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Glen K.

Glen K.

Joined on 06/04/06

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Most Favorable Review

OK switch

NETIS ST-3123 8-Port Giga Ethernet Switch
NETIS ST-3123 8-Port Giga Ethernet Switch

Pros: Low price. Small footprint. Easy to see lights.

Cons: None found

Overall Review: Wasn't sure of the brand. Put in service with gigabyte Netgear, Lynksis and Trendnet switches on the inputs of a NetGear WNR3500L. Netsis is working as good as any of the others but with a much lower cost. Good switch so far. Specially good buy when on sale.

Most Critical Review

OK unit - Update issue

GARMIN 3.5" GPS Navigation
GARMIN 3.5" GPS Navigation

Pros: Bought this unit to replace older 250 Nuvi. Worked better and used twice on trip through NY/NJ. Prompts at right times for turns, etc. 3 egs for performance. Unit sale price better than cost to upgrade map.

Cons: Garmin doesn't do very well in saying it up front. You must register and update 60 days from registration/acquiring satellite. Sad to say I didn't understand/update in time and now I have two Nuvi's with out of date maps. Contacted Garmin, not much sympathy.

Overall Review: I really don't want to spend all that money to upgrade the map.

good wifi router

NETGEAR N300 Open-Source Gigabit WiFi Router 128MB NAND and 128MB RAM, 480 MHz MIPS 74K Processor (WNR3500Lv2)
NETGEAR N300 Open-Source Gigabit WiFi Router 128MB NAND and 128MB RAM, 480 MHz MIPS 74K Processor (WNR3500Lv2)

Pros: Have had V1 operating on main house network for more than 3 years. Has worked flawlessly under heavy usage. Supports work and game streaming with no issues. Bought a V2 for backup.

Cons: Not a con but would like little more wifi range. But running with extender works well.

Overall Review: good performance for the price. no network issues at all.

Tricky setup

Edimax EW-7438RPn Air N300 Ultra-Mini Size Wi-Fi Extender with Signal Congestion Analysis and Parental Control Application
Edimax EW-7438RPn Air N300 Ultra-Mini Size Wi-Fi Extender with Signal Congestion Analysis and Parental Control Application

Pros: Price on sale. Simple compact device. Put it on extension cord up on high ledge middle of house. Great coverage.

Cons: no wire, Wifi setup It caused connection problems with some of the network computers while being set up. It's default is dynamic IP. As I was tracking IP address on router , it kept changing. Finally able to setup with WPS which worked excellent. Only way I could do it. Then I set fixed IP once in the utility and it has been stable since with no network problems.

Overall Review: Haven't had long enough to completely eval but so far is good deal.

Decent value

Cuisinart CSB-33 White 16 oz. Jar Size Quick Prep Hand Blender 2 speeds
Cuisinart CSB-33 White 16 oz. Jar Size Quick Prep Hand Blender 2 speeds

Pros: good value on sale Nice design Cuisinart brand

Cons: Fairly rugged build except the blade and shaft connection seems very fragile looking. See how it holds up over time I guess.

Overall Review: Been looking for economical hand blender. Grabbed this when on sale $20 as seemed good value. On receipt made broccoli parsnip soup. Did the job quick and easy. Can do it hot and much neater than regular blender. It was exactly what I was looking for.

No thanks

TP-Link UC100 USB Cradle
TP-Link UC100 USB Cradle

Pros: Free. I didn't know I was getting it.

Cons: Doesn't work. Shows as unknown device on two XP 32 bit systems, a linux system and Win 7 system. Nothing I tried got it recognized.

Overall Review: I wish I hadn't gotten this cradle. I didn't even know it was included when I ordered their wifi adapter TL-WN722N on sale. Tried the new adapter with the cradle and wasted 3 hours trying to get the adapter working. Finally tried in same system as first adapter. Was the cradle. Should have known, nothing is never free!