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justin w.

justin w.

Joined on 08/27/04

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Most Favorable Review

Working perfectly with my headphones and mic headset for laptop teleconferencing

StarTech.com MUHSMF2M 3.5mm 4 Position TRRS Headset Extension Cable Male to Female
StarTech.com MUHSMF2M 3.5mm 4 Position TRRS Headset Extension Cable Male to Female

Pros: Fair price, rare (but useful) item, decent build quality.

Overall Review: This was one of the few TRRS/4-conductor 3.5mm "headset" extensions I could find. Perhaps the only one that was a reasonable price. Nice length, decent build, working perfectly so far. NOTE: the advice in the product description about plugging headset into cable THEN plugging cable into computer is important. I have a nice-ish laptop with Windows 10 and I thought at first that because the laptop asks me every time I plug it in if what I just plugged in is headphones only, or speaker, or headphones and mic, I wouldn't have to care about that. Wrong. Even when I answered "headphones and mic" if I had not plugged into the cable first , the mic wouldn't work. So: before you get frustrated or try to return: plug headset into cable first, THEN plug into laptop!

Most Critical Review

Doesn't work with Samsung Galaxy s20

Cablecc 5pcs/set Type-C to 3.5mm Earphone Adapter 90 Degree Angled Type USB-C 3.1 Male to AUX Audio Female
Cablecc 5pcs/set Type-C to 3.5mm Earphone Adapter 90 Degree Angled Type USB-C 3.1 Male to AUX Audio Female

Cons: Incompatible with Samsung gs20

Overall Review: In fairness, the ad copy does say it doesn't work with all brands, but it really should have specified Galaxy S series being as prevalent as it is. So I didn't "check with them" before buying, and was unpleasantly surprised that it is not compatible.

Great design, good price, died in less than a year

Sandisk 64GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive, Speed Up to 130MB/s (SDCZ430-064G-G46)
Sandisk 64GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive, Speed Up to 130MB/s (SDCZ430-064G-G46)

Pros: Size, design price are all great. (But whats the point when you get to the cons)

Cons: Died in less than 1 year. Warranty effectively not honored.

Overall Review: I'm disappointed, Sandisk is generally considered the gold standard in this kind of product. This is the first time I've had a failure like this, and so soon. RMA process went no where. Very disappointed.

Perfect size and design, but only lasted year and half

Aluminum 4 Port USB 3.0 HUB, ORICO USB3.0 to USB 3.0, 2x 2.0 Ultra Slim Portable Splitter Card Reader Adapter for MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, XPS, Pixelbook, and More
Aluminum 4 Port USB 3.0 HUB, ORICO USB3.0 to USB 3.0, 2x 2.0 Ultra Slim Portable Splitter Card Reader Adapter for MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, XPS, Pixelbook, and More

Pros: I love the small, sleek design, the aluminum shell, good price.

Cons: it worked perfectly for about 16 months and then died.

Overall Review: Design is just right, but I would not buy again, Just needed to be slightly more robust.

Excellent low-power/quiet home server, OpenIndiana friendly

ASUS C60M1-I AMD Fusion APU C-60 (1.0 GHz, dual core) AMD Hudson M1 Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo
ASUS C60M1-I AMD Fusion APU C-60 (1.0 GHz, dual core) AMD Hudson M1 Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo

Pros: I am using this board as an OpenIndiana (the opensource fork/successor to OpenSolaris) home general server. It works great. Stable, all the drivers that I've tested work fine. Passively cooled so its really quiet, and low power consumption. love the high SATA port count which plays into the ZFS thing nicely with some quiet 2.5" laptop hdds. Great price considering all the features.

Cons: Limited compute can make it feel a little sluggish when at the console, but that is hardly a con. More like a completely expected tradeoff for cheap and quiet.

good speed good build

Kingston FCR-HS219/1 19-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader
Kingston FCR-HS219/1 19-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader

Pros: Good price, trusted Kingston brand, compact, works just great with OS X Snow Leopard. Seems to transfer pretty fast.

Cons: the built-in USB cable is pretty short, obviously intended to be right beside a laptop. So maybe its not really a con, but a specific design consequence.

Overall Review: I've only used the CompactFlash slot so far.