both. See pics for comparison of sizes. The pouch is larger than the medium rug and less than half as thick when empty. This pistol pouch expands a bit when things are placed inside. The rug is a bit more of a rigid form which deforms the lower density inner foam when zipped up with a pistol inside. The difference in thickness when loaded isn't as significant, though the pouch is still the thinner of the two. It's easier to fit a compact semi-auto into the pouch, but the rug is going to offer better protection against drops (much thicker padding). The rug is also less wasted space being a near exact fit. As my primary use is simply to carry pistols to and from the range I'm not sure which I'll be using. I'll end up using both to start as I have two pistols. I expect the pouch is easier to pack into a range bag because it's a bit thinner, but the lack of wasted space of the rug definitely makes it easier to toss on top. I guess it depends on how I end up packing the range bag.\\n\\nPistols in photos are HK VP9 and SW 40VE. Photo comparing thickness uses one pistol in each case.\",\n \"Product: Need Cycling Comfort? If you do not want to go out in spandex, We have these Cargo Bike shorts that will fit your need for comfort. This wonderfully design is perfect for bicycling rides short or long. It has two shorts in one. Padded Cargo biking short helps you last longer and ride stronger. The Outer short is a nylon cargo baggy nylon short with two side pockets. It has a drawstring waistline and an internal bike short with a black pearl padded chamois in the seat. The internal pad gives excellent padding comfort for shock absorption. The shorts are highly functional for bicycle touring and mountain bike rides. The outer pocket has a Velcro closure to secure your possessions while riding.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Decent cycling shorts. Chamois / pad is more comfortable than expected, but is not removable.\\n\\nReview: Sizing runs small. I think this is pointed out both in other reviews and also in the product description. Order at least one size larger than you would normally wear. I wear a size large, I bought an XL. They fit fine in the waist. While standing they are comfortable in the thigh area. Riding is a different story. The material and design of the shorts seems to pull tight across the top of the thigh and through the crotch while riding. I found myself often tugging at the material to alleviate the \\\"pull\\\". The built-in padding is actually quite nice. I thought it was a bit thin compared to there riding shorts I own, but it's actually more comfortable than any of my other chamois.\\n\\nSo...sizing is a bit off, the shorts pull tight across the crotch and thigh while pedaling, but the chamois/pad is very comfy. All in all not a bad cycling short for the money. My only gripe is that the chamois/pad is not removable. I prefer removable / separated designs because I can use the same pair of shorts for two or three rides while just changing to a new chamois as that's what soaks up most of the sweat.\",\n \"Product: Your tubeless wheels will benefit from the use of Orange Seal Tubeless Tire Sealant. It is proven to seal large punctures up to 1/4\\\" and perform under varying temperatures and altitudes.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Easy to use for tubeless conversion. Included nozzle makes it nearly mess-free to fill the tire.\\n\\nReview: The included nozzle makes it very easy to fill a tire through the valve. I haven't had any flats to deal with just yet, luckily, but the sealant did work to get me converted over to tubeless. If you've not done the conversion before all of the how-to's are quite accurate. This was my first time and it really can take a few days of applying pressure and sloshing sealant around the tire to get every leak sealed up. Thus I recommend buying another 4oz or 8oz bottle to replenish the remaining volume in your tires before you head out on a ride. One of my tires didn't want to seal and probably spit out 2 of the 4oz I put into the tire in the first place.\",\n \"Product: A low-profile, lightweight, wide aluminum body with double-concave platform. The svelte design makes it perfect for trail bikes while chromyl axle and bottom loading hex traction pins ensure it can take abuse and perform double duty on your DH rig.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Low profile, light, good-looking, and high performing.\\n\\nReview: Easy to install, light weight, low profile, and plenty of adjustment in the pins to get the shoe fit/retention you want. It comes with replacement pins and washers to adjust the height. I used these in combination with a set of FiveTen Freerider shoes and it was quite the interface. I am doing mostly XC / CC / trail riding and the world is mostly flat in Michigan. I can't speak to feet staying on pedals while dropping off rocks or flying off jumps, but there is plenty of stick while bouncing through rock gardens and over roots. I never had an issue with my feet bouncing off the pedals, though I do think some adjustment is necessary in the pin arrangement and height. With these pedals and my chosen shoes there is no \\\"float\\\". If my foot feels a bit out of alignment I can't just move it. I have to physically pull my foot off the pedal, look down, and place it exactly where I want it. This can be dangerous while moving down a twisty trail. Of course I'm gifted with a rather duck-footed stance and always seem to need to adjust my feet for comfort. Others may never experience this issue.\\n\\nColor-wise these are a bit less bright/vivid in person than the image shows. Regardless, I can't stop admiring the pedals. I think they are fantastic.\",\n \"Product: Need Cycling Comfort? If you do not want to go out in spandex, We have these Cargo Bike shorts that will fit your need for comfort. This wonderfully design is perfect for bicycling rides short or long. It has two shorts in one. Padded Cargo biking short helps you last longer and ride stronger. The Outer short is a nylon cargo baggy nylon short with two side pockets. It has a drawstring waistline and an internal bike short with a black pearl padded chamois in the seat. The internal pad gives excellent padding comfort for shock absorption. The shorts are highly functional for bicycle touring and mountain bike rides. The outer pocket has a Velcro closure to secure your possessions while riding.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Decent cycling shorts. Chamois / pad is more comfortable than expected, but is not removable.\\n\\nReview: Sizing runs small. I think this is pointed out both in other reviews and also in the product description. Order at least one size larger than you would normally wear. I wear a size large, I bought an XL. They fit fine in the waist. While standing they are comfortable in the thigh area. Riding is a different story. The material and design of the shorts seems to pull tight across the top of the thigh and through the crotch while riding. I found myself often tugging at the material to alleviate the \\\"pull\\\". The built-in padding is actually quite nice. I thought it was a bit thin compared to there riding shorts I own, but it's actually more comfortable than any of my other chamois.\\n\\nSo...sizing is a bit off, the shorts pull tight across the crotch and thigh while pedaling, but the chamois/pad is very comfy. All in all not a bad cycling short for the money. My only gripe is that the chamois/pad is not removable. I prefer removable / separated designs because I can use the same pair of shorts for two or three rides while just changing to a new chamois as that's what soaks up most of the sweat.\",\n \"Product: Nike Mercurial Lite Shinpads - Black/Volt Green\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Per the Mercurial name these are minimalist, light-weight guards\\n\\nReview: These are definitely on the minimalist side of shin protection. For those who can relate the Mercurial name to Nike's light-weight \\\"speed\\\" cleats it all makes sense. They are low profile (thickness) with good curvature to fit snug against your shin. I'm 5'11\\\" and purchased a Large size. If I center these on my shin they cover approximately half of it. As I said, minimalist. Enough guard to be legal, but definitely intended for those who want to meet the rules while carrying very little additional weight. If you're worried about taking serious shots to the shin I'd look for something a bit more substantial, or at least go up a size to get a little more length of shin coverage.\\n\\nThe sleeves are pretty good. I have to work them over my feet, but they fit my lower leg / calf snugly. The guard fits in and feels secure. It's not going to move up and down while running. With the sleeves not having a specific pouch for the guard it is possible that a kick to the shin may cause the guard to shift around to one side or the other. The material is mesh, so it's breathable. It's not quite a compression sleeve for me, but it's been a couple decades since I was practicing daily and playing twice a week. My calf muscles aren't what they used to be. Those of greater physical fitness may want to size up just to get a little larger sleeve so they don't end up too tight. Or just forego the sleeves and tape up your socks to hold the guards in place.\",\n \"Product: This durable nylon case features foam padding, carry handles and a full length zipper that allows the case to fold open flat and serve as a gun rest. Convenient drop-in-protection for your handgun. Rugged 600-denier padding. High-density foam padding. Web-reinforced spine adds strength. Lockable zipper pulls, lock not included.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Well-built, discreet, pistol shape does not show through padding.\\n\\nReview: This is not a small pistol case. See attached photos. It's large enough to fit two \\\"compact\\\" semi-auto pistols, meaning it should handle any full-framed pistol. it seems well-built and it's very discreet. There are no external tags or labels which might indicate what is inside. Even with two pistols zipped inside the padding is thick enough to prevent any printing which might again indicate what is inside. My employer does not allow firearms on the property, but I'm pretty confident that I could put a pistol in this case, stick it in my briefcase, and no one would no the difference. I don't plan to as I value my job, but it's that plain of a pouch. It's not much different from a pouch people would use to carry and protect a tablet or small web notebook.\\n\\nI couldn't decide between this and the Uncle Mike's medium pistol rug, so I bought both. See pics for comparison of sizes. This pouch is larger than the medium rug and less than half as thick when empty. This pistol pouch expands a bit when things are placed inside. The rug is a bit more of a rigid form which deforms the lower density inner foam when zipped up with a pistol inside. The difference in thickness when loaded isn't as significant, though the pouch is still the thinner of the two. It's easier to fit a compact semi-auto into this than it is to fit one into the medium rug, but the rug is going to offer better protection against drops (much thicker padding). I'm looking to use this and/or the rug to carry pistols to the range. I don't expect to use them for anything else, so I am more likely to use this pouch. I'm not worried about dropping the pistol while in the pouch, nor am I worried that anything else in my range bag is going to harm the pistol through the padding offered by the pouch. Being a bit thinner should make it easier to pack in next to other things instead of needing to sit on top.\\n\\nPistols in photos are HK VP9 and SW 40VE. Photo comparing thickness uses one pistol in each case.\",\n \"Product: Pick up the Renthal Fatbar Lite for the sturdy feel and extra leverage afforded by 740-millimeter wide bars, all without adding extra weight to your favorite trail or Enduro-race bike. In fact, the Renthal Fatbar Lite only weighs 270-grams, making it one of the lightest aluminum riser bars on the market. And because it's constructed of 7000-series aluminum, the Fatbar Lite provides high levels of stiffness and strength at a much more palatable price than carbon.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great bar and the rise made my bike more comfortable and easier to control.\\n\\nReview: I put this on a Nukeproof Mega Comp AM 27.5 to replace the factory bar. I'm longer in the torso and shorter in the legs, so I needed a bit more height on the bars to avoid being hunched over on the bike. It has worked perfectly. The rise is just right for me. There has been no degradation to feel and control on the bike. I'm not riding any ridiculous downhills or jumps in the flat lands of Michigan, so I can't say I'll ever give it a true test of strength, but I don't notice any flex which makes me worry about it breaking or me losing control of the bike when I do go bouncing across tree roots and rock gardens on the short downhill sections I do encounter.\",\n \"Product: Nike Mercurial Lite Shin Guards blend ultra-thin coverage with superior cushioning and impact diffusion in a design that can withstand the demands of the elite-level game.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Per the Mercurial name these are minimalist, light-weight guards\\n\\nReview: These are definitely on the minimalist side of shin protection. For those who can relate the Mercurial name to Nike's light-weight \\\"speed\\\" cleats it all makes sense. They are low profile (thickness) with good curvature to fit snug against your shin. I'm 5'11\\\" and purchased a Large size. If I center these on my shin they cover approximately half of it. As I said, minimalist. Enough guard to be legal, but definitely intended for those who want to meet the rules while carrying very little additional weight. If you're worried about taking serious shots to the shin I'd look for something a bit more substantial, or at least go up a size to get a little more length of shin coverage.\\n\\nThe sleeves are pretty good. I have to work them over my feet, but they fit my lower leg / calf snugly. The guard fits in and feels secure. It's not going to move up and down while running. With the sleeves not having a specific pouch for the guard it is possible that a kick to the shin may cause the guard to shift around to one side or the other. The material is mesh, so it's breathable. It's not quite a compression sleeve for me, but it's been a couple decades since I was practicing daily and playing twice a week. My calf muscles aren't what they used to be. Those of greater physical fitness may want to size up just to get a little larger sleeve so they don't end up too tight. Or just forego the sleeves and tape up your socks to hold the guards in place.\",\n \"Product: RockShox 11.4118.042.000 Bottomless ring kit\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: I don't understand why rubber bands are so expensive.\\n\\nReview: Buying these and find out that they really are just a set of rubber bands makes me a bit unamused by the price. Yeah they are a specific diameter and thickness, but it's still just a bag full of $0.02 rubber bands. I over-paid.\\n\\nI also incorrectly read through Rockshox's user manual and various available videos regarding my Monarch RL shock. I didn't mark the rating down for my own mistake. That's mostly for the ridiculous cost for some rubber bands. I just wanted to point the specifics of fitment for the benefits of others who might be making a similar mistake. These only work in the debonair high volume cans. Either you need an RC/RT3 or you have to buy the debonair upgrade can to go with your RL/RT/R to make use of these. Everything I found indicated these worked with the lower models. I don't recall seeing anything indicating that these were completely useless for tuning air volume without upgrading the air cylinder too. Not only did I pay too much for rubber bands, but they went straight into a box of spare parts as I can't currently use them. Time to start looking at cylinder upgrades.\",\n \"Product: Classic, durable and highly packable, this lightweight short is an essential in any kit. Transfer Dry fabric provides optimal moisture management with superior hand feel\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Outer short runs small, inner liner runs true to larger. One or the other won't fit well.\\n\\nReview: I wasn't sure how these would fit, so I ordered two sizes. They run small in the waist and a little slim in the leg. Size chart says XL, but XXL fits much better. I'd say the waist runs a full size smaller than Pearl Izumi's Pro Escape chamois / riding short (which I also bought and test fit under these).\\n\\nThe leg is a little slim (tree trunks for legs), but the material stretches. They also run to the knee for length. Wearing the knee length pro escape short under them you can't see the liner / chamois. I do see myself needing to tug these back up above the knee once on the bike.\\n\\nUnfortunately the 3D tour liner / chamois runs more true to size, if not too large. XXL liner is loose to the point of falling off. It was always going to be a throw-away liner for me anyway, but it's likely to be a disappointment for anyone buying these because they come with a liner. XXL outer Journey short is great for 40\\\" waist and smaller. XXL inner liner is good for 42\\\" waist and larger. I'm at 38\\\".\",\n \"Product: Stens 130-938 NGK BPR4ES Spark Plug\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: it's a spark plug. If it shows up in one piece and is newer than that which it replaces, the results tend to be positive.\\n\\nReview: Not much to say here. It's a spark plug. It does its job. When replacing an old plug it tends to improve performance. In this case it's my lawn mower. Annual maintenance. New plugs showed up safely and in good shape.\\n\\nCuriously, the plugs which came out were the exact same model and one of them lost the tip. Apparently the little metal bit which the plug wire holds onto is only threaded onto the plug. After breaking the plug loose with a socket I used my fingers to work it the rest of the way out. I wound up with the little tip in my fingers and the rest of the plug still in the cylinder head. Easy enough to use the socket to get it out, but unexpected nonetheless.\",\n \"Product: This ESCO jack stand has a 3-ton capacity and adjusts from 13 in. - 21 in., professional grade jack stand has a unique flat top and removable rubber saddle cushion to protect the car frame better than the traditional curved axle post jacks stands. Minimum height: 13.2 in. and maximum height: 21.5 in.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Best stands I've owned or used!\\n\\nReview: I bought these to use with my Porsche as it doesn't have a pinch weld and needs a stand with a flat top to sit under the jack points. These are far and away the best jack stands I've owned or used. Construction is very good. They will be durable. The 3-leg design makes them easier to keep stable. Most 4-leg stands tend to wobble or teeter on a slightly non-level surface. I also found it very nice that these come with the rubber tops to keep the metal from scratch or marring up the paint on the underbody of the car. It also increases friction to ensure nothing slips. Height adjustment is easy, and with the pin attached to the stand you can't lose them.\",\n \"Product: Twin wire Wirebound Hardcover Notebook\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Great notepad for fountain pen users. Lining on the pages makes for a great task list.\\n\\nReview: Great notebook/pad to use as a task list. I use it at work to keep track of items I need to complete. The separate column at the left side of each page provides a dedicated place to add a check mark, X, or date when tasks are complete. The rest of the line is sufficiently sized for a short description of the work to be done. The cover on the notebook feels somewhere between a faux-leather and a rubberized coating. it's not waterproof, but it's grippy enough to not slip out of your hands. The elastic band comes in hand for keeping it closed. The paper itself is a heavier weight and coated, which is what I've come to expect of the Black n' Red brand. Their paper is fantastic for fountain pen users. Very seldom do inks feather or show through. They often show off more shading and sheen too! The only negative for fountain pens is that being a coated paper the inks do take an extra 5-10 seconds to dry such that they don' smear.\",\n \"Product: Outdoor Leisure Smoke Hollow Electric Smoker comes equipped with a fully adjustable electric heating element with three chrome plated cooking grids with multiple adjustment levels and a porcelain coated steel water pan.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Well worth the investment. Easy to use, works well.\\n\\nReview: Thus far I am very impressed with this product. I assembled it in 30 minutes last night. Had it up and ready to cook in about 30 minutes this morning.\\n\\nPackaging:\\nThe item ships very well packaged. There was no damage to the smoker when I received it. The smoker box is shipped inside a separate box with some additional cardboard filler and styrofoam bits to keep it safe. It makes for more garbage or recycling, but it ensures things arrive in good shape.\\n\\nAssembly:\\nInstructions are detailed enough to make assembly quick and easy. I spent around 30 minutes attaching the legs, handles, heating element, and racks. The screws come packaged and separated by size and length, and the instructions let you know which ones go where. You just need a screw driver for most of the fasteners. For the few nuts you will need a 10mm wrench. I'm not really sure why they used a metric hex size on a nut with a standard thread, but it wasn't a bother for me as I have plenty of tools.\\n\\nSize / Capacity:\\nThe smoker appears relatively compact standing there, but the internal capacity is more than expected. There are three internal racks. One is fixed, two are adjustable. I halved two full racks of baby back ribs and put them on two different shelves. I could probably stuff three half racks on each shelf. If you have one of those rib racks that holds them on their side you could certainly arrange the shelves (remove one) to fit two of those racks and hold quite a bit more. Obviously by mixing, matching, and moving racks around you can fit a lot of different sized items. Small to medium turkey, a couple whole chickens, a couple slabs of beef brisket.\\n\\nWeight of the unit is surprisingly low. I expected it to be 40-50 pounds looking at the picture, dimensions, construction, and the estimated shipping weight. It's perhaps half that weight. With the two handles on the side it's really easy to pick up and move around. Obviously it gets heavier when you put stuff in it. If it's too heavy for you empty you could always remove the racks and water and wood chip trays to remove a pound or two and see if it's manageable. Otherwise just ask for a helping hand to grab the other side and help you out.\\n\\nSetup:\\nDocumentation says it pulls a max of 12.5 amps. As most home circuit breakers are 15 amps you may want to ensure that wherever you're plugging this thing in for the next several hours it will be the only thing on that circuit. Too much load and you may unintentionally pop a breaker and shut off the smoker without knowing. Once you have that sorted out the rest of the setup and start-up is easy. The first time you fire it up I recommend giving it 20-30 minutes for the heat to bake off any sort of residue on the interior of the smoker. I wiped things down as best I could, but still didn't want to risk embedding those smells and flavors into the food.\\n\\nIt takes about 20 minutes on high temp to get the unit up to ~300F (according to the thermometer on the door). This was on a cool 50F morning in MI. At this point I added the water and wood chips. Give the unit around 10 minutes to get a good smoke rolling from the chips. You'll start to see smoke coming out the little hole/port on the top back...and anywhere else it can find an exit. By the time you see steady smoke coming out of the unit it is quite full on the inside. When you open the door to insert your tasty delicious meat products stand back so you don't get a blast of smoke in the face. After getting the unit up to 300F I slowly dialed the control down until it stabilized around the 220-230F I wanted to cook at. On this smoker that seems to be approximately the \\\"M\\\" in MED on the control dial.\\n\\nCooking:\\nKeep in mind that placing cooler items into the smoker will suck up heat. Depending on the size and starting temperature of whatever you're placing in the smoker you may need to adjust the control dial up to HIGH in order to maintain temperature while your meat items warm up. You should pay close attention to the temps for the first 30 minutes. For my first use I used to full racks of baby backs. They came out of the refrigerator and warmed for the 30 minutes it took to get the smoker running. The temperature difference between the meat and the intended cook temp of the smoker meant I needed to turn the temp up to HIGH and slowly back it down every 5 minutes or so while the meat warmed up. After 30 minutes it's back down to MED on the control dial and holding an indicated 220-230F. Time to let it run for 4 hours.\\n\\nUPDATE: 11-JUNE-2016\\nI still have this smoker and it still works very well. I might have overloaded it last weekend with 6 full racks of ribs, but the end result was still great. I'm still happy with the size and the portability of this unit. I'm still happy with how easy it is to get it setup, smoking, and ready for cooking. I will admit that I am generally lazy when it comes to cleaning up after smoking something, but I've found that some grill cleaner spray, 30 minutes of soaking, and a power washer clean it up quite well. Then I just turn it on, crank the temp, and let it bake itself like a self-cleaning oven to kill off any bacteria and dry up all the water.\",\n \"Product: Outdoor Leisure Smoke Hollow Electric Smoker comes equipped with a fully adjustable electric heating element with three chrome plated cooking grids with multiple adjustment levels and a porcelain coated steel water pan.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Well worth the investment. Easy to use, works well.\\n\\nReview: Thus far I am very impressed with this product. I assembled it in 30 minutes last night. Had it up and ready to cook in about 30 minutes this morning.\\n\\nPackaging:\\nThe item ships very well packaged. There was no damage to the smoker when I received it. The smoker box is shipped inside a separate box with some additional cardboard filler and styrofoam bits to keep it safe. It makes for more garbage or recycling, but it ensures things arrive in good shape.\\n\\nAssembly:\\nInstructions are detailed enough to make assembly quick and easy. I spent around 30 minutes attaching the legs, handles, heating element, and racks. The screws come packaged and separated by size and length, and the instructions let you know which ones go where. You just need a screw driver for most of the fasteners. For the few nuts you will need a 10mm wrench. I'm not really sure why they used a metric hex size on a nut with a standard thread, but it wasn't a bother for me as I have plenty of tools.\\n\\nSize / Capacity:\\nThe smoker appears relatively compact standing there, but the internal capacity is more than expected. There are three internal racks. One is fixed, two are adjustable. I halved two full racks of baby back ribs and put them on two different shelves. I could probably stuff three half racks on each shelf. If you have one of those rib racks that holds them on their side you could certainly arrange the shelves (remove one) to fit two of those racks and hold quite a bit more. Obviously by mixing, matching, and moving racks around you can fit a lot of different sized items. Small to medium turkey, a couple whole chickens, a couple slabs of beef brisket.\\n\\nWeight of the unit is surprisingly low. I expected it to be 40-50 pounds looking at the picture, dimensions, construction, and the estimated shipping weight. It's perhaps half that weight. With the two handles on the side it's really easy to pick up and move around. Obviously it gets heavier when you put stuff in it. If it's too heavy for you empty you could always remove the racks and water and wood chip trays to remove a pound or two and see if it's manageable. Otherwise just ask for a helping hand to grab the other side and help you out.\\n\\nSetup:\\nDocumentation says it pulls a max of 12.5 amps. As most home circuit breakers are 15 amps you may want to ensure that wherever you're plugging this thing in for the next several hours it will be the only thing on that circuit. Too much load and you may unintentionally pop a breaker and shut off the smoker without knowing. Once you have that sorted out the rest of the setup and start-up is easy. The first time you fire it up I recommend giving it 20-30 minutes for the heat to bake off any sort of residue on the interior of the smoker. I wiped things down as best I could, but still didn't want to risk embedding those smells and flavors into the food.\\n\\nIt takes about 20 minutes on high temp to get the unit up to ~300F (according to the thermometer on the door). This was on a cool 50F morning in MI. At this point I added the water and wood chips. Give the unit around 10 minutes to get a good smoke rolling from the chips. You'll start to see smoke coming out the little hole/port on the top back...and anywhere else it can find an exit. By the time you see steady smoke coming out of the unit it is quite full on the inside. When you open the door to insert your tasty delicious meat products stand back so you don't get a blast of smoke in the face. After getting the unit up to 300F I slowly dialed the control down until it stabilized around the 220-230F I wanted to cook at. On this smoker that seems to be approximately the \\\"M\\\" in MED on the control dial.\\n\\nCooking:\\nKeep in mind that placing cooler items into the smoker will suck up heat. Depending on the size and starting temperature of whatever you're placing in the smoker you may need to adjust the control dial up to HIGH in order to maintain temperature while your meat items warm up. You should pay close attention to the temps for the first 30 minutes. For my first use I used to full racks of baby backs. They came out of the refrigerator and warmed for the 30 minutes it took to get the smoker running. The temperature difference between the meat and the intended cook temp of the smoker meant I needed to turn the temp up to HIGH and slowly back it down every 5 minutes or so while the meat warmed up. After 30 minutes it's back down to MED on the control dial and holding an indicated 220-230F. Time to let it run for 4 hours.\\n\\nUPDATE: 11-JUNE-2016\\nI still have this smoker and it still works very well. I might have overloaded it last weekend with 6 full racks of ribs, but the end result was still great. I'm still happy with the size and the portability of this unit. I'm still happy with how easy it is to get it setup, smoking, and ready for cooking. I will admit that I am generally lazy when it comes to cleaning up after smoking something, but I've found that some grill cleaner spray, 30 minutes of soaking, and a power washer clean it up quite well. Then I just turn it on, crank the temp, and let it bake itself like a self-cleaning oven to kill off any bacteria and dry up all the water.\",\n \"Product: Raking leaves can be a big job and one that must be done multiple times in a fall season and fallen leaves and other yard debris can lead to thatch build up if not removed. The Brinley lawn sweeper with its large 42 inch working width and 20 cubic foot hamper helps get your fall yard clean up done quickly and easily. The sweeper can be conveniently emptied from the seat of the tractor and can be stored upright to take up less space in a garage or shed.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Wheels slide over wet grass and leaves...doesn't work unless dry.\\n\\nReview: After a couple years of use I've decided this isn't the best piece of yard equipment. It does work to sweep up grass clippings and leaves, but only if your yard is totally flat and the wheels are always on a level, dry surface. The wheels are hard plastic with zero grip / traction. If your yard is damp the wheels slide and the brushes don't rotate. If your yard is covered in leaves the wheels slide across the leaves and the brushes don't rotate. Obviously when the brushes don't rotate nothing gets picked up. This becomes most annoying when dumping leaves in the fall. I back the sweeper off the edge of the property (surrounded by trees). I dump the leaves. Because the sweeper wheels are on top of leaves it simply slides as I pull forward. The brushes don't toss the load out as I pull forward. Instead they trap everything and it pulls half the load back onto the lawn.\\n\\nAnother annoyance is the height adjustment. It works great, but only one setting is actually useful. It doesn't matter whether I mow my lawn short or tall, nor if there are leaves to be swept or not. If I don't use the lowest height setting the brushes don't really pick anything up. I could deal with this as at least it has the potential to work, but the wheels just ruin it for me. Because the drive mechanism for the brushes are housed within the wheels I can't change them. I really wish the wheels were larger, rubber, and knobby. That is what I shall search for to replace this.\",\n \"Product: You will feel like a real pit master with these pro gloves looking for quality glove to protect your hands while handling hot meat on your smoker or barbecue? Need to make pulled pork for a party or just carve the thanksgiving turkey? Then the pit glove is your answer. A soft jersey cotton liner double coated in neoprene with a full 14\\\" length to protect your forearms. The gloves are a waterproof design that is resistant to staining, grease flames. The perfect addition to your grilling accessories. The pit glove can easily manage messy BBQ sessions, grabbing and preparing hot food in the kitchen or on the BBQ all while keeping your hands safe and dry in an easy to clean glove. We designed the pit glove after studying the gloves that pit masters and BBQ experts everywhere were wearing and then made them better. We found that neoprene offered better protection and insulation from heat and was more resistant to fire than the other materials available. Neoprene stay flexible and offers superior dexterity than silicone or rubber while the jersey cotton liner is soft on your hands. Now you can protect your hands and serve award winning BBQ. Why choose the pit glove over other oven mitts and gloves? The neoprene coated cotton liner let's your hand breath so you stay comfortable at the grill. The pit glove easily handles your smoker and BBQ temperatures. The pit glove is waterproof, stain proof, won't absorb grease and is resistant to fire and flames we guarantee that you will love the BBQ glove with a hassle-free 3 month guarantee. If you don't love them, we'll refund your money or send you a pair of your choice from amazon.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Decent fit, decent grip, great lining, preferable flexibility and dexterity.\\n\\nReview: As they are a one-size-fits-all there is some performance lost when they aren't a perfect fit, but otherwise they are fantastic. I used them last weekend working with my smoker and 6 racks of ribs. Heat transfer wasn't bad. Grip on the meat was sufficient to not be fearful of dropping anything. I do like the longer gauntlet as there is less worry about an accidental bump against the hot edge or door on the smoker, or against a hot lid or rim on a grill if you were using them in that instance. The material is thinner than some other cooking gloves I've tried, but this allows for better flexibility and improved dexterity. I think they'll transfer heat faster and perhaps get too hot too quickly for some people. It's a trade-off. Dexterity and flexibility or heat resistance. For the short periods I'm actually handing a hot piece of food I prefer the dexterity.\\n\\nI also very much like the lining. My hands don't get suck inside the gloves, so they are very fast to put on and take off while grilling / smoking foods. If these ever wear out for some reason I'll likely buy another pair.\",\n \"Product: This listing is for 1 tire and the rim/wheel is NOT included. The image is not the image of the exact tire you will receive. It is for illustrative purposes only to show the tread style of the tire you will receive.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Decent tire as a replacement for Turf Savers, but no enough better to \\\"upgrade\\\" before the Turf Savers are worn out.\\n\\nReview: I've had a set of these on my lawn and garden tractor for a few months now. I bought them to replace the crap \\\"turf saver\\\" tires which came on the tractor (Carlisle Turf Saver on a Cub Cadet LTX1042KW). All those did was spin and tear up my lawn any time I found damp grass, uneven terrain, or tried turning on a hill. The rather square shoulder on the tread worked very well with the positive camber of the front hubs to dig trenches in the lawn any time I turned a sharp corner. That was probably the most annoying result of those tires.\\n\\nThe hope was that this tread pattern, improved siping, and rounded shoulder would improve grip and reduce damage to the lawn. Aside from being a 4-ply tire instead of a 2-ply tire I can't say that there is any improvement. The rear tires did turn out to be a couple inches wider and still fit, but I'm not sure there is really significant additional traction. I still have times where I lose grip, spin a tire, and tear up the lawn. Perhaps it happens less often, but it still happens. The difference on the shoulder in the front is again not much improvement. Perhaps the trench it digs isn't as deep, but the stupid design of having positive camber on the front of the lawn tractor still causes the shoulder to do all of the work while cornering and still tears up the lawn in tight corners, especially if going down a hill where more weight ends up on the front outside tire. Tires can't fix a design problem.\\n\\nThey aren't a useless tire by any means. The simply aren't enough of an upgrade over the \\\"turf saver\\\" to justify spending the money to upgrade before the old tires are actually worn out and useless. That was my mistake.\",\n \"Product: 4.5 Inch Laser Welded Crack Chaser Diamond Blade .250 Inch Segment width. This blade has a v-segmented design for very fast, efficient cleaning, routing and repairing of cracks in concrete and most other building materials. This blade is used for mortar removal, grout repair and cleaning of concrete applications using an Angle Grinder or Circular Saw.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Ideal thickness for driveway cracks and better quality and durability than the price suggests.\\n\\nReview: I was hesitant to buy this as it's significantly cheaper than the major name brands. It appears to be a strong, reliable, quality grinding wheel. I haven't used the .25\\\" thickness wheel much though. I bought both .25\\\" and .375\\\" for chasing cracks in the driveway. The .375\\\" size is the better option for any crack which has separated enough for an occasional weed to grow out of. The thinner wheel just doesn't leave you with a clean ground surface on both sides of the crack for the sealant to adhere to. The thinner wheel is much better for catching and fixing hairline cracks before they soak in more water and open up into a problem.\\n\\nI've done 50' of grinding with this wheel thus far. No signs of wear that make me think it's going to need replacement before I get done with the remaining 200'. The grit in the wheel makes short work of crack grinding as well. I think it took me 30 minutes to do the first 50', and that was taking care grinding the crack / seam between a sidewalk and the foundation of the house. I expect open grinding down the rest of the driveway will go faster as less care is required.\",\n \"Product: Engineered for a broad range of grinding, cutting and deburring applications, the 4.5\\\", 900 Watt W9-115 compact angle grinder features a smaller, ergonomically designed body for more comfort, a tool-free quick-positioning guard that allows for fast change-over from grinding to cutting, and a side-mounted slide lock-on switch. The powerful Long Life 8.5 Amp, AC/DC, 10,500 rpm motor includes advanced designs to optimize air flow for cooler operation and extend longevity in harsh environments. The S-Automatic Safety Slip Clutch helps to prevent kick back if a disc or wheel should jam.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Easy to setup and use. Plenty strong for grinding concrete.\\n\\nReview: I bought this for grinding / chasing cracks in my driveway. Chose the brand after seeing it was what the contractor used while grinding and leveling some of the cracked pads in the driveway. Of most significance is the on/off switch which can be switched on and stays on so you aren't restricted to holding your hand in a specific position while using the grinder. Setup was easy with the button on top to lock the spindle for attaching or removing grinding wheels. The guard fits on pretty easily and the quick adjust level is convenient and easy to use. Power output is plenty for grinding concrete. As a quick comparison I attempted to grind using my cheap 4.5A Harbor Freight grinder. Night and day difference. Obviously an 8.5A draw creates more power than 4.5A, but it is the difference between powering through the cracks or stalling out because there isn't enough power to overcome the friction between concrete and grinding wheel.\\n\\nI will agree with another review posted that the spindle is a bit long. When using this up against the house trying to grind between the sidewalk and the foundation it was necessary to grind on a bit of an angle as the spindle would otherwise ride against the brick on the house. Part of my concern was leaving damage on the bricks an the other concern was damage to the threads on the spindle making it difficult to remove and replace the disc later. It's impossible to have a flat spindle that is never thicker than the grinding disc, but even with a .375\\\" thick disc the spindle is longer. It could probably be a 1/2\\\" shorter and still leave enough threads to clamp any disc safely. In the grand scheme it's a minor complaint as it's not often that this is a problem for anyone. When chasing cracks out in the middle of the driveway or garage there is nothing to hit. If using this with a normal grinding wheel you're not using the entire surface to contact the work piece anyway.\",\n \"Product: Premium Velvet Lined Dice Rolling Tray Features A Felt Surface For Quieter Rolling And Non-Slip Foam Feet. 1\\\" Tall Walls Also Keeps Dice Inside!\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: For what I paid I'm happy with it\\n\\nReview: It works as advertised. For what I paid I'm happy with it. It was purchased so metal dice could be used for table-top gaming and not dent our dining room table. It accomplishes that task. It appears to be thick, solid cardboard or some other laminated paper product for the base and sides. The inside base is covered with felt. There is no velvet anywhere even though the product page uses that word. It's felt, not velvet. Product photo makes it look brown. I think that's just the lighting as the product received is black. My only concerns for longevity and durability are stacking things on top of it and the use of metal dice. I expect, over time, the weight of metal dice will start to tear up the thin felt applied to the base. Just the weight of a die and the potential to come down and put all that force through a corner is more abuse than what normal plastic / acrylic die will create. With the construction of the box being paper / cardboard it will not stand up to a lot of weight being stacking on top of it. Whether it be accidental or intentional, it will surely deform over time if the sides / edges are being used to support excess weight.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":34,"string":"34"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1993,"string":"1,993"}}},{"rowIdx":1994,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A22F9L73A92U6B"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"5.0\" for a product with description \"Hi everyone I'm Georgia Le Carre, I love to write about strong, possessive, dominant hero's and sassy, smart heroines. My characters range from hot, dominant billionaires, to strong, powerful gangsters, and all kinds of bad boy's in between. I am the bestselling author of the Amazon #1 bestsellers, You Don't Own Me 1 & 2 (The Russian Don series), the Billionaire Banker series and the Crystal Jake complete Eden series. You'll find my books packed with thrills, suspense and of course lots, and lots of steam. I live in a little old 19th century romantic cottage, surrounded by the most magical garden, filled with fruit and walnut trees and teeming with wildlife. Sadly for me I love all things chocolate and food and have a voracious appetite for Romance reads, particularly new authors with a fresh voice. When I am not feeding words into Amy, my precious laptop, I can be found lost in a long walk in the woods, particularly on moonlit nights; and often with the man of my dreams.\". The summary of the review text is \"Outstanding book by Georgia Le Carre\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"I have been lucky to read books from this talented and brilliant author Georgia Le Carre. Her books never disappoint. You don't know me was phenomenal and had me so hooked from the moment i opened it. Bad Boy Mafia Romance's are my favorite and Georgia really knows how to write them. Her characters are always so well written as well as her story-line. This book was full dirty talk, hot sex, but it was also a sweet love story between Tasha and Noah. One of my favorite parts of this book was the bond between Tasha and her dog. Don't miss the chance to read this amazing book. I recommend it you will not be disappointed. Can't wait for the next book."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"I have been lucky to read books from this talented and brilliant author Georgia Le Carre. Her books never disappoint. You don't know me was phenomenal and had me so hooked from the moment i opened it. Bad Boy Mafia Romance's are my favorite and Georgia really knows how to write them. Her characters are always so well written as well as her story-line. This book was full dirty talk, hot sex, but it was also a sweet love story between Tasha and Noah. One of my favorite parts of this book was the bond between Tasha and her dog. Don't miss the chance to read this amazing book. I recommend it you will not be disappointed. Can't wait for the next book."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: Kara Hart is a US author\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great Fast Paced Story!!\n\nReview: This book combined my two favorite things Romance & Football. This is my first novel by Kara Hart. I was impressed and will be looking forward to more of her books. It was fast paced the story-line was good and the characters. This book follows Liam and Laura. Liam is a playboy, arrogant, hit it and quit it quarter back and Laura is a up and coming sports reporter who is tasked with the job to interview Liam. Laura and Liam hook up at an after party where she was suppose to interview him and the had a one night stand. She ends up pregnant and he ends up beginning traded to a different team. They lose communication over the span of 2 years when they meet again. What happens between that time? Does Laura tell Liam about the baby? Do they get there HEA. You just have to read and find out you will not be disappointed. I recommend this book. I received this book as an ARC for my honest review and opinion.","Product: I love writing sexy, alpha men and the headstrong women they fall for. My weaknesses include: beards, whiskey, nice abs with treasure trails, sarcasm, cats, prowess in the kitchen, prowess in the bedroom, forearm tattoos, and gummi bears. I live in California with my very own sexy, bearded, whiskey-loving husband and two hell-raising cats. Want to get all future releases for 99? Join my mailing list! http://www.roxienoir.com/updates roxie@roxienoir.com\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Reign is a 5 star !!!\n\nReview: I loved this book from the beginning. It was funny, emotional, full of action and sexy. Roxie Noir is an author i would keep reading and adding to my favorite list of authors. I received this book as an ARC for my honest review and opinion. The story line and characters are amazing. This is Hazel and Kostya story. Hazel is an american girl running from some bad decisions. Deciding to visit her parents. Her father is the American Ambassador in the city of Sveloria, Russia. Kostya is the prince of Sveloria. He is not your typical arrogant or bad boy type he is scarred emotionally and physically. He cares for his people and knows what he has to do but doesn't want to be defined by his title. When Kostya and Hazel meet it is like instant connection between them. I love how there relationship grows between them. Find out more about there love story and some twists along the way. Read this book it was amazing I strongly recommend it. 5 stars","Product: Lili Valente has slept under the stars in Greece, eaten dinner at midnight with French men who couldnt be trusted to keep their mouths on their food, and walked alone through Munichs red light district after dark and lived to tell the tale. These days you can find her writing in a tent beside the sea, drinking coconut water and thinking delightfully dirty thoughts. Visit her at www.lilivalente.com\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Best Book So Far\n\nReview: OMG Incredible You by Lili Valente is freakin amazing. I don't have words to describe how magnificent this story is. I am so in love with Shane and Jake's characters. For me this is Lili's best book by far. It had humor, drama, hot sexy scenes and romance. I was not able to put this book down once i started reading it. It will have your attention from beginning to end. Shane is a smart, sassy, sexy and independent woman who is helping out her friend Bash. Her job is to help Jake \"Dragon\" Falcone get rid of his stalker ex girlfriend and clear his name. Jake \"Dragon\" Falcone is a sexy rough around the edges hockey player who looks to Bash's Magnificent Bastard Consulting to help him get rid of his crazy ex girlfriend and clean up his image after being accused of trying to beat up her up. This book will have you laughing and crying and i highly recommend it. It was also nice to read about our other favorite characters in this series Bash & Penny and Adian & Cat. I think my favorite was the epilogue can't wait to read more from this outstanding author.","Product: Liliana Rhodes is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author who writes Contemporary and Paranormal Romance. Blessed with an overactive imagination, she is always writing and plotting her next stories. She enjoys movies, reading, photography, listening to music, and spending time with her son. After growing up in the Northeast, Liliana now lives in the Southeast with her husband, son, two very spoiled dogs, and a parrot and a fish who are plotting to take over the world. Visit her website at www.LilianaRhodes.com for news, updates, and to subscribe to her newsletter.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Perfect Fun and Quick Novel\n\nReview: This is my first book by this author Liliana Rhodes. Perfect together was a cute short story. Well written. I will be going back to read the other books in this series. I received this as an ARC for my honest review and opinion. This book is about Gideon and Becca. Gideon is an architect working on some big projects and Becca has found a job she likes and in good company with her friends. I like the banter between the characters they made me laugh. They are best friends but can these best friend's take the extra step to become more? You just have to read and find out the journey between them. For me i think Gideon made the story. I wish it was little longer but overall a good book."],"string":"[\n \"Product: Kara Hart is a US author\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great Fast Paced Story!!\\n\\nReview: This book combined my two favorite things Romance & Football. This is my first novel by Kara Hart. I was impressed and will be looking forward to more of her books. It was fast paced the story-line was good and the characters. This book follows Liam and Laura. Liam is a playboy, arrogant, hit it and quit it quarter back and Laura is a up and coming sports reporter who is tasked with the job to interview Liam. Laura and Liam hook up at an after party where she was suppose to interview him and the had a one night stand. She ends up pregnant and he ends up beginning traded to a different team. They lose communication over the span of 2 years when they meet again. What happens between that time? Does Laura tell Liam about the baby? Do they get there HEA. You just have to read and find out you will not be disappointed. I recommend this book. I received this book as an ARC for my honest review and opinion.\",\n \"Product: I love writing sexy, alpha men and the headstrong women they fall for. My weaknesses include: beards, whiskey, nice abs with treasure trails, sarcasm, cats, prowess in the kitchen, prowess in the bedroom, forearm tattoos, and gummi bears. I live in California with my very own sexy, bearded, whiskey-loving husband and two hell-raising cats. Want to get all future releases for 99? Join my mailing list! http://www.roxienoir.com/updates roxie@roxienoir.com\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Reign is a 5 star !!!\\n\\nReview: I loved this book from the beginning. It was funny, emotional, full of action and sexy. Roxie Noir is an author i would keep reading and adding to my favorite list of authors. I received this book as an ARC for my honest review and opinion. The story line and characters are amazing. This is Hazel and Kostya story. Hazel is an american girl running from some bad decisions. Deciding to visit her parents. Her father is the American Ambassador in the city of Sveloria, Russia. Kostya is the prince of Sveloria. He is not your typical arrogant or bad boy type he is scarred emotionally and physically. He cares for his people and knows what he has to do but doesn't want to be defined by his title. When Kostya and Hazel meet it is like instant connection between them. I love how there relationship grows between them. Find out more about there love story and some twists along the way. Read this book it was amazing I strongly recommend it. 5 stars\",\n \"Product: Lili Valente has slept under the stars in Greece, eaten dinner at midnight with French men who couldnt be trusted to keep their mouths on their food, and walked alone through Munichs red light district after dark and lived to tell the tale. These days you can find her writing in a tent beside the sea, drinking coconut water and thinking delightfully dirty thoughts. Visit her at www.lilivalente.com\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Best Book So Far\\n\\nReview: OMG Incredible You by Lili Valente is freakin amazing. I don't have words to describe how magnificent this story is. I am so in love with Shane and Jake's characters. For me this is Lili's best book by far. It had humor, drama, hot sexy scenes and romance. I was not able to put this book down once i started reading it. It will have your attention from beginning to end. Shane is a smart, sassy, sexy and independent woman who is helping out her friend Bash. Her job is to help Jake \\\"Dragon\\\" Falcone get rid of his stalker ex girlfriend and clear his name. Jake \\\"Dragon\\\" Falcone is a sexy rough around the edges hockey player who looks to Bash's Magnificent Bastard Consulting to help him get rid of his crazy ex girlfriend and clean up his image after being accused of trying to beat up her up. This book will have you laughing and crying and i highly recommend it. It was also nice to read about our other favorite characters in this series Bash & Penny and Adian & Cat. I think my favorite was the epilogue can't wait to read more from this outstanding author.\",\n \"Product: Liliana Rhodes is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author who writes Contemporary and Paranormal Romance. Blessed with an overactive imagination, she is always writing and plotting her next stories. She enjoys movies, reading, photography, listening to music, and spending time with her son. After growing up in the Northeast, Liliana now lives in the Southeast with her husband, son, two very spoiled dogs, and a parrot and a fish who are plotting to take over the world. Visit her website at www.LilianaRhodes.com for news, updates, and to subscribe to her newsletter.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect Fun and Quick Novel\\n\\nReview: This is my first book by this author Liliana Rhodes. Perfect together was a cute short story. Well written. I will be going back to read the other books in this series. I received this as an ARC for my honest review and opinion. This book is about Gideon and Becca. Gideon is an architect working on some big projects and Becca has found a job she likes and in good company with her friends. I like the banter between the characters they made me laugh. They are best friends but can these best friend's take the extra step to become more? You just have to read and find out the journey between them. For me i think Gideon made the story. I wish it was little longer but overall a good book.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":4,"string":"4"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1994,"string":"1,994"}}},{"rowIdx":1995,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A3TTVWLIHLQPUW"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"5.0\" for a product with description \"The Squier Standard Stratocaster plays great, with traditional vibe and modern feel. Player-friendly features like the slimmer neck and 22-fret maple fingerboard make for easier playing, and the die-cast tuners are lifetime-lubricated for years of trouble-free service and tuning stability. A twin-pivot bridge with satin-anodized saddles provides smooth tremolo action, and the single-coil alnico pickups sound great!\". The summary of the review text is \"You might get more than you paid for\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Look closely at the wood grain in the stock photo. Although the specs say \"agathis,\" this particular cherryburst color tends to be made (in China) of a 3-piece alder body.\n\nAt least, that's what I got on my used copy. Same construction as a U.S. Strat body. It sounded very nice with the stock pickups.\n\nThen I swapped on an <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/inexpensive-prewired-HSH-pickguard-with-Diesel-pickups/dp/B008WZCPQC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">inexpensive, prewired HSH pickguard with Diesel pickups</a>. (Squier Std. Strat bodies have a \"universal rout\" that will accommodate any pickup configuration.) Everyone thinks the result sounds absolutely heavenly.\n\nEven on the one single-coil pickup, it sounds sweeter than my MIM Strat (5-piece alder body), which is upgraded with Fender American Standard Strat pickups.\n\nSquier Std. Strats in other colors really are agathis -- often 3-piece. They're noticeably lighter, and considerably less resonant. My Squier Std. Strat in FMT amber (Indonesian-made) feels ~3/4 pound lighter, and the tone doesn't compare.\n\nSquier's factory might change its materials at any time. But my experience is that this particular color looks and sounds outstanding, at a great price."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Look closely at the wood grain in the stock photo. Although the specs say \"agathis,\" this particular cherryburst color tends to be made (in China) of a 3-piece alder body.\n\nAt least, that's what I got on my used copy. Same construction as a U.S. Strat body. It sounded very nice with the stock pickups.\n\nThen I swapped on an <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/inexpensive-prewired-HSH-pickguard-with-Diesel-pickups/dp/B008WZCPQC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">inexpensive, prewired HSH pickguard with Diesel pickups</a>. (Squier Std. Strat bodies have a \"universal rout\" that will accommodate any pickup configuration.) Everyone thinks the result sounds absolutely heavenly.\n\nEven on the one single-coil pickup, it sounds sweeter than my MIM Strat (5-piece alder body), which is upgraded with Fender American Standard Strat pickups.\n\nSquier Std. Strats in other colors really are agathis -- often 3-piece. They're noticeably lighter, and considerably less resonant. My Squier Std. Strat in FMT amber (Indonesian-made) feels ~3/4 pound lighter, and the tone doesn't compare.\n\nSquier's factory might change its materials at any time. But my experience is that this particular color looks and sounds outstanding, at a great price."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: The Squier Standard Stratocaster plays great, with traditional vibe and modern feel. Player-friendly features like the slimmer neck and 22-fret rosewood fingerboard make for easier playing, and the die-cast tuners are lifetime-lubricated for years of trouble-free service and tuning stability. A twin-pivot bridge with satin-anodized saddles provides smooth tremolo action, and the single-coil alnico pickups sound great!\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Other Strats offer similar bling, with better ring\n\nReview: My copy arrived beautifully veneered, with no setup or build-quality flaws. But it doesn't sound like much. There's too little resonance, and too little bass.\n\nUnder the pretty veneer, the body is agathis -- generally regarded as a low-grade tonewood. The fact that agathis Squier Standards feel at least a pound lighter than classic alder Strats should immediately indicate how much tone you're forfeiting.\n\nif you want a Strat that sounds as pretty as it looks, I'd recommend one of two alternatives. One is to find a Squier Standard Strat in Cherry Sunburst. That Cherryburst color (only) will get you a 3-piece alder body -- the same construction as U.S.-built Strats.\n\nYou won't get a flame-maple veneer, but the Cherryburst finish reveals pretty alder grain. And the tone is fantastic. My Cherryburst Squier Standard already sounded great with its stock pickups (same as on this model -- they're actually very good alnico pups).\n\nWith upgraded (but inexpensive) pickups, it now sounds better than my Mexican Strat -- which is itself upgraded with American Standard Strat pickups. That one color offers the best Strat value currently sold.\n\nThe other is to spring for a Fender-branded, Mexican-made (MIM), \"Plus Top\" Standard or Deluxe Strat. That will get you a nice flame-maple veneer (like you see here), but over a decent alder body. You'll also get a smoother neck, and a classic small peghead, plus the option of a classic maple fretboard.\n\nMost MIM Strats come with harsh-sounding ceramic pickups. So look on Amazon for a prewired pickguard that includes \"Diesel\" pickups. They're great-sounding alnico pups, and the whole pickguard will cost you <= $34 shipped. Solder it on, and you'll have a great combination.\n\nThis Squier FMT Standard...looks great hanging on a wall. I've upgraded the pups (to Diesel humbuckers), and am about to try a higher string gauge. But I'm not convinced any enhanced electronics or strings will make this sound like Leo Fender's classic alder or ash formulas.","Product: George L's Effects Kit Black Cable, Jackets & Nickle Right Angle Plugs\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Use other buying options for long runs\n\nReview: Without getting into Amazon's price for this, vs. lower prices you might find from other sellers and platforms (which are frightening enough): This kit is obviously cost-effective only if you want to cut multiple, short patch cables.\n\nGeorge L's specialized connectors go for $67 each, and his cable retails for ~$2/foot. So, for 10 connectors and 10' of cable, this does price out.\n\nBut if you simply want a 10' George L's instrument cable, go to a local music store (or online vendor) that will sell you that 10' run, plus 2 connectors. The little plastic caps are optional, at $1.25 each. Total cost should be $3035.\n\nSome stores will even assemble the cable for you, at no charge. Otherwise, instructions online are relatively easy to follow. (George L's are OK, but forum posters have better advice like fingernail-stripping the little dot of ground wire that the connector's cap scores inconsistently.) My local store didn't offer assembly, but does sell the cable at just $1.50/foot.\n\nGeorge L's cable is renowned for being tonally transparent. And the .155 components are very skinny and lightweight but reputedly strong: In a Guitar Player mag roundup that you can find online, this brand survived crush-testing better than anything else they tested.\n\nSo you get tonally faithful cables that are lighter to carry, while taking up less room in your gig bag. With compact, lightweight connectors that don't swivel or tug on your instrument like heavier right-angle connectors do, and are less likely to mar your axe's finish when they inevitably whack it. And if a cable breaks within a couple feet of its end, you can cut and reconnect what's left in a few minutes, with no soldering needed.\n\nThat's why these cost a premium over standard pre-soldered cables. Lots of pluses here. But DIY and save yourself some $.","Product: The all-new Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Special SS (short scale) puts classic Fender looks into a distinctively harp-looking, great-sounding and super-versatile Squier bass model. Features include a sleek offset-waist body and an ultra-slim fast-action 30 scale neck, with the added one-two punch of a booming split single-coil Precision Bass middle pickup paired with a growling Jazz Bass single-coil bridge pickup. More than just a student model, this bass is perfect for players who will appreciate the comfort of a short-scale instrument. Superior tone, smooth playability, great comfort and fantastic value.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Wide range of tones at a narrow price\n\nReview: See reviews for the 4-string version: That version has 10 times as many reviews, and the 5-string version has the same electronics, 34\" neck scale, and basic sound.\n\nThe bad news is that this 5-stringer seems to be discontinued as of mid-2017. It's been pulled from Squier's website, and many online stores are showing no inventory (although some promise a restock date).\n\nWhat's different about the 5-string version? It's not a light bass, but the active boost circuit helps it sound as heavy as it feels. The neck is quite wide, but I've read that Squier is using the same neck dimensions on all 5-string basses, in which case even a Squier Jazz Bass would give you comparable width. The bass is definitely neck-heavy, but you could alleviate this by how you sling your strap (or by drilling a second strap button on the tail side, higher up on the bass bout).\n\nMy copy got a nice factory setup in Indonesia: low action, with no discernible buzzes (at least through the amp). The string-tree bar extends across only the EG strings, but the low B string still sounds nicely tight and well-defined, even on 34\" scale. The 5-stringer doesn't quite have the 4-string version's visual balance or slender stiletto looks (and let's acknowledge that this body shape is a looker). But that's the price you pay for the extended range here.\n\nThe 4-string counterpart seems popular enough that it's sticking around. But this 5-string version might soon get scarce.","Product: The all-new Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Special SS (short scale) puts classic Fender looks into a distinctively harp-looking, great-sounding and super-versatile Squier bass model. Features include a sleek offset-waist body and an ultra-slim fast-action 30 scale neck, with the added one-two punch of a booming split single-coil Precision Bass middle pickup paired with a growling Jazz Bass single-coil bridge pickup. More than just a student model, this bass is perfect for players who will appreciate the comfort of a short-scale instrument. Superior tone, smooth playability, great comfort and fantastic value.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Wide range of good tones at a narrow price\n\nReview: The 34 copies I've played (including the 5-string version I bought) have sounded ridiculously good, especially for their body construction (agathis on transparent finishes, or basswood on solid colors) and price.\n\nSquier has released at least 3 other \"Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass\" models (all-passive P/J, all-passive short-scale, and all-active humbucker), so note carefully the semi-active configuration of this particular version. It's a passive circuit feeding into an active circuit. You get passive P and J pickups, independent passive volume pots, passive treble roll-off, and active bass boost.\n\nWorking with those 4 knobs, you can get a wide range of tones. The J bridge pickup can cop classic Jazz Bass sounds (bright metallic to muted bassoon-like). The P neck pickup can get very fat, while still sounding open not monolithic. With treble rolled fully off and active bass full up, you can get tones strikingly like an upright bass. (The bass-boost circuit is very effective, so these combined settings suppress most of the transients that convey fretted attack.)\n\nUnlike a fully active bass, though, this has no bass cut and no active treble boost. So rolling up the bass-boost knob increases the volume significantly. Also, the stock volume pots have rather steep taper. The upshot is: When playing this live, you'd probably want to peg the bass boost somewhere comfortable, then carefully ride the other pots, as your safest way to darken or brighten your tone at constant volume.\n\nTreat it like a passive instrument on active-bass steroids. Also, without a battery, you'll get no tone (because the passive and active circuits are in series). So invest a buck in that spare 9V battery and unplug your cable from the bass when you're not playing.\n\nAgathis is normally a very lightweight wood, but these Jags feel as hefty as alder-bodied Fender P or Jazz basses of the same size. And while agathis certainly isn't a classic tonewood, it has an open timbre that can work well for basses. This model's bass-boost circuit seems to get it well within the range of resonance and punch that you'd expect from a more-expensive alder instrument.\n\nWhatever the secret sauce, these are good-sounding, versatile, and fun basses with a distinctively scrappy look. (And here, you get that streamlined body shape free of the chrome sports-car bling of Fender's typical Jaguar basses and guitars.)\n\nMy only real disappointment is the vintage 20-fret board I'd be 10% happier with 22 frets, and 20% happier with 24 frets. So I bought the 5-string version (apparently discontinued as of 2017) to get more range.","Product: The Hofner Shorty Electric Travel Guitar was first produced back in the 1980s and Hofner continue to offer this compact travel guitar for those guitarists who can't bear to be without a guitar even when on holiday! The Hofner Shorty offers full scale length combined with such small overall dimensions that it can be taken anywhere. Comes loaded with a great-sounding Hofner Open Humbucker. Includes a Hofner gig bag.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Practical, affordable travel/practice guitar\n\nReview: At least as practical and affordable as any other mini-guitar for travel or practice. The neck is full Fender 25.5\" scale, so you're practicing standard guitar technique. The neck also has a pleasantly smooth satin finish, and 24 frets goodies that can be hard to find on full-size guitars.\n\nThe minimal body actually delivers surprisingly usable sound for a few square inches of basswood. It's very lightweight. If you balance the body's waist on your left thigh (pretend you're a classical guitarist), you can offset the guitar's inherent neck-heaviness, and can hold it fairly steady.\n\nThere are two tonal weaknesses both rooted in the pickup, and one fixable:\n\n(1) The stock pickup is wimpy, contributing to the tinny sound that other reviewers complain about. This you can fix, by swapping in a higher-output bridge pickup. I installed a beefy Godin ceramic humbucker that I had lying around, and my Shorty now twangs like a real guitar. In an extreme pinch, you could play a gig with this. (At least a bar gig, at least for heavy drinkers, at least for some styles.)\n\n(2) The single pickup rout is (indeed) in the bridge position. So for most jazz players, the sound will never be right. But you can still use this for practice.\n\nThe gig bag (not shown here) is a slim trapezoid, tapered to the guitar's shape, with a shoulder strap. It has room for a surprising amount of case candy: Its side pocket can hold a cable and tuner; and you can even cheat some sheet music into the main compartment, behind the guitar. The bag's only downside is that it makes it look like you're carrying a short rifle. But you can point to the \"Hofner\" logo printed on the side to prove that you're nonviolent.","Product: Here's an awesome chromatic clip-on tuner that's perfect for any instrument. The Snark SN-8 isn't just great for guitar and bass, you can clip it to just about anything for super-tight and extremely fast tuning. In fact, it's not just fast and accurate, the SN-8 is by far one of the easiest clip-on tuners to read out there. Its freakishly bright display lets you instantly check your tuning, both in dim clubs and out in direct sunlight. What's more, the SN-8's swiveling display rotates a full 360 degrees, so its great for left-handed guitars too.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Goldilocks (just right) tuner\n\nReview: This has turned out to be my Goldilocks headstock tuner. Snark evidently listens to its customers: Compared to my red Snark -- which has such a precise display that it's too slow for practical tuning, particularly on my semihollow electric -- this one is perfectly usable.\n\nIt simplifies frequencies to a few bands, and quickly responds and locks in to show accurate tuning. So it's fast enough for practical stage or rehearsal use.\n\nThe clamp seems gentle, and soft, enough to leave on your instrument for several hours without worry.\n\nMy true dream tuner? Exactly this behavior, in a tiny, zero-pressure ratchet design -- like the D'Addario NS Micro -- that you can leave on your headstock permanently. With an audible metronome option, like the Aroma AMT 530's.\n\nSnark does offer a smaller tuner, but that model's clamp/spring is very high-pressure. This is the best overall option I've found so far. And hey, maybe Snark is still listening to my wish list above.","Product: When you need powerful yet portable keyboard control, the IK Multimedia iRig Keys 37-key USB/MIDI controller is ready to perform. Its got all the goods to play your apps and virtual instruments expressively, like velocity-sensitive keys, pitch bend and mod wheels, and an input for an optional expression pedal or sustain pedal. Its ready to be used with your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch, but of course its a great controller for your desktop or laptop too. And since it comes with some free software instruments from IK Multimedia, youll be making music in no time with the IK Multimedia iRig Keys 37-key USB/MIDI controller!\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Too Toyetic - try Line 6 Mobile Keys 49\n\nReview: I wanted to like this, but ultimately couldn't take it seriously. It's very compact and light, but at the expense of usability.\n\nWhen I first tried it out, I max'ed out its volume knob to get audible GarageBand piano tone out of my iPhone 4's speakers. That somehow crashed the phone, doorstopping it for the next 15 minutes. I've never seen anything do that before.\n\nThe phone ultimately recovered, but my impression of this keyboard didn't. The small keys are not necessarily a problem, especially if you want to do stretch chords that are impossible on a standard keyboard. But 37 keys are just too few to perform anything musical. The pricier, heavier \"Pro\" version has full-sized keys, but still only 37 of them.\n\nAs a keyboard controller that provides both iOS and MIDI/USB connections, I found the Line 6 Mobile Keys 49 to be a much more viable alternative. Its 4 octaves = 49 full-sized keys are enough to actually voice and play music. It includes pitch-bend and modulation wheels, like the iRig, and feels quite solidly built.\n\nNegative reviews here of the Line 6 criticize its proprietary iOS cable. But the iRig has the same dependency. The iRig's only true advantage is a bundled, free license for a \"Light\" version of Sample Tank.\n\nI'd advise paying a bit more (or maybe less, at some times and places) to get the Line 6's extra octave.","Product: 100% brand new, high quality and testing is fine. Item 100% like the picture shown. This is our stunning arctic white pickguard assembly loaded with an awesome set of diesel brand pickups.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Great pickups; noisy blade switch\n\nReview: I ordered this based on an earlier review's praise for the pickups. The pickups really are insanely good -- especially at this price.\n\nThey sound like classic alnico Strat pickups. They lack the harshness of the ceramic pups on most Mexican-made Fender Strats. (An exception being Blacktop Strats, which have alnico's.) But they also avoid the wimpiness of the underwound stock pups on many Squier, and similar Asian-made, Strat-like objects.\n\nThese pups are full-bodied, but articulate and bright, with nicely vintage and chewy attack. In a blind test, they might convince you they were wound by Fender/Corona or Duncan/Santa Barbara. Outstanding tone and value.\n\nMy only real complaint is the 5-way switch, which is noisy. It has some side-to-side play, and clicks audibly whenever I first touch it. (Unless I first rest a finger on one of its mounting screws.) This actually isn't unusual on blade switches, just annoying.\n\nA much tinier complaint is that the master volume pot has no treble-bleed cap. So less volume = more bass, and more volume = less bass. This '50s anachronism is the reverse of what you want, when you choose to stay on the same pickup, roll down the volume for rhythm/chording, then roll it back up for leads.\n\nThis anachronism remains standard on most Strats and Strat-like guitars. So I'd recommend soldering in that treble-bleed cap. (Or swapping in a PRS aftermarket volume pot that has the cap pre-installed.) And possibly swapping the blade switch. Still, this package gives you great pickups -- and other good stuff -- for the cost of one good blade switch.\n\nNo complaints elsewhere: All three pots are quiet and clean, with nice gradual taper. The pickguard's own aesthetics are fine -- classic white/black/white. The knobs' \"Volume\"/\"Tone\" labels look oversize and garish, but the pots have a standard-size gnarl, so you can swap on any standard Strat knobs. The screw holes might or might not align with those on your instrument, but drilling a few new holes is expected with most replacement pickguards.\n\nI ordered from a domestic (U.S.) seller, fulfilled by Amazon. So no customs/duties issues, and this arrived securely packed.\n\nI was equally delighted with the Diesel-loaded <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/H-S-H-pickguard/dp/B008WZCPQC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">H-S-H pickguard</a> that I ordered here a few weeks later. Finally, note that most of these pickguards come in both white and pearloid, so check which color you're ordering.","Product: Durable nylon padded electric guitar gig bag with easy grip handle and adjustable padded shoulder straps. Features 3 front pockets that will hold all your necessary guitar accessories and an additional extra long pocket that can house a universal collapsible guitar stand. This rugged and durable gig bag is perfect for the traveling musician.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Viable bargain, with many extras and a few weak points\n\nReview: [THIS 1ST REVIEW IS FOR THE JUMBO ACOUSTIC GUITAR BAG ONLY:]\nI wouldn't trust a $4,000 Taylor or Martin to this. But for light transportation/handling/storage of everyday instruments, it's a bargain and actually includes some nice features that are hard to find on pricier gig bags. Pro's:\n\n* This \"Jumbo\" size is 12-string friendly (more about that below).\n* Pockets! Lots of 'em. Capacious enough to fit oversize sheet music, bulky accessories, and even a music stand. But they fold fairly slim when empty.\n* Twin \"backpack\"-style padded straps (although very lightly padded).\n* Toothed, plastic foot to protect bag's tail. It also prevents slipping when the bag/guitar are stood up.\n* Exterior of tough Cordura nylon.\n* Reasonable interior padding. (More than a styrofoam cup or cheapie gig bag; less than a premium PRS gig bag.)\n* Enough structure to hold its shape pretty well when empty.\n* Durable design: All straps and handles are sewn into thick webbing straps, so those seams should hold well.\n* Pickup handles on front, and on back/top behind peghead.\n* Side carry handle is built into webbing on both sides, and it Velcro's together over the zipper. This is a rare feature that prevents the guitar's weight from straining, and ultimately breaking, the zipper. Important on this particular bag, because...\n\nCons:\n* Rather shallow a tight fit for deep-bodied guitars.\n* Zipper seam is single-stitched (not double-stitched) to the bag's body side. (But the seam on the opposite, lid side feels more securely stitched.)\n* Zippers have smallish metal teeth (not large nylon). They feel a bit funky, and vulnerable to jamming or breaking.\n* Backpack straps have very thin padding.\n* No interior reinforcement facing the peghead, so ragged string ends could perforate the lid's padding. You can alleviate this with gaffer's tape, or by adding self-adhesive nylon repair patches from a backpacking store.\n\nHere's the 12-string angle: \"Jumbo\" or \"Western\"-sized acoustic gig bags are your only good bets to fit a 12-string dreadnought's long peghead. This bag's interior is 43-12\" long, and my Epiphone FR 350-12E dreadnought is 43\" long. It fits the bag...just barely. The bag is rather shallow, so it's a tight fit.\n\nFender used to make an \"Urban Jumbo\" gig bag that's now hard to find anywhere but Amazon, but worth considering. That series is very well-made. Epiphone makes a \"Western\" gig bag that easily fits long 12-strings, but it's a flimsy and very basic bag.\n\nIf I wanted to spend more money, I'd try Fender's Jumbo bag giving up some pockets to get slightly firmer overall construction. If fitting a 12-string weren't a requirement, I'd look at Gator's gig bags (which look very solid at prices a bit higher than this bag), or Henry Heller's higher-end bags (which cost real money, but are built like tanks). But for my purposes, I'm a satisfied customer.\n\n[THIS 2ND REVIEW IS FOR THE ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR BAG ONLY:]\nThe bass bag might actually be a little larger than its stated 45.5-inch interior length. My 5-string Squier Jaguar V bass unexpectedly fits OK. The bag is tight only around the peghead where the bag tapers, but this bass has a 5th tuning key opposite the other 4.\n\nOtherwise, I have the same assessment as for my acoustic-guitar bag. Except, the bass bag omits the convenient pick-up handle near the peghead above the backpack straps. (Maybe because lifting a bass guitar's weight from there would rip the bag apart?)\n\nI'd give this whole Chromacast series a 5+ for value, 4+ for features/design, and maybe 3.5 to 4 for padding/build quality. Not for transporting valuable instruments, but probably the best value around in a basic bag.","Product: Once again Peavey Electronics revolutionizes the modeling amp industry. Introducing the world's first Variable Instrument Performance amplifier, the VYPYR V.I.P. The world's first amp that contains Bass guitar, Acoustic guitar and Electric guitar amplifier models. Now for the first time ever using our Variable Instrument Input a single amp can provide amplification for a variety of instrument types. Not only does the amplifier morph from a bass amp to an acoustic amp, to an electric amp. It also, for the first time ever in an amplifier in this category, allows the electric guitar player access to instrument models as well. Using appropriate technology, Peavey uses a combination of powerful 32-bit, floating point SHARC processors and patented Transtube analog circuitry to create the best sounding modeling amplifiers available. Nothing sounds as good as a VYPYR. All VYPYR effects, amp models and parameter controls can be accessed via the amp itself, with no need to hook the amplifier to a computer. Peavey's WYSIWYG control surface quickly allows the user the ability to see and adjust the control position, no guessing where the control is supposed to be, or having to manually move it to where it should be preset to preset. VYPYRs new USB bi-directional data and audio port provides and easy way to record, and or connect to our VYPYR software and store presets, get lessons, and practice to backing tracks while connected to your computer. All of the revolutionary features from the original VYPYR series now even better. More power, more effects, more amp models, Variable Instrument Input, instrument models, and more make this the ultimate amplifier.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Decent modeling amp with some funusual effects\n\nReview: This Amazon page crazily mashes up reviews of 3 very different Vypyr models, as if their wattage were the only difference. It's not. So, to get useful information, change the \"Filter by:...All formats\" drop-down, to show only the model you're considering: \"20 Watt\" = VIP 1, 1x8\" speaker, 16 presets. \"40 Watt\" = VIP 2, 1x12\" speaker, 16 presets. (Which I'm reviewing here.) \"100 Watt\" = VIP 3, also 1x12\" speaker but more power, menu-driven front panel instead of dials, 400 onboard presets.\n\nComplaints about buzz/unsuitability for bass are valid for the VIP 1. It's extremely small and lightweight, so its 8\" speaker and cabinet aren't really built to render lows well. It's basically a highly portable electric-guitar amp with some extras, at a nice price. But it leaves out the fun \"Evio\" model (about which more below). That omission, and the limited bass response, are why I bought a VIP2.\n\nThe VIP 2 and 3 both compete with Fender's Mustang III (a 100-Watt, 1x12\" modeling amp, of similar weight, with a dials-based front panel). The Mustang III is more of a pro gigging amp: It offers better, and more varied, models of Fender amps; controls to tweak simulated tube bias and sag; an effects loop and a real 1/4\" speaker out; and a reasonable 100 onboard presets. The Peaveys' advantages are some unusual, wild effects that are just plain fun.\n\nTo my ear, the VIP 2 offers decent basic tones. Its models of electric-guitar amps (at least on their clean channels) don't sound radically different from each other. But the 1x12\" speaker/large cabinet inherently delivers some authoritative bark, and the Budda model is especially sweet. And regardless of model, the separate dials for the 3-band EQ make it easy to shape the sound you want. (Peavey's virtual dials, with LEDs, are less disorienting than the virtual dials on Fender's and Line 6's modeling amps. Fender's and Line 6's dials have physical, numbered ticks that get out of sync with your presets' saved/recalled values.)\n\nFor those clean channels, pushing the \"pre\"-gain fairly high approximates the feel of tube saturation, without distorting. One surprise is that an electric guitar can deliver usable tones through the bass and acoustic-guitar amp models. (The acoustic amp models can get close to a Fender \"tweed\"/Bassman sound.) I've barely explored the crunch and high-gain channels.\n\nAll the amp models strike me as inherently a bit compressed, even with the compressor models turned off. The advantages are that there's some nice sustain (more than I hear from Fender modeling amps), and that it's hard to trigger the unintentional kind of distortion. But I find myself adding reverb, to frost more shimmer and dynamics onto the top, so I can pretend I'm playing through a real tube amp.\n\nI really bought this amp for three odd effects that consistently floor me. The \"MOG\" model generates an octave up and an octave down (you can control their levels independently), with some square-wave distortion like an Electro-Harmonix Micro Synth.\n\nThe \"Evio\" model sounds nothing like the promised electric violin, but it's a hoot. It's a fat sawtooth-wave oscillator. If you add some chorus after it, you can approximate Pat Metheny's vintage guitar-synth sound. You can adjust the portamento and the \"color\" (tone), with dark to bright tone settings tweaking the timbre from a synth-brass to a synth-sax vibe.\n\nThe \"Synth\" model sounds nothing like a guitar synth, but everything like a vintage analog keyboard synthesizer, with adjustable portamento and attack. (To be precise, you can adjust the attack, but can't entirely dial out the filter.) It also gets trippier if you add chorus after it.\n\nBasic modulation effects, compressors, ring modulator, etc., are pretty usable. The guitar-to-bass model has some rare, usable warmth and punch without excessive artifacts, unless you stray above your guitar's bottom four strings. The resonator model is OK.\n\nMost of the other instrument models are just laughably bad. (And except for bass and acoustic guitar, those models are omitted from the VIP 1, which is no great loss.) The claimed \"12-string\" and \"sitar\" models sound nothing like those instruments, although they're so warbly off-kilter that you can combine them with modulation effects to get a sort-of organ tone. The claimed \"7-string\" and \"baritone\" models respectively shift your guitar tone a 4th and 5th down, but annoyingly add some spaghetti-Western tremolo that you can't control or remove.\n\nThree other things to know: (1) There's no noise gate. And adding gain will definitely add hum. So you might want to add a pedal/multi-effects box with a noise gate in front of the amp.\n\n(2) A second reason to add your favorite pedal(s) is that the amp's design limits you to one row each of stompbox/instrument model, amp model, and modulation effect (plus global delay and reverb). If you're Jimi Hendrix and you want both fuzz and auto-wah, you need to bring your own pedal because both those models are in this amp's first row.\n\n(3) There's no rhythm/drum machine. But the Tap Tempo LED is always blinking, so you can use it as a visual metronome. Or the aux in jack lets you pipe in a metronome or drum-track app from your smartphone.\n\nBear in mind that the VIP 3, for all its advantages (100 Watts, 400 presets), has a very different interface: Lots of menu-diving, and no separate dials with LEDs. So lots of staring at a small LCD window. I do that constantly on my Fender digital amps, which made the VIP 2 my sweet spot among the Vypyrs.\n\nIn all, the VIP 2 provides some unusual, really fun effects, which Peavey unfortunately won't release as a separate pedal. Built into a usable, giggable modeling amp. Not up to cork-sniffers' standards, but a combo that's fun and good value.","Product: The new PSR-E343 portable keyboard features great content with 550 Voices and 136 Styles. The Ultra-Wide Stereo effect creates a stereo image wider than the speakers. Built-in lesson functions help you learn how to play. Finally, get connected to The AUX input connects to portable music players while the Melody Suppressor reduces a song's center part so you can play the lead. Features: 61 touch-sensitive, full-sized keys: Touch-sensitive keys add dynamics to your playing. Play lightly and the sound is soft. Hit the key hard and it's loud. 550 high-quality instrument Voices: A wide variety of instrument Voices, drum kits and sound effects kits. 136 Styles: Built-in bands that are always ready to follow your lead. Great for practicing, arranging different material or writing your next hit song! Ultra-wide stereo: Creates a stereo image wider than the speakers using Yamaha's digital signal processing technology. Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S): Practice with the preset songs at your own pace one hand at a time or both together using Yamaha Education Suite.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: It's a lightweight arranger keyboard - beginners have other options\n\nReview: [UPDATE: Yamaha has changed all its model #'s, and this has been replaced by the similar PSRE-363. If I were buying today, I'd definitely buy the next model up, the PSR-E453. It adds more sequencer voices, more preset storage, and a pitch-bend wheel. It also adds twice the amp wattage, along with a few extra pounds. But most importantly, Yamaha has finally upgraded the -453 (only) with some real onboard effects: rotary speaker/Leslie, tremolo, auto-pan, and distortion. Plus, that model provides two fun onboard dials, with which you can vary effects' rate and depth, as well as other parameters (attack/release, filter EQ, etc.). To complement my PSR-E343, what I've ended up with is a Casio CTK-7200 a bit higher-end, pricier, and heavier, with lots of great onboard effects plus organ drawbar sliders.]\n\nI'm pleased with this keyboard, but I think Yamaha's marketing (and several user reviews) are off-target in pitching it to \"beginners.\"\n\nIf you're just learning piano -- or are trying to connect your child, parent, etc. with the instrument -- I think you'd get better returns by spending more for a \"piano-focused\" keyboard like Yamaha's NP-V60 or NP-V80. (Those 2 differ only by a handful of MIDI and arpeggiator features. And any model # mentioned in this review might have been replaced by a slightly newer/higher variant, by the time you read it. So check before you buy any of these -- Amazon doesn't always automatically warn you that \"there is a newer model.\")\n\nThe NP-V's have onboard learning features similar to this keyboard's. But they include a more realistic and satisfying acoustic-piano model, which will motivate you to play for much longer at a stretch. (The piano tone on this 343 is good for the keyboard's price, weight, and size -- but the samples are short, so you can hear some looping.)\n\nAnother nice NP-V feature is their \"graded soft touch,\" which provides a more-direct transition to the feel of a traditional piano keyboard. It's also easier to play, because the keys offer a more predictable touch response than this keyboard's unweighted keys.\n\nTo split the difference on price, you could buy an NP-12 or NP-32. Those give you the NP-V series' tone and touch, along with a handful of non-piano instrument patches, but leave out the learning features/gimmicks. Use your savings for piano lessons or tutorials.\n\nOr for a really learning-oriented platform, consider Yamaha's EZ-220. Its dimensions, weight, and onboard sounds are very similar to this keyboard's. But it omits the 343's 2-track sequencer, auxiliary audio input, and panel EQ key -- and substitutes a lighted-keys feature that's a fun motivator and facilitator for beginners. (It works with 100 built-in songs, whose scores are included.)\n\nSo who's this 343 for? It's a good option for experienced keyboardists who want an \"arranger keyboard\" that's inexpensive, provides a reasonable range of decent instrument tones, and is insanely light and portable.\n\nI thought my NP-30 was light, but this is more like a Frisbee. It weighs almost nothing, and has a compact footprint that makes it easy to flip around. Play it on your lap? Sure. Move it to the floor, to work out a tune beside a pad of staff paper? No problem. And it runs for a decent length of time on 6 rechargeable AA batteries, which makes it even more portable.\n\nThis competes directly with Casio's CTK-4200, which some players and arrangers might prefer. At almost any price point, Yamaha and Casio face off like this: Casio gives you more tone-shaping options, generally richer features, and some better non-piano tones. But Yamaha excels at its acoustic-piano model, which is often your main purpose in buying any keyboard. And it's starting to build in some fun iOS connectivity options.\n\nCasio's CTK-4200 offered a better sequencer (6 tracks instead of 2); more storage for presets (32 slots instead of 9); and what seemed like more interesting and usable models of organs, electric pianos, and mallet instruments. But I already have a Casio 88-key board with similar features, so I went with this Yamaha 343. Its piano tone seemed noticeably richer, and I liked the direct panel access to several EQ presets.\n\nThe best option here actually isn't in the box: If you have an iPhone/iPad with an appropriate connector, you can download the free \"Yamaha Sound Controller\" app to expand this keyboard with virtual controls for several real-time parameters: pitch-bend, mod (vibrato), pan, attack time (think pedal steel guitar), release time (think variable sustain pedal), etc.\n\nYou can pick sets of two parameters to control at a time, via either virtual wheels or a cool X-Y touchpad (which is like a Kaossilator). And if you pick filter cutoff and resonance as your two parameters, the X-Y layout allows you to get some trippy synth and wah effects that are almost impossible to modulate with physical controllers. In all, the (underrated) app can turn these consumer PSR-E keyboards into viable performance options.\n\nThe catch is that you might have to buy a Yamaha proprietary USB-to-Apple cable (which can be pricey), or a USB printer cable and Apple's $30 Camera Connection Kit.\n\nTwo closing disclaimers: Get over it the missing AC adapter (Yamaha PA-30), already. Yamaha has long sold its keyboards without adapters. You can complain, or you can easily find a PA-30 on Amazon or eBay for $10, shipped.\n\nFinally, \"touch-sensitive\" is a relative claim for any keyboard in this price range. Yes, hitting a key harder produces a louder response. But all the models sound single-strike, except for the marquee grand piano models, which sound double-strike. Stepping up to the NP-V/NP- series (or something similarly priced) will get you more-realistic, triple-strike models of several instruments.","Product: TRBX304 4-String Electric Bass Black Rosewood Fretboard. The TRBX304 is built around a simple principle - your performance. The perfectly balanced, ultra-comfortable solid mahogany body provides the optimum tonal foundation while the Performance EQ active circuitry gives instant access to perfectly dialed-in stage-ready tones coupled with the expressive control you need. TRBX features a sculpted solid mahogany body, with a mass-optimized 3D design for the optimum balance between tone and comfort coupled with perfect weight distribution. The neck design combines a fast, ultra-comfortable profile with 5-pc maple/mahogany laminated construction for outstanding stability and excellent tone. It uses a precision fitted bolt-on neck joint for maximum adjustability and clear, punchy tone. Developed through hundreds of hours of play-testing, the refined neck joint shape perfectly balances strength, vibration transfer and upper-fret access. YGD designed M3 pickups feature oversized polepieces and ceramic magnets for a clear, powerful tone with incredible definition and depth. The hum-cancelling design ensures your performance clean and noise-free while the integral thumb-rest provides unrivalled playability. TRBX304 boasts Yamaha's exclusive Perfomance EQ active circuit with five performance-tuned full spectrum EQ curves optimized to give instant access to essential sounds along with powerful 2-band master equalization to shape and define your tone. A high-mass die-cast bridge efficiently transfers string vibrations to the body for full, rich tone combined with excellent adjustability and road-tested durability. 19mm string spacing offers outstanding playability for technical slap or finger styles. Straight string pull from nut to machine head eliminates lateral tension, providing superior tuning stability and reducing overtones. 38mm nut width gives fast, comfortable playability for any style. Yamaha's metal plate-mounted standard jack socket offers superior durability an...\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Outstanding value, and very playable\n\nReview: This review is *only* for the TRBX174EW 4-string bass mahogany body, mango-wood top. (Amazon has uselessly jammed together reviews here for multiple Yamaha basses. To get useful information, be sure to filter for the exact model you're considering.)\n\nIf you're looking for an affordable, comfortable, and flexible passive bass that you can grow with and gig with, Yamaha's whole 174 series is hard to beat for features/price = value. I played several copies of this model before buying an especially pretty one, and have long owned a similar fretless RBX270F (now discontinued). Basically, Yamaha has combined some key features from Fender's classic Precision and Jazz basses, then added some modern enhancements. The result is a mix of virtues that no one else really offers at these prices:\n\n* Classic body tonewoods (mahogany for the \"EW\" finishes, otherwise alder).\n* One-piece maple necks (not 5-piece matchsticks, as on most of Ibanez' basses).\n* P (split-coil) neck pickup and J (single-coil) bridge pickup, which you can blend to get a wide range of passive tones.\n* Decent pickups and electronics especially at these prices.\n* Skinny Jazz Bassstyle neck, except nicely extended to 24 frets.\n* Downsized body that's almost ridiculously light, while substantial enough to be resonant. (With flat EQ, you'll get weaker inherent lows than from a bass that weighs 24 lbs. more. But there's enough resonance here that dialing in the right EQ will still get you comparable tones.)\n* Made in Indonesia, not China so at least you're supporting a nominal democracy with some basic labor rights.\n\nQuibbles?:\n* The neck's satin finish feels a bit coarse on some copies.\n* Body and peghead shapes aren't classically graceful. (Although these basses do look better in new wood-grain finishes than in older solid colors.)\n* Tone can vary between copies. If possible, I'd recommend buying locally, at a store where you can compare several copies.\n* Blend control from the RBX270 series has been replaced with the more-common twin volume controls, one per pickup.\n* I'd prefer vintage narrower frets, but I'm unusual.\n\nI would stay away from the Chinese-made 170 series, which (at just $020 less than the 174's, depending where you buy) are no bargain. They're made of unpredictable body woods Yamaha lists four possibilities, including wispy agathis or basswood. In my experience, the 170's feel and sound thin.","Product: The DigiTech Mosaic Polyphonic 12-String effect pedal sets you upon the path of creating lush 12-string sounds with either 6-string electric or amplified acoustic guitars. Immediately identifiable 12-string tones are now yours with octave low strings and doubled high strings. Single notes and full chordal strums shine with polyphonic richness and celestial movement that will inspire you. The Mosaic's balanced low-end response with crisp octave shimmer produces a tone that's lush and articulate, just as with a 12-string guitar. Tailor the Mosaic's sound with the independent Level and Tone controls. Level will control the 12-string effect intensity while Tone shapes the overall brightness of the effect. The Mosaic will give you a richer, more resonant and full tone than a standard six-string guitar. It is true bypass and uses a 9V DC power supply to easily integrate into your existing pedalboard.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Convincing, but you can do better\n\nReview: On the upside, this does what it promises: With the Level and Tone knobs between 9:0012:00 clock positions, the 12-string effect is surprisingly convincing although a bit dry, because there's no detune control. (Definitely more convincing than my Variax guitar's 12-string model was, before I edited it to de-emphasize the warbly octave effects.)\n\nAlso, by dropping both knobs below 9:00, you can dial in a more-subtle doubling effect. This can nicely fatten up the tone of a guitar that lacks a certain, je ne sais, cojnes.\n\nOn the downside, my <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Zoom-MS100BT-MultiStomp-Guitar-Pedal-with-Bluetooth/dp/B00AJHHWIC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Zoom MS100BT MultiStomp Guitar Pedal with Bluetooth</a> cost the same price. And in 15 minutes, I found I could build a 12-string model on the Zoom that's considerably more convincing. It's also vastly more flexible, because instead of 2 knobs, it's 5 rows of effects each with multiple parameters to tweak. And the Zoom has room for 49 more presets.\n\nSo I'm back to my usual conclusion: Everyone who plays any electric instrument deserve at least one Zoom MS100BT. Best pedal I've ever bought in capabilities, flexibility, slim size/weight, and value.","Product: The PSR-E253 is Yamaha's entry-level Portable Keyboard and features a wide variety of sounds and functions. The Yamaha Education Suite can be used with the 100 preset songs, making it the ideal first keyboard for aspiring musicians who are just starting out. Features: 61 full-sized keys are great for learning and developing keyboard playing technique. Duo mode splits the keyboard into two halves, each with their own \"middle C\" for practicing with a partner The Aux Line Input allows you to connect any music device with a headphone output, such as an MP3 player, a computer, a mixer or even another keyboard, and hear it through the internal speakers. The Portable Grand button and instantly resets the keyboard to the grand piano Voice 32-note polyphony allows for the performance of beginner to advanced level pieces, allowing for sustained notes to ring through without being cut off. Accompaniment Styles add a \"backing band\" to your performances while you remain in complete control of chord changes and arrangements. Phrase Record allows you to quickly capture and playback a short performance or phrase.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: It's a lightweight arranger keyboard - beginners have other options\n\nReview: I own the earlier, nearly identical PSR-E343. But if I were buying today, I'd definitely buy the next model up, the PSR-E453. Yamaha has finally upgraded the -E453 (only) with some real onboard effects: Rotary speaker/Leslie, tremolo, auto-pan, and distortion. Plus, that model provides two fun onboard dials, with which you can vary effects rate and depth, as well as other parameters (attack/release, filter EQ, etc.). The -E453 also adds more sequencer voices, more preset storage, and a pitch-bend wheel.\n\nI'm pleased with this keyboard, but I think Yamaha's marketing (and several user reviews) are off-target in pitching the whole PRS-E range to \"beginners.\"\n\nIf you're just learning piano -- or are trying to connect your child, parent, etc. with the instrument -- I think you'd get better returns by spending more for a \"piano-focused\" keyboard like Yamaha's NP-V60 or NP-V80. (Those 2 differ by only a few functions. And any model # mentioned in this review might have been replaced by a slightly newer/higher variant, by the time you read it. So check before you buy any of these -- Amazon doesn't always automatically warn you that \"there is a newer model.\")\n\nThe NP-V's have onboard learning features similar to this keyboard's. But they include a more realistic and satisfying acoustic-piano model, which will motivate you to play for much longer at a stretch. (The piano tone on this model is good for the keyboard's price, weight, and size -- but the samples are short, so you can hear some looping.)\n\nAnother nice NP-V feature is their \"graded soft touch,\" which provides an easier transition to the feel of a traditional piano keyboard. It's also easier to play, because the keys offer a more predictable touch response than this keyboard's unweighted keys.\n\nTo split the difference on price, you could buy an NP-12 or NP-32. Those give you the NP-V series' tone and touch, but leave out the learning features/gimmicks. Use your savings for piano lessons or tutorials.\n\nOr for a really learning-oriented platform, consider Yamaha's EZ-220. Its dimensions, weight, and onboard sounds are very similar to this keyboard's. But it omits the 343's 2-track sequencer, auxiliary audio input, and panel EQ key -- and substitutes a lighted-keys feature that's a fun motivator and facilitator for beginners. (It works with 100 built-in songs, whose scores are included.)\n\nSo who's this 353 for? It's a good option for experienced keyboardists who want an \"arranger keyboard\" that's inexpensive, provides a reasonable range of decent instrument tones, and is insanely light and portable.\n\nI thought my NP-30 was light, but this is more like a Frisbee. It weighs almost nothing, and has a compact footprint that makes it easy to flip around. Play it on your lap? Sure. Move it to the floor, to work out a tune beside a pad of staff paper? No problem. And it runs for a decent length of time on 6 rechargeable AA batteries, which makes it even more portable.\n\nThis competes directly with Casio's CTK-4200, which some players and arrangers might prefer. At almost any price point, Yamaha and Casio face off like this: Casio gives you more tone-shaping options, generally richer features, and some better non-piano tones. But Yamaha excels at its acoustic-piano model often your main purpose in buying any keyboard and its harpsichord models are much better. Also, it's starting to build in some fun iOS connectivity options.\n\nCasio's CTK-4200 offered a better sequencer (6 tracks instead of 2); more storage for presets (32 slots instead of 9); and what seemed like more interesting and usable models of organs, electric pianos, and mallet instruments. But I already have a Casio 88-key board with similar features, so I went with this Yamaha. Its piano tone seemed noticeably richer, and I liked the direct panel access to several EQ presets.\n\nThe best feature here actually isn't in the box: If you have an iPhone/iPad with an appropriate connector, you can download the free \"Yamaha Sound Controller\" app to expand this keyboard with virtual controls for several real-time parameters: pitch-bend, mod (vibrato), pan, attack time (think pedal steel guitar), release time (think variable sustain pedal), etc.\n\nYou can pick sets of two parameters to control at a time, via either virtual wheels or a cool X-Y touchpad (which is like a Kaossilator). And if you pick filter cutoff and resonance as your two parameters, the X-Y layout allows you to get some trippy synth and wah effects that are almost impossible to modulate with physical controllers. In all, the (underrated) app can turn these consumer PSR-E keyboards into viable performance options. The catch is that you might have to buy a Yamaha proprietary USB-to-Apple cable (which can be pricey), or hack something with a USB printer cable and Apple's Camera Connection Kit.\n\nTwo closing disclaimers: Get over it the missing AC adapter (Yamaha PA-30), already. Yamaha has long sold its keyboards without adapters. You can complain, or you can easily find a PA-30 on Amazon or eBay for $10, shipped.\n\nFinally, \"touch-sensitive\" is a relative claim for any keyboard in this price range. Yes, hitting a key harder produces a louder response. But all the models sound single-strike, except for the marquee grand piano models, which sound double-strike. Stepping up to the NP-V/NP- series (or something similarly priced) will get you more-realistic, triple-strike models of several instruments.","Product: The PSR-E253 is Yamaha's entry-level Portable Keyboard and features a wide variety of sounds and functions. The Yamaha Education Suite can be used with the 100 preset songs, making it the ideal first keyboard for aspiring musicians who are just starting out. Features: 61 full-sized keys are great for learning and developing keyboard playing technique. Duo mode splits the keyboard into two halves, each with their own \"middle C\" for practicing with a partner The Aux Line Input allows you to connect any music device with a headphone output, such as an MP3 player, a computer, a mixer or even another keyboard, and hear it through the internal speakers. The Portable Grand button and instantly resets the keyboard to the grand piano Voice 32-note polyphony allows for the performance of beginner to advanced level pieces, allowing for sustained notes to ring through without being cut off. Accompaniment Styles add a \"backing band\" to your performances while you remain in complete control of chord changes and arrangements. Phrase Record allows you to quickly capture and playback a short performance or phrase.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Finally, a Yamaha portable with FX beyond chorus/flanger & reverb\n\nReview: What's new in this -E453 model is that Yamaha, for the first time in its PSR-\"E\" consumer keyboard range, has finally throw in in some real onboard effects: rotary speaker/Leslie, tremolo, auto-pan, and distortion. Also, you can now assign the onboard knobs to vary 2 parameters for whichever effect you've made active typically rate and depth.\n\nSo you can now add some real expression to organ models, by changing the rotary speed, and to electric-piano models, by playing with tremolo or auto-pan.\n\nThe best feature here actually isn't in the box: If you have an iPhone/iPad with an appropriate connector, you can download the free \"Yamaha Sound Controller\" app to expand this keyboard with virtual controls for several real-time parameters: pitch-bend, mod (vibrato), pan, attack time (think pedal steel guitar), release time (think variable sustain pedal), etc.\n\nYou can pick sets of two parameters to control at a time, via either virtual wheels or a cool X-Y touchpad (which is like a Kaossilator). And if you pick filter cutoff and resonance as your two parameters, the X-Y layout allows you to get some trippy synth and wah effects that are almost impossible to modulate with physical controllers. In all, the (underrated) app can turn these consumer PSR-E keyboards into viable performance options. The catch is that you might have to buy a Yamaha proprietary USB-to-Apple cable (which can be pricey), or hack something with a USB printer cable and Apple's Camera Connection Kit.\n\nIf you'd like lots more effects and options, also consider the Casio CTK-7200. For an extra $80 and 3 lbs., you get semi-weighted keys, several stunning onboard effects, 9 organ drawbar sliders, and slots galore to store customized sounds/FX. Its only real drawback is that its hungrier processor eats bigger batteries to go cordless, it requires 6x D cells instead of this model's 6x AA's.","Product: Cordoba is proud to introduce the latest addition to the Cordoba Mini Series: the Mini SM-CE. At first glance, the Mini SM-CE clearly stands out from other travel sized guitars, with its solid cedar top and striking spalted maple back and sides accentuated by a padauk rosette and binding. The solid cedar top provides a warm tone thats nicely complemented by the brightness of the spalted maple, resulting in an instrument that really projects its voice. For those who want to plug and play, the Cordoba Mini SM-CE features a soft cutaway and Cordoba 2Band pickup. The hallmark of Cordoba's Mini guitars is the comfortable feel and string spacing of a full size guitar. The Mini SM-CE also includes a thin U-shaped neck outlined with padauk binding, 50mm (1.96) nut width, and 510mm (20) scale length. The Mini SM-CE comes with custom Aquila strings tuned to A, and a standard E tuning string set is also available. It includes a Cordoba gig bag, making it the ideal companion for road trips, vacations, and hanging out at home.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Far from perfect, but unique, and guitarist-friendly\n\nReview: Like, love, or hate the Cordoba Mini series (or even some of all 3), they're currently in a category of their own. Ever since Yamaha's Guitalele appeared, other mfrs' 6-string uke/guitars (including Cordoba's discontinued Guilele) have matched Yamaha's 17\" (tenor-ukelele) scale. That's tight enough to really limit guitarists.\n\nThis is a different kind of mashup: It has a 20\" (baritone-uke) scale, with a neck as wide as typical steel-string acoustic or electric guitar's. So it's much more playable for guitarists (with one important caveat below, about the neck radius). But it still has a bright tone that can imitate a lute for Baroque music, or a cavaquinho for Brazilian music which are the reasons why I bought it.\n\nMy actual rating would be about 3.75 stars. Here's my very subjective list of pro's and con's writing as a mostly-electric guitarist who's barely touched a classical guitar since I learned on one many years ago:\n\nPRO'S:\n* Medium scale and wide neck guitarists can play this instantly, and use it as a travel instrument to practice standard guitar technique.\n* Bright, harplike tone can cop a lute or cavaquinho vibe.\n* Cutaway provides excellent access to all 18 frets.\n* Electronics onboard.\n* Weighs nothing.\n* Pin bridge, and upright-post tuners, like a steel-string acoustic guitar's.\n* Attractively figured spalted maple on the back/sides, if you pick out the right copy. (Each copy looks unique, and some are bookmatched.) Nice natural-wood binding, too.\n* Well-padded gig bag is included.\n* Intonation seems OK.\n* Option to use standard E tuning, with thicker strings that Cordoba has commissioned for this. (I haven't tried it.)\n\nCON'S:\n* Top \"A\" string (in stock requinto-tuned set) is noticeably thinner and quieter than the other 5. Need to replace it.\n* Fretboard has a classical guitar's concave (U-shaped) radius. Disappointing choice, given the folk-guitaroriented pin bridge and tuners. A flat or convex radius would make bar chords much easier. Worse, you basically can't thumb a chord's bass note on this neck. (While classical-guitar technique discourages that, some complex jazz chords virtually demand it Lenny Breau didn't get Segovia's memo.)\n* Some hum from the piezo pickup/preamp if you add more than minimal gain through your amp's preamp stage. (Several owners have reported this, and it really shouldn't happen with a piezo.) So if you want to gig or record with this, carrying a noise-gate pedal partly offsets the Mini's light-weight advantage.\n* Pickup controls are very limited: You get sliders for volume, bass, and treble, and an LED that indicates battery activated or low. No center detents, or midrange control, or tuner. The sliders' range of travel is short barely twice as long as their knobs. So in all, you won't be making fine adjustments onstage.\n* Solid top is either 2 or 4 pieces of cedar. On my copy, the treble bout's strip is discolored, and doesn't match the rest of the top. (Although in fairness, this copy was sold as \"blemished,\" at a nice discount. But watch out for cosmetic issues like this.)\n* No truss rod. While this nylon-stringed instrument is stable without one, it would certainly aid in adjusting the action.\n* You can not haz a CE (cutaway/electronics) version of Cordoba's spruce/rosewood Mini. That's the sweetest-sounding among their all-acoustic models.","Product: Laminated spruce top, basswood back and sides, and Fishman ION-T preamp system. The Fender FA-135CE Cutaway Concert Acoustic-Electric Guitar is built on the concert-style platform for a sleek, modern design. The laminated spruce top features X-bracing for bright, punchy tone, ideal for lead guitar. The neck is nato, and the back and sides are laminated basswood-both tone woods known for letting the mid and high frequencies sing out. Thanks to the basswood back and sides, the Fender FA-135CE Cutaway Concert Acoustic-Electric Guitar is very light, avoiding strain to your neck or back during prolonged playing. The chrome tuners offer precision tuning. The guitar also features an impressive electronics system, featuring the Fishman ION-T preamp and built-in chromatic tuner, which provides lightning-fast tuning and amplification. The preamp features a volume dial, phase and contour buttons, and a tuner power button. The FA-135CE Cutaway Concert Acoustic-Electric Guitar is fashioned with a natural gloss polyurethane finish, aged fretboard and body bindings, and a white concentric ring rosette that offers a striking contrast, and an appearance as beautiful as its sound. Case sold separately.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Nice for the price\n\nReview: Performs far better than Fender's quoted specs, which appear to be wrong. The two copies I tried were well-built, and had very playable action. Very sweet, jangly tone, with present midrange and lots of projection. (As others have noted, there's not a lot of bass, so don't expect the low E string to sound like thunder.)\n\nSounds much better plugged-in than acoustically, thanks to the Fishman electronics. The amplified tone is richer and more balanced, with more bass, complexity, and nice silky compression.\n\nAs for the unreliable specs: Every copy I've played (or have seen in Fender's video) has a 3-band EQ, not a simple contour control. The guitar's top is supposed to be spruce plywood, but I don't see any spruce (or other) grain. And the sides and back are supposed to be basswood ply, which I also don't believe: Even solid basswood sounds lifeless, and lacks resonance, on electric guitars. Whereas here, there's a lot of resonance and brightness.\n\nThe only thing missing is bass which isn't a problem for some styles, and isn't a problem at all through the piezo pickup. For the price, this is a surprisingly usable, and even giggable, guitar. No plastic binding around the fretboard, which I consider an asset more wood + less plastic = simple elegance.","Product: This Stand and Cover Package includes a 61-key Keyboard Gig Bag, a Standard Keyboard Stand and a 61 and 76 Key Stretchy Keyboard Cover.61-key Keyboard Gig Bag Outer covering is heavy-duty 440D twill nylon to lock out dirt and spills. Inside, foam padding absorbs the bumps of normal handling. Edges and handles are made of thick parachute webbing for extra strength and durability. Includes carry handle, shoulder strap, and double jumbo zippers. Holds a 43\" x 7\" x 16\" keyboard snugly.Standard Keyboard Stand The On-Stage Stands Standard Keyboard Stand is a great basic keyboard stand with solid construction and the patent-pending quikSQUEEZE adjustment system. Ideal for smaller keyboards (130 lbs. or less). Constructed from 1/2\" x 1-1/8\" tubing with adjustable height from 27\" to 38\" and adjustable width from 11\" to 31\".61/76 Key Stretchy Keyboard Cover Stretchy Lycra/Spandex, adjustable shock cord for snug fit on either 61-key or 76-key units. Keeps dust off and out of keyboard. Washable....\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Great value, decent components\n\nReview: I returned a <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Road-Runner-RK4214/dp/B000P0FXAW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Road Runner RK4214</a> gig bag to buy this package, essentially getting the keyboard stand and cover for $5 each. (The Road Runner bag by itself was $10 less at Guitar Center, where I ordered this package at Amazon's price.)\n\nThis gig bag is OK. It's not as well-padded as the Road Runner, doesn't hold its shape as readily, and doesn't fit as snugly around my Yamaha PSR-E343. Its shoulder-strap anchors and pockets also aren't as well-designed.\n\nSo why did I swap? Because unlike the Road Runner, this gig bag isn't designed to fall apart. Its two handles anchor into long web straps stitched onto either side of the zipper opening. So there's no strain on the zipper when you pick up the bag. It looks like it will last.\n\nThe stand is a nice surprise -- really surprisingly stable for a single-X stand. The feet and arms are welded (which you want), and the adjustment mechanism is a convenient squeeze clutch. It's lightweight. If the lowest notch is too high for you, you can set the stand sideways for a lower profile, and it's stable even like that. Almost worth the price of the package, by itself.\n\nThe keyboard cover seems high-quality. As promised, it stretches to fully cover my 76-key Yamaha NP-30. I can't see keys through the fabric, so it doesn't seem stretched thin.\n\nYou can obviously spend a bit more to get a better gig bag and stand. (The Stageline KS26Q is a nice clutched, double-X stand for $35.) But if you're reserving your money for your actual keyboard, you can't beat this package for value.","Product: This Stand and Cover Package includes a 61-key Keyboard Gig Bag, a Standard Keyboard Stand and a 61 and 76 Key Stretchy Keyboard Cover.61-key Keyboard Gig Bag Outer covering is heavy-duty 440D twill nylon to lock out dirt and spills. Inside, foam padding absorbs the bumps of normal handling. Edges and handles are made of thick parachute webbing for extra strength and durability. Includes carry handle, shoulder strap, and double jumbo zippers. Holds a 43\" x 7\" x 16\" keyboard snugly.Standard Keyboard Stand The On-Stage Stands Standard Keyboard Stand is a great basic keyboard stand with solid construction and the patent-pending quikSQUEEZE adjustment system. Ideal for smaller keyboards (130 lbs. or less). Constructed from 1/2\" x 1-1/8\" tubing with adjustable height from 27\" to 38\" and adjustable width from 11\" to 31\".61/76 Key Stretchy Keyboard Cover Stretchy Lycra/Spandex, adjustable shock cord for snug fit on either 61-key or 76-key units. Keeps dust off and out of keyboard. Washable....\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Great value, decent components\n\nReview: I returned a <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Road-Runner-RK4214-gig-bag/dp/B000P0FXAW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Road Runner RK4214 gig bag</a> to buy this package, essentially getting the keyboard stand and cover for $5 each. (The Road Runner bag by itself was $10 less at Guitar Center, where I ordered this package at Amazon's price.)\n\nThis gig bag is OK. It's not as well-padded as the Road Runner, doesn't hold its shape as readily, and doesn't fit as snugly around my Yamaha PSR-E343. Also, its shoulder-strap anchors and pockets aren't as well-designed.\n\nSo why did I swap? Because unlike the Road Runner, this gig bag isn't designed to fall apart. Its two handles anchor into long web straps stitched onto either side of the zipper opening. So there's no strain on the zipper when you pick up the bag. It looks like it will last.\n\nThe stand is a nice surprise -- really surprisingly stable for a single-X stand. The feet and arms are welded (which you want), and the adjustment mechanism is a convenient squeeze clutch. It's lightweight. If the lowest notch is too high for you, you can set the stand sideways for a lower profile, and it's stable even like that. Almost worth the price of the package, by itself.\n\nThe keyboard cover seems high-quality. As promised, it stretches to fully cover my 76-key Yamaha NP-30. I can't see keys through the fabric, so it doesn't seem stretched thin.\n\nYou can obviously spend a bit more to get a better gig bag and stand. (The Stageline KS26Q is a nice clutched, double-X stand for $35.) But if you're reserving your money for your actual keyboard, you can't beat this package for value.","Product: Some of the most highly-regarded guitars in history have many similarities to the affordable and popular LTD EC-256FM. Mahogany body and 3 pc. neck? Check. Rosewood fingerboard and flamed maple top? Check and check. Covered passive pickups, set-neck construction, and 22XJ frets? You get it all, without the massive price tag youd usually expect from such a well-made single-cutaway electric guitar. The EC-256FM is at home on blues, classic rock, hard rock, progressive rock, fusion, and much more.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Gorgeous LP looks, but thinner tone (and back)\n\nReview: (I've gradually revised this review upward from 3 to 4 stars, as I spend more time with the guitar. I'd currently give it 4.5 stars. Once I swap pickups, it might yet get up to 5...)\n\nIt's shaped like a Les Paul. It weighs like a Les Paul (copies run ~9 lbs.). But it's not built like a Les Paul, so don't expect it to sound like one at least not with stock pickups.\n\nPro's: All about look and feel. Any \"-FM\" (flamed maple) version is likely to have a stunningly beautiful finish. (The flame is a veneer, and each copy looks different, but they do tend to be beautiful.) The top is fully, and elegantly, arched. (This is reportedly all-mahogany guitar under the maple veneer, but it's nicely cut.) Mine is Cherry Sunburst. Note that Lemon Drop copies don't really have the golden glow shown in this ESP stock photo do an image search for some actual copies. They're more like yellow, but with very finely flamed veneers, and with juicy contrast between the yellow and the red back.\n\nThese are fantastically fun to play. ESP has basically modernized all the frumpy 1950s aspects of classic LP design: The combination of that arched top, the opposing belly cut, and the relatively thin back adds up to an especially graceful and seductive look for the guitar's bass side the side you see while you're playing. The higher ratio of arched top to flat back adds some Fender-style, fluid, aerodynamic flair. The flag-shaped pearloid inlays are elegantly done, and look much better from a playing position than from the front. They mix in a bit of PRS-style asymmetry you can almost see them as abstract birds which I find much more compelling than Gibson's/Epi's stodgy, symmetrical, trapezoid inlays. The peghead also has an asymmetrical kick, echoing both the flag shape and vintage Gibson mandolins. I normally dislike plastic binding, but here it feels nicely unified: there's consistent 1-ply creme binding all around the body, neck, and peghead.\n\nThe whole instrument seems well-made, from build quality to playabiity to finish. The back is 2 pieces of mahogany, whose grain doesn't match at all on my copy, but I don't care: I'm dazzled by the front, and I'm just happy to have a traditional two-piece back. (Current Epiphone LP's have 35 pieces of mahogany, masked by a back mahogany veneer. Many other affordable LP copies are 3-piece, including many PRS SE 245's. I firmly believe that fewer separate pieces = more resonance.) In all, you'll want to pick this up, cuddle it, and play it. A lot.\n\nNeutral: Despite packing a Les Paul's weight, this EC-256 model has a much shallower mahogany back. It actually has the dimensions of a typical PRS guitar, but with an extra pound or two onboard. So upper-fret access is a bit better than on an LP (because of the smaller heel). But I can't readily tell whether this shallower but denser mahogany could provide LP-style resonance with better pickups, because:\n\nCons: The stock pickups are disappointing. They're trying to be rock-oriented, but are relatively low-output. A/B'ed against some good LP's (I pulled a Gibson with '57 Classics, but also a cheap but good Epi Trad Pro), they somehow manage to sound both thin and congested. Especially the bridge pickup, which is too murky to really cut well. Also, the mahogany neck is 3-piece, which luthiers say creates a higher resonant frequency than classic 1-piece construction.\n\nSoundwise, what this all adds up to a is much thinner-sounding guitar than you'd expect from its LP looks. It's more in the tonal range of an SG, or a stock PRS SE. (These pickups are made by G&B, the same Korean contractor that supplies PRS SE pickups, but these aren't as well-designed.) With some amp settings, you'll get almost a Strat-like twang even in full humbucker mode.\n\nNeutral again: You might like that sound. And I can't speak to what pickups upgrades might do for this model. (I'm about to try swapping in a pair of U.S. PRS or Gibson pickups.)\n\nAnd in fairness, this definitely covers the tonal basics of a set-neck guitar: it has sharp and clear attack, and decent sustain. It just lacks the fatness and bark you'd expect from its LP shape and weight. Swapping to a higher string gauge, and to a punchier-sounding brand (like Dunlops) helps somewhat. I've also gotten the bridge pup to brighten by lowering it while raising its polepieces.\n\nPro's again: The Gotoh-style tuners feel unusually solid and confidence-inspiring. And the \"XJ\" frets aren't excessively wide. (I like vintage thin frets, but these don't feel much different from medium-jumbo to me. No difference in playability.)\n\nIn all, this is priced fairly, for a guitar that packs more of a visual punch than a tonal punch. We'll see what a pickup upgrade does for it. But if you want a stock guitar that gets closer to classic LP tone on the same budget I'd suggest a used PRS SE 245, or an Epiphone LP Traditional Pro. Or for great looks and great tone at $100200 more, look for a used Epi LP Tribute Plus (which has 57 Classics, a pretty flame-top veneer, and a full maple cap).","Product: Singing Machine STVG888W Bluetooth Digital Audio Streaming Karaoke System with Recording and Microphone\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Fatally flawed: Music tracks drown out singers\n\nReview: Packs a lot of desirable features into a lightweight package. (It's bulky and looks like R2D2, but should be easy for your grandparents/grandkids to lift by its side handles.) Unfortunately, it omits one basic and essential feature:\n\nThere's no independent volume control for conventional (non-\"multiplex\") audio inputs. There is a master volume control (which also governs the mic inputs), and there's an independent volume control for the mic inputs. But that mic volume control is basically useless: The mic preamp is so weak that we had to constantly leave it full up.\n\nSo basically, you'll struggle to hear yourself sing over conventional backing tracks. (Unless you place your mic very close to your mouth, or place an external preamp between the mic and the input jack.) One really wishes the manufacturer had focused less on all the bells and whistles, and much more on this essential.\n\nIf you're playing *only* multiplex sources (CD+G discs, or MP3+G tracks off a USB drive), this isn't an issue. In these cases, you do get to independently control the backing tracks' volume.\n\nStill, pay attention to the limitations mentioned in other reviews: You can readily get audio in via Bluetooth, but the key changer doesn't act on the Bluetooth input. You can send video out from the onboard camera, but your can't route video in the onboard video screen is there only to display +G lyrics, or to play video from the camera or its SD card. You can play CD and CD+G discs, but not DVDs. Both mics share the same mic volume control. And the 1/4\" instrument input, and 1/8\" line-in jack, also have no independent volume controls they're also governed only by the master volume.\n\nIf you want to really handle multiple singers, and balance them against each other and against a wide range of backing tracks, you need something with real mixer functions.","Product: The ChromaCast USA Flag Graphic padded gig bags feature two pockets to fit all your essential accessories. Two adjustable, padded shoulder straps make for hands free transport. Multiple handles make it easy to grab and go. Also features rubber bumpers to protect from wear & tear, and 10mm thick padding to help protect your guitar. ChromaCast is dedicated to crafting roadworthy products, and providing the best in creative design and durability. ChromaCast proves you don't have to spend a fortune for quality music gear.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Good value, but too SHORT for Fender-style guitars\n\nReview: This is my 4th ChromaCast bag. I fell in love with this brand based on roominess, good value, and clever design, after discovering that their <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/ChromaCast-CC-AJPB-BAG-Jumbo-Gig-Bag/dp/B013J6IFNK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">ChromaCast CC-AJPB-BAG Jumbo Gig Bag</a> was long enough to hold my 12-string acoustic dreadnought. Their <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/ChromaCast-CC-BPB-BAG-Electric-Bass-Guitar-Padded-Gig-Bag/dp/B00CKYVW2O/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">ChromaCast CC-BPB-BAG Electric Bass Guitar Padded Gig Bag</a> is, similarly, roomy enough to easily fit my 5-string bass (with extra space left around the large peghead).\n\nThis particular bag, however, is surprisingly short. It's about 1/2\" too short to fit my Telecaster's peghead. (I could get the bag to close by stretching its top around the peghead's tip, but that's not good for the guitar, bag, or zipper.) I actually wouldn't recommend it for any guitar with a Fender-style 6-in-a-row peghead.\n\nThis is too bad, because it has some nice features. The lower outside pocket is HUGE why aren't other gig bags designed this way? but lower-profile than the smaller/deeper compound pockets on standard ChromaCast bags. The graphics are...interesting. Like all ChromaCast bags, it's well-designed: It has serviceable backpack straps, the twin side handles are stitched to wide web straps that keep all stress off the zipper, and your guitar rests against padded fabric (not zippers) on all sides.\n\nThis does comfortably fit my ESP/Ltd Les Paul copy. It's probably fine for most solidbody electrics with 3-on-a-side pegheads. I just wish ChromaCast would redesign it to fit as generously as its other bags.\n\nAnd I still give this whole ChromaCast series a 5+ for value, 4+ for features/design, and maybe 3.5 to 4 for padding/build quality. The latter aren't robust enough for gigging musicians who have serious needs to transport valuable instruments in iffy conditions. (For that, your best bet is to look for a used PRS SE gig bag they're almost indestructible.) But these are probably the best value around in a basic bag, that's comfortable and provides ample pocket space for accessories.","Product: Take your electric acoustic playing to new levelsin volume, that is. This Screeching Halt soundhole allows you to play your electric acoustic at far greater volume, without unwanted feedback or howling. The tapered design allows for a great fit in most soundholes, while the inert material is safe for your guitars finish. Simply place the Screeching Halt into your acoustics' sound hole and enjoy a feedback-free performance.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fits a 4\" / 10 cm soundhole\n\nReview: Nice surprises: This fits my guitar's 4-inch (10 cm) soundhole snugly but with enough wiggle room that I don't worry about stressing the wood. Lightweight. Flexible. Shallow enough to easily slide in and out under the strings. Tapered, so it should fit some range of soundhole sizes.\n\nEarlier, unwelcome surprises: After measuring my soundhole at 4\"/10 cm, I'd ordered someone else's soundhole cover rated at exactly that size. With a nice decorative pattern embossed on the front. But that work at all: The inside diameter measured 10 cm, but it wouldn't fit into the soundhole, period. No taper. Stiff, Too deep for the string height. And really heavy, like a piece of tire.\n\nLesson: Don't expect these to fit to close tolerances. Order something a bit smaller than your soundhole's measured dimensions.\n\nBTW, these things do effectively mute your acoustic guitar's resonance, which accomplishes three things: (1) Suppresses feedback when your guitar is amplified through an amp or PA (its advertised purpose). (2) Allows quieter practice, when you don't want to disturb folks in adjacent rooms/apartments. (3) Reduces your guitar's acoustic volume, to help you dial in the sound that's actually coming out of the pickup and through the amp.","Product: With greatly expanded memory, the added ability to split and layer and a live focused program section, the Nord Electro 5 is a highly refined, focused, yet flexible stage keyboard. The Electro 5 Organ section features an additional Principal Pipe Organ mode as well as the C2D B3 Tone Wheel simulation and the highly acclaimed Rotary Speaker simulation of a vintage 122 unit from the award winning Nord C2D Combo Organ. The Farfisa and Vox organ models are just as impressive as the B3, simulating the behavior and unique response of the original instruments. Both the Electro 5D 61/5D 73 feature physical Drawbars and can accommodate the Nord Half-Moon switch with stop/slow/fast modes (sold separately). The new Electro 5 series features 1GB of Piano Sample memory, allowing you to bring even more of Nord's unique sampled acoustic and electric pianos on stage. The subtle but effective Sympathetic String Resonance technology is implemented in the Electro 5, delivering an unprecedented degree of realism to your performance when using the Grand or Upright pianos. The Electro 5 features a dedicated Sample Synth section with expanded memory for the Nord Sample Library (256 MB) and additional controls for attack, decay/release and dynamics (filter/velocity). The included Nord Sample Editor makes it possible to add any sound you want to your Electro 5. The Nord Electro 5 Effect section features great, tweak able effects for instantly adding some dirt, glimmer or atmosphere to your sound, plus all effects are now in Stereo. The Amp/Speaker simulation features the same Vintage 122 Rotary Speaker simulations as found in the Nord C2D. There's also a flexible Stereo Delay effect with Tap-Tempo and Ping-Pong mode. The Nord Electro 5 has two sound slots that can be combined in a layer or split over the keyboard. Each of the sound slots can have specific effects, Control Pedal and/or Sustain Pedal assigned to them. The split function includes 6 split points, indicated with LED lights.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great, complex electric-keyboard modeling in one portable box\n\nReview: Looking for a portable stage piano/organ that handles both sides well, with many other good keyboard sounds onboard? Try to play one of these. It's got great organ models, with 9 physical drawbars and convincing Leslie modeling. But its electric-piano and Clavinet models are also stunning: many of them are triple-strike, with luscious depth and complexity. There are also multiple, well-rendered FX engines which you can use simultaneously, and can vary in real time with dedicated knobs/sliders.\n\nDownsides? There are some limits on splits and layering. There's no pitch-bend or mod wheel for the synth models. And the array of hardware controls looks like an airplane dashboard. Still, I could figure out to call up and tweak lots of presets within a few minutes, without looking at the manual.\n\nYou can find used copies at around 2x the price of a Roland VR-09 V-Combo (which is rigid and lacks multi-strike models), or around 3x the price of a Casio XW-P1 (which I own and like but it has only one FX row, and you need to build your own multi-strike patches). The Nord 5D 61's weight is competitive with those two.\n\nIf I were a gigging keyboardist, I'd consider saving up and stretching for this. Or for the similar Hammond SK1 61, which has a different/overlapping feature set, more menu-diving, fewer physical controls, and a slightly lower cost.","Product: Ever stared in wonder at one of those huge old analog synths and thought, I wish my guitar could do that? If having one of those sitting on stage with you, or even altering your favorite axe to get a decent replication of those sounds is way more than you're willing to commit to, you're in luck. Boss has come to your rescue with the SY-300 analog-style electric guitar synthesizer. And you can access all of the high-quality power of those heavy-hitting synths through your standard 1/4\" instrument cable. Add sonic exploration to your signature sounds with the SY-300.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great tracking (and possibilities) using standard guitar pickups\n\nReview: Tried this out using a Fender (MIM) Standard Strat. Tracking was excellent on all pickup selections -- slight tonal differences among neck versus bridge versus intermediate positions, but all tracked equally well. Almost no artifacts, except a slight pitch wobble on some extreme pitch transpositions. Most patches faithfully follow your articulation, so you can (for example) use finger vibrato to add expression.\n\nOf the 70 factory presets, 65 did little for me -- they're the usual over-effected patches that manufacturers foreground to lure mouth-frothing tweakers. But the other 5 had exactly what I wanted: Nice vintage Pat Metheny synth tones, organ and flute simulations, bell-like sine waveform, and chewy inverted-triangle waveform.\n\nMore importantly, playing with the Blender function immediately made it clear that you can build many, many other fine patches of your own, including some tripped-out sitar sounds. And this was simply using the Blender on random -- I wasn't even borrowing specific items from specific other patches, let alone deliberately editing the 3 oscillators' settings at all. (I was doing all this without looking at the manual.)\n\nYou start random Blender iterations by punching a dial, and then punch the same dial to stop them when you hear something you like. You can then turn the dial backwards to up to 100 iterations you skipped over. Also, I can tell that many of the over-the-top factory patches would readily get usable if you just edited the patches to dial out (or dial down) excesses like auto-harmonies, amped-up delays, etc. (Several presets add an octave-down harmony only when you play pitches below a certain cut-off point -- an annoying inconsistency that I'd dial out pretty fast.)\n\nThe size and weight are quite reasonable (comparable to a DigiTech RP 355, or a Zoom G3, multi-FX pedal). The external AC adaptor is nicely lightweight.\n\nThe four footswitches are well-designed for stage use: The left switch is labeled \"On/Off,\" which really means synth+FX in versus transparent bypass. (Or you can reassign it to bypass only the oscillators, leaving the pedal's FX rows applied to your guitar's native tone.) The \"Ctl 2/3\" switches are factory-assigned to patch down/patch up, but you can arbitrarily assign them different functions. (And you can punch both at once for a tuner function, to which you can assign either mute or transparent bypass.)\n\nWhat impressed me is how the fourth \"Ctl 1\" switch remains free for several expression functions per patch. The factory presets use it to punch effects in/out (sustain, auto-harmonies, chorus, etc.), or to shift the overall pitch by a predefined interval. And those shifts had a smooth-enough portamento that I think you could get away without adding an external expression pedal.\n\nBetter still, you can assign up to six functions to each \"Ctl\" switch. So even if you leave only one footswitch available for modulating your patch, this compact box still gives you a lot of control.","Product: Pedal train's first three-rail pedal board system, perfect for players who need a portable, grab-and-go-solution\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Solid choice for small pedal rigs\n\nReview: If you're considering this, you're presumably looking for a lightweight, ultra-portable pedalboard. The aluminum pedalboard itself is surprisingly light. But it seems sturdily welded, and its feet provide enough clearance to zip-tie a slim AC adaptor (One Spot, Snark, etc.) underneath.\n\nThe gig bag is surprisingly heavy (about 3x the board's weight), because it's lavishly padded all around. If this dropped on any surface, I'd expect my pedals to survive intact. It's also quite tall, at 3\". At least one magazine review faulted Pedaltrain gig bags for not providing an outside pocket to hold cables and accessories -- but there's actually lots of interior space for case candy on top of your pedals.\n\nThe real constraint is Pedaltrain's odd decision to hold this board's depth to just 8\" (and the gig bag's depth to 8.75\"), as opposed to 10\", or the 12\" depth of some earlier Pedaltrain 24\" boards. This Metro 24 is specifically designed to hold a single row of pedals side-by-side, and there's no wiggle room to cheat in a second row.\n\nAlso, some larger multi-FX pedals might not quite fit here. E.g., my DigiTech RP 350 turns out to be 8.5\" deep. The pedal itself fits the board OK, with a slight overhang. But once the RP 350 has right-angle 1/4\" connectors plugged into its back, it's 9\" deep, which stresses the bag.\n\nThis is why I've personally ended up with a Diago Commuter (UK brand little-known in the U.S.). Neither that board nor its gig bag are nearly as sturdy, but its 19\" x 10\" dimensions give me more flexibility to load more pedals -- plus I save a couple of pounds. Whereas, if I knew I'd be using only one row of compact (Boss-style stompboxes), I would have chosen this Pedaltrain for its tougher build quality.","Product: Hamilton Beach Grooved Panini PressGreat press to grill up your favorite sandwiches of any thickness. The non stick grids makes removing the food simple and easy.Model #: 25450 Non stick grids Upright storage design Floating lid with lock 120 volts 3 wire cord 2 year warranty Grid: 8-1/2\" x 12\" Height: 4\" Width: 11-1/2\" Length: 13-1/2\" Shipping weight: 8.85 lbs 104173\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Nicely priced, multi-use grill\n\nReview: Excellent value because it's not just a panini press -- you can also use it as a contact grill for vegetables, burgers, etc. You do this by using a set screw to lock the upper plate at the height you want. Bingo: buy one appliance rather than two.\n\nThe upper plate has about 3\" to 4\" of travel, so you can press fairly thick sandwiches. The size is nicely compact, with the overall dimensions not much bigger than the heating plates.\n\nThe plates have very fine ribbing, so you can't use this grill to fry eggs or pancakes. If you want those options, consider the Breville SG620XL panini press/grill (which has flat plates that lock into 6 positions), or the smaller Hamilton Beach 25219 Contact Grill.","Product: The Capresso ultimate Pro features a Self-tamping Porta filter and programmable cup sizes as well as a powerful Mike frothier so you can easily brew delicious espresso and cappuccino at home.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Automates almost everything short of drinking the coffee\n\nReview: [Revising this review after 2-1/2 months' daily use.] So far, my Capresso is holding up fine, and I remain amazed at how much this modestly priced machine automates for you:\n\n(1) It's self-stopping. But you can override that (just hit a button) to stop the pump early. Also, you can easily touch-reprogram the machine to stop at whatever water volume you consider to be a tasty single shot and double shot. (Two separate settings.)\n\n(2) It's self-tamping. I didn't even know that was even a thing. But it is, it's clever, and it works. The brew head above the portafilter is disc-shaped, so it tamps down the coffee when you lock in the portafilter.\n\n(3) It's self-draining. A few seconds after the pump shuts off, a solenoid draws excess water out of the portafilter. So the grounds come out relatively dry, making them easy to dump out with minimal mess.\n\n(4) It turns off its front-panel LED's after several minutes of inactivity, to save energy. But press any button and they all snap back on. Also, the whole machine shuts down after 2030 minutes of inactivity. But from even a cold shutdown (like overnight), it takes less than a minute to heat back up to brewing temperature.\n\nThese features used to cost hundreds of dollars. But apparently, parent company Jura let technology from its fancy, $1,000+ automated Swiss machines trickle down (sorry) into this price range. I actually bought this Capresso refurbished for just $6 more than I paid for my little starter DeLonghi espresso machine 15 years ago.\n\nAnd the very first double shot I pulled on this Capresso had more crema than any cup I've extracted in 15 years of wrestling with pump machines from lessrecognized brands. I'm amazed and pleased at the the apparent quality and value here.\n\nOne other interesting thing: This is hoseless. Water gets sucked from the tank into the pump by some mysterious process involving magic. Still haven't figured out how that works.\n\nSo...we'll see how it holds up. Two tips for avoiding/resolving trouble:\n\n* If your espresso tastes weak or watery, keep reprogramming the machine to pull progressively shorter (more-\"ristretto\") shots. This machine generates so much crema that watching the stream of coffee out of the portafilter can fool you about when your shot has begun turning weak. Since I'm used to machines with less-effective pumps, it took me weeks to realize this: What still looked like a dark-amber stream had actually become the weak, yellowy stuff you don't want in your cup. I've just resolved the shot time, and now I'm getting nice, rich, bitter/sweet espresso.\n\n* If the machine is struggling to pump even a slow trickle of water through its portafilter: STOP!, abandon this shot, and switch to a coarser coffee grind. You can destroy almost any espresso machine (over time) by blocking the portafilter with an excessively fine grind. If the pump's pressure can't escape through its intended route namely, into your cup it will escape through the next-weakest points, by weakening and destroying the machine's internal seals. Any decently-made machine will give you tolerance for a certain number of errors while you adjust your grind...but don't push it.","Product: The Hosa IRG100 series patch cableis designed to interconnect electric guitar pedal effects. Low-profile, right-angle plugs allow close spacing of pedal effects on pedal boards.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect for when 6\" is just enough\n\nReview: These are ideal for tight pedalboards. The slim \"pancake\" connectors allow for closer pedal spacing than anything else I've tried even closer than with straight-through spindle connectors, surprisingly.\n\nThe wire itself is slender, which saves you more space. It's also much easier to twist into odd shapes than thicker, tweed-covered patch cables.\n\nI've happily used these to chain Electro-Harmonix, Boss, Zoom, and DigiTech pedals. I've had no issues with tone loss, hum, durability, shorts, or anything else. They're also literally lightweight, and low-cost.\n\nBut they're literally 6\", from male conductor to male conductor. Some patch cables sold as 6\" are more like 8\" by that measure because their 6\" is measured between the inside edges of their long L connectors. Planet Waves 6\" patch cables are actually 9\".\n\nSometimes, 6\" is just 6\". Hosa's philosophy is that you don't need to be boastful, size doesn't really matter, and 6\" is just fine when you need to squeeze into a tight space.\n\nSo they're best for connecting adjacent pedals whose jacks are side-to-side or top-to-top. For longer cable runs, you'll probably want something else.","Product: The stylish HB202S Stereo Line silver head buds by Maxell offer extended hours of comfort while you're listening to your favorite music. The memory head band snuggly fits to your head with soft silicone tips that ensure your ears will enjoy the upmost comfort without any chaffing or irritation. Move about freely with the flexible 4-foot cable made from soft touch rubber. The HB202S feature Maxell's advanced sound quality with clear playback and deep bass performance. Not only do these headphones sound great but they look great too with the sleek silver design. You're guaranteed to look stylish whenever you use them whether at the gym, school or home.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Good value and getting scarce\n\nReview: I love these. And if you like this vertical design, I recommend buying a few while you still can. (The design has yielded favor to hip-hop styles and earbuds, so Maxell seems to be discontinuing this model. It's disappeared from all the drugstores where I used to see it.)\n\nFace it: no mfr.'s compact headphones/earbuds last very long under normal use. A cord gets tugged once too many, you permanently lose one channel or the other, and then you can't access the connections to re-solder them.\n\nAt least with these Maxell's, you minimize your upfront investment. They're comfortable and sound almost as good as the corresponding Sony models, but they cost only 1/2 or 1/3 the price. Maxell's cord is also a foot longer than Sony's (4' instead of 3'), which makes a surprising difference in convenience if you're plugging them into a laptop or into desktop computer speakers.","Product: CLOSED, DYNAMIC DESIGN POWER HANDLING: 100 MW IN-THE-EAR DESIGN HIGH-ENERGY NEODYMIUM MAGNET GOLD-PLATED L-TYPE STEREO MINI PLUG 9MM, DOME TYPE DRIVER FREQ RESP: 5 HZ 23,000 HZ IMP: 16_ 1 KHZ SENSITIVITY: 100 DB MW CORD LENGTH: 1.2 M WEIGHT: .11 OZ WITHOUT CORD BLACK\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Here's the alternative I switched to\n\nReview: Try the <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Sony-MDREX86LP/dp/B0046ZSWX2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\">Sony MDREX86LP</a> instead. They cost only a bit more, but have bigger magnets. So their frequency response is more balanced, with much richer bass.\n\nThe 86's have very low gain -- like these, and apparently like all earbuds with these directly-in-your-ear-canal design. They have no inline volume control (which isn't that useful anyway). And they have an oddly lopsided cord design -- see the MDREX86LP drawing/photo.\n\nBut they sound great. My electric guitar had been sounding disappointingly muddy when played through a Boss compact recorder, via low-cost Sony earbuds. When I swapped in the 86's, I finally heard the bright, balanced response I'd originally expected from good Alnico V pickups through a good amp model.\n\nThese 58's are plenty bright, but their low end is pretty feeble. Low gain + high-frequency bias = a recipe for frizzy.","Product: A short beep on this handlebar-mounted buzzer bell lets pedestrians and other riders know that you're passing, with classic Avenir style and quality you can depend on\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Loud, satisfying, & durable. Not perfect - just the best available\n\nReview: My 1st Avenir horn lasted 15+ years; just bought 2 replacements here. Best bike horn I've found: Loud, featherweight, self-contained (so no wires to fuss with), and uninteresting to thieves.\n\nCandidly, this will get the attention of clueless jaywalkers and motorists. Aggressive motorists get annoyed at me for having a loud horn and exposing them, and swear at me. Which is immensely satisfying.\n\nBuzzing a moronic lawbreaker who's just nearly killed me dissipates the whole encounter's tension, so I don't carry it around. It's like Zen chicken-soup therapy for the urban cyclist. Gentler souls can just briefly tap the trigger, to get a \"Zip!\" sound that's still audible but less annoying.\n\nMyth/fact #1: The mounting clip's inside diameter is ~1 inch. Measure your handlebars before ordering. On my tapered handlebars, this fits toward the outside (near the hand grips), where I need it. It wouldn't fit onto the thick center.\n\nMyth/fact #2: Any reviewer who mentions AAA batteries didn't buy this. They bought a Chinese knock-off (as have I). Those are cheaply made and mostly duds. This works.\n\nIt takes one 12V, \"21/23\"-size battery (e.g., Duracell #MN21B2). It's an odd camera battery, like a 1/2-length AAA. Replacements are ~$2 each at drug or hardware stores. A battery lasts for weeks. The only downside is that you can't find rechargeables.\n\nAn ideal horn would be even louder, take standard rechargeable batteries, and fit thicker handlebars. You can find those -- but they're heavy, snake wires to a separate battery pack, and look interesting to thieves. This isn't ideal, just the best available. Ride friendly.","Product: Good girl Mary (Jena Malone) and her best friend Hilary Faye (Mandy Moore) are at the top of the food chain at American Eagle Christian High School. But all that is about to change in this \"subversively funny\" (USA Today) teen comedy about hype, hypocrisy and high school. Also starring Macaulay Culkin and Patrick Fugit, Saved! is \"a boldly hilarious satire\" (Rolling Stone)!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Satisfying dramedy, with model music scoring\n\nReview: Very enjoyable send-up of hypocrisy. And, as in all the best teen/high-school movies, a walloping vindication of the outsider/nonconformist kids who are brave enough maintain their integrity.\n\nStellar performance by Macauley Culkin, with very strong performances by Martin Donovan (unshackled from his Hal Hartley roles), Mary-Louise Parker, and several young actors you might never have heard of.\n\nSaved! is also a superb model of how to elegantly integrate existing music into a feature film. My fine screenwriting professor gave us the firm edict, \"You can get away with a maximum one musical montage per film.\" And virtually very Hollywood film that breaks that rule falls flat - trying to shoehorn in irrelevant songs by \"name\" artists. Most Hollywood directors/editors can't get even one musical montage right.\n\nThis indie includes at least a dozen montages, all set to obscure indie rock music, with no name-checking or pay-to-play. Every montage felt natural, tweaked the pace beautifully, and moved the movie forward. Watch and learn, Directors of Tomorrow!","Product: HEIST: Who Stole the American Dream? is a feature documentary which investigates the roots of the current economic crisis, and the ongoing assault on working people in the United States. It tells the hidden story of the systemic, multifaceted corporate attack on the middle class that, starting in the 1970s, transformed America's well-regulated economy into a battlefield littered with foreclosed homes, runaway jobs, and broken dreams. The American economy has been eviscerated due to four decades of deregulation, the outsourcing of forty-million manufacturing jobs, and self-serving tax policies that have created a new class of robber barons. Today's news blames Americans' devastated 401(k)'s and collapsed home values on financial earthquakes within the last two years. But HEIST traces these seismic shifts back to their roots in the early 1970s. It shows how large corporations - acting through lobbying organizations like the Business Roundtable and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - began a political mobilization that would propel the largest transfer of wealth in history. The winners were the wealthiest 1% of our population. The losers were ordinary Americans, whose real income has barely increased since 1973.\nHEIST exposes the full story: how corporate leaders worked with elected officials of both major political parties to create the largest transfer of wealth in history, looting the economy to create a gap between rich and poor previously seen only in impoverished colonial nations. It reveals the impact of the infamous Powell memo of 1971, which was a call to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for American business to defend its interests against criticisms of unregulated capitalism.\n\n'HEIST'...\"has the virtue of taking the long view of a crisis that recent films like Inside Job and Too Big to Fail have only sketchily explored. It makes a strong case that government regulation of business is essential for democracy to flourish.\"\nStephen Holden, New York Times\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Who sabotaged the U.S. economy?\n\nReview: I played my copy over and over again looking for the \"socialists\" denounced by a couple of aggrieved reviewers here. But I couldn't find any.\n\nSo I tried playing it backwards, then at 1/2 speed, and then sped up. Nope. Still no socialists.\n\nLooked under the bed. No socialists there.\n\nIn the movie, I found only smart, articulate people -- including a couple of U.S. senators, with overwhelming support in their home states -- explaining how U.S. capitalism has sabotaged itself. So that it now fails its own rules and ideals, and has failed about 99% of us for the past 40 years with stagnant income and decreased security.\n\nI suspect the angry socialaphobes are angry only because they missed their chance to rent this movie before Amazon raised 3-day rental fees by $1.\n\nWhich angers me, too. See? Capitalism without effective competition doesn't work. You just get corporate socialism. Anyway, rent the movie. It's enlightening and worth watching.","Product: The large 5.5 touchscreen makes it even easier to read. The 5.0 megapixel camera has easy-to-use photo sharing. A simple menu organized in a single list with large icons makes it easy to navigate. To take advantage of the easy-to-use features on the Jitterbug Smart, activate with GreatCall by phone or via the Greatcall website. A built-in camera with flash lets you take high-quality photos and videos of family, friends and vacations. And our Unlimited Plan allows you to share them via text, email or social media without incurring additional monthly charges.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great basic phone at a great basic price\n\nReview: This does very little of what smartphones do, but everything our iPhones won't: It provides great call quality, plus a Blackberry-style physical keyboard that lets you type text messages quickly and accurately.\n\nIt costs ~$7/month (or less) to keep active. From that, between the triple-minutes feature and Tracfone bonus codes (which you can find on online forums), you pay about $.07/minute for calls and $.02 per text. You have no contract, strings, usage taxes, roaming charges within the U.S., or surcharges for international calls.\n\nThis fits silicone cases designed for the iPhone 4. (You can find those cases at dollar stores.) If the purchase price here isn't low enough, you can buy a refurbished phone from Tracfone's eBay storefront for ~$10 shipped.\n\nTracfone seems scrupulously honest. You must add airtime at least once every 90 days to keep the phone active, but your paid time doesn't expire. Even if you have minutes stranded on an inactive phone, you'll recover that credit when you add new airtime to reactivate the phone. Tracfone also makes it easy transfer your credit if you want to switch to one of their other phones. Enjoy!","Product: R. E. M. COLLAPSE INTO NOW\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Talk About the Passion, Pretend\n\nReview: Only this much is objective: Either you like the ironic, Beatles-y, highly produced, world-weary tone that steadily colonized R.E.M.'s recordings after Document, or you don't.\n\nMe, not so much. So I was pleased by 2008's Accelerate, and delighted by 2009's Live at the Olympia, for resurrecting the energy, conviction, and pure singability of the band's early, Byrds-influenced garageterpieces.\n\nHere on Collapse, the Viagra is starting to wear off. Sure, the energy is still here, as is producer Jacknife Lee. But irony and uninspired overproduction are starting to ooze back in.\n\nThe disc has a few irresistible tunes. (To my ear: \"That Someone Is You,\" \"Berlin,\" \"Me, Marlon Brando...,\" and \"Blue.\") A few other songs start out infectious, but then deliberately distance you with calculatedly angular arpeggios or chord progressions.\n\nThen there's filler in which wily Michael Stipe seems to be proudly proclaiming utter lack of inspiration -- usually with plenty of studio tricks larded on.\n\nSeveral songs play like paint-by-numbers reworkings of earlier R.E.M. tunes. \"Berlin\" owes a big debt to \"Losing My Religion,\" but in a good way -- it's a beautiful song, nicely produced in a completely different vein.\n\n\"Oh My Heart\" recalls \"Houston,\" but in a smirking, calculated way. \"Every Day Is Yours To Win\"...well, if anyone wanted a reprise of \"Nightswimming,\" here you go.\n\nI streamed the whole CD a few times during NPR's preview window. Then finally bought it, for the few songs I like (see above). A couple are fine anthems that will stand with this great band's best work. I just wish the rebooted R.E.M. could sustain such inspiration and conviction more consistently. Early fans beware, they're losing their religion again."],"string":"[\n \"Product: The Squier Standard Stratocaster plays great, with traditional vibe and modern feel. Player-friendly features like the slimmer neck and 22-fret rosewood fingerboard make for easier playing, and the die-cast tuners are lifetime-lubricated for years of trouble-free service and tuning stability. A twin-pivot bridge with satin-anodized saddles provides smooth tremolo action, and the single-coil alnico pickups sound great!\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Other Strats offer similar bling, with better ring\\n\\nReview: My copy arrived beautifully veneered, with no setup or build-quality flaws. But it doesn't sound like much. There's too little resonance, and too little bass.\\n\\nUnder the pretty veneer, the body is agathis -- generally regarded as a low-grade tonewood. The fact that agathis Squier Standards feel at least a pound lighter than classic alder Strats should immediately indicate how much tone you're forfeiting.\\n\\nif you want a Strat that sounds as pretty as it looks, I'd recommend one of two alternatives. One is to find a Squier Standard Strat in Cherry Sunburst. That Cherryburst color (only) will get you a 3-piece alder body -- the same construction as U.S.-built Strats.\\n\\nYou won't get a flame-maple veneer, but the Cherryburst finish reveals pretty alder grain. And the tone is fantastic. My Cherryburst Squier Standard already sounded great with its stock pickups (same as on this model -- they're actually very good alnico pups).\\n\\nWith upgraded (but inexpensive) pickups, it now sounds better than my Mexican Strat -- which is itself upgraded with American Standard Strat pickups. That one color offers the best Strat value currently sold.\\n\\nThe other is to spring for a Fender-branded, Mexican-made (MIM), \\\"Plus Top\\\" Standard or Deluxe Strat. That will get you a nice flame-maple veneer (like you see here), but over a decent alder body. You'll also get a smoother neck, and a classic small peghead, plus the option of a classic maple fretboard.\\n\\nMost MIM Strats come with harsh-sounding ceramic pickups. So look on Amazon for a prewired pickguard that includes \\\"Diesel\\\" pickups. They're great-sounding alnico pups, and the whole pickguard will cost you <= $34 shipped. Solder it on, and you'll have a great combination.\\n\\nThis Squier FMT Standard...looks great hanging on a wall. I've upgraded the pups (to Diesel humbuckers), and am about to try a higher string gauge. But I'm not convinced any enhanced electronics or strings will make this sound like Leo Fender's classic alder or ash formulas.\",\n \"Product: George L's Effects Kit Black Cable, Jackets & Nickle Right Angle Plugs\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Use other buying options for long runs\\n\\nReview: Without getting into Amazon's price for this, vs. lower prices you might find from other sellers and platforms (which are frightening enough): This kit is obviously cost-effective only if you want to cut multiple, short patch cables.\\n\\nGeorge L's specialized connectors go for $67 each, and his cable retails for ~$2/foot. So, for 10 connectors and 10' of cable, this does price out.\\n\\nBut if you simply want a 10' George L's instrument cable, go to a local music store (or online vendor) that will sell you that 10' run, plus 2 connectors. The little plastic caps are optional, at $1.25 each. Total cost should be $3035.\\n\\nSome stores will even assemble the cable for you, at no charge. Otherwise, instructions online are relatively easy to follow. (George L's are OK, but forum posters have better advice like fingernail-stripping the little dot of ground wire that the connector's cap scores inconsistently.) My local store didn't offer assembly, but does sell the cable at just $1.50/foot.\\n\\nGeorge L's cable is renowned for being tonally transparent. And the .155 components are very skinny and lightweight but reputedly strong: In a Guitar Player mag roundup that you can find online, this brand survived crush-testing better than anything else they tested.\\n\\nSo you get tonally faithful cables that are lighter to carry, while taking up less room in your gig bag. With compact, lightweight connectors that don't swivel or tug on your instrument like heavier right-angle connectors do, and are less likely to mar your axe's finish when they inevitably whack it. And if a cable breaks within a couple feet of its end, you can cut and reconnect what's left in a few minutes, with no soldering needed.\\n\\nThat's why these cost a premium over standard pre-soldered cables. Lots of pluses here. But DIY and save yourself some $.\",\n \"Product: The all-new Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Special SS (short scale) puts classic Fender looks into a distinctively harp-looking, great-sounding and super-versatile Squier bass model. Features include a sleek offset-waist body and an ultra-slim fast-action 30 scale neck, with the added one-two punch of a booming split single-coil Precision Bass middle pickup paired with a growling Jazz Bass single-coil bridge pickup. More than just a student model, this bass is perfect for players who will appreciate the comfort of a short-scale instrument. Superior tone, smooth playability, great comfort and fantastic value.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Wide range of tones at a narrow price\\n\\nReview: See reviews for the 4-string version: That version has 10 times as many reviews, and the 5-string version has the same electronics, 34\\\" neck scale, and basic sound.\\n\\nThe bad news is that this 5-stringer seems to be discontinued as of mid-2017. It's been pulled from Squier's website, and many online stores are showing no inventory (although some promise a restock date).\\n\\nWhat's different about the 5-string version? It's not a light bass, but the active boost circuit helps it sound as heavy as it feels. The neck is quite wide, but I've read that Squier is using the same neck dimensions on all 5-string basses, in which case even a Squier Jazz Bass would give you comparable width. The bass is definitely neck-heavy, but you could alleviate this by how you sling your strap (or by drilling a second strap button on the tail side, higher up on the bass bout).\\n\\nMy copy got a nice factory setup in Indonesia: low action, with no discernible buzzes (at least through the amp). The string-tree bar extends across only the EG strings, but the low B string still sounds nicely tight and well-defined, even on 34\\\" scale. The 5-stringer doesn't quite have the 4-string version's visual balance or slender stiletto looks (and let's acknowledge that this body shape is a looker). But that's the price you pay for the extended range here.\\n\\nThe 4-string counterpart seems popular enough that it's sticking around. But this 5-string version might soon get scarce.\",\n \"Product: The all-new Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Special SS (short scale) puts classic Fender looks into a distinctively harp-looking, great-sounding and super-versatile Squier bass model. Features include a sleek offset-waist body and an ultra-slim fast-action 30 scale neck, with the added one-two punch of a booming split single-coil Precision Bass middle pickup paired with a growling Jazz Bass single-coil bridge pickup. More than just a student model, this bass is perfect for players who will appreciate the comfort of a short-scale instrument. Superior tone, smooth playability, great comfort and fantastic value.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Wide range of good tones at a narrow price\\n\\nReview: The 34 copies I've played (including the 5-string version I bought) have sounded ridiculously good, especially for their body construction (agathis on transparent finishes, or basswood on solid colors) and price.\\n\\nSquier has released at least 3 other \\\"Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass\\\" models (all-passive P/J, all-passive short-scale, and all-active humbucker), so note carefully the semi-active configuration of this particular version. It's a passive circuit feeding into an active circuit. You get passive P and J pickups, independent passive volume pots, passive treble roll-off, and active bass boost.\\n\\nWorking with those 4 knobs, you can get a wide range of tones. The J bridge pickup can cop classic Jazz Bass sounds (bright metallic to muted bassoon-like). The P neck pickup can get very fat, while still sounding open not monolithic. With treble rolled fully off and active bass full up, you can get tones strikingly like an upright bass. (The bass-boost circuit is very effective, so these combined settings suppress most of the transients that convey fretted attack.)\\n\\nUnlike a fully active bass, though, this has no bass cut and no active treble boost. So rolling up the bass-boost knob increases the volume significantly. Also, the stock volume pots have rather steep taper. The upshot is: When playing this live, you'd probably want to peg the bass boost somewhere comfortable, then carefully ride the other pots, as your safest way to darken or brighten your tone at constant volume.\\n\\nTreat it like a passive instrument on active-bass steroids. Also, without a battery, you'll get no tone (because the passive and active circuits are in series). So invest a buck in that spare 9V battery and unplug your cable from the bass when you're not playing.\\n\\nAgathis is normally a very lightweight wood, but these Jags feel as hefty as alder-bodied Fender P or Jazz basses of the same size. And while agathis certainly isn't a classic tonewood, it has an open timbre that can work well for basses. This model's bass-boost circuit seems to get it well within the range of resonance and punch that you'd expect from a more-expensive alder instrument.\\n\\nWhatever the secret sauce, these are good-sounding, versatile, and fun basses with a distinctively scrappy look. (And here, you get that streamlined body shape free of the chrome sports-car bling of Fender's typical Jaguar basses and guitars.)\\n\\nMy only real disappointment is the vintage 20-fret board I'd be 10% happier with 22 frets, and 20% happier with 24 frets. So I bought the 5-string version (apparently discontinued as of 2017) to get more range.\",\n \"Product: The Hofner Shorty Electric Travel Guitar was first produced back in the 1980s and Hofner continue to offer this compact travel guitar for those guitarists who can't bear to be without a guitar even when on holiday! The Hofner Shorty offers full scale length combined with such small overall dimensions that it can be taken anywhere. Comes loaded with a great-sounding Hofner Open Humbucker. Includes a Hofner gig bag.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Practical, affordable travel/practice guitar\\n\\nReview: At least as practical and affordable as any other mini-guitar for travel or practice. The neck is full Fender 25.5\\\" scale, so you're practicing standard guitar technique. The neck also has a pleasantly smooth satin finish, and 24 frets goodies that can be hard to find on full-size guitars.\\n\\nThe minimal body actually delivers surprisingly usable sound for a few square inches of basswood. It's very lightweight. If you balance the body's waist on your left thigh (pretend you're a classical guitarist), you can offset the guitar's inherent neck-heaviness, and can hold it fairly steady.\\n\\nThere are two tonal weaknesses both rooted in the pickup, and one fixable:\\n\\n(1) The stock pickup is wimpy, contributing to the tinny sound that other reviewers complain about. This you can fix, by swapping in a higher-output bridge pickup. I installed a beefy Godin ceramic humbucker that I had lying around, and my Shorty now twangs like a real guitar. In an extreme pinch, you could play a gig with this. (At least a bar gig, at least for heavy drinkers, at least for some styles.)\\n\\n(2) The single pickup rout is (indeed) in the bridge position. So for most jazz players, the sound will never be right. But you can still use this for practice.\\n\\nThe gig bag (not shown here) is a slim trapezoid, tapered to the guitar's shape, with a shoulder strap. It has room for a surprising amount of case candy: Its side pocket can hold a cable and tuner; and you can even cheat some sheet music into the main compartment, behind the guitar. The bag's only downside is that it makes it look like you're carrying a short rifle. But you can point to the \\\"Hofner\\\" logo printed on the side to prove that you're nonviolent.\",\n \"Product: Here's an awesome chromatic clip-on tuner that's perfect for any instrument. The Snark SN-8 isn't just great for guitar and bass, you can clip it to just about anything for super-tight and extremely fast tuning. In fact, it's not just fast and accurate, the SN-8 is by far one of the easiest clip-on tuners to read out there. Its freakishly bright display lets you instantly check your tuning, both in dim clubs and out in direct sunlight. What's more, the SN-8's swiveling display rotates a full 360 degrees, so its great for left-handed guitars too.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Goldilocks (just right) tuner\\n\\nReview: This has turned out to be my Goldilocks headstock tuner. Snark evidently listens to its customers: Compared to my red Snark -- which has such a precise display that it's too slow for practical tuning, particularly on my semihollow electric -- this one is perfectly usable.\\n\\nIt simplifies frequencies to a few bands, and quickly responds and locks in to show accurate tuning. So it's fast enough for practical stage or rehearsal use.\\n\\nThe clamp seems gentle, and soft, enough to leave on your instrument for several hours without worry.\\n\\nMy true dream tuner? Exactly this behavior, in a tiny, zero-pressure ratchet design -- like the D'Addario NS Micro -- that you can leave on your headstock permanently. With an audible metronome option, like the Aroma AMT 530's.\\n\\nSnark does offer a smaller tuner, but that model's clamp/spring is very high-pressure. This is the best overall option I've found so far. And hey, maybe Snark is still listening to my wish list above.\",\n \"Product: When you need powerful yet portable keyboard control, the IK Multimedia iRig Keys 37-key USB/MIDI controller is ready to perform. Its got all the goods to play your apps and virtual instruments expressively, like velocity-sensitive keys, pitch bend and mod wheels, and an input for an optional expression pedal or sustain pedal. Its ready to be used with your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch, but of course its a great controller for your desktop or laptop too. And since it comes with some free software instruments from IK Multimedia, youll be making music in no time with the IK Multimedia iRig Keys 37-key USB/MIDI controller!\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Too Toyetic - try Line 6 Mobile Keys 49\\n\\nReview: I wanted to like this, but ultimately couldn't take it seriously. It's very compact and light, but at the expense of usability.\\n\\nWhen I first tried it out, I max'ed out its volume knob to get audible GarageBand piano tone out of my iPhone 4's speakers. That somehow crashed the phone, doorstopping it for the next 15 minutes. I've never seen anything do that before.\\n\\nThe phone ultimately recovered, but my impression of this keyboard didn't. The small keys are not necessarily a problem, especially if you want to do stretch chords that are impossible on a standard keyboard. But 37 keys are just too few to perform anything musical. The pricier, heavier \\\"Pro\\\" version has full-sized keys, but still only 37 of them.\\n\\nAs a keyboard controller that provides both iOS and MIDI/USB connections, I found the Line 6 Mobile Keys 49 to be a much more viable alternative. Its 4 octaves = 49 full-sized keys are enough to actually voice and play music. It includes pitch-bend and modulation wheels, like the iRig, and feels quite solidly built.\\n\\nNegative reviews here of the Line 6 criticize its proprietary iOS cable. But the iRig has the same dependency. The iRig's only true advantage is a bundled, free license for a \\\"Light\\\" version of Sample Tank.\\n\\nI'd advise paying a bit more (or maybe less, at some times and places) to get the Line 6's extra octave.\",\n \"Product: 100% brand new, high quality and testing is fine. Item 100% like the picture shown. This is our stunning arctic white pickguard assembly loaded with an awesome set of diesel brand pickups.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Great pickups; noisy blade switch\\n\\nReview: I ordered this based on an earlier review's praise for the pickups. The pickups really are insanely good -- especially at this price.\\n\\nThey sound like classic alnico Strat pickups. They lack the harshness of the ceramic pups on most Mexican-made Fender Strats. (An exception being Blacktop Strats, which have alnico's.) But they also avoid the wimpiness of the underwound stock pups on many Squier, and similar Asian-made, Strat-like objects.\\n\\nThese pups are full-bodied, but articulate and bright, with nicely vintage and chewy attack. In a blind test, they might convince you they were wound by Fender/Corona or Duncan/Santa Barbara. Outstanding tone and value.\\n\\nMy only real complaint is the 5-way switch, which is noisy. It has some side-to-side play, and clicks audibly whenever I first touch it. (Unless I first rest a finger on one of its mounting screws.) This actually isn't unusual on blade switches, just annoying.\\n\\nA much tinier complaint is that the master volume pot has no treble-bleed cap. So less volume = more bass, and more volume = less bass. This '50s anachronism is the reverse of what you want, when you choose to stay on the same pickup, roll down the volume for rhythm/chording, then roll it back up for leads.\\n\\nThis anachronism remains standard on most Strats and Strat-like guitars. So I'd recommend soldering in that treble-bleed cap. (Or swapping in a PRS aftermarket volume pot that has the cap pre-installed.) And possibly swapping the blade switch. Still, this package gives you great pickups -- and other good stuff -- for the cost of one good blade switch.\\n\\nNo complaints elsewhere: All three pots are quiet and clean, with nice gradual taper. The pickguard's own aesthetics are fine -- classic white/black/white. The knobs' \\\"Volume\\\"/\\\"Tone\\\" labels look oversize and garish, but the pots have a standard-size gnarl, so you can swap on any standard Strat knobs. The screw holes might or might not align with those on your instrument, but drilling a few new holes is expected with most replacement pickguards.\\n\\nI ordered from a domestic (U.S.) seller, fulfilled by Amazon. So no customs/duties issues, and this arrived securely packed.\\n\\nI was equally delighted with the Diesel-loaded <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/H-S-H-pickguard/dp/B008WZCPQC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">H-S-H pickguard</a> that I ordered here a few weeks later. Finally, note that most of these pickguards come in both white and pearloid, so check which color you're ordering.\",\n \"Product: Durable nylon padded electric guitar gig bag with easy grip handle and adjustable padded shoulder straps. Features 3 front pockets that will hold all your necessary guitar accessories and an additional extra long pocket that can house a universal collapsible guitar stand. This rugged and durable gig bag is perfect for the traveling musician.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Viable bargain, with many extras and a few weak points\\n\\nReview: [THIS 1ST REVIEW IS FOR THE JUMBO ACOUSTIC GUITAR BAG ONLY:]\\nI wouldn't trust a $4,000 Taylor or Martin to this. But for light transportation/handling/storage of everyday instruments, it's a bargain and actually includes some nice features that are hard to find on pricier gig bags. Pro's:\\n\\n* This \\\"Jumbo\\\" size is 12-string friendly (more about that below).\\n* Pockets! Lots of 'em. Capacious enough to fit oversize sheet music, bulky accessories, and even a music stand. But they fold fairly slim when empty.\\n* Twin \\\"backpack\\\"-style padded straps (although very lightly padded).\\n* Toothed, plastic foot to protect bag's tail. It also prevents slipping when the bag/guitar are stood up.\\n* Exterior of tough Cordura nylon.\\n* Reasonable interior padding. (More than a styrofoam cup or cheapie gig bag; less than a premium PRS gig bag.)\\n* Enough structure to hold its shape pretty well when empty.\\n* Durable design: All straps and handles are sewn into thick webbing straps, so those seams should hold well.\\n* Pickup handles on front, and on back/top behind peghead.\\n* Side carry handle is built into webbing on both sides, and it Velcro's together over the zipper. This is a rare feature that prevents the guitar's weight from straining, and ultimately breaking, the zipper. Important on this particular bag, because...\\n\\nCons:\\n* Rather shallow a tight fit for deep-bodied guitars.\\n* Zipper seam is single-stitched (not double-stitched) to the bag's body side. (But the seam on the opposite, lid side feels more securely stitched.)\\n* Zippers have smallish metal teeth (not large nylon). They feel a bit funky, and vulnerable to jamming or breaking.\\n* Backpack straps have very thin padding.\\n* No interior reinforcement facing the peghead, so ragged string ends could perforate the lid's padding. You can alleviate this with gaffer's tape, or by adding self-adhesive nylon repair patches from a backpacking store.\\n\\nHere's the 12-string angle: \\\"Jumbo\\\" or \\\"Western\\\"-sized acoustic gig bags are your only good bets to fit a 12-string dreadnought's long peghead. This bag's interior is 43-12\\\" long, and my Epiphone FR 350-12E dreadnought is 43\\\" long. It fits the bag...just barely. The bag is rather shallow, so it's a tight fit.\\n\\nFender used to make an \\\"Urban Jumbo\\\" gig bag that's now hard to find anywhere but Amazon, but worth considering. That series is very well-made. Epiphone makes a \\\"Western\\\" gig bag that easily fits long 12-strings, but it's a flimsy and very basic bag.\\n\\nIf I wanted to spend more money, I'd try Fender's Jumbo bag giving up some pockets to get slightly firmer overall construction. If fitting a 12-string weren't a requirement, I'd look at Gator's gig bags (which look very solid at prices a bit higher than this bag), or Henry Heller's higher-end bags (which cost real money, but are built like tanks). But for my purposes, I'm a satisfied customer.\\n\\n[THIS 2ND REVIEW IS FOR THE ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR BAG ONLY:]\\nThe bass bag might actually be a little larger than its stated 45.5-inch interior length. My 5-string Squier Jaguar V bass unexpectedly fits OK. The bag is tight only around the peghead where the bag tapers, but this bass has a 5th tuning key opposite the other 4.\\n\\nOtherwise, I have the same assessment as for my acoustic-guitar bag. Except, the bass bag omits the convenient pick-up handle near the peghead above the backpack straps. (Maybe because lifting a bass guitar's weight from there would rip the bag apart?)\\n\\nI'd give this whole Chromacast series a 5+ for value, 4+ for features/design, and maybe 3.5 to 4 for padding/build quality. Not for transporting valuable instruments, but probably the best value around in a basic bag.\",\n \"Product: Once again Peavey Electronics revolutionizes the modeling amp industry. Introducing the world's first Variable Instrument Performance amplifier, the VYPYR V.I.P. The world's first amp that contains Bass guitar, Acoustic guitar and Electric guitar amplifier models. Now for the first time ever using our Variable Instrument Input a single amp can provide amplification for a variety of instrument types. Not only does the amplifier morph from a bass amp to an acoustic amp, to an electric amp. It also, for the first time ever in an amplifier in this category, allows the electric guitar player access to instrument models as well. Using appropriate technology, Peavey uses a combination of powerful 32-bit, floating point SHARC processors and patented Transtube analog circuitry to create the best sounding modeling amplifiers available. Nothing sounds as good as a VYPYR. All VYPYR effects, amp models and parameter controls can be accessed via the amp itself, with no need to hook the amplifier to a computer. Peavey's WYSIWYG control surface quickly allows the user the ability to see and adjust the control position, no guessing where the control is supposed to be, or having to manually move it to where it should be preset to preset. VYPYRs new USB bi-directional data and audio port provides and easy way to record, and or connect to our VYPYR software and store presets, get lessons, and practice to backing tracks while connected to your computer. All of the revolutionary features from the original VYPYR series now even better. More power, more effects, more amp models, Variable Instrument Input, instrument models, and more make this the ultimate amplifier.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Decent modeling amp with some funusual effects\\n\\nReview: This Amazon page crazily mashes up reviews of 3 very different Vypyr models, as if their wattage were the only difference. It's not. So, to get useful information, change the \\\"Filter by:...All formats\\\" drop-down, to show only the model you're considering: \\\"20 Watt\\\" = VIP 1, 1x8\\\" speaker, 16 presets. \\\"40 Watt\\\" = VIP 2, 1x12\\\" speaker, 16 presets. (Which I'm reviewing here.) \\\"100 Watt\\\" = VIP 3, also 1x12\\\" speaker but more power, menu-driven front panel instead of dials, 400 onboard presets.\\n\\nComplaints about buzz/unsuitability for bass are valid for the VIP 1. It's extremely small and lightweight, so its 8\\\" speaker and cabinet aren't really built to render lows well. It's basically a highly portable electric-guitar amp with some extras, at a nice price. But it leaves out the fun \\\"Evio\\\" model (about which more below). That omission, and the limited bass response, are why I bought a VIP2.\\n\\nThe VIP 2 and 3 both compete with Fender's Mustang III (a 100-Watt, 1x12\\\" modeling amp, of similar weight, with a dials-based front panel). The Mustang III is more of a pro gigging amp: It offers better, and more varied, models of Fender amps; controls to tweak simulated tube bias and sag; an effects loop and a real 1/4\\\" speaker out; and a reasonable 100 onboard presets. The Peaveys' advantages are some unusual, wild effects that are just plain fun.\\n\\nTo my ear, the VIP 2 offers decent basic tones. Its models of electric-guitar amps (at least on their clean channels) don't sound radically different from each other. But the 1x12\\\" speaker/large cabinet inherently delivers some authoritative bark, and the Budda model is especially sweet. And regardless of model, the separate dials for the 3-band EQ make it easy to shape the sound you want. (Peavey's virtual dials, with LEDs, are less disorienting than the virtual dials on Fender's and Line 6's modeling amps. Fender's and Line 6's dials have physical, numbered ticks that get out of sync with your presets' saved/recalled values.)\\n\\nFor those clean channels, pushing the \\\"pre\\\"-gain fairly high approximates the feel of tube saturation, without distorting. One surprise is that an electric guitar can deliver usable tones through the bass and acoustic-guitar amp models. (The acoustic amp models can get close to a Fender \\\"tweed\\\"/Bassman sound.) I've barely explored the crunch and high-gain channels.\\n\\nAll the amp models strike me as inherently a bit compressed, even with the compressor models turned off. The advantages are that there's some nice sustain (more than I hear from Fender modeling amps), and that it's hard to trigger the unintentional kind of distortion. But I find myself adding reverb, to frost more shimmer and dynamics onto the top, so I can pretend I'm playing through a real tube amp.\\n\\nI really bought this amp for three odd effects that consistently floor me. The \\\"MOG\\\" model generates an octave up and an octave down (you can control their levels independently), with some square-wave distortion like an Electro-Harmonix Micro Synth.\\n\\nThe \\\"Evio\\\" model sounds nothing like the promised electric violin, but it's a hoot. It's a fat sawtooth-wave oscillator. If you add some chorus after it, you can approximate Pat Metheny's vintage guitar-synth sound. You can adjust the portamento and the \\\"color\\\" (tone), with dark to bright tone settings tweaking the timbre from a synth-brass to a synth-sax vibe.\\n\\nThe \\\"Synth\\\" model sounds nothing like a guitar synth, but everything like a vintage analog keyboard synthesizer, with adjustable portamento and attack. (To be precise, you can adjust the attack, but can't entirely dial out the filter.) It also gets trippier if you add chorus after it.\\n\\nBasic modulation effects, compressors, ring modulator, etc., are pretty usable. The guitar-to-bass model has some rare, usable warmth and punch without excessive artifacts, unless you stray above your guitar's bottom four strings. The resonator model is OK.\\n\\nMost of the other instrument models are just laughably bad. (And except for bass and acoustic guitar, those models are omitted from the VIP 1, which is no great loss.) The claimed \\\"12-string\\\" and \\\"sitar\\\" models sound nothing like those instruments, although they're so warbly off-kilter that you can combine them with modulation effects to get a sort-of organ tone. The claimed \\\"7-string\\\" and \\\"baritone\\\" models respectively shift your guitar tone a 4th and 5th down, but annoyingly add some spaghetti-Western tremolo that you can't control or remove.\\n\\nThree other things to know: (1) There's no noise gate. And adding gain will definitely add hum. So you might want to add a pedal/multi-effects box with a noise gate in front of the amp.\\n\\n(2) A second reason to add your favorite pedal(s) is that the amp's design limits you to one row each of stompbox/instrument model, amp model, and modulation effect (plus global delay and reverb). If you're Jimi Hendrix and you want both fuzz and auto-wah, you need to bring your own pedal because both those models are in this amp's first row.\\n\\n(3) There's no rhythm/drum machine. But the Tap Tempo LED is always blinking, so you can use it as a visual metronome. Or the aux in jack lets you pipe in a metronome or drum-track app from your smartphone.\\n\\nBear in mind that the VIP 3, for all its advantages (100 Watts, 400 presets), has a very different interface: Lots of menu-diving, and no separate dials with LEDs. So lots of staring at a small LCD window. I do that constantly on my Fender digital amps, which made the VIP 2 my sweet spot among the Vypyrs.\\n\\nIn all, the VIP 2 provides some unusual, really fun effects, which Peavey unfortunately won't release as a separate pedal. Built into a usable, giggable modeling amp. Not up to cork-sniffers' standards, but a combo that's fun and good value.\",\n \"Product: The new PSR-E343 portable keyboard features great content with 550 Voices and 136 Styles. The Ultra-Wide Stereo effect creates a stereo image wider than the speakers. Built-in lesson functions help you learn how to play. Finally, get connected to The AUX input connects to portable music players while the Melody Suppressor reduces a song's center part so you can play the lead. Features: 61 touch-sensitive, full-sized keys: Touch-sensitive keys add dynamics to your playing. Play lightly and the sound is soft. Hit the key hard and it's loud. 550 high-quality instrument Voices: A wide variety of instrument Voices, drum kits and sound effects kits. 136 Styles: Built-in bands that are always ready to follow your lead. Great for practicing, arranging different material or writing your next hit song! Ultra-wide stereo: Creates a stereo image wider than the speakers using Yamaha's digital signal processing technology. Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S): Practice with the preset songs at your own pace one hand at a time or both together using Yamaha Education Suite.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: It's a lightweight arranger keyboard - beginners have other options\\n\\nReview: [UPDATE: Yamaha has changed all its model #'s, and this has been replaced by the similar PSRE-363. If I were buying today, I'd definitely buy the next model up, the PSR-E453. It adds more sequencer voices, more preset storage, and a pitch-bend wheel. It also adds twice the amp wattage, along with a few extra pounds. But most importantly, Yamaha has finally upgraded the -453 (only) with some real onboard effects: rotary speaker/Leslie, tremolo, auto-pan, and distortion. Plus, that model provides two fun onboard dials, with which you can vary effects' rate and depth, as well as other parameters (attack/release, filter EQ, etc.). To complement my PSR-E343, what I've ended up with is a Casio CTK-7200 a bit higher-end, pricier, and heavier, with lots of great onboard effects plus organ drawbar sliders.]\\n\\nI'm pleased with this keyboard, but I think Yamaha's marketing (and several user reviews) are off-target in pitching it to \\\"beginners.\\\"\\n\\nIf you're just learning piano -- or are trying to connect your child, parent, etc. with the instrument -- I think you'd get better returns by spending more for a \\\"piano-focused\\\" keyboard like Yamaha's NP-V60 or NP-V80. (Those 2 differ only by a handful of MIDI and arpeggiator features. And any model # mentioned in this review might have been replaced by a slightly newer/higher variant, by the time you read it. So check before you buy any of these -- Amazon doesn't always automatically warn you that \\\"there is a newer model.\\\")\\n\\nThe NP-V's have onboard learning features similar to this keyboard's. But they include a more realistic and satisfying acoustic-piano model, which will motivate you to play for much longer at a stretch. (The piano tone on this 343 is good for the keyboard's price, weight, and size -- but the samples are short, so you can hear some looping.)\\n\\nAnother nice NP-V feature is their \\\"graded soft touch,\\\" which provides a more-direct transition to the feel of a traditional piano keyboard. It's also easier to play, because the keys offer a more predictable touch response than this keyboard's unweighted keys.\\n\\nTo split the difference on price, you could buy an NP-12 or NP-32. Those give you the NP-V series' tone and touch, along with a handful of non-piano instrument patches, but leave out the learning features/gimmicks. Use your savings for piano lessons or tutorials.\\n\\nOr for a really learning-oriented platform, consider Yamaha's EZ-220. Its dimensions, weight, and onboard sounds are very similar to this keyboard's. But it omits the 343's 2-track sequencer, auxiliary audio input, and panel EQ key -- and substitutes a lighted-keys feature that's a fun motivator and facilitator for beginners. (It works with 100 built-in songs, whose scores are included.)\\n\\nSo who's this 343 for? It's a good option for experienced keyboardists who want an \\\"arranger keyboard\\\" that's inexpensive, provides a reasonable range of decent instrument tones, and is insanely light and portable.\\n\\nI thought my NP-30 was light, but this is more like a Frisbee. It weighs almost nothing, and has a compact footprint that makes it easy to flip around. Play it on your lap? Sure. Move it to the floor, to work out a tune beside a pad of staff paper? No problem. And it runs for a decent length of time on 6 rechargeable AA batteries, which makes it even more portable.\\n\\nThis competes directly with Casio's CTK-4200, which some players and arrangers might prefer. At almost any price point, Yamaha and Casio face off like this: Casio gives you more tone-shaping options, generally richer features, and some better non-piano tones. But Yamaha excels at its acoustic-piano model, which is often your main purpose in buying any keyboard. And it's starting to build in some fun iOS connectivity options.\\n\\nCasio's CTK-4200 offered a better sequencer (6 tracks instead of 2); more storage for presets (32 slots instead of 9); and what seemed like more interesting and usable models of organs, electric pianos, and mallet instruments. But I already have a Casio 88-key board with similar features, so I went with this Yamaha 343. Its piano tone seemed noticeably richer, and I liked the direct panel access to several EQ presets.\\n\\nThe best option here actually isn't in the box: If you have an iPhone/iPad with an appropriate connector, you can download the free \\\"Yamaha Sound Controller\\\" app to expand this keyboard with virtual controls for several real-time parameters: pitch-bend, mod (vibrato), pan, attack time (think pedal steel guitar), release time (think variable sustain pedal), etc.\\n\\nYou can pick sets of two parameters to control at a time, via either virtual wheels or a cool X-Y touchpad (which is like a Kaossilator). And if you pick filter cutoff and resonance as your two parameters, the X-Y layout allows you to get some trippy synth and wah effects that are almost impossible to modulate with physical controllers. In all, the (underrated) app can turn these consumer PSR-E keyboards into viable performance options.\\n\\nThe catch is that you might have to buy a Yamaha proprietary USB-to-Apple cable (which can be pricey), or a USB printer cable and Apple's $30 Camera Connection Kit.\\n\\nTwo closing disclaimers: Get over it the missing AC adapter (Yamaha PA-30), already. Yamaha has long sold its keyboards without adapters. You can complain, or you can easily find a PA-30 on Amazon or eBay for $10, shipped.\\n\\nFinally, \\\"touch-sensitive\\\" is a relative claim for any keyboard in this price range. Yes, hitting a key harder produces a louder response. But all the models sound single-strike, except for the marquee grand piano models, which sound double-strike. Stepping up to the NP-V/NP- series (or something similarly priced) will get you more-realistic, triple-strike models of several instruments.\",\n \"Product: TRBX304 4-String Electric Bass Black Rosewood Fretboard. The TRBX304 is built around a simple principle - your performance. The perfectly balanced, ultra-comfortable solid mahogany body provides the optimum tonal foundation while the Performance EQ active circuitry gives instant access to perfectly dialed-in stage-ready tones coupled with the expressive control you need. TRBX features a sculpted solid mahogany body, with a mass-optimized 3D design for the optimum balance between tone and comfort coupled with perfect weight distribution. The neck design combines a fast, ultra-comfortable profile with 5-pc maple/mahogany laminated construction for outstanding stability and excellent tone. It uses a precision fitted bolt-on neck joint for maximum adjustability and clear, punchy tone. Developed through hundreds of hours of play-testing, the refined neck joint shape perfectly balances strength, vibration transfer and upper-fret access. YGD designed M3 pickups feature oversized polepieces and ceramic magnets for a clear, powerful tone with incredible definition and depth. The hum-cancelling design ensures your performance clean and noise-free while the integral thumb-rest provides unrivalled playability. TRBX304 boasts Yamaha's exclusive Perfomance EQ active circuit with five performance-tuned full spectrum EQ curves optimized to give instant access to essential sounds along with powerful 2-band master equalization to shape and define your tone. A high-mass die-cast bridge efficiently transfers string vibrations to the body for full, rich tone combined with excellent adjustability and road-tested durability. 19mm string spacing offers outstanding playability for technical slap or finger styles. Straight string pull from nut to machine head eliminates lateral tension, providing superior tuning stability and reducing overtones. 38mm nut width gives fast, comfortable playability for any style. Yamaha's metal plate-mounted standard jack socket offers superior durability an...\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Outstanding value, and very playable\\n\\nReview: This review is *only* for the TRBX174EW 4-string bass mahogany body, mango-wood top. (Amazon has uselessly jammed together reviews here for multiple Yamaha basses. To get useful information, be sure to filter for the exact model you're considering.)\\n\\nIf you're looking for an affordable, comfortable, and flexible passive bass that you can grow with and gig with, Yamaha's whole 174 series is hard to beat for features/price = value. I played several copies of this model before buying an especially pretty one, and have long owned a similar fretless RBX270F (now discontinued). Basically, Yamaha has combined some key features from Fender's classic Precision and Jazz basses, then added some modern enhancements. The result is a mix of virtues that no one else really offers at these prices:\\n\\n* Classic body tonewoods (mahogany for the \\\"EW\\\" finishes, otherwise alder).\\n* One-piece maple necks (not 5-piece matchsticks, as on most of Ibanez' basses).\\n* P (split-coil) neck pickup and J (single-coil) bridge pickup, which you can blend to get a wide range of passive tones.\\n* Decent pickups and electronics especially at these prices.\\n* Skinny Jazz Bassstyle neck, except nicely extended to 24 frets.\\n* Downsized body that's almost ridiculously light, while substantial enough to be resonant. (With flat EQ, you'll get weaker inherent lows than from a bass that weighs 24 lbs. more. But there's enough resonance here that dialing in the right EQ will still get you comparable tones.)\\n* Made in Indonesia, not China so at least you're supporting a nominal democracy with some basic labor rights.\\n\\nQuibbles?:\\n* The neck's satin finish feels a bit coarse on some copies.\\n* Body and peghead shapes aren't classically graceful. (Although these basses do look better in new wood-grain finishes than in older solid colors.)\\n* Tone can vary between copies. If possible, I'd recommend buying locally, at a store where you can compare several copies.\\n* Blend control from the RBX270 series has been replaced with the more-common twin volume controls, one per pickup.\\n* I'd prefer vintage narrower frets, but I'm unusual.\\n\\nI would stay away from the Chinese-made 170 series, which (at just $020 less than the 174's, depending where you buy) are no bargain. They're made of unpredictable body woods Yamaha lists four possibilities, including wispy agathis or basswood. In my experience, the 170's feel and sound thin.\",\n \"Product: The DigiTech Mosaic Polyphonic 12-String effect pedal sets you upon the path of creating lush 12-string sounds with either 6-string electric or amplified acoustic guitars. Immediately identifiable 12-string tones are now yours with octave low strings and doubled high strings. Single notes and full chordal strums shine with polyphonic richness and celestial movement that will inspire you. The Mosaic's balanced low-end response with crisp octave shimmer produces a tone that's lush and articulate, just as with a 12-string guitar. Tailor the Mosaic's sound with the independent Level and Tone controls. Level will control the 12-string effect intensity while Tone shapes the overall brightness of the effect. The Mosaic will give you a richer, more resonant and full tone than a standard six-string guitar. It is true bypass and uses a 9V DC power supply to easily integrate into your existing pedalboard.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Convincing, but you can do better\\n\\nReview: On the upside, this does what it promises: With the Level and Tone knobs between 9:0012:00 clock positions, the 12-string effect is surprisingly convincing although a bit dry, because there's no detune control. (Definitely more convincing than my Variax guitar's 12-string model was, before I edited it to de-emphasize the warbly octave effects.)\\n\\nAlso, by dropping both knobs below 9:00, you can dial in a more-subtle doubling effect. This can nicely fatten up the tone of a guitar that lacks a certain, je ne sais, cojnes.\\n\\nOn the downside, my <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Zoom-MS100BT-MultiStomp-Guitar-Pedal-with-Bluetooth/dp/B00AJHHWIC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Zoom MS100BT MultiStomp Guitar Pedal with Bluetooth</a> cost the same price. And in 15 minutes, I found I could build a 12-string model on the Zoom that's considerably more convincing. It's also vastly more flexible, because instead of 2 knobs, it's 5 rows of effects each with multiple parameters to tweak. And the Zoom has room for 49 more presets.\\n\\nSo I'm back to my usual conclusion: Everyone who plays any electric instrument deserve at least one Zoom MS100BT. Best pedal I've ever bought in capabilities, flexibility, slim size/weight, and value.\",\n \"Product: The PSR-E253 is Yamaha's entry-level Portable Keyboard and features a wide variety of sounds and functions. The Yamaha Education Suite can be used with the 100 preset songs, making it the ideal first keyboard for aspiring musicians who are just starting out. Features: 61 full-sized keys are great for learning and developing keyboard playing technique. Duo mode splits the keyboard into two halves, each with their own \\\"middle C\\\" for practicing with a partner The Aux Line Input allows you to connect any music device with a headphone output, such as an MP3 player, a computer, a mixer or even another keyboard, and hear it through the internal speakers. The Portable Grand button and instantly resets the keyboard to the grand piano Voice 32-note polyphony allows for the performance of beginner to advanced level pieces, allowing for sustained notes to ring through without being cut off. Accompaniment Styles add a \\\"backing band\\\" to your performances while you remain in complete control of chord changes and arrangements. Phrase Record allows you to quickly capture and playback a short performance or phrase.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: It's a lightweight arranger keyboard - beginners have other options\\n\\nReview: I own the earlier, nearly identical PSR-E343. But if I were buying today, I'd definitely buy the next model up, the PSR-E453. Yamaha has finally upgraded the -E453 (only) with some real onboard effects: Rotary speaker/Leslie, tremolo, auto-pan, and distortion. Plus, that model provides two fun onboard dials, with which you can vary effects rate and depth, as well as other parameters (attack/release, filter EQ, etc.). The -E453 also adds more sequencer voices, more preset storage, and a pitch-bend wheel.\\n\\nI'm pleased with this keyboard, but I think Yamaha's marketing (and several user reviews) are off-target in pitching the whole PRS-E range to \\\"beginners.\\\"\\n\\nIf you're just learning piano -- or are trying to connect your child, parent, etc. with the instrument -- I think you'd get better returns by spending more for a \\\"piano-focused\\\" keyboard like Yamaha's NP-V60 or NP-V80. (Those 2 differ by only a few functions. And any model # mentioned in this review might have been replaced by a slightly newer/higher variant, by the time you read it. So check before you buy any of these -- Amazon doesn't always automatically warn you that \\\"there is a newer model.\\\")\\n\\nThe NP-V's have onboard learning features similar to this keyboard's. But they include a more realistic and satisfying acoustic-piano model, which will motivate you to play for much longer at a stretch. (The piano tone on this model is good for the keyboard's price, weight, and size -- but the samples are short, so you can hear some looping.)\\n\\nAnother nice NP-V feature is their \\\"graded soft touch,\\\" which provides an easier transition to the feel of a traditional piano keyboard. It's also easier to play, because the keys offer a more predictable touch response than this keyboard's unweighted keys.\\n\\nTo split the difference on price, you could buy an NP-12 or NP-32. Those give you the NP-V series' tone and touch, but leave out the learning features/gimmicks. Use your savings for piano lessons or tutorials.\\n\\nOr for a really learning-oriented platform, consider Yamaha's EZ-220. Its dimensions, weight, and onboard sounds are very similar to this keyboard's. But it omits the 343's 2-track sequencer, auxiliary audio input, and panel EQ key -- and substitutes a lighted-keys feature that's a fun motivator and facilitator for beginners. (It works with 100 built-in songs, whose scores are included.)\\n\\nSo who's this 353 for? It's a good option for experienced keyboardists who want an \\\"arranger keyboard\\\" that's inexpensive, provides a reasonable range of decent instrument tones, and is insanely light and portable.\\n\\nI thought my NP-30 was light, but this is more like a Frisbee. It weighs almost nothing, and has a compact footprint that makes it easy to flip around. Play it on your lap? Sure. Move it to the floor, to work out a tune beside a pad of staff paper? No problem. And it runs for a decent length of time on 6 rechargeable AA batteries, which makes it even more portable.\\n\\nThis competes directly with Casio's CTK-4200, which some players and arrangers might prefer. At almost any price point, Yamaha and Casio face off like this: Casio gives you more tone-shaping options, generally richer features, and some better non-piano tones. But Yamaha excels at its acoustic-piano model often your main purpose in buying any keyboard and its harpsichord models are much better. Also, it's starting to build in some fun iOS connectivity options.\\n\\nCasio's CTK-4200 offered a better sequencer (6 tracks instead of 2); more storage for presets (32 slots instead of 9); and what seemed like more interesting and usable models of organs, electric pianos, and mallet instruments. But I already have a Casio 88-key board with similar features, so I went with this Yamaha. Its piano tone seemed noticeably richer, and I liked the direct panel access to several EQ presets.\\n\\nThe best feature here actually isn't in the box: If you have an iPhone/iPad with an appropriate connector, you can download the free \\\"Yamaha Sound Controller\\\" app to expand this keyboard with virtual controls for several real-time parameters: pitch-bend, mod (vibrato), pan, attack time (think pedal steel guitar), release time (think variable sustain pedal), etc.\\n\\nYou can pick sets of two parameters to control at a time, via either virtual wheels or a cool X-Y touchpad (which is like a Kaossilator). And if you pick filter cutoff and resonance as your two parameters, the X-Y layout allows you to get some trippy synth and wah effects that are almost impossible to modulate with physical controllers. In all, the (underrated) app can turn these consumer PSR-E keyboards into viable performance options. The catch is that you might have to buy a Yamaha proprietary USB-to-Apple cable (which can be pricey), or hack something with a USB printer cable and Apple's Camera Connection Kit.\\n\\nTwo closing disclaimers: Get over it the missing AC adapter (Yamaha PA-30), already. Yamaha has long sold its keyboards without adapters. You can complain, or you can easily find a PA-30 on Amazon or eBay for $10, shipped.\\n\\nFinally, \\\"touch-sensitive\\\" is a relative claim for any keyboard in this price range. Yes, hitting a key harder produces a louder response. But all the models sound single-strike, except for the marquee grand piano models, which sound double-strike. Stepping up to the NP-V/NP- series (or something similarly priced) will get you more-realistic, triple-strike models of several instruments.\",\n \"Product: The PSR-E253 is Yamaha's entry-level Portable Keyboard and features a wide variety of sounds and functions. The Yamaha Education Suite can be used with the 100 preset songs, making it the ideal first keyboard for aspiring musicians who are just starting out. Features: 61 full-sized keys are great for learning and developing keyboard playing technique. Duo mode splits the keyboard into two halves, each with their own \\\"middle C\\\" for practicing with a partner The Aux Line Input allows you to connect any music device with a headphone output, such as an MP3 player, a computer, a mixer or even another keyboard, and hear it through the internal speakers. The Portable Grand button and instantly resets the keyboard to the grand piano Voice 32-note polyphony allows for the performance of beginner to advanced level pieces, allowing for sustained notes to ring through without being cut off. Accompaniment Styles add a \\\"backing band\\\" to your performances while you remain in complete control of chord changes and arrangements. Phrase Record allows you to quickly capture and playback a short performance or phrase.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Finally, a Yamaha portable with FX beyond chorus/flanger & reverb\\n\\nReview: What's new in this -E453 model is that Yamaha, for the first time in its PSR-\\\"E\\\" consumer keyboard range, has finally throw in in some real onboard effects: rotary speaker/Leslie, tremolo, auto-pan, and distortion. Also, you can now assign the onboard knobs to vary 2 parameters for whichever effect you've made active typically rate and depth.\\n\\nSo you can now add some real expression to organ models, by changing the rotary speed, and to electric-piano models, by playing with tremolo or auto-pan.\\n\\nThe best feature here actually isn't in the box: If you have an iPhone/iPad with an appropriate connector, you can download the free \\\"Yamaha Sound Controller\\\" app to expand this keyboard with virtual controls for several real-time parameters: pitch-bend, mod (vibrato), pan, attack time (think pedal steel guitar), release time (think variable sustain pedal), etc.\\n\\nYou can pick sets of two parameters to control at a time, via either virtual wheels or a cool X-Y touchpad (which is like a Kaossilator). And if you pick filter cutoff and resonance as your two parameters, the X-Y layout allows you to get some trippy synth and wah effects that are almost impossible to modulate with physical controllers. In all, the (underrated) app can turn these consumer PSR-E keyboards into viable performance options. The catch is that you might have to buy a Yamaha proprietary USB-to-Apple cable (which can be pricey), or hack something with a USB printer cable and Apple's Camera Connection Kit.\\n\\nIf you'd like lots more effects and options, also consider the Casio CTK-7200. For an extra $80 and 3 lbs., you get semi-weighted keys, several stunning onboard effects, 9 organ drawbar sliders, and slots galore to store customized sounds/FX. Its only real drawback is that its hungrier processor eats bigger batteries to go cordless, it requires 6x D cells instead of this model's 6x AA's.\",\n \"Product: Cordoba is proud to introduce the latest addition to the Cordoba Mini Series: the Mini SM-CE. At first glance, the Mini SM-CE clearly stands out from other travel sized guitars, with its solid cedar top and striking spalted maple back and sides accentuated by a padauk rosette and binding. The solid cedar top provides a warm tone thats nicely complemented by the brightness of the spalted maple, resulting in an instrument that really projects its voice. For those who want to plug and play, the Cordoba Mini SM-CE features a soft cutaway and Cordoba 2Band pickup. The hallmark of Cordoba's Mini guitars is the comfortable feel and string spacing of a full size guitar. The Mini SM-CE also includes a thin U-shaped neck outlined with padauk binding, 50mm (1.96) nut width, and 510mm (20) scale length. The Mini SM-CE comes with custom Aquila strings tuned to A, and a standard E tuning string set is also available. It includes a Cordoba gig bag, making it the ideal companion for road trips, vacations, and hanging out at home.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Far from perfect, but unique, and guitarist-friendly\\n\\nReview: Like, love, or hate the Cordoba Mini series (or even some of all 3), they're currently in a category of their own. Ever since Yamaha's Guitalele appeared, other mfrs' 6-string uke/guitars (including Cordoba's discontinued Guilele) have matched Yamaha's 17\\\" (tenor-ukelele) scale. That's tight enough to really limit guitarists.\\n\\nThis is a different kind of mashup: It has a 20\\\" (baritone-uke) scale, with a neck as wide as typical steel-string acoustic or electric guitar's. So it's much more playable for guitarists (with one important caveat below, about the neck radius). But it still has a bright tone that can imitate a lute for Baroque music, or a cavaquinho for Brazilian music which are the reasons why I bought it.\\n\\nMy actual rating would be about 3.75 stars. Here's my very subjective list of pro's and con's writing as a mostly-electric guitarist who's barely touched a classical guitar since I learned on one many years ago:\\n\\nPRO'S:\\n* Medium scale and wide neck guitarists can play this instantly, and use it as a travel instrument to practice standard guitar technique.\\n* Bright, harplike tone can cop a lute or cavaquinho vibe.\\n* Cutaway provides excellent access to all 18 frets.\\n* Electronics onboard.\\n* Weighs nothing.\\n* Pin bridge, and upright-post tuners, like a steel-string acoustic guitar's.\\n* Attractively figured spalted maple on the back/sides, if you pick out the right copy. (Each copy looks unique, and some are bookmatched.) Nice natural-wood binding, too.\\n* Well-padded gig bag is included.\\n* Intonation seems OK.\\n* Option to use standard E tuning, with thicker strings that Cordoba has commissioned for this. (I haven't tried it.)\\n\\nCON'S:\\n* Top \\\"A\\\" string (in stock requinto-tuned set) is noticeably thinner and quieter than the other 5. Need to replace it.\\n* Fretboard has a classical guitar's concave (U-shaped) radius. Disappointing choice, given the folk-guitaroriented pin bridge and tuners. A flat or convex radius would make bar chords much easier. Worse, you basically can't thumb a chord's bass note on this neck. (While classical-guitar technique discourages that, some complex jazz chords virtually demand it Lenny Breau didn't get Segovia's memo.)\\n* Some hum from the piezo pickup/preamp if you add more than minimal gain through your amp's preamp stage. (Several owners have reported this, and it really shouldn't happen with a piezo.) So if you want to gig or record with this, carrying a noise-gate pedal partly offsets the Mini's light-weight advantage.\\n* Pickup controls are very limited: You get sliders for volume, bass, and treble, and an LED that indicates battery activated or low. No center detents, or midrange control, or tuner. The sliders' range of travel is short barely twice as long as their knobs. So in all, you won't be making fine adjustments onstage.\\n* Solid top is either 2 or 4 pieces of cedar. On my copy, the treble bout's strip is discolored, and doesn't match the rest of the top. (Although in fairness, this copy was sold as \\\"blemished,\\\" at a nice discount. But watch out for cosmetic issues like this.)\\n* No truss rod. While this nylon-stringed instrument is stable without one, it would certainly aid in adjusting the action.\\n* You can not haz a CE (cutaway/electronics) version of Cordoba's spruce/rosewood Mini. That's the sweetest-sounding among their all-acoustic models.\",\n \"Product: Laminated spruce top, basswood back and sides, and Fishman ION-T preamp system. The Fender FA-135CE Cutaway Concert Acoustic-Electric Guitar is built on the concert-style platform for a sleek, modern design. The laminated spruce top features X-bracing for bright, punchy tone, ideal for lead guitar. The neck is nato, and the back and sides are laminated basswood-both tone woods known for letting the mid and high frequencies sing out. Thanks to the basswood back and sides, the Fender FA-135CE Cutaway Concert Acoustic-Electric Guitar is very light, avoiding strain to your neck or back during prolonged playing. The chrome tuners offer precision tuning. The guitar also features an impressive electronics system, featuring the Fishman ION-T preamp and built-in chromatic tuner, which provides lightning-fast tuning and amplification. The preamp features a volume dial, phase and contour buttons, and a tuner power button. The FA-135CE Cutaway Concert Acoustic-Electric Guitar is fashioned with a natural gloss polyurethane finish, aged fretboard and body bindings, and a white concentric ring rosette that offers a striking contrast, and an appearance as beautiful as its sound. Case sold separately.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice for the price\\n\\nReview: Performs far better than Fender's quoted specs, which appear to be wrong. The two copies I tried were well-built, and had very playable action. Very sweet, jangly tone, with present midrange and lots of projection. (As others have noted, there's not a lot of bass, so don't expect the low E string to sound like thunder.)\\n\\nSounds much better plugged-in than acoustically, thanks to the Fishman electronics. The amplified tone is richer and more balanced, with more bass, complexity, and nice silky compression.\\n\\nAs for the unreliable specs: Every copy I've played (or have seen in Fender's video) has a 3-band EQ, not a simple contour control. The guitar's top is supposed to be spruce plywood, but I don't see any spruce (or other) grain. And the sides and back are supposed to be basswood ply, which I also don't believe: Even solid basswood sounds lifeless, and lacks resonance, on electric guitars. Whereas here, there's a lot of resonance and brightness.\\n\\nThe only thing missing is bass which isn't a problem for some styles, and isn't a problem at all through the piezo pickup. For the price, this is a surprisingly usable, and even giggable, guitar. No plastic binding around the fretboard, which I consider an asset more wood + less plastic = simple elegance.\",\n \"Product: This Stand and Cover Package includes a 61-key Keyboard Gig Bag, a Standard Keyboard Stand and a 61 and 76 Key Stretchy Keyboard Cover.61-key Keyboard Gig Bag Outer covering is heavy-duty 440D twill nylon to lock out dirt and spills. Inside, foam padding absorbs the bumps of normal handling. Edges and handles are made of thick parachute webbing for extra strength and durability. Includes carry handle, shoulder strap, and double jumbo zippers. Holds a 43\\\" x 7\\\" x 16\\\" keyboard snugly.Standard Keyboard Stand The On-Stage Stands Standard Keyboard Stand is a great basic keyboard stand with solid construction and the patent-pending quikSQUEEZE adjustment system. Ideal for smaller keyboards (130 lbs. or less). Constructed from 1/2\\\" x 1-1/8\\\" tubing with adjustable height from 27\\\" to 38\\\" and adjustable width from 11\\\" to 31\\\".61/76 Key Stretchy Keyboard Cover Stretchy Lycra/Spandex, adjustable shock cord for snug fit on either 61-key or 76-key units. Keeps dust off and out of keyboard. Washable....\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Great value, decent components\\n\\nReview: I returned a <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Road-Runner-RK4214/dp/B000P0FXAW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Road Runner RK4214</a> gig bag to buy this package, essentially getting the keyboard stand and cover for $5 each. (The Road Runner bag by itself was $10 less at Guitar Center, where I ordered this package at Amazon's price.)\\n\\nThis gig bag is OK. It's not as well-padded as the Road Runner, doesn't hold its shape as readily, and doesn't fit as snugly around my Yamaha PSR-E343. Its shoulder-strap anchors and pockets also aren't as well-designed.\\n\\nSo why did I swap? Because unlike the Road Runner, this gig bag isn't designed to fall apart. Its two handles anchor into long web straps stitched onto either side of the zipper opening. So there's no strain on the zipper when you pick up the bag. It looks like it will last.\\n\\nThe stand is a nice surprise -- really surprisingly stable for a single-X stand. The feet and arms are welded (which you want), and the adjustment mechanism is a convenient squeeze clutch. It's lightweight. If the lowest notch is too high for you, you can set the stand sideways for a lower profile, and it's stable even like that. Almost worth the price of the package, by itself.\\n\\nThe keyboard cover seems high-quality. As promised, it stretches to fully cover my 76-key Yamaha NP-30. I can't see keys through the fabric, so it doesn't seem stretched thin.\\n\\nYou can obviously spend a bit more to get a better gig bag and stand. (The Stageline KS26Q is a nice clutched, double-X stand for $35.) But if you're reserving your money for your actual keyboard, you can't beat this package for value.\",\n \"Product: This Stand and Cover Package includes a 61-key Keyboard Gig Bag, a Standard Keyboard Stand and a 61 and 76 Key Stretchy Keyboard Cover.61-key Keyboard Gig Bag Outer covering is heavy-duty 440D twill nylon to lock out dirt and spills. Inside, foam padding absorbs the bumps of normal handling. Edges and handles are made of thick parachute webbing for extra strength and durability. Includes carry handle, shoulder strap, and double jumbo zippers. Holds a 43\\\" x 7\\\" x 16\\\" keyboard snugly.Standard Keyboard Stand The On-Stage Stands Standard Keyboard Stand is a great basic keyboard stand with solid construction and the patent-pending quikSQUEEZE adjustment system. Ideal for smaller keyboards (130 lbs. or less). Constructed from 1/2\\\" x 1-1/8\\\" tubing with adjustable height from 27\\\" to 38\\\" and adjustable width from 11\\\" to 31\\\".61/76 Key Stretchy Keyboard Cover Stretchy Lycra/Spandex, adjustable shock cord for snug fit on either 61-key or 76-key units. Keeps dust off and out of keyboard. Washable....\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Great value, decent components\\n\\nReview: I returned a <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Road-Runner-RK4214-gig-bag/dp/B000P0FXAW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Road Runner RK4214 gig bag</a> to buy this package, essentially getting the keyboard stand and cover for $5 each. (The Road Runner bag by itself was $10 less at Guitar Center, where I ordered this package at Amazon's price.)\\n\\nThis gig bag is OK. It's not as well-padded as the Road Runner, doesn't hold its shape as readily, and doesn't fit as snugly around my Yamaha PSR-E343. Also, its shoulder-strap anchors and pockets aren't as well-designed.\\n\\nSo why did I swap? Because unlike the Road Runner, this gig bag isn't designed to fall apart. Its two handles anchor into long web straps stitched onto either side of the zipper opening. So there's no strain on the zipper when you pick up the bag. It looks like it will last.\\n\\nThe stand is a nice surprise -- really surprisingly stable for a single-X stand. The feet and arms are welded (which you want), and the adjustment mechanism is a convenient squeeze clutch. It's lightweight. If the lowest notch is too high for you, you can set the stand sideways for a lower profile, and it's stable even like that. Almost worth the price of the package, by itself.\\n\\nThe keyboard cover seems high-quality. As promised, it stretches to fully cover my 76-key Yamaha NP-30. I can't see keys through the fabric, so it doesn't seem stretched thin.\\n\\nYou can obviously spend a bit more to get a better gig bag and stand. (The Stageline KS26Q is a nice clutched, double-X stand for $35.) But if you're reserving your money for your actual keyboard, you can't beat this package for value.\",\n \"Product: Some of the most highly-regarded guitars in history have many similarities to the affordable and popular LTD EC-256FM. Mahogany body and 3 pc. neck? Check. Rosewood fingerboard and flamed maple top? Check and check. Covered passive pickups, set-neck construction, and 22XJ frets? You get it all, without the massive price tag youd usually expect from such a well-made single-cutaway electric guitar. The EC-256FM is at home on blues, classic rock, hard rock, progressive rock, fusion, and much more.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Gorgeous LP looks, but thinner tone (and back)\\n\\nReview: (I've gradually revised this review upward from 3 to 4 stars, as I spend more time with the guitar. I'd currently give it 4.5 stars. Once I swap pickups, it might yet get up to 5...)\\n\\nIt's shaped like a Les Paul. It weighs like a Les Paul (copies run ~9 lbs.). But it's not built like a Les Paul, so don't expect it to sound like one at least not with stock pickups.\\n\\nPro's: All about look and feel. Any \\\"-FM\\\" (flamed maple) version is likely to have a stunningly beautiful finish. (The flame is a veneer, and each copy looks different, but they do tend to be beautiful.) The top is fully, and elegantly, arched. (This is reportedly all-mahogany guitar under the maple veneer, but it's nicely cut.) Mine is Cherry Sunburst. Note that Lemon Drop copies don't really have the golden glow shown in this ESP stock photo do an image search for some actual copies. They're more like yellow, but with very finely flamed veneers, and with juicy contrast between the yellow and the red back.\\n\\nThese are fantastically fun to play. ESP has basically modernized all the frumpy 1950s aspects of classic LP design: The combination of that arched top, the opposing belly cut, and the relatively thin back adds up to an especially graceful and seductive look for the guitar's bass side the side you see while you're playing. The higher ratio of arched top to flat back adds some Fender-style, fluid, aerodynamic flair. The flag-shaped pearloid inlays are elegantly done, and look much better from a playing position than from the front. They mix in a bit of PRS-style asymmetry you can almost see them as abstract birds which I find much more compelling than Gibson's/Epi's stodgy, symmetrical, trapezoid inlays. The peghead also has an asymmetrical kick, echoing both the flag shape and vintage Gibson mandolins. I normally dislike plastic binding, but here it feels nicely unified: there's consistent 1-ply creme binding all around the body, neck, and peghead.\\n\\nThe whole instrument seems well-made, from build quality to playabiity to finish. The back is 2 pieces of mahogany, whose grain doesn't match at all on my copy, but I don't care: I'm dazzled by the front, and I'm just happy to have a traditional two-piece back. (Current Epiphone LP's have 35 pieces of mahogany, masked by a back mahogany veneer. Many other affordable LP copies are 3-piece, including many PRS SE 245's. I firmly believe that fewer separate pieces = more resonance.) In all, you'll want to pick this up, cuddle it, and play it. A lot.\\n\\nNeutral: Despite packing a Les Paul's weight, this EC-256 model has a much shallower mahogany back. It actually has the dimensions of a typical PRS guitar, but with an extra pound or two onboard. So upper-fret access is a bit better than on an LP (because of the smaller heel). But I can't readily tell whether this shallower but denser mahogany could provide LP-style resonance with better pickups, because:\\n\\nCons: The stock pickups are disappointing. They're trying to be rock-oriented, but are relatively low-output. A/B'ed against some good LP's (I pulled a Gibson with '57 Classics, but also a cheap but good Epi Trad Pro), they somehow manage to sound both thin and congested. Especially the bridge pickup, which is too murky to really cut well. Also, the mahogany neck is 3-piece, which luthiers say creates a higher resonant frequency than classic 1-piece construction.\\n\\nSoundwise, what this all adds up to a is much thinner-sounding guitar than you'd expect from its LP looks. It's more in the tonal range of an SG, or a stock PRS SE. (These pickups are made by G&B, the same Korean contractor that supplies PRS SE pickups, but these aren't as well-designed.) With some amp settings, you'll get almost a Strat-like twang even in full humbucker mode.\\n\\nNeutral again: You might like that sound. And I can't speak to what pickups upgrades might do for this model. (I'm about to try swapping in a pair of U.S. PRS or Gibson pickups.)\\n\\nAnd in fairness, this definitely covers the tonal basics of a set-neck guitar: it has sharp and clear attack, and decent sustain. It just lacks the fatness and bark you'd expect from its LP shape and weight. Swapping to a higher string gauge, and to a punchier-sounding brand (like Dunlops) helps somewhat. I've also gotten the bridge pup to brighten by lowering it while raising its polepieces.\\n\\nPro's again: The Gotoh-style tuners feel unusually solid and confidence-inspiring. And the \\\"XJ\\\" frets aren't excessively wide. (I like vintage thin frets, but these don't feel much different from medium-jumbo to me. No difference in playability.)\\n\\nIn all, this is priced fairly, for a guitar that packs more of a visual punch than a tonal punch. We'll see what a pickup upgrade does for it. But if you want a stock guitar that gets closer to classic LP tone on the same budget I'd suggest a used PRS SE 245, or an Epiphone LP Traditional Pro. Or for great looks and great tone at $100200 more, look for a used Epi LP Tribute Plus (which has 57 Classics, a pretty flame-top veneer, and a full maple cap).\",\n \"Product: Singing Machine STVG888W Bluetooth Digital Audio Streaming Karaoke System with Recording and Microphone\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Fatally flawed: Music tracks drown out singers\\n\\nReview: Packs a lot of desirable features into a lightweight package. (It's bulky and looks like R2D2, but should be easy for your grandparents/grandkids to lift by its side handles.) Unfortunately, it omits one basic and essential feature:\\n\\nThere's no independent volume control for conventional (non-\\\"multiplex\\\") audio inputs. There is a master volume control (which also governs the mic inputs), and there's an independent volume control for the mic inputs. But that mic volume control is basically useless: The mic preamp is so weak that we had to constantly leave it full up.\\n\\nSo basically, you'll struggle to hear yourself sing over conventional backing tracks. (Unless you place your mic very close to your mouth, or place an external preamp between the mic and the input jack.) One really wishes the manufacturer had focused less on all the bells and whistles, and much more on this essential.\\n\\nIf you're playing *only* multiplex sources (CD+G discs, or MP3+G tracks off a USB drive), this isn't an issue. In these cases, you do get to independently control the backing tracks' volume.\\n\\nStill, pay attention to the limitations mentioned in other reviews: You can readily get audio in via Bluetooth, but the key changer doesn't act on the Bluetooth input. You can send video out from the onboard camera, but your can't route video in the onboard video screen is there only to display +G lyrics, or to play video from the camera or its SD card. You can play CD and CD+G discs, but not DVDs. Both mics share the same mic volume control. And the 1/4\\\" instrument input, and 1/8\\\" line-in jack, also have no independent volume controls they're also governed only by the master volume.\\n\\nIf you want to really handle multiple singers, and balance them against each other and against a wide range of backing tracks, you need something with real mixer functions.\",\n \"Product: The ChromaCast USA Flag Graphic padded gig bags feature two pockets to fit all your essential accessories. Two adjustable, padded shoulder straps make for hands free transport. Multiple handles make it easy to grab and go. Also features rubber bumpers to protect from wear & tear, and 10mm thick padding to help protect your guitar. ChromaCast is dedicated to crafting roadworthy products, and providing the best in creative design and durability. ChromaCast proves you don't have to spend a fortune for quality music gear.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Good value, but too SHORT for Fender-style guitars\\n\\nReview: This is my 4th ChromaCast bag. I fell in love with this brand based on roominess, good value, and clever design, after discovering that their <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/ChromaCast-CC-AJPB-BAG-Jumbo-Gig-Bag/dp/B013J6IFNK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">ChromaCast CC-AJPB-BAG Jumbo Gig Bag</a> was long enough to hold my 12-string acoustic dreadnought. Their <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/ChromaCast-CC-BPB-BAG-Electric-Bass-Guitar-Padded-Gig-Bag/dp/B00CKYVW2O/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">ChromaCast CC-BPB-BAG Electric Bass Guitar Padded Gig Bag</a> is, similarly, roomy enough to easily fit my 5-string bass (with extra space left around the large peghead).\\n\\nThis particular bag, however, is surprisingly short. It's about 1/2\\\" too short to fit my Telecaster's peghead. (I could get the bag to close by stretching its top around the peghead's tip, but that's not good for the guitar, bag, or zipper.) I actually wouldn't recommend it for any guitar with a Fender-style 6-in-a-row peghead.\\n\\nThis is too bad, because it has some nice features. The lower outside pocket is HUGE why aren't other gig bags designed this way? but lower-profile than the smaller/deeper compound pockets on standard ChromaCast bags. The graphics are...interesting. Like all ChromaCast bags, it's well-designed: It has serviceable backpack straps, the twin side handles are stitched to wide web straps that keep all stress off the zipper, and your guitar rests against padded fabric (not zippers) on all sides.\\n\\nThis does comfortably fit my ESP/Ltd Les Paul copy. It's probably fine for most solidbody electrics with 3-on-a-side pegheads. I just wish ChromaCast would redesign it to fit as generously as its other bags.\\n\\nAnd I still give this whole ChromaCast series a 5+ for value, 4+ for features/design, and maybe 3.5 to 4 for padding/build quality. The latter aren't robust enough for gigging musicians who have serious needs to transport valuable instruments in iffy conditions. (For that, your best bet is to look for a used PRS SE gig bag they're almost indestructible.) But these are probably the best value around in a basic bag, that's comfortable and provides ample pocket space for accessories.\",\n \"Product: Take your electric acoustic playing to new levelsin volume, that is. This Screeching Halt soundhole allows you to play your electric acoustic at far greater volume, without unwanted feedback or howling. The tapered design allows for a great fit in most soundholes, while the inert material is safe for your guitars finish. Simply place the Screeching Halt into your acoustics' sound hole and enjoy a feedback-free performance.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Fits a 4\\\" / 10 cm soundhole\\n\\nReview: Nice surprises: This fits my guitar's 4-inch (10 cm) soundhole snugly but with enough wiggle room that I don't worry about stressing the wood. Lightweight. Flexible. Shallow enough to easily slide in and out under the strings. Tapered, so it should fit some range of soundhole sizes.\\n\\nEarlier, unwelcome surprises: After measuring my soundhole at 4\\\"/10 cm, I'd ordered someone else's soundhole cover rated at exactly that size. With a nice decorative pattern embossed on the front. But that work at all: The inside diameter measured 10 cm, but it wouldn't fit into the soundhole, period. No taper. Stiff, Too deep for the string height. And really heavy, like a piece of tire.\\n\\nLesson: Don't expect these to fit to close tolerances. Order something a bit smaller than your soundhole's measured dimensions.\\n\\nBTW, these things do effectively mute your acoustic guitar's resonance, which accomplishes three things: (1) Suppresses feedback when your guitar is amplified through an amp or PA (its advertised purpose). (2) Allows quieter practice, when you don't want to disturb folks in adjacent rooms/apartments. (3) Reduces your guitar's acoustic volume, to help you dial in the sound that's actually coming out of the pickup and through the amp.\",\n \"Product: With greatly expanded memory, the added ability to split and layer and a live focused program section, the Nord Electro 5 is a highly refined, focused, yet flexible stage keyboard. The Electro 5 Organ section features an additional Principal Pipe Organ mode as well as the C2D B3 Tone Wheel simulation and the highly acclaimed Rotary Speaker simulation of a vintage 122 unit from the award winning Nord C2D Combo Organ. The Farfisa and Vox organ models are just as impressive as the B3, simulating the behavior and unique response of the original instruments. Both the Electro 5D 61/5D 73 feature physical Drawbars and can accommodate the Nord Half-Moon switch with stop/slow/fast modes (sold separately). The new Electro 5 series features 1GB of Piano Sample memory, allowing you to bring even more of Nord's unique sampled acoustic and electric pianos on stage. The subtle but effective Sympathetic String Resonance technology is implemented in the Electro 5, delivering an unprecedented degree of realism to your performance when using the Grand or Upright pianos. The Electro 5 features a dedicated Sample Synth section with expanded memory for the Nord Sample Library (256 MB) and additional controls for attack, decay/release and dynamics (filter/velocity). The included Nord Sample Editor makes it possible to add any sound you want to your Electro 5. The Nord Electro 5 Effect section features great, tweak able effects for instantly adding some dirt, glimmer or atmosphere to your sound, plus all effects are now in Stereo. The Amp/Speaker simulation features the same Vintage 122 Rotary Speaker simulations as found in the Nord C2D. There's also a flexible Stereo Delay effect with Tap-Tempo and Ping-Pong mode. The Nord Electro 5 has two sound slots that can be combined in a layer or split over the keyboard. Each of the sound slots can have specific effects, Control Pedal and/or Sustain Pedal assigned to them. The split function includes 6 split points, indicated with LED lights.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great, complex electric-keyboard modeling in one portable box\\n\\nReview: Looking for a portable stage piano/organ that handles both sides well, with many other good keyboard sounds onboard? Try to play one of these. It's got great organ models, with 9 physical drawbars and convincing Leslie modeling. But its electric-piano and Clavinet models are also stunning: many of them are triple-strike, with luscious depth and complexity. There are also multiple, well-rendered FX engines which you can use simultaneously, and can vary in real time with dedicated knobs/sliders.\\n\\nDownsides? There are some limits on splits and layering. There's no pitch-bend or mod wheel for the synth models. And the array of hardware controls looks like an airplane dashboard. Still, I could figure out to call up and tweak lots of presets within a few minutes, without looking at the manual.\\n\\nYou can find used copies at around 2x the price of a Roland VR-09 V-Combo (which is rigid and lacks multi-strike models), or around 3x the price of a Casio XW-P1 (which I own and like but it has only one FX row, and you need to build your own multi-strike patches). The Nord 5D 61's weight is competitive with those two.\\n\\nIf I were a gigging keyboardist, I'd consider saving up and stretching for this. Or for the similar Hammond SK1 61, which has a different/overlapping feature set, more menu-diving, fewer physical controls, and a slightly lower cost.\",\n \"Product: Ever stared in wonder at one of those huge old analog synths and thought, I wish my guitar could do that? If having one of those sitting on stage with you, or even altering your favorite axe to get a decent replication of those sounds is way more than you're willing to commit to, you're in luck. Boss has come to your rescue with the SY-300 analog-style electric guitar synthesizer. And you can access all of the high-quality power of those heavy-hitting synths through your standard 1/4\\\" instrument cable. Add sonic exploration to your signature sounds with the SY-300.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great tracking (and possibilities) using standard guitar pickups\\n\\nReview: Tried this out using a Fender (MIM) Standard Strat. Tracking was excellent on all pickup selections -- slight tonal differences among neck versus bridge versus intermediate positions, but all tracked equally well. Almost no artifacts, except a slight pitch wobble on some extreme pitch transpositions. Most patches faithfully follow your articulation, so you can (for example) use finger vibrato to add expression.\\n\\nOf the 70 factory presets, 65 did little for me -- they're the usual over-effected patches that manufacturers foreground to lure mouth-frothing tweakers. But the other 5 had exactly what I wanted: Nice vintage Pat Metheny synth tones, organ and flute simulations, bell-like sine waveform, and chewy inverted-triangle waveform.\\n\\nMore importantly, playing with the Blender function immediately made it clear that you can build many, many other fine patches of your own, including some tripped-out sitar sounds. And this was simply using the Blender on random -- I wasn't even borrowing specific items from specific other patches, let alone deliberately editing the 3 oscillators' settings at all. (I was doing all this without looking at the manual.)\\n\\nYou start random Blender iterations by punching a dial, and then punch the same dial to stop them when you hear something you like. You can then turn the dial backwards to up to 100 iterations you skipped over. Also, I can tell that many of the over-the-top factory patches would readily get usable if you just edited the patches to dial out (or dial down) excesses like auto-harmonies, amped-up delays, etc. (Several presets add an octave-down harmony only when you play pitches below a certain cut-off point -- an annoying inconsistency that I'd dial out pretty fast.)\\n\\nThe size and weight are quite reasonable (comparable to a DigiTech RP 355, or a Zoom G3, multi-FX pedal). The external AC adaptor is nicely lightweight.\\n\\nThe four footswitches are well-designed for stage use: The left switch is labeled \\\"On/Off,\\\" which really means synth+FX in versus transparent bypass. (Or you can reassign it to bypass only the oscillators, leaving the pedal's FX rows applied to your guitar's native tone.) The \\\"Ctl 2/3\\\" switches are factory-assigned to patch down/patch up, but you can arbitrarily assign them different functions. (And you can punch both at once for a tuner function, to which you can assign either mute or transparent bypass.)\\n\\nWhat impressed me is how the fourth \\\"Ctl 1\\\" switch remains free for several expression functions per patch. The factory presets use it to punch effects in/out (sustain, auto-harmonies, chorus, etc.), or to shift the overall pitch by a predefined interval. And those shifts had a smooth-enough portamento that I think you could get away without adding an external expression pedal.\\n\\nBetter still, you can assign up to six functions to each \\\"Ctl\\\" switch. So even if you leave only one footswitch available for modulating your patch, this compact box still gives you a lot of control.\",\n \"Product: Pedal train's first three-rail pedal board system, perfect for players who need a portable, grab-and-go-solution\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Solid choice for small pedal rigs\\n\\nReview: If you're considering this, you're presumably looking for a lightweight, ultra-portable pedalboard. The aluminum pedalboard itself is surprisingly light. But it seems sturdily welded, and its feet provide enough clearance to zip-tie a slim AC adaptor (One Spot, Snark, etc.) underneath.\\n\\nThe gig bag is surprisingly heavy (about 3x the board's weight), because it's lavishly padded all around. If this dropped on any surface, I'd expect my pedals to survive intact. It's also quite tall, at 3\\\". At least one magazine review faulted Pedaltrain gig bags for not providing an outside pocket to hold cables and accessories -- but there's actually lots of interior space for case candy on top of your pedals.\\n\\nThe real constraint is Pedaltrain's odd decision to hold this board's depth to just 8\\\" (and the gig bag's depth to 8.75\\\"), as opposed to 10\\\", or the 12\\\" depth of some earlier Pedaltrain 24\\\" boards. This Metro 24 is specifically designed to hold a single row of pedals side-by-side, and there's no wiggle room to cheat in a second row.\\n\\nAlso, some larger multi-FX pedals might not quite fit here. E.g., my DigiTech RP 350 turns out to be 8.5\\\" deep. The pedal itself fits the board OK, with a slight overhang. But once the RP 350 has right-angle 1/4\\\" connectors plugged into its back, it's 9\\\" deep, which stresses the bag.\\n\\nThis is why I've personally ended up with a Diago Commuter (UK brand little-known in the U.S.). Neither that board nor its gig bag are nearly as sturdy, but its 19\\\" x 10\\\" dimensions give me more flexibility to load more pedals -- plus I save a couple of pounds. Whereas, if I knew I'd be using only one row of compact (Boss-style stompboxes), I would have chosen this Pedaltrain for its tougher build quality.\",\n \"Product: Hamilton Beach Grooved Panini PressGreat press to grill up your favorite sandwiches of any thickness. The non stick grids makes removing the food simple and easy.Model #: 25450 Non stick grids Upright storage design Floating lid with lock 120 volts 3 wire cord 2 year warranty Grid: 8-1/2\\\" x 12\\\" Height: 4\\\" Width: 11-1/2\\\" Length: 13-1/2\\\" Shipping weight: 8.85 lbs 104173\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Nicely priced, multi-use grill\\n\\nReview: Excellent value because it's not just a panini press -- you can also use it as a contact grill for vegetables, burgers, etc. You do this by using a set screw to lock the upper plate at the height you want. Bingo: buy one appliance rather than two.\\n\\nThe upper plate has about 3\\\" to 4\\\" of travel, so you can press fairly thick sandwiches. The size is nicely compact, with the overall dimensions not much bigger than the heating plates.\\n\\nThe plates have very fine ribbing, so you can't use this grill to fry eggs or pancakes. If you want those options, consider the Breville SG620XL panini press/grill (which has flat plates that lock into 6 positions), or the smaller Hamilton Beach 25219 Contact Grill.\",\n \"Product: The Capresso ultimate Pro features a Self-tamping Porta filter and programmable cup sizes as well as a powerful Mike frothier so you can easily brew delicious espresso and cappuccino at home.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Automates almost everything short of drinking the coffee\\n\\nReview: [Revising this review after 2-1/2 months' daily use.] So far, my Capresso is holding up fine, and I remain amazed at how much this modestly priced machine automates for you:\\n\\n(1) It's self-stopping. But you can override that (just hit a button) to stop the pump early. Also, you can easily touch-reprogram the machine to stop at whatever water volume you consider to be a tasty single shot and double shot. (Two separate settings.)\\n\\n(2) It's self-tamping. I didn't even know that was even a thing. But it is, it's clever, and it works. The brew head above the portafilter is disc-shaped, so it tamps down the coffee when you lock in the portafilter.\\n\\n(3) It's self-draining. A few seconds after the pump shuts off, a solenoid draws excess water out of the portafilter. So the grounds come out relatively dry, making them easy to dump out with minimal mess.\\n\\n(4) It turns off its front-panel LED's after several minutes of inactivity, to save energy. But press any button and they all snap back on. Also, the whole machine shuts down after 2030 minutes of inactivity. But from even a cold shutdown (like overnight), it takes less than a minute to heat back up to brewing temperature.\\n\\nThese features used to cost hundreds of dollars. But apparently, parent company Jura let technology from its fancy, $1,000+ automated Swiss machines trickle down (sorry) into this price range. I actually bought this Capresso refurbished for just $6 more than I paid for my little starter DeLonghi espresso machine 15 years ago.\\n\\nAnd the very first double shot I pulled on this Capresso had more crema than any cup I've extracted in 15 years of wrestling with pump machines from lessrecognized brands. I'm amazed and pleased at the the apparent quality and value here.\\n\\nOne other interesting thing: This is hoseless. Water gets sucked from the tank into the pump by some mysterious process involving magic. Still haven't figured out how that works.\\n\\nSo...we'll see how it holds up. Two tips for avoiding/resolving trouble:\\n\\n* If your espresso tastes weak or watery, keep reprogramming the machine to pull progressively shorter (more-\\\"ristretto\\\") shots. This machine generates so much crema that watching the stream of coffee out of the portafilter can fool you about when your shot has begun turning weak. Since I'm used to machines with less-effective pumps, it took me weeks to realize this: What still looked like a dark-amber stream had actually become the weak, yellowy stuff you don't want in your cup. I've just resolved the shot time, and now I'm getting nice, rich, bitter/sweet espresso.\\n\\n* If the machine is struggling to pump even a slow trickle of water through its portafilter: STOP!, abandon this shot, and switch to a coarser coffee grind. You can destroy almost any espresso machine (over time) by blocking the portafilter with an excessively fine grind. If the pump's pressure can't escape through its intended route namely, into your cup it will escape through the next-weakest points, by weakening and destroying the machine's internal seals. Any decently-made machine will give you tolerance for a certain number of errors while you adjust your grind...but don't push it.\",\n \"Product: The Hosa IRG100 series patch cableis designed to interconnect electric guitar pedal effects. Low-profile, right-angle plugs allow close spacing of pedal effects on pedal boards.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect for when 6\\\" is just enough\\n\\nReview: These are ideal for tight pedalboards. The slim \\\"pancake\\\" connectors allow for closer pedal spacing than anything else I've tried even closer than with straight-through spindle connectors, surprisingly.\\n\\nThe wire itself is slender, which saves you more space. It's also much easier to twist into odd shapes than thicker, tweed-covered patch cables.\\n\\nI've happily used these to chain Electro-Harmonix, Boss, Zoom, and DigiTech pedals. I've had no issues with tone loss, hum, durability, shorts, or anything else. They're also literally lightweight, and low-cost.\\n\\nBut they're literally 6\\\", from male conductor to male conductor. Some patch cables sold as 6\\\" are more like 8\\\" by that measure because their 6\\\" is measured between the inside edges of their long L connectors. Planet Waves 6\\\" patch cables are actually 9\\\".\\n\\nSometimes, 6\\\" is just 6\\\". Hosa's philosophy is that you don't need to be boastful, size doesn't really matter, and 6\\\" is just fine when you need to squeeze into a tight space.\\n\\nSo they're best for connecting adjacent pedals whose jacks are side-to-side or top-to-top. For longer cable runs, you'll probably want something else.\",\n \"Product: The stylish HB202S Stereo Line silver head buds by Maxell offer extended hours of comfort while you're listening to your favorite music. The memory head band snuggly fits to your head with soft silicone tips that ensure your ears will enjoy the upmost comfort without any chaffing or irritation. Move about freely with the flexible 4-foot cable made from soft touch rubber. The HB202S feature Maxell's advanced sound quality with clear playback and deep bass performance. Not only do these headphones sound great but they look great too with the sleek silver design. You're guaranteed to look stylish whenever you use them whether at the gym, school or home.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Good value and getting scarce\\n\\nReview: I love these. And if you like this vertical design, I recommend buying a few while you still can. (The design has yielded favor to hip-hop styles and earbuds, so Maxell seems to be discontinuing this model. It's disappeared from all the drugstores where I used to see it.)\\n\\nFace it: no mfr.'s compact headphones/earbuds last very long under normal use. A cord gets tugged once too many, you permanently lose one channel or the other, and then you can't access the connections to re-solder them.\\n\\nAt least with these Maxell's, you minimize your upfront investment. They're comfortable and sound almost as good as the corresponding Sony models, but they cost only 1/2 or 1/3 the price. Maxell's cord is also a foot longer than Sony's (4' instead of 3'), which makes a surprising difference in convenience if you're plugging them into a laptop or into desktop computer speakers.\",\n \"Product: CLOSED, DYNAMIC DESIGN POWER HANDLING: 100 MW IN-THE-EAR DESIGN HIGH-ENERGY NEODYMIUM MAGNET GOLD-PLATED L-TYPE STEREO MINI PLUG 9MM, DOME TYPE DRIVER FREQ RESP: 5 HZ 23,000 HZ IMP: 16_ 1 KHZ SENSITIVITY: 100 DB MW CORD LENGTH: 1.2 M WEIGHT: .11 OZ WITHOUT CORD BLACK\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Here's the alternative I switched to\\n\\nReview: Try the <a data-hook=\\\"product-link-linked\\\" class=\\\"a-link-normal\\\" href=\\\"/Sony-MDREX86LP/dp/B0046ZSWX2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8\\\">Sony MDREX86LP</a> instead. They cost only a bit more, but have bigger magnets. So their frequency response is more balanced, with much richer bass.\\n\\nThe 86's have very low gain -- like these, and apparently like all earbuds with these directly-in-your-ear-canal design. They have no inline volume control (which isn't that useful anyway). And they have an oddly lopsided cord design -- see the MDREX86LP drawing/photo.\\n\\nBut they sound great. My electric guitar had been sounding disappointingly muddy when played through a Boss compact recorder, via low-cost Sony earbuds. When I swapped in the 86's, I finally heard the bright, balanced response I'd originally expected from good Alnico V pickups through a good amp model.\\n\\nThese 58's are plenty bright, but their low end is pretty feeble. Low gain + high-frequency bias = a recipe for frizzy.\",\n \"Product: A short beep on this handlebar-mounted buzzer bell lets pedestrians and other riders know that you're passing, with classic Avenir style and quality you can depend on\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Loud, satisfying, & durable. Not perfect - just the best available\\n\\nReview: My 1st Avenir horn lasted 15+ years; just bought 2 replacements here. Best bike horn I've found: Loud, featherweight, self-contained (so no wires to fuss with), and uninteresting to thieves.\\n\\nCandidly, this will get the attention of clueless jaywalkers and motorists. Aggressive motorists get annoyed at me for having a loud horn and exposing them, and swear at me. Which is immensely satisfying.\\n\\nBuzzing a moronic lawbreaker who's just nearly killed me dissipates the whole encounter's tension, so I don't carry it around. It's like Zen chicken-soup therapy for the urban cyclist. Gentler souls can just briefly tap the trigger, to get a \\\"Zip!\\\" sound that's still audible but less annoying.\\n\\nMyth/fact #1: The mounting clip's inside diameter is ~1 inch. Measure your handlebars before ordering. On my tapered handlebars, this fits toward the outside (near the hand grips), where I need it. It wouldn't fit onto the thick center.\\n\\nMyth/fact #2: Any reviewer who mentions AAA batteries didn't buy this. They bought a Chinese knock-off (as have I). Those are cheaply made and mostly duds. This works.\\n\\nIt takes one 12V, \\\"21/23\\\"-size battery (e.g., Duracell #MN21B2). It's an odd camera battery, like a 1/2-length AAA. Replacements are ~$2 each at drug or hardware stores. A battery lasts for weeks. The only downside is that you can't find rechargeables.\\n\\nAn ideal horn would be even louder, take standard rechargeable batteries, and fit thicker handlebars. You can find those -- but they're heavy, snake wires to a separate battery pack, and look interesting to thieves. This isn't ideal, just the best available. Ride friendly.\",\n \"Product: Good girl Mary (Jena Malone) and her best friend Hilary Faye (Mandy Moore) are at the top of the food chain at American Eagle Christian High School. But all that is about to change in this \\\"subversively funny\\\" (USA Today) teen comedy about hype, hypocrisy and high school. Also starring Macaulay Culkin and Patrick Fugit, Saved! is \\\"a boldly hilarious satire\\\" (Rolling Stone)!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Satisfying dramedy, with model music scoring\\n\\nReview: Very enjoyable send-up of hypocrisy. And, as in all the best teen/high-school movies, a walloping vindication of the outsider/nonconformist kids who are brave enough maintain their integrity.\\n\\nStellar performance by Macauley Culkin, with very strong performances by Martin Donovan (unshackled from his Hal Hartley roles), Mary-Louise Parker, and several young actors you might never have heard of.\\n\\nSaved! is also a superb model of how to elegantly integrate existing music into a feature film. My fine screenwriting professor gave us the firm edict, \\\"You can get away with a maximum one musical montage per film.\\\" And virtually very Hollywood film that breaks that rule falls flat - trying to shoehorn in irrelevant songs by \\\"name\\\" artists. Most Hollywood directors/editors can't get even one musical montage right.\\n\\nThis indie includes at least a dozen montages, all set to obscure indie rock music, with no name-checking or pay-to-play. Every montage felt natural, tweaked the pace beautifully, and moved the movie forward. Watch and learn, Directors of Tomorrow!\",\n \"Product: HEIST: Who Stole the American Dream? is a feature documentary which investigates the roots of the current economic crisis, and the ongoing assault on working people in the United States. It tells the hidden story of the systemic, multifaceted corporate attack on the middle class that, starting in the 1970s, transformed America's well-regulated economy into a battlefield littered with foreclosed homes, runaway jobs, and broken dreams. The American economy has been eviscerated due to four decades of deregulation, the outsourcing of forty-million manufacturing jobs, and self-serving tax policies that have created a new class of robber barons. Today's news blames Americans' devastated 401(k)'s and collapsed home values on financial earthquakes within the last two years. But HEIST traces these seismic shifts back to their roots in the early 1970s. It shows how large corporations - acting through lobbying organizations like the Business Roundtable and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - began a political mobilization that would propel the largest transfer of wealth in history. The winners were the wealthiest 1% of our population. The losers were ordinary Americans, whose real income has barely increased since 1973.\\nHEIST exposes the full story: how corporate leaders worked with elected officials of both major political parties to create the largest transfer of wealth in history, looting the economy to create a gap between rich and poor previously seen only in impoverished colonial nations. It reveals the impact of the infamous Powell memo of 1971, which was a call to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for American business to defend its interests against criticisms of unregulated capitalism.\\n\\n'HEIST'...\\\"has the virtue of taking the long view of a crisis that recent films like Inside Job and Too Big to Fail have only sketchily explored. It makes a strong case that government regulation of business is essential for democracy to flourish.\\\"\\nStephen Holden, New York Times\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Who sabotaged the U.S. economy?\\n\\nReview: I played my copy over and over again looking for the \\\"socialists\\\" denounced by a couple of aggrieved reviewers here. But I couldn't find any.\\n\\nSo I tried playing it backwards, then at 1/2 speed, and then sped up. Nope. Still no socialists.\\n\\nLooked under the bed. No socialists there.\\n\\nIn the movie, I found only smart, articulate people -- including a couple of U.S. senators, with overwhelming support in their home states -- explaining how U.S. capitalism has sabotaged itself. So that it now fails its own rules and ideals, and has failed about 99% of us for the past 40 years with stagnant income and decreased security.\\n\\nI suspect the angry socialaphobes are angry only because they missed their chance to rent this movie before Amazon raised 3-day rental fees by $1.\\n\\nWhich angers me, too. See? Capitalism without effective competition doesn't work. You just get corporate socialism. Anyway, rent the movie. It's enlightening and worth watching.\",\n \"Product: The large 5.5 touchscreen makes it even easier to read. The 5.0 megapixel camera has easy-to-use photo sharing. A simple menu organized in a single list with large icons makes it easy to navigate. To take advantage of the easy-to-use features on the Jitterbug Smart, activate with GreatCall by phone or via the Greatcall website. A built-in camera with flash lets you take high-quality photos and videos of family, friends and vacations. And our Unlimited Plan allows you to share them via text, email or social media without incurring additional monthly charges.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Great basic phone at a great basic price\\n\\nReview: This does very little of what smartphones do, but everything our iPhones won't: It provides great call quality, plus a Blackberry-style physical keyboard that lets you type text messages quickly and accurately.\\n\\nIt costs ~$7/month (or less) to keep active. From that, between the triple-minutes feature and Tracfone bonus codes (which you can find on online forums), you pay about $.07/minute for calls and $.02 per text. You have no contract, strings, usage taxes, roaming charges within the U.S., or surcharges for international calls.\\n\\nThis fits silicone cases designed for the iPhone 4. (You can find those cases at dollar stores.) If the purchase price here isn't low enough, you can buy a refurbished phone from Tracfone's eBay storefront for ~$10 shipped.\\n\\nTracfone seems scrupulously honest. You must add airtime at least once every 90 days to keep the phone active, but your paid time doesn't expire. Even if you have minutes stranded on an inactive phone, you'll recover that credit when you add new airtime to reactivate the phone. Tracfone also makes it easy transfer your credit if you want to switch to one of their other phones. Enjoy!\",\n \"Product: R. E. M. COLLAPSE INTO NOW\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Talk About the Passion, Pretend\\n\\nReview: Only this much is objective: Either you like the ironic, Beatles-y, highly produced, world-weary tone that steadily colonized R.E.M.'s recordings after Document, or you don't.\\n\\nMe, not so much. So I was pleased by 2008's Accelerate, and delighted by 2009's Live at the Olympia, for resurrecting the energy, conviction, and pure singability of the band's early, Byrds-influenced garageterpieces.\\n\\nHere on Collapse, the Viagra is starting to wear off. Sure, the energy is still here, as is producer Jacknife Lee. But irony and uninspired overproduction are starting to ooze back in.\\n\\nThe disc has a few irresistible tunes. (To my ear: \\\"That Someone Is You,\\\" \\\"Berlin,\\\" \\\"Me, Marlon Brando...,\\\" and \\\"Blue.\\\") A few other songs start out infectious, but then deliberately distance you with calculatedly angular arpeggios or chord progressions.\\n\\nThen there's filler in which wily Michael Stipe seems to be proudly proclaiming utter lack of inspiration -- usually with plenty of studio tricks larded on.\\n\\nSeveral songs play like paint-by-numbers reworkings of earlier R.E.M. tunes. \\\"Berlin\\\" owes a big debt to \\\"Losing My Religion,\\\" but in a good way -- it's a beautiful song, nicely produced in a completely different vein.\\n\\n\\\"Oh My Heart\\\" recalls \\\"Houston,\\\" but in a smirking, calculated way. \\\"Every Day Is Yours To Win\\\"...well, if anyone wanted a reprise of \\\"Nightswimming,\\\" here you go.\\n\\nI streamed the whole CD a few times during NPR's preview window. Then finally bought it, for the few songs I like (see above). A couple are fine anthems that will stand with this great band's best work. I just wish the rebooted R.E.M. could sustain such inspiration and conviction more consistently. Early fans beware, they're losing their religion again.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":36,"string":"36"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1995,"string":"1,995"}}},{"rowIdx":1996,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A171E42ZDFDM86"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"5.0\" for a product with description \"John Dower first encountered Japanese family crests while working as an editor and book designer. His interest in them led him to devote several years to collecting and classifying them.\". The summary of the review text is \"The right author for this subject\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"I have a couple of books about mon and this is the best one because the author impresses me with his fanatically meticulous research on what the components of each crest means - what does it mean to have a pine, a peach, a drawer handle, etc. and which families used them. Wonderful details about the iconography and symbolism, the kind of nitty-gritty details you really want if you want to drill down and understand the history and stories behind the mon. Lots of text - it's not just a picture book. Compulsive reading. The author explains that the drawings were kept in a box in Japan for decades and had never seen the light of day until he happened to stumble upon it. It's an amazing book - amazing that it even exists. A perfect combination of the right author, the right stories, and the right publisher. The hardcover first edition is a joy to behold, beautiful slipcloth with mon end papers and a mon imprinted on the front cover."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"I have a couple of books about mon and this is the best one because the author impresses me with his fanatically meticulous research on what the components of each crest means - what does it mean to have a pine, a peach, a drawer handle, etc. and which families used them. Wonderful details about the iconography and symbolism, the kind of nitty-gritty details you really want if you want to drill down and understand the history and stories behind the mon. Lots of text - it's not just a picture book. Compulsive reading. The author explains that the drawings were kept in a box in Japan for decades and had never seen the light of day until he happened to stumble upon it. It's an amazing book - amazing that it even exists. A perfect combination of the right author, the right stories, and the right publisher. The hardcover first edition is a joy to behold, beautiful slipcloth with mon end papers and a mon imprinted on the front cover."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: Learn how to play right handed violin, learn how to play fiddle and learn proper finger placement on the fingerboard with Fretless Finger Guides. Our one-piece, clear, cling vinyl first position fingering chart goes right on your fingerboard. The Guide uses no glues or adhesives and clings to itself not to your instrument. No need to loosen or remove the strings to put it on. This patented, proven, color-coded Guide and method makes learning to read music and play songs and scales easy, fun and fast. This violin fingering guide covers seven intervals and shows the natural, sharp and flat notes for first position. Fretless Finger Guides are undeniably the best way to learn violin note locations. Our unique color-coded design is by far the fastest and easiest way to learn to play violin or fiddle. This Guide works best with full (4/4) size violins that have a string length of approximately 13 inches (330 millimeters). Stays securely in place. JUST PEEL IT OFF, PUT IT ON, AND PLAY! These violin finger position markers have helped tens of thousands of aspiring violinists learn where the notes are on the music staff and the violin fingerboard. Our violin learning guide is a wonderful tool by itself or in combination with teacher assisted or online violin instruction. Fretless Finger Guides are far superior to gummy violin finger tapes, violin position marker strips and decals. Fretless Finger Guides complimentary website provides new and beginning violinists with free color coded sheet music, scales, instructional videos and more. The easy to understand instructional information shows you how to find the notes on your violin fingerboard and the music staff, so you can start playing songs and scales right away. 2013 Fretless Finger Guides\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Just to be very clear, you are paying $10 for a vinyl sticker\n\nReview: It came in an ordinary letter envelope. The color coding scheme on this sticker only lets you read music that this company publishes, which they have color coded. So unless you are also buying the music books they sell (which they offer on their website, and if you buy their music book they throw in this sticker for free), the color coding doesn't help you in reading ordinary sheet music. After viewing their website videos, I decided not to pursue the way they teach violin. Therefore, my only use for this sticker is that it spells out very clearly the notes and their placement. I bought it because it's better than me making my own stickers for the same purpose. The vinyl sticker will not damage your violin and peels off easily. If you wipe it clean, you can re-use it.","Product: 3.0 liter electric water dispenser, 3-temperture setting, Energy saving sleep timer, Citric acid cleaning function, Removable lid for easy cleaning, Non-stick inner container for easy cleaning.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Expensive but worth the price!\n\nReview: Many Asian households have this appliance but non-Asians seem to not know about it. This is a convenient way to always have boiling hot water at hand for making tea or instant ramen and instant soups. While the typical \"American\" electric tea kettle requires you to plug in and boil water each time it is turned on (thereby necessitating a wait of at least 3-5 minutes), this water heater boils water and keeps it boiling hot for days until you dispense all of it and have to refill/reboil it. I have found it very useful to have a personal water heater at my office desk (where it is the envy of all my colleagues - yet somehow they are resistant to buying one themselves due to cultural suspicion), and also one at home. One caveat is that since it is constantly plugged in, it may use up a lot of electricity. Also you have to be careful of children accidentally dispensing it and scalding themselves (this model has a \"lock\" button). Lastly, you should never immerse the appliance in water and it is certainly not dishwashable. The Tiger model is not cheap but it is a high quality, well-made appliance that will last for years.","Product: History of Tatami: Tatami mats come to you straight from the Far East, where they have been making Tatami for hundreds of years. Tatami mats started as floor coverings and were also used to make chairs or benches by placing several Tatami on top of each other. When they were first made, Tatami mats were seen as luxury items for the wealthy when most people had dirt floors. Another function of Tatami was to indicate rank. The most exalted members of a ceremony or gathering were given the privilege of sitting on the Tatami, while others sat on the wooden floor. Tatami mats are much more widely used today, but are still employed for Japanese religious rites and tea ceremonies.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Good substitute for hyper-expensive artisanal tatami\n\nReview: I spent a lot of time in old houses in Japan and wanted to tatami-fy my room when I came back. First, I looked at tatami made in Kyoto by the real artisans. A real made-in-Japan tatami mat of equivalent size, hand-woven by artisans, costs more$1,000 per mat (and that excludes shipping costs). An American bedroom is usually more than 4 mats (usually 6-8 mats large), so it's very expensive to completely \"tatami-fy\" a bedroom. At $179, this \"cheaper\" version is not a bad substitute (and that price includes Amazon 2-day Prime shipping). It smells authentic (sweet tatami smell), feels authentic (firm yet slightly springy), and the stitching looks fine, although if you have kids or pets, or do any rough-and-tumble stuff on it, it will come apart, no surprise. This arrived safely and was well-packaged. It is very heavy and bulky (6 feet by 3 feet) so it helps to have 2 people move a single tatami mat around. I could not see where it is made on the packaging, I presume Taiwan or mainland China. However, few people in Japan can really afford artisan-price tatami anymore, and I'm sure their tatami is also made in Taiwan or mainland China, so I'm not crying. My only wish is that they should also offer it in different fabric borders. This one is a plain black canvas. In Japan you can custom-order your fabric border in different brocade patterns and colors (traditionally, of course, \"commoners\" were prohibited from using such patterns, which were reserved for temples and aristocrats).","Product: A good cup of coffee or tea is always at your fingertips with the Bodum Travel Coffee and Tea Press. Made of durable BPA Free SAN plastic with a colorful, silicone, non-slip grip, this travel press lets coffee lovers enjoy their daily fix on the go. It's quick and easy to use: add coarsely ground coffee, pour in hot water, seal the lid and take it to go. After four minutes, regardless of where you are, press down on the plunger and enjoy. For those that prefer tea, the Bodum Travel Coffee and Tea Press works equally as well. The Bodum Travel Coffee and Tea Press keeps beverages hot or cold for several hours while maintaining the aroma and flavors of a freshly pressed cup.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Very disappointing design flaws\n\nReview: I really wanted a travel mug where I can \"French press\" the coffee. I've brought this mug to many countries and finally decided to give it away in my charity pile. It looks nice but simply doesn't work. As some reviewers have noted here, the grounds escape the filter. Sometimes the filter won't push down reliably and water squirts out of the mouth piece, and you get coffee and bits of ground everywhere. I took it apart and compared the press/filter with my regular Bodum (glass) press (which works) and here's why: the travel one's press and filter are made of clearly inferior parts: there's more plastic, the filter mesh is less sturdy, and the seal around the circumference of the mesh is cheaper and less tight. I even did a taste test with my regular glass Bodum - the travel one makes worse-tasting coffee because of the crappy plastic parts. Coffee just tastes of PLASTIC. Want French press when you travel? Ditch this and just pack the regular small-size glass Bodum. Just pack it properly so the glass won't break. I'm serious.","Product: The Targus laptop Sleeve can be used as a stand-alone case or to compliment your existing laptop carrying case. It features a neoprene exterior, which provides protection for your laptop and soft comfortable carrying handles. This slip case accommodates laptops with screens up to 15.4\" and even with its compact form factor has ample space in the front and interior storage section for business cards, pens and files.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: This fits the 17\" Dell Inspiron E1705 series notebook\n\nReview: Nothing else seems to, so you have to buy this. It is rather plain and ugly but it definitely fits. I looked for days on the Web for another nicer bag but couldn't find anything in the right dimensions for my laptop. Padded shoulder strap is not that padded. It is very lightweight, thin, but does the job. Anything more padded would be heavy and the E1705 is already very heavy. So, B+, worth it if nothing else contains this mega laptop. (Neoprene smells a bit funny and rubbery synthetic). Contains: laptop, a few slim folders of paper, some pens, very little else. Not expandable. It barely holds the power cord (very irritating - it bulges out) and the outside slip pocket does not zip shut so stuff falls out (don't put wallet in that slip pocket).","Product: JENSEN brings back an old favorite with the MCR-100 shoebox style Cassette Player/Recorder. The unit includes a top loading cassette deck that both plays and records along with a retractable carrying handle for taking it with you! The unit features easy to use buttons, a one-touch record button, and an automatic voice level control. You can record using the built-in microphone or the included external microphone with handy desk stand. A headphone jack is included for private listening, and you can attach other players to the unit using the auxiliary line-in jack. The MCR-100 operates on four (4) x \"C\" size batteries (not included) or with the AC adaptor (included).\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Revive old tech for octogenarian music lovers\n\nReview: My octogenarian family member wanted to listen to his old cassettes again. He had long thrown away his cassette player in the 1980s and we despaired of finding another quite like it. This is very close to that old 1970s/1980s model that the older generation is familiar with. The large push buttons are the kind that they are used to and are easy for arthritic fingers to press (no touch screens or tiny buttons that they have to squint at). This Jensen model was only $25 on Amazon and comes with an adaptor and microphone. It also works with batteries. It is even dual voltage, so it works in the US and Asia as well (you will need a simple adaptor plug to convert the 2 pins to 3 pins for Asia). The embedded speaker is really not very good at all and the sound is terrible by modern standards, but for the older generation, they hardly notice the quality difference, because this is what they are used to. The microphone works fairly well and I've used it quite often, recording quality is not bad.","Product: Spain released, Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C : it WILL NOT play on regular DVD player. You need Blu-Ray DVD player to view this Blu-Ray DVD: LANGUAGES: Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Spanish ( DTS-HD Master Audio ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Blancanieves deftly blends cinematic antiquarianism, period atmosphere and primal emotions. Set in Spain in the 1920s, it replaces the spooky northern European romanticism of the Brothers Grimm with a swooning, tragic sensibility native to (or perhaps stereotypically associated with) the Iberian Peninsula. The Snow White character, named Carmen, is the daughter of a bullfighter (Daniel Gimnez Cacho) and a flamenco dancer (Inma Cuesta), and her story hums with jealousy, vanity and other volatile passions. Many of these pulsate in the heart of Carmen's stepmother, Encarna (Maribel Verd, seen in 'Pan's Labyrinth' and 'Y Tu Mam Tambin'), a delectably wicked villain who is transformed before our eyes from a lovestruck nurse to a perverse and murderous gold digger, as cruel to her husband as she is to his daughter. Encarna marries the girl's father after he is paralyzed by a bull named Lucifer. (His wife has died in childbirth after witnessing the injury.) Carmen, played as a wide-eyed, soft-featured child by Sofia Oria, is comforted by the companionship of her father, her grandmother (ngela Molina) and a mischievous rooster named Pepe, this film's answer to the scrappy terrier that was everyone's favorite part of 'The Artist.' There are dwarfs too, who befriend Carmen after she has grown into a lovely and spirited young woman (played by Macarena Garca). Also a poisoned apple, though no magic mirror and, strictly speaking, no handsome prince. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, Goya Awards, San Seb...Snow White (2012) ( Blancanieves ) ( Blancaneu )\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: The bull gets treated better than the women - how very PC\n\nReview: In a nod to modern sentiment decrying the bullfights, the bull gets pardoned in the film. Alas, modern sentiments did not go so far as to prevent cruelty against women in the hands of a male director.\n\nI go to Sevilla to watch bullfights a lot. And I'm a woman. And I watched this movie because a woman bullfighter (yes, they exist outside of fairytales) said on t.v. that it was good. You can't get a better endorsement than that.\n\nThis movie hits all the right authenticity notes except one - the ending. If you think this is a movie about strong female heroine, and you're rooting for the lovely little girl and the actress who plays the grown up version of her, brace yourself - you are going to be creeped out by this director's vision. It came out before #MeToo. Patty Jenkins, please fix this.\n\nThe soundtrack is a redeeming feature.","Product: DR-520 Compatible with Brother Drum Unit\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Compatible drum unit works, great seller (Cartridgeworld)\n\nReview: Since the original Brother drums are so expensive (almost 4x the price of this one), I bought this one. When I first installed it in my Brother HL-5250DN laser printer, the drum unit light continued to flash on and my computer sent a message \"Drum Life to End Soon\". I knew I had to reset by holding down the Start button until the lights all flash on and off. However, the error message continued despite the reset. I tried all kinds of other tips I found on the Web, to no avail. Finally I emailed the Amazon seller CartridgeWorld and complained about the cartridge, believing that it was a spent one. Fortunately the seller told me that my reset process was wrong. I should have not only held down the Start button, but leave the door (which you open to insert the drum) open the whole time. After the lights come on and off, then shut the door. This critical step solved the problem. So, if you're having similar symptoms, try this. Thanks CartridgeWorld!","Product: DR-520 Compatible with Brother Drum Unit\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Compatible drum unit works, great seller (Cartridgeworld)\n\nReview: Since the original Brother drums are so expensive (almost 4x the price of this one), I bought this one. When I first installed it in my Brother HL-5250DN laser printer, the drum unit light continued to flash on and my computer sent a message \"Drum Life to End Soon\". I knew I had to reset by holding down the Start button until the lights all flash on and off. However, the error message continued despite the reset. I tried all kinds of other tips I found on the Web, to no avail. Finally I emailed the Amazon seller CartridgeWorld and complained about the cartridge, believing that it was a spent one. Fortunately the seller told me that my reset process was wrong. I should have not only held down the Start button, but leave the door (which you open to insert the drum) open the whole time. After the lights come on and off, then shut the door. This critical step solved the problem. So, if you're having similar symptoms, try this. Thanks CartridgeWorld!","Product: Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel is an icon of fashion, and can lay claim to having invented the look of the 20th century. At the height of the Belle Epoque, she stripped women of their corsets and feathers, bobbed their hair, put them in bathing suits and sent them out to get tanned in the sun. She introduced the little black dress; trousers for women; costume jewelry; the exquisitely comfortable suit that became her trademark. Early in the Roaring Twenties, Chanel made the first ever couture perfume - No. 5 - presenting it in the famous little square-cut flagon that, inspired by Picasso and Cubism, became the arch symbol of the Art Deco style. No. 5 remains the most popular scent ever created. Chanel knew instinctively that the road to success lay in being absolutely at one with her own time. And what a time! The era of Picasso, Diaghilev, Stravinsky, Cocteau, Jean Renoir, Visconti - all of whom 'Coco' knew and collaborated with, even as she matched their modernist innovations by liberating women from the prison of 19th-century fashion and creating a whole new concept of elegance. Chanel went everywhere and knew everyone and, as this sumptuously illustrated volume clearly shows, her life and accomplishment - even her chronic failure in love - constitute one of the great stories of the modern age. Her life is eminently suited to the lavish visual treatment of this handsome volume, which features more than 600 illustrations from an extraordinary collection amassed over the years by Edmonde Charles-Roux, Chanel's official biographer and close friend. An authoritative and practised writer, Charles-Roux has used careful research and vivid eyewitness accounts to set the pictures in their context of time and place. She makes Chanel live again!\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Entertaining book with mostly pictures\n\nReview: I was looking for a book showing photos of Chanel's clothing designs and styles. This book focuses more on her life and the celebrities and cultural/social trends of her era (spanning 1910's - 1950's), so if you are looking to see her clothing styles and designs, you will be disappointed as there isn't that much coverage of the actual clothing. However, it is a very absorbing, encyclopedic, pictorial collection of the people of Chanel's time and you can spend many a lazy Sunday afternoon thoroughly exploring les temps perdus. There are many many pictures of Coco Chanel - like Madonna, she looks different every few years, a real chameleon. It retails at $65, so the $37 Amazon price is a good deal. It is a heavy thick book with glossy pages."],"string":"[\n \"Product: Learn how to play right handed violin, learn how to play fiddle and learn proper finger placement on the fingerboard with Fretless Finger Guides. Our one-piece, clear, cling vinyl first position fingering chart goes right on your fingerboard. The Guide uses no glues or adhesives and clings to itself not to your instrument. No need to loosen or remove the strings to put it on. This patented, proven, color-coded Guide and method makes learning to read music and play songs and scales easy, fun and fast. This violin fingering guide covers seven intervals and shows the natural, sharp and flat notes for first position. Fretless Finger Guides are undeniably the best way to learn violin note locations. Our unique color-coded design is by far the fastest and easiest way to learn to play violin or fiddle. This Guide works best with full (4/4) size violins that have a string length of approximately 13 inches (330 millimeters). Stays securely in place. JUST PEEL IT OFF, PUT IT ON, AND PLAY! These violin finger position markers have helped tens of thousands of aspiring violinists learn where the notes are on the music staff and the violin fingerboard. Our violin learning guide is a wonderful tool by itself or in combination with teacher assisted or online violin instruction. Fretless Finger Guides are far superior to gummy violin finger tapes, violin position marker strips and decals. Fretless Finger Guides complimentary website provides new and beginning violinists with free color coded sheet music, scales, instructional videos and more. The easy to understand instructional information shows you how to find the notes on your violin fingerboard and the music staff, so you can start playing songs and scales right away. 2013 Fretless Finger Guides\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Just to be very clear, you are paying $10 for a vinyl sticker\\n\\nReview: It came in an ordinary letter envelope. The color coding scheme on this sticker only lets you read music that this company publishes, which they have color coded. So unless you are also buying the music books they sell (which they offer on their website, and if you buy their music book they throw in this sticker for free), the color coding doesn't help you in reading ordinary sheet music. After viewing their website videos, I decided not to pursue the way they teach violin. Therefore, my only use for this sticker is that it spells out very clearly the notes and their placement. I bought it because it's better than me making my own stickers for the same purpose. The vinyl sticker will not damage your violin and peels off easily. If you wipe it clean, you can re-use it.\",\n \"Product: 3.0 liter electric water dispenser, 3-temperture setting, Energy saving sleep timer, Citric acid cleaning function, Removable lid for easy cleaning, Non-stick inner container for easy cleaning.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Expensive but worth the price!\\n\\nReview: Many Asian households have this appliance but non-Asians seem to not know about it. This is a convenient way to always have boiling hot water at hand for making tea or instant ramen and instant soups. While the typical \\\"American\\\" electric tea kettle requires you to plug in and boil water each time it is turned on (thereby necessitating a wait of at least 3-5 minutes), this water heater boils water and keeps it boiling hot for days until you dispense all of it and have to refill/reboil it. I have found it very useful to have a personal water heater at my office desk (where it is the envy of all my colleagues - yet somehow they are resistant to buying one themselves due to cultural suspicion), and also one at home. One caveat is that since it is constantly plugged in, it may use up a lot of electricity. Also you have to be careful of children accidentally dispensing it and scalding themselves (this model has a \\\"lock\\\" button). Lastly, you should never immerse the appliance in water and it is certainly not dishwashable. The Tiger model is not cheap but it is a high quality, well-made appliance that will last for years.\",\n \"Product: History of Tatami: Tatami mats come to you straight from the Far East, where they have been making Tatami for hundreds of years. Tatami mats started as floor coverings and were also used to make chairs or benches by placing several Tatami on top of each other. When they were first made, Tatami mats were seen as luxury items for the wealthy when most people had dirt floors. Another function of Tatami was to indicate rank. The most exalted members of a ceremony or gathering were given the privilege of sitting on the Tatami, while others sat on the wooden floor. Tatami mats are much more widely used today, but are still employed for Japanese religious rites and tea ceremonies.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Good substitute for hyper-expensive artisanal tatami\\n\\nReview: I spent a lot of time in old houses in Japan and wanted to tatami-fy my room when I came back. First, I looked at tatami made in Kyoto by the real artisans. A real made-in-Japan tatami mat of equivalent size, hand-woven by artisans, costs more$1,000 per mat (and that excludes shipping costs). An American bedroom is usually more than 4 mats (usually 6-8 mats large), so it's very expensive to completely \\\"tatami-fy\\\" a bedroom. At $179, this \\\"cheaper\\\" version is not a bad substitute (and that price includes Amazon 2-day Prime shipping). It smells authentic (sweet tatami smell), feels authentic (firm yet slightly springy), and the stitching looks fine, although if you have kids or pets, or do any rough-and-tumble stuff on it, it will come apart, no surprise. This arrived safely and was well-packaged. It is very heavy and bulky (6 feet by 3 feet) so it helps to have 2 people move a single tatami mat around. I could not see where it is made on the packaging, I presume Taiwan or mainland China. However, few people in Japan can really afford artisan-price tatami anymore, and I'm sure their tatami is also made in Taiwan or mainland China, so I'm not crying. My only wish is that they should also offer it in different fabric borders. This one is a plain black canvas. In Japan you can custom-order your fabric border in different brocade patterns and colors (traditionally, of course, \\\"commoners\\\" were prohibited from using such patterns, which were reserved for temples and aristocrats).\",\n \"Product: A good cup of coffee or tea is always at your fingertips with the Bodum Travel Coffee and Tea Press. Made of durable BPA Free SAN plastic with a colorful, silicone, non-slip grip, this travel press lets coffee lovers enjoy their daily fix on the go. It's quick and easy to use: add coarsely ground coffee, pour in hot water, seal the lid and take it to go. After four minutes, regardless of where you are, press down on the plunger and enjoy. For those that prefer tea, the Bodum Travel Coffee and Tea Press works equally as well. The Bodum Travel Coffee and Tea Press keeps beverages hot or cold for several hours while maintaining the aroma and flavors of a freshly pressed cup.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Very disappointing design flaws\\n\\nReview: I really wanted a travel mug where I can \\\"French press\\\" the coffee. I've brought this mug to many countries and finally decided to give it away in my charity pile. It looks nice but simply doesn't work. As some reviewers have noted here, the grounds escape the filter. Sometimes the filter won't push down reliably and water squirts out of the mouth piece, and you get coffee and bits of ground everywhere. I took it apart and compared the press/filter with my regular Bodum (glass) press (which works) and here's why: the travel one's press and filter are made of clearly inferior parts: there's more plastic, the filter mesh is less sturdy, and the seal around the circumference of the mesh is cheaper and less tight. I even did a taste test with my regular glass Bodum - the travel one makes worse-tasting coffee because of the crappy plastic parts. Coffee just tastes of PLASTIC. Want French press when you travel? Ditch this and just pack the regular small-size glass Bodum. Just pack it properly so the glass won't break. I'm serious.\",\n \"Product: The Targus laptop Sleeve can be used as a stand-alone case or to compliment your existing laptop carrying case. It features a neoprene exterior, which provides protection for your laptop and soft comfortable carrying handles. This slip case accommodates laptops with screens up to 15.4\\\" and even with its compact form factor has ample space in the front and interior storage section for business cards, pens and files.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: This fits the 17\\\" Dell Inspiron E1705 series notebook\\n\\nReview: Nothing else seems to, so you have to buy this. It is rather plain and ugly but it definitely fits. I looked for days on the Web for another nicer bag but couldn't find anything in the right dimensions for my laptop. Padded shoulder strap is not that padded. It is very lightweight, thin, but does the job. Anything more padded would be heavy and the E1705 is already very heavy. So, B+, worth it if nothing else contains this mega laptop. (Neoprene smells a bit funny and rubbery synthetic). Contains: laptop, a few slim folders of paper, some pens, very little else. Not expandable. It barely holds the power cord (very irritating - it bulges out) and the outside slip pocket does not zip shut so stuff falls out (don't put wallet in that slip pocket).\",\n \"Product: JENSEN brings back an old favorite with the MCR-100 shoebox style Cassette Player/Recorder. The unit includes a top loading cassette deck that both plays and records along with a retractable carrying handle for taking it with you! The unit features easy to use buttons, a one-touch record button, and an automatic voice level control. You can record using the built-in microphone or the included external microphone with handy desk stand. A headphone jack is included for private listening, and you can attach other players to the unit using the auxiliary line-in jack. The MCR-100 operates on four (4) x \\\"C\\\" size batteries (not included) or with the AC adaptor (included).\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Revive old tech for octogenarian music lovers\\n\\nReview: My octogenarian family member wanted to listen to his old cassettes again. He had long thrown away his cassette player in the 1980s and we despaired of finding another quite like it. This is very close to that old 1970s/1980s model that the older generation is familiar with. The large push buttons are the kind that they are used to and are easy for arthritic fingers to press (no touch screens or tiny buttons that they have to squint at). This Jensen model was only $25 on Amazon and comes with an adaptor and microphone. It also works with batteries. It is even dual voltage, so it works in the US and Asia as well (you will need a simple adaptor plug to convert the 2 pins to 3 pins for Asia). The embedded speaker is really not very good at all and the sound is terrible by modern standards, but for the older generation, they hardly notice the quality difference, because this is what they are used to. The microphone works fairly well and I've used it quite often, recording quality is not bad.\",\n \"Product: Spain released, Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C : it WILL NOT play on regular DVD player. You need Blu-Ray DVD player to view this Blu-Ray DVD: LANGUAGES: Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Spanish ( DTS-HD Master Audio ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Blancanieves deftly blends cinematic antiquarianism, period atmosphere and primal emotions. Set in Spain in the 1920s, it replaces the spooky northern European romanticism of the Brothers Grimm with a swooning, tragic sensibility native to (or perhaps stereotypically associated with) the Iberian Peninsula. The Snow White character, named Carmen, is the daughter of a bullfighter (Daniel Gimnez Cacho) and a flamenco dancer (Inma Cuesta), and her story hums with jealousy, vanity and other volatile passions. Many of these pulsate in the heart of Carmen's stepmother, Encarna (Maribel Verd, seen in 'Pan's Labyrinth' and 'Y Tu Mam Tambin'), a delectably wicked villain who is transformed before our eyes from a lovestruck nurse to a perverse and murderous gold digger, as cruel to her husband as she is to his daughter. Encarna marries the girl's father after he is paralyzed by a bull named Lucifer. (His wife has died in childbirth after witnessing the injury.) Carmen, played as a wide-eyed, soft-featured child by Sofia Oria, is comforted by the companionship of her father, her grandmother (ngela Molina) and a mischievous rooster named Pepe, this film's answer to the scrappy terrier that was everyone's favorite part of 'The Artist.' There are dwarfs too, who befriend Carmen after she has grown into a lovely and spirited young woman (played by Macarena Garca). Also a poisoned apple, though no magic mirror and, strictly speaking, no handsome prince. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, Goya Awards, San Seb...Snow White (2012) ( Blancanieves ) ( Blancaneu )\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: The bull gets treated better than the women - how very PC\\n\\nReview: In a nod to modern sentiment decrying the bullfights, the bull gets pardoned in the film. Alas, modern sentiments did not go so far as to prevent cruelty against women in the hands of a male director.\\n\\nI go to Sevilla to watch bullfights a lot. And I'm a woman. And I watched this movie because a woman bullfighter (yes, they exist outside of fairytales) said on t.v. that it was good. You can't get a better endorsement than that.\\n\\nThis movie hits all the right authenticity notes except one - the ending. If you think this is a movie about strong female heroine, and you're rooting for the lovely little girl and the actress who plays the grown up version of her, brace yourself - you are going to be creeped out by this director's vision. It came out before #MeToo. Patty Jenkins, please fix this.\\n\\nThe soundtrack is a redeeming feature.\",\n \"Product: DR-520 Compatible with Brother Drum Unit\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Compatible drum unit works, great seller (Cartridgeworld)\\n\\nReview: Since the original Brother drums are so expensive (almost 4x the price of this one), I bought this one. When I first installed it in my Brother HL-5250DN laser printer, the drum unit light continued to flash on and my computer sent a message \\\"Drum Life to End Soon\\\". I knew I had to reset by holding down the Start button until the lights all flash on and off. However, the error message continued despite the reset. I tried all kinds of other tips I found on the Web, to no avail. Finally I emailed the Amazon seller CartridgeWorld and complained about the cartridge, believing that it was a spent one. Fortunately the seller told me that my reset process was wrong. I should have not only held down the Start button, but leave the door (which you open to insert the drum) open the whole time. After the lights come on and off, then shut the door. This critical step solved the problem. So, if you're having similar symptoms, try this. Thanks CartridgeWorld!\",\n \"Product: DR-520 Compatible with Brother Drum Unit\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Compatible drum unit works, great seller (Cartridgeworld)\\n\\nReview: Since the original Brother drums are so expensive (almost 4x the price of this one), I bought this one. When I first installed it in my Brother HL-5250DN laser printer, the drum unit light continued to flash on and my computer sent a message \\\"Drum Life to End Soon\\\". I knew I had to reset by holding down the Start button until the lights all flash on and off. However, the error message continued despite the reset. I tried all kinds of other tips I found on the Web, to no avail. Finally I emailed the Amazon seller CartridgeWorld and complained about the cartridge, believing that it was a spent one. Fortunately the seller told me that my reset process was wrong. I should have not only held down the Start button, but leave the door (which you open to insert the drum) open the whole time. After the lights come on and off, then shut the door. This critical step solved the problem. So, if you're having similar symptoms, try this. Thanks CartridgeWorld!\",\n \"Product: Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel is an icon of fashion, and can lay claim to having invented the look of the 20th century. At the height of the Belle Epoque, she stripped women of their corsets and feathers, bobbed their hair, put them in bathing suits and sent them out to get tanned in the sun. She introduced the little black dress; trousers for women; costume jewelry; the exquisitely comfortable suit that became her trademark. Early in the Roaring Twenties, Chanel made the first ever couture perfume - No. 5 - presenting it in the famous little square-cut flagon that, inspired by Picasso and Cubism, became the arch symbol of the Art Deco style. No. 5 remains the most popular scent ever created. Chanel knew instinctively that the road to success lay in being absolutely at one with her own time. And what a time! The era of Picasso, Diaghilev, Stravinsky, Cocteau, Jean Renoir, Visconti - all of whom 'Coco' knew and collaborated with, even as she matched their modernist innovations by liberating women from the prison of 19th-century fashion and creating a whole new concept of elegance. Chanel went everywhere and knew everyone and, as this sumptuously illustrated volume clearly shows, her life and accomplishment - even her chronic failure in love - constitute one of the great stories of the modern age. Her life is eminently suited to the lavish visual treatment of this handsome volume, which features more than 600 illustrations from an extraordinary collection amassed over the years by Edmonde Charles-Roux, Chanel's official biographer and close friend. An authoritative and practised writer, Charles-Roux has used careful research and vivid eyewitness accounts to set the pictures in their context of time and place. She makes Chanel live again!\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Entertaining book with mostly pictures\\n\\nReview: I was looking for a book showing photos of Chanel's clothing designs and styles. This book focuses more on her life and the celebrities and cultural/social trends of her era (spanning 1910's - 1950's), so if you are looking to see her clothing styles and designs, you will be disappointed as there isn't that much coverage of the actual clothing. However, it is a very absorbing, encyclopedic, pictorial collection of the people of Chanel's time and you can spend many a lazy Sunday afternoon thoroughly exploring les temps perdus. There are many many pictures of Coco Chanel - like Madonna, she looks different every few years, a real chameleon. It retails at $65, so the $37 Amazon price is a good deal. It is a heavy thick book with glossy pages.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":10,"string":"10"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1996,"string":"1,996"}}},{"rowIdx":1997,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A22FFXBR4U3S8X"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"3.0\" for a product with description \"38-pc Airtight Food Storage Container Set includes: 5 mini bowls (.5-cup), 2 mini squares (1.25-cup), 2 rectangles (2-cup), 2 medium divided rectangle (3.5-cup), 2 medium rectangles (4.5-cup), 2 small rectangles (4.7-cup), 1 medium rectangle (10.8-cup), 1 small bowl (3.5-cup), 1 large rectangle (8-cup) and 1 large rectangle with handle (18.5-cup).\". The summary of the review text is \"On All Things Snapware\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"I fell in love with Snapware when I bought a 28-piece set at Costco. I bought two more sets as gifts for friends and began recommending it to fellow Costco shoppers so strongly that they thought I was on commission. The airtight bins keep things amazingly fresh, the rectangular design wastes no refrigerator space, and the multiple sizing fit every storage-size need (okay, I bought two more sets including the large storage bins).\n\nBut then came the morning after: Stubborn mold can set in under the silicon seals and takes overnight soaking in bleach to remove it, sometimes imperfectly. After a year, the flaps on the most-used sizes (2.5 liters) began to tear off from the sides because the flap \"hinge\" is a razor-thin piece of plastic. The company replaced them after I mailed them back with an explanatory letter, but this requires keeping the receipts as proof-of-purchase, going to the Post Office and waiting in line, then hoping that Snapware receives them; or else buying a new set just for the two containers that wore out. And now I have lost one of my receipts. The gift sets to friends fared no better: one hinge was so ill-fitted that it broke with the first use even when the lid was properly positioned. The glass-bottomed sets seem to have thicker hinges and have held up well so far when used very carefully, but this may be due to less frequent usage. I have had to mail back four lids since my first 2008 purchase, and have at least two more broken ones ready-to-mail, which is a nuisance. It's a little bit like buying those 8-year warranty batteries at Pep Boys that last 3.5 years but they sucker you to buy another one that does no better because they give you a \"credit\" for the 4.5 years that you otherwise lose.\n\nI now have no true kitchenware-storage-container love, but prefer a Rubbermaid 8-piece modular canister with 2.5 liter and up capacity - their usual line is ill-shaped and too small for storing soups and stews - and one can improvise for the smaller storage items. (Caveat: I bought a Rubbermaid 8-piece modular set at Ralphs for $10 but on Amazon it is $28.97.) If you still prefer Snapware, Costco routinely sells all the Snapware sets from the 24 piece to the 38 piece from $19.99 to $29.99, depending on their promotion. As of 8/7/14, the 38 piece set is on sale for $19.99 for three weeks."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"I fell in love with Snapware when I bought a 28-piece set at Costco. I bought two more sets as gifts for friends and began recommending it to fellow Costco shoppers so strongly that they thought I was on commission. The airtight bins keep things amazingly fresh, the rectangular design wastes no refrigerator space, and the multiple sizing fit every storage-size need (okay, I bought two more sets including the large storage bins).\n\nBut then came the morning after: Stubborn mold can set in under the silicon seals and takes overnight soaking in bleach to remove it, sometimes imperfectly. After a year, the flaps on the most-used sizes (2.5 liters) began to tear off from the sides because the flap \"hinge\" is a razor-thin piece of plastic. The company replaced them after I mailed them back with an explanatory letter, but this requires keeping the receipts as proof-of-purchase, going to the Post Office and waiting in line, then hoping that Snapware receives them; or else buying a new set just for the two containers that wore out. And now I have lost one of my receipts. The gift sets to friends fared no better: one hinge was so ill-fitted that it broke with the first use even when the lid was properly positioned. The glass-bottomed sets seem to have thicker hinges and have held up well so far when used very carefully, but this may be due to less frequent usage. I have had to mail back four lids since my first 2008 purchase, and have at least two more broken ones ready-to-mail, which is a nuisance. It's a little bit like buying those 8-year warranty batteries at Pep Boys that last 3.5 years but they sucker you to buy another one that does no better because they give you a \"credit\" for the 4.5 years that you otherwise lose.\n\nI now have no true kitchenware-storage-container love, but prefer a Rubbermaid 8-piece modular canister with 2.5 liter and up capacity - their usual line is ill-shaped and too small for storing soups and stews - and one can improvise for the smaller storage items. (Caveat: I bought a Rubbermaid 8-piece modular set at Ralphs for $10 but on Amazon it is $28.97.) If you still prefer Snapware, Costco routinely sells all the Snapware sets from the 24 piece to the 38 piece from $19.99 to $29.99, depending on their promotion. As of 8/7/14, the 38 piece set is on sale for $19.99 for three weeks."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: E6000 Multi-Purpose Adhesive. This glue is absolutely amazing. It permanently bonds: wood, metal, glass, fiberglass, ceramic, leather, rubber, vinyl and most plastics. E6000 is a unique adhesive formulated to meet high-performance industrial requirements, making it an exceptional craft adhesive. Features: water-proof, flexible, non-flammable, photo safe and paintable. Can even be used as potting material! Conforms to ASTM D4236. Clear formula. This package contains (1) 3.7oz tube. Made in USA.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Best All Purpose Glue\n\nReview: This glue sticks strongly to almost any solid non-porous surface, and remains strong but flexible when fully cured. It becomes tacky and dries quickly, and makes a full-strength bond in a day. It has a vast range of surprising helpful applications. Here are some examples where the glue saved each device on which it was used:\n\n1) The foam base of an expensive orthotic device separated from the sole because it had been jammed into the shoe. The glue absorbed into the foam, which should be clamped into place, then stayed flexible when dry.\n\n2) A new pair of PVC gloves used for dishwashing was cut with a razor, making it useless; E-6000 covered the cut and has remained water-tight and flexible for months.\n\n3) An auto dome-light went out because the metal end separated from the bulb even though the filament was intact. A daub of E-6000 between metal and glass, lightly clamped with a vise-grip wrench, and it was good as new.\n\n4) A woven bamboo wastebasket with a solid bamboo strip for the rim gradually lost its bark/rattan stitching so the rim came loose. A thick bead of E-6000 along the entire inside of the strip secured it permanently and more strongly than the original.\n\n5) After 15 years of use, the fabric of an under-the-seat bicycle bag split where it runs over the 90 hard plastic frame, and could not be sewn back together. I cut two strips of fabric from old jeans, impregnated the strips and the bag fabric near the split with E-6000, joined them after 4-5 minutes, and it is as good as new.\n\nMy single tube, still mostly unused, has also saved a mirror backing (paper to wood and still holding) and auto headliner.\n\nThe negative reviewer who complained that this is a one-use-only tube simply failed to clean the threads with acetone or Pine-Sol after use, leaving the E-6000 on the threads and gluing the cap to the tube as any good self-respecting glue should do. This is great stuff. Store it upside down to help keep the chemically active vapors in the tube, and don't breath more of the fumes than necessary. One serious fault is that after half the tube had been used, the soft plastic cap split open at the bottom simply from normal tightening, ruining the remaining product. The cap of the replacement tube split the same way, but it is possible to save the tube by using the hard plastic cap from a 6 oz. tube of AIM toothpaste.","Product: E6000 Multi-Purpose Adhesive. This glue is absolutely amazing. It permanently bonds: wood, metal, glass, fiberglass, ceramic, leather, rubber, vinyl and most plastics. E6000 is a unique adhesive formulated to meet high-performance industrial requirements, making it an exceptional craft adhesive. Features: water-proof, flexible, non-flammable, photo safe and paintable. Can even be used as potting material! Conforms to ASTM D4236. Clear formula. This package contains (1) 3.7oz tube. Made in USA.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Best All Purpose Glue\n\nReview: This glue sticks strongly to almost any solid non-porous surface, and remains strong but flexible when fully cured. It becomes tacky and dries quickly, and makes a full-strength bond in a day. It has a vast range of surprising helpful applications. Here are some examples where the glue saved each device on which it was used:\n\n1) The foam base of an expensive orthotic device separated from the sole because it had been jammed into the shoe. The glue absorbed into the foam, which should be clamped into place, then stayed flexible when dry.\n\n2) A new pair of PVC gloves used for dishwashing was cut with a razor, making it useless; E-6000 covered the cut and has remained water-tight and flexible for months.\n\n3) An auto dome-light went out because the metal end separated from the bulb even though the filament was intact. A daub of E-6000 between metal and glass, lightly clamped with a vise-grip wrench, and it was good as new.\n\n4) A woven bamboo wastebasket with a solid bamboo strip for the rim gradually lost its bark/rattan stitching so the rim came loose. A thick bead of E-6000 along the entire inside of the strip secured it permanently and more strongly than the original.\n\nMy single tube, still mostly unused, has also saved a mirror backing (paper to wood and still holding) and auto headliner.\n\nThe negative reviewer who complained that this is a one-use-only tube simply failed to clean the threads with acetone or Pine-Sol after use, leaving the E-6000 on the threads and gluing the cap to the tube as any good self-respecting glue should do. This is great stuff. Store it upside down to help keep the chemically active vapors in the tube, and don't breath more of the fumes than necessary. One serious fault is that after half the tube had been used, the soft plastic cap split open at the bottom simply from normal tightening, ruining the remaining product.","Product: E6000 Multi-Purpose Adhesive. This glue is absolutely amazing. It permanently bonds: wood, metal, glass, fiberglass, ceramic, leather, rubber, vinyl and most plastics. E6000 is a unique adhesive formulated to meet high-performance industrial requirements, making it an exceptional craft adhesive. Features: water-proof, flexible, non-flammable, photo safe and paintable. Can even be used as potting material! Conforms to ASTM D4236. Clear formula. This package contains (1) 3.7oz tube. Made in USA.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Best All Purpose Glue\n\nReview: This glue meets its claim to adhere strongly to almost any solid non-porous surface, and to remain strong but flexible when fully cured. It becomes tacky and dries quickly, and although it takes a day to gain full strength, its vast range of surprising helpful applications more than compensates for this. Here are some examples:\n\n1) The foam base of an expensive orthotic device separated from the sole because it was improperly cut and jammed into the shoe. The glue absorbed into the foam, which should be clamped into place, then stayed flexible when dry.\n\n2) A new pair of PVC gloves used for dishwashing was cut with a razor, making it useless; E-6000 covered the cut and has remained water-tight and flexible for months.\n\n3) An auto dome-light went out because the metal end separated from the bulb even though the filament was intact. A daub of E-6000 between metal and glass, lightly clamped with a vise-grip wrench, and it was good as new.\n\n4) A woven bamboo wastebasket with a solid bamboo strip for the rim gradually lost its bark/rattan stitching so the rim came loose. A thick bead of E-6000 along the entire inside of the strip secured it permanently and more strongly than the original.\n\nMy single tube, still mostly unused, has also saved a mirror backing (paper to wood and still holding) and auto headliner.\n\nThe negative reviewer who complained that this is a one-use-only tube simply failed to clean the threads with acetone or Pine-Sol after use, leaving the E-6000 on the threads and gluing the cap to the tube as any good self-respecting glue should do. This is great stuff. Store it upside down to help keep the chemically active vapors in the tube, and don't breath more of the fumes than necessary.","Product: E6000 Multi-Purpose Adhesive. This glue is absolutely amazing. It permanently bonds: wood, metal, glass, fiberglass, ceramic, leather, rubber, vinyl and most plastics. E6000 is a unique adhesive formulated to meet high-performance industrial requirements, making it an exceptional craft adhesive. Features: water-proof, flexible, non-flammable, photo safe and paintable. Can even be used as potting material! Conforms to ASTM D4236. Clear formula. This package contains (1) 3.7oz tube. Made in USA.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Best All Purpose Glue\n\nReview: This glue sticks strongly to almost any solid non-porous surface, and remains strong but flexible when fully cured. It becomes tacky and dries quickly, and makes a full-strength bond in a day. It has a vast range of surprising helpful applications. Here are some examples where the glue saved each device on which it was used:\n\n1) The foam base of an expensive orthotic device separated from the sole because it had been jammed into the shoe. The glue absorbed into the foam, which should be clamped into place, then stayed flexible when dry.\n\n2) A new pair of PVC gloves used for dishwashing was cut with a razor, making it useless; E-6000 covered the cut and has remained water-tight and flexible for months.\n\n3) An auto dome-light went out because the metal end separated from the bulb even though the filament was intact. A daub of E-6000 between metal and glass, lightly clamped with a vise-grip wrench, and it was good as new.\n\n4) A woven bamboo wastebasket with a solid bamboo strip for the rim gradually lost its bark/rattan stitching so the rim came loose. A thick bead of E-6000 along the entire inside of the strip secured it permanently and more strongly than the original.\n\n5) After 15 years of use, the fabric of an under-the-seat bicycle bag split where it runs over the 90 hard plastic frame, and could not be sewn back together. I cut two strips of fabric from old jeans, impregnated the strips and the bag fabric near the split with E-6000, joined them after 4-5 minutes, and it is as good as new.\n\nMy single tube, still mostly unused, has also saved a mirror backing (paper to wood and still holding) and auto headliner.\n\nThe negative reviewer who complained that this is a one-use-only tube simply failed to clean the threads with acetone or Pine-Sol after use, leaving the E-6000 on the threads and gluing the cap to the tube as any good self-respecting glue should do. This is great stuff. Store it upside down to help keep the chemically active vapors in the tube, and don't breath more of the fumes than necessary. One serious fault is that after half the tube had been used, the soft plastic cap split open at the bottom simply from normal tightening, ruining the remaining product. The cap of the replacement tube split the same way, but it is possible to save the tube by using the hard plastic cap from a 6 oz. tube of AIM toothpaste.","Product: E6000 Multi-Purpose Adhesive. This glue is absolutely amazing. It permanently bonds: wood, metal, glass, fiberglass, ceramic, leather, rubber, vinyl and most plastics. E6000 is a unique adhesive formulated to meet high-performance industrial requirements, making it an exceptional craft adhesive. Features: water-proof, flexible, non-flammable, photo safe and paintable. Can even be used as potting material! Conforms to ASTM D4236. Clear formula. This package contains (1) 3.7oz tube. Made in USA.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Best All Purpose Glue\n\nReview: This glue sticks strongly to almost any solid non-porous surface, and remains strong but flexible when fully cured. It becomes tacky and dries quickly, and makes a full-strength bond in a day. It has a vast range of surprising helpful applications. Here are some examples where the glue saved each device on which it was used:\n\n1) The foam base of an expensive orthotic device separated from the sole because it had been jammed into the shoe. The glue absorbed into the foam, which should be clamped into place, then stayed flexible when dry.\n\n2) A new pair of PVC gloves used for dishwashing was cut with a razor, making it useless; E-6000 covered the cut and has remained water-tight and flexible for months.\n\n3) An auto dome-light went out because the metal end separated from the bulb even though the filament was intact. A daub of E-6000 between metal and glass, lightly clamped with a vise-grip wrench, and it was good as new.\n\n4) A woven bamboo wastebasket with a solid bamboo strip for the rim gradually lost its bark/rattan stitching so the rim came loose. A thick bead of E-6000 along the entire inside of the strip secured it permanently and more strongly than the original.\n\nMy single tube, still mostly unused, has also saved a mirror backing (paper to wood and still holding) and auto headliner.\n\nThe negative reviewer who complained that this is a one-use-only tube simply failed to clean the threads with acetone or Pine-Sol after use, leaving the E-6000 on the threads and gluing the cap to the tube as any good self-respecting glue should do. This is great stuff. Store it upside down to help keep the chemically active vapors in the tube, and don't breath more of the fumes than necessary. One serious fault is that after half the tube had been used, the soft plastic cap split open at the bottom simply from normal tightening, ruining the remaining product.","Product: E6000 Multi-Purpose Adhesive. This glue is absolutely amazing. It permanently bonds: wood, metal, glass, fiberglass, ceramic, leather, rubber, vinyl and most plastics. E6000 is a unique adhesive formulated to meet high-performance industrial requirements, making it an exceptional craft adhesive. Features: water-proof, flexible, non-flammable, photo safe and paintable. Can even be used as potting material! Conforms to ASTM D4236. Clear formula. This package contains (1) 3.7oz tube. Made in USA.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Best All Purpose Glue\n\nReview: This glue meets its claim to adhere strongly to almost any solid non-porous surface, and to remain strong but flexible when fully cured. It becomes tacky and dries quickly, and although it takes a day to gain full strength, its vast range of surprising helpful applications more than compensates for this. Here are some examples:\n\n1) The foam base of an expensive orthotic device separated from the sole because it was improperly cut and jammed into the shoe. The glue absorbed into the foam, which should be clamped into place, then stayed flexible when dry.\n\n2) A new pair of PVC gloves used for dishwashing was cut with a razor, making it useless; E-6000 covered the cut and has remained water-tight and flexible for months.\n\n3) An auto dome-light went out because the metal end separated from the bulb even though the filament was intact. A daub of E-6000 between metal and glass, lightly clamped with a vise-grip wrench, and it was good as new.\n\n4) A woven bamboo wastebasket with a solid bamboo strip for the rim gradually lost its bark/rattan stitching so the rim came loose. A thick bead of E-6000 along the entire inside of the strip secured it permanently and more strongly than the original.\n\nMy single tube, still mostly unused, has also saved a mirror backing (paper to wood and still holding) and auto headliner.\n\nThe negative reviewer who complained that this is a one-use-only tube simply failed to clean the threads with acetone or Pine-Sol after use, leaving the E-6000 on the threads and gluing the cap to the tube as any good self-respecting glue should do. This is great stuff. Store it upside down to help keep the chemically active vapors in the tube, and don't breath more of the fumes than necessary.","Product: Sinus Rinse Pediatric Kit: 1 Rinse Bottle 4 oz, 1 Custom Designed cap, 1 Tube, 50 pediatric premixed packets of pH balanced sodium Chloride & Sodium Bicarbonate Mixture (USP Grade, Natural Ingredients, Isotonic, Preservative Free & Iodine Free), 1 Full Color Illustrated Educational Brochure. Sinus Rinse Pediatric nasal Kit comes with 50 packets of easy to dispense USP Grade, Preservative Free Sodium Chloride and Sodium Bicarbonate mixture (pH balanced & isotonic for maximum comfort). Easy-squeeze bottle comes with volume marker. Each packet contains precisely measured mixture to mix with 4 oz. (120 mL) of lukewarm water, taking the guesswork out of preparing this solution. The kit also contains step by step directions for use and extensive educational material that is simple to understand. If you suffer from allergies or sinus symptoms, Sinus Rinse helps alleviate nasal allergies, flu & cold conditions, post nasal drip congestion as well as nasal dryness and irritation caused by occupational dust, fumes, animal dander, grass, pollen, smoke, & common house dust. Sinus Rinse is a preservative free, iodine & latex free product. With it's patented pre-mixed packet formula, available as Isotonic or Hypertonic, each rinse offers the advantage of a volume, therapeutic nasal irrigation while moisturizing your entire nasal passages.Please clean with soap & water and let air dry.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: What's Most Important to Know\n\nReview: Here's the real scoop on NeilMed! It works, it works well, and it works easily and cheaply. It clears out post-cold mucus and debris. I suffered severe tree pollen allergies and did not think of using it for that until a friend suggested it. I thought it would be a waste of time but instead rinsing 2-3 times daily kept the pollens from building up in the nasal passages and left me nearly allergy free even though pollen[dot]com said there was more pollen in the air.\n\nHere is what you need to know. Keep your mouth open when you bend over the sink! If you can drink your tap water then you do not need to boil the water before use--boiling it to get out the bugs in rural/urban areas where the water is infected. If you feel safer boiling the water, use tap water, not purified water. Be sure that the bottle is kept clean and does not grow algae or bacteria, etc. Let it dry standing upright. Then you do not need to replace it unless it breaks. If worried about infection, sterilize it with bleach, then rinse it out well.\n\nMost important: Save money. The little packages are a waste of money. I use just a bit more than 1/4th teaspoon of fine-grained table salt and the effect is indistinguishable from the expensive little packets that come with the bottle.","Product: Large Clear cutlery Holder. Color: Clear. Size: 4.5\"H x 7.75\"W x 2.25\"D. Fits on all Folding Dish Drainers. Hooks Over the Side. Clear Plastic\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: No Longer A Good Little Deal\n\nReview: It could be bigger, but for its price ($5.48 on 12/20/12) it is hard to expect, or ask for, more. As of March 23, 2013, the price rose to $12.99 which is, to put it kindly, a bit of a rip-off. This holder is solid clear plastic that is easy to clean and holds a surprising amount of cutlery. It is not easily broken, firmly grips the dish drying rack, and eliminates silverware and utensils slipping through the cracks or sticking in the mesh. Another reviewer claimed it must be cheaply made because hers arrived broken, but that is a problem with the postal service, not the product.\n\nJuly 1, 2015 Update: One of the plastic hinges that attaches to the dish rack broke today, so it gave about 2 years of service.","Product: The days of pounding jar lids, running them under hot water, and straining your wrists and fighting to open a simple jar are over! The EZ Off Jar Opener will open jars of all sizes. Tiny lids on nail polish up to large mouth pickle or marshmallow creme jars all come off easily. EZ Off's duel V-grip system will grab hold of any lid firmly allowing for a simple and near effortless twist to open a jar lid. Simply place the lid inside the V and press firmly into place. Give it a twist and the stubborn lid will loosen. Beyond home kitchens, the EZ Off is used in operating rooms, NICU's, dental labs and commercial kitchens. EZ to install -- EZ to use and always made in the USA!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Elegance, simplicity, and function\n\nReview: This unmatched jar opener takes up virtually no space, opens the smallest and the largest of lids, always works perfectly, and lets you hold the jar with either one or both hands to provide all the torque needed to twist it open. It locks the lid into place so hands are free to grip and turn.\n\nInstall it with both the tacky paper and the screws; otherwise the tacky paper can give way over time. Be careful not to put the screws in too tight so you do not break or warp the plastic base.\n\nIt lasts forever, puts all its competitors to shame and -- contrary to what one reviewer said -- does open picnic-sized 6\" jar lids from Costco. Unless you suffer from bigger lids, you'll love this opener.","Product: The days of pounding jar lids, running them under hot water, and straining your wrists and fighting to open a simple jar are over! The EZ Off Jar Opener will open jars of all sizes. Tiny lids on nail polish up to large mouth pickle or marshmallow creme jars all come off easily. EZ Off's duel V-grip system will grab hold of any lid firmly allowing for a simple and near effortless twist to open a jar lid. Simply place the lid inside the V and press firmly into place. Give it a twist and the stubborn lid will loosen. Beyond home kitchens, the EZ Off is used in operating rooms, NICU's, dental labs and commercial kitchens. EZ to install -- EZ to use and always made in the USA!\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Elegance, simplicity, and function\n\nReview: This unmatched jar opener takes up virtually no space, opens the smallest and the largest of lids, always works perfectly, and lets you hold the jar with either one or both hands to provide all the torque needed to twist it open. It locks the lid into place so hands are free to grip and turn.\n\nInstall it with both the tacky paper and the screws; otherwise the tacky paper can give way over time. Be careful not to put the screws in too tight so you do not break or warp the plastic base.\n\nIt lasts forever, puts all its competitors to shame and -- contrary to what one reviewer said -- does open picnic-sized 6\" jar lids from Costco. Unless you suffer from bigger lids, you'll love this opener.","Product: Jar and bottle lids are oftentimes hard to open, no matter how strong you are. Jar openers are a great thing to have around any household. Many jar openers are not so easy to use. But thankfully, Zyliss has put a new spin on jar openers with the Strongboy jar opener. This easy to use jar opener is great for everyone. With a simple and effortless twist of the wrist you'll open jar lids and open screw on bottle caps. The Strongboy features a no-hassle adjustable band and a long handle that provides ample leverage and grip. By Zyliss. Zyliss is a Swiss company that's been around for over 50 years. They're internationally known for their finely crafted hand-held kitchen tools. Legendary durability quality and engineering, Zyliss tools have been a favorite in the united states for over four decades. All of the Zyliss products are made of only the finest materials using the most modern production methods. Each Zyliss tool is precision made and undergoes stringent inspection before being introduced to the market.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Too small for 4 inch diameter lids\n\nReview: Although apparently sturdy and well built, the Zyliss requires coordination and manual dexterity to attach, hold, twist tight and then hold in place to open the lids. It is likely to be difficult to use for the elderly or the disabled. Worse yet, and dishonest advertising by omission, the expansion strap is just slightly too small to accommodate a four inch diameter lid. What kind of honest product fails to state the maximum sized lid that it can open? It's not worth the time and postage to return the item, so one is stuck with a device that opens \"most lids,\" but not the needed 4\" lid size. I strongly recommend instead the EZ-Off Jar Opener. Another reason to look elsewhere is that the cost of the Zyliss rose from $9.19 on December 20, 2011 to $23.00 on 10/18/2014.","Product: The Misto Tritan Oval Olive Oil Sprayer is designed with the health-conscious cook in mind and is perfect for low fat/high flavor cooking, grilling, sauting, roasting and basting. This olive oil sprayer gives you the convenience and health benefits of an aerosol sprayer in a more economical and environmental form. The sprayer features an easy to use 2-step operation: simply pump the cap and press the valve to produce a fine, even mist. This sprayer can be filled with your favorite oils, vinegars or sherries, and is great for salads, breads or cooking. The sprayer's see-through reservoir easily displays how much oil is left. This product should be hand-washed only. Hand-wash with warm water and a mild detergent; rinse and dry immediately.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Good light sprayer, badly shaped container\n\nReview: If you need a light covering mist but not a heavy oily dispersion, then the Misto Tritan works well and the clear plastic lets you see how much oil remains. For heavy oil dispersion, however, you will need to pump it more than you wish. But if, like me, you mist lightly but only occasionally and refrigerate the device to keep the oil from going rancid, then there are two problems. First, the oil often solidifies and must be thawed in hot water, which is time-consuming and inefficient. Second, the top-heavy design (thick in the middle, thin on the bottom) makes it liable to topple over very easily, especially when there is little oil in it because all its weight is in its top and its middle. I often prefer to wipe a pan with an oily paper towel rather than engage the Misto.","Product: Salad Spinner, Deluxe Wash and dry lettuce with ease. Large capacity bowl with handle, pour spout and soft touch turn knob. Translucent basket doubles as a colander. Dishwasher safe.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Absolutely Best Value for your Dollar\n\nReview: This bottom-of-the-line salad spinner deserves high praise. After mending the bottom bowl of my 5 qt Progressive International ratchet salad spinner for the 5th time, I bought the 5 qt Fullstar sald spinner from Amazon for $20.99 and returned it because the interior basket was too small (less than 4.5 qts) and not so good at drying the salad. I bought the goodcook spinner at a \"Ross Dress for Less\" discount store for $8.99 expecting very little because a couple floor models were deformed or broken, but was pleasantly surprised.\n\nThe inner basket is large, approximately 6qts, and spins very quickly (if you work hard) to dry the veggies very nicely. You have to be careful to wedge the entire spinner against your body, being careful not to squeeze it open, to support the spin but then it spins very fast. The water drains from the spout (of course you hold the lid on with one hand when you pour) and the salad is quite dry. Occasionally the spinner drops to the kitchen floor, but unlike 99% of the hard-acrylic based spinners, this one is made of strong flexible plastic and is not damaged at all by the fall. If you read spinner reviews, a great many people are replacing theirs, or give low ratings, because a drop to the floor cracks the brittle bottom bowl and requires replacement; not this one. I bought mine two months ago and it is an open question whether the interior plastic gears will last or break, but if they last then this is a terrific buy at Ross and a good buy even from Amazon at an inflated price.\n\nI will post an UPDATE if and when the internal gears break or wear out.","Product: The perfect cup of coffee is easy to brew with the Hamilton Beach 12 cup coffeemaker. It's simple to use with great results.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Best Buy In Town\n\nReview: This terrific bottom-of-the line coffee maker works like a champ. Its cone-shaped filter provides a rich full brew even without a \"slow drip\" option. Unless a flat-filter is exquisitely well sprayed and the water disperser stays clean and unclogged over time, the cone filters beat the flat-bottomed for taste and this is the only cheap coffee maker that has the cone that I could find.\n\nUnlike many carafes, including expensive ones, the Hamilton-Beach carafe has a well shaped narrow top so that coffee pours smoothly and quickly yet without spilling over the sides, and it keeps the coffee hot as long as you want. People have complained that it lacks an automatic shut-off switch but one can either remember to shut it off manually or in a worse case scenario, scrub the carafe clean and remember to shut it off the next time. This works as well as my high-end Krups, and unlike the Krups pours quickly without spilling. It continues to work without glitches as of March, 2014 (and I will post a failure date when it occurs).","Product: Other Features: -Add & weigh tare function lets you add ingredients without having to remove prior items from scale -Backlit Digital LCD Panel with large numerals for easy reading -Low power and maximum weight overload indicators -Large Stainless Steel work surface -Auto shutoff feature: scale turns off after 2 minutes, extending the life of the batteries -Weigh in Imperial or Metric with a push of a button -Nonslip feet hold the scale securely in place and won't scratch counter tops -Easy to clean -9 volt battery included.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A Pleasure to Own\n\nReview: These scales are fun and easy to use and extremely accurate and a great bargain at $12.49 (November 5, 2014). I bought them to replace another electronic food scale that maxes out at 5 pounds and they are in synch to the tenth of an ounce, or to the nearest gram - essentially accurate to approximately 1/1,000 of the item measured. They \"tare\" to zero, display in a bright easy-to-read format, and the big circular plate makes it simple to weigh ungainly food without it falling off. I bring them to \"upscale\" food stores like Trader Joe's that do not have scales and use them to weigh fruit (sold by the each) or baked good - which vary as much as 4-5 oz. for the \"home-baked\" selections.","Product: This stainless steel whistling tea kettle is the perfect addition to any modern kitchen stovetop. It's stay cool handle and trigger spout allows for safe handling and a classic whistle sounds when water is boiling. Capacity: 1.9 Liter/64 oz.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Wonderful Tea Kettle has severe product defect -- spout rusted out in 6 months (12/2015--6/2016) so Five Stars became One Star\n\nReview: The Oggi Bordeax ($32.35 @ December 9, 2015) has been carefully and thoughtfully designed. Its lustrous exterior is matched by a stainless steel bottom of 18/8 grade stainless steel that will never rust or corrode. It is easy to fill and pour without sputtering. Unlike the top of the much-pricier Chantal ($79.99) that seals with a rubber diaphragm that degrades over time and is difficult to replace, this one seals with a clip that holds stainless steel flush against stainless steel. The whistle is a pleasantly shrill sputter audible in a back bedroom but not so loud as to annoy the neighbors (as did the Chantal). The 8\" base prevents the handle from becoming hot and the handle clicks into either an open or a shut position so the kettle may be left on a hot top without continuing to whistle or poured without your needing to keep a trigger depressed.\n\nThe customer service was prompt and efficient. I asked the seller the grade of the stainless steel interior and they did some research and got back to me with the answer -- 18/8. One wishes for 18/10 for its higher resistance to corrosion, but the Chrysler Building went up in 1930 clad with 18/8 steel and its exterior has suffered no corrosion or loss of thickness, which should be good enough for teakettle purposes.\n\nI had a Chantal whistling kettle for over ten years until I looked inside and -- shock and horror -- discovered a graveyard of rust at the bottom (see photos). It never occurred to me that the inside enamel could chip off and let the iron bottom rust -- and finally I understood why my blood iron levels were too high! This was no small issue and steered me to stainless steel. This baby will never rust.\n\nFebruary 14, 2016: The lid loosens with use and the whistle becomes weak and thin, accompanied by the sound of the top rattling or vibrating even when properly inserted. Holding the lid down manually brings back the full whistle but having to do so defeats the point of having a whistle.\n\nJune 27, 2016 UPDATE: I purchased mine from MMP Living and asked for a replacement. MMP Living no longer sells the item and issued a full refund--very honorable. I went to give them a great rating but could not because 90 days had passed, well there's a dysfunctional Amazon rule for us. Here is my email to them: \"I bought your kettle December 2015, loved it, and wrote a favorable 5-star review that mentions how well it pours. I am sorry to say that for the past couple months I have had the impression that it sputtered when it poured but I ignored this because -- you know -- a tea kettle does not change how it pours. But yours did. The entire spout soldering is corroded and decayed. Water now leaks when one pours, making the kettle useless. Please see attached photos that show calcification where water was spilled out during pouring.\n\nJune 29, 2016 UPDATE: I was about to discard the Oggi when I remembered having some JB WeldWater Putty that is drinking water safe. It is so adhesive that it sticks like goop to sandpaper-roughened stainless steel. Now the kettle has an attractive ceramic-like collar and does not leak. See final photo.\n\nPlease replace this defective kettle. I look forward to your response.\"","Product: The best Garlic and Ginger press on the market!!! When purchasing a garlic press especially when buying online you can never know whether it is a good quality item or not. It can be made of cheap metal (even though it mentioned stainless steel) which can easily break or bend after a short time of use. This is not the case when purchasing Greenco Stainless Steel Garlic Press. With our product you can rest assured that you did the right choice. Greenco Stainless Steel Garlic Press.is made of 100% solid stainless steel which will never break, chip, bend or rust. The weight of the Garlic Press is 9.5 Ounce (270 Grams)!!! what do we need to say more... Try it out and see how easy it is to use. In addition, you get a free Silicone Garlic Peeler which is made of solid and high quality flexible silicone which is very friendly to use. How to use? 1. Insert clove into the peeler. 2. Roll back and forth on the table or the countertop. 3. Tip out perfectly peeled clove. 4. Insert the clove into the presser, squeeze and you done.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Excellent value for a rugged garlic press\n\nReview: For the current price of $12.99 it is impossible to do better. (The five star rating takes price into consideration.) This press easily minces ginger, and mashes through garlic cloves with ease. The tiny brush is a waste of time and will be easily lost use a big bottle brush for cleaning. The press fits 2-3 medium size cloves at a time, leaving the handles a little further apart than ideal, and you must keep your thumb on the basket to prevent it from coming up with the handle, but these are minor factors. The press is sturdily made and looks like it will last many years and possibly a lifetime.\n\nUPDATE: 9/16/2015 I bought this as a backup garlic press but rarely use it so my review reflects an honest first impression. Please also read the very useful 9/16/2015 review by Austin H. that shows this press will not last a lifetime (unless you have a very short lifetime).","Product: The Wrap offer maximum protection against harmful UVA/UVB. Maximum protection is known by the FDA as UV 400. Lenses exceed ANSI Z80.3 general standards.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Can't match the original\n\nReview: I lose my sunglasses often, so I used to stock up on Fat Wraps Black Sports Motorcycle Sunglasses Grey Lens, of which these are a not-so-hot knock-off. Amazon sold the originals and I thought these were the originals renamed when I bought them. The originals were made by Pacific Coast Sunglasses (PCS) and also sold by KD. They had grey-3 dark lenses and an embedded 1\" hinge that never worked loose and wouldn't break unless you stepped on them. These are made of a cheap shiny stiff plastic, have a lighter grey lens that does not filter strong sunlight for sensitive eyes, and have a small exposed metal hinge that invites the screws to work themselves loose, and because the frame is smaller don't fully block the wind as before. I would rate this item 2.5 stars but forced choice made 2.0.","Product: New Balance is dedicated to helping athletes achieve their goals. It's been their mission for more than a century to focus on research and development. It's why they don't design products to fit an image. They design them to fit. New Balance is driven to make the finest shoes for the same reason athletes lace them up: to achieve the very best.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: An Excellent Shoe for the Price\n\nReview: This ($53.73) shoe was surprisingly cushy and comfortable, especially compared with the $120.00 Brooks Addiction Walker that also bought at the same time and returned. Even after I took out the insole and replaced it with an orthotic support the shoe remained soft and supportive. It lacks the architectural support of the very high end New Balance shoes, and its lateral support is a bit loose, but I went to the New Balance store and tried on all the more expensive models of walking shoes using my orthotic device and none of them provided the benefits of this shoe. You can walk on wet tile without slipping, but you don't want to run on it--the tread does is not slick and slip. Although it is not dress, it is not a clunky design like some NB models that seemed made for the retirement homes. The leather and stitching looks like it will hold up but I will edit the review if it disappoints. I have had the shoes two weeks and there are no problems.\n\nP.S. For some years now Amazon techology has failed miserably on reviews (e.g. trying to edit by adding pictures) without providing any quick means of correction. On my \"Public Reviews\" Amazon has given a picture of another shoe. Hopefully someone at Amazon will read this and provide a photo of the shoe being reviewed.","Product: Nishko is a chief's son in the Great Plains, before Europeans arrive. During his rite of passage, he's determined to tame a painted pony. He approaches manhood while his peaceful clan is set upon by a nearby tribe willing to break a treaty. He must also contend with the kidnapping of three young women from his village, his pony's illness behind enemy lines, his mother's coma after a rattlesnake bite, the medicine man's urging that he sacrifice what he loves best, the attack of a cougar and of wolves, and his own injury while alone in the woods. His kindness, bravery, and quick thinking serve him well, but rescue come from an unexpected source.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Why Pay So Much?\n\nReview: Both these movies are part of the \"Rare Cult Cinema\" DVD series of 12 films offered by Amazon for $9.43 as of 2/22/2014, compared with $45.00 for the cheapest used copy of the duo. Not a tough decision if you want these two.\n\n\"Indian Paint\" is a corny flick from the 1960's that is likely a waste of time unless you love looking at the appealing physiques of Johnny Crawford and Jay Silverheels, in which case this is a fine movie. \"African Safari\" by contrast is a terrific sleeper: an often riveting documentary of an incredibly skilled and fearless adventurer whose encounters with wild animals, African natives, glaciers, and deadly volcanoes is well worth the cost of the entire (otherwise usually dismal) set. One scene alone in this movie -- the charge of a wounded lion at the hunter-filmmaker -- will stop your heart and stay in your memory for a very long time to come. Ron Shanin walked the walk.\n\nThe larger cheaper collection has another advantage of having a couple watchable entries like \"Road to Nashville,\" a showcase for leading country-western stars of the 60's, some legendary, and \"Santee\" starring Glenn Ford as a bounty hunter avenging the death of his young son by gun slinging outlaws.","Product: TO GAIN CONTROL OF HER LIFE, A YOUNG WOMAN EMBARKS ON A PROVOCATIVE, EROTIC ADVENTURE THAT BREAKS THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADITIONAL SEXUAL LIMITATIONS. HER ESCALATING SEXUAL JOURNEY TESTS HER OWN PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL LIMITS, AND, THROUGH AN IRONIC TWIST-OF-FATE, EVENTUALLY LEADS HER TO FULFILLMENT.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Irritating French pretentions for 98 minutes\n\nReview: When an American film is based on a dumb idea, this is plain from the start. When a French film is based on a dumb idea, one thinks that perhaps one is missing its deeper meaning and the film will improve. \"Romance\" is from that genre of French films based on dumb and pretentious ideas of Jean-Paul Sartre: we are what we do, we define ourselves by our actions, our freedom is our essence. Misunderstanding Sartre has produced a deluge of idiotic French cinema in which unbelievable characters behave in bizarre and unsympathetic ways uttering nonsensical dialogue that conveys no coherent inner life or motivation but are animated instead by abstract metaphysical notions and ideology.\n\nOne can hear Marie (Caroline Ducey) philosophize her inner thoughts of sexual degradation but unlike the blurb on the cover \"Genius! Possibly the sexiest movie ever made!\" they are entirely unerotic, hard to watch, and laughable because even when attached to scenes in which the characters are really doing it on screen they reflect nothing like sexual passion for anyone who has ever had it. I would not have watched it for free and regret paying $10 for it on Amazon (bought through a friend's Prime membership).","Product: Drama\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Robards & Lumet make \"Iceman's\" Hickey Shine\n\nReview: The Iceman Cometh is a contender for being, and it is my personal pick for, the Great American Play. Its freighted central premise is that mankind cannot live without deep personal illusions - pipe dreams - that each of the characters can recognize in others but not in himself. Facing the truth leads not to liberation, but to spiritual death and despair - complete emotional paralysis and collapse. All the action takes place in 1912 in Harry Hope's saloon smack dab in the middle of Tammany Hall corruption of which the aging Hope was long ago a peripheral player. The characters - ex-cops and socialists, former newsmen and military men, bartenders, pimps and hookers - are all portrayed with both a gritty realism yet tenderness that reflects O'Neill's refusal to pass judgment on human frailty. Into this atmospheric haze of drunken self-deception strides like a behemoth one Theodore Hickey, a good-time merchandise drummer liked and loved by them all, but now a self-declared convert to the truth who declares that he has cast aside all his pipe dreams, liberated himself, and with missionary zeal is determined to share his good fortune with all the others by bringing them the same peace he claims to have found. It should not betray too much to say that Hickey, the play's core, has only inveigled himself deeper into self-deception. The play's only structural weakness is that O'Neill clearly wants to say something about all humanity, but in being forced to write what he knew best, wrote only of barflies, alcoholics and patent losers so that it is far too easy to dismiss his message as being about them, but not ourselves, the literate readers or audience of Iceman.\n\nThe theatrical production runs five hours and it is all but impossible to find a live production of it even in major metropolitan centers, so aside from the enormous pleasure of reading the text and imagining the play as it was intended - which I strongly recommend in any case - there are only the 1960 Broadway Theater Archive (BTA) and the 1973 American Film Theater (AFT) productions available. If you were forced to choose, then the BTA production with Jason Robards as Hickey is the one to watch, despite its being pared down to little more than three hours so that some of the understanding of and affection for the minor characters is lost. Robards and director Sidney Lumet grasp that at his core Hickey is a charmer and a salesman, holding himself to be no better than others and happy to wallow and cavort in the mud with them with the blessed relief of not having to pretend to be better than he is. Hickey sees everyone else's pipe dreams and plays to them so surely and instinctively as a fish swims in water that he is loved by all who await his arrival for Harry Hope's 60th birthday celebration. The havoc Hickey wreaks in stripping illusions from his brethren occurs despite himself, causes him pain and distress, and is tinctured with the true believer's conviction that all the pain is only in transition. Hickey's own vulnerability while proselytizing is essential to the performance: unless he can convert the others to the peace he claims to enjoy his own alleged peace stands in doubt. This dynamic creates an almost perfect opportunity for the subtlest and deepest interactions among the performers whose words, gestures, facial expressions and hesitations must reflect the multiple layers of the drama enacted and unfolding. Robards does this magnificently and would be a tough act to follow in any case.\n\nUnhappily, the central defect with the AFT production was not Lee Marvin's failure to measure up to Robard's Hickey, but an utter failure on Marvin's part to understand his character and the unfortunate and harder to understand failure of director John Frankenheimer to set his actor on the character's proper course. There are long, unnerving, and quite puzzling interludes with Hickey present during which the assembly of fine actors seems simply to be waiting for others to finish in order to say their lines. The reason that they are unable to do better is that they are acting their parts in the Iceman while Marvin is not, and probably cannot. Perhaps Frankenheimer tried to do more with Marvin but reconciled himself to not having a silk purse. I suspect that Marvin was given this role to show the range and depth of his talent and this range and depth turned out to be considerably less than any could have imagined.\n\nInstead of playing Hickey as a charmer and missionary salesman, Marvin plays him like a tough-guy cop trying to beat a confession out of his victims: by god they are going to face the truth and like it even if it hurts. Instead of the promise of liberation and peace that Robard's Hickey offers, Marvin's pushes their faces into it as though he were potty training a puppy by rubbing its nose cruelly, until it can hardly breath, into just the mess he or she has made here! With Marvin the words of empathy for the suffering he causes sound like lip service rather than compassion and more than once you may find yourself asking how or why this saloon full of lushes could ever have loved this Hickey as they did. Where Robards lays on a healing balm, Marvin demands a stiff upper lip. Hickey's major soliloquy is couched in loving sentiment until its end when a vital angry truth escapes him and lays him low, but Marvin's rendition is so full of uncontrolled rage and venom that it leaves no room for surprise or contrast when it finishes, gutting so much of the play's force.\n\nStill, if you can stand the sensation of listening to fingernails scratch the blackboard when Marvin's Hickey is in play, the AFT versions offers a magnificent performance by Robert Ryan as Larry Slade, the former anarchist and self-declared fence-sitter who strives to remain detached from humanity's struggles even while still being deeply affected by them. The AFT DVD cover identifies Ryan's major prior roles in \"The Wild Bunch\" and \"The Dirty Dozen,\" both the kind of violent action films that seem to be in Marvin's DNA. But in Iceman, when Hickey is on the sideline, there are breathtaking stretches in which others talk and Ryan, playing the hollowed-out Slade, listens while his face flickers with a Buddha-like humanity that makes one want to cry. The Richard Gere of \"Pretty Woman\" has traveled a similarly long road from Hollywood schlock to the deeper humanity found in his performance of the eviscerated cop of \"Brooklyn's Finest\" who long ago lost any connection with ideals that once gave life meaning and yet has to struggle on in a life without them. Ryan's performance alone - and there are other treats as well such as Tom Pedi's reprise of his BTA role as bartender Rocky - may be worth the price of admission.\n\nDecember 29, 2012","Product: Got the facts on Milk? dares to question the conventional wisdom of the publicized health benefits of milk and dairy products. Addressing myth, truth and all in-between, the film is a humorous yet shocking exposition that provokes serious thought about this everyday staple.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Good Intentions, Very Unpersuasive Presentation\n\nReview: I agree with almost every substantive claim made by this documentary and bought it to play for a friend who drinks too much milk (and was undermining her immune system by the vast amount of antibiotics non-organic milk contains). The kudos on the DVD cover make one hope for a clear coherent presentation of arguments and facts marshaled effectively against dairy products. Alas, a camera in hand and a good heart do not a movie or a movie-maker make. The DVD is a crude piece of agitprop: dull, repetitious, mindless, and disorganized. Watching it is like hearing someone shout out what you are supposed to believe -- and just because they said so. The few solid points were presented so quickly that there was barely time to hear them, and not enough time to think about them, let alone understand them, before the well intentioned director had distracted herself and her viewers with a zig to another sound bite, a zag to a sight-gag, or a repeat of an agitprop conclusion from a few minutes before. Much as I wanted to inform and persuade my friend, we couldn't watch more than an hour of it and I returned the product - something that I rarely ever do.\n\nIf you want to learn about the harm caused by dairy products, the collusion of industry with the USDA, and the mass-marketing of lies to trick Americans into damaging their health for the sake of corporate profits, surf the web for serious articles. A good place to start is Dave Rietz's website, [notmilkdotcom...] or T. Colin Campbell's book, \"The China Study.\"","Product: Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) stood by her husband (Chris Noth) on his tumultuous path to the governor's office, but now she's entering the world of politics on her own terms by running for state's attorney. As Election Day approaches, Alicia must balance the demands of her firm and campaign as she supports her partner Car (Matt Czuchry) during shocking developments that could end his career and life as he knows it. Juliana Margulies returns in the role that earner her two Primetime Emmy Awards, and stars with Archie Panjabi, Christine Baranki, Alan Cumming and a roster of stellar guests in Season Six of the gripping series that critics call 'TV's best drama' (Slate).\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: A bit like a rotten tooth in one's mouth -- one hates to part with it and cannot stop touching it to feel the pain\n\nReview: I have a TV but use it only to play DVDs but by chance I turned it on earlier this year on a lonely Sunday night and caught what turned out to be the last episode of Season 6. It was good enough to motivate me to order Seasons 1-3 and now I have watched all six seasons. Btw, I paid $14.00 for a brand new Season 6 on Ebay, about half the current going Amazon price. The more one thinks about the show, the less satisfying it is. SPOILER ALERT: Plot details will be discussed.\n\nAlthough it pretends to expose corrupt social maladies that run the gamut from NSA spying, DOJ open and flagrant destruction of exculpatory evidence, systemic electronic election rigging, to Chicagos Holman square as a black site, it does so from a post-modern post-moral perspective. None of the characters has a real moral center the closest is Kalinda who trusts no-one but is fiercely loyal to friends and willing to sacrifice herself on their behalf except the staunch filthy-rich right-wing conservatives who emerge as genuine champions of their own beliefs while the liberals seem to be defending a life-style and social identity. One clear example comes from Alicia Florrick when she is running for states attorney and says in a mock rehearsal that she was drawn to the law because of its clarity, because it gave clear rules about what was acceptable and what not, but not because it was just or because it was a way to help other people: the law was a way to organize her life. Eli Gold, her campaign manager, tells her not to push that view because it reveals too much selfishness. (For some of the show's strengths, see my review of Season 2.)\n\nAs throughout, all the plot details collapse upon the slightest reflection. Season 6 begins with a frame-up of Cary Agos to force him to rat out his former client, drug-dealer Lemond Bishop. A CI (confidential informant) within Bishops crew, Trey Williams, has selectively recorded statements Agos made to the crew in response to hypothetical questions to make them appear to be answers to actual questions by the crew about how to avoid arrest (as though they need such help from Cary) as part of a heroin importation business they are planning. ASA Geneva Pine heads the prosecution (aided by ASA Finn Polmar who will soon join Carys firm after a tiff with his supervisor). The goal is to hold Cary without bail on a charge facing a 15-year minimum mandatory so that he will break and rat out Bishop. Detective Prima bitterly remarks that ASA Pine has ended her affair with him now that you no longer need me, implying that Pine knows of the frame-up, but everything else proceeds as though she did not. When Pine eventually apologizes to Cary who has suffered through genuine hell (in a great performance of inner collapse by Matt Czuchry), and with whom she had worked as fellow ASA for over a year, its as though apologizing to him for bumping into him in the hall. There is no depth of feeling because none of the characters has a sense of right or wrong except in a faint, vague, or trite way.\n\nThe case against Cary hardens so badly that he accepts a four-year plea bargain, but then in-house investigator Kalinda discovers that the drugs were being exported to Canada, not imported! So the cops lied about this and good-cop Rodriguez was taken off the case because he hesitated to lie and frame Cary. This is base plot contrivance to generate what counts as drama on the show a chance to free Cary. But since Carys crime was telling the crew how to evade arrest in a drug scheme, there was no reason in the first place for the cops to lie that it was an import rather than an export of $1.3 million in heroin. The sole reason for this lie was to give Cary a way out, i.e., a fantasy-land contrivance. Underscoring the moral nihilism that runs through this show, the reflective viewer must notice that the only difference between Cary being framed for a crime he did not commit and his having committed the crime is whether the exchange with the drug-dealing crew took place in the hypothetical tense, i.e., Cary was giving the advice that the cops framed him as having given: the cops don't give a damn whether or not Cary used the hypothetical tense while giving actual advice to actual drug dealers about how to avoid arrest. If thats all the difference there is between legal and illegal, frame-up and fair play, what matters the law?\n\nUnfortunately, before Kalinda found out which direction the drugs were flowing and the reluctance of Dt. Rodriguez to participate in the frame-up, she had decided to investigate whether Dt. Prima had read an email from a Canadian officer stating that this was an export scheme from Chicago to Toronto (because, otherwise, they wouldnt have known from their CI, huh?). If Prima knew and this were withheld from the defense, this would be a Brady violation and sufficient to undo Carys plea bargain. To do this the Chicago Police Department (CPD) metadata file is given to Kalinda who has her tech guy show her how to change the metadata to make it appear falsely that Prima had read the email (to get a Brady violation). Now, of course, this only works if Kalinda has been given possession of the one-and-only original CPD metadata file, rather than a copy of it, something that would never be handed over. So again we are in fantasy-land. Kalinda fakes the metadata but decides not to use it because she uncovers Dt. Rodriguez. But senior partner Diane Lockhart discovers and believing it genuine uses the faked metadata to clear Cary along with testimony from Dt. Rodriguez. The CPD responds by hiring its own top notch investigator who proves that neither Prima nor Pine could have deleted the email at the moment that the metadata said it was deleted; hence someone else did the person with access to the original metadata disc Kalinda.\n\nBy now, fantasy land is all that we have. Diane Lockhart supposedly is in danger of disbarment and criminal prosecution even though Kalinda will swear that she alone knew that the metadata was faked because, according to Finn Polmar who has joined the law firm after a tiff with his superior about how to proceed on a case Diane has strict liability, a term from civil law regarding financial responsibility, not criminal responsibility, and also contrary to American Bar Association principles regarding grounds for disbarment. In other words, Diane Lockhart is in no real danger of either criminal prosecution or disbarment except by means of warping actual law and bar regulations to put her in such danger in order to create dramatic tension. But there is no dramatic tension for an intelligent viewer who understands basic issues of law and ABA regulations.\n\nBut it gets better, or worse. The crack CPD investigator speaks to Kalindas tech guru who in real life would not admit to knowing anything about changes on the metadata and gets him to admit that he fixed four traffic tickets for Kalinda by altering metadata even though he did not (and this would be an easy lie to expose because no such tickets had been issued). And when Kalinda tells the same story it is too similar to her gurus and the investigator tells her, Colombo style, that she is toast. But why anyone would admit to altering metadata on the original CPD disc (which they would never get) remains beyond belief since the gravity of that crime is the same whether it is a traffic ticket or Primas email.\n\nAnd so the show goes, lurching drunkenly down the aisle, too often just a cut above soap-opera, from one impossibility or implausibility to another to generate a false and contrived dramatic scenario that most resembles a kind of improvisation audition where the facts may be invented to create a scene to see how well the actor can inhabit the moment. The typical tragic waste of talent and moral forum is made plainer by the contrast with occasional brilliant episodes like Blue Ribbon Panel that lay bare the institutionalized deceit of police civilian review boards consisting of eminent citizens (pastors, judges, lawyers, politicians, and businessmen) who meet wholly committed to the end of covering up police murders. It is a shame that a show with such a talented writing crew and brilliant actors should squander its gifts on such shallow silliness.","Product: It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee (newcomer Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend (James Ransone, STARLET, "Generation Kill") hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the sex worker and her best friend, Alexandra (newcomer Mya Taylor), embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Take a Walk on the Wild Side\n\nReview: Hats off to a brilliantly imaginative piece of writing, directing and acting! Welcome to tranny-world, a slice-of-life movie filmed entirely on an Apple i-pod and edited with over-the-counter software. Unless you already have a tranny in your life to love, the characters are gross and off-putting and it takes a good 20-30 minute to find a coherent answer to the question Why am I watching this sh*t? because the characters inner and outer lives crash and jangle against everything that might be called normal society rather than street-trash hustle. But later rather than sooner the hopes, aspirations, loves and entanglements of its protagonists start to cohere in ways that make it watchable and even from time to time enjoyable in a sad and perverse way. The philosophical zenith of the movie is the debate amongst family and friends of the Armenian taxi-driver, Razmik, who has just deserted his family on New Years Eve to go to Donut Time to seek the company of the tranny hookers that he knows and loves and from whom he purchases services most recently Alexandra in a car wash tryst given some brief but sufficient moment of privacy as the cab takes its ablution beneath the brushes. Razmiks wife and mother-in-law descend upon Donut Time where the trannies leap to his defense with the argument is this really cheating on his beautiful wife if he goes down on a tranny better hung than he is? And is it wrong for the beautiful wife to look the other way if he is otherwise a hard-working breadwinner, and the only one in the entire family who is working? These are the deeper questions left for the viewer to ponder.\n\nThe film has the unstoppable fierce energy and direction of a Run Lola Run without the second chance. Sin-Dee (Rella) is just out of jail and discovers that her boyfriend-pimp Chester has been unfaithful to her -- who would have imagined such a thing possible among a tight knit group of such sexual purity and chastity? -- with the most humiliating love object of all, a \"fish.\" If you do not already know what a fish is, you will find out soon enough as Sin-Dee begins her madcap romp of revenge against Chester and the fish. Things are what they are and this movie gives a great glimpse of a world most of us would never know no matter how many time we pass by and see the trannies working the streets at Highland Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard and environs in the City of the Angels.","Product: Workingman's Death is an unflinching portrait of the state of manual labor in the 21st century. In the Ukraine, a group of men spend long days crawling through cramped shafts of illegal coal mines. Sulfur gatherers in Indonesia brave smoky heat of an active volcano and the treacherous trip back down. Blood, fire and stench are routines for workers at a crowded open-air Slaughterhouse in Nigeria. Pakistani men use little more than their bare hands to dismantle an abandoned oil tanker for scrap metal. Steelworkers in China fear they could be a dying breed.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Glawogger & the Death of the Meaningful Documentary\n\nReview: A friend and I stopped watching \"Workingman's Death\" after the third chapter - the slaughterhouses in Nigeria oddly titled \"Lion.\" It took me a week to find the motivation to return to it and finish watching it, and not because of the nauseating violence of the trussed but bucking cattle having their throats slit time and time again to which the camera repeatedly returns with a voyeur's fascination. Something very fundamental is missing from Glawogger's documentaries on what his website calls \"the world of work,\" by which it means the world of very hard and demeaning work done from desperation by people with no better choices, but it takes a while to find a way to say what it is. I had a similar feeling after viewing his film about prostitution, \"Whores' Glory\" - both these films are pricey and were quite a disappointment despite my keen interest in both topics, but why?\n\nPerhaps a start is that I feel almost the opposite of the applauding blurbs that describe his work as \"astonishingly powerful\" or \"daring, novelistic.\" The latter two are especially inapt because there is no narrative - in fact these films are the antithesis of a narrative. They deliberately tell no story so that watching them is like getting bounced on bus traveling a bad road in a third-world country; and not even that because at least the bus has a destination.\n\nThe cinematography is often stunning and sensual, making the people and their deeds fade into the background, but there is no novel, no narrative, and there are no individual actors. Glawogger is ostensibly non-judgmental of his subjects, but he is also non-judgmental, and decontextualized, about everything else as well. Imagine making a film about prostitution but being neutral, nondescript and mute about the social ordering that makes it a viable career choice, and about the distortions of values and attitudes that have to be wrought to make it livable. He has done that. Glawogger has no sensitivity to his subjects as people, so in \"Bruder\" we find Pashtun laborers dismantling ships we know not where or for what, offering pious bounds of fealty in one frame and posing like fools in the next one-by-one to have their photos taken with a pink-and-black plastic Kalashnikov without Glawogger even raising the question of for whom such photos are being taken, and why they have chosen to pose with a toy automatic assault rifle. None of his subjects is allowed to show an individual life or persona, none is given the opportunity to raise or pursue moral issues or ideals, and one-by-one the men doing the backbreaking labor are made to seem foolish or incidental, as though they were merely the instruments of the documentary's quest. An Indonesian man who carts 150-200 pounds of sulfur on his back down a live volcano speaks flatly of his recreation of getting drunk and mixing it up against four to six others at a fight bar - and so? There is no so of it; he just does that. Nor is there a point when these men chivvy dollars from tourists taking photos. Indeed the pastel and flavescent yellow chunks of sulfur bouncing in the balanced straw bins atop the backs of the laborers are filmed as vividly and languorously as the men, and given as much independent life and interest by the film.\n\nAll this is not an idiosyncratic quirk of Glawogger, but is part of his illusion that a documentarian can be perfectly objective, and can study a subject without involving the life of his subject. As though one might make a documentary of faces without reference to the emotions they convey, or the circumstances in which the people whose faces they are find themselves. And, of course, one can do this, but only by stripping its subject of any meaning or significance, and this is what Glawogger has done. He has wasted two very good titles on films that illuminate little about the topics they claim to be about.\n\nHaving thought and written this, I then found an interview that Glawogger gave about \"Workingman's Death,\" to the Australian Film Commission that can serve mutatis mutandis for \"Whores' Glory.\"\n\n[BEGIN QUOTE] One aspect that interested me a great deal ...was the question of how physical labour can be depicted. I also watched various old documentaries and fiction films about workers or their heroism and realized that the work itself was almost never shown. ... Work was interesting only as a way to introduce the worker, who in fact served in the classic worker film as an ideological vehicle. In contrast I've always been interested in making physical labour itself the subject of a film, and by means of this sensual experience determine its social and political position. [END QUOTE]\n\nHere then from the director's own lips is the recipe for his failure. Once history, morality, psychology, sociology and justice are excluded from consideration, all that is left is a vain illusion that he can segue from his portrayal of the \"sensual experience\" of work to \"determine its social and political position.\" Glawogger has painted himself into a corner, climbed out on a branch and cut it behind him, and then thought that he could be free and fly. Instead, he flopped, and very badly.","Product: What is legal and what is just? Winner of the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, The Law in These Parts is a gripping and revelatory investigation into the military legal system put in place by Israel over four decades ago to govern the occupied Palestinian territories the repercussions of which are felt to this day by both sides.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The Iron Fist of Military Order Masked as Law\n\nReview: This darkly honest documentary consists of interviews of former Israeli military judges who adjudicated \"legal\" matters in the occupied territories to the complete disadvantage of the Palestinians, interspersed with documentary footage of victims of Israeli law, and violence against them. Essentially enforcing unjust military law against Palestinians within the occupied territories while providing the pretense of access to the courts, the judges ranged from those in furious self-deception to the most honest who understood his job to be supporting the Israeli torturers against the enemy who was such because his land was being stolen from him and whose crime was resistance to injustice. The false piety, personal and institutionalized hypocrisy, and general cruelty and indecency of the Israeli legal system as used against the Palestinians that this film uncovers and puts on display with the precision of an entomologist piercing his specimen with a display pin will haunt your memories for a very long time.","Product: Run 12V appliances directly off of your battery by connecting directly to car battery terminals. This battery clip bypasses the 12V cigarette lighter socket and will allow you to use your battery in multiple ways. The clip attaches easily to facilitate a quick and easy installation.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Reasonable buy for under $6.00 (price + shipping)\n\nReview: This device solves the problem of running electrical appliances through your auto cigarette lighter when their amperage exceeds the fuse on your lighter. Your cigarette lighter runs through a fuse with a specific amperage. Exceed the amperage -- blow a fuse. Use a higher amperage fuse -- risk melting the delicate wires and shorting out your car's electrical system. The heavy-duty tire air pump I bought kept blowing fuses until I bought this device that works as promised.\n\nThe clips are (just barely) big enough to grab the battery terminals. The plastic wraps around the clip handles that prevent the battery from shocking you are cheap and thin and should be reinforced with electrical tape. (The tape stops any arc of current from flowing across the terminals if the right conductor touches both clips.) That done, it works well (and for prolonged use keep the car running to avoid draining the battery).","Product: Requires a CL81101,CL81201, CL81211, CL81301, CL82101, CL82201, CL82301, CL82311, CL82351, CL82401, CL82451, CL82501, CL82601 to operate. No more shouting through the housethis system doubles as a multiple-handset walkie-talkie to instantly communicate with up to 4 units in your home. Choose from four preset audio profiles, or use the equalizer to personalize bass, treble and natural tones for your individual hearing needs. Allows you to speak and listen without holding the handset. This leaves your hands free to do other things and lets more people in on the conversation. Handset displays the name, number, time and date of incoming calls.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward\n\nReview: Two month ago I bought this as a replacement for a two-line AT&T 9452 that short-circuited after 15 years of use and wish that the older version still worked. More than twice the price, with only one line, this version has all the dysfunctional modern improvements that continue to annoy throughout its use. The old model had basically self-explanatory buttons and featuresthis one requires you to read the manual and memorize it or keep it nearby because the instructions are non-intuitive and easily forgotten. It is chock-full of functions you would never dream of using unless you were on the AT&S design team, and its a shame that none of them ever tried to use the phone and decided to keep the much better handset with its much better microphones: people complain that they cannot hear me clearly and the tiny cell phone type mike means that if you move the headset away from the one-and-only place to talk and listen the conversation is diminished for one or both of you. Better still, the \"volume control\" for the phone is positioned in the handset so that your cheek pressure can lower the volume as you speak--that must have taken a genius to design. Worse yet, the AT&T robot says, \"You don't have to press the buttons, I can understand full sentences\" because holding the phone close to your face sometimes depresses the buttons.","Product: You just want a fast way to find the studs behind your walls or ceiling without all the fuss. Is that too much to ask? Not anymore. Finally, a stud finder that actually works! It's not rocket science. It's a StudPoP\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Shockingly and surprisingly good\n\nReview: This stud finder is a great invention for drywall, but the real test is whether it would work for my 85-year-old textured lath and plaster walls. None of the pricey electronic stud finders that I have tried work reliably on lath and plaster because they try to find the stud by looking for changes in underlying density that the plaster routinely masks. Both drywall and lath are secured to the studs by screws or nails so the key issue is whether this device has a strong enough magnet to reliably detect the smaller more distant nails used to secure the lath to the studs.\n\nI went to the hallway -- pop, mark, pop, mark, pop, mark, pop, mark; all the marks were 16\" apart (the standard distance between studs). To the kitchen: pop, mark, pop, mark; again 16\" apart. [Hint: Mark the center of the range in which the device stands up and keep in mind that not all the lath nails are centered on the stud.] This inventor did what he said - almost* -and my hat is off to him.\n\n*The \"almost\" is because the StudPop is guaranteed to work on tile but failed to work on my bathtub tiles. The stud was continually erect, probably responding to the metal wiring under the tile used to lay the grout. Tile secured in other ways may allow it to work, and this is a very minor drawback.\n\nAnother reviewer claimed a problem with lath and plaster. Chances are that he didn't follow the sweeping motion shown in the instructions to zero in on the stud nail, or less likely his had a defective magnet. If you have lath and plaster walls, this device will work well on them provided you pretend to \"paint\" the walls with the sweeping motion shown in the instructions to find the nails.","Product: Globe Electric's 35\" Heavy Base Architect Spring Balanced Swing Arm Desk Lamp is an ideal option for desk lighting. The spring loaded swing arm is easily adjustable, stretching to 35\" at its tallest, to direct light wherever you need it the most. The long cord allows you the ability to place the light anywhere you want regardless of where your wall socket is located. The large rotary on/off switch is conveniently located at the top of the lamp shade for quick and easy use. Requires one 60W A19 E26 base bulb (sold separately).\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Not as Described: Bottom spring-arm might as well be a fixed solid rod.\n\nReview: Aside from the cheap quality of the metal throughout, this lamp may work for you if you don't need much reach. It is pointed in the wrong direction--the bottom arm swings away from you and is rigidly fixed, unable to move at all. Other reviewers tell you to remove the screw that prevents the lower rods from rotating, but the manufacturer has reinforced the screw with a fixed rod that immobilizes the lower arm--its springs are decorative only; they will not move at all. This is obviously done by the lawyers to protect against lawsuits because the lamp tipped over and set something on fire or damaged something with its heat.\n\nI bought this because the switch from my old lamp finally wore out after 15 years. After seeing how cheaply made and unlike the deliberately misleading ad it was, 34 inch easy adjustable multi-spring balanced arm allows complete flexibility I returned it. I went to Lowe's, spent $3.50 on a new switch, soldered it in place, and all is well. See photo below of my old lamp to illustrate how this type of spring-loaded desk lamp flexes at both the top and the bottom when properly made and anchored with a large heavy base.\n\nJULY 11, 2016: Per customer service suggestion I am resubmitting photo.","Product: Denise Minger is a Portland, OR-based health writer and lecturer with a reputation for aggressively challenging today's leading voices of conventional wisdom. Her meticulously researched critiques decimating USDA guidelines and The China Study--published on her blog, RawFoodSOS.com--have made her a major player in the progressive health community, and a major thorn in the side of both mainstream nutritionists other health figures promoting flawed dietary dogma.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Not as good a book as it appears at first blush\n\nReview: Denise Minger has a lot to say thats worth saying, but she doesnt say it as well or as clearly or fairly as she could or should. If you did not know it already, there is no single diet that is best for all people. Most of the corporate and federally funded research is grossly distorted in its design and interpretation to support pre-existing pro-industry commercial goals. When research results are at odds with these goals they are typically ignored and suppressed. All of the federal food and health regulatory agencies are victims to various degrees usually severe of regulatory capture, i.e., instead of protecting the public they are routinely staffed and run by professionals with strong economic and professional ties to the industries they are supposed to regulate, and so instead they often promote and protect these industries at the expense of the truth and the publics health. The less familiar the reader is with the details of such unhappy facts before reading this book, the more important and stunningly revelatory it will seem. For readers familiar with this terrain, Mingers narrative is too often tedious and overwrought.\n\nMinger conveys the important fact that even well-intentioned system-bucking scientists like Colin Campbell, and many of the whole-food plant-based (WFPB) diet gurus, ignore individual differences that have obvious heredity bases and routinely ignore the deficiencies that their dietary regimens invite (e.g., A, B12, D3, K2, Omega3/6 imbalances). Both Minger and Chris Masterjohn have fruitfully critiqued Campbells scientific research online and Campbell has often been pompous and off-point in his responses. As someone who is an almost WFPB vegan, I too find Campbells universal prescriptions offensive. This is my second effort to go vegan and after a year on an almost WFPB my total cholesterol dropped from 178 to 126 while the critical Total/HDL dropped from 4.8 to 3.2. A friend who went 100% WFPB for the same period had her cholesterol stuck between 190-200 (but with a very good ratio of 3.0), while another friend has repeatedly felt tired and weak and when she stuck to it anyway experienced mild muscle wasting. So perhaps the point about individual differences and Minger gives some genetic components that explain it needs to be said again and again.\n\nStill, Minger wastes a lot of space. For example, she cites a study from Great Britain showing that longevity for vegetarians/vegans was no greater than that of the general population. But this result is sloppy and unfair since it includes what WFPB supporters correctly label junk-food vegans full of processed sugar and hydrogenated potato chips. More importantly, the vegan physician Michael Greger, M.D., addressed this study and the then-recent death from heart attack of 63-year-old Jay Dinshah who had been a vegan for 40 years in a 2003 video watchable on YouTube and pointed out how woefully deficient in B12 and how horribly imbalanced in Omega 3/6 these vegetarians were and how these deficiencies impacted cardiac health. So much of what Minger has to say is not especially new.\n\nBut a major difficulty is that that time after time Minger reduces research results to confusing incoherence by imaging a possible counterfactual another possible interpretation, or offering a counter-example. As someone trained in statistical inference and scientific methodology, I kept thinking that she should instead take the data and re-analyze it, or else look for other good studies that would resolve between competing interpretations. This she repeatedly fails to do perhaps because as a very smart autodidact she lacks the training to do so, and perhaps because of a bias to reach no conclusions about which diets are generally best so that any diets that are free of refined and processed foods and oils will stand on an equal footing, i.e., WFPB, Paleo, and Mediterranean. To read Minger, one would not know that there is available evidence to choose amongst them.\n\nMingers bias is most clear when she discusses the Seventh Day Adventists of Loma Linda, California. These are one of a very small number of Blue Zones in the world where centenarians are found to concentrate, and overall health and longevity are remarkably common (male vegetarian SDAs aged 30 live 9.5 years longer than non-SDA males and SDA females live 6.1 years longer). Their religion urges them to eschew meat, fish, eggs, alcohol, tobacco and coffee. In \"The China Study,\" Campbell notes that even the Adventists who eat meat do so moderately but that the Adventist vegetarians are much healthier than their meat eating counterparts with half the rates of obesity and diabetes. (p. 150) Dan Buettner in The Blue Zone elaborates this theme. Vegetarian Adventists live about two years longer than their non-vegetarian cohorts, and had half the risk of developing heart disease. (p. 129) Thinking that the saturated fats in meat might be the culprit, the researchers studied nut consumption (with a high unsaturated/saturated fat ratio) and to their surprise found that Adventists who ate a handful of nuts five or more times a week (i.e., whole food vegan-sourced mostly unsaturated fats) lived two years longer than those who ate very few nuts. (p. 130) Since nuts are loaded with Omega 6 fatty acids, this pushes the Omega 3/6 ratio in the unhealthy direction, but apparently the natural vegan source and the process by which the body assimilates them has a very different effect than when they are consumed from highly processed commercial vegetable oils. This is darned interesting data, so what does Denise Minger do with it? She tells a catty story about how the religions founder, Ellen Gould White, has her face smashed by a rock, went into coma that critics felt left her with a permanent traumatic brain injury and then started having visions to abstain from all forms of flesh food. (p. 190) But what about the research data you ask? When Minger finally gets around to that she writes:\n\n\"Indeed, even within the Adventist population, stark [sic] differences emerge between folks of different meat-eating persuasions. One analysis found that Adventists following a true vegetarian diet consumed less coffee and doughnuts, and more tomatoes, legumes, nuts and fruit than the more liberal meat eaters.\" (p. 194)\n\nThis is plain silly: this is not a research finding, but almost a definitional difference between the two groups. And that is all Minger says about the relevant data outlined by Campbell and Buettner showing superior health for vegetarians within the Adventist community in other words she entirely ignores it, which is hardly intellectually honest, especially after mocking its founder. She might have contacted the Adventists researchers and learned whether the meat-eaters were eating unhealthy cuts of processed bologna, for example, so she could argue for grass-fed buffalo meat as good-for-you, but she did not. The only effort she makes to take account of the data is to argue that meat-eating Mormons live as long as Adventists, and that those who abstain from alcohol, tobacco, tea and coffee have far above average health, but this does nothing to address the data she wishes to dismiss. In fact she underscores that the non-meat-eating Adventist strict vegetarians with better health consumed more tomatoes, legumes, nuts and fruit than the more liberal meat eaters, and not junk donuts, which is just the WFPB vegans point, isn't it?\n\nSuch biased exposition is commonplace. Being an advocate of fleshy foods that raise blood cholesterol levels, Minger attempts to dismiss the relevance of serum cholesterol to total health by strongly suggesting that the research supports the conclusion that higher levels of serum cholesterol are associated with greater longevity (pp. 106-111). A simple web-search of cholesterol and mortality finds as the first choice a 1994 article entitled Low Serum Cholesterol and Mortality, Which Is the Cause and Which Is the Effect? Minger never considered the question of what caused what in her book, and this article concludes that death from catabolic diseases lowered total cholesterol (TC) prior to death, not that lower TC increased total mortality. Although the association of lower TC with death is genuine for those whose cholesterol fell prior to death, By contrast, there was no significant increase in all-cause mortality risk among cohort men with stable low TC levels. Nonillness mortality (deaths caused by trauma and suicide) was not related to either TC change or the average of TC levels in exams 1 and 3. So again as so often Minger is very careless, not skilled enough, or not intellectually honest.\n\nMinger, like Chris Masterjohn, is enamored of the nutritional philosophy of Weston Price: that what matters most is eating (organic) nutrition-dense foods no matter what the type. I too find it appealing, and some of it is self-evident. But when she speaks of Prices study of healthy primitive societies, there is not a word as to the longevity in these communities; she reports only his observations of their splendid teeth, dental arches, and general good health at least in those communities that enjoy it; as she notes others are sickly and riddled with parasites. But the fact that human beings over the course of evolution may adapt themselves genetically to a variety of nutrition-rich diets of widely different types says very little about the benefits of a (mostly) WFPB diet vs. anything else for many (not all) of us. Nor does it suggest that a healthy Eskimo could move to the tropics and thrive on their local diet. And for those like my friend who cannot digest even properly complemented vegetable protein and must have fish, weve found that she does best when the rest of her diet is as close as possible to a WFPB diet (with idiosyncratic modifications along the way).\n\nThe final great disappointment of Mingers book is her conclusion that each of us must find his or her own path, as though little or nothing has been learned from nutritional research except what to avoid. As someone who has worked hard to do so, I still recommend a WFPB diet warts and all as the starting point with the obvious caveats to those with Celiac disease, gluten intolerance or gluten allergies, etc., with all the necessary supplements, and with the liberty to add occasionally some vitamin and mineral-rich animal flesh for its possible benefits. With the arguable exception of the Loma Linda Seventh Day Adventists, there are no vegan centenarian blues zones but most of the centenarians eat very little meat, do eat primarily nutrient-dense and nutrient-rich WFPB fare, with the right smattering of very nutritious non-vegan exceptions.","Product: John Laughland is the author of three previous books: The Death of Politics (1994), The Tainted Source (1997) and Le tribunal penal international (2003). He is currently working on A History of Political Trials from Charles I to Saddam Hussein and on a book about the 19th century German philosopher, Schelling, while his Israel on Israel (co-edited with Michel Korinman) is due out this autumn. He is a regular contributor to the Spectator, the Guardian and the Mail on Sunday.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A Brilliant Expos of International Justice as a Crazed Harlot Sold to the Public by a Media Circus as a Vestal Virgin\n\nReview: John Laughland wrote \"Travesty: The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic and the Corruption of International Justice\" in 2007 and, having caught hold of a theme, followed it a year later with \"A History of Political Trials from Charles I to Saddam Hussein.\" The pair offer testament to the fact that political trials, and most international justice, are nothing but victor's justice, i.e., Thrasymachus's answer to Socrates' request for a definition of justice, \"Justice is the advantage of the stronger.\" \"Travesty\" is not nearly so polished and erudite as \"HPT\" but is a better, grittier, and more engaging read and while the latter initially captures one's interest, it too soon loses it as Laughland shoots one fish in the barrel after another with the same buckshot: ex-post-facto laws, politicians and hacks serving as jurists who selectively apply the \"laws\" to their victims, deprive them of a voice in court, skew and distort the facts and ignore or suppress incompatible facts. Because so many more trials are covered, the treatment lacks the gripping detail that fascinates so one is left with the correct but unsatisfying impression of how much these were all dog-and-pony shows. Still, Laughland's treatment of the Nuremberg Trials in HPT, which in popular understanding represents the highest form of international justice, is deep and illuminating.\n\nThe popular but mistaken view of Nuremberg is that its authority to prosecute German war crimes devolved from the fact that international law was so deeply and vividly violated by the Nazi horrors, especially the Holocaust. In fact, however, international law is routinely violated and the only authority to prosecute such criminals fell to the national state to which the criminals belonged. The Nuremberg Court had its authority solely from the fact of Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies, which made them the de facto and de jure governors of Germany, and then only until a provisional German state was re-established; hence Nuremberg held its authority only during a narrow window of opportunity.\n\nI do not wish to suggest a level moral playing field between the Nazis and the Allies by the following comments, but rather to point to the enormous political and legal difficulties in which the latter found themselves after, say, the punitive fire-bombing of Dresden near the end of WWII, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (neither of which bombings had any military value whatsoever, but were done primarily to intimidate Stalin - see Gar Alperovitz, \"The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb and the Architecture of an American Myth\"), and the Soviet Union's 1939 invasion of Poland and subsequent Katyn woods massacre of 22,000 Poles, mostly army and police officers taken prisoner during the invasion, the rest deemed anti-Soviet intelligentsia, in April and May of 1940. Decades ago I awakened to a KPFK political program whose interviewee stated that the task given to staff by Robert Jackson and Telford Taylor was \"to find things they did that we didn't do,\" and only now do I have a better sense of what was meant.\n\nThe Nuremberg solution was to invent the initiation of war as the war crime of all war crimes, ignoring the USSR and Poland, fudging that Great Britain and France had declared war on Germany - even though initiating war, the so-called crime against the peace from which all other atrocities derived, had not been a crime before Nuremberg, i.e., it too was an ex-post-facto law invented for political purposes. The Holocaust, which plays the central role in much popular imagination as the rationale for Nuremberg, played only a minor role as an afterthought. As for initiation of war as the crime of crimes, Laughland notes that it \"has in fact proved to be a dead letter\" because no other nation has ever been prosecuted for it since, and the ICC has explicitly stated its refusal to use it \"until such time as it has been defined,\" by which the ICC means in part that since the USA routinely initiates war as part of its foreign policy, and embraces \"preventive war,\" it would be very unwise for the ICC to keep this crime in its quiver. Laughland quotes with approval \"the great German jurist Hans Kelsen\" who summarized Nuremberg thusly:\n\n\"If the principles applied in the Nuremberg Trials were to become a precedent then, after the next war, the governments of the victorious States would try the members of the vanquished States for having committed crimes unilaterally and with retroactive force by the former. Let us hope that there is no such precedent.\" (p. 118)\n\nNuremberg, I venture to say, was the fairest of the batch of political trials that Laughland examined and Kelsen's foreboding precisely describes Milosevic's treatment in \"Travesty.\" A passing remark in \"HPT\" helps us to appreciate the rich detail of \"Travesty.\" Laughland notes that \"the president of ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia), Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, hailed Madeleine Albright, the American Secretary of State (who many believe was the prime mover behind the attack on Yugoslavia in 1999), as `the mother of the tribunal'. It was hardly surprising then that the Office of the Prosecutor refused in June 2000 even to open an investigation into whether NATO had committed war crimes during the Kosovo war.\" (HPT, p. 225) Wikiquotes, many of whose volunteer editors belong to the U.S. intelligence community, memorializes Albright's demand to Colin Powell, then head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding Bosnia, \"What's the point of having this superb military that you're always talking about if we can't use it?\" but omits her infamous quote that reveals her deeper political character and priorities given May 12, 1996 on 60 Minutes in an episode entitled \"Punishing Saddam.\" The interviewer first emphasized that the 500,000 Iraqi children who had died because the embargo was greater than the number who had died Hiroshima and asked \"Is the price worth it?\" to which Albright replied that although it was \"a very hard choice, ...we think the price is worth it.\" Whereas \"HPT\" is otherwise silent about the president of the ICTY who heaped praise upon Albright, Gabriel Kirk McDonald, \"Travesty\" provides the rich detail that allows us to understand the nature of the judicial tribunal that she headed. Who, then, is Ms. McDonald?\n\nAccording to Conrad Harper, Legal Advisor to the State Department, who recommended her for the post \"she was well qualified as a former federal judge who had heard criminal cases.\" But McDonald herself was astonished even to be considered for the post since she knew nothing about international law and told Harper, \"But I don't know anything about international war crimes,\" to which Harper responded, \"That's not a qualification. You'll learn.\" (Travesty, pp. 92-93)\n\nThe Clinton administration had wanted an African-American woman with an interest in civil rights because of allegations they were preparing to press that rape had been used as an instrument of war in the Bosnian conflict; it had anointed McDonald even though as a low-paid federal judge she had heard few criminal trials and after cycling through a job with a civil rights firm she was about to take up a teaching job at a law school when Harper contacted her. But learn she did, as evidenced by her praise for Albright, and by her subsequent participation in a \"mock\" war crimes tribunal against the long-deceased Emperor Hirohito that held him personally accountable for Japan's use of \"comfort women\" during WWII declaring that he was \"guilty of responsibility for rape and sexual slavery as a crime against humanity.\" (T, p. 93) \"Judge\" McDonald was as little concerned with the fact that the deceased Hirohito had no opportunity to defend himself, as she had been with the fact the Milosevic had been persistently and determinedly denied by ICTY the opportunity to defend himself; in fact she was actively engaged in denying him that opportunity, as \"Travesty\" details in rewarding detail.\n\nThe recency of \"Travesty's\" subject permits the richly gruesome details with which the book abounds. Milosevic frequently destroyed prosecution witnesses by effective cross-examination, in several cases having them admit that the previously submitted \"statements\" against him collected by the investigators were fabrications. Thus, when cross-examined by Milosevic g., Nicola Samardzi declared of his allegedly inculpating statement, \"I did not say that. Whatever is written there I did not put it that way. ...if this way put into my mouth, I do not think that is in order.\" (p. 154) To eliminate this embarrassment for the Court, it relied on its Rule 92bis that permitted introduction of evidence by oral or written statement, and then on 28 occasions prevented Milosevic from cross-examining witnesses, even in cases where the witness was available for cross-examination. (p. 153). In instances where the witness could not avoid being cross-examined, the Court directly shut up Milosevic. When Milosevic attempted to impeach Graham Blewitt of the Prosecutor's office by demonstrating how he had, contrary to mandate, applied double standards, Sir Richard May, the presiding judge, shut him down and Milosevic asked, \"'Mr. May, are you prohibiting me from calling in question or challenging the credibility of this witness?' to which May, incredibly, replied, `Yes, I am. Now move on.'\" (p. 157)\n\nDespite such Star Chamber tactics, Milosevic remained sufficiently potent in his own defense that an even broader strategy was required. He was denied appropriate medical care for a severe heart condition, then was accused by the Court of not taking his medications, and then denied the right to defend himself \"in the interest of justice.\" Milosevic was stripped of this right even though the ICTY Trial Chamber had previously written on just this issue, \"In an adversarial system, the imposition of defense counsel on an unwilling accused would effectively deprive that accused of the possibility of putting forward a defence.\" (p. 183) Nonetheless, Milosevic was denied the right to self-defense even though after extensive research, ICTY had had not found \"any case in any jurisdiction where counsel has been assigned to an accused person because he was unfit to conduct his case as the result of impaired physical health.\" (p. 186) The purpose of denying Milosevic this right was to deny him an adequate defense so that the pre-ordained verdict could be achieved with less embarrassment for ICTY. See Chapter 9 passim, \"Trial in Abstentia.\"\n\nOne reads \"Travesty\" not to be shocked and outraged, but to learn how our society and media are structured to produce both the outrages and the public oblivion to the outrages that are orchestrated by mainstream media brought to you courtesy of both the Establishment and the intelligence community that helps to inform and guide the Establishment directly when deemed appropriate. Milosevic, a man innocent of the charges laid against him, many of which were blatant ex-post-facto devices invented to circumvent his innocence, and who was a remarkably pragmatic and peace-seeking leader of his people, was demonized to the world, framed by the ICTY, and effectively murdered by denial of urgently needed medical care when he continued to mount a vigorous and effective defense in face of ludicrous accusations. Milosevic was the first of three such recent victims of American justice (Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi), whose deaths were designed to convey to others such as Bashar al-Assad the personal costs likely to be paid for resistance to the Empire. My only fault with this otherwise remarkable book is that Laughland himself fails to emphasize sufficiently the role that U.S. imperialism plays in such judicial circuses, but the introduction by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark goes a long way to making up the deficiency."],"string":"[\n \"Product: E6000 Multi-Purpose Adhesive. This glue is absolutely amazing. It permanently bonds: wood, metal, glass, fiberglass, ceramic, leather, rubber, vinyl and most plastics. E6000 is a unique adhesive formulated to meet high-performance industrial requirements, making it an exceptional craft adhesive. Features: water-proof, flexible, non-flammable, photo safe and paintable. Can even be used as potting material! Conforms to ASTM D4236. 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I cut two strips of fabric from old jeans, impregnated the strips and the bag fabric near the split with E-6000, joined them after 4-5 minutes, and it is as good as new.\\n\\nMy single tube, still mostly unused, has also saved a mirror backing (paper to wood and still holding) and auto headliner.\\n\\nThe negative reviewer who complained that this is a one-use-only tube simply failed to clean the threads with acetone or Pine-Sol after use, leaving the E-6000 on the threads and gluing the cap to the tube as any good self-respecting glue should do. This is great stuff. Store it upside down to help keep the chemically active vapors in the tube, and don't breath more of the fumes than necessary. One serious fault is that after half the tube had been used, the soft plastic cap split open at the bottom simply from normal tightening, ruining the remaining product. The cap of the replacement tube split the same way, but it is possible to save the tube by using the hard plastic cap from a 6 oz. tube of AIM toothpaste.\",\n \"Product: E6000 Multi-Purpose Adhesive. This glue is absolutely amazing. It permanently bonds: wood, metal, glass, fiberglass, ceramic, leather, rubber, vinyl and most plastics. E6000 is a unique adhesive formulated to meet high-performance industrial requirements, making it an exceptional craft adhesive. Features: water-proof, flexible, non-flammable, photo safe and paintable. Can even be used as potting material! Conforms to ASTM D4236. Clear formula. This package contains (1) 3.7oz tube. Made in USA.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Best All Purpose Glue\\n\\nReview: This glue sticks strongly to almost any solid non-porous surface, and remains strong but flexible when fully cured. It becomes tacky and dries quickly, and makes a full-strength bond in a day. It has a vast range of surprising helpful applications. Here are some examples where the glue saved each device on which it was used:\\n\\n1) The foam base of an expensive orthotic device separated from the sole because it had been jammed into the shoe. The glue absorbed into the foam, which should be clamped into place, then stayed flexible when dry.\\n\\n2) A new pair of PVC gloves used for dishwashing was cut with a razor, making it useless; E-6000 covered the cut and has remained water-tight and flexible for months.\\n\\n3) An auto dome-light went out because the metal end separated from the bulb even though the filament was intact. A daub of E-6000 between metal and glass, lightly clamped with a vise-grip wrench, and it was good as new.\\n\\n4) A woven bamboo wastebasket with a solid bamboo strip for the rim gradually lost its bark/rattan stitching so the rim came loose. A thick bead of E-6000 along the entire inside of the strip secured it permanently and more strongly than the original.\\n\\nMy single tube, still mostly unused, has also saved a mirror backing (paper to wood and still holding) and auto headliner.\\n\\nThe negative reviewer who complained that this is a one-use-only tube simply failed to clean the threads with acetone or Pine-Sol after use, leaving the E-6000 on the threads and gluing the cap to the tube as any good self-respecting glue should do. This is great stuff. Store it upside down to help keep the chemically active vapors in the tube, and don't breath more of the fumes than necessary. One serious fault is that after half the tube had been used, the soft plastic cap split open at the bottom simply from normal tightening, ruining the remaining product.\",\n \"Product: E6000 Multi-Purpose Adhesive. This glue is absolutely amazing. It permanently bonds: wood, metal, glass, fiberglass, ceramic, leather, rubber, vinyl and most plastics. E6000 is a unique adhesive formulated to meet high-performance industrial requirements, making it an exceptional craft adhesive. Features: water-proof, flexible, non-flammable, photo safe and paintable. Can even be used as potting material! Conforms to ASTM D4236. Clear formula. This package contains (1) 3.7oz tube. Made in USA.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Best All Purpose Glue\\n\\nReview: This glue meets its claim to adhere strongly to almost any solid non-porous surface, and to remain strong but flexible when fully cured. It becomes tacky and dries quickly, and although it takes a day to gain full strength, its vast range of surprising helpful applications more than compensates for this. Here are some examples:\\n\\n1) The foam base of an expensive orthotic device separated from the sole because it was improperly cut and jammed into the shoe. The glue absorbed into the foam, which should be clamped into place, then stayed flexible when dry.\\n\\n2) A new pair of PVC gloves used for dishwashing was cut with a razor, making it useless; E-6000 covered the cut and has remained water-tight and flexible for months.\\n\\n3) An auto dome-light went out because the metal end separated from the bulb even though the filament was intact. A daub of E-6000 between metal and glass, lightly clamped with a vise-grip wrench, and it was good as new.\\n\\n4) A woven bamboo wastebasket with a solid bamboo strip for the rim gradually lost its bark/rattan stitching so the rim came loose. A thick bead of E-6000 along the entire inside of the strip secured it permanently and more strongly than the original.\\n\\nMy single tube, still mostly unused, has also saved a mirror backing (paper to wood and still holding) and auto headliner.\\n\\nThe negative reviewer who complained that this is a one-use-only tube simply failed to clean the threads with acetone or Pine-Sol after use, leaving the E-6000 on the threads and gluing the cap to the tube as any good self-respecting glue should do. This is great stuff. Store it upside down to help keep the chemically active vapors in the tube, and don't breath more of the fumes than necessary.\",\n \"Product: E6000 Multi-Purpose Adhesive. This glue is absolutely amazing. It permanently bonds: wood, metal, glass, fiberglass, ceramic, leather, rubber, vinyl and most plastics. E6000 is a unique adhesive formulated to meet high-performance industrial requirements, making it an exceptional craft adhesive. Features: water-proof, flexible, non-flammable, photo safe and paintable. Can even be used as potting material! Conforms to ASTM D4236. Clear formula. This package contains (1) 3.7oz tube. Made in USA.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Best All Purpose Glue\\n\\nReview: This glue sticks strongly to almost any solid non-porous surface, and remains strong but flexible when fully cured. It becomes tacky and dries quickly, and makes a full-strength bond in a day. It has a vast range of surprising helpful applications. Here are some examples where the glue saved each device on which it was used:\\n\\n1) The foam base of an expensive orthotic device separated from the sole because it had been jammed into the shoe. The glue absorbed into the foam, which should be clamped into place, then stayed flexible when dry.\\n\\n2) A new pair of PVC gloves used for dishwashing was cut with a razor, making it useless; E-6000 covered the cut and has remained water-tight and flexible for months.\\n\\n3) An auto dome-light went out because the metal end separated from the bulb even though the filament was intact. A daub of E-6000 between metal and glass, lightly clamped with a vise-grip wrench, and it was good as new.\\n\\n4) A woven bamboo wastebasket with a solid bamboo strip for the rim gradually lost its bark/rattan stitching so the rim came loose. A thick bead of E-6000 along the entire inside of the strip secured it permanently and more strongly than the original.\\n\\n5) After 15 years of use, the fabric of an under-the-seat bicycle bag split where it runs over the 90 hard plastic frame, and could not be sewn back together. I cut two strips of fabric from old jeans, impregnated the strips and the bag fabric near the split with E-6000, joined them after 4-5 minutes, and it is as good as new.\\n\\nMy single tube, still mostly unused, has also saved a mirror backing (paper to wood and still holding) and auto headliner.\\n\\nThe negative reviewer who complained that this is a one-use-only tube simply failed to clean the threads with acetone or Pine-Sol after use, leaving the E-6000 on the threads and gluing the cap to the tube as any good self-respecting glue should do. This is great stuff. Store it upside down to help keep the chemically active vapors in the tube, and don't breath more of the fumes than necessary. One serious fault is that after half the tube had been used, the soft plastic cap split open at the bottom simply from normal tightening, ruining the remaining product. The cap of the replacement tube split the same way, but it is possible to save the tube by using the hard plastic cap from a 6 oz. tube of AIM toothpaste.\",\n \"Product: E6000 Multi-Purpose Adhesive. This glue is absolutely amazing. It permanently bonds: wood, metal, glass, fiberglass, ceramic, leather, rubber, vinyl and most plastics. E6000 is a unique adhesive formulated to meet high-performance industrial requirements, making it an exceptional craft adhesive. Features: water-proof, flexible, non-flammable, photo safe and paintable. Can even be used as potting material! Conforms to ASTM D4236. Clear formula. This package contains (1) 3.7oz tube. Made in USA.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Best All Purpose Glue\\n\\nReview: This glue sticks strongly to almost any solid non-porous surface, and remains strong but flexible when fully cured. It becomes tacky and dries quickly, and makes a full-strength bond in a day. It has a vast range of surprising helpful applications. Here are some examples where the glue saved each device on which it was used:\\n\\n1) The foam base of an expensive orthotic device separated from the sole because it had been jammed into the shoe. The glue absorbed into the foam, which should be clamped into place, then stayed flexible when dry.\\n\\n2) A new pair of PVC gloves used for dishwashing was cut with a razor, making it useless; E-6000 covered the cut and has remained water-tight and flexible for months.\\n\\n3) An auto dome-light went out because the metal end separated from the bulb even though the filament was intact. A daub of E-6000 between metal and glass, lightly clamped with a vise-grip wrench, and it was good as new.\\n\\n4) A woven bamboo wastebasket with a solid bamboo strip for the rim gradually lost its bark/rattan stitching so the rim came loose. A thick bead of E-6000 along the entire inside of the strip secured it permanently and more strongly than the original.\\n\\nMy single tube, still mostly unused, has also saved a mirror backing (paper to wood and still holding) and auto headliner.\\n\\nThe negative reviewer who complained that this is a one-use-only tube simply failed to clean the threads with acetone or Pine-Sol after use, leaving the E-6000 on the threads and gluing the cap to the tube as any good self-respecting glue should do. This is great stuff. Store it upside down to help keep the chemically active vapors in the tube, and don't breath more of the fumes than necessary. One serious fault is that after half the tube had been used, the soft plastic cap split open at the bottom simply from normal tightening, ruining the remaining product.\",\n \"Product: E6000 Multi-Purpose Adhesive. This glue is absolutely amazing. It permanently bonds: wood, metal, glass, fiberglass, ceramic, leather, rubber, vinyl and most plastics. E6000 is a unique adhesive formulated to meet high-performance industrial requirements, making it an exceptional craft adhesive. Features: water-proof, flexible, non-flammable, photo safe and paintable. Can even be used as potting material! Conforms to ASTM D4236. Clear formula. This package contains (1) 3.7oz tube. Made in USA.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Best All Purpose Glue\\n\\nReview: This glue meets its claim to adhere strongly to almost any solid non-porous surface, and to remain strong but flexible when fully cured. It becomes tacky and dries quickly, and although it takes a day to gain full strength, its vast range of surprising helpful applications more than compensates for this. Here are some examples:\\n\\n1) The foam base of an expensive orthotic device separated from the sole because it was improperly cut and jammed into the shoe. The glue absorbed into the foam, which should be clamped into place, then stayed flexible when dry.\\n\\n2) A new pair of PVC gloves used for dishwashing was cut with a razor, making it useless; E-6000 covered the cut and has remained water-tight and flexible for months.\\n\\n3) An auto dome-light went out because the metal end separated from the bulb even though the filament was intact. A daub of E-6000 between metal and glass, lightly clamped with a vise-grip wrench, and it was good as new.\\n\\n4) A woven bamboo wastebasket with a solid bamboo strip for the rim gradually lost its bark/rattan stitching so the rim came loose. A thick bead of E-6000 along the entire inside of the strip secured it permanently and more strongly than the original.\\n\\nMy single tube, still mostly unused, has also saved a mirror backing (paper to wood and still holding) and auto headliner.\\n\\nThe negative reviewer who complained that this is a one-use-only tube simply failed to clean the threads with acetone or Pine-Sol after use, leaving the E-6000 on the threads and gluing the cap to the tube as any good self-respecting glue should do. This is great stuff. Store it upside down to help keep the chemically active vapors in the tube, and don't breath more of the fumes than necessary.\",\n \"Product: Sinus Rinse Pediatric Kit: 1 Rinse Bottle 4 oz, 1 Custom Designed cap, 1 Tube, 50 pediatric premixed packets of pH balanced sodium Chloride & Sodium Bicarbonate Mixture (USP Grade, Natural Ingredients, Isotonic, Preservative Free & Iodine Free), 1 Full Color Illustrated Educational Brochure. Sinus Rinse Pediatric nasal Kit comes with 50 packets of easy to dispense USP Grade, Preservative Free Sodium Chloride and Sodium Bicarbonate mixture (pH balanced & isotonic for maximum comfort). Easy-squeeze bottle comes with volume marker. Each packet contains precisely measured mixture to mix with 4 oz. (120 mL) of lukewarm water, taking the guesswork out of preparing this solution. The kit also contains step by step directions for use and extensive educational material that is simple to understand. If you suffer from allergies or sinus symptoms, Sinus Rinse helps alleviate nasal allergies, flu & cold conditions, post nasal drip congestion as well as nasal dryness and irritation caused by occupational dust, fumes, animal dander, grass, pollen, smoke, & common house dust. Sinus Rinse is a preservative free, iodine & latex free product. With it's patented pre-mixed packet formula, available as Isotonic or Hypertonic, each rinse offers the advantage of a volume, therapeutic nasal irrigation while moisturizing your entire nasal passages.Please clean with soap & water and let air dry.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: What's Most Important to Know\\n\\nReview: Here's the real scoop on NeilMed! It works, it works well, and it works easily and cheaply. It clears out post-cold mucus and debris. I suffered severe tree pollen allergies and did not think of using it for that until a friend suggested it. I thought it would be a waste of time but instead rinsing 2-3 times daily kept the pollens from building up in the nasal passages and left me nearly allergy free even though pollen[dot]com said there was more pollen in the air.\\n\\nHere is what you need to know. Keep your mouth open when you bend over the sink! If you can drink your tap water then you do not need to boil the water before use--boiling it to get out the bugs in rural/urban areas where the water is infected. If you feel safer boiling the water, use tap water, not purified water. Be sure that the bottle is kept clean and does not grow algae or bacteria, etc. Let it dry standing upright. Then you do not need to replace it unless it breaks. If worried about infection, sterilize it with bleach, then rinse it out well.\\n\\nMost important: Save money. The little packages are a waste of money. I use just a bit more than 1/4th teaspoon of fine-grained table salt and the effect is indistinguishable from the expensive little packets that come with the bottle.\",\n \"Product: Large Clear cutlery Holder. Color: Clear. Size: 4.5\\\"H x 7.75\\\"W x 2.25\\\"D. Fits on all Folding Dish Drainers. Hooks Over the Side. Clear Plastic\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: No Longer A Good Little Deal\\n\\nReview: It could be bigger, but for its price ($5.48 on 12/20/12) it is hard to expect, or ask for, more. As of March 23, 2013, the price rose to $12.99 which is, to put it kindly, a bit of a rip-off. This holder is solid clear plastic that is easy to clean and holds a surprising amount of cutlery. It is not easily broken, firmly grips the dish drying rack, and eliminates silverware and utensils slipping through the cracks or sticking in the mesh. Another reviewer claimed it must be cheaply made because hers arrived broken, but that is a problem with the postal service, not the product.\\n\\nJuly 1, 2015 Update: One of the plastic hinges that attaches to the dish rack broke today, so it gave about 2 years of service.\",\n \"Product: The days of pounding jar lids, running them under hot water, and straining your wrists and fighting to open a simple jar are over! The EZ Off Jar Opener will open jars of all sizes. Tiny lids on nail polish up to large mouth pickle or marshmallow creme jars all come off easily. EZ Off's duel V-grip system will grab hold of any lid firmly allowing for a simple and near effortless twist to open a jar lid. Simply place the lid inside the V and press firmly into place. Give it a twist and the stubborn lid will loosen. Beyond home kitchens, the EZ Off is used in operating rooms, NICU's, dental labs and commercial kitchens. EZ to install -- EZ to use and always made in the USA!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Elegance, simplicity, and function\\n\\nReview: This unmatched jar opener takes up virtually no space, opens the smallest and the largest of lids, always works perfectly, and lets you hold the jar with either one or both hands to provide all the torque needed to twist it open. It locks the lid into place so hands are free to grip and turn.\\n\\nInstall it with both the tacky paper and the screws; otherwise the tacky paper can give way over time. Be careful not to put the screws in too tight so you do not break or warp the plastic base.\\n\\nIt lasts forever, puts all its competitors to shame and -- contrary to what one reviewer said -- does open picnic-sized 6\\\" jar lids from Costco. Unless you suffer from bigger lids, you'll love this opener.\",\n \"Product: The days of pounding jar lids, running them under hot water, and straining your wrists and fighting to open a simple jar are over! The EZ Off Jar Opener will open jars of all sizes. Tiny lids on nail polish up to large mouth pickle or marshmallow creme jars all come off easily. EZ Off's duel V-grip system will grab hold of any lid firmly allowing for a simple and near effortless twist to open a jar lid. Simply place the lid inside the V and press firmly into place. Give it a twist and the stubborn lid will loosen. Beyond home kitchens, the EZ Off is used in operating rooms, NICU's, dental labs and commercial kitchens. EZ to install -- EZ to use and always made in the USA!\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Elegance, simplicity, and function\\n\\nReview: This unmatched jar opener takes up virtually no space, opens the smallest and the largest of lids, always works perfectly, and lets you hold the jar with either one or both hands to provide all the torque needed to twist it open. It locks the lid into place so hands are free to grip and turn.\\n\\nInstall it with both the tacky paper and the screws; otherwise the tacky paper can give way over time. Be careful not to put the screws in too tight so you do not break or warp the plastic base.\\n\\nIt lasts forever, puts all its competitors to shame and -- contrary to what one reviewer said -- does open picnic-sized 6\\\" jar lids from Costco. Unless you suffer from bigger lids, you'll love this opener.\",\n \"Product: Jar and bottle lids are oftentimes hard to open, no matter how strong you are. Jar openers are a great thing to have around any household. Many jar openers are not so easy to use. But thankfully, Zyliss has put a new spin on jar openers with the Strongboy jar opener. This easy to use jar opener is great for everyone. With a simple and effortless twist of the wrist you'll open jar lids and open screw on bottle caps. The Strongboy features a no-hassle adjustable band and a long handle that provides ample leverage and grip. By Zyliss. Zyliss is a Swiss company that's been around for over 50 years. They're internationally known for their finely crafted hand-held kitchen tools. Legendary durability quality and engineering, Zyliss tools have been a favorite in the united states for over four decades. All of the Zyliss products are made of only the finest materials using the most modern production methods. Each Zyliss tool is precision made and undergoes stringent inspection before being introduced to the market.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Too small for 4 inch diameter lids\\n\\nReview: Although apparently sturdy and well built, the Zyliss requires coordination and manual dexterity to attach, hold, twist tight and then hold in place to open the lids. It is likely to be difficult to use for the elderly or the disabled. Worse yet, and dishonest advertising by omission, the expansion strap is just slightly too small to accommodate a four inch diameter lid. What kind of honest product fails to state the maximum sized lid that it can open? It's not worth the time and postage to return the item, so one is stuck with a device that opens \\\"most lids,\\\" but not the needed 4\\\" lid size. I strongly recommend instead the EZ-Off Jar Opener. Another reason to look elsewhere is that the cost of the Zyliss rose from $9.19 on December 20, 2011 to $23.00 on 10/18/2014.\",\n \"Product: The Misto Tritan Oval Olive Oil Sprayer is designed with the health-conscious cook in mind and is perfect for low fat/high flavor cooking, grilling, sauting, roasting and basting. This olive oil sprayer gives you the convenience and health benefits of an aerosol sprayer in a more economical and environmental form. The sprayer features an easy to use 2-step operation: simply pump the cap and press the valve to produce a fine, even mist. This sprayer can be filled with your favorite oils, vinegars or sherries, and is great for salads, breads or cooking. The sprayer's see-through reservoir easily displays how much oil is left. This product should be hand-washed only. Hand-wash with warm water and a mild detergent; rinse and dry immediately.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Good light sprayer, badly shaped container\\n\\nReview: If you need a light covering mist but not a heavy oily dispersion, then the Misto Tritan works well and the clear plastic lets you see how much oil remains. For heavy oil dispersion, however, you will need to pump it more than you wish. But if, like me, you mist lightly but only occasionally and refrigerate the device to keep the oil from going rancid, then there are two problems. First, the oil often solidifies and must be thawed in hot water, which is time-consuming and inefficient. Second, the top-heavy design (thick in the middle, thin on the bottom) makes it liable to topple over very easily, especially when there is little oil in it because all its weight is in its top and its middle. I often prefer to wipe a pan with an oily paper towel rather than engage the Misto.\",\n \"Product: Salad Spinner, Deluxe Wash and dry lettuce with ease. Large capacity bowl with handle, pour spout and soft touch turn knob. Translucent basket doubles as a colander. Dishwasher safe.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Absolutely Best Value for your Dollar\\n\\nReview: This bottom-of-the-line salad spinner deserves high praise. After mending the bottom bowl of my 5 qt Progressive International ratchet salad spinner for the 5th time, I bought the 5 qt Fullstar sald spinner from Amazon for $20.99 and returned it because the interior basket was too small (less than 4.5 qts) and not so good at drying the salad. I bought the goodcook spinner at a \\\"Ross Dress for Less\\\" discount store for $8.99 expecting very little because a couple floor models were deformed or broken, but was pleasantly surprised.\\n\\nThe inner basket is large, approximately 6qts, and spins very quickly (if you work hard) to dry the veggies very nicely. You have to be careful to wedge the entire spinner against your body, being careful not to squeeze it open, to support the spin but then it spins very fast. The water drains from the spout (of course you hold the lid on with one hand when you pour) and the salad is quite dry. Occasionally the spinner drops to the kitchen floor, but unlike 99% of the hard-acrylic based spinners, this one is made of strong flexible plastic and is not damaged at all by the fall. If you read spinner reviews, a great many people are replacing theirs, or give low ratings, because a drop to the floor cracks the brittle bottom bowl and requires replacement; not this one. I bought mine two months ago and it is an open question whether the interior plastic gears will last or break, but if they last then this is a terrific buy at Ross and a good buy even from Amazon at an inflated price.\\n\\nI will post an UPDATE if and when the internal gears break or wear out.\",\n \"Product: The perfect cup of coffee is easy to brew with the Hamilton Beach 12 cup coffeemaker. It's simple to use with great results.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Best Buy In Town\\n\\nReview: This terrific bottom-of-the line coffee maker works like a champ. Its cone-shaped filter provides a rich full brew even without a \\\"slow drip\\\" option. Unless a flat-filter is exquisitely well sprayed and the water disperser stays clean and unclogged over time, the cone filters beat the flat-bottomed for taste and this is the only cheap coffee maker that has the cone that I could find.\\n\\nUnlike many carafes, including expensive ones, the Hamilton-Beach carafe has a well shaped narrow top so that coffee pours smoothly and quickly yet without spilling over the sides, and it keeps the coffee hot as long as you want. People have complained that it lacks an automatic shut-off switch but one can either remember to shut it off manually or in a worse case scenario, scrub the carafe clean and remember to shut it off the next time. This works as well as my high-end Krups, and unlike the Krups pours quickly without spilling. It continues to work without glitches as of March, 2014 (and I will post a failure date when it occurs).\",\n \"Product: Other Features: -Add & weigh tare function lets you add ingredients without having to remove prior items from scale -Backlit Digital LCD Panel with large numerals for easy reading -Low power and maximum weight overload indicators -Large Stainless Steel work surface -Auto shutoff feature: scale turns off after 2 minutes, extending the life of the batteries -Weigh in Imperial or Metric with a push of a button -Nonslip feet hold the scale securely in place and won't scratch counter tops -Easy to clean -9 volt battery included.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A Pleasure to Own\\n\\nReview: These scales are fun and easy to use and extremely accurate and a great bargain at $12.49 (November 5, 2014). I bought them to replace another electronic food scale that maxes out at 5 pounds and they are in synch to the tenth of an ounce, or to the nearest gram - essentially accurate to approximately 1/1,000 of the item measured. They \\\"tare\\\" to zero, display in a bright easy-to-read format, and the big circular plate makes it simple to weigh ungainly food without it falling off. I bring them to \\\"upscale\\\" food stores like Trader Joe's that do not have scales and use them to weigh fruit (sold by the each) or baked good - which vary as much as 4-5 oz. for the \\\"home-baked\\\" selections.\",\n \"Product: This stainless steel whistling tea kettle is the perfect addition to any modern kitchen stovetop. It's stay cool handle and trigger spout allows for safe handling and a classic whistle sounds when water is boiling. Capacity: 1.9 Liter/64 oz.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: Wonderful Tea Kettle has severe product defect -- spout rusted out in 6 months (12/2015--6/2016) so Five Stars became One Star\\n\\nReview: The Oggi Bordeax ($32.35 @ December 9, 2015) has been carefully and thoughtfully designed. Its lustrous exterior is matched by a stainless steel bottom of 18/8 grade stainless steel that will never rust or corrode. It is easy to fill and pour without sputtering. Unlike the top of the much-pricier Chantal ($79.99) that seals with a rubber diaphragm that degrades over time and is difficult to replace, this one seals with a clip that holds stainless steel flush against stainless steel. The whistle is a pleasantly shrill sputter audible in a back bedroom but not so loud as to annoy the neighbors (as did the Chantal). The 8\\\" base prevents the handle from becoming hot and the handle clicks into either an open or a shut position so the kettle may be left on a hot top without continuing to whistle or poured without your needing to keep a trigger depressed.\\n\\nThe customer service was prompt and efficient. I asked the seller the grade of the stainless steel interior and they did some research and got back to me with the answer -- 18/8. One wishes for 18/10 for its higher resistance to corrosion, but the Chrysler Building went up in 1930 clad with 18/8 steel and its exterior has suffered no corrosion or loss of thickness, which should be good enough for teakettle purposes.\\n\\nI had a Chantal whistling kettle for over ten years until I looked inside and -- shock and horror -- discovered a graveyard of rust at the bottom (see photos). It never occurred to me that the inside enamel could chip off and let the iron bottom rust -- and finally I understood why my blood iron levels were too high! This was no small issue and steered me to stainless steel. This baby will never rust.\\n\\nFebruary 14, 2016: The lid loosens with use and the whistle becomes weak and thin, accompanied by the sound of the top rattling or vibrating even when properly inserted. Holding the lid down manually brings back the full whistle but having to do so defeats the point of having a whistle.\\n\\nJune 27, 2016 UPDATE: I purchased mine from MMP Living and asked for a replacement. MMP Living no longer sells the item and issued a full refund--very honorable. I went to give them a great rating but could not because 90 days had passed, well there's a dysfunctional Amazon rule for us. Here is my email to them: \\\"I bought your kettle December 2015, loved it, and wrote a favorable 5-star review that mentions how well it pours. I am sorry to say that for the past couple months I have had the impression that it sputtered when it poured but I ignored this because -- you know -- a tea kettle does not change how it pours. But yours did. The entire spout soldering is corroded and decayed. Water now leaks when one pours, making the kettle useless. Please see attached photos that show calcification where water was spilled out during pouring.\\n\\nJune 29, 2016 UPDATE: I was about to discard the Oggi when I remembered having some JB WeldWater Putty that is drinking water safe. It is so adhesive that it sticks like goop to sandpaper-roughened stainless steel. Now the kettle has an attractive ceramic-like collar and does not leak. See final photo.\\n\\nPlease replace this defective kettle. I look forward to your response.\\\"\",\n \"Product: The best Garlic and Ginger press on the market!!! When purchasing a garlic press especially when buying online you can never know whether it is a good quality item or not. It can be made of cheap metal (even though it mentioned stainless steel) which can easily break or bend after a short time of use. This is not the case when purchasing Greenco Stainless Steel Garlic Press. With our product you can rest assured that you did the right choice. Greenco Stainless Steel Garlic Press.is made of 100% solid stainless steel which will never break, chip, bend or rust. The weight of the Garlic Press is 9.5 Ounce (270 Grams)!!! what do we need to say more... Try it out and see how easy it is to use. In addition, you get a free Silicone Garlic Peeler which is made of solid and high quality flexible silicone which is very friendly to use. How to use? 1. Insert clove into the peeler. 2. Roll back and forth on the table or the countertop. 3. Tip out perfectly peeled clove. 4. Insert the clove into the presser, squeeze and you done.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Excellent value for a rugged garlic press\\n\\nReview: For the current price of $12.99 it is impossible to do better. (The five star rating takes price into consideration.) This press easily minces ginger, and mashes through garlic cloves with ease. The tiny brush is a waste of time and will be easily lost use a big bottle brush for cleaning. The press fits 2-3 medium size cloves at a time, leaving the handles a little further apart than ideal, and you must keep your thumb on the basket to prevent it from coming up with the handle, but these are minor factors. The press is sturdily made and looks like it will last many years and possibly a lifetime.\\n\\nUPDATE: 9/16/2015 I bought this as a backup garlic press but rarely use it so my review reflects an honest first impression. Please also read the very useful 9/16/2015 review by Austin H. that shows this press will not last a lifetime (unless you have a very short lifetime).\",\n \"Product: The Wrap offer maximum protection against harmful UVA/UVB. Maximum protection is known by the FDA as UV 400. Lenses exceed ANSI Z80.3 general standards.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Can't match the original\\n\\nReview: I lose my sunglasses often, so I used to stock up on Fat Wraps Black Sports Motorcycle Sunglasses Grey Lens, of which these are a not-so-hot knock-off. Amazon sold the originals and I thought these were the originals renamed when I bought them. The originals were made by Pacific Coast Sunglasses (PCS) and also sold by KD. They had grey-3 dark lenses and an embedded 1\\\" hinge that never worked loose and wouldn't break unless you stepped on them. These are made of a cheap shiny stiff plastic, have a lighter grey lens that does not filter strong sunlight for sensitive eyes, and have a small exposed metal hinge that invites the screws to work themselves loose, and because the frame is smaller don't fully block the wind as before. I would rate this item 2.5 stars but forced choice made 2.0.\",\n \"Product: New Balance is dedicated to helping athletes achieve their goals. It's been their mission for more than a century to focus on research and development. It's why they don't design products to fit an image. They design them to fit. New Balance is driven to make the finest shoes for the same reason athletes lace them up: to achieve the very best.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: An Excellent Shoe for the Price\\n\\nReview: This ($53.73) shoe was surprisingly cushy and comfortable, especially compared with the $120.00 Brooks Addiction Walker that also bought at the same time and returned. Even after I took out the insole and replaced it with an orthotic support the shoe remained soft and supportive. It lacks the architectural support of the very high end New Balance shoes, and its lateral support is a bit loose, but I went to the New Balance store and tried on all the more expensive models of walking shoes using my orthotic device and none of them provided the benefits of this shoe. You can walk on wet tile without slipping, but you don't want to run on it--the tread does is not slick and slip. Although it is not dress, it is not a clunky design like some NB models that seemed made for the retirement homes. The leather and stitching looks like it will hold up but I will edit the review if it disappoints. I have had the shoes two weeks and there are no problems.\\n\\nP.S. For some years now Amazon techology has failed miserably on reviews (e.g. trying to edit by adding pictures) without providing any quick means of correction. On my \\\"Public Reviews\\\" Amazon has given a picture of another shoe. Hopefully someone at Amazon will read this and provide a photo of the shoe being reviewed.\",\n \"Product: Nishko is a chief's son in the Great Plains, before Europeans arrive. During his rite of passage, he's determined to tame a painted pony. He approaches manhood while his peaceful clan is set upon by a nearby tribe willing to break a treaty. He must also contend with the kidnapping of three young women from his village, his pony's illness behind enemy lines, his mother's coma after a rattlesnake bite, the medicine man's urging that he sacrifice what he loves best, the attack of a cougar and of wolves, and his own injury while alone in the woods. His kindness, bravery, and quick thinking serve him well, but rescue come from an unexpected source.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Why Pay So Much?\\n\\nReview: Both these movies are part of the \\\"Rare Cult Cinema\\\" DVD series of 12 films offered by Amazon for $9.43 as of 2/22/2014, compared with $45.00 for the cheapest used copy of the duo. Not a tough decision if you want these two.\\n\\n\\\"Indian Paint\\\" is a corny flick from the 1960's that is likely a waste of time unless you love looking at the appealing physiques of Johnny Crawford and Jay Silverheels, in which case this is a fine movie. \\\"African Safari\\\" by contrast is a terrific sleeper: an often riveting documentary of an incredibly skilled and fearless adventurer whose encounters with wild animals, African natives, glaciers, and deadly volcanoes is well worth the cost of the entire (otherwise usually dismal) set. One scene alone in this movie -- the charge of a wounded lion at the hunter-filmmaker -- will stop your heart and stay in your memory for a very long time to come. Ron Shanin walked the walk.\\n\\nThe larger cheaper collection has another advantage of having a couple watchable entries like \\\"Road to Nashville,\\\" a showcase for leading country-western stars of the 60's, some legendary, and \\\"Santee\\\" starring Glenn Ford as a bounty hunter avenging the death of his young son by gun slinging outlaws.\",\n \"Product: TO GAIN CONTROL OF HER LIFE, A YOUNG WOMAN EMBARKS ON A PROVOCATIVE, EROTIC ADVENTURE THAT BREAKS THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADITIONAL SEXUAL LIMITATIONS. HER ESCALATING SEXUAL JOURNEY TESTS HER OWN PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL LIMITS, AND, THROUGH AN IRONIC TWIST-OF-FATE, EVENTUALLY LEADS HER TO FULFILLMENT.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Irritating French pretentions for 98 minutes\\n\\nReview: When an American film is based on a dumb idea, this is plain from the start. When a French film is based on a dumb idea, one thinks that perhaps one is missing its deeper meaning and the film will improve. \\\"Romance\\\" is from that genre of French films based on dumb and pretentious ideas of Jean-Paul Sartre: we are what we do, we define ourselves by our actions, our freedom is our essence. Misunderstanding Sartre has produced a deluge of idiotic French cinema in which unbelievable characters behave in bizarre and unsympathetic ways uttering nonsensical dialogue that conveys no coherent inner life or motivation but are animated instead by abstract metaphysical notions and ideology.\\n\\nOne can hear Marie (Caroline Ducey) philosophize her inner thoughts of sexual degradation but unlike the blurb on the cover \\\"Genius! Possibly the sexiest movie ever made!\\\" they are entirely unerotic, hard to watch, and laughable because even when attached to scenes in which the characters are really doing it on screen they reflect nothing like sexual passion for anyone who has ever had it. I would not have watched it for free and regret paying $10 for it on Amazon (bought through a friend's Prime membership).\",\n \"Product: Drama\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Robards & Lumet make \\\"Iceman's\\\" Hickey Shine\\n\\nReview: The Iceman Cometh is a contender for being, and it is my personal pick for, the Great American Play. Its freighted central premise is that mankind cannot live without deep personal illusions - pipe dreams - that each of the characters can recognize in others but not in himself. Facing the truth leads not to liberation, but to spiritual death and despair - complete emotional paralysis and collapse. All the action takes place in 1912 in Harry Hope's saloon smack dab in the middle of Tammany Hall corruption of which the aging Hope was long ago a peripheral player. The characters - ex-cops and socialists, former newsmen and military men, bartenders, pimps and hookers - are all portrayed with both a gritty realism yet tenderness that reflects O'Neill's refusal to pass judgment on human frailty. Into this atmospheric haze of drunken self-deception strides like a behemoth one Theodore Hickey, a good-time merchandise drummer liked and loved by them all, but now a self-declared convert to the truth who declares that he has cast aside all his pipe dreams, liberated himself, and with missionary zeal is determined to share his good fortune with all the others by bringing them the same peace he claims to have found. It should not betray too much to say that Hickey, the play's core, has only inveigled himself deeper into self-deception. The play's only structural weakness is that O'Neill clearly wants to say something about all humanity, but in being forced to write what he knew best, wrote only of barflies, alcoholics and patent losers so that it is far too easy to dismiss his message as being about them, but not ourselves, the literate readers or audience of Iceman.\\n\\nThe theatrical production runs five hours and it is all but impossible to find a live production of it even in major metropolitan centers, so aside from the enormous pleasure of reading the text and imagining the play as it was intended - which I strongly recommend in any case - there are only the 1960 Broadway Theater Archive (BTA) and the 1973 American Film Theater (AFT) productions available. If you were forced to choose, then the BTA production with Jason Robards as Hickey is the one to watch, despite its being pared down to little more than three hours so that some of the understanding of and affection for the minor characters is lost. Robards and director Sidney Lumet grasp that at his core Hickey is a charmer and a salesman, holding himself to be no better than others and happy to wallow and cavort in the mud with them with the blessed relief of not having to pretend to be better than he is. Hickey sees everyone else's pipe dreams and plays to them so surely and instinctively as a fish swims in water that he is loved by all who await his arrival for Harry Hope's 60th birthday celebration. The havoc Hickey wreaks in stripping illusions from his brethren occurs despite himself, causes him pain and distress, and is tinctured with the true believer's conviction that all the pain is only in transition. Hickey's own vulnerability while proselytizing is essential to the performance: unless he can convert the others to the peace he claims to enjoy his own alleged peace stands in doubt. This dynamic creates an almost perfect opportunity for the subtlest and deepest interactions among the performers whose words, gestures, facial expressions and hesitations must reflect the multiple layers of the drama enacted and unfolding. Robards does this magnificently and would be a tough act to follow in any case.\\n\\nUnhappily, the central defect with the AFT production was not Lee Marvin's failure to measure up to Robard's Hickey, but an utter failure on Marvin's part to understand his character and the unfortunate and harder to understand failure of director John Frankenheimer to set his actor on the character's proper course. There are long, unnerving, and quite puzzling interludes with Hickey present during which the assembly of fine actors seems simply to be waiting for others to finish in order to say their lines. The reason that they are unable to do better is that they are acting their parts in the Iceman while Marvin is not, and probably cannot. Perhaps Frankenheimer tried to do more with Marvin but reconciled himself to not having a silk purse. I suspect that Marvin was given this role to show the range and depth of his talent and this range and depth turned out to be considerably less than any could have imagined.\\n\\nInstead of playing Hickey as a charmer and missionary salesman, Marvin plays him like a tough-guy cop trying to beat a confession out of his victims: by god they are going to face the truth and like it even if it hurts. Instead of the promise of liberation and peace that Robard's Hickey offers, Marvin's pushes their faces into it as though he were potty training a puppy by rubbing its nose cruelly, until it can hardly breath, into just the mess he or she has made here! With Marvin the words of empathy for the suffering he causes sound like lip service rather than compassion and more than once you may find yourself asking how or why this saloon full of lushes could ever have loved this Hickey as they did. Where Robards lays on a healing balm, Marvin demands a stiff upper lip. Hickey's major soliloquy is couched in loving sentiment until its end when a vital angry truth escapes him and lays him low, but Marvin's rendition is so full of uncontrolled rage and venom that it leaves no room for surprise or contrast when it finishes, gutting so much of the play's force.\\n\\nStill, if you can stand the sensation of listening to fingernails scratch the blackboard when Marvin's Hickey is in play, the AFT versions offers a magnificent performance by Robert Ryan as Larry Slade, the former anarchist and self-declared fence-sitter who strives to remain detached from humanity's struggles even while still being deeply affected by them. The AFT DVD cover identifies Ryan's major prior roles in \\\"The Wild Bunch\\\" and \\\"The Dirty Dozen,\\\" both the kind of violent action films that seem to be in Marvin's DNA. But in Iceman, when Hickey is on the sideline, there are breathtaking stretches in which others talk and Ryan, playing the hollowed-out Slade, listens while his face flickers with a Buddha-like humanity that makes one want to cry. The Richard Gere of \\\"Pretty Woman\\\" has traveled a similarly long road from Hollywood schlock to the deeper humanity found in his performance of the eviscerated cop of \\\"Brooklyn's Finest\\\" who long ago lost any connection with ideals that once gave life meaning and yet has to struggle on in a life without them. Ryan's performance alone - and there are other treats as well such as Tom Pedi's reprise of his BTA role as bartender Rocky - may be worth the price of admission.\\n\\nDecember 29, 2012\",\n \"Product: Got the facts on Milk? dares to question the conventional wisdom of the publicized health benefits of milk and dairy products. Addressing myth, truth and all in-between, the film is a humorous yet shocking exposition that provokes serious thought about this everyday staple.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Good Intentions, Very Unpersuasive Presentation\\n\\nReview: I agree with almost every substantive claim made by this documentary and bought it to play for a friend who drinks too much milk (and was undermining her immune system by the vast amount of antibiotics non-organic milk contains). The kudos on the DVD cover make one hope for a clear coherent presentation of arguments and facts marshaled effectively against dairy products. Alas, a camera in hand and a good heart do not a movie or a movie-maker make. The DVD is a crude piece of agitprop: dull, repetitious, mindless, and disorganized. Watching it is like hearing someone shout out what you are supposed to believe -- and just because they said so. The few solid points were presented so quickly that there was barely time to hear them, and not enough time to think about them, let alone understand them, before the well intentioned director had distracted herself and her viewers with a zig to another sound bite, a zag to a sight-gag, or a repeat of an agitprop conclusion from a few minutes before. Much as I wanted to inform and persuade my friend, we couldn't watch more than an hour of it and I returned the product - something that I rarely ever do.\\n\\nIf you want to learn about the harm caused by dairy products, the collusion of industry with the USDA, and the mass-marketing of lies to trick Americans into damaging their health for the sake of corporate profits, surf the web for serious articles. A good place to start is Dave Rietz's website, [notmilkdotcom...] or T. Colin Campbell's book, \\\"The China Study.\\\"\",\n \"Product: Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) stood by her husband (Chris Noth) on his tumultuous path to the governor's office, but now she's entering the world of politics on her own terms by running for state's attorney. As Election Day approaches, Alicia must balance the demands of her firm and campaign as she supports her partner Car (Matt Czuchry) during shocking developments that could end his career and life as he knows it. Juliana Margulies returns in the role that earner her two Primetime Emmy Awards, and stars with Archie Panjabi, Christine Baranki, Alan Cumming and a roster of stellar guests in Season Six of the gripping series that critics call 'TV's best drama' (Slate).\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: A bit like a rotten tooth in one's mouth -- one hates to part with it and cannot stop touching it to feel the pain\\n\\nReview: I have a TV but use it only to play DVDs but by chance I turned it on earlier this year on a lonely Sunday night and caught what turned out to be the last episode of Season 6. It was good enough to motivate me to order Seasons 1-3 and now I have watched all six seasons. Btw, I paid $14.00 for a brand new Season 6 on Ebay, about half the current going Amazon price. The more one thinks about the show, the less satisfying it is. SPOILER ALERT: Plot details will be discussed.\\n\\nAlthough it pretends to expose corrupt social maladies that run the gamut from NSA spying, DOJ open and flagrant destruction of exculpatory evidence, systemic electronic election rigging, to Chicagos Holman square as a black site, it does so from a post-modern post-moral perspective. None of the characters has a real moral center the closest is Kalinda who trusts no-one but is fiercely loyal to friends and willing to sacrifice herself on their behalf except the staunch filthy-rich right-wing conservatives who emerge as genuine champions of their own beliefs while the liberals seem to be defending a life-style and social identity. One clear example comes from Alicia Florrick when she is running for states attorney and says in a mock rehearsal that she was drawn to the law because of its clarity, because it gave clear rules about what was acceptable and what not, but not because it was just or because it was a way to help other people: the law was a way to organize her life. Eli Gold, her campaign manager, tells her not to push that view because it reveals too much selfishness. (For some of the show's strengths, see my review of Season 2.)\\n\\nAs throughout, all the plot details collapse upon the slightest reflection. Season 6 begins with a frame-up of Cary Agos to force him to rat out his former client, drug-dealer Lemond Bishop. A CI (confidential informant) within Bishops crew, Trey Williams, has selectively recorded statements Agos made to the crew in response to hypothetical questions to make them appear to be answers to actual questions by the crew about how to avoid arrest (as though they need such help from Cary) as part of a heroin importation business they are planning. ASA Geneva Pine heads the prosecution (aided by ASA Finn Polmar who will soon join Carys firm after a tiff with his supervisor). The goal is to hold Cary without bail on a charge facing a 15-year minimum mandatory so that he will break and rat out Bishop. Detective Prima bitterly remarks that ASA Pine has ended her affair with him now that you no longer need me, implying that Pine knows of the frame-up, but everything else proceeds as though she did not. When Pine eventually apologizes to Cary who has suffered through genuine hell (in a great performance of inner collapse by Matt Czuchry), and with whom she had worked as fellow ASA for over a year, its as though apologizing to him for bumping into him in the hall. There is no depth of feeling because none of the characters has a sense of right or wrong except in a faint, vague, or trite way.\\n\\nThe case against Cary hardens so badly that he accepts a four-year plea bargain, but then in-house investigator Kalinda discovers that the drugs were being exported to Canada, not imported! So the cops lied about this and good-cop Rodriguez was taken off the case because he hesitated to lie and frame Cary. This is base plot contrivance to generate what counts as drama on the show a chance to free Cary. But since Carys crime was telling the crew how to evade arrest in a drug scheme, there was no reason in the first place for the cops to lie that it was an import rather than an export of $1.3 million in heroin. The sole reason for this lie was to give Cary a way out, i.e., a fantasy-land contrivance. Underscoring the moral nihilism that runs through this show, the reflective viewer must notice that the only difference between Cary being framed for a crime he did not commit and his having committed the crime is whether the exchange with the drug-dealing crew took place in the hypothetical tense, i.e., Cary was giving the advice that the cops framed him as having given: the cops don't give a damn whether or not Cary used the hypothetical tense while giving actual advice to actual drug dealers about how to avoid arrest. If thats all the difference there is between legal and illegal, frame-up and fair play, what matters the law?\\n\\nUnfortunately, before Kalinda found out which direction the drugs were flowing and the reluctance of Dt. Rodriguez to participate in the frame-up, she had decided to investigate whether Dt. Prima had read an email from a Canadian officer stating that this was an export scheme from Chicago to Toronto (because, otherwise, they wouldnt have known from their CI, huh?). If Prima knew and this were withheld from the defense, this would be a Brady violation and sufficient to undo Carys plea bargain. To do this the Chicago Police Department (CPD) metadata file is given to Kalinda who has her tech guy show her how to change the metadata to make it appear falsely that Prima had read the email (to get a Brady violation). Now, of course, this only works if Kalinda has been given possession of the one-and-only original CPD metadata file, rather than a copy of it, something that would never be handed over. So again we are in fantasy-land. Kalinda fakes the metadata but decides not to use it because she uncovers Dt. Rodriguez. But senior partner Diane Lockhart discovers and believing it genuine uses the faked metadata to clear Cary along with testimony from Dt. Rodriguez. The CPD responds by hiring its own top notch investigator who proves that neither Prima nor Pine could have deleted the email at the moment that the metadata said it was deleted; hence someone else did the person with access to the original metadata disc Kalinda.\\n\\nBy now, fantasy land is all that we have. Diane Lockhart supposedly is in danger of disbarment and criminal prosecution even though Kalinda will swear that she alone knew that the metadata was faked because, according to Finn Polmar who has joined the law firm after a tiff with his superior about how to proceed on a case Diane has strict liability, a term from civil law regarding financial responsibility, not criminal responsibility, and also contrary to American Bar Association principles regarding grounds for disbarment. In other words, Diane Lockhart is in no real danger of either criminal prosecution or disbarment except by means of warping actual law and bar regulations to put her in such danger in order to create dramatic tension. But there is no dramatic tension for an intelligent viewer who understands basic issues of law and ABA regulations.\\n\\nBut it gets better, or worse. The crack CPD investigator speaks to Kalindas tech guru who in real life would not admit to knowing anything about changes on the metadata and gets him to admit that he fixed four traffic tickets for Kalinda by altering metadata even though he did not (and this would be an easy lie to expose because no such tickets had been issued). And when Kalinda tells the same story it is too similar to her gurus and the investigator tells her, Colombo style, that she is toast. But why anyone would admit to altering metadata on the original CPD disc (which they would never get) remains beyond belief since the gravity of that crime is the same whether it is a traffic ticket or Primas email.\\n\\nAnd so the show goes, lurching drunkenly down the aisle, too often just a cut above soap-opera, from one impossibility or implausibility to another to generate a false and contrived dramatic scenario that most resembles a kind of improvisation audition where the facts may be invented to create a scene to see how well the actor can inhabit the moment. The typical tragic waste of talent and moral forum is made plainer by the contrast with occasional brilliant episodes like Blue Ribbon Panel that lay bare the institutionalized deceit of police civilian review boards consisting of eminent citizens (pastors, judges, lawyers, politicians, and businessmen) who meet wholly committed to the end of covering up police murders. It is a shame that a show with such a talented writing crew and brilliant actors should squander its gifts on such shallow silliness.\",\n \"Product: It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee (newcomer Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend (James Ransone, STARLET, "Generation Kill") hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the sex worker and her best friend, Alexandra (newcomer Mya Taylor), embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Take a Walk on the Wild Side\\n\\nReview: Hats off to a brilliantly imaginative piece of writing, directing and acting! Welcome to tranny-world, a slice-of-life movie filmed entirely on an Apple i-pod and edited with over-the-counter software. Unless you already have a tranny in your life to love, the characters are gross and off-putting and it takes a good 20-30 minute to find a coherent answer to the question Why am I watching this sh*t? because the characters inner and outer lives crash and jangle against everything that might be called normal society rather than street-trash hustle. But later rather than sooner the hopes, aspirations, loves and entanglements of its protagonists start to cohere in ways that make it watchable and even from time to time enjoyable in a sad and perverse way. The philosophical zenith of the movie is the debate amongst family and friends of the Armenian taxi-driver, Razmik, who has just deserted his family on New Years Eve to go to Donut Time to seek the company of the tranny hookers that he knows and loves and from whom he purchases services most recently Alexandra in a car wash tryst given some brief but sufficient moment of privacy as the cab takes its ablution beneath the brushes. Razmiks wife and mother-in-law descend upon Donut Time where the trannies leap to his defense with the argument is this really cheating on his beautiful wife if he goes down on a tranny better hung than he is? And is it wrong for the beautiful wife to look the other way if he is otherwise a hard-working breadwinner, and the only one in the entire family who is working? These are the deeper questions left for the viewer to ponder.\\n\\nThe film has the unstoppable fierce energy and direction of a Run Lola Run without the second chance. Sin-Dee (Rella) is just out of jail and discovers that her boyfriend-pimp Chester has been unfaithful to her -- who would have imagined such a thing possible among a tight knit group of such sexual purity and chastity? -- with the most humiliating love object of all, a \\\"fish.\\\" If you do not already know what a fish is, you will find out soon enough as Sin-Dee begins her madcap romp of revenge against Chester and the fish. Things are what they are and this movie gives a great glimpse of a world most of us would never know no matter how many time we pass by and see the trannies working the streets at Highland Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard and environs in the City of the Angels.\",\n \"Product: Workingman's Death is an unflinching portrait of the state of manual labor in the 21st century. In the Ukraine, a group of men spend long days crawling through cramped shafts of illegal coal mines. Sulfur gatherers in Indonesia brave smoky heat of an active volcano and the treacherous trip back down. Blood, fire and stench are routines for workers at a crowded open-air Slaughterhouse in Nigeria. Pakistani men use little more than their bare hands to dismantle an abandoned oil tanker for scrap metal. Steelworkers in China fear they could be a dying breed.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Glawogger & the Death of the Meaningful Documentary\\n\\nReview: A friend and I stopped watching \\\"Workingman's Death\\\" after the third chapter - the slaughterhouses in Nigeria oddly titled \\\"Lion.\\\" It took me a week to find the motivation to return to it and finish watching it, and not because of the nauseating violence of the trussed but bucking cattle having their throats slit time and time again to which the camera repeatedly returns with a voyeur's fascination. Something very fundamental is missing from Glawogger's documentaries on what his website calls \\\"the world of work,\\\" by which it means the world of very hard and demeaning work done from desperation by people with no better choices, but it takes a while to find a way to say what it is. I had a similar feeling after viewing his film about prostitution, \\\"Whores' Glory\\\" - both these films are pricey and were quite a disappointment despite my keen interest in both topics, but why?\\n\\nPerhaps a start is that I feel almost the opposite of the applauding blurbs that describe his work as \\\"astonishingly powerful\\\" or \\\"daring, novelistic.\\\" The latter two are especially inapt because there is no narrative - in fact these films are the antithesis of a narrative. They deliberately tell no story so that watching them is like getting bounced on bus traveling a bad road in a third-world country; and not even that because at least the bus has a destination.\\n\\nThe cinematography is often stunning and sensual, making the people and their deeds fade into the background, but there is no novel, no narrative, and there are no individual actors. Glawogger is ostensibly non-judgmental of his subjects, but he is also non-judgmental, and decontextualized, about everything else as well. Imagine making a film about prostitution but being neutral, nondescript and mute about the social ordering that makes it a viable career choice, and about the distortions of values and attitudes that have to be wrought to make it livable. He has done that. Glawogger has no sensitivity to his subjects as people, so in \\\"Bruder\\\" we find Pashtun laborers dismantling ships we know not where or for what, offering pious bounds of fealty in one frame and posing like fools in the next one-by-one to have their photos taken with a pink-and-black plastic Kalashnikov without Glawogger even raising the question of for whom such photos are being taken, and why they have chosen to pose with a toy automatic assault rifle. None of his subjects is allowed to show an individual life or persona, none is given the opportunity to raise or pursue moral issues or ideals, and one-by-one the men doing the backbreaking labor are made to seem foolish or incidental, as though they were merely the instruments of the documentary's quest. An Indonesian man who carts 150-200 pounds of sulfur on his back down a live volcano speaks flatly of his recreation of getting drunk and mixing it up against four to six others at a fight bar - and so? There is no so of it; he just does that. Nor is there a point when these men chivvy dollars from tourists taking photos. Indeed the pastel and flavescent yellow chunks of sulfur bouncing in the balanced straw bins atop the backs of the laborers are filmed as vividly and languorously as the men, and given as much independent life and interest by the film.\\n\\nAll this is not an idiosyncratic quirk of Glawogger, but is part of his illusion that a documentarian can be perfectly objective, and can study a subject without involving the life of his subject. As though one might make a documentary of faces without reference to the emotions they convey, or the circumstances in which the people whose faces they are find themselves. And, of course, one can do this, but only by stripping its subject of any meaning or significance, and this is what Glawogger has done. He has wasted two very good titles on films that illuminate little about the topics they claim to be about.\\n\\nHaving thought and written this, I then found an interview that Glawogger gave about \\\"Workingman's Death,\\\" to the Australian Film Commission that can serve mutatis mutandis for \\\"Whores' Glory.\\\"\\n\\n[BEGIN QUOTE] One aspect that interested me a great deal ...was the question of how physical labour can be depicted. I also watched various old documentaries and fiction films about workers or their heroism and realized that the work itself was almost never shown. ... Work was interesting only as a way to introduce the worker, who in fact served in the classic worker film as an ideological vehicle. In contrast I've always been interested in making physical labour itself the subject of a film, and by means of this sensual experience determine its social and political position. [END QUOTE]\\n\\nHere then from the director's own lips is the recipe for his failure. Once history, morality, psychology, sociology and justice are excluded from consideration, all that is left is a vain illusion that he can segue from his portrayal of the \\\"sensual experience\\\" of work to \\\"determine its social and political position.\\\" Glawogger has painted himself into a corner, climbed out on a branch and cut it behind him, and then thought that he could be free and fly. Instead, he flopped, and very badly.\",\n \"Product: What is legal and what is just? Winner of the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, The Law in These Parts is a gripping and revelatory investigation into the military legal system put in place by Israel over four decades ago to govern the occupied Palestinian territories the repercussions of which are felt to this day by both sides.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: The Iron Fist of Military Order Masked as Law\\n\\nReview: This darkly honest documentary consists of interviews of former Israeli military judges who adjudicated \\\"legal\\\" matters in the occupied territories to the complete disadvantage of the Palestinians, interspersed with documentary footage of victims of Israeli law, and violence against them. Essentially enforcing unjust military law against Palestinians within the occupied territories while providing the pretense of access to the courts, the judges ranged from those in furious self-deception to the most honest who understood his job to be supporting the Israeli torturers against the enemy who was such because his land was being stolen from him and whose crime was resistance to injustice. The false piety, personal and institutionalized hypocrisy, and general cruelty and indecency of the Israeli legal system as used against the Palestinians that this film uncovers and puts on display with the precision of an entomologist piercing his specimen with a display pin will haunt your memories for a very long time.\",\n \"Product: Run 12V appliances directly off of your battery by connecting directly to car battery terminals. This battery clip bypasses the 12V cigarette lighter socket and will allow you to use your battery in multiple ways. The clip attaches easily to facilitate a quick and easy installation.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Reasonable buy for under $6.00 (price + shipping)\\n\\nReview: This device solves the problem of running electrical appliances through your auto cigarette lighter when their amperage exceeds the fuse on your lighter. Your cigarette lighter runs through a fuse with a specific amperage. Exceed the amperage -- blow a fuse. Use a higher amperage fuse -- risk melting the delicate wires and shorting out your car's electrical system. The heavy-duty tire air pump I bought kept blowing fuses until I bought this device that works as promised.\\n\\nThe clips are (just barely) big enough to grab the battery terminals. The plastic wraps around the clip handles that prevent the battery from shocking you are cheap and thin and should be reinforced with electrical tape. (The tape stops any arc of current from flowing across the terminals if the right conductor touches both clips.) That done, it works well (and for prolonged use keep the car running to avoid draining the battery).\",\n \"Product: Requires a CL81101,CL81201, CL81211, CL81301, CL82101, CL82201, CL82301, CL82311, CL82351, CL82401, CL82451, CL82501, CL82601 to operate. No more shouting through the housethis system doubles as a multiple-handset walkie-talkie to instantly communicate with up to 4 units in your home. Choose from four preset audio profiles, or use the equalizer to personalize bass, treble and natural tones for your individual hearing needs. Allows you to speak and listen without holding the handset. This leaves your hands free to do other things and lets more people in on the conversation. Handset displays the name, number, time and date of incoming calls.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward\\n\\nReview: Two month ago I bought this as a replacement for a two-line AT&T 9452 that short-circuited after 15 years of use and wish that the older version still worked. More than twice the price, with only one line, this version has all the dysfunctional modern improvements that continue to annoy throughout its use. The old model had basically self-explanatory buttons and featuresthis one requires you to read the manual and memorize it or keep it nearby because the instructions are non-intuitive and easily forgotten. It is chock-full of functions you would never dream of using unless you were on the AT&S design team, and its a shame that none of them ever tried to use the phone and decided to keep the much better handset with its much better microphones: people complain that they cannot hear me clearly and the tiny cell phone type mike means that if you move the headset away from the one-and-only place to talk and listen the conversation is diminished for one or both of you. Better still, the \\\"volume control\\\" for the phone is positioned in the handset so that your cheek pressure can lower the volume as you speak--that must have taken a genius to design. Worse yet, the AT&T robot says, \\\"You don't have to press the buttons, I can understand full sentences\\\" because holding the phone close to your face sometimes depresses the buttons.\",\n \"Product: You just want a fast way to find the studs behind your walls or ceiling without all the fuss. Is that too much to ask? Not anymore. Finally, a stud finder that actually works! It's not rocket science. It's a StudPoP\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Shockingly and surprisingly good\\n\\nReview: This stud finder is a great invention for drywall, but the real test is whether it would work for my 85-year-old textured lath and plaster walls. None of the pricey electronic stud finders that I have tried work reliably on lath and plaster because they try to find the stud by looking for changes in underlying density that the plaster routinely masks. Both drywall and lath are secured to the studs by screws or nails so the key issue is whether this device has a strong enough magnet to reliably detect the smaller more distant nails used to secure the lath to the studs.\\n\\nI went to the hallway -- pop, mark, pop, mark, pop, mark, pop, mark; all the marks were 16\\\" apart (the standard distance between studs). To the kitchen: pop, mark, pop, mark; again 16\\\" apart. [Hint: Mark the center of the range in which the device stands up and keep in mind that not all the lath nails are centered on the stud.] This inventor did what he said - almost* -and my hat is off to him.\\n\\n*The \\\"almost\\\" is because the StudPop is guaranteed to work on tile but failed to work on my bathtub tiles. The stud was continually erect, probably responding to the metal wiring under the tile used to lay the grout. Tile secured in other ways may allow it to work, and this is a very minor drawback.\\n\\nAnother reviewer claimed a problem with lath and plaster. Chances are that he didn't follow the sweeping motion shown in the instructions to zero in on the stud nail, or less likely his had a defective magnet. If you have lath and plaster walls, this device will work well on them provided you pretend to \\\"paint\\\" the walls with the sweeping motion shown in the instructions to find the nails.\",\n \"Product: Globe Electric's 35\\\" Heavy Base Architect Spring Balanced Swing Arm Desk Lamp is an ideal option for desk lighting. The spring loaded swing arm is easily adjustable, stretching to 35\\\" at its tallest, to direct light wherever you need it the most. The long cord allows you the ability to place the light anywhere you want regardless of where your wall socket is located. The large rotary on/off switch is conveniently located at the top of the lamp shade for quick and easy use. Requires one 60W A19 E26 base bulb (sold separately).\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Not as Described: Bottom spring-arm might as well be a fixed solid rod.\\n\\nReview: Aside from the cheap quality of the metal throughout, this lamp may work for you if you don't need much reach. It is pointed in the wrong direction--the bottom arm swings away from you and is rigidly fixed, unable to move at all. Other reviewers tell you to remove the screw that prevents the lower rods from rotating, but the manufacturer has reinforced the screw with a fixed rod that immobilizes the lower arm--its springs are decorative only; they will not move at all. This is obviously done by the lawyers to protect against lawsuits because the lamp tipped over and set something on fire or damaged something with its heat.\\n\\nI bought this because the switch from my old lamp finally wore out after 15 years. After seeing how cheaply made and unlike the deliberately misleading ad it was, 34 inch easy adjustable multi-spring balanced arm allows complete flexibility I returned it. I went to Lowe's, spent $3.50 on a new switch, soldered it in place, and all is well. See photo below of my old lamp to illustrate how this type of spring-loaded desk lamp flexes at both the top and the bottom when properly made and anchored with a large heavy base.\\n\\nJULY 11, 2016: Per customer service suggestion I am resubmitting photo.\",\n \"Product: Denise Minger is a Portland, OR-based health writer and lecturer with a reputation for aggressively challenging today's leading voices of conventional wisdom. Her meticulously researched critiques decimating USDA guidelines and The China Study--published on her blog, RawFoodSOS.com--have made her a major player in the progressive health community, and a major thorn in the side of both mainstream nutritionists other health figures promoting flawed dietary dogma.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Not as good a book as it appears at first blush\\n\\nReview: Denise Minger has a lot to say thats worth saying, but she doesnt say it as well or as clearly or fairly as she could or should. If you did not know it already, there is no single diet that is best for all people. Most of the corporate and federally funded research is grossly distorted in its design and interpretation to support pre-existing pro-industry commercial goals. When research results are at odds with these goals they are typically ignored and suppressed. All of the federal food and health regulatory agencies are victims to various degrees usually severe of regulatory capture, i.e., instead of protecting the public they are routinely staffed and run by professionals with strong economic and professional ties to the industries they are supposed to regulate, and so instead they often promote and protect these industries at the expense of the truth and the publics health. The less familiar the reader is with the details of such unhappy facts before reading this book, the more important and stunningly revelatory it will seem. For readers familiar with this terrain, Mingers narrative is too often tedious and overwrought.\\n\\nMinger conveys the important fact that even well-intentioned system-bucking scientists like Colin Campbell, and many of the whole-food plant-based (WFPB) diet gurus, ignore individual differences that have obvious heredity bases and routinely ignore the deficiencies that their dietary regimens invite (e.g., A, B12, D3, K2, Omega3/6 imbalances). Both Minger and Chris Masterjohn have fruitfully critiqued Campbells scientific research online and Campbell has often been pompous and off-point in his responses. As someone who is an almost WFPB vegan, I too find Campbells universal prescriptions offensive. This is my second effort to go vegan and after a year on an almost WFPB my total cholesterol dropped from 178 to 126 while the critical Total/HDL dropped from 4.8 to 3.2. A friend who went 100% WFPB for the same period had her cholesterol stuck between 190-200 (but with a very good ratio of 3.0), while another friend has repeatedly felt tired and weak and when she stuck to it anyway experienced mild muscle wasting. So perhaps the point about individual differences and Minger gives some genetic components that explain it needs to be said again and again.\\n\\nStill, Minger wastes a lot of space. For example, she cites a study from Great Britain showing that longevity for vegetarians/vegans was no greater than that of the general population. But this result is sloppy and unfair since it includes what WFPB supporters correctly label junk-food vegans full of processed sugar and hydrogenated potato chips. More importantly, the vegan physician Michael Greger, M.D., addressed this study and the then-recent death from heart attack of 63-year-old Jay Dinshah who had been a vegan for 40 years in a 2003 video watchable on YouTube and pointed out how woefully deficient in B12 and how horribly imbalanced in Omega 3/6 these vegetarians were and how these deficiencies impacted cardiac health. So much of what Minger has to say is not especially new.\\n\\nBut a major difficulty is that that time after time Minger reduces research results to confusing incoherence by imaging a possible counterfactual another possible interpretation, or offering a counter-example. As someone trained in statistical inference and scientific methodology, I kept thinking that she should instead take the data and re-analyze it, or else look for other good studies that would resolve between competing interpretations. This she repeatedly fails to do perhaps because as a very smart autodidact she lacks the training to do so, and perhaps because of a bias to reach no conclusions about which diets are generally best so that any diets that are free of refined and processed foods and oils will stand on an equal footing, i.e., WFPB, Paleo, and Mediterranean. To read Minger, one would not know that there is available evidence to choose amongst them.\\n\\nMingers bias is most clear when she discusses the Seventh Day Adventists of Loma Linda, California. These are one of a very small number of Blue Zones in the world where centenarians are found to concentrate, and overall health and longevity are remarkably common (male vegetarian SDAs aged 30 live 9.5 years longer than non-SDA males and SDA females live 6.1 years longer). Their religion urges them to eschew meat, fish, eggs, alcohol, tobacco and coffee. In \\\"The China Study,\\\" Campbell notes that even the Adventists who eat meat do so moderately but that the Adventist vegetarians are much healthier than their meat eating counterparts with half the rates of obesity and diabetes. (p. 150) Dan Buettner in The Blue Zone elaborates this theme. Vegetarian Adventists live about two years longer than their non-vegetarian cohorts, and had half the risk of developing heart disease. (p. 129) Thinking that the saturated fats in meat might be the culprit, the researchers studied nut consumption (with a high unsaturated/saturated fat ratio) and to their surprise found that Adventists who ate a handful of nuts five or more times a week (i.e., whole food vegan-sourced mostly unsaturated fats) lived two years longer than those who ate very few nuts. (p. 130) Since nuts are loaded with Omega 6 fatty acids, this pushes the Omega 3/6 ratio in the unhealthy direction, but apparently the natural vegan source and the process by which the body assimilates them has a very different effect than when they are consumed from highly processed commercial vegetable oils. This is darned interesting data, so what does Denise Minger do with it? She tells a catty story about how the religions founder, Ellen Gould White, has her face smashed by a rock, went into coma that critics felt left her with a permanent traumatic brain injury and then started having visions to abstain from all forms of flesh food. (p. 190) But what about the research data you ask? When Minger finally gets around to that she writes:\\n\\n\\\"Indeed, even within the Adventist population, stark [sic] differences emerge between folks of different meat-eating persuasions. One analysis found that Adventists following a true vegetarian diet consumed less coffee and doughnuts, and more tomatoes, legumes, nuts and fruit than the more liberal meat eaters.\\\" (p. 194)\\n\\nThis is plain silly: this is not a research finding, but almost a definitional difference between the two groups. And that is all Minger says about the relevant data outlined by Campbell and Buettner showing superior health for vegetarians within the Adventist community in other words she entirely ignores it, which is hardly intellectually honest, especially after mocking its founder. She might have contacted the Adventists researchers and learned whether the meat-eaters were eating unhealthy cuts of processed bologna, for example, so she could argue for grass-fed buffalo meat as good-for-you, but she did not. The only effort she makes to take account of the data is to argue that meat-eating Mormons live as long as Adventists, and that those who abstain from alcohol, tobacco, tea and coffee have far above average health, but this does nothing to address the data she wishes to dismiss. In fact she underscores that the non-meat-eating Adventist strict vegetarians with better health consumed more tomatoes, legumes, nuts and fruit than the more liberal meat eaters, and not junk donuts, which is just the WFPB vegans point, isn't it?\\n\\nSuch biased exposition is commonplace. Being an advocate of fleshy foods that raise blood cholesterol levels, Minger attempts to dismiss the relevance of serum cholesterol to total health by strongly suggesting that the research supports the conclusion that higher levels of serum cholesterol are associated with greater longevity (pp. 106-111). A simple web-search of cholesterol and mortality finds as the first choice a 1994 article entitled Low Serum Cholesterol and Mortality, Which Is the Cause and Which Is the Effect? Minger never considered the question of what caused what in her book, and this article concludes that death from catabolic diseases lowered total cholesterol (TC) prior to death, not that lower TC increased total mortality. Although the association of lower TC with death is genuine for those whose cholesterol fell prior to death, By contrast, there was no significant increase in all-cause mortality risk among cohort men with stable low TC levels. Nonillness mortality (deaths caused by trauma and suicide) was not related to either TC change or the average of TC levels in exams 1 and 3. So again as so often Minger is very careless, not skilled enough, or not intellectually honest.\\n\\nMinger, like Chris Masterjohn, is enamored of the nutritional philosophy of Weston Price: that what matters most is eating (organic) nutrition-dense foods no matter what the type. I too find it appealing, and some of it is self-evident. But when she speaks of Prices study of healthy primitive societies, there is not a word as to the longevity in these communities; she reports only his observations of their splendid teeth, dental arches, and general good health at least in those communities that enjoy it; as she notes others are sickly and riddled with parasites. But the fact that human beings over the course of evolution may adapt themselves genetically to a variety of nutrition-rich diets of widely different types says very little about the benefits of a (mostly) WFPB diet vs. anything else for many (not all) of us. Nor does it suggest that a healthy Eskimo could move to the tropics and thrive on their local diet. And for those like my friend who cannot digest even properly complemented vegetable protein and must have fish, weve found that she does best when the rest of her diet is as close as possible to a WFPB diet (with idiosyncratic modifications along the way).\\n\\nThe final great disappointment of Mingers book is her conclusion that each of us must find his or her own path, as though little or nothing has been learned from nutritional research except what to avoid. As someone who has worked hard to do so, I still recommend a WFPB diet warts and all as the starting point with the obvious caveats to those with Celiac disease, gluten intolerance or gluten allergies, etc., with all the necessary supplements, and with the liberty to add occasionally some vitamin and mineral-rich animal flesh for its possible benefits. With the arguable exception of the Loma Linda Seventh Day Adventists, there are no vegan centenarian blues zones but most of the centenarians eat very little meat, do eat primarily nutrient-dense and nutrient-rich WFPB fare, with the right smattering of very nutritious non-vegan exceptions.\",\n \"Product: John Laughland is the author of three previous books: The Death of Politics (1994), The Tainted Source (1997) and Le tribunal penal international (2003). He is currently working on A History of Political Trials from Charles I to Saddam Hussein and on a book about the 19th century German philosopher, Schelling, while his Israel on Israel (co-edited with Michel Korinman) is due out this autumn. He is a regular contributor to the Spectator, the Guardian and the Mail on Sunday.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A Brilliant Expos of International Justice as a Crazed Harlot Sold to the Public by a Media Circus as a Vestal Virgin\\n\\nReview: John Laughland wrote \\\"Travesty: The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic and the Corruption of International Justice\\\" in 2007 and, having caught hold of a theme, followed it a year later with \\\"A History of Political Trials from Charles I to Saddam Hussein.\\\" The pair offer testament to the fact that political trials, and most international justice, are nothing but victor's justice, i.e., Thrasymachus's answer to Socrates' request for a definition of justice, \\\"Justice is the advantage of the stronger.\\\" \\\"Travesty\\\" is not nearly so polished and erudite as \\\"HPT\\\" but is a better, grittier, and more engaging read and while the latter initially captures one's interest, it too soon loses it as Laughland shoots one fish in the barrel after another with the same buckshot: ex-post-facto laws, politicians and hacks serving as jurists who selectively apply the \\\"laws\\\" to their victims, deprive them of a voice in court, skew and distort the facts and ignore or suppress incompatible facts. Because so many more trials are covered, the treatment lacks the gripping detail that fascinates so one is left with the correct but unsatisfying impression of how much these were all dog-and-pony shows. Still, Laughland's treatment of the Nuremberg Trials in HPT, which in popular understanding represents the highest form of international justice, is deep and illuminating.\\n\\nThe popular but mistaken view of Nuremberg is that its authority to prosecute German war crimes devolved from the fact that international law was so deeply and vividly violated by the Nazi horrors, especially the Holocaust. In fact, however, international law is routinely violated and the only authority to prosecute such criminals fell to the national state to which the criminals belonged. The Nuremberg Court had its authority solely from the fact of Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies, which made them the de facto and de jure governors of Germany, and then only until a provisional German state was re-established; hence Nuremberg held its authority only during a narrow window of opportunity.\\n\\nI do not wish to suggest a level moral playing field between the Nazis and the Allies by the following comments, but rather to point to the enormous political and legal difficulties in which the latter found themselves after, say, the punitive fire-bombing of Dresden near the end of WWII, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (neither of which bombings had any military value whatsoever, but were done primarily to intimidate Stalin - see Gar Alperovitz, \\\"The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb and the Architecture of an American Myth\\\"), and the Soviet Union's 1939 invasion of Poland and subsequent Katyn woods massacre of 22,000 Poles, mostly army and police officers taken prisoner during the invasion, the rest deemed anti-Soviet intelligentsia, in April and May of 1940. Decades ago I awakened to a KPFK political program whose interviewee stated that the task given to staff by Robert Jackson and Telford Taylor was \\\"to find things they did that we didn't do,\\\" and only now do I have a better sense of what was meant.\\n\\nThe Nuremberg solution was to invent the initiation of war as the war crime of all war crimes, ignoring the USSR and Poland, fudging that Great Britain and France had declared war on Germany - even though initiating war, the so-called crime against the peace from which all other atrocities derived, had not been a crime before Nuremberg, i.e., it too was an ex-post-facto law invented for political purposes. The Holocaust, which plays the central role in much popular imagination as the rationale for Nuremberg, played only a minor role as an afterthought. As for initiation of war as the crime of crimes, Laughland notes that it \\\"has in fact proved to be a dead letter\\\" because no other nation has ever been prosecuted for it since, and the ICC has explicitly stated its refusal to use it \\\"until such time as it has been defined,\\\" by which the ICC means in part that since the USA routinely initiates war as part of its foreign policy, and embraces \\\"preventive war,\\\" it would be very unwise for the ICC to keep this crime in its quiver. Laughland quotes with approval \\\"the great German jurist Hans Kelsen\\\" who summarized Nuremberg thusly:\\n\\n\\\"If the principles applied in the Nuremberg Trials were to become a precedent then, after the next war, the governments of the victorious States would try the members of the vanquished States for having committed crimes unilaterally and with retroactive force by the former. Let us hope that there is no such precedent.\\\" (p. 118)\\n\\nNuremberg, I venture to say, was the fairest of the batch of political trials that Laughland examined and Kelsen's foreboding precisely describes Milosevic's treatment in \\\"Travesty.\\\" A passing remark in \\\"HPT\\\" helps us to appreciate the rich detail of \\\"Travesty.\\\" Laughland notes that \\\"the president of ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia), Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, hailed Madeleine Albright, the American Secretary of State (who many believe was the prime mover behind the attack on Yugoslavia in 1999), as `the mother of the tribunal'. It was hardly surprising then that the Office of the Prosecutor refused in June 2000 even to open an investigation into whether NATO had committed war crimes during the Kosovo war.\\\" (HPT, p. 225) Wikiquotes, many of whose volunteer editors belong to the U.S. intelligence community, memorializes Albright's demand to Colin Powell, then head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding Bosnia, \\\"What's the point of having this superb military that you're always talking about if we can't use it?\\\" but omits her infamous quote that reveals her deeper political character and priorities given May 12, 1996 on 60 Minutes in an episode entitled \\\"Punishing Saddam.\\\" The interviewer first emphasized that the 500,000 Iraqi children who had died because the embargo was greater than the number who had died Hiroshima and asked \\\"Is the price worth it?\\\" to which Albright replied that although it was \\\"a very hard choice, ...we think the price is worth it.\\\" Whereas \\\"HPT\\\" is otherwise silent about the president of the ICTY who heaped praise upon Albright, Gabriel Kirk McDonald, \\\"Travesty\\\" provides the rich detail that allows us to understand the nature of the judicial tribunal that she headed. Who, then, is Ms. McDonald?\\n\\nAccording to Conrad Harper, Legal Advisor to the State Department, who recommended her for the post \\\"she was well qualified as a former federal judge who had heard criminal cases.\\\" But McDonald herself was astonished even to be considered for the post since she knew nothing about international law and told Harper, \\\"But I don't know anything about international war crimes,\\\" to which Harper responded, \\\"That's not a qualification. You'll learn.\\\" (Travesty, pp. 92-93)\\n\\nThe Clinton administration had wanted an African-American woman with an interest in civil rights because of allegations they were preparing to press that rape had been used as an instrument of war in the Bosnian conflict; it had anointed McDonald even though as a low-paid federal judge she had heard few criminal trials and after cycling through a job with a civil rights firm she was about to take up a teaching job at a law school when Harper contacted her. But learn she did, as evidenced by her praise for Albright, and by her subsequent participation in a \\\"mock\\\" war crimes tribunal against the long-deceased Emperor Hirohito that held him personally accountable for Japan's use of \\\"comfort women\\\" during WWII declaring that he was \\\"guilty of responsibility for rape and sexual slavery as a crime against humanity.\\\" (T, p. 93) \\\"Judge\\\" McDonald was as little concerned with the fact that the deceased Hirohito had no opportunity to defend himself, as she had been with the fact the Milosevic had been persistently and determinedly denied by ICTY the opportunity to defend himself; in fact she was actively engaged in denying him that opportunity, as \\\"Travesty\\\" details in rewarding detail.\\n\\nThe recency of \\\"Travesty's\\\" subject permits the richly gruesome details with which the book abounds. Milosevic frequently destroyed prosecution witnesses by effective cross-examination, in several cases having them admit that the previously submitted \\\"statements\\\" against him collected by the investigators were fabrications. Thus, when cross-examined by Milosevic g., Nicola Samardzi declared of his allegedly inculpating statement, \\\"I did not say that. Whatever is written there I did not put it that way. ...if this way put into my mouth, I do not think that is in order.\\\" (p. 154) To eliminate this embarrassment for the Court, it relied on its Rule 92bis that permitted introduction of evidence by oral or written statement, and then on 28 occasions prevented Milosevic from cross-examining witnesses, even in cases where the witness was available for cross-examination. (p. 153). In instances where the witness could not avoid being cross-examined, the Court directly shut up Milosevic. When Milosevic attempted to impeach Graham Blewitt of the Prosecutor's office by demonstrating how he had, contrary to mandate, applied double standards, Sir Richard May, the presiding judge, shut him down and Milosevic asked, \\\"'Mr. May, are you prohibiting me from calling in question or challenging the credibility of this witness?' to which May, incredibly, replied, `Yes, I am. Now move on.'\\\" (p. 157)\\n\\nDespite such Star Chamber tactics, Milosevic remained sufficiently potent in his own defense that an even broader strategy was required. He was denied appropriate medical care for a severe heart condition, then was accused by the Court of not taking his medications, and then denied the right to defend himself \\\"in the interest of justice.\\\" Milosevic was stripped of this right even though the ICTY Trial Chamber had previously written on just this issue, \\\"In an adversarial system, the imposition of defense counsel on an unwilling accused would effectively deprive that accused of the possibility of putting forward a defence.\\\" (p. 183) Nonetheless, Milosevic was denied the right to self-defense even though after extensive research, ICTY had had not found \\\"any case in any jurisdiction where counsel has been assigned to an accused person because he was unfit to conduct his case as the result of impaired physical health.\\\" (p. 186) The purpose of denying Milosevic this right was to deny him an adequate defense so that the pre-ordained verdict could be achieved with less embarrassment for ICTY. See Chapter 9 passim, \\\"Trial in Abstentia.\\\"\\n\\nOne reads \\\"Travesty\\\" not to be shocked and outraged, but to learn how our society and media are structured to produce both the outrages and the public oblivion to the outrages that are orchestrated by mainstream media brought to you courtesy of both the Establishment and the intelligence community that helps to inform and guide the Establishment directly when deemed appropriate. Milosevic, a man innocent of the charges laid against him, many of which were blatant ex-post-facto devices invented to circumvent his innocence, and who was a remarkably pragmatic and peace-seeking leader of his people, was demonized to the world, framed by the ICTY, and effectively murdered by denial of urgently needed medical care when he continued to mount a vigorous and effective defense in face of ludicrous accusations. Milosevic was the first of three such recent victims of American justice (Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi), whose deaths were designed to convey to others such as Bashar al-Assad the personal costs likely to be paid for resistance to the Empire. My only fault with this otherwise remarkable book is that Laughland himself fails to emphasize sufficiently the role that U.S. imperialism plays in such judicial circuses, but the introduction by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark goes a long way to making up the deficiency.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":33,"string":"33"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1997,"string":"1,997"}}},{"rowIdx":1998,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"AFNCXMCX7VZWH"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"5.0\" for a product with description \"For semi-automatics (such as the 1911 up to N-Frame size S & W's) and revolvers with up to 4\" barrels, this case is a very popular size. There is room in the case for a trigger lock (not included) and it is pad lockable.\". The summary of the review text is \"Great for compact pistols\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"I store a Hi-Point C9 Compact in this case currently and have no qualms with it whatsoever. Sturdy case with crisp latches. Fits a compact pistol and up to two extra mags. I store 1 mag and a tactical flashlight (4\"). Perfect for a Sig, Ruger, Smith, etc. A carry-size revolver will fit fine too. My main pistol is stored in one of these, only larger. For full size pistols get the larger version if you want to store anything more than JUST the pistol/revolver. I've even stored Hoppes No. 9 with my gun in these cases as well as smaller cleaning rods/pieces. The latches connect with the bottom lip in a way that it snags shut real tight.\n\nTake it to the range, dirt mound, training, etc with no worries. Tight spacing for a padlock but that means it's harder to bust open with a bolt cutter.\n\nBetter quality than competitors in this price range - I've looked. Absolutely 100% happy with this case...your search ends here."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"I store a Hi-Point C9 Compact in this case currently and have no qualms with it whatsoever. Sturdy case with crisp latches. Fits a compact pistol and up to two extra mags. I store 1 mag and a tactical flashlight (4\"). Perfect for a Sig, Ruger, Smith, etc. A carry-size revolver will fit fine too. My main pistol is stored in one of these, only larger. For full size pistols get the larger version if you want to store anything more than JUST the pistol/revolver. I've even stored Hoppes No. 9 with my gun in these cases as well as smaller cleaning rods/pieces. The latches connect with the bottom lip in a way that it snags shut real tight.\n\nTake it to the range, dirt mound, training, etc with no worries. Tight spacing for a padlock but that means it's harder to bust open with a bolt cutter.\n\nBetter quality than competitors in this price range - I've looked. Absolutely 100% happy with this case...your search ends here."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: Cartridge only. Cartridge and/or label will show some wear, including discoloration, tearing, writing, or other cosmetic issues. Guaranteed functional or replacement.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Maybe the best game for the Sega Genesis, period\n\nReview: You know the story - Mr. X takes over the city in attempt to govern it with anarchy and destruction. But four friends team up to stop him and his syndicate, even if it means fighting the mean streets...of rage.\n\nAs the second installment in the three-part series, Streets of Rage 2 does not disappoint in the least. After playing the first one for awhile and returning to the second, I realize how much better the fight system is here, the intellect of the foes, the scenery, items, points, specials, pickups, and the introduction of three and four-part levels - it's all a serious improvement.\n\nIn the first Streets of Rage, there was generally one side-scrolling scene per level, and the boss was at the end of the road/ship/room/whatever. Streets of Rage 2 beefs it up by having sub-bosses at the end of each scene, but yet amazingly they seem to keep the perfect balance of difficulty and entertainment so that you're neither bored nor frustrated.\n\nThe introduction of the self-sufficient special system is nice, because if you bump the \"A\" button, the cops don't immediately come running to shoot a rocket while you're fighting one Galsia. At the very most you'll incur a little damage but sweep the floor with whoever's around you.\n\nEasily, out of all of the Streets of Rage titles, #2 is the most satisfying and rewarding to play. In elementary, I played this game through probably 60 or 70 times and still find it just as entertaining. That's replay value.\n\nIf you haven't yet, pick this one up.","Product: No box or instruction booklet. Cartridge only. Game was tested on a SNES and works properly.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: A fair follow-up to the series\n\nReview: Though it's not incredibly unique or impressive, Final Fight 3 does pack a pretty good punch. It pales in comparison to Final Fight 2 and it's not really even as classic as the first one, though the playability is better because the difficulty is more tame. Just like the Streets of Rage series, it seems that this installment was a little rushed. And as long as we're talking beat-em-ups, though it's apples and oranges, I did enjoy SOR3 much better than FF3. The story line of FF3 seems a bit more intriguing than the others, because it's not too far fetched and you're basically taking care of street gangs that are trying to throw riots around the city. Much more believable than traveling around the world beating up stray members of the Mad Gear in back alleys and restaurants, and it doesn't lack updated story progress like the first one.\n\nImprovements I would say are the gameplay, the dash feature is an incredible step up, because you can run at your opponents (haha, payback time Andore) and create any kind of combo (except for Dean, he just slides and trips them...yawn). The damage done with characters like Guy and Haggar with this dashing move are substantial, and sometimes can drain half of your opponent's life bar. Looks like the scales are finally balanced here Capcom, Thank you! You can also hop backwards to avoid fire and opponents' attacks which helps a lot.\n\nI'd say the difficulty is average. A little too easy at first (you'll see what I mean) but as you progress through the game the difficulty redeems itself to classic final fight status.\n\nI'd like it if after every round the storyline updates you on where you're going and why. For instance, first I'm at a Chinese restaurant and now I'm at a welding factory. How did I get there and what am I doing there? It's like they gave up after the first two rounds and only tell you what's going on before the big boss. Who is the big boss? Why is he so angry? (can you feel me?)\n\nThe sound also is below par (the hits are almost inaudible) and every time you pause the game you listen to 7 seconds of \"pause\" music before it stops. The grammar is bad in some spots (Congratulations. Now try next level.) The game baddies are a bit boring and some of them don't really do anything ('Joe' kicks you in the back of the head once in awhile, and 'Hunter' will swing his bat if you leave him open for about 4 seconds). As I said though, the difficulty evens itself out. Defeating the end boss was less than rewarding but welcomes you back to play the game again at a harder difficulty.\n\nOverall I thought this game was 'fair'. Not fantastic, not good, not even horrible, but 'fair'.\n\n3/5","Product: Excellent condition\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Resident Evil 2 for the Gamecube\n\nReview: Resident Evil 2 is easily one of the most fun and enjoyable games that has come out in the past decade. It scares you enough to keep you on the edge of your seat, but the difficulty level is set exactly right so it doesn't get you frustrated. Not to mention that both of the playable characters have two missions, and once you complete those, there are several different gameplay modes rewarded to the player for completing the missions. This enhances the game's replay value quite dramatically.\n\nSo assuming that you have played this game on the original Playstation, I bet you're wondering what is different about the port offered on the Gamecube?\n\nWell, disappointingly enough, not much. The RE2 port is just that - a port. Naturally, however, the Gamecube is a much more advanced system capable of handling much faster polygonal rates, shading, texture, and load times. The overall look is a bit smoother, but not enough to make you say \"wow!\". More like \"hmmm...interesting\". The blood is not so polygonal, and the characters are a bit smoother. If there really is any difference in the load time, it is minimal. The controls are about as good as the original - pending that you can get used to the game on a Gamecube controller. The CMVs are not changed at all. Nothing smoother, nothing overdubbed, nothing brighter or duller, not faster or slower. This can either be a curse or a blessing for you, depending on how devoted you are to the original CMV's, as the CMVs are identical to the Playstation's in every way.\n\nSo while I can't really justify owning a copy of Resident Evil 2 for the Gamecube, I would recommend it to anybody who has never played the game or does not have access to the PS version of it. Resident Evil 2 is a great game, and it continues to hold its value even to this day. If Capcom would have just done the same thing for RE2 and RE3 that they did for the original, I think we would have probably the best series in history on our hands. However, CAPCOM got lazy and decided to port the rest of the titles. Too bad, so sad.\n\nSo to sum it up, if you currently own Resident Evil 2 for the Playstation, save your money because the Gamecube version is really not all that much better.\n\nOriginal game rating and contents = 9/10\n\n\"lazy\" Gamecube port rating = 2/10\n\nfinal score on the re-release for the Gamecube = 4/10","Product: The Sega CD Model 1 is the first CD video game system by SEGA.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: An interesting add-on to an already legendary console\n\nReview: The first thing I want to say is that as a consumer, one shouldn't consider this another platform. It is a platform but in the lightest sense. It has plenty of different games, and different types of graphics, but as a whole, to me it has always acted as an add-on to the already uber-cool Sega Genesis platform.\n\nIf you are a newcomer and have never experienced the Sega in the 90s, or are unfamiliar with the Genesis or the 16-bit era as a whole, chances are you will be disappointed in the Sega CD Console.\n\nWhy? The graphical interface is not like your Xbox. It is often cheap 3D, pasted-on, with lots of oddities here and there. Occasionally you can find a truly remarkable game that looks beautiful in every way - Sonic CD, Phantasy Star.\n\nHowever, on the other hand, if you remember the early 90s, you will not continue to see a shoddy, run-down graphical interface. You will see and experience nostalgia.\n\nFor me it was the 2nd grade, every Saturday going to Video World to rent one title for the weekend, video card and cool chain eagle wallet in hand, and the smell of fresh hot popcorn and subs next door filled the air. The floor was a creaky, crooked floor, and the store was manned by a single, quiet clerk reading a book behind the desk. Passing by all of the vhs and laserdisc racks, I made my trek all the way to the back where they had the \"VIDEO GAMES\" sign in the corner and about 50 titles on silly red wired storage racks.\n\nThere was no such things as Xbox or Playstation. There were Super Nintendo, Sega, and Sega CD Games. Incredibly simple. All of the art had been printed on copy paper in black and white. So cheap, but so inviting.\n\nIn those days Sega CD seemed so exquisite simply because they were on shiny discs. Discs were something fairly new and it wasn't something you'd throw around like a cartridge. Handle it by the edges, ok, will do, and put in the case as soon as you are done playing, check.\n\nThough not breathtaking in the least by today's gaming standards, it remains a milemarker in time where cartridges were at the dawn of becoming an alternative in home video gaming.\n\nDon't buy it for graphics. Buy it for classics and let the good times roll.","Product: Cartridge only. Cartridge and/or label will show some wear, including discoloration, tearing, writing, or other cosmetic issues. Guaranteed functional or replacement.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Poorly designed installment to the series\n\nReview: Exclusively on the Sega Genesis, TMNT : Hyperstone Heist was the scapegoat to the successfully popular TMNT IV : Turtles In Time for the SNES. While Turtles In Time got rave reviews, Konami decided instead of porting the game over, they would just storm up a new installment for the series for the Sega Genesis.\n\nUnfortunately this title lacks much when compared to its previous kin. The fighting is shoddy, unfair at times, and the traps, lasers, and daggers that shoot out of seemingly nowhere make it almost impossible to beat without getting frustrated. And to boot, the game is only five levels long. I don't know any game that could be considered decent that only had five levels of gameplay.\n\nThis game was rushed, feels horrible to play, is uninteresting, and instead of creating 8 or 10 good levels at medium strength, they pack an unfair amount of difficulty into five short levels (level four, which is arguably the hardest and most boring consists of two \"go\" screens with optional foes and four bosses). When you continue a character, you must start over from the beginning of the level. Talk about frustrating, especially if you are on the last boss.\n\nThere is no good scenery (save for the ship level) and the production of the game seems sterile and uninteresting.\n\nThis one gets two stars from me, even if I did wear it out as a kid. Playing it recently I realize why the game sunk to the back of my collection as a kid. It was too hard and not even fun to play.\n\nIf you're looking for a good vintage Turtles game, check out Turtles in Time. Way smoother, more fun to play, mapped out great, and better scenery overall.","Product: Includes system, hookups, a memory card, and 1 third-party controller.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: A console that defined my junior high years\n\nReview: 1996. Rewind your mind. Coffee was the popular drink in group circles and Windows 95 was the staple in every PC-owning household.\n\nI was in fifth grade. It all started when I was at my uncle's house, where we usually faced off in Sega Genesis games like Primal Rage and Mortal Kombat. This time when I came over however, he had a new toy. I couldn't remember what it was called, but I heard him say \"station\". Space-station? Dream station? I didn't know for sure. (hint : it was the Playstation.)\n\nWhen he showed me what it was I was psyched. The games were on discs so I instantly thought it was mega expensive (and at that time, it was). I was used to seeing video games on cartridge. The control looked like an alien space ship with all of the weird symbols (X? O? Square? Triangle? What the? Where's the A, B, and C buttons?!). I thought it was a mathematical equasion, I honestly did.\n\nI was awed when he put in a fighting game. It was 3D, and the characters were slick and shiny. The screen expanded as the characters moved away from each other, and I remember that I liked the jaguar character the best (he roared).\n\nThis game would later be identified to me as Tekken 2 through an internet search at my mom's house. I wanted the Playstation so badly I could cry. I asked for it for Christmas. I asked for it for my birthday. I never got it. It was too expensive. BUT, I did get birthday money - and save, save, save I did.\n\nFast forward to November of 1997. Tonight was the night that I had finally saved enough money to buy a Playstation Game Console. It was a school night - but I didn't care. I wanted it! \"Remember your bedtime\" my mom's voice echoed in my head. I grabbed the $150 out of my dresser drawer and we took a trip to the local BX. I went all the way back to the gaming section while mom looked at perfume or something boring like that. Playstations had JUST come down in price, and though they were still pricey, mom said she'd spot me the rest. I saw the N64 sitting next to the Playstation for the same price. Believe me, I thought about it. Instinct told me to get the PSX and I carried it to the register.\n\nI made the right decision.\n\nThe Playstation instantly had me swooning. The demo disc in the package had cool games like Rally Cross, Crash Bandicoot, Blast Chamber, and yes, wouldn't you know it - Tekken 2. I played the crap out of that demo. I had nothing else. So I kept saving for a game, and I saved for another 2 months before I had enough to buy my first game - Tekken 2. $39.95 at Sears.\n\nThe rest is history, as I was welcomed in by great titles like Ace Combat, Twisted Metal, Resident Evil, and Final Fantasy VII.\n\nGreat memories. But I will say today, if you do buy a Playstation, get the tiny one - the bigger model had a tendency to stop working after a couple years and in 8th grade I had to buy the new PSOne. (That PSOne is still working today, 10 years later). I went through two greys and my cousin went through one. They were not built as well as the newer models, so buy the tiny white PSOne.\n\nHappy gaming.","Product: Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is a brand new game in the Resident Evil franchise, with familiar locales from the entire series. This action/shooter hybrid reveals the back story behind the fall of the Umbrella Corporation by exploring locations from Resident Evil 0, 1, 2 and 3 as well as new never-before-seen locations, such as Umbrella's stronghold. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles combines first-person, light-gun style combat with interactive pathways, multiple weapons and new enemies to create an entirely new Resident Evil experience that could only be delivered on the Wii.\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: What a stupid game\n\nReview: I'm a long-time veteran of Resident Evil, having played every installment since the first one in '95, and completing most of them with A rankings. Believe me when I tell you I'm a veteran. I've read the books, seen the movies, yada-yada-yada.\n\nThis game is horrible.\n\nFirst of all,\n\nControls:\n\nThe controls are difficult. Using your target is like the equivalent of catching a fly with a fish net. The game talks about hitting the \"critical areas\". I've discovered that if you are not hitting the \"critical areas\" you are either hitting air or you're just wasting ammo. Don't expect the game to tell you where the critical areas are, (except for the millisecond blink of the white light in your fishnet) so you'll have to botch it on your own.\n\nControlling your gun and your person are, as I recall, more difficult than the original Resident Evil with the bizarre camera angles and \"tank-like\" characters. Don't get me wrong, this isn't a challenging game, it's just a stupidly designed, malfunctionary controlled game that makes it unnecessarily hard to play.\n\nDifficulty :\n\nOn top of the underdeveloped control system, the difficulty of the actual enemies are like trying to escape a zippered sleeping bag while sinking to the bottom of a swamp. Helpless is the word, as you're surrounded by unfathomable attacks. Your \"partner\" does not help you at all, as they do in Resident Evil Zero. I'll have you know I tried and failed at the game on \"Easy\" mode, finally reaching stage three after four hours. Don't expect the game to get any easier, just more frustrating and less exciting. Like watching wallpaper. Moving wallpaper.\n\nBosses are stupid hard, and unless you are hitting those \"critical zones\" you are wasting ammunition.\n\nPick-Ups :\n\nNot plentiful, not visible. Just hidden and sometimes sparkly. In a game that requires lots of ammunition, you sure are short-changed of it. That is unless, you can somehow ace your way to burst open boxes within the 2-3 seconds you're in a scene, grab ammunition, and clear a screen of zombies and gorillas while you're treasure hunting. You might be fortunate if you can find a First Aid Spray or a green herb, but be warned - you'll need one again after another 20 seconds of battle.\n\nEnemies :\n\nHere's a tip : Aim for the critical zones or you will be screwed. Really. Did I mention you have about 2 seconds to make your ideal shot at a moving target before it attacks you? Nine out of ten times you will be attacking enemies in multiples. So aim sharp, shoot often, and hope that you don't get your face mauled by an angry gorilla. Those things are mean.\n\nSo to sum this up, this game is unbelievably hard. Never in my life have I had to repeat scenes and levels with such complacency and frustration as I have here. The learning curve is a steep one, and unless you're a sharpshooter you'll be widdling away at this game for a few hours before you get the hang of it. With the lack of health items, ever-dropping ammo count (unless of course you're using the pellet gun they call a Samurai Edge), and the poor shooting system you're sure to be frustrated within a few short minutes of play.\n\nAfter numerous wasted hours and a wrist that is throbbing, I've concluded that this was a waste of money, and really - the experience wasn't even that thrilling.\n\n1/2 star.","Product: This roomier pistol case is for automatics and scoped revolvers with barrels up to 6\". There is also room for a trigger lock (not included) and the case is pad lockable.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Totally perfect for my needs\n\nReview: With so many options for cases, a guy could go crazy trying to decide which one to get. Eventually some just buy whatever's on sale. My choices in hard cases were the MTM, Flambeau, and Plano. Knowing that Plano made tackle boxes, I thought hard about that one. However, I checked out MTM online and saw how much pride they put into their products. The latches also snapped crisper and the foam didn't fall out like on the other cases. The MTM in comparison just seemed like a better quality pistol case.\n\nTo this day I have no regrets with my purchase. This case is mint. I take trips to the range, dirt mound, and it gets thrown on the dash, on the ground, in the dirt, etc. I don't drop test these things from my roof so I can't tell you for sure if it would survive that. I do know that the latches are sturdy, the enclosure is solid, the foam never falls out, and nothing rattles around. In this particular case I store a Beretta M9, its cleaning rod, and two extra mags. Everything fits comfortably. I have two of these cases in different sizes for different pistols. They both make me happy I bought them. I put a MasterLock padlock (like the one pictured) through the hole, and it fits tightly but that to me tells me if someone wanted to get in they'd have to really jimmy that bolt cutter in there. More security.\n\nHighly, highly recommended.","Product: After narrowly escaping the horrors of the underground Hive facility, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is quickly thrust back into a war raging above ground between the living and the Undead. As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, led by Valentine (Sienna Guillory, Love Actually) and Carlos (Oded Fehr, The Mummy Returns), enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of Dr. Ashford, the creator of the mutating T-virus. It's a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood- thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines andthe most sinister foe yet. Written and produced by the visionary director of Resident Evil, Paul W.S. Anderson (AVP: Alien vs. Predator) and directed by Alexander Witt, RESIDENT EVIL: Apocalypse is a superior sci-fi suspense sequel.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Entertaining but still a smear on the RE series\n\nReview: This is the second installment in the Resident Evil movie series and yet again it has been overdone. I've been a long time veteran of the games and have been very disappointed with how the directors brought it to the big screen. While the series is action packed and entertaining, the characters and their personalities are smeared all over the floor and they've reached too far to other crowds who probably aren't familiar with the series. After seeing the first film, I was apprehensive but still interested in seeing Apocalypse. I think they did a great job creating Nemesis and he was the best part of this film by far. Unfortunately the side story is mediocre and they totally destroyed all of the Resident Evil 3 characters I played as and loved. Jill Valentine (known as \"Valentine\" here) in the game is a cool, collected, smart gal with a pretty good intuition. In this movie she is a macho, loud-mouthed, jealous girl who lacks a warm personality and cusses up a storm. She's like Jill's evil twin sister. Carlos is a likeable character but he's totally an American in this movie. Both Nicolai and Mikhail (they call him something else in the movie) die very early on. Alice has always been exclusive to the film series, and while she is a good actress with an interesting back story, she was never in the games (to my knowledge).\n\nThe problem I have with these RE films is that they are way overdone - everybody is macho and fights to heavy metal or bad techno. It is totally to sell tickets. None of the characters share the humble qualities of inner strength and determination like in the games. There is no depth to anyone and it's hard to connect. The movie hits hard and leaves no lasting impressions. I keep thinking, \"less is more\", but that is not their philosophy - they want it all out on the table and leave nothing up to the viewers to be figured out.\n\nGood as entertainment for an hour and a half, but definitely not true to the series, nor does it do the games justice. You must turn part of your brain off and forget everything you know about the Resident Evil games to enjoy this flick.","Product: Kathy Ireland - Swimsuit Edition: Behind the Scenes [VHS]\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Not as good as the book...\n\nReview: I have borrowed and read the book, and I thought it was phenomenal. It was deep, intriguing, and really left the reader on the edge of their seat. Cheers to Tim LaHae and Jerry Jenkins.\nThis movie on the other hand is a joke. Bad acting, bad scripts, bad production. Cheesy music, and it reminds me of a Lifetime special. I really wish the film followed the book better. They left out alot of important details, and summed a 500 plus page book into a 90 minute film. Talk about pushing the envelope. I think the film would have done much better without actors from the Mickey Mouse Club and stuck with better scripts. There are a few good points in the movie, such as when Rayford Steele notices his wife gone, he totally ruled that scene. Great job on that one. Nicolae looks like a choir boy, but once again, the innocent can fool people. I think the film would have been more exciting had they included a more \"orchestrated\" music piece. They stuck with Newsboys and all of those other Christian pop bands that sing pretty and try to be cool (no offense to the newsboys, but yeah). It shuts the film down completely and makes it seem like a pop teen flick.\nThe story is good, and it is surprising how accurate some of that interpretation was by the authors. Only if they knew that Revelation would soon be unravelling in real life after they wrote that book.\nThe film leaves alot to be desired by the viewer. The first time that I had viewed it, I had felt empty because I was expecting more. That 90 minutes went way too fast and it didn't hardly touch the magic that the written novel had.\nSo if you're a fan of the book, it might be a good idea to skip this one if you don't want to be terribly disappointed. Once again, great book, poor movie. Most transcriptions from book to movie are poor in the first place, but alot of this gibberish is unexcuseable. I really wish the directors, producers, and actors had polished up their technique a little bit before filming this for the big screen.\nKeep God in your heart, time's almost up! Accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, and He will accept you into His Kingdom! God bless you all.","Product: Bells of Innocence is about 3 men who find themselves trapped in a bizarre Texas town. The people all act strange, and only one woman and a mysterious stranger(Chuck Norris) will help them. A powerful immortal controls the town with his demonic horde. Good and evil battle for the town and its children, and the 3 men will help decide the outcome. Their only weapon is their faith, but will even it be enough to save them?\nBOI is a good film. The actors aren't that great, but the storyline is good and the special effects work for a budget film. It's slow in parts and could have used some serious trimming, but for the most part the story moves along. There are some action sequences with Chuck's son, Mike, doing most of the fighting (Chuck doesn't throw a single punch). Don't be mistaken though, this is a plot-driven story, not a fighting one. Even though this is touted as a Christian film, profanity is used twice in it (though I have no idea why you'd do that in a church film).\nAn interesting concept, and I guess it works. Imagine a Christian episode of the X-Files. The climax of the film is the payoff for watching it. It's just a shame that it takes so long to reach the really good part. But hey, it's definitely better than the Left Behind films. Recommended.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: A good, family-oriented comedy\n\nReview: Chuck Norris is back with a roundhouse to the face, Holy Spirit style. And you'll enjoy every minute of this gut-busting spoof (or is it?) about three guys, a town full of devil worshipers, and a family-approved message to keep on keepin' on. The main character is an archangel in the form of kung-fu master Chuck Norris. Chuck the Archangel is the only ticket out of this one-way town, using the power of God to light lamps, unlock doors, erect walls of 3D computer generated fires, and preach the Gospel with an astounding \"you can do it, boys\" all before the sun sets in west Texas. The battle is against the mayor of the town, who has a bloodthirsty lust to exterminate all of the \"ambassadors of the Gospel who must be stopped...[yes, master]\" so he can continue draining the souls of the little children in the town and holding his 'harvest party seances' in the town square. (...Nice. Who thought of that one?) Everyone fears him. The man literally disappears before your eyes and then reappears with wonderful white smoke and sparks. (...Magic trick.) Chuck Norris can talk him down though, simply by telling them to get off his property or he'll have to bust them up, Gospel-style. But before Chuck can flip to Corinthians the devil leaves and the boys are left with Chuck to do some hard training. Chuck trains them right so they can be fit and ready to meet the devil in the town square, to fight him off in a battle of faith and wits.\n\nNow for the other characters. The stereotypes are vividly clear from the get-go. We have two guys who both love Jesus, and one is on the fence. The one who is on the fence is an alcoholic and lost his daughter and is feeling horrible about it. From the time they crash the plane and arrive at the town, this guy is going through alcohol withdrawal. Really, does anyone got a beer, man? No one seems to...at least not in this town. Wait, did you ask Chuck yet? Chuck's got the hookups. As he lights his cigar, he gives the man a beer. Oh wait, no, that's a PROP of a beer. TBN says we can't have any alcoholic paraphernalia on the movie set!\n\nIf you've always wanted to see what angels look like, you can watch this movie and find out for sure. I know when I get to heaven I'll see a thousand Chuck Norrises and they will all welcome me in with a spinning roundhouse kick (because they can fly). Aside from the message this film has absolutely no redeeming qualities. But, it does make for a great night with popcorn and some good laughs. It is honestly one of the cheesiest movies my wife and I have ever seen.\n\nChuck really can do everything, including saving souls from the devil's grasp in the process.\n\nI just have one last question - when I die and go to heaven, will I see Chuck Norris welcoming me at heaven's gate? 'Cause if not, I want my money back!","Product: In the year 2029, the ruling super-computer, Skynet, sends an indestructible cyborg (Arnold Schwarzenegger) back in time to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) before she can fulfill her destiny and save mankind.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: when are they going to stop?\n\nReview: when is artisan finally going to stop releasing these stupid new edition dvds? I, as well as many other consumers, are getting irate and infuriated about purchasing a DVD which we think in the right frame of mind is the best that is out there, and the best that will ever be, and then the company turns around and releases a \"new and improved\" version. This is the fourth version of T2, I believe, which is stupid, ridiculous, and time-consuming. First there was the regular edition of T2, which was short lived (and also long out of print). Then, they go and release the THX version with improved surround sound and commentary (also out of print, I believe). After that comes the Ultimate Edition. I own this one, because I was summoned into thinking that this was the biggie. This was the bonus version that everybody just HAD to have. This came with a new set of commentary, deleted scenes, 2 different versions of the movie, easter eggs, and among MANY, MANY different options. I haven't even had the time to explore all of them yet. Here, about 6 to 8 months later, they release a NEW version of this DVD, called the EXTREME version...how pathetic. This has everything that the Ultimate version has, except the new liquid camera movements that most people don't have the equipment and technology in their own home to handle. I think this was probably a ...poor shot at a promotion for the new T3 movie. This makes me infuriated, because they have also done the exact same with the first installment in the Terminator series. Sure, it's a great bargain that you can pick it up in stores for $$ brand new, but the fact that I had to pay [more] for mine makes me mad.\nTo the point of this review : If you already own T2 on DVD, then pass on this one, but if you're looking for a good installment to your series and are thinking about adding T2 to your collection, give this one a green light.\n -Jared","Product: After narrowly escaping the horrors of the underground Hive facility, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is quickly thrust back into a war raging above ground between the living and the Undead. As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, led by Valentine (Sienna Guillory, Love Actually) and Carlos (Oded Fehr, The Mummy Returns), enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of Dr. Ashford, the creator of the mutating T-virus. It's a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood- thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines andthe most sinister foe yet. Written and produced by the visionary director of Resident Evil, Paul W.S. Anderson (AVP: Alien vs. Predator) and directed by Alexander Witt, RESIDENT EVIL: Apocalypse is a superior sci-fi suspense sequel.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Entertaining but still a smear on the RE series\n\nReview: This is the second installment in the Resident Evil movie series and yet again it has been overdone. I've been a long time veteran of the games and have been very disappointed with how the directors brought it to the big screen. While the series is action packed and entertaining, the characters and their personalities are smeared all over the floor and they've reached too far to other crowds who probably aren't familiar with the series. After seeing the first film, I was apprehensive but still interested in seeing Apocalypse. I think they did a great job creating Nemesis and he was the best part of this film by far. Unfortunately the side story is mediocre and they totally destroyed all of the Resident Evil 3 characters I played as and loved. Jill Valentine (known as \"Valentine\" here) in the game is a cool, collected, smart gal with a pretty good intuition. In this movie she is a macho, loud-mouthed, jealous girl who lacks a warm personality and cusses up a storm. She's like Jill's evil twin sister. Carlos is a likeable character but he's totally an American in this movie. Both Nicolai and Mikhail (they call him something else in the movie) die very early on. Alice has always been exclusive to the film series, and while she is a good actress with an interesting back story, she was never in the games (to my knowledge).\n\nThe problem I have with these RE films is that they are way overdone - everybody is macho and fights to heavy metal or bad techno. It is totally to sell tickets. None of the characters share the humble qualities of inner strength and determination like in the games. There is no depth to anyone and it's hard to connect. The movie hits hard and leaves no lasting impressions. I keep thinking, \"less is more\", but that is not their philosophy - they want it all out on the table and leave nothing up to the viewers to be figured out.\n\nGood as entertainment for an hour and a half, but definitely not true to the series, nor does it do the games justice. You must turn part of your brain off and forget everything you know about the Resident Evil games to enjoy this flick.","Product: After millions of people around the globe mysteriously disappear, veteran pilot Ray Steele must fight to protect the passengers that remain on his flight. Trapped at 30,000 feet, he must find a way to safely land the damaged plane, and comprehend the chaos that awaits as the most devastating event in history unfolds.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Is it simply a slower pace?\n\nReview: I honestly wonder if they're going to make a longer series of movies, not particularly trying to squeeze one book into one movie. Because this whole 2 hour stretch focused on the first 25 minutes of the original Left Behind. That being said it's probably doubtful, and this movie became one of the biggest ADD plot deviations of all time. It's not that it denied the story, but rather it focused on the vanishing and then a three hour flight (condensed to 1 hour) and a successful landing of the plane. The original movie had so much more to offer in just 90 minutes - but perhaps a slower pace is what we need. Characters were left undeveloped however - two dimensional versions of the book and movie characters. Boring people you don't truly connect with. All of the original cast was infinitely better. The soundtrack though lacking is definitely better here than the cheesy 90s backstreet boys leftovers from the original flick.\n\nNot really worth your time - but it may be if they expand on it and the sec nd movie follows the second half of the first (original) movie.","Product: Dorman Products, Inc. is well-known as a leader in providing quality auto parts to the aftermarket. We've earned our reputation for excellence from over three decades of experience in providing automotive replacement parts, fasteners and service line products primarily for the automotive aftermarket. Our prestigious position stems from a unique combination of application expertise, innovative product design, and breadth of product offerings, many of which are not conveniently or economically available elsewhere. At Dorman, we take pride in the quality of our products and in your satisfaction.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Had a 50/50 luck ratio\n\nReview: The first plug I installed on my Santa Fe I made sure everything was ship-shape and tight. After awhile I noticed large puddles (about the size of a Frisbee) under my car wherever I was parked for longer than an hour. My landlord's driveway now has tons of oil spots on it, and I'm not sure how I'm going to go about cleaning it.\n\nI went back to O'Reilly's and complained, bought another one with the intentions of returning this one once I got the new one installed. I drained the almost new oil back into a drain pan, replaced the plug with a new one, but realized there was a problem. The pin had fallen out of this plug and it was broken. The only way to open the valve was to hold it with your fingers. I was miffed. I put the old plug back on, making *extra* sure to tighten it tight with my vise grips, so there would be no leaking.\n\nThe plug is still leaking from both the base and the tip. It is defective.\n\nI installed the plug (different part number) on my wife's Toyota Rav4 and hers seems to be doing fine with no leaking or issues.\n\nIf you are considering buying this part here or at O'Reilly's, I would consider other EZ drain options such as the Fumoto valve. These do not work well and are very inconsistent, as seen by the reviews here.","Product: COAL CHAMBER Coal Chamber (1997 UK 14-track CD album including the single Loco complete with lyric / picture booklet RR8863-2)\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Coal Chamber's best effort\n\nReview: I usually do reviews on more recent stuff that I listen to, but recently I've been reviewing CDs that I used to listen to but don't much anymore. Coal Chamber happens to be one of them.\nWhen I was 12 years old, I bought this CD, and I thought the world of it. DEEP, Distorted, Downtuned guitars with freakish vocals and low end screams. I was a fan of metal and really hard rock then. I never really looked into the lyrics, creativity, and construction of the music that I was listening to.\nNow that I look back on this CD, I realize that many of the songs are rather plain and sound the same. There's a few songs that stick out above the rest (Bradley, Oddity, Clock), but I've noticed that many of the songs just lack definition, as well as reasonable lyrics and songwriting. I've heard other reviewers complain about the lyrics being bland, and I couldn't agree with them more. Many of the lyrics linked together just don't seem to make sense at all, like Dez was writing whatever words came into his head.\nLike the title says, this is, in my opinion, Coal Chamber's best effort. Chamber Music was nothing special, and Dark Days seems like a repetition of what they've always been doing. Unfortunately, Coal Chambers' best effort only gets three stars from me. This album isn't as amazing or rock solid as many people think.\nIf you're into senseless screaming and downtuned distorted guitars, maybe this is for you. If you're into something with depth, reality, essence, and creativity, it might be a good idea to skip this one.","Product: \"Adrenalize\" was dedicated to the late Def Leppard guitarist, Stephen Maynard Clark.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Some good material, but definately overproduced...\n\nReview: There are some really great songs on here to be found, and great talent cannot be covered up (which Def Leppard displays greatly on this album). The production, however, is a whole 'nother story.\n\nUpon hearing the percussion on this album, you want to say \"would you like some drums with that reverb?\", and the guitars are washed in walls of chorus and \"pretty boy\" effects that add unneeded sparkle and twinkle.\n\nIf this album's production was much more straight forward and in your face, I truly believe that would make all the difference in the world. Rawness is what the latter Lep albums lack, and it's something that I think all fans miss. Who doesn't miss the in-your-face sound of On Through The Night or High N' Dry?\n\nI think the band is at fault as well...they were trying to recreate another Hysteria but failed miserably. When you write a hit album, with major success that launches you into fame, one thing you should NEVER do is try to mimic that album on your next release. It will always fail, and is a tried and true procedure. That's when a band should make a drastic turn, and write something that sounds nothing like their previous hit album. This will gain further respect from their fans, because they have \"grown as a band\" and have \"matured musically\". This is the key to staying on top in the music business. Def Leppard failed to follow this secret and unfortunately, we now have albums like \"Euphoria\" and \"X\" which is even more obvious that the band has run out of original material and must revert back to their glory days in the late 80s, changing minor details on their hit songs, and re-releasing them under different song titles. \"Slang\" was an attempt at changing direction, but by then, it was too late for the band. They had already \"sold out\", so to speak.\n\nThere is hope for this album, however. Heaven Is, Tonight, Stand Up, Personal Property, Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad, and I Wanna Touch U are all great songs musically and lyrically. Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion) is probably one of the greatest songs ever written in the 1990s, and it never ceases to amaze me that this song did not climb higher than all of their other famed hits from Adrenalize.\n\nIf you already own the other Lep albums, go ahead and buy this to complete your collection; but if you're looking for one solid Lep album, let me suggest On Through The Night, High N' Dry, or Pyromania. That infamous Lep magic was lost a long time ago, and the remnants were left behind on those releases.","Product: Soundgarden - Down On The Upside - Cd\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Down on the downside?\n\nReview: Soundgarden played a huge and significant part to the seattle/grunge/alt-rock movement in the early to mid-nineties, smashing the charts with albums like Badmotorfinger and Superunknown. They successfully sold millions of copies, won millions of fans, and developed a very, VERY good profile for themselves as a respectful and talented band.\n\nSoundgarden has always been a band I've adored, respected, and loved. They are talented musicians with a passion for creating deep, intricate, original music. For the longest time, I thought that Superunknown was their final cut, and that \"they released some green disc that said 'a-sides' on it sometime recently\", but I never paid much attention to it.\n\nFinally, \"A-Sides\" sparked my curiosity and I went out and bought it. I noticed a few new songs on there like \"Pretty Noose\", \"Ty Cobb\", \"Blow Up The Outside World\", etc. I wondered where these came from, did my searches, and came up with an album that I never knew existed.\n\n\"Down On The Upside\" was one of those albums that was never really heard of and didn't sell well. The band peaked with Superunknown, but for some reason, right after 1995, the alt-rock scene died, and so did a lot of the bands from that era. Stone Temple Pilots seemed to disappear from the scene; Pearl Jam went off and did their own thing; The Smashing Pumpkins lost half their members in 1996; and Soundgarden, well... they seemed to keep pulling their own weight, and managed to pull off another album... but it wasn't quite as successful as the band hoped.\n\nWhen I listen to \"Down on the Upside\", I get the impression that a lot of the album was forced. In my humble opinion, it was definately not the best Soundgarden could do musically, lyrically, or otherwise. By the time you get through half the album, you're ready to take it out and put in something else.\n\nLet me explain in detail. \"Pretty Noose\" is a great starter with excellent hooks and choruses. \"Rhinosaur\" is a steady rocker that takes numerous twists and turns. \"Zero Chance\" (probably my favorite on the album) is easily identifiable by Superunknown's \"Fell On Black Days\". After those three songs, the album sort of takes a nose dive. \"Dusty\" is alright the first couple minutes; but the repetative verse and guitar lines annoy easily. I could never understand why \"Ty Cobb\" made it on their \"A-sides\" album. \"Blow Up The Outside World\" leaves a tiny impression of hope for the album to return, but like a lost dog, it never seems to come back home.\n\nI think all of us were expecting another \"Superunknown\" with Down On The Upside, and although it is unfair to compare Upside to Superunknown, the band HAS shown us what they can do... so why should we expect any different?\n\nAll in all, I really do wish Soundgarden could have left the stage in 1995 with Superunknown; but all bands must expirament and as we know, some bands can pull it off, and others can't.\n\nIf you can find this record, go ahead and buy it to complete your collection; but I wouldn't recommend it much if you're a die-hard fan of the Batmotorfinger/Superunknown era SG.","Product: Classic 1991 album\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: This cd has \"Outshined\" all others!\n\nReview: This is a good cd, but I would say SuPeRUNkOWN is better. This is a very good Debut for Soundgarden...I would never would want to start out better. Rusty Cage breaks out with a stream of guitars...then \"I wanna break, I wanna break outta my rusty cage\" Outshined is possible the best song on this cd...although, Rusty Cage is pretty good. Slaves and Bulldozers really never caught my attention...its too repetetive and the same lyrics keep going over and over again...I wouldn't try number 3. Jesus Christ Pose is really good, and has a good guitar riff. Face Pollution is a fast speed metal song, kind of like Kickstand, except just a little bit longer. Somewhere is a golden song that will go down in history forever. \"I wish to wish, I dream to dream, I cry to cry and I live to live, and I die to die but nothing ever comes...OUT\" Searching with my good eye closed is a VERY good song...its like one of the best songs on this cd. A room a thousand years wide, now that's a good song...It starts out with heavy guitars...derr, derr derrr derr derr, de dum, dum dum dum. Mind Riot is a VERY good song too...it is one of the best on this album. Drawing flies wasn't really all that great...another that never caught my attention. Holy Water is alright. It is a steady rock song. New Damage was one of those which never caught my attention...so actually this cd would be 4 and a half. I'm only being true people...but you should get this cd if you are a true Soundgarden fan like I.","Product: NEW Combo BLUWAVS CD and FLAC FILE\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Really takes more than a couple listens to get used to\n\nReview: But once it sinks in, it's one of the greatest albums you'll ever hear. \"Soup\" is easily one of the best albums from the 90s. Shannon Hoon is simply amazing and I cannot stress enough how brilliant his songwriting and his vocal capabilities are. The rest of the band just gels beautifully and they are a band that is truely missed.\n\nSongs like \"Galaxie\", \"Toes Across the Floor\", \"Dumptruck\", and \"Mouthful of Cavities\" are modern classics in their own right that cannot be looked over.\n\nWhile I think I like Blind Melon's first release a little better, I have to think on the fact that it took quite awhile for the first record to sink me in as well. Perhaps over time, Soup will become my all time favorite alternative rock record (next to Siamese Dream from the Smashing Pumpkins). It's bands like Blind Melon that make me appreciate the 90s for what they were and the good music that came from that era, regardless of all of the grunge and punk-rock garbage that also appeared during that time period.\n\nIf you're a fan of true songwriting skill and beautifully crafted compositions, Soup is an album you can't afford to miss.\n\n-Jared J.","Product: Train ~ Train\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Honestly, a solid effort that deserves more praise than it gets\n\nReview: Before I purchased this CD, I read some of the reivews on Amazon.com to see whether it was worthy of buying. I must admit, most of the reviews led me away from buying this album. But after putting it off further and further, I knew this band had to be more than just \"Meet Virginia\". I finally purchased it, and came back to Amazon.com to check the reviews again. I was simply appalled. How an album this good can get such bad reviews is beyond me.\n\nIf it's simple pop rock that gets on your nerves, simple enough - don't listen to it. But train is not a talentless band by any stretch of the imagination. Every guitar line and acoustically strummed chord is beautifully rendered and laden with vivacious color and musicianship. Songs like \"I Am\", \"Blind\", and \"Free\" are some of the best songs I have heard in a long time. \"Blind\" is a song that hits close to home (even though I am still 18) as it talks about getting older much too fast, and things lose their color and brilliance. A very sad and touching song, but beautiful all together. Almost every song on this album is beautiful and touching. It's certainly much more than what people crack it up to be.\n\nJust like Radiohead's \"Pablo Honey\", I can't figure out why there are so many negative reviews. Both albums are brilliant (maybe not compared to later albums, but still in their own right) but get bashed constantly.\n\nGive this album a chance and you'll know what I'm talking about.","Product: Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction - LP Vinyl Album\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Very good album. But what's up with Amazon's cover art?\n\nReview: Alright, there is one question-maybe they printed it off wrong but that is the back of the cover art booklet, not the front. But okay...to the review. This is a sensational album with awesome lyrics, with a drummer to match, axl on vocals, and slash on guitars, they really blow the set up. They have surprised me with this album, since the day it came out, and it is still surprising me. I would have to say this is one of the best debut albums ever ranking up with \"Gish\" from Smashing Pumpkins and \"The Chronic\" from Dr. Dre. This has hard rocking songs from Welcome To The Jungle, to the pop rock of \"Its So Easy, Easy when everybody's tryin ta please me, baby\", to funnier songs like \"Anything Goes\", which is a sex scandal song...makes me laugh at times. Rocket Queen also is a great song too, but doesn't rank up with My Michelle, Sweet Child 'O Mine, or Nightrain. I could swear up the alley (although it isn't nice to swear) that every song on this album is great. Not one song has disappointed me yet since I got it back in '93. The cool thing was that was my birth year, 1987. Hey and its such at a [good] price, too... So do yourself a favor and buy this great little cd. Trust me, you won't be disappointed.","Product: Original 1995 2-lp vinyl edition featuring all tracks and interludes including on 1994 cd/cassette edition PLUS bonus track \"Who Shot ya?\". Bad Boy Ent./Arista 73005-1. Gatefold jacket cover\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Another Must In A Rap Collection (p.s.-rest in peace Biggie)\n\nReview: Notorious B.I.G. was one of the most gifted rappers i have ever known and it is a shame that he had to die for his career. I should get to this album because if I rave on about how enthusiastically good Biggie Smalls was, I would probably get negative feedback on this review. So, here goes. Ready to Die was a multi-platinum album, if that doesn't say enough. I absolutely love this album to death and it deserves 5 stars solid, not 4.5. Every track on this album right here is bumpin from start to finish, and trust me, you will never recieve any hint of boredom from this here album. Relatively 63 minutes of hard core hip-hop action are shown on this album. He raps around the sole core of his mind and lyrics: the rough dirty streets of downtown Brooklyn. Reknowned the king of hiphop and of new york, this guy deserves some respect. So in Biggie's sake, go out and buy this album, Number 1--you'll enjoy it, and Number 2--It will make Biggie feel better up in the heavens. R.I.P. To The Hip Hop King Of Brooklyn, Biggie Smalls (Christopher Wallace).","Product: Japanese only format. The Blue Spec format takes Blu-ray disc technology to create CD's which are compatible with normal CD players but provides ultra high quality sound. Hostess. 2011.\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: A worthwhile effort, but not hooking me\n\nReview: I've been a Radiohead fan since the \"Amnesiac\" era, ever since I was given a disc with a medley of songs from OK Computer, Kid A, and the \"new one\", Amnesiac. I wore that CD-R out and I went out and bought OK Computer - I instantly fell in love. I soon bought every Radiohead CD available.\n\nThey have been experimenting and expanding their catalog of sounds and structures ever since then, and I have respected them for that.\n\nWhen In Rainbows came out, I was floored. I loved it. I read the reviews for King Of Limbs on here and I thought, \"Could it really be that bad?\"\n\nI bought the disc regardless and have listened to it a few times, enough to get used to it. Here are my thoughts.\n\nYou are NOT going to like it if :\n\n1) You are expecting hooks to draw you in; like a bursting chorus line, melodic verses, or addictive guitar lines.\n\n2) You are in love with Radiohead's last release \"In Rainbows\", and are expecting this album to provide similar results.\n\n3) You do not like electronica.\n\nYou ARE going to like it if :\n\n1) You like electronica.\n\n2) You are a huge fan of Thom Yorke's \"Eraser\"\n\n3) You are a sold-out Radiohead fan that will like what they put out no matter what.\n\nI belong in the former camp. I was not impressed and I was actually, if I dare say it, bored with the record. Call me narrowminded, call me tasteless, call me un-artful. I didn't like it. There was nothing catchy enough to keep my attention, and nothing for my ears or emotions to hold on to. I don't mind the beats and the blurps - but please, they have to be catchy.\n\nTo me, this record sounded like static, a ghostly megaphone, and a snare loop stuck on repeat.\n\nEvery song sounds like a variant of \"The Gloaming\" from Hail To The Theif (with the exception of \"Codex\" and \"Give Up The Ghost\"). It was my least favorite song from the band, and since this record sounds like several of them, it is my least favorite record.","Product: Singer/Songwriter John Mark McMillan successfully blends the genres of rock, alternative, soul, blues and gospel, while delivering on all musical fronts with his highly anticipated new album Economy.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Call me the exception\n\nReview: There's no doubt John Mark McMillan is very unique. I picked this CD up on recommendation from a friend, took it on a road trip, and found myself growing bored quickly. Now, I consider myself a deep guy, I make music for a living myself, and have a melancholy personality. But many of the songs on this record sounded the same, if not the same then very similar. You hear the same \"whoa-oh-whoa-ohh\" as part of the chorus on about four of the ten tracks provided here. The songs that stood out to me were Sheet of Night and Heart Bleeds.\n'\nCall me the odd man out, but I didn't enjoy the album as much as the rest of the glowing reviews here.","Product: Pets love fresh flowing water! Ultra-quiet purifying pet fountain for multiple cat households or small dogs, provides naturally cool and oxygenated water. Features include a replaceable filter and a reservoir that adds water automatically.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Cats love it, don't have to worry about hydration problems anymore\n\nReview: Cats naturally do not drink the water they need to keep their body properly hydrated. It's even worse when they are not fed a diet of mostly wet food to balance the hydration out. My wife and I are busy people, so for convenience sake we feed dry food a majority of the time. We opted to buy this fountain to see if it made a difference in their drinking habits.\n\nThe cats LOVE IT!! Within an hour's time you will generally see at least one of our three cats drinking out of it!\n\nWe have both made the comment that it was the best $30 we ever spent on our cats. The freshflow fountain intrigues the cats and they play with the water coming out of the top. Our female cat drinks straight from the spigot, just like a kid at a water fountain.\n\nThe unit does have to be cleaned out about once a month, otherwise you will hear a dreadful grinding and gurgling sound. This doesn't mean the unit has died, even if it stops working. Simply take apart the unit and clean it out. You can view the instructions here :\n\n[...]\n\nIt's a very helpful site for getting rid of the gunk in your FreshFlow system. Replace the filter often, too.\n\nBottom line, if you have multiple cats, or even just one cat and you care about their health - buy this machine, it is not a gimmick, it is a wonderful tool for your cats' hydration and well-being. You will see a drastic impovement - as much as 500% - in the consistency of your cat's water intake!\n\nJUST BUY IT!","Product: Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul contains Fresh, Never Frozen, Chicken and Salmon with Potatoes, Duck, Turkey, Carrots, and Peas. It also has a Special "X" Kibble that cats love.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Fantastic ingredients list, O.K. food\n\nReview: I bet you're wondering with such an ingredients list how a pet food could be less than exceptional. The truth is, Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers' Soul is a great food to feed your cat, but maybe not ideal.\n\nI have tested several different pet foods on my felines (everything from Special Kitty to Innova). We have three beautiful cats, a Calico DSH, a Blue Russian, and a beautiful Persian. I have found some pros and cons to Chicken Soup.\n\nFirst off, the ingredients are fantastic, no doubt. From fresh Turkey to spinach and blueberries, the list is sure to impress any conscious shopper. I have no problem feeding this food, if it were simply for the ingredients alone, and at at least a dollar cheaper and a pound more than the nearest competition, it really seems like a great deal up front.\n\nOur cats love the taste of it and most any cat I've encountered has never refused this food. They love it.\n\nMy cons with Chicken Soup is that all of our felines develop a deficiency of vitamin E, obviously noted in their coats. With other foods, their coat is silky, shiny, and just a joy to pet. When we switch to Chicken Soup, their coats feel firmer, rougher, and more matted. Their eyes are not as bright. We've tried this switch a couple of times and it happens each time we switch to Chicken Soup.\n\nAnd even though our cats adore the taste of Chicken Soup, their energy levels aren't quite as competent as normal, compared to when they are being fed holistic, grain-free foods (Taste Of The Wild, Blue, Innova)\n\nSo to wrap it up,\n\nPROS\n\nValue\nWonderful, fresh ingredients\nCats love the taste\n\nCONS\n\nGrains\nVitamin deficient\nDecrease in energy level and coat texture\n\nAlso, the ingredients list on Amazon.com is no longer applicable. Here is what the current product's ingredients are :\n\nChicken, chicken meal, cracked pearled barley, turkey meal, powdered cellulose, white rice, potatoes, oatmeal, millet, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), natural chicken flavor, salmon, turkey, duck, ocean fish meal, flaxseed, sodium bisulfate, egg product, potassium chloride, DL-methionine, choline chloride, dried chicory root, taurine, dried kelp, carrots, peas, apples, tomatoes, blueberries, spinach, dried skim milk, cranberries, rosemary extract, parsley flake, yucca schidigera extract, L-Carnitine, dried fermentation products of Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus plantarum, dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, zinc proteinate, vitamin E supplement, niacin, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin A supplement, biotin, potassium iodide, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.\n\nThanks for reading."],"string":"[\n \"Product: Cartridge only. Cartridge and/or label will show some wear, including discoloration, tearing, writing, or other cosmetic issues. Guaranteed functional or replacement.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Maybe the best game for the Sega Genesis, period\\n\\nReview: You know the story - Mr. X takes over the city in attempt to govern it with anarchy and destruction. But four friends team up to stop him and his syndicate, even if it means fighting the mean streets...of rage.\\n\\nAs the second installment in the three-part series, Streets of Rage 2 does not disappoint in the least. After playing the first one for awhile and returning to the second, I realize how much better the fight system is here, the intellect of the foes, the scenery, items, points, specials, pickups, and the introduction of three and four-part levels - it's all a serious improvement.\\n\\nIn the first Streets of Rage, there was generally one side-scrolling scene per level, and the boss was at the end of the road/ship/room/whatever. Streets of Rage 2 beefs it up by having sub-bosses at the end of each scene, but yet amazingly they seem to keep the perfect balance of difficulty and entertainment so that you're neither bored nor frustrated.\\n\\nThe introduction of the self-sufficient special system is nice, because if you bump the \\\"A\\\" button, the cops don't immediately come running to shoot a rocket while you're fighting one Galsia. At the very most you'll incur a little damage but sweep the floor with whoever's around you.\\n\\nEasily, out of all of the Streets of Rage titles, #2 is the most satisfying and rewarding to play. In elementary, I played this game through probably 60 or 70 times and still find it just as entertaining. That's replay value.\\n\\nIf you haven't yet, pick this one up.\",\n \"Product: No box or instruction booklet. Cartridge only. Game was tested on a SNES and works properly.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: A fair follow-up to the series\\n\\nReview: Though it's not incredibly unique or impressive, Final Fight 3 does pack a pretty good punch. It pales in comparison to Final Fight 2 and it's not really even as classic as the first one, though the playability is better because the difficulty is more tame. Just like the Streets of Rage series, it seems that this installment was a little rushed. And as long as we're talking beat-em-ups, though it's apples and oranges, I did enjoy SOR3 much better than FF3. The story line of FF3 seems a bit more intriguing than the others, because it's not too far fetched and you're basically taking care of street gangs that are trying to throw riots around the city. Much more believable than traveling around the world beating up stray members of the Mad Gear in back alleys and restaurants, and it doesn't lack updated story progress like the first one.\\n\\nImprovements I would say are the gameplay, the dash feature is an incredible step up, because you can run at your opponents (haha, payback time Andore) and create any kind of combo (except for Dean, he just slides and trips them...yawn). The damage done with characters like Guy and Haggar with this dashing move are substantial, and sometimes can drain half of your opponent's life bar. Looks like the scales are finally balanced here Capcom, Thank you! You can also hop backwards to avoid fire and opponents' attacks which helps a lot.\\n\\nI'd say the difficulty is average. A little too easy at first (you'll see what I mean) but as you progress through the game the difficulty redeems itself to classic final fight status.\\n\\nI'd like it if after every round the storyline updates you on where you're going and why. For instance, first I'm at a Chinese restaurant and now I'm at a welding factory. How did I get there and what am I doing there? It's like they gave up after the first two rounds and only tell you what's going on before the big boss. Who is the big boss? Why is he so angry? (can you feel me?)\\n\\nThe sound also is below par (the hits are almost inaudible) and every time you pause the game you listen to 7 seconds of \\\"pause\\\" music before it stops. The grammar is bad in some spots (Congratulations. Now try next level.) The game baddies are a bit boring and some of them don't really do anything ('Joe' kicks you in the back of the head once in awhile, and 'Hunter' will swing his bat if you leave him open for about 4 seconds). As I said though, the difficulty evens itself out. Defeating the end boss was less than rewarding but welcomes you back to play the game again at a harder difficulty.\\n\\nOverall I thought this game was 'fair'. Not fantastic, not good, not even horrible, but 'fair'.\\n\\n3/5\",\n \"Product: Excellent condition\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Resident Evil 2 for the Gamecube\\n\\nReview: Resident Evil 2 is easily one of the most fun and enjoyable games that has come out in the past decade. It scares you enough to keep you on the edge of your seat, but the difficulty level is set exactly right so it doesn't get you frustrated. Not to mention that both of the playable characters have two missions, and once you complete those, there are several different gameplay modes rewarded to the player for completing the missions. This enhances the game's replay value quite dramatically.\\n\\nSo assuming that you have played this game on the original Playstation, I bet you're wondering what is different about the port offered on the Gamecube?\\n\\nWell, disappointingly enough, not much. The RE2 port is just that - a port. Naturally, however, the Gamecube is a much more advanced system capable of handling much faster polygonal rates, shading, texture, and load times. The overall look is a bit smoother, but not enough to make you say \\\"wow!\\\". More like \\\"hmmm...interesting\\\". The blood is not so polygonal, and the characters are a bit smoother. If there really is any difference in the load time, it is minimal. The controls are about as good as the original - pending that you can get used to the game on a Gamecube controller. The CMVs are not changed at all. Nothing smoother, nothing overdubbed, nothing brighter or duller, not faster or slower. This can either be a curse or a blessing for you, depending on how devoted you are to the original CMV's, as the CMVs are identical to the Playstation's in every way.\\n\\nSo while I can't really justify owning a copy of Resident Evil 2 for the Gamecube, I would recommend it to anybody who has never played the game or does not have access to the PS version of it. Resident Evil 2 is a great game, and it continues to hold its value even to this day. If Capcom would have just done the same thing for RE2 and RE3 that they did for the original, I think we would have probably the best series in history on our hands. However, CAPCOM got lazy and decided to port the rest of the titles. Too bad, so sad.\\n\\nSo to sum it up, if you currently own Resident Evil 2 for the Playstation, save your money because the Gamecube version is really not all that much better.\\n\\nOriginal game rating and contents = 9/10\\n\\n\\\"lazy\\\" Gamecube port rating = 2/10\\n\\nfinal score on the re-release for the Gamecube = 4/10\",\n \"Product: The Sega CD Model 1 is the first CD video game system by SEGA.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: An interesting add-on to an already legendary console\\n\\nReview: The first thing I want to say is that as a consumer, one shouldn't consider this another platform. It is a platform but in the lightest sense. It has plenty of different games, and different types of graphics, but as a whole, to me it has always acted as an add-on to the already uber-cool Sega Genesis platform.\\n\\nIf you are a newcomer and have never experienced the Sega in the 90s, or are unfamiliar with the Genesis or the 16-bit era as a whole, chances are you will be disappointed in the Sega CD Console.\\n\\nWhy? The graphical interface is not like your Xbox. It is often cheap 3D, pasted-on, with lots of oddities here and there. Occasionally you can find a truly remarkable game that looks beautiful in every way - Sonic CD, Phantasy Star.\\n\\nHowever, on the other hand, if you remember the early 90s, you will not continue to see a shoddy, run-down graphical interface. You will see and experience nostalgia.\\n\\nFor me it was the 2nd grade, every Saturday going to Video World to rent one title for the weekend, video card and cool chain eagle wallet in hand, and the smell of fresh hot popcorn and subs next door filled the air. The floor was a creaky, crooked floor, and the store was manned by a single, quiet clerk reading a book behind the desk. Passing by all of the vhs and laserdisc racks, I made my trek all the way to the back where they had the \\\"VIDEO GAMES\\\" sign in the corner and about 50 titles on silly red wired storage racks.\\n\\nThere was no such things as Xbox or Playstation. There were Super Nintendo, Sega, and Sega CD Games. Incredibly simple. All of the art had been printed on copy paper in black and white. So cheap, but so inviting.\\n\\nIn those days Sega CD seemed so exquisite simply because they were on shiny discs. Discs were something fairly new and it wasn't something you'd throw around like a cartridge. Handle it by the edges, ok, will do, and put in the case as soon as you are done playing, check.\\n\\nThough not breathtaking in the least by today's gaming standards, it remains a milemarker in time where cartridges were at the dawn of becoming an alternative in home video gaming.\\n\\nDon't buy it for graphics. Buy it for classics and let the good times roll.\",\n \"Product: Cartridge only. Cartridge and/or label will show some wear, including discoloration, tearing, writing, or other cosmetic issues. Guaranteed functional or replacement.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Poorly designed installment to the series\\n\\nReview: Exclusively on the Sega Genesis, TMNT : Hyperstone Heist was the scapegoat to the successfully popular TMNT IV : Turtles In Time for the SNES. While Turtles In Time got rave reviews, Konami decided instead of porting the game over, they would just storm up a new installment for the series for the Sega Genesis.\\n\\nUnfortunately this title lacks much when compared to its previous kin. The fighting is shoddy, unfair at times, and the traps, lasers, and daggers that shoot out of seemingly nowhere make it almost impossible to beat without getting frustrated. And to boot, the game is only five levels long. I don't know any game that could be considered decent that only had five levels of gameplay.\\n\\nThis game was rushed, feels horrible to play, is uninteresting, and instead of creating 8 or 10 good levels at medium strength, they pack an unfair amount of difficulty into five short levels (level four, which is arguably the hardest and most boring consists of two \\\"go\\\" screens with optional foes and four bosses). When you continue a character, you must start over from the beginning of the level. Talk about frustrating, especially if you are on the last boss.\\n\\nThere is no good scenery (save for the ship level) and the production of the game seems sterile and uninteresting.\\n\\nThis one gets two stars from me, even if I did wear it out as a kid. Playing it recently I realize why the game sunk to the back of my collection as a kid. It was too hard and not even fun to play.\\n\\nIf you're looking for a good vintage Turtles game, check out Turtles in Time. Way smoother, more fun to play, mapped out great, and better scenery overall.\",\n \"Product: Includes system, hookups, a memory card, and 1 third-party controller.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: A console that defined my junior high years\\n\\nReview: 1996. Rewind your mind. Coffee was the popular drink in group circles and Windows 95 was the staple in every PC-owning household.\\n\\nI was in fifth grade. It all started when I was at my uncle's house, where we usually faced off in Sega Genesis games like Primal Rage and Mortal Kombat. This time when I came over however, he had a new toy. I couldn't remember what it was called, but I heard him say \\\"station\\\". Space-station? Dream station? I didn't know for sure. (hint : it was the Playstation.)\\n\\nWhen he showed me what it was I was psyched. The games were on discs so I instantly thought it was mega expensive (and at that time, it was). I was used to seeing video games on cartridge. The control looked like an alien space ship with all of the weird symbols (X? O? Square? Triangle? What the? Where's the A, B, and C buttons?!). I thought it was a mathematical equasion, I honestly did.\\n\\nI was awed when he put in a fighting game. It was 3D, and the characters were slick and shiny. The screen expanded as the characters moved away from each other, and I remember that I liked the jaguar character the best (he roared).\\n\\nThis game would later be identified to me as Tekken 2 through an internet search at my mom's house. I wanted the Playstation so badly I could cry. I asked for it for Christmas. I asked for it for my birthday. I never got it. It was too expensive. BUT, I did get birthday money - and save, save, save I did.\\n\\nFast forward to November of 1997. Tonight was the night that I had finally saved enough money to buy a Playstation Game Console. It was a school night - but I didn't care. I wanted it! \\\"Remember your bedtime\\\" my mom's voice echoed in my head. I grabbed the $150 out of my dresser drawer and we took a trip to the local BX. I went all the way back to the gaming section while mom looked at perfume or something boring like that. Playstations had JUST come down in price, and though they were still pricey, mom said she'd spot me the rest. I saw the N64 sitting next to the Playstation for the same price. Believe me, I thought about it. Instinct told me to get the PSX and I carried it to the register.\\n\\nI made the right decision.\\n\\nThe Playstation instantly had me swooning. The demo disc in the package had cool games like Rally Cross, Crash Bandicoot, Blast Chamber, and yes, wouldn't you know it - Tekken 2. I played the crap out of that demo. I had nothing else. So I kept saving for a game, and I saved for another 2 months before I had enough to buy my first game - Tekken 2. $39.95 at Sears.\\n\\nThe rest is history, as I was welcomed in by great titles like Ace Combat, Twisted Metal, Resident Evil, and Final Fantasy VII.\\n\\nGreat memories. But I will say today, if you do buy a Playstation, get the tiny one - the bigger model had a tendency to stop working after a couple years and in 8th grade I had to buy the new PSOne. (That PSOne is still working today, 10 years later). I went through two greys and my cousin went through one. They were not built as well as the newer models, so buy the tiny white PSOne.\\n\\nHappy gaming.\",\n \"Product: Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is a brand new game in the Resident Evil franchise, with familiar locales from the entire series. This action/shooter hybrid reveals the back story behind the fall of the Umbrella Corporation by exploring locations from Resident Evil 0, 1, 2 and 3 as well as new never-before-seen locations, such as Umbrella's stronghold. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles combines first-person, light-gun style combat with interactive pathways, multiple weapons and new enemies to create an entirely new Resident Evil experience that could only be delivered on the Wii.\\n\\nRating: 1.0\\n\\nSummary: What a stupid game\\n\\nReview: I'm a long-time veteran of Resident Evil, having played every installment since the first one in '95, and completing most of them with A rankings. Believe me when I tell you I'm a veteran. I've read the books, seen the movies, yada-yada-yada.\\n\\nThis game is horrible.\\n\\nFirst of all,\\n\\nControls:\\n\\nThe controls are difficult. Using your target is like the equivalent of catching a fly with a fish net. The game talks about hitting the \\\"critical areas\\\". I've discovered that if you are not hitting the \\\"critical areas\\\" you are either hitting air or you're just wasting ammo. Don't expect the game to tell you where the critical areas are, (except for the millisecond blink of the white light in your fishnet) so you'll have to botch it on your own.\\n\\nControlling your gun and your person are, as I recall, more difficult than the original Resident Evil with the bizarre camera angles and \\\"tank-like\\\" characters. Don't get me wrong, this isn't a challenging game, it's just a stupidly designed, malfunctionary controlled game that makes it unnecessarily hard to play.\\n\\nDifficulty :\\n\\nOn top of the underdeveloped control system, the difficulty of the actual enemies are like trying to escape a zippered sleeping bag while sinking to the bottom of a swamp. Helpless is the word, as you're surrounded by unfathomable attacks. Your \\\"partner\\\" does not help you at all, as they do in Resident Evil Zero. I'll have you know I tried and failed at the game on \\\"Easy\\\" mode, finally reaching stage three after four hours. Don't expect the game to get any easier, just more frustrating and less exciting. Like watching wallpaper. Moving wallpaper.\\n\\nBosses are stupid hard, and unless you are hitting those \\\"critical zones\\\" you are wasting ammunition.\\n\\nPick-Ups :\\n\\nNot plentiful, not visible. Just hidden and sometimes sparkly. In a game that requires lots of ammunition, you sure are short-changed of it. That is unless, you can somehow ace your way to burst open boxes within the 2-3 seconds you're in a scene, grab ammunition, and clear a screen of zombies and gorillas while you're treasure hunting. You might be fortunate if you can find a First Aid Spray or a green herb, but be warned - you'll need one again after another 20 seconds of battle.\\n\\nEnemies :\\n\\nHere's a tip : Aim for the critical zones or you will be screwed. Really. Did I mention you have about 2 seconds to make your ideal shot at a moving target before it attacks you? Nine out of ten times you will be attacking enemies in multiples. So aim sharp, shoot often, and hope that you don't get your face mauled by an angry gorilla. Those things are mean.\\n\\nSo to sum this up, this game is unbelievably hard. Never in my life have I had to repeat scenes and levels with such complacency and frustration as I have here. The learning curve is a steep one, and unless you're a sharpshooter you'll be widdling away at this game for a few hours before you get the hang of it. With the lack of health items, ever-dropping ammo count (unless of course you're using the pellet gun they call a Samurai Edge), and the poor shooting system you're sure to be frustrated within a few short minutes of play.\\n\\nAfter numerous wasted hours and a wrist that is throbbing, I've concluded that this was a waste of money, and really - the experience wasn't even that thrilling.\\n\\n1/2 star.\",\n \"Product: This roomier pistol case is for automatics and scoped revolvers with barrels up to 6\\\". There is also room for a trigger lock (not included) and the case is pad lockable.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Totally perfect for my needs\\n\\nReview: With so many options for cases, a guy could go crazy trying to decide which one to get. Eventually some just buy whatever's on sale. My choices in hard cases were the MTM, Flambeau, and Plano. Knowing that Plano made tackle boxes, I thought hard about that one. However, I checked out MTM online and saw how much pride they put into their products. The latches also snapped crisper and the foam didn't fall out like on the other cases. The MTM in comparison just seemed like a better quality pistol case.\\n\\nTo this day I have no regrets with my purchase. This case is mint. I take trips to the range, dirt mound, and it gets thrown on the dash, on the ground, in the dirt, etc. I don't drop test these things from my roof so I can't tell you for sure if it would survive that. I do know that the latches are sturdy, the enclosure is solid, the foam never falls out, and nothing rattles around. In this particular case I store a Beretta M9, its cleaning rod, and two extra mags. Everything fits comfortably. I have two of these cases in different sizes for different pistols. They both make me happy I bought them. I put a MasterLock padlock (like the one pictured) through the hole, and it fits tightly but that to me tells me if someone wanted to get in they'd have to really jimmy that bolt cutter in there. More security.\\n\\nHighly, highly recommended.\",\n \"Product: After narrowly escaping the horrors of the underground Hive facility, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is quickly thrust back into a war raging above ground between the living and the Undead. As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, led by Valentine (Sienna Guillory, Love Actually) and Carlos (Oded Fehr, The Mummy Returns), enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of Dr. Ashford, the creator of the mutating T-virus. It's a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood- thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines andthe most sinister foe yet. Written and produced by the visionary director of Resident Evil, Paul W.S. Anderson (AVP: Alien vs. Predator) and directed by Alexander Witt, RESIDENT EVIL: Apocalypse is a superior sci-fi suspense sequel.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Entertaining but still a smear on the RE series\\n\\nReview: This is the second installment in the Resident Evil movie series and yet again it has been overdone. I've been a long time veteran of the games and have been very disappointed with how the directors brought it to the big screen. While the series is action packed and entertaining, the characters and their personalities are smeared all over the floor and they've reached too far to other crowds who probably aren't familiar with the series. After seeing the first film, I was apprehensive but still interested in seeing Apocalypse. I think they did a great job creating Nemesis and he was the best part of this film by far. Unfortunately the side story is mediocre and they totally destroyed all of the Resident Evil 3 characters I played as and loved. Jill Valentine (known as \\\"Valentine\\\" here) in the game is a cool, collected, smart gal with a pretty good intuition. In this movie she is a macho, loud-mouthed, jealous girl who lacks a warm personality and cusses up a storm. She's like Jill's evil twin sister. Carlos is a likeable character but he's totally an American in this movie. Both Nicolai and Mikhail (they call him something else in the movie) die very early on. Alice has always been exclusive to the film series, and while she is a good actress with an interesting back story, she was never in the games (to my knowledge).\\n\\nThe problem I have with these RE films is that they are way overdone - everybody is macho and fights to heavy metal or bad techno. It is totally to sell tickets. None of the characters share the humble qualities of inner strength and determination like in the games. There is no depth to anyone and it's hard to connect. The movie hits hard and leaves no lasting impressions. I keep thinking, \\\"less is more\\\", but that is not their philosophy - they want it all out on the table and leave nothing up to the viewers to be figured out.\\n\\nGood as entertainment for an hour and a half, but definitely not true to the series, nor does it do the games justice. You must turn part of your brain off and forget everything you know about the Resident Evil games to enjoy this flick.\",\n \"Product: Kathy Ireland - Swimsuit Edition: Behind the Scenes [VHS]\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Not as good as the book...\\n\\nReview: I have borrowed and read the book, and I thought it was phenomenal. It was deep, intriguing, and really left the reader on the edge of their seat. Cheers to Tim LaHae and Jerry Jenkins.\\nThis movie on the other hand is a joke. Bad acting, bad scripts, bad production. Cheesy music, and it reminds me of a Lifetime special. I really wish the film followed the book better. They left out alot of important details, and summed a 500 plus page book into a 90 minute film. Talk about pushing the envelope. I think the film would have done much better without actors from the Mickey Mouse Club and stuck with better scripts. There are a few good points in the movie, such as when Rayford Steele notices his wife gone, he totally ruled that scene. Great job on that one. Nicolae looks like a choir boy, but once again, the innocent can fool people. I think the film would have been more exciting had they included a more \\\"orchestrated\\\" music piece. They stuck with Newsboys and all of those other Christian pop bands that sing pretty and try to be cool (no offense to the newsboys, but yeah). It shuts the film down completely and makes it seem like a pop teen flick.\\nThe story is good, and it is surprising how accurate some of that interpretation was by the authors. Only if they knew that Revelation would soon be unravelling in real life after they wrote that book.\\nThe film leaves alot to be desired by the viewer. The first time that I had viewed it, I had felt empty because I was expecting more. That 90 minutes went way too fast and it didn't hardly touch the magic that the written novel had.\\nSo if you're a fan of the book, it might be a good idea to skip this one if you don't want to be terribly disappointed. Once again, great book, poor movie. Most transcriptions from book to movie are poor in the first place, but alot of this gibberish is unexcuseable. I really wish the directors, producers, and actors had polished up their technique a little bit before filming this for the big screen.\\nKeep God in your heart, time's almost up! Accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, and He will accept you into His Kingdom! God bless you all.\",\n \"Product: Bells of Innocence is about 3 men who find themselves trapped in a bizarre Texas town. The people all act strange, and only one woman and a mysterious stranger(Chuck Norris) will help them. A powerful immortal controls the town with his demonic horde. Good and evil battle for the town and its children, and the 3 men will help decide the outcome. Their only weapon is their faith, but will even it be enough to save them?\\nBOI is a good film. The actors aren't that great, but the storyline is good and the special effects work for a budget film. It's slow in parts and could have used some serious trimming, but for the most part the story moves along. There are some action sequences with Chuck's son, Mike, doing most of the fighting (Chuck doesn't throw a single punch). Don't be mistaken though, this is a plot-driven story, not a fighting one. Even though this is touted as a Christian film, profanity is used twice in it (though I have no idea why you'd do that in a church film).\\nAn interesting concept, and I guess it works. Imagine a Christian episode of the X-Files. The climax of the film is the payoff for watching it. It's just a shame that it takes so long to reach the really good part. But hey, it's definitely better than the Left Behind films. Recommended.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: A good, family-oriented comedy\\n\\nReview: Chuck Norris is back with a roundhouse to the face, Holy Spirit style. And you'll enjoy every minute of this gut-busting spoof (or is it?) about three guys, a town full of devil worshipers, and a family-approved message to keep on keepin' on. The main character is an archangel in the form of kung-fu master Chuck Norris. Chuck the Archangel is the only ticket out of this one-way town, using the power of God to light lamps, unlock doors, erect walls of 3D computer generated fires, and preach the Gospel with an astounding \\\"you can do it, boys\\\" all before the sun sets in west Texas. The battle is against the mayor of the town, who has a bloodthirsty lust to exterminate all of the \\\"ambassadors of the Gospel who must be stopped...[yes, master]\\\" so he can continue draining the souls of the little children in the town and holding his 'harvest party seances' in the town square. (...Nice. Who thought of that one?) Everyone fears him. The man literally disappears before your eyes and then reappears with wonderful white smoke and sparks. (...Magic trick.) Chuck Norris can talk him down though, simply by telling them to get off his property or he'll have to bust them up, Gospel-style. But before Chuck can flip to Corinthians the devil leaves and the boys are left with Chuck to do some hard training. Chuck trains them right so they can be fit and ready to meet the devil in the town square, to fight him off in a battle of faith and wits.\\n\\nNow for the other characters. The stereotypes are vividly clear from the get-go. We have two guys who both love Jesus, and one is on the fence. The one who is on the fence is an alcoholic and lost his daughter and is feeling horrible about it. From the time they crash the plane and arrive at the town, this guy is going through alcohol withdrawal. Really, does anyone got a beer, man? No one seems to...at least not in this town. Wait, did you ask Chuck yet? Chuck's got the hookups. As he lights his cigar, he gives the man a beer. Oh wait, no, that's a PROP of a beer. TBN says we can't have any alcoholic paraphernalia on the movie set!\\n\\nIf you've always wanted to see what angels look like, you can watch this movie and find out for sure. I know when I get to heaven I'll see a thousand Chuck Norrises and they will all welcome me in with a spinning roundhouse kick (because they can fly). Aside from the message this film has absolutely no redeeming qualities. But, it does make for a great night with popcorn and some good laughs. It is honestly one of the cheesiest movies my wife and I have ever seen.\\n\\nChuck really can do everything, including saving souls from the devil's grasp in the process.\\n\\nI just have one last question - when I die and go to heaven, will I see Chuck Norris welcoming me at heaven's gate? 'Cause if not, I want my money back!\",\n \"Product: In the year 2029, the ruling super-computer, Skynet, sends an indestructible cyborg (Arnold Schwarzenegger) back in time to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) before she can fulfill her destiny and save mankind.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: when are they going to stop?\\n\\nReview: when is artisan finally going to stop releasing these stupid new edition dvds? I, as well as many other consumers, are getting irate and infuriated about purchasing a DVD which we think in the right frame of mind is the best that is out there, and the best that will ever be, and then the company turns around and releases a \\\"new and improved\\\" version. This is the fourth version of T2, I believe, which is stupid, ridiculous, and time-consuming. First there was the regular edition of T2, which was short lived (and also long out of print). Then, they go and release the THX version with improved surround sound and commentary (also out of print, I believe). After that comes the Ultimate Edition. I own this one, because I was summoned into thinking that this was the biggie. This was the bonus version that everybody just HAD to have. This came with a new set of commentary, deleted scenes, 2 different versions of the movie, easter eggs, and among MANY, MANY different options. I haven't even had the time to explore all of them yet. Here, about 6 to 8 months later, they release a NEW version of this DVD, called the EXTREME version...how pathetic. This has everything that the Ultimate version has, except the new liquid camera movements that most people don't have the equipment and technology in their own home to handle. I think this was probably a ...poor shot at a promotion for the new T3 movie. This makes me infuriated, because they have also done the exact same with the first installment in the Terminator series. Sure, it's a great bargain that you can pick it up in stores for $$ brand new, but the fact that I had to pay [more] for mine makes me mad.\\nTo the point of this review : If you already own T2 on DVD, then pass on this one, but if you're looking for a good installment to your series and are thinking about adding T2 to your collection, give this one a green light.\\n -Jared\",\n \"Product: After narrowly escaping the horrors of the underground Hive facility, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is quickly thrust back into a war raging above ground between the living and the Undead. As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, led by Valentine (Sienna Guillory, Love Actually) and Carlos (Oded Fehr, The Mummy Returns), enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of Dr. Ashford, the creator of the mutating T-virus. It's a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood- thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines andthe most sinister foe yet. Written and produced by the visionary director of Resident Evil, Paul W.S. Anderson (AVP: Alien vs. Predator) and directed by Alexander Witt, RESIDENT EVIL: Apocalypse is a superior sci-fi suspense sequel.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Entertaining but still a smear on the RE series\\n\\nReview: This is the second installment in the Resident Evil movie series and yet again it has been overdone. I've been a long time veteran of the games and have been very disappointed with how the directors brought it to the big screen. While the series is action packed and entertaining, the characters and their personalities are smeared all over the floor and they've reached too far to other crowds who probably aren't familiar with the series. After seeing the first film, I was apprehensive but still interested in seeing Apocalypse. I think they did a great job creating Nemesis and he was the best part of this film by far. Unfortunately the side story is mediocre and they totally destroyed all of the Resident Evil 3 characters I played as and loved. Jill Valentine (known as \\\"Valentine\\\" here) in the game is a cool, collected, smart gal with a pretty good intuition. In this movie she is a macho, loud-mouthed, jealous girl who lacks a warm personality and cusses up a storm. She's like Jill's evil twin sister. Carlos is a likeable character but he's totally an American in this movie. Both Nicolai and Mikhail (they call him something else in the movie) die very early on. Alice has always been exclusive to the film series, and while she is a good actress with an interesting back story, she was never in the games (to my knowledge).\\n\\nThe problem I have with these RE films is that they are way overdone - everybody is macho and fights to heavy metal or bad techno. It is totally to sell tickets. None of the characters share the humble qualities of inner strength and determination like in the games. There is no depth to anyone and it's hard to connect. The movie hits hard and leaves no lasting impressions. I keep thinking, \\\"less is more\\\", but that is not their philosophy - they want it all out on the table and leave nothing up to the viewers to be figured out.\\n\\nGood as entertainment for an hour and a half, but definitely not true to the series, nor does it do the games justice. You must turn part of your brain off and forget everything you know about the Resident Evil games to enjoy this flick.\",\n \"Product: After millions of people around the globe mysteriously disappear, veteran pilot Ray Steele must fight to protect the passengers that remain on his flight. Trapped at 30,000 feet, he must find a way to safely land the damaged plane, and comprehend the chaos that awaits as the most devastating event in history unfolds.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Is it simply a slower pace?\\n\\nReview: I honestly wonder if they're going to make a longer series of movies, not particularly trying to squeeze one book into one movie. Because this whole 2 hour stretch focused on the first 25 minutes of the original Left Behind. That being said it's probably doubtful, and this movie became one of the biggest ADD plot deviations of all time. It's not that it denied the story, but rather it focused on the vanishing and then a three hour flight (condensed to 1 hour) and a successful landing of the plane. The original movie had so much more to offer in just 90 minutes - but perhaps a slower pace is what we need. Characters were left undeveloped however - two dimensional versions of the book and movie characters. Boring people you don't truly connect with. All of the original cast was infinitely better. The soundtrack though lacking is definitely better here than the cheesy 90s backstreet boys leftovers from the original flick.\\n\\nNot really worth your time - but it may be if they expand on it and the sec nd movie follows the second half of the first (original) movie.\",\n \"Product: Dorman Products, Inc. is well-known as a leader in providing quality auto parts to the aftermarket. We've earned our reputation for excellence from over three decades of experience in providing automotive replacement parts, fasteners and service line products primarily for the automotive aftermarket. Our prestigious position stems from a unique combination of application expertise, innovative product design, and breadth of product offerings, many of which are not conveniently or economically available elsewhere. At Dorman, we take pride in the quality of our products and in your satisfaction.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: Had a 50/50 luck ratio\\n\\nReview: The first plug I installed on my Santa Fe I made sure everything was ship-shape and tight. After awhile I noticed large puddles (about the size of a Frisbee) under my car wherever I was parked for longer than an hour. My landlord's driveway now has tons of oil spots on it, and I'm not sure how I'm going to go about cleaning it.\\n\\nI went back to O'Reilly's and complained, bought another one with the intentions of returning this one once I got the new one installed. I drained the almost new oil back into a drain pan, replaced the plug with a new one, but realized there was a problem. The pin had fallen out of this plug and it was broken. The only way to open the valve was to hold it with your fingers. I was miffed. I put the old plug back on, making *extra* sure to tighten it tight with my vise grips, so there would be no leaking.\\n\\nThe plug is still leaking from both the base and the tip. It is defective.\\n\\nI installed the plug (different part number) on my wife's Toyota Rav4 and hers seems to be doing fine with no leaking or issues.\\n\\nIf you are considering buying this part here or at O'Reilly's, I would consider other EZ drain options such as the Fumoto valve. These do not work well and are very inconsistent, as seen by the reviews here.\",\n \"Product: COAL CHAMBER Coal Chamber (1997 UK 14-track CD album including the single Loco complete with lyric / picture booklet RR8863-2)\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Coal Chamber's best effort\\n\\nReview: I usually do reviews on more recent stuff that I listen to, but recently I've been reviewing CDs that I used to listen to but don't much anymore. Coal Chamber happens to be one of them.\\nWhen I was 12 years old, I bought this CD, and I thought the world of it. DEEP, Distorted, Downtuned guitars with freakish vocals and low end screams. I was a fan of metal and really hard rock then. I never really looked into the lyrics, creativity, and construction of the music that I was listening to.\\nNow that I look back on this CD, I realize that many of the songs are rather plain and sound the same. There's a few songs that stick out above the rest (Bradley, Oddity, Clock), but I've noticed that many of the songs just lack definition, as well as reasonable lyrics and songwriting. I've heard other reviewers complain about the lyrics being bland, and I couldn't agree with them more. Many of the lyrics linked together just don't seem to make sense at all, like Dez was writing whatever words came into his head.\\nLike the title says, this is, in my opinion, Coal Chamber's best effort. Chamber Music was nothing special, and Dark Days seems like a repetition of what they've always been doing. Unfortunately, Coal Chambers' best effort only gets three stars from me. This album isn't as amazing or rock solid as many people think.\\nIf you're into senseless screaming and downtuned distorted guitars, maybe this is for you. If you're into something with depth, reality, essence, and creativity, it might be a good idea to skip this one.\",\n \"Product: \\\"Adrenalize\\\" was dedicated to the late Def Leppard guitarist, Stephen Maynard Clark.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Some good material, but definately overproduced...\\n\\nReview: There are some really great songs on here to be found, and great talent cannot be covered up (which Def Leppard displays greatly on this album). The production, however, is a whole 'nother story.\\n\\nUpon hearing the percussion on this album, you want to say \\\"would you like some drums with that reverb?\\\", and the guitars are washed in walls of chorus and \\\"pretty boy\\\" effects that add unneeded sparkle and twinkle.\\n\\nIf this album's production was much more straight forward and in your face, I truly believe that would make all the difference in the world. Rawness is what the latter Lep albums lack, and it's something that I think all fans miss. Who doesn't miss the in-your-face sound of On Through The Night or High N' Dry?\\n\\nI think the band is at fault as well...they were trying to recreate another Hysteria but failed miserably. When you write a hit album, with major success that launches you into fame, one thing you should NEVER do is try to mimic that album on your next release. It will always fail, and is a tried and true procedure. That's when a band should make a drastic turn, and write something that sounds nothing like their previous hit album. This will gain further respect from their fans, because they have \\\"grown as a band\\\" and have \\\"matured musically\\\". This is the key to staying on top in the music business. Def Leppard failed to follow this secret and unfortunately, we now have albums like \\\"Euphoria\\\" and \\\"X\\\" which is even more obvious that the band has run out of original material and must revert back to their glory days in the late 80s, changing minor details on their hit songs, and re-releasing them under different song titles. \\\"Slang\\\" was an attempt at changing direction, but by then, it was too late for the band. They had already \\\"sold out\\\", so to speak.\\n\\nThere is hope for this album, however. Heaven Is, Tonight, Stand Up, Personal Property, Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad, and I Wanna Touch U are all great songs musically and lyrically. Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion) is probably one of the greatest songs ever written in the 1990s, and it never ceases to amaze me that this song did not climb higher than all of their other famed hits from Adrenalize.\\n\\nIf you already own the other Lep albums, go ahead and buy this to complete your collection; but if you're looking for one solid Lep album, let me suggest On Through The Night, High N' Dry, or Pyromania. That infamous Lep magic was lost a long time ago, and the remnants were left behind on those releases.\",\n \"Product: Soundgarden - Down On The Upside - Cd\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Down on the downside?\\n\\nReview: Soundgarden played a huge and significant part to the seattle/grunge/alt-rock movement in the early to mid-nineties, smashing the charts with albums like Badmotorfinger and Superunknown. They successfully sold millions of copies, won millions of fans, and developed a very, VERY good profile for themselves as a respectful and talented band.\\n\\nSoundgarden has always been a band I've adored, respected, and loved. They are talented musicians with a passion for creating deep, intricate, original music. For the longest time, I thought that Superunknown was their final cut, and that \\\"they released some green disc that said 'a-sides' on it sometime recently\\\", but I never paid much attention to it.\\n\\nFinally, \\\"A-Sides\\\" sparked my curiosity and I went out and bought it. I noticed a few new songs on there like \\\"Pretty Noose\\\", \\\"Ty Cobb\\\", \\\"Blow Up The Outside World\\\", etc. I wondered where these came from, did my searches, and came up with an album that I never knew existed.\\n\\n\\\"Down On The Upside\\\" was one of those albums that was never really heard of and didn't sell well. The band peaked with Superunknown, but for some reason, right after 1995, the alt-rock scene died, and so did a lot of the bands from that era. Stone Temple Pilots seemed to disappear from the scene; Pearl Jam went off and did their own thing; The Smashing Pumpkins lost half their members in 1996; and Soundgarden, well... they seemed to keep pulling their own weight, and managed to pull off another album... but it wasn't quite as successful as the band hoped.\\n\\nWhen I listen to \\\"Down on the Upside\\\", I get the impression that a lot of the album was forced. In my humble opinion, it was definately not the best Soundgarden could do musically, lyrically, or otherwise. By the time you get through half the album, you're ready to take it out and put in something else.\\n\\nLet me explain in detail. \\\"Pretty Noose\\\" is a great starter with excellent hooks and choruses. \\\"Rhinosaur\\\" is a steady rocker that takes numerous twists and turns. \\\"Zero Chance\\\" (probably my favorite on the album) is easily identifiable by Superunknown's \\\"Fell On Black Days\\\". After those three songs, the album sort of takes a nose dive. \\\"Dusty\\\" is alright the first couple minutes; but the repetative verse and guitar lines annoy easily. I could never understand why \\\"Ty Cobb\\\" made it on their \\\"A-sides\\\" album. \\\"Blow Up The Outside World\\\" leaves a tiny impression of hope for the album to return, but like a lost dog, it never seems to come back home.\\n\\nI think all of us were expecting another \\\"Superunknown\\\" with Down On The Upside, and although it is unfair to compare Upside to Superunknown, the band HAS shown us what they can do... so why should we expect any different?\\n\\nAll in all, I really do wish Soundgarden could have left the stage in 1995 with Superunknown; but all bands must expirament and as we know, some bands can pull it off, and others can't.\\n\\nIf you can find this record, go ahead and buy it to complete your collection; but I wouldn't recommend it much if you're a die-hard fan of the Batmotorfinger/Superunknown era SG.\",\n \"Product: Classic 1991 album\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: This cd has \\\"Outshined\\\" all others!\\n\\nReview: This is a good cd, but I would say SuPeRUNkOWN is better. This is a very good Debut for Soundgarden...I would never would want to start out better. Rusty Cage breaks out with a stream of guitars...then \\\"I wanna break, I wanna break outta my rusty cage\\\" Outshined is possible the best song on this cd...although, Rusty Cage is pretty good. Slaves and Bulldozers really never caught my attention...its too repetetive and the same lyrics keep going over and over again...I wouldn't try number 3. Jesus Christ Pose is really good, and has a good guitar riff. Face Pollution is a fast speed metal song, kind of like Kickstand, except just a little bit longer. Somewhere is a golden song that will go down in history forever. \\\"I wish to wish, I dream to dream, I cry to cry and I live to live, and I die to die but nothing ever comes...OUT\\\" Searching with my good eye closed is a VERY good song...its like one of the best songs on this cd. A room a thousand years wide, now that's a good song...It starts out with heavy guitars...derr, derr derrr derr derr, de dum, dum dum dum. Mind Riot is a VERY good song too...it is one of the best on this album. Drawing flies wasn't really all that great...another that never caught my attention. Holy Water is alright. It is a steady rock song. New Damage was one of those which never caught my attention...so actually this cd would be 4 and a half. I'm only being true people...but you should get this cd if you are a true Soundgarden fan like I.\",\n \"Product: NEW Combo BLUWAVS CD and FLAC FILE\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Really takes more than a couple listens to get used to\\n\\nReview: But once it sinks in, it's one of the greatest albums you'll ever hear. \\\"Soup\\\" is easily one of the best albums from the 90s. Shannon Hoon is simply amazing and I cannot stress enough how brilliant his songwriting and his vocal capabilities are. The rest of the band just gels beautifully and they are a band that is truely missed.\\n\\nSongs like \\\"Galaxie\\\", \\\"Toes Across the Floor\\\", \\\"Dumptruck\\\", and \\\"Mouthful of Cavities\\\" are modern classics in their own right that cannot be looked over.\\n\\nWhile I think I like Blind Melon's first release a little better, I have to think on the fact that it took quite awhile for the first record to sink me in as well. Perhaps over time, Soup will become my all time favorite alternative rock record (next to Siamese Dream from the Smashing Pumpkins). It's bands like Blind Melon that make me appreciate the 90s for what they were and the good music that came from that era, regardless of all of the grunge and punk-rock garbage that also appeared during that time period.\\n\\nIf you're a fan of true songwriting skill and beautifully crafted compositions, Soup is an album you can't afford to miss.\\n\\n-Jared J.\",\n \"Product: Train ~ Train\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Honestly, a solid effort that deserves more praise than it gets\\n\\nReview: Before I purchased this CD, I read some of the reivews on Amazon.com to see whether it was worthy of buying. I must admit, most of the reviews led me away from buying this album. But after putting it off further and further, I knew this band had to be more than just \\\"Meet Virginia\\\". I finally purchased it, and came back to Amazon.com to check the reviews again. I was simply appalled. How an album this good can get such bad reviews is beyond me.\\n\\nIf it's simple pop rock that gets on your nerves, simple enough - don't listen to it. But train is not a talentless band by any stretch of the imagination. Every guitar line and acoustically strummed chord is beautifully rendered and laden with vivacious color and musicianship. Songs like \\\"I Am\\\", \\\"Blind\\\", and \\\"Free\\\" are some of the best songs I have heard in a long time. \\\"Blind\\\" is a song that hits close to home (even though I am still 18) as it talks about getting older much too fast, and things lose their color and brilliance. A very sad and touching song, but beautiful all together. Almost every song on this album is beautiful and touching. It's certainly much more than what people crack it up to be.\\n\\nJust like Radiohead's \\\"Pablo Honey\\\", I can't figure out why there are so many negative reviews. Both albums are brilliant (maybe not compared to later albums, but still in their own right) but get bashed constantly.\\n\\nGive this album a chance and you'll know what I'm talking about.\",\n \"Product: Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction - LP Vinyl Album\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Very good album. But what's up with Amazon's cover art?\\n\\nReview: Alright, there is one question-maybe they printed it off wrong but that is the back of the cover art booklet, not the front. But okay...to the review. This is a sensational album with awesome lyrics, with a drummer to match, axl on vocals, and slash on guitars, they really blow the set up. They have surprised me with this album, since the day it came out, and it is still surprising me. I would have to say this is one of the best debut albums ever ranking up with \\\"Gish\\\" from Smashing Pumpkins and \\\"The Chronic\\\" from Dr. Dre. This has hard rocking songs from Welcome To The Jungle, to the pop rock of \\\"Its So Easy, Easy when everybody's tryin ta please me, baby\\\", to funnier songs like \\\"Anything Goes\\\", which is a sex scandal song...makes me laugh at times. Rocket Queen also is a great song too, but doesn't rank up with My Michelle, Sweet Child 'O Mine, or Nightrain. I could swear up the alley (although it isn't nice to swear) that every song on this album is great. Not one song has disappointed me yet since I got it back in '93. The cool thing was that was my birth year, 1987. Hey and its such at a [good] price, too... So do yourself a favor and buy this great little cd. Trust me, you won't be disappointed.\",\n \"Product: Original 1995 2-lp vinyl edition featuring all tracks and interludes including on 1994 cd/cassette edition PLUS bonus track \\\"Who Shot ya?\\\". Bad Boy Ent./Arista 73005-1. Gatefold jacket cover\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Another Must In A Rap Collection (p.s.-rest in peace Biggie)\\n\\nReview: Notorious B.I.G. was one of the most gifted rappers i have ever known and it is a shame that he had to die for his career. I should get to this album because if I rave on about how enthusiastically good Biggie Smalls was, I would probably get negative feedback on this review. So, here goes. Ready to Die was a multi-platinum album, if that doesn't say enough. I absolutely love this album to death and it deserves 5 stars solid, not 4.5. Every track on this album right here is bumpin from start to finish, and trust me, you will never recieve any hint of boredom from this here album. Relatively 63 minutes of hard core hip-hop action are shown on this album. He raps around the sole core of his mind and lyrics: the rough dirty streets of downtown Brooklyn. Reknowned the king of hiphop and of new york, this guy deserves some respect. So in Biggie's sake, go out and buy this album, Number 1--you'll enjoy it, and Number 2--It will make Biggie feel better up in the heavens. R.I.P. To The Hip Hop King Of Brooklyn, Biggie Smalls (Christopher Wallace).\",\n \"Product: Japanese only format. The Blue Spec format takes Blu-ray disc technology to create CD's which are compatible with normal CD players but provides ultra high quality sound. Hostess. 2011.\\n\\nRating: 2.0\\n\\nSummary: A worthwhile effort, but not hooking me\\n\\nReview: I've been a Radiohead fan since the \\\"Amnesiac\\\" era, ever since I was given a disc with a medley of songs from OK Computer, Kid A, and the \\\"new one\\\", Amnesiac. I wore that CD-R out and I went out and bought OK Computer - I instantly fell in love. I soon bought every Radiohead CD available.\\n\\nThey have been experimenting and expanding their catalog of sounds and structures ever since then, and I have respected them for that.\\n\\nWhen In Rainbows came out, I was floored. I loved it. I read the reviews for King Of Limbs on here and I thought, \\\"Could it really be that bad?\\\"\\n\\nI bought the disc regardless and have listened to it a few times, enough to get used to it. Here are my thoughts.\\n\\nYou are NOT going to like it if :\\n\\n1) You are expecting hooks to draw you in; like a bursting chorus line, melodic verses, or addictive guitar lines.\\n\\n2) You are in love with Radiohead's last release \\\"In Rainbows\\\", and are expecting this album to provide similar results.\\n\\n3) You do not like electronica.\\n\\nYou ARE going to like it if :\\n\\n1) You like electronica.\\n\\n2) You are a huge fan of Thom Yorke's \\\"Eraser\\\"\\n\\n3) You are a sold-out Radiohead fan that will like what they put out no matter what.\\n\\nI belong in the former camp. I was not impressed and I was actually, if I dare say it, bored with the record. Call me narrowminded, call me tasteless, call me un-artful. I didn't like it. There was nothing catchy enough to keep my attention, and nothing for my ears or emotions to hold on to. I don't mind the beats and the blurps - but please, they have to be catchy.\\n\\nTo me, this record sounded like static, a ghostly megaphone, and a snare loop stuck on repeat.\\n\\nEvery song sounds like a variant of \\\"The Gloaming\\\" from Hail To The Theif (with the exception of \\\"Codex\\\" and \\\"Give Up The Ghost\\\"). It was my least favorite song from the band, and since this record sounds like several of them, it is my least favorite record.\",\n \"Product: Singer/Songwriter John Mark McMillan successfully blends the genres of rock, alternative, soul, blues and gospel, while delivering on all musical fronts with his highly anticipated new album Economy.\\n\\nRating: 3.0\\n\\nSummary: Call me the exception\\n\\nReview: There's no doubt John Mark McMillan is very unique. I picked this CD up on recommendation from a friend, took it on a road trip, and found myself growing bored quickly. Now, I consider myself a deep guy, I make music for a living myself, and have a melancholy personality. But many of the songs on this record sounded the same, if not the same then very similar. You hear the same \\\"whoa-oh-whoa-ohh\\\" as part of the chorus on about four of the ten tracks provided here. The songs that stood out to me were Sheet of Night and Heart Bleeds.\\n'\\nCall me the odd man out, but I didn't enjoy the album as much as the rest of the glowing reviews here.\",\n \"Product: Pets love fresh flowing water! Ultra-quiet purifying pet fountain for multiple cat households or small dogs, provides naturally cool and oxygenated water. Features include a replaceable filter and a reservoir that adds water automatically.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Cats love it, don't have to worry about hydration problems anymore\\n\\nReview: Cats naturally do not drink the water they need to keep their body properly hydrated. It's even worse when they are not fed a diet of mostly wet food to balance the hydration out. My wife and I are busy people, so for convenience sake we feed dry food a majority of the time. We opted to buy this fountain to see if it made a difference in their drinking habits.\\n\\nThe cats LOVE IT!! Within an hour's time you will generally see at least one of our three cats drinking out of it!\\n\\nWe have both made the comment that it was the best $30 we ever spent on our cats. The freshflow fountain intrigues the cats and they play with the water coming out of the top. Our female cat drinks straight from the spigot, just like a kid at a water fountain.\\n\\nThe unit does have to be cleaned out about once a month, otherwise you will hear a dreadful grinding and gurgling sound. This doesn't mean the unit has died, even if it stops working. Simply take apart the unit and clean it out. You can view the instructions here :\\n\\n[...]\\n\\nIt's a very helpful site for getting rid of the gunk in your FreshFlow system. Replace the filter often, too.\\n\\nBottom line, if you have multiple cats, or even just one cat and you care about their health - buy this machine, it is not a gimmick, it is a wonderful tool for your cats' hydration and well-being. You will see a drastic impovement - as much as 500% - in the consistency of your cat's water intake!\\n\\nJUST BUY IT!\",\n \"Product: Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul contains Fresh, Never Frozen, Chicken and Salmon with Potatoes, Duck, Turkey, Carrots, and Peas. It also has a Special "X" Kibble that cats love.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Fantastic ingredients list, O.K. food\\n\\nReview: I bet you're wondering with such an ingredients list how a pet food could be less than exceptional. The truth is, Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers' Soul is a great food to feed your cat, but maybe not ideal.\\n\\nI have tested several different pet foods on my felines (everything from Special Kitty to Innova). We have three beautiful cats, a Calico DSH, a Blue Russian, and a beautiful Persian. I have found some pros and cons to Chicken Soup.\\n\\nFirst off, the ingredients are fantastic, no doubt. From fresh Turkey to spinach and blueberries, the list is sure to impress any conscious shopper. I have no problem feeding this food, if it were simply for the ingredients alone, and at at least a dollar cheaper and a pound more than the nearest competition, it really seems like a great deal up front.\\n\\nOur cats love the taste of it and most any cat I've encountered has never refused this food. They love it.\\n\\nMy cons with Chicken Soup is that all of our felines develop a deficiency of vitamin E, obviously noted in their coats. With other foods, their coat is silky, shiny, and just a joy to pet. When we switch to Chicken Soup, their coats feel firmer, rougher, and more matted. Their eyes are not as bright. We've tried this switch a couple of times and it happens each time we switch to Chicken Soup.\\n\\nAnd even though our cats adore the taste of Chicken Soup, their energy levels aren't quite as competent as normal, compared to when they are being fed holistic, grain-free foods (Taste Of The Wild, Blue, Innova)\\n\\nSo to wrap it up,\\n\\nPROS\\n\\nValue\\nWonderful, fresh ingredients\\nCats love the taste\\n\\nCONS\\n\\nGrains\\nVitamin deficient\\nDecrease in energy level and coat texture\\n\\nAlso, the ingredients list on Amazon.com is no longer applicable. Here is what the current product's ingredients are :\\n\\nChicken, chicken meal, cracked pearled barley, turkey meal, powdered cellulose, white rice, potatoes, oatmeal, millet, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), natural chicken flavor, salmon, turkey, duck, ocean fish meal, flaxseed, sodium bisulfate, egg product, potassium chloride, DL-methionine, choline chloride, dried chicory root, taurine, dried kelp, carrots, peas, apples, tomatoes, blueberries, spinach, dried skim milk, cranberries, rosemary extract, parsley flake, yucca schidigera extract, L-Carnitine, dried fermentation products of Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus plantarum, dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, zinc proteinate, vitamin E supplement, niacin, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin A supplement, biotin, potassium iodide, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.\\n\\nThanks for reading.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":27,"string":"27"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_3"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1998,"string":"1,998"}}},{"rowIdx":1999,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"A3EJ8XHVDC0CWH"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of \"5.0\" for a product with description \"The Sentinel Pro 12-Sheet Micro Cut is a heavy duty shredder. A manual reverse function allows you to reverse the cutting blades in the event of a jam. Want to shred a credit card, CD or DVD? No problem, the Sentinel 12 Sheet Micro-Cut Shredder can do that too. No need to remove staples, or small paper clips. Reliable, easy to use and one year Limited Warranty makes the Sentinel Pro 12 Sheet Micro-Cut Shredder a must have for home or office.\". The summary of the review text is \"My husband couldn't wait to get it out and shred some junk mail!\"."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"We've owned a smaller shredder for years but it is perpetually breaking and getting jammed so it was time for an upgrade. I like that this model for will accept small objects like staples so I don't have to worry so much about little things in the mail when all I want to do is toss it in the shredder and forget about it. This one is a little taller than most inexpensive store versions so you might keep in mind when you're purchasing this for office or home use. It works like a charm and for once my husband couldn't wait to shred some mail and get it off my counter! Overall, I highly recommend this model and it's fairly quiet too!"},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"We've owned a smaller shredder for years but it is perpetually breaking and getting jammed so it was time for an upgrade. I like that this model for will accept small objects like staples so I don't have to worry so much about little things in the mail when all I want to do is toss it in the shredder and forget about it. This one is a little taller than most inexpensive store versions so you might keep in mind when you're purchasing this for office or home use. It works like a charm and for once my husband couldn't wait to shred some mail and get it off my counter! Overall, I highly recommend this model and it's fairly quiet too!"},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Product: This unique 5-gallon portable wall mount wet dry vacuum cleaner has an innovative design that provides users with several options for cleanup, making it the perfect small shop vacuum cleaner for garage or home use. It has the option of being mounted directly to the wall, detached and used as a portable shop vacuum, or used as a blowing accessory for leaves and other debris. For added convenience, the hoses and accessories can all be stored on board.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Space saver for every family!\n\nReview: If you're anything like my family, there is a lot of stuff in the garage especially in any closet or shelf space. We own a larger shop vac that takes up the majority of the floor space in the garage closest. I hate climbing over it and moving it to get to other things in there so when I saw this I thought it was a genius idea. From box to mount only took a few minutes and three screws. It's mounted on a wall in the garage that is easily accessible but not in the way. With the accessories included (a shorter 7' hose and a longer 14' hose which can be combined) it's easy to vacuum or blow leaves out of the garage. The 5 hp was adequate for any of the tasks we'd need. This is a good value for our family and saves tons of floor space.","Product: The Born Free ComfortFit Body Pillow is supportive during and after pregnancy. The unique design hugs the body providing ultimate support to your belly and legs while keeping hips in a comfortable position.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A good pillow for side sleepers....\n\nReview: I am a side sleeper, and I think that is going to give me a natural tendency toward liking this style of pillow. I've owned this pillow and the Snoogle by Leachco and this pillow. I like Born Free's pillow, but I think that the Snoogle is just a little bit better in the end. This is a close second for me. It is a great shape and has more support if you intend to use it for nursing. I've tried it nursing but find it a little big and will problem stick with the My brest friend pillow for that. It is fun for a toddler to lounge on though. As far as sleeping go, it's a little stiff to be completely comfortable which is the main reason I prefer the snoogle. If you like firm pillows, this one is for you! Overall, it is a great pillow!","Product: The Rabbit Wing Corkscrew is an essential tool for any home bar or kitchen. This classic corkscrew's twin arms provide extra leverage to remove wine corks with ease. Constructed of durable plastic and stainless steel for long service life. Designed to fit any size bottle. Dishwasher-safe for easy cleaning. This corkscrew is backed with a 5-year warranty.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Does what it's supposed to every time...\n\nReview: If you are looking for a corkscrew that does the job the right way every time. this is it. I honestly don't have a lot of experience with a variety of corkscrews but I can use this one with little effort and it works right every time. It is easy to insert and even has step by step instructions with pictures on Amazon's website. You really can't go wrong. The last thing you want to do when you are ready to open a bottle is be more frustrated by opening it. This solves that problem for good. This will however take up a decent amount of drawer space so keep that in mind. Overall, this is a great product for the wine lover in your life!","Product: Whatever your preference, single or double espresso, cappuccinos, or lattes, the De'Longhi ECP3420 15 Bar Pump Espresso Machine ensures barista quality results at home so you can enjoy your favorite coffee house beverages at home. The advanced cappuccino system with hot milk or cappuccino selector, mixes and steams milk to a rich, creamy froth for evenly textured drinks. Other features include a double layer drip tray, removable water tank, and fill stainless steel accents. Whatever your preference - single or double espresso, cappuccino or latte - the machine brews authentic barista-quality beverages just like your favorite coffeehouse. The bottom tray of the unit is easy to remove to fit taller cups. EASY TO CLEAN : Removable water tank and drip tray make for easy cleanup, and the parts are dishwasher safe. You can also store your filters in the space saving design.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A nice Intro level espresso machine...\n\nReview: I was interested in making an occasional mocha or cappuccino for myself at home and this is great for that. It's compact. No bigger than my Keurig and fits on the counter under the cabinet with no issues. I bought some preground espresso at the grocery, cleaned the machine per the directions and gave it a whirl. It was pretty simple. The direction booklet contains some easy espresso recipes. I went with the mocha for the first time. It was good and easy. The only complaint I have is it is a tad hard to get the espresso filter/handle in the machine and in the locked position but it may get easier with time. This is not a $1000 coffee house machine but it's perfect for around $150 and light home use!","Product: Created with hunters, fishermen, and outdoor enthusiasts in mind, the FoodSaver GameSaver Big Game Vacuum Sealing System features an updated, rugged design with integrated carrying handle and large, rubberized buttons. This new design has intelligent sealing control that lets you do up to 80 consecutive seals or up to 240 pounds of food, and includes a bonus 15-foot 12V power cord, extra-large drip tray and built-in storage compartment. Preserve your prize game and prevent freezer burn.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Much better than freezer bags!\n\nReview: All the men in my family are big hunters so game in the freezer is something we deal with every year around this time. Once the game is cut up, it's time to freeze it to last til next season. We've typically used plastic freezer bags but avoiding air in the bags and freezer burn is sometimes a challenge. No more! This product makes sealing in freshness and out air a breeze! Therefore the meat stays much fresher longer. This model is more rugged and designed for outdoor use but could be used in the kitchen is well. It takes up quite a bit of space so it may be more appropriate for storage in a shop or garage. The kit comes with a starter pack or sealing bag but replacements are readily available on Amazon. Overall, this is a good product for someone who regularly packages meat for storage.","Product: Kodak 1699511 7.1 Megapixel Easyshare Z712 Is Zoom Digital Camera 7.1 Megapixels ; 12x Optical Zoom; 2.5\" Indoor/Outdoor Color Display; 32 Mb Internal Memory & Secure Digital Card/Multimediacard Expansion Slot; Features Hi-Iso Scene Mode & Cropping ; Perfect Touch Technology; Kodak Color Science; Video Print Options Including 4, 9 Or 16 Up Prints; Features Optical Image Stabilization & Quick Click-To-Capture Speed (0.26 Sec) ; 16 Scene & 5 Color Modes; Features Tv-Quality Video At 30 Fps ; Includes Digital Camera, Li-Ion Digital Camera Battery, Usb & A/V Cables, Neck Strap, Kodak Easyshare Software & Custom Camera Insert\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: You will not be disappointed.\n\nReview: After seeing that this camera was not immediately available on Amazon, I went to Staples and bought it. It was one of only two available, and I am lucky to have found it. So far, I have been extremely impressed. It takes excellent pictures in a variety of scenarios, but I have been most impressed with its ability in low light situations. Standing in a completely dark room, it makes photos look like it is daylight. The zoom is fantastic. Although the camera is completely automatic and adjusts to the appropriate settings, it allows the flexibility of a manual camera, which is perfect for the amateur photographer who wants a little more out of his or her camera. If you are looking for a simple point and shoot, it might be a little big and complicated, but if you want more, this camera is perfect for you. I don't think you will be disappointed; I know I love it.","Product: The Targus 15.6inch Crave Laptop Sleeve is designed to protect up to 15.6inch widescreen laptops. Inspired by outdoor apparel, the Crave slipcase is made of durable weather-resistant material which has been abrasion tested for durability and features a stain-guard coating to protect its surface. The large zippered side pocket provides ample storage for a power adapter or additional accessories. With just enough room to carry your laptop and a few essentials, this multifunctional slipcase can be used alone or inside another laptop case for added protection. The soft, scratch-resistant lining keeps the laptop free from dust or scratches while on the go.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: No extra bulk...just what you need\n\nReview: This case is a great product. It provides more than adequate protection for your laptop without any added bulk. It comes in a variety of sizes to fit different products, but I received the 16-inch version. It is a perfect fit for my laptop and the front pocket is perfect for my charger or CDs. It is well constructed and doesn't feel cheap like many products on the market currently. The backpack straps are comfortable to wear and the top handle is durable enough that it could be used as an alternative to the straps. If you are looking for something you can carry a lot of stuff in, then this isn't it, but if you are looking for a durable, water-resistant solution for your laptop, look no further. You will find this to be the perfect fit!","Product: If you're looking for the most rugged, durable, yet ultimately affordable Kindle Fire protection, you found it in the Drop Tech Series Kindle Fire Case. Shock absorption, drop protection, extreme ruggedness and hard-core readiness for all adventures, the Drop Tech Series Kindle Fire specifically conforms to the shape of the Kindle Fire and offers multiple layers of protection. This transformer case features a uniquely replaceable, snap-on integrated screen for maximum protection.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Just what you wanted when you were looking for an otterbox...\n\nReview: If you are like me and many other, the first case you looked for was an otterbox when you ordered your new Kindle Fire. You soon discovered that they didn't make one. However, Gumdrop cornered the mark up. You will find the multiple piece structure familiar and functional. Part of the screen is replaceble. The inner black piece fits under the silicone cover. The case protects well from shock and scratches, however it is not waterproof.\n\nThe only thing that I would caution you about is overheating. I've heard people say they have had issues with overheating. I personally haven't had issues, but I don't usually use mine more than an hour or two at a time. Any tight fitting, protective case would have the same potential.\n\nOverall, this is a great case with quality construction and protection. If you need a little extra protection, you've found it.","Product: New Balance, is dedicated to helping athletes achieve their goals. It's been their mission for more than a century. It's why they don't spend money on celebrity endorsements. They spend it on research and development. It's why they don't design products to fit an image. They design them to fit. New Balance is driven to make the finest shoes for the same reason athletes lace them up: to achieve the very best.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A great shoe for a great price\n\nReview: I have been a fan of New Balance for many years, so when I found these on sale on amazon.com, I didn't hesitate to buy them. Who can beat free shipping on top of a great price?\n\nThese shoes look great and fit true to New Balance sizes! I was originally attracted to them because they are accented in purple, and I was looking for purple tennis shoes because I wear a lot of purple t-shirts. I have gotten a ton of compliments on the colors. The black accent make my fit look smaller, which I love because I feel like my feet are huge. Best of all, they are lightweight and my feet don't hurt at the end of the day.\n\nYou won't be disappointed in this pair of New Balance shoes!","Product: New Balance, is dedicated to helping athletes achieve their goals. It's been their mission for more than a century. It's why they don't spend money on celebrity endorsements. They spend it on research and development. It's why they don't design products to fit an image. They design them to fit. New Balance is driven to make the finest shoes for the same reason athletes lace them up: to achieve the very best.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A great shoe for a great price\n\nReview: I have been a fan of New Balance for many years, so when I found these on sale on amazon.com, I didn't hesitate to buy them. Who can beat free shipping on top of a great price?\n\nThese shoes look great and fit true to New Balance sizes! I was originally attracted to them because they are accented in purple, and I was looking for purple tennis shoes because I wear a lot of purple t-shirts. I have gotten a ton of compliments on the colors. The black accent make my fit look smaller, which I love because I feel like my feet are huge. Best of all, they are lightweight and my feet don't hurt at the end of the day.\n\nYou won't be disappointed in this pair of New Balance shoes!","Product: The Fruit of the Loom women's low cut socks are made with heel and toe cushioning for the ultimate comfort and shock absorption. These best-selling socks are carefully designed and constructed to look and feel great, and last wear after wear. Spandex is knitted throughout the sock for a streamlined performance fit, and the energizing compression arch provides enhanced support so you can keep going. 6 pairs per package.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect for wearing with athletic shoes!\n\nReview: I find it difficult to find a good balance of comfort, fit and durability when it comes to socks. These actually met my expectations really well at an affordable price point. This set comes with a variety of different color patterns on the bottom, but they do not show when worn with most shoes. They are thick enough on the bottom that I think they will hold up for a good long time, but they aren't so thick as to be annoying when worn with tennis shoes. Most importantly, they fit perfect around the ankle. They aren't cutting off my circulation but they are tight enough to stay up and not ride down during the day. Overall, these are a great find and I would purchase again in the future!","Product: With convenient set up and easy portability, the SKLZ PitchBack is great for all diamond players and teams. Simply set up your training aid at the park, field, or even your backyard for hours of fun. The sturdy rebound net training improves throwing and fielding as the adjustable pitchback angles allow for pop flies, line drives, and grounders.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect for many uses!\n\nReview: These plastic baseballs have all the joys of a wiffle ball without the problems. They are long lasting and stand up so much better than the brittle plastic of their predecessors. They are equal in size and weight but are much more durable because they bend with a good hit but pop right back into place without cracking like previous wiffle balls. These are perfect for so much more than baseball practice. This is my one year old's favorite ball to throw, catch and carry around because they aren't heavy enough to do any damage, and they are perfect to grip for little hands. I also have lots of plans for using these in my high school classroom for review games and so much more. They are great for games because they are easy to throw and catch but they are light enough that I don't have to worry about them doing too much damage to property or others. No more broken windows with real balls or cracked wiffle balls! These are the perfect solution!","Product: Performance in its purest form. Misfit ray is our most minimal and versatile tracker. It delivers the fitness and sleep tracking you need to stay motivated, including steps taken, distance traveled, calories burned, activity tagging, and sleep duration and quality. It also never needs charging and is water-resistant to 50 meters, so it can be worn constantly. That means more data, better insights, and more powerful motivation. Rays clean lines create a form that is as much about fashion as it is about function. Wear it stacked with a smart Watch and cuff, or Customize it to your style - it features hidden 8-mm spring bars that allow it to be worn with almost any standard accessory, including Watch bands, bracelets, or necklaces.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Great alternative to Fitbit!\n\nReview: I've owned a Fitbit for a few years and my husband has a Jawbone. I thought this one looked interesting. It's a bit more visually appealing than the other ones I've owned. I like the versatility because there are other accessories available to allow you to wear it other ways other than just a bracelet. I am currently wearing it on my wrist. Assembly was a tiny bit confusing only because I threw away the batteries before I realized they were tucked inside the packaging so be careful of that. I had to get the bracelet apart and put the 3 tiny batteries in the right order and put it back together. Then it took a couple minutes to download the Misfit app and connect it via Bluetooth to my iPhone. It synced pretty quickly and seems to be accurate for steps and sleep. It divided sleep into restful and light based on how much I moved and even identified when I woke up with my two year in the middle of the night. It's pretty comfortable to wear even in bed and the bracelet is adjustable.","Product: With LifeProof FR for iPhone 7, youre free to venture off the beaten path and come back with proof of your triumphs. WaterProof, DirtProof, SnowProof and DropProof, FR braves the elements while blocking them from soaking circuits or clogging ports. Whats more, the integrated screen cover keeps your display pristine, and the custom design leaves every feature and function accessible.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Best case for sleek design and unbeatable protection!\n\nReview: We own both an iPhone 7 and 7 plus, and we have Fre Lifeproof cases on both. I've owned previous models of Lifeproof as well as competitor cases, and I think this is so far my favorite case. It adds unbeatable protection again water as well as dust and drops without adding excess bulk. It fits into the Virtual Reality Headset without removing the case. It also seems compatible with the chargers and auxiliary cords I have via the headphone adapter cable. Honestly, I would say the only disadvantage would be if you wanted to remove the case. It is difficult to get off and takes a little tool that comes with it to take off, so you couldn't do it safely any time any place. Overall, I am extremely happy with this case in both the new releases and would purchase again in a heartbeat!","Product: Find your children's favorite story effortlessly using the ECR4Kids Double-Sided Fabric Book Display. Designed for use at home, daycare, or in a classroom environment, the double-sided book display features five easy-to-reach fabric shelves on each side. This unit is an extremely lightweight alternative to the traditional heavy hardwood version. The durable birch frame has smooth and rounded edges for safety and is lined with an attractive neutral canvas rather than the customary wooden shelving. The lightweight ECR4Kids Fabric Book Display can easily be moved from room to room. This ECR4Kids product has achieved GREENGUARD [GOLD] Certification for meeting or exceeding standards for low emissions into indoor air during product usage. With a concentration on the Pre K-12 sector, ECR4Kids offers a wide range of products from tables, chairs and desks to cots, mats and a variety of storage cases in solid wood as well as scratch resistant double-sided laminate.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Nice for a classroom or a child's bedroom...\n\nReview: One of my biggest fears as the mother of a toddler who will climb anything and everything is furniture falling on her despite my safety precautions. This is a nice addition to a bedroom because its short enough to not need to be climbed and it's lightweight enough that it wouldn't cause major problems. It won't hold an entire library full of books but it will hold a nice assortment for your preschooler to enjoy easy access to on their on. I like to rotate books and toys out so this provides a nice place to put 25 or so until she gets bored with them. It was relatively easy to assemble and looks great in her bedroom. It would also be great for a church or daycare classroom. Overall, it is a great find!","Product: This BLACK+DECKER PP610 10\" corded pole saw offers a powerful 6.5 Amp motor for your most demanding cuts; motor is inline which allows for for direct pruning and clear line of sight . It also features a 10\" premium bar and chain for improved cutting performance on larger branches. An automatic oiling system ensures constant bar and chain lubrication, and it has a clear oil window that allows the user to easily gauge the oil level. This saw also includes a sturdy 9.5' Extend pole for high hanging or hard to reach branches. At only 8lbs, the lightweight design of this saw allows for easy control and maneuverability.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Perfect for every season!\n\nReview: Black & Decker has created the perfect thing for trimming branches around your house this winter. With 6.5 Amp of power and a 10 inch blade, this will do just about any job you need around the house. My husband put it to work trimming hedges and the willow tree. It is just the right thing for keeping branches from falling on your home or power lines in the ice during the winter. It will keep your home looking well-kept in every season of the year. The only downside is that it is a corded pole saw, so you will need an electric outlet and likely an extension cord to make it functional if you have a big yard. It's only downfall is the requirement to plug it in because it can't be used in the deer woods by my husband, which would be quite useful. Overall, it works well and does what it says, so if corded is good with you, this is the perfect fit!","Product: The Rockwell RK1806K2 20V Lithium Ion Drill and Driver Combo Kit is compact and lightweight. Included are two 20-volt batteries to prevent project interruptions, LED lights on both tools for work in dark spaces, belt hooks for convenient carrying, and ergonomic handles for comfort during use.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect for your handy man!\n\nReview: My husband loves this drill/impact driver set. It's a great deal at a great price. If you buy a cheaper set, you'll get lesser quality. This is definitely worth the difference! This set comes with two 20v batteries which make extended projects a snap. Charge one, use one so you're are never waiting on a battery to charge. One of the best parts of this set is free replacement batteries for life. That in and of itself makes this set better than others on the market. The batteries are nearly as expensive as the set itself. You've got a set you can trust for many years to come. This set is more adjustable and more powerful than similarly priced sets making it superior in power and versatility. This is the perfect gift for the handy man or woman in your life! You won't be disappointed by this set.","Product: Fly to the rescue with the fearless Dusty Crophopper! With this exciting Story Sets playset, kids can recreate the epic moment from Disney Planes: Fire & Rescue when Dusty must help rescue the guests trapped inside the Fusel Lodge. Use the launcher to send Dusty around the track and doing what he does best fighting wildfires! Theres a lookout location on the top of the building where Dusty can rest in between missions and see who needs help down below. Go round and round the Fusel Lodge until Dusty takes out all the flames! Once all the flames are out, release the trapped guests from inside the lodge. You did it! Kids can connect the launcher to the Air Attack Base and Wild Fire Set (sold separately) to enhance storytelling and rescue play. Includes Pontoon Dusty and 1 launcher. Ages 4 and up.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Tons of fun for your little one!\n\nReview: If you have a planes lover in your life, this will be the best gift ever (for him or her). This offer endless hours of time with his or her imagintion thanks to Disney and Mattel. Each set comes with a track/scene and a character from the movie. Now for the bad part: it comes unassembled and will occupy a good bit of time and patience to assemble without your little one's \"help\". This set (Fire at the Fusel lodge is a pretty good size and you would want somewhere to store this set without disassembling it. Mattel is offering several other connecting sets and story lines for more hours of fun and gift giving pleasure. We also have Wildfire Rescue Playset, Air Attack Playset, and Maru's Gas Up & Go Stop. Aside from the assembling part and the size, I can't imagine one bad thing about this product. Your older preschoolers/ younger grade schoolers are gonna love it!","Product: When it comes to those busy days with baby, simple is better. That's why we've reinvented our classic gear toy to make it easy to play, stow and go! This 2-in-1 portable toy helps kids explore how gears work and cars move, while making playtime fun for baby and easy for you. In car mode, little ones can roll the car around, which makes the little passengers spin. Then open the car to let your little one explore some early engineering play with the 5 removable gears. Kids can peg the gears in the 9 different locations around the inside of the car to explore how they fit together, which helps promote development of their motor skills. When gears are arranged in sequence, kids can turn any gear to make each of its neighbors spin, which can help them discover cause and effect. The gears are also stackable for more exploration! Then, when it's time to pack up for your next adventure, snap the gears securely inside the car or on the wheels, close it up and toss it in a diaper bag for space-saving storage and transport. Playskool and all related properties are trademarks of Hasbro.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Fun for a little one!\n\nReview: I got this for a one year old who thinks it is pretty fun for a few minutes. I like the idea that there are few ways to play with it. You can push it like a car or open it up and see the gears spin or stack them. I wouldn't say that it would hold even a one year old's attention for more than a few minutes but it is enjoyable. It is terribly difficult to remove from the packaging which I hate! When will toy companies get the memo that I don't want to get a knife to open a toy and end up slicing my hand open on the plastic in the process. Overall, for its price it is a great little toy for a little one!","Product: It's bedtime for Baby Stella! Baby Stella Sweet Dreams Nurturing Doll features a soothing lavender scent, cozy pajamas, magnetic pacifier, bottle and her favorite snuggly lamb. Your little ones will put her to sleep knowing that all dreams will be sweet. Features a lavender scent technology by Celessence, an innovative microencapsulation delivery system - gently hug Baby Stella to release her lavender scent. Pajamas and diaper are easily changed with Velcro-like closures on the back. Baby Stella by Manhattan Toy is an ideal first baby doll collection that will encourage little ones to role play, nurture and care. Baby Stella dolls are completely soft and beautifully crafted with life like details such as a belly button and perfectly plump tummy. You can change her outfits and every doll comes with a magnetic pacifier. This unique collection of baby dolls also offers a variety of soft and safe doll accessories that allow little ones a caregiving experience. Since 1979, Manhattan Toy has been making award-winning, high quality, educational toys for your baby, toddler or kid. From baby dolls and doll accessories to plush toys and toys for toddlers, our goal is to provide the safest and best toys available. All of our products, from the newest concepts to our time-tested classics, are innovatively designed to inspire imaginative play and are routinely safety tested to pass strict CPSC, ASTM, EN71 and Health Canada safety standards.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect for your toddler!\n\nReview: Upon removing Baby Stella from the box, it was love at first sight for my 21 month old. She loves Baby Stella. She has barely put her down so I know she loves her! With a new baby sister on the way, it is a great way for her to \"practice\" being a big sister. She can feed baby and give her a pacifier or a stuffed animal. The lavender scent is also a nice touch for your little one. She is a good sized doll and will make a great, sturdy companion for years to come. It's nice that the pacifier magnetizes to the doll's mouth because that can be difficult to keep up with. Overall, this is a thoughtfully made product. I can't wait to explore some of the other Baby Stella versions out there for my new little one.","Product: Numbers & Colors Pig E Bank is an adorable interactive learning toy including a talking pig shaped sorter and 10 chunky coins. The Pig E Bank talking toy has 2 play modes: Learning and Find It! Each coin has its own color and shows a bold number 1-10. \"Let's find a green color!\" \"Let's find the number 5.\" The Numbers & Colors Pig E Bank Electronic Learning Toy will guide your child through the game play. It also will name the colors and numbers, teaching your child early math skills. Children will love placing the shapes in the piggy container and hearing the tasks, cheerful comments, or silly phrases that this tot piggy bank says. All colorful coins store neatly inside the toy.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A really cute idea but a few design flaws...\n\nReview: This game is really cute and a lot of fun for a young preschooler but there are few flaws which are a tad frustrating. First of all, the colors are wrong about 15-20% of the time because of the circle design it uses is easy to mess up. It gauges the size of circle on the back of the fish to say the color and sometimes it's off because it goes in crooked or your finger touches the trigger. This could be a tad confusing. The second major issue is that the fish can only be inserted facing out because of this design which can be frustrating for a preschooler.\n\nThe game is really cute and my daughter seemed to enjoy it and it's \"talking\". It's a great way to way to learn colors. It would be really cool if it was bilingual and did other languages but overall it's a fun toy.","Product: Dr. Paul Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world’s leading experts in applied linguistics. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed The Pimsleur Method based on two key principles: the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called “Graduated Interval Recall.” This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the Pimsleur Programs.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A good value for the price\n\nReview: If you are looking for an introductory Spanish course you can put on your mp3 player and listen to it once a day for about 30 minutes, this may be a good choice for you. For the price, you get a decent introduction to Spanish. If you are just interested in learning a little about a language or just want to see what it is like, this is a good way to start. It isn't going to make you fluent, but you would be able to carry on a conversation. It is a pretty basic course, but they give you a discount on their full version if you want to go deeper and continue your studies. I rated it four stars just because I wished it went a little more in depth. In addition to being an introduction to Spanish, it is also an introduction to the Pimsleur method of teaching all languages. The Pimsleur method is comparable to the more well known Rosetta Stone.\n\nIf you are just looking to get your feet wet in learning Spanish, I highly suggest starting here. It is worth the price!"],"string":"[\n \"Product: This unique 5-gallon portable wall mount wet dry vacuum cleaner has an innovative design that provides users with several options for cleanup, making it the perfect small shop vacuum cleaner for garage or home use. It has the option of being mounted directly to the wall, detached and used as a portable shop vacuum, or used as a blowing accessory for leaves and other debris. For added convenience, the hoses and accessories can all be stored on board.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Space saver for every family!\\n\\nReview: If you're anything like my family, there is a lot of stuff in the garage especially in any closet or shelf space. We own a larger shop vac that takes up the majority of the floor space in the garage closest. I hate climbing over it and moving it to get to other things in there so when I saw this I thought it was a genius idea. From box to mount only took a few minutes and three screws. It's mounted on a wall in the garage that is easily accessible but not in the way. With the accessories included (a shorter 7' hose and a longer 14' hose which can be combined) it's easy to vacuum or blow leaves out of the garage. The 5 hp was adequate for any of the tasks we'd need. This is a good value for our family and saves tons of floor space.\",\n \"Product: The Born Free ComfortFit Body Pillow is supportive during and after pregnancy. The unique design hugs the body providing ultimate support to your belly and legs while keeping hips in a comfortable position.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A good pillow for side sleepers....\\n\\nReview: I am a side sleeper, and I think that is going to give me a natural tendency toward liking this style of pillow. I've owned this pillow and the Snoogle by Leachco and this pillow. I like Born Free's pillow, but I think that the Snoogle is just a little bit better in the end. This is a close second for me. It is a great shape and has more support if you intend to use it for nursing. I've tried it nursing but find it a little big and will problem stick with the My brest friend pillow for that. It is fun for a toddler to lounge on though. As far as sleeping go, it's a little stiff to be completely comfortable which is the main reason I prefer the snoogle. If you like firm pillows, this one is for you! Overall, it is a great pillow!\",\n \"Product: The Rabbit Wing Corkscrew is an essential tool for any home bar or kitchen. This classic corkscrew's twin arms provide extra leverage to remove wine corks with ease. Constructed of durable plastic and stainless steel for long service life. Designed to fit any size bottle. Dishwasher-safe for easy cleaning. This corkscrew is backed with a 5-year warranty.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Does what it's supposed to every time...\\n\\nReview: If you are looking for a corkscrew that does the job the right way every time. this is it. I honestly don't have a lot of experience with a variety of corkscrews but I can use this one with little effort and it works right every time. It is easy to insert and even has step by step instructions with pictures on Amazon's website. You really can't go wrong. The last thing you want to do when you are ready to open a bottle is be more frustrated by opening it. This solves that problem for good. This will however take up a decent amount of drawer space so keep that in mind. Overall, this is a great product for the wine lover in your life!\",\n \"Product: Whatever your preference, single or double espresso, cappuccinos, or lattes, the De'Longhi ECP3420 15 Bar Pump Espresso Machine ensures barista quality results at home so you can enjoy your favorite coffee house beverages at home. The advanced cappuccino system with hot milk or cappuccino selector, mixes and steams milk to a rich, creamy froth for evenly textured drinks. Other features include a double layer drip tray, removable water tank, and fill stainless steel accents. Whatever your preference - single or double espresso, cappuccino or latte - the machine brews authentic barista-quality beverages just like your favorite coffeehouse. The bottom tray of the unit is easy to remove to fit taller cups. EASY TO CLEAN : Removable water tank and drip tray make for easy cleanup, and the parts are dishwasher safe. You can also store your filters in the space saving design.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A nice Intro level espresso machine...\\n\\nReview: I was interested in making an occasional mocha or cappuccino for myself at home and this is great for that. It's compact. No bigger than my Keurig and fits on the counter under the cabinet with no issues. I bought some preground espresso at the grocery, cleaned the machine per the directions and gave it a whirl. It was pretty simple. The direction booklet contains some easy espresso recipes. I went with the mocha for the first time. It was good and easy. The only complaint I have is it is a tad hard to get the espresso filter/handle in the machine and in the locked position but it may get easier with time. This is not a $1000 coffee house machine but it's perfect for around $150 and light home use!\",\n \"Product: Created with hunters, fishermen, and outdoor enthusiasts in mind, the FoodSaver GameSaver Big Game Vacuum Sealing System features an updated, rugged design with integrated carrying handle and large, rubberized buttons. This new design has intelligent sealing control that lets you do up to 80 consecutive seals or up to 240 pounds of food, and includes a bonus 15-foot 12V power cord, extra-large drip tray and built-in storage compartment. Preserve your prize game and prevent freezer burn.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Much better than freezer bags!\\n\\nReview: All the men in my family are big hunters so game in the freezer is something we deal with every year around this time. Once the game is cut up, it's time to freeze it to last til next season. We've typically used plastic freezer bags but avoiding air in the bags and freezer burn is sometimes a challenge. No more! This product makes sealing in freshness and out air a breeze! Therefore the meat stays much fresher longer. This model is more rugged and designed for outdoor use but could be used in the kitchen is well. It takes up quite a bit of space so it may be more appropriate for storage in a shop or garage. The kit comes with a starter pack or sealing bag but replacements are readily available on Amazon. Overall, this is a good product for someone who regularly packages meat for storage.\",\n \"Product: Kodak 1699511 7.1 Megapixel Easyshare Z712 Is Zoom Digital Camera 7.1 Megapixels ; 12x Optical Zoom; 2.5\\\" Indoor/Outdoor Color Display; 32 Mb Internal Memory & Secure Digital Card/Multimediacard Expansion Slot; Features Hi-Iso Scene Mode & Cropping ; Perfect Touch Technology; Kodak Color Science; Video Print Options Including 4, 9 Or 16 Up Prints; Features Optical Image Stabilization & Quick Click-To-Capture Speed (0.26 Sec) ; 16 Scene & 5 Color Modes; Features Tv-Quality Video At 30 Fps ; Includes Digital Camera, Li-Ion Digital Camera Battery, Usb & A/V Cables, Neck Strap, Kodak Easyshare Software & Custom Camera Insert\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: You will not be disappointed.\\n\\nReview: After seeing that this camera was not immediately available on Amazon, I went to Staples and bought it. It was one of only two available, and I am lucky to have found it. So far, I have been extremely impressed. It takes excellent pictures in a variety of scenarios, but I have been most impressed with its ability in low light situations. Standing in a completely dark room, it makes photos look like it is daylight. The zoom is fantastic. Although the camera is completely automatic and adjusts to the appropriate settings, it allows the flexibility of a manual camera, which is perfect for the amateur photographer who wants a little more out of his or her camera. If you are looking for a simple point and shoot, it might be a little big and complicated, but if you want more, this camera is perfect for you. I don't think you will be disappointed; I know I love it.\",\n \"Product: The Targus 15.6inch Crave Laptop Sleeve is designed to protect up to 15.6inch widescreen laptops. Inspired by outdoor apparel, the Crave slipcase is made of durable weather-resistant material which has been abrasion tested for durability and features a stain-guard coating to protect its surface. The large zippered side pocket provides ample storage for a power adapter or additional accessories. With just enough room to carry your laptop and a few essentials, this multifunctional slipcase can be used alone or inside another laptop case for added protection. The soft, scratch-resistant lining keeps the laptop free from dust or scratches while on the go.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: No extra bulk...just what you need\\n\\nReview: This case is a great product. It provides more than adequate protection for your laptop without any added bulk. It comes in a variety of sizes to fit different products, but I received the 16-inch version. It is a perfect fit for my laptop and the front pocket is perfect for my charger or CDs. It is well constructed and doesn't feel cheap like many products on the market currently. The backpack straps are comfortable to wear and the top handle is durable enough that it could be used as an alternative to the straps. If you are looking for something you can carry a lot of stuff in, then this isn't it, but if you are looking for a durable, water-resistant solution for your laptop, look no further. You will find this to be the perfect fit!\",\n \"Product: If you're looking for the most rugged, durable, yet ultimately affordable Kindle Fire protection, you found it in the Drop Tech Series Kindle Fire Case. Shock absorption, drop protection, extreme ruggedness and hard-core readiness for all adventures, the Drop Tech Series Kindle Fire specifically conforms to the shape of the Kindle Fire and offers multiple layers of protection. This transformer case features a uniquely replaceable, snap-on integrated screen for maximum protection.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Just what you wanted when you were looking for an otterbox...\\n\\nReview: If you are like me and many other, the first case you looked for was an otterbox when you ordered your new Kindle Fire. You soon discovered that they didn't make one. However, Gumdrop cornered the mark up. You will find the multiple piece structure familiar and functional. Part of the screen is replaceble. The inner black piece fits under the silicone cover. The case protects well from shock and scratches, however it is not waterproof.\\n\\nThe only thing that I would caution you about is overheating. I've heard people say they have had issues with overheating. I personally haven't had issues, but I don't usually use mine more than an hour or two at a time. Any tight fitting, protective case would have the same potential.\\n\\nOverall, this is a great case with quality construction and protection. If you need a little extra protection, you've found it.\",\n \"Product: New Balance, is dedicated to helping athletes achieve their goals. It's been their mission for more than a century. It's why they don't spend money on celebrity endorsements. They spend it on research and development. It's why they don't design products to fit an image. They design them to fit. New Balance is driven to make the finest shoes for the same reason athletes lace them up: to achieve the very best.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A great shoe for a great price\\n\\nReview: I have been a fan of New Balance for many years, so when I found these on sale on amazon.com, I didn't hesitate to buy them. Who can beat free shipping on top of a great price?\\n\\nThese shoes look great and fit true to New Balance sizes! I was originally attracted to them because they are accented in purple, and I was looking for purple tennis shoes because I wear a lot of purple t-shirts. I have gotten a ton of compliments on the colors. The black accent make my fit look smaller, which I love because I feel like my feet are huge. Best of all, they are lightweight and my feet don't hurt at the end of the day.\\n\\nYou won't be disappointed in this pair of New Balance shoes!\",\n \"Product: New Balance, is dedicated to helping athletes achieve their goals. It's been their mission for more than a century. It's why they don't spend money on celebrity endorsements. They spend it on research and development. It's why they don't design products to fit an image. They design them to fit. New Balance is driven to make the finest shoes for the same reason athletes lace them up: to achieve the very best.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: A great shoe for a great price\\n\\nReview: I have been a fan of New Balance for many years, so when I found these on sale on amazon.com, I didn't hesitate to buy them. Who can beat free shipping on top of a great price?\\n\\nThese shoes look great and fit true to New Balance sizes! I was originally attracted to them because they are accented in purple, and I was looking for purple tennis shoes because I wear a lot of purple t-shirts. I have gotten a ton of compliments on the colors. The black accent make my fit look smaller, which I love because I feel like my feet are huge. Best of all, they are lightweight and my feet don't hurt at the end of the day.\\n\\nYou won't be disappointed in this pair of New Balance shoes!\",\n \"Product: The Fruit of the Loom women's low cut socks are made with heel and toe cushioning for the ultimate comfort and shock absorption. These best-selling socks are carefully designed and constructed to look and feel great, and last wear after wear. Spandex is knitted throughout the sock for a streamlined performance fit, and the energizing compression arch provides enhanced support so you can keep going. 6 pairs per package.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect for wearing with athletic shoes!\\n\\nReview: I find it difficult to find a good balance of comfort, fit and durability when it comes to socks. These actually met my expectations really well at an affordable price point. This set comes with a variety of different color patterns on the bottom, but they do not show when worn with most shoes. They are thick enough on the bottom that I think they will hold up for a good long time, but they aren't so thick as to be annoying when worn with tennis shoes. Most importantly, they fit perfect around the ankle. They aren't cutting off my circulation but they are tight enough to stay up and not ride down during the day. Overall, these are a great find and I would purchase again in the future!\",\n \"Product: With convenient set up and easy portability, the SKLZ PitchBack is great for all diamond players and teams. Simply set up your training aid at the park, field, or even your backyard for hours of fun. The sturdy rebound net training improves throwing and fielding as the adjustable pitchback angles allow for pop flies, line drives, and grounders.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect for many uses!\\n\\nReview: These plastic baseballs have all the joys of a wiffle ball without the problems. They are long lasting and stand up so much better than the brittle plastic of their predecessors. They are equal in size and weight but are much more durable because they bend with a good hit but pop right back into place without cracking like previous wiffle balls. These are perfect for so much more than baseball practice. This is my one year old's favorite ball to throw, catch and carry around because they aren't heavy enough to do any damage, and they are perfect to grip for little hands. I also have lots of plans for using these in my high school classroom for review games and so much more. They are great for games because they are easy to throw and catch but they are light enough that I don't have to worry about them doing too much damage to property or others. No more broken windows with real balls or cracked wiffle balls! These are the perfect solution!\",\n \"Product: Performance in its purest form. Misfit ray is our most minimal and versatile tracker. It delivers the fitness and sleep tracking you need to stay motivated, including steps taken, distance traveled, calories burned, activity tagging, and sleep duration and quality. It also never needs charging and is water-resistant to 50 meters, so it can be worn constantly. That means more data, better insights, and more powerful motivation. Rays clean lines create a form that is as much about fashion as it is about function. Wear it stacked with a smart Watch and cuff, or Customize it to your style - it features hidden 8-mm spring bars that allow it to be worn with almost any standard accessory, including Watch bands, bracelets, or necklaces.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Great alternative to Fitbit!\\n\\nReview: I've owned a Fitbit for a few years and my husband has a Jawbone. I thought this one looked interesting. It's a bit more visually appealing than the other ones I've owned. I like the versatility because there are other accessories available to allow you to wear it other ways other than just a bracelet. I am currently wearing it on my wrist. Assembly was a tiny bit confusing only because I threw away the batteries before I realized they were tucked inside the packaging so be careful of that. I had to get the bracelet apart and put the 3 tiny batteries in the right order and put it back together. Then it took a couple minutes to download the Misfit app and connect it via Bluetooth to my iPhone. It synced pretty quickly and seems to be accurate for steps and sleep. It divided sleep into restful and light based on how much I moved and even identified when I woke up with my two year in the middle of the night. It's pretty comfortable to wear even in bed and the bracelet is adjustable.\",\n \"Product: With LifeProof FR for iPhone 7, youre free to venture off the beaten path and come back with proof of your triumphs. WaterProof, DirtProof, SnowProof and DropProof, FR braves the elements while blocking them from soaking circuits or clogging ports. Whats more, the integrated screen cover keeps your display pristine, and the custom design leaves every feature and function accessible.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Best case for sleek design and unbeatable protection!\\n\\nReview: We own both an iPhone 7 and 7 plus, and we have Fre Lifeproof cases on both. I've owned previous models of Lifeproof as well as competitor cases, and I think this is so far my favorite case. It adds unbeatable protection again water as well as dust and drops without adding excess bulk. It fits into the Virtual Reality Headset without removing the case. It also seems compatible with the chargers and auxiliary cords I have via the headphone adapter cable. Honestly, I would say the only disadvantage would be if you wanted to remove the case. It is difficult to get off and takes a little tool that comes with it to take off, so you couldn't do it safely any time any place. Overall, I am extremely happy with this case in both the new releases and would purchase again in a heartbeat!\",\n \"Product: Find your children's favorite story effortlessly using the ECR4Kids Double-Sided Fabric Book Display. Designed for use at home, daycare, or in a classroom environment, the double-sided book display features five easy-to-reach fabric shelves on each side. This unit is an extremely lightweight alternative to the traditional heavy hardwood version. The durable birch frame has smooth and rounded edges for safety and is lined with an attractive neutral canvas rather than the customary wooden shelving. The lightweight ECR4Kids Fabric Book Display can easily be moved from room to room. This ECR4Kids product has achieved GREENGUARD [GOLD] Certification for meeting or exceeding standards for low emissions into indoor air during product usage. With a concentration on the Pre K-12 sector, ECR4Kids offers a wide range of products from tables, chairs and desks to cots, mats and a variety of storage cases in solid wood as well as scratch resistant double-sided laminate.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Nice for a classroom or a child's bedroom...\\n\\nReview: One of my biggest fears as the mother of a toddler who will climb anything and everything is furniture falling on her despite my safety precautions. This is a nice addition to a bedroom because its short enough to not need to be climbed and it's lightweight enough that it wouldn't cause major problems. It won't hold an entire library full of books but it will hold a nice assortment for your preschooler to enjoy easy access to on their on. I like to rotate books and toys out so this provides a nice place to put 25 or so until she gets bored with them. It was relatively easy to assemble and looks great in her bedroom. It would also be great for a church or daycare classroom. Overall, it is a great find!\",\n \"Product: This BLACK+DECKER PP610 10\\\" corded pole saw offers a powerful 6.5 Amp motor for your most demanding cuts; motor is inline which allows for for direct pruning and clear line of sight . It also features a 10\\\" premium bar and chain for improved cutting performance on larger branches. An automatic oiling system ensures constant bar and chain lubrication, and it has a clear oil window that allows the user to easily gauge the oil level. This saw also includes a sturdy 9.5' Extend pole for high hanging or hard to reach branches. At only 8lbs, the lightweight design of this saw allows for easy control and maneuverability.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect for every season!\\n\\nReview: Black & Decker has created the perfect thing for trimming branches around your house this winter. With 6.5 Amp of power and a 10 inch blade, this will do just about any job you need around the house. My husband put it to work trimming hedges and the willow tree. It is just the right thing for keeping branches from falling on your home or power lines in the ice during the winter. It will keep your home looking well-kept in every season of the year. The only downside is that it is a corded pole saw, so you will need an electric outlet and likely an extension cord to make it functional if you have a big yard. It's only downfall is the requirement to plug it in because it can't be used in the deer woods by my husband, which would be quite useful. Overall, it works well and does what it says, so if corded is good with you, this is the perfect fit!\",\n \"Product: The Rockwell RK1806K2 20V Lithium Ion Drill and Driver Combo Kit is compact and lightweight. Included are two 20-volt batteries to prevent project interruptions, LED lights on both tools for work in dark spaces, belt hooks for convenient carrying, and ergonomic handles for comfort during use.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect for your handy man!\\n\\nReview: My husband loves this drill/impact driver set. It's a great deal at a great price. If you buy a cheaper set, you'll get lesser quality. This is definitely worth the difference! This set comes with two 20v batteries which make extended projects a snap. Charge one, use one so you're are never waiting on a battery to charge. One of the best parts of this set is free replacement batteries for life. That in and of itself makes this set better than others on the market. The batteries are nearly as expensive as the set itself. You've got a set you can trust for many years to come. This set is more adjustable and more powerful than similarly priced sets making it superior in power and versatility. This is the perfect gift for the handy man or woman in your life! You won't be disappointed by this set.\",\n \"Product: Fly to the rescue with the fearless Dusty Crophopper! With this exciting Story Sets playset, kids can recreate the epic moment from Disney Planes: Fire & Rescue when Dusty must help rescue the guests trapped inside the Fusel Lodge. Use the launcher to send Dusty around the track and doing what he does best fighting wildfires! Theres a lookout location on the top of the building where Dusty can rest in between missions and see who needs help down below. Go round and round the Fusel Lodge until Dusty takes out all the flames! Once all the flames are out, release the trapped guests from inside the lodge. You did it! Kids can connect the launcher to the Air Attack Base and Wild Fire Set (sold separately) to enhance storytelling and rescue play. Includes Pontoon Dusty and 1 launcher. Ages 4 and up.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Tons of fun for your little one!\\n\\nReview: If you have a planes lover in your life, this will be the best gift ever (for him or her). This offer endless hours of time with his or her imagintion thanks to Disney and Mattel. Each set comes with a track/scene and a character from the movie. Now for the bad part: it comes unassembled and will occupy a good bit of time and patience to assemble without your little one's \\\"help\\\". This set (Fire at the Fusel lodge is a pretty good size and you would want somewhere to store this set without disassembling it. Mattel is offering several other connecting sets and story lines for more hours of fun and gift giving pleasure. We also have Wildfire Rescue Playset, Air Attack Playset, and Maru's Gas Up & Go Stop. Aside from the assembling part and the size, I can't imagine one bad thing about this product. Your older preschoolers/ younger grade schoolers are gonna love it!\",\n \"Product: When it comes to those busy days with baby, simple is better. That's why we've reinvented our classic gear toy to make it easy to play, stow and go! This 2-in-1 portable toy helps kids explore how gears work and cars move, while making playtime fun for baby and easy for you. In car mode, little ones can roll the car around, which makes the little passengers spin. Then open the car to let your little one explore some early engineering play with the 5 removable gears. Kids can peg the gears in the 9 different locations around the inside of the car to explore how they fit together, which helps promote development of their motor skills. When gears are arranged in sequence, kids can turn any gear to make each of its neighbors spin, which can help them discover cause and effect. The gears are also stackable for more exploration! Then, when it's time to pack up for your next adventure, snap the gears securely inside the car or on the wheels, close it up and toss it in a diaper bag for space-saving storage and transport. Playskool and all related properties are trademarks of Hasbro.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: Fun for a little one!\\n\\nReview: I got this for a one year old who thinks it is pretty fun for a few minutes. I like the idea that there are few ways to play with it. You can push it like a car or open it up and see the gears spin or stack them. I wouldn't say that it would hold even a one year old's attention for more than a few minutes but it is enjoyable. It is terribly difficult to remove from the packaging which I hate! When will toy companies get the memo that I don't want to get a knife to open a toy and end up slicing my hand open on the plastic in the process. Overall, for its price it is a great little toy for a little one!\",\n \"Product: It's bedtime for Baby Stella! Baby Stella Sweet Dreams Nurturing Doll features a soothing lavender scent, cozy pajamas, magnetic pacifier, bottle and her favorite snuggly lamb. Your little ones will put her to sleep knowing that all dreams will be sweet. Features a lavender scent technology by Celessence, an innovative microencapsulation delivery system - gently hug Baby Stella to release her lavender scent. Pajamas and diaper are easily changed with Velcro-like closures on the back. Baby Stella by Manhattan Toy is an ideal first baby doll collection that will encourage little ones to role play, nurture and care. Baby Stella dolls are completely soft and beautifully crafted with life like details such as a belly button and perfectly plump tummy. You can change her outfits and every doll comes with a magnetic pacifier. This unique collection of baby dolls also offers a variety of soft and safe doll accessories that allow little ones a caregiving experience. Since 1979, Manhattan Toy has been making award-winning, high quality, educational toys for your baby, toddler or kid. From baby dolls and doll accessories to plush toys and toys for toddlers, our goal is to provide the safest and best toys available. All of our products, from the newest concepts to our time-tested classics, are innovatively designed to inspire imaginative play and are routinely safety tested to pass strict CPSC, ASTM, EN71 and Health Canada safety standards.\\n\\nRating: 5.0\\n\\nSummary: Perfect for your toddler!\\n\\nReview: Upon removing Baby Stella from the box, it was love at first sight for my 21 month old. She loves Baby Stella. She has barely put her down so I know she loves her! With a new baby sister on the way, it is a great way for her to \\\"practice\\\" being a big sister. She can feed baby and give her a pacifier or a stuffed animal. The lavender scent is also a nice touch for your little one. She is a good sized doll and will make a great, sturdy companion for years to come. It's nice that the pacifier magnetizes to the doll's mouth because that can be difficult to keep up with. Overall, this is a thoughtfully made product. I can't wait to explore some of the other Baby Stella versions out there for my new little one.\",\n \"Product: Numbers & Colors Pig E Bank is an adorable interactive learning toy including a talking pig shaped sorter and 10 chunky coins. The Pig E Bank talking toy has 2 play modes: Learning and Find It! Each coin has its own color and shows a bold number 1-10. \\\"Let's find a green color!\\\" \\\"Let's find the number 5.\\\" The Numbers & Colors Pig E Bank Electronic Learning Toy will guide your child through the game play. It also will name the colors and numbers, teaching your child early math skills. Children will love placing the shapes in the piggy container and hearing the tasks, cheerful comments, or silly phrases that this tot piggy bank says. All colorful coins store neatly inside the toy.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A really cute idea but a few design flaws...\\n\\nReview: This game is really cute and a lot of fun for a young preschooler but there are few flaws which are a tad frustrating. First of all, the colors are wrong about 15-20% of the time because of the circle design it uses is easy to mess up. It gauges the size of circle on the back of the fish to say the color and sometimes it's off because it goes in crooked or your finger touches the trigger. This could be a tad confusing. The second major issue is that the fish can only be inserted facing out because of this design which can be frustrating for a preschooler.\\n\\nThe game is really cute and my daughter seemed to enjoy it and it's \\\"talking\\\". It's a great way to way to learn colors. It would be really cool if it was bilingual and did other languages but overall it's a fun toy.\",\n \"Product: Dr. Paul Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world’s leading experts in applied linguistics. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed The Pimsleur Method based on two key principles: the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called “Graduated Interval Recall.” This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the Pimsleur Programs.\\n\\nRating: 4.0\\n\\nSummary: A good value for the price\\n\\nReview: If you are looking for an introductory Spanish course you can put on your mp3 player and listen to it once a day for about 30 minutes, this may be a good choice for you. For the price, you get a decent introduction to Spanish. If you are just interested in learning a little about a language or just want to see what it is like, this is a good way to start. It isn't going to make you fluent, but you would be able to carry on a conversation. It is a pretty basic course, but they give you a discount on their full version if you want to go deeper and continue your studies. I rated it four stars just because I wished it went a little more in depth. In addition to being an introduction to Spanish, it is also an introduction to the Pimsleur method of teaching all languages. The Pimsleur method is comparable to the more well known Rosetta Stone.\\n\\nIf you are just looking to get your feet wet in learning Spanish, I highly suggest starting here. 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"Product: Creativity Street Glitter Pom Pons are perfect for any project. This bag contains 40 Pom Pons in assorted glittery colors. Each pom pom measures 1-inch wide. With this 40-pack of Creativity Street Glitter Pom Pons, youre ready to create. With Creativity Street products, you can let your imagination shine!... | 32 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,900 |
A3SGKX9XALPWW | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Book by Bristol, Claude M. / Sherman, Harold". The summary of the review text is "Learn to Hear and Use Your Inner Power". | Many things in a book can appeal to me, but for a book to really resonate with me, many things have to combine together to make my reading and thinking experience something special. This book was one of them. The book's compelling common-sense and self-empowering messages, and its complementary common language and repe... | Many things in a book can appeal to me, but for a book to really resonate with me, many things have to combine together to make my reading and thinking experience something special. This book was one of them. The book's compelling common-sense and self-empowering messages, and its complementary common language and repe... | [
"Product: Eats-Shoots-and-Leaves\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Confessions of a Punctuation Stickler\n\nReview: Imagine your toughest English teacher with a sense of humor. Then imagine that teacher wrote a very entertaining book about the importance of punctuation. If you cannot put those images together, do not wo... | 8 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,901 |
A1MPEG5S1DNI52 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Two disc (CD + DVD) pressing of the Hard Rock band's 2007 compilation features the previously unreleased version of Led Zeppelin's 'Good Times Bad Times' plus a bonus DVD that contains a 75 minute a... | Normally I wouldn't review a greatest hits cd because most of them suck but not this one this one has a great track listing and it seems like they tweaked the songs a little bit or remastered them because they sound a lot better than they do on the original cd. A lot of GODSMACK fans like myself are going wow its been... | Normally I wouldn't review a greatest hits cd because most of them suck but not this one this one has a great track listing and it seems like they tweaked the songs a little bit or remastered them because they sound a lot better than they do on the original cd. A lot of GODSMACK fans like myself are going wow its been... | [
"Product: The Remote comes with Backlit Keys.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: great 360 remote don't understand the negative reveiws\n\nReview: This is a great universal remote the only problem I have is the price if it were lets say $20 I'd buy 3 of these things for each of my TVs. This is already 10x better than the ... | 26 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,902 |
A1YEDUONEOPVSV | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Being born an "Army Brat", Erika Ashby has been residing in Oklahoma the last 10 years finally putting an end to the nomad tendencies she had grown accustomed to. She's a happily married woman who h... | Broken Wings is an emotionally powerful read that will have you heartbroken one moment and hopeful the next. Ive read all of Erika Ashbys novels, and this is by far her best one yet.
Lynsie Fox is living a fairy tale until her life comes crashing around her. Left to pick up the pieces and cope with the unexpected, Lyn... | Broken Wings is an emotionally powerful read that will have you heartbroken one moment and hopeful the next. Ive read all of Erika Ashbys novels, and this is by far her best one yet.
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"Product: LISA PAUL IS A wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, reader, writer, blogger, and self-proclaimed comedianjust not always in that order. Ever since she was a little girl, she has devoured books. Falling in love with the Sweet Valley High series at a young age drew Lisa to series books and inspired her t... | 8 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,903 |
A3FC9ZK64Z1DAV | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Guaranteed to work or your money back - PLEASE NOTE ALL MONIES FROM THIS SALE GO TO A 501 (C)3 NO KILL ANIMAL SHELTER". The summary of the review text is "Gladiator (Single Disc Edition)". | Since the plot has been dicussed from beginning to end in alot of the other reviews, I won't take up your time with another repeat of that. Gladiator won 5 Academy Awards including best picture for the year 2000.
The single disc version offers very little in bells and whistles. Even what should be the little booklet in... | Since the plot has been dicussed from beginning to end in alot of the other reviews, I won't take up your time with another repeat of that. Gladiator won 5 Academy Awards including best picture for the year 2000.
The single disc version offers very little in bells and whistles. Even what should be the little booklet in... | [
"Product: Find out why Quilting Arts is the leading magazine for contemporary art quilters. You'll discover detailed photos and step-by-step instructions for creating one-of-a-kind works of art; tips from highly-acclaimed quilters; the latest techniques, embellishments and trends.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Perfect... | 9 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,904 |
AWC1GCIU3RSVW | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "ASA". The summary of the review text is "A beautiful ending to one of my favorite series!". | You don't expect anything but perfection from Jay Crownover and her Marked Men, and Asa doesnt disappoint. Early on in this series, Asa was the character that you wanted to like but he always did something to screw it up. He kept getting in my I cant decide if I like you or not category.
Over the series, he redeemed... | You don't expect anything but perfection from Jay Crownover and her Marked Men, and Asa doesnt disappoint. Early on in this series, Asa was the character that you wanted to like but he always did something to screw it up. He kept getting in my I cant decide if I like you or not category.
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"Product: KATIE MCGARRY was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, and reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan. Katie would love to hear from her readers. Contact her via... | 5 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,905 |
A3RK5D0VVDGCPP | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Hardcover: 551 pages
Publisher: Heritage Press (1946)
ASIN: B000DZEL7A
Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.6 x 1.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds". The summary of the review text is "A great read made... | Before I get to the meat of the review, a note: if you're interested in reading The Canterbury Tales, I can't emphasize enough how wonderful the David Wright translation is (it's in the Oxford World's Classics version). Modernized but accurate, understandable but poetic, Wright balances a love of the language with a fi... | Before I get to the meat of the review, a note: if you're interested in reading The Canterbury Tales, I can't emphasize enough how wonderful the David Wright translation is (it's in the Oxford World's Classics version). Modernized but accurate, understandable but poetic, Wright balances a love of the language with a fi... | [
"Product: Hardcover First Edition Very Fine in Very Fine jacket Book. Signed by Author(s) Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (Preceded the US edition published by HarperCollins Joanna Cotler Books in October, 2002. ) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-lib... | 39 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,906 |
A2RDR5G65D9H84 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Jamie Foxx (Collateral) stars as the one-of-a-kind innovator of soul who beat impossible odds to become a music legend. Ray is the triumphant and remarkable story of one of America's true musical ge... | This movie will be remembered for a long time due to two factors. The first one is bringing the music by Ray Charles to the attention of the newer generations, allowing the genre to resurface in its popularity. The second is the outstanding performance of Jamie Foxx, who demonstrates that when you do something from you... | This movie will be remembered for a long time due to two factors. The first one is bringing the music by Ray Charles to the attention of the newer generations, allowing the genre to resurface in its popularity. The second is the outstanding performance of Jamie Foxx, who demonstrates that when you do something from you... | [
"Product: Triathlete Magazine is a monthly publication of, about, and for triathletes. It tracks and details the updates in the triathlon world, including the bikes of the month, and shoes of the month. It gives summaries on leaders in the sport, gives tips on clothing apparel, and gives attitude notes.\n\nRating: ... | 105 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,907 |
A1N9OA03PECA38 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Irwin Krieger is a clinical social worker in private practice in New Haven, CT. He has been providing psychotherapy for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community for over 25 years. Since ... | This guide for parents of transgender teens is a well-written, easy reading, basic presentation of how to deal intelligently with your transgender or questioning teenager. Irwin Krieger is a clinical social worker with more than 25 years experience working with the LGBT community.
There are a number of books about und... | This guide for parents of transgender teens is a well-written, easy reading, basic presentation of how to deal intelligently with your transgender or questioning teenager. Irwin Krieger is a clinical social worker with more than 25 years experience working with the LGBT community.
There are a number of books about und... | [
"Product: Cool mist humidifier with low maintenance. Hunter Fan's exclusive Permawick filter that never needs replacement. 3.5 gallon output for up to 1600 sq feet coverage. Antimicrobial properties are incorporated into the plastic parts and wick. Regulated water release system. Dishwasher save pan and tray. 2 Spe... | 15 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,908 |
A2SYAQXJGRY3XE | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "The Ravelli ALS model light stand is adjustable up to 10' tall. The light stand has been designed with an air cushioned shock to provide smooth adjustments. Also included is a reversible male studio... | For the price, these stands are fairly well built and very functional, even if the finish is tad rough. They are not as solid as more expensive stands but as long as you don't load them up with really heavy stuff, it should hold up OK.
Although the lock down knobs are large, they are plastic and does not look real hea... | For the price, these stands are fairly well built and very functional, even if the finish is tad rough. They are not as solid as more expensive stands but as long as you don't load them up with really heavy stuff, it should hold up OK.
Although the lock down knobs are large, they are plastic and does not look real hea... | [
"Product: JVCC GAFF30YD Premium Grade 30 Yard Gaffers Tape is a premium-grade vinyl coated cloth gaffer's tape used in A/V, TV, photography and motion picture industries to hold wires, light and props. This tape is designed to not leave adhesive residue behind when removed. The black, grey and white rolls come from... | 51 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,909 |
A33GGROUQRQZS | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "3.0" for a product with description "CD". The summary of the review text is "Not entirely successful arrangements in decent but not ideally polished performances". | Louis Moreay Gottschalk was the first American soloist to actually achieve status and recognition as a virtuoso solo performer. His music is also remarkable for its incorporation of Caribbean folk music (especially rhythms) in his compositions. His many piano pieces are inventive, remarkable creations looking forward t... | Louis Moreay Gottschalk was the first American soloist to actually achieve status and recognition as a virtuoso solo performer. His music is also remarkable for its incorporation of Caribbean folk music (especially rhythms) in his compositions. His many piano pieces are inventive, remarkable creations looking forward t... | [
"Product: CD\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Spirited and fun, but rough, performances\n\nReview: Ippolitov-Ivanov learned a lot from Rimsky-Korsakov with respect to orchestration and color. It certainly helps with respect to getting through a piece with grace when the melodic inspiration fails, as it admittedly does on... | 85 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,910 |
A1LQTC6ERFMZ03 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "The SentrySafe Alarm Safe is equipped with a loud audible alarm that alerts you to attempted break in. Made in the USA, it's built tough to withstand a fire for up to a hour, stand up to flood and s... | I for one did not find this safe always easy to open and often had to re-enter code more than once to get this to open.
Additionally - I find myself with a nagging worry about battery life. As the keys are not overrides to open safe I find myself thinking about important documents in the safe and dead batteries not al... | I for one did not find this safe always easy to open and often had to re-enter code more than once to get this to open.
Additionally - I find myself with a nagging worry about battery life. As the keys are not overrides to open safe I find myself thinking about important documents in the safe and dead batteries not al... | [
"Product: Rustoleum 291995 Concrete Saver Putty Patch is a fast-setting general purpose cement-based patching material. Proprietary blend of Portland cements, aggregates and additives that achieve initial set in 10-15 minutes and final set in 20-25 minutes.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: An excellent product but the co... | 23 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,911 |
A3RS379E4Y52CU | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Nuts are the heroes of wholesome snacking. And Planters offers a wide variety of delicious nuts. When you're looking for snacks with protein and nutrients, grab a handful of Planters nuts (or try on... | First this is a large can of nuts. If you don't regularly eat nuts they could get a bit stale before you get to the bottom of the can. For me, I like nuts so I eat them all the time as snacks so them getting stale is not a problem for me :-).
Pros: good mix of nuts, more almonds than other products (which I like)
Co... | First this is a large can of nuts. If you don't regularly eat nuts they could get a bit stale before you get to the bottom of the can. For me, I like nuts so I eat them all the time as snacks so them getting stale is not a problem for me :-).
Pros: good mix of nuts, more almonds than other products (which I like)
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"Product: Wilton Easy Flex Silicone Spatula Set, is perfect for all your baking and cooking needs. This 3-piece silicone set includes the popular Spoonula, and a small and medium spatula. Whether youre folding a batter, mixing a cake, or smoothing out some frosting, these tools will make the job easy and fun. The s... | 17 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,912 |
A2IZ9ZSFBW7JX8 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Casabella eight glass drying mat has soft ridges to protect glass and crystal while drying. Special air-flow allows interior of glasses to dry completely which prevents condensation and water spots.... | I've been using this product for a few months now as a dish rack for my cubicle. I tend to drink a fair amount of coffee and meal replacement shakes and having a place to invert washed dishes in my cubicle has been convenient as the shared kitchen for the floor isn't always....clean...blah.
The mat itself is a perfect... | I've been using this product for a few months now as a dish rack for my cubicle. I tend to drink a fair amount of coffee and meal replacement shakes and having a place to invert washed dishes in my cubicle has been convenient as the shared kitchen for the floor isn't always....clean...blah.
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"Product: AQUA-FRESH ISO-ACTV DEEP IMPCT Size: 4.3 OZ\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: A conditioned response or this is just a weird unpleasant toothpaste\n\nReview: I'm not sure that this toothpaste is weird. It could just be a strange conditioned response to the fact that it pumps out of what looks like a travel shavi... | 40 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,913 |
A1SZUPMDG6BFXX | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "1.0" for a product with description "For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she finds herself plagued by strange visions and the inescapable... | Quick story recap: A ghost becomes attached to someone after having sex and tries to kill them afterwards unless they have sex with someone else in which case it will go after that person.
Where to begin? IT WAS ALL TERRIBLE. Thoroughly unimpressive acting from everyone. There was no chemistry between actors, espec... | Quick story recap: A ghost becomes attached to someone after having sex and tries to kill them afterwards unless they have sex with someone else in which case it will go after that person.
Where to begin? IT WAS ALL TERRIBLE. Thoroughly unimpressive acting from everyone. There was no chemistry between actors, espec... | [
"Product: MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT is a dark, detective thriller with a supernatural twist: solving your own murder from the afterlife. Play as Ronan OConnor, a Salem police detective with a chequered past, whose life is brought to an untimely end by a brutal killer. Trapped in a limbo world called Dusk, he is unable... | 26 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,914 |
A32XNWCOBWTYQY | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "April Lily Heise left her native Canada for Paris in 2000. Ever since, shes been tryingquite unsuccessfullyto stay out of romantic trouble. Shes managed to remain in her heart city, subsisting on a ... | This book is a memoir of a young, single girl from Canada looking for a summer fling in Paris, the City of Love. How hard can it be? Well actually not as easy as she imagined and she finds herself stumbling from one amourous misadventure to another. Whilst I enjoyed the experience of entering a lifestyle so different t... | This book is a memoir of a young, single girl from Canada looking for a summer fling in Paris, the City of Love. How hard can it be? Well actually not as easy as she imagined and she finds herself stumbling from one amourous misadventure to another. Whilst I enjoyed the experience of entering a lifestyle so different t... | [
"Product: Patricia Sands lives in Toronto, Canada, when she isn't somewhere else. An admitted travel fanatic, she can pack a bag in a flash and be ready to go anywhere ... particularly the south of France. Her award-winning debut novel The Bridge Club was published in 2010 and her second novel, The Promise of Prove... | 11 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,915 |
A2WKU6GBCADMOP | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "The ClearStream 2V TV Antenna uses patented technology to receive free TV signals up to 60 miles away from networks like ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS, Univision, and more in FullHD 1080 where available. ... | Bottom line: If you are just going to stuff this in an attic or somewhere else where you don't have to view it, get an uglier, cheaper antenna. The Clearstream 2V is better than a leaf-type antenna, but this particular antenna is quite a bit more expensive than comparable alternatives. For out-of-sight installations... | Bottom line: If you are just going to stuff this in an attic or somewhere else where you don't have to view it, get an uglier, cheaper antenna. The Clearstream 2V is better than a leaf-type antenna, but this particular antenna is quite a bit more expensive than comparable alternatives. For out-of-sight installations... | [
"Product: No more bootlaces! The Fretfunk Acoustic Guitar Strap Button helps you attach your strap to the head of your acoustic guitar. This small faux-leather strap fits underneath the strings at the head of your guitar, allowing a standard strap to be attached to the guitar without any damage or stress to the sur... | 26 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,916 |
AH002IIVSK5M | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "You dont have time to precision pack your briefcase. So, pack along the sleep, slim Commuter Series case easily fits any crevice in your bag. Featuring a tough two-layer construction, Commuter Seri... | I had just purchased 2 I PHONES - 5 S , for my 2 children . I know that things happen and for what you spend on the phones , you want to protect them as much as you can . I have seen them slip out of hands ( adults as well as kids )-- and they shatter and break and its just a mess !!! You need to have this OTTERBOX cas... | I had just purchased 2 I PHONES - 5 S , for my 2 children . I know that things happen and for what you spend on the phones , you want to protect them as much as you can . I have seen them slip out of hands ( adults as well as kids )-- and they shatter and break and its just a mess !!! You need to have this OTTERBOX cas... | [
"Product: Squier Affinity Series basses represent the best value in bass guitar design. The Affinity Series Precision Bass PJ rocks classic tone and comfortable feel, and new for 2013 are a two-color headstock logo, three-ply black/white/black pick guard, single-coil Jazz Bass bridge pickup in addition to the tradi... | 32 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,917 |
A12X4M86C3LI91 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Disc 1:CHOSEN SURVIVORS (1974) Disc 2:EARTH DIES SCREAMING (B&W) (1965)". The summary of the review text is "Just a really short review, barely.". | Yep, got this one to, and as I said, this is gonna really be short.
Chosen Survivor: Fine. I really think they should have stuck with the original plot--it was more interesting. Unlike everybody in the movie, I saw the 'brain doctor's' point...maybe it should have been tried like that.
The Earth Dies Screaming. P... | Yep, got this one to, and as I said, this is gonna really be short.
Chosen Survivor: Fine. I really think they should have stuck with the original plot--it was more interesting. Unlike everybody in the movie, I saw the 'brain doctor's' point...maybe it should have been tried like that.
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"Product: The innovative O-Duster Robotic Floor Cleaner Makes Your Life Easier with faster and simpler floor dusting. The O-Dusters auto-navigation feature effectively covers all your hard floor surfaces, giving you time for the rest of your to-do list. Its flexible base is designed to reach into corners and along ... | 30 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,918 |
A1FT7QFKNHL9DT | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "The premiere mixed martial arts event in the world is back in blistering Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center for UFC 43: Meltdown. In the main event, Light Heavyweight number-one contender Chuck "... | There were 3 Liddell vs. Couture fights. This is where it started. If you've seen all 3, you know they were all excellent matches, and NONE of them went all 5 rounds. So without giving anything away, this is #1. This is the first match-up between these two warriors. Randy's thought was simply, "Chuck's been waiting for... | There were 3 Liddell vs. Couture fights. This is where it started. If you've seen all 3, you know they were all excellent matches, and NONE of them went all 5 rounds. So without giving anything away, this is #1. This is the first match-up between these two warriors. Randy's thought was simply, "Chuck's been waiting for... | [
"Product: Top selling kids' series makes big screen debut with a musical version of Jonah and the Whale.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The question is, \"What did YOU learn?\" A lot of fun!\n\nReview: The question is, \"What can I say?\" Even for a Veggie Tales movie, I love taking it in with my little girl. I do not ... | 44 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,919 |
A1RPM1PQLVO6FN | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Fisheye MC Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 Lens is a compact short-focus, super wide-angle lens that provides you with a full-frame exposure (not a circle spot on the frame) that shows an ultra wide-angle 180 de... | I bought my example of this fisheye lens from ebay for the EOS mount. I use this on a 1.6x crop and I have also used it on a full frame camera as well. It's not good below f11, but it is good at f16. Ken Rockwell mentions this in his review of this lens. With this lens its best to increase ISO even at the expense of im... | I bought my example of this fisheye lens from ebay for the EOS mount. I use this on a 1.6x crop and I have also used it on a full frame camera as well. It's not good below f11, but it is good at f16. Ken Rockwell mentions this in his review of this lens. With this lens its best to increase ISO even at the expense of im... | [
"Product: Specification: Type of Tester Cable: STP/UTP twin twisted cable, coaxial cable, telephone line Locating Cable: 1 far-end passive test jack included Working Ambient Temperature: -10 ~ 60 C (14 ~ 140 F) Powered by: 4 x 1.5V AAA battery (not included) Tester Port:Tester RJ45 master port (M), tester LOOPBACK ... | 28 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,920 |
A2KHGS9SWP4LOF | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "The collection of her biggest hits plus a bonus DVD with her videos and live sessions from AOL. Mandy has sold over 2.5 Million albums in the US alone as well as starred in several movies. 14 tracks... | When I first heard the music of Mandy Moore from listening to it on the Top 40 with Rick Dees I really started to like her style. She has a beautiful voice and both fast and relaxing rythmns to her songs. This CD holds true to its title, it has all of her top number one hits from Top 40 charts and also some of her new ... | When I first heard the music of Mandy Moore from listening to it on the Top 40 with Rick Dees I really started to like her style. She has a beautiful voice and both fast and relaxing rythmns to her songs. This CD holds true to its title, it has all of her top number one hits from Top 40 charts and also some of her new ... | [
"Product: Unmasking the Phantasm is just one of the twists in Batman: Mask of Phantasm, \"one of the most imaginative films of the past year\" (Chuck Rich, Westwood One). Only here will you discover all-new revelations about Batman's past, his archrival the Joker and the most grueling battle of Batman's life - the ... | 10 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,921 |
A3JZ5L52FM318H | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Acer Aspire Switch Alpha 12 SA5-271-71NX 2-in-1 comes with these high level specs: 6th Generation Intel Core i7-6500U Processor 2.5GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.1GHz, Windows 10 Home, 12.1... | Let me tell you what I use a computer for. I teach classes at a Chicago college, and grade a lot of papers. I write. I play some games, but mostly of the retro variety (e.g. older versions of Civilization, Sim City). I do your basic social networking and internet consumption. I edit photos that I take with my phone. I ... | Let me tell you what I use a computer for. I teach classes at a Chicago college, and grade a lot of papers. I write. I play some games, but mostly of the retro variety (e.g. older versions of Civilization, Sim City). I do your basic social networking and internet consumption. I edit photos that I take with my phone. I ... | [
"Product: You'll find a myriad of uses for these tough, versatile bags; use them to line garbage containers, store seasonal items, tackle a big post-party clean-up, collect donations, and more. You name it, these 1.05 Mil thick, 30 gallon heavy duty trash bags can handle it.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Durable and m... | 106 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,922 |
A6DOCZ10B7JAJ | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Set in the 11th century, this critically acclaimed film tells a compelling story of injustice and suffering. When a kindly governor is exiled, his wife is forced into prostitution, and his son and d... | What an utterly spectacular movie. It's billing as the greatest movie ever made is completely fitting. The fact that Mizoguchi directed the beautiful Ugetsu the previous year is a phenomenal achievement. Unequaled really, throughout the history of film. Bold statement, to be sure, but one I firmly believe.
After a ... | What an utterly spectacular movie. It's billing as the greatest movie ever made is completely fitting. The fact that Mizoguchi directed the beautiful Ugetsu the previous year is a phenomenal achievement. Unequaled really, throughout the history of film. Bold statement, to be sure, but one I firmly believe.
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"Product: OUT OF PRINT\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: You're psycho not to love this film\n\nReview: What's for dinner tonight? Squid ravioli or a swordfish meatloaf w/ onion marmalade? Or what 5 star restaurant has the best bathroom to do some coke in? These are the type of questions Patrick Bateman (Bale) and his ... | 85 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,923 |
ARDKWR8F9UW3 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "The Velvet Underground co-founder's 1975 solo album forIsland, never released in the U.S. Phil Collins, Brian Eno &Chris Spedding all guest on the album, which features 12tracks, including a cover o... | John Cale has released many great albums throughout his career, including Paris 1919, Music For A New Society, Artificial Intelligence, his collaboration with Lou Reed Songs For Drella and the great live album Fragments of A Rainy Season. His three best albums, however, were recorded during his seminal "Island Years.... | John Cale has released many great albums throughout his career, including Paris 1919, Music For A New Society, Artificial Intelligence, his collaboration with Lou Reed Songs For Drella and the great live album Fragments of A Rainy Season. His three best albums, however, were recorded during his seminal "Island Years.... | [
"Product: Much more amazing than any possession movie that has come out any time since. Thiis movie has it all, it's scary, it's funny it's gross, and best of all it could be yours! I have this movie in excellent very good used condition because I do love and cherish this disgusting yet completely scary movie. Poss... | 14 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,924 |
A3PZ0H4BMZOFRT | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "3.0" for a product with description "The animated family comedy catapults moviegoers to planet Baab where admired astronaut Scorch Supernova (Brendan Fraser) is a national hero to the blue alien population. A master of daring rescues, ... | I had to think about ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH for a day or two, before deciding how much I liked it. Ultimately, it's a fun/sometimes funny animated film that doesn't really stand out from many other films like it ... but somehow remains likable and cute; a brightly-colored feast for the eyes, too.
We start on the far... | I had to think about ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH for a day or two, before deciding how much I liked it. Ultimately, it's a fun/sometimes funny animated film that doesn't really stand out from many other films like it ... but somehow remains likable and cute; a brightly-colored feast for the eyes, too.
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"Product: Grimm bloody logo graphic featured on the front of a mens t-shirt\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Given as a gift, and was a big hit!\n\nReview: Never order clothing on Amazon, especially if not for me, because sometimes you just can't trust sizing. This was for my sister, a HUGE \"Grimm\" fan, and not only d... | 77 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,925 |
ARKL8PLBDB4T5 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "The UR-18+ features ultimate stability with DDM. Normal KVM switches typically involve generic USB keyboard/mouse emulation; but with DDM, the switch maps your devices dynamically and continuously t... | First I am not going to duplicate what has already been posted in the reviews. If you want a KVM that works with Windows 7, this or the 2 port version is it. Pricey? Well if you want a solid product that really works, then it is a steal compared to other products which don't and have no support.
Keep in mind, one t... | First I am not going to duplicate what has already been posted in the reviews. If you want a KVM that works with Windows 7, this or the 2 port version is it. Pricey? Well if you want a solid product that really works, then it is a steal compared to other products which don't and have no support.
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"Product: The airtight structure of this palette keeps your paints fresh for days and even weeks. For acrylic and oil colors just peel-off to remove. Clean up has never been so easy. This package contains one paint palette (13-1/4 by 9-1/4-inch) with airtight lid. Paints not included. Imported.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSu... | 16 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,926 |
A3DYDMOZ5JHC7Q | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "The Boss Pet Aerial Dog Run Tie Out Trolley System with leash includes everything needed to create an aerial dog run to allow dogs the freedom to roam between two specific points. Premium quality vi... | This has been a great product. I have had it for about 6 months and it has held up well. I bought two 10 foot long 4 x 4 pressure treated landscape timbers, dug holes for them and planted them about 4 feet deep. This left them about 6 feet tall. I connected the run to each pole and then the wire leash to it. I had to m... | This has been a great product. I have had it for about 6 months and it has held up well. I bought two 10 foot long 4 x 4 pressure treated landscape timbers, dug holes for them and planted them about 4 feet deep. This left them about 6 feet tall. I connected the run to each pole and then the wire leash to it. I had to m... | [
"Product: Keep your picks where you need them. This sleek, ergonomically designed pickholder is made out of high-impact plastic for years of gigging. Featuring a special spring system and reusable non-marring adhesive to preserve your guitar's finish. Holds standard shaped picks only.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Spe... | 32 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,927 |
A2GAI0FY63PY4S | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "3.0" for a product with description "SALES POINTS". The summary of the review text is "New perspective. Horrible writing. Could be a lot shorter.". | http://readfantasybooks.wordpress.com
The Pillars of Creation was not as good as I hoped it would be. However, it was still an interesting read and gives readers a new perspective.
What you need to know before reading this, so you don't become disappointed as I did, is that this novel is written in a different perspe... | http://readfantasybooks.wordpress.com
The Pillars of Creation was not as good as I hoped it would be. However, it was still an interesting read and gives readers a new perspective.
What you need to know before reading this, so you don't become disappointed as I did, is that this novel is written in a different perspe... | [
"Product: The gripping finale to Robin Hobb's classic Farseer trilogy. Keystone. Gate. Crossroads. Catalyst. Fitz is about to discover the truth about the Fool's prophecy. Having been resurrected from his fatal tortures in Regal's dungeons, Fitz has once more foiled Regal's attempts to be rid of him. Now, back in h... | 4 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,928 |
A1PYHWUZ5SRBTI | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "The Marware Anti-Scratch Screen Protector Kit for Kindle Fire HD 7 is precisely cut to cover the entire display perfectly, protecting your device from scratches, dirt, dust and foreign objects.". Th... | I have to say, I have had quite a different experience than most of the reviewers for this product.
Overall, I like the product and it seems to do a good job on its primary task: Protect the screen of our beloved Amazon Kindle Fire HD. Once it is on properly, you hardly notice it and the picture seems as clear and cri... | I have to say, I have had quite a different experience than most of the reviewers for this product.
Overall, I like the product and it seems to do a good job on its primary task: Protect the screen of our beloved Amazon Kindle Fire HD. Once it is on properly, you hardly notice it and the picture seems as clear and cri... | [
"Product: This item is still sealed in the original packaging.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Good action, good message\n\nReview: Starring Bruce Willis, this film gets four stars for its straightforward and noble portrayal of the American soldier. Willis leads a team of special-op commandos into the jungle to rescue a... | 5 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,929 |
AF0L4MZP302ZU | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Combining new advanced touch sensitive buttons, a tempered glass surface, and new GFX sensors, the 18 lb Edition of the Ozeri Touch Digital Kitchen Scale is one of the industry's most advanced digit... | I actually never thought I had a need for a kitchen scale until recently when I started to prepare healthier meals for myself by measuring and weighing my food. It was then that I knew that it would definitely be an investment for my health to purchase a kitchen scale. I was given the opportunity to be provided with ... | I actually never thought I had a need for a kitchen scale until recently when I started to prepare healthier meals for myself by measuring and weighing my food. It was then that I knew that it would definitely be an investment for my health to purchase a kitchen scale. I was given the opportunity to be provided with ... | [
"Product: Power adapter\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: E-More's 4 USB Charging Station\n\nReview: This charging station has 4 USB ports so that you can charge multiple devices at one time. It fits into the palm of your hand like a remote would-so it's the perfect size for using at home or traveling. We are always on ... | 13 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,930 |
A30QG937SRG1TA | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "1.0" for a product with description "When Mafuyu Oribe and her adopted sister Tomo rescue a strange wounded man, they have no idea what they're getting involved with or what the consequences will be. Alexander Nikolaevith Hell is an Ir... | Here is my review for the manga which is identical: This series is the worst garbage i have read/watched in the last 10 years and i have experienced all sorts of "line crossing" garbage MD Geist/Urotsukidoji, Cannibal Holocaust and whatnot else but these are nothing when compared to this franchise which gets even worse... | Here is my review for the manga which is identical: This series is the worst garbage i have read/watched in the last 10 years and i have experienced all sorts of "line crossing" garbage MD Geist/Urotsukidoji, Cannibal Holocaust and whatnot else but these are nothing when compared to this franchise which gets even worse... | [
"Product: \"Get ready to be at the centre of the ultimate fantasy adventure. Enter the world of FINAL FANTASY XV, and experience epic action-packed battles along your journey of discovery. You are Noctis, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Lucis, and your quest is to reclaim your homeland from the clutches of the i... | 28 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,931 |
A26VNYTGSFO9EU | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "2.0" for a product with description "Is the saving of innocent lives a worthy cause when everyone else condemns you for the act? This burden weighs on Bocca's heart as he continues his fight against Midnight Hiyoko. But who is the real... | You know, this is one time where a director can make or break a film. Granted the material is nonsense to work with but the pacing is painful. There are only so many plane takeoffs and landings that one can bear.
The plot, if there is one, is about alien invasion and how they devastated the landscape. (You know, a s... | You know, this is one time where a director can make or break a film. Granted the material is nonsense to work with but the pacing is painful. There are only so many plane takeoffs and landings that one can bear.
The plot, if there is one, is about alien invasion and how they devastated the landscape. (You know, a s... | [
"Product: Perfect companion to the Rancilio Silvia espresso machine. The Rocky SS is a doser burr coffee grinder with 50mm plate grinding burrs found in entry-level commercial grinders. Capable of grinding up to 7.7lbs per hour the Rocky SS will be sure to keep up with your needs. The Rocky SS features a dosing cha... | 8 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,932 |
A1K97SVHGTBP0E | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "A consistent Top 100 lists bestseller, Kit Morgan, aka Geralyn Beauchamp, has been writing for fun all of her life. When writing as Geralyn Beauchamp, her books are epic, adventurous, romantic fanta... | Dear Mr. Turner is book two in the Mail Order Ink series. The strange Mrs. Pettigrew finds brides for men in Clear Creek, and her track record is amazingly successful. Pleasant Comfort's family has been living beyond its means for some time. When her father sees a way to pay off debt without much trouble on his own par... | Dear Mr. Turner is book two in the Mail Order Ink series. The strange Mrs. Pettigrew finds brides for men in Clear Creek, and her track record is amazingly successful. Pleasant Comfort's family has been living beyond its means for some time. When her father sees a way to pay off debt without much trouble on his own par... | [
"Product: Elizabeth Maddrey began writing stories as soon as she could form the letters properly and has never looked back. Though her practical nature and love of math and organization steered her into computer science for college and graduate school, she has always had one or more stories in progress to occupy he... | 5 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,933 |
A2JAQPUB2W6HGE | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "NYT and USA Today best selling author,Robyn Peterman writes because the people inside her head wont leave her alone until she gives them life on paper. She writes snarky, sexy, funny paranormal and ... | This is book four in the shift happens series and I was so excited to see that Junior was finally getting his own book. Junior aka Jacob the police chief an Alpha of the Georgia wolf pack He has a reputation of being a man whore amongst the pack but there is only one woman for him . She is playing coy and trying to st... | This is book four in the shift happens series and I was so excited to see that Junior was finally getting his own book. Junior aka Jacob the police chief an Alpha of the Georgia wolf pack He has a reputation of being a man whore amongst the pack but there is only one woman for him . She is playing coy and trying to st... | [
"Product: A gripping and hauntingly atmospheric debut novel from Anne Rice's son In the brooding milieu of New Orleans, four friends are about to recognise the fragile boundaries between loyalty and betrayal. Once inseparable. Meredith, Brandon, Stephen and Greg enter high school only to learn that their friendship... | 11 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,934 |
A161I647R6DM2V | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "HUE cotton leggings are the hottest, must-have leggings accessory. These ankle length cotton leggings can be worn alone or under a long tunic for a great look.". The summary of the review text is "S... | I am a fan of Hue jeggings and the quality is usually quite good. I am only about 5'2", so all the jeggings are a few inches longer than I'd like, but that is the usual problem i have with just about any kind of pant - I have to hem them. Also I wear a size "small", and I have noticed the waistband measurements can var... | I am a fan of Hue jeggings and the quality is usually quite good. I am only about 5'2", so all the jeggings are a few inches longer than I'd like, but that is the usual problem i have with just about any kind of pant - I have to hem them. Also I wear a size "small", and I have noticed the waistband measurements can var... | [
"Product: These 38 mm poly seal screw caps fit our 1/2 and 1 gallon jugs that we carry. The poly cap will not rust over time.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: These DO fit new-style GT's Kombucha & GT's Synergy bottles (and old style bottles too) and keep in the fizz!\n\nReview: I home brew kombucha and needed caps that ... | 24 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,935 |
A23V31AXVPHVJV | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Alyssa Rose Ivy is a New Adult and Young Adult author who loves to weave stories with romance and a southern setting. Although raised in the New York area, she fell in love with the South after movi... | Soar is the first book in the Empire Chronicles by Alyssa Rose Ivy. This new series takes place in the same world as the Crescent Chronicles. While the focus is no longer on Allie and Levi, you still get to see them and many of the other characters we know and love. We are introduced to new characters as well. There is... | Soar is the first book in the Empire Chronicles by Alyssa Rose Ivy. This new series takes place in the same world as the Crescent Chronicles. While the focus is no longer on Allie and Levi, you still get to see them and many of the other characters we know and love. We are introduced to new characters as well. There is... | [
"Product: Finale\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: I'm going to miss this series\n\nReview: Finale is the fourth and final book in the Hush, Hush Saga by Becca Fitzpatrick. This one had some twists and surprises, that's for sure. Some I saw coming, but not all. Nora is figuring her way as the new Nephilim leader. I think ... | 5 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,936 |
A2HWD9PTM7RBXN | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "3.0" for a product with description "The Clash ~ London Calling". The summary of the review text is "Consistently Good But Not Revered". | With all the hype surrounding this recording coupled with the recent death of Joey Strummer, I figured why not try this CD on for size? My expectations were a heavy punk influenced recording with searing guitars and screaming vocals. What I heard were some varying textures and instrumental definition.
Most of the arran... | With all the hype surrounding this recording coupled with the recent death of Joey Strummer, I figured why not try this CD on for size? My expectations were a heavy punk influenced recording with searing guitars and screaming vocals. What I heard were some varying textures and instrumental definition.
Most of the arran... | [
"Product: They were five teenage students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At seven a.m., they had nothing to say, but by four p.m., they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. John Highes, creator of the critically acclaim... | 72 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,937 |
A1IVMGI8BGGPOP | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Linda Gould is a career bureaucrat. She earned a bachelor's degree in English from Western Maryland College and a master's degree in political science from American University in Washington, DC. Lin... | Handmaidens of Rock takes place during the backend of the sixties and surrounds three young girls who start to follow a band from their hometown. The girls have their own dreams, but don't want to just be seen as the bands groupies, for lack of a better term. I was concerned when I purchased the book because I didn't k... | Handmaidens of Rock takes place during the backend of the sixties and surrounds three young girls who start to follow a band from their hometown. The girls have their own dreams, but don't want to just be seen as the bands groupies, for lack of a better term. I was concerned when I purchased the book because I didn't k... | [
"Product: Matthew Groce lives in Florida with his wife JoAnne. They have three daughters.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Fabulous Book on Social Issues!\n\nReview: Matthew Groces Different Leagues would not have been a typical book that I would have purchased because of its baseball basis, but when applying real life s... | 4 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,938 |
A1U7YAYZCG6ELL | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Protect and organize quadcopter drones like never before. A patent-pending design and Form Shell technology pushes the limits of flexibility and protection so you can take your drone wherever you wa... | This is a great bag for whatever you want it to do. It may be branded for drones, but it makes a great tech bag all around.
I have found the constructions to be truly top notch.
On the outside you have a small zippered pouch which can hold a cell phone or other flat device. I would say you could fit two in there.
On... | This is a great bag for whatever you want it to do. It may be branded for drones, but it makes a great tech bag all around.
I have found the constructions to be truly top notch.
On the outside you have a small zippered pouch which can hold a cell phone or other flat device. I would say you could fit two in there.
On... | [
"Product: Batman: Arkham Asylum\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Best Batman game I have ever played.\n\nReview: I wasn't expecting much from this game as in the past Batman has not been treated well by the gaming industry.\nI am happy to say that in this case they have done it right.\n\nIts not perfect in every way, but... | 30 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,939 |
A29MCZ55V6XTBV | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Case Compatibility: Universal Folio Case compatible with 9 - 10.1 inch tablets". The summary of the review text is " So Glad I found this Folio for my Oddball (but Great) 9.7" Tablet". | <div id="video-block-R215IJP70LA1YC" class="a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block"></div><input type="hidden" name="" value="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/D1wuS%2BLsauS.mp4" class="video-url"><input type="hidden" name="" value="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81vU5... | <div id="video-block-R215IJP70LA1YC" class="a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block"></div><input type="hidden" name="" value="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/D1wuS%2BLsauS.mp4" class="video-url"><input type="hidden" name="" value="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81vU5... | [
"Product: Performance for Work and Play with Intel Core M Processors The Intel Core M processor is the ideal processor for multimode devices and others that require high performance with great energy efficiency. Rugged Construction A rubber bumper around the top cover absorbs the force of side bumps. The corners ar... | 39 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,940 |
ABFYSQA44HKQK | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Features: -Can be controlled via smart phone or tablet / Bluetooth -LED lamp appearance -Wireless Bluetooth connection -E27/E26 lamp base, screw in type -Adjustable volume of light and music -Bright... | I received this free or virtually so for product testing and review. I am under no obligation to provide a positive review and receive no incentives or rewards for doing so. My aim is to highlight features and drawbacks that I would want to know about as a buyer, not hype the product for the manufacturer. My remarks ar... | I received this free or virtually so for product testing and review. I am under no obligation to provide a positive review and receive no incentives or rewards for doing so. My aim is to highlight features and drawbacks that I would want to know about as a buyer, not hype the product for the manufacturer. My remarks ar... | [
"Product: Charge and sync all your Lightning connector devices quickly and safely, using just one cable. Simply plug the USB end directly into any USB port to stay connected while you're at home, at work, or on the road.\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: and it doesn't pass USB through so you can't sync without taking out... | 19 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,941 |
AN7LJWCGEWFYU | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Club Dumas is a mystery novel at its most excellent stage. A film was also made with much critical success.". The summary of the review text is "Dumas and Conan Doyle vs. The Devil". | Lucas Corso deals in rare and antique books or to put in more aptly he is what amounts to a book mercenary. He operates in the shadows matching up books to collectors and collectors to books. He is the person a collector calls when they have a hole in their collection and need to find that certain book to fill that hol... | Lucas Corso deals in rare and antique books or to put in more aptly he is what amounts to a book mercenary. He operates in the shadows matching up books to collectors and collectors to books. He is the person a collector calls when they have a hole in their collection and need to find that certain book to fill that hol... | [
"Product: \"May 31, 1889. Roaring down from the mountain, a wall of water, in some places 70 feet high smashed through Johnstown, Pa., killing, in a matter of minutes, over 2000 men, women and chilren, and leaving in its wake not only tragic destruction but a national scandal that convulsed the country with horror ... | 4 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,942 |
A2YFNTOZZTIRE1 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Ben, a young Irish boy, and his little sister Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the faeries and save the spirit world.". The summary of the review text is "The ani... | I stumbled upon this movie one morning when I wanted to put something on for my three year olds when I was too tired to do anything other than lie on the couch like a sloth. I'm so glad I did, though, because this movie is seriously gorgeous. The animation style and music are beautiful and haunting all at once. The sto... | I stumbled upon this movie one morning when I wanted to put something on for my three year olds when I was too tired to do anything other than lie on the couch like a sloth. I'm so glad I did, though, because this movie is seriously gorgeous. The animation style and music are beautiful and haunting all at once. The sto... | [
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A107H3XGCV6Y4Q | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "1.0" for a product with description "Hung For The Holidays is the perfect secret Santa or stocking stuffer. An endearing 6-track EP of holiday classics sung by America's favorite teen idol that comes with in a hilarious package with yo... | A waste of time and money.
TAKE THE $7.95 and DONATE IT TO THE TSUNAMI RELIEF FUNDS. Those people need money more than a MORON like William Hung.
When I heard Hung was going to put out a Christmas album, all I thought was Simon Legree Cowell and his music biz buddies were trying to squeeze out one more dime out of th... | A waste of time and money.
TAKE THE $7.95 and DONATE IT TO THE TSUNAMI RELIEF FUNDS. Those people need money more than a MORON like William Hung.
When I heard Hung was going to put out a Christmas album, all I thought was Simon Legree Cowell and his music biz buddies were trying to squeeze out one more dime out of th... | [
"Product: RIT-Liquid Dye. Dye clothing and accessories; rejuvenate old garments; coordinate home decor; hide laundry accidents and more. Pre-dissolved liquid is also great as a stain on unfinished wood and wicker; or use to stencil or antique. Works on silk & dried floral; nylon and plastic; or even golf balls. Thi... | 46 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,944 |
A2HZHWWB5VCL8Y | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Unusual book". The summary of the review text is "An Opal of a book. Full of hidden sparks.". | Ignorance isn't bliss in the world of Artemis Fowl. In the wake of his mind wipe at the end of book three, he's still fascinated with fairies and decides to steal long lost art depicting them. He doesn't realize he's a target of the infamous Opal Koboi, an egomaniac villain from book two, who spent a full year plotting... | Ignorance isn't bliss in the world of Artemis Fowl. In the wake of his mind wipe at the end of book three, he's still fascinated with fairies and decides to steal long lost art depicting them. He doesn't realize he's a target of the infamous Opal Koboi, an egomaniac villain from book two, who spent a full year plotting... | [
"Product: A stylish women's bag with removable shoulder strap, a handle on top & extra compartment for the organizer and cell phone. Shape: Rectangle, Material: Lambskin leather, Size : 10\" x 7\" x 3 \",\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Not really an organizer\n\nReview: I had one labeled East 5th with 10 credit card sl... | 5 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,945 |
A3V5PF0VHX1ZGR | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "S.C. Stephens is a bestselling author who enjoys spending every free moment she has creating stories that are packed with emotion and heavy on romance. Her debut novel, Thoughtless, an angst-filled ... | Conversion by S C Stephens is the story of Emma and Teren. It starts off with Emma, a bright successful young woman, who has a great job, a nice home, and a Mom and Sister who she sees on a weekly basis for dinner. Her love life is a little bit boring, but she does go out on occasion, with her girlfriends for a good t... | Conversion by S C Stephens is the story of Emma and Teren. It starts off with Emma, a bright successful young woman, who has a great job, a nice home, and a Mom and Sister who she sees on a weekly basis for dinner. Her love life is a little bit boring, but she does go out on occasion, with her girlfriends for a good t... | [
"Product: K.M. Scott writes contemporary romance stories of sexy, intense, and unforgettable love. A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, she's been in love with romance since reading her first romance novel in junior high (she was a very curious girl!). She lives in Pennsylvania with her teenage son an... | 21 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,946 |
A3QKWFC92S03MP | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "100% Brand New with Tags! Proudly Made in USA! Zoozie LA's Jumpsuits will make you feel sexy, cute, and comfortable. Very soft, silky, and smooth to the touch. Made of the Polyester and Spandex whic... | I really like the material of this long sleeved jumpsuit, it's very soft and it does not wrinkle.
I'm 5'2 so unfortunately the length was too long and I weigh 111 pounds with a 29 1/2 waist and a 36 B in bust and this jumpsuit fit tight in a size Small. My advice is size up although the jumpsuit is stretchy it fit tigh... | I really like the material of this long sleeved jumpsuit, it's very soft and it does not wrinkle.
I'm 5'2 so unfortunately the length was too long and I weigh 111 pounds with a 29 1/2 waist and a 36 B in bust and this jumpsuit fit tight in a size Small. My advice is size up although the jumpsuit is stretchy it fit tigh... | [
"Product: Pure Dead Sea Mud for Spas\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: The Best Mud I ever Tried\n\nReview: You read right! 11 whopping pounds of dead sea mud from Israel straight to my front door for reviewing and testing purposes from the company called Adovia.\n\nBecause there was so much mud in an 11 pound container, ... | 29 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,947 |
ATNQJL1SF21TS | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Hamilton Beach Ensemble coffeemaker- 12-cup capacity, Stainless steel body & red accent color matches up with the Ensemble toaster , can opener & blender for a beautiful kitchen appliance display . ... | I've had this machine for about two months now, and I'm quite pleased with it. I waited a while to put up a review, because I had read some reviewers' comments about poorly made hinges. Well, I've used it every morning for two months now, and the hinges seem to be standing up. (I'll comment again if issues develop.)
A... | I've had this machine for about two months now, and I'm quite pleased with it. I waited a while to put up a review, because I had read some reviewers' comments about poorly made hinges. Well, I've used it every morning for two months now, and the hinges seem to be standing up. (I'll comment again if issues develop.)
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"Product: Track Listings\n\n\nRehab \nYou Know I'm No Good \nMe & Mr. Jones \nJust Friends \nBack to Black \nLove Is a Losing Game \nTears Dry on Their Own \nWake Up Alone \nSome Unholy War \nHe Can Only Hold Her \nYou Know I'm No Good [Remix] \n\n\nRelease Date: 12/19/2006\nRe-Released On: 3/13/2007\nLabel: Republ... | 13 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,948 |
A281387UUS2IN5 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Individually packaged seasons.". The summary of the review text is "The TV series of our youth...". | As to how, why, when and where to buy this TV series, I leave that to you. You can shop around and will find a good deal as you always do on Amazon when you give it a few minutes.
Lost in Space was not 5 stars as sci-fi(as hard or realistic sci-fi it was pretty weak) but as fantasy, fables and fairy tales, it was pric... | As to how, why, when and where to buy this TV series, I leave that to you. You can shop around and will find a good deal as you always do on Amazon when you give it a few minutes.
Lost in Space was not 5 stars as sci-fi(as hard or realistic sci-fi it was pretty weak) but as fantasy, fables and fairy tales, it was pric... | [
"Product: Gallery 30\" Stainless Steel Electric Smoothtop Range\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: Pretty smooth-top and almost stainless finish...\n\nReview: I've had the stove for a while now and it's been reliable with nary a breakdown. The only problem is that the stainless steel is not the mirror-like stainless of fi... | 65 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,949 |
A1J2YIPCE9PHCQ | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "1.0" for a product with description "Keep the party going with the Stainless Steel Buffet Server and Warming Tray by Elite Platinum. A total of three brushed stainless steel 2.5 quart buffet trays and a flat 8-inch by 18-inchwarming tr... | Having read the reviews, I was prepared for this to be a little flimsy. I knew the pans would be thin - too thin to use in the oven. I knew the lids would be delicate plastic and that the tray-holder would be flexible and sharp (yet I still cut myself). I even expected the warming tray base might not sit flat, but m... | Having read the reviews, I was prepared for this to be a little flimsy. I knew the pans would be thin - too thin to use in the oven. I knew the lids would be delicate plastic and that the tray-holder would be flexible and sharp (yet I still cut myself). I even expected the warming tray base might not sit flat, but m... | [
"Product: The Pokemon GO Plus accessory can be used with any compatible smart phone that has the Pokemon GO application installed. After the Pokemon GO Plus is paired via Bluetooth LE and a brief setup process is completed, players can encounter and catch Pokemon like never before. When the smart phone with Pokemon... | 26 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,950 |
A2BXMHV2B0QRCM | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Increase your productivity and update your desktop with this great value. Pack includes a stylish dispenser, designer insert, and 12 pads of 3 in x3 in pop-up notes in assorted pastel colors. With t... | I guess one can have fun with decorator colors and designs with Post-It Notes but I don't really see the purpose. I like to just pick the color of the notes themselves, and a plain ol' solid color boring dispenser is fine with me.
This item does what it's designed to do and be a stable base for peeling off one note a... | I guess one can have fun with decorator colors and designs with Post-It Notes but I don't really see the purpose. I like to just pick the color of the notes themselves, and a plain ol' solid color boring dispenser is fine with me.
This item does what it's designed to do and be a stable base for peeling off one note a... | [
"Product: For over 60 years Darice has prided itself on providing its customers with the best value and selection in crafting supplies, while always striving to exceed customer expectations with amazing customer service. It remains our goal to earn your trust through the traditional way we do business.\n\nRating: 2... | 29 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,951 |
A350IIQDMYY8IT | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Crocodile Dundee: Paul Hogan's hilarious, endearing performance made ""Crocodile"" Dundee the biggest box-office comedy smash of 1986 as a free spirited Australian who hunts crocodiles with his bare... | I've seen these movies in the past, but bought them here on Amazon so I can watch them with my daughter whose never seen them before. Funny how the 2nd time through a movie you see things differently. For instance it seems to me that Mick is sort of a con-man at first although he's a very likable kind of guy. He and hi... | I've seen these movies in the past, but bought them here on Amazon so I can watch them with my daughter whose never seen them before. Funny how the 2nd time through a movie you see things differently. For instance it seems to me that Mick is sort of a con-man at first although he's a very likable kind of guy. He and hi... | [
"Product: Listing is for single roll.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: A great sealant with many uses\n\nReview: Last year I cut the proverbial cable cord and installed an outdoor antenna. I used this product in two ways:\n\n(1) The antenna attaches to a mounting plate bolted to the side of a stucco house (beneath the st... | 68 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,952 |
A5JRN5EA6SWXG | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Anything "Carrie" like always gets my attention". The summary of the review text is "Jason Meets His Match!!". | ** My apologies to Pumpkin Man who reviewed this movie with the same title, "Carrie Vs. Jason." I didn't realize it until recently. I have since changed the title of this review.
I must have seen all of these movies a dozen times or more. Out of all the Friday sequels that tried to do something different this one is t... | ** My apologies to Pumpkin Man who reviewed this movie with the same title, "Carrie Vs. Jason." I didn't realize it until recently. I have since changed the title of this review.
I must have seen all of these movies a dozen times or more. Out of all the Friday sequels that tried to do something different this one is t... | [
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A3VXW5P2FBG0X9 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "3.0" for a product with description "During her first season in London, Celia Reece won theaffection of a number of eligible suitors. Unfortunately, the only man who intrigues her is Anthony Hamilton, Englandsmost scandalous rake.As fa... | Anthony Hamilton is the only son of the Earl of Lynley, but some believe that the Earl is not the real father of Anthony. An intelligent man, he simply goes by the name of Mr. Hamilton, instead of Viscount Langford and supposedly lives a depraved and immoral life. Thus, he is great gossip fodder for the ton.
Celia R... | Anthony Hamilton is the only son of the Earl of Lynley, but some believe that the Earl is not the real father of Anthony. An intelligent man, he simply goes by the name of Mr. Hamilton, instead of Viscount Langford and supposedly lives a depraved and immoral life. Thus, he is great gossip fodder for the ton.
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"Product: Sleek, stylish and functional. This contemporary tower fan in white and silver is perfect for room corners or small areas with its space saving footprint. Vertical spinning drum oscillates 70 degree for wide air distribution. Features quiet operation, lcd screen with blue backlight, ionizer and timer.\n\n... | 10 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,954 |
A2ZR5RLHI1INB1 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "If you are ready to travel but dont like to take much staff;If you like nature but have no suitable and light equipment for outdoors;If you want to look your idol but cant see clearly in a concert;I... | I first heard about these in an binocular optics forum where people obsess over virtually everything about binoculars. These were mentioned as one of the best binoculars you can buy for the money. They would be leaders in their optics class whether you are talking about a porro-prism binocular (which this one is) or th... | I first heard about these in an binocular optics forum where people obsess over virtually everything about binoculars. These were mentioned as one of the best binoculars you can buy for the money. They would be leaders in their optics class whether you are talking about a porro-prism binocular (which this one is) or th... | [
"Product: Winegard FlatWave Amped Indoor Amplified HDTV Antenna (FL5500Y)\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Found over 30 channels in the SF Bay Area!\n\nReview: This antenna has brought my older 720p/1080i Westinghouse/Sony TV (which had been relegated to a guest room limited to showing Roku streaming content or VHS/DVD ... | 18 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,955 |
AJ22XNZC2377X | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "All-Clad Brushed Stainless D5 13" French Skillet with domed lid features a large surface area and round sides that hold in heat and liquids while preventing splattering, making the pan ideal for sea... | I recently bought a Demeyer pan similar to this at Sur la Table. It's a beautiful pan but I was not ready to make it the basis of my collection. I'm a cast iron user so this is a real experiment for me. I may be way off base with this review and will be happy to correct it if told I'm doing something wrong.
First thin... | I recently bought a Demeyer pan similar to this at Sur la Table. It's a beautiful pan but I was not ready to make it the basis of my collection. I'm a cast iron user so this is a real experiment for me. I may be way off base with this review and will be happy to correct it if told I'm doing something wrong.
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"Product: Mackie CR3 3\" Creative Reference Multimedia Monitors deliver studio-quality design and performance ideal for multimedia creation and entertainment. Built using only premium, high-performance components and featuring convenient front-panel controls, Mackie Creative Reference monitors deliver professional ... | 22 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,956 |
A2E0M7R1KEKS3P | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "The Juice Pack is a rechargeable external battery concealed inside of a protective form-fitting case for the Samsung Galaxy S5. It offers the full protection of a hard shell case while providing alm... | I don't normally write reviews. I used to mainly write reviews when I would get products for free/discount in exchange for a review. But I must say this one deserves a review. **This is my honest opinion. Paid in full price**
THIS CHARGER IS HELLA GOOD. If you are one of those who has Galaxy S5s that drains a percent ... | I don't normally write reviews. I used to mainly write reviews when I would get products for free/discount in exchange for a review. But I must say this one deserves a review. **This is my honest opinion. Paid in full price**
THIS CHARGER IS HELLA GOOD. If you are one of those who has Galaxy S5s that drains a percent ... | [
"Product: The AT-HPH300 headphone hanger is a convenient tool for safely storing your headphones in areas where space is limited. The hanger features an adjustable clamp that mounts securely to a shelf, desk or other surface up to 3.5 mm (1.4\") thick. The hanger rotates 360, allowing you to store headphones unobtr... | 6 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,957 |
A3DICRPEYWH9K5 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Book by Fellowes, Jessica". The summary of the review text is "Sumptuous and satisfying until season 3 arrives". | Season two of Downton Abbey has concluded and we are left in limbo until it returns next Fall in the UK and January 2013 in the US.
*deep sigh*
For those like myself who, have watched and re-watched every blessed minute, yet, just can't get enough of the award winning ITV/PBS television mini-series Downton Abbey and ... | Season two of Downton Abbey has concluded and we are left in limbo until it returns next Fall in the UK and January 2013 in the US.
*deep sigh*
For those like myself who, have watched and re-watched every blessed minute, yet, just can't get enough of the award winning ITV/PBS television mini-series Downton Abbey and ... | [
"Product: In the years before the Civil War, the Mains and Hazards achieve their triumphs and suffer their tragedies against the panorama of American history. 2 cassettes.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Classic love story flavored with social division and labor struggles in mid-Victorian England\n\nReview: First publis... | 4 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,958 |
AL9HZLZT4X1KL | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "THIS PROGRAM FRAMES HIS INSPIRATIONAL SPEED, WHICH APPEARS IN ITS ENTIRETY, WITH BACKGROUND ON THE MOVEMENT DEMONSTRATED THROUGH RARE FOOTAGE OF EARLY INCIDENTS, EXCEPTS FROM KING'S FINAL SPEECH AND... | Set amidst the backdrop of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. gave the speech that changed the social dynamic of America. I Have A Dream, he repeated between refrains of equality and social justice. From that speech erupted a movement - his dream become their dream and now it's our dream and closer to reali... | Set amidst the backdrop of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. gave the speech that changed the social dynamic of America. I Have A Dream, he repeated between refrains of equality and social justice. From that speech erupted a movement - his dream become their dream and now it's our dream and closer to reali... | [
"Product: This gorgeous Fisher space pen chrome bullet space pen has the finest details and highest quality you will find anywhere! Fisher space pen chrome bullet space pen is truly remarkable. Product details: condition: brand new item SKU: ss-sms-9004512 information: chrome bullet space pen. When closed, the b... | 6 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,959 |
ANL75WJRUVZFI | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Our Triple Twist Titanium Necklace is hand-made using the best quality materials on the market. This necklace features 3 twisted ropes that are durable, flexible and light-weight. It also features a... | I ordered this for my father who is a die-hard buffalo bills fan. I purchased the red, white and blue one. Every weekend, during football season, he dresses up in their colors and logos. He also has season tickets and drives six hours each way to attend every home game. This has been a great addition to his Bills atti... | I ordered this for my father who is a die-hard buffalo bills fan. I purchased the red, white and blue one. Every weekend, during football season, he dresses up in their colors and logos. He also has season tickets and drives six hours each way to attend every home game. This has been a great addition to his Bills atti... | [
"Product: Southern Champion Tray 0905 Premium Clay Coated Kraft Paperboard White Non-Window Lock Corner Bakery Box, 6\" Length x 6\" Width x 3\" Height (Case of 250)\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great quality and best price!\n\nReview: These worked out perfectly for my holiday christmas party treat boxes! They are g... | 22 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,960 |
A2J57EQ9KPGXR9 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "2.0" for a product with description "There's something in this house...Something ancient and dark that remains still, hidden and silent. It can only wait, having been concealed in the shadows for years. In fact, its milieu is darkness.... | Darkness would have been a great movie if not for the fact that the plot is ridiculous. It suffers from what Roger Ebert calls "The Idiot Plot": If any character during the course of the film says or does one thing, then the whole film will stop.
Numerous times the Anna Paquin character could have done something simpl... | Darkness would have been a great movie if not for the fact that the plot is ridiculous. It suffers from what Roger Ebert calls "The Idiot Plot": If any character during the course of the film says or does one thing, then the whole film will stop.
Numerous times the Anna Paquin character could have done something simpl... | [
"Product: Rate Mature - Operating System - Windows 95/98\n\nRating: 2.0\n\nSummary: Too Hard to Play Honestly\n\nReview: Challenging? No, Impossible is more like it! Just remember to download the cheat codes first before playing this game, you'll need them.\n The graphics, sound and user interface are exceptional ... | 60 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,961 |
AY5PS2AJ1JS8F | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Publisher's Weekly Starred Review. Best-selling author Gladwell (The Tipping Point) has a dazzling ability to find commonality in disparate fields of study. As he displays again in this entertaining... | (Helpful? Not? Please vote, so I know someone is reading these :^) I have now enjoyed both of Gladwell's books. Blink is quite a bit better annotated and organized than the first, IMHO, and though the last couple of chapters seemed a bit disjunct, he managed to tie it all back together (though a bit abruptly). I'd sa... | (Helpful? Not? Please vote, so I know someone is reading these :^) I have now enjoyed both of Gladwell's books. Blink is quite a bit better annotated and organized than the first, IMHO, and though the last couple of chapters seemed a bit disjunct, he managed to tie it all back together (though a bit abruptly). I'd sa... | [
"Product: Dont let its small, compact size fool you. The Super Coach Pro 6 commercial backpack vacuum delivers unsurpassed power in a new, ergonomically enhanced frame. With a smaller footprint, its easy to maneuver in tight spaces. This commercial backpack vacuum comes complete with the Xover Multi-Surface Two-Pie... | 16 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,962 |
A3B6EEYX7P1KWF | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Thermalsport Extreme Weather Collection Winter Socks Thermo Insulating, Keeps Heat Close 75% Acrylic 23% Polyster 2% Spandex Sock Size 10-13 fits men's shoe size 8-12 Stay - Up Proformance Top Reinf... | I have no idea what those negative reviews are present. If you want to spend $14.00+ for one pair of tube socks from Patagonia, be my guest. However, this is by far, the best little nugget sale I made for the whole year of 2016. Are they tube socks you would wear to climb K4 in Tibet, no they are not. However, the qua... | I have no idea what those negative reviews are present. If you want to spend $14.00+ for one pair of tube socks from Patagonia, be my guest. However, this is by far, the best little nugget sale I made for the whole year of 2016. Are they tube socks you would wear to climb K4 in Tibet, no they are not. However, the qua... | [
"Product: Sony MDR-ZX100 Headphone - Stereo - Black - Mini-phone MDRZX100/BLK Headphones & Earphones\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Even Better Than \"Just For The Price\"\n\nReview: These head phones are good for the money, but the sound will satisfy you also. I only listen to Jazz, and only through head phones, so th... | 16 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,963 |
A32GK89C999834 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "3.0" for a product with description "20-Minute Workout Video: A fast, fun, no-nonsense program designed to sculpt your body slim in just 20 minutes a day!". The summary of the review text is "Good workout, with a few glitches". | Winsor Pilates is now a well known brand, because of the infomercials and the availability of their products, so you can do Pilates at home.
This DVD includes an instructional video, where Mari Winsor shows the moves herself and explains the basic ideas behind Pilates, and a 20-minute workout, where she leads a class ... | Winsor Pilates is now a well known brand, because of the infomercials and the availability of their products, so you can do Pilates at home.
This DVD includes an instructional video, where Mari Winsor shows the moves herself and explains the basic ideas behind Pilates, and a 20-minute workout, where she leads a class ... | [
"Product: Sing, dance, and play along with your favorite Disney songs! Learning the words is fun and easy as you sing along to the on-screen lyrics and join your favorite characters in their most memorable musical moments from classic Disney animated and live action films. Disney presents a pair of Academy Award(R)... | 10 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,964 |
AQ40L2YGV7C42 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Lauren Mosko has been the editor of Novel & Short Story Writer's Market for two editions. She has also contributed to Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market, Artist's & Graphic Designer's Mark... | Get your fiction published. Every writer wishes it was as simple as that but the task of getting published is hard enough without having the yearly Novel & Short Story Writer's Market by your side.
Every fiction market imaginable is included. Literary magazines, agents, small circulation, online markets, consumer maga... | Get your fiction published. Every writer wishes it was as simple as that but the task of getting published is hard enough without having the yearly Novel & Short Story Writer's Market by your side.
Every fiction market imaginable is included. Literary magazines, agents, small circulation, online markets, consumer maga... | [
"Product: LARGE PRINT HARDBACK.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Hillerman as Good as Ever\n\nReview: In this latest book of several - the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee series - a well dressed corpse is found near the Jicarilla Apache Indian reservation without identification or visible means of transportation.\nSgt. Jim Chee of... | 12 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,965 |
A35HMLOGI89BG | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "1.0" for a product with description "Extreme speed and performance! This SanDisk Extreme Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) card is perfect for saving your high-def photos and videos! The SDSDX-032G-X46 features 32 GB of storage and i... | I used this SanDisk 32 GB memory card on my vacation. I recorded several days' worth of pictures and videos, and then found out I can't retrieve any of it. It won't even let me see it on my camcorder's viewfinder. I tried their "free" RescuePRO Deluxe recovery software download that came in the box and it could not ... | I used this SanDisk 32 GB memory card on my vacation. I recorded several days' worth of pictures and videos, and then found out I can't retrieve any of it. It won't even let me see it on my camcorder's viewfinder. I tried their "free" RescuePRO Deluxe recovery software download that came in the box and it could not ... | [
"Product: Breakfast, lunch, dinner or snacks, this versatile toaster oven-toasts, cooks, broils and reheats a variety of foods. Enjoy your favorite muffins, individual pizzas, casseroles or small chicken parts-cooked to perfection right on your countertop\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great addition for my kitchen!\n\... | 25 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,966 |
ASJ89T42CIUHU | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Many movies strive to capture the confused, yearning spirit of The Graduate or The Catcher in the Rye; Igby Goes Down succeeds. Igby (Kieran Culkin) is a teen struggling to find any purpose or meani... | For those days when your own family seems all wrong watch this movie! It is a funny, tragic and beautifully quirky look at family life with a fantastic cast to pull it off.
The writers for this film are very talented as they blend tragedy into a comic reality that somehow works. Igby (Kieran Culkin) just wants to grow... | For those days when your own family seems all wrong watch this movie! It is a funny, tragic and beautifully quirky look at family life with a fantastic cast to pull it off.
The writers for this film are very talented as they blend tragedy into a comic reality that somehow works. Igby (Kieran Culkin) just wants to grow... | [
"Product: A VERY SAVVY 1978 film, North Dallas Forty is one of the best sports films around. 118 WIDE screen color minutes in Texas language. Out of Print. NEW DVD!\n\nRating: 4.0\n\nSummary: A Sad Look at a Great Sport\n\nReview: This film made in 1978 is a behind the scenes look at the world of professional footb... | 50 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,967 |
A3E6F8BCF0XT3J | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Victoria Klahr (pronounced like Claire) lives in Elizabeth City, North Carolina with her husband and daughter, Stephen and Alexis. She loves her chug (Pug/Chihuahua), Bandit, and three year old to p... | Hello I received an ARC from the author for an honest review. Wow what a ride, so emotional. This book kept me awake with my Kindle long into the night. I am so glad Victoria asked me to review this book. Josie Seth and Blake. I love that her best friend is a guy, we all have guy friends but Seth is Josie's rock. Blake... | Hello I received an ARC from the author for an honest review. Wow what a ride, so emotional. This book kept me awake with my Kindle long into the night. I am so glad Victoria asked me to review this book. Josie Seth and Blake. I love that her best friend is a guy, we all have guy friends but Seth is Josie's rock. Blake... | [
"Product: Chelle is an avid reader; consuming contemporary romance, dark reads, young adult, and all things erotica. Chelle wanted to create a book filled with characters that readers could relate to with real world problems and matching wallets. Chelle loves to travel and her favorite cities are New Orleans and Pa... | 4 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,968 |
A2VOQ0CRLX2C8X | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Jane Harvey-Berrick writes thoughtful, life-affirming romances for mature audiences.". The summary of the review text is "My first five-plus-starred read of 2017! Highly recommended!". | One Careful Owner was so much more than a romance novel. It touched upon several sensitive topics, such as illegal dog fighting, the abusive treatment of dogs, and speech impediments. We may be seen as the "civilized" race, but it never fails to disgust me when members of this so-called race finds entertainment in dog ... | One Careful Owner was so much more than a romance novel. It touched upon several sensitive topics, such as illegal dog fighting, the abusive treatment of dogs, and speech impediments. We may be seen as the "civilized" race, but it never fails to disgust me when members of this so-called race finds entertainment in dog ... | [
"Product: After several years on the other side of the publishing industry, Sara Jane Stone bid goodbye to her sales career to pursue her dream—writing romance novels. Sara Jane currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with her very supportive real-life hero, two lively young children, and a lazy Burmese cat. ... | 24 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,969 |
AIRHRV3D8X4J1 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Exclusive Swedish 4 track single, not only precedes all other territories but includes an exclusive remix unavailable on any format in the UK, Australia & the U.S. (Paul Oakenfold Perfecto Mix), alo... | MADONNA is back with her "What It Feels Like For A Girl" single. The video was banned but the DANCE REMIX is heating up the Billboard Dance Club play Charts and is expected to be MADONNA's 26th #1 Dance song which again is more than any other artist. the single itself is expected to be a Top Ten Hit which will put her ... | MADONNA is back with her "What It Feels Like For A Girl" single. The video was banned but the DANCE REMIX is heating up the Billboard Dance Club play Charts and is expected to be MADONNA's 26th #1 Dance song which again is more than any other artist. the single itself is expected to be a Top Ten Hit which will put her ... | [
"Product: Gran Turismo 5 - Playstation 3\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Grand Turismo 5 is short of spectacular!\n\nReview: Grand Turismo 5 has been many years in the making and today we finally see what the hype is all about. Sadly the game fell short of my expectations for a game six years in the making. Maybe I was ... | 47 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,970 |
A9746CV1HU2FV | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Krista Pakseresht has always been a dreamer, from the first time she opened her eyes. Creating worlds through words is one thing she is truly talented at. She specializes in Young adult/New adult ro... | I have received an ARC copy of this amazing book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
I loved Ciera and Topher's story. They were the type of couple you wanted to love and dreamed of happy ending for them, but you knew it's not bound to happen.
During their story I cried so hard and I really hated Kira f... | I have received an ARC copy of this amazing book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
I loved Ciera and Topher's story. They were the type of couple you wanted to love and dreamed of happy ending for them, but you knew it's not bound to happen.
During their story I cried so hard and I really hated Kira f... | [
"Product: First and foremost I am an avid reader of romance. I read every single day. Without reading I wouldn't be inspired to write. The same can be said about music. I started reading with Nora Roberts and Sandra Brown's LoveSwept titles forever ago and went from reading solely traditionally published to reading... | 9 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,971 |
A34PYXX30DCKU1 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Ember Casey is a twenty-something writer who lives in Atlanta, Georgia in a den of iniquity (or so she likes to tell people). When she's not writing steamy romances, you can find her whipping up bak... | Rating: B ... Heat: Hot
Lily Frazer is in desperate need of funds to keep her father's nonprofit art education center open. They thought they were good for the next four years, until their biggest donor passes away... and his son withdraws the donation. And Lily will not take no for an answer. She lives, eats, and bre... | Rating: B ... Heat: Hot
Lily Frazer is in desperate need of funds to keep her father's nonprofit art education center open. They thought they were good for the next four years, until their biggest donor passes away... and his son withdraws the donation. And Lily will not take no for an answer. She lives, eats, and bre... | [
"Product: P14P3 Features: -Pizza pan. -Material: Cast iron. -Hand wash only. -Side loop handles for safe. Item: -Pizza Pan. Material: -Cast Iron. Color: -Black. Dimensions: Overall Product Weight: -11 Pounds. Overall Height - Top to Bottom: -2.5 Inches. Overall Width - Side to Side: -15 Inches. Overall Depth - Fron... | 7 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,972 |
AWJCL1N4MW3G0 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "The Chuckit! Sport Launcher 18M revamps the classic game of fetch by enhancing your throwing speed and distance with less effort. Dogs are challenged to run farther and faster for exercise in a frac... | It's a Chuckit but you can stuff it in a bag or even stick it in your pocket easily. It throws perfectly far enough for my needs so it suits me fine. The handle feels comfortable as well and your hand doesn't get dirty. I absolutely love the throwing device. The only bad thing I can say is the ball that comes with ... | It's a Chuckit but you can stuff it in a bag or even stick it in your pocket easily. It throws perfectly far enough for my needs so it suits me fine. The handle feels comfortable as well and your hand doesn't get dirty. I absolutely love the throwing device. The only bad thing I can say is the ball that comes with ... | [
"Product: Basic First Aid Bag, Red with White Letter\n\nRating: 1.0\n\nSummary: Not what is pictured nor the model number\n\nReview: Google \"First Voice FAP151b\" and almost all results show what is pictured here which looks like a sturdy bag and the description even says \"High quality YKK zippers and a clip on a... | 47 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,973 |
A24IWS7R4Y5PZY | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "3.0" for a product with description "Together Patch and Nora have overcome the secrets riddled in Patch's dark past, bridged two irreconcilable worlds and faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty and trust...and all for a love ... | Quick Thought
This was probably the least favorite book of mine out of the series so far. I just couldn't get into it like I had with the first two books. I don't know if it had to do with Nora and her memory loss or what but yeah not the favorite. In other thoughts, I see why it was titled Silence. #silenceikeelu (Yes... | Quick Thought
This was probably the least favorite book of mine out of the series so far. I just couldn't get into it like I had with the first two books. I don't know if it had to do with Nora and her memory loss or what but yeah not the favorite. In other thoughts, I see why it was titled Silence. #silenceikeelu (Yes... | [
"Product: From the live action movie Alice in Wonderland, Mad Hatter, as a stylized POP vinyl from Funko! Figure stands 3 3/4 inches and comes in a window display box. Check out the other Alice in Wonderland figures from Funko! Collect them all.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: I'm MADly in love it.\n\nReview: I can't wr... | 4 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,974 |
A30X3D0WUR3KDW | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Spot it! is played with 55 circular cards, each decorated with eight symbols varying in size and orientation. There are more than 50 symbols in all, including random yet universal images of hearts, ... | I have a 4 year old and I bought this as a gift for her 5 year old friend. Kids and moms played it together, and I was surprised at how challenging it could be. Depending on placement of the card (I noticed it was harder for me to spot an animal if I was looking at it upside down, from across the table), and how small ... | I have a 4 year old and I bought this as a gift for her 5 year old friend. Kids and moms played it together, and I was surprised at how challenging it could be. Depending on placement of the card (I noticed it was harder for me to spot an animal if I was looking at it upside down, from across the table), and how small ... | [
"Product: A Traditional dual head design featuring a lightweight aluminum chest piece with an inlaid non-chill ring, chrome plated brass binurals, PVC tubing, and an extra set of soft eartips. An excellent stethoscope for general auscultation.\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Possibly better than a jump rope at hearing y... | 44 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,975 |
A2F63GO7VQCMJ7 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Carmen Falcone learned at an early age that fantasizing about fictional characters beat doing math homework any day. Brazilian by birth and traveler by nature, she moved to Central Texas after colle... | ACCIDENTALLY HOOKED
Kika Martinez is sitting in a bar, waiting for her sister who hasn't shown up. Just then a gorgeous Australian chats her up; it seems he thinks shes a prostitute. Even though it is a fantasy of Kikas, she is definitely not a hooker, but shes feeling a bit naughty and the Aussie is really hot, so sh... | ACCIDENTALLY HOOKED
Kika Martinez is sitting in a bar, waiting for her sister who hasn't shown up. Just then a gorgeous Australian chats her up; it seems he thinks shes a prostitute. Even though it is a fantasy of Kikas, she is definitely not a hooker, but shes feeling a bit naughty and the Aussie is really hot, so sh... | [
"Product: Lena was born in Kentucky and has also lived in California, Louisiana, and Florida where she now resides with her husband and children. Before becoming a romantic suspense author, she was a computer programmer. A former Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart finalist, she also won the Daphne du Maurier... | 10 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,976 |
A15SYT1N507D5 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Kate Chattic is a mother of six children. Writing has been an enjoyable hobby for many years, but writing her story was not about enjoyment. It was about reaching out a hand of encouragement and lov... | A compelling story of an extremely difficult situation. Child behavior problems are not always what they appear. Since my first child had special needs and horrific temper tantrums, I can attest to the difficult, emotionally draining and exhausting journey of raising such a child. I applaud Ms. Chattic for her honesty,... | A compelling story of an extremely difficult situation. Child behavior problems are not always what they appear. Since my first child had special needs and horrific temper tantrums, I can attest to the difficult, emotionally draining and exhausting journey of raising such a child. I applaud Ms. Chattic for her honesty,... | [
"Product: Nicholas Dodge is an entrepreneur who started his first online company before graduating high school. Within a year of graduating he had sold over 10,000 copies of his books and created online training programs from his bedroom! For almost 5 years now, Nicholas has been helping aspiring entrepreneurs, col... | 5 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,977 |
A1XB48WXBCHM6N | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "3.0" for a product with description "Part of Galco's new Concealed Carry Lite line of holsters, the Stow-N-Go offers an exceptional combination of high performance, comfort and affordability. The Stow-N-Go's open top allows a very fast... | No. Not a "one size fits all" - many, maybe, and some better than others.
I found this was WAY oversized for a J-frame revolver. I own several Galco holsters, I anticipated something thinner, less bulky, more form-fitting to the J-frame (S&W M&P 640) but I found it too thick/wide-large. It was more comfortable to w... | No. Not a "one size fits all" - many, maybe, and some better than others.
I found this was WAY oversized for a J-frame revolver. I own several Galco holsters, I anticipated something thinner, less bulky, more form-fitting to the J-frame (S&W M&P 640) but I found it too thick/wide-large. It was more comfortable to w... | [
"Product: Simple yet practical, the Power Support Anti-Glare Film Set allows easy and all day use in sunny or high glare environments. Ultra thin and can be used with any case Reduces glare and sunlight exposure Check Out more of our products at our company website. Google Keyword: Powersupport\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSu... | 46 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,978 |
A14JBDSWKPKTZA | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "The Olympus C-5060 5.1MP Wide Zoom Digital Camera has 14x seamless zoom (4x optical and 3.5x digital zoom) and a high-resolution 5.1 megapixel CCD that provides sharp, vibrant images; 1.8" low-refle... | I have to agree with other comments about the darker lense on the new 5060. I have a couple of year old Olympus C2040, the second edition of Consumer Reports number one rated camera. It the first report, it took top honors over even the 5 megapixel cameras in printed picture results. The following year with the 2040 it... | I have to agree with other comments about the darker lense on the new 5060. I have a couple of year old Olympus C2040, the second edition of Consumer Reports number one rated camera. It the first report, it took top honors over even the 5 megapixel cameras in printed picture results. The following year with the 2040 it... | [
"Product: This set of four casters connects to the bottom of our RK series Server Equipment Racks, allowing you to move and adjust the position of your rack/cabinet to suit your needs. While specifically designed for the StarTech RK Series of Server racks and cabinets, these casters will fit many other racks with t... | 200 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,979 |
AAX387K7441BL | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidd... | Many people have pointed out that this isn't a book about censorship but rather the negative effect that popular culture, and television in particular, have on society when entertainment and mindless fun are the only goals. Bradbury has stated this in numerous interviews but his book has struck a chord with those who v... | Many people have pointed out that this isn't a book about censorship but rather the negative effect that popular culture, and television in particular, have on society when entertainment and mindless fun are the only goals. Bradbury has stated this in numerous interviews but his book has struck a chord with those who v... | [
"Product: dvd\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Doesn't Live Up To The Hype\n\nReview: There was so much hype surrounding this film that I really wasn't sure what to expect. The film is a great satire of reality television and it takes the concept behind shows like Survivor to the most extreme conclusion. I really enjoye... | 6 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,980 |
A1J1QS7I60O018 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "1.0" for a product with description "A perfect demonstration of the cordless, quick-heat/quick-cool application of Cold Heat technology, the Cold Heat soldering tool revolutionizes the soldering industry for hobbyists, DIY-ers, technic... | When I saw the Cold Heat commercial on TV, I thought it seemed too good to be true.
I was right.
First off, forget the word "IRON." This is a soldering CARBON. (Think 'pencil lead')
"IRON" implies a certain degree of strength. Within the first five minutes of owning this piece of garbage, the ends of the carbon tip ... | When I saw the Cold Heat commercial on TV, I thought it seemed too good to be true.
I was right.
First off, forget the word "IRON." This is a soldering CARBON. (Think 'pencil lead')
"IRON" implies a certain degree of strength. Within the first five minutes of owning this piece of garbage, the ends of the carbon tip ... | [
"Product: VideoStudio Pro X7 EN Mini-Box. Enjoy the faster easier way to make great-looking videos and slideshows. Corel VideoStudio Pro X7 offers new time-saving 64-bit power faster 4K and HD render times fresh creative content and the new movie-making mode FastFlick. Immerse yourself in the creativity of streamli... | 16 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,981 |
A260HPXUTLD8VV | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "1.0" for a product with description "Every $25 spent, takes $5 off!
15% Student Discount.
Obvious Shelf Wear.". The summary of the review text is "And I Could Have Had A V-8!". | If there is one movie that is worse than the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" then this has to be it. A story of a scheming woman who intentionally sleeps with her "best friend's" (Tara) husband on the day of Tara's wedding and then doesn't have the sesne to keep quiet about it in revenge for Tara's crime of being born in a h... | If there is one movie that is worse than the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" then this has to be it. A story of a scheming woman who intentionally sleeps with her "best friend's" (Tara) husband on the day of Tara's wedding and then doesn't have the sesne to keep quiet about it in revenge for Tara's crime of being born in a h... | [
"Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2 takes ease of use, reliability, and security to the next level. New GNOME 1.4 with the Nautilus file manager provides a cleaner, more intuitive interface, while graphical tools make administration easy. Updates from Red Hat Network keep systems current and secure. With expanded device su... | 7 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,982 |
A2ACUB2881HW0X | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Drawn to the spectacular south of France to research the late composer Henry Ryman, music student Susan Roberts (Stefanie Powers) encounters his son, drug-addicted Georges (James Olson) and his ecce... | Fairly early on I was able to deduce a couple of scenarios that would explain the events happening in this increasingly implausible but highly entertaining , retro viewership fun and very unusual film . By no means was I fully correct though and , as a Hammer enthusiast , the journey was the point and ownership was th... | Fairly early on I was able to deduce a couple of scenarios that would explain the events happening in this increasingly implausible but highly entertaining , retro viewership fun and very unusual film . By no means was I fully correct though and , as a Hammer enthusiast , the journey was the point and ownership was th... | [
"Product: Five Years Later is an album by guitarists John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label.[1]\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Favor it over Sargasso Sea\n\nReview: Much as i'm fond of Sargasso Sea , my ear was bent owing to numerous listens to this follow up project over sever... | 40 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,983 |
A3KCWQMEOLRC2U | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Easily re-use your K-cups by cleaning out the grounds and placing one of our lids on top.". The summary of the review text is "Good but could be better". | They work. They should be cheaper. $0.15/ea is too much (that did include Prime shipping), but so far haven't seen any alternatives. The tops are sturdy - almost too sturdy. It takes more pressure to puncture the top. Not sure if this will harm the top puncture needle. A better design would have been to make the center... | They work. They should be cheaper. $0.15/ea is too much (that did include Prime shipping), but so far haven't seen any alternatives. The tops are sturdy - almost too sturdy. It takes more pressure to puncture the top. Not sure if this will harm the top puncture needle. A better design would have been to make the center... | [
"Product: Devcon Duco Cement is a multi-purpose, water resistant, fast-drying, nitro-cellulose household cement that dries clear and tough. Duco Cement is extremely flammable in cured and uncured state. For non-porous surfaces, apply one coat to each surface, hold or clamp until cement sets and let dry. For porous ... | 28 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,984 |
A2KMKGZDQYPSL8 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Capturing the moment just got easier with koi water color field sketch kits. This portable watercolor set is perfect to bring along whether you're going to the countryside, relaxing at the beach or ... | I've never tried the water color tubes before, and really wanted to as I would have more control over the palette and have a broader range of control. The colors are absolutely beautiful and vibrant. Especially the blues, they are deep and rich. I docked a star only because I feel even though the colors lay down richly... | I've never tried the water color tubes before, and really wanted to as I would have more control over the palette and have a broader range of control. The colors are absolutely beautiful and vibrant. Especially the blues, they are deep and rich. I docked a star only because I feel even though the colors lay down richly... | [
"Product: Faber Castell's Albrecht Durer Watercolor Pencils are highly versatile with the ability to draw, shade and paint. They have 3.8 mm thick, break-resistant leads that are fully water-soluble, and provide sharp fine lines. The vibrant colors are easily blended when wet and become permanent when dry. On some ... | 68 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,985 |
A3KUGUD8Y98CPC | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "This is a story of children from two small towns in Ireland who form small armies and battle against each other in a never-ending quest for supremacy. The film investigates the slightly surreal and ... | This film could have been a five star story had the script-writers done a better job of adapting this French tale to the realites of children in 1960s County Cork, Eire. It's so far-fetched, that only a young American audience would be gullible enough to swallow its fantastic plot. The script-writers did a poor job o... | This film could have been a five star story had the script-writers done a better job of adapting this French tale to the realites of children in 1960s County Cork, Eire. It's so far-fetched, that only a young American audience would be gullible enough to swallow its fantastic plot. The script-writers did a poor job o... | [
"Product: Made with Organic cocoa. USDA certified organic. Gluten Free. What's good about organic goodness? Good food, no synthetic pesticides, no synthetic herbicides, no preservatives or additives, no irradiation, good ecology, enriched drought resistant soil, less soil erosion, less groundwater pollution and imp... | 15 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,986 |
AUCIFMWP3DU8R | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "After spearheading the alternative country movement with his band Uncle Tupelo, Jay Farrar pursued his vision with Son Volt, who recorded three landmark albums in the '90s before the groundbreaking ... | I never get tired of Son Volt- Jay Farrar and any of his incarnations. Unique in a way of presentation and songwriting, he offers music nearly too challenging to be considered mere entertainment, but history, philosophy, or just deeply cutting observations. Even though at times his voice can strike me as monotonous, na... | I never get tired of Son Volt- Jay Farrar and any of his incarnations. Unique in a way of presentation and songwriting, he offers music nearly too challenging to be considered mere entertainment, but history, philosophy, or just deeply cutting observations. Even though at times his voice can strike me as monotonous, na... | [
"Product: Drill America DWTPT series Qualtech carbon steel pipe tap is designed to clean and/or re-thread damaged or jam pipe threads. It is appropriate for threading a wide variety of materials both ferrous and non-ferrous. The nominal size of a pipe tap is that of the pipe fitting to be tapped, not the actual siz... | 46 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,987 |
A3SMT15X2QVUR8 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "1.0" for a product with description "Phone works great! Screen has heavy scratches Body has heavy scuffs along edges. Includes aftermarket wall charger does not include sim card or anything else not listed.IMPORTANT! Please Allow 1 day... | One star for size. It's great for my small hand. I'd lost my phone and had to get a new one, but this purchase was a bad decision on my part.
It runs hot, very hot. I found an app that shows the CPU temperature at 113. Too hot to hold very long. I assume the heat is part of the reason the battery life is minimal. Off ... | One star for size. It's great for my small hand. I'd lost my phone and had to get a new one, but this purchase was a bad decision on my part.
It runs hot, very hot. I found an app that shows the CPU temperature at 113. Too hot to hold very long. I assume the heat is part of the reason the battery life is minimal. Off ... | [
"Product: Zildjian's 20\" K Custom Dark Ride has excellent stick definition with a dry, full-bodied stick sound. This cymbal also features dark, warm undertones, and can produce trashy crash qualities for accents.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: My personal favorite for acoustic jazz\n\nReview: I recently purchased this... | 46 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,988 |
A58F10T4OE58C | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "A Great ice-breaker and creativity game. You'll be delighted to discover what's right there in front of you!.". The summary of the review text is "Quick, fast play for whole family". | Brainspin is a fast paced card game that exercises your creative thinking. We played for the first time with our 7 year old son tonight. The basic play is this: select a card, turn it over and start a 1 minute timer (not included). Each player then writes as many things they can see in the image. For example, one card... | Brainspin is a fast paced card game that exercises your creative thinking. We played for the first time with our 7 year old son tonight. The basic play is this: select a card, turn it over and start a 1 minute timer (not included). Each player then writes as many things they can see in the image. For example, one card... | [
"Product: Back To Basics Apple And Potato Peeler\n\nRating: 3.0\n\nSummary: Works but has some limitations\n\nReview: I picked the least expensive apple peeler/corer I could find because I knew we wouldn't use it that frequently. I basically wanted it to process batches of apples for applesauce or apple pie, but k... | 29 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,989 |
A2LFCBNRDMI34S | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "William Stacey is a former army intelligence officer who served his country for more than thirty years with operational tours in Bosnia and Afghanistan. He is a husband, father, and avid reader, wit... | When Cassie Rogan returns home to northern British Columbia, she's expecting nothing. Unable to deal with her survivor guilt after being the sole survivor of an accident that killed both her parents, she's been expelled from university, and, with nowhere else to go, has come home to her small town. But when what appea... | When Cassie Rogan returns home to northern British Columbia, she's expecting nothing. Unable to deal with her survivor guilt after being the sole survivor of an accident that killed both her parents, she's been expelled from university, and, with nowhere else to go, has come home to her small town. But when what appea... | [
"Product: Demethius Jackson is a fantasy fiction writer from Washington, DC. He is the author of The Realmsic Conquest book series, which chronicles the struggles of the only magical kingdom in existence.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Strong male and female characters, solid plotting, good dialogue and well-paced acti... | 4 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,990 |
AJRFZ0VZ0LD26 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "3.0" for a product with description "Fallen angel Sammael has claimed the midworld in the name of darkness. With the help of his menacing, gun-toting task force, he has smothered the dark, dreary city in vice, violence and cruelty. Sam... | Action movie/thriller/drama about the purgatory - concept of the world "in between" where souls of the dead humans are being judged and fending for their place in the paradise, or surrendering to the eternal hell. Keepers of the each place are angels - the good ones serving light and the bad ones serving darkness. Bu... | Action movie/thriller/drama about the purgatory - concept of the world "in between" where souls of the dead humans are being judged and fending for their place in the paradise, or surrendering to the eternal hell. Keepers of the each place are angels - the good ones serving light and the bad ones serving darkness. Bu... | [
"Product: This luxurious feeling Antioxidant Serum will leave your skin feeling velvety smooth while supplying it with an abundance of antioxidants including Resveratrol and encapsulated Vitamin C beads.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: An amazing facial serum\n\nReview: There are many things I like to buy at Trader Joes... | 181 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,991 |
A1OPKNO7IXWV27 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "APC RBC32 Replacement Battery Cartridge #32. For any further queries please contact APC's Technical Support Number/ Customer Support". The summary of the review text is "Perfect fit, but watch the i... | OK, here we go again. I seem to be down on APC lately. They once were a great company but that was a long time ago. See my other review of a APC UPS for a really bad experience with APC support. This time it's false advertising in the recycling plan. The description clearly states
"APC recycles used batteries and almo... | OK, here we go again. I seem to be down on APC lately. They once were a great company but that was a long time ago. See my other review of a APC UPS for a really bad experience with APC support. This time it's false advertising in the recycling plan. The description clearly states
"APC recycles used batteries and almo... | [
"Product: This H-B Instrument DURAC Plus total immersion organic filled pocket thermometer has a temperature range of -30 to 120F. Each thermometer is 160mm (6.3 inches) in length and comes with a Statement of Accuracy indicating accuracy traceable to NIST. Tested and calibrated in our exclusive triple accredited/r... | 70 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,992 |
A1493IIB1KPMAY | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "4.0" for a product with description "Protect your valuable and precious Apple Watch with our extra durable and precise fit screen protector. Its designed to fit perfectly over every curve with the 44mm Series 4 with 99% HD clarity for ... | Received these last night and put them onto my GoPro. My initial thought is that there isn't much to go wrong here. They add color to a GoPro, which can be helpful as they become more and more popular and everyone has one. It'll become easier to know which one is mine. I like the rubber o-ring as well. They help protec... | Received these last night and put them onto my GoPro. My initial thought is that there isn't much to go wrong here. They add color to a GoPro, which can be helpful as they become more and more popular and everyone has one. It'll become easier to know which one is mine. I like the rubber o-ring as well. They help protec... | [
"Product: ASTRA stainless double edge blades fit all double edge razors. ASTRA blades are made from the highest quality steel. Each ASTRA blade provides unsurpassed quality, smoothness and durability for a long lasting, smooth shave.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: I like the Astra SP over any Feather and all others.\n\... | 34 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,993 |
A22F9L73A92U6B | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "Hi everyone I'm Georgia Le Carre, I love to write about strong, possessive, dominant hero's and sassy, smart heroines. My characters range from hot, dominant billionaires, to strong, powerful gangst... | I have been lucky to read books from this talented and brilliant author Georgia Le Carre. Her books never disappoint. You don't know me was phenomenal and had me so hooked from the moment i opened it. Bad Boy Mafia Romance's are my favorite and Georgia really knows how to write them. Her characters are always so well w... | I have been lucky to read books from this talented and brilliant author Georgia Le Carre. Her books never disappoint. You don't know me was phenomenal and had me so hooked from the moment i opened it. Bad Boy Mafia Romance's are my favorite and Georgia really knows how to write them. Her characters are always so well w... | [
"Product: Kara Hart is a US author\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Great Fast Paced Story!!\n\nReview: This book combined my two favorite things Romance & Football. This is my first novel by Kara Hart. I was impressed and will be looking forward to more of her books. It was fast paced the story-line was good and the cha... | 4 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,994 |
A3TTVWLIHLQPUW | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "The Squier Standard Stratocaster plays great, with traditional vibe and modern feel. Player-friendly features like the slimmer neck and 22-fret maple fingerboard make for easier playing, and the die... | Look closely at the wood grain in the stock photo. Although the specs say "agathis," this particular cherryburst color tends to be made (in China) of a 3-piece alder body.
At least, that's what I got on my used copy. Same construction as a U.S. Strat body. It sounded very nice with the stock pickups.
Then I swapped o... | Look closely at the wood grain in the stock photo. Although the specs say "agathis," this particular cherryburst color tends to be made (in China) of a 3-piece alder body.
At least, that's what I got on my used copy. Same construction as a U.S. Strat body. It sounded very nice with the stock pickups.
Then I swapped o... | [
"Product: The Squier Standard Stratocaster plays great, with traditional vibe and modern feel. Player-friendly features like the slimmer neck and 22-fret rosewood fingerboard make for easier playing, and the die-cast tuners are lifetime-lubricated for years of trouble-free service and tuning stability. A twin-pivot... | 36 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,995 |
A171E42ZDFDM86 | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "John Dower first encountered Japanese family crests while working as an editor and book designer. His interest in them led him to devote several years to collecting and classifying them.". The summa... | I have a couple of books about mon and this is the best one because the author impresses me with his fanatically meticulous research on what the components of each crest means - what does it mean to have a pine, a peach, a drawer handle, etc. and which families used them. Wonderful details about the iconography and sym... | I have a couple of books about mon and this is the best one because the author impresses me with his fanatically meticulous research on what the components of each crest means - what does it mean to have a pine, a peach, a drawer handle, etc. and which families used them. Wonderful details about the iconography and sym... | [
"Product: Learn how to play right handed violin, learn how to play fiddle and learn proper finger placement on the fingerboard with Fretless Finger Guides. Our one-piece, clear, cling vinyl first position fingering chart goes right on your fingerboard. The Guide uses no glues or adhesives and clings to itself not t... | 10 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,996 |
A22FFXBR4U3S8X | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "3.0" for a product with description "38-pc Airtight Food Storage Container Set includes: 5 mini bowls (.5-cup), 2 mini squares (1.25-cup), 2 rectangles (2-cup), 2 medium divided rectangle (3.5-cup), 2 medium rectangles (4.5-cup), 2 sma... | I fell in love with Snapware when I bought a 28-piece set at Costco. I bought two more sets as gifts for friends and began recommending it to fellow Costco shoppers so strongly that they thought I was on commission. The airtight bins keep things amazingly fresh, the rectangular design wastes no refrigerator space, an... | I fell in love with Snapware when I bought a 28-piece set at Costco. I bought two more sets as gifts for friends and began recommending it to fellow Costco shoppers so strongly that they thought I was on commission. The airtight bins keep things amazingly fresh, the rectangular design wastes no refrigerator space, an... | [
"Product: E6000 Multi-Purpose Adhesive. This glue is absolutely amazing. It permanently bonds: wood, metal, glass, fiberglass, ceramic, leather, rubber, vinyl and most plastics. E6000 is a unique adhesive formulated to meet high-performance industrial requirements, making it an exceptional craft adhesive. Features:... | 33 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,997 |
AFNCXMCX7VZWH | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "For semi-automatics (such as the 1911 up to N-Frame size S & W's) and revolvers with up to 4" barrels, this case is a very popular size. There is room in the case for a trigger lock (not included) a... | I store a Hi-Point C9 Compact in this case currently and have no qualms with it whatsoever. Sturdy case with crisp latches. Fits a compact pistol and up to two extra mags. I store 1 mag and a tactical flashlight (4"). Perfect for a Sig, Ruger, Smith, etc. A carry-size revolver will fit fine too. My main pistol is store... | I store a Hi-Point C9 Compact in this case currently and have no qualms with it whatsoever. Sturdy case with crisp latches. Fits a compact pistol and up to two extra mags. I store 1 mag and a tactical flashlight (4"). Perfect for a Sig, Ruger, Smith, etc. A carry-size revolver will fit fine too. My main pistol is store... | [
"Product: Cartridge only. Cartridge and/or label will show some wear, including discoloration, tearing, writing, or other cosmetic issues. Guaranteed functional or replacement.\n\nRating: 5.0\n\nSummary: Maybe the best game for the Sega Genesis, period\n\nReview: You know the story - Mr. X takes over the city in at... | 27 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,998 |
A3EJ8XHVDC0CWH | Generate the review text written by a reviewer who has a given an overall rating of "5.0" for a product with description "The Sentinel Pro 12-Sheet Micro Cut is a heavy duty shredder. A manual reverse function allows you to reverse the cutting blades in the event of a jam. Want to shred a credit card, CD or DVD? No pro... | We've owned a smaller shredder for years but it is perpetually breaking and getting jammed so it was time for an upgrade. I like that this model for will accept small objects like staples so I don't have to worry so much about little things in the mail when all I want to do is toss it in the shredder and forget about ... | We've owned a smaller shredder for years but it is perpetually breaking and getting jammed so it was time for an upgrade. I like that this model for will accept small objects like staples so I don't have to worry so much about little things in the mail when all I want to do is toss it in the shredder and forget about ... | [
"Product: This unique 5-gallon portable wall mount wet dry vacuum cleaner has an innovative design that provides users with several options for cleanup, making it the perfect small shop vacuum cleaner for garage or home use. It has the option of being mounted directly to the wall, detached and used as a portable sh... | 22 | longlamp_3 | user_based | 1,999 |
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