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Christopher M.

Christopher M.

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Most Favorable Review

1 year and still kicking

Rosewill R2-JBOD - Aluminum 3.5" SATA I / II USB 2.0 Dual-Bay External Enclosure
Rosewill R2-JBOD - Aluminum 3.5" SATA I / II USB 2.0 Dual-Bay External Enclosure

Pros: Simple and works as advertised. Never had an issue with it.

Cons: None.

Most Critical Review

Worked sometimes, then died

StarTech ECUSB3S254F 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard 54mm SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter
StarTech ECUSB3S254F 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard 54mm SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter

Pros: Installs flush which is great for my application. It was very fast when it worked.

Cons: Driver support/instructions were terrible. I had to read reviews on here and other sites to figure out which files on the CD to use. Then I updated to newer drivers and firmware also described in online reviews. It would work fine for a while, then disappear requiring either a reboot or ejecting and pushing the card back in. It finally quit working all together, and isn't recognized by several different computers. Outside of 30 days so I'm out $40. I just ordered 2 different cards from another site for $10 shipped each. Hopefully one will work.

Overall Review: If this worked all the time as it did sometimes, I could have overlooked the short comings with the drivers/instructions. Even if it still worked, it only intermittently worked for me in Win 7 anyways. Now that it's dead, it's good only for keeping dust out of the slot.

Kinda flakey, but very bright

Rosewill RLFL-11004 1W 70 Lumens LED Head Lamp
Rosewill RLFL-11004 1W 70 Lumens LED Head Lamp

Pros: Very bright, and adjustable light angle

Cons: Sometimes you have to smack the battery pack around to get it to work.

Very Slow

OCZ Diesel 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model OCZUSBDSL16G
OCZ Diesel 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model OCZUSBDSL16G

Pros: Good size for the price

Cons: Slow slow slow. Cap doesn't plug in to the back of the stick, so it's going to get lost soon I'm sure.

Overall Review: For some reason this isn't being recognized by my by my Kenwood head unit. I'm going to try different formatting options. I was going to use this for live booting Ubuntu Linux but it's too slow so I am just going to (hopefully) use it for music in the car.

12/31/2010