Joined on 12/27/04
Best Pocket Camera I've Ever Owned

Pros: Excellent picture quality, focus and battery life on still images. Very durable with neck strap that's much handier than a wrist strap. Takes beautiful underwater stills and video.
Cons: Video eats battery life up, but that's not really unexpected. In fact, I ordered 2 extra off-brand batteries for that reason & I'm set for anything.
Overall Review: Reviews around the web criticize the GPS for not being detailed, but that's only the display. If you go on a trip I certainly hope you know where you are & aren't relying on a CAMERA to tell you! The point of the GPS is to record your location in the image file for later reference NOT to guide your way!
SD Card Slot Very Difficult To Use

Pros: Includes USB 3.0 ports & 5.25" form factor fits modern cases that have no external 3.5" bays.
Cons: Too shallow for tool-less bay mounting. Had to remove clips and use screws. SD Card slot - very difficult to insert card into slot. I have to start by pushing the card in at a slight angle then wiggle it to make the card fit. Often the write-protect tab gets pushed as the card is being inserted. Honestly, it's ridiculously difficult to insert an SD card into this thing.
Overall Review: In addition to being very difficult to insert an SD card, which is the primary reason I bought the reader, the contacts in the card slot make a "crinkling" sound every time a card is inserted or removed. It almost sounds like the copper contacts are bending or coming loose. I'd recommend you buy something else. I am very dissatisfied with this card reader, it's by far the worst one I've owned. To be honest, I've only owned 4, but this one is at the bottom.
Literally Fell Apart After 2 Years

Pros: Fast read/write speeds & reliable storage. Large capacity.
Cons: Yes, this card is now 2 1/3 years old, but it's spend almost all that time in my digital camera. I've removed it maybe 8-10 times at most over the 28 months I've owned it, but last night it literally fell apart in my hands Both halves of the casing separated causing the tiny write-protect switch to fall to the floor and the actual memory itself to come out of the case. I have memory cards far older than this that have taken a beating and are still in good shape. This was my first Patriot brand product and it will be my last.
Overall Review: I should've paid attention to the short 2-year warranty on this Patriot card. Had I bought a SanDisk I would've had a lifetime warranty and could've gotten a replacement for free. I carefully glued everything together and it's working for now, but I don't trust it to stay together. I am having to buy a replacement card since I can't rely on this Patriot, so I'm getting a SanDisk with a lifetime warranty. I won't make the Patriot mistake again.
Never Lenovo. Never Again.

Pros: Large screen, backlit keyboard
Cons: System failed to boot after 2 weeks, recovery partition had errors. Lenovo sent recovery disks, but 2nd disk was bad leaving me with an overpriced brick for even longer. The Lenovo support website is a good decade behind other similar sites. Their drivers are buggy, there is no auto-diagnostic tool to determine your device and load the appropriate drivers like Dell and ASUS have, just to name a couple. Even if the recovery disks had worked, the "English" instructions are so poorly written that they're practically nonsensical. I realize Lenovo is not a US company, but it's not that hard to hire someone who can write legible instructions. The keyboard, while backlit, is very flimsy and the entire thing "bounces" while you type. The battery is tiny and doesn't last anywhere close to what Lenovo claims.
Overall Review: I've never had so much trouble with a laptop before nor have I had such terrible experiences with a support site. The people answering the phones are pleasant enough, but they're pretty useless at helping beyond that. I'm having to wait 3-5 business days for a second set of recovery disks all because the "recovery.ini" file on disk 2 is empty. Lenovo has no method of downloading an ISO of the disk or even sending along a good copy of said .ini file so I can just burn my own disk and hopefully climb out of this overpriced hole Lenovo has put me in. Never Lenovo. Never Again.
Case OK, PSU-DOA

Pros: Better looking in my entertainment center than a standard case.
Cons: Cheaply made, too deep for many entertainment centers, yet narrow. Worst part is the PSU was DOA. Pulled it and replaced with an Antec 400w PSU and all was well. The PSU that comes with this case is a junk and weighs about half what the Antec does.
Overall Review: Spend the extra cash and buy a decent Antec case. I'd return this garbage, but I already have all the components in and working with a decent Antec PSU. I will never buy another Apevia product again, the savings are not worth it.
Complete Junk, Does Not Work

Pros: None whatsoever, unless you consider some of the others' comment to the effect of, "Hey, it was only $15." I don't see how wasting $15 on something so low in quality could be an upside.
Cons: One battery doesn't charge at all and a second one never stops charging, getting hotter and hotter until we remove it from the charger. The two batteries that seem to hold a charge only hold it for about 30 minutes, which is ridiculously short. You can't use the silicone sleeves, this part in the description is a complete lie.
Overall Review: I can understand a dead battery, that happens sometimes, but not the one that continues to draw a charge. We have a huge living room and even though the charger is on the other side of the room from where we sit we could smell a burning plastic smell. The faulty battery was so hot we could not touch it and it smelled of both burnt plastic and overheated electronics. I'm just thankful we didn't leave it charging overnight, it could have caught fire and burned our home down. In my case, this product is potentially deadly. Do not buy at any price!