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David P.

David P.

Joined on 11/05/08

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Most Favorable Review

Great way to exted wired range

NETGEAR XAVB2501-100NAS Powerline AV+ 200 Adapter Kit Up to 200Mbps
NETGEAR XAVB2501-100NAS Powerline AV+ 200 Adapter Kit Up to 200Mbps

Pros: These power line adapters are extremely easy to set up and so far have worked well. Saved me from having to run CAT5 cable across the length of my entire house. Also, they are great if one wireless access point won't cover your whole house from where you have to put it.

Cons: When setting up, I ran into an issue where they connected, but then once network traffic picked up they dropped off all of a sudden. I've only seen this problem once and it was right after setup, but I thought it was worth mentioning.

Overall Review: I took off one egg because they are only compatible with a few of netgear's power line adapters, which might not really be the products fault, but again, it seemed worth mentioning. I bought a second type of adapter that acted as a 4 port hub, but it can't see either of the one port devices. This means you have to have a separate hub if you want to connect more than one device up to these wall adapters.

Most Critical Review

Alright

Pioneer SE-CL331-L 3.5mm Connector Canal Water-Resistant Stereo Earbud Earphone for sports (Blue)
Pioneer SE-CL331-L 3.5mm Connector Canal Water-Resistant Stereo Earbud Earphone for sports (Blue)

Pros: Strong cables, good rubber, and a very comfortable fit make them ideal for running. They also can be comfortably looped over the ears to get them to stay on while running, and I haven't noticed any problems from sweat.

Cons: The sound quality is bearable, but not much better. Music sounds pretty bad, and voice from audiobooks or lectures is scratchy and hard to understand, especially if the recording quality was only marginal to begin with.

Overall Review: They're great for sports, but terrible for listening. I pretty much only use these if I'm going running or something now, and have other headphones for everything else. Overall I was a little disappointed, but when I got them they were on sale for 20 bucks, and had a 20 dollar MIR, so for a free pair of headphones I have to say the hassle was worth it.

Impressive!

MSI Primo 81 Android Tablet -  7.85" Touchscreen Quad-core CPU 1GB RAM 16GB Flash (White/Gold)
MSI Primo 81 Android Tablet - 7.85" Touchscreen Quad-core CPU 1GB RAM 16GB Flash (White/Gold)

Pros: Its very attractive, and the screen, while not terribly high resolution, looks pretty decent. We use it as a remote control for a chromecast (picked it up for just over 50 dollars) and its very responsive, and connects well with everything we use. The screen is pretty nice when it concerns reading, especially in landscape mode.

Cons: The battery life on this thing is pretty unimpressive. It's a daily charge kind of thing, and I've had it run out of battery while sitting with the screen off doing nothing.

Overall Review: The buttons are a bit awkward, but I'm willing to live with it. Since its basically a Chromecast controller with Google Books for reading, it doesn't have to do anything graphics intensive, but it does have a nice responsive interface.

great little flashdrive

OCZ Diesel 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive OCZUSBDSL4G
OCZ Diesel 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive OCZUSBDSL4G

Pros: Great physical size - perfect for a keychain Sturdy casing - the aluminum holds up nicely to keys banging against it Good transfer rate - Much faster than most flashdrives I've used, but mine have been all pretty old.

Cons: The key fob part is a little flimsy, it broke after about 2 weeks

Overall Review: I had a 256 mb flash drive before this that was solid plastic and I used it for 3 or 4 years, but I wanted a bigger one. This one is maybe a quarter centimeter longer, feels just as solid, and is 16 times larger. After losing it in a class I purchased another one because of how fantastic this thing was. It's a great price too. The only reason I take an egg off is because the key fob needed to be replaced with fishing wire because it broke after a week or two of sitting next to my keys.