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Jeff L.

Jeff L.

Joined on 12/16/01

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Product Reviews
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Most Critical Review

Cheap construction

Saitek PRO Flight Combat Rudder Pedals
Saitek PRO Flight Combat Rudder Pedals

Pros: Hey, they're pedals! Time to yaw.

Cons: Cheap construction- Saitek has dosedived in quality since Madcatz took over. The toe brakes have really cheap, weak springs- I'm lucky to have about 60% of the axis working after deadzoning. Plus the toe brakes activate about 20% when using the rudder, regardless of what you're doing. The software is miserable. Poor UX, poor UI, sloppy programming capabilities, consistent crashes when editing shiftstate.

Overall Review: In general they work- just be prepared for sloppy axis and having to tweak deadzones. It's a shame that they can't quite master the very tricky "spring technology".

12/18/2014

Extremely short range

VisionTek Candyboard 900319 Black 69 Normal Keys USB RF Wireless Mini Keyboard
VisionTek Candyboard 900319 Black 69 Normal Keys USB RF Wireless Mini Keyboard

Pros: Small form factor, would make an excellent HTPC keyboard

Cons: Doesn't work much beyond 24" from the dongle. Even with the USB receiver mounted on the front of the PC, I have to stand right next to it for it to work, and even then I still get dropped keys and jittery mouse tracking.

Cheaply made

acomdata SDEXXXUSE 2.5" Black SATA USB 2.0 & eSATA Ruggedized Portable External Enclosure
acomdata SDEXXXUSE 2.5" Black SATA USB 2.0 & eSATA Ruggedized Portable External Enclosure

Pros: I'm not exactly sure there is any.

Cons: Very cheaply made. The thin rubber band that runs around the edge houses the PCB- nothing else. The top and bottom plates are cheap plastic, and actually bow outwards when a drive is installed. It's like a 2.5" enclosure rolly-polly, only it has a lot of my data in it. Returning this one immediately. Amazingly shoddy.

Overall Review: Manual pages were printed out of order as well. Weird.

11/16/2010