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Jeffrey T.

Jeffrey T.

Joined on 10/26/05

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Most Favorable Review

Does what it's supposed to do. Nice price for peace of mind.

Bolt Power D28A 13600Mah Portable Car Jump Starter 500 Peak Amps with Compact Air Compressor, Power Bank, Automobile and Laptop Emergency Power Supply
Bolt Power D28A 13600Mah Portable Car Jump Starter 500 Peak Amps with Compact Air Compressor, Power Bank, Automobile and Laptop Emergency Power Supply

Pros: Case for keeping things neat. Includes battery unit with flash light, alligator clamps for connecting to a car battery, mini air compressor, plenty of connectors for your electronic devices and the instruction manual. Used it to start cars, works well and fairly affordable. It has two USB connectors on the side which are standard voltage (5V) so I'm sure it would work for my tablet and cell phone. It offers different amperage output for each USB port for faster charging.

Cons: The battery unit itself is cheap plastic case. I imagine it wouldn't do well when dropped.

Overall Review: Didn't try the charging feature for laptop. From the other review I see you may need to toggle the voltage setting. Not sure about laptop attachments given that the charging there is a little more proprietary and NOT through the USB port however the company appears to have made a good faith effort.

Most Critical Review

Died in a little over 1 year.

Seagate Desktop HDD ST3000DM001 3TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Desktop HDD ST3000DM001 3TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Well, It worked for a year and it's still under warranty.

Cons: Got an error message that no boot media was detected. Looked in BIOS, Drive not detected. Changed cables, sometimes detected sometimes not. Changed computers - again different cable, different motherboard/BIOS - not detected. HDD is definitely spinning. The electronics failed. Never had that happen before. Will lose a lot of data. Shame.

Overall Review: I've had good luck with Toshiba HDD's. This is the first seagate drive I've bought. Not too happy - still within warranty, have to pay for shipping back to seagate.

Poor build quality. As others have written, case came apart at hinge. Screen now dying.

Acer Laptop Aspire 5 A515-51G-5504 Intel Core i5 8th Gen 8250U (1.60 GHz) 8 GB Memory 256 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce MX150 15.6" Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Newegg Exclusive
Acer Laptop Aspire 5 A515-51G-5504 Intel Core i5 8th Gen 8250U (1.60 GHz) 8 GB Memory 256 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce MX150 15.6" Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Newegg Exclusive

Pros: This had good specs for the money when I bought it and it lasted almost 2 years.

Cons: The plastic around the screen separated near the left hinge, could not be put back together and then the screen on that side started to develop a vertical line that now looks horrible. Build quality with acers is poor.

Overall Review: Poor build quality. Same issue as others with plastic case separating and falling apart. What good is a computer that won't stay together?

Great Drive

Intel 545s 2.5" 256GB SATA III 64-Layer 3D NAND TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSC2KW256G8X1
Intel 545s 2.5" 256GB SATA III 64-Layer 3D NAND TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSC2KW256G8X1

Pros: -Price was good ($35 w/discount code) -MIGRATION SOFTWARE IS EXCELLENT -Performance is outstanding -5 year warranty - Intel stands behind its product

Cons: I honestly can't thing of a downside here.

Overall Review: I was skeptical given my experience with migration software in the past. This is a 256gb SSD migrating from a 512gb 4200RPM laptop drive. I was expecting a message indicating I would need to purchase a larger capacity SSD. It couldn't have been easier. Took about an hour to transfer the data. The laptop was nearly unusable it was so slow. This drive has given me back my laptop. Boots in mere seconds and is now really responsive. Programs load quickly. Download the SSD toolbox to check firmware and trim the drive. That and the migration software are available on the Intel site.

Not great

ASUS VZ279HE 27" Full HD 1920 x 1080 VGA, 2 x HDMI Asus Eye Care with Ultra Low-Blue Light & Flicker Free Ultra Slim Bezel LED Backlit IPS Monitor
ASUS VZ279HE 27" Full HD 1920 x 1080 VGA, 2 x HDMI Asus Eye Care with Ultra Low-Blue Light & Flicker Free Ultra Slim Bezel LED Backlit IPS Monitor

Pros: For a 27" monitor, the price was decent

Cons: The viewing experience is not great. I went from a TN monitor to this and to be honest, the TN was a better visual experience. This monitor is MORE harsh on the eyes and the quality of the graphics display is poor. I've fiddled with the settings every which way, just not good .

Overall Review: For a little more money, you can get a better IPS 27"monitor. I'd look elsewhere.

Pretty nice faucet

American Standard Colony PRO 5.87" Kitchen Faucet, Stainless Steel
American Standard Colony PRO 5.87" Kitchen Faucet, Stainless Steel

Pros: Comes with metal base and supply lines for three hole sink. American Standard branding. Good price. Looks good - has a stainless steel finish

Cons: Not as sturdy feeling or heavy as others I've used. WE'll see how long it lasts. Low flow rate - takes a while to fill up your pot ADDENDUM:. Faucet comes loose from supplied base no matter how many times you tighten the screws. I even tried lock washers to no avail. Last two months.

Overall Review: Price was good and shipping was fast. I had a question and VMInnovations answered promptly. Hardware failed.

11/21/2018