Joined on 11/27/07
Love it
Pros: I have tried a few BT sets and had great luck with most of them. The one nagging thing is noise cancellation for me. The older units I have had were nice but no noise cancellation at all. It seems things have come a long way with the newest sets. In looking the most popular sets were found to actually be over a year old. I am sure some of them were updated in firmware but there is so much information from other buyers that make you feel a bit unsure about the older units. I dont want to sound like a robot just to get noise cancellation and I would rather know I am getting some new technology. This unit paired with my galaxy phone is great. It has little or no weight and it is super clear. I get awesome cancellation. Does not take everything away but it makes your voice clear in noisy areas. Works well in the wind but not perfect it you are pointing directly into the wind. I get really good charging times. I wear it for a 8 hour shift and have not ran it dead yet. I love the dock.
Cons: The add-on software is not as supportive as the already installed voice recognition in my phone. I tried it but so far I have just gone back to the built in phone options. I did love the text to voice but it does not recognize my voice hardly at all. My phone gets it right 90% of the time. So I will leave it where it works. Would be a superstar if the whole software thing was better.
Overall Review: I added a jabra ear gel to this thing and love it. It is way louder and I can wear it all day. It sticks out farther with the ear gel but there is no weight to be a problem. The ear gels can be bought in sets of 6. That is for lg, med & sm. sets of left and right ears. I put an old rubber on the BT set that does not have anything sticking off of it. Just a rubber ring for a factory Samsung BT, Install the Jabra ear gel over it, Adjust the direction of the mic boom and your set to go. (PS this ear gel adds a bunch of volume to your BT) Great BT with great volume and clear voice on both ends.
Lasted a few weeks
Pros: Worked good for a few weeks
Cons: Stopped charging after 3 weeks.
DOA out of the box
Pros: Ordered on Thursday and received it on Friday. Newegg rocks on UPS shipping from Memphis.
Cons: Plugged it in and not found. Noticed the plug in and power board is way inside the case. Secure but mounted well behind the case opening. The power fit well but the cord would not even stay in the mini USB connection. I had another cord with a small jacket that worked. Next the computer did not find the drive. Went through the whole ordeal to set up the computer and bios and still nothing. I tried it on 2 other computers and even tried the power supply from a 1TB version of the same drive. Still no go. I finally stuck my ear to it and plugged the power in. All to hear a soft beeping sound and absolutely no hard drive spin up at all. Spend about 30 minutes getting a RMA. It's going back and I get to wait a week or so till the drive is opened in California to be sure it is dead. I needed the drive pretty quickly to back up a failing drive I got late last year. Not going to happen now and I hope I dont loose all the movies I have stored on the failing drive b4 this is exchanged.
Overall Review: Never had to many problems with Newegg. It is a pleasure to work with the support group. If there products were as good they would be hard to beat. In the old days it was rare to have a bad drive. I am really getting disappointed with the ratios of failing drives in today's market. I really hope the companies get a hold of the problems and get back to dependability and happy customers.
Work pretty well
Pros: Bought 2 of these to do lighting for crystal bowl performances. The remote can work both bulbs at the same time as long as they both are in line of sight of the remote. The colors are really cool and work very well when changing manually.
Cons: When turning 2 on at the same time in auto they do not have the same timing. After about 10 minutes they will be alternating a different color. They are not as bright as described but they do work for exactly what I wanted them to do. I could only get it to pick up the remote at about 10 feet. Any thing more it gets flaky or not at all.
Overall Review: Would be nice to get the remote to have a wider field of operation. You have to point the remote at the bulb or very close to it. Another idea would be to allow the changing of the rotation speed in auto.
Best we have found
Pros: We have owned this kettle for over a year now. Before that we had many other brands that just would not last or took too long to boil. We pour up many cups of tea every day. It works well and fast. When we first got it we boiled several pots before using it. We have never noticed any taste. It has been a great kettle and I would say it is one of the best available in the states. I have only seen better kettles in other countries that have 220 volt plug ins. I have never even seen any scaling or discoloring inside. It is easy to clean when needed. This is a easy to use pot with little or none to complain about.
Cons: It could boil faster but that is the down side to 110 volts. Other than being slower than a 220 volt model we have enjoyed ours very much.
Overall Review: I would be looking for this same pot if ours went out today. I see some talk about boiling in plastic. Well travel overseas some and you will find that it is everywhere. Even coffee makers use plastic. It has been around for a very long time. If you dont want to use plastic then buy a metal pot to put on your stove and dont leave comments here.
Great video for traveling
Pros: This unit is small and works great on everything I have plugged into. I have 3 other units from other makers and this one works where many will not. I have been most impressed with this one compared to the others I have paid more for. It is small and goes with you anywhere.
Cons: Some video will not fast forward but they dont on others as well so it really may come down to the format being played.
Overall Review: Not sure why so may have problems. There is a upgrade that takes no time. It also fixes many issues. Another problem some have is from bad videos. I have yet to have any problems as long as the video is recorded right.