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Jason L.

Jason L.

Joined on 09/04/04

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Most Favorable Review

Works as expected, no errors

Team Xtreem 64GB microSDXC Flash Card With Card Reader Model TUSDX64GUHS05
Team Xtreem 64GB microSDXC Flash Card With Card Reader Model TUSDX64GUHS05

Pros: Worked as-is w/ Samsung Note 3 (which can read exFAT) with a Meenova microUSB adapter. Works on Nexus 10 (which I bought it for) using the same adapter after formatting to NTFS and using Paragon NTFS & HFS app (which requires your device be rooted). Nexus 10 can't do exFAT apparently.

Cons: Card got *extremely* hot during the write phase while testing with H2testw.exe. Almost too hot to touch. I put a flexible ice pack on it once I noticed for fear of the heat damaging the card. I removed it during the read portion of the test to see if it would get hot again. It did, but not nearly as hot as when writing. This probably wouldn't occur during "normal" use, but may if you're reading or writing several gigs of data on it at once. The included USB adapter has a keychain attachment, but the connector is always exposed (no cap, doesn't retract). I put it on my keychain, but doubt I'll ever use it.

Overall Review: H2testw.exe results: Format: NTFS w/ 64kb clusters, 60,340 MB available Write: Consistently 14.7 MByte/s. Took 68.5 minutes to fill the card. Verify (read): Consistently 17.7 MByte/s. Took 57 minutes to read the card. Notes: All tests were performed using the Meenova microUSB adapter. I did not try formatting the card to FAT32. I assume it would have worked on the Nexus 10 formatted as FAT32 without any additional software, but I don't want a 4 GB file size limitation. I already have a microSD in my phone, so I did not try it internally.

Most Critical Review

I expected better from Corsair

CORSAIR Survivor 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive CMFSV3-16GB
CORSAIR Survivor 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive CMFSV3-16GB

Pros: Fast, sturdy and well designed body. Dirt cheap after rebate if you can actually manage to get it.

Cons: Died after about 3 months of light use. This is not an isolated issue, as others have had them die after 2-3 months and have complained about it on the Corsair forums (search for "Corsair Survivor 16 GB 3 months", thread id is 98245). Those that have bothered paying to ship back their devices with an RMA have had them replaced with drives that just fail again after a few months, indicating that the root cause has not been addressed.

Overall Review: FWIW, I've owned several other brands of flash drives and never had a problem like this before.

Good basic case for the money

APEX TM-302-3 Black/ Silver Steel Micro ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 300W Power Supply
APEX TM-302-3 Black/ Silver Steel Micro ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 300W Power Supply

Pros: -Inexpensive (didn't want to say "cheap", as it's fairly well built) -Includes power supply -Includes 1x80mm rear fan -Much sturdier than other cases I've used in this price range -Includes fan shroud for the CPU fan -Very quiet, nearly silent, only thing I can hear is the hard drive I installed in it

Cons: -Only 1x3.5" bay -Front panel difficult to remove without fear of damaging it and it *has* to be removed to mount 5.25" drives -Internal "rails" for mounting a 5.25" drive (e.g. DVD burner) are weird and left my DVD drive a bit loose

Overall Review: Wish it used a 120mm rear exhaust fan instead of 80mm Wish it could mount a front intake fan (preferably 120mm) The front is ugly. Plain black wouldn't look as cheap as the silver does. That being said, due to the price, I feel like I bought a power supply and got a free case. :-) Used this to throw together a new office pc for my dad: Core i3-2120 3.3GHz ASUS P8H61-M LE/CSM 4 GB DDR3 and a 750 GB SATA hard drive I had laying around All things considered, I would definitely purchase again for a cheap build. Almost want to buy another just to have a spare handy.

Does what it says, for the most part.

Soleus Air CFM-40 40 Pint Dehumidifier White
Soleus Air CFM-40 40 Pint Dehumidifier White

Pros: Almost silent on the high setting. It's no louder than a small desk fan, and you cant hear it unless you're standing right next to it. Pulls about a gallon and a half of water out of the air per day, which is more than I expected it to. That, of course, is going to vary depending on the humidity level of where it's being used. It's tiny. About half the size I had pictured in my head. I'm 5'9" tall and it only comes up to about knee-level.

Cons: Only works on the "continuous" setting for some reason. I'm not sure if that's because the humidity in the room isn't high enough to trigger the automatic settings or if it's actually a malfunction. Not Energy Star compliant, so I'm afraid to hook it up to my Kill-A-Watt and see what it costs to run 24x7. For as well as it performs, it could have used a larger collection bucket.

Overall Review: There's no pour spout of any kind on the collection bucket, so you have to be careful not to spill when pouring it out. Being used in a 600 sqft basement with three large fish tanks. The water levels in my fish tanks drop much faster now. I'm considering finding a hose to use the continuous drainage option and just run it to a 5-gallon jug so I don't have to empty the little bucket every day or two. Only problem with that is no automatic shutoff if I forget! My local Home Depot doesn't even carry dehumidifiers. Checked around online and this seemed like the best deal.